COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The playoff loss to Clemson that ended Ohio State’s season will sting for a long time, coach Ryan Day acknowledged Wednesday. The Buckeyes will move on, and he hopes the terrible taste in their mouths will motivate next season’s team. Ohio State, 13-0 at the time, was beaten 29-23 by Clemson in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Dec. 28, with some calls that went in the Tigers’ favor at critical times and quarterback Justin Fields throwing an interception in the end zone on the Buckeyes’ final drive. Clemson moved on only to be routed by LSU 42-25 in Monday’s championship game. Day, in his first meeting with the media since returning from the Clemson game, joked that was now pondering the loss “every other second as opposed to every second.” “Especially when the game was played Monday night, right there front and center, it’s hard…
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