Ohio State’s hopes for an unbeaten season ended with a loss to Clemson in the College Football Playoff, but its chances to win the national championship might have expired before that. With hindsight being flawless, and the 2 1/2-week interval since the Fiesta Bowl providing perspective, OSU’s best chance for a title might have taken a debilitating hit before allowing a 94-yard, four-play drive in the final minutes and before quarterback Justin Fields’ game-ending interception. Head coach Ryan Day’s retrospective on the 2019 season this week hinted at several circumstances that arose to conspire against the Buckeyes in Glendale, Az., in the 29-23 loss that stopped them short of a trip to the CFP championship game. Each of the following circumstances exacted a toll and leaves a lingering question about how things could have unfolded differently: Nov. 20 vs. Penn State: Fields’ sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee…
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