{{featured_button_text}} The Buckeyes (and Huskers) led the charge to play a season designed to make sure Ohio State had a chance to make the College Football Playoff. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sam McKewon LINCOLN — It’s time for Ohio State, the bully of Big Ten football, to play its rival. Not Michigan. Please. Michigan hasn’t beaten OSU since 2011. Michigan couldn’t even field a team to play the Buckeyes this year. No, Ohio State’s rival — its true peer at this point — is Clemson. The team that has beaten the Buckeyes three times since Michigan last did. The Tigers’ past two wins have been in the College Football Playoff. That’s the water where OSU wants to swim, where Google (Alabama) and Apple (Clemson) hangs out. Facebook (Oklahoma) missed the convention this season, though perhaps it shouldn’t have. Amazon (Ohio State) managed to get the last plane out of Indianapolis and appear on stage.…
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