Seven seasons ago, Notre Dame made it to the Fiesta Bowl only to be clobbered 44-26 by Ohio State. It might as well have been a replay of how things ended 17 seasons ago, when the Irish were outclassed 34-20 by the Buckeyes in the Fiesta. And 27 seasons ago? The Irish got smacked around 45-26 at Ohio Stadium in the front end of a home-and-home between the football powers. The Buckeyes rolled a year later in South Bend, too, by a count of 29-16. Those outcomes meant a little something extra to coaches Urban Meyer, Jim Tressel and John Cooper, and they stung a little extra for Brian Kelly, Charlie Weis and Lou Holtz. A Notre Dame-Ohio State game is a special occasion — and an all-too-rare one at that. The four meetings above are the only ones between the schools over the last 86 years, which, although it’s…
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