After roughly two decades of dominance in their rivalry against the Michigan Wolverines, the Ohio State Buckeyes have lost consecutive games to their arch-rivals. Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith acknowledges that, but he thinks there is more to what the Buckeyes are trying to achieve. © Doral Chenoweth / USA TODAY NETWORK Former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback C.J. Stroud In a new interview with Griffin Strom of Eleven Warriors, Smith responded to fan concerns about the Buckeyes’ two-game losing streak to the Wolverines. He pointed out that Ohio State was trying to win national championships, and that the Michigan game would have been less of a concern had the team been able to beat Georgia and TCU in the College Football Playoff. “It’s so funny, everybody’s so focused on just one game,” Smith said. “We were basically one point away from being in the national championship game, and I…
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