Ohio State fan Charlene King, left, shares her thoughts about football teams near Clemson fans Bob King, middle, and Chris Merlo, right, in a conversation Friday in Anderson. Clemson will face Ohio State in football at the Fiesta Bowl on Dec. 31 in Glendale, Arizona.(Photo: Ken Ruinard/Independent Mail ) Charlene King of Anderson prayed that Ohio State and Clemson would not play each other this year, but her prayers were not answered. Clemson and Ohio State will square off on New Year’s Eve in the Fiesta Bowl, and King’s family as well as the family of her friend, Nikki Merlo, in Anderson are divided. The smack talk is well underway. King and Merlo are from Ohio but moved to the South when they were teens and are married to Clemson fanatics. The two women met at church in Anderson in 1996. But what connected them was their love for Ohio State despite their husbands’ love for Clemson. King’s husband,…
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