(Photo: Icon Sportswire, Getty)Ohio State is not where it wanted to be. The Buckeyes came into the 2018 season expecting to be in the College Football Playoff, yet the Scarlet and Gray fell short. The main reason for missing out on the desired postseason destination was due to the 29-point loss at Purdue on Oct. 20. A closer loss — or obviously an undefeated season — coupled with three top-15 wins and a Big Ten championship would have been enough to see Ohio State get to where the team wanted to go. The consolation prize isn’t bad though. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes will face No. 9 Washington in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. It will be a classic matchup of Big Ten and Pac-12 champion, just the way college football bowl games used to be. This game took on a more significant meaning last Tuesday when Ohio State announced that…
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