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Buckeyes, Huskies to meet for first time at Rose Bowl

December 27, 2018 at 12:00a.m. Ohio State, Washington meet for first time in Rose Bowl after missing playoff Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. It will be a Rose Bowl of firsts when No. 5 Ohio State faces No. 9 Washington. The Buckeyes and Huskies will meet for the first time in the Granddaddy of Them All, despite each team making its 15th appearance. The Big Ten and Pac-12 champions will meet for the first time since 2014 and for the first time since the introduction of the College Football Playoff the following year. Urban Meyer and Chris Petersen will each be making his first appearance in the game as a head coach. The Rose Bowl is no consolation prize for teams that had national championship aspirations. “I think this is how it’s supposed to be,” Washington running back Myles Gaskin said Wednesday as the teams visited the Disneyland Resort. For Ohio…

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