INDIANAPOLIS – When Rashan Gary was asked what Ohio State should expect from new co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison, he paused for a moment, tilted his head to the side and sighed. Before Chase Winovich began talking about what Mattison could bring to the Buckeyes, he paused and sighed, too. Mattison spent the past eight years as an assistant coach at Michigan, including the past four years as defensive line coach, a role in which he helped a multitude of defensive linemen – including Gary and Winovich in this year’s draft class – become NFL draft prospects. Now, however, Mattison is working for the Wolverines’ biggest rival, serving as one of the leaders of Ohio State’s new defensive coaching staff. Yet even though Mattison will now be wearing scarlet and gray, which can be a sore subject for those who played for him in maize and blue, both Gary and Winovich had…
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