Ohio State won’t admit now that it hoped to avoid Clemson in the College Football Playoff semifinals, perhaps because it has more evidence than before that it truly possesses what it only previously believed in theory. The Buckeyes’ comeback from a 21-7 halftime deficit in the Big Ten championship game against Wisconsin confirms that they not only can take a punch, but can get off the mat when knocked down and come back to win the fight. Head coach Ryan Day kept saying his team had that quality all season, but he couldn’t have known until OSU finally encountered that reality. The Buckeyes never trailed at halftime of any game, and as much as they touted their capacity to stay focused in the moment and fashion a comeback amid adversity, even their recent wins over No. 10 Penn State and No. 13 Michigan didn’t prove the existence of those qualities.…
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