PHOENIX — Per its season-long custom, Ohio State football will not release an updated status report for Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl matchup with Clemson until Friday morning. However, shortly after landing in Arizona on Sunday, coach Ryan Day spoke with even more optimism about his team’s health than he did prior to the Big Ten championship game. That status report was the cleanest the Buckeyes had seen all season. The 21 days between games is a shorter-than-usual gap between the conference championship games and the College Football Playoff semifinals. However, that gap still gave quarterback Justin Fields (left knee sprain), slot cornerback Shaun Wade (unspecified) and others who were a bit banged up a chance to mend and rest. “The injury report coming off of last week was excellent,” Day said. “Everybody was practicing. After three more days of rest, we should be at full strength.” Ohio State said 64 of…
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