He’s been wearing the colors for only one season, not even one calendar year quite yet in a coaching career that spans longer than four decades, so the scarlet and gray still looks stranger than brown loafers at a black-tie affair on Ohio State co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison. You can tell, though, that OSU loyalties have infiltrated his memory and bent it to the will of the Buckeyes as he prepares his players for the tall task of stopping Clemson’s explosive offense Saturday night at the Fiesta Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal. “About all I remember from the ’07 Fiesta Bowl is the opening kickoff,” Mattison said, smiling. “I saw Ginn Jr. run by me and I thought, ‘Oh, no.’ ” The guess is, Mattison remembers a bit more that Ted Ginn Jr.’s touchdown return to start that BCS national championship game 13 years ago than he’s letting…
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