COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State Buckeyes played through a pandemic, dealt with canceled games, struggled through some games they did play, missed out on their historic rivalry, and won a conference title without one of their stars to get to this point. They played this season for this. The chance at revenge. Athletes and coaches are sometimes into revenge and sometimes they downplay it. So the Buckeyes might not talk about the revenge angle in discussing their rematch with Clemson in a College Football Playoff semifinal, but they’ll feel it. Or maybe they will chew on that angle and gobble it all down, because no one has an edge on Ohio State like Clemson. Ryan Day, on ESPN after the playoff pairings were announced Sunday afternoon, admitted the obvious, that Clemson has been on the minds of the Buckeyes since last year. The Buckeyes — players, coaches, fans and…
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