They might be rivals, but at least one Michigan assistant coach is standing up for Ohio State. Offensive coordinator and receivers coach Josh Gattis took to social media Monday afternoon to defend the Buckeyes’ College Football Playoff bid, claiming Big Ten restrictions made a season difficult to navigate. “Regardless of polls, a 6-0 BIG team deserves in,” Gattis wrote on Twitter. “No conference has had to endure more.” To help make his case, Gattis — who just wrapped up his second season calling plays for the Wolverines — pointed to four different reasons. The first, he said, was “the emotional roller coaster” over whether a season would happen and subsequent “opt outs.” The Big Ten originally postponed all fall sports in August, then reversed course in September as three other Power-5 conferences — the Atlantic Coast, Big 12 and Southeastern — all trudged on amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The second,…
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