The Sugar Bowl matchup between No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Ohio State needed less than 24 hours to evoke bitter feelings on both sides. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney — who questioned Ohio State because of the number of games it played during the season — put the Buckeyes at No. 11 in his final USA Today/Amway Coaches Poll ballot. For what it’s worth, Indiana finished in that spot in the final College Football Playoff rankings. BENDER: Why Clemson will (or won’t) win Playoff Then, video leaked of Ohio State coach Ryan Day’s postgame speech after the Big Ten championship, and it came with some NSFW language. It could serve as bulletin board material for Clemson, Notre Dame and Alabama. Neither Swinney’s poll ballot nor Day’s locker-room talk matter that much, but both are out there. The coaches likely will spill out platitudes about how much respect they have for the other program in the press conferences…
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