COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ten months removed from the 2019 Fiesta Bowl, Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields sought meaning in his only loss as a college starter. Something about that experience, he believed, would pay off later. The knee injury that bothered him for weeks. Failing to hold a 16-0 lead. The would-be go-ahead touchdown turned game-sealing interception. To make sense of his biggest competitive disappointment, Fields turned to his faith and trusted that loss would pay off somehow, someday. Not surprisingly, Fields looked at his underwhelming Big Ten championship game performance from the same perspective. Ohio State won despite his worst game as a Buckeye. It probably cannot win Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal against Clemson if the two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year does not return to form. “I feel like everything happens for a reason,” Fields said. “What happened in those games and me not playing…
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