With the tenor of the chatter of Ohio State’s College Football Playoff semifinal game with Clemson already approaching that of a rivalry game, Buckeye coach Ryan Day nudged the rhetoric somewhere between salty and animosity this week. In an otherwise perfunctory news conference on Monday, Day hinted at Clemson’s long-standing reputation for stealing sideline signals. There’s nothing technically illegal about stealing signs from the sideline, but Clemson has become so prolific at it that it has become part of the program’s aura. Day’s comments nudged right up to the edge of mentioning aloud Clemson’s reputation, leaving specifics unspoken but his message resonating quite clear. “Seems to always know exactly what the other team is doing in terms of the plays that they’re running, each play,” Day said of Clemson DC Brent Venables. “Seems to call the right defense into that play a lot. Why that is, I don’t really know.…
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