
7:18 AM ET The casual smile gets you first. Then comes the all-knowing, perfectly timed glance up to the cameras. It was all Ohio State running back Trey Sermon could do — cheesing it up for television as officials reviewed whether he scored a touchdown on a long run against Clemson in last week’s College Football Playoff semifinal. He knew — we all knew — he clearly did not. Maybe the joke was on the rest of us. Sure, it became an instant meme. And no, that smile and glance didn’t sell officials on a touchdown that never happened. But Sermon’s deliberate look with pursed lips, a three-second window into his Ezekiel Elliott-like transformation into an unstoppable postseason force, delivered a message: Hey world, I’ve been here the whole time. pic.twitter.com/bfuy4qlXlQ — ESPN (@espn) January 2, 2021 The world is only just seeing it now, after a two-game stretch in…
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