COLUMBUS, Ohio — At 8:15 p.m. Sunday, the Browns’ playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers started. At 11:47 p.m. Monday, Ohio State’s national title game against the Alabama Crimson Tide ended. Just like the Browns’ last playoff appearance 18 years ago, the game was folded together with an Ohio State game within two days of it. Back then, Ohio State beat Miami for the national title on Jan. 3, 2003, and the Browns lost to Pittsburgh on Jan. 5. This time, it was Jan. 10 for the Browns and Jan. 11 for the Buckeyes. Here’s what the 27 hours and 32 minutes from the start of the first game to the finish of the second game was like for someone who covered every game for both teams this season and chronicled each waking hour of this trek as it happened. (It was me.) 8 p.m. Sunday It’s about to start…
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