INDIANAPOLIS — It had become Ohio State football’s late-November coronation — basking in a comfortable victory over Michigan and sliding seamlessly to a Big Ten championship and beyond. Until last season, when all of those hopes and expectations fizzled on that frosty Saturday after Thanksgiving. Searching for an emotional description, OSU receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba found a physical one instead. Nausea. “It was sickening,” Smith-Njigba said. “It was bad. It was bad. It didn’t feel real. “We always thought we’re just gonna go to the playoffs and — boom. We were not too confident, but I mean, we were just so sure of it. We’re gonna learn from that for sure.” Until Wednesday, no Ohio State team had attended Big Ten Media Days coming off a loss in The Game since 2012. Last season’s Buckeyes had reason to believe they would continue that tradition. A week before traveling to Ann Arbor,…
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