COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football arrived in Atlanta on Sunday night to finalize preparations for Saturday’s Peach Bowl playoff semifinal against Georgia. That project began before OSU knew it would play the Bulldogs, or that it would even make the playoff. After the shock of a regular season-ending loss to Michigan, the team needed a new focus. So it shifted its mindset to the most plausible opponent it would face if it was pulled back into national championship pursuit. “Any time you’ve got an opportunity to get back on the field earlier than what you expected and without a set-in-stone, foreseen future, for us to be out there and practice and have those couple days was very helpful and very beneficial now,” OSU tight end Cade Stover said. Ohio State shared a Christmas night dinner in Atlanta with its entire traveling party — including a visit from Santa for…
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