ATLANTA — It was Jim Knowles’ call, the zero blitz against Michigan that left Ohio State football cornerback Cam Brown in a do-or-die situation a long the sideline. Brown didn’t — make the tackle, that is — and Cornelius Johnson raced off for a 69-yard touchdown that opened a 45-23 victory at Ohio Stadium. That was the first of five explosive touchdowns for the Wolverines that day. A month and several hundred miles away, they still hang in the backdrop of the Buckeyes’ preparation to face Georgia in a Peach Bowl playoff semifinal on Saturday. Asked if he regretted the play call, Knowles said no. Yet he also would not shift blame to Brown missing the tackle. The defensive coordinator’s introspection about that loss did not stop at surface-level play calling decisions. It stretched almost back to the day he walked into the Woody Hayes Athletic Center for the first…
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