ATLANTA – For Ohio State, it is an unfamiliar feeling. For the majority of Buckeyes players, it is an unprecedented one. When Ohio State plays Georgia in Saturday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal at the Peach Bowl, the Buckeyes will not be favored to win. Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day leads his team onto the field prior to the NCAA Division I football game against the Toledo Rockets at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 17. Not since losing to Alabama two years ago in the CFP championship game has Ohio State been an underdog. It will end a streak of 25 games as the betting favorite. For the 71 first- and second-year players on Ohio State’s roster, they have never dressed for a game in which oddsmakers favored their opponent. More:’Coaches bleed, too’: Ohio State defensive coordinator Jim Knowles seeking redemption (Coincidentally, this will be the final one in…
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