ATLANTA — To dethrone defending national champion Georgia on Saturday night, Ohio State football needed to be everything it wasn’t the last time it took the field. It needed incendiary offense and back-breaking plays from unlikely sources. It needed an assertive defensive stop, then another, then another. It most of all needed the confident presence demanded of teams who play for national championships. Nearly everything lined up in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, until the undefeated defending champions summoned the final statement. Georgia’s touchdown drive in the final minute beat Ohio State, 42-41. Ohio State suffered a semifinal loss for the third time in five playoff berths. It also ended a season with back-to-back losses for the first time since 2011. Recommended Buckeyes stories Georgia moves on to face TCU, which upset Michigan, 51-45, in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal earlier on Saturday. After the Big Ten put two teams in the playoff for…
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