COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football fell one game short of goals to play for the Big Ten Conference championship and return to the College Football Playoff. A Cotton Bowl appearance against Missouri will instead serve as the bridge between those goals and the ones to be established for next season. That outcome still resulted in over $1.78 million in bonuses for coach Ryan Day and his 10-man on-field staff of assistants. Day received a $200,000 bonus for the Buckeyes’ selection to a New Year’s Six bowl game. That is $50,000 less than the bonus he would have achieved for a playoff semifinal appearance. Each of the 10 assistants achieved a bonus equal to 17% of his base salary for the New Year’s Six selection. On offense, bonuses are due to coordinator and receivers coach Brian Hartline ($272,000), offensive line coach Justin Frye ($170,000), running backs coach Tony…
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