Ryan Day liked what he saw from Ohio State in its final practices before arriving in Atlanta and thinks his team is embracing that “not a lot of people give us a chance.”
Ohio State has arrived in Atlanta to continue Peach Bowl preparations for the five days that precede Saturday’s all-important College Football Playoff semifinal matchup with defending national champion Georgia on New Year’s Eve.The Buckeyes reconvened down south after dispersing across the country for a brief holiday break, but make no mistake, Ohio State was hard at work at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center before that.
Ohio State may have the toughest draw of the four-team tournament in the first round, but of course, the Buckeyes were in no position to argue for a better slot in the CFP after losing its regular-season finale and not having a chance to win the Big Ten. But a matchup with the No. 1 team in the country allows Ohio State to adopt a mentality it hasn’t necessarily had to all year.Dan Hope wrote on Dec.
But this game isn’t just another date on the schedule. It’s a different challenge entirely. This time Ohio State is widely expected to lose, and even if that takes some level of pressure off of the Buckeyes, it won’t do much to negate the disappointment that will be felt both inside the program and on the outside looking in should Ohio State come up short.
McCalister isn’t the only Buckeye who has yet to play in a CFP game. This year’s Buckeye team is littered with second-year contributors who weren’t even on the roster when Ohio State went on a run to a national championship game appearance in 2020. Even C.J. Stroud, who was on the field for that loss to Alabama in Miami, has yet to take a snap in a CFP game.
Without the bad blood and hostilities of a Michigan matchup, Buckeye players have been even more effusive in their praise of the Bulldogs, which will be Ohio State’s second straight contest against one of the top-two teams in the nation.
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