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Fiesta Bowl | Chris Worley reflects on Buckeyes' loss to Clemson

GLENDALE, Ariz. — There were no tears for Chris Worley, but the pang in his football soul ran deep.

The linebacker and his Ohio State teammates had just suffered a 31-0 loss to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night at the University of Phoenix Stadium.

The drive for a national championship, which had seemed so improbable at the beginning of the season for such a young team, had just come to an abrupt halt.

“We were considered a top-four team in the country, and we had an opportunity to play for it all,” Worley said.