SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Ohio State locker room was in emotional meltdown. Players were crying and confused during halftime of the 2007 BCS national championship game against Florida.
Anthony Gonzalez still gets frustrated thinking about it. Now, 10 years later, the former Buckeyes wide receiver is ready to talk about it.
He’s not alone. Several other former Ohio State players and a coach opened up about the disaster in the desert – Florida’s 41-14 dismantling of OSU in Glendale – in hopes that history will be instructive to the 2016 Buckeyes as they prepare for Clemson tonight in a College Football Playoff semifinal played in the same space ship stadium where the sky fell a decade ago.