GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Ohio State Buckeyes knew they had an early wake up call on New Year's Day, so they didn't hit the town Thursday night. Instead, they turned on their TVs in the posh Princess Resort Hotel and watched Michigan State play Alabama in the College Football Playoff.
Ouch.
The Crimson Tide's 38-to-bagel victory should have had an R-rating for the carnage wrought upon the Spartans, but for the Buckeyes it was a tear jerker. Or something else.
"It made my stomach hurt," Buckeyes running back Ezekiel Elliott said.
Elliott and his teammates got over it.