CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio State (11-1) and Notre Dame (10-2) start their new year facing each other in the Fiesta Bowl.
While I'm sure each team is happy to be playing in a major New Years Day bowl, I'm also sure they would rather have been playing last night as part of the first round of the College Football Playoffs.
Instead of still playing for a national championship, Ohio State and Notre Dame are left to wonder in the desert as to what might have been if only a play or two had gone their way. The only motivation left being pride and maybe the desire to take out their playoff frustrations on the other team.