Ohio State has a formidable challenge in front of it. It has to play with — and beat — the No. 1 team in the country when it plays against the Georgia Bulldogs in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in one of the semifinals of the College Football Playoff on Saturday.
But Georgia head coach Kirby Smart knows his team will have to play well against an OSU team that is talented and upset-minded. In fact, he has been very complimentary of the coaching, skill and pedigree Ohio State will come into Mercedes-Benz Stadium with.
Smart and Ryan Day both met with reporters in a joint press conference on the eve of all the fun to provide one last opportunity to size things up and answer questions from media. Here’s everything the duo said about the matchup, the opposition and where things stand one day prior to kickoff.