The team seemed to lose some energy from New Orleans
Jonathon Cooper on how he thinks Ohio State's returning players will respond to this loss: “I think they will respond the same way they did to the Clemson game last year, honestly.”
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) January 12, 2021
I don’t know if it’s because Ohio State put so much into beating Clemson emotionally that it just couldn’t muster the same level of energy and intensity in this one, but there was a clear downgrade in the emotion and motivation in this one.
Guys missed tackles, the effort went a little south when things weren’t going the Buckeyes’ way, and it all just seemed a little flat. There’s no doubt that Alabama deserved to win, but the game should have been more of a contest than what we saw. I’m not sure who to lay blame on with that one, but something just didn’t work in leading up to the big stage.
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