re: How bad would we have beaten Ohio State?

Honestly I think OSU would have been a slightly tougher game than Clemson. Clemson’s defense used some smoke and mirrors to throw us off our game early, but then the talent disparity between our weapons and their secondary took over once we figured out what they were doing. I think Ohio State had the talent to make those 1-on-1 matchups more difficult. I still think we would have moved the ball on them, just think they would have been a little tougher throughout the game than Clemson.

OTOH, that’s assuming they were able to move the ball on offense. Ultimately I think the outcome would have been pretty similar. I will say that I felt a lot better about playing Clemson than OSU. Say what you want about OSU’s competition in the Big 10 - it’s a hell of a lot better than the ACC.