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Marla Ridenour: Shut out of playoff, resilient Buckeyes make a statement with Fiesta Bowl victory

GLENDALE, Ariz.: The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes didn’t deserve to be in the College Football Playoff.

But they proved on Friday that they are among the nation’s top four teams.

They proved they had perhaps the greatest collection of talent assembled at OSU, a group that in late April could threaten the NFL record the Buckeyes hold with 14 players drafted in 2004. It’s not impossible that they will break the league record set by the University of Miami with six first-round picks in 2004.

Something needed to be proved, a statement sent that a crushing Nov.