Had Ohio State played for a national championship on Jan. 13, Mickey Marotti might have finally found some worthy competition for what he calls his second favorite day of the year – behind only when the team goes through mat drills.
A loss to Clemson in the Fiesta Bowl so devastating that the team has a sign depicting the game’s score in the weight room ensured that didn’t happen, though. So when the annual teamwide meeting came around this January, putting the 2020 Ohio State Buckeyes in the same room together, Marotti again found himself in his personal heaven.