Ohio State national championship quiets haters

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ATLANTA -- The 2025 edition of the College Football Playoff National Championship game was not about vengeance. It wasn't about proving people wrong. Nor was it about wadding up a scarlet and gray rag and stuffing it directly into the mouths of the chorale of outside noise.

Bless their hearts, that's what the Ohio State football team and coaching staff kept telling us. That beating Notre Dame and winning the school's first national title in a decade wasn't about any of that stuff.

But yeah, it totally was.

"We worked really hard to tune out the outside noise, truly," confessed Ohio State quarterback Will Howard, words spoken on the field moments after having a…