The Ohio State and Georgia teams will play in the Peach Bowl. There is a time and a place for it.
After losing to Michigan last month, Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud had to deal with the negative feedback on social media.
"I don't really look, but people have the audacity to call me and tell me what they think." I hear it and it's what it is. The nature of the beast has something to do with it. You cannot accept good and bad.
Stroud has drawn the ire of fans and others on social media before for what they perceive to be issues with the Ohio State. A quick search shows that back to the start of last season, there was a lot of anger expressed on the internet.
After the 45-23 loss to Michigan, it appeared that Ohio State had lost its chance to play for a national championship, as well as losing twice to Michigan. The quarterback threw for 349 yards in the game. "People wouldn't be proud if everybody in the world were able to see what people were saying about me," he said in a recent interview.
His teammates know. According to multiple players, they either saw hate mail directed at them or stopped looking at social media after the game.
"Social media is a big part of our life, so it's hard to stay off of it, and that could be frustrating," McCalister said. People will comment in your messages. I don't want to look at that.
It happens when you're at a level like this. You have to be prepared for it. I don't think it's right. It isn't right. You kind of expect it and push it to the side and do what you can to help your team win games.
Several of Brown's teammates had just turned 18.
People don't understand that we're young. People are talking crazy about children because something went wrong. We tried not to look at our phones because it would make us think bad of people.
Ryan Day has done a good job addressing what is on social media so he can be honest and upfront about what is being said about them, according to defensive endZach Harrison.
Harrison said that everything that they see, he sees tenfold. It has made us stronger and it has made us better. We'll be okay if we stay together.
"You have to be steady in the boat and know who you are as a person, and that's important to C.J.," said Ohio State quarterbacks coachCorey Dennis. You get into the playoffs after a hard week and you realize that we're back in. Push forward and put that game behind you.
Now that the Buckeyes have their chance to compete for a national championship, they have drawn praise from their coaches and teammates for their resilience and leadership.
"If you watch the tape, I think that I've really tried to do everything I could to win games in my career and if that means I didn't get it done, it's what it is," he stated. Everyone has the right to their opinion. I'm going to learn from this experience. I think we deserve to be here, regardless of what happened that day, because God gave me a second chance. We've decided to move on. We are focused on Georgia now. I'm just taking it as a learning experience.
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