Ohio State and Michigan reveal why they were eager to ‘get hands on’ Georgia last season

MOBILE, Ala. — Georgia coach Kirby Smart is intent on maintaining an aggressive edge in his program, and it turns out with good reason.

It turns out Ohio State was motivated by the Bulldogs’ perfect record last season, and Michigan was in fact plotting revenge all season long.

All that separated Ohio State from Georgia in this season’s CFP Peach Bowl Semifinal was a missed field goal in the closing seconds.

Ohio State offensive lineman Dawand Jones shared during Senior Bowl week why the Buckeyes were confident they could beat Georgia.

“We felt like they were a little bit fat and lazy, undefeated,” Jones said. “So that was one of our major things to focus on, they were ripe (to be upset).”

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