COLUMBUS – The Buckeyes arrived in Arizona Sunday afternoon to begin preparations for Friday‘s Fiesta Bowl game against Notre Dame.
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The BattleFrog Fiesta Bowl (1:00 p.m./ESPN) pits Ohio State (11-1) vs. Notre Dame (10-2).
The Buckeyes, ranked seventh by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee is the home team as the higher seeded team, but will wear white jerseys. The Fighting Irish are ranked eighth.
Ohio State is will practice through Thursday at Pinnacle High School.
This will be a rematch of the 2006 Fiesta Bowl when Jim Tressel’s Buckeyes prevailed over Charlie Weis’s Fighting Irish, 34-20.
Surprisingly, the two storied football programs have played only five times, first meeting in 1935 and 1936, when the Irish won both games.
It would be 59 years before the two would meet again with the John Cooper-coached Buckeyes claiming wins over Lou Holtz’ Notre Dame teams in 1995 and 1996.