Former OSU great, Maurice Clarett, gets fans ready for the game as he narrates a two-minute video about fighting through adversity and rewriting your story. It’s a message Clarett knows something about firsthand. It’s a story the Buckeyes are living in real-time as they look to atone for past sins. The story writes on.

Coach Josh Heupel doesn't much care for the narrative that No. 7 Tennessee, with its checkered history over the past 15 years, is content just to have reached the College Football Playoff. The fourth-year coach knows that mindset won't work facing a team like No.