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Google Buckeyes make College Football Playoff - ABC6OnYourSide.com

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Buckeyes make College Football Playoff
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The Buckeyes are the first team to reach the playoff in its three-year history without winning its conference. The unbeaten Crimson Tide is in the playoff for the third straight season and is the top seed for the second time. They will play the fourth ...
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LGHL Ohio State’s selection to the playoff reinforced the strength of the Big Ten East

Ohio State’s selection to the playoff reinforced the strength of the Big Ten East
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The Buckeyes’ unforeseen bye week paid off, too.

So, No. 3 Ohio State will play No. 2 Clemson in one of the College Football Playoff semifinals. This accomplishment reinforces what all of us who follow the Buckeyes closely already knew: they can really coach, and they can really recruit. Who would have thought that after jettisoning one of the most impressive NFL draft classes ever that Ohio State would simply reload, navigate the program’s most arduous schedule in years, and qualify for the playoff.

And who woulda thunk that the 2016 Buckeyes would make the playoff, but the 2015 squad that had 10 players selected in the first 100 selections of draft and enjoyed a much easier schedule would miss out on college football’s final four?

Life’s a trip, man.

The Buckeyes now turn their attention to Clemson, who racked up 576 yards of offense in their 40-35 victory over the Scarlet and Gray in the 2014 Orange Bowl. That game doubled as the final game in for Ohio State’s pre-Chris Ash era pass defense, which surrendered 378 passing yards and five touchdowns to Tajh Boyd and 227 receiving yards to Sammy Watkins. Dark times, indeed.

On to the rankings!

1. Unexpected bye weeks


Instead of playing in Indianapolis following back-to-back sledgehammer games against Michigan State and Michigan, the Buckeyes were able to able rest their players and send their coaches out recruiting, all the while still making the playoff. Not a bad gig if you can have it.

On a strange-but-true note that was recently pointed out by Cleveland.com, Ohio State has lost two regular-season conference games over the past five seasons—and both of the defeats have resulted in the Buckeyes missing the Big Ten Championship Game despite 39 victories over that same span. Ohio State also went 8-0 in Big Ten play in 2012 but missed out on a trip to Indianapolis because of NCAA sanctions.

Again, life’s a trip, man.

2. The Big Ten East


The 2016 college football season will be remembered for a lot of things—with today’s semi-controversial selection of the latest iteration of the College Football Playoff likely earning the No. 1 slot on a such a list—but high upon that same register should be that 2016 was also the year that the Big Ten’s East division wrestled away the title of the sport’s best division from the SEC West, even if history may reveal that to be a one-year anomaly. (I wouldn’t bet on that, but we’ll see.) The Big Ten East sported half of the committee’s top six teams, meaning that in a hypothetical world where an 8-team playoff existed, the East would easily have had three teams in the playoff.

Narrowing the scope to the Big Ten itself, the East further increased its dominance over the West by claiming the conference’s inter-conference crown for the third year running, with Penn State following Ohio State in 2014 and Michigan State in 2015. With Penn State’s rise and Michigan State’s sustained run of excellence prior to this year, the gap between the two divisions is only getting wider. Sure, the East has Rutgers, the conference laughingstock—let us not forget that the West has a pair of court jesters in Purdue and Illinois, though—but Indiana has gained respectability in recent years (the mess surrounding Kevin Wilson’s dismissal notwithstanding) and Maryland remains an Under Armour-backed semi-sleeping giant that improved in 2016 and could sniff eight and nine-win seasons soon if D.J. Durkin keeps reeling in top-20 recruiting classes.

3. Penn State’s present and future


The Nittany Lions’ dud of a first half on Saturday night removed any possibility that they could submit any sort of ‘wow’ win that may have altered its perception among the minds that be in the committee room, but outscoring Wisconsin 24-3 in the final two quarters and lighting up the Indianapolis night sky with McSorley bombs wasn’t a bad alternative.

In the end, Penn State’s loss to Pitt and the severe nature of its road defeat to Michigan proved to be too much to overcome in the eyes of the committee despite its status as a conference champion and its head-to-head triumph over Ohio State.

Once the sting of missing out on a Cinderella playoff run washes away, Nittany Lions fans should take great solace in knowing that this team probably hit its stride a year early. The current squad has just four senior starters, and the crux of the squad’s big play offense—Trace McSorley, Saquon Barkley, Chris Godwin, Mike Gesicki, and DaeSean Hamilton—all have eligibility remaining. Thus, Penn State—which has also recruited very well under James Franklin—should be able to sustain this positive momentum in 2017, though the schedule gets far more difficult with a September road game at Iowa and a brutal post-bye week stretch: a home game vs. Michigan, then back-to-back road contests at revenge-minded Ohio State (a surefire night game) and Michigan State.

4. Washington’s friskiness


Of all the realistic playoff contenders, Washington was the team in most need of a ‘statement win’ over the weekend, if only to make sure that its Baylor-esque non-conference slate (Rutgers, Idaho, Portland State) would not totally undermine its near-evisceration of the Pac-12, where the Huskies boasted a scoring margin of plus-205 in conference play.

And while most will provide Washington nary a chance to survive Alabama—early Vegas lines have installed defending champs as two-touchdown favorites—I’m not willing to do the same.

Though Alabama will boast a massive talent advantage, the lone time this season the Tide faced an offense with the sort of quarterback play and skill position player talent the Huskies harbor, they yielded 421 passing yards (and 522 total yards) to Chad Kelly and Ole Miss. Washington also sports a bonafide giant-slaying coach in Chris Petersen, whose Boise State squad felled Adrian Peterson and Oklahoma in the unforgettable 2007 Fiesta Bowl. Petersen’s Broncos also beat TCU, Virginia Tech, Georgia, and Oregon (twice). Dude can coach.

Do I expect Washington to win? No. But as long as the Huskies, tops in the country in turnover margin, keep Bama’s defense and special teams from scoring—easier said than done given that the Tide have 14 (!!!) combined defensive and special teams touchdowns—they will be in the game.

5. Wisconsin’s missed opportunities


Up 21 with just over two minutes left in the first half of Saturday night’s game in Indy, the Badgers had the Nittany Lions pinned on their own 10-yard-line. Even if Wisconsin limited Penn State to three points, it would have preserved its three-score advantage. Instead, McSorley found Saeed Blacknall for 12 yards on a 3rd-and-10 from midfield. On the next play, McSorley hit Blacknall again for a 40-yard touchdown.

Still, Wisconsin got the first crack at scoring after intermission and drove to Penn State’s 27. Facing a 3rd-and-3, the Badgers lost three yards and then missed a field goal. On the next play, McSorley bombed away to Blacknall again, this time from 70 yards away, and Wisconsin had officially ceded control of the game. The Nittany Lions scored on their next three possessions, while Wisconsin logged two punts, a field goal, and a turnover on downs.

However, looking at the Badgers from a glass half-full sense, Paul Chryst’s team (like Penn State) was probably a year ahead of schedule. Wisconsin has only five non-special teams senior starters, and stands to return its entire offensive line in 2017. Freshman quarterback Alex Hornibrook, who was more than serviceable in his first taste of action this fall, will also be back. The Badgers will have tough road games at BYU and Nebraska next fall, but get Iowa and Michigan at home and avoid inter-division games with Ohio State and Penn State.

All hail the kings of the West.

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Google Back to the desert: Tigers to meet Buckeyes in playoff - Anderson Independent Mail

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Back to the desert: Tigers to meet Buckeyes in playoff
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The Tigers (12-1), winners of the ACC, checked in at No. 2 in the College Football Playoff ranking on Sunday and will take on Ohio State (11-1) on Dec. 31 in the Fiesta Bowl semifinal in Glendale, Arizona, the same site of the Tigers' national ...

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BTN Dienhart: No surprises in third annual College Football Playoff field

Dienhart: No surprises in third annual College Football Playoff field
Tom Dienhart, BTN.com Senior Writer via Big Ten Network

After weeks of games and seemingly endless analysis of schedules, quartiles and any other metric you can conceiver, the College Football Playoff field finally is announced. And, there were no big surprises.
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LGHL Ohio State and Clemson will kick off at 7 p.m. ET in 2016 Fiesta Bowl in College Football...

Ohio State and Clemson will kick off at 7 p.m. ET in 2016 Fiesta Bowl in College Football Playoff
Matt Brown
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Ohio State will play in the late game.

Earlier today, we learned that you don’t need to win a conference championship to make the College Football Playoff, as the Buckeyes grabbed the No. 3 seed, and will face the Clemson Tigers in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl. The winner will face the winner of the Alabama/Washington game in the Peach Bowl ... so basically, Alabama.

Now, we know when Ohio State will kick off, so you can figure out your New Year’s Eve plans now.

Ohio State and Clemson will kickoff at 7 p.m. ET on December 31. Alabama and Washington will kickoff at 3:00 p.m. ET.

One one hand, that might be tougher for Ohio State fans, with that night being New Year’s Eve and all, but if the game isn’t going to be on at the party you’re attending, why are you even going? At least this way, the Buckeyes will get that prime-time focus on themselves.

No matter what time the game kicks off though, this should be an excellent battle.

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LGHL Urban Meyer told Ohio State ‘we are going to handle this with humility and class’ whether...

Urban Meyer told Ohio State ‘we are going to handle this with humility and class’ whether they made Playoff or not
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Now the head coach looks towards Clemson.

Less than an hour after the College Football Playoff committee announced that Ohio State will be one of the four teams fighting for a national championship, Urban Meyer took to the podium to talk to the media about the next step for his team. The Buckeyes finished the regular season ranked No. 3 and will begin preparations to face No. 2 Clemson on New Years Eve.

  • Meyer said he texted his players and coaches during the announcement telling them “we are going to handle this with humility and class” noting how many different teams deserved a spot in the playoff.
  • Having the week of to stay healthy and to have some additional time to recruit was a bit different than years past. He quipped that several coaches got sick afterward because they won the rivalry game and were out on the recruiting trail the next day.
  • On what the month of December looks like in terms of preparation, Meyer said he is meeting with the operations guy right after the press conference to set up the practice schedule. They are going to mirror what they did to prepare in 2014, but with some adjustments with so many young players.
  • The head coach knows Clemson very well. He’s friendly with the coaching staff and recruited several of their players -- including quarterback Deshaun Watson.
  • Meyer couldn’t be goaded into defending why Ohio State deserves a Top 4 spot out of respect for the other coaches and players who played their hearts out this season and into the conference championships. He admitted he didn’t realize the level of disrespect a few years ago from those calling the Big Ten the worst conference in the country. This is one of the reasons he’d rather not defend the decision.
  • Meyer admits the win in Oklahoma was not just important in them getting to the CFP, but it was a big game for the young guys and seeing how far they’ve come and could go. He wasn’t “jacked up” to take a group of guys who had yet to play a road game at Ohio State all the way to face the Sooners, but he doesn’t control the schedule.
  • On how much Meyer values conference championship, he said, “that’s why I go to work everyday”. He also noted that he wished he was in the Big Ten Championship when he was at home watching it.
  • The head coach was asked if the College Football Playoff was fun. Meyer wouldn’t go as far as calling it fun, but did say he’s compared it to March Madness being 365 days a year — you can’t lose.

Just before he spoke to reporters, Meyer talked to ESPN about Ohio State being in the College Football Playoff. On his reaction, he opened with, “Very appreciative of the committee, and with it comes a lot of responsibility”.

  • He lauded the players and coaches across the Big Ten conference who have helped change the conversation from worst conference to the best.
  • Meyer said he plans on having a conversation with Athletic Director Gene Smith about out-of-conference scheduling now that it’s evident how important it is -- citing Oklahoma being left out thanks to their two non-conference losses.
  • The head coach also spoke about knowing Clemson’s players very well, having recruited several of them.

Tom Rinaldi announced on ESPN’s pre-selection show that Meyer became a grandfather on Sunday as well; his daughter Nikki gave birth to a healthy baby boy, named Troy. Meyer later said that he watched the selection show from the fifth floor of the maternity ward.

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Google Buckeyes Blowout Gophers 8-3 - Gopher Puck Live (blog)

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Buckeyes Blowout Gophers 8-3
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Google Herbstreit says officials should've measured Buckeyes' 4th-and-1 - CBS sports.com (blog)

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Herbstreit says officials should've measured Buckeyes' 4th-and-1
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Two weeks later, and College GameDay's Kirk Herbstreit still thinks J.T. Barrett's 4th-and-1 conversion during overtime against Michigan wasn't handled properly by the chain gang in Columbus. During Sunday's College Football Playoff rankings reveal ...

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LGHL Ohio State’s College Football hype video is predictably intense, awesome

Ohio State’s College Football hype video is predictably intense, awesome
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Ready to run through a wall? You will be.

The Ohio State Buckeyes’ elite level video team would be in a College Football Playoff if one such existed for athletic department’s video production corps. With the OSU football team living up to their end of the bargain, David Trichel and co. elected to break out the big guns with one of their realest hype videos of the season.

The only real upset would’ve been had OSU somehow fallen out of the Top 4 altogether and the world had been deprived of the video team’s latest masterwork. Instead, be sure to take a minute out of your day, turn your volume up loud, and get ready for J.T. and co. to do it up against the champions of the ACC, the Clemson Tigers, on New Year’s Eve.

With a possible Clemson hype video still in store as kickoff gets closer, the scary part is the best may be yet to come.

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Google Ohio State football | Buckeyes will play Clemson in national semifinal - Columbus Dispatch

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Ohio State football | Buckeyes will play Clemson in national semifinal
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Despite not playing for the Big Ten championship on Saturday night, the Buckeyes earned a spot in the four-team field because of their overall resume. Ohio State (11-1) is the No. 3 seed and will play Atlantic Coast Conference champion Clemson (12-1 ...
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LGHL Nike unveils Ohio State's special alternate uniform for the 2016 College Football Playoff

Nike unveils Ohio State's special alternate uniform for the 2016 College Football Playoff
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The Buckeyes are gonna wear familiar unis against Clemson.

Now that we know who has officially made the 2016 College Football Playoffs, Nike has released a first look at the special alternate uniforms that Alabama, Washington, Ohio State, and Clemson will wear in their bowl games.


Any Field. Every Time.#CFBPlayoffhttps://t.co/EDDQMoQd2V pic.twitter.com/oaZC15tfCd

— Nike Football (@usnikefootball) December 4, 2016

For the Buckeyes, the jerseys appear to be very similar to the ones that the team wore in their win over Michigan. Time will tell if Ohio State will bring back the black matte helmets as well.

No. 1 Alabama will be the home-team against No. 4 Washington in the Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta, while No. 2 Clemson will square off against No. 3 Ohio State in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl from Glendale, AZ. Both games will take place on Saturday, December 31st, with official game times being announced shortly.

Las Vegas has installed the Buckeyes as a 3 to 3.5-point favorite over Clemson, while Alabama is favored by 14-points over Washington.

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LGHL Ohio State opens as 3-point favorites over Clemson in 2016 Fiesta Bowl in College Football...

Ohio State opens as 3-point favorites over Clemson in 2016 Fiesta Bowl in College Football Playoff
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The Buckeyes are favored in a rematch of the 2014 Orange Bowl.

Just minutes after the official College Football Playoff selections had been announced, Las Vegas odds-makers began taking bets on the two semifinal games. No. 1 Alabama will take on No. 4 Washington in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl and No. 3 Ohio State will take on No. 2 Clemson in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.

Despite being the lower-seeded team, the early odds from a number of sports books have installed Ohio State as either a 3 or 3.5-point favorite over the Tigers.


Vegas lines for @OhioStateFB V @ClemsonFB @LVSuperBook OSU -3@CGTechnology_ OSU -3.5@southpointlv OSU -3.5@WynnLasVegas OSU -2.5

— Todd Fuhrman (@ToddFuhrman) December 4, 2016

The Fiesta Bowl will come from Glendale, AZ on December 31st. The game will be a rematch of the 2014 Orange Bowl, in which Dabo Swinney’s Tigers outlasted Urban Meyer’s Buckeyes 40-35.

In the other semifinal, Alabama opens up as a two-touchdown favorite.


Opening #CFBPlayoff Lines via @LVSuperBook

Alabama -14 vs Washington
Ohio State -3 vs Clemson

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Google Sauve Leads Buckeyes to Top 10 Win - The Hockey Writers

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Sauve Leads Buckeyes to Top 10 Win
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Sauve made 43 saves in the second game of the series Saturday, leading the Buckeyes to a 2-1 win over the ninth-ranked Fighting Hawks. Ohio State got two goals from its third forward line as Rebecca Freiburger gave the Buckeyes a 1-0 lead late in the ...

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Ohio State football: Why the committee got it right putting the Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — As it turns out, the debate when it came to Ohio State making the College Football Playoff wasn't much of a debate after all. The Buckeyes aren't only in college football's final four, they're in it as the No. 3 seed and are set for a ...
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Google Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 2 Clemson Tigers - ESPN (blog)

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Fiesta Bowl: No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes vs. No. 2 Clemson Tigers
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There hadn't been all that much to cheer for when the Buckeyes were trailing, allowing the Ohio State fans and players to save up for the celebration and unleash it all at once. Lowest moment: Urban Meyer's programs are known for their prolific work on ...

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LGHL Ohio State will play Clemson in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl in the College Football Playoff

Ohio State will play Clemson in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl in the College Football Playoff
Matt Brown
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The Buckeyes are headed to the desert for a playoff tussle with the Tigers.

Ohio State didn’t win the Big Ten this year. They didn’t even win the Big Ten East outright, as Penn State won the right to go to the conference championship game, and then won the whole dang thing. But thanks to a stellar regular season, Buckeye fans were confident they’d find a way to make the College Football Playoff anyway. And today, they were proven right.

Ohio State was selected as one of the top 3 seeds in the College Football Playoff, and will face Clemson in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl. Alabama will face off the other playoff bid winner in the Chick fil-A Peach Bowl, in Atlanta.

This makes the Buckeyes the first team ever to make the College Football Playoff without winning a conference title. Thanks to road wins over Oklahoma and Wisconsin, and a home win against Michigan, it would have been nearly impossible to argue Ohio State’s resume was insufficient. And now they’re back in the Playoff for the second time in three years.

The Buckeyes are 0-2 all-time against Clemson, and the Tigers are one of the very few teams that can say they’ve beaten the Buckeyes in the Urban Meyer era. Ohio State lost in the 2013 Orange Bowl 40-35, and also in the 1978 Gator Bowl, 17-15. You might remember that game as the one where Woody punched Clemson player Charlie Bauman, leading to his firing. So there’s a bit of history between these two teams.

We’ll have much more on the Tigers soon, but for now, the Buckeyes have achieved one of their major goals of the season, and have a path, albeit a very difficult one, to win another national title.

The Fiesta Bowl will be played on December 31, 2016 at either 3:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET in Glendale, AZ. While that’s New Years Eve, good news: it’s a Saturday this year. And if you’re reading this anywhere in the Buckeye State, even if the Fiesta Bowl winds up being the late game, it’s a pretty sure bet it’ll be on at whatever party you’re at.

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Buckeyes CFP bound
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LGHL Cincinnati could look at Ohio State’s Kerry Coombs as a head coaching candidate to replace...

Cincinnati could look at Ohio State’s Kerry Coombs as a head coaching candidate to replace Tommy Tuberville
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An FBS job just opened in Ohio, and that may mean a Buckeye assistant could be on the move.

Compared to last year, this has been a relatively quiet coaching carousel season, but it might heat up in a big way now, especially for Buckeye fans.

According to Football Scoop, Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Tommy Tuberville is stepping down, after a lackluster season.

Whenever an Ohio position opens up, Ohio State assistants are often considered possible candidates, and this would be no different. Ohio State’s cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator Kerry Coombs has already been suggested as a possible candidate by one analyst, and he probably won’t be the only one.


Interesting timing. Trying to get in Brohm sweepstakes? Also keep an eye on Kerry Coombs, Neal Brown, Scott Satterfield https://t.co/Oc3SpowbfS

— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) December 4, 2016

Coombs would make a ton of sense for the Bearcats. Before joining the college ranks, Coombs was a highly successful high school coach in the greater Cincinnati area, spending time at local powers like Lakota, Loveland, and Colerain. He also coached at Cincinnati from 2007-2011, and few coaches know the area as well as he does. Coombs’ energy is also unparalleled.

He won’t be the only candidate, of course. This could be a landing spot for Charlie Strong, and Jeff Brohm, Western Kentucky’s head coach, could also be very successful there. Perhaps Neal Brown, Troy’s head coach and former Kentucky assistant, could do well here too. It’s also possible other Ohio State assistants could be interested in this job as well.

Cincinnati is a pretty good non-Power 5 job, close to a large concentration of talent, an ambitious athletic department, and is in the best non-power conference league in the country. The right hire could launch the program back into the Top 25. We’ll have to see if that hire comes from Ohio State’s staff.

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LGHL Ohio State No. 2, Penn State No. 5 in final AP Top 25

Ohio State No. 2, Penn State No. 5 in final AP Top 25
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If the committee’s sentiments echo the pollsters...

Despite a head to head win over Ohio State on a blocked field goal in the midst of a fourth quarter self implosion, the media members who comprise the AP Top 25 weren’t moved enough by Penn State’s impressive come from behind victory against Wisconsin to move them into their own informal Top 4.

The AP Top 25’s Top 4 stays Alabama (an unsurprising unanimous No. 1), the Buckeyes at No. 2, Clemson at No. 3, and Washington at No. 4. The pollsters move the Nittany Lions above the same Michigan team that beat them by 39 but the margin between PSU and Washington is roughly that of the Huskies and Clemson.

The Buckeyes finish the regular season with wins over the AP’s No. 6, No. 7, and No. 8 teams, two of the three on the road. Assuming the committee approaches things similarly to the press, the anxieties of late last night/this morning may prove unmerited yet.

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Google Ohio State 70, Fairleigh Dickinson 62 | Buckeyes wake up in second half - Columbus Dispatch

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Ohio State 70, Fairleigh Dickinson 62 | Buckeyes wake up in second half
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The Knights entered the game 259 spots lower nationally in scoring defense and with just one win against a Division I opponent this season, but the Buckeyes rode a solid eight minutes to a dissatisfying 70-62 win in front of an announced crowd of 11,570.
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Ohio State basketball: Sluggish Buckeyes hold off Fairleigh Dickinson 70-62
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The Buckeyes won, 70-62, bouncing back from a loss on Wednesday to Virginia, and a sluggish first half on Saturday against the Knights. That Tate score ignited 13-2 run to start the second half for the Buckeyes, who lead by just one at the half ...


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Women's volleyball: Buckeyes Sweet Sixteen bound
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The Buckeyes made their presence known from the beginning of the first set. A variety of hitters went to work, which resulted in an early 9-1 run for OSU. As Kansas State closed in on the OSU lead, the arena erupted, showing the home team support for ...
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