The time to grieve over defeat and lick wounds has passed. For Ohio State, there remains a postseason to play.
Although losing to TTUN felt like a humiliating end of the world in many respects, the new College Football Playoff format gives the Buckeyes a renewed sense of purpose following another absence from conference championship week. Ohio State will host Tennessee after securing the eighth seed in the CFP bracket, which means Columbus will host a college football game for the first time ever in December just a handful of days before Christmas.
Johnny and I offer thoughts on the pivotal showdown for OSU’s championship aspirations as well as Ryan Day’s potential head coaching future with the Buckeyes.