Welcome to The Hodgepodge.
We can now confidently declare that Ohio State is going to the College Football Playoff, regardless of what happens within the next two weeks.
Sure, that’s like, the absolute bare minimum this team should accomplish given the talent level and preseason expectations for this squad. But I’m old enough to remember when Ohio State barely squeaked out a win against Nebraska following the Oregon loss and message boards were TENSE heading into Penn State week.
So on some levels, being one of (probably) three teams guaranteed to be in the postseason should disaster strike Saturday (Oregon and Texas being the others) is an accomplishment of sorts.