As per usual, Ohio State never does anything the easy way.
"Easy" in this case would've meant winning a layup game at home against a bad Michigan team, getting vengeance against the Oregon Ducks in the Big Ten Championship, and then sitting pretty for a few weeks with a playoff bye while the rest of the country sorted itself out.
None of that is actually easy (The Game is a monster all its own, Oregon remains pretty clearly the best team in the country). But it feels like pretty much any other outcome than what actually transpired would've been a lot more relaxing than the two weeks of angst over things like: losing to That Team Up North, the future of Ryan Day, a terrible overall record against the SEC, tickets being snatched up by Tennessee fans, the offense looking like hot garbage, the inevitable heat death of the universe, etc.