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Tom and Tony React to the College Football Playoff Rankings

by Tony Gerdeman
Nick Saban Urban Meyer

Let’s be honest, neither Tom Orr or I expected Ohio State to be at No. 4 when the College Football Playoff committee finished their rankings, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t still things to react to when ESPN blessed us with the CFP participants.

As you know, the playoffs will feature No. 1 Alabama vs. No. 4 Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl and No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl.

The most outlandish reveal on Sunday, however, came when Georgia ended up at No. 5, one spot ahead of No. 6

As you might expect, Tom and I had plenty to say about all of the day’s events.

I decided to compile our thoughts via Twitter and lay them all out in order.

Generally, this is the sort of thing we’d talk about on our Buckeye Weekly podcast, and we probably will later in the week, but for today, consider this a podcast for your eyes that you don’t even have to listen to.

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8 Responses

  1. A 29 point loss to Purdue is far worse than a 7 point loss to Alabama. Eliminate the mid-season meltdowns and everything else takes care of itself. Not sure a coach who allows those should be a conference coach of the year . The real travesty is ND’s #3. No championship, barely escaped against USC, close wins against UM and NW, two teams easily beaten buy OSU.. They will get waxed by Clemson.

    1. …….It’s NOT merely a 7 point loss to Alabama. It’s also a 20 point beat down by LSU. Go watch that game. The final could have been a lot worse.

      Completely agree about Notre Dame. It’s comical that they are even allowed in the top 10. They’re a joke.

      OU is the only team that might have a say against the Buckeyes, but I really don’t see them being able to out score the Buckeyes offense. Score a lot? Yep. Score enough? Nope.

  2. Loved this, thanks guys. Hard to imagine in 2018 that Southern bias still exists!
    ESPN the propaganda station

  3. There is SEC bias, but that is not the reason the Buckeyes are not in the
    “final four”. One season it’s a blowout loss to unranked Iowa, then it’s a blowout loss to unranked Purdue. What do we expect ? We should have won those games. If we did, we would have been in the CFP playoff.

  4. Oh, get over it! All this indignation just to soften that Purdue loss (and to a degree, surprisingly competitive Maryland and Northwestern wins) is transparent. As we have known since Woody’s days, In order for OSU to have the perfectly uncontroversial season, do not lose.

  5. The bias seems to be directed more against Ohio State, even in our own conference, Urban has never been coach of the year? Outside the Big 10 we are one of the most hated teams in the nation, such is the price of being a very strong program. An eight team playoff would prove the selection committee wrong.

  6. Perhaps, since the committee (and everyone else) has a bias in favor of the SEC. Maybe it’s in OSU’s best interest to join the SEC and kick out Missouri. Then we can watch the committee, ESPN and Herbstreit squirm trying to find a reason to keep an “SEC champ Buckeyes” out of the playoffs.

  7. Good choice, Tom, since the University of Delaware’s mascot/nickname is: “The Fighting Blue Hens”. Appropriate for chicken(deleted) Saturday.

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