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Jan. 17—Four comments on message boards when Ohio State lost 13-10 to Michigan on Nov. 30 which haven’t aged well:
… “They need to stay home (from the playoff) and stop embarrassing the university.”
… “I’m done with this version of the Buckeyes.”
… “Day is pathetic and so is Chip Kelly.”
… “Fire Day.”
Four comments on message boards when Notre Dame lost 16-14 to Northern Illinois on Sept. 7 which also haven’t aged well:
… “Riley Leonard is trash.”
… “RIP Notre Dame playoff run 8/31 to 9/7.”
… “Once again we are the laughingstock of college football.”
… “Notre Dame needs to stop taking shots on coaches with no head coaching experience.”
Ohio State was favored by 20 points over Michigan and Notre Dame was a 28-point favorite over Northern Illinois, a Mid-American Conference team that lost to Buffalo, North Carolina State, Toledo, Ball State and Miami (Ohio).
So, did those bad losses bring clarity, focus and a greater sense of purpose to the Buckeyes and the Fighting Irish, who will play for the College Football Playoff national championship on Monday night in Atlanta?
That’s hard to say for sure. But OSU (13-2) has looked pretty close to unbeatable in decisive wins over Tennessee, Oregon, and at times against Texas in its three playoff games. And Notre Dame (14-1) has won 13 games in a row since losing to Northern Illinois. It beat Indiana, Georgia and Penn State in the playoff to get to the championship game.
Maybe a more certain message is that the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff has shown that even though by the semifinal round the four remaining teams were blue bloods — Ohio State, Texas, Notre Dame and Penn State — there is obviously more opportunity to get to the championship game with 12 teams instead of four.
Instead of comparing the new playoff set-up to the old four-team College…
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Author : The Lima News, Ohio
Publish date : 2025-01-18 00:33:00
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