The Buckeyes knocked off No. 1 Alabama in New Orleans to advance to the first-ever College Football Playoff national championship, and now we all have to find something else to talk about. NEW ORLEANS – When Cardale Jones threw that inexplicable pass 50 yards for an incompletion, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and his staff walked two yards onto the field of play to see if Ohio State’s Evan Spencer or Alabama’s Cyrus Jones made the catch. “Incomplete. Incomplete. Incomplete,” a staffer said. Up 42-35 with 1:50 remaining in the game, Ohio State just needed one first down, or to just run the ball and punt, but throw a contested ball into the end zone? Not that. Not a play that could recreate 2007 vs. LSU or 2008 vs. Urban Meyer’s Florida. Not anything that could risk killing the albatross. The Buckeyes called timeout. Delany clapped with his fingers spread apart, like Les Miles. …
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