Follow and/or Contact or Baskets of Mini Muffins to @PeteFiutak- By the way, I’m starting up the Daily Cavalcade now with a hit a day going into the offseason with the most brilliant takes on college football thingys in the history of our planet. Follow me already for updatesSorry if this column sucks. It’s not my fault … Georgia made the “mutual decision” for me that it sucked.Put them in or Zeke Elliott will complain again – and rightly so Ohio State is one of the four best teams in college football. It just is, and it’s now the proverbial team that no one wants to face.It’s also not going to be in your 2016 College Football Playoff.The coaching staff gacked away the Michigan State game – assuming the only way they lose with Connor Cook on the bench was by making a bunch of big mistakes – lost, and then the team collectively said, “enough is enough” and finally showed up as expected in the win over Michigan.And now it’s too late.The fraught fans from America’s Safety School aren’t quite getting it as they’re rationalizing ways to get their team into the fun again. Unfortunately for them and their Buckeyes, the only possible path is if Florida upsets Alabama in the SEC championship and USC shocks Stanford in the Pac-12 title game, and even then they wouldn’t be a lock if the committee is all about the conference champions – and that bass – and thinks the Gators deserve to be in because it beat the big, bad, Crimson Tide.No, Ohio State, you’re not getting in over North Carolina if it beats Clemson. At least I think you’re not getting in over North Carolina if it beats Clemson, but I get it, Buckeye fans. Yeah, your team could absolutely win the whole darn thing again if it gets in, but …YOU BLEW IT.Ohio State didn’t win its conference. It didn’t win its division. It played two teams – at least before the Nov. 31 rankings – in the CFP top 25, waxed one, and lost to the other.North Carolina might be on an 11-game winning streak, but it lost to a miserable South Carolina team and the best wins are against Miami – probably the fourth-best team in the ACC – and Pitt, which means its best wins suck.But there’s one, big, gigantic, Bring Your Own Guts problem you can’t get past, Ohio State – and, again, I’m with you on the whole wanting-to-see-your-team-in thing. If North Carolina wins, that’ll mean it 1) beat the No. 1 and unbeaten Clemson Tigers, which blows past beating that Michigan team rankings-wise, and 2) it’ll be the ACC champ, and you’re not.Next up for Ohio State fans as they reach into their bottomless bag of grouchies – whining about not going to the Rose Bowl.Not to kill the buzz, kids, but your rivalry doesn’t actually matter when Michigan State is playing this weekend and you’re not Here’s the official Cavalcade of Whimsy corporate stance on all things rivalry. …
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