Ohio State got lost in the “White Out.” It has happened before — 2005, to be exact — to a national championship-caliber Buckeyes team. On Saturday, No. 2 Ohio State blew a two-touchdown lead and gave up 17 fourth-quarter points in a 24-21 loss at Penn State. There’s a difference between this year’s loss and the 2005 one, however. That one cost the Buckeyes a chance at the BCS championship game. This one won’t cost Ohio State a chance at the four-team College Football Playoff. A one-loss Big Ten team will get in the playoff, and Ohio State lost a game the last time it won a national championship. “Every goal is still alive,” Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said in his press conference afterward. “We’re not a great team right now.” MORE: SN’s midseason All-Americans The first part is 100 percent true. The Buckeyes can do the same thing Michigan State did last year. The Spartans lost to a Nebraska team that finished 5-7 but won the Big Ten championship and advanced to the CFP. There are more than enough chances to get back in the national spotlight this year, including a home game against No. 8 Nebraska and the regular-season finale at…
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