Ohio State Will Have Faced Seven Heisman Finalists In The Team's Two Runs To The CFP

A trend is beginning to take hold for Ohio State when it comes to qualifying for the College Football Playoff.  Heisman Trophy finalists.  In the two seasons the Buckeyes have qualified for the CFP, they will have played a combined total of seven finalists for college football’s most coveted individual honor.  Three of the candidates came in 2014 while three more have come this season and another awaits. “Their team finds a way to help them make plays, and then they make plays on their own,” OSU junior linebacker Raekwon McMillan said of what makes Heisman players so special. “When you are playing somebody like that, you know they are going to have the ball in their hands. You just have to stop them.” Two years ago, OSU faced three finalists in consecutive games.  The first encounter came in the Big Ten Championship game against Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon.…

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