Ohio State football | Urban Meyer not sold on idea of eight-team playoff

Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is gung ho for the College Football Playoff scenario as it now stands, semifinals leading to a championship game, which means for teams that also win conference title tilts, a possible 15 games, like the Buckeyes played on the run to their 2014 national title.But adding one more game on top of that, which is what would be involved if the CFP ever expanded to eight teams? “If they said ‘One more,’ that would be a tough one,” Meyer said Thursday as his team prepares for the semifinal vs. Clemson on Dec. 31 in Glendale, Ariz. “I think the college model would have to change – the schedules, the scholarship limits, and certainly the calendar. “I remember a couple of our guys got unexcused absences when we beat Oregon (on Jan. 12, 2015, which happened to be the first day of OSU’s spring semester). I was a…

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