By: Ty Duffy | 11 minutes ago Follow @tyduffy Clemson beat Ohio State 31-0, eliminating the Buckeyes from the College Football Playoff. The embarrassing result offered some proof that the playoff committee selected the wrong team from the Big Ten. That argument is…dumb. The committee could only go on the information available at the time, which did not include the final result of an Ohio State/Clemson game played a month later. Statistical performance supported Ohio State having a better résumé. Advanced metrics, FEI (No. 2 vs. No. 6) and S&P+ (No. 3 vs. No. 12), both ranked the Buckeyes significantly higher. SRS rankings (No. 2 vs. No. 5) ranked Ohio State higher. Consensus wisdom supported Ohio State being better. The Buckeyes finished No. 2 in the Coaches Poll. Only six of 58 votes had them outside the Top 4. Only 10 of 58 coaches (nine who weren’t James Franklin) had Penn State…
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