COLUMBUS, Ohio — Miami’s loss to Pitt on Friday closed one of the doors that could have kept the Ohio State Buckeyes out of the College Football Playoff. And there were some callbacks to Ohio State playoff possibilities of the past as it happened. By the way, most of this is obvious. Many of you have figured this out already. But I’m paid to do some of the conjuring and scenario-crunching others don’t have time to do while living rich, fulfilling lives. But some obvious statements are about to follow. 1. The greatest threat to Ohio State making the playoff as a two-loss Big Ten champ is a one-loss non-champ. A one-loss non-champ is what the Buckeyes were a year ago when they made the playoff as a No. 3 seed. Entering this weekend, No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Miami were the only teams that could have been those…
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