As election season approaches, brace yourself for things to get nasty, vicious, and personal in this battleground state. It’s time to debate the college football playoff. Ohio State is suddenly back in the conversation, its mounting, point-a-minute case that the loss to Virginia Tech was a one-off misstep and the usual national chaos spurring two big questions. Can the Big Ten crash the four-team carnival? And, more specifically, can the 13th-ranked Buckeyes? The answer to both is yes. They just need some help — fortune that history suggests will come. Lost in the chatter about if a one-loss team from a punching-bag league can secure a playoff invite is the beautiful mess that looms. Yes, the SEC’s dad can beat up the Big Ten’s dad. But does it matter? No more than four power-conference teams entered the bowls unbeaten or with one loss in two of the last three years while two-loss LSU beat the Buckeyes for the 2007 title. Let’s say OSU continues devouring its cake, then beats No. 8 Michigan State in East Lansing next month and thumps No. …
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