COLUMBUS, Ohio — Welcome to the playoff, Ohio State, again and always. The Buckeyes made the 2014 College Football Playoff because they won the Big Ten Championship so convincingly. The Buckeyes made the 2016 College Football Playoff without going to the Big Ten Championship because the committee found them so convincing during the regular season. Maybe the surprise now is that Ohio State, at 11-1 and ranked No. 1 most of last season, didn’t get picked for the 2015 College Football Playoff. During the 16 years of the BCS era, from 1998 through 2013, no team made more BCS bowls than the Buckeyes, who played in 10. Back then, they often dominated a weak conference and were picked for the most prestigious bowls when fan bases and the potential for bowl cash were still a primary motivating factor. In the playoff era, the Buckeyes have been helped by a weaker Big…
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