The College Football Playoff’s only been around for five seasons. Most years, most of the field crystalizes the day before the selection committee actually announces who’s in. But when there’s been question, one team’s always been at the heart of it. Ohio State has become the Playoff’s most reliable source of controversy, both in years the Buckeyes have made the final four and years they haven’t. It’s true again in 2018. This is the whole history of contentious Buckeye Playoff debates. 2014: Jumping two teams at the buzzer Ohio State made the field as the No. 4 seed. But entering Championship Saturday, the 11-1 Buckeyes were No. 5. They were two spots behind TCU, which was 10-1 and about to play a bad Iowa State. OSU had a Big Ten Championship date with No. 13 Wisconsin. Ohio State had lost by 14 at home to a mediocre Virginia Tech back…
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