Getty Images Ohio State should be allowed a path to the Big Ten Championship Game, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said Tuesday. The Buckeyes, for the moment, have fallen short of a league requirement to play at least six games in order to qualify for the title game when their game against the Wolverines was canceled due to COVID-19. The Big Ten decided in September, prior to starting an eight-game season, that it would require teams to play at least six of the scheduled games in order to protect the integrity of the championship game. Big Ten ADs, coaches and presidents unanimously supported that concept, sources told CBS Sports. Manuel on Tuesday became the first — and most significant — Big Ten official to support the concept of the league’s highest-ranked team playing for the Big Ten title despite it being likely to fall below that threshold. “I don’t believe…
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