CLOSE SportsPulse: While we all expected Alabama to blow out Notre Dame it shouldn’t lessen the embarrassment for the Fighting Irish, says Mackenzie Salmon. USA TODAY NEW ORLEANS — It’s inevitable Ohio State’s 49-28 win against Clemson in the Sugar Bowl Friday will in some corners reignite the debate over the Buckeyes’ inclusion in the College Football Playoff after playing just six games during the regular season. Clemson coach Dabo Swinney, whose team had played 11 coming into Friday, fed into that controversy by probing the postseason credentials of a team that faced a lighter schedule than other playoff contenders, stoking that stance by ranking the Buckeyes No. 11 in his penultimate Amway Coaches Poll. Rather than indicating any real advantage from a relatively restful regular season, the result simply revealed OSU as the better team, and if the Sugar Bowl is any indication a worthy challenger to unbeaten Alabama in the…
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