Week 12 of the college football season is all about positioning – teams looking to punch their tickets for conference championship games, and teams trying to find a way to earn a coveted top-four berth in the College Football Playoff rankings. No. 7 Michigan State at No. 5 Ohio State (-19), noon, 6ABC The three-way tie in the ultra-competitive Big Ten East will be reduced by at least one team, with the Buckeyes (9-1, 6-1) in the unusual position of being cheered on by what Urban Meyer used to call “that team up North,” a.k.a. archrival Michigan. The main question is whether the Spartans (9-1, 6-1) can play better pass defense; they are dead last in FBS allowing 329 passing yards per game. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud, a Heisman Trophy frontrunner, has thrown for 3,036 yards and 30 touchdowns accompanied by the nation’s best trio of wide receivers –…
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