Ryan Day was driving back from a recruiting visit in Cincinnati on Friday night when the fortunes of his Ohio State team shifted dramatically. The No. 5 Buckeyes got the help it needed to make the College Football Playoff with Utah’s 47-24 victory over No. 5 Southern California in the Pac-12 championship game in Las Vegas. The Buckeyes (11-1) look like a lock to be one of the four teams picked Sunday. It is a remarkable reversal of fortune for Ohio State. Its 45-23 loss to Michigan last Saturday made the Buckeyes a long shot to make the CFP. But losses by Clemson and LSU last week made the path more tenable, but they were still on the outside looking in. Not anymore. The Buckeyes were the only one-loss team in the country entering Saturday’s games. Georgia, Michigan and TCU were undefeated. But TCU fell to Kansas State 31-28 in…
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