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Ohio State to the Playoff? Fans react to Buckeyes’ disastrous loss to Michigan
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Ohio State’s entire world changed in about 3 hours on a forgettable Saturday afternoon at the Horseshoe.
Hated Michigan came into Columbus and stole the Buckeyes’ lunch in a 13-10 shocker. Even more, the Wolverines might have just stolen Ohio State’s College Football Playoff berth. To some stunned (and angered) fans, that’s exactly what might have happened in The Game, as the No. 2 Buckeyes came up empty as a huge home favorite and let a 6-5 Michigan team possibly derail their national title dreams.
Quarterback Will Howard was awful in his first taste of the rivalry, throwing 2 interceptions and leading an Ohio State offense that managed a meager 252 total yards on the day. Michigan only had 234 total yards, but the Wolverines, with nothing to lose, turned a late 11-play drive into the game-winning field goal with just 45 seconds left.
With 1 more shot to avoid catastrophe, the Buckeyes could do nothing with their last possession, and Michigan danced off with its 4th straight victory in The Game. For Ohio State, this 1 will hurt for a long time, especially if the loss does in fact derail its Playoff hopes, as the following onlookers believe is very possible.
Chaos has arrived in college football on the final Saturday of the regular season, and it’s colored scarlet and gray. Let the screaming begin:
If Ohio State loses here, they likely miss the Big Ten Championship Game. Should they stay ranked high enough to host a Playoff Game?
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 30, 2024
So does 2 loss Ohio state make the playoff? Do they make it over Indiana? Does 3 loss SC make it? Chaos reigns right now
— PennStater (@go_lf_state) November 30, 2024
Put South Carolina in the playoff over Ohio state
— trenton (@36smartfia) November 30, 2024
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Ohio State is in the playoff regardless because the results are worthless for preseason top 10 teams.
— Razor Jamón (@CPoTweetsStuff) November 30, 2024
Ohio State is a playoff caliber team?!?!? Nahhhh
— Kyle Thompson (@KyleKringus) November 30, 2024
We should exclude Ohio State from the playoff.
— Andrew Diaz (@freshlegsdiaz) November 30, 2024
No playoff for Ohio State by a field goal will be crazy
— Rolli (@1995Geezer) November 30, 2024
I don’t even want to see Ohio State in the playoff. Even a National Championship is tainted, if that went to magically happen.
— Austin Reid Wilson (@Ausloot7) November 30, 2024
Don’t put Ohio state in the playoff, we are top assssssssss
— 7K (@HighFiveGhoast) November 30, 2024
Would a two loss Ohio State team be as playoff worthy as a three loss Bama or Georgia?
— “Lunatic Fringe Portion of FSU Fan Base” (@EFESHEW) November 30, 2024
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
