'Bama in Buckeyes out? CFP selection committee got it right
Kirby Hocutt
Ohio State lost its argument Nov. 4  when it got crushed by Iowa 55-24 at Kinnick Stadium. The stench from that loss  termed “damaging” Sunday by  CFP committee chairman Kirby Hocutt   never went away.
In previous years   the committee  made it clear that impressive victories could trump ugly defeats. In 2014  Ohio State lost to Virginia Tech at home by 14 but got the No. 4 seed after throttling Wisconsin 59-0 in the Big Ten title game.
The only strange part of the decision is that  Hocutt  had said Tuesday there was “very little separation between teams five through eight.”
The Buckeyes beat undefeated Wisconsin four days later while Alabama was idle. Yet  Hocutt  said Sunday the committee determined Alabama was “unequivocally better” than Ohio State.
Ohio State lost its argument Nov. 4  when it got crushed by Iowa 55-24 at Kinnick Stadium. The stench from that loss  termed “damaging” Sunday by  [TGT]never went away.
In previous years   the committee  made it clear that impressive victories could trump ugly defeats. In 2014  Ohio State lost to Virginia Tech at home by 14 but got the No. 4 seed after throttling Wisconsin 59-0 in the Big Ten title game.
The only strange part of the decision is that  [TGT]had said Tuesday there was “very little separation between teams five through eight.”
The Buckeyes beat undefeated Wisconsin four days later while Alabama was idle. Yet  [TGT]said Sunday the committee determined Alabama was “unequivocally better” than Ohio State.