Many Ohio State fans are going to wake up in the next couple weeks and realize that Penn State beats them in a tiebreaker in the Big Ten east division.. Penn State has one loss and Ohio State also has one loss.. But Penn State BEAT Ohio State so if Penn State wins the next 2 games, it DOES NOT MATTER what the Buckeyes do, even if they beat Michigan,, It will be Penn State in the Big Ten conference championship out of the East if Ohio State wins out.... If Michigan wins out, they represent the Big Ten east against the west division champions as they beat Penn State....Lots of implications to this including the fact that Wisconsin can win the Big Ten championship without facing Michigan or Ohio State again. Penn State has Rutgers and Michigan State left on their schedule.
If Ohio State wins out, this could be a similar situation like the year that Alabama beat LSU in the national championship... If you remember, Alabama won the national championship without making their own conference championship that year. LSU beat Alabama in the regular season so they represented the SEC west in the SEC championship game. Yet the polls put Alabama in the national championship game.... This is interesting drama as to whether Ohio State should be eligible for even getting to the playoffs. Fascinating times ahead if Penn State wins out as that knocks out Ohio State from being in the conference championship, which looks good right now for the Nittany Lions.
If Ohio State wins out, this could be a similar situation like the year that Alabama beat LSU in the national championship... If you remember, Alabama won the national championship without making their own conference championship that year. LSU beat Alabama in the regular season so they represented the SEC west in the SEC championship game. Yet the polls put Alabama in the national championship game.... This is interesting drama as to whether Ohio State should be eligible for even getting to the playoffs. Fascinating times ahead if Penn State wins out as that knocks out Ohio State from being in the conference championship, which looks good right now for the Nittany Lions.
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