Your comments are the strangest I’ve read in a long time.
Ohio State opened the season and struggles to beat Navy.
They then lost to Virginia Tech. Then they played powerhouse Kent State and ran up the score 66-0. They then gave up 28 points to powerhouse Cincinnati. Then gave up 24 points to a not very good Maryland team. Then played a no-body in Rutgers, then beat a weak Penn State team by 7 points. So the first 6 out of 7 teams they played were pansies. Is there any wonder they were not highly thought of? They only got in the Final Four because they blew out Wisconsin in the Big 10 title game. The committee was looking for any reason to put them in the playoff. So they jumped over a TCU team that was rated higher than them and finished the season winning 59-0. Plus TCU played a tougher schedule. Ohio State played one of the easiest schedules in the country and struggled to beat no-bodies.
To say they let Alabama “stay in the game” is the dumbest remark I’ve ever read about college football. Coach Oscar Meyer’s trademark is blowing out teams when he gets the chance. TCU should have been playing in the title game, not Ohio State. Ohio State got in the Final Four because of name recognition and their huge fan base, nothing else.
And they dominated bama and Oregon so it looks like they were the best team by far this year. Oh and they win with their 3rd string QB.