COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gene Smith always blew off playoff talk in the past. He’d been on the College Football Playoff Selection Committee for two years, and now he brushed aside most attempts for insight on his experience. Wednesday, The Lantern, the student newspaper at Ohio State, got him to spill the goods. Smith served a two-year term on the committee when he was supposed to serve three. He quit after last season and was replaced by Iowa AD Gary Barta, as the five power conferences always have a current AD on the 13-member panel. Smith at the time said he wanted to focus on helping new coach Ryan Day adjust, but I knew getting off the committee because he was recused when the Buckeyes were discussed, and that worked against Ohio State, was part of the calculus as well. Wednesday, here’s what Smith told The Lantern. “I was also concerned…
Continue Reading: Ohio State AD Gene Smith explains why he quit the College Football Playoff committee (and he’s fighting for the Buckeyes now)
