INDIANAPOLIS — The uncertainty for unbeaten Ohio State going into the Big Ten championship game wasn’t about whether the Buckeyes needed to beat Wisconsin to make the College Football Playoff. It was about what they could showcase for the Playoff’s committee as they made a final push for the top seed. The Buckeyes, confident and talent-laden with their agile quarterback, Justin Fields, the fleet-footed running back J.K. Dobbins and a host of other playmaking options, appeared poised to deliver a rout similar to the one they dropped on the Badgers earlier this season. Yet when Ohio State was forced to rally from two touchdowns down to earn a 34-21 win, a new question emerged. Even at 13-0, just how equipped is this team to take on faster, more talented competition — beginning with the reigning national champion, Clemson? On Sunday, a 13-member committee determined that Louisiana State, not the previously…
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