COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State football is back in the College Football Playoff after a three-year absence, and perhaps that explains the Buckeyes’ muted response to falling to the No. 2 seed behind LSU. Ohio State’s current roster is comprised of players who were recruited off of the 2014 national championship or the 2016 CFP berth. A standard was set in the first three years of the playoff. Then the Buckeyes fell short of the semifinals in back-to-back years. While a fanbase fumed at another SEC team jumping OSU on the seed line, the response of the Buckeyes who spoke to reporters at the Woody Hayes Athletic Complex on Sunday ranged from passive annoyance to indifference. No. 2 Ohio State will play No. 3 Clemson — reigning national champ and owner of a 28-game winning streak — in the Fiesta Bowl for the right to play for a national championship.…
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