Last weekend, the Ohio State Buckeyes fell to the Michigan Wolverines in a blowout loss that severely hurt their chances of making the College Football Playoff. But according to Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren, the Buckeyes should still have a shot to make the four-team field.
In an interview with Ralph D. Russo of the Associated Press, Kevin Warren made the case that Ohio State should make the playoff, saying the Buckeyes “have 46 1/2 excellent quarters of football.”
Warren to AP continued:
"As you clearly evaluate who are the four best teams in college football, I think based upon how they performed throughout the entire season, Ohio State is one of those teams. … I think they have clearly shown what they can do."— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) December 2, 2022
“When you look at the body of work that Ohio State has put forward, they have been a top-ranked team the entire season. If they’ve played 48 quarters of football, they have 46 1/2 excellent quarters of football,” Warren said, according to Russo. “As you clearly evaluate who are the four best teams in college football, I think based upon how they performed throughout the entire season, Ohio State is one of those teams. … I think they have clearly shown what they can do.”
They’re pretty shocking comments, and the college football world had plenty to say about it on Twitter.
every time you see warren advocating for teams in the big ten my mind goes right to how jim delany didn't do that for his conference champion in 2016 and i get Very Mad 🙂 https://t.co/C0OVDkd12D
— Bill DiFilippo (@billdifilippo) December 2, 2022
they were also tied at halftime with 1-11 Northwestern, let's bump that down to 44 1/2 excellent quarters https://t.co/6K435KiyI7
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 2, 2022
I have some suggestions https://t.co/JqY9DzHJi0
— ¡BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL! (@edsbs) December 2, 2022
love counting going down 7-0 against northwestern after 27 minutes of football as two "excellent quarters" https://t.co/WvQizDkDuK
— Shehan Jeyarajah (@ShehanJeyarajah) December 2, 2022
What Kevin Warren doesn't want you to know is USC's only loss came on the road by 1 point to a top-20 opponent, in a game they didn't trail until the final minute. https://t.co/gFXF2uc3UL
— Zach Barnett (@zach_barnett) December 2, 2022
Math is hard. https://t.co/yBuSdC8Qrv
— Tyler James (@TJamesND) December 2, 2022
If the Buckeyes are going to make the College Football Playoff, they will need some help with either the USC Trojans and the TCU Horned Frogs losing during conference championship weekend.
