ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Ryan Day and his Ohio State coaching staff spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to deal with the long break between the Big Ten championship and the College Football Playoff quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Regardless, another bye bites the dust, and these Buckeyes won’t win the school’s first back-to-back national championships.<\/p>\n
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