The Ohio State Buckeyes are national champions! The season finale recaps the resilient Buckeyes and the poetry of college football. Plus: Is a national championship tainted by the loss to Michigan? What is the narrative around Ryan Day moving forward? And what's on the horizon for both programs in 2025?

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Does a Michigan loss taint an Ohio State title? It's blue-bloods in Atlanta as the Buckeyes face the Fighting Irish for the College Football Playoff National Championship. Plus: Jack Sawyer's poetic redemption, the checklist for an Irish upset, and circling back on whether Notre Dame is a fraud.

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Ohio State hammers Oregon to advance in the College Football Playoff. Michigan shuts down Alabama and ends a tumultuous season on a winning streak.

Making sense of a shockingly perfect Rose Bowl performance. One super-duper major key for Texas to slay Ohio State.

Plus: the playoff team we told you would get hot, where Michigan is loaded in 2025, and somebody watch out for the rat poison.

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Is Ryan Day back in the good graces of Buckeye Nation? Where's the separation between Ohio State and Oregon? Is Jack Sawyer the most unlikable player in college football? Plus: Michigan and Alabama's bowl rosters are a.mystery, why the CFP doesn't need 12 teams, and Lane Kiffin can't stop tweeting.

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Ohio State and Tennessee are (almost) carbon copies. What distinguishing factor(s) decide this game? Is there any actual legitimacy to Ryan Day's big game mental block? (Yes!) Plus: the "weather advantage," trench warfare, and some really dumb CFP semifinal projections.

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Ohio State draws Tennessee in the opening round of the College Football Playoff. Did Ohio State have a case for better seeding over Penn State? What does Ryan Day need to do to save his job?

Plus: should teams be punished for conference championship games, Michigan gets a money-grab matchup with Alabama, and who has the most coveted CFB Playoff seed?

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Michigan sends shockwaves thru Columbus with a historic upset of Ohio State. Can Ryan Day save his job - even with a title run? Are the Buckeyes guaranteed a home playoff game? Plus: why Michigan earned the right to plant the flag and who makes the College Football Playoff.

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Judgment Day draweth nigh. Michigan found momentum at the right time, while Ohio State silenced any remaining doubters. Three things Michigan must have to complete the upset; and the one thing Ohio State cannot do if they want to finish off the Wolverines. Plus: which teams will make the College Football Playoff, but don’t actually deserve a spot?

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