Utes rolled to 47-24 win in Pac-12 Championship Game
“Coach Day, you’re welcome”.
Those were Kyle Whittingham’s words to Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day, who might like to meet Utah Utes head coach and buy him a beer or shake his hand or owe him one for the rest of eternity. The path for the Buckeyes to get into the College Football Playoff was a loss by the USC Trojans in the Pac-12 Championship Game and that’s precisely what happened on Friday night in Las Vegas.
We’ll see the official announcement on Sunday, but it looks like the Buckeyes will be in the College Football Playoff for the fifth time.
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With the Buckeyes fifth in last Tuesday’s update, the scenario was pretty clear. A loss by the Trojans would drop them below Ohio State and the Scarlet & Gray would backdoor their way into a CFP semifinal game. Making the conference championship game has its pitfalls, as USC found out.