2. When
Ohio
State
hoisted
the
first
ever
NCAA
Playoff
Na>onal
Championship
trophy,
at
that
moment,
they
were
far
from
the
only
winners.
Ronn
Torossian
breaks
it
down.
We
have
to
start
with
Ohio
State.
The
Buckeyes’
last
na>onal
>tle
came
on
a
HIGHLY
disputed
penalty
in
double
over>me
against
Miami.
Worse,
it
came
in
a
game
that
was
already,
unofficially,
over.
Everything,
that
happened
aPer
the
field
was
cleared,
and
the
teams
came
back
out,
will
forever
be
a
maQer
of
public
derision
and
dispute.
But
not
this
>tle.
Ohio
State
routed
the
Oregon
Ducks
so
convincingly
that
the
specter
of
the
Hurricanes
is
all
but
a
distant
memory.
Bucks
fans
have
reason
to
be
on
top
of
the
world,
even
as
their
phenom
story
third
string
quarterback
publicly
ponders
declaring
for
the
draP.
3. Then
there’s
ESPN,
the
network
that
brought
you
more
football
that
maQered
than
ever
before.
On
game
night,
more
than
33
million
viewers
tuned
in
to
watch
the
Bucks
play
the
Ducks.
That
makes
it
the
largest
audience
in
cable
TV
history.
The
network
paid
billions
for
the
rights
to
the
>tle
game
for
the
next
decade,
and
it
looks
like
that
investment
will
con>nue
to
pay
off.
4. By
far,
the
biggest
winner
was
the
NCAA.
For
years,
the
governing
body
of
collegiate
football
has
been
adamant
against
a
playoff
system.
It’s
not
that
they
didn’t
think
it
could
work.
It’s
that
they
didn’t
WANT
to
see
if
it
would
work.
They
players
knew
it.
The
fans
knew
it.
The
media
knew
it.
And
everyone
hated
the
NCAA
because
of
it.
Honestly,
one
more
disputed
na>onal
champion
and
the
associa>on
was
in
for
a
major
fan
exodus
and
yet
another
excoria>ng
round
of
fire
from
the
media.
Then,
finally,
aPer
years
of
saying
it
could
not
be
done,
the
NCAA
did
it…and
it
proved
to
be
as
simple
and
logical
as
everyone
always
insisted
it
would
be.
So,
how
does
this
make
the
NCAA
a
winner?
Well,
it
seems
all
is
forgiven
and
forgoQen.
The
split
na>onal
>tles,
the
gaffes,
the
teams
leP
out
in
the
cold,
all
the
years
of
insis>ng
what
they
just
did
could
not
be
done.
There’s
finally
an
undisputed
na>onal
champion,
and
even
the
most
disgruntled
fans
have
a
reason
to
love
college
football
once
again.
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post
was
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distribu>on.
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