Ohio State more than took care of business against the Tennessee Volunteers Saturday night in the first round of the College Football Playoff. Despite reports that the stadium was going to be half-filled with Tennessee fans, Buckeye fans showed out and were loud, spurring on an offense and a defense that clicked almost the entire 60 minutes. 

We opened this week’s show with a letter from a listener, and then discussed the Ohio State transfer portal news from the previous week. Had we recorded Monday night instead of Sunday afternoon, there would have been a lot more arrivals to discuss. As it is, we talked about two more departures and the landing spots of two previous Buckeye defectors. 

Following the Ohio State news, we talked about the other College Football Playoff matchups, what home field advantage meant in the first playoff games on campuses, and the lazy narrative of which teams do or do not “belong.” If wins and losses don’t matter because of schedules being weaker or stronger, we’re not sure how to address that, because teams must play their schedules. The solution to being left out, as always, is win your games. 

Finally, we broke down the 42-17 Ohio State win that could have been more lopsided against the Vols. The offensive line held up much better than expected, the play-calling was aggressive and inventive, and...well, where was this a couple of weeks ago? We checked in on our picks to click and our score predictions to see how well we anticipated things. 

We also touched on the broadcast, which at times seemed to be gaslighting us about how many Tennessee fans were among the 105,000 people in Ohio Stadium, and at times seemed to be painting many Ohio State fans as insane for suggesting the team’s head football coach should occasionally beat its greatest rival, especially when the Buckeyes have the much better roster.

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0:20 - Ohio State news, including new portal additions and landing spots for guys who were already in the transfer portal a week ago.

19:29 - Other College Football Playoff results and the tiresome “doesn’t belong” narrative.

30:12 - Our Tennessee game rewind and thoughts on enduring one of the most aggravating broadcasts. 

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