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Two major pieces of news about the Ohio State football program broke almost simultaneously on Monday afternoon.

Star WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba announced that he will not play in the College Football Playoff due to ongoing injury issues.

And just minutes after that bombshell dropped, news broke that OSU offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson was close to accepting the head coaching job at Tulsa.

Kevin Noon and Tom Orr of BuckeyeHuddle.com break down the impact of both pieces of news on this special live emergency episode of the Buckeye Weekly podcast.

In this live edition of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman, Tom Orr, and Kevin Noon follow along live with Sunday's College Football Playoff rankings reveal. They react to the Buckeyes being paired up with Georgia in the Peach Bowl, as well as TCU and Michigan getting set for battle in the Fiesta Bowl. They discuss the Buckeyes being granted a second life and answer a slew of questions from the livestream viewers.

It wasn't exactly the way they hoped to get there, but the Ohio State Buckeyes are officially in the 2022 College Football Playoff field.

Ryan Day's team earned the No. 4 seed in the CFP and will face No. 1 Georgia in the Peach Bowl.

Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to discuss the matchup and what they learned from talking to OSU head coach Ryan Day after the announcement.

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After No. 4 USC got thumped Friday night and No. 3 TCU lost in overtime on Saturday, Ohio State and Michigan could be on the verge of a rematch of the greatest rivalry in all of sports.

The College Football Playoff committee will release the final rankings Sunday at noon, and it's starting to look like a semifinal showdown between the Buckeyes and Wolverines is not just possible - but likely.

Tony Gerdeman of BuckeyeHuddle.com joins host Tom Orr to break it all down.

- What's the case for putting Ohio State ahead of TCU to set up a rematch, and why should the Horned Frogs stay ahead of the Buckeyes?

- Who would top-seeded Georgia rather face in the Peach Bowl?

- Would Michigan be happy to get another chance to beat up on the Buckeyes?

- Would Ohio State be happy to get another crack at beating the Wolverines for the first time since 2019?

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This is an extended episode of Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning that we wanted to share with all of our Buckeye Weekly subscribers.

The Utah Utes dominated USC, 47-23 to roll to the 2022 Pac-12 conference championship.

More importantly for Ohio State, the lopsided defeat meant that Lincoln Riley and the Trojans will almost certainly not be a part of the four-team field for the College Football Playoff. For No. 5 Ohio State, that is extremely good news.

In this very, very extended live episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com join analytics expert Ty Shoemaker and host Tom Orr to break down all of the angles to the College Football Playoff picture.

Where do the Buckeyes stand now, and who would they be most likely to face in a semifinal?

The Utah Utes dominated USC, 47-23 to roll to the 2022 Pac-12 conference championship.

More importantly for Ohio State, the lopsided defeat meant that Lincoln Riley and the Trojans will almost certainly not be a part of the four-team field for the College Football Playoff. For No. 5 Ohio State, that is extremely good news.

In this very, very extended live episode of the Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning podcast, Tony Gerdeman and Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com join analytics expert Ty Shoemaker and host Tom Orr to break down all of the angles to the College Football Playoff picture.

Where do the Buckeyes stand now, and who would they be most likely to face in a semifinal?

In this live episode of the Buckeye Weekly Podcast, Tony Gerdeman, Tom Orr, and Kevin Noon discuss the important conference championship games and how they could impact the Ohio State playoff prospects. They also discuss the news of playoff expansion and how that will affect the Buckeyes and college football moving forward. Questions from the livestream viewers are also answered throughout the show.

Ohio State currently sits at No. 5 in the College Football Playoff rankings and will need some help if it wants to make it into the field of four on Sunday. Will they get it?

In this special bonus episode, Alex Markham of UteNation.com talks to Kevin Noon of BuckeyeHuddle.com about whether Utah can upset USC in the Pac-12 title game on Friday night.

Then Kevin talks to Derek Young of K-StateOnline.com about whether the Kansas State Wildcats can knock the TCU Horned Frogs out of the playoff picture in the Big 12 Championship Game on Saturday.

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It is going to be a tough weekend for Ohio State football fans as the Buckeyes are sitting home idle after a difficult loss to the rival from up north and now any chance at the College Football Playoff rests in the hands of teams like Kansas State and Utah.

A loss by either USC or TCU could/should open the door for Ohio State to march back into the field of four and a shot at a national championship, something that surely would soothe a lot of raw nerves after the loss in The Game.

But do either Utah or Kansas State have legitimate shots at helping the Buckeyes out in these instances? Both games are sitting at/around a three-point line and a look back in history will show that Utah already handed USC a loss and Kansas State was well on its way to handing TCU a loss.

We are reaching out here on the Big Me Kickoff to some friends around the industry to talk to experts who cover each of the underdogs and are inviting them on to tell us why Ohio State fans should not abandon all hope of making the playoff.

We are joined by Alex Markham of UteNation.com in the Rivals.com network as well as Derek Young of K-StateOnline.com in the On3 network to get the latest on each of their teams, what to expect in these games and hopefully some good news for the Buckeyes.

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