"Ohio State has to hope that the Big Ten stays competitive during the season. They also have to hope that Miami continues to win. Alabama could lose a game and still make it to the title game. Ohio State can't. There are a number of teams that have played similar or more difficult out-of-conference schedules and will play challenging in-conference schedules. Any one of those teams could slip in behind 'Bama." - chokeland
View full sizeMark Ingram and Alabama are in the driver's seat in the race to get to the national championship game.In response to the story Is Nebraska authoring a Big-12 farewell season for the books? National College Football Insider, cleveland.com reader chokeland thinks Ohio State's fate could rest on how the rest of the Big Ten plays in 2010. This reader writes,
"Ohio State has to hope that the Big Ten stays competitive during the season. They also have to hope that Miami continues to win. Alabama could lose a game and still make it to the title game. Ohio State can't. There are a number of teams that have played similar or more difficult out-of-conference schedules and will play challenging in-conference schedules. Any one of those teams could slip in behind 'Bama."
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