This just keeps happening.
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Ohio State's last game before New Year's Eve was December 6.
The Buckeyes lost that day to the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten title game.
And 25 days later, Ohio State lost again.
This time was the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against Miami. The Hurricanes had played in the CFP first round against Texas A&M and won.
In the 12-team field, the top-four teams have gotten byes the last two years.
Ohio State's loss means the teams to get a bye are now 0-5 in this CFP format.
Does it matter? It's still not a huge sample size.
But at this point, it's hard to say it doesn't.
A 25-day gap away from games is crazy. Teams at no level of football ever experience that, until now.
Even in the old bowl system, if teams had a gap that long, it was exactly the same as their opponent.
Not anymore.
Miami had a game in the middle. Ohio State didn't.
And it's the Hurricanes moving on, 24-14, and the Buckeyes going home.
Miami is into the semifinals, and Ohio State, after 25 days off, is one-and-done.
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