INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – While Ohio State fans chanted “We want ‘Bama,” coach Urban Meyer argued for an opportunity.
Moments after No. 6 Ohio State finished its 59-0 rout of No. 11 Wisconsin, Meyer hoisted the Big Ten championship trophy in the air and lobbied for a spot in the inaugural College Football Playoff.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt we’re one of the top four teams in America,” Meyer shouted to the crowd but almost defiantly to the selection committee, which must make its decision Sunday.
Some expected the Buckeyes to drop out of the conversation with the tough game against the Badgers. Instead, the Buckeyes made an emphatic statement.
Cardale Jones, who started this season as the Buckeyes’ No. 3 quarterback, looked every bit as good as Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett. Jones even did something his all-conference predecessors could not – leading the Buckeyes to the conference title.