A tough end-of-season schedule could spoil championship repeat hopes in 2015.
"This game could very well serve as a de facto conference championship game and provide a ticket to the College Football Playoff."
-Dan Murphy, ESPN.com Big Ten Blog
T.S. Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month, but for Ohio State, it's going to be November. There's a very clear four-game stretch that will make or break the champ's chances make it back to the College Football Playoff this coming season. It just so happens that this stretch happens during the Buckeyes' last four games of the regular season.