Late Hits: Ohio State, Penn State complicates CFP

The Big Ten is trying to make life difficult, really difficult, on the College Football Playoff committee.

Ohio State (11-1), the Big Ten’s only one-loss team, will not be in the Big Ten championship game, but the Buckeyes will likely be in the CFP’s final four.

That, in of itself, is not necessarily a problem. The four best teams, regardless of conference affiliation, should play for the national title.

What is a problem is if Penn State, which already has a head-to-head win over Ohio State (hence the Buckeyes’ absence from the conference title game), wins the Big Ten title and then is passed over for the national playoff by … Ohio State.

That wouldn’t make a lot of sense and there’s bound to…