It is Friday. Congratulations.
Word of the Day: Expurgate.
HANG THE BANNER. Ohio State did not win the elusive golden phallus this year. That shiny spire of joy will live in Baton Rouge with the true and rightful kings of college football after a scorched-earth campaign through some of the nation's best.
LSU deserves its prize, and nobody else has any valid claim to a national title – but that doesn't mean the Tigers were the best team in college football throughout this season. That, according to Bill Connelly's SP+ predictive data, was Ohio State.