The Ohio State Buckeyes are being disrespected. There's a narrative spreading that OSU failed its one big test by losing 13-10 to the Indiana Hoosiers in the Big Ten Championship Game and are easy pickings for the Georgia Bulldogs in the College Football Playoff semifinals, but that ignores necessary context: the Texas Longhorns' context.
Let's not forget that the Longhorns entered Week 1 as the nation's No. 1 overall team before taking a 14-7 loss at the "Shoe" to the defending champs. The No. 3 Buckeyes only became a slight favorite in that matchup in the days before.