For some reason, ESPN's Chris Low believed the SEC's shift to a nine-game schedule was a chance to take a shot at the Ohio State Buckeyes and TTUN.
To be fair, the latter team deserved it for not only having an easy path to the College Football Playoff National Championship in the last four-team field. It helped that they were literally filming opponents and barely got punished for it years later.
OSU, though? After knocking off the Tennessee Volunteers, Oregon Ducks, Texas Longhorns, and Notre Dame Fighting Irish en route to being the first champion to have played 16 games?