Let’s be clear: No matter who was on the field for Ohio State by the end of the Peach Bowl, the Buckeyes still had enough talent to punch a ticket to the national championship – even if they didn’t do so.
The scarlet and gray could’ve, if not should’ve, got the job done in Atlanta against the reigning national champs in the College Football Playoff semifinal on Jan. 1. And perhaps they would’ve had Ohio State received the benefit of an extra bounce or two down the stretch.
One such circumstance was the overturned targeting call on a hit that ended Marvin Harrison Jr.