Why Penn State enjoys ideal CFP bracket spot, playing chess to Ohio State's checkers
Penn State could earn No. 6 seed in the College Football Playoff bracket, without playing the Big Ten championship game. Now, that's a chess move.
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In the first year of the expanded B1G and playoffs, PSU was given a gift of a schedule. Granted scheduling is always, to some extent, the luck of the draw.