What's the magic number? | Cornering Florida

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🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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What's the magic number? How many games will Ohio State play? How many will ultimately be needed? It's all crazy right about now.

247Sports Director of Recruiting Steve Wiltfong is here to discuss that predicament, surging interest from a 5-star Florida cornerback and Oklahoma finally hosting an elite Ohio State target.

Spend 5ish with us this a.m., 'Nutters!

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0:00.0	Oh, Good morning Buckner. It is Thursday, December 3rd, 2020. I am Dan Rubin. This is the Bucknuts
0:26.5	morning 5 and Change. If it's Thursday, that can mean only one thing 24-7 sports director of recruiting Steve Walt Fong joins us Steve how goes it?
0:38.7	Good morning Daniel it's going well excited for the holiday season. Here is I have a six three year old so energy is
0:46.7	high anticipation a lot of anticipation around here it is a wonderful time to have small children. Is it a
0:55.8	wonderful time to be a Buckeyes fan? We're going to find out. It does appear
1:00.0	now that Ohio State will play Michigan State on Saturday for game number five.
1:06.0	However, you may have heard Michigan is having COVID problems.
1:13.0	Their game against Maryland this weekend has been canceled
1:16.0	and many believe the game next weekend will be canceled
1:20.0	which would bring Ohio State in at five games fewer than the six needed to advance to the Big Ten championship game.
1:28.0	Do you think the Big Ten should this take place will alter that rule as Barry Alvarez hinted at.
1:36.6	I'm all for moving the goal line to get the best result possible.
1:41.7	If it's an arbitrary situation situation which I think this is so I'm good
1:46.0	with it I'd like to see the best two teams in the Big Ten championship and Ohio
1:52.3	State I think has proven that that they're one of those teams but at the at the end of the day
1:57.6	if Ohio State's allowed to play in the college football playoffs the big ten is just a smaller
2:05.0	trophy that you're shooting for anyway. How many games on the Steve Wolt-Fung chart what Ohio State need to play to be
2:10.4	considered for the college football playoff?
2:13.0	Well, I guess I got to say at least five, right?
2:16.0	Because they're going to play size.
2:18.0	I put them in now.
2:20.0	I mean, I'd like to see Ohio State play in that game right now.
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