The Ohio State Buckeyes backed into the College Football Playoff as the No. 4 seed after falling in a blowout to the Michigan Wolverines in their final game of the season. Now, with the Buckeyes playing the No. 1 seed Georgia Bulldogs in the semifinal, college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit is worried about their chances.
In an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show, Kirk Herbstreit explained that not only is Ohio State facing a great team against Georgia, but they’ll be playing in Atlanta in front of a Georgia-heavy crowd.
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“Last time we saw Ohio State, we obviously saw them get embarrassed at home against Michigan,” Herbstreit said on The Pat McAfee Show. “Now they kind of back in, into this Playoff. The one thing that I would encourage Ohio State players and fans: I don’t know if the hill is any taller than the hill that they’re trying to climb by going into Atlanta to play Georgia. The only thing worse is playing a really good LSU team in New Orleans at the Superdome.”
Given everything working against Ohio State, Herbstreit thinks it’s possible that the Buckeyes “could get potentially embarrassed.”
“This is a massive challenge for Ohio State,” Herbstreit said. “If they’re not getting their wiring ready for 60 minutes of just… a competitive spirit that I don’t know that they’ve ever seen, then they could get potentially embarrassed in that matchup.”
Ohio State and Georgia will meet on Dec. 31 in the Peach Bowl.
