Ohio State routed Oregon in the Rose Bowl on Wednesday to reach the College Football Playoff semifinals. Here's what we learned from its 41-21 win.

If Oregon intentionally lost the Big Ten CCG, they’d have played Clemson and then Arizona State. But instead, they won, and for that they were prevented from playing for 3 weeks and then forced to play the 2nd best team in the country who got a first round cupcake to warm them up