Should the Ohio State Football team keep scheduling marquee opponents?

The Ohio State football program has some really good non-conference opponents coming up. Coming off a year where they played Oregon (and should’ve in 2020 as well if not for the pandemic), they will face Notre Dame the next couple of years.

As I outlined before, they play some other great programs too in the next few years including Alabama, Georgia, and Texas. These are matchups that are great to watch for college football fans. But are these games actually beneficial for the Ohio State football team?

I ask that because if you look at the history of the College Football Playoff Committee, they haven’t valued strength of schedule that much. Frankly, if you win all of your games against bad competition, you’ll get in. If you lose a game to a good team, you’re still going to struggle to get in.

So is it worth it for the Buckeyes to take that kind of risk? Is the win over a good Power 5 team worth the resume boost? Or is it too much of a risk to pick up a loss and then need help from elsewhere around the country to get into the CFP discussion?

Personally, I love these matchups. I think it’s good that Ohio State isn’t afraid of anyone and will schedule these big-time programs. If you can’t beat these guys now, what makes you think you can beat similar competition later in the season once the CFP does roll around?

Ohio State is the type of program that shouldn’t be afraid of anyone. They get as good of talent as anyone else in the country, so they should win these games more often than they lose them. I just think it’s an interesting debate concerning the Playoff at the end of the year.

What do you guys think? Should the Buckeyes schedule softer, or should they keep it up?