COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Call it the Bowl Ban Bowl.
No. 18 Ohio State hosts Central Florida on Saturday in a game pitting schools who have felt the wrath of the NCAA in the past year.
The Buckeyes know they won’t be going to the postseason this year, part of the penalties for a memorabilia-for-tattoos scandal. The Knights are also scheduled to sit out the bowl season after UCF was linked to runners for sports agents and found to have given money to recruits.
UCF is appealing the bowl ban, so that could change.
The Buckeyes and Knights look to be postseason-quality teams.
The Buckeyes pounded Miami (Ohio) 56-10 in Urban Meyer’s Ohio State debut. Less than 48 hours earlier, UCF had ruined former Auburn coach Terry Bowden’s Akron debut with a 56-14 victory.
