The Chase ─ How Ohio State Captured the First College Football Playoff

This inside look at an unprecedented season follows Ohio State's road to the inaugural College Football Playoff and the national championship

In The Chase, Bill Rabinowitz takes readers inside Ohio State's improbable championship season, from the final moments of their 2014 Orange Bowl loss to Clemson to the championship celebration in Texas a year later. Fans will learn how Ohio State overcame the loss of not one but two quarterbacks—gaining inside perspective behind the dynamic between Miller, J. T. Barrett, and Cardale Jones. Rabinowitz captures the mood of the team in late November following the tragic death of Kosta Karageorge, and profiles other Ohio State stars, including Joey Bosa, Michael Bennett, Ezekiel Elliott, and more.

Bill Rabinowitz is a sports writer who has written for the Columbus Dispatch since 1999 and has been on the Ohio State football beat since 2011. He was awarded first place in sports reporting for large newspapers in 2012 from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists. He is the author of Buckeye Rebirth. He lives in Columbus, Ohio. Kirk Herbstreit is the lead college football analyst for ABC Sports and ESPN. A former quarterback at Ohio State, Herbstreit was a four-year letter winner under head coach John Cooper. As a senior in 1992 he was voted team MVP. Herbstreit lives in Franklin, Tennessee.