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6 years later, Alabama and Ohio State go at it again

by Stephen Hawkins
| January 2, 2021 9:06 AM

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — When Ohio State upset Alabama in the semifinals of the first College Football Playoff on the way to the Buckeyes' last national title, it seemed like the start of budding postseason rivalry between the two traditional powers.

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