January 24, 2025

Legendary programs Alabama, Ohio State to cap unique college football season

Top-ranked Alabama has two Heisman Trophy finalists and is in the College Football Playoff championship game for a record fifth time. Ohio State is back for the first time since winning the inaugural title in the CFP era. © Kevin C. Cox On the strength of Justin Fields’s right arm (six touchdown passes Friday), Ohio State will be playing Alabama for the national championship Jan. 11. After the SEC champion Crimson Tide rolled past Notre Dame, 31-14, in a Rose Bowl played deep in the heart of Texas, the No. 3 Buckeyes of the Big Ten beat Clemson, 49-28, in the other CFP semifinal at the Sugar Bowl on Friday night. The Tigers were trying, like Alabama, to get to the title game for the fifth time in the seven seasons of the four-team playoff. So it’s a matchup of storied programs playing Jan. 11 in suburban Miami to determine…

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