{{featured_button_text}} Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith holds up his most outstanding offensive player trophy after the Crimson Tide’s 31-14 win over Notre Dame in the Rose Bowl game in Arlington, Texas, on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Ron Jenkins) Alabama running back Najee Harris hurdles Notre Dame cornerback Nick McCloud on Friday. Benjamin Hochman One wears scarlet, the other crimson, but their blood is the same color. And that makes the title game of the College Football Playoff so historically enticing. Ohio State vs. Alabama — whoa, Nellie. They play a week from Monday and if you’re having trouble recalling many classic matchups between these two, it’s because there have only been a few. The DNA of college football essentially is intertwined with the tales of Ohio State and Alabama, since Woody Hayes first put on his ballcap with the Block “O” and Paul Bryant put on his houndstooth (in…
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