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Show Caption Hide Caption Is Alabama the best team in college football this season? SportsPulse: Dan Wolken and Paul Myerberg break down why Alabama is the top team in the preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. USA TODAY If we are psychological products of our past, then college football research is therapy, providing explanations for the way we think and feel about programs. From 1969-79, the peak of my childhood fandom, Ohio State coughed up national championship chances with regularity. Five times the Buckeyes entered their final game needing a win to secure the Associated Press national title. Five times they failed. That does something to a kid. Trust issues, anyone? Fast forward about 50 years to Monday’s release of the AP preseason poll that ranked Ohio State No. 2 behind Alabama (The Buckeyes were also No. 2 in the preseason USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll). Objectively, voters…
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