Ohio State and Alabama meet with spot in title tilt on line

The second game of the inaugural College Football Playoff pits the fifth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes against the top- ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2015 Sugar Bowl on New Year’s night. New Orleans, LA (SportsNetwork.com) – The second game of the inaugural College Football Playoff pits the fifth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes against the top- ranked Alabama Crimson Tide in the 2015 Sugar Bowl on New Year’s night. The winner will advance to the National Championship Game in Arlington, Texas on Jan. 12 to face either Florida State or Oregon. Both teams come in sporting identical 12-1 records, with Ohio State the Big Ten Conference champion, and Alabama winning the SEC. Ohio State easily disposed of Wisconsin in the Big Ten title tilt, 59-0, running its current winning streak to 11 in a row. The only blemish on an otherwise spotless record for coach Urban Meyer’s club was a perplexing 35-21 home loss to Virginia Tech back on Sept. 6. The Buckeyes are appearing in their 45th bowl game, and they have a record of 20-24 in previous postseason ventures. OSU is hoping to stop a two-game slide in bowl games, with its most recent being a 40-35 defeat suffered at the hands of the Clemson Tigers in the 2014 Orange Bowl. Ohio State has played in the Sugar Bowl four times previously, the last time being in 2011 when it beat Arkansas in a 31-26 final. “It’s great to be here and it’s great to be representing the Big Ten Conference, the Ohio State University and a football team that is excited to be here.” Meyer said. “It’s been made very clear that this is history …..

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