The college football season doesn’t really start until either Alabama or Ohio State loses for the first time. Interest in the sport immediately spikes and remains at a higher level for the next few weeks, as everyone realizes once again that just about anyone can lose on just about any Saturday. “Zombie Alabama” is one way to describe it — the phenomenon first became a thing when Bama lost to LSU in 2011, then won a BCS rematch. In 2012, they lost to Johnny Manziel’s Texas A&M, but were back at BCS No. 2 within 14 days. With the Buckeyes rising to a new level over the last five years or so, they’ve become part of this as well. And in the Playoff era, it’s only gotten even harder to put away these two teams, since now, they don’t even have to win their divisions in order to make it.…
Continue Reading: A recent history of Bama and Ohio State losing, then barreling toward the title game anyway
