CLOSE SportsPulse: Dan Wolken doesn’t mince words as to the real reason universities and conferences are going to bend over backwards to make a college football season happen this fall. And it has nothing to do with wins and losses. USA TODAY Non-conference football games don’t get bigger than this. Ohio State will play Alabama in a home-and-home series in 2027 and 2028, the schools confirmed on Thursday. The Crimson Tide will come to Ohio Stadium on Sept. 18, 2027. Ohio State will go to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to play Sept. 9, 2028, in Bryant-Denny Stadium. The visiting team will receive a $1 million payment for both games. If a team backs out of the games, the fee will be $3 million to the other school. Both provisions are unusual for a game involving elite opponents. “The reason why that is that high is the desired execution of this series,” Ohio…
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