After Alabama, the SEC champion, steamrolled Notre Dame, 31-14, in the Rose Bowl, No. 3 Ohio State showed everyone they belonged in the playoffs with a 49-28 thrashing of Clemson in the Sugar Bowl. Now those two programs will meet in the college football national title game. © Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Ohio State could take a tip from Ole Miss as it tries to topple Alabama. It will be the first time these two schools have clashed since the 2015 Sugar Bowl, when the Buckeyes defeated the Crimson Tide 42-35 in an upset during the inaugural college football playoff semifinals, en route to a national championship. Another Buckeye victory would be an upset, too. Alabama opened as a seven-point underdog that has since widened to eight points. Alabama hasn’t lost this season, so there is no blueprint to follow in that regard, but they did have two uncharacteristic wins…
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