Ohio State RB Trey Sermon left Oklahoma for this game, for this moment


That Trey Sermon left Oklahoma 10 months ago now says one thing. But Sermon leaving a place like OU for the splendor and prestige of a college football blue blood like Ohio State says something else entirely. Sermon and the Buckeyes play No. 1-ranked Alabama tonight at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, with college football’s ultimate prize hanging in the balance: a national championship. Seven days ago, Sermon experienced his first victory in the College Football Playoff, a scintillating win over postseason heavyweight Clemson. Previously, Sermon’s playoff experience consisted of a loss to Georgia in Anaheim, a loss to Alabama in Miami, and a loss to LSU in New Orleans. To be fair, it would be revisionist history to say that playing in the national championship motivated Sermon to leave Oklahoma. That wasn’t it. Trey Sermon at OU Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports He left Norman after he was removed from…

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