The Buckeyes beat Clemson in the Sugar Bowl while the Crimson Tide hit the Fighting Irish in the Rose Bowl
The College Football Playoff National Championship Game will feature two old rivals with outstanding accounts.
This Friday night the protagonists of the January 11 match at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida were defined.
first at No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide sealed his ticket after hitting 31-14 at No. 4 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at the Rose Bowl, Which was held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texans, and not at its usual California headquarters due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Later, at the Sugar Bowl, the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes surprised by beating 49-28 the No. 2 Clemson Tigers, Who arrived as reigning runners-up after falling last season to the LSU Tigers in the National Championship Game.
Alabama and Ohio State have faced each other on four occasions, with three wins for the Crimson Tide, however, the last duel was won by the Buckeyes..
The first game between the two programs was in the 1978 Sugar Bowl, with Tide winning 35-6; in 1986 it was the second duel during the start of the regular season at Giants Stadium in Meadowlands with a favorable score again for Alabama, 35-6; and 1995 Crimson Tide also took the victory in the Citrus Bowl, 42-20.
His last showdown was in the College Football Playoff Semifinals in 2015, with Ohio State winning 42-35 on the way to winning the first Game for the National Championship in that format, 42-20 against the Oregon Ducks.
In June of this year the programs announced that they will face for the first time in their history in regular season playing as locals the two teams in the 2027 and 2028 seasons.
The Crimson Tide will visit Ohio State on September 18, 2017, while the Buckeyes will return courtesy on September 9, 2028 in Tuscaloosa.