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It did not take long after Alabama Football dispensed with Ohio State for the hype to commence for the 2021 season. Another season beginning with another Power Five opponent at a technically neutral site.
Invariably the opponent is over-hyped. The results never change. Another over-matched or out-matched opponent hits the canvas. Nine season-opening, neutral site games have gone the Tide’s way going back to 2009. In nine games, either the opposing team was not as good as advertised or the Alabama Crimson Tide was undervalued – or both. The 2016 opening game was a blowout.