Even in an era deprived of any semblance of parity -- and college football has had many of those -- an Alabama-Ohio State game feels huge.
While Bama and Clemson have played four times in the past six years, and Ohio State and Clemson have played in three of the past five, Bama and Ohio State have only ever met four times. Three of their battles were top-10 vs. top-10 matchups, and the other was No. 6 vs. No. 13.
In 2014, they played in the inaugural College Football Playoff semifinals; six years later, they play with a national title on the line (8 p.