Seven years doesn’t sound any better than 2,648 days.
Yet, regardless of how anyone frames it, that’s how long Ohio State and Alabama will have to wait before beginning a regular-season home-and-home series that was announced on Thursday afternoon. First, they’ll face each other at Ohio Stadium on Sept. 18, 2027, before rematching on Sept. 9, 2018, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
In response to the revelation, both fan bases promptly erupted with excitement.
“It's really been fun or it's been quite a pleasure and a joy to see all the positive tweets and everything coming through from Buckeye Nation and both sides of the fan base just because of the love of the game and the good of the game,” Ohio State deputy athletic director Diane Sabau told Eleven Warriors.