Season opening tests, mostly failures

Reading Paschall's piece on the growing spotlight of the Georgia-Clemson opener is enough to make your stomach churn. But then he adds this graphic:

PUT TO THE TEST

The Clemson Tigers could be the ninth top-10 team to open a football season against Georgia:

YEAR ... TEAM (RANKING) ... RESULT

1961 ... Alabama (No. 3) ... def. Georgia, 32-6

1962 ... Alabama (No. 3) ... def. Georgia, 35-0

1963 ... Alabama (No. 3) ... def. Georgia, 32-7

1964 ... Alabama (No. 6) ... def. Georgia, 31-3

1965 ... Alabama (No. 5) ... lost to Georgia, 18-17

1968 ... Tennessee (No. 9) ... tied 17-17

2009 ... Oklahoma St. (No. 9) ... def. Georgia, 24-10

2011 ... Boise State (No. 5) ... def. Georgia, 35-21

Ouch. Wonder who Buffalo is playing. (Kidding. Really.)