Just when you think you will have a moment to catch your breath after all the action of NFL Wild Card Weekend, you get to see the excitement of the College National Championship Game at 8:30 PM EST on Monday, January 11 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Arizona. The Alabama Crimson Tide will head into that game as 7-point favorites over the Clemson Tigers, but is that point spread a little too high or a little too low? Let’s take a look and see.
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Why bet on the Alabama Crimson Tide to Cover?
After losing to Mississippi all the way back in September of last year, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been totally dominant. Nick Saban is not a man who takes defeat very well, and he challenged his team to be perfect the rest of the way after that defeat. It appears as though they listened, as Alabama rolled to victory in the next 11 games, winning the SEC Championship along the way. Alabama have pretty much been a favorite to win it all for as long as Saban has been the coach there, but they look particularly scary this season. That was no more evident than in their 38-0 demolition of the Michigan State Spartans in the Capital One Orange Bowl. They showed in that game that they don’t need to rely heavily on Heisman winner Derrick Henry to get wins, as it was QB Jake Coker who was the star of that show. The Alabama front 7 is totally dominant, and if they can slow down the high-powered Clemson Tigers offense, things could get ugly pretty quickly.