Alabama rare underdog
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Alabama is a rare underdog in the Rose Bowl, for now.
In the SEC Championship Game, the Tide finally displayed their usual toughness. They played their best football of the season and upset the two-time defending National Champion Georgia Bulldogs to win the SEC title. As a result, Alabama was included in this year’s College Football Playoff at the eleventh hour and will face the University of Michigan in the Rose Bowl semifinal.
Alabama is no stranger to the College Football Playoff. However, the bookmakers have placed the Crimson Tide in an unfamiliar position for consecutive games. Michigan is currently favored by -2.5 points against Alabama, which means that the Tide are underdogs in back-to-back games for only the second time since head coach Nick Saban joined the team in 2007. If Alabama closes as underdogs, it will also be the first time they’ve been underdogs to a non-SEC school since the 2008 Sugar Bowl against Clemson. Additionally, this will only be the fifth time Alabama has been an underdog since the start of 2010.
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Ben Fawkes on Twitter: “If Alabama (+1.5) closes as an underdog against Michigan, it would be only the second time in Nick Saban’s 235 games coaching the Crimson Tide that they would be underdogs in back-to-back games.The other time was in his first season in 2007 🤯 / Twitter”
If Alabama (+1.5) closes as an underdog against Michigan, it would be only the second time in Nick Saban’s 235 games coaching the Crimson Tide that they would be underdogs in back-to-back games.The other time was in his first season in 2007 🤯
It is not yet certain whether Alabama will be considered an underdog in their upcoming game, as there is still a significant amount of time between the announcement of the bracket and the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. However, early betting has reportedly favored Alabama, which has caused the line to shift to only -1.5 in Michigan’s favor.
In the past four instances where Alabama was considered an underdog, all of which were against Georgia, the Crimson Tide won three times both against the spread and outright.