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Alabama Has Played In Five Of The Seven CFP National Championships

We've waited over three weeks for these games...are you taking the SEC favorites, or think Michigan or Cincinnati can pull off an upset? Action starts today at 3:30pm EST 🏈 (3 minute read)

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CFB Semifinal Preview

The country’s top-four teams are set to square-off today, with Alabama taking on Cincinnati right before Michigan and Georgia duke it out

With the winner of each game earning a bid to fight for the National Championship, here’s where all four teams’ title odds stand 👇

  • Alabama: +120 (bet $100, win $120)

  • Georgia: +140

  • Michigan: +600

  • Cincinnati: +1400

Trivia question: dating back to the start of organized college football, which school has the most championships? (answer below)

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Cotton Bowl Preview

The first game of the day features the first non Power-5 conference team to make the CFP. Cincinnati deserves to be here, but obviously will have their hands full 😳

  • Spread: Alabama -13.5

  • Moneyline: Alabama -600 (bet $600, win $100), Cincinnati +420 (bet $100, win $420)

  • O/U: 57

Alabama are the reigning champs, but have looked more beatable this season compared to recent years. Bama’s captain Will Anderson says the team still has their underdog mentality, which is a scary thing considering they enter the playoffs as the No. 1 seed and an offense averaging 514 YPG

  • In the seven years of the CFP, Alabama has played in the finals five times and won three titles

  • They’ve made it to the playoffs every year except 2019, when Joe Burrow and LSU won it all

Still, Cincinnati hasn’t lost this season, including wins over two ranked opponents in No. 9 Notre Dame and No. 16 Houston. Although their strength of schedule and pedigree can’t compare to Alabama’s, a single win would certainly change college football for years to come

  • Many doubt the teams from smaller conferences, regardless of record. Cincy has a chance to silence the haters 🤫

Orange Bowl Preview

Despite being the higher seed, Michigan enters the second game of the day as the underdog 👇

  • Spread: Georgia -7.5

  • Moneyline: Georgia -280 (bet $280, win $100), Michigan +220 (bet $100, win $220)

  • O/U: 45.5

Georgia spent the entire season at No. 1 behind their dominant defense, which allowed just 9.5 PPG. Their loss to Alabama stung, but Vegas is expecting a finals rematch between the two rivals 🤝

Still, Michigan has the bigger win under their belt, taking out No. 2 Ohio State 42-27 in the last game of the regular season, then absolutely dominating No. 13 Iowa (42-3) in their Big Ten Championship game win

  • Neither school has won a title in the 21st century, so both teams will certainly come into tonight’s action hungry for a dub

  • This will be Georgia’s second appearance in the CFP, and Michigan’s first

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For My Parlay Gurus

While I like Alabama to cover against a less-talented Bearcat squad, I’m taking Michigan to at least keep it close against the slightly favored Bulldogs 👇

  • Alabama -13.5 vs. Cincinnati: -110

  • Michigan +7.5 vs. Georgia: -115

$100 on this parlay would win you $256 — if we hit, make sure to email [email protected] for $100*. First come, first serve 🤑

Trivia answer: while they haven’t won since 1950, Princeton technically has the most football championships with 28, one ahead of their Ivy League foe Yale (27), and 10 more than Alabama (18)