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Las Vegas doesn’t think there will be much of a game in the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Eve.
According to Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, No. 2 seed Alabama (12-1) is a 9.5-point favorite over No. 3 seed Michigan State (12-1) for their College Football Playoff semifinal.
The Crimson Tide opened as a 9-point favorite in last year’s semifinal matchup with another Big Ten opponent, Ohio State, before losing 42-35 to the eventual national champions.
This season, Alabama has covered in four of the last five games but was just 3-5 against the spread as a favorite of at least 9 points or more.
The Tide is currently riding a 10-game win streak, the 2nd-longest active streak in the FBS behind only Clemson’s 13-game unbeaten run.
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
