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Game Date:
12/31/2016
3:00pm EST
Lines:
Washington +13
Alabama -13
Total:
Over
51 (-115)
Under 51 (-105)
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Washington Huskies and Alabama Crimson Tide Thread
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No one has a better perspective on the Peach Bowl between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4 Washington than Southern California, having faced both teams this season. ''I would love for Washington to win, bring the national championship back to the Pac-12, but it's kind of hard to go that way when you got a team like Alabama,'' safety Chris Hawkins said at Rose Bowl media day Friday. USC handed the Huskies their only loss this season with a 26-13 upset in Seattle, and that performance is frequently cited as a main reason why Saturday's matchups favors Alabama. Continue to Article
December 30, 2016 7:01:pm EST
– Alabama’s rushing defense has been the best in the nation all season and it’s just gotten better as the season has trekked on. The Washington running game has been the key to the Huskies’ offense thanks to Myles Gaskin, who has 1,339 yards and 10 touchdowns this season, and Lavon Coleman, who is averaging 7.8 yards per carry and has seven touchdowns. The Huskies will need to establish some sort of running game to allow quarterback Jake Browning to operate. Continue to Article
December 30, 2016 6:27:pm EST
Alabama is very familiar with this role. The Peach Bowl features one of college football's greatest dynasties against the definite outsider in this season's College Football Playoff. The top-ranked Crimson Tide (13-0) is going for its second straight national title and fifth in the last nine seasons under coach Nick Saban . Continue to Article
December 30, 2016 3:57:pm EST
New Year's Eve and the College Football Playoff were not a great mix last year. ESPN is hoping that changes Saturday. After ratings for the CFP semifinals plummeted last year - doomed in part by two blowouts - the playoff adjusted future schedules to avoid conflict with the biggest social-gathering night of the year. Continue to Article
December 30, 2016 2:20:pm EST
Lane Kiffin was named Florida Atlantic’s head coach earlier this month. Lane Kiffin really has a tough time with bus schedules this time of year. The Alabama offensive coordinator infamously was left behind at the stadium after the Tide won the College Football Playoff national championship last year. Continue to Article
December 30, 2016 11:54:am EST
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