Crimson Tide Football and Other Alabama Sports Musings

Sugar Bowl--CFP Round 1: Alabama vs. Clemson Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans Jan. 1, 2018 7:45 p.m. Central Why Fans Should Expect Another Close Game When the Clemson Tigers pad their way toward South Louisiana, there will be a confidence in their step. Why Not? They're the reigning national champs, just came off a 38-3 throttling of Miami to win the ACC, have been named number one by a CFP committee that has more statisticians and analysts at their disposal than Vegas, have lost only a couple of games in the past 29 and last time they faced the Tide they came from behind to win against a defense loaded with future NFL stars. They deserve to walk with confidence. Across the field  the Alabama Red Elephants will be equally confident in their ability to stomp onto the field and take this next step toward a fifth national championship in nine years. Their confident approach comes from the same one-loss season, the leading Vegas Power Ratings (Bama 1 and Clemson 2) i