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Before we get to the meat and potatoes, let me say that the biggest mistake gamblers make is they treat 'big' games like this one different than others. In reality, Ohio State-Alabama might be for all the marbles, but it's just another game with a 50-50 proposition of winning, no different than a Sun Belt game being played on a Wednesday night in October.
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You know how the Super Bowl has that extra week between the conference championship round and the big game? It's for all the media fluff, but it also gives teams a chance to decompress.
Too bad there wasn't an extra seven days between Ohio State's game with Clemson and tonight's showdown with Alabama because the Buckeyes could have used it.
For a solid year beating the Tigers in revenge was Ohio State's sole focus, and earning that rematch in the College Football Playoffs Semifinals - and delivering with a dominant performance - was like their Super Bowl. There is absolutely no way they match that fever pitch again tonight even with the national title at stake.
Reflecting on Ohio State's rout of Clemson..
- The Tigers couldn't run the ball, but Alabama will tonight with Najee Harris and that will open the play-action pass game. And you know how good the Tide is with Mac Jones running the show and DeVonta Smith always getting open.
- Quarterback Justin Fields was hurt in the Clemson game. It's a national secret as to whether he's 100 percent recovered 10 days later. His legs are such a huge part of his game. Will he run with the reckless abandon that makes him so dangerous ? If not, that takes away a huge part of the Ohio State offense.
- Alabama's defense is SEC battle-tested and much better than Clemson's. And Notre Dame's defense is better than Ohio State's. The Tide put 31 points on the board in nine drives against the Irish. That pales in comparison to the 52 points on 12 drives they tallied against Florida in the SEC Championship game, but it got the job done.
And now the great unknown: Are there any Covid-19 issues for Ohio State? We won't find out until an hour or so before kickoff and you know there have been problems their past couple of games.
This is Nick Saban's best, well-rounded Alabama team. It's taken all shots and stood tall. Ohio State beat Clemson. And Dabo's team wasn't as good as it was two years ago and this season's squad would have lost by 35 to Joe Burrow and LSU last January.
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You might have noticed I'm the ONLY everyday analyst (and one of three guys in all with Sean Michaels and Steve Budin's Cali-Cartel being the others) on LSU. To be honest, I'm shocked because the Clemson team playing tonight is NOT the Clemson team we saw a year ago.
Don't let a great comeback against Ohio State convince you Clemson is a great team. Damn good certainly. But the Buckeyes were a so-so athletic team from the plodding Big Ten who jumped on the Tigers early. Clemson never should have been put in the position of needing such a big comeback and a miracle endzone interception to stave off Ohio State.
And naysayers be damned, but the truth of the matter is Clemson played NO ONE this year other than Ohio State. Now it's true you can only beat who is on your schedule and that didn't penalize these Tigers last year, but again, Dabo's team was MUCH BETTER last season.
Forget about all those stats you read at ESPN and other sites about how they enter with the No 1 defense in this and that category. First, those numbers were compiled against a weak ACC schedule. Second, this team lost so much talent to the NFL a year ago it was never going to be as good defensively this season. Good? Yes. Great? Nope.
Nothing wrong with Trevor Lawrence's offense as we've seen all season, but LSU's is more explosive with Joe Burrow at the helm. And now that running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire says he's 100 percent and feeling the best he has all season, the Baton Rouge Bengals are going to test Clemson's defense like no one else has this year.
I hated the fact that this game was delayed a week, but LSU faithful loved it since it gave their running back an extra week to recover from a hamstring injury that limited him to two carries against Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl blowout. But Edwards-Helaire was playing his best ball of the season prior to getting hurt in the SEC Championship win against Georgia with 743 yards (6.9 ypc) and nine touchdowns in the previous six games and he enters this one with 1,304 yards (6.6 ypc) and 16 scores on the year.
Edwards-Helaire is also Burrow's safety valve out of the backfield with 50 catches. When Clemson drops 7 or 8 into coverage hoping to get consistent pressure without blitzing, Burrows has the ideal option to pick up easy yards.
Defensively LSU isn't Clemson's equal, but I love how Coach O's team played their best defense down the stretch holding Texas A&M, Georgia and Oklahoma to a combined 46 points.
In terms of intangibles certainly you've got to give the edge to Clemson's experience. But let's not discount the fact that LSU went into Atlanta and beat Georgia in its own backyard and the Bulldogs are better than Clemson defensively. Now they're practically playing a home game tonight in New Orleans. And while Clemson has feasted on a nothing-ACC schedule of victims all season, LSU is battle-tested team that's survived or thrived against the likes of Florida, Auburn, Alabama, Georgia in SEC play and Texas and Oklahoma out of it.
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