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The Crimson Tide is practicing for the New Year’s Eve ReliaQuest Bowl before heading home for Christmas. Head Coach Kalen DeBoer will be facing Michigan with fewer star players.

Alabama is out of the first ever twelve team playoffs. The Tide will play Michigan at Raymond James Stadium for the ReliaQuest Bowl. The Tampa venue is where the Tide suffered a painful loss to Clemson in 2017. It was also the Tiger's weekend performance that helped seal Alabama's fate in this year's postseason.

Oregon has become the fourth team this season to hold the number one ranking in The Associated Press college football poll. The Ducks moved into the top spot for the first time in twelve years after Texas lost at me to Georgia. Vanderbilt at number twenty five makes its first appearance since the 2013 season and defending national champion Michigan is out after a second straight loss. The news is worse for Alabama.

Georgia is number one in The Associated Press Top twenty five preseason college football poll for the second straight year as the super conference era begins with the SEC and Big Ten dominating the top ten of the rankings. Alabama is number five.

Summer is the season of sun, sports, vacations and yard sales. The 127 Yard Sale advertises itself as the “world’s longest yard sale.” This massive event stretches over 690 miles through Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan.

Alabama linebacker Dallas Turner says he’s declaring for the NFL and he may not alone. Observers of the Crimson Tide have a list of players likely to want to go pro following Alabama’s loss in the Rose Bowl.

Jalen Milroe helped rally Alabama with his legs and put the fourth-ranked Crimson Tide on the verge of its seventh appearance in the College Football Playoff championship game. The dynamic quarterback was denied at the very end.

In a sport long defined by its coaching giants, Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh are among the few larger-than-life figures still standing. Saban has won six national championships at Alabama, establishing the most successful program of the 21st century. Harbaugh has completely revitalized his alma mater, reaching three straight College Football Playoffs at Michigan with style and controversy.

The College Football Playoff semifinal at the Rose Bowl pits the number one ranked Michigan Wolverines against the number four Alabama Crimson Tide, the two winningest programs in major college football.

Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate's Las Vegas location this weekend and Monday to bet on the two College Football Playoff semifinal games. Alabama is attracting a lot of bets for the Rose Bowl.