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Picking Every 2016-17 College Football Bowl Game Against the Spread

By Michael Collins

Jan 9, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of the college football playoff trophy during media day at Phoenix Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 9, 2016; Phoenix, AZ, USA; General view of the college football playoff trophy during media day at Phoenix Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 31, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; A general view of the 2015 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl logo prior to the game between the Houston Cougars and the Florida State Seminoles at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 31, 2015; Atlanta, GA, USA; A general view of the 2015 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl logo prior to the game between the Houston Cougars and the Florida State Seminoles at the Georgia Dome. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports /

College Football Playoff semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
No. 4 Washington (12-1, 8-1 Pac-12) vs. No. 1 Alabama (13-0, 8-0 SEC)
Dec. 31 – 3 p.m., ESPN
Georgia Dome, Atlanta

Average Line: Alabama, -16

Let’s get this straight from the very start…Alabama IS the better team between these two. However, it’s not always the best team who comes out on top, and when you give Chris Petersen over a month to prepare for a big game, anything can happen.

Just ask Oklahoma.

The Huskies have their work cut out for them, and their only loss came to a USC team who was absolutely obliterated by Alabama in the first week of the season.

Like I said, the Crimson Tide are simply better.

But sometimes you just have a gut feeling about a game, and although Nick Saban would supposedly never allow it, you have to think Alabama will be overlooking Washington much in the same way that FSU overlooked Oregon two years ago.

This isn’t about matchups or talent or 5-star players. This is just one of those cases where a team is going to pull a huge upset for no other reason than they just pushed all the right buttons.

Prediction: Not only do the Huskies whip the two touchdown-two conversion spread, but they win this game. (Either way, take Washington to beat the spread).

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