Paul Finebaum of ESPN offered his final pick for the Rose Bowl game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Alabama Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoffs. According to Athlon Sports, Finebaum predicted that the Alabama football team would advance to the title game in what would be regarded as an upset on the “McElory and Cubelic In The Morning” program.
Finebaum bases his prediction on the previous achievements of Alabama football head coach Nick Saban and his team. He still has reservations about the Michigan football team, even though he believes in the Crimson Tide.
Finebaum remarked, “It’s only because what I’ve seen that they’re capable of.” I’m still a little curious about Michigan because I’m aware of their actions during the Ohio State game. However, aside from that and the Penn State game, I don’t feel good about them.
Finebaum has previously expressed his admiration for the Alabama football team when he supported the committee’s choice on December 5 to seed the team in the College Football Playoffs rather than the unbeaten Florida State Seminoles. In his opinion, Alabama should be one of the four best teams participating in the event; the Seminoles should not be.
Earlier this month, Finebaum stated, “I think the most important event should feature the four best teams in America.” “And none of them include Florida State.”
Without a doubt, the decision to exclude Florida State after a stellar season was contentious and sparked discussion on social media and in the college football community about whether Alabama is receiving “preferential treatment.” Finebaum thinks that assertion is “completely ludicrous” and that they should have been in the starting lineup after defeating the top team in the SEC Championship game at the University of Georgia.
“Alabama got in because Nick Saban and Alabama got preferential treatment is an accusation that people want to use,” Finebaum said. “Yesternight, I even heard that on CNN.” That is not true. That is completely nonsensical. In the most important game of the year, the SEC Championship Game, Alabama defeated the top team in the nation. All right, they’ve lost. Everyone knows that. Texas defeated them on September 9. Texas landed where? The American squad ranked third.
FSU fans’ responses, according to Finebaum, are “unprecedented.”
Finebaum listed a few previous occurrences that the committee wished to never happen again, including the time TCU advanced to the College Football Playoffs the previous year and lost to Georgia, 65-7. He thinks FSU would have experienced the same outcome if starting quarterback Jordan Travis hadn’t been absent.
