College Football Championship

The College Football Playoff will have it's second annual championship, this time between Alabama and Clemson. Hopefully this will be a good game because last year the championship was a blowout, and this year nearly every single big bowl game hasn't been competitive. I think that the game will be at least sort of close, but I think most people would disagree. Alabama is in the running for a national championship nearly every year and they have a lot of experience in big games. Clemson on the other hand is a program that is on the rise, so they don't have quite the experience that Alabama does. However even if Clemson loses this game I would be willing to bet they will be back in the title game soon. 

In terms of the actual game Clemson likely stands a much better chance than Michigan State, this is because they run a offense that is more spread out. A spread offense tries to spread or space the defense by using multiple receivers and moving the ball all around the field. This has proved to be almost the only way to beat Alabama because it basically takes Alabama's defensive front out of the game. If Clemson is able to actually move the ball then the game will probably be close, but I don't think they can rely on their defense to stop Alabama. Clemson should also try to take some deep shots, Alabama's secondary is certainly good, but not quite as dominant as their defensive line and linebackers. 

Despite all of this I still think Clemson has some room to grow,  prediction: Alabama 28 Clemson 23.