I've seen this scenario before with everyone in northern hemisphere on the Irish against bama in the natty a few years back.... I sat there for days thinking to myself, "what the fuck am I missing here? Why are people all over the Irish?" I knew people who flew down to that game from Illinois bet on that game, shelled out a fortune to go watch it expecting it to be a game..... I told them all that it's going to be a waste of money..... I put 250$ on bama and the spread and laughed all the way to the bank in first quarter....
notre dame got got the national publicity because they are notre dame and everyone seems to associate with them; while Clemson may not be getting the same attention, I'm just getting the same vibe here, a lot of people heavy on Clemson and the spread, some even the moneyline..... I'm over here thinking why? This is Nick Saban and Kirby smart....I just think Clemson relies on Watson and and gallman way to much...bama does one thing better than anyone we've seen the past decade; stop the run.... Expecting Watson to run for 100+ like he has done in every big game is foolish. Same thing happened to mariota and the ducks last year. Urban took away mariotas legs and the Oregon rushing attack and thus handcuffed the ducks....
i bet watson goes 22-34 for 300 yards 2tds and 1 pick, rushing for 35 yards. Gallman rushes for 70 on 20 carries and bama wins 34-17
just my take