This weekend has been an interesting one for the State of Alabama. It began early with the Washington Post “exposé” of Roy Moore, the Republican candidate for the Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions when he became the US Attorney General. Then on Veterans Day, the two football powers in the state both won. The first, Auburn University, handed the University of Georgia “Bulldogs” a shellacking that will probably eliminate them from consideration for the College Football Playoffs.
Later, Alabama managed to close strong in their game at Mississippi State University and avoid the stress of overtime.
Along the way, Notre Dame suffered a beating at the hands of Miami University that has sealed their fate, while Clemson handled Florida State University.
Unless something dramatic happens in the next couple of weeks it looks like Clemson and Alabama will be back in the final four, the only question is who will be the other two teams? I can already hear the cries for expanding the playoffs to eight teams versus the four they settled on three years ago.
With its win over Georgia, Auburn is making the upcoming Iron Bowl game more interesting than early season predictions suggested it would be, but I am not sure they have the depth to hang with Alabama for all four quarters.
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