The 2021 school football playoffs start on New Year’s Day with a couple of exciting semi-finals. The first contest will see Alabama No. 1 face No. four Notre Dame at the Rose Bowl, the game takes place at AT Stadium.
Oddsmakers opened the undefeated Crimson Tide as the 19-point favorite opposed to Fighting Irish, a line that pushed further into Alabama after top public movements turned to the top-ranked show. On New Year’s Eve, Bama attracted 61% of all bets and 60% of the cash wagered against the spread of the Rose Bowl and is now favored through 20 numbers on the maximum books. It is valuable to note that this is the largest broadcast in the history of school football playoffs, eclipsing the previous record set in Alabama as the favorite of 14. 5 issues over Oklahoma at the Orange Bowl two years ago. The Crimson Tide won but failed to make canopy in this contest, beating the Sooners by a margin of 45-34 and qualifying for the CFP championship game where they were eventually disappointed by Clemson.
Sugar Bowl’s chances are much lower, with the Tigers at seven points, this line is the same as the one first placed by the bookies on the board, replacing it a little before returning to the point of origin. Clemson has been favored by no less than 9. 5 in recent days, however, the Buckeyes have won a strong redemption of that number and have gradually gained ground among the best bettors before this start of the MFF semi-final. The informal betting audience overwhelmingly supports the Tigers here, as evidenced through 65% of the team’s innings, however, sharps have subsidized Ohio State, which has now raised 76% of the handful of bets at the Sugar Bowl.
The jumpsuits for each of the 2021 school football semi-final semi-final games are almost identical, with Alabama-Notre Dame lately with 65. 5 issues and Clemson-Ohio State only one tick above 66. 5 issues. These are two relatively high scores for PSC contests. , although far from the record of 80. 5 issues set by Alabama and Oklahoma at the 2018 Orange Bowl. The Sugar Bowl and the 2021 Rose Bowl will have fifth and sixth place in PSC history, respectively, and many punters believe that each Irish Tide-Fighting adjustment saw 77% of all bets in total , while the Tigers-Buckeyes took 57% of the tickets.
Read on for a full review of the odds of the two 2021 PSC semi-finals in which those betting lines are historically compared. CFP national championship game and more.
Pairing: No. 1 Alabama (11-0) vs. No. Notre Dame (10-1)
Date: Friday, January 1
Start time: p. m. Et
TV channel: ESPN
Live stream: WatchESPN, ESPN app
Pairing: No. 2 Clemson (10-1) vs. No. Ohio State (6-0)
Date: Friday, January 1
Start time: p. m. Et
TV channel: ESPN
Live streaming: WatchESPN, ESPN app
Point difference: Alabama -20
Total: more than 65. 5 points
Money line: Notre Dame 750, Alabama -1200
Point spread: Clemson -7
Total: more than 65
Money line: Ohio State 250, Clemson -300
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Favourites have had a strong game in the PSC semi-finals, with a 9-3 SU and 8-4 record opposite the hole since the start of school football playoffs in 2014.
The underdogs have traditionally had a greater setback when betting against the spread, with 9-8 ATS and 7-10 SU in all CFP games.
Of the seven disappointments in school football playoffs, none were committed through a stranger of 10 problems or more. The biggest disappointment occurred at the Sugar Bowl 2015, when seeded No. four, Ohio State, overthrew Alabama No. 1 as 7. 5 the Buckeyes then beat Oregon in the national championship, winning the third-largest wonder in PSC history then with the Ducks, who lost by a margin of four2-20, by earning six.
Notre Dame holds an all-time SU 5-2 record against Alabama, Crimson Tide won the last game among those historic systems at the 2013 BCS Championship.
Clemson has never lost a game to Ohio State, with a 4-0 record in the all-time series against the Buckeyes, who recently faced off in last year’s PSC semi-finals, an exciting Fiesta Bowl that the Tigers won through a 29-23 lead.
CFP extends to history
THE LOW hit a little more in the PSC semi-finals, seven of the last 12 semi-finals were below the total.
The OVER has the slightest merit in all PSC games, as of the 17 games they have eclipsed the total.
The overall average for a PSC semi-final was 58 issues. The 2018 Rose Bowl between Georgia and Oklahoma, the semi-finals with the highest score of all time, with any of the groups combining to score 102 issues in a double overtime mystery that the Bulldogs ended up winning. The lowest semi-final also came here in 2018, when Alabama beat Clemson in a defensive Sugar Bowl that saw only 30 issues scored in Tide’s 24-6 victory.
PSC totals in history
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