Alabama vs Florida St – College Football Predictions
The Game
WOW. That is all we can say. The #1 (ROLL TIDE) and #2 (FLA ST) teams in the 2017 MEGALOCKS power rankings go head-to-head in week one. It does not get better than that my friends.
ROLL TIDE rattled off 14 (!) straight wins in 2016 before falling late to Clemson in last season’s National Championship Game (a 8980 STAR MEGALOCKS PIPE FITTER HOT TUB CARNAGE LATE PHONE RELEASE AWARD WINNING MAX UNIT BOMB STEAMER play). Florida St was no slouch last season either bagging 10 wins and finishing off with a win over Michigan in the Orange Bowl (99000 star MEGALOCKS TEA BAGGER 800 UNIT LASER LOCK SUPER BOMB SPECIAL).
This should be a classic. Let’s go !
The Details
ALABAMA 7 FLORIDA ST (49.5)
MEGALOCKS LINE – Alabama -8.5
“Vegas” Implied Projected Score: Alabama 28.25 Florida St 21.25
Massey Ratings Projected Score: Alabama 33 Florida St 21
The Match-Up
Alabama offense vs Florida St defense
Ok. Yes, we hear the skeptics and understand that Jalen Hurts cannot complete a forward pass, but don’t forget he almost led ROLL TIDE to the National Title as a freshman last season. Hurts had a fine 23-9 TD to INT ratio and rushed for 13 TDs as well. Florida St will not have the luxury of a sitting duck in the pocket. And the ROLL TIDE running game should be fine with FREAK SPECIMEN Bo Scarbrough complementing Damien Harris (inj ?) and another seven dozen 5-star recruits. The offensive line will be fine even with a new LT. The passing game will miss their #1 WR and TE but they still have Calvin Ridley and a bevy of young talent is waiting to emerge. We feel like the ROLL TIDE running game will be able to dictate things on offense.
Florida St has a top-notch defense and will be returning 9 starters to the mix. Long time MEGALOCKS INSIDERS know that we are really high on Florida St this season but we do worry about this match-up. The devastating running game and mobile QB combination is very difficult to defend. One way or another the Seminoles allowed 25 points per game last season.
Florida St offense vs Alabama defense
These are the facts. Florida St QB Deondre Francois did a fine job in 2016 but he is going against ROLL TIDE in this one. And he will be without RB Dalvin Cook (rush, receiving, blocking) and last season’s #1 WR Travis Rudolph. Can Florida St be effective running the ball with a realistically immobile QB and no Dalvin Cook ? What about MATRICULATING in the passing game ? ROLL TIDE appears to be DEVASTATING on paper once again on defense and we think the Seminoles are going to have a rough time moving the football.
MEGA SIZZLERS
Alabama has made a habit of starting the season with solid opponents and ripping them to shreds….Enjoy this game peeps…..We are blessed to have had Clemson / ROLL TIDE followed by ROLL TIDE / FLORIDA ST.
Summary
It almost seems unfair. We are beyond thrilled to see such a great match-up in week one but understand that both programs deserve credit for agreeing to such an epic match-up. Thanks from all college football fans !
We do not want to pick the low-hanging fruit but ROLL TIDE has played in a lot of big games over the past decade and they are coming off a devastating loss. It seems to us that this match-up works in their favor. They know where the QB will be and will have the benefit of relatively inexperienced RB and WR units to deal with in this one. On offense we feel that ROLL TIDE will be able to move the ball with a great stable of RBs and Jalen Hurts.
Conclusion
Seems like decent value to us at -7. ROLL TIDE will be of similar quality to last season’s squad. Florida St is going to be very good BUT are definitely a notch below the Clemson team that beat ROLL TIDE last season. At least in week one.
Official play: Alabama -7 -104 (Pinnacle) (play no higher than -7 -120)