Alabama handled its business Friday while dispatching Cincinnati 27-6 in the Cotton Bowl semifinal. This was probably the expected outcome even if the method varied from most of the previous wins in this unpredictable season.
It’s now onto Indianapolis and a Jan. 10 date with Georgia and there’s already plenty of buzz about this rematch. Here’s a taste of what’s being said after a pair of New Year’s Eve semifinals that feed into this next round in the Alabama-Georgia rivalry.
— Worthy Cincinnati just another NYE snack for Alabama (AL.com)
— ‘The final score doesn’t determine who we are’: UC’s historic season ends with loss to Alabama (Cincinnati Enquirer)
— Analysis: UC’s 27-6 loss to Alabama shows it still has quite a climb up that ‘top 10′ hill (Cincinnati Enquirer)
— Cinderella Denied: Nick Saban’s Juggernaut Strikes Again in Trampling Cincinnati (Sports Illustrated)
— The Alabama machine ends Cincinnati’s storybook season (Washington Post)
— College Football Gets its Inevitable Georgia-Alabama Title Rematch (New York Times)
— Alabama Rolls Past Cincinnati, 27-6, in College Football Playoff Semifinal (New York Times)
— It’s Alabama vs. Georgia for the National Title After a Pair of Semifinal Blowouts (Wall Street Journal)
— Opinion: Nick Saban wasn’t his usual self this season and that’s just what this Alabama team needed (USA Today)
— Alabama-Georgia II: 3 early questions for the College Football Playoff title game (Yahoo Sports)
— College Football Playoff championship first look: Alabama, Georgia set for rematch (ESPN)
— College Football Playoff 2021: Alabama takes care of Cincinnati — business as usual (ESPN)
— Brian Robinson’s record day leads Alabama by Cincinnati into national title game (New York Post)