Oklahoma Faces Alabama in Intriguing CFP 1st Round Showdown

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00:00We saw Oklahoma's devastating defense go on the road to Tuscaloosa

00:03and put a victory over Alabama, one of the biggest wins of the season.

00:07FanDuel, Joe, actually opened up Alabama as a one-and-a-half point favorite.

00:11FanDuel today still sits at one-and-a-half.

00:13DraftKings actually sits at one-and-a-half as a favorite for Oklahoma,

00:17an 8 p.m. kickoff from Norman.

00:20Oklahoma's defense, Alabama's been leaking oil down the stretch.

00:23Joe, what is your spread line for this game early?

00:25Well, it's important we all remember that these four first-round playoff games

00:30are all on the home campus sites of the higher seed.

00:35So in this case, Donnie, we're in Norman, Oklahoma here on this Friday game,

00:40December 19th, 8 o'clock Eastern time.

00:44And you're right, Alabama, the slight favorite to open up.

00:48And now there's pick-ems in a lot of spots.

00:51We have seen it flip in a few other spots.

00:54And you would think a home field advantage in this equation would certainly,

00:59especially given what we just saw from Alabama against Georgia

01:02and the history of Oklahoma actually beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa,

01:07that maybe, just maybe, we'd get a little bit more towards Oklahoma.

01:12But no, it seems to be pretty much straight up a pick-em

01:16is what the market seems to think we have here.

01:19Haven't seen a whole lot going on with the total at this point.

01:23It seems very low, Donnie, 40 and a half.

01:26But given what we've seen from that OU defense and offense,

01:30it might not be low enough here.

01:32We got to keep an eye on it.