It’s game day: No. 2 Alabama and No. 3 Michigan State battle in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic at 8 p.m. ET.
By the time Dallas is ready to sing "Auld Lang Syne," one of these two teams will be bound for the national championship game. Who will it be? ESPN.com’s Alex Scarborough and Dan Murphy discuss:
How Alabama wins: Run, run, run. Then hit them with the play-action pass. That’s the formula for Alabama’s offense. Lane Kiffin must commit to giving Derrick Henry the football early, drawing in the Michigan State secondary, which will open up the option for Jake Coker to fake the handoff and find Calvin Ridley over the top.