ARLINGTON, Texas — Yes, Notre Dame took another big-game whipping. But you know what? So would everyone else.
Everyone except maybe Clemson or Ohio State—and whoever wins that College Football Playoff semifinal better strap it up come Jan. 11, or they may be the next Alabama blowout victim. The 2020 Crimson Tide threshing machine could be so powerful that nobody stands a chance against it.
The first three possessions of this transplanted playoff game were a jaw-dropping display by the Alabama offense—this might have been a counterfeit Rose Bowl, but the Tide are for real.