Alabama preparing for CFP Semifinal

Alabama preparing for CFP Semifinal

We are officially in rose bowl week -- this friday alabama and notre dame will faceoff for only the eighth time as both teams try to punch their ticket to miami gardens for the college football playoff championship game the new year's bowl game will mark the sixth season the crimson tide has appeared in the college football playoff -- a win over notre dame would put them in the c-f-p championship game for the fifth time --- where they made four consecutive appearances from 2016 to 2019.winning two... alabama's potent offense -- featuring two heisman finalists and five all americans -- has scored more than 50 points six times this season .

Now coach nick saban says they will be challenged by a fighting irish defense that is holding teams to just under 20 points per game -- only allowing one team to score more than 35 points all season.

"notre dame is an outstanding team, as i mentioned before.

Their defense really plays hard.

They're very physical.

Run to the ball.

Really have played well.

Present lots of problems with some of the things that they do.

So certainly going to be a challenge for our offense to finish and do things that we need to do to be able to have success against a very good defensive team."

Notre dame currently leads the all time series five games to two -- but alabama came away victorious the last time they met -- during the 2013 b-c-s national championship...