It's only right the Cotton Bowl semifinal of the College Football Playoff pits two teams with similar strengths together when the No. 3 Michigan State Spartans go head-to-head with the No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide.

Mark Dantonio's Spartans play the disrespect angle well going into the heavyweight bout, having lost just one game and taken down a trio of Top 10 teams on the way to Texas, only to find themselves hefty dogs against an SEC opponent.

For Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide, the only team to make a return appearance to the CFP features a Heisman...

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