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Handicapping the Tide: Alabama will be favored in every game it plays this fall

Every SEC team is in the midst of spring practice, so what better time to start looking at the 2018 season from a gambling perspective. Since we’re in championship mode (well, for basketball), we’ll start off with the bubble team that caused the most madness for teams last season – defending national champion Alabama.

Alabama kicks off the season against Lamar Jackson-less Louisville in Orlando as 30-point favorites; the Tide also is co-favorites, with Clemson, at 2.5-to-1 to win the 2018 national title. Another title might mean the heavy-handed (he’s got six rings already) Nick Saban will have to take off a couple of those rings.