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Players know Alabama fatigue is real, but that doesn't stop the Crimson Tide's title quest

SportsPulse: Do we really still want Alabama in the College Football Playoff? Trysta Krick asked everybody at the Orange Bowl media day. To no surprise, Alabama answered in the most Alabama way possible. USA TODAY

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Alabama linebacker Anfernee Jennings was on a westbound flight to Los Angles before Christmas when he struck up a conversation with his neighbor, a Harvard graduate interested in whether the 6-foot-3, 266-pound junior played sports, and where.

Yes, I play football, Jennings answered, and I play at the University of Alabama — aware of the response that almost inevitably follows.