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Alabama-Texas rematch still in the forecast, but these playoff picks are wonderfully difficult

Alabama Texas Ala. ) Jim Harbaugh Nick Saban Longhorns Michigan Washington

Our picks to meet in the College Football Playoff final are Alabama and Texas, which already played once this season, with the Longhorns winning 34-24 in Tuscaloosa. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

In mid-December, when I gave you all my bowl picks in confidence-pool form, I went big — no, huge — on Alabama to beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl and on Texas to beat Washington in the Sugar Bowl.

Now that Monday’s College Football Playoff semifinals are here, I’m not so sure. That’s what watching bowl games in 2023 — with player participation in constant flux and team motivation often in doubt — will do to a picker’s confidence.

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