Stop me if you’ve heard this before.
Alabama is listed as a 40-point favorite this weekend. However, the surprising part is that they aren’t playing Louisiana Monroe or Utah State.
The Crimson Tide are facing an SEC opponent. It’s not LSU or Georgia, but nonetheless, a 40-point spread in the best conference in the country is not something to ignore.
Dating back to the start of the SEC as we know it — back in 1991 when Arkansas and South Carolina joined the conference — only two teams have been listed as 40-point favorites in an SEC game prior to this week.