The Alabama Crimson Tide finished the regular season with a 9-3 record. Alabama failed to qualify for the college football playoffs this season. The Clemson Tigers beating the SMU Mustangs in the ACC Conference Championship Game knocked out the Crimson Tide from playoff contention.

The Michigan Wolverines also missed the playoffs after winning it all a season ago. Michigan finished with a 7-5 overall record. The Wolverines and the Crimson Tide will face each other in the ReliaQuest Bowl on New Year’s Eve at NOON ET on ESPN in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Alabama Crimson Tide Fans React To Facing the Michigan Wolverines In the ReliaQuest Bowl This Season

Interestingly, Alabama is facing Michigan in the ReliaQuest Bowl. Will the Crimson Tide and Wolverines have NFL prospects dress up in this contest or not? No matter if they do or not, here is what Alabama fans had to say about facing Michigan in another bowl game this season:
See it’s not so bad. Y’all get a paid vacation to Hawa-…oh it’s Tampa.
— Big On Basketball 🤘🏽 (@BigOnBasketball) December 8, 2024
This is what 24-3 gets you, @KalenDeBoer Thanks man.
— Shane Evens 🇺🇸 (@BamaTorch1992) December 8, 2024
Bama is BURNING
— ⚜️ (@yassm_shasm) December 8, 2024
Play nothing but the bench
— JS🌴 (@jerome_smalley) December 8, 2024
Womp womp
— lars_Hoenie50 (@hoenie_josh) December 8, 2024
Had Alabama not lost to the Vanderbilt Commodores or the Oklahoma Sooners this season in SEC play, they would have been in the college football playoffs. The Crimson Tide will need to find a way to get back to the playoffs next season.
Alabama and Michigan Faced Each Other A Season Ago In the College Football Playoffs

Last year, the Crimson Tide and the Michigan Wolverines faced each other in the college football playoffs as the 4 vs 1. Alabama gave Michigan everything they could handle until the Wolverines won the game in overtime. They defeated the Washington Huskies the following week. Washington was the two seed and they defeated the Texas Longhorns (three seed) the week before.
Will Alabama want revenge on Michigan from a season ago? It would be a motivator from the Crimson Tide for sure against the Wolverines in this bowl game this season.
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CRIMSON TIDE: allow ALL fair weather players to hit the portal and tell ’em bye bye
CRIMSON TIDE: know that it’s time again to RUMBLE TEAM RUMBLE. D.E.W. with the best that you’ve got. You’ve got the resources necessary to still open some feeble minds and close some menacing mouths. ROLL TIDE ROLL! DO NOT, I mean, DO NOT stop the ROLL, Tide!