Betting the New Year's Six bowl games - Tips, picks for Rose Bowl, Sugar Bowl and more - ESPN

College football bowl season is in full swing, and we are closing in on the College Football Playoff National Championship game. What is the best way to play the Rose Bowl between the Alabama Crimson Tide and Michigan Wolverines and the Sugar Bowl between the Texas Longhorns and Washington Huskies? Who will advance? What are the best futures?

Matt Miller and Kevin Pulsifer offer their thoughts and betting tips for the New Year's Six games and more.

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Miller: Alabama +1.5. Picking the Crimson Tide to cover after watching them dismantle Georgia is the easiest pick of the games. In fact, I think Alabama wins by at least one score thanks to a punishing defense the likes of which Michigan has not seen this year.

Pulsifer: Sportsbooks aren't moving the line far enough in the Georgia Bulldogs-Florida State Seminoles game. The Bulldogs lost one game all season, to an Alabama team that finally put it all together. They're largely healthy and not dealing with opt-outs. Meanwhile, FSU is down over 20 players and its depth chart is barren. The projected starting QB had zero passing TDs and went 8-for-21 for 55 yards against Louisville. The Seminoles' top running back has played 43 snaps all season, and their six-man wide receiver room has combined for 23 catches all year, with none of them going for 10 catches or 100 yards this season.

Florida State put up 16 points and went 2-for-16 on third down with a much better roster and actual motivation against an inferior opponent. Now the players have quit on the team, and the school has quit on the ACC. How is the implied team total 13 points in this