Stephen A. Smith Isn't Giving Cincinnati a Chance Against Alabama in the Cotton Bowl

Cincinnati is 13-0, but they're double-digit underdogs against Alabama.

CINCINNATI — The Bearcats are the first non-power 5 school to make it to the College Football Playoff. 

They're 13-0 and are just two wins away from a National Championship. 

If they're going to accomplish that goal, then they're going to have to shock the world in the Cotton Bowl against No. 1 Alabama. 

The Crimson Tide are double-digit favorites against the Bearcats. 

One national personality doesn't think Luke Fickell's squad has a chance against Nick Saban and company.

"My deepest congratulations to the University of Cincinnati. It was a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful season. It really was," Stephen A. Smith said on ESPN's First Take. "You should be very, very, very proud of yourself and what you did this year Cincinnati. You're very good, you, you did a good job, but it ends now."

Smith isn't the first and he won't be the last person to count out the Bearcats. Cincinnati was favored in every game this year, now they have a chance to embrace the underdog role with a matchup against the top team in the country looming. 

Stephen A. Smith has no faith in the #Bearcats against top-ranked Alabama in the CFP semifinals:

"You should be very, very, very proud of yourself and what you did this year, Cincinnati. You're very good, you. You did a good job. But it ends now."

(Salute to Robert De Niro.) pic.twitter.com/yQNZal3atR

— Keith Jenkins (@MrKeithJenkins) December 10, 2021

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