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Florida dolphin 'predicts' Tide will roll Monday night

A Florida dolphin is predicting that Alabama will win Monday night's national college football championship game.

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A Florida dolphin is predicting that Alabama will win Monday night's national college football championship game.
By Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Jan 6, 2018

A dolphin at a Florida aquarium made its annual college football championship game prediction, and the animal will be rolling with the Tide.

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Nicholas, the Clearwater Marine Aquarium's rescued dolphin, picked Alabama to win Monday night's title game against Georgia, The Tampa Bay Times reported.

Two footballs with team logos were placed in his tank, the Times reported, and Nicholas swam across with the Alabama ball.

The dolphin is 5-for-6 in predicting champions and chose Clemson last year, the Times reported.

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