Alabama is desperate

LA Monroe

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Afraid or because everyone's scheduled for '15? Too much Bama in you my friend...

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“Right now we'd take anybody,” Battle said.

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Oregon

Given your losing streak, good teams are afraid of hurting their SOS by playing a team in decline.

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Sounds like the Tide would even take a home-and-home at this point, but Battle said he's not sure that's feasible because “everybody's scheduled for '15.”

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That's why bama can't get a game. "Bring your bunch to our place, but we won't be coming to your place so you can get paid also, sorry".

Put an ad in Craigslist.

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Alabama has Wisconsin and Louisiana-Monroe on the non-conference schedule, and though Battle doesn't remember the third game offhand, Alabama is expected to play an FCS opponent in mid-November, according to a source.

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WTF? Maybe I go to FBSchedules too often but even I know that Bama has Colorado State in a weird deal that says they will either play in 2015 or 2017. How the hell would the AD not know that?

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Sounds like the Tide would even take a home-and-home at this point, but Battle said he's not sure that's feasible because “everybody's scheduled for '15.”

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I hope he didn't say that last part b/c it would be a flat out lie. On the A&M board here I have a thread where we try to figure out future opponents by breaking down who all has an open spot remaining. There are a ton of schools that still need a game.

The dates I have listed are ones those teams have open that correspond w/potential A&M open dates. Bama has a game set up on 9/26 but there are still a ton of teams on this list that would need a game. Also, since this list was made w/A&M in mind there might actually be a few more schools not listed that need a game.

ACC
Georgia Tech - 09/26, 10/03, 6 home games, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 game needed
Miami - 09/12, 09/26, 5 home games, 1 TBA @/FIU, 1 BCS, no FCS, 1 game needed
NC State - 10/03, 5 home games, no BCS, no FCS, 1 game needed
North Carolina - 09/26, 10/03, 5 home games, 2 BCS, no FCS, 2 games needed
Syracuse - 09/12, 10/03, 6 home games, 1 BCS, no FCS, 2 games needed
Pitt - 09/26, 10/03, 5 home games, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 game needed
Wake Forest - 09/12, 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 game needed

American
Houston - 10/03, 5 home games, 1 BCS, no FCS, 2 needed
East Carolina - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
UConn - 09/26, 10/03, 6 home, no BCS, 1 FCS, 1 needed
Tulane - 09/26, 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 2 needed
SMU - 10/26, 10/03, 6 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
South Florida - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, 1 FCS, 1 needed
Central Florida - 09/12, 10/03, 4 home, 1 BCS, no FCS, 2 needed
Tulsa - 10/03, 5 home, 1 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed

Big 10
Penn State - 10/03, 6 home, no BCS, no FCS, 1 needed

CUSA
Charlotte - 10/26, 6 home, no BCS, 1 FCS, 1 needed
Florida Atlantic - all OOC TBA, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Florida International - 09/26, 5 home, 1 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Middle Tennessee State - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
La Tech - 10/26, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
North Texas - 10/03, 4 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Rice - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed

Independent
BYU - 10/03, 5 home games, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed

MAC
Central Michigan - 09/12, 10/03, 5 home, 3 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Western Michigan - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Bowling Green - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Buffalo - 09/26, 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, 1 FCS, 1 TBA, 1 needed

MWC
Air Force - 09/12, 5 home, 1 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Colorado State - 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, may play Bama
New Mexico - 09/26, 6 home, 1 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Hawaii - 10/03, 5 home, 3 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
San Diego State - 10/03, 4 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 2 needed
San Jose State - 09/12, 09/26, 5 home 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed

Pac 12
Arizona - 09/26, 10/03, 5 home, no BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Stanford - 09/12, 09/26, 10/03, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed

Sun Belt
Arkansas State - 10/3, 5 home, 2 BCS, no FCS, 1 needed
Texas State - 09/12, 10/03, 4 home, 1 BCS, no FCS, 2 needed
ULL - 09/12, 5 home, no BCS, no FCS, 2 needed


I kind of have a hard time believing that he could have called Penn State, Georgia Tech, and Syracuse with teh offer of a home and home only to be rejected.

This sounds more like he is trying to create cover for when they schedule a low end MAC team.

Crossing my fingers that this results in another BCS/power 5 opponent on schedule.

Anytime Bama has difficulty lining up high school teams to pass off as a legit game in BDS is good in my book.