Started By
Message
re: Fox Sports - Alabama actively plans an "atrocious schedule" and gets away with it
Posted on 11/2/17 at 10:31 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 11/2/17 at 10:31 pm to Bench McElroy
Would it help if you knew the 100% Neutral Site policy occurred because of an attempt to match USC and Bama in the 2013 or 2014 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff classic? It did!
The cancellation of the 2013-2014 GT series, at GT's request, led to Bama's 100% Neutral Site policy. At the time Bama had a 3-year H/H/NS policy in effect. After GT in '13-'14, they had '15 open for a NS, had MSU scheduled for '16-'17 and had '18 open for a NS.
When the GT series was cancelled, it just so happened that Gary Stokan of the Atlanta Sports Council had a tentative agreement with USC (read Pete Carroll) to play in the Atlanta game in either 2013 or 2014, USC's (read Pete Carroll's) choice. USC's (read Pete Carroll's) prefered opponent was Bama. The GT series cancellation opened the door for Stokan to make that happen.
When Carroll left USC so did the tentative agreement. Stokan, of course, was in negotiation with Bama for both years and wound up contracting Bama for both years. At some point during or after those two years, Saban decided he preferred the NS games. It was then that the MSU series was cancelled and Bama went with a 100% NS policy.
The cancellation of the 2013-2014 GT series, at GT's request, led to Bama's 100% Neutral Site policy. At the time Bama had a 3-year H/H/NS policy in effect. After GT in '13-'14, they had '15 open for a NS, had MSU scheduled for '16-'17 and had '18 open for a NS.
When the GT series was cancelled, it just so happened that Gary Stokan of the Atlanta Sports Council had a tentative agreement with USC (read Pete Carroll) to play in the Atlanta game in either 2013 or 2014, USC's (read Pete Carroll's) choice. USC's (read Pete Carroll's) prefered opponent was Bama. The GT series cancellation opened the door for Stokan to make that happen.
When Carroll left USC so did the tentative agreement. Stokan, of course, was in negotiation with Bama for both years and wound up contracting Bama for both years. At some point during or after those two years, Saban decided he preferred the NS games. It was then that the MSU series was cancelled and Bama went with a 100% NS policy.
This post was edited on 11/2/17 at 11:09 pm
0
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow SECRant for SEC Football News