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Posted on 4/2/19 at 5:15 pm to 14&Counting
Posted on 4/2/19 at 5:15 pm to 14&Counting
Yep. How about ditching a late November Chattanooga for a 9th SEC game?
How about swapping out the home opener against North Texas for , say, Texas?
How about swapping out the home opener against North Texas for , say, Texas?
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Posted on 4/2/19 at 5:23 pm to East Coast Band
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9th SEC game
No. An OOC FBS opponent will be fine.
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How about swapping out the home opener against North Texas for , say, Texas?
We already have Texas scheduled.
This post was edited on 4/2/19 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 4/2/19 at 5:31 pm to East Coast Band
NS has wanted the 9th game for a while now.
Posted on 4/2/19 at 6:23 pm to East Coast Band
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Well coach get some better OOC opponents to play here
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Yep. How about ditching a late November Chattanooga for a 9th SEC game?
How about swapping out the home opener against North Texas for , say, Texas?
1) Saban has long been a proponent of going to 9 (or even 10) SEC games. Few others in the conference share his opinion, however.
2) Saban has long been a proponent of having a CFB-wide rule for P5 teams to play only P5 teams.
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One big change Saban would make is no more cupcake games for Power 5 teams. Saban suggested a schedule of 10 conference games (currently eight in the SEC) and two Power 5 non-conference opponents. He would also drop the current minimum wins to get to a bowl game in favor of a seeding system similar to college basketball’s March Madness. “We should play all teams in the Power 5 conferences,” Saban said. “If we did that, then if we were going to have bowl games, we should do the bowl games just like we do in the NCAA basketball tournament — not by record but by some kind of power rating that gets you in a bowl game. If we did that, people would be a little less interested in maybe bowl games and more interested in expanding the playoff.”
From this article:
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/nick-saban-wants-see-cupcakes-dropped-schedules-changes-postseason/
Simply put, Saban has long desired the changes fans want to see. However, he's getting paid to win Championships, and Alabama is not going to implement these changes until everyone does, as these changes would put us at a distinct disadvantage in getting to the post-season if only we played this type of schedule.
And so, you fans here can clamor on about wanting better opponents, but you shouldn't direct those comments at coach as if he's the one in the way.
He demonstrably isn't.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:41 am to East Coast Band
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How about swapping out the home opener against North Texas for , say, Texas?
It's not like Bama can call up Texas and say hey, come down to Tuscaloosa and play us on this date...
Scheduling is not that easy...we've got a home and home with Texas but they didn't have an opening till the early 2020's. Most Power 5 schools are not going to want to play a powerhouse like Bama early in the season, if at all, especially if they have play-off aspirations...they don't want to risk a loss that early...
Also, if you scheduling more Power 5 schools, it complicates scheduling. Not many of the Power 5s are gonna agree to playing at your place without you coming to there's as well...
While I'd love to see more schedules like we had in the 70's and 80's, it's not as easy making it happen as it was back then...
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