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re: It's official: Bama will play USC in 2016
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:24 pm to auburnphan23
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:24 pm to auburnphan23
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Why doesn't Saban believe in playing true road games?
Huh????
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Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:26 pm to parkjas2001
OH, Bama has played PSU and Duke OOC since Saban's arrival.
Saban also scheduled GT and MSU home and home, both cancelled since. Saban normally prefers neutral site games in recruiting hotbeds, it seems to work well for him.
Saban also scheduled GT and MSU home and home, both cancelled since. Saban normally prefers neutral site games in recruiting hotbeds, it seems to work well for him.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:26 pm to chattabama
This game never happens if BCS was still in place. Saban knows he can now lose a game like this and still have the opportunity with a run in the SEC to still make the 4 team playoff. Match ups like this are probably an unintended consequence of the new playoff system. Probably good for the game.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:28 pm to bona fide
I forgot about Duke, but that isn't much of a game. Every other SEC team plays home and home out of conference games. I always found it curious that Saban was the only SEC coach who seemingly didn't believe in doing that
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:29 pm to silenth69
FIGHT ON!
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:31 pm to auburnphan23
I find it curious that more coaches don't copy him. As I noted, it has worked very well for him.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:33 pm to auburnphan23
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I forgot about Duke, but that isn't much of a game. Every other SEC team plays home and home out of conference games. I always found it curious that Saban was the only SEC coach who seemingly didn't believe in doing that
We can't always schedule national powerhouses like Kansas State in Manhattan (KS that is....)
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:35 pm to 14&Counting
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(KS that is....)
really wished it was at Broadway and 51st!
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:41 pm to 14&Counting
quote:Name the non conference games Alabama has played under Saban that were more difficult. Some of those teams like Penn State might have more tradition, but Kansas State has been as good or better than any non conference opponent Alabama has played under Saban since Bill Snyder returned as their coach.
We can't always schedule national powerhouses like Kansas State in Manhattan (KS that is....)
Feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think Alabama has played a non conference opponent under Saban that finished the season with more than 8 or 9 wins
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:45 pm to auburnphan23
Bama's OOC oponents since Saban arrived. You think that is soft?
2007: Florida State
2008: Clemson
2009: Virginia Tech
2010: Penn State
2011: Penn State
2012: Michigan
2013: Virginia Tech
2014: West Virginia
2015: Wisconsin
2016: USC
2007: Florida State
2008: Clemson
2009: Virginia Tech
2010: Penn State
2011: Penn State
2012: Michigan
2013: Virginia Tech
2014: West Virginia
2015: Wisconsin
2016: USC
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:48 pm to chattabama
frick yeah.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:49 pm to auburnphan23
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Alabama has played a non conference opponent under Saban that finished the season with more than 8 or 9 wins
made them quit
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:55 pm to randomways
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Retweeted by Eye on College FBall Tom Fornelli ?@TomFornelli 13m That 2016 USC-Alabama game is going to be awesome since Lane Kiffin will be coaching Alabama by then.
...so the REC planted Kiffin into Rocky Top to make them suck, then brought him to Bama to be the coach in waiting?
Masterful I must say!
REC doin work!
Posted on 7/16/14 at 1:58 pm to auburnphan23
quote:Saban is the greatest recruiter in the nation. He likes to play games in recruiting hotbeds - draws national attention - playing in premiere locations - NFL stadiums - market your brand. It works for Bama.
I forgot about Duke, but that isn't much of a game. Every other SEC team plays home and home out of conference games. I always found it curious that Saban was the only SEC coach who seemingly didn't believe in doing that
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:21 pm to MrBiriwa
What did that guy say?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:37 pm to 14&Counting
Life as a Bama fan:
Schedule non-con game against USC; get criticized for schedule.
Schedule non-con game against USC; get criticized for schedule.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:41 pm to 14&Counting
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Bama's OOC oponents since Saban arrived. You think that is soft?
2007: Florida State
2008: Clemson
2009: Virginia Tech
2010: Penn State
2011: Penn State
2012: Michigan
2013: Virginia Tech
2014: West Virginia
2015: Wisconsin
2016: USC
It's amazing to me that anyone could find a way to criticize that non-conference schedule. It's not like this is a NCAA video game where you make the schedule a week before the season starts and can pick any team you want. No one knows what each team will be ranked when you play them or how a team will finish the season when the game is scheduled 3 or 4 years in advance. All you can do is try to schedule historically strong programs and hope it becomes a quality game. We have done that every single year.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:47 pm to auburnphan23
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true road games
the frick is this?
I'm sick of bama playing false road games....you muddafukas is ill.
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 2:48 pm to Monticello
This is why people are pumped about this match-up
"In their history, the teams have produced 26 national champions (11 by USC, 15 by Alabama), 66 bowl victories (32 USC, 34 Alabama), 7 Heisman Trophy winners (6 USC, 1 Alabama), 272 All-American first teamers (161 USC, 111 Alabama), 797 NFL draftees (483 USC, 314 Alabama), 52 College Football Hall of Fame players (31 USC, 21 Alabama) and such legendary coaches as USC's Howard Jones, John McKay, John Robinson and Pete Carroll and Alabama's Wade Wallace, Frank Thomas, Bear Bryant and current head coach Nick Saban."
Could not be more excited about this game!
"In their history, the teams have produced 26 national champions (11 by USC, 15 by Alabama), 66 bowl victories (32 USC, 34 Alabama), 7 Heisman Trophy winners (6 USC, 1 Alabama), 272 All-American first teamers (161 USC, 111 Alabama), 797 NFL draftees (483 USC, 314 Alabama), 52 College Football Hall of Fame players (31 USC, 21 Alabama) and such legendary coaches as USC's Howard Jones, John McKay, John Robinson and Pete Carroll and Alabama's Wade Wallace, Frank Thomas, Bear Bryant and current head coach Nick Saban."
Could not be more excited about this game!
This post was edited on 7/16/14 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 7/16/14 at 3:15 pm to 14&Counting
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7 Heisman Trophy winners (6 USC, 1 Alabama)
I'm going to throw Reggie Bush back in there and make it 8 Heisman Trophy winners.
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