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re: I heard that the SEC finally caved into Alabama constant whining...
Posted on 6/14/11 at 12:35 pm to TreyAnastasio
Posted on 6/14/11 at 12:35 pm to TreyAnastasio
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We played 7 teams coming of byes last year. The next most was 2 teams coming off byes.
the bye isn't the issue... playing two or three top notch teams in a row is an issue
Supposedly Saban's record coming off a bye is much worse than his overall regular season record... but I bet it is pretty solid the week after playing a directional state school
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"Just so everybody knows, we did research on the last five years of all other 11 teams in the SEC and how they did when they had a bye week, and their record is 29-29," Saban said. "I'm not saying I'm right and you're wrong, but the statistics kind of prove that it's not an advantage or disadvantage to have a bye week. It probably depends a lot on the circumstances."
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Later in the article the writer attempts to insert opinion IMO... by mentioning 5 of the 8 saban/bama losses to that point were to opponents coming off bye weeks... but when you look at the games mentioned the five games were four games from the late season bama swoon in 2007... and the bowl game against Utah (a bowl game in this discussion? really?)
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Posted on 6/14/11 at 12:38 pm to molsusports
Schools normally schedule bye weeks before tougher games. That's why the record is skewed. There's no question it's an advantage.
And there's very little difference between a complete off week and playing a directional school in my opinion
And there's very little difference between a complete off week and playing a directional school in my opinion
Posted on 6/14/11 at 12:42 pm to molsusports
I think all three of our losses came to teams coming off their byes. But Bama had theres the week before LSU, and pretty much a bye before AU, with a thursday night game vs Ga St.
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