re: Bama's easy schedule/hype the reason for their #1 ranking?

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as far as Florida goes,since expansion We're 7-7 vs Florida,but we have a losing record vs Tennessee since expansion.

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You also have a losing record to us since expansion. The point is, Florida is a much tougher opponent, and they have been since expansion. If the idea is to ensure an even rotation within an 8 game schedule, the only way to do that is to eliminate permanent cross-division games.

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And we've played Florida every year, with the exception of '07, since 2005. If we win the West this year we will more than likely play them in Atlanta in December.

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A couple of those games were in Atlanta. You'll only have to play Florida about twice a decade now.