re: Can somebody explain to me the 1972 Season?

Alabama played as many as 8 and as few as 6 SEC teams throughout the 70's so your argument doesnt really hold a lot of water that he ALWAYS did this. It seems pretty random when you look at the number of conf games played per year.

70-7
71-7
72-8
73-8
74-6
75-6
76-7
77-7
78-6
79-6

Looks like groups of 2 years, probably caused by home and homes, with pretty random conf opponent numbers in those 2 year groups