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1) Time to prepare is key in defeating any football team. We all know with time saban will find a way to beat any team with time to prepare not named UTAH. By playing tamu in week 3, saban has had since January to prepare for JF and tamu fast pace offense. Imagine it took saban 40 days to figure out how to stop LSU's offense from moving the ball in New Orleans, he will have over 200 days to prepare for tamu. This is a big plus for saban.

And how long does Summerlin have to prepare for Bama?

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2) The key to an explosive offense is reps and time to gel. We found out last year tamu's offense was in full stride when they met bama at the back end of the season. saban knows that tamu's offense will not be as dangerous at the start of the season week 3 vs weeks 7 or 8.. This is a plus for saban.

The key to winning is execution. Generally speaking, the team that executes perfectly will win. Even last year, Bama's failed execution in the red zone enabled the aTm victory.

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3) JF is always into something whether its spring break, nba finals, facebook or the superbowl. Its a possibility JF could pull a JJ and screw himself out of the 1st couple of games because of his conduct off the feild. This would be a huge plus for saban.

That's JFF and aTm's problem. DWI.

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4) Possibilty of a rematch with the aggies for the bcs title if bama loses to tamu. If the aggies & bama can get by the LSU TIGERS they will meet for the bcs title for a rematch( because im sure some team will not have a good enough defense to play for the title). Tamu has a dangerous offense that gives sabans 3-4 defense fits. AJ is a good game manager type qb, but if the game becomes a shootout and aj have to throw the ball too much and match JF TD for TD bama will lose. Just in case bama loses to tamu they have the rest of the season to get back to the top. This is the biggest plus of all for saban.

Bama lost a nail biter to LSU in the later quarter of the 2011 season and still had a rematch. What's your point and why would you care? If you're in the BCS title game, you're in. WTFDYC how you got there?

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Must give saban and bama props for asking to play tamu early.

Because that's how the SEC does scheduling, they send out a card and every coach gets to rank what weekend they'd like to play the other team. It's just like bid week, without the tampons and hair spray!

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who would of thought something as simple as playing a team early in the season would mean so much?

Probably the same guy who plays Penn State, Michigan, Virginia Tech, Florida State, etc., at the start of each season. Does aTm always open with those twin juggernauts, Rice and Sam Houston State?