re: When will Bama play a true OOC road game

Bama previously had a plan to play H/H/N games every three years. That went out the window when GT asked out of the 2013/2014 H/H series. When that happened the Atlanta Sports Council obtained a tentative agreement with USC to play Bama in their game in either of those years (USC's choice). The ASC began negotiations with Bama for both years not knowing which year USC would choose.

The agreement with USC ended when Pete Carroll left and the ASC wound up contracting Bama for both years. 2015 was still open for the neutral site game and was used for that purpose. After playing all three years in neutral site games, Saban decided he preferred that to the three year plan of H/H/N.