re: Alabama announces home and home with Arizona in 2032, 2033

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I wonder if Bama is anticipating an 8 team playoff where a 2 loss team with a tough schedule gets in

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I mean, four of those games are scheduled for over a decade from now. Saban will almost certainly have been retired for at least 3 or 4 years by then, probably more, and who knows where the program will be at that point. I doubt playoff implications had much of anything to do with it. It's about maintaining attendance numbers in the future. People will show up to watch us play Wisconsin, FSU, or Oklahoma regardless of how good we are. They are showing up less and less to watch us play Central Michigan, FIU, or North Texas.