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re: Alabama is finally playing the game with its new schedule updates...
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:21 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:21 am to RollTide1987
Hasn't Alabama got the message that comrade Golish does not coach at South Florida any more.....he coaches at Auburn.
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Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:25 am to RollTide1987
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It has dropped South Florida from next year's season and added Chattanooga. Additionally, we've added Marshall to the 2027 season. Depending on what the Committee does next week it wouldn't surprise me if you see us drop Ohio State and Notre Dame from our future schedules.
This is what college football is now. Welcome to the new reality.
They need to drop the home and home games with Notre Dame and Ohio State.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:26 am to TS1926
Golesh scheduling ukraine and afghanistan
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:32 am to ronricks
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FSU finished 5-7. That's on DeBoer for choking in that game. FSU was not a scheduling error it was a coaching error.
The team played like shite for sure but FSU game planned all Spring and Fall. Filled up their shitty stadium full of screaming fans because it was Alabama. Even though FSU sucked arse, it was a difficult setting. I think Bama thought the game was theirs after the opening drive for a TD.
The defensive gameplan was one of the shittiest since last year's Vanderbilt game.
No excuse, they got their arse kicked by a mediocre team, but I believe Bama wins that game at home, or a home game against a middling G5 team. They played one of those the next weekend and won 72-0.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 10:42 am to TS1926
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but FSU game planned all Spring and Fall.
Shouldn't we have done the same thing? It was the first game. Who were we supposed to be planning for?
DeBoer and his apparent poor preparation for that game made a 5-7 team look all world. That's not a scheduling error it is a coaching error when you lose to such a mediocre team.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:08 am to HogPharmer
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Like FSU?
Yes. Exactly like that.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:16 am to RollTide1987
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It has dropped South Florida from next year's season and added Chattanooga. Additionally, we've added Marshall to the 2027 season. Depending on what the Committee does next week it wouldn't surprise me if you see us drop Ohio State and Notre Dame from our future schedules.
If they punish Texas for a narrow loss to their consensus juggernaut, then they are forcing every team’s hand. Would be malpractice to do otherwise.
This post was edited on 12/2/25 at 11:17 am
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:17 am to DarthRebel
Texas is being punished for losing to Florida. Without that loss, Texas would receive a benefit by the committee for the Ohio State loss and be in the CFP.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:22 am to scottydoesntknow
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The best team OSU played all season...was a team that finished 7th in the SEC.
I mean this just isn't true. They have the same record as OU and Vandy with two losses in conference, and they beat both of those teams head to head. So at worst they are 5th. Oh and they also beat a team who was previously undefeated in the mighty SEC until Texas beat them
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:32 am to RollTide1987
Miami beat notre dame and has edge vs common opponents
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:37 am to FairhopeTider
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Every SEC Team should follow our lead on this, especially with the conference adding a 9th game. If you’re serious about making the playoff, then do everything you can to mitigate losses because the SEC schedule will be tough enough.
This is the truth. However, you would think the tv contracts will pressure at least one decent OOC game, but that should probably be it.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:39 am to Buckeye06
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I mean this just isn't true. They have the same record as OU and Vandy with two losses in conference, and they beat both of those teams head to head. So at worst they are 5th. Oh and they also beat a team who was previously undefeated in the mighty SEC until Texas beat them
I was referencing the tiebreaker standings...but the ones im looking at could have been off. 5th vs 7th....not much difference either way
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:42 am to ronricks
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DeBoer and his apparent poor preparation for that game made a 5-7 team look all world. That's not a scheduling error it is a coaching error when you lose to such a mediocre team.
Right but it happens. Look at the body of work, he's beaten Bama's three biggest rivals in LSU, Auburn and UT this year.
In addition, sometimes you lose games like this.
Urban Myer's Ohio State lost an opening game to Va. Tech 35-21 in 2014. They went on the beat Bama and Oregon to win the NC.
Saban at LSU lost to UAB at home. It happens.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:46 am to RollTide1987
In the 4-team playoff era, playing a tough schedule was rewarded and Alabama responded to the fan's desire to have good OOC home games as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
However it is becoming evident in the 12-team playoff era that the value in schedule strength has been devalued in favor of making sure every partisanship gets a sufficient number of seats at the table.
Got to remember that 56% of the SEC is in the FBS all-time top 25 by winning percentage but only 33% of the Big Ten. Their best teams are roster quality competitors with the best teams in the SEC but they have a far easier schedule.
If the committee was not full of shite, you'd have schools like Alabama playing 1 or 2 power conference opponents, 1 or 2 G6 opponents, and 9 SEC opponents every year. Much better for the fans and the broadcasters. However, you've got to play the game by how it's being adjudicated. Can't be that team that wants to continue doing the hand checks once the refs have blown the whistle on it every time.
However it is becoming evident in the 12-team playoff era that the value in schedule strength has been devalued in favor of making sure every partisanship gets a sufficient number of seats at the table.
Got to remember that 56% of the SEC is in the FBS all-time top 25 by winning percentage but only 33% of the Big Ten. Their best teams are roster quality competitors with the best teams in the SEC but they have a far easier schedule.
If the committee was not full of shite, you'd have schools like Alabama playing 1 or 2 power conference opponents, 1 or 2 G6 opponents, and 9 SEC opponents every year. Much better for the fans and the broadcasters. However, you've got to play the game by how it's being adjudicated. Can't be that team that wants to continue doing the hand checks once the refs have blown the whistle on it every time.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:46 am to Marktastic86
Notre Dame played 6 ACC schools, 2 SEC schools, 2 Big Ten schools, Boise St and Navy.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:51 am to higgs_boson
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This is the truth. However, you would think the tv contracts will pressure at least one decent OOC game, but that should probably be it.
It really sucks too because having a bunch of big games that first weekend is a lot of fun.
Keeping those might happen but until teams are rewarded then I think the trend will continue. Everyone loves money but at the end of the day it’s about winning. ADs and coaches don’t have jobs if teams aren’t winning and missing playoffs.
By the way Alabama started scheduling a few years ago by adding multiple quality OOC games, you could see the thought was the CFB committee would treat SOS like the NCAAT committee does. That’s clearly not gonna happen so cupcake away.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:55 am to ronricks
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DeBoer and his apparent poor preparation for that game made a 5-7 team look all world. That's not a scheduling error it is a coaching error when you lose to such a mediocre team.
I've seen coaches with multiple rings like Dabo and Meyer lose to teams that shouldn't have too. What Saban did where he didn't lose to a single unranked team from that ULM loss in November 2007 until Texas A&M in October 2021 is unlikely to ever be repeated without the structure of this sport changing dramatically. People need to readjust their expectations. Alabama is not coached by the greatest college coach of our time and NIL has thinned out the top team's rosters so they can be gotten if they have injuries.
Frankly, I think Alabama lost that game because Tim Keenan was out due to a camp injury. Alabama's run defense was bad until he returned and it was spotty at times until everything gelled along the front. Probably a little bit of Lawson recovering from his major surgery too. They were a bit underprepared for a team with two new coordinators and largely new depth chart with a bunch of portal transfers. An injury to the wrong player on defense, a staff that didn't really know how all the pieces were going to fit together so they knew how to attack them, etc. It happens and will happen more often in this era.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 11:59 am to TigerintheNO
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Notre Dame played 6 ACC schools, 2 SEC schools, 2 Big Ten schools, Boise St and Navy.
Notre Dame is hurt by their arrangement with the ACC whilst the ACC as a football product withers on the vine.
Posted on 12/2/25 at 12:11 pm to DarthRebel
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Texas should be in, but could be punished for losing to the #1 team 12 games ago.
Texas will be punished for losing to 4-8 Florida, as they should be
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