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Oculus Spirit [78892]
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Bammer needs a 12th game
May 29, 2014, 1:27 PM
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Anyone?
Alabama desperate for 12th game in 2015, will 'take anybody' May 29, 2014 10:59 am ET
DESTIN, Fla. -- Bill Battle has tried everything.
He's called dozens of teams.
He's deployed help from ESPN and SEC. He's inquired about teams switching dates to come to Tuscaloosa.
After all that, he still has one vacancy on Alabama's 2015 schedule.
“Right now we'd take anybody,” Battle said.
This is the reality of the SEC staying with an eight-game schedule -- the merits of which I've argued strengthen the league's positioning until the College Football Playoff calls its bluff. But some years teams will have trouble getting good games. In this case, Alabama was hurt by the SEC's recent months-long scheduling moratorium as it figured out its future conference format.
Can somebody help Battle out and play Alabama? Sounds like the Tide would even take a home-and-home at this point, but Battle said he's not sure that's feasible because “everybody's scheduled for '15.”
Alabama has Wisconsin and Louisiana-Monroe on the non-conference schedule, and though Battle doesn't remember the third game offhand, Alabama is expected to play an FCS opponent in mid-November, according to a source.
That means Battle probably can't schedule another FCS for strength-of-schedule purposes, though he sounds desperate enough to do just that.
Or what about BYU, whose independence creates scheduling issues in the College Football Playoff era?
“We've called everybody we know,” Battle responded.
Battle wants to get this done quickly because the longer Alabama waits, “the more expensive it gets,” he said.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/jeremy-fowler/24575829/alabama-desperate-for-12th-game-in-2015-will-take-anybody
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All-In [26968]
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Will Clemson step up to the plate?
May 29, 2014, 1:36 PM
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Or are they scared?
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CU Medallion [51535]
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Why would we need to? The goal is to get to the playoffs.
May 29, 2014, 1:38 PM
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And our schedule is already difficult enough.
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All-In [26968]
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To prove they aren't scared?***
May 29, 2014, 1:38 PM
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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All-In [26968]
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Then Rad should be making the call now.
May 29, 2014, 1:39 PM
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See you in Tuscaloosa in 2015, Nick Satan!
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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he's talking to prospective yachting coaches right now***
May 29, 2014, 1:40 PM
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How hard is it to stand on the shore, singing
May 29, 2014, 1:42 PM
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Row, row, row your boat...at the proper rhythm?
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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it's a bunch of girls...
May 29, 2014, 1:45 PM
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they are probably gossiping and not listening to the coach
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Re: Bammer needs a 12th game
May 29, 2014, 1:58 PM
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I bet he has not tried Georgia Southern!!
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Play them one game in Clemson
May 29, 2014, 2:05 PM
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No return game. One home game in Clemson period. 4000 tickets for the visitors and ACC officials. See if they return that phone call.
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All-In [26512]
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What about WAC officials? ... that would make me feel better***
May 29, 2014, 3:37 PM
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Re: Bammer needs a 12th game- a prime example of their OOC
May 29, 2014, 2:05 PM
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schedule scraping the bottom of the barrel for so many years they have worn the bottom away. Why not call U Ga? Next state to you & a conf team though you weasels always seem to find a way to avoid each other.
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Commissioner [908]
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Shouldn't they be allowed to skip a game anyway?
May 29, 2014, 2:12 PM
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They have one loss overlooked every year anyway. Just save everyone the hassle and let this be the overlooked game.
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110%er [6219]
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#### yes, cancel one of the two FCS games and get a
May 29, 2014, 2:17 PM
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home-and-home with Bama... Oh, wait, that would be way too much fun, on second thought don't do it.
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If I'm a Sunbelt, MAC or MWC team and I can accomodate,
May 29, 2014, 2:56 PM
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I'd jump all over it...demanding a big payday for the home date and make them travel away in the future(even 2022) and offer them next to nothing. Leveraging Bama' would be a coup for the AD.
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Walk-On [128]
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WE SHOULD JUMP ON THIS!!!
May 29, 2014, 2:57 PM
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Any place, any time.
GO TIGERS!
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STEP UP CLEMSON!!***
May 29, 2014, 3:28 PM
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@ the real USC ... call it the Probation Bowl***
May 29, 2014, 3:40 PM
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Re: Bammer needs a 12th game
May 29, 2014, 4:18 PM
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Boise State used to BEG the SEC to play them, but their coach is gone now, so BSU is probably skeered now. Or - Maybe Bammer is skeered of BSU.
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