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Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 25, 2018, 10:35 PM
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I feel like CU doesn't get enough credit scheduling home-and-home series like TAMU, Auburn, UGA, etc. Bama seems to get patted on the back every year for their big OOC games but I started to think about how they always seem to play neutral site games.
Yeah, Saban will schedule lots of good teams to kick off the season but when was the last time they played a true road game out of conference?
The last time they played a true OOC game on the road was 2011 vs. Penn State. So it's been 8 years. But there's more: that series was actually meant to take place in 2004-2005 but was rescheduled in 2003 at Alabama's request due to their pending NCAA investigation:
https://gopsusports.com/news/2003/6/27/Nittany_Lions_Gridiron_Series_With_Alabama_Postponed.aspx
https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20100908/ua-penn-state-series-was-delayed-five-years
Mike Shula would've been HC then and, of course, Nick Saban was at LSU. So the 2011 road game at PSU was set on the schedule years before Nick Saban was ever the Bama HC.
The next game that would remotely qualify was the 2007 FSU game. That was played at a neutral site but in Jacksonville, FL--so safe to say a more partisan crowd. However, that was Saban's first season and he wouldn't have had a hand in that schedule.
You have to go back to Sept 2, 2000 Sept 7, 2002 to find the last time Bama played a true OOC road game: UCLA in the Rose Bowl Oklahoma in Norman (Credit to Calhoun2 for catching that).
Nick Saban has never scheduled an OOC road game at Alabama.
Looking ahead at their future OOC schedules, they play:
2019: vs. Duke in ATL 2020: vs. USC in Arlington, TX 2021: vs. Miami in ATL Then in 2022 they start a home-and-home at Texas. IF they end up playing that game, it'll be the second true OOC road game for Bama in 22 20 years... Roll Tide.
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So you saying 2021 could be Saban's last year?
Oct 25, 2018, 10:39 PM
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We should get that out to recruits considering Bama.
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I mean, if you're reading the tea leaves...***
Oct 25, 2018, 10:41 PM
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Re: Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 25, 2018, 10:44 PM
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Sadly all of college football revolves around him and Bama (Scheduling, non calls on holding, targeting, PI, etc.)
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Re: Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 25, 2018, 11:02 PM
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Actually they traveled to Norman OK in 2002.
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You're right--missed that. My bigger point still stands***
Oct 25, 2018, 11:27 PM
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Re: You're right--missed that. My bigger point still stands***
Oct 25, 2018, 11:43 PM
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No doubt. Saban is too high and mighty to play on the road OOC. He doesn’t want to give any cred to non SEC stadiums.
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Well, at least Bama leaves
Oct 26, 2018, 6:25 AM
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The state for their neutral OOC games. Meanwhile, down in Gainesville....
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Re: Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 26, 2018, 6:40 AM
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The fact is they don't need to schedule away OOC games.
You want a pat on the back for playing teams like A&M and Auburn, teams that Bama plays every year. Do you think Alabama is going to lose or something if they play at Wallace Wade, Carter Finley or the Carrier Dome?
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Auburn and A&M play the same schedule
Oct 26, 2018, 6:50 AM
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And they apparently feel they need to schedule big OOC games on the road. I think your overall point is correct that Bama isn’t going to ever get knocked by the committee for playing such a soft OOC unless they’re trying to get into the CFP as a 2-loss, non-SEC champ then Nicky would have a hard time arguing their resume against others.
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Well if you were a dumbarse coot you would understand
Oct 26, 2018, 6:55 AM
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that daddy is special and gets special treatment
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They should be play 10 P5 schools a year
Oct 26, 2018, 9:50 AM
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It's really that simple. Your comparison doesn't hold water,as Clemson does,9 out of 10 years play 10 P5 schools,when a lot of other schools don't. Bama never does ,also true with several other SEC schools. Heck,even ACC teams like VT and NCS don't usually schedule 10 P5 schools. THAT's the argument 9 P5 games vs 10 P5 games.
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Since our regular ‘rival’ is lame...
Oct 26, 2018, 10:14 AM
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We have to go play other good non-conference games. Keep riding the coattails of Bama and their terrible schedule.
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Re: Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 26, 2018, 10:44 AM
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Who would have thought a coot would come to Bama's rescue.
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Remember when you lied and said you only replied to Coot
Oct 26, 2018, 12:06 PM
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threads? I do, Liar
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Schedules work themselves out.
Oct 26, 2018, 8:43 AM
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ACC is definitely down this year, but to date, Clemson has wins over two ranked teams. Alabama has one. Just happens to be the same one Clemson beat.
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And, there's only one more team on their schedule that will
Oct 26, 2018, 8:45 AM
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be ranked until they get to the SEC championship game.
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Re: Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 26, 2018, 10:17 AM
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It's called "The BCS Forumla". It was a prominent scheduling strategy used by most SEC schools, particularly in the later years of the BCS. Play only weak teams OOC, and use the media machine to hype up the other SEC teams who beat up each other = you get biased picks for better bowls and the championship games.
Notice how the nature of the CFP doesnt let this work anymore. You can't beat up your little brother that lives in the same house as you, refuse to fight the bouncer that lives next door, and claim to be the toughest guy in the neighborhood anymore. You have to play OOC teams and win. Dialing up the requirements for competition means that pretty much every SEC team has to go OOC to get a chance, and as such we have seen SEC performance crumble and fall flat on its face in the CFP era, including Alabama when they play tough teams. How many times have we seen B1G teams steamroll SEC teams since the CFP started? More often than not. Alabama's success continues ONLY because they were the best at taking advantage of the BCS and the media. But Alabama is a different story. There is a lot that goes on on the field, off the field, and behind closed doors. Alabama isn't "the best" JUST because they put the best teams on the field, its also because they have the best people who idolize the Alabama mythology working towards the success of that program behind closed doors as well.
Dabo knows this, he grew up in that system and was molded by that system. And now he has brought that model to Clemson, and that model is revolutionizing the game of college football. Dabo also knows the politics of the CFP, and Clemson works off of his vision with the best people dedicated to our program working behind closed doors to ensure out success as well. Remember, Clemson had a lot of our own sitting at the table the CFP was built upon.
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Re: Bama OOC Scheduling
Oct 26, 2018, 11:03 AM
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Because neutral site games make them a dump truck load of money.
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