🏈 2019 Alabama football schedule released--SEC dates finalized. schedule to have 2 BYE weeks

[Michael Casagrande | mcasagrande@al.com]

Alabama's 2019 football schedule is finalized.

The 2019 Alabama football schedule is now complete with the addition of the SEC dates announced Tuesday.

The Crimson Tide will get two bye weeks -- Oct. 5 and Nov. 2 -- preceding games with Texas A&M and LSU, respectively.

The alternating SEC East Division opponent unique to next season's schedule is South Carolina. The Week 3 game will be in Columbia as the Tide makes its first trip there since the Gamecocks upset the defending champions 35-21 in 2010.

Duke is the non-conference opener on Aug. 31 set for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Alabama 2019 schedule
Aug. 31 vs. Duke in Atlanta
Sept. 7 vs. New Mexico State
Sept. 14 at South Carolina
Sept. 21 vs. Southern Miss
Sept. 28 vs. Ole Miss
Oct. 5: Bye
Oct. 12 at Texas A&M
Oct. 19 vs. Tennessee
Oct. 26 vs. Arkansas
Nov. 2: Bye
Nov. 9 vs. LSU
Nov. 16 at Mississippi State
Nov. 23 vs. Western Carolina
Nov. 30 at Auburn

2019 Alabama football schedule released

 

[planomateo]

 

[rick4bama]

I notice that LSWhoo does too. Also has one before Bama game.

 

[TerryP]

I notice that LSWhoo does too. Also has one before Bama game.

Every team has two bye weeks. It falls this way every few years.

 

[TerryP]

OT: We should call this the Iron Bowl--roughly nine blocks (crow flight) from the stadium. A lot of irony.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Our double bye season is only some of the new wrinkles of the 2019 schedule.

SEC announces 2019 football schedule


2019 Alabama football schedule released

 

[OldPlayer]

Anybody excited about that Duke game?

 

[UAgrad93]

As a fan or alum, I'm not excited about this schedule. Outside of LSwho, the home schedule is garbage. If I were still in coaching, I would like the second bye week and where it is placed.

 

[TerryP]

 

[50+yeartidefan]

Anybody excited about that Duke game?

Nor any of our nc games....we must have really desperate to schedule Duke...
But 2020 is a schedule to be excited about....
Miami...UGA....added
Maybe Hurts takes his red shirt and comes back starter in 2020...

 

[planomateo]

Considering the current fundraising campaign to address the athletic facilities, fairly obvious why the change to home/home vs Atlanta/Dallas games. The home schedule next year is not very pleasing.

 

[alabama mike]

Anybody excited about that Duke game?

No, not really but at least its a power 5 game, much more than can be said about:

Sept. 7 vs. New Mexico State- really?

Sept. 21 vs. Southern Miss- can live with this one

Nov. 23 vs. Western Carolina- say it isn't so

 

[TerryP]

Considering the current fundraising campaign to address the athletic facilities, fairly obvious why the change to home/home vs Atlanta/Dallas games

Wait. What? Home and home removes revenue.

 

[TerryP]

we must have really desperate to schedule Duke...

Alabama didn't pick up the phone and schedule Duke. Duke didn't call Bama.

That's an invitation game lined up by the folks in ATL and the TV execs. Bama accepts the invite, exposure, and paycheck. Hence, the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic--a made for TV event/game.

 

[OldPlayer]

we must have really desperate to schedule Duke...

Alabama didn't pick up the phone and schedule Duke. Duke didn't call Bama.

That's an invitation game lined up by the folks in ATL and the TV execs. Bama accepts the invite, exposure, and paycheck. Hence, the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic--a made for TV event/game.

It would have been the same size paycheck if it was Duke, USC, Notre Dame or Ohio State. Let's take the money and move forward.

 

[planomateo]

Considering the current fundraising campaign to address the athletic facilities, fairly obvious why the change to home/home vs Atlanta/Dallas games

Wait. What? Home and home removes revenue.

No, but when you're asking people for money, I'm sure there is feedback given on better home games.

Pretty clear the stance has changed recently as stated by Nick and Greg.

 

[rick4bama]

So the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic or the Cowboy World or the one Bama just had in Orlando? These game aren't pick by Bama.

 

[TerryP]

It would have been the same size paycheck if it was Duke, USC, Notre Dame or Ohio State. Let's take the money and move forward.

Louisville didn't get the same payout as Bama which demonstrates they look at teams differents and change payouts. So, I'm hesitant to believe if it would have been a Bama vs USC/ND/OSU game the amounts would be the same.

Here's what I'll continue to say on this, OP. When Bama faces Duke they're going to be facing a better coached team than half of the schedule next season--at least five other teams. I'd take Cut over Luke, Morris, Martin, Hopson, and Speir. No one is going to claim Duke has more talent than Auburn, but I'd put Cut a few notches above Gus. With the situation Pruitt will still have at UT, now we're looking at Duke being in the top half on the schedule next season.

Understand, I don't care for Cut one bit due to what he's done in the past. But, it doesn't change how well he coaches.

 

[TerryP]

No, but when you're asking people for money, I'm sure there us feedback given on better home games. Pretty clear the stance has changed recently as stated by Nick and Greg.

I didn't know where were you going there...now, I do.

 

[planomateo]

I'd love to see us playing a top 10 team OOC team every year, but with these schedules getting locked in so far in advance it's hard for me to get my cake and eat it too.

Just from a fan perspective "if I had season tickets" I'd want some quality opponents considering the financial costs of attending games these days. But this isn't a problem I have for what its worth.