🏈 Capstone Series?

[252BAMA]

I'm hearing the reason the H/H with GT in 2019 and 2020 was postponed (canceled?) was that Bama wanted to book MBS in 2020 and make the return game an off site home game. Similar to what ND does with their Shamrock Series. Smart move on Bama's part since the ACC is stupid enough to allow that arrangement. Kudos to GT for being smart enough to decline that proposal. Too bad the same can not be said for Maryland in 2011 and Boston College in 2015 when they played ND off site home games in their own backyards. At Landover and Fenway Park.

I suspect that neither GT nor Bama wanted to play this series so the proposal was the best way to end the discussion. Win-win whether GT accepts or declines.

 

[OldPlayer]

The away team in a H/H doesn't make any money. Both teams make money in a "neutral" site game. That's the reason.

 

[252BAMA]

The away team in a H/H doesn't make any money. Both teams make money in a "neutral" site game. That's the reason.

That's the reason for what?

 

[OldPlayer]

That's the reason for what?

For Alabama trying to change the venue for their visit to GT.

 

[252BAMA]

For Alabama trying to change the venue for their visit to GT.

That is why I said it was a win-win. If GT declines, as they did, then Bama gets what they want. Which is out of the series. If GT accepts, then Bama gets two home games with them. Which is even better than two neutral site games.

By doing it that way, Bama does not take the PR hit that they took when they canceled the Michigan State series.

 

[OldPlayer]

That is why I said it was a win-win. If GT declines, as they did, then Bama gets what they want. Which is out of the series. If GT accepts, then Bama gets two home games with them. Which is even better than two neutral site games.

By doing it that way, Bama does not take the PR hit that they took when they canceled the Michigan State series.

GT isn't a bad team, but they aren't a good one. Alabama is better off playing in a neutral site game against a team expected to rank in the top 20-30% of their conference.

 

[BamaFan334]

Better watch what we ask for, because college football was built on home and homes. Having Tech in Tuscaloosa would be a wonderful thing as they used to be a hated rival years ago. Hell, they're in the fight song. Pretty sure I remember Namath saying he hated Georgia Tech more than Auburn in a CBS broadcast. It's not always about money, which get the headlines. At some point you gotta remember tradition is what makes college football better than anything else. Money is what made the NFL the NFL and something some of us could easily live without.

Georgia Tech is a solid program. They aren't an Alabama, Ohio State, or Florida State, but they are every bit as good as an Ole Miss, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, and Auburn. I had a lot of friends go to Tech, so I would love to go into Bobby Dodd and welcome them to Bryant Denny. Might actually have someone to go to a game with me if that's the case. The one true drawback of your family being Georgia fans and you being the one that defected to Tuscaloosa. No one wants to go to games with you.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Neutral site games only work for me when it's an OOC team heavy in tradition and when it's an opponent that has some pop in the polls. In reality, it's usually the only OOC game that has a chance to compete against us so I can only hope for a team with a current brand name.

So I'm not sad to see the Yellowjackets off the schedule cause they aren't any of those. Once upon a time, they were that team and it was grand. But what made it great is long gone and I remember sitting in Atlanta years ago and the Georgia Tech cheerleaders going up to coach Bryant before the game who was leaning against the goalpost and they came up all excited, trying to sing happy birthday to him and giving him a cake. Talk about ticking off the head coach. I told my brother-in-law then, boy, these folks didn't always feel that way about the Bear, how things have changed. That was true even then and it's certainly truer now. It's not the same rivalry.

Now, what can we do about Duke?

 

[BamaFan334]

Neutral site games only work for me when it's an OOC team heavy in tradition and when it's an opponent that has some pop in the polls. In reality, it's usually the only OOC game that has a chance to compete against us so I can only hope for a team with a current brand name.

So I'm not sad to see the Yellowjackets off the schedule cause they aren't any of those. Once upon a time, they were that team and it was grand. But what made it great is long gone and I remember sitting in Atlanta years ago and the Georgia Tech cheerleaders going up to coach Bryant before the game who was leaning against the goalpost and they came up all excited, trying to sing happy birthday to him and giving him a cake. Talk about ticking off the head coach. I told my brother-in-law then, boy, these folks didn't always feel that way about the Bear, how things have changed. That was true even then and it's certainly truer now. It's not the same rivalry.

Now, what can we do about Duke?

Michigan, USC, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, and even Clemson weren't blowing up the polls. Only Michigan and USC technically have "history". Georgia Tech probably has more history than any of those teams.

 

[TUSKtimes]

Michigan, USC, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, and even Clemson weren't blowing up the polls. Only Michigan and USC technically have "history". Georgia Tech probably has more history than any of those teams.

And I wasn't super excited about WV or VaTech II, were you? I could deal with VaTech the first time and they actually had a better team the first time around. I also happen to be in Gatlinburgh that week and I was able to trash talk the game with a lot of Hokies who believed Beamer Ball was going to have its way. But that second go-around with the Hokie left me wanting.

 

[BamaFan334]

And I wasn't super excited about WV or VaTech II, were you? I could deal with VaTech the first time and they actually had a better team the first time around. I also happen to be in Gatlinburgh that week and I was able to trash talk the game with a lot of Hokies who believed Beamer Ball was going to have its way. But that second go-around with the Hokie left me wanting.

I think I was excited to play a team we don't normally play. They all had some clout and a name, but yeah, the level of talent was way off. I think Georgia Tech offers a new challenge, triple option, and I have no clue the last time Alabama played at Bobby Dodd. Oldest field in the country, right?

 

[TUSKtimes]

I think I was excited to play a team we don't normally play. They all had some clout and a name, but yeah, the level of talent was way off. I think Georgia Tech offers a new challenge, triple option, and I have no clue the last time Alabama played at Bobby Dodd. Oldest field in the country, right?

You go back a-ways and I get it. I was excited with Penn State in the home and home as well. I have alway stated that I wish we could play the traditional teams in our stadium. Nebraska, Michigan, Ohio State, bring them on.

I want no part of the triple option. The best thing the NCAA can do is eliminate cut blocking. The vols are hoping for two things right now, that they win and they come out of that game healthy. Every time I think of Georgia Southern I remember coach Saban's rant and our guys going down like flies. If I remember clearly we may have held some starters out of that game on defense because of the fear of injury.

 

[252BAMA]

My question is. Was this a one time proposal in order to get rid of an unwanted series? Or is it something that Bama will pursue in future scheduling? The scenarios are endless and in some cases mind bogging as was Maryland playing an away game against ND in Landover, and BC doing the same at Fenway Park.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

The away team in a H/H doesn't make any money. Both teams make money in a "neutral" site game. That's the reason.

$$$$$$$$.....so sick of $$$$$.....being th reason for this or that....
O and I amsure the Ga Stadium willbe packed for DUKE in 2 years...
Home n home....the money will show up...