🏈 SEC going to 9 conference games.

[bama alum]

Nooooooo. Lsu. Au. Tennessee

I believe wholeheartedly that's who Bama will draw.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Texas may end up with Vandy, Miss St, and Arkansas as much as they whine.

I'd say Oklahoma, AtM and Arky.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

This all sounds good in the current environment, but add four more teams and you'll only play the others every three years. I don't believe our expansion is over. Then, to make sure we play all every other year we'd need to have two perms and rotate the rest, and I think we'd still miss out on a couple.

When will we start cancelling the WV, Okie State, ND and Ohio State games?

 

[BamaFan334]

This all sounds good in the current environment, but add four more teams and you'll only play the others every three years. I don't believe our expansion is over. Then, to make sure we play all every other year we'd need to have two perms and rotate the rest, and I think we'd still miss out on a couple.

When will we start cancelling the WV, Okie State, ND and Ohio State games?

From what I saw, we wouldn't cancel them due to the SEC requirement to schedule atleast one major out of conference opponent.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

This all sounds good in the current environment, but add four more teams and you'll only play the others every three years. I don't believe our expansion is over. Then, to make sure we play all every other year we'd need to have two perms and rotate the rest, and I think we'd still miss out on a couple.

When will we start cancelling the WV, Okie State, ND and Ohio State games?

Still like to see 4 perms. But thats just me.
I didnt see a great deal of importance in playing every one in conference in 4 year period. But i guess some do.

Really hate to see cancel osu n nd to play msu or ky. What a bummer that would be

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

From what I saw, we wouldn't cancel them due to the SEC requirement to schedule atleast one major out of conference opponent.

Bama has 2 a year scheduled though… next season it’s FSU and @ WVU. Personally, I’d keep those for ‘26 but some other seasons will need to be strongly considered. And like IT11 mentioned, this will all get stirred up again when the SEC eventually expands again, and that will happen.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I do, and it was baseless. Over the period they always referenced the Alabama vs Tennessee game had a direct effect on LSU one time. Once. LSU, literally, lost every other year because they lost.

Your first sentence in reply to @Krimson was indeed just that, a question. It didn't have a question mark though you don't tend to pay much attention to formating.

You do have a question to answer. It's been asked many times. It's never been answered.

Why would you want Alabama to be to be at disadvantage a ball game before it's played, much less announced and scheduled?

..... wasnt a true question......or would have a "?"....more of a rhetoric question.....
Disadvantage.....i see maintenance of a classic contest....
cfps....the goal....fine...if ur good enough.....but end goal...only goal ....( no ??)

I know we are talking about bama...but what about....AnM...AU.....
I think TN...AU..Lsu would put us in upper middle of toughest SEC schedule..certainly not hardest....nor..easiest...

I think bama has stepped up totheplate of schedule....certainly scheduled some tough OOC opponents..more that most ... bama administrators want tough schedule...it appears

I doubt ESPN is gonna let Bama-LSU go away...not for Bama-MSU snoozer...

 

[Krimson]

How do you see a killer schedule....
AU....really.....they are an occasionally good team
TN....not been anything since the 90s...

LSU is our premier game...

I would drop TN before LSU

And ...ESPN is paying the bill...i cant see them...letting bama-LSU be put away on permanent basis

If you were betting on the games, would you bet on Bama vs those 3 going 3-0 or South Carolina going 3-0 vs their predicted permanent 3 of Kentucky, Miss. ST, and Vandy?

The killer schedule is the SEC. No other conference has the gauntlet that they have to run through every year. We talked about oregon's schedule the other day, 2 ranked opponents and one of those is indiana. If alabama had oregon's schedule what are the odds they would make the playoffs this year. Big 10 can crow about 9 games all they want but they're not getting beat up like the SEC grind nearly every week.

How could a true fan of a team want to handicap that same team with a harder schedule than other teams of the same conference every year?

 

[Krimson]

Texas will end up with Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Missouri or Arkansas

It was a joke about texas whining.

 

[Krimson]

I would rather keep our ....arrangement of non con ...stay at 8...than go to 9 and take a msu... truely would suck...

You do realize that they will play Miss St every other year with the new schedule?

 

[50+yeartidefan]

I'd say Oklahoma, AtM and Arky.

If you were betting on the games, would you bet on Bama vs those 3 going 3-0 or South Carolina going 3-0 vs their predicted permanent 3 of Kentucky, Miss. ST, and Vandy?

The killer schedule is the SEC. No other conference has the gauntlet that they have to run through every year. We talked about oregon's schedule the other day, 2 ranked opponents and one of those is indiana. If alabama had oregon's schedule what are the odds they would make the playoffs this year. Big 10 can crow about 9 games all they want but they're not getting beat up like the SEC grind nearly every week.

How could a true fan of a team want to handicap that same team with a harder schedule than other teams of the same conference every year?

But did the bama admin do that with th projected out of conference schedule ????
@ fsu. Osu. Nd. Not for faint of heart

And in reference to ur question. Bama will be favored. More than likely...in the tn. Au. LSU. Games.

USCe games. Maybe. Maybe not
And how many of the games will be ABC Saturday night prime time games.
Yes. I think thats a + value

 

[50+yeartidefan]

You do realize that they will play Miss St every other year with the new schedule?

thats ok. Every other year. We do have some historically weaker teams. Vandy Missouri msu. USCe. Ky.
We will get our dose of those.

 

[BamaFan334]

Bama has 2 a year scheduled though… next season it’s FSU and @ WVU. Personally, I’d keep those for ‘26 but some other seasons will need to be strongly considered. And like IT11 mentioned, this will all get stirred up again when the SEC eventually expands again, and that will happen.

We made our bed with that, and I greatly appreciate the athletic department working to provide us fans with those opportunities. They weren't there during the Saban era and we took pay days to neutral fields, and I hated paying five times face value if I wanted to go. Some will hate the idea, but we will never miss out on a Playoff opportunity with a schedule like that, even could afford to lose 3 and still should not be a question.

 

[Krimson]

We made our bed with that, and I greatly appreciate the athletic department working to provide us fans with those opportunities. They weren't there during the Saban era and we took pay days to neutral fields, and I hated paying five times face value if I wanted to go. Some will hate the idea, but we will never miss out on a Playoff opportunity with a schedule like that, even could afford to lose 3 and still should not be a question.

Every fan wants good games, it's good for the game, but not every team is playing a comparable schedule which gives teams an unfair advantage. Some injuries are flukes and can happen no matter who you play but when you have to play your first team more because you're playing 5 ranked teams with 2 in the top 10 you take more of a beating and it wears your players down faster than if you're say oregon who plays 1 top 10, two ranked teams and 4 teams they could beat with their 3rd string starting. It's about having at least a somewhat level playing field to get to the playoffs.

Realistically I'm all for doing away with conferences in football at this point. Have a 22 or 24 team conference of the top schools and let them play each other only. Great games every week, all the haves are playing each other, it's equal, and no BS teams in the playoffs to make them feel good about it.

 

[TerryP]

Bama has 2 a year scheduled though… next season it’s FSU and @ WVU. Personally, I’d keep those for ‘26 but some other seasons will need to be strongly considered. And like IT11 mentioned, this will all get stirred up again when the SEC eventually expands again, and that will happen.

The easy conclusion is this is leading to the cancelation of permanent non-cons to start ...

 

[TerryP]

But did the bama admin do that with th projected out of conference schedule ????
@ fsu. Osu. Nd. Not for faint of heart

They did not. The series with FSU was scheduled in 2019.

You have said a few things that absolutely go together: LSU and ESPN are among them.

ESPN created the spectacle around that game when Saban was hired and road that horse (still, I'll argue) until it was glue.

People were not turning on the TV and watching Alabama play LSU. They were if it was UT, or AU (even in down years.) And yet, historically, it's been the LSU game that left the team the most "beaten up." It was that way before Saban.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

IF you are going to insist on this farce, let's hope they stop scheduling P4 teams.

Why? Bama fears no one.

 

[saturdaysarebetter]

Texas may end up with Vandy, Miss St, and Arkansas as much as they whine.

They won't break up Texas playing Oklahoma. Not a chance.

 

[Krimson]

They won't break up Texas playing Oklahoma. Not a chance.

Again, context. It was a joke about texas whining.

 

[50+yeartidefan]

They did not. The series with FSU was scheduled in 2019.

You have said a few things that absolutely go together: LSU and ESPN are among them.

ESPN created the spectacle around that game when Saban was hired and road that horse (still, I'll argue) until it was glue.

People were not turning on the TV and watching Alabama play LSU. They were if it was UT, or AU (even in down years.) And yet, historically, it's been the LSU game that left the team the most "beaten up." It was that way before Saban.

I know when it was scheduled. I have been around a awhile. Even before 2019. Fans complained because of all cupcake games.


Bama-lsu. Was leading the way. The game of the century. Etc.

But Saturday night games became more popular. And now " welcome to Tuscaloosa. Its Saturday night at Bryant Denny"8

But still. Bama- lsu. Was / is hugh.

Even ealier years. .
70s at Death Valley. Massive.
Cassanova for tigers. Musso for tide.

But ok. Beat it to death.
U want the msu. I want lsu.
See where it ends u