With the exception of 2007 and 2008, ut has had the week off before the Bama game every year since 1992 when Roy Kramer took over the SEC scheduling. I know there are many pros and cons as to the advantages and disadvantages of the off week. But Coach Bryant loved them.
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="99%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width="62%">Was said he could prepare for "V Day" with an extra week to do so. Had open dates scheduled before the ut game from 1982-1985. Had to use them for PSU when he and Paterno worked up the 10 year series. PSU was the only tough team Bama played before the ut game from 1971-1994. TWENTY FOUR years and only four losses. Check out the results here: http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1971&end=1994&team1=Alabama&team2=Tennessee
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="99%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD width="62%">Was said he could prepare for "V Day" with an extra week to do so. Had open dates scheduled before the ut game from 1982-1985. Had to use them for PSU when he and Paterno worked up the 10 year series. PSU was the only tough team Bama played before the ut game from 1971-1994. TWENTY FOUR years and only four losses. Check out the results here: http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1971&end=1994&team1=Alabama&team2=Tennessee
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