aTm and TN coming off bye weeks. Will it matter?

4Q Basket Case

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Thank you. I suspected that since OSU seems to be struggling. Well, I guess it goes with fandom.
It goes with being the defending champion. As we know all too painfully, it's a lot easier to get to the top than it is to stay there.

Egos (coaches and players), fan expectations, talking heads and ink-stained wretches, conspire to weigh you down. tOSU benefits from having maybe three regular season games for which they must be emotionally ready in order to win.
 

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It's still bad, but not as bad as it was some years ago.

We are definitely facing a murderers' row over the next few games. A&M after bye, Tennessee after bye, LSU after bye (we get our bye there, so that one can be a wash), then MSU does a Thursday night game for a few extra days of prep/rest.

I remember commenting back then how it was typical NCAA insanity for there to be rules limiting how many pages a media guide could have, while the bye week disparity provided real on-field advantages.
 

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The article that I linked earlier seems to suggest that a bye only helps if you are the underdog in a game. Where teams are fairly evenly matched, there is no advantage (statistically).

So, assuming that the aTm/Alabama game is between fairly matched opponents, no edge to aTm.

Since TN is clearly not your equal - slight edge to TN for having that bye. Not enough for it to matter, IMO.

There was no information about scenarios in which both teams have a bye but Alabama seems to do just fine against LSU and you both have had byes many times in the last few years, so I would say that this game is going to be about the same things that it is always about (controlling the LOS).
 

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I do like the Big 12 scheduling. Get you OOC games done, get a bye some where in there, and then all the conference games. Nobody gets an advantage.
 

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