Mercer Announces It will Play Alabama in 2017 and 2021

RTR91 said:

Auburn finished third in the BCS. Bill's point is simple - they would have been fine with today's format.

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I guess SOS doesn't matter much then but I am not convinced a one loss Alabama (win Mercer) gets in over a one loss Notre Dame with all FBS schedule. I just saw a Southern Union bus at McDonalds. I wonder if they have a football team?

Redwood Forrest said:

I guess SOS doesn't matter much then but I am not convinced a one loss Alabama (win Mercer) gets in over a one loss Notre Dame with all FBS schedule. I just saw a Southern Union bus at McDonalds. I wonder if they have a football team?

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Alabama might would get in if Notre Dame's loss is to Georgia, but we beat Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. :wink:

RTR91 said:

You need not be so pessimistic.

Signed,

Seasoned Pessimist

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I am just a part-time pessimist. But if we are going to play them then I am making fun of us. arty:

Other conferences need a strong out-of-conference schedule to make up for the fact that their conference is not the SEC.

I'm glad we're playing Mercer. How else would we be closing in on 100 posts in an off season thread about an opponent two seasons from now!



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RTR91 said:

Very true. Alabama can afford a cupcake because of its conference. Baylor, OTOH, cannot.


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Not to mention that Alabama WILL schedule one live body in the OOC schedule unlike Baylor to date.

RTR91 said:

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"We're something, we're playing Bama! ...

They're going kill us, but we'll get well paid for it." :biggrin2:

Redwood Forrest said:

I don't know, I just remember the folks on SoonerFans talking about Bob Stoops getting out of a 1A game and getting Bowling Green in their place and how that really helped them at the end. I know we talk all the time about Baylor and their easy schedule. I just wish Alabama would act like they are the leader and not the follower.

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Comparing us to Baylor because we play two or three easy games is not comparing apples to apples. They normally only play two or three challenging games; whereas, we normally have half the teams we play in the top 30. Again, these players need some rest, and younger players need some game time to develop. Please, though, let's be realistic with our comparisons.

Redwood Forrest said:

I don't know, I just remember the folks on SoonerFans talking about Bob Stoops getting out of a 1A game and getting Bowling Green in their place and how that really helped them at the end. I know we talk all the time about Baylor and their easy schedule. I just wish Alabama would act like they are the leader and not the follower.

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Ironically, Bowling Green was available because the barn had dropped them and picked up The Citadel.

Mystical said:

Nope that is the schedule Coach Bryant faced in 1978. Alabama was taking all comers.

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1979 schedule. 1978 had Nebraska, at Missouri, Southern Cal, at Washington, and Virginia Tech OOC games.

RTR91 said:

Auburn finished third in the BCS. Bill's point is simple - they would have been fine with today's format.

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Yep. Safe to say that a 14-0 SEC Champion is going to make the CFP. Even if they play FOUR 1AA schools OOC as did Coach Bryant's 1950 UK team.

Still SMH at what he did that year. Only team (ut) 1A or 1AA they had played with a winning record (or a pulse for that matter) they lost the game. Then, with that great resume, in order to get the Sugar Bowl bid, guarantees a win over Oklahoma! LOL! Mercer HC may as well guarantee a win over Bama.

OKLAHOMA, 1950 UNDEFEATED AP NATIONAL CHAMPION, winners of THIRTY ONE straight games. Had not lost since the opener in 1948, and would lose but five more games in the next SEVEN YEARS, winning FORTY SEVEN straight from 1953-1957. Had played no non-1A teams and but three with a losing record. You're going to take that resume and guarantee a win over OKLAHOMA, and then do it!? UNBELIVABLE! Could make a movie about that!

9/16vs.North Texas (non-IA)W25-0
9/23vs.*Louisiana State (4-5-2)W14-0
9/30vs.*Mississippi (5-5)W27-0
10/7vs.Dayton (non-IA)W40-0
10/14vs.Cincinnati (non-IA)W41-7
10/21vs.Villanova (4-5)W34-7@ Philadelphia, PA
10/28@*Georgia Tech (5-6)W28-14
11/4vs.*Florida (5-5)W40-6
11/11@*Mississippi State (4-5)W48-21
11/18vs.North Dakota (non-IA)W83-0
11/25@*Tennessee (11-1)L0-7
1/1vs.Oklahoma (10-1)W13-7@ New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl

Matt0424 said:

I'm glad we're playing Mercer. How else would we be closing in on 100 posts in an off season thread about an opponent two seasons from now!



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it is either this or the hat thread or a thread about white helmets.

Matt0424 said:

I'm glad we're playing Mercer. How else would we be closing in on 100 posts in an off season thread about an opponent two seasons from now!



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Either that or join in everyone's man crush on a guy Saban kicked off the team.


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One good thing has already came of this: Scarb is mad cause we ain't playing UAB. Long live Mercer.

Redwood Forrest said:

One good thing has already came of this: Scarb is mad cause we ain't playing UAB. Long live Mercer.

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B-ham News agenda...they know that is a no-go that provides no value to Alabama and does nothing but give UAB a platform they do not deserve.

Redwood Forrest said:

One good thing has already came of this: Scarb is mad cause we ain't playing UAB. Long live Mercer.

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That guy seems to only write with one purpose - to stir the pot.

The only thing Scarb is good for is being a bad example.

BamainBoston said:

We should do a home and home with NDSU.

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Bison fans would go nuts! I really doubt Alabama would ever travel to an FCS school that only holds 20k.