Question: Alabama to open against Duke in the 2019 Chik-Fil-A Kickoff Game

Elefantman

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I don't see this as being a help on the recruiting front and not a big drop in SOS. Still good to start the season on a big stage.
 

im4uainva

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Not a fan. At the ticket prices these events demand I want to see a quality opponent.

Well, who knows...by 2019 Duke may very well be a quality opponent. (Part serious, part sarc.:biggrin:)
Plus, a lot of things can happen over the next two years.

Roll Tide!
 
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ohiotide14

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Duke is very very young with improving classes coming in. I believe they will be a quality opponent in 2019. Not the big name recognition you like, but I believe the staff knows well that Duke is improving. They were decimated with injuries this year, I believe they've lost 16 guys. They were in ACC ship 2 years ago.
 

melvinm

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After the big time competition (in terms of name and stature) in recent years, definitely a step down.
 

CrimsonDynasT

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This game certainly lacks the "Wow" factor for the first game but maybe it is a part of the "process"--we have been dominating the Big Ten and whipped the Pac 10 last year. So now we turn back to the ACC to show who really is the boss of college football.
 

RT3413

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This game certainly lacks the "Wow" factor for the first game but maybe it is a part of the "process"--we have been dominating the Big Ten and whipped the Pac 10 last year. So now we turn back to the ACC to show who really is the boss of college football.
We play FSU next year, Louisville in 2018... after playing Clemson, West Virginia and Va Tech previously. The CFA Kickoff is SEC vs ACC.
 

rgw

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It isn't a great matchup. Do we have a home part of a h&h series that season? The last time we played Duke, we also played PSU.


Edit: Thus far Season opener against Duke in Atlanta and week 3 home game against Southern Miss are the only two games on schedule. Probably can expect a week 2 or 3 SEC game with a bad OOC team somewhere in there too. Maybe we're just not going to have a super strong OOC schedule that year.
 
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RTR91

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We play FSU next year, Louisville in 2018... after playing Clemson, West Virginia and Va Tech previously. The CFA Kickoff is SEC vs ACC.
West Viriginia is Big 12. Auburn and Washington are playing in Atlanta in 2018; we are playing Louisville in Orlando.
 

TideEngineer08

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I'm not a fan of the match up, but honestly, is Duke today any different than some of the Virginia Tech teams we played or heck even Michigan from 2012? None of those teams turned out to be great teams at all. But the name Duke just doesn't sound as good as Michigan or Virginia Tech.
 

rgw

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Exposure and recruiting...remember B.J. Emmons is from NC. Dean Smith would go play a game against a major opponent when he recruited a player from another state. Good pr...
I doubt Emmons will be here in 2019 for one reason or another (hopefully one of the good ones).
 

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