Link: Tuscaloosa News Podcast: Is a Home-and-Home Coming For Alabama?

RTR91 said:

https://twitter.com/abc/status/930843355797426176

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Alabama's would look a lot better, probably close to Oklahoma's, if FSU had been "normal" this year.

My picks:

Oklahoma--we owe them after 3 straight losses in the series and haven't beaten them since the Kennedy administration
Nebraska--lets get them while they are down
ND--same reasons as have already been given by other posters
Georgia Tech--lets renew an old rivalry
Michigan--classic north/south game and a chance to visit the big house

I would love to see some home-and-home series. My picks would be:

Notre Dame
Texas
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Miami
UCLA

As long as its a power 5 team, I am ok with the home and home. I just dont want to see any more Mercer's, UT Chattanooga's, directional schools, etc... If we are going to keep scheduling those kind of games, schedule Jacksonville St., Troy, South Alabama and UAB.

Can't imagine us doing home and home with Miami, because of the money. They only seat 65,000 and didn't have that many there even for last week's ND game. Last year sometimes it was more like 25K.

CajunCrimson said:

Sorry -- our schedule is plenty hard enough. I hope this replaces the kickoff classic game at the top of the season. Because to add another game of this caliber is just asking for trouble. More injuries, more chances at a loss before the Championship Game. Not sure what it will prove.

If we want to see us play ND or OU or USCw -- then they should make the playoffs....

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^^^^THIS. Times have changed, some things not for the better.

RTR91 said:

I was just showing the P5 records to prove ND's schedule isn't some weakling like some want say.



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Toughest schedule in the country, bar none, not close...on target post

Bring on Tuscaloosa vs Tallahassee, South Bend, or LA.

I wouldn't mind us playing 3 of those, just no UAB.

alabama mike1 said:

As long as its a power 5 team, I am ok with the home and home. I just dont want to see any more Mercer's, UT Chattanooga's, directional schools, etc... If we are going to keep scheduling those kind of games, schedule Jacksonville St., Troy, South Alabama and UAB.

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alabama mike1 said:

As long as its a power 5 team, I am ok with the home and home. I just dont want to see any more Mercer's, UT Chattanooga's, directional schools, etc... If we are going to keep scheduling those kind of games, schedule Jacksonville St., Troy, South Alabama and UAB.

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For whatever reason, they do not play in-state teams other then the barn. I don't really agree with or disapprove of the policy.

uaintn said:

Can't imagine us doing home and home with Miami, because of the money. They only seat 65,000 and didn't have that many there even for last week's ND game. Last year sometimes it was more like 25K.

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We are already scheduled to play the 'canes in 2021 in Atlanta, so I kind of doubt we'll see a h/h scheduled with them anytime soon.

I don't believe that we have scheduled a premiere OOC opponent for 2020 yet. With the future schedules being made out like they are in advance, that's the soonest that I see us being able to do this with anyone.

Crimson1967 said:

For whatever reason, they do not play in-state teams other then the barn. I don't really agree with or disapprove of the policy.

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Recruiting. Why give a rub one way or the other to an in-state school that could be competing with you for recruits. Playing them validates them. I am actually a Troy grad, and don't think Bama should play Troy. Nothing positive can come from it for Bama.

alabama mike1 said:

As long as its a power 5 team, I am ok with the home and home. I just dont want to see any more Mercer's, UT Chattanooga's, directional schools, etc... If we are going to keep scheduling those kind of games, schedule Jacksonville St., Troy, South Alabama and UAB.

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I still think these kids need at least two cupcake games to recover and to let the 2nd and 3rd string players get game time reps. I actually prefer three of these types of games spread out over the season. For those of you who think we should play a top 20 team every week, I'm not sure how you expect these kids to remain healthy. Imagine if we played Oklahoma this week. Yeah, that seems like a great idea to play LSU, MSU, OU, AU, UGA to end the season. I'm all about playing top teams and taking on any team, but it can't be every single week. Bama almost always has one of the toughest schedules in the country, yet talking heads and even some of our own fans like to talk about the cupcake games.
As far as the home-and-home games go, though, I would like to see that again. I would enjoy a USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Miami, Michigan type series.