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Alabama refuses to play home and home with Wisconsin

  • nbennyboy said...

    Rather disappointing that the most dominant team over the past few years will not go a home and home with a second tier Big Ten team. Anyplace anytime, come on bama.

    I get the whole neutral site game, ND does it as well, but what is the harm in a home and home. Bama's not scared but I do think you would have your hands full up at Camp Randle at night. Would be a great game, power O verse power D.

    It's probably about money. Bama would make more money off a one time neutral site game than by having to make a trip to Wisconsin. Bama budgets for a certain amount of home games. Now obviously, Alabama is flush with cash and others would probably argue that they have plenty of money and can afford to play Wisconsin home and away. But I'm guessing that the finances of one neutral site game vs. a home and away series would be the reason given. Alabama may make almost as much money playing Western Kentucky at home as they will playing Wisconsin, even after giving Western a paycheck. Then Alabama would have had the expense of traveling to Wisconsin. On the other hand, a neutral site game in Dallas could be a nice payday for both schools.

    airharper ●

  • airharper said...

    It's probably about money. Bama would make more money off a one time neutral site game than by having to make a trip to Wisconsin. Bama budgets for a certain amount of home games. Now obviously, Alabama is flush with cash and others would probably argue that they have plenty of money and can afford to play Wisconsin home and away. But I'm guessing that the finances of one neutral site game vs. a home and away series would be the reason given. Alabama may make almost as much money playing Western Kentucky at home as they will playing Wisconsin, even after giving Western a paycheck. Then Alabama would have had the expense of traveling to Wisconsin. On the other hand, a neutral site game in Dallas could be a nice payday for both schools.

    It's about avoiding losing. I mean, if you were 8-14 in your entire history like Alabama, when you travel out of the south to play an AQ team, would you schedule Wisconsin in Madison?

    But it's not just Alabama, it most of the SEC teams. They simply just can't win on the road unless they are playing another team in the south from the WAC conf, I mean the ACC.

    Look at these other horrible road records from SEC teams. None of the SEC teams have a winning record against Non-Southern AQ schools- which is the members of the Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, & Pac 12.

    LSU comes close, but nobody else does. And yes, this isn't just the stats from the last 15-20 years,
    its all time. Sh*t, USC has done as much by themselves on the road, as the SEC big 6 has done combined.
    Except USC wins 60% of time instead of lose 60% of the time like the SEC.

    The Anti-Road Warriors
    LSU 13-14-2
    Tennessee 8-10
    Georgia 5-7
    Alabama 8-14
    Florida 3-9-2
    Auburn 3-11-2
    Total.....40-65-6 (39%) -111 games

    By comparison, USC is 14-5 on the road vs AQ schools in the south all-time
    and in all road games vs the AQ Conf/ ND they are
    62-45-1 (58%) -108 games

    No really, it's about recruiting and money ..... aaaaahahaha- sure it is crystall baller's

    This post was edited by NcaaAssassinG13 on 7/8/2012 at 12:39 PM

    NcaaAssassinG13

  • The record is clear as to which program is scared. Kansas City or Indianapolis would be a good neutral site for this game.

    Wisconsin AQ OOC Schedule Bret Bielema era

    2011 Oregon State (3-9)
    2010 Arizona State (6-6).
    2007 Washington State (5-7).

    Alabama AQ OOC Schedule Nick Saban era

    2011 @ Pennsylvania State (9-4)
    2010 Pennsylvania State (7-6); @ Duke (3-9).
    2009 Virginia Tech (10-3) @ Atlanta Georgia.
    2008 Clemson (7-6) @ Atlanta Georgia.
    2007 Florida State (7-6) @ Jacksonville Florida.

    Bowl Records

    Wisconsin
    Won Miami Florida (9-3); Arkansas (10-3).
    Lost Oregon (11-2); Texas Christian (12-0); Florida State (8-4); Tennessee (9-4).

    Alabama:
    Won Louisiana State (13-0); Michigan State (11-1); Texas (13-0); Colorado (6-6).
    Lost Utah (12-0).

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