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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 631370" data-source="post: 1475803"><p>Wait......you're telling me Alabama has an advantage over a VT or a Clemson or a Florida State by playing in Atlanta because of familiarity? Come on. ACC teams have long played in the Peach Bowl, and Atlanta is geographically proximate to those schools as well. Their fans showed up in large numbers. </p><p></p><p>They've played in the Jerry Dome like three times in the past 10 years. That's supposed to give them an advantage? Seriously?</p><p></p><p>Alabama has the gaudy record they have under Saban not because they schedule advantageously, but because they're pretty awesome. Their record on the road in the SEC is pretty astounding, too. </p><p></p><p>There are 101 reasons to hate on the SEC. But some of this argumentation is silly. Over the past 10 seasons, Alabama's strength of schedule has been #12, #1, #6, #3, #1, #7, #2, #1, #1, and #6. Granted, the past few years have also factored in the CFP, which increases their SOS. I'd have to go back and see what their regular season SOS was, but based on the strength of the SEC -- and scheduling at least one big name non-conference opponent on a neutral field each year -- I imagine it's fairly respectable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 631370, post: 1475803"] Wait......you're telling me Alabama has an advantage over a VT or a Clemson or a Florida State by playing in Atlanta because of familiarity? Come on. ACC teams have long played in the Peach Bowl, and Atlanta is geographically proximate to those schools as well. Their fans showed up in large numbers. They've played in the Jerry Dome like three times in the past 10 years. That's supposed to give them an advantage? Seriously? Alabama has the gaudy record they have under Saban not because they schedule advantageously, but because they're pretty awesome. Their record on the road in the SEC is pretty astounding, too. There are 101 reasons to hate on the SEC. But some of this argumentation is silly. Over the past 10 seasons, Alabama's strength of schedule has been #12, #1, #6, #3, #1, #7, #2, #1, #1, and #6. Granted, the past few years have also factored in the CFP, which increases their SOS. I'd have to go back and see what their regular season SOS was, but based on the strength of the SEC -- and scheduling at least one big name non-conference opponent on a neutral field each year -- I imagine it's fairly respectable. [/QUOTE]
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