“I’ve always been an advocate for playing more [conference] games,” Nick Saban told SInow. “But if you play more games, I think you have to get the three fixed [opponents] right. They’re giving us Tennessee, Auburn and LSU.'
Alabama coach Nick Saban expressed displeasure with an aspect of the SEC’s proposed new scheduling model, telling Sports Illustrated that his team would receive an unfair slate of annual games.
published Friday. “But if you play more games, I think you have to get the three fixed [opponents] right. They’re giving us Tennessee, Auburn and LSU. I don’t know how they come to that [decision].” “We got three teams and two of them are in the Top 10 and the other is in the Top 10 a lot. ... Look historically over a 25-year history, and the three best teams in the East are Georgia, Tennessee and Florida. You look historically at 25 years, Alabama, LSU and Auburn are the three best teams in the West. So we’re playing them all.”
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