Why the SEC Schedule Makers Are Screwing Alabama and How They Are Doing It

Lately, there has been some loose talk going around by some SEC coaches and fans that the SEC is somehow trying to help teams like Alabama and Florida win football games.

Some have even gone as far as to say the SEC is hindering other SEC teams in their quest to derail Alabama and Florida.

I guess they are implying that the SEC front office is somehow involved in a plot to help Alabama and Florida win games by means of scheduling and assigning friendly referees and any other means necessary.

Well, I cannot speak for Florida, but I am here today to speak to that issue and debunk this notion once and for all as it pertains to Alabama.

In fact, I will give you proof positive that the opposite may indeed be true, and that the SEC has indeed done just the opposite.

Let me ask you a question Alabama fans, have you ever noticed just how often the Crimson Tide has to face an SEC opponent fresh off of an extra week off?

Doesn't it seem strange to you that an exhausted Alabama team always seems to be facing a sky-high, jacked-up SEC opponent fresh off of an extra week to rest with an extra week to plot and plan against Alabama?

A recent example of this was Tennessee. The Vols were coming off of a two week break when they almost upset the Crimson Tide this past Saturday.

In fact, two of Alabama's next three SEC opponents will have a week off prior to facing Alabama.

Alabama has already played Tennessee after a off week and now must face Mississippi State and Auburn after they have a two-week break as well.

In fact, by my count, Alabama will have faced 11 opponents since 2007 that were coming off of an open date before the end of this season.

How does Alabama end up playing more than twice the number of teams coming off of a bye week as any other SEC team over the last three years? 

That may not seem odd to you, but when the next closest SEC team has only had to face four teams off of an off week over the same period of time then it does begin to sound a little biased to me.

These are the number of SEC games played when the opponent had an open date prior to the game since 2007:

Alabama -  11  
Arkansas - 0 
Auburn -  3  
Florida -  4 
Georgia -  2  
Kentucky -  2  
LSU -  4  
Mississippi - 1  
Mississippi State - 1  
South Carolina -  0 
Tennessee -  4  
Vanderbilt - 3 

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