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Alabama AD explains what changed, why Texas, Notre Dame series make sense

The second of two home-and-home announcements came Wednesday for Alabama.

Not only will it visit Notre Dame next decade, it will also take a trip to Austin in 2022 before the favor is returned in 2023. The news came less than month after the Notre Dame series for 2028 and 2029 went public.

Alabama athletics director spoke briefly with AL.com on Wednesday after finishing his round at the Regions Tradition pro-am outside Birmingham.

"Coach Saban and I have been talking about different scheduling options over the past last year-plus," Byrne said. "Both thought that if there were some home and homes that made sense for the program to do that.