Could Alabama football really have a softer schedule moving forward after missing the College Football Playoff?
Greg Byrne, the Director of Athletics for the University of Alabama, stated on X that the program will ‘assess’ scheduling non -conference opponents that will better position it to participate in the CFP. The Crimson Tide played a tough conference schedule, which included three victories over top 25 teams, but it also had a non-conference schedule that was not challenging.
Alabama faced Wisconsin, South Florida, Western Kentucky, and Mercer out of conference. Colin Cowherd, the host of The Herd/with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports 1 (FS1), took a shot at Byrne for wanting to ‘soften’ the Crimson Tide’s schedule.