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Then you will like Alabama/Unbelievably Spoiled Children the first week of the season.

You're right I will! Although I do think that early season OOC games are not as good as postseason when teams are more locked in. The other issue with OOC games is that they are scheduled so far in advance that it could have turned into a of exceedingly large proportions mismatch by the time they are played.
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Or if they're not going to be as big of a mismatch as one team wanted, they can back out, like Georgia did with Oregon not too long ago.

Alabama-USC is not a great matchup for the Pac-12, I don't think. Both schools will have new QBs, but that matters more for USC than Alabama. Alabama will also probably have a better defense. But it sure would be nice to knock the SEC homers down about 5 pegs with a USC win.

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[quote author=Boston Card link=topic=14003.msg147544#msg147544 date=1449869322]
Then you will like Alabama/Unbelievably Spoiled Children the first week of the season.

You're right I will! Although I do think that early season OOC games are not as good as postseason when teams are more locked in. The other issue with OOC games is that they are scheduled so far in advance that it could have turned into a of exceedingly large proportions mismatch by the time they are played.
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Or if they're not going to be as big of a mismatch as one team wanted, they can back out, like Georgia did with Oregon not too long ago.

Alabama-USC is not a great matchup for the Pac-12, I don't think. Both schools will have new QBs, but that matters more for USC than Alabama. Alabama will also probably have a better defense. But it sure would be nice to knock the SEC homers down about 5 pegs with a USC win.