The meeting will mark the first time the two have met since 1985, where the Tide defeated to Trojans 24-3 in the Aloha Bowl.
The 2016 Alabama-Southern Cal game would also be the fifth straight marquee neutral-site contest for the Crimson Tide and seventh overall under Saban. The Crimson Tide have emerged the victor in all but one of those contests. The only loss came to FSU in Saban’s first season in 2007.
To open the 2012 campaign Alabama defeated Michigan 41-14 in the Cowboys’ venue in Arlington, and is scheduled to face Wisonson in 2015 there as well.
Also, given that he is still OC in 2016, the game will also be the first meeting between Tide Offensive Coordinator Lane Kiffin and his old team.
Any time any SEC power can get a PAC-12 power to play in the regular season is a good thing for everyone who loves college football. This is fantastic news.
Frankly, I don’t know how this happened—-how they got USC to agree to this. We tried before and it didn’t work, Oregon said “no” until Tennessee said “yes,” and everyone complained about Alabama’s “weak schedule” when Alabama started their last title-winning season against the winningest team in the history of college football.
If matchups like this are a result of the new playoff series in college football, maybe we should thank Alabama for being the reason for the new playoff series after putting that exclamation point on the 2011 title that everyone demanded the playoff for.
Roll Tide.
GREAT NEWS!
Last time Alabama played So Cal was in Aloha Bowl
After 1985 season. WOW! Been a long time
This will make for some interesting story lines.
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