Week 4 Bye @ Alabama (Week of discussion)

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Ryan Williams will still be 17 years old this weekend!

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

I think we took an “off week” 2 weeks ago against South Florida!

 

[westide]

Bama 70 Bye 0

Every one thinks Bye is good. I keep hearing good Bye.

 

[dvldog]

Well, bye.

 

[FThomas]

My best guess is that it is related to "bye week" which is what the NFL called gameless weeks for teams when the NFL scheduled expanded to 17 weeks for 16 games in 1990. I believe bye weeks have existed in the NFL ever since that time. The bye week first showed up in the NFL in 1960 when the league had an odd number of teams due to expansion. Each week during the season, each team would have a bye week, even if it happened the first and last week of the season. This happened again in 1966 and 1967 when the Dolphins were added.

I assume that as a result of the NFL's broader popularity, the term bled over into college football. Prior to that, I believe they were called "open dates".

 

[colbysullivan]

When did an off-week start being referred to as a bye? For most of my life, a "bye" has meant an automatic transfer of a team to the next round of a tournament without having to play and win the game. The perfect example is the first-round bye in this year's 12-team playoff. If you are in the top 4, you get a bye, and you automatically go on to the second round. This is a huge advantage since that team would only have to play 3 games to win it all vs. teams who must play a game in the first round, thus needing to play 4 games to win the tournament. But this week for Bama is an off week. It's not a bye. We don't advance to the next round of anything. We get a well-deserved rest, but that's all.

Literally decades?

 

[NoNC4Tubs]

I thought this week was an "open week". When did it start being called an "off week"?

The NFL must "own" that too...

 

[BamaMoon]

Which is the easier opponent "bye" or "off week?"

That's what I'd go with!

 

[Slowpoke Catracho]

Which is the easier opponent "bye" or "off week?"

That's what I'd go with!

"Off Week"! Those can occur at any time. See the South Florida Game.

 

[Redwood Forrest]

Good thing both teams have a bye week so they have an equal chance of being stagnant!

But it may rain more on Ga's Bye. Not an even playing field.

 

[Elefantman]

I remember a time when it was called an open week. I also remember NFL football without a two minute warning, which we don't have in college football.

 

[colbysullivan]

"Off Week"! Those can occur at any time. See the South Florida Game.

By that logic, wouldn't "bye" be easier since USF gave us a hell of a game on our "off week"?

 

[PA Tide Fan]

Why Do We Say Teams Get a 'Bye'?

Why are they leaving? Where are they going?

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[Cruloc]

By that logic, wouldn't "bye" be easier since USF gave us a hell of a game on our "off week"?

DNP Week

Game vacation week

No game week

Why does it matter? We don't play this week, therefore we have a "bye week"......we didn't play well vs USF, therefore we had an "off week"

 

[spidermayin]

If we're arguing over semantics, is it a runningback, a halfback, or a tailback?

 

[colbysullivan]

DNP Week

Game vacation week

No game week

Why doesn't it matter? We don't play this week, therefore we have a "bye week"......we didn't play well vs USF, therefore we had an "off week"

Exactly. I've never thought of "bye" as "you automatically advance to the next round". It simply means you don't play that week.

 

[colbysullivan]

If we're arguing over semantics, is it a runningback, a halfback, or a tailback?

Honestly, that depends on the alignment and offensive style.

 

[TideEngineer08]

I'm glad we can heal up before Georgia and hopefully clean some things up as well. I wish Georgia was playing Texas this week instead of being off as well, but it is what it is.

 

[Windsortide]

Keep that Oline gelling and get them some work against our ones. Iron sharpens iron. Roll Tide Roll

 

[Windsortide]

Two things I am looking for on offense or expecting to see is the RB’s and TE’s more incorporated into the passing game against the Dawgs.