Nobody is saying Alabama isn't good, but I thought college football had become better than this.
Alabama will play FCS Mercer not once (2017), but twice (2021). Mercer just completed its third season since 1942 and went 5-6 in 2015, so it's not even a respectable FCS team.
This is one way to avoid a grueling last-second loss a week before a rivalry matchup that torpedoes your team's playoff hopes, and it's chickenshit.
Hopefully Mercer knocks the Tide of its high horse.
Source: @FBSchedules
