The 2023 season is an important one for the Crimson Tide, which looks to return to the College Football Playoff after a two-loss 2022 regular season. The games on the schedule are not easy, but Alabama will certainly try to run the table.
According to CBS Sports’ Barrett Sallee, the Tide have the fourth-toughest schedule in the SEC for the 2023 season. Florida has the most difficult, while Georgia has the easiest of all 14 teams.
“The Crimson Tide have a Week 2 showdown with Texas in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which could be one of the games of the year,” writes Sallee. “The phrase ‘Texas is back’ has been a running joke for more than a decade, but the Longhorns nearly upset Alabama in Austin, Texas, a year ago. Alabama can’t let them get revenge, otherwise the season could get sideways. The Tide have nine straight games to start the season — a streak that concludes with the massive rivalry game against Tennessee. They finish with the road game vs. Auburn, and we all know how wild things can get inside Jordan-Hare Stadium.”
As Sallee mentioned, there are some very tough games against worthy opponents in 2023. Most of those matchups are home games for Alabama, which will likely work in the Tide’s favor. However, it’ll all come down to what goes down on the field.
Taking on Texas in Bryant-Denny Stadium will be an amazing environment, but it’s definitely a game Tide fans must be nervous about. Sure, Alabama won last year in Austin, but that was with Bryce Young, Will Anderson, Jahmyr Gibbs and others. Not to mention, the Longhorns were without starting quarterback Quinn Ewers for most of the game.
If Nick Saban and Alabama wants to make a run at another national championship, 2023 would be an amazing year to do it. Proving to the rest of the country that the program is still capable of reloading and not rebuilding would be the perfect exclamation point on the year.
Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow Alabama football as the 2023 offseason progresses.
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