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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 4997953, member: 3609"] It won't be the Alabama Yellowhammers semipro team playing in a deserted Legion Field in Birmingham against the Tennessee Hounds, it will be the Alabama Crimson Tide semipro team playing in an at-capacity Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa against the Tennessee Volunteers semipro team. There will be no readily visible difference between what occurs now and what will happen. That's the key to making it work. A team called the "Alabama Crimson Tide" will still play a team called the "Tennessee Volunteers" and the "Auburn Tigers". A team called the "Michigan Wolverines" will still play the "Ohio State Buckeyes" in the season-ender for both teams. For the bluebloods, especially in the SEC, there are at least an equal number of (and probably way, way more) non-alumni fans supporting the team as alumni, and a lot of alumni don't have a problem with a semipro team "representing" their school. [/QUOTE]