The Week 8 mailbag offers up a doozy Alabama , Michigan and Washington hypothetical. Plus, are No. 12 Notre Dame (vs. No. 25 Navy ) and No. 3 Penn State (at Wisconsin ) on upset alert? And what’s wrong with Georgia quarterback Carson Beck ?
Jerry asks: In a crazy world of hypotheticals, Alabama, Michigan and Washington all have new coaches this season, but what would their records be if Nick Saban , Jim Harbaugh and Kalen DeBoer were all still the head coaches for their teams? How much would their seasons look different?
This is a fascinating question, but I’m going to give you an answer you probably won’t expect: Would any of the teams’ records look all that drastically different?
Let’s take it case-by-case.
Alabama is 5-2 with a historic loss as the No. 1 team at Vandy, nearly getting upset as a two-touchdown favorite at home to South Carolina and then falling to Tennessee last weekend. But if Nick Saban were still in charge, there’s a very reasonable argument the Tide could/would still be 5-2 at this point of the season.