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Aug 4, 2017
4:42:58pm
Blue Cat All-American
It sounds like they were separate deals.
There was a home and home, but it was canceled not rescheduled. It appears the '98 game was a one off.

"Tuckett also accomplished one other important feat while he was in Tuscaloosa. He found Alabama's schedule was filled up for the next 10 years, except for one hole in 1998. Knowing BYU was looking for a nonconference opponent, he spoke to BYU A.D. Rondo Fehlberg and associate A.D. Pete Witbeck, who jumped at the chance to line up a date with the Crimson Tide. "We thought it would be great to have that exposure in the South and play there," Witbeck says.

"We needed a home game," Tuckett remembers, "and I signed the contract. I didn't talk to anybody (at Alabama) beforehand about it. As athletic director, I just did it."

Ironically, years earlier, when Tuckett was at BYU, he had inked a home-and-home agreement with Alabama. Under the terms of the contract, the Crimson Tide were scheduled to visit Provo in 1995 and then host BYU in 1996. But when the SEC expanded in 1994 and Alabama needed to make room in its schedule to play one more conference game, BYU allowed Alabama out of its contract. In 1998, it's a one-time, maybe once-in-a-lifetime, shot for BYU to play Alabama."


http://www.deseretnews.com/article/649873/BYU-Bama-has-special-meaning-for-Tuckett.html
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