re: Why did CBS select A&M/Bama over LSU/Florida?

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Alabama currently has arguably the biggest fanbase in America, so any chance they can put a big game with Alabama involved in the spotlight, they will do just that.

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Hardly. Bama has the fewest alumni of any state school bearing the state name without some other designation like state or south etc in the SEC. Alabama is the second lowest populous state in the SEC.

But, they do have 96 football national titles.