This whole situation seems fishy. Bubba isn't stupid, and this situation almost seems to indicate the opposite from the outside. It reminds me of a 30 for 30 that I saw about USC and Bama home and home back in the day that helped Bear Bryant make a case for full integration on his football team. Bama got smashed in the first game so for the next years game, the season opener, Bear decided to have a closed fall camp. Nobody saw anything from Bama until they stepped on the field for the first game. They had ended up installing the wing t offense under the cover of a media blackout and pulled a fast one on USC and got a quick lead on them before they could adjust to the new offense that they hadn't seen on any Bama film before. Bama held on for the win against a vastly superior USC team. Is Bubba pulling a version of this? Probably not but its fun to think about what he may be scheming for next year since it's going to be such a tone setter.