It may not be at the top of the national marquee for Week 1, but the anticipation for Alabama’s trip to Tallahassee to play Florida State on Saturday has been building all offseason. Beyond the matchup featuring two storied programs in college football history, FSU’s transfer quarterback Thomas Castellanos poured gasoline on the fire this summer when he told ON3’s Pete Nakos, “They don’t have Nick Saban to save them. I just don’t see them stopping me.”
Alabama’s defensive leaders, Deontae Lawson and Tim Keenan III, told the media at SEC Media Days that they “won’t forget what he said,” and now, just four days out from the game, it seems they delivered on that promise.