If the incoming cooler temperatures weren't a sign fall is around the corner, Saturday's game in Tuscaloosa should do the trick.
No. 22 Texas A&M opens SEC play against top-ranked Alabama in a game with a ton of fascinating storylines. There are the two coaches, Alabmaa's Nick Saban and A&M's Jimbo Fisher, two of the four active coaches with national titles.
Both teams also have two promising young quarterbacks (Bama's Tua Tagovailoa vs. A&M's Kellen Mond) and both lost key recruiting battles to the other around 2018's signing day (A&M got Bobby Brown, Bama landed Jaylen Waddle).