It's the Third Saturday in October, which means time for all those traditional college football rivalries.
Like that ACC fixture North Carolina State at Cal contest, or that Big Ten calendar-stopper UCLA at Rutgers.
Moving along.
It's Alabama-Tennessee, THE Third Saturday in October rivalry.
The one where the Vols haven't won consecutive home games against the Crimson Tide since 2004-06.
Or, as termed in these parts, the Identity Crisis Bowl.
Josh Heupel's Tennessee team is paced by its ... defense. Not Heupel's heretofore frenetic, score-every-three-minutes offense.
And Kalen DeBoer's Crimson Tide ... have major defensive issues, similar to those of Tennessee's offense.
Alabama's Jalen Milroe-led offense is quite dynamic. Is that the difference in this game against the Vols' vaunted defense?
Consider this nugget on Tennessee's defensive prowess: The average rank of the scoring offense for the four Power Conference-opponents the Vols have faced is 73.
Oklahoma is 96, North Carolina State 86, Florida 71 and Arkansas 39.
Georgia-Texas seems like a College Football Playoff semifinals or championship marquee. But a mid-year October SEC contest?
Here we are. The Bulldogs, already with a loss and still with games against Ole Miss and Tennessee, are in the more desperate position; the Longhorns are the more complete team midway through the season.
Fun fact: Georgia has never lost two true road games in a single season under Kirby Smart. The Bulldogs lost last month at Alabama.
In Bloomington, Indiana, Fox takes its Big Noon Kickoff to see Curt Cignetti's Hoosiers battle Matt Rhule's Nebraska Cornhuskers in a game where those two teams have one more combined win (11) than the Vols and Tide (10).
Both should be undefeated, but Nebraska faltered late against Illinois. Is this a redemption moment for the Huskers?
There's plenty more discussion as the FootballScoop staff break down Michigan's visit to Illinois, a "can't-lose" game for Billy Napier's Florida Gators at home in the Swamp against Kentucky, the annual Battle for the Golden Boot Arkansas-LSU rivalry, and a spotlight on Washington State.
Yes, the Cougars. They are on a path to a potential 11-1 season and will be an afterthought in the College Football Playoff conversation if that happens. Team FootballScoop weighs in.
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