College Football Showcase! No.1 Alabama Clashes Against No.3 Florida State

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He said analysts have projected that the FSU-Alabama game, the SEC championship, the Peach Bowl and the College Football Playoff national championship game will stir up more than $100 million in economic impact for Atlanta this year, and that the ‘Noles vs. Tide, the SEC title game and the CFP title game will be among the top-five events in the city in terms of bringing in visitors.

7 p.m. Saturday, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, ABC-7, WMVP-AM 1000. Nick Saban has always scheduled hard opponents in week one of the season and his team continues to destroy them. That could mean big games for Notre Dame, Northwestern or (no laughing) IL. “That has a lot to do with it in my opinion”, Fisher told reporters.

It feels like the betting public is jumping all over the Lane Kiffin train, which is why Navy is favored by nine and a half over Florida Atlantic. “And I give all the credit to Nick and Jimbo for wanting to play each other”. “But we’re ready to play, too”. In that game, Hurts only completed 13 passes out of 31 attempts and was dared by the Clemson defense to beat them with his arm which he failed to do.

WHAT SHARPS SAY: ‘These are two of the best teams in the nation, so it is a shame that one will have a loss after the first week.

LSU is a bit overrated thanks, in large part, to a 6-2 finish under Ed Orgeron past year. It will be interesting to see what Alabama’s defense will do without Reuben Foster and Marlon Humphrey.

The Tide had seven players drafted off last season’s defense, and those players combined for 162 career starts and 161.5 career tackles for loss, including 79 sacks.

Florida State sophomore QB Deondre Francois and the rest of the Seminoles will be looking to start the season on the right foot. Grier was especially impressive against Ole Miss – which finished in the top 10 that year – connecting on 24 of 29 passes for 283 yards and four touchdowns. Still love Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen, but the four-point-‘dog Aggies have the athletes on defense to make Rosen’s evening an unpleasant one.

A season ago, Florida State was thoroughly embarrassed in a 63-20 rout at Louisville, and lost a pair of home games to North Carolina and Clemson by a total of five points. If Bama’s Fitzpatrick isn’t the best defensive back in the country, FSU’s James is.

“It’s in the rearview”, Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts said of that stinging, last-play defeat, “but the thing about a rearview mirror is you can see it”. They will also likely take a step back.

“This game is going to come down to who can play with the most discipline and execute for 60 minutes”.

“Game day is going to be an awesome atmosphere for everyone involved in college football”, he said. Its foremost objective: becoming a more consistent passer who is comfortable dropping back.

There never has been a game on opening weekend quite like this, the first ever meeting of preseason top-three teams since the Associated Press began ranking teams before the 1950 season. Enhancing his aerial attack while maintaining his ability to run – Hurts rushed for 954 yards while averaging 5 per carry last season – is the desired objective in his sophomore year. Both teams boast two of the best coaches in the game in Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher, and are led by elite defenses-Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick and Florida State safety Derwin James are both expected to be selected in the top 5 of next year’s National Football League draft.