Real college tackle football begins this Saturday with a limited schedule that includes North Carolina and TCU playing in Ireland, as well as North Carolina State at Virginia. There’s even a game right down Interstate 10 in Tallahassee, where Florida State will host New Mexico State.
One week later, every other team kicks off the season. South Alabama hosts Southeast Louisiana, Alabama is at home against East Carolina, and Auburn is in Atlanta to face Baylor.
Randy Kennedy, who has been a leading voice on the Gulf Coast sports scene for 24 years, writes a weekly column for Lagniappe. He received the Mel Allen Award from the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and was named one of the “50 Legends” in the history of the Alabama Sportswriters Association.
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