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Alabama Football: What is special about the first Saturday in October

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Alabama Football: Each season, SEC teams reveal themselves in October. That will happen this Saturday.

For fans of Alabama football and other SEC schools, this fall is like none other. With the delayed schedule, this October will be different and perhaps even more appreciated than a normal year. Despite COVID, there is still college football and it offers excitement and joy.

Alabama football fans know about special Saturdays in October. For decades the most special Saturday was the third when the Crimson Tide and the Tennessee Volunteers would battle. As the SEC has grown, and schedules have evolved, the game is held on the third or fourth Saturday.