Finally, the Crimson Tide is playing a football game against a team and not a punching bag.
No.1 Alabama hosts No.22 Texas A&M at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. It's Alabama's first game against a ranked opponent, and the Aggies are coached by Jimbo Fisher. Fisher is one of only four active coaches to win a college football national championship.
It might be -- and, in the spirit of competition and fairness, I stress the word might here wishfully -- but it might be interesting into the second half.
Alabama, after all, is only favored to win by 25.