After a special edition at Indiana on Thursday night, the ESPNCollege GameDaycrewheads to Atlanta for a stop at the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where No. 3 Florida State and No. 1 Alabama will collide.
No hyperbole here: The 2017 kickoff extravaganza might be the biggest opener in college football history.
Not only is the Mercedes-Benz Stadium brand new and the eventual location of the College Football Playoff next January, the two teams set to kick off on Saturday night will in large part decide who gets to make the CFP in the first place.
With Nick Saban's Alabama Crimson Tide seeking redemption against an ACC opponent after the stumble in the title game last season, this one doesn't need much in the way of hype.