Yep, it's big

Outside observers may struggle to understand why Alabama's win over Tennessee -- or, indeed, college football itself -- is so very important to so many people in this state. Allow this Crimson White column to try to provide a little insight:

"It's a feeling that quakes in the soul, a feeling jammed haphazardly between the heart and stomach that's able to cause nervous breakdowns and push men dressed in crimson to introduce themselves to men dressed in nightmarish orange with the worst well-placed obscenities that can roll off their tongues."

And with that, I give you the weekly college football open thread.