#1 LSU @ #2 Alabama

In our lifetimes, there will only be a handful of games of which you will remember every last detail. For me, it is, unfortunately, Game 6 of this year's World Series and the '03 Fiesta Bowl, but, on a better note, the '02 Rose Bowl, Game 2 and Game 6 of this year's NBA Finals, Game 6 of the '99 Stanley Cup, and, oddly, stuck in my mind forever is the '10 National Championship basketball game that Butler almost won. But, anyways, I digress. Saturday's game at Bryant-Denny Stadium between top-ranked Louisiana State and second-ranked Alabama has a chance to be one of those games that you will remember forever. We remember these games for the game itself, obviously, but, more importantly, we remember the atmosphere, the crowd noise, the people we are with, and much more. So, when you watch this game on Saturday, pay extra attention to the atmosphere. Pay extra attention to the love of College Football in, without a doubt, football's best conference at one of college football's most tradition-rich schools. This is going to be a game, but also, an environment for the ages.

It is so rare that a game comes along that even the casual sports fan is required to clear his Saturday night schedule in order to watch it. People have asked me why I support the BCS. Listen, I am pro-playoff all the way, but as long as we have this system that clearly is not going anywhere, we may as well embrace it for some of its good parts, of which it has many. This game on Saturday night IS that good part. This is, in a sense, a National Championship Game in its own right. At the very least, it is a very important playoff game. College Football under the current system is the only sport than can provide the drama that we are seeing this week in CFB. If this were the NFL, this game would be essentially meaningless. If this were the NBA, the MLB, CBB, NHL, this game would mean absolutely NOTHING. But, lucky for us, this game is College Football, and now we have one of the greatest regular season games to ever come to fruition.

Enjoy this game on Saturday night. There is no telling how long it will be before we witness another game of this magnitude between the 2 de facto best teams in America. Enjoy this, I beg you. Don't get to looking ahead and don't try to think of Fantasy Football on Sunday or another game that is going on at the time. Don't even sit in misery replaying certain baseball games from last weekend over and over in your head like I have been for days now. Just watch this game, and enjoy the spectacle, the glory, the uniqueness that is College Football. It is flawed in many ways, but it is great in so many more. Set your TV and your minds, Saturday, 7 pm on CBS. Take advantage of the opportunity laid before you and watch this game. College Football, 'nuff said.