As Georgia hosts Alabama on Saturday night in the SEC headliner, it jars my memory of my first experience covering a college football game for the Dothan Eagle. And it wasn’t from a press box view at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., but instead from the upper deck. The date was Sept. 3, 1985, which was a Labor Day night – the season opener for both the Crimson Tide and Bulldogs. But before we get to the game, let me backtrack a bit.