Nationally Overlooked College Football Week 1 Game Sold Out After 67000 Ticket Sales The sold-out opener in a revamped stadium pits underdog against powerhouse; national focus is elsewhere, but local

If you polled college football fans nationwide about which Week 1 matchup has them most excited, the overwhelming majority would point to Texas visiting Ohio State in Columbus. That’s a rematch of the College Football Playoff semifinal. Another significant chunk would mention LSU traveling to face Clemson in the other Death Valley, a clash between two programs with serious playoff aspirations and plenty of bad blood over who owns the more intimidating nickname. Only after those marquee matchups would casual fans bring up Alabama’s trip to Tallahassee to face Florida State.

But to no one’s surprise, the Crimson Tide versus Seminoles clash is officially a sellout. All 67,000 tickets for the renovated Doak Campbell Stadium have been snapped up. Florida State’s official X account announced th