We’re celebrating football being back by counting down to kickoff using content-specific pieces every weekend to deliver the good stuff — last-minute primers involving all 14 SEC teams. Here are the previous installations.

This time in two weeks, you’ll be watching football.

Yes, the season is finally here.

Continuing our SEC Kickoff Countdown series, today we’re looking at coach-quarterback combinations that will make a serious impact in the league this season. Many (including us) are projecting Mississippi State to finish at the bottom of the West Division standings, but that could unfold differently if Dak Prescott posts another Heisman-caliber campaign.

Since we can only select two, Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin-Kyle Allen combo just missed the cut.

SEC head coach-quarterback combinations we love in 2015

1. Gus Malzahn and Jeremy Johnson, Auburn — This looks to be a match made in offensive heaven, doesn’t it? Misdirection and up-tempo fiend Gus Malzahn is paired with a strong-armed quarterback cut from the same mold as a previous Heisman winner who starred on the Plains. If this goes without a hitch this season for the Tigers, Auburn will very much be in College Football Playoff contention in late November playing for a West Division — and SEC — championship. Malzahn-coached signal callers have an impressive track record as producers through the air and on the ground, so we expect no different from Johnson (despite being a first-year starter). He’s got Heisman odds for a reason.

2. Dan Mullen and Dak Prescott, Mississippi State — Remember when everyone laughed at the Florida-Mississippi State and Prescott-Tebow comparisons thanks to Dan Mullen’s signature on the offenses at both programs? They seemed far-fetched, sure, but that changed last season when the Bulldogs — led by Dak — put up monster numbers and surpassed 1,000 total snaps on offense. Mississippi State’s SEC-leading 513.8 yards per game led to several wins over nationally-ranked teams and the Bulldogs’ first No. 1 ranking mid-season. Entering his third season as the full-time starter, Prescott is an extension of the coaching staff on the field and knows exactly where to go with the football. He lost primary weapon Josh Robinson off last season’s chart-topping unit, but the competitive balance around Prescott with four running backs and De’Runnya Wilson on the outside means Mississippi State’s 2015 attack will be one of the nation’s best.