I’m not even going to pretend that Week 3 is full of meaningful matchups.

In June, if you circled this slate of games on the calendar, it was simply to plan that last weekend getaway before the real fun begins.

However, there’s always something worth watching. Here are the 6 biggest storylines I’ll be following today in the SEC.

1. Long live ‘Garcia Day’ … but today it ends

It’s hard to get over on Nick Saban. It’s exponentially more difficult to do it again.

Such is South Carolina’s mountain to climb today, with a rookie mountain-climber leading the way no less.

As everybody knows, Stephen Garcia enjoyed his finest football moment in engineering an epic upset of Alabama in 2010. It launched his legend and guaranteed free drinks for life in Columbia. (And maybe Auburn, Ala., also.)

South Carolina is one of 13 schools that won its most recent game against Alabama (excluding vacated wins). The Gamecocks are 1 of 4 to have an active streak over Saban. And they are the only SEC program on the list. They’ve certainly extracted every ounce of joy out of that game, too. It’s been a 9-year, nonstop party.

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Today, the fun ends. South Carolina rejoins the rest of college football in the reality that Saban is King, his castle secure from all intruders except Tigers.

Viva Garcia.

2. Better late than never, Chad

Last week in this space, I said Chad Morris should start Nick Starkel.

Morris must have read the column at halftime. He started Ben Hicks for the second consecutive week and the results were, again, predictably feeble. He then turned to Starkel, and, finally, on Monday named him the starter.

No more yo-yo-ing. If Arkansas has any hope of winning any SEC games this year (ahem, at Kentucky in Week 7 after a bye), it will be on the right arm of Starkel.

The prep work starts today against Colorado State.

3. It’s time to unleash Jake Fromm

To set up Week 1, I wrote that LSU needs to unleash Joe Burrow. Not so much to beat an overmatched Georgia Southern team, but to develop reps needed to beat Texas the following week.

Fans often are so worried about saving secrets and not showing too much.

Great teams just dare you to deal with it.

LSU’s game plan obviously worked. Burrow went 23-for-27 with 5 TDs in the opener, the perfect confidence builder to hook the Horns in Week 2.

Georgia needs to copy and paste that approach today against Arkansas State.

Jake Fromm has thrown 34 passes in 2 games. That’s the fewest among SEC full-time starters.

It’s go-time. He might not need the game reps, but his young receivers do. George Pickens needs 8-10 targets today so that he can make 3 or 4 plays next week against Notre Dame.

4. Feleipe Franks needs to throw at least 8 deep balls

I covered the Florida-Miami opener, and I kept waiting … and waiting … and waiting for Dan Mullen to call a play that showcased Feleipe Franks’ arm.

Every couch coordinator in America screams “throw it deep!” I get that. But Florida is doing itself a disservice by not playing to the strength of Franks and his receivers. As Neil Blackmon smartly observed earlier this week, Florida’s receivers are more track stars than precision route runners. They’re long, too, fully capable of winning jump balls.

Take advantage of that. Franks’ best plays almost always are deep throws. By nature, the completion percentage will be low, but if he hits on 3 of 8, there’s a good chance those drives lead to points. And rarely are those throws intercepted.

Franks is 2nd in the SEC in completions covering at least 30 yards. He leads the SEC when the distance grows to 50  or 60 yards. There’s a reason for that: Nobody else in college football has his arm.

5. I want to see Joey Gatewood throw 10 passes

Bo Nix is all the rage. Gus Malzahn has anointed him the present and future of Auburn football.

I’m not quite there. His completion percentage (47%) is worrisome, to say the least. It’s by far the worst among SEC starters and it’s 10% points lower than the guy directly above him. He’s tied for the SEC “lead” with 2 interceptions.

Gatewood is getting some packages, but he hasn’t thrown a pass this season. His (mis)usage is much like Justin Fields’ last year at Georgia.

I think there’s more there. Today is the perfect opportunity to show it.

6. Is Najee Harris Alabama’s best RB?

I’ve been wrestling with this for a couple of years. Recruiting hype can be persuasive, and I think most people just assumed that Harris, who looks like Derrick Henry, would run like Derrick Henry in 2019.

But when I actually watch him run? I wonder why Alabama doesn’t throw it on every down. His longest career run, to date, is 35 yards. He hasn’t shown much slipperiness, either.

If the hole isn’t there, the result isn’t much.

It’s an entirely unfair comparison, but even if he gets to the edge, watching him go 1-on-1 with a DB vs. watching Jerry Jeudy, Jaylen Waddle or Henry Ruggs in the same situation is a stark contrast.

Alabama wants to get the run game going. Understandable. I’m just growing less and less confident that Harris is the game-changer we envisioned.