It’s over.

For the next 5 months, we’ll do nothing but consume actual college football. I say “actual” because while spring football and the NFL Draft do a nice job of distracting us, let’s be honest. We live for August through December. And if you’re an Alabama fan, that extends to the second week of January.

August is here, and so is fall camp. That means everyone is undefeated and destined to improve significantly in 2018. Cheers to that.

Let’s talk one big storyline for each SEC team during fall camp.

Alabama: That whole quarterback situation

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a wee bit of a quarterback situation brewing in Tuscaloosa. Rumor has it that the guy who led Alabama in the second half of the national championship (Tua Tagovailoa) might be the favorite to win the job. There have also been reports that the guy who led Alabama to consecutive national title berths to start his career (Jalen Hurts) isn’t going down without a fight.

OK, I won’t use sarcasm anymore.

None of what I said was news. What will be news is what Nick Saban says about the daily developments between Hurts and Tagovailoa … even though he’s not really going to provide any insight until Alabama plays a game. Still, we could hear comments from players (or Hurts’ dad) about who’s winning the battle in camp. Here’s hoping we get a heavy dosage of that.

Arkansas: Connor Noland’s presence

There’s a lot of excitement about the incoming freshman quarterback and whether he can win the starting job. After the year that was, Arkansas fans don’t need much to get them excited about the new offense, even if it’s someone who has never played a game. Noland could quickly become a fan favorite if reports are that he’s tearing up the Arkansas secondary. The local recruit might not be able to make up ground in the new system to pass Cole Kelley or Ty Storey, but I’m interested in seeing if he can push them in camp and add a “quarterback of the future” element upon arrival.

Auburn: What to expect of the running game?

Sorry, Auburn fans. Maybe I’m weighing the end of 2017 too heavily, but I’m not sold on the belief that Kam Martin is suddenly going to morph into Kerryon Johnson. I’m not saying it can’t happen, but that streak of 9 consecutive 1,000-yard rushers is in serious jeopardy.

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The expectation is that Martin will start as the lead back and others will get plenty of work. Still, though, we know Gus Malzahn loves his bell-cow back. In Malzahn’s 8 years at Auburn as coordinator or head coach, the leading rusher averaged 265 carries per season. Malzahn will get asked a ton of questions about the running backs throughout fall camp.

Florida: What is going on in Year 1 of the Dan Mullen era?

Weird. Just weird. That’s the only way I can describe the past few weeks of Florida’s offseason. Having a half dozen players involved in an altercation with a local gambler named “Tay Bang” is not how Mullen wanted to start his return to Gainesville. He probably didn’t want to go into camp without super recruit Justin Watkins, but after multiple arrests, Florida will do just that. Instead of talking about the quarterback battle and Mullen’s new-look offense, this storyline of Florida players doing things they shouldn’t be will get plenty of attention in fall camp.

Georgia: The hangover narrative that they’re already sick of

Don’t ask Georgia players about if they’ve moved on from 2nd-and-26. Believe me. I tried. They don’t want to hear it. They insist that it’s something that the media keeps dragging out. But as we often do in sports, we always wonder about how a runner-up team will respond after losing a championship. Will they come out guns blazing and more motivated than ever? Or will they look like a team that got punched in the mouth and struggled to get back up? Georgia lost a lot of key players, which is why Kirby Smart said he won’t use the title game as “motivation.” But whether he likes it or not, not all of us have moved on from 2017 yet.

Kentucky: The Benny Snell Show

Kentucky finally has a skill player star that’s worth the price of admission. Perhaps the Wildcats’ most exciting player since Randall Cobb in 2010, Snell is going to draw eyes from more than just the loyal Kentucky fans. I fully expect Snell to get promoted a ton because with all due respect to guys like Larry Warford and Bud Dupree, it’s a little bit different to have a potential All-American ball carrier. The quarterback battle will obviously generate plenty of headlines, but Snell’s preseason hype after his All-SEC season will be a different kind of buzz in Lexington.

LSU: Joe Burrow vs. the field

If you aren’t on board with Burrow as the LSU starting quarterback, you’re definitely in the minority. Even Burrow vs. the field isn’t a fair bet, according to gambling sites who took it off the board because Burrow was getting too much action. Ed Orgeron is still going to say everything that’s politically correct in an effort to keep as many quarterbacks as he can on the roster. We might not even find out if Burrow is the starter until he trots onto the field against Miami. But this will certainly dominate the discussion in Baton Rouge all August.

Mississippi State: Nick Fitzgerald’s health

I know what Fitzgerald said about his ankle. He’s 100 percent. He feels great. He couldn’t be more excited for his senior season. That’s all well and good. For those of us who can’t shake the last image we saw of him on a football field — I wish I could get the image of his limp ankle out of my mind — it’s natural to continue to question how he’s progressing until he shows he can handle the rigors of a live game.

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Any sort of setback will be massive news. If he’s not a full participant at all during fall camp, Fitzgerald’s health will be one of the bigger opening month stories in the SEC.

Mizzou: The Drew Lock/Derek Dooley marriage

It’s rare to see a quarterback put up video game numbers who not only comes back to school, but does so with a new offensive coordinator. Dooley was the out-of-left-field hire to replace Josh Heupel, which is why plenty of people are skeptical about what Lock will do for an encore after his record-setting 44-TD season. Barry Odom explained hiring the journeyman coach by saying “I looked at his experience in the many roles he’s had and respected his approach on the lessons he’s learned.” If the offense looks out of sorts, Odom is going to be asked about that Dooley hire plenty more.

Ole Miss: How motivated is another bowl-less Rebels team?

As Matt Luke likes to say, the cloud is no longer hanging over Oxford. I get that. But I want to know what this team looks like facing the reality of not having any shot at the postseason for the second year in a row. Obviously winning a bunch of games and getting to the NFL is still a motivator, but how will the players who stayed at Ole Miss feel about ramping up for another season knowing that there’s not a reward at the end of it? Mentally, that might be a bigger challenge than we think.

South Carolina: Is it Georgia time yet?

The story of the offseason for the Gamecocks — besides the new-look offense — is whether they can change the balance of power in the SEC East and knock off Georgia in Week 2. Yes, Will Muschamp and Co. will say that they’re only focused on Coastal Carolina because after all, that game is happening in Week 1. But you know what the rest of South Carolina fans/media care about? That Week 2 showdown against the Dawgs. I look forward to hearing all of those Georgia-South Carolina storylines as if it’s being played opening weekend.

Tennessee: The night and day difference of Jeremy Pruitt vs. Butch Jones

I know that it’s already been said a billion times, but we’re going to continue to see all of the different ways in which Pruitt and (intern) Jones run the program. It could be the handling of the Jauan Jennings situation or dealing with a player who dogs it in practice. Whatever it is, we’re going to get daily reminders of Pruitt’s straight-shooter mentality being vastly different than the cliché-filled head-scratching press conference that Jones conducted. I think we’ll get more transparency than ever from Pruitt, perhaps even to a fault. Still, he can do no wrong following Jones.

Texas A&M: Which quarterback loses, transfers?

I don’t like to predict that a player will transfer, but considering the quarterback situation in College Station, it seems inevitable that one quarterback will leave town soon. Whether that’s Kellen Mond or Nick Starkel remains to be seen. Unless he was trying to keep both around, I’d be stunned if Jimbo Fisher used a 2-quarterback system. He picks his guy and rides with him. Do I expect Fisher to tip his hand before the opener? Absolutely not. At least not publicly. My guess, though, is that Mond or Starkel sees the writing on the wall and bounces.

Vanderbilt: Derek Mason’s new defensive approach

Mason said he was “happy to relinquish the title of defensive coordinator” in order to hire former San Francisco 49ers assistant Jason Tarver. Mason gave Tarver full play-calling responsibilities, too. Why? Well, when you allow 43 points per game in conference play, you can’t exactly “run it back.” Credit Mason for recognizing that his approach wasn’t working and that he had to do something differently. We’ll hear a lot about Tarver’s presence in the preseason Vandy headlines, though according to Mason, they’re extremely similar. For Vandy’s sake, here’s hoping their results aren’t extremely similar.