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In the heat of summer we are absolutely, positively certain that football season will never get here.Then suddenly its Week Three and a bunch of important stuff is starting to happen. Here is what I mean as we look at some of the most important story lines for Saturday:Ole Miss tries to make historyOver the past two seasons Alabama has gone 26-3 with two SEC championships and one national championship. Two of those three Alabama losses have been to Ole Miss (the other was to Ohio State in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff in 2014).When the Rebels won 43-37 last season in Tuscaloosa, they became only the second SEC team to beat a Nick Saban-coached Alabama team in two consecutive meetings (LSU did it in 2010-11).On Saturday Ole Miss will try to bite off a real big chunk of history when it faces Alabama at home (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS). No SEC team has beaten Nick Saban three straight times. In fact, only twice in Sabans ultra-successful career has he lost three straight games to the same team. It happened against Michigan (1996-98) and Purdue (1997-99) when Saban was the head coach at Michigan State.Ole Miss will also be trying to post its first win ever against a No. 1 ranked team. The Rebels are 0-9 against No. 1 and were outscored by an average of 21.8 points in those losses.And here is a fun note: Since losing to Ole Miss at home last season the Crimson Tide has won 14 straight games. A win would give Alabama its third 15-game winning streak under Saban.Like brother vs. brotherKevin Steele and John Chavis were high school teammates and close friends as they grew up in Dillion, S.C. They both decided to play football at Tennessee and were roommates in college. They both decided to go into coaching.Chavis became an ultra-successful defensive coordinator at Tennessee and was a part of the Volunteers 1998 national championship team. He went on to LSU and today is the defensive coordinator at Texas A&M.Steele has coached at Tennessee, Alabama, LSU, Florida State, Nebraska and has been the head coach at Baylor. In fact, when Chavis left LSU for Texas A&M in 2014 he called Steele.You should go after this job, Chavis told Steele. Steele did and he got it. Steele was at LSU for one season when Auburn made him an offer he couldnt refuse to become the Tigers defensive coordinator.And so it is that Chavis and Steele will be on the opposite sidelines Saturday night when Texas A&M travels to Auburn.Its not the first time they have faced each other, the most recent coming last season when Steeles LSU defense held Texas A&M to only a touchdown in 19-7 victory. Were close, Steele said. Our families vacation together. Hes like my brother. But I still want to beat him.Chavis says he tries not to think about his relationship with Steele when they square off.I dont pay attention to that at all. We are great friends. We were roommates in college but I dont like to get caught up on who is on the other sideline, said Chavis. His friendship has meant a lot to me. His dad was the principal of our high school. His family has meant a lot to me. But with that being said Saturday night were going to play ball.If LSU is going to make a stand, it has to start Saturday night against Mississippi StateIt has not been a fun start for LSU and Coach Les Miles. The Tigers 16-14 loss to Wisconsin in the opener unleashed a lot of negative reaction from the LSU faithful. The Tigers came back last week to take care of Jacksonville State, an FCS opponent (34-13). Now the conference schedule starts with Mississippi State, Auburn, Missouri, and Florida in the next four weeks.All-America running back Leonard Fournette, who missed last weeks game with an ankle injury, is expected to return. Purdue transfer Danny Etling, who came off the bench to give LSU a spark, is expected to get his first start.LSU was in everybodys preseason Top 10. If Miles and company are going to challenge for the SEC West championship, the Tigers need a win.Mentally our guys are looking forward to getting into conference play, Miles said. They need to be ready to play and recognize that Mississippi State is a quality SEC opponent.Florida and Tennessee have to wait one more weekOne of the more anticipated conference games of the season takes place next week when Florida goes to Tennessee. But before these teams square off in Neyland Stadium on Sept. 24 they have to take care of some respectable teams from the Group of Five.Tennessee, which was impressive in last Saturdays 45-24 win over Virginia Tech in Bristol, Tenn., will meet an Ohio University team that has been bowl eligible for nine of the past 10 seasons. Florida, which overwhelmed Kentucky 45-7 in its SEC opener last week, takes on North Texas State.Florida fans get another chance to watch new quarterback Luke Del Rio, who completed 19 of 32 passes for 320 yards in a 45-7 win over Kentucky.A few more quick story lines to watch on Saturday:Arkansas (2-0) is coming off one of the best wins under Coach Bret Bielema as the Razorbacks beat TCU 41-38 in double overtime. Now the Hogs have to come back down to earth against Texas State before opening up the conference season next week against Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas.Kentucky (0-2, 0-1 SEC) has really struggled its first two games, giving up 1,084 yards and 89 points. The Wildcats could really use a win against New Mexico State (1-10).Vanderbilt (1-1, 0-1) bounced back from a season-opening loss to South Carolina with a 47-24 win over Middle Tennessee State at home. But the Commodores may have their hands full as they go to Georgia Tech and take on the Yellow Jackets option attack.South Carolina (1-1, 0-1) had better be ready for a visit from East Carolina (2-0). The Pirates have a 5-13 record against South Carolina and are coming off a big win against N.C. State last week. Both teams have first-year head coaches in Will Muschamp (South Carolina) and Scottie Montgomery (East Carolina). Swell Traveler Sale . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Swell Water Bottle Clearance . The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope. http://www.swellbottlesale.com/ . LUCIE, Fla. Swell Bottles On Sale . President of baseball operations Larry Beinfest was fired Friday after 12 years with the Marlins. The move came as the team neared the end of its third consecutive last-place season in the NL East. Swell Bottle Wood . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. ST. LOUIS -- Never has a 94 mile-per-hour fastball to the ribs felt so good for Yadier Molina as it did Monday night.Molina started and ended a five-run rally in the ninth inning as the St. Louis Cardinals stunned the Cincinnati Reds 5-4. He was hit by a pitch from Ross Ohlendorf with the bases loaded to drive home the winning run. Instead of wincing, Molina pumped his fist and slid into first base.He walked by me and said we have lots of ice, manager Mike Matheny said. So he wasnt concerned about being hit there.Molina singled to start the inning against Reds closer Tony Cingrani. Matt Carpenter drove in two runs with a single, Stephen Piscotty singled home another and Matt Holliday walked to load the bases before Cingrani (2-4) was lifted for Ohlendorf, who walked Brandon Moss to tie it before hitting Molina.You can have the good approach, you can do all the things you want to, you can hit the ball hard, but it takes a little luck sometimes and youve got to get the pitches to do it with, Moss said. And in the ninth inning we got a lot of pitches to do it with.The comeback erased what had been a night of offensive futility for St. Louis through the first eight innings, as the Cardinals entered the last inning 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position.You trust in each other and that was one of those next men up, Matheny said. There was nobody with that huge home run. It was just one right after the other whether its a hit batsman, whether its walks or whether its a big hit. Play the game, good things can happen.Seth Maness (2-2) pitched a perfect ninth to earn the win.Cardinals starter Michael Wacha struggled to settle in as seven of the first 12 batters he faced reached base. Zack Cozarts double eluded the outstretched glove of Holliday in left field and went off the wall to give the Reds a 2-0 lead in the second. Cozart, who had two hits, scored when Joey Votto followed with a triple.Just command early on, especially in the first and second inning I was kind of jjust all over the place, Wacha said.dddddddddddd I felt like I was able to settle in and throw some good pitches down in the zone.The rally spoiled what had the makings of Cody Reeds first major league win. Reeds six scoreless innings dropped the Reds starters ERA to 2.84 over the last 11 games.Its miserable, Reds manager Bryan Price said. Its a miserable feeling but weve just got to come back tomorrow and win the game and get this feeling out of our system.GRAND THEFTBilly Hamilton led off the game for the Reds with a single and stole second and third. He is 17 for 19 in stolen base attempts against Molina, a perennial gold glove catcher, and the 17 stolen bases are the most by any baserunner against Molina.When you have a true base stealer like that, hes going to disrupt, Matheny said. Thats just how it goes. Yadi made a good throw . this guy gets some good jumps at times.STILL STREAKINGMolina walked in the fourth inning to extend his streak of reaching base safely to 21 games. It is the longest streak by a Cardinals catcher since Gene Tenace reached in 35 straight between the 1981 and 1982 seasons.TRAINERS ROOMReds: RHP Alfredo Simon (right trapezius) and RHP A.J. Morris (strained right shoulder) began rehab assignments at Triple-A Louisville on Sunday. Simon gave up a run in an inning and Morris gave up three runs in 2/3 of an inning.Cardinals: LHP Tyler Lyons (knee) saw a specialist in Chicago, but no update was available.UP NEXTReds: LHP Brandon Finnegan (7-8, 4.45 ERA) is coming off a two-hit, six-inning shutout of St. Louis in a 7-0 win last week. His current 12-inning scoreless streak is the longest of his career.Cardinals: RHP Mike Leake (8-9, 4.80 ERA) will look for better results against his former team after allowing seven runs his last time out in Cincinnati. In two career starts against the Reds, he is 0-1 with a 10.32 ERA. ' ' '