Every game in the SEC matters, but, for Garrett Nussmeier, the Alabama game is one he has circled this upcoming season.

The game between his LSU Tigers and the Crimson Tide last year, he said, wasn’t too big for him, for starters, despite the 42-13 loss at the hands of Kalen DeBoer’s team.

“I spent a lot of time in Bryant-Denny as a kid, I had some memories there,” the LSU quarterback said of playing at Alabama in November. “I will say that I didn’t feel like the moment was too big. Being there was kind of like when we played at Florida, having those experiences in those place. I’ve trained on those fields. I’ve played on those fields. It wasn’t too big of a moment.”

Nussmeier’s dad, Doug Nussmeier, served as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach at Florida (2015-17), Michigan (2014) and Alabama (2012-13), so Garrett Nussmeier can relate to big-time venues as he experienced them as a kid.

“Very excited to get back there,” the quarterback said. “Have a lot of friends still in Tuscaloosa. Anytime we get to go back to a place we used to live, it’s pretty special.”

That’s not to say there wasn’t a learning curve the last time he played the Tide.

He threw for 239 yards and a touchdown but had two costly interceptions, including a Deontae Lawson pick at the goal line early in the third quarter. He finished with three turnovers.

“As far as X’s and O’s, there are some learning experiences from that game being young and making some mistakes,” he said. “Also, doing some things pretty well and learning from those.”

Doug Nussmeier, meanwhile, guided AJ McCarron to a then-school-best 30 passing touchdowns, including four in Alabama’s victory over Notre Dame in the 2013 BCS National Championship Game.

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.