HUNTSVILLE, Alabama – A giant outdoor TV screen will be set up on Huntsville's historic Courthouse Square for the first SEC game of the upcoming college football season.

Downtown Huntsville Inc. CEO Chad Emerson said the Aug. 28 South Carolina-Texas A&M game in College Station will be shown on a 15-by-15-foot screen on the north side of the Square.

Kickoff is scheduled for 5 p.m., and everyone is invited to watch for free.

The game between the preseason No. 9-ranked Gamecocks and No. 21 Aggies starts a weekend of college football-related festivities in downtown Huntsville.

More than 20 different free "tailgate games" will be scattered throughout the center city from Thursday, Aug. 28, until Sunday, Aug. 31, said Emerson.

ESPN 97.7 The Zone is sponsoring the South Carolina-Texas A&M game broadcast. Twickenham Wealth Advisors and Artisan, the new apartment development at Twickenham Square, are sponsoring the Downtown Tailgate Games.

Alabama, ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press preseason poll, opens the season on Saturday, Aug. 30, against West Virginia in the Georgia Dome. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. on ABC.

Auburn, ranked No. 6, opens at home against SEC West rival Arkansas on Aug. 30. That game is scheduled for a 3 p.m. kickoff on the new SEC Network.

Updated to correct that kickoff for the South Carolina-Texas A&M game is 5 p.m., not 6 p.m.

Here's the Downtown Tailgate Games poster: