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Week 5: Georgia-Alabama Preview, Props, Prediction
Georgia traveling to play bitter SEC rival Alabama on Saturday is one of the most highly anticipated regular-season games of the season, so it stands to reason that it has also been the most popular Week 5 play at most sportsbooks.,"Georgia-Alabama will be the most bet game so far this season," BetM...
Report: Georgia's Mykel Williams a game-time decision at Alabama
Defensive lineman Mykel Williams will be a game-time decision for No. 2 Georgia's showdown at No. 4 Alabama on Saturday night, ESPN reported.,An ankle sprain has kept Williams, projected as a high first-round NFL draft pick in 2025, out of the Bulldogs' past two games after sustaining the injury on ...
Florida State, Florida, Georgia on high alert as Hurricane Helene nears landfall
Hurricane Helene began building speed Wednesday with Tallahassee, Fla., and the campus of Florida State University projected to feel the full force of the storm late Thursday night. ,Head coach Mike Norvell and the Seminoles are scheduled to play in Dallas at SMU on Saturday night and could change t...
No. 2 Georgia very familiar with QB, getting to know new-look No. 4 Alabama
Georgia coach Kirby Smart spent the weekend getting to know a familiar foe with relatively unfamiliar names at the top.,Smart, a former assistant coach at Alabama under Nick Saban, takes Georgia back to Tuscaloosa this week for a big-ticket SEC showdown with the Crimson Tide.,The meeting of teams ra...
Crimson Tide rare home underdogs vs. No. 2 Georgia
No. 4 Alabama opened the week as a rare home underdog for Saturday's Southeastern Conference opener against No. 2 Georgia in Tuscaloosa, Ala.,The Crimson Tide (3-0) were underdogs ranging from 1.5 to 2.5 points at various sportsbooks on Monday heading into the showdown with the Bulldogs (3-0).,Alaba...
Kirby Smart, Georgia in self-improve mode; Alabama on horizon
No. 2 Georgia started the off week zeroing in on personal improvement plans and preparation for a showdown with Alabama.,With more than one week to prepare for an opponent, the Bulldogs have won 21 games in a row under Smart. ,"I certainly attribute a lot of it to having really good players," Smart ...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs order allowing schools to pay athletes
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday that effectively allows the state's universities and colleges to pay students directly for the use of their name, image and likeness.,Kemp's order specifically prohibits the NCAA or any collegiate athletic conference from punishing Georgia sc...
Texas new No. 1, Georgia No. 2 in AP Top 25 poll
Texas is No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the first time since 2008, knocking Georgia down to No. 2 after the Bulldogs eked out a one-point win on Saturday.,The Longhorns routed UTSA 56-7 after Arch Manning stepped in for injured star quarterback Quinn Ewers on Saturday...
No. 1 Georgia escapes Kentucky's upset bid with 13-12 win
Trevor Etienne ran for a team-high 79 yards on 19 carries, helping No. 1 Georgia eke out a 13-12 win over Kentucky on Saturday in Lexington, Ky.,Georgia (3-0, 1-0 SEC) won its 42nd straight regular season game as Carson Beck completed 15 of 24 passes for 160 yards, while Dominic Lovett caught six pa...
Georgia CB Daniel Harris caught speeding 106 mph, arrested
Georgia cornerback Daniel Harris was arrested and charged with reckless driving Thursday night when Athens-Clarke County police clocked him driving 106 mph on a wet road.,The police incident report said Harris was booked into Clarke County jail at 10:40 p.m. and released at 11:49 on $50 bond. The re...
Alabama continues NFL opening roster dominance
Alabama averaged nearly two players for all 32 NFL teams when the 2024 regular season kicked off last week.,For the eighth consecutive year, the Crimson Tide were the college program with the most or tied for the most players on NFL kickoff weekend rosters, with 61. That outpaced No. 2 Ohio State, w...
College Football Updated Heisman Best Bets After Week 2
Two weeks of college football are in the books, and these players have launched themselves into being worth of an early Heisman future bet....
No. 1 Georgia faces ex-Bulldogs QB Brock Vandagriff, Kentucky
No. 1 Georgia puts its 41-game regular-season winning streak to the test on Saturday when the Bulldogs travel to Lexington, Ky., for an SEC matchup with the Kentucky Wildcats.,Georgia (2-0) hasn't lost in the regular season since falling to Florida on Nov. 7, 2020. The Bulldogs made sure the longest...
SEC puts six teams in top seven of AP Top 25 poll
Georgia remained the top team in this week's Associated Press Top 25 college football poll, with the Southeastern Conference dominating the upper echelon of the rankings.,For the first time in the 88 years of the AP rankings, a single conference has six of the first top seven spots of the poll. Foll...
Florida State falls out of AP Top 25 after two upset losses
Florida State took a historic tumble out of the Associated Press Top 25 college football poll on Tuesday after starting the season 0-2 as a preseason top-10 team.,The Seminoles were double-digit favorites but lost a Week 0 game to Atlantic Coast Conference rival Georgia Tech in Ireland, then fell to...
Russell Henley fires up Georgia with 62, hopes Presidents Cup is next
ATLANTA -- Russell Henley gave Georgia Bulldogs fans plenty of reason to bark Sunday afternoon at East Lake Golf Club.,The Macon native and former University of Georgia star rode the home-crowd vibes to a 9-under-par 62 in the final round of the Tour Championship.,Henley shot the lowest round of the...
Top 25 roundup: No. 1 Georgia crushes No. 14 Clemson
Carson Beck completed 23 of 33 passes for 278 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the No. 1 Georgia Bulldogs steamrolled the No. 14 Clemson Tigers 34-3 in Atlanta., ,Georgia outscored Clemson 28-3 in the second half, extending its regular-season winning streak to 40 games. Nate Frazier added 83 rushin...
Report: Georgia's Trevor Etienne out for opener
Running back Trevor Etienne won't play Saturday for Georgia, a punishment for his arrest on DUI and other driving charges in March, ESPN reported.,The No. 1 Bulldogs will face No. 14 Clemson in Atlanta.,Etienne, a January transfer from Florida, agreed to a plea deal in July. The DUI charge was dropp...
Georgia anticipates 'great matchup' with Clemson
Georgia coach Kirby Smart studied the history of the Clemson program and last season's game film to prepare for the 2024 Kickoff Classic in Atlanta on Saturday.,"It boils down to who blocks the best, tackles the best, avoids catastrophic mistakes," Smart said.,Once an annual rivalry, Georgia and Cle...
Reckless driving charges dropped against Georgia LB
Charges of reckless driving and racing were dismissed against Georgia linebacker Smael Mondon on Monday.,Attorney Billy Healan confirmed to ESPN that his client pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of driving too fast for conditions at a hearing Monday at Athens-Clarke County Municipal Court.,Mondo...