LEXINGTON, Ky. — College GameDay was ready to set up camp here Saturday for Georgia-Kentucky until the Wildcats were slapped around by South Carolina.
It turns out the matchup was worth the prime-time slot it occupied on ABC.
No. 1 Georgia had to dig deep to pull out a tougher-than-anyone-expected 13-12 win at Kroger Field.
There are plenty of games that will warrant ESPN’s road show to follow Georgia around like Deadheads or Swifties go from town to town.
On tap: at No. 4 Alabama next on Sept. 28, at No. 3 Texas on Oct. 19 and at No. 5 Ole Miss on Nov. 9.
“We get to go to Bryant-Denny and many other places on the road this year,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “So it’s going to be an adventure every time we go out on the road. I mean, it’s a tough schedule, guys. When we got it, I knew it. I mean, the first game I pointed at was Kentucky because everybody was talking about the other three on the road.”
There’s also No. 9 Tennessee between the hedges.
Add in the win over then No. 14 Clemson and that’s five ranked opponents.
Alabama has new coach Kalen DeBoer, quarterback Jalen Milroe and fabulous freshman wide receiver Ryan Williams and like Georgia gets two weeks between games after pounding Wisconsin 42-10 in an impressive road win in Big Ten country on Saturday.
“I don’t know that we can rest and recover,” Smart said. “I mean, that’s what people think bye weeks mean. We’ve got to find a way to improve and get better. You know, we were really beat up coming into this game, specifically at one position, and it was a really tough week for us.”
Former Alabama running back Mark Ingram warned on Fox after the game: “I think the defense needs to tighten it up at the line of scrimmage. They gave up 149 rushing yards to Wisconsin today. … Georgia’s coming to town and they’re going to need to play a lot…
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Author : Athens Banner-Herald
Publish date : 2024-09-15 13:01:23
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