Saturday's Peach State (and South and national) college football look: Mercer, FVSU, GMC, UGA, Tech, Kennesaw State, GSU-Boro, GSU-Atlanta
A look at this week’s Central Georgia and key state football games
12 p.m.: Arkansas at Georgia, ESPN
Georgia ready for much more physicality
NFL prospect watch: Jordan Davis
12 p.m.: Pitt at Georgia Tech, ACCN
Westside alum Jaylon Barden is listed as a backup wide receiver for the Panthers. The sophomore has six catches for 140 yards and a touchdown in four games.
1 p.m.: Snow at GMC
The Bulldogs welcome the No. 1 junior college team in America to Davenport Field. GMC is 3-1 after a couple of long road trips, the latest 24-6 over Sussex County CC in New Jersey. Snow, based in Utah was the national runner-up last year, and leads the series 5-3.
2 p.m.: Fort Valley State at Benedict
Wildcats back in South Carolina
2 p.m.: App State at Georgia State, ESPN +
3 p.m.: Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State, ESPN+
4 p.m.: Arkansas State at Georgia Southern, ESPN+
ASU linebacker CJ Harris is a redshirt freshman by way of Highland (Kan.) CC and Warner Robins, has yet to play this year.
6 p.m.: Samford at Mercer, ESPN +
It’s the latest homecoming for Maconite and Mount de Sales grad Chris Hatcher.
Samford’s Central Georgians: 13 QB David Coleman, Trinity Christian, Fr.; 17 QB Miles Morris, Tattnall, So.; 28 LB Josiah Cotton, Mount de Sales, So.; 54 OL Luke Byrne, Mary Persons, So.; 62 OL Jabari Brooks, Washington County, So.
Central Georgians on the two-deep: Byrne starting at right guard and Brooks at left guard, Cotton a top linebacker backup, and Coleman the No. 2 holder. Cotton is tied for sixth on the team with 17 tackles, with a sack.
South
Bama, Mississippi defenders uninterested in another shootout
But Heisman candidates are at QB
South Carolina, Beamer not in panic mode
Liberty – and former Warner Robins LB Walker – open UAB’s new stadium
How Death Valley became deadly for Auburn
National
Column: We’re close to national parity, now if Bama could lose Saturday …
Penn State trying to maintain big Mo
TCU’s Patterson still made at SMU
Unbeaten Maryland now gets No. 5 Iowa
Friday night