Saturday's Peach State (and South and national) college football look: Mercer, FVSU, GMC, UGA, Tech, Kennesaw State, GSU-Boro, GSU-Atlanta

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

10 things to know

Arkansas game notes

UGA game notes

 

12 p.m.: Pitt at Georgia Tech, ACCN

Tech game notes

Pitt game notes

          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 +

Georgia State game notes

App State game notes

 

3 p.m.: Jacksonville State at Kennesaw State, ESPN+

Kennesaw State notes

Jacksonville State notes

 

4 p.m.: Arkansas State at Georgia Southern, ESPN+

Georgia Southern game notes

Arkansas State game notes

          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 +

Mercer game notes

Samford game notes

          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

A good SEC TV weekend

Bama, Mississippi defenders uninterested in another shootout

But Heisman candidates are at QB

Will chaos come to the SEC?

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

Big 12 full of QB struggles

So is the Big Ten

 

Friday night

Iowa routs unbeaten turnover-prone Maryland

Allgeier, NO. 13 BYU roll

Freshman scores three TDs to lead Houston