Saturday's Peach State college football preview (with Central Georgia alums)
A look at this week’s Central Georgia and key state football games
12 p.m., Georgia Tech at Duke, Bally’s/ESPN3
Collins’ weekly press conference
Freshman puts the big in Biggers
What we might learn about Tech this week
Georgia Tech's Central Georgians
4 LB Quez Jackson, Peach County, Jr.; 8 DB Tobias Oliver, Northside, Jr.; 9 DL Antonneous Clayton, Dooly County, Jr.; 33 RB Daylon Gordon, Dodge County, Fr.
Duke’s Central Georgian
1 WR Jontavis Robertson, So.
Jones County alum Jontavis Robertson has played in four games this year for Duke and has two catches for 10 yards.
2 p.m., Central State at Fort Valley State
Stadium upgrades finally get tested
RB Undre Williams (Jones County) is second in rushing for FVSU with 98 yards and has five catches for 52 yards. LB Tim Alderman (Peach County) is tied for seventh with 16 tackles (1.5 TFLs). Josh Burney (Jones County) has 11 tackles (1.5 TFLs), as does Zaquan Baldwin (Southwest, 5 TFLs) and BJ Sharpe (Southwest) has 10 tackles (1 TFL).
2 p.m., Kennesaw State at Hampton, ESPN3
Owls on the road for final Big South opener
Still looking for some respect
Kennesaw State’s Central Georgians
0 DB Java'n Singletary, Veterans, Jr.; 1 RB Kyle Glover, Dodge County, Gr.; 7 DB Donte Justice, Baldwin, So.; 11 DB Je'Cory Burks, Perry, Jr.; 15 RB Nykeem Farrow, Bleckley County, So.; 29 RB Preston Daniels, Washington County, So.; 93 DL Jayden Barron, Upson-Lee, Jr.
Farrow, Glover, Daniels, Burks, Justice, and Singletary are on the two-deep. Glover leads the Owls with 279 yards, while Daniels has 133 and Farrow 114 (to go with two catches for 22 yards). Singletary and Burks are tied for third in tackles with 16 each.
3 p.m., GMC vs. Louisburg, at Columbia, S.C.
3:30 p.m., Mercer at Western Carolina, ESPN +
Mercer’s Central Georgians
6 QB Dylan Fromm, Warner Robins, Fr.; 1 DB Brandon Mays, Wilkinson County, So.; 17 DB Landon Miller, Rutland, So.; 62 LS Zach Lassiter, Bleckley County, So.; 68 OL Nate Howard, Mary Persons, Fr.; WR Nate Boehm, Veterans, Fr.
Western Carolina’s Central Georgian
44 LB Nigel Manns, Peach County, Fr.
Manns has played in five games and has three tackles.
3:30 p.m.: Georgia at Auburn, CBS
Peach State trio leads Auburn D
Georgia leads the series 61-56-8, has won 13 of the last 16. Point scored has expanded: Georgia 2,066, Auburn, 1,912.
Georgia’s Central Georgians
22 DB Javon Bullard, Baldwin, Fr.; 26 DB Jehlen Cannady, Westside, Fr.; 44 DL Travon Walker, Upson-Lee, Jr.; 46 WR George Vining, Tattnall, So.; 98 DL Tyler Malakius, Westfield, So.
Auburn’s Central Georgians
32 LB Wesley Steiner, Houston County, So.; 37 LB Romello Height, Dublin, So.; 85 TE Tyler Fromm, Warner Robins, So.
Fromm has played in five games and has three catches fpr 40 yards and a touchdown. Height has played in five games and is 11th with 12 tackles (2.5 TFLs), while Steiner is 13th with 11 tackles (1.5 TFLs)
7 p.m., Georgia Southern at Troy, ESPN +
GSU’s Central Georgians
64 OL Caelan Williams, Trinity Christian, Fr.; 79 OL Gabriel Howard, Howard, Sr.; 81 WR Jeremy Horton, Veterans, Jr.
Wideout Justin Harris (Peach County) announced
Troy’s Central Georgians
18 QB Gunnar Watson, Taylor County, So.; 22 S Kyle Nixon, Peach County, Sr.
Watson started played in nine games last year and completed 211 of 307 for 2,141 yards and 12 TDs with 7 INTs., suffering a ribs injury against Georgia State and another injury in the regular-season finale against Coastal Carolina. He’s played in one game this year, and went 5 for 5 for 69 yards. Nixon is third on the team with 23 tackles, to go with 1.5 TFLs and two breakups.
8 p.m., Georgia State at Louisiana-Monroe, ESPN3
Georgia State’s Central Georgians
8 DB Jaquez Pennimon, Southwest, Fr.; 73 OL Travis Glover, Dooly County, Jr.; 78 OL Trey Bonner, Jones County, So.; 86 TE Ezeqiel Marion, Perry, Fr.
Glover starts at left tackle and Bonner is the No. 2 left guard.
South
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National
Iowa and Penn State battle for elite status
Harbaugh not underestimating Nebraska
Cincinnati tries to avoid letdown against Temple
BYU’s plan: Never trail, ignore hype
Hawaii eases COVID restrictions
UConn coach tests positive, missing UMass game
Friday night
Ridder rocks as Cincinnati rolls