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October 8, 2022 Central Georgia Sports Report

1 p.m., FVSU at Central State (Ohio)

Longest road trip of the season for Wildcats

Former FVSU boss – and Warner Robins grad – Porter leads CSU

Central State’s Central Georgians: 14 DB Jalen Felts, Peach County; 25 DB Travion Searcy, Southwest; 74 OL Martin Caines, Central; 87 WR Malique Frazier, Southwest. Felts is eighth with 24 tackles, along with two fumble recoveries. Searcy has 11 tackles in four games.

2 p.m., Georgia Southern at Georgia State, ESPN3

Is it a rivalry?

Georgia Southern game notes

Georgia State game notes

3 p.m., GMC vs. Louisburg (N.C.), at Brookland-Cayce (SC) High

The 11th-ranked Bulldogs are 4-1, while the Hurricanes are 3-1, suffering their first loss on Sunday, 13-12 to Hocking College.

GMC won 28-14 last year.

3:30 p.m., Auburn at Georgia, CBS

Georgia eyes a return to top form

A fistfight with ‘the bully on the block’

Eyes are on Carterless UGA D

Five things to know

Plenty to munch on with Bulldogs and Tigers

Remember Greene to Johnson? 20 years ago

Auburn WRs stepping up

Five questions

Will Washington get more red-zone looks? And hurdle?

Tigers will be healthier

Capsule

4 p.m., Western Carolina at Mercer, ESPN+

The top two scoring offenses meet when the No. 12 Bears host the Catamounts.

WCU (3-2/1-1) leads the Southern Conference with 39.2 points a game, ninth in FCS, and Mercer (4-1/2-0) is next, and 13th nationally, at 36.6 points a game.

The Catamounts average 549.8 yards in total offense, and the Bears hold teams to 294.4 yards a game, best in the conference.

WCU game notes

Mercer game notes

WCU’s Central Georgians: 52 OL Antwann Fann, Perry

4 p.m., Duke at Georgia Tech, ESPN3/Bally’s

A ‘new’ Tech?

Jackets go for two straight wins

Duke game notes

Tech game notes

Capsule

Duke’s Central Georgian: 1 WR Jontavis Robertson, Jones County, Jr. Robertson is seventh on the team with five catches for 63 yards

6 p.m., North Alabama at Kennesaw State, ESPN+