The Central Georgia Sports Report

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Saturday's college football preview: Mercer, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, Georgia State; SEC, ACC, top 25, national

2 p.m.: Georgia State at Old Dominion, ESPN+

Panthers try to clinch winning season

3 p.m.: Gardner-Webb at Mercer, FCS playoffs, ESPN+

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Gardner-Webb game notes

Mercer game notes

3:30 p.m.: Georgia Southern at App State, ESPNU

Renewing a rivalry

7:30 p.m.: Georgia at Georgia Tech, ABC

Fiery Georgia Tech believes in beating Georgia, elevates game above all others

Keys to the Game

Georgia influence on Faulkner’s Georgia Tech offense evident

Why is Georgia vs. Georgia Tech called Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate? Explaining CFB rivalry

What to know about Tech’s D

Scouting report, prediction

Bleckley County’s Mims better than ever

National COTY candidate Smart’s 2023 resume

Milton rolling at the right time

Around the SEC, ACC

Iron Bowl 2023: Everything fans need to know about Alabama vs. Auburn

Scarbinsky: Last ride on the Plains for Saban?

Auburn’s Freeze beat Alabama and Saban twice. One of them has changed

Tide fans outnumber Auburn fans, especially in these Alabama cities

Ranking all 75 Iron Bowls, from 1950s blowouts to the ‘mother’ of them all

Column-The Iron Bowl looks like it will be a blowout. Don't be fooled

Florida will turn to Tim Tebow for motivational help before facing rival and No. 5 Florida State

No. 9 Louisville seeks to win 11th game, first Governor’s Cup since 2017 against archrival Kentucky

No. 14 LSU-Texas A&M clash pits the nation’s top offense against a top-10 defense

No. 25 Tennessee Vols have some business to finish as they host skidding Vanderbilt

Clemson, South Carolina enter Palmetto State’s biggest rivalry on three-game win streaks

Virginia Tech seeking bowl eligibility at Virginia, which has lost 17 of the last 18 meetings

Hurricanes hope to turn things around against Boston College

Rivals North Carolina and North Carolina State bring 8-win marks into latest neighborly tussle

Duke tries to end a frustrating run against Pittsburgh in the team’s regular-season finale

Syracuse seeks to salvage season and gain bowl eligibility, needing a win over Wake Forest 

Around the South (SEC/ACC states)

UCF hopes to keep bowl streak alive in season finale vs. Houston

Around the Top 25

No. 2 Ohio State plays at No. 3 Michigan in The Game with Big Ten championship game bid on the line

Greatest of The Games: 6 of the most memorable meetings between Ohio State and Michigan

No. 4 Washington seeks perfect regular season hosting rival Washington State in Apple Cup

No. 6 Oregon aims for Pac-12 title, and perhaps more, but No. 15 Oregon State comes to town

No. 13 Oklahoma to face TCU in its final regular-season game before joining the SEC

No. 16 Arizona faces rival Arizona State with Pac-12 title hopes still alive

No. 18 Tulane and UTSA brace for high-stakes clash

No. 19 Notre Dame looks to finish the regular season with a win at Stanford

No. 21 Oklahoma State could punch Big 12 title game ticket vs BYU in regular-season finale

No. 22 Liberty goes for first perfect regular season in visit to three-win UTEP

 

Around the nation

Defending champion South Dakota State again appears the team to beat in FCS playoffs

How South Dakota State, South Dakota investments led to strongest season in state’s history

Bowl-bound Kansas hoping to snap two-game skid at Cincinnati