Georgia vs. Ole Miss: Gameday Central
ATHENS, Ga. — It’s game day in Athens as No. 2 Georgia (9-0) hosts No. 9 Ole Miss (8-1) at Sanford Stadium. While the SEC Championship Game could be set by the time kickoff occurs, there’s certainly still stakes with this top-10 matchup as the College Football Playoff picture continues to form.
“Moving to Ole Miss, they’ve got a really good football team. They’ve improved. You watch them on tape, and you watch the games throughout the year, they’ve improved with every game,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said of Ole Miss in his opening comments during his weekly Monday press conference. “They’ve played a tremendous schedule, some really tough teams they’ve played on their schedule. Lane does a great job with his program, with his team. They’ve got a great staff. They got really good players. He’s done an incredible job.”
“(Jaxson Dart) is playing at a high level; great backs. I think Pete (Golding) on defense has brought unbelievable energy, and you see it the way they play and the way they attack the ball. I mean they come after the ball. They lead the SEC in, I’m pretty sure, turnover margin, but I know they have like the fewest fumbles and the most fumbles gotten. They do a great job of that. They attack that, and they really play hard. So, we got a hell of a challenge,” he continued. “We got a great atmosphere. We need it to be as great an atmosphere in Sanford Stadium as it’s ever been to help take care of our home field advantage that we need to have. So looking forward to that. Looking forward to the preparation time, and that starts today.”
Georgia and Ole Miss have played 46 times total in program histories, but it’s been since 2016 that they’ve matched up. That was in Kirby Smart’s first season as a head coach, and the Rebels came out on top 45-14 in Oxford after jumping out to a 45-0 lead to embarrass the 11th-ranked Bulldogs. Smart will look for his first win over Ole Miss, the only SEC team he hasn’t defeated in eight seasons, today.
Kickoff time is set for 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Holly Rowe will be on the call in the network’s game of the week. ESPN’s premier pregame show, College GameDay, was also in town to preview the day of action around the country.
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For more details on how you can tune in to the action, check out the information below, and be sure to check out all of our top stories from the week in the pregame reads section.
HOW TO WATCH, STREAM, LISTEN
Kickoff Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN (Chris Fowler – Play by Play, Kirk Herbstreit – Color Commentator, Holly Rowe – Sideline Reporter)
Streaming: Watch ESPN
Radio: Atlanta (750 AM/95.5 FM), Athens (960 AM/106.1 FM), Augusta (580 AM/95.1 FM), Brunswick (1440 AM, 107.7 FM), Columbus (1270 AM/102.5 FM), Macon (106.3 FM), Savannah (1400 AM/104.3 FM), Sirius XM (Channel 94/192-82 – ESPN Radio), Online at www.georgiadogs.com/watch/
PREGAME READS
Emptying the Notebook: New notes, intel from Georgia practice field
Kirby Smart counting on Georgia crowd to influence Saturday showdown
Georgia-Ole Miss: Keys to a Bulldog victory
Mansell: Latest on Bowers, Mims injuries ahead of Georgia-Ole Miss
Georgia Opponent Preview: Ole Miss Q&A
Palmer’s Players to Watch: Georgia-Ole Miss
What we learned this week as Georgia prepares for Ole Miss
Major Matchups: How Georgia can handle Ole Miss
Kirby Smart explains path to playing for Georgia TE Brock Bowers
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint making most of senior season, Georgia career
CJ Allen, Raylen Wilson prepared for pressure of bigger roles
Brock Bowers ‘right on schedule’ and hitting high GPS speeds
‘Mission, team, me’ motto epitomized in Georgia secondary
Brock Bowers, Amarius Mims attacking return from injury the right way
Kirby Smart gives update on Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Georgia LB situation
