Georgia Football vs. Texas: Live updates, scores, highlights
ATLANTA, Ga. — We’re in Atlanta today for the 2024 SEC Championship Game, a fourth straight and seventh in the last eight years to feature the team from just down the road in Athens. No. 5 Georgia takes on No. 2 Texas for the conference crown as the Bulldogs try to win a third under Kirby Smart while it would be a first in the first year in the league for the Longhorns.
These two teams met in October with that one going the way of UGA. Meeting on October 19th in Austin, Georgia handed Texas its lone loss of the year with dominant 30-15 win. The Bulldogs jumped ahead 23-0 and rolled thanks to seven sacks including a combined five from Jalon Walker and Mykel Williams, Daylen Everette having a hand in two turnovers and Trevor Etienne finding the end zone three times.
That game doesn’t mean much today. Ask Kirby Smart about it and he’s ready to act like it never even happened. The ninth-year head coach understands that how things played out in one game isn’t necessarily indicative on how they’ll play out another time. He’s got two rematch wins after losing the first matchup in his time at Georgia that go to prove exactly that.
“Our guys are excited to return to Atlanta and one of the most iconic games there is of championship games. I think when you look over the history of this game, it’s got a great tradition, a great atmosphere. I know having coached in it a lot of years between Alabama and Georgia it’s absolutely an incredible atmosphere. It’s two teams battling for a conference championship, which has alluded many teams in this conference,” Smart said. “With the new teams in our conference, the strength of this thing is just incredible, and to look at an opportunity to play for the championships of this conference, it’s really a special moment. You know, so many fan bases are tied to Atlanta. The fact that it’s held in Mercedes, it’s just such a good venue. And now we look forward to games after that as well in the college football playoff, which is new. So it should be a great atmosphere.”
“Texas has got a super-quality team. I have so much respect for Sark for the rivalry game they played in (Saturday). It was a extremely physical game for them, emotional game for them,” he added. “Their team has really navigated the SEC really well, especially on a first-year team coming in. He built the roster to be SEC compatible, and they’re extremely big and physical across both fronts. And they have experience at a multitude of positions, and they’ve got a great team. So it’ll be a great challenge for us, and we’re looking forward to playing there in Atlanta.”
Georgia is an underdog to Texas, just the third time since the start of the 2021 season that the Bulldogs have been getting points in Vegas. The line sits at 3 points in favor of the Longhorns per VegasInsider at the time of publication.
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How to Watch, Listen and Stream
Kickoff Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV: ABC (Joe Tessitore – Play by Play, Jesse Palmer – Color Commentator, Katie George – Sideline Reporters)
Streaming: WatchESPN/ESPN+ (For more info, click here)
National Radio: Gridiron (Noah Britt, Joe Reynolds, Faxon Childress) / Local Radio (listed below): Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network (Scott Howard, Eric Zeier and D.J. Shockley) / Satellite Radio: SiriusXM (84)
For local radio information and a full list of Georgia Bulldog Sports Network affiliates, click here.
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Pregame Warmups…
12/07/2024 02:32:03 PM
Georgia RB Trevor Etienne did warm up with the returners during initial drills. He’s done that when healthy. Interested to watch him as warmups continue. An interesting note from the defensive side of the ball: Jalon Walker spent time with the outside linebackers. That’s not something I’ve normally noticed. He had three sacks last time these two played. Kirby Smart has spoken about how having Smael Mondon available frees Walker up to do more as an outside linebacker. Interested to see how much run he gets on the edge todauy.
Injury Updates…
12/07/2024 01:52:06 PM
About 90 minutes out from kickoff, the pregame availability report has been posted. For Georgia, RB Trevor Etienne and RB Chauncey Bowens are not listed at all after being “questionable” throughout the week. That would seem to indicate they are available. Other updates are as follows…
DL Joseph Jonah-Ajonye – OUT
RB Branson Robinson – GAME TIME DECISION
DL Christen Miller – GAME TIME DECISION
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