Alabama @ Georgia
Saturday, September 27 - 7:45 (EST) ESPN
Athens, Georgia - Sanford Stadium
Georgia -6.5
Summary
Nick Saban has the Tide rolling again as they enter the Black Out at Sanford Stadium with a 4-0 mark...this will mark only the sixth time that these two teams are meeting as nationally ranked teams...interestingly, Georgia has won all five previous encounters...Bama has the 14th ranked defense in the country as they have allowed only four touchdowns all year...last week against Arkansas, the Tide brought back two interceptions for touchdowns and held the Hogs to only 92 yards rushing...the Alabama offense is ranked 57th nationally...
On the Georgia side, the Bulldogs defense, led by coordinator Willie Martinez, is ranked 24th nationally...the Dawgs offense is a bit better than Alabama as they are ranked 22nd...of course, the offense is led by Heisman candidate, running back, Knowshon Moreno...and what seems like his 8th year at Georgia, wide out Mohammed Massaquoi...
The ESPN College Gameday will be doing their show live from Athens this Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
Alabama Crimson Tide
Here are the Alabama game notes for the Georgia game...
Christopher Walsh of the Tuscaloosa News writes how Alabama is getting used to the national attention... "'What's the dude's name, the old dude?' junior cornerback Javier Arenas about who he liked on the show. Um, Lee Corso?" ...
Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News writes in his blog "Solomon's Wisdom" about Bama quarterback John Parker Wilson... "There was an edge to John Parker Wilson's voice this week when a reporter made the premise that Alabama hasn't needed the vertical passing game yet." ...
Georgia Bulldogs
Here is the Georgia game notes for the Alabama game...
Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution writes that legendary Georgia broadcaster Larry Munson retired on Monday after calling Bulldog football for 43 years... "Due to declining health, Munson gave up traveling to road games last season and worked only Georgia’s two home games this season. According to a statement released by the school Monday evening, Munson decided over the weekend to stay home and watch Saturday’s game between Georgia and Alabama with family and friends." ...
Below is a 4:42 tribute to Larry Munson...the best is his call of Lindsay Scott's touchdown over Florida in 1980...
Chip Towers of the Atlanta Journal Constitution writes how Georgia has had a problem with penalties this season... "The veracity of those penalties aside, the 12 Georgia was flagged for Saturday night were added to the 31 fouls they had already been penalized for this season. So for those keeping count — and the NCAA is — that is 43 penalties for 357 yards this season, which ranks the Bulldogs last among 119 Division I schools." ...
Below is a 1:59 clip of last season's thriller between Bama and the Dawgs...Georgia won 26-23 in overtime...
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