Georgia football game time, television announced for South Carolina
Georgia now knows two of its game times of the 2023 season. CBS and the Southeastern conference announced Tuesday that the Georgia vs. South Carolina on September 16 will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET.
It will be the Bulldogs third game of the season with UT Martin (week one) and Ball State (week two) yet to be announced. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party with Florida will also kickoff at its normal time of 3:30 p.m. ET in Jacksonville.
Georgia lack of a home night game in 2022…
Georgia had several 3:30 p.m. ET kickoffs in 2022 and a couple of those contests, including a dominant 27-13 win over No. 1 Tennessee inside Sanford Stadium, finished under the lights. UGA had four true evening kickoffs on the year with two being on the road and the other two in the College Football Playoff.
It won at Missouri in come-from-behind-fashion by a score of 26-24. That game kicked off at 7:30 p.m. ET and 6:30 p.m. local. Then, in November, UGA beat Mississippi State 45-19 in Starkville in a game that kicked off at 7 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. local. The Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl win over Ohio State started at 8 p.m. ET and the National Championship thrashing of TCU was a 7:30 p.m. ET start and a 4:30 p.m. PT kickoff.
Bulldogs vs. Gamecocks in final year of SEC East…
The 2023 season is likely the last that Georgia and South Carolina will play as SEC Eastern Division rivals. Divisions are going away once Texas and Oklahoma join the league in 2024, and this year’s border war between the two programs could prove interesting.
Shane Beamer is entering his third season as the Gamecocks’ head coach and Spencer Rattler is entering his second as the starting quarterback. The Bulldogs have shellacked South Carolina in each of the past two seasons and that includes a thorough beating in Columbia a year ago.
Still, Beamer and Company ended last season on a high note. They went 8-5 and stood in 23rd in the final AP poll. The College Football Playoff rankings viewed South Carolina as the No. 19 team in America once the dust settled.
