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Georgia moves kickoff time in anticipation of weather

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The Georgia Bulldogs will play football today, but it will happen a bit earlier than expected.

Per a release from Georgia Athletics, the decision was made to bump Saturday’s matchup with the Austin Peay Governors from 3:30 PM up to 2:30 PM due to a threat of severe weather later in the day:

“Due to anticipated weather later in the day, Saturday’s football game between Georgia and Austin Peay will now be played at 2:30 p.m., instead of the scheduled 3:30 p.m. Gates open at 1 p.m. Dawg Walk will take place at 12:55 p.m.”

There will be no change to the broadcast, as the game will still air on ESPN +.

The Dawgs are considered a massive favorite in the matchup.

“I’m excited to get ready for Austin Peay, another home game, another home opportunity for our team,” Smart told reporters on Tuesday. “A lot of respect for this team. They played a good Middle Tennessee team and jumped on them and played really well, done a great job with their program. Been through some injuries last year that probably hurt them, but they’ve got a good group coming in to play us. Our guys had a really good practice yesterday. I thought we had good energy, enthusiasm. Made some corrections, and then worked on us and worked a little bit on Austin Peay as well. So, looking forward to this week.”

Smart is anticipating a strong test for the Bulldogs this week, with Georgia facing a squad with clear motivation today.

“Twitchy, quick, disruptive, keep you off balance,” Smart said of Austin Peay’s defense. “Their defensive coordinator was at Tennessee Tech last year. He does a great job. They have guys that run to the ball really well, disruptive inside. They understand their job and their gap. It’s not as simple as just walking out there and saying, okay, well, you’ve got bigger and supposedly better players than these guys, just go run all over them. It’s not that simple. These guys are disruptive in what they do. They’re tied together. They play really hard. I always tell everybody, effort counts twice. If you play with great effort, it’s worth double the value.”

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