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Predicting which Georgia games will air on CBS this season

Georgia running back D'Andre Swift and the rest of the Bulldogs should be on CBS often.
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Which Georgia games will air on CBS?

On Wednesday, CBS announced its SEC on CBS schedule for the 2018 college football season, and the Georgia Bulldogs are already on the slate twice. The Georgia-South Carolina game in Columbia, S.C. will be broadcast by the network at 3:30 p.m. ET on Sept. 8. The Georgia-Florida game will also keep its traditional 3:30 CBS kickoff on Oct. 27.

CBS, which gets the first option on every SEC game, is allowed to air each SEC team as many as five times in a given regular season. Considering Georgia figures to be one of the most high-profile teams in college football next season, chances are good the network will reach its limit of five Bulldogs games. That begs the question, what will those other three games be?

It isn’t quite as simple as just picking the three games that look the best on paper. You also have to take into account who else is playing each week and how good those teams could be at any point in the season. But by cross-referencing this season’s SEC schedule and CBS schedule, we can come up with a good guess as to which Georgia games will be featured. Here are the options:

at Missouri (Sept. 22): On paper, there isn’t much exciting about this game. Jimbo Fisher will also be coaching his first SEC game at Texas A&M that day — a trip to Tuscaloosa to face Nick Saban and Alabama.

vs. Tennessee (Sept. 29): This being Jeremy Pruitt’s inaugural season with the Vols, there will be plenty of interest in his return to Athens, as well as seeing how wide the gap is between Georgia and Tennessee. The biggest obstacle to this airing on CBS is another major return — Dan Mullen heading back to Mississippi State for the first time as Florida coach.

vs. Vanderbilt (Oct. 6): Georgia’s games with Vanderbilt rarely thrill, but this game’s chances benefit from no obvious marquee SEC matchups this week — LSU at Florida, Alabama at Arkansas and Auburn at Mississippi State stand out most.

at LSU (Oct. 13): Now we get cooking. Georgia at LSU could be one of the biggest games in the SEC this season, and not only because of how rarely the Dawgs make a trip to Death Valley. If LSU has a strong first half of 2018 — a big “if” considering its onerous schedule — this one has the potential to be the national game of the week.

at Kentucky (Nov. 3): This will be the first of back-to-back weekends in which CBS will air an SEC doubleheader. Alabama at LSU is pretty much guaranteed one of those spots. Texas A&M at Auburn could have major implications in the SEC West title race, so I consider it the most likely to take the other spot.

vs. Auburn (Nov. 10): And this will be the second SEC on CBS doubleheader. Between that and the fact that it will also be an SEC Championship Game rematch — as well as the third edition of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry in a year — I guarantee this one ends up on CBS.

Let’s start with the obvious: LSU and Auburn. Unless something crazy and unpredictable happens this season, those two games are shoo-ins to be broadcast by CBS. After that, it gets a bit trickier. I’m not confident in this pick, but I’m going to put my money on Tennessee. Let me know which games you think will be aired on CBS down in the comments.

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ICYMI: SEC meetings edition

There’s more news than you can shake a stick at coming out of the SEC’s annual meeting in Destin, Fla. So to keep you abreast of everything that’s happening in the league, here are links to the major stories of day two for your perusal.

Tom Crean announces a slew of nonconference opponents

We now know a date and opponent for Tom Crean’s first game in charge of the Georgia men’s basketball team. Crean announced Wednesday that the Bulldogs will open the 2018 season on Nov. 9 against Savannah State at Stegeman Coliseum.

In addition to that early-season cupcake, Crean also announced another more interesting nonconference matchup: Arizona State and coach Bobby Hurley will travel to Athens on Dec. 15. Crean also confirmed a game at Temple as well as a showdown with UMass in Athens on Dec. 30.

He also talked about speaking with Georgia Tech coach Josh Pastner in an effort to move the annual game with the Jackets away from winter break so students at both schools can become more involved in the basketball edition of the rivalry.

Three UGA softball stars named All-Americans

Georgia softball seniors Cortni Emanuel and Brittany Gray and junior Alyssa DiCarlo have been named All-Americans by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association, the organization announced Wednesday. Emanuel and Gray were named to the second team, while DiCarlo earned a place on the third team.

In addition to that, Emanuel was named the 2018 New Balance/NFCA Golden Shoe Award winner, an award presented to the best base stealer in college softball. She leads the nation with 51 stolen bags this season.

Georgia is in Oklahoma City for the Women’s College World Series, which begins Thursday. The Bulldogs will open the double-elimination tournament against a familiar foe — the Florida Gators. First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET Thursday on ESPN2.

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