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College Football Saturday: UGA-South Carolina Talk
Here's a peek at what games are on TV Saturday and coverage leading up to today's football game between the Bulldogs and Gamecocks.

It's another September Saturday and of course that means a day and night full of college gootball. Courtesy of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, here's where to find all the games on the tube on Saturday.
Noon CSS Old Dominion at Georgia State
Noon ESPN Oregon State at Wisconsin
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Noon ESPN2 Florida Atlantic at Michigan State
Noon SPSO Iowa at Iowa State
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3:30 p.m. ABC Alabama at Penn State
3:30 p.m. CSS Southern Mississippi at Marshall
3:30 p.m. ESPN2 Cincinnati at Tennessee
3:30 p.m. FSSO N.C. State at Wake Forest
3:30 p.m. FX Nevada at Oregon
3:30 p.m. SPSO Virginia Tech at East Carolina
3:30 p.m. Versus TCU at Air Force
3:30 p.m. WXIA Morehouse at Howard
4:30 p.m. ESPN South Carolina at Georgia
7 p.m. ESPN2 BYU at Texas
7 p.m. FSSO Alabama-Birmingham at Florida
7:30 p.m. CSS Connecticut at Vanderbilt
7:30 p.m. Versus Utah at USC
8 p.m. ESPN Notre Dame at Michigan
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One team not on TV Saturday is Georgia Tech, 1-0, which hits the road for the first time this season to take on Middle Tennessee State, 0-1, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Game time is set for 7 p.m.
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The on Saturday in their first home game of the season. Here's a sampling of pre-game coverage:
- Augusta Chronicle columnist Scott Michaux writes about the Bulldogs trying to shake the negative vibe from last week's loss to Boise State. As for this week and Coach Mark Richt's future, Michaux writes, "Anything short of a victory will raise hysteria to a level that drowns out any rational debate."
- Russ Wheless of Bleacher Report offers "11 Urgent Steps UGA Must Take to Stay in the Race."
- An AJC story focuses on wide receiver Tavarres King, noting that he's already put the Boise State game behind him.
- The Athens Banner-Herald's Marc Weiszer writes about offensive lineman Dallas Lee, who will be making his first college start Saturday after suffering a respiratory illness last season.
- The Washington Post profiles South Carolina's starting quarterback, Stephen Garcia.
- UGA's student newspaper, The Red & Black analyzes the game's key matchups.
- USC's student paper, The Daily Gamecock, offers a gallery of coverage, including a chat with the Red & Black's sports editor, who expects a South Carolina rout.
- Patch editors and contributors .
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