WHERE TO WATCH
Kickoff – 2:30 PM, October 5, 2024
Watch – ABC
Listen – Auburn Website
Gamecast – ESPN
TEAM HISTORY
The University of Georgia Bulldogs football team has been around for a long time. 1892 was their first season. They aren’t located in Atlanta, but rather in Athens, a suburb of Atlanta. Their first unofficial mascot was a goat, but after losing to Auburn they cooked and ate the goat.
It’s not controversial to say that UGA fans are the worst in the SEC. Their fans believe it’s okay for a grown adult to bark like a dog at anyone and everything. Seriously, this is not normal behavior.
https://twitter.com/GAFollowers/status/1831005707782525015
They’re one of the winningest programs in college football in the 21st century. If we use the University of Alabama arithmetic, UGA has won 8 national championships, but the University of Georgia officially only acknowledges 4 national titles with 2 of those coming in the last 3 years.
SERIES HISTORY
This game is known as the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, which is for some reason older than the South’s Oldest Rivalry (UVA vs. UNC) but we’ve decided to call it the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry. I don’t understand this and you probably don’t either.
The history between these two schools runs deep. UGA’s greatest coach played at Auburn and Auburn’s greatest coach played at UGA. The series between the two was neck-and-neck for a long time, but as of recently UGA has pulled away and owns the most victories in the series (64-56-8).
Auburn’s first victory in college football came against UGA 10-0 in 1892.
WHAT TO WATCH
I wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t.
Auburn’s offense has statistically improved, but that’s been throughout the easiest stretch of our schedule. Auburn hasn’t won in Athens since 2005 when Devin Aromashodo caught a deep throw from Bandon Cox on 4th down to set up the game-winning field goal. Auburn’s offense doesn’t want to get into a shootout with the DWAGS. We need a mistake-filled slugfest on both sides.
PREDICTION
I really don’t want to do this part.
Instead, I’m going to predict that Auburn will lay a HUGE beatdown on Georgia in their upcoming basketball matchup.
Auburn 91, UGA 72
