Georgia football’s meeting with Florida is getting ESPN’s top broadcast booth this weekend.
Disney announced Monday that Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will handle the call for the Bulldogs’ rivalry matchup with the Gators. It’s a familiar assignment for the pair, who first worked this game in 2024, the opening year of Disney’s new SEC rights deal.
This won’t be their first time seeing Georgia in a huge spot, either. Fowler and Herbstreit were on the call for Georgia’s win over No.
1 Texas, the victory over Tennessee in Athens and the SEC Championship Game against Texas in Atlanta last season. They also called all three of Georgia’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game appearances, along with the Bulldogs’ overtime win over No.
2 Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl to close the 2017 season.
“Sony Michel will send the Dawgs home for the championship game,” Fowler exclaimed when Georgia RB Sony Michel ran in for the game-winning touchdown against the Sooners.
They were also on the microphone three weeks ago when Georgia beat Alabama for the first time in three tries during Kirby Smart’s run at UGA.
The move makes sense with kickoff set for 3:30. Fowler and Herbstreit usually handle ABC’s night game, but Miami-North Carolina has the primetime slot this week, so Disney is sending its top crew to Atlanta for Georgia-Florida. The game was announced before the season as a 3:30 kickoff.
The rivalry itself has lived in that window for decades. Georgia-Florida has been one of the most-watched games in college football this century, and only once since 1996 - Florida’s 2002 upset of Georgia - has it been played outside that time slot.
The location is different this year, too. The game has long been staged in Jacksonville, but with the stadium there undergoing renovations for the Jaguars, the rivalry is moving for two seasons.
Georgia and Florida will be back at their usual home along the Saint Johns River in 2028. For now, the game is in Atlanta this year and will shift to Tampa next year.
Disney also said Monday that this year’s game will be “available as an immersive viewing experience on Meta Quest (via the TV App), with live 180-degree coverage and front-row views of the action.” It will also be shown in 4K.
Monday’s announcement also put another Georgia game in the spotlight: the Bulldogs’ trip to Ole Miss will kick off in primetime on ABC, giving Georgia another showcase on the network’s biggest stage.
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