Georgia and Auburn meet again Saturday in Athens, with the Bulldogs and Tigers lining up for the 131st chapter of a rivalry that Georgia leads 66-56-8 all-time.
Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET, and the game will air on ESPN. Fans can also stream it through the WatchESPN app.
Georgia enters the matchup as a heavy favorite at FanDuel, where the Bulldogs are listed at 19.5 points. The over/under sits at 50.5.
Kirby Smart spent part of the buildup talking about what makes this one different. He called it “the South's oldest rivalry” and said, “It's an awesome rivalry.
It's one that was special to me growing up close to Auburn. I actually lived closer to there than any other SEC school.
I have known a lot of coaches there and seems like from the two places I've worked most of my life, that's been a permanent rival - certainly been a very traditional rivalry both places I worked and have so much respect for them.
They have a lot of talent. They got good football players and it's any given Saturday in this conference, as we see every week, will be a extremely physical game.
They're coming off an off week, and we're coming off a really tough physical game.So it'll be really important that the mindset and the approach to the game is right because they wanna make it physical the way they play. They're a really tough physical football team on both sides of the ball.
And Coach Durkin, their defensive coordinator has been one of the best in the conference over all the years he's been in the conference. He's a great defensive football coach.
We got a lot of links - a lot of respect for him. Our guys have to get ready to go play.”
Georgia comes into the Auburn game after beating No. 6 Alabama 20-17 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
That was Kirby Smart’s first win in Tuscaloosa. Dwight Phillips led the Bulldogs’ ground game, and Gunner Stockton finished with just four incompletions as Georgia handled the Tide.
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