In a press release, CBS announced the 2019 opening SEC on CBS game will be Alabama at South Carolina on September 14th. The Georgia-Florida game is locked in for November 2nd at the usual 3:30 time slot.
On September 21st, there’s a doubleheader at 3:30 and at 8:00. Georgia plays Notre Dame that week. Bulldog fans are hoping for the Dawgs to get the 8:00 spot. It’d be surprising for the Bulldogs-Fighting Irish match-up to not be at 8:00, but there’s some competition that week with a Tennessee-Florida game and a Texas A&M-Auburn game. Still, neither one of those games projects to be a top five match-up like UGA-Notre Dame. Georgia-Notre Dame played on NBC when the Bulldogs traveled to South Bend, so this game will be set on CBS.
CBS tweeted a video hyping up the season and stating the opening game:
This video will get you excited for college football season. It can’t come soon enough! Additionally, the SEC Championship is set for December 7th at 4:00. Will it be another match-up with Alabama? The Dawgs will be looking for revenge and may be the only team stopping the Crimson Tide from another playoff berth.
Interestingly, there’s a doubleheader set for November 16th, when Georgia travels to face Auburn. It’s only a 12:00 and 3:30 doubleheader, so fortunately the Dawgs won’t have to play in a Jordan-Hare Stadium night game. Another possible match-up that week is Alabama at Mississippi State.
