ESPN selects Sept. 27 Georgia-Tennessee game for noon telecast

Georgia’s Sept. 27 home game against Tennessee has been picked up by ESPN to televised. The contest is now set for a noon kickoff.

It will be Georgia’s second appearance on ESPN this season. The Bulldogs beat Clemson 45-21 season opener in front of ESPN cameras.

This will be the first time since 2006 ESPN has carried the Georgia-Tennessee game. The Bulldogs’ all-time record in game’s on the “world-wide leader” is 31-30-1.

Georgia has won its last four games against Tennessee and five of the last six. The Bulldogs eked out a 34-31 win in overtime last year in Knoxville. They won 51-44 the last time they played in Athens in 2012.

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