Game time set for UGA opener vs. Clemson

DESTIN, Fla. — Georgia's season-opening football game against Clemson will kick off at 5:30 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN, the SEC said Friday.

The game will be played Aug. 30 in Athens.

Earlier this week, it was announced that Georgia’s second game, Sept. 13 at South Carolina, will start at 3:30 p.m. on CBS.

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Tim Tucker is a long-time AJC sports reporter who often writes about the business side of the games. He also has had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.

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