Georgia Football Weekend 2024 – Week 1

The 2024 College Football Season has officially begun.  After last week’s games known as Week 0 we are finally at Week 1 and all the teams are officially back in action.  The conferences have new faces and there is a whole new playoff look.  It will be a busy weekend in the state of Georgia as all of teams will see action this week.  How will Georgia Tech feel after stunning #10 Florida State last week and is Georgia ready to take back the throne as National Champions, after missing the playoffs last year?  Here is a breakdown of the games.

#1 Georgia vs #14 Clemson

The Saturday slate starts with a heavy-hitting match up with the #1 Georgia Bulldogs and the #14 Clemson Tigers taking on each other in a neutral site game at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta.  This game will mean a lot for both teams who have playoff hopes.  Coaches Kirby Smart and Dabo Sweeney are the country’s two most decorated active college football coaches. Each has 2 National Championships to their name and are both looking to be the heir to the Nick Saban throne.

Clemson has had a few disappointing seasons by their standards and is coming off a 9-4 campaign that saw the season end with a Gator Bowl victory over Kentucky.  Georgia is coming off a 13-1 campaign that saw them lose for the first time in 2 years to Alabama in the SEC title game.  That loss cost them a 3rd straight National Title opportunity.  They return an experienced team that aims to return to the title game.

This game will be the beginning of Georgia’s Carson Beck’s possible Heisman campaign and good start against a good Clemson defense would definitely help.  Though Beck will have to navigate with key targets Brock Bowers and Ladd McConkey who are now in the NFL.  Clemson on the other hand will see if Cade Klubnik can take a step forward for a team that has been searching for its Quarterback since Trevor Lawrence has left campus. The line is UGA by 12 and that might be accurate.

Prediction: Georgia 30 Clemson 14
Watch on: ABC 12 Noon

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