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College GameDay announces Championship Saturday destination

Dustin Schutte

By Dustin Schutte

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College GameDay is taking its tour bus from Columbus, Ohio to Atlanta, Georgia.

Sunday morning, the official Twitter account of ESPN’s popular pre-game show announced that it would be headed to Atlanta for Saturday’s SEC Championship Game bout between No. 1 Alabama and No. 5 Georgia. The game is a rematch of last year’s national title matchup.

The matchup has been set for weeks and it’s easily the most anticipated championship game in college football.

Alabama enters the game with a perfect 12-0 record and the top ranking in every major poll. Georgia is 11-1 and ranked No.5 in the polls. The Bulldogs’ lone loss was to LSU.

In last year’s national title game, Georgia held a 13-0 lead at halftime and a 20-10 lead at the end of the third quarter. But a late surge from Alabama after Tua Tagovailoa was inserted under center helped push the Crimson Tide to another crown.

The Tide defeated the Bulldogs 26-23 in overtime.

Saturday’s game between Alabama and Georgia will air on CBS with the approximate kickoff time of 4 p.m. ET.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB