SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS FOOTBALL

It's officially an early start when the Gamecocks resume playing after a week off this Saturday.

South Carolina will kick off on Oct. 12 at noon against Georgia and the game will be televised on ESPN.

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The last two match ups in the series have both been primetime games on CBS as the conference's game of the week.

The Gamecocks are coming off a win against Kentucky at Williams-Brice Saturday and enter their first of two bye weeks at 2-3, 1-2 in the SEC.

Georgia had its bye week Saturday and travel to Tennessee for a game against the Vols before coming back home to play Will Muschamp's group.

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The Bulldogs are currently a perfect 4-0 with wins over Vanderbilt, Arkansas State, Murray State and No. 9 Notre Dame and are No. 3 in this week's AP Poll behind Alabama and Clemson.