ATHENS — With Georgia facing an SEC foe once again, the Bulldogs have put out an availability report entering this weekend’s game against Texas.

Of note, Trevor Etienne was listed as questionable. Etienne had 3 rushing touchdowns the first time these two teams met but the junior running back has not played since GEorgia’s loss to Ole Miss.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart gave an update on Etienne on Sunday.

“Trevor’s a ways away. I still don’t know because we haven’t even seen those guys,” Smart said on Sunday. “He wasn’t really close to playing last week. So I don’t know how that’s going to play out.”

As for the other running backs, Roderick Robinson was not listed. He made his return to the Georgia lineup against Georgia Tech, where he had 34 receiving yards and 3 rushing yards.

Branson Robinson was listed as quesitonable He has missed the last six games with an MCL injury he suffered in the win over Mississippi State.

Georgia listed Christen Miller as questionable as well. He suffered a shoulder injury in the win over UMass and did not play against Georgia Tech.

Without Miller, Georgia gave a season-worst 260 rushing yards against Georgia Tech.

“If you told me before the game we were going to have them in the second seven plus 16 times, I would have thought that we did something really, really well,” Smart said. “What we didn’t do was play real well on a couple of second and longs and a couple of the third downs, which really cost us. But the defensive line, we played more players there. We had to go into the well and play some younger guys, and they struck blocks and did some good things.”

Georgia will also be without Joseph Jonah-Ajonye, as he has been out since the Mississippi State game with a foot injury. Earnest Greene is not listed as he deals with a shoulder injury. He has missed the last three games for Georgia due to injury. Monroe Freeling has started in his place.

Georgia will have two key seniors it did not have the first time around, as Smael Mondon and Tate Ratledge will be good to go on Saturday. Mondon missed the Texas game with a foot injury, while Ratledge had an ankle injury.

“What I remember of watching them and still watching them right now is it’s a very physical front,” Ratledge said of Texas. “They’re very big. They’re really good with their hands. They’re really good at using their size. So just kind of hone in on that during practice and focusing on certain things to handle that.”

The SEC will publish an availability report on Thursday, Friday and then 90 minutes prior to kickoff. Saturday’s game against Texas is set for a 4 p.m. ET start on ABC. The game will be played in Atlanta.

Georgia football availability report entering Texas game

KENNESAW, Ga. – Portillo’s, a fast-casual chain known for its Chicago-style street food, is bringing its iconic menu to Georgia with a new location in Kennesaw.

The restaurant will be located at Town Center at Cobb, a 1.2 million-square-foot shopping mall on Barrett Parkway. The 6,250-square-foot space will include seating for more than 125 guests inside, an outdoor patio for about 40, and the brand’s signature double drive-thru lanes. Additional features will include grab-and-go retail options, pick-up shelves, and a self-serve beverage area.

The Kennesaw restaurant is set to open in 2025. The menu will include signature items such as Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, char-grilled burgers, and the chain’s famous chocolate cake.

Portillo’s will soon be hiring managers and shift leaders for the new location. The company offers competitive pay, benefits, flexible schedules, growth opportunities, and an employee stock purchase plan. Applications are being accepted at portillos.com/careers.

Fans can stay updated on the restaurant’s opening and sign up for Portillo’s Birthday Club for a free slice of chocolate cake at portillos.com/Kennesaw.

Founded in 1963 in Villa Park, Illinois, Portillo’s has grown to include more than 90 locations in 10 states. Known for its Chicago-style hot dogs and Italian beef sandwiches, the company also offers catering and nationwide shipping.

For more information, visit portillos.com.

A woman from Georgia faces up to 30 years in prison after she recently pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to filing more than $3 million in fraudulent tax returns on behalf of her clients.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Macon, Ga. reported last week that 33-year-old Jessica Crawford pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns.

District Judge Tilman “Tripp” Self has scheduled sentencing for March, but beside the prison term she also faces a fine of $1 million.

Crawford operated Crawford Tax Services on Commerce Boulevard, a business area off Atlanta Highway in Athens.

The FBI reported it was investigating a multi-state unemployment benefit scheme during the pandemic when agents discovered text messages between Crawford and a client, who had created a fake business to fraudulently obtain benefits.

Crawford profited by receiving a percentage of the gains, according to the U.S. Attorney. The criminal investigations division of the IRS joined the investigation and an undercover agent met with Crawford to have tax returns filed, according to the report.

Crawford asked the agent, posing as a customer, if he did anything on the side and he responded no, but said he did mow his aunt’s grass sometimes.

The report says “Crawford said that was good enough.”

No income or expense amounts were provided, but she created a “Schedule C business” for landscaping on the customer’s federal income return and filed a fictitious loss of $19,373. On the return, federal agents also noted she filed an earned income tax credit, a child tax credit, and a business income deduction, which called for a fraudulent federal income tax return of $12,359.

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As a result, the IRS reported it began a review of 1,261 tax returns filed by Crawford over the tax years of 2020 through 2021.

Those returns show Crawford fraudulently filed tax returns on behalf of clients that resulted in losses to the IRS of more than $3 million, according to the report.

“Jessica Crawford lied and took advantage of funds designed to help those who were truly in need during the pandemic,” FBI Agent Sean Burke of the Atlanta office said in a statement released with the report.

Demetrius Hardeman, the agent in charge of the IRS Criminal Investigations Office in Atlanta, released a statement that Crawford “was an unscrupulous return preparer who allowed greed to cloud her judgment and neglect her responsibilities to help clients prepared and file a true and correct tax return.”

Hardeman encouraged people to choose their tax preparer carefully before tax season begins in January.