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Georgia softball live score updates in NCAA Athens Regional vs. Liberty

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May 18, 2024

Georgia softball live score updates in NCAA Athens Regional vs. Liberty

Georgia softball advances to the second round in the NCAA Athens Regional after defeating UNCW 8-0 on Friday afternoon.

The Bulldogs will face Liberty at 11 a.m. Saturday on ESPN+. The Lady Flames defeated Charlotte in game one Friday afternoon 6-3.

Since this is a double elimination tournament, the winner of Georgia’s second round matchup will head to the finals and the loser will get one more shot at glory at 6 p.m. against the winner of UNCW/Charlotte’s 3:30 p.m. game.

The winner of the entire Athens Regional will advance to the Super Regionals against the winner of the Los Angeles Regional, which houses national No. 6 seed UCLA, Grand Canyon, San Diego State and Virginia Tech.

This is the second time Georgia has hosted back-to-back regionals, dating back to the triple host gig they had between 2014-2016. It is the 23rd straight NCAA Tournament made by Georgia, not including the canceled 2020 season. Georgia had advanced to last year’s super-regional rounds. The Bulldogs have advanced to the Women’s College World Series five times, last in 2021, never bringing home the title.

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What channel is Georgia vs. Liberty?

TV channel: ESPN+

Livestream: WatchESPN

Georgia softball start time vs. Liberty

Date: Saturday, May 18

Time: 11 a.m. ET

Location: Jack Turner Stadium; Athens, Ga.

Georgia softball live score updates vs. Liberty

Georgia softball 2024 schedule

Date & Time	Opponent	Location	Results
Feb. 9 (Red & Black Showcase) @ 3:30 p.m.	Murray State	Athens	W, 11-0 (5 inn.)
Feb. 9 (Red & Black Showcase) @ 6 p.m.	South Dakota	Athens	W, 4-0
Feb. 10 (Red & Black Showcase) @ 1 p.m.	Murray State	Athens	W, 2-0
Feb. 10 (Red & Black Showcase) @ 3:30 p.m.	Purdue	Athens	W, 6-1
Feb. 11 (Red & Black Showcase) @ Noon	Purdue	Athens	W, 5-1
Feb. 15 (Shriners Children’s Clearwater Inv.) @ 1 p.m.	Wisconsin	Clearwater, Fla.	W, 7-6 (10 inn.)
Feb. 16 (Shriners Children’s Clearwater Inv.) @ 1 p.m.	Oklahoma State	Clearwater, Fla.	W, 7-4
Feb. 16 (Shriners Children’s Clearwater Inv.) @ 1 p.m.	UCLA	Clearwater, Fla.	W, 7-2
Feb. 17 (Shriners Children’s Clearwater Inv.) @ 1 p.m.	Florida State	Clearwater, Fla.	W, 20-10 (5 inn.)
Feb. 17 (Shriners Children’s Clearwater Inv.) @ N/A	Minnesota	Clearwater, Fla.	Canceled
Feb. 23 (Georgia Classic) @ 5:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Athens	L, 4-5
Feb. 24 (Georgia Classic) @ 12:30 p.m.	Virginia Tech	Athens	W, 7-5
Feb. 24 (Georgia Classic) @ 3 p.m.	Radford	Athens	W, 10-1 (6 inn.)
Feb. 25 (Georgia Classic) @ 1 p.m.	Dartmouth	Athens	W, 8-1
Feb. 28 @ 5 p.m.	Clemson	Athens	W, 2-1 (8 inn.)
March 1 (DeMarini Inv.) @ 3 p.m.	Cal	Palo Alto, Calif.	W, 4-2
March 1 (DeMarini Inv.) @ 5:30 p.m.	Boise State	Palo Alto, Calif.	W, 4-1
March 2 (DeMarini Inv.) @ 4:30 p.m.	Cal	Palo Alto, Calif.	L, 2-7
March 2 (DeMarini Inv.) @ 7 p.m.	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	Canceled
March 3 (DeMarini Inv.) @ 3 p.m.	Stanford	Palo Alto, Calif.	L, 1-3 (9 inn.)
March 8 (Bulldog Classic) @ 6 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Athens	W, 13-2 (5 inn.)
March 9 (Bulldog Classic) @ 1 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Athens	W, 9-0 (5 inn.)
March 9 (Bulldog Classic) @ 3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Athens	W, 6-4
March 10 (Bulldog Classic) @ 1 p.m.	Jacksonville State	Athens	W, 8-6
March 10 (Bulldog Classic) @ 3:30 p.m.	Furman	Athens	W, 7-0
March 13 @ 6 p.m.	Georgia Tech	Athens	W, 6-3
March 15 @ 6 p.m.	Alabama	Athens	W, 4-2
March 16 @ Noon	Alabama	Athens	W, 11-3 (5 inn.)
March 17 @ Noon	Alabama	Athens	L, 4-5
March 20 @ 6 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Athens	W, 17-1 (5 inn.)
March 23 @ 2 p.m.	Ole Miss	Oxford, Miss.	W, 7-0
March 23 @ 5 p.m.	Ole Miss	Oxford, Miss.	W, 10-7 (8 inn.)
March 24 @ 2 p.m.	Ole Miss	Oxford, Miss.	W, 4-1
March 27 @ 6:30 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Kennesaw	W, 10-1 (5 inn.)
March 30 @ Noon	Arkansas	Athens	L, 2-3
March 31 @ Noon	Arkansas	Athens	W, 8-2
April 1 @ 7 p.m.	Arkansas	Athens	L, 2-8
April 3 @ 6 p.m.	Mercer	Athens	W, 8-1
April 5 @ 6 p.m.	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	L, 1-5
April 6 @ Noon	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	W, 3-2
April 7 @ 11 a.m.	Tennessee	Knoxville, Tenn.	L, 1-3
April 10 @ 6 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Athens	W, 5-0
April 12 @ 6:30 p.m.	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	L, 5-7
April 13 @ 2 p.m.	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	W, 6-4
April 14 @ 2 p.m.	Kentucky	Lexington, Ky.	L, 2-6
April 17 @ 6 p.m.	USC-Upstate	Athens	W, 8-0
April 19 @ 6 p.m.	Missouri	Athens	L, 2-4
April 20 @ Noon	Missouri	Athens	W, 4-2
April 21 @ Noon	Missouri	Athens	W, 4-2
April 26 @ 6 p.m.	Florida	Athens	L, 1-9 (5 inn.)
April 27 @ 11 a.m.	Florida	Athens	W, 11-6
April 28 @ Noon	Florida	Athens	L, 7-10
May 3 @ 5 p.m.	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	L, 0-2
May 4 @ 1 p.m.	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	W, 5-0
May 5 @ Noon	Mississippi State	Starkville, Miss.	L, 1-2
May 8 (SEC Tournament, round 1) @ 5 p.m.	Auburn	Auburn, Ala.	W, 6-5
May 9 (SEC Tournament, round 2) @ 5 p.m.	Florida	Auburn, Ala.	L, 4-9
May 17 (NCAA Regionals, round 1) @ 3:50 p.m.	UNCW	Athens	W, 8-0 (5 inn.)
May 18 (NCAA Regionals, round 2) @ 1 p.m.	Liberty	Athens
May 24-26 (NCAA Super Regionals)	TBA	Campus sites
May 30-June 6 (Women’s College World Series)	TBA	Oklahoma City

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Brent Key Signs Lucrative Contract Extension to Remain at Georgia Tech

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December 3, 2025

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Brent Key Signs Lucrative Contract Extension to Remain at Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech has agreed to a new five-year contract with head coach Brent Key, according to a report from ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

The new deal will run through the 2030 season and includes a significant raise in salary, as well as increased investment for his staff. The Yellow Jackets are at their full revenue share for the program, and has allotted $150 million in resources for football over the next few seasons, which will entail a new performance center and a renovation plan for Bobby Dodd Stadium.

The deal, per Thamel, has been in the works for weeks.

Key has been speculated as a candidate for multiple jobs, most notably at Penn State. The Nittany Lions continue to swing and miss on replacements for James Franklin, who was fired in October. Key is 27-19 at Georgia Tech and went 9-3 in the regular season this year.

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Does Alabama have to beat Georgia to make the CFP? Here’s what one expert thinks

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December 3, 2025

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Does Alabama have to beat Georgia to make the CFP? Here’s what one expert thinks

Alabama football will learn its College Football Playoff fate Sunday.

But first it gets to face No. 3 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game on Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The question now is, will that be a must-win game for the Crimson Tide to make the playoff?

ESPN analyst and former Alabama quarterback Greg McElroy doesn’t think so. Not with the Crimson Tide ranked No. 9 in the CFP rankings revealed Tuesday.

“At this point based on what we saw tonight, assuming Alabama doesn’t get steamrolled by 28 points, 21 points plus, I think Bama’s in the field regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s game,” McElroy said on ESPN. “They can only enhance their resume with a win against Georgia for a second time and possibly get all the way up to the point where they’re in the five spot, which is much coveted. Naturally a home playoff game and maybe even a first-round bye.”

The CFP committee moved Notre Dame from No. 9 to No. 10. Right now, the No. 10 spot is the last spot in the field because of the remaining two highest-ranked conference champions making the field.

Here’s the committee’s justification for the swap:

“The debate between Alabama and Notre Dame over the past three weeks has been one of the strongest debates we’ve had in the room for the past two years that I’ve been a member of the committee,” CFP chair Hunter Yurachek said on ESPN. “I think this week, as we looked at those two teams and how closely they have been over the past the past three weeks, Notre Dame went on the road, had a strong road win at Stanford, but Alabama went on the road, in a rivalry game. Looked really good, especially in the first half, got up 17-0, rand the ball well. Auburn came back on them. They had a great, gutsy call on 4th-and-2 late in the (fourth) quarter, to get a touchdown and then got the turnover late in that game. And I think that was enough to change the minds of a couple committee members to push Alabama up ahead of Notre Dame in this week’s rankings.”

The next question for Alabama is, if it beats Georgia and wins the SEC, can it get a first-round bye?

The top four highest-ranked teams get a first-round bye.

ESPN’s Booger McFarland, Joey Galloway and McElroy weighed in.

“I don’t think they get a bye,” McFarland said. “I think they get into the five, six neighborhood. I think the committee values Alabama’s consistency, beating the four ranked teams in a row going through that stretch. When they’re good, they can beat anybody. I just think that loss to Florida State is probably going to keep them out of a first-round bye.”

Galloway agreed, “even though they’ve had an amazing season.”

But McElroy saw things differently.

“I think they’re getting a bye,” McElroy said. “I really do. … It depends a little bit on what happens in front of them, but it’s absolutely in their reach.”

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5-star QB Jared Curtis flips commitment from Georgia to Vanderbilt football, per reports

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December 2, 2025

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5-star QB Jared Curtis flips commitment from Georgia to Vanderbilt football, per reports

Five-star quarterback Jared Curtis shook the recruiting world when he flipped his commitment from Georgia football to Vanderbilt on Dec. 2 per a report from Rivals.

In one stunning swoop, Curtis became the highest-ranked commitment in Vanderbilt football history, and Commodores coach Clark Lea found an heir to star QB Diego Pavia, who has helped lead the program to relevancy the past two seasons.

Curtis, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound dual-threat prospect, is the No. 1 quarterback nationally and No. 4 player overall from the 2026 class, according to the 247Sports Composite. He totaled 3,467 yards of offense, 58 touchdowns and three interceptions last season, winning the Division II-A Mr. Football award and Gatorade Tennessee Player of the Year.

This is Curtis’ second decommitment from Georgia and Kirby Smart. He picked the Bulldogs in March 2024, then reopened his recruitment in the fall before committing again in May 2025.

That he picked Vanderbilt — once the longtime conference doormat — and spurned alpha-dog Georgia puts Curtis’ flip in the conversation for wildest SEC upset ever.

How Jared Curtis, Vanderbilt football saga began

Rumors of the Curtis and Vanderbilt courtship first surfaced the week of the Commodores’ game against Missouri on Oct. 25. Curtis and Nashville Christian coach Jeff Brothers, a former Vanderbilt quarterback, attended a Vanderbilt practice together that week. It was a part of a professional shadowing assignment Nashville Christian gave its students, Brothers said. Curtis later attended the Missouri game.

The night before the game, Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo was on the sidelines for Nashville Christian’s 65-12 win over Ezell-Harding on Oct. 24. Curtis threw six TDs.

Everyone seemed to be buzzing about Curtis and the Commodores the following morning. Seconds into Nashville comedian Nate Bargatze’s “College Gameday” show appearance, he made a pitch for Curtis to attend Vanderbilt. ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit also brought up Curtis.

“It’s hard not to remind Jared Curtis how much I’d love for him to come to Vanderbilt,” Bargatze said. “We’re local kids. We’ll become best friends, bud.”

Curtis has thrown for 9,528 yards, 123 touchdowns and 25 interceptions in four seasons as the Nashville Christian starting quarterback. He’s also rushed for 2,199 yards and 48 TDs.

He is 127-of-195 passing (65%) for 1,863 yards, 31 touchdowns and six interceptions this season, while missing more than two games with an ankle injury. He also has 536 yards rushing and 10 TDs.

Curtis led Nashville Christian to the Division II-A state championship last season and finished the season 179-of-255 passing for 2,830 yards, 40 touchdowns and three interceptions. He also rushed for 637 yards and 18 touchdowns on 88 carries.

Curtis will try to lead Nashville Christian to its second straight state title on Dec. 4 in DII-A state championship against USJ.

Tyler Palmateer covers high school sports for The Tennessean. Have a story idea for Tyler? Reach him at tpalmateer@tennessean.com and on the X platform, @tpalmateer83.

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