Georgia
How to watch the Pop-Tarts Bowl
BYU (11-2, 8-2) vs. Georgia Tech (9-3, 6-2)
- Kickoff: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. MST
- Venue: Camping World Stadium (capacity: 60,219)
- TV: ABC
- Livestream: espn.com/live
- Radio: KSL 1160 AM/102.7 FM/BYU Radio Sirius XM 143
- Series: BYU leads, 3-1 (last meeting: 2013)
The trends
For BYU: While having fallen in the Big 12 championship game earlier this month to lose the opportunity to play in the College Football Playoff, the Cougars could still clinch their first 12-win season since 2001 with a victory on Saturday.
BYU ranks No. 4 in the Big 12 in scoring offense (31.9 points per game) and No. 4 in scoring defense (19.0 points per game).
For Georgia Tech: The Yellow Jackets are searching for their first 10-win season since 2011, with a victory Saturday most certainly guaranteeing they will finish the season ranked in the final AP Top 25 poll.
Georgia Tech ranks third in the ACC in scoring offense (33.1 points per game) and 10th in scoring defense (25.0 points per game).
Key player
Bear Bachmeier, freshman, quarterback, BYU. The Cougars will be without their starting running back and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year in LJ Martin, with another dynamic back in Sione Moa missing the bowl as well.
With a depleted stable of rushers behind him, Bachmeier will have to shoulder much of the load on the ground while also likely passing more than 30 times. It will be a tall task for the freshman, especially against a fellow top-25 squad.
But it’s been the Bachmeier show all season for the Cougars, and they’ll need one more great performance from him to capture the Pop-Tarts Bowl crown.
Quotable
“It is not going to be easy, but I know that I really care and want to go out and have fun and enjoy the game and play tough and take advantage of the opportunities that we have” — BYU coach Kalani Sitake
“We are really excited to play BYU, a team that I’ve said now numerous times is a team that really should have been in the playoffs this year, with their body of work and what they’ve done. It is a great opportunity for Georgia Tech to go compete. That’s what we want” — Georgia Tech coach Brent Key
BYU schedule
- Aug. 30 — defeated Portland State, 69-0
- Sept. 6 — defeated Stanford, 27-3
- Sept. 20 — defeated East Carolina, 34-13
- Sept. 27 — defeated Colorado, 24-21
- Oct. 3 — defeated West Virginia, 38-24
- Oct. 11 — defeated Arizona, 33-27
- Oct. 18 — defeated Utah, 24-21
- Oct. 25 — defeated Iowa State, 41-27
- Nov. 8 — lost to Texas Tech, 29-7
- Nov. 15 — defeated TCU, 44-13
- Nov. 22 — defeated Cincinnati, 26-14
- Nov. 29 — defeated UCF, 41-21
- Dec. 6 — lost to Texas Tech, 34-7 in Big 12 championship game
Baseball
June 1, 2026
Oklahoma WALKS OFF No. 2 overall seed Georgia Tech to win regional | Full 10th inning
June 1, 2026
Oklahoma baseball knocked out No. 2 overall national seed Georgia Tech to clinch a spot in super regionals, thanks to a towering walk-off home run to dead center in the bottom of the 10th inning from Dayton Tockey. Watch the full extra-inning finish here.
A Griffin, Georgia man is now under arrest, charged in connection with a cold case homicide investigation in New Jersey, prosecutors say.
It’s been nearly 37 years since 42-year-old Mauricio Cuadra was shot during an apparent home invasion; now, authorities say 62-year-old Joseph Quiros-Soto is charged with his murder.
Officials say on Aug. 9, 1989, the officers with the Bayonne Police Department responded to reports of a home invasion and shooting at an apartment on the 400 block of Avenue C. Inside the home, they found Cuadra suffering from a gunshot wound. Cuadra died shortly after.
The case remained a mystery until 2024, when Quiros-Soto confessed to the murder to police in Locust Grove, Georgia, saying that he had become a born-again Christian, NJ.com reports.
Police told the outlet that he gave the detectives details of the crime and allowed visiting Hudson County authorities to take a DNA sample, which matched a stain on the victim.
Authorities were eventually able to obtain a warrant for the Georgia man’s arrest. On May 27, 2026, deputies with the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office arrested Quiros-Soto at his home in Griffin, charging him with murder and murder during the commission of a burglary.
Quiros-Soto is being detained in Georgia, awaiting extradition to New Jersey.
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State baseball has made the super regionals in the NCAA Tournament and will face a team its already played four times.
The No. 14 national seed Bulldogs (43-17) are matched up with No. 3 Georgia (49-12). The best-of-three series will take place in Athens, Georgia, because Georgia is the higher seed.
The super regionals run from June 5-8, and the winner will make the College World Series.
MSU is 0-4 against Georgia this season, getting swept at Dudy Noble Field and then losing a fourth time in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. Georgia won the SEC regular season and tournament championships.
Both teams made it through their regionals without a loss. Mississippi State blew out Louisiana 19-5 on May 31, while Georgia defeated Liberty.
MSU has played Georgia only once in postseason history, losing in the 1990 College World Series.
Mississippi State baseball history in super regionals
Mississippi State has played in 10 super regionals and won five of them. It has won three straight super regionals. MSU is 2-4 as the visiting team in super regionals.
New Mississippi State coach Brian O’Connor is 7-2 in super regionals.
NCAA baseball tournament schedule
- Super regionals: June 5-8
- College World Series: June 12-22
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for The Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@usatodayco.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
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