Georgia
Mississippi State at Georgia: Predicting What Will Happen on Saturday
The theme for Mississippi State football this week should’ve been “if Vanderbilt can do it, so can you.”
The Bulldogs had last weekend off and got to sit at home and watch three major SEC upsets. They shouldn’t need much to convince them that they can go into Sanford Stadium and beat No. 5 Georgia. If a couple things go differently two weeks ago against No. 1 Texas, we may already have seen a Bulldog upset.
So, it can happen.
Is it likely? No.
Am I going to predict an upset? Unlike Sheldon Cooper, my mom never had me tested, but I’m pretty sure I’m not crazy. So, no.
Here at Mississippi State Bulldogs On SI, we have covered a variety of different ways the Bulldogs could pull of the upset. But when predicting what is going to happen, I tend to lean towards what’s most likely to happen.
Unfortunately for the maroon and white Bulldogs, what most likely is going to happen is Georgia wins in a blowout. The overall talent level Georgia has will overpower Mississippi State and the Bulldogs in red will celebrate a win.
Georgia 35, Mississippi State 17
Bold Prediction: Mississippi State scores first. (My thinking here is Mississippi State receives the opening kickoff and Jeff Lebby has had two weeks to script an opening series that gets his offense into field goal range.)
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Georgia
Georgia-Georgia Tech game heading to home of NFL's Falcons in 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Looking to boost revenue, Georgia Tech is shifting its game next season against rival Georgia to the home of the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.
The annual contest, which normally rotates between campus stadiums, will be held at 75,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Nov. 29, 2025.
Georgia Tech will receive $10 million from stadium operator AMB Sports and Entertainment to move the game from its campus facility, 51,913-seat Bobby Dodd Stadium, located less than 2 miles away.
It will be the first time since Bobby Dodd Stadium opened in 1913 that the rivalry known as “Clean, Old Fashioned Hate” hasn’t been played at a campus site. Georgia’s Sanford Stadium opened in 1929, and the game has rotated annually between those two facilities ever since.
The game next year will end that tradition.
“We know that some of you may be apprehensive that Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate will be played off-campus,” Georgia Tech athletic director J Batt wrote in a letter to fans. “Please know that we understand that concern and know that this was not a decision that was made lightly.”
Georgia Tech has a contract to play one home game a year at Mercedes-Benz Stadium through 2026, though the Georgia game was not part of the initial deal.
Batt said the revamped contract was too good to pass up in the NIL era, which has forced schools to aggressively pursue additional revenue. Georgia Tech recently announced a $500 million fundraising campaign for the renovation of its historic football stadium as well as other campus projects.
“As part of the new agreement, AMBSE will provide us with a $10 million guarantee just to play the 2025 Georgia Tech-Georgia game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a transformative revenue lift for Tech athletics,” Batt said.
While considered a Georgia Tech home game, the Georgia contest will not be part of the Yellow Jackets season-ticket package. Batt said his school’s fans would receive priority in purchasing tickets, but the Bulldogs’ far larger fan base is likely to turn the game into a de facto home game for the red and black.
“Playing Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate at Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be limited to 2025,” Batt pointed out. “The Georgia Tech-Georgia game will return to a renovated Bobby Dodd Stadium in 2027.”
Georgia has plenty of familiarity with Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which is the site of the Southeastern Conference championship game each year. The Bulldogs also opened this season with a 34-3 victory over Clemson in Atlanta.
“We always enjoy playing in a first-class venue like Mercedes-Benz Stadium,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said. “This move will only enhance the long-standing tradition of the Georgia-Georgia Tech game and will provide another outstanding event for our fans.”
This year’s Georgia-Georgia Tech game will be played at Sanford Stadium on Nov. 29, the Friday night after Thanksgiving.
The Bulldogs, ranked No. 5 heading into a game Saturday at No. 1 Texas, have dominated the state rivalry since the mid-1960s. They currently have a six-game winning streak over Georgia Tech and a 71-41-5 lead in the series.
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Georgia
Early voting begins in Georgia, Utah
Georgia and Utah began early voting on Tuesday, joining the vast majority of states that have already kicked off the 2024 election.
With the two new entries, 46 states and Washington, D.C., have begun some form of early voting. Here’s how to send your ballot.
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Georgia is one of the most competitive states this cycle
Georgia has voted Republican in all but two elections in the last four decades. The first was former President Clinton’s landslide win in 1992, and the second was 2020, when President Biden brought the state back to the Democrats by 11,779 votes.
A win for either candidate here would make their path to victory easier. The Peach State has 16 electoral votes on offer, and with recent polls showing a tight race, it’s ranked “Toss Up” on the Fox News Power Rankings.
Democrats do well in metro Atlanta, home to more than half the state’s population, and particularly its densest counties, Fulton and DeKalb. There is a higher concentration of Black and college voters there.
The surrounding suburban areas also help Democrats run up the vote, but the further out you go, the more competitive the counties become. Cobb County (Biden +14) and Fayette County (Trump +7) are great examples, just north and south of Atlanta.
Republicans win big with rural voters, who can be found just about everywhere else. The GOP won all but 30 counties in the last election, with many of the largest victories in the sparse northwest and southeast regions.
How to vote in Georgia
This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Georgia.
Voting by mail
Georgia began absentee voting Tuesday. Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot. State officials must receive a ballot request by Oct. 25, and that ballot must be delivered to state officials by Nov. 5.
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Early in-person voting
Georgia offers early voting beginning Oct. 15 and running through Nov. 1.
Voter registration
The deadline for registering to vote in Georgia was Oct. 7.
How to vote in Utah
This is a guide to registration and early voting. For comprehensive and up-to-date information on voter eligibility, processes and deadlines, please go to Vote.gov and the election website for Utah.
Voting by mail
Residents do not need to provide an excuse to receive a ballot in Utah. State officials will proactively send ballots to eligible voters beginning Oct. 15 through Oct. 29, and those ballots must be postmarked by Nov. 4 if sent by mail or delivered in person to state officials by Nov. 5.
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Early in-person voting
Utah offers early in-person voting, but the start dates vary by location. Check the state’s website for more information.
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Voter registration
Utah residents can register to vote online or by mail through Oct. 25. They can also register in person during early voting, Oct. 22 through Nov. 1, and on Election Day.
Georgia
Trial begins for Georgia woman accused of killing her toddler
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Opening statements started Monday in the trial of a Georgia woman accused of killing her 20-month-old son and dumping his body in a trash bin two years ago.
Leilani Simon, of Savannah, has been indicted on 19 charges that accuse her of malice murder, felony murder, concealing the death of another and making false statements in the death of her son, Quinton Simon. She has pleaded not guilty.
Simon called 911 the morning of Oct. 5, 2022, to report her son was missing from his indoor playpen at their home outside Savannah. After police spent days searching the home and surrounding neighborhood, Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said that investigators believed the child was dead. He also named Simon as the sole suspect.
Police and FBI agents focused their investigation on a landfill two weeks after the boy was reported missing. They sifted through trash for more than a month before finding human bones, which DNA tests confirmed belonged to Quinton.
In opening statements Monday, prosecutor Tim Dean outlined the turmoil in Simon’s life at the time of her son’s disappearance, specifically her deteriorating relationship with her then-boyfriend, Daniel Youngkin, WTOC-TV reported. Dean said Simon spent the late hours of Oct. 4 and into Oct. 5 getting high off cocaine and Percocet, killing her son, putting him in the trash and then going to sleep.
“She killed him, her own son, got in her car with his body, drove to a dumpster, and threw him away like a piece of trash,” Dean said.
Videos of Simon’s interviews with police and body camera footage was also shown to jurors. Dean said Simon changed her story about her whereabouts several times. Nearly a week after the interviews, Simon changed her story again to say she might have blacked out and doesn’t remember what really happened.
“I will never touch cocaine again. I become angry and impulsive when I’m on it,” Simon said in the 2022 police interview.
In the almost two hours Dean spent laying out the case against Simon, he never said how prosecutors believe she killed her son. The state has said that the child’s body was too decomposed when it was recovered to tell how he died.
In contrast, the defense took just three minutes for their opening statement, which accused the state of basing its case on rumor and speculation, not hard evidence.
“The core conclusion is that Leilani Maree Simon murdered her child. The evidence will simply not support that bold conclusion,” said defense attorney Robert Persse.
One of the first witnesses for the prosecution was Sgt. Bobby Stewart, the first officer to arrive on scene when the toddler was reported missing. Stewart testified about Simon’s demeanor when he arrived.
“Did you view her demeanor as consistent with that of other parents you’ve spoken to in missing children cases?” the prosecutor asked.
“No sir, I didn’t,” Stewart replied.
More testimony was expected Tuesday, including more Chatham County Police Department employees and the child’s babysitter and her daughter.
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