In 84-degree weather, with the sun beating down on Foley Field, shortstop Kolby Branch got chills.

“I go to bed at night thinking about how I can win a national championship, how we can win a national championship,” Branch said Friday, ahead of Georgia hosting Mississippi State for Game 1 of super regionals at 11 a.m. Saturday. “It’s only right that we get another SEC team coming here and duke it out. We’re excited. We love doing hard things, love doing difficult things, and this is another one of them.”

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The US House Armed Services Committee has approved two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) concerning Georgia. The amendments were proposed by Congressman Joe Wilson (Republican).

“The Committee expresses concern over the detentions and arrests of opposition leaders, activists, and other individuals in Georgia, who are widely regarded as political prisoners, and believes that this issue should be consistently and appropriately raised at a high level in bilateral relations with the Government of Georgia and the Georgian Armed Forces.

Therefore, the Committee directs the Secretary of Defense to submit to the House Armed Services Committee, no later than October 1, 2026, an unclassified report detailing the Department of Defense’s strategy for incorporating the issue of political prisoners into military engagement with Georgia,” the document states.

The second amendment concerning Georgia directs the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of State, to submit a classified report to the relevant congressional committees no later than 180 days after the NDAA enters into force. The report will examine the penetration of Russian and Chinese intelligence elements and their assets into Georgia, as well as study the potential intersection of Russian and Chinese influence and cooperation in Georgia.