TV Times Announced for 3 UGA Games

The TV times for three of Georgia's games are now official:

Georgia @ South Carolina on Sept. 11 will be a noon kickoff on either ESPN or ESPN2.

Arkansas @ Georgia on Sept. 18 is another noon kickoff, also on one of the ESPN networks.

And, obviously, the Georgia-Florida game will be the CBS 3:30 game on Oct. 30.

The Big 12 also announced that the Georgia-Colorado game set for Oct. 2 will be a 4:30 (ET) kickoff.

As I wrote yesterday, I spoke to Damon Evans about the number of late kickoffs Georgia had a year ago -- three of the six home games were 7 p.m. or later, and 5 of the 12 regular season games were at night -- and he had said his hope was to have more noon and 3:30 kickoffs.

"All games are televised and there are only so many windows during the day, so of course we’re going to have some evening and night games," Evans said. "But at the same time I’d like to see a little bit of balance to where we can get some early noon games and some 3:30 games because we have different fans who like different things and there’s less pressure on the campus when it’s an early game.”

Here's the full slate of the SEC on TV for the early going that was announced today:

Sept. 2: Southern Miss at South Carolina, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sept. 4: Miami (Ohio) at Florida, ESPN, 12 noon ET; Kentucky at Louisville, ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET; LSU vs. N.C. in Atlanta, ABC, 8:00 p.m. ET
Sept. 9: Auburn at Miss. State, ESPN, 7:30 p.m. ET
Sept.11: Penn State at Alabama, ESPN, 7:00 p.m. ET; Oregon at Tennessee, ESPN2, 7:00 p.m. ET; Ole Miss at Tulane, ESPN Classic or ESPN2, 9:00 p.m. ET
Sept. 18: Alabama at Duke, ABC, 3:30 p.m. ET; Clemson at Auburn, ESPN, 7:00 p.m. ET; Florida at Tennessee, CBS, 3:30 p.m. ET
Oct. 2: SEC Doubleheader, TBA, CBS, 3:30 and 8:00 p.m. ET
Nov. 13: SEC Doubleheader, TBA, CBS, 12:00 noon and 3:30 p.m. ET
Dec. 4: SEC Championship Game, Atlanta, CBS, 4:00 p.m. ET

Looking ahead on the schedule, you'd imagine ULL and Idaho State will be noon kickoffs, too. That leaves Vandy, Tennessee and Georgia Tech as possible night kickoffs in Athens. I'm doubtful that Vandy would be a ratings bonanza for ESPN in prime time (and Alabama-Ole Miss, Arkansas-Auburn, and Florida-Mississippi State would probably all trump the UGA-Vandy matchup that week). Even still, I wouldn't expect both Vandy and Tennessee to be night kickoffs, so odds are there will be a max of two night games at Sanford this season.

The full SEC schedule grid can be found here if you want to make your own projections.