UNC opener an ‘easier sell’ for UGA in summer months ahead

Posted Jun 11, 2016
They’ll be back to Athens in June and turn their attention to summer workouts and gearing up for the season opener against North Carolina Sept. 3 in the Georgia Dome. It’s the kind of big-name opponent to open the season that coach Kirby Smart has said he prefers to line up. “Obviously, coming into the Dome, playing North Carolina, it’s such a great opponent,” he said. (Online Athens)

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