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SEC Nation announces rivalry site for Week 10 destination
By Andrew Olson
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SEC Nation is heading to a familiar destination for Week 10.
The SEC Network’s traveling pregame show announced Saturday that Jacksonville will be its next stop. No. 2 Georgia will face Florida in the game affectionately known by its unofficial nickname of The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.
NEXT STOP: JACKSONVILLE
We’re headed to @GeorgiaFootball vs. @GatorsFB pic.twitter.com/VjzbZ4s6es
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) October 26, 2024
Florida and Georgia began their series in 1915, playing annually since 1926. Jacksonville has the been regular site of the game since 1933, with only interruptions in the 1990s for renovations to the Gator Bowl stadium to become the home of the NFL’s Jaguars.
UGA has dominated the series as of late, winning 6 of the last 7, including the last 3 meetings. It’s an extra special game for Bulldog QB Carson Beck, a former standout of Mandarin High School in Jacksonville.
Beck’s Bulldogs have turned things around since the Alabama game, notching double-digit wins over Auburn, Mississippi State and Texas to improve to 6-1.
Florida started the season 1-2 with blowout home losses against Miami and Texas A&M. The Gators have won 3 of their last 4, beating Mississippi State, UCF and Kentucky, but falling at Tennessee in overtime. UF lost starting QB Graham Mertz for the rest of the season after he was injured in the Tennessee game. Billy Napier has turned to true freshman DJ Lagway, a former 5-star recruit, as the starting quarterback.
SEC Nation debuted in the 2014. Laura Rutledge hosts the show in her eighth season, her ninth on the show overall, joined by Tim Tebow, Paul Finebaum, Jordan Rodgers and Roman Harper. Like Tebow, Rutledge is a UF alum.
Marty & McGee will lead off SEC Network coverage at 9 a.m. ET. SEC Nation follows at 10 a.m.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
