Seth Emerson
@sethemerson.bsky.social
Senior writer for The Athletic, covering college football with a focus on the SEC. Longtime Georgia beat writer, still based in Athens.
Not sure about other conferences, but visiting press conference set ups across the SEC are hilariously ridiculous. Cramped rooms, or tables outside locker rooms, music blaring, etc.
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Not sure about other conferences, but visiting press conference set ups across the SEC are hilariously ridiculous. Cramped rooms, or tables outside locker rooms, music blaring, etc.
Georgia will play in the SEC championship for the fifth straight year.
The opponent will be Alabama if it wins Saturday night, or if it loses it will be Ole Miss.
Texas A&M is eliminated from the SEC race.
The opponent will be Alabama if it wins Saturday night, or if it loses it will be Ole Miss.
Texas A&M is eliminated from the SEC race.
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Georgia will play in the SEC championship for the fifth straight year.
The opponent will be Alabama if it wins Saturday night, or if it loses it will be Ole Miss.
Texas A&M is eliminated from the SEC race.
The opponent will be Alabama if it wins Saturday night, or if it loses it will be Ole Miss.
Texas A&M is eliminated from the SEC race.
Georgia is far from perfect, as we saw again on Friday.
But the ceiling for this team is still a national title. Because it has shown it can be good at everything - and also not so good at almost everything.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
But the ceiling for this team is still a national title. Because it has shown it can be good at everything - and also not so good at almost everything.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Georgia is far from perfect — but the ceiling is still a national title
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Georgia is far from perfect, as we saw again on Friday.
But the ceiling for this team is still a national title. Because it has shown it can be good at everything - and also not so good at almost everything.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
But the ceiling for this team is still a national title. Because it has shown it can be good at everything - and also not so good at almost everything.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Texas winning this game - still very much up in the air - would not only mean Georgia is in the SEC championship, but Ole Miss is still alive, depending on whether Alabama wins on Saturday night.
Further complicating whether Lane Kiffin wants to make the call on Saturday.
Further complicating whether Lane Kiffin wants to make the call on Saturday.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Texas winning this game - still very much up in the air - would not only mean Georgia is in the SEC championship, but Ole Miss is still alive, depending on whether Alabama wins on Saturday night.
Further complicating whether Lane Kiffin wants to make the call on Saturday.
Further complicating whether Lane Kiffin wants to make the call on Saturday.
Final: Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
The game that probably left neither team excited.
The game that probably left neither team excited.
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Final: Georgia 16, Georgia Tech 9
The game that probably left neither team excited.
The game that probably left neither team excited.
Gunner Stockton's 70 passing yards will be the least Georgia has had in a game since Jake Fromm had 35 passing yards vs. Kentucky in 2019, in a game played in the rain.
Closest since then was Stetson Bennett's 72 passing yards in a 2021 win over Arkansas.
Closest since then was Stetson Bennett's 72 passing yards in a 2021 win over Arkansas.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Gunner Stockton's 70 passing yards will be the least Georgia has had in a game since Jake Fromm had 35 passing yards vs. Kentucky in 2019, in a game played in the rain.
Closest since then was Stetson Bennett's 72 passing yards in a 2021 win over Arkansas.
Closest since then was Stetson Bennett's 72 passing yards in a 2021 win over Arkansas.
Georgia’s offense has gained almost as much from Georgia Tech penalties (37 yards) as passing (39 yards).
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Georgia’s offense has gained almost as much from Georgia Tech penalties (37 yards) as passing (39 yards).
Georgia seemed to have just did on fourth down what it did on the notorious sequence against Alabama. This time Cash Jones got it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Georgia seemed to have just did on fourth down what it did on the notorious sequence against Alabama. This time Cash Jones got it.
Georgia's defense has really cemented its late season improvement here.
Georgia's offense, well ....
Georgia's offense, well ....
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Georgia's defense has really cemented its late season improvement here.
Georgia's offense, well ....
Georgia's offense, well ....
Ellis Robinson with maybe the best catch of Georgia's season. And he doesn't play receiver.
November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Ellis Robinson with maybe the best catch of Georgia's season. And he doesn't play receiver.
Maybe it's the building. Stockton has looked in the first half the same he did the second half of last year's SEC championship:
Then: 71 pass yards, 12-16, 1 INT, 6 rush for 27 yards
Today: 36 pass yards, 4-10, 1 INT, 6 rush for 23 yards
Then: 71 pass yards, 12-16, 1 INT, 6 rush for 27 yards
Today: 36 pass yards, 4-10, 1 INT, 6 rush for 23 yards
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Maybe it's the building. Stockton has looked in the first half the same he did the second half of last year's SEC championship:
Then: 71 pass yards, 12-16, 1 INT, 6 rush for 27 yards
Today: 36 pass yards, 4-10, 1 INT, 6 rush for 23 yards
Then: 71 pass yards, 12-16, 1 INT, 6 rush for 27 yards
Today: 36 pass yards, 4-10, 1 INT, 6 rush for 23 yards
Georgia with the rare two minute offense predicated on running the ball, and you can't really criticize it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Georgia with the rare two minute offense predicated on running the ball, and you can't really criticize it.
Georgia reached the "F--- it just throw it to Zac Branch" part of the game.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Georgia reached the "F--- it just throw it to Zac Branch" part of the game.
Georgia Tech has the ACC's 15th-ranked rush defense, and Georgia is doing what you'd expect against that.
But at some point Gunner Stockton will have to hit some passes too.
But at some point Gunner Stockton will have to hit some passes too.
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Georgia Tech has the ACC's 15th-ranked rush defense, and Georgia is doing what you'd expect against that.
But at some point Gunner Stockton will have to hit some passes too.
But at some point Gunner Stockton will have to hit some passes too.
Georgia has now, in nine games against power conference teams this season, trailed in eight of them.
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Georgia has now, in nine games against power conference teams this season, trailed in eight of them.
Georgia Tech with two possessions that combine for 69 yards and three points but still take 9:10 off the clock.
Paul Johnson nods in approval somewhere.
Paul Johnson nods in approval somewhere.
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Georgia Tech with two possessions that combine for 69 yards and three points but still take 9:10 off the clock.
Paul Johnson nods in approval somewhere.
Paul Johnson nods in approval somewhere.
Gunner Stockton with three straight bad decisions, the first two to tuck and run too quickly, the third to throw into coverage and miss badly, resulting in an interception.
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gunner Stockton with three straight bad decisions, the first two to tuck and run too quickly, the third to throw into coverage and miss badly, resulting in an interception.
Georgia sacks through its first eight games: 8
Georgia sacks the next three games: 8
Sacks on the first drive today: 1, plus a near-safety of Haynes King.
Georgia sacks the next three games: 8
Sacks on the first drive today: 1, plus a near-safety of Haynes King.
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Georgia sacks through its first eight games: 8
Georgia sacks the next three games: 8
Sacks on the first drive today: 1, plus a near-safety of Haynes King.
Georgia sacks the next three games: 8
Sacks on the first drive today: 1, plus a near-safety of Haynes King.
Based on the current scene and crowd reactions during warmups, Georgia is going to have a solid if not vast majority of the fans here, which isn't surprising. Maybe three-fourths of the crowd?
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Based on the current scene and crowd reactions during warmups, Georgia is going to have a solid if not vast majority of the fans here, which isn't surprising. Maybe three-fourths of the crowd?
Georgia ILB CJ Allen, who hurt his meniscus in the Texas game 13 days ago and had a procedure on it a couple days later, looks like he'll play today vs. Georgia Tech. He's going with the first team in warmups.
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Georgia ILB CJ Allen, who hurt his meniscus in the Texas game 13 days ago and had a procedure on it a couple days later, looks like he'll play today vs. Georgia Tech. He's going with the first team in warmups.
New contracts that presumably take SEC coaches off the carousel: Eli Drinkwitz yesterday, Clark Lea today.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Vanderbilt gives Clark Lea 6-year extension amid historic Commodores season
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New contracts that presumably take SEC coaches off the carousel: Eli Drinkwitz yesterday, Clark Lea today.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Rece Davis to his credit pressed selection chair Hunter Yurachek on the Lane Kiffin hypothetical. Yurachek seemed to say the committee would be hard-pressed to consider it if Kiffin leaves after the Egg Bowl because they wouldn't have a "data point" of Ole Miss playing without him.
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Rece Davis to his credit pressed selection chair Hunter Yurachek on the Lane Kiffin hypothetical. Yurachek seemed to say the committee would be hard-pressed to consider it if Kiffin leaves after the Egg Bowl because they wouldn't have a "data point" of Ole Miss playing without him.
SEC teams in the rankings:
19. Tennessee
16. Texas
14. Vanderbilt
10. Alabama
8. Oklahoma
7. Ole Miss
4. Georgia
3. Texas A&M
Mizzou fell out.
19. Tennessee
16. Texas
14. Vanderbilt
10. Alabama
8. Oklahoma
7. Ole Miss
4. Georgia
3. Texas A&M
Mizzou fell out.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
SEC teams in the rankings:
19. Tennessee
16. Texas
14. Vanderbilt
10. Alabama
8. Oklahoma
7. Ole Miss
4. Georgia
3. Texas A&M
Mizzou fell out.
19. Tennessee
16. Texas
14. Vanderbilt
10. Alabama
8. Oklahoma
7. Ole Miss
4. Georgia
3. Texas A&M
Mizzou fell out.
Georgia Tech stays in the rankings at No. 23, dropped seven spots after losing at home to Pitt - which jumps into the rankings at No. 22.
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Georgia Tech stays in the rankings at No. 23, dropped seven spots after losing at home to Pitt - which jumps into the rankings at No. 22.
Georgia Tech could be hosting No. 4 Georgia this week. But it sold the game for $10 million.
And appears to have no regrets:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
And appears to have no regrets:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
Georgia Tech sold its Georgia home game for $10 million. It has no regrets
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Georgia Tech could be hosting No. 4 Georgia this week. But it sold the game for $10 million.
And appears to have no regrets:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...
And appears to have no regrets:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/683...