Daniel Shirley·Senior Editor, College Football
Summary
Week 1 of the college football season is here, and The Athletic has you covered. Check back throughout the day for live updates and scores.
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Georgia, Clemson dominate opening games
Georgia (49-3) and Clemson (41-10) won the two Chick-fil-A kickoff games by a combined score of 90-13.
Oof.
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Georgia Tech losing streak continues
Georgia Tech will lose its seventh straight game, going back to last season.
The last win: 31-27 at Duke (10/9/21).
If 41-10 score holds, the Jackets have been outscored 141-10 in the last three games.
DJ to Shipley
Nice drive there as Uiagalelei and the offense got into a rhythm/excelled with the intermediate passing game.
And a heads up play by DJ to get the ball to Shipley on that 10-yard run.
Clemson goes up 24-10 on a much-needed TD.
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Clemson extends lead
Clemson gets a field goal, extending their lead to seven against Georgia Tech.
17-10 Tigers.
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Here comes Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech secures a touchdown, bringing them within four points of Clemson.
Jeff Sims threw a 13-yard pass to E.J. Jenkins.
Clemson leads 14-10.
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Clemson leads at half
Clemson leads 14-3 over Georgia Tech at half.
Tigers quarterback DJ Uiagalelei is 11-for-15 for 108 yards and 1 touchdown.
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DJ Touchdown
Nice play from DJ to Beaux Collins for Clemson's second touchdown of the night.
Tigers take a 14-0 lead.
Touchdown Clemson
Shipley gets in on fourth-and-goal and the Tigers take a 7-0 lead.
Clemson's offense
I thought No. 4 for Clemson's preseason ranking was way too high.
This offense had so much work to do this offseason and, at least through the first quarter of tonight, has shown no progress. We'll see.
Keion White heat check
Georgia Tech DE Keion White was high on our Freaks list this year and just made a big sack. Was a star at ODU.
Had 19 TFLs in 2019 as a 265-pounder. He's now 6-foot-4, 290 pounds but can run 21 mph and has vertical jumped 32 inches.
He's also done 38 reps of 225 on the bench press.
LSU’s Brian Kelly era starts with sloppy, absurd loss
He walked alone along the sideline for much of the night. He didn’t talk to many people. He didn’t have a ton to say. Each of the many times something went wrong Sunday for LSU, Brian Kelly simply looked onward with his arms crossed without reaction while absurdity took place around him.
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Kelly says coaches didn't have Tigers prepared
Pretty consistent theme from Brian Kelly that he and the coaching staff didn't prepare this team well enough. Lists several coaching mistakes they made, from punt returner choice to extra point blocking decisions.
Desperation mode paid off for Tigers
It was funny how LSU’s offense came to life once they hit the “we are losing” button. Tigers put up 256 yards and 20 points over their last 3 drives. They just figured it out a little too late.
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What a finish
FSU pulled out the thriller over LSU.
Kelly's streak against unranked teams comes to end
Brian Kelly had won 42 straight games against unranked opponents before tonight.
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Brian Kelly drops first game as LSU coach
LSU lost its first game of the season, and Brian Kelly’s first game at the helm of the program, 24-23 to Florida State after the Seminoles blocked the Tigers’ game-tying extra point in the final second of the contest Sunday night.
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The game-winner for the Noles
What a win for Florida State, which improves to 2-0.
Kelly against the Noles ...
If Brian Kelly wanted to execute his team after beating Florida State in last year’s opener, how’s he feel about tonight?
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Not so special teams
LSU's special teams were the difference in the game.