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CBS SPORTS' COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCHEDULE HEADS TO JACKSONVILLE ON SATURDAY, OCT. 27 FOR SEC EAST SHOWDOWN WITH NO. 9-RANKED FLORIDA TAKING ON NO. 20-RANKED GEORGIA

AUDIBLES with CBS Sports' Lead College Football Analyst Gary Danielson

  

FLORIDA LEGEND SHANE MATTHEWS TO SERVE AS GUEST ANALYST ON

CSTV'S WEEKLY PREGAME SHOW, "CHICK-FIL-A SEC TAILGATE"

  

CBS Sports' coverage of SEC College Football continues from Jacksonville, Fla. with national coverage of No. *9-ranked Florida against *No. 20-ranked Georgia on Saturday, Oct. 27 (3:30 PM, ET).

  

The CBS Television Network's lead college football announce team of Verne Lundquist and Gary Danielson call the action live from Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. Tracy Wolfson serves as lead reporter. Craig Silver, the Network's coordinating producer of college football, produces and Steve Milton directs.

 

CBS Sports' broadcast of Florida-Georgia also will be simulcast in HDTV

  

COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY, the Network's pre-game, halftime and post-game studio show, kicks off the day (3:00 PM, ET) with Tim Brando and analyst Spencer Tillman. COLLEGE FOOTBALL TODAY will keep viewers updated on all the games throughout the afternoon with scores and highlights. Vin DeVito produces and Linda Malino directs.

  

Tony Petitti is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer, CBS Sports.

 

*AP Poll as of 10/22/07

  

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AUDIBLES with CBS Sports' Lead College Football Analyst Gary Danielson

 

(On Georgia): The challenge for Georgia is very clear. When you play Florida you cannot depend on your defense holding them down. You need to score. The past history of Georgia in this game is that they have not scored enough. They have had trouble scoring 21 points against Florida. That will not get it done. It could be a miracle and that could happen, but going into this game is like going up against Roger Federer and assuming that he will have a bad serve that day. That is not likely to happen. Georgia has to at least score in the 30's and not waste one possession on offense.

 

(On Florida and Tebow's injury): The whole thing comes down to Tim Tebow, and he has an injured shoulder. Florida does not have much else besides Tebow. He either throws the ball or runs the ball. They do not run the ball well when he doesn't carry it. And obviously, they don't throw it when he doesn't throw it. He is nicked. When we shave and nick ourselves, for the next week every time we shave that thing starts to bleeds. This thing is not going to go away. When he runs he leads with his right shoulder and that injury is on his right shoulder. Florida has nothing else when they run the ball but Tebow that scares anyone in this conference. I expect this to be a huge story in the game.

 

(On LSU): I don't know if there has ever been a team in the history of college football that has had center stage like LSU has had the last three weeks, and has had three breath-taking games. They now have a week off to get ready for an even more emotional game against Alabama and Nick Saban, who recruited most of the LSU players

 

  

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SHANE MATTHEWS JOINS

CSTV'S WEEKLY PRE-GAME SHOW, "CHICK-FIL-A SEC TAILGATE" TO

BE BROADCAST LIVE FROM JACKSONVILLE SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

  

Legendary University of Florida quarterback Shane Matthews joins CSTV's Greg Amsinger and former SEC Player of the Year David Pollack (Georgia) as a guest analyst on CSTV's weekly live show, CHICK-FIL-A SEC TAILGATE on Saturday, Oct. 27 (12:00 NOON-1:00 PM, ET).  The show this week will originate live from Jacksonville, Fla. (between the P parking lots outside of Gate 1 of Jacksonville Municipal Stadium), where the *No. 9-ranked Florida Gators will take on the *No. 20-ranked Georgia Bulldogs.  Matthews was the SEC Player of the Year in 1990 and 1991 and finished his college career with 9,287 passing yards and 74 touchdowns. 

 

The one-hour show is broadcast live at noon every week from the site of CBS Sports' SEC Game of the Week as Amsinger and Pollack are joined by a former star player from the home team.  Fans are invited to visit the CHICK-FIL-A SEC TAILGATE.

 

The CHICK-FIL-A SEC TAILGATE is the ultimate source for coverage of SEC Football, the premiere football and tailgating conference in the country.  The show offers a complete look at all the news and action from around the conference, analysis of the week's games, along with the SEC traditions and culture live from the heart of the tailgate parties.