ATHENS, Ga. – The Georgia Bulldogs have been popular viewing for college football fans in 2019.
Their 23-17 victory over Notre Dame on Sept. 21 was watched by 9.29 million people, according to CBS numbers, making it the most-watched contest of the season. There were 6.98 million folks who witnessed the Bulldogs topping Florida 24-17 last Saturday on CBS, with the network claiming it was the highest-rated Georgia-Florida game in 32 years.
The Bulldogs have played in two of the five most-watched games this season, but those numbers will be adjusted after Saturday afternoon’s 3:30 showdown between LSU and Alabama inside Bryant-Denny Stadium.
Georgia hosts Missouri at 7 p.m. Saturday on ESPN, so Bulldogs players will have the opportunity to keep tabs on the Southeastern Conference’s biggest Western Division clash one week after winning the most important game in the SEC East race.
“Basically what we do is that we have meetings here and there on Saturday, and we’ll have some walk-throughs, but other than that, you just have down time,” senior tight end Charlie Woerner said. “You don’t want to continually think about 7 p.m., and you don’t want to continually think about Missouri. You want to relax and take your mind off stuff, and when we’re in our rooms at the hotel we’ve got TVs.