College Sports

Georgia Southern sophomores Ezayi Youyoute and Dominique Swope each ran for three touchdowns and more than 100 yards as the Eagles piled up 557 rushing yards and crushed Jacksonville 58-0 in the teams' opener Saturday night.

Charles Perkins is opening the season as Georgia Tech's surprise starting running back on Monday night at No. 16 Virginia Tech.

Cordarrelle Patterson scored two first-quarter touchdowns one a 41-yard catch, the second a 67-yard run and Tennessee beat North Carolina State 35-21 on Friday night in the opening game for both teams.

Mark Richt knows Georgia fans will be eager to see freshman tailbacks Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall when the No. 6 Bulldogs open their season against Buffalo on Saturday.

The 2012-13 regular-season opened Thursday afternoon for the North Georgia College & State women

No. 9 South Carolina and coach Steve Spurrier got a big scare to open the season. Marcus Lattimore and Connor Shaw helped the Gamecocks grind their way through past plucky Vanderbilt.

"Russ," the half-brother of Uga VII who has served two terms as interim mascot for the Georgia Bulldogs, has received a "battlefield promotion" and will assume the title of "Uga IX," according to an announcement by UGA Director of Athletics Greg McGarity.

Georgia is opening its season with a backfield combination no one could have predicted a year ago.

Quarterback Tevin Washington says Georgia Tech had its best summer camp in his five years on campus.