College football is back. Week 0 kicks off Saturday, August 29, the first full Saturday is September 5, and from then until the Palmetto Bowl the Lowcountry runs on a three-way split — Clemson orange, Georgia red, Carolina garnet. Here is the season in one place: the dates to circle, where to watch with your people, and where to get the gear.
Circle these dates
| Date | The game | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Sat, Aug. 29 | The season opens (Week 0) | — |
| Sat, Sept. 5 | Clemson at LSU, 7:30 p.m., ABC | Baton Rouge |
| Sat, Sept. 12 | Georgia Southern at Clemson | Death Valley |
| Sat, Sept. 12 | Albany State at Savannah State, 6 p.m. | Wright Stadium, Savannah |
| Sat, Oct. 17 | Charleston Southern at Clemson | Death Valley |
| Sat, Oct. 17 | Fort Valley State at Savannah State — homecoming, 3 p.m. | Wright Stadium, Savannah |
| Sat, Oct. 31 | Georgia vs. Florida, 3:30 p.m. — in Atlanta this year, not Jacksonville | Mercedes-Benz Stadium |
| Sat, Nov. 21 | Georgia at South Carolina | Williams-Brice, Columbia |
| Sat, Nov. 28 | South Carolina at Clemson — the Palmetto Bowl, 123rd meeting | Death Valley |
Where to watch
Clemson people have it easiest. The Charleston County Clemson Club calls Bay Street Biergarten home on game days — reserved seating, sound on, and the club’s own Tiger Band showing up — and Charleston Sports Pub on Sam Rittenberg Boulevard is Clemson-alumni-owned, with the game on a big screen and fifteen more TVs, plus drink specials and free halftime appetizers for paid club members.
Georgia fans are organized on both sides of the state line — the Charleston Dawgs cover six counties and a separate Savannah chapter covers Chatham, Effingham, and Bryan, both running game-watch parties through the season. Gamecock Club chapters cover Charleston and Beaufort counties, the latter taking in Bluffton and Hilton Head; their watch parties travel, so check the chapter pages when the schedule drops each week.
Where to get the gear
Palmetto Moon in Mount Pleasant and Palmetto Moon in Bluffton carry the team colors — gameday shirts, hats, drinkware, and tailgate kit — for all three fanbases under one roof. Get there before the rivalry weeks.
The real home games are in Savannah
Everything above happens on television or a long drive away. Theodore A. Wright Stadium is a Saturday you can walk into: Savannah State opens August 29 at South Carolina State, then plays five home dates — Albany State on September 12 at 6 p.m., Miles College on September 26, Allen University on October 3, Fort Valley State for homecoming on October 17 at 3 p.m., and Virginia University of Lynchburg to close the season November 7.
Clemson’s games run on the ABC and ESPN family with ACC Network carrying the rest; Georgia’s and South Carolina’s national windows are on ABC and ESPN with SEC Network behind them. The first full Saturday is September 5. Get the fridge calendar up.