Alex Golesh and his staff are in the midst of putting the football roster back together again after nearly 50 players have exited through the transfer portal, end of eligibility and declaring for the NFL draft. The portal won’t officially close until January 16, so I’m withholding comment until there’s some reasonable picture of what the 2026 version of Tiger football will look like. 

Steven Pearl and the basketball team also dropped the conference opener against Georgia in Athens 100-104 in overtime on Saturday. They had plenty of opportunities to close out the game with a win in the second half and in overtime, but Georgia was resilient and made more clutch shots. This team is significantly different from the last several years. There’s far less quality depth and no true rim protector. 

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