Chick-fil-A Kickoff set to be ACC-SEC doubleheader

Chick-fil-A Kickoff set to be ACC-SEC doubleheader

Published Feb. 17, 2012 6:15 a.m. ET

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Dome will host games on back-to-back days as part of the 2012 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game.

Officials announced Thursday that North Carolina State and Tennessee
will meet on Aug. 31 in a game broadcast by ESPNU. Auburn and Clemson
will meet Sept. 1 in a game shown on either ABC or ESPN.

Game times have not been set.

Chick-fil-A Bowl president Gary Stokan says he expects the
doubleheader to offer a "colossal weekend of football in Atlanta" to
open the 2012 season.

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Boise State defeated Georgia in the 2011 kickoff game.

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