Regions of the brain that process pleasurable experiences such as sweet tastes and sexual stimuli are the same ones that determine whether an individual is a "people person," say European researchers.They used MRI to scan the brains of 41 males who'd completed a questionnaire designed to measure their emotional warmth and sociability.

The game will be Georgia's second in a row on the SEC Network, following this Saturday's game at Tennessee, which also will start at 12:21 p.m.

Georgia's football game at Vanderbilt on Oct. 17 will kick off at 12:21 p.m. and be televised on the "SEC Network," which includes Peachtree TV (WPCH-TV) in Atlanta, the SEC disclosed on Monday.

Georgia moved up in the college football polls released today, while Georgia Tech fell out of the top 25. Georgia climbed to No. 21 in the Associated Press media poll and No. 17 in the USA Today coaches' poll -- up from Nos. 23 and 20, respectively, last week.

A week to shore up its pass defense didn’t make much of a difference for Georgia in its first SEC road game.A soft pass defense was a concern last Saturday when South Carolina shredded the Bulldogs for 313 yards through the air. Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett matched that number before the third quarter had ended Saturday night at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Auburn wide receiver Montez Billings has left the football team for personal reasons.Tigers coach Gene Chizik said the senior decided to leave the Auburn program to pursue other opportunities. Chizik said Billings had already received his degree from Auburn.

Athens -- Whole tailgate tents left half-standing. Abandoned portable grills. Urination in campus doorways. Defecation. Trash strewn everywhere. These are the conditions early risers are encountering when they venture onto the University of Georgia campus for a Sunday morning stroll or drive the day after a Georgia football game.

NCAA president Myles Brand died Wednesday after a nine-month bout with pancreatic cancer, according to association officials.He was 67."I'm heartbroken," said longtime friend and University of Georgia president Michael Adams. "It's a great loss to me personally, and an even bigger loss to the organization.


KNOXVILLE — In February, 24 hours after he switched his commitment from Florida to Tennessee, Nu’Keese Richardson’s cellphone was flooded with text messages.“I guess they were watching ESPN, because I got these texts, ‘What you doing, getting into all this trouble?’ ” he said.

Georgia will get reinforcement at a needy position when defensive end Justin Houston returns from a two-game suspension to play at Arkansas on Saturday“I’m very excited,” Houston said after practice Tuesday. “I’m trying to hold it in until Saturday, trying to wait and let loose on Saturday.

Athens — Call it the “Branden and Brandon Show.” It debuted at the University of Georgia last week, starting what should be a run of several years.Branden Smith and Brandon Boykin — two speedy cornerbacks whose talents transcend their primary positions — are one year apart in school, one number apart on their jerseys and one vowel apart in spelling their first names.

Athens - Joe Cox knew the job wouldn't be easy.But surely he didn't imagine a tougher two weeks than the he has endured as Georgia's starting quarterback.From the flu to the rumors and questions about his sore shoulder to the faux-controversy about him not starting for Saturday's home opener against South Carolina to; well whatever comes next, Cox has been in the crosshairs around the clock.

So much for the defensive battle that everyone expected. The Georgia-South Carolina matchup — described by ESPN’s Lee Corso earlier in the day as sure to be “borrrrring” — turned into an electrifying shootout in Sanford Stadium Saturday night.

3 keys to the game● If conventional wisdom is correct and the game is a low-scoring defensive battle between two teams with struggling offenses, then a big play on special teams could well be the difference.● Georgia forced two South Carolina turnovers in the fourth quarter of last year’s game, both deep in UGA territory, to preserve a 14-7 victory.

The Bulldogs may wear red and black into battle, but this Saturday UGA players will also sport a little blue and yellow. The team will honor Georgia's 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, now deployed to Afghanistan, by wearing the unit's insignia on their helmets this weekend when they take on South Carolina.

ATHENS — There’s nothing subtle about Rennie Curran, either in the fierce way he plays football or in the plain-spoken way he talks about it.The linebacker from Snellville led Georgia in tackles last season — and in speaking out about the team’s undisciplined defense.

• Record: 1-0• Last time played Georgia: South Carolina lost 14-7 in Columbia last year.• On offense: It’s surprising, considering that Steve Spurrier is their coach, but the Gamecocks continue to struggle offensively. After ranking eighth in the SEC in scoring offense and 12th (last) in rushing offense last season, South Carolina managed only one score in a 7-3 season-opening victory at N.

Steve Spurrier’s swagger is gone, but that’s old news. The question is whether he’ll ever get it back. Now in his fifth season as head coach at South Carolina, the supremely confident and outspoken Spurrier has been rendered nearly quiet and unassuming by four years of modest success with the Gamecocks.

Auburn, Ala. — Auburn coach Gene Chizik will make at least $1.9 million this year in a contract heavy on incentives.Auburn released details of the five-year contract on Monday. The list of incentives include $500,000 for a national title and $200,000 for winning the Southeastern Conference.

Pitting top-10 teams against each other on college football’s opening weekend — which, by the way, hasn’t happened in five years — is precisely what Gary Stokan had in mind back when the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game was still in its exploratory stage. With the game just hours away, it’s clear the dream has nothing on the reality.

Jamal Mosley was supposed to start vs. UGA. Now he could be headed to Tennessee.

Chipper Jones plans to appear as a guest on the set of ESPN’s “College GameDay” show Saturday morning at Centennial Olympic Park, where the show will air in advance of Saturday night’s Chick-fil-A Kickoff game between Virginia Tech and Alabama. Jones will join Chris Fowler, Lee Corso, Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard to talk college football.

Even Nick Saban, a coach who is all about urgency, wasn't quite ready to buy into the idea that the first game of the season was a make-or-break deal"It's horrible. It's a horrible thought for any team to be out of anything after one game," the Alabama coach said earlier this week.

Cowboys may not shake hands with Georgia before Saturday game.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama defensive end Brandon Deaderick was hospitalized in good condition Tuesday after being shot in the arm during a robbery attempt at an off-campus apartment.Brad Fisher, a spokesman for DCH Regional Medical Center, said the 6-foot-4, 306-pound senior from Elizabethtown, Ky.