Georgia, Ohio State vow not to be distracted by bowl activities

Atlanta has a lot to offer bowl teams when they visit each year, and this week’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl game is no different. But you’ll have to forgive the Buckeyes and Bulldogs if they don’t get extraordinarily excited about the Basketball Challenge or go-kart racing this week.

Oh, they’ll participate and certainly try to win, but with meeting Saturday at Mercedes-Benz Stadium with their postseason lives on the line, checking out the Buckhead nightlife is not going to be foremost on these guys’ minds.

“It’s very important (to stay locked in),” Ohio State linebacker and senior captain Tommy Eichenberg said Monday. “… We’re at a bowl, but we’re down here to play a game and beat Georgia. I think we’ve got all these events and everything, but we’ve got one goal and that’s to beat Georgia.”