Kirby Smart and Will Muschamp talk about each others' team as the two former Georgia teammates and friends face each other Saturday when UGA visits South Carolina.  Mercer University Press has a bevy of great Southern books on the market.  And the mountains of Western North Carolina just might be the perfect September getaway.

A tropical storm has formed off the Florida Gulf Coast and is approaching Mississippi and Alabama.  Jon Rawl reports on the opening weekend of college football, including Virginia Tech's thumping of Florida State on Monday Night Football.  Was it too hot for spectators to enjoy pigskin's return?  Plus, we rewind to portions of last Tuesday's show.

Labor Day encore.  We rewind to the Aug. 27 show, where South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham saluted his close friend John McCain upon his passing.  Fox News reporter Ellison Barber finally made into The Clayton Tribune.  And we honor the heavy workload of storyteller Jerry Short as Labor Day 2018 approaches.

Jon Rawl morphs into "General Gridiron," as he puts a fun spin on picking the weekend's big college football games.  NASCAR fans will enjoy Labor Day Weekend's Bojangles' Southern 500 in Darlington, S.C.  Plus, canning fruits and vegetables is a great Southern tradition.