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Summary

  • ESPN and Two Circles collaborated on a new opening tease for the No. 2 Georgia-No. 6 Alabama clash
  • The tease will debut during College GameDay Built by The Home Depot from Tuscaloosa before airing ahead of the primetime matchup on ABC
  • Titled “A Shade Away, A World Apart,” the piece uses Journey’s “Separate Ways” to deliver a cinematic and emotional buildup to the rivalry

ESPN and Two Circles collaborated once again ahead of the SEC heavyweight bout between No. 2 Georgia and No. 6 Alabama on ABC Saturday Night Football Presented by Capital One (Saturday, Oct. 10 | 7:30 p.m. ET). The tease will first air during College GameDay Built by The Home Depot from Tuscaloosa before setting the stage for Georgia/Alabama on ABC in primetime.

In “A Shade Away, A World Apart,” the opening tease for the Bulldog/Crimson Tide tussle is anchored by Journey’s “Separate Ways,” giving the piece a cinematic, emotional build while reinforcing the central idea of two programs separated by the smallest of differences.

SCRIPT:
Sometimes, the smallest distinction means everything. Two colors, separated by a single shade.
Give those shades the weight of history, and you’ll find two sides who are worlds apart.

These shades become something more when generations give it meaning. The championships. The expectations. The moments that still echo.
Where one side’s triumph becomes the other’s heartbreak. And the standard of greatness sets the stage for what comes next…

Tonight, these colors collide once more. Bulldog Red. Alabama Crimson.
A single shade separates them… a world keeps them apart.

CREDITS:
Two Circles:
Producers: Harry Hawkings, Aaron Hester, Ross Abdellah
Editors: Adam Schultz, Kaycee Garcia, Luke Johnson, Erin Newill, Conor McClain
Executive Producers: Andrew Carter, Joe Abdellah

ABC on ESPN:
Executive Producer: Bill Bonnell
Senior Vice President, Sports Production: Amanda Gifford

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