**** OFFICIAL College Football Week 1 Game Thread ****

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ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia's first touchdown of the season turned out to be costlier than anyone could have expected.

Bulldogs coach Mark Richt announced Sunday evening that his team's top receiver, Malcolm Mitchell, will miss the remainder of the season after injuring the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee while celebrating Todd Gurley's 75-yard touchdown run in the first quarter of Saturday night's 38-35 loss to Clemson.

"Malcolm unfortunately has an ACL injury that needs to be repaired here," Richt said, adding that Mitchell should be eligible for a medical redshirt after suffering the injury so early in the season. "I'm not sure when we'll do the surgery, but sometime in the near future. So what we thought happened did happen. It was confirmed by the MRI today."

Mitchell ran toward Gurley in the end zone after the touchdown and seemed to land awkwardly when he leaped to celebrate the score. Gurley also injured himself on the play, straining his quad muscle while completing the long run and missing the next 11:14 of regulation while team doctors tended to the injury.