Georgia Football: Should the Dawgs don black for Notre Dame?

While always a hot button topic, Georgia football’s black uniform combination has been a point of contention in recent years. Should the Dawgs wear them this week?

Although some Georgia football fans choose to remember the electric atmosphere of the 2007 Auburn game when the black jerseys were first unveiled and the subsequent Sugar Bowl victory over Hawaii, a lot of fans only remember the negative games.

The memory of these two games is eclipsed by the loss to Alabama the following year.

One of the dark spots during Mark Richt’s tenure as coach, the first half blowout followed by a too-late comeback lead to mass criticism from fans and the media.

According to Alabama’s strength and conditioning coach, the Dawgs were wearing black because they were going to their own funeral.

The grave was dug, the epitaph was written, and the black jerseys were laid to rest.

While former players such as Aaron Murray hoped to bring the uniform combination back, it wasn’t until Kirby Smart came to Athens that the black jerseys were resurrected.

Even then, Smart only allowed the jerseys to be worn once, against Louisiana-Lafayette in 2016.

The goal was to halt the ever-present buzz around the uniforms and begin to rewrite the story that lingers in everyone’s mind. But, now it’s 2019, and the question is once again being thrown around and debated.

Should the Bulldogs blackout Notre Dame?

Georgia’s own Jake Fromm helped spark the debate, making headlines when he mentioned in an interview that he would be interested in blacking out Notre Dame.

The black jerseys would only add to the allure of this long-anticipated matchup, taking what is guaranteed to be an unforgettable atmosphere to an entirely new level.

Some fans are all for it. They think it is the perfect game to break out the black jerseys and write a new chapter in their story. But still, the whispers abound. What if we lose?

Like it or not, that is always a possibility. But for the black jerseys and the matchup again Notre Dame, it’s not about whether or not you want to take the risk.

It’s about asking how you want to be remembered.

Like the game in South Bend in 2017, the upcoming matchup has serious implications, not only for this season but for Georgia and college football history.

This matchup is only the third time these storied programs have met and the first time in Sanford Stadium.

How do you want to be remembered?

This Saturday, between the hedges in the Classic City, the Dawgs will walk onto Dooley Field, and they should make their mark on history the Georgia way— in red jerseys and silver britches.