Georgia football: Black outs aren’t just about the jerseys

Georgia football fans and the spike squad have called for an impromptu blackout for the Notre Dame game. The Spike Squad’s calling for it and needs Dawg Nation’s support.

So I want to say one thing before you dig into this article, forget about Georgia football’s black jerseys.

Georgia football fans are divided early this week as to whether or not the Dawgs should have a blackout game for Notre Dame or not.

The game is on the biggest stage in college football as ESPN’s College GameDay is coming to town and the game’s at 8 p.m.

While some fans love the traditional uniforms for this game because it’s a historic game, other fans think the blackout would add a whole other element to the game.

Just because the Spike Squad and others want a blackout, does not mean the team has to wear the black jerseys. The fans can wear black and produce an atmosphere, unlike no other.

Sanford Stadium can be a scary place at night, and what better way to do it than have the entire crowd wear black.

In my opinion, the black jerseys are fantastic, but I see the historical aspect of it as well. I don’t know of a better uniform combo than Georgia’s red jerseys and silver pants. That power G stands out, and the Dawgs have some of the most traditional uniforms and people know it.

Instead of having a divided fan base, Dawg nation needs to come together and wear black. Be the blackout, be the 12th man, and show Notre Dame what Athens is all about on Saturday.

Right now if Georgia blacked out with the number of fans behind it, then the crowd will look silly and like a ladybug. Don’t let Sanford Stadium look like a ladybug, let’s make it look like a funeral for Notre Dame.

A blackout is when a team blacks out the opposing team, nowhere in the definition does it say the team has to wear the black jerseys. Has it gone hand-in-hand in the years past?

Of course, but that doesn’t mean it should now.

We all know that Kirby Smart isn’t a fan of gimmicks, and I’m sorry, but this is not a gimmick, it’s the fan base wanting to make the atmosphere better.

I talked with the Spike Squad, and they know how big this game is, they’re just trying to make it better.

“We already know that the atmosphere Saturday night is going to be off the charts, so we figured why not take it up a notch and go full-on blackout,” the Spike Squad said. “We as Spike Squad are always looking for ways to pump up the fans, and we figured this would be a great way to do so.”

So I asked them why a blackout? The game’s already prime time, and GameDay will be there, so why?

“Sanford Stadium is already an intimidating place to play, but under a unified crowd, it becomes a hostile environment,” the Spike Squad said. “We all saw how much red was in South Bend two years ago; we believe it’s time for the Irish to see a whole new side of Dawg Nation.”

So this group wants to make the game better. The better part of those quotes is that those black jerseys aren’t even in the discussion.

Georgia’s Spike Squad sees how divided the fan base is right now, and are doing this movement by themselves.

They’ve reached out to Twitter personalities and other folks trying to get it to blow up. Hence why I’m here writing this article. I stand behind the Spike Squad and how they’re trying to make the atmosphere better.

Then I asked about the black jerseys.

“We have not heard anything about the team wearing black jerseys,” the Spike Squad said. “We are actually advocates for them wearing the normal red jerseys this week, but we won’t be upset if Coach Smart throws us a curveball and brings out the blacks for this matchup.”

So the black jerseys came up from other fans that assume because they see the word blackout it automatically comes with the jerseys, and that’s clearly isn’t what the Spike Squads trying to do.

"“A fan blackout is important to turn Sanford Stadium into an atmosphere like never before, especially for a game against a storied program like Notre Dame,” the Spike Squad said. “A unified fanbase would bring a special something to the game Saturday night that Athens hasn’t seen in quite some time. Our hope is that we get enough black in the stadium to really make the red, both LEDs and the normal red pom-poms, pop even more than they normally do.”"

The keyword in all of this is unified. Georgia fans need to stop being divided about this blackout and come together.

We want the red jerseys and to have the tradition, the kicker is that we want the fans to blackout the game and create a black sea that Notre Dame’s ships sailing into their untimely demise.

So Dawg Nation let’s become unified and be the reason Notre Dame cannot accomplish anything because it is so loud at Sanford Stadium. Even if the team doesn’t wear black, it’ll still be a movement because we’re just as in the game as the team is.

Forget the black jerseys. Let’s wear black for the hell of it and have a funeral for Notre Dame.

Georgia fans we challenge you to wear black on Saturday. Join Dawn of the Dawg and the Spike Squad in this movement and let’s make a black sea that Notre Dame doesn’t ever want to see again.

Come together, Dawg Nation. It’s time to Attack the Day in black.