Georgia football: Tony Barnhart makes bold comment on Jacksonville debate
Georgia football fans have already begun discussing moving the Florida game out of Jacksonville in June, but college football expert Tony Barnhart quickly shut down those comments.
Even though the game will likely never move out of a neutral site, fans still think it should because head coach Kirby Smart mentioned that moving it to home and home would help out recruiting each year, but does it really?
Mr. CFB said it doesn’t matter, and we agree with him.
Georgia football sees Tony Barnhart make a direct statement about the game in Jacksonville.
So there are people willing to give up the tradition of Georgia-Florida in JAX just to have an extra game to recruit? Please. Looks like Georgia is doing pretty well in recruiting. One game is not going to make a difference.
— Tony Barnhart (@MrCFB) June 1, 2022
This bold, sassy statement makes me love Barnhart more than I already did. He is someone I’ve looked up to since I was a kid, and seeing him defend this great tradition is fabulous to see.
Those who want to move it out of Jacksonville either have never been or just don’t understand the importance of this tradition. It rarely happens in college football, and to be different does set Georgia apart from other programs.
I believe Smart wouldn’t mind Jacksonville if they could recruit as the home team there. Recruits can already go to the game, and the coaches just cannot talk to them, so to circle back to Barnhart’s statement, one game isn’t going to make a difference.
Since Smart took over, on the 247Sports rankings, Georgia has had the No. 8, No. 3, No.1, No. 2, No.1, No.3, and No. 3 classes.
Where in those seven classes shows that Georgia is having difficulty recruiting? Nowhere. Georgia hasn’t had any issues on the recruiting front, and they dominate the Gators in that category. Florida hasn’t been able to do anything against Smart and the Dawgs, so this recruiting discussion is silly.
Barnhart clearly agrees and made this statement to put this debate to bed finally. People will keep having this discussion because they are still discussing why Stetson Bennett shouldn’t be the starter, so why wouldn’t they keep doing this topic?
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Georgia and Florida will stay in Jacksonville until the money and revenue run dry, which isn’t happening soon.