Georgia football would easily welcome a rematch against Oregon
Georgia football is, of course, on top of the College Football Playoff rankings, and that always brings the discussion of the potential matchups. Oregon is right in the mix of things because, since that 49-7 beatdown in Week 1 of the season, the Ducks have dominated every single opponent it faced.
The Dawgs would welcome a rematch against the Ducks because, despite what many people think, Georgia would dominate them again. Would Oregon play better against the Dawgs in the second game? Yes, but at the same time, the Dawgs are a better overall squad with more depth, and now that nine games have passed, they are even better than they were in Week 1.
Some, including Oregon quarterback Bo Nix, think the game would be a lot different the second time around, and yeah, maybe, but it would still result in Georgia winning by at least three touchdowns.
Georgia football doesn’t shy down from rematches against former opponents.
If Oregon continues to play this well, the rematch could be unavoidable, but the Dawgs won’t try to avoid it — they would welcome it. It’s not like that first game was intimidating for the Dawgs, but head coach Kirby Smart wouldn’t act like that same Oregon team would show up in round two.
He knows that Oregon head coach Dan Lanning would come at them with a vengeance, and Smart would have to have his team ready for a much-improved Oregon team, but the Dawgs would still win.
ESPN College GameDay analysts Kirk Herbstreit and Desmond Howard both agreed this morning that if Oregon won out, they would be one of those final four teams in the College Football Playoffs, and that should excite Georgia fans.
If Oregon makes it and the Dawgs face them in the semifinals, it’ll likely be in Atlanta, which would practically be a home game for Georgia. If it’s on the West Coast for the CFP Championship, the Oregon faithful will show up for sure. Regardless of which game it would be, Georgia would likely handle its business.
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The Dawgs know what it takes to be on a stage that big, and Oregon has been there before, but it’s been a while. A first-year head coach making it would be great, but Smart has much more experience in that situation than Lanning. While he was there last year with the Dawgs, it was a defensive coordinator, not a head coach — it would be different. If this scenario happened, Georgia would have a massive advantage to repeat.