Georgia football is flying about as high as they can be for it only being the start of November. There is a lot of football still to be played this year, but they are 8-1, the favorite to win the SEC, the No. 1 team in the country, and the betting favorite to win the national championship.
The good vibes however got even better on Monday because of one massive commitment.
Georgia flipped 5-star OT Mark Matthews from Texas A&M
Mark Matthews is a five-star offensive tackle who is the No. 2 overall recruit in the 2027 recruiting class. He has been committed to Texas A&M since May, but on Sunday he decommitted from the Aggies.
The hope was that Georgia would get involved again since they were one of his four finalists back in May, and that's exactly what they did. Less than 24 hours after decommitting Matthews gave Georgia great news when he announced his commitment to UGA.
This is about as big of a commitment as Georgia could hope to get. He is the nation's best offensive tackle and could be a day one starter the second he steps foot on campus next year, but to emphasize just how great of a recruit he is Matthews is the fourth-highest rated recruit in Georgia football history.
Matthews' commitment moved Georgia up to No. 5 in the team recruiting rankings and has the Bulldogs feeling much more confident about their future with him now in the fold.
Georgia got dealt another horrific road game time vs South Carolina
Georgia has one final road game this season at South Carolina in two weeks. The SEC just announced kickoff times for this week of games, and the Bulldogs will have to play another road night game as this game will begin at 7:30 pm EST.
This marks the third road night game of the season for Georgia. That on its own isn't a big deal, but since Georgia hasn't had one home night game this season it's a bit unfair they keep having to play good teams at night.
Georgia has already beat Alabama and Ole Miss on the road at night this year, so they won't be afraid of playing South Carolina in two weeks. The Gamecocks are one of the hottest teams in the SEC though as they've won four straight games and are ranked No. 20 in the latest AP Poll, so this will not be an easy matchup especially since it's under the lights.
The College Football Playoff is expanding... again
The news that most fans were hoping they'd never hear just became final on Monday. The College Football Playoff committee announced that the playoff will officially expand to 24 teams beginning next year with the 2027 season.
For Georgia this could seem like a good thing because it is extremely unlikely that they will ever miss the playoff. That isn't worth it though because if they go 8-4 they don't deserve to play for a national championship. Only the best teams in the country deserve to play for a national title, and the 12-team playoff was already pushing it a little bit. Now there will be average teams playing in the playoff who will ultimately just get blown out against the top ranked teams.
The SEC, along with the Big Ten, ACC and Big 12, have also decided to end their conference championship games after this season as well. This was done to create more room for an expanded playoff, but ending this tradition just to let teams make the playoff who don't deserve it just doesn't feel right.
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