The Georgia Bulldogs face not only their first SEC test of the year in week three, but it will also be their first road game as they travel to Fayetteville to face off against the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Most of the time traveling to an SEC school to play a football game strikes fear in any opponent. No matter how good or bad that team has done or what they are ranked, road game environments in the SEC are amongst the most hostile in the nation. However, after having a humiliating 43-10 loss last week to the Utah Utes, Arkansas fans have been protesting the home game on social media.
Arkansas fans protest Week 3 Georgia game
The Arkansas social media team released earlier this week the plan to "stripe out" Razorback Stadium. However, the plan completely backfired as Arkansas fans have hilariously edited the post to say "empty out" Razorback Stadium.
Arkansas fans are currently protesting their game against Georgia this weekend
— The EverythingU (@everythinguco) September 16, 2026
The Razorbacks are 24.5 point underdogs to Georgia this weekend, the fans are looking to avoid another loss by not attending the games 😂 pic.twitter.com/ibWWHNRtPQ
Even though at first glance it looks like a joke, several students and die-hard fans have taken their comments a step further and publicly stated their disapproval for the team. Some went as far as to say they are already giving up on head coach Ryan Silverfield, who has recently been under fire for comments he has made to the media in the past about Georgia that have backfired on him.
As a Georgia fan, or any other SEC fan in this case, you can't help but see the similarities to what Vanderbilt football used to be to what Arkansas is now.
Arkansas has slowly become the new Vanderbilt in football
For decades Vanderbilt was the laughingstock of the SEC in football. While they had dominant seasons in other sports such as baseball, football was a different story. They had some positive seasons during the James Franklin era or when they had Jay Cutler, but other than that they stayed mediocre at best.
A new era has seemingly overtaken the Commodores with head coach Clark Lea at the helm. After having a decent 7-6 record in 2024 with their first bowl win in over 10 years, the team went 10-3 in 2025. Now with five-star true freshman Jared Curtis at quarterback in Nashville, Vanderbilt looks to push forward and make a name for themselves in the SEC.
So, what about Arkansas? Arkansas has been a historically competitive team in years past, with guys like Darren McFadden coming through the program. They seemingly were looking to push past mediocrity and 7-5 seasons after hiring former Georgia assistant coach Sam Pittman, going 9-4 in 2021 and being ranked in the top 10 at one point in the season. However, things quickly took a turn for the worst.
Arkansas has since gone 20-30 and fired Pittman a year ago. Since 2024, Arkansas recruiting has also been on a downward slope. They finished only above Vanderbilt in SEC recruiting rankings in 2024 and 2025 before eventually falling below the Commodores in 2026. In the past two recruiting cycles they have only had a combined six four-star recruits and no five-stars. In fact, Arkansas has not had a five-star recruit since 2016.
It seems like a new trend is taking place in the SEC starting on Saturday. Vanderbilt has the talent and the stadium renovation to no longer be that team that has over half their crowd wearing the opposite teams' colors. Instead, according to what Arkansas fans are saying, Georgia's trip to Fayetteville is marking the beginning of a rough era for Arkansas fans.
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