Most Georgia football fans probably thought the discussions surrounding the annual Spring Game in Athens were over, but that couldn't be further from the true.
Conversations have been running rampant around college football regarding if it still makes sense to host a traditional televised Spring Game. Some fanbases and even head coaches have pointed to the increased tampering that is occurring in the sport as a reason to not have a game, while others have said they will continue having their game regardless.
This created a lot of fear in Georgia fans as the Spring Game is their only chance, whether in person or on TV, to watch the Bulldogs before summer begins and they have to wait until the fall. And while Kirby Smart and Georgia will still have a Spring Game, word came out on Monday that the game will not be televised, according to Marc Weiszer with onlineathens.com.
"Georgia football opts out of G-Day, practices being part of ESPN's SEC spring programming."
Georgia football opts out of G-Day, practices being part of ESPN's SEC spring programminghttps://t.co/Fn0t5ZcpC8
— Marc Weiszer (@marcweiszer) March 17, 2025
What does this mean for Georgia?
For Georgia’s team specifically, this update really doesn’t mean all that much. Georgia will still have their normal G-Day, just minus the TV coverage. So for everyone at the game including fans, the day will be completely the same.
But it is quite a shame that Georgia fans at home won’t be able to watch.
Smart hasn’t shared why this decision was made yet, but he definitely will be asked the next time he speaks to the media. Maybe doing this will make it impossible for rival teams to get a sneak peak at his players, but that is the only positive to this decision.
Hopefully this isn’t a permanent change, because Georgia fans want nothing more than to watch their team even for just a short time in the middle of the offseason.
Kirby Smart's comments last week about the Spring Game
“We’re planning to have a spring game. I’ve talked with Josh Brooks several times about it,” Smart previously shared. “We’ve had (the) conversation, but that doesn’t mean that can’t change. Last year, I think Kentucky didn’t have any defensive linemen healthy. They weren’t able to have a spring game. We don’t know. I can’t forecast the future to know exactly what’s going to happen 15 days from now. I do know we have to get better, and we’ve gotta practice football, so when that happens, as it goes, we spread ours out over more time than most people. We have five weeks and three practices a week, so we want to try to get recovery and stay healthy so we can have really good practices.”