Late Saturday night the SEC finally announced their official game times for this upcoming weekend, and Georgia learned they will play Missouri at 3:30 pm EST. This marks the sixth home game of the season for Georgia, and somehow they have still not had the luxury of hosting a night game.
The SEC wanted to see how a few games unfolded this past weekend before deciding on whether Georgia would get to play at home under the lights, but they ultimately decided against that. That however is a big mistake because Georgia deserved a night game this weekend.
Georgia deserved a much better game time than what the SEC gave them
The SEC signed a new TV deal in 2024. Since then Georgia has only had four home night games which is the fewest in the SEC. Since this new media deal began Georgia has been the only team to win the SEC, so it would make sense for them to want to feature Georgia in prime time matchups as much as possible, but that hasn't happened.
Georgia has had a few opportunities this season when it would've made sense to have a home night game. This weekend may have been the best since Missouri is a solid team this season and Georgia just became the No. 1 team in the new AP Poll.
Earlier this season their matchup against Oklahoma and Vanderbilt would've been good opportunities too, but the SEC thought otherwise. Instead they continue to give home night games to teams like LSU who don't deserve it.
LSU didn't need another home night game this year
LSU just lost their third game of the season this past weekend. They lost to Alabama at home 31-13 which dropped them all the way to No. 24 in the updated AP Poll. This week they play Texas at home and the SEC decided to give them a home night game instead of Georgia.
To be fair that is a bigger matchup based on the team names than Georgia and Missouri. LSU however just isn't good this season even though they get more attention than everyone else. Texas also has two losses this season as well, so it seems like the SEC could've let the No. 1 team in the country have a home night game considering they haven't had one yet this season.
This weekend marks the fifth home night game of the year for LSU. They also have had more night games than every other team in the SEC since the conference's new media deal began in 2024. Knowing that they get so many home night games it feels like the SEC could've stepped in and gave Georgia the chance to play at night considering they are much better than LSU and haven't had a home night game this year.
That however did not happen and Georgia has to deal with never getting to enjoy playing under the lights in Sanford Stadium this season. They do still have one more home game against Georgia Tech in a few weeks, but the Yellow Jackets are 2-7 so far this year so it's unlikely that will be a night game.
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