The SEC announced Thursday that it would move to a just 10-game schedule for the 2020 season. That means Georgia football, along with all the other members of the SEC, the Bulldogs are going to have some schedule changes.
DawgNation’s team of experts – Mike Griffith, Connor Riley, Brandon Adams and Jeff Sentell – react to the big moves made by the conference, as well as how it will affect Georgia in the 2020 season and beyond
Among some of the schedule changes:
- Georgia and Georgia Tech will not play this season. The two sides have played every season since 1925.
- Georgia and Florida are still ready to play in Jacksonville, Florida.
- The season for SEC teams will begin on September 26. That means Georgia’s September 19 game against Alabama will need to be rescheduled.
- There will be two weeks off, one mid-season and one on December 12.
- The SEC championship game will be played on December 19 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
- There will still be divisions in 2020.
- Despite previous reports, the two additional SEC games have yet to be determined. A report indicated that the strength of the schedule will be a factor in which teams will be added.
- The NCAA will allow teams to start practicing regarding the dates the games were originally scheduled. That means, unless the SEC or Georgia decides to delay the start date, Georgia will start practicing on August 9.
The DawgNation team looks at what all this means for Georgia. Will there be a college football playoff and how would that affect a schedule only for the conference? And what is the future of the Georgia-Georgia Tech rivalry, with the two teams not playing this season?
The SEC joins the Pac-12 and the Big Ten to switch to a conference-only schedule. The ACC announced a 10-game conference schedule along with a non-conference game. Notre Dame is also joining ACC this season.
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