Georgia Bulldogs UGA logoAt this rate, Georgia’s home football game with LSU on Sept. 28 will kick off at 8 in the morning.
After opening at Clemson in a game that nearly started at 8:30 at night on ABC, the Bulldogs have found their games taking place earlier and earlier. The South Carolina contest at Sanford Stadium on Sept. 7 had a 4:30 p.m. kickoff on ESPN, and this week’s matchup against visiting North Texas will start at 12:21 on SEC TV.
“We have a schedule set really for just about any game time,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said Sunday afternoon. “We have a history in these last few years of being able to play at all these different times, so all we really have to do is pull out what we did last year when it was this time frame.”
Saturday will mark the ninth consecutive unique kickoff time for Georgia dating back to last season’s win over Ole Miss, which was a second straight 3:30 start on CBS after the Bulldogs had defeated Florida the week before. The starting time of the LSU game could be announced today if CBS does not use a six-day option.
Richt said the biggest concern with early starts is the lack of extra meeting time coaches have with players.