Georgia’s Homecoming game against Vanderbilt had plenty going on before the scoreboard really separated the two teams, but much of the early chatter centered on what fans said they were seeing on the SEC Network broadcast.
Sanford Stadium was packed Saturday for a matchup that put No. 2 Georgia’s unbeaten start on the line against a Vanderbilt team that arrived at 3-1.
The Bulldogs came in with the nation’s highest-scoring offense, while the Commodores were trying to bounce back after their first conference loss of the season, a defeat to Auburn the previous week. Vanderbilt freshman quarterback Jared Curtis was listed as questionable because of an undisclosed injury, adding another layer to a day that already carried some built-in intrigue.
Curtis, who originally committed to Georgia as the nation’s top-ranked quarterback prospect before flipping to Vanderbilt last December, was making a return of a different sort in front of the Nashville Christian School product’s eyes.
But once the game got going on SEC Network, the broadcast itself became part of the conversation.
Viewers began calling out the camera work well before halftime, accusing the cameraman of repeatedly zooming in on women in the stands instead of staying with the action. As the complaints spread on social media, fans said they noticed the same pattern from different parts of the stadium. The reaction grew loud enough that the broadcast became its own subplot.
One fan wrote, “That cameraman that keeps focusing on that woman in the slit black dress better hope his wife isn’t watching the Georgia-Vandy game or better yet, not be married 😅 The obsession is real lol,” while another said, “The cameramen at the #UGA #Vandy game really focusing on the girls in the crowd with their t**s almost out🤗,” a third fan declared, “The cameramen working the Vanderbilt/Georgia game seems obsessed with women in low cut tops!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!”
and a fourth added, “These ESPN camera guys are so pervy with the GA vs. Vandy broadcast.
So obvious with the boobcam 🙄#ESPN #Godawgs.”
It wasn’t the first time this season that SEC broadcast camera work drew that kind of heat. An ABC cameraman was criticized just last week during Florida’s win over Ole Miss after holding on a shot of a woman in the stands longer than fans thought was normal. Earlier in the year, an ESPN cameraman also caught a couple arguing in the stands during Mississippi State’s comeback win over South Carolina.
On the field, Vanderbilt managed to stay close into the second quarter before Georgia’s offense started to separate itself with the same mix of run and pass that has powered the Bulldogs all season. By the middle of the fourth quarter, Georgia was up 38-14 and closing in on 5-0.
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