Georgia’s Homecoming crowd at Sanford Stadium got a Saturday SEC showcase against Vanderbilt, but the broadcast quickly became part of the conversation for a very different reason.
No. 2 Georgia entered the game unbeaten at 4-0 and riding the nation’s highest-scoring offense.
Vanderbilt came in at 3-1 after taking its first conference loss of the season against Auburn the week before. The Commodores also had freshman quarterback Jared Curtis listed as questionable because of an undisclosed injury.
Curtis, a Nashville Christian School product, had originally committed to Georgia as the nation’s top-ranked quarterback prospect before flipping to Vanderbilt last December, saying he was drawn to the program’s direction and the chance to play for Clark Lea.
SEC Network carried the game nationally, and its cameras did what cameras usually do during a big SEC afternoon: sweep the stands, catch reactions, fill the dead space. But this time, viewers noticed the crowd shots almost immediately.
Before halftime, fans on social media were already calling out what they saw as repeated zoom-ins on women in the stands instead of action on the field. The criticism snowballed as the game went on, with multiple viewers describing the same pattern from different parts of the stadium.
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”
Another posted: “The cameramen at the #UGA #Vandy game really focusing on the girls in the crowd with their t**s almost out🤗,”
A third added: “These ESPN cameramen really love to point their cameras at women. 😂😂😂 I’ve seen alone in the Georgia and Vanderbilt game where the cameraman pointed to 5 different women in the span of 5 minutes,”
Then came: “The cameramen working the Vanderbilt/Georgia game seems obsessed with women in low cut tops!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!”
And another fan wrote: “These ESPN camera guys are so pervy with the GA vs. Vandy broadcast. So obvious with the boobcam 🙄#ESPN #Godawgs”
The reaction wasn’t happening in a vacuum. Just last week, an ABC cameraman drew similar complaints during Florida’s win over Ole Miss after lingering on a woman in the stands longer than fans felt was normal. That came on the heels of another moment last month, when an ESPN cameraman caught a couple arguing during Mississippi State’s comeback win over South Carolina.
On the field, Vanderbilt hung around into the second quarter before Georgia’s offense took control the way it so often does, mixing the run and the pass until the Bulldogs were out in front. By midway through the fourth quarter, Georgia led 38-14 and was closing in on a 5-0 start.
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