The biggest game on the Week 2 college football slate is Ohio State at Texas, a top-five showdown that will pull in the whole country. But for Georgia fans, it comes with a strange little twist: picking a side is not exactly simple.
There’s a clean argument for pulling for Texas. If the Longhorns beat Ohio State, that gives the SEC an early boost in the conference debate that has been raging all offseason.
The Big Ten has plenty of confidence after winning the national championship three years in a row, while the SEC still has the broader track record and, the argument goes, the deeper league. Since Texas-Ohio State is the first big crossover game between the conferences this season, the result carries some real bragging rights.
And from Georgia’s perspective, that could matter later. A Texas win would help prop up the SEC’s case if the Bulldogs end up winning the conference and comparing resumes with a Big Ten champion for playoff seeding. If Georgia gets to Atlanta and wins the SEC Championship again, being able to point to a stronger conference might help if the seeding comes down to a close call.
That said, seeding may not end up deciding much. Still, it wouldn’t hurt Georgia to be able to say it came out of the tougher league if it’s holding the SEC trophy again.
Then there’s the other side of the equation, and this is where some Georgia fans will grin: Texas losing has become a pretty entertaining habit. Georgia doesn’t need anyone else’s help to win the SEC or chase a national title, so there’s a fair argument that conference supremacy over the Big Ten doesn’t really matter. If that’s your view, then watching a new conference rival keep stumbling is its own reward.
Texas has already gone 0-3 against Georgia since joining the SEC two years ago. That stretch includes a loss at home when the Longhorns were No. 1 in the country, a loss at Georgia last season, and a loss in the 2024 SEC Championship game.
On top of that, Texas missed both the SEC Championship game and the College Football Playoff last year as the preseason No. 1 team. So even with strong teams in each of their first two SEC seasons, the Longhorns have not met the standard they set for themselves.
For Georgia fans, that’s part of the fun. The Bulldogs have had the upper hand in the SEC the last two years, and Texas has already given them plenty of reasons to enjoy the Longhorns’ discomfort. A loss to Ohio State wouldn’t affect Texas’ shot at the SEC title, but it could matter for the playoff race, and another disappointment would fit the pattern nicely.
So yes, some Georgia fans will insist this game means nothing to them. But for the ones looking for a rooting interest, the choice is not obvious at all.
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