Georgia will have to wait a little longer for that first home night game of the season.
The Bulldogs’ SEC matchup with Auburn in two weeks was a natural fit for a primetime slot on paper, but kickoff was announced for 3:30 p.m. EST instead. Georgia has already played four home games this year and still hasn’t had a night game at home, even though that’s usually part of the annual setup.
A Georgia-Auburn game carries plenty of weight just by name. It’s one of the SEC’s historic rivalries, which is exactly why it looked like the kind of matchup that could land under the lights. But Auburn will enter the game unranked and 3-2, with a bye week still to come, and that clearly dulled the appeal for the league.
Instead, the SEC handed the night slots to a pair of games that don’t exactly scream marquee event. Arkansas and Vanderbilt, a matchup between what could be the conference’s two weakest teams, was placed in a night window on ESPN2.
Kentucky’s trip to Oklahoma also got one of the two night spots. That one is a little more respectable, but Arkansas-Vanderbilt getting a primetime slot is still a head-scratcher.
The frustration for Georgia is that this isn’t the first time the Bulldogs have been bumped aside. Last week’s home game against Vanderbilt kicked off at 12:45 p.m.
EST, while LSU got a night game against McNeese State. By comparison, that choice looks even more lopsided.
Georgia still has two home games left after Auburn, but only one of them feels like a realistic shot to be moved into a night window.
That game is Missouri.
The Tigers come to Athens on Nov. 14, in the third-to-last week of the regular season. Right now, that matchup could land in the mid-afternoon - which usually means a 3:30 p.m.
EST kickoff - or be pushed to a night start between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. EST.
There is at least some reason to think the league could choose the latter, especially if both teams are still carrying strong records and rankings by then.
Georgia still has Alabama, Florida and Ole Miss ahead before Missouri arrives. Missouri, meanwhile, has to get through Ole Miss and Texas before making the trip. If both teams keep winning through that stretch, the Tigers could be the game that finally gives Georgia its home night stage.
There are four other games that could be flexed into night windows this week, and Texas at LSU looks like a near lock for one of them. Beyond that, Georgia and Missouri stands out as the only other matchup involving two ranked teams. That may be enough to give the Bulldogs their best shot yet at a home night game this season.
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