Georgia is making another change to its nonconference future, and this time Clemson is the series coming off the board.
According to Marc Weiszer of the Athens Banner-Herald, Georgia and Clemson have mutually agreed to cancel the four games that were scheduled to be played on campus from 2029 through 2033. The series had originally been put on the books in 2018 and 2019.
The games in Clemson were set for Sept. 15, 2029 and Sept. 3, 2033, while the trips to Athens were scheduled for Aug. 31, 2030 and Sept. 4, 2032.
Back in May, Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said the Bulldogs were still working through the situation.
“We’re in talks right now,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said of the series back in May. “I’ve got to get through some other stuff first, but Graham (Neff) and I have been in talks and we’ll see how that evolves over time.”
At that time, Brooks also said a neutral-site version of the series was possible.
“Everything’s on the table right now with that,” Brooks said.
The Clemson cancellation fits a broader trend for Georgia, which has already backed out of nonconference games against NC State, Louisville, and Florida State over the past year. The report also notes that a game involving Louisville had not been finalized or confirmed by Georgia.
Louisville coach Jeff Brohm has since spoken out against the decision to cancel those games.
The scheduling shake-up comes as the SEC has moved to nine conference games and now requires schools to face one Power 4 nonconference opponent. Georgia Tech already fills that spot for the Bulldogs every year, and Brooks pointed to that reality in May when explaining the strain on the schedule.
“The reality is when you go to nine conference games and (Georgia) Tech, adding that many games put us in a precarious situation with the number of home and homes we had scheduled,” Brooks said in May. “Instead of just eliminating those games all together, we’re trying to find a way to keep as many of those on the schedule and the simplest way to do that would be to move to a neutral site.”
Georgia has played Clemson twice during Kirby Smart’s tenure, and both of those meetings were at neutral sites. The last time the teams met on campus was in 2013 and 2014.
For now, Georgia still has one notable home-and-home left on the schedule: Ohio State in 2030 and 2031.
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