David Pollack spent part of the weekend cleaning up a mess he didn’t make.
The former Georgia standout and college football analyst was dragged into a social media firestorm after an AI-generated fake quote spread online, falsely putting words in his mouth about Georgia’s 20-17 win over Alabama. The fabricated graphic claimed Pollack said referees had been “cheating” to help Georgia get the victory, and it caught enough traction to fool a few thousand fans.
The fake post traveled fast across X and Instagram, where the graphic was presented in a way that looked legitimate enough to stir up real anger. It read: "Georgia Legend David Pollack Points to Serious Officiating Cheating That Helped Georgia Beat Alabama."
That was enough for some Alabama fan pages to treat it like proof of what they already believed about the game’s ending. Georgia fans pushed back just as quickly, and the whole thing turned into a loud, cross-platform argument over whether Pollack had actually turned on his alma mater.
He hadn’t. Pollack answered the rumor directly on his official social media channels with a video response meant to shut it down.
My Response To The Viral Fake Alabama Quote pic.twitter.com/1YsfK7hWZz
Pollack did acknowledge on his real post-game show “See Ball, Get Ball” that the play in question may have been pass interference. But that was a football breakdown, not an accusation of cheating. His point was that Georgia’s secondary made a smart, physical decision in that spot to keep Alabama out of the end zone entirely.
The whole episode is another reminder of how easily AI can be used to fake outrage, feed fan bases exactly what they want to hear, and distort the conversation after a major college football game.
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