Georgia’s Homecoming crowd at Sanford Stadium got a national-window SEC matchup on Saturday, but the broadcast started drawing as much attention as the game itself.
No. 2 Georgia came in unbeaten at 4-0 and riding the nation’s highest-scoring offense, while Vanderbilt arrived at 3-1 after taking its first conference loss the week before against Auburn.
The Commodores also had freshman quarterback Jared Curtis listed as questionable because of an undisclosed injury. Curtis, who originally committed to Georgia as the country’s top-ranked quarterback prospect before flipping to Vanderbilt last December, was back in a different kind of homecoming for the Nashville Christian School product.
SEC Network carried the game nationally, and its cameras did what they usually do during a big Saturday slate: sweep the crowd and cut around the stadium. But viewers said this one crossed into something else well before halftime. On social media, fans accused the broadcast of repeatedly lingering on women in the stands instead of staying with the action on the field.
The complaints kept stacking up as the game went on, with multiple viewers describing the same thing 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,” while another said, “The cameramen at the #UGA #Vandy game really focusing on the girls in the crowd with their t**s almost out🤗,” and 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,”
The backlash didn’t stop there. Another fan posted, “The cameramen working the Vanderbilt/Georgia game seems obsessed with women in low cut tops!!!
SHAME ON YOU!!!” and one more wrote, “These ESPN camera guys are so pervy with the GA vs.
Vandy broadcast. So obvious with the boobcam 🙄#ESPN #Godawgs,”
The reaction fit a pattern that’s already started to follow SEC broadcasts this season. An ABC cameraman drew similar criticism just last week during Florida’s win over Ole Miss after holding a shot on a woman in the stands longer than a typical crowd cutaway. Last month, an ESPN cameraman also caught a couple arguing in the stands during Mississippi State’s comeback win over South Carolina.
On the field, Vanderbilt managed to stay in striking distance into the second quarter before Georgia’s offense settled in and stretched the lead with its usual mix of run and pass. By midway through the fourth quarter, the Bulldogs were up 38-14 and closing in on 5-0.
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