Georgia AD Greg McGarity 'angry' over Vanderbilt game being called off
The Georgia Bulldog community is upset that Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt has been called off due to COVID issues in the Commodore program. Even mild-mannered UGA athletic director Greg McGarity is publicly venting in comments he made to media members, as published by Mike Griffith of Dawg Nation.
“I don’t take things personal, but when our institution suffers, it upsets me greatly,” McGarity told reporters.
“When something affects our school, it’s extremely frustrating.”
McGarity, who is departing his post at year’s end, said Bulldogs players and fans are right to be angry with the situation.
“They should be angry, and we’re angry, too,” McGarity said.
As of right now, the game has been tentatively rescheduled to Dec. 19, the same as the SEC Championship Game. Kirby Smart’s squad is currently second in the SEC East and not yet eliminated from going to the conference title game. The Dawgs (6-2) would need Florida (7-1) to lose each of its final two games – Saturday at Tennessee and Dec. 12 against LSU at home – to play in the SEC Championship Game.
McGarity expressed concern that even if the Dawgs are not in the conference title game, they may still miss out on the Vanderbilt game.
“It’s just extremely frustrating and extremely disappointing, especially if the game on the 19th can’t be played, and that’s what we fear,” McGarity said.
“Hopefully Vandy will be prepared to play (Dec. 19),” McGarity added.
“It’s just so frustrating when you have coaches and players and support staff that make significant sacrifices to stay safe, and they do so, and then they have no competitive benefit other than their health.
“We have shown the ability to stay healthy by being disciplined and following the advice from Coach Smart and (Head trainer) Ron Courson. We are an example of what can be done with discipline and a desire to play college football.”
More of McGarity’s comments can be read in Griffith’s full article on Dawg Nation.
Holy crap, settle down Beavis.
You may not want to poke the bear (or dawg) considering UGA plays you guys next week. Their going to be pissed off enough as it is.
Yeah Bc this guys comment is gonna make a difference in the game
It’s one thing to be angry, it’s another to go all holier than thou like he did at the end. Lame.
Wow! Vandy waits until Friday to pull this crap.
How bad does it have to get for players to revolt to the point that they don’t even want to play the game?
The bogus covid excuse just makes it look even worse. It would be better if the acting coach just admitted that his players just wanted to stay home.
Not fair to the UGA Seniors who wanted to play their last game in Sanford stadium.
They tried to persuade a couple of the quitters who took their marbles and went home to come back and play, pretty please. Quitters are losers. Good luck explaining that when you try to gain employment.
I’m pretty sure no employer is gonna give a crap about anything other than that degree from vandy for any of those players
Any proof that they are ducking and using COVID as an excuse or are you doing your best Kirk Herbstriet impression?
Ole Timmy Boy is the king of conspiracy theories…
Vanderbilt just did an impersonation of Florida State…so now FSU/Vandy can be used in the same sentence. Any school that cancels a game on Friday is bush-league…no matter what league they play in.
AFan being an Ahole again.. Shocker
Blackandgold…How many games have you guys won this year ?
Yep!
Don’t break your arm patting yourself on the back, Greg. It could happen to any team.
To hell with anything to do with Georgia. Boot that whole democrat loving state out of the SEC. Georgia is a disgrace to the rest of us in the South!
The last sentence is the truth and I’m a Georgia fan!
As I noted on a different article about this matter: The “We will never compromise the health and safety of our student-athletes” schtick is a cop-out and a farce. There isn’t a college in the world where student-athletes are in any real danger for the Wuhan virus, and the data bear this out! Thus, there isn’t a serious or science-based justification for the cancellation of ANY college or high school sporting event because of the Wuhan virus.–That’s what McGarity should’ve said.