Report: Georgia in negotiation with Oklahoma to schedule home-and-home series
At this point, we wouldn’t be surprised if Georgia attempts to schedule a home-and-home series with the Dallas Cowboys or the Green Bay Packers.
Following this week’s big scheduling news in college football, Georgia has announced future home-and-home series against Florida State and a new series against Clemson (making for a total of five games now scheduled between UGA and Clemson in the future), it appears the Bulldogs may not be done added marquee games to its future schedules.
According to Seth Emerson of The Athletic, Georgia is in negotiation with Oklahoma for a home-and-home series. This comes after the two schools met in an epic College Football Playoff Rose Bowl game that went into overtime in the 2017 postseason. Georgia may have won that game but it was a back and forth contest that ranked among the best games of the entire season.
Georgia already has non-conference games against Notre Dame (2019), Oregon (2022), Clemson (2024), UCLA (2025), UCLA (2026), FSU (2027), Texas (2028), FSU (2028), Texas (2029) and Clemson (2029, 2030, 2032 and 2033) in addition to the school’s annual season-ending showdown with Georgia Tech for the foreseeable future.
The fact that UGA is willing to add Oklahoma to the list is incredible and hopefully results in increased fan support and revenue for the school. If nothing else, Georgia is showing the rest of college football that it doesn’t have to load up on cupcake games to be successful.
Per my man @SethWEmerson, "Georgia is deep in talks with Oklahoma about a home-and-home series" https://t.co/MiQEqcXW0D #Sooners
— Jason Kersey (@jasonkersey) April 3, 2019
Incredible – Is anybody else in the SEC going this heavy on premier Non-Conference Power 5 opponents??
So wait, Georgia in 2028 will be playing Texas, FSU, and GT? and in 2029 will play Texas, Clemson, and GT? Thats impressive scheduling but will be very difficult.
Good point. Maybe they’re gambling on FSU and GT staying at sucky levels.
Are we rally classifying GT, who has only beaten UGA 14 times in the last 50 years, as a tough game?
I think their weekly trips to Waffle House are a clear sign of a powerhouse program in the making.
Would love to see UGA drop GT for an AAC at large game. Maybe do a home-and-away with GT every few years. In non GT years play the likes of VT, FSU, NC, Miami, Clemson etc
I was at the Rose Bowl, both UGA and OU would be hard pressed to surpass that game.
If any of SDS’s crack reporters could find the buyout clauses on each of these contracts, they might could write another interesting article on this situation.
Smart is trying to get fired unless these buyouts are low.