Georgia, Clemson could convert home-and-home to neutral-site game, per report
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Georgia is talking to Clemson about converting their home-and-home series in 2029 and 2030 into 1 neutral-site game, according to a report on Friday morning by the Athens Banner-Herald.
“We’re in talks right now,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks told the Banner-Herald on Friday following an athletic board meeting. “I’ve got to get through some other stuff first, but (Clemson athletic director Graham Neff) and I have been in talks, and we’ll see how that evolves over time, but right now my primary focus in on the Florida State game and where that game is going to be played.”
That Florida State game in which Brooks spoke about is a separate issue that follows the same theme as the Georgia-Clemson discussions. According to a report by On3, the Bulldogs and Seminoles had a home-and-home series originally set for 2027 and 2028 that is switching to a neutral-site matchup in 2028.
According to the Banner-Herald report, Brooks said that “everything’s on the table right now” regarding the home-and-home series against Clemson. Georgia beat Clemson in 2 recent neutral-site games, in 2024 in Atlanta and in 2021 in Charlotte.
The Dawgs and Tigers haven’t played in a home-and-home series since 2013 and 2014. Their home-and-home series scheduled for 2029 and 2030 was originally agreed to in 2018.
Brooks has said the SEC‘s move to having 9 conference games is the reason for a shift from holding home-and-home series to more lucrative neutral-site games.
While Georgia considers its future scheduling, the 2026 Bulldogs will be battling to get back to that SEC Championship Game that they’ve played in so often in recent years. Here is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about the Dawgs’ chances to be holding that SEC trophy again come December:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
