Georgia's record at GameDay broadcasts

We recite the record, 3-13, as if it were a canticle designed to ward off the mere thought of the evil spirits of Lee Corso anywhere in the same area code as the Dawgs on a Saturday.



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Here are the full list of Georgia's appearances with ESPN GameDay broadcasting from their game location (wins in bold):



1995: Georgia at #8 Tennessee; L 30-27

1998: #5 Tennessee at Georgia; L 22-3

1999: #10 Georgia vs. #5 Florida (in Jacksonville), L 30-14

2002: #7 Georgia at #22 Alabama, W 27-25

2002: #5 Georgia vs. Florida (in Jacksonville); L 20-13

2003: #7 Georgia at #11 LSU, L 17-10

2003: #3 LSU vs #5 Georgia (SEC Championship in Atlanta), L 34-13

2004: #4 Georgia at South Carolina, W 20-16

2004: #5 Georgia at #3 Auburn, L 24-6

2005: #4 Georgia vs. #16 Florida (in Jacksonville), L 14-10

2007: #22 Georgia at #16 Alabama, W 26-23

2008: #8 Alabama at #3 Georgia, L 41-30

2011: #1 LSU vs. #15 Georgia (SEC Championship in Atlanta), L 42-10

2012: #5 Georgia vs. #6 South Carolina, L 35-7

2012: #2 Alabama vs. #3 Georgia (SEC Championship in Atlanta); L 32-28

2013: #5 Georgia at #8 Clemson; L 38-35



Georgia is 0-2 in Athens, 0-6 in neutral sites, and 3-5 in true road games.



So, yeah. We haven't had a great record when we play a game that GameDay is featuring. Looking at Georgia's games, we were a clear dog in 3 of them (both UT games and SECCG in '11). Looking at the wins, we won 2 of the three we were clear favorites in (2002 Alabama, 2005 South Carolina). Look at the games from a final record perspective:



1995: Georgia finished 6-6, UT finished 11-1

1998: Georgia finished 9-3, UT finished 13-0*

1999: Georgia finished 8-4, UF finished 9-4

2002: Georgia finished 13-1, Alabama finished 10-3

2002: Georgia finished 13-1, Florida finished 8-5

2003: Georgia finished 10-3, LSU finished 13-1* (Reg. season and SECCG)

2004: Georgia finished 10-2, South Carolina finished 6-5

2004: Georgia finished 10-2, Auburn finished 13-0

2005: Georgia finished 10-3, Florida finished 9-3

2007: Georgia finished 11-2, Alabama finished 7-6 

2008: Georgia finished 10-3, Alabama finished 12-2

2011: Georgia finished 10-4, LSU finished 13-1

2012: Georgia finished 12-2, South Carolina finished 11-2

2012: Georgia finished 12-2, Alabama finished 13-1*

2013: Georgia currently 1-1, Clemson currently 2-0



By my count, Georgia only has one "bad" loss, the 2002 bed wetting against the worst Florida team in nearly 15 years. We lost to three eventual national champs. Seven of the 13 losses are to one or zero loss teams (counting Clemson right now). The hard part is winning the games that are pushes. Think 2005 Florida or this year's Clemson game.



Let me ask you a question. How ridiculous would it to hear Alabama coming into the 2008 season bitching about being on GameDay. They were 3-17 through 2007. Since then, they have gone 14-3. So, did GameDay change their formula in 2008 to give the Tide a chance to win the GameDay games they've played in since then?



If you think GameDay has something to do with us winning or losing a game, are you willing to say that Georgia would have won those games but for GameDay?



It is correlated. It is not causal. There is no way it can be.



TD

GameDay loves the SEC, but do they love UGA?

This past week, I'd done some research on teams with more than 10 appearances in GameDay featured games. While I clearly thought they wouldn't come to Athens for the LSU game, I thought it would come in handy for down the road for when we played in the GameDay feature game again. Despite what you think about our record, we want to be in GameDay featured games.



Since 1993, when GameDay premiered with #1 FSU at #2 Notre Dame in 1993, they have been to 205 locations for games. That means there have been 410 teams featured. With the rise of the SEC, it should come as no surprise that the SEC is very well represented. Six SEC teams are among the seventeen teams that have more than ten GameDay appearances.



Teams with more than 10 appearances

Florida: 24-12, 7-5 at home

Ohio State: 20-9, 10-3 at home

Oklahoma: 19-9, 5-2

Alabama: 17-20, 2-5 at home (14-3 since 2008)

Southern Cal: 15-6, 6-3 at home

LSU: 15-8, 5-4 at home

Michigan: 13-9, 8-3 at home

FSU: 11-15, 4-4 at home

Oregon: 10-6, 5-2 at home

Notre Dame: 8-11, 3-4 at home

Miami 10-7, 5-1 at home

Nebraska 9-5, 5-1

Georgia 3-13, 0-2 at home

Auburn: 7-8, 4-3 at home

Texas: 6-5, 5-1 at home

Tennessee: 6-7, 2-5 at home

Virginia Tech: 4-8, 4-1 at home



GameDay is a barometer of your program's relative strength. Westerdawg noted in the comments (and some time ago in a post), we haven't had that many games in Athens to warrant them coming to town. This week is very much that kind of match up.



Hell, they've been to Columbia, South Carolina six times. That alone doesn't convince you that we should want GameDay in Athens, I don't know what will, because Athens is a damn sight better scene than the back lot of Mad Max is. I'll get to the 'GameDay jinx' or whatever later this week, but just wanted to be sure we objectively understand the importance to recruiting and as a program PR vehicle hosting GameDay is.



TD

GameDay will be in Athens for LSU game

Well, this was clearly wrong.



From GameDay producer Lee Fitting:

Next Saturday @CollegeGameDay will be in Athens for the Dawgs and Tigers.

— Lee Fitting (@leefitting) September 22, 2013

From the official twitter feed:

It’s official. GameDay is headed between the hedges for #LSUvsUGA! #GetUp4GameDay pic.twitter.com/FJKlVAtaYS

— College GameDay (@CollegeGameDay) September 22, 2013

No idea where they'll set up, but apparently Meyers Quad was a great place for them last time.

TD