Just about everything is going wrong for the Oklahoma Sooners leading up to their SEC opener against Georgia, except maybe the defense and kickoff time.
The Sooners’ looming road trip to No. 2 Georgia was given a 2:30 p.m. CT start time for Saturday on ESPN. If the Sooners were 3-0 right now, not only would this game be in prime time, but ESPN College GameDay would likely be in Athens this week instead of Knoxville for Texas vs. Tennessee.
Obviously Georgia fans were upset they missed out on GameDay and a night game at Sanford Stadium, but the disappointing TV slot was actually a blessing for the struggling Sooners.
OU avoided a night game, but still has everything else going against it
Going into Athens is already a daunting task for the Sooners. That was a matchup that worried OU fans even during the offseason and was almost always predicted as a loss. And that was before we even got the reality check that Ben Arbuckle’s offense is still terrible.
The Bulldogs had a 33-game home winning streak until Alabama ruined it with a slim 24-21 win on Sept. 27, 2025. Before that, it had been since 2019 the last time Georgia lost a game at Sanford Stadium. Jalen Hurts was the Sooners’ QB1 that season and college athletes were still playing for free to give you an idea of how long ago that was.
Georgia is now on its way to another lengthy streak. The Bulldogs haven’t lost in Athens since that loss to Bama, with four wins in a row. Georgia’s average margin of victory at home in 2026 is a staggering 64 points, but that number is skewed by matchups against Tennessee State and Western Kentucky.
The Bulldogs’ success at home is even better when the lights are on at Sanford Stadium, though. Actually, Georgia is dang near unbeatable under a night sky.
Since Kirby Smart took over in 2016, the Bulldogs are 19-1 in night games at Sanford Stadium. Once again, the only loss that blemished their perfect record was the outcome to Alabama last season.
The reality of all this, though, is that it doesn’t matter what time of day the Sooners play Georgia. The Bulldogs still have the benefit of being the better team and the advantage of being at home.
Defense travels, but the bad news for OU is that its offense also travels too. The Sooners have one of the worst offenses in the Power 4 right now and just looked terrible at their home stadium against New Mexico.
Things are going so poorly for the Sooners that Brent Venables couldn’t name a single thing the offense is good at right now, and quarterback John Mateer admitted he didn’t even realize his receiver was wide open for a touchdown Saturday night until the crowd yelled to let him know. The noise coming from Georgia fans won’t be of any help.
That postgame presser offered lots of comments that were cause for concern, but this one takes the cake. pic.twitter.com/lyKk21UZrH
— Cayden McFarland (@caydenmc) September 20, 2026
The Sooners will carry all that offensive baggage with them to Georgia, and then will also have to overcome another 93,033 fans trying to help stop them.
How to watch Oklahoma vs. Georgia
When: 2:30 p.m. CT Saturday
Watch: ESPN (watch using fuboTV free trial)
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