Smart pretty clearly states that he wants to continue having big games to start their season, similarly to this year when Georgia opened their season against Clemson. The main reason he mentioned was for the fanbase, who obviously would much rather play a team like Clemson instead of a no name school nobody’s heard of.
But there are other benefits to this as well. Georgia will be much better prepared for the season ahead if they play good teams early in their season. This wil help them learn very early about what things they need to improve on, which is harder to discover against bad opponents.
Also, having one of the more difficult schedules could matter in the future. It’s clear it doesn’t matter to the CFP committee this season, but the memebers of the committee change so maybe the next group will care about this metric.
But for now, Georgia fans don’t have to worry about UGA’s schedule getting boring. And that is good news because Georgia has games against Ohio State, Florida State, Clemson and a few other power four schools already on future schedules. So Georgia will continue having these marquee games, which is exciting for everyone involved.
