Sunday, the selection committee for the College Football Playoff announced that Georgia will face Cincinnati in this year’s Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in Atlanta.
The Bulldogs have now qualified for their fourth-straight New Year’s Six Bowl under head coach Kirby Smart, which is still quite impressive, despite not making the playoff.
Georgia will look to end its season on a high note riding a three-game win streak into its meeting with the Bearcats on New Year’s Day. However, the circumstances will be higher than they normally are for a Bulldog bowl game.
Georgia will line up against a team similar to the 2017 UCF squad that Auburn faced in that year’s Peach Bowl. The Tigers would go on to lose as the Knights claimed a national championship following the win.
Surely, Coach Smart and company don’t want any of that nonsense with a loss to No. 8 Cincinnati.
Here’s how Twitter reacted to the news of playing the Bearcats with some echoing those very thoughts.
Cincinnati will be motivated to stay perfect & beat an SEC power. They’re well-coached.
But even if the Georgia opt out list is longer than a CVS receipt, the Dawgs have no business losing this game.
If LSU can go into Florida with their 4th string & win, Dawgs have no excuse.
— Jon Tweets Sports (@JonTweetsSports) December 20, 2020
#8 Cincinnati will play #9 Georgia in the Peach Bowl on January 1st pic.twitter.com/3zuS9cwvR4
— PFF College (@PFF_College) December 20, 2020
can’t wait for this one. if georgia loses it’ll be because “they weren’t motivated for a meaningless bowl game” 👌🏼
— 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 (@bradyispliable) December 20, 2020
Georgia football will do the same thing to Cincy football that Georgia Basketball did to Cincy Basketball last night
— Dawgsontop (@dawgsontop2017) December 20, 2020
Cincinnati beating Georgia by 10+
— CFBKnights (@CFBKnights) December 20, 2020
Home game for Georgia.
— Nick Gazerro (Clone!) 24 MORE DAYS UNTIL HOCKEY! (@nikgazcs) December 20, 2020
Georgia gonna have a bad time pic.twitter.com/3SFhl6yJcZ
— Park the Bus (@ethanthomthom) December 20, 2020
So if UGA loses, they weren’t motivated, right? Isn’t that the line?
— Greg Pridham (@gprid) December 20, 2020
Oh lord georgia ffs do not blow it 😂
— The Weekly Tide (@weeklycrimson) December 20, 2020
Cincy should opt out
— Mac Engel (@MacEngelProf) December 20, 2020
Georgia shouldn’t even show up to play lol what’s the point of playing a non p5 school and risking injury for next year in a game that literally means nothing ?
— Micah Dewitt (@micahdewitt2) December 20, 2020
Georgia by 24
— Michael (@Michael_D08) December 20, 2020
Cincy by 30
— The Daily Bearcat (@clone77771) December 20, 2020
Can’t wait to watch Georgia lose a home game
— Park the Bus (@ethanthomthom) December 20, 2020
Everybody used the same unmotivated line last year for us against Baylor in the Sugar Bowl. We balled out, even though we didn’t have much of an offense then, but we sure do now. Georgia will be ready.
— Aaron King (@aaronking) December 20, 2020
— Jøe (@FortJoseph) December 20, 2020