This article was originally published by The Red & Black on April 7, 2016 and can be found here.

Georgia officials announced two weeks ago that they were in the process of booking a musical act to play prior to the G-Day game on April 16. While the performer has yet to be confirmed, I couldn’t help but make a list of the five singers or bands who would best fill the role.

1. Luke Bryan

Bryan is no stranger to Sanford Stadium, having played a concert there in April 2013 alongside Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, Thomas Rhett and Ludacris. He grew up in south Georgia much like Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart, and he’s made cameos on the Georgia sidelines throughout the years. Georgia Southern ties aside, Bryan has become one of the Bulldogs’ most notable fans over the past five seasons.

2. Lynyrd Skynyrd

There’s been a lot of talk about Alabama here in Athens over the past five months. Therefore, it’s only natural to lure in the band that recorded the most popular song about the state to our west. Having these old rockers play would be a lot like spring scrimmages: They seem entertaining at first, they run their course after a 10-minute stretch and the rest of the time the audience just worries about making it home in one piece.

3. Garth Brooks

Brooks played sold-out shows across the globe in the 1990s and returned to similarly packed crowds last year. His name brand would make Georgia’s goal of hitting 93,000 attendees a mere afterthought, making standing-room-only situations necessary. There’s also the chance he plays over the time limit and cuts into the ho-hum practice game. And to think we all assumed the “G” in G-Day stood for Georgia.

4. Darius Rucker

When Rucker was the lead singer for Hootie & the Blowfish, he sang the line, “I’m such a baby ‘cause the Dolphins make me cry.” Smart can relate, having spent one season on the Miami Dolphins coaching staff before immediately coming back to the college game. Rucker knows SEC football since he is a South Carolina graduate, and snagging him would stand as an early instance of Georgia outrecruiting Will Muschamp’s Gamecocks.

5. R.E.M.

Smart has talked about how good it is to be home ever since he returned to Georgia, a place he shares with one of the biggest alternative rock bands ever. A reunion after the group’s 2011 split would send fans in droves to see this legendary local band perform one last time. It would also be a great fit since a bad showing by the Bulldogs may have some fans instinctively singing, “It’s the End of the World as We Know It.”