Dogs play a home game in Atlanta?
Georgia fans put up with the fact that our “home” game with Florida every other year takes place in Jacksonville, but how would you feel if the Dogs gave up another game in Athens, say, in 2010, to play a nationally televised high-profile nonconference game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta?
It’s a possibility, according to coach Mark Richt. The Athens Banner-Herald reports that when Richt spoke to the Augusta Bulldog Club Monday night an audience member asked what he could do about Alabama’s Nick Saban scheduling games in Atlanta, seen as a recruiting plus. “We’re working a deal that could possibly happen,” Richt said. “Maybe even the year after this.” He added, however, that a lot would have to happen for the deal to fall into place and “it’s really more of a pipedream than anything anybody should get excited about.”
Richt said somebody currently on Georgia’s schedule (which hasn’t been officially announced) would have to agree to come off in order for the deal to happen, and he’s not optimistic. But he did tease that “we think we have one team that everybody would be excited about.”
I’m of a mixed mind on this. On the surface, Georgia playing a Southern Cal or UCLA or Oklahoma in Atlanta for a national prime-time audience would seem like a golden opportunity to gain great exposure for the program, and a win in a game like that gives your team a boost with all those voters in the polls, as was the case after Alabama destroyed Clemson last season in Atlanta. Plus, as has been proved when the Dogs have played bowl games or SEC Championship games there, UGA fans can make the dome rock when they want to.
But the devil’s in the details, and for fans it might prove to be a raw deal. For one thing, the Georgia Dome doesn’t seat as many as Sanford Stadium (as has been pointed out when moving the Florida game there in alternate years has been discussed). And despite Falcons fans giving it their best shot, the area of downtown around the dome is not exactly prime tailgating territory. It would have to be a pretty great matchup to make me happy with giving up a Saturday in Athens.
So what do you think? A great idea or not worth the effort?
BULLDOG BITES: Richt also revealed Monday night that the NCAA nixed him attending Georgia signee Chris Burnette’s graduation ceremony since the player will just be a speaker, not the valedictorian. After all the posturing the NCAA did about this issue, that’s a typically hypocritical result. … C.J. Byrd has signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, UGA says, making him the fifth Dog to sign as an undrafted free agent. With the six Dogs who were drafted, that makes 11 members of the 2008 team going to the pros. … All three games of this weekend’s Diamond Dogs home series against Florida are sold out, UGA says. But tickets are still available for the return game against Jacksonville State Wednesday night and the final regular season home series against Vandy, May 8-10. … I caught Matthew Stafford on Letterman Monday night, and while his delivery of the Top 10 thoughts that went through his mind on draft day wasn’t the smoothest performance by an athlete delivering one of Dave’s Top 10s, he didn’t embarrass himself. Best lines: “Holy crap, I think I just pulled a hamstring” and “Why does Jessica Simpson keep calling me?” You can watch it here.
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daslicksta
April 28th, 2009
9:39 am
I’d be happy to see the annual UGA-Fla game played in Atlanta every other year just to prove that Fla can’t have their way all the time and Atlanta would be as “neutral ground” to Athens as Jacksonville is to Gainsville since that is their arguement..
TROTTINGHOME
April 28th, 2009
9:49 am
the king of junk but at least u got some current yet useless info
Right On Time
April 28th, 2009
9:52 am
I don’t see why it would have to be in Atlanta. Why not do a home and home with USC, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame. The schedule has gone the right direction with the addition of ASU, OkSt, Oregon, etc. but the next step needs to be taken. I want to see the Dawgs play the above mentioned teams, preferrably between the Hedges. If, for some reason, the only way it can be done is in Atlanta, then I say do it.
RedGADawg
April 28th, 2009
9:52 am
A Dome game that is in place of one of the throw away games (FCS) by this I mean you may as well throw the tickets away if you are not going as few want to see the DAWGS beat a lower division team and some BCS teams manage to lose or look bad in those games. Dome is not ideal due to lack of tail gate area, not conducive to making a day of it, yet would be fun to have major opponent in town for Prime Time. No not regular SEC foe, must be top twenty from out of area. Please no Big Least, maybe a PAC 10, bring on Southern Cal or Texas. How about we play Texas in Atlanta and then go play them in Dallas? Fun for all!
ACC Football=SEC Basketball
April 28th, 2009
9:55 am
Where were all the UGA fans before 1990 when they beat Florida on a regular basis? There was nothing wrong with Jax then.
lastgrad
April 28th, 2009
10:06 am
let’s keep the fall break in Jax. Still the best gameday around. Only we need to get back to playing to win. A top ten school on our schedule ever year could lead to even better national recruitment levels for the Dawgs. but home and home only. Forget Atlanta. Athens is football heavan.
DawginLex
April 28th, 2009
10:15 am
Don’t move the game from Jacksonville!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want to play a game in the dome, fine do it. But don’t move the florida game.
Hopefully not
April 28th, 2009
10:20 am
I’m not looking forward to tailgating with the homeless.
slimpickens
April 28th, 2009
10:21 am
Bill, I am glad that the Banner Hearld got the scoop! If we had waited on the AJC, it would have been at least Friday before the news would have been reported. No I don’t want to go to the Dome, what is wrong with Athens and almost 93,000 fans? Since it is all about money now days, I am sure it will happen.
JB
April 28th, 2009
10:21 am
I was there last night….He did not think it would work ,based on the revenue the team booted off the schedule would give up. He wants it, but losing another home game is a ton of money….It’s about as much cash as 4 or 5 Tech home games…….
george
April 28th, 2009
10:24 am
You can thank the helpless Auburn Tigers for this possibility. Those pansies bailed on UCLA in the dome in 2010 and instead will open with Arkansas State.
Right On Time
April 28th, 2009
10:28 am
By the way, I am speaking as a life long UGA fan and 16 year season tickiet holder. I have been to Jax many times going back to 1x in the 70’s. I say if the WLOCP is what stands in the way of some great games with tremendous upside, it must be moved. Tradition is great but sometimes it can create a stale experience. This is not about the recent losses and, no, I do not care about the fans and “Big $$$ boosters” in south Georgia. If selfish grayhairs and selfish traditionalist can’t put the team fist willingly, they must be forced.
Quit with the excuses and get this thing done.
Gummy Bears...Bouncing here and there and everywhere....THEY ARE THE GUMMY BEARS!!!!
April 28th, 2009
10:29 am
Cool UGA VS USC!!! I hate Georgia Vs. Western Kentucky and these crappy teams they play. That is what puts UGA behind the other major teams in the nation.
GeoffDawg
April 28th, 2009
10:31 am
If we’re looking for recruiting exposure, why do the game in Georgia? Opening the season against somebody like USC or Michigan in Florida or Texas would do more for developing our national brand in talent rich areas.
Otto
April 28th, 2009
10:35 am
No reason to play in the dome. Jax is good for recruiting South Georgia and Florida. The location of the game is not the problem. The scheduling for both teams is the problem. UGA also has plenty of respectable OOC games scheduled.
Otto
April 28th, 2009
10:37 am
My post above was in reference to UF. I agree with Geoff. UGA gains nothing by playing in Atlanta but Texas or South Florida may help recruiting.
Sambo McPoot
April 28th, 2009
10:40 am
Bad idea, Athens is UGA’s home not Atlanta
PTC DAWG
April 28th, 2009
10:41 am
I’m happy with UGA’s chances to play 1 game a year in the GA Dome. So far, 3 out of 8.
As far as moving the game from Jax, no way.
DawgDayz
April 28th, 2009
10:42 am
I have heard the possibility of a Penn State vs. UGA matchup and a rematch of the ‘83 Sugar Bowl. I have also heard the possibility of USC, Texas or Ohio State as well. Any of which will bring in a good crowd. Apparently all those schools have big alumni groups living in the Atlanta area.
AJ
April 28th, 2009
10:44 am
That’s stupid. Tell everyone that wants to come to the game to drive to Athens. A game of that magnitude played in Athens on a Saturday night would be awesome!
Dawgs2009
April 28th, 2009
10:46 am
Perhaps the famous Famous Athens Homeless Rapist will terrorize the Georgia faithful at the Georgia Dome. The story of the Homeless Rapist was posted in The Red and Black in February 2008. the article can still be read by checking out the “most commented” section.
The best article I have ever read!
Man sodomized by homeless
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Police say a homeless man committed aggravated sodomy Thursday afternoon against a 23-year-old male in downtown Athens.
The incident occurred at an undisclosed location at 1 p.m., police say.
Police have the name of the homeless man, but he has not been arrested or charged.
According to the police report:
The homeless man approached a man and a woman as they were getting into a car. He held the car door open and asked the man where he lived and whether he owned a car. The woman told the man to take down the homeless man’s name, and the man walked away with him to get the information.
The 23-year-old man told police he did not remember much but did recall “a large door with writing on it and a hallway of some type,” where the suspect then told him to perform oral sex, the police report states.
When he refused, the homeless man threatened to beat him up and told him to pull down his pants and bend over.
When he refused again, the homeless man allegedly pulled down the man’s pants and forced him to bend over. The homeless man then performed anal sex and allowed the man to leave when he was finished, according to the report.
The 23-year-old man was taken to the Sexual Assault Center of Northeast Georgia on Lexington Road for testing and to be interviewed.
Tom
April 28th, 2009
10:49 am
george, you can also thank UCLA for this op……
After Auburn bailed on an AU-UCLA matchup, UCLA was offered the chance to play Tech instead.
UCLA declined.
Tom
April 28th, 2009
10:50 am
Geoff,
Just checking…..are we clear on the EZ quote issue, now? (re: yesterday’s blogging) Thanks.
Bo Williams
April 28th, 2009
10:51 am
I think the NCAA should force all college coaches to attend as many graduations of their recruits as possible. Not just those where such a desire/promise to attend is used as a recruitment ploy.
Gummy Bears...Bouncing here and there and everywhere....THEY ARE THE GUMMY BEARS!!!!
April 28th, 2009
10:51 am
dawgs2009 you forgot…AND THEN THERE’S MAUDE!
GA Tech Insider
April 28th, 2009
10:53 am
GA Tech was apparently offered to take the 2010 Auburn spot to play against UCLA, and UCLA declined.
http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-ucla-football15-2009apr15,0,5484375.story
GeoffDawg
April 28th, 2009
10:55 am
Actually no Tom. I did ask 790 to confirm the quote but no response yet. I also asked them for the full text if applicable since your “…..” indicates you left something out of it. I’m not holding my breath though. Thanks for checking – you’re a peach.
GeoffDawg
April 28th, 2009
10:59 am
Thanks for that Dawgs2009. Nothing like a little sodomy with your morning coffee.
Tom
April 28th, 2009
11:00 am
No sweat, Geoff. Oh, and the “….” was simply my designation of a pause in the quote. Nothing omitted. Also remember the context of the conversation, which was the actions of the “airport guy”.
As a stand-alone quote, though, it’s golden.
Rebel Rouser
April 28th, 2009
11:00 am
Are you kidding me! Move a game from Sanford Stadium which holds 93,000 to a stadium that holds 72,000 just so Georgia can get on TV! If the dawgs want to get on TV more often to get exposure just win more games…TV land has a tendency to flock to games involving nationally ranked winning teams. Alabama needed the exposure last year as did Clemson….Bama has been in hibernation the past ten years and needed to let the football world know they still field a team…plus Nick Saban needed it for his big ego…Clemson hasn’t had any exposure outside the south since Danny Ford was their coach.I think the Georgia Florida game needs to move to a home & home schedule….although I’m not sure having all those jeans wearing mullett headed fans of theirs in Athens would be a good thing…it would take weeks cleaning up the grease they leave all over town once they go home.
Joel in ATL
April 28th, 2009
11:01 am
If a high profile team wants to come to Georgia an play Georgia then it’s only 70 miles NE of Atlanta to play between the hedges. I mean dang I know the Falcons don’t weant to play in the dome anymore but that doesn’t mean the Dawgs have to be the next main tenant. If the Dawgs play in the Dome it better be for a SEC Championship or for Bowls. Whats the point iof having a 93,000 historic stadium if your only going to use it to play Southern Christian College of Art and Design in? There is just too much crying and whinning now about where to play and who doesn’t want to play. Yea I can see USC saying well UGA we will play you in your state but not in your stadium, but if UGA said we will play you in San Deigo and not LA I don’t think USC would go for that now do you… As for those schools having big fan bases in Atlanta I could see why they would hate going to Athens, jealously is a mother!!
Bubba Grump
April 28th, 2009
11:10 am
We have season tickets to the Georgia games at Sanford Stadium in the Club level and a parking pass to the Psychology Building parking lot about 200 yards from the gate. Obviously, these aren’t easy to come by and are NOT something I am willing to give up. Why on Earth would I want to give that up to go sit in the Dome and tailgate in downtown Atlanta in a smaller arena?? No offence to the Dome or Atlanta. I was born and raised here and am a Falcons fan and love going to see them play there, but nothing beats game day in Athens and game day in Atlanta doesn’t even come close. Other than a shorter drive there are no benefits to the true DAWG fans and that is certainly not worth moving a home game for. Go DAWGS!!!
DawgDayz
April 28th, 2009
11:10 am
I guarantee you that a home and home series with the likes of USC, Ohio State, Penn State or Texas would be a primetime game anyhow. There would be no need to negotiate a game in Atlanta or anywhere else. I agree keep it on the college campuses gives it the perfect atmosphere for the fans and allows more fans to see the game.
Can anyone confirm GT considering a home and home with Oklahoma?
Sanford Drive
April 28th, 2009
11:18 am
Joel, I can assure you that nobody in Athens is jealous of Atlanta. Coming to Athens was the highlight of my Tech friends’ semester. Please.
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11:23 am
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murfdawg
April 28th, 2009
11:28 am
Having the WLOCP in Jax is not the problem. As an Old Dawg, who has had season tix since 1973, I have seen the Dawgs win 7 out of 10 in the 70s, 8 out of 10 in the eighties. Jax was a good place to play as long as we had a good coach and a good team. Now the tide has turned in favor of the gators and a whining bunch of namby pamby psuedo-dog fans want to blame playing in Jax on our misfortunes. It is not Jax’s fault people!!!
Leave the game in Jax. Don’t go to a home amd home. And please do not bring it to ATL. To paraphrase Scarlett, “Gators in Atlanta,oh my”
Lazy Dawg
April 28th, 2009
11:33 am
Giving up a home game in Athens to go to Atlanta is a slap in the face to the Bulldog nation,let’s get over ourself’s and play football!!!!!
Just a thought...
April 28th, 2009
11:36 am
It might be a little easier to get one of those big time OOC opponents to play us if the game were in Atlanta. The logistics of flying in to Atlanta and then boarding a bus for an hour and a half drive to Athens can be difficult. If I were a west coast team such as USC I wouldn’t want to do it.
Mike M
April 28th, 2009
11:42 am
As a Florida fan, I wouldn’t go to Atlanta for FL/GA games. I would e-bay my tickets as the Dome is no place for this “outdoor” game.
I am low on the totem pole with regards to home-home series, as would be many of the GA fans who would have to fight for 9K tickets in Gainesville.
Lets keep it in Jax, where BOTH sides have more fun than any other game I can think of.
Dorsey Hill
April 28th, 2009
11:42 am
If playing in ATL got us a huge game like USC, TX, OK, OSU, Mich., or Notre Dame AND playing in the Dome kept Bama out then I’m all for it. Otherwise, no deal.
Keep dreaming
April 28th, 2009
11:54 am
Went to the Hawks game last week and literally got hit up for $ by 25 or more panhandlers…
Weird thing was 24 were Tennessee grads…
Cuz
April 28th, 2009
11:55 am
I wouldn’t go to a home dome game. If it is that big a profile I will stay home and watch it with my daughter. Just do not move the game from Jax.
Luke
April 28th, 2009
11:56 am
The only time I want to play in the Georgia Dome is in early December. Stupid idea.
Snoop
April 28th, 2009
11:56 am
The posturing about Richt attending the graduation ceremony came from Richt and the AJC, not from the NCAA.
Sanford Drive
April 28th, 2009
12:00 pm
Football games in domes suck. Period. Especially in Atlanta. The downtown area sucks, and everybody knows it.
Otto
April 28th, 2009
12:06 pm
If USC can play games in Auburn and Arkansas they can take the bus ride to Athens.
Cuz
April 28th, 2009
12:06 pm
Minneappolis is a good place for a dome. Maybe we can play the Golden Gophers dome and dome.
murfdawg
April 28th, 2009
12:10 pm
How many recruits did we lose to Bama last year by “allowing them to play in the dome”? Most of these recruits are being courted from their freshman year in high school and one game two miles from the GT campus would not make a difference. If a prima donna recruit bases his decision on who plays in the 78,000 seat dome as opposed to spending a glorious Saturday in Athens, then we don’t want him.
I applaud Chick-fil-A and their support for college football. And I understand why they would want UGA and their 92,000fans. Why isn’t GT begging for this game? They should be the ones who would want to play Bama. Have they ever gotten over the Granning-Holt thing?
Sid
April 28th, 2009
12:15 pm
Keep the game with the slimy lizards in J’ville. We will beat them some and,from looking around,parts of Jacksonville need the money-ha !!
Clay
April 28th, 2009
12:17 pm
Sanford Stadium, which sells out all home games, holds almost 20,000 more fans than the Georgia Dome, so the idea of playing a regular season game in Atlanta is silly! Athens has a far better tailgating atmosphere and much less crime. All home games should be played in Sanford Stadium, between the hedges! Go Dawgs! woof! woof!
It would be a much better idea for Georgia Tech to hold the Georgia-Georgia Tech game in the Georgia Dome rather than their little Bobby Dodd Stadium. That way several thousand more UGA fans can attend that game! WOOF! WOOF!
john
April 28th, 2009
12:34 pm
UGA doesn’t need the dome for a nationally televised home game when Sanford Stadium is right up the road. How stupid.
What I’d like to see is UGA’s home game against FLA be played at the dome.
Rob
April 28th, 2009
12:41 pm
Sid, while I agree with your opinion on keeping the game in Jacksonville, take a quick look at the area around the GA Dome before trashing Jax… or west of it, or south of it. Make sure to bring a piece.
Jacksonville is a border city and as neutral as we’re going to get, 20 miles from GA. Atlanta is 250 miles from FL. How is that comparable? Do you people realize how far that is for UF fans in South FL? I know, let’s have the game in Brunswick or Valdosta. It’s not UF’s or Jacksonville’s fault that Atlanta is the only city in Georgia worthy of hosting such an event. But 250 miles behind enemy lines and in a smaller indoor stadium in a horrible area for tailgaiting? Are you serious? Besides, I don’t recall UGA fans complaining about playing in Jax before the 90’s. I wonder why…
Just a thought...
April 28th, 2009
12:42 pm
“If USC can play games in Auburn and Arkansas they can take the bus ride to Athens.”
Fair enough. I’m just saying it might be a little easier to schedule them and teams like them if we agreed to play in Atlanta. Just looking at it from their standpoint, we wouldn’t have to make an hour and half drive after touching down at the airport when we played at their place. Why should they?
I think if UGA is going to play some of these big time OOC games that everyone wants its going to take a little thinking outside of the box. We don’t have to play a home game at the Dome every single year, but if gets us a matchup with a USC or an Oklahoma or a Texas its worth its weight in gold.
Reebok
April 28th, 2009
12:43 pm
Tech fan here, so I don’t have a dog in this fight (sorry), but I don’t see any advantage for UGA to play a game in the dome vs. Sanford. Sanford has a great college gameday feel, and the Dome is terrible for tailgating. Plus, many of Georgia’s high-profile games are already national broadcasts.
Huh?
April 28th, 2009
12:43 pm
Rob, I’d bet a large sum of money that there are more UF fans in Atlanta than there are in south Florida.
UGADawg83
April 28th, 2009
12:46 pm
Clay you hit the nail on the head. Leave everything alone but the Tech game and when it is Tech’s homegame lets play it in the Dome.
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April 28th, 2009
12:56 pm
Dogs can’t play on carpet. They’ll drag their butts across it and ruin it for everyone else.
Rob
April 28th, 2009
12:59 pm
There’s a lot more than I thought before I moved here but I would take you up on that bet. Either way you’re missing my point. Jax is in the middle for everyone. There’s also a lot of UGA fans in south GA and Jax.
Again, didn’t the UGA people used to love the game being in Jax? Why the change in sentiment over the last 15 years?
Denver Dog
April 28th, 2009
1:01 pm
Hey Tech guys, which one of your #1 draft choices were on Letterman?
I say move our home year at Jax to Atlanta. When that fair is in town in Jax, the taligating surroundings are not that good. I don’t want to see us move any games away from Athens. Have you ever been to Tuscaloosa? You would rather move a game to Atlanta then too!. I hear that Tech is considering moving one of it’s non-conffernence power games like Gardner Webb or Wofford to the Ga Dome. It seats twice as many as Grant Field, and it will be closer to Spartanburg, or Boiling Springs so they can get those big fan followings to come over for the game.
We don’t need to take anything out of Sanford Stadium.
Terry Langston
April 28th, 2009
1:04 pm
I am sick of the “neutral” site of Jax. The game has turned into a three day drunk for many of the most disgraceful GA and Fl fans. I feel very little empathy for the South Ga fans. Move the game to Atlanta every other year or to a home campus game. The tourist industry should not dictate where our games should be played. Maybe we can get this game to be something other than a excuse to act like a bunch of fools.
Terry
April 28th, 2009
1:04 pm
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jaxdawg
April 28th, 2009
1:05 pm
If they move a game to the dome once a year, it should be the WLOCP. I love the game being in Jax, but to rotate it annually from Jax to Atlanta would be a pretty good idea. I think a lot of Gaytor fans like the idea as well…I’m friends with a lot of those homo’s. Georgia doesn’t need any more exposure than what they already have…they play on Nat’l television pretty much every week. Their spring game was televised by ESPN for crying out loud. How much more exposure do they need?? We don’t need recruits from the west coast, there are plenty of good players right here in our own back yard.
SoCal Dawg
April 28th, 2009
1:06 pm
Pleeeeease play USC! I live in LA and I’m tired of hearing about how USC would beat down the dawgs. But what benefit is there for us to play in the dome on turf? If we want the nation to see UGA in all its glory then let them see a game in one of the best venues in the country… between the hedges. If UGA wants to play in the dome then they need to win the SEC East.
uuugh.
April 28th, 2009
1:07 pm
If anything a prominant game such as USC, Ohio State, or Penn State should ONLY be played at Sanford Stadium (or their stadium). Let their fans come and see the spectacle that is game day in Athens. I still remember the very first game I went to my freshman year…it was incredible! I get chill bumps even writing about it! Maybe every fan has similar experiences. I’d like to see a game at USC or at Penn State (not THE Ohio State though…those people are about as bad as Florida fans). Maybe their traditions are as worth experiencing as ours are.
NOT the Dome though. The Dome is awful…wait until Blank makes te city build a new stadium in a better part of town. Then consider it.
HH
April 28th, 2009
1:10 pm
They ought to stay off television until they get their “coaching” problems solved, otherwise they will probably be embarassed again; GA fans know the team needs another embarrasment like a hog needs side-pockets. Somethings even money ain’t worth.
murfdawg
April 28th, 2009
1:11 pm
Terry Langston,
I resent your comment about the WLOCP being a three day drunk. That is only for the neophytes that go. I am a professional and I start noon Thursday and don’t stop until midnight Sunday. How many days is that? I can’t remember.
Saint Simons
April 28th, 2009
1:12 pm
uga loves playing cupcake teams! They would play Troy in the dome!
Saint Simons
April 28th, 2009
1:14 pm
45-42!!!!!!! hahahahahahahaahahahaha
SoCal Dawg
April 28th, 2009
1:18 pm
Rob google maps directions has it 362 mi from UGA to alltel stadium and 75 miles from alltel stadium to UF. Yeah that’s in the middle.
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1:19 pm
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Pago Flyer
April 28th, 2009
1:24 pm
Indoor football….what a bunch of whimps! Get serious…..
DScott
April 28th, 2009
1:24 pm
Hey Denver Dog
You better hope your #1 draft choice gets to throw to Calvin Johnson more than he is on his back with the Lions weak offensive line. I guess you forgot Johnson was a high draft choice because the only thing that matters is the current year. Oh wait, Tech beat GA without any #1 picks this year – that’s right I almost forgot. Get over your arrogance please.
Sanford Drive
April 28th, 2009
1:25 pm
The ACC is all cupcake teams.
Otto
April 28th, 2009
1:33 pm
Az St. and Okie State cup cakes? They’re power houses compared to Gardner Webb.
UGA has nothing to gain by playing in the Dome, UF Penn St or otherwise. Bama needed the exposure. UGA will have national TV coverage in the OOC games mentioned above.
godawg
April 28th, 2009
1:35 pm
The biggest and best venue in the State of Georgia is in Athens. TV does and will continue to nationally broadcast games from there. There is absolutely no GOOD reason to move a home game to Atlanta. End of subject. Please post new topic…
GW
April 28th, 2009
1:37 pm
I don’t get this infatuation with the Georgia Dome. If Alabama sees it as some type of recruiting or publicity tool then so be it. Why give up 18,000 seats for a home game? The Dome is a great venue but moving a home game 65 miles to a smaller stadium just does not make sense. At least Alabama gets to come to a city in another state. Move the Tech game there in odd numbered years and give them 50,000 seats and UGA the rest if you want to play in the Dome.
Gooddawg
April 28th, 2009
1:44 pm
There’s no way playing a game in the Dome is preferable to Sanford Stadium. The parking is terrible and the tailgating not great. Question is: “Why would you do it when you have one of the best stadiums in the country in Athens?”. Not to mention that you would have to tell 20,000 fans “sorry” no tickets.
Gooddawg
April 28th, 2009
1:49 pm
After pounding GA Tech into the dirt for years the puppies let the bees win one so they would keeping coming back. Get ready for another 6 or 7 years of being pounded.
TT44
April 28th, 2009
1:53 pm
I think the the tech / GEORGIA game should be played in the dome. and UGA vs F home and home series! Let Jacksonville recruit some other teams for that venue!!!!!! Come on CMR push for that to happen!
Kendawg
April 28th, 2009
1:53 pm
As a season ticket holder, I do not like the idea of having a home game in the Dome. If the other team is a big name, it will be televised from Athens anyway. At least you can tailgate in Athens, and the experience of attending a game “between the hedges” can’t be duplicated in Atlanta.
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April 28th, 2009
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FloridaDawg
April 28th, 2009
1:59 pm
The NCAA just made another decision that supports why most fans don’t like them. They had a chance to do something good and missed.
UGA doesn’t need the Dome, the Dome needs UGA….Sanford Stadium is a much better place to watch a game.
What's the overall GA/FLA record? :)
April 28th, 2009
2:08 pm
The Dawgs should only play at the dome for 1 game and 1 game only… SEC championship!!
braveshater
April 28th, 2009
2:09 pm
Mark Richt is the softest football coach ive ever seen, he should coaching a pee-wee league.
Hotrod
April 28th, 2009
2:17 pm
Sounds good to me. Where else can you get a chicken sandwich,fry and large drink served with a horrible attitude for $17.00.
Captain
April 28th, 2009
2:26 pm
Why schedule a special game in the Dome for Georgia and take a game away from Sanford Stadium??? We season ticket holders don’t want that, we want to tailgate, enjoy our day in Athens on the most beautiful campus in the nation and see a game in what is without question the most picturesque stadium in all of college sports.
There is a potential game in the Dome every odd numbered year, it’s the one against Georgia Tech. That’s seems to be an absolute “MADE FOR THE GEORGIA DOME GAME”. The two state schools, the Dome is a State building, it’s a natural. Tech’s little stadium seats 50,000 fans, the Dome 72,000 which equates to an additional 22,000 fans who can see the game in person and both schools benefit.
Why don’t the folks at the Atlanta Sports Council wake up and get the Georgia-Georgia Tech game scheduled for Atlanta in the Dome? What are they waiting for?????? Atlanta Sports Council get off your butts and bring the instate rivalry to the Dome,move it to the opening game of the season on odd numbered years.
Right On Time
April 28th, 2009
2:36 pm
Rob:
1. The distance that should be used to designate a game site as neutral is between the campus locations, not the state boundries.
2. The gators favorite son, SOS, called the UGA vs. fla game a home game.
3. I agree with you that Jax is much better suited for a gameday experience than is Atlanta. However, it is lots of fun for the SECCG and Alabama and clemson fans seemed to enjoy it.
4. I am, as stated above, a proponent of home and home for scheduling reasons.
5. Most UGA fans do not think moving the game would impact the results. I am fully aware that Tebow and co. would have beaten the Dawgs this year if the game were played on the moon.
For years we have heard that we can’t schedule any big time home and home opponent because of the “neutral” game in Jax. So, following that logic, if that game is changed to home and home, the roadblock is removed and we can see some BIG time OOC games. I am a UGA and college football fan. As such I want to see “big time” teams in Athens the rule not the exception.
The move would not be caused by fear, better chance of winning, sour grapes, exposure or recruiting. It would be to provide good passionate entertainment which is what sport is. That is why we spend thousands of dollars every year…to be entertained.
Doug
April 28th, 2009
2:50 pm
This is an awful idea. There is not enough room for all the students in Sanford stadium now, so you move a game to a smaller venue, 70 miles from campus. Now you make all these students drive to another game.
Otto
April 28th, 2009
2:50 pm
For years we have heard that we can’t schedule any big time home and home opponent because of the “neutral” game in Jax.
They’re doing it anyway. Look at the teams scheduled. Okie St, Az State, Oregon, L’ville, Clemson. They may not be USC, Oklahoma, and Ohio St. but that is a solid OOC game. CMR has a great road record. If anything maybe we should just move the game to the swamp.
Gatordawg
April 28th, 2009
2:58 pm
Where was the whining before SOS came to Gainesville? You enjoyed traveling to Jax to rub sand in our faces; no more especially after your lame celebration.
Beachdawg
April 28th, 2009
3:05 pm
Why NOT fly into Athens…Was anyone @ the Tenn. game last year and saw that oversized UT jet flying into Athens in the 4th quarter??? Came right over Sanford Stadium. If UT can find a way, surely UGA and other teams oughta be able. Lengthen the runway or whatever, but bring UGA up to the Natl level that they deserve….don’t bus to Atl…
ProfOnTheRun
April 28th, 2009
3:11 pm
Clay, it was more like 25,000 midway through the 4th quarter last november.
Georgie fans are known far and wide for leaving early when you’re getting your terds handed to them. 45-42 woof,woof.
wartdog
April 28th, 2009
3:14 pm
Sanford Staduim on Fall Saturdays is a TRADITION! If a team doesnt want to come play between the hedges in front of 93,000 fans, then the hell with them! We will come play ib your yard if you come and play in ours! As far as Jax… I love that trip! Don’t change it! Just start winning it!
Right On Time
April 28th, 2009
3:16 pm
Otto:
Good point in that there are OOC home and homes being schedule…now. It took CMR and Evans to finally get it done. However, Oregon and Louisville???? Either could come to Athens and leave with a “w”, but they are not “big time” teams. I hate tech, tenn, auburn and I don’t care for arkansas. However, they have played Notre Dame, Miami and USC. For the amount of $$$ that is pumped into the AthDept we should not be “thrilled” to see a “BIG time” opponent like OKState. They are a fine team but it is time to take the next step. 20,000+ fans (I among them) traveled to Arizona because we are starving to see UGA play someone big OOC during the season. Can you imagine the type of frenzy a game with any of the following teams would creat? Just take your pick:
1. USC
2. Ohio State
3. Michigan
4. Notre Dame
5. Miami
6. FSU
7. Oklahoma
8. Texas
9. Penn State (The Dawgs in Happy Vally during a “whiteout”)
10. Nebraska
There is no “wow” factor in playing Missouri, Rutgers, NC State, Iowa, Baylor, Washington State, Colorado, etc., etc., etc…..
austindog
April 28th, 2009
3:20 pm
The whining before SOS came to Gainesville came from the UF camp.
austindog
April 28th, 2009
3:22 pm
Prof, are you implying Georgia fans left early in a 45-42 game? You weren’t there.
Right On Time
April 28th, 2009
3:23 pm
Prof…
and techies are famous for dressing up like empty seats…
Covington Dog
April 28th, 2009
3:28 pm
The Florida game in the Dome is a good idea because it is as close to Athens as we will be able to get that game, but a game already scheduled for Sanford being moved to Atlanta? NO.
Otto
April 28th, 2009
3:37 pm
Oregon is very solid and often competes for the best of the PAC9. Oregon is a better team than UCLA who Auburn was flamed for passing on. Like them or not, they do get national coverage. Oklahoma State is a program on the rise. Louiseville was contending for Big East titles before Petrino jumped ship which is when the game was booked.
If UGA can win the SEC with one loss or less and beat UF, chances are they get to the title game. IMO the games you have listed have more of a down side than a up side. UGA is often a team that warms up as the season goes on. IMO every team should open with a UAB or Central Michigan. UGA should follow that game with some very solid OOC competition.
I don’t want to see any SEC team play USC outside of a BCS bowl. USC does not need to brag out beating another SEC school on a off year. I did want UGA play USC back in ‘07 BCS title or not. It would have been a major mistake for a ‘08 regular season game.
mcdaviddawg
April 28th, 2009
3:44 pm
The last two bowl games in Atlanta shows what a bad place the Georgia Dome is for college football. Tailgating is very unattractive which is a major part of the whole experience and I’m not very happy with the stadium. Please no games in Atlanta (Florida or any other) if we need to move the Florida game bring it home to Athens. I would not be happy to take away one of the good home games and leave us with the pracice games with a Western Kentucky or East Southwest Missouri. And, yes, I represent over 50 years of game attendance and 8 season tickets.