Cowboys don’t want red and black horde
One of the more notable aspects of last year’s Georgia-Arizona State game in Tempe was the large percentage of the 71,706 seats in Sun Devil Stadium filled by fans cheering for the Dogs.
Talking about that game to the Greater Atlanta Bulldog Club this week, UGA athletics director Damon Evans said, “I think we showed the people out in Tempe, Ariz., what football is about. When you have 25,000 Georgia Bulldogs invade the Phoenix and Tempe area, it is something else.”
Something that the folks at Oklahoma State in Stillwater apparently don’t want to see.
OSU only provided UGA with 5,000 visitors tickets for the Sept. 5 game at 60,000-seat Boone Pickens Stadium, newly renovated to the tune of $283 million.
And the match-up with Georgia was the only home game this season for which the school didn’t sell any single-game tickets.
If you didn’t get one of the 5,000 tickets sent to UGA (which are sold out), the only way to see that game in person is to buy an Oklahoma State season ticket, which goes for $479 to the general public, or go to a ticket agency. StubHub.com currently has tickets for the game ranging in price from $117 to $706.
It will be interesting to see how many Georgia fans wind up in the stands for that game. Besides the ticket situation, Stillwater is not as attractive a destination as Tempe was last year or as Boulder, Colo., will be next season.
Are you going to the Bulldogs-Cowboys game? If so, tell us in the comments how you got your tickets and what you paid for them. And if you usually travel with the Dogs but aren’t going to this game, tell us why.
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burrdog
July 29th, 2009
7:10 pm
Everyone: If you’re flying out from Atlanta, fly to WICHITA instead of OKC..it’s 271/person on Delta leaving fri. the 4th, and returning on the 6th..plus it’s non-stop flight, and wichita is only 125 miles from stillwater.
Bill King
July 29th, 2009
8:45 pm
Chevy:
I’m aware that OSU pulled the same thing with their game against Oklahoma last year, requiring a season ticket. Because of that, they fell 11,000 short of a sellout. I think they’ll probably sell the place out for Georgia, though, since their fan base is convinced they’re worldbeaters this year.
And Stillwater may be a great little town, but it’s not a draw like Tempe or Boulder.
Okiehomie Joe
July 29th, 2009
9:04 pm
You dawg fans might as well save your money because it will be a looooongggg drive back to the state of Georgee after the beatdown of the dogs in Stillwater.
Festus
July 29th, 2009
9:13 pm
If I wers youins I’d be skeered about playin them thare cowboys. This gaime kinda reminds me lykes the calm before the storm . Yes thait Waste Virginny bowal gaime a few yers baick!
Okiehomie Joe
July 29th, 2009
9:16 pm
Dawg fans take your money and invest in a T. Boone Pickens Windmill. Since you all like to blow a lot of hot air!
SC Dawg
July 29th, 2009
10:56 pm
okiehomie joie, I see where boone has already back his production way down on the windmill. i thought with all the hot air coming out of okie there would be plenty of blowing.
CJDawg
July 30th, 2009
12:27 am
Does anyone know when UGA is going to publish the actual cutoff scores for this game for tickets?
Chevy
July 30th, 2009
8:25 am
@Bill King
Thanks for completely contradicting your article in your response to me. I mean, if Stillwater really isn’t a town that would draw anyone in, then why are you worried about OSU limiting UGA to 5000 tickets??
Best of luck to both teams….
Josh Lopez
July 30th, 2009
11:48 am
Hey Bo, that sanctimonious, (smug), ACC education line does not come off as planned. Please, other than Duke, there are no other elite academic schools in the ACC, just a bunch of wannabes.
Mookie
July 30th, 2009
12:36 pm
Dawg fans coming to Stillwater will be peasantly surprised. We have made many improvements in our town and campus since the last time UGA visited 700 years ago. Our stadium is very nice, may be small by dawg standards but let me assure you it will impress you with its ameneties.
Allow me to recommend some restaurants. Eskimo Joes on elm street, very good place. Mexico Joes on Hall of Fame just down from the stadium is excellent mexican food. In fact we have many wonderful mexican restaurants here, you really cannot go wrong. Another big Stillwater restaurant is the Hideaway located just south of campus, famous for pizza and the place where the game Pente was invented. Yes it is true, Pente was invented in Stillwater.
Dawg fans interested in healthy outdoor activites will find numerous outlets at Boomer Lake in town (surrounded by three mile paved trail, perfect for walking/jogging and burning off the tension from the game) and Lake McMurtry and Lake Carl Blackwell west of town, both known for biking trails and fishing/boating. Our town has three golf courses including the world reknowned Karsten Creek west of town. Karsten has in the past hosted the NCAA men’s championship. It is really a great place to golf with a beautiful layout and a western-themed clubhouse. Dawg fans who golf should take advantage of the opportunity.
Stillwater may seem like a bad place for a trip but it is not. For the dawg naturalist, I recommend Lake McMurtry west of town. This is the site of one of the highest concentrations of painted buntings in the world, and they should still be here in early September. The famed scissortail flycatcher, a very unique species, can also be seen in abundance in the Stillwater area. Stillwater is located on the edge of the post oak/prairie ecosystems and has an abundance of wildlife particularly birds.
We welcome all dawg fans to Stillwater and hope you have a wonderful time. OSU fans are known for treating opposing fans with respect and friendliness. We are not like Vol fans or Alabama fans. One warning, be very careful with public drinking because Stillwater has a law against public consumption of alcohol and the cops here enforce that law with vigor. If you have any problems in Stillwater, it will likely be because you are not behaving yourself. We are used to mass invasions of opposing fans having had vast experience with Texas, OU, Nebraska, etc. etc. Texas and OU fans are the worst, usually drunk and very rude.
I have traveled extensively in SEC territory myself. The SEC town I would find most comparable to Stillwater would probably be Auburn.
OrangeCowboy
July 30th, 2009
2:31 pm
Mr. King-I’m aware that this is a UGA blog and your job is to incite some controversy and get the UGA fans and players riled up while getting a lot of hits for your paper’s website. But, as with the Andre Sexton article, you are twisting things around and in some cases, playing fast and loose with facts in doing so. For example:
“I’m aware that OSU pulled the same thing with their game against Oklahoma last year, requiring a season ticket.” Then why do you make it sound as if they are intentionally singling out UGA by stating that “OSU only provided UGA with 5,000 visitors tickets…”? All the other teams we play at home “only” get an allotment of 5,000 tickets. The difference being that those other games (except OU) will have single-game tickets available if they need more than 5,000.
“Because of that, they fell 11,000 short of a sellout.” Again, not entirely true. At the time of the game with OU last year, the stadium was not complete. Therefore, the capacity was not 60,000 at that time. The only portion that was not complete were the suites. I was at that game and the stands (outside of the suites) were virtually full with only a few empties in the upper corners. You don’t have to believe me. Go back and look at some replays of that game and you can clearly see that.
We went through this same controversy with the OU fans last year. The purpose of the policy is simply to sell more season tickets, period. UGA is ONE of the marquis games on our schedule this year. The other is Texas. If OSU’s intent were to exclude fans of other teams, don’t you think they might consider doing this for Texas seeing how this is a conference game and their fan base is closer and much more likely to attend?
OSU has historically been an underfunded atheletic program with a relatively small fan base and in a state with a small population. And of course, we play in the huge shadow cast by the Sooners. It is only because of Mr. Pickens’ gifts we even have this nice (although yes, small by SEC standards) stadium. But to maintain the stadium (and the program) at a level that is competitive within the Big 12, we need to increase our season ticket base. Therefore the ticket policy is not, and never has been about excluding anybody.
With that said, I want to welcome as many of you UGA fans that are planning to attend. That includes you, Mr. King. I would like for us to have an oppotunity to change your opinions about OSU and Stillwater. As I stated before, this is a huge game for OSU, probably the biggest OOC home game ever, and we’ve looked forward to it for a very long time. I actually like for a lot of fans to show up from opposing teams. It makes for a great atmosphere and for the most part, it’s usually enjoyable to visit with fans from other schools. Stillwater may not be as scenic as Boulder but I guarantee you, the people will be friendlier and the crowd much less hostile toward you. For those of you traveling, have a safe trip and we look forward to seeing you here on Sept. 5 for what should be an interesting and entertaining game.
OrangeCowboy
July 30th, 2009
10:30 pm
Sorry hit you again on this, but the irony is just too good to resist. According to this article in your own paper: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/2009/07/30/the-price-of-going-on-the-road-with-the-dogs/comment-page-1/#comment-7445, it sounds like UGA doesn’t want it’s own fans going to the OSU game since you have to have contributed $4,000 to get a single game ticket to the OSU game. And you act as if having to purchase the $400 OSU season ticket is highway robbery. Couldn’t you save yourself about 90% by just ponying up for the OSU season ticket?
Rob
July 30th, 2009
11:08 pm
OrangeCowboy,
The reason you need to have donated at least $4000 to UGA to get an OSU ticket is simply because the supply of tickets provided by OSU exceeded the demand from UGA fans. When there are more requests than tickets the University prioritizes based on lifetime contribution.
I am looking forward to the visit to Stillwater and have my tickets
6ft7-295
July 31st, 2009
7:33 am
Orange Cowboy
To follow up on Rob’s info. Here is some info for tickets for GA away games this yr.
Georgia said Thursday that cumulative lifetime contributions to the Athletic Association of at least $21,950 were required to gain the right to buy tickets from UGA’s allotment to the Oct. 10 football game at Tennessee. Getting tickets through UGA for the Sept. 5 season opener at Oklahoma State required contributions of at least $4,000.
On the other hand, Georgia said it was able to accommodate all orders from contributors for the Sept. 19 game at Arkansas. Cutoffs haven’t been calculated yet for games at Vanderbilt and Georgia Tech and in Jacksonville against Florida.
Georgia earlier said that $4,205 in lifetime contributions were required to gain the right to buy first-time home season tickets this year. And what about season-ticket holders who wanted to purchase additional single-game tickets to, say, the Oct. 3 home game against LSU? That required contributions of $32,500 to qualify.
Georgia said lifetime contributions of $18,050 and $10,000 were required to qualify to buy single-game tickets to the home games against Arizona State and Kentucky, respectively.
No single-game tickets were available for the home games against South Carolina and Auburn, UGA said, because those schools took the maximum allotment of visitors’ tickets. At the other extreme, Georgia was able to fill all contributors’ orders for single-game tickets to the Nov. 7 home game against Tennessee Tech.
UGA fills ticket orders — whether for season tickets, single-game home tickets (when available) or road tickets — on the basis of prospective purchasers’ cumulative lifetime contributions, starting with the highest and continuing until the ticket supply is exhausted.
OrangeCowboy
July 31st, 2009
8:26 am
Rob and 6-7, I understand the concept. I was just taking a little dig at Mr. King (who, it should be noted, hasn’t bothered to respond to any of my other posts). That aside, it is commendable that you have so many loyal fans that are willing to travel to games. Obviously, when demand is greater than supply, there has to be some equitable way to prioritize. It’s a problem I only wish OSU had.
By saying UGA doesn’t want it’s own fans going to to the away games, I was just illustrating the absurdity of Mr. King’s saying that OSU’s policy was designed to keep UGA fans away.
Rob-As I said in my previous post, looking forward to having you and the rest of the UGA fans visit. I think you will enjoy the day in Stillwater. It should be a great atmosphere, especially if the Gameday crew shows up. Let me know if you need any info on Stillwater.
ncdawg
July 31st, 2009
10:14 am
I think its great when conferences are exposed to one another. I think it will be great for OK State to see what a great and loyal fan base GA has! That said, I can only hope the drunks stay in line. But unforunately it comes with the territory. Not all GA fans are that way though!
Mookie
July 31st, 2009
12:11 pm
Drunks will be arrested. Note to all dawg fans: Stillwater has a rigourously enforced law against public consumption of alcohol and I can promise you the Stillwater Gestapo are foaming at the mouth to enforce it against Dawg fans. It is unfortunate, but it is a fact. I advise all dawg fans to NOT drink in public, and to toe the line around the police. Our police are really terrible here. They are a bunch of fascist pigs.
Doug
August 2nd, 2009
10:04 pm
All these people keep making remarks about no public consumption in stillwater, but it is not enforced at all on gamedays, and the dry-campus policy actually doesn’t apply on gamedays. As long as you don’t do anything stupid, the police will ot hassle you for drinking on gamedays.