Move UGA-Tech to Dome in 2011?
The Dogs and the Jackets meeting up in the Georgia Dome to kick off the 2011 season?
That’s a proposal from the Atlanta Sports Council, reported by WSB-TV’s Chuck Dowdle, that Georgia and Georgia Tech have been discussing.
UGA athletics director Damon Evans told the Athens Banner-Herald today preliminary discussions have been held but a deal is not imminent. “There have been a few talks, but there’s nothing definitive about doing that right now,” Evans said. “There’s been interest expressed about the game, but nothing’s been done to any extent to say we’re going to play there.” Evans said he last talked to the council’s Gary Stokan and Tech concerning the game about a week ago.
Loading ...Stokan has been anxious to try and get the Dogs into some sort of match-up in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff, but Georgia doesn’t want to give up a home game for a nominally neutral site game. That wouldn’t be the case in 2011, however, as the game is scheduled to be at Tech.
Currently, Georgia is set to open the 2011 season on Sept. 3 against Louisville in Athens, and UGA associate athletics director Arthur Johnson said there’ve been no talks about moving that game. But if both sides were on board for shifting the Georgia-Georgia Tech game to the Dome, you can bet something could be worked out with Louisville.
A plus for both schools in playing the kickoff game would be that it would keep other regional powers such as Alabama and LSU from using an Atlanta game as a boost for their recruiting in Georgia.
Generally speaking, I’m not in favor of messing with traditional rival games, but since this one would take the place of a Tech home game, that wouldn’t be much of an issue for me. Whether Tech would go for the deal probably depends on whether it would truly be a neutral game, with both teams getting an equal amount of tickets, or would simply be a case of the Jackets moving their home game to another stadium and maintaining the home-site advantage in seating.
I honestly can’t imagine Tech going for such a switch unless it’s the latter case, because the general public sales in a neutral seating environment would tilt heavily UGA and the Jackets could wind up playing before a largely red and black crowd in Atlanta.
What do you think? Would you support such a move as long as it didn’t cost the Dogs a home game? Or would you prefer to have the annual grudge match with the Jackets stay at the end of the season, no matter what? Share your thoughts in the comments, vote in the poll or both.
UPDATE: Now that we know Tech would insist a 2011 game at the Dome not count as its “home” game, meaning the game would be played at Tech the next year and away from Athens for two consecutive years, I’d say there’s virtually no chance of this happening. There’s simply nothing in it for Georgia.
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Island Dawg
October 7th, 2009
1:18 pm
Yeah, Tech and UGA Labor Day weekend in the Dome and rescheduling UL. Great idea. Give me a break. Who comes up with this crap?
DawgNation
October 7th, 2009
1:19 pm
What the heck would we do on Thanksgiving Weekend?
11Dawg
October 7th, 2009
1:20 pm
Play Tech at the beginning of the season? That’s asinine. Maybe if it was played at the Dome at the normal time I might not mind, seeing as it’s significantly larger than their cracker box stadium, but not at the beginning of the season. Don’t mess with tradition.
dap01
October 7th, 2009
1:23 pm
Save a gimmick like this for teams that can not get the fans to attend home games or for teams that rarely get on TV.
UGA does not have these problems. May be good for Tech though.
Sautee Dawg
October 7th, 2009
1:23 pm
Bill
Sounds like a plan. Only if the promoters and sponsors of the game don’t suck up all the tickets. Would we (you and me) and every othet season ticket holder get a seat? No. that would be the only disadvantage. That would be home field for Tech they should love playing tht game.
DawgNation
October 7th, 2009
1:24 pm
Can’t wait to hear the Tech folks responce’s to this.
I Hate Everything Tech
October 7th, 2009
1:26 pm
That has to be the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard. If Damon Evans agrees to that, then he is an absolute idiot and needs to fired. Seriously? How can this garbage even remotely be newsworthy? It won’t happen. Ever.
sidewalk74
October 7th, 2009
1:27 pm
Tech should not give up a home game for the Dome either. This game needs to stay the way it is. Thanksgiving weekend and on a college campus !
reebok
October 7th, 2009
1:27 pm
Try it once, why not? If it sux, change back the next year. FSU vs Miami (when those teams were good) was always a big game on Labor Day weekend…
L-Dawg
October 7th, 2009
1:30 pm
GLORY GLORY TO OLE’ GEORGIA!!!
THE ANSWER IS NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
GO DAWGS!!!!!
3 SHORT DAYS TIL WE REBOUND IN KNOXVILLE!!!!
TechDan
October 7th, 2009
1:32 pm
Haha, not a chance in Hell. Georgia Tech is historically awful in the Dome. And like others have echoed, why change a tradition?
re: DawgNation
October 7th, 2009
1:32 pm
I can assure you that TechNation is every bit opposed to it as y’all are. Stokan and his goons want to mess with tradition for the sake of $$$.
Gary
October 7th, 2009
1:34 pm
I like the idea. Yeah I like tradition to an extent, but this is a one year deal so no harm, no foul. I think to appease Tech, the two schools should give Tech more home game tickets, but give Georgia a large allotment as well, just not as much as Tech. Then give the ASC and sponsors the remaining allotment. This could work and the fact that we are talking about it being in lieu of a Tech home game pretty much means that Tech seems favorable to the idea.
This would be a great way to kick off the 2011 season and we could easily work something out with Louisville on a new date for the same season or following season.
larry
October 7th, 2009
1:35 pm
Enter your comments here
This would only be equal if it were a two year contract with each school have the home field ticket advantage. The shools revenue won’t be the same as playing at repective home field and the local business revenue goes to Atlanta, so I doubt the Dawgs would go for a two year deal. GO JACKETS
ugaaccountant
October 7th, 2009
1:35 pm
No thanks for many reasons:
1. It’s a jerk move to Louisville and whomever Tech is playing. Don’t want to be a university who’s deals can’t be trusted.
2. How crappy would the Thanksgiving game be if we had to fill it today? I’m assuming a Bowl Championship Subdivision opponent for our final regular season game. No thank you
3. Likely more expensive tickets and a major loss of concession and other similar revenue for Tech.
4. Pressure for UGA to someday return one of our home games to the dome. I don’t want to give up a home game to them unless we are no longer in Jacksonville every year.
5. The dome is a terrible place to watch a football game. Bobby Dodd may be small but at least it’s outdoors where the game belongs.
6. I would prefer GA always open in Athens, preferably against a nobody.
Reason to do it: Ruin Tech’s season on the first day!
Got to say no thanks overall.
wiley
October 7th, 2009
1:36 pm
No let the teams play when they are seasoned and playing at the full potential. At the beginning of the season both teams will still be working out kinks and finding out who should start. As a tech fan I would be fine playing at the dome but not in the first game of the season.
YoungDawg
October 7th, 2009
1:37 pm
NO! If Tech wants to rent the GA dome for the normal date & play us there instead on the Flats then that’s cool. It ticks me off that when it rains they get to use the state owned dome! Therefore Sonny out to ban Tech from using the dome or mandate that UGA gets indoor practice facility to make it fair. I’m being tongue in cheek of course but still it doesn’t seem right that Tech doesn’t need an IPF because they can use the dome.
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
October 7th, 2009
1:38 pm
I like it on Thanksgiving weekend…I like having left over turkey and dressing and watching the game on that Saturday….it’s usually cool outside..and I wouldn’t want to see that game change..
dap01is....
October 7th, 2009
1:39 pm
an idiot!!!
Sick of It
October 7th, 2009
1:39 pm
What??? I would love to beat Tech the first weekend of the season in their town on national tv!
Cuz
October 7th, 2009
1:43 pm
Football is supposed to be played outdoors the way God intended it. This could bring about the apocalypse. Nostradamus eighth quatrain states that when the bee trys to sting the dog in the house by the Atlantic, fire will rain down from the sky. Dang it. It is not worth being hit by an asteroid to keep Bama and LSU from recruiting in the state of Georgia.
uuughh...
October 7th, 2009
1:43 pm
If the only reason for doing this is to keep 2 other regional teams from playing in the dome, we should not do it. As soon as we agree to do it solely to keep other people from recruiting here, Stokan will sell Alabama on the idea of having a Thanksgiving Classic the same weekend our traditional match up moved from.
Plus the Thanksgiving Classic in the Dome would be much closer to Signing day.
This is a bad idea and I am tired of this Stokan idiot.
DawgNation
October 7th, 2009
1:45 pm
OMG Cuz….Nostradamus…….Now that was a funny post.
L- Dawg
October 7th, 2009
1:45 pm
Young Dawg……
WTH are you talking about?? when has Tech used the Dome because of rain?? Just curious…. before you go ticking off Tech fans with non-facts, please give an example……
Thanks
GO DAWGS!!!
Vick=Dog killing thug
October 7th, 2009
1:45 pm
What are these people thinking? It has to be the all-mighty dollar. Someone figured out a way to make a few extra bucks on this new deal. Like the lawyers say… Follow the money trail….
Go Jackets
October 7th, 2009
1:45 pm
The only way this would even remotely be acceptable is if we kick the season off in the dome, are somehow granted a 13th game by the NCAA, and then play Tech / UGA again on campus over Thanksgiving.
That’s right – 2 Tech / UGA games in one year. That would be awesome.
Michael
October 7th, 2009
1:45 pm
its a fun idea!
though , i would rather see a Georgia vs. Clemson game again.
Pago Flyer
October 7th, 2009
1:49 pm
Gee, a tailgate party downtown ATL? Sounds like fun…if you’re armed!
Tech fans prospective
October 7th, 2009
1:50 pm
When has Tech ever used the Dome because of rain?
Anyway…The Atlanta Sports Council and Stokan are out of their mind. Why the hell would Tech give up their home field so another $30,000 Georgia fans can attend the game? Why the hell would Georgia ever give up their home field to play in a smaller stadium that is inside 90 minutes away from campus? Not to mention the all the money that is brought to their community in Athens. I agree with many of the other posts that the game should always be after Thanksgiving. If FSU and Miami want to play on Labor Day, go ahead and let them. Tech and UGA play on Thanksgiving outside rain or shine. Go Jackets!
DBalcer
October 7th, 2009
1:50 pm
No way, the traditional Thanksgiving game needs to stay. Moving the game to the opening game even for one year would not be good. I much prefer playing in a stadium to playing in the Dome.
davidson
October 7th, 2009
1:51 pm
who cares??? more beer money to the dome from all of the drunks who come to the game who have not a clue about how football is played nor do they care. gotta love those upper level seats where no one can see anything especially if they are drunk.
groundfog
October 7th, 2009
1:51 pm
This is Georgia’s ploy to have more time to prepare for the option, which they have not stopped, and will never stop lol-so they need the extra time-all summer lmao
Joe Schmoe
October 7th, 2009
1:51 pm
Yea Bill King, you junkyard goof you forgot a key componet whic is getting GT to agree. It aint happnin son.
Tech fans prospective
October 7th, 2009
1:52 pm
oops correction…..30,000 Georgia fans….
NativeAtlantan
October 7th, 2009
1:52 pm
Why would Tech want to do it, ever? The Dome would be 75% UGA fans, for a Tech home game? Never going to happen.
The Dome’s even painted in red and black, inside and out.
Plus, I get out of Thanksgiving with the in-laws every other year due to this game…can’t move it!
ant banks
October 7th, 2009
1:52 pm
Tech and Ga. would be fools to not agree to this!! Alabama is makin’ MAJOR in roads in recruiting in Ga. Dumb, dumb, dumb…
yelojaket
October 7th, 2009
1:54 pm
Enter your comments here
Anyone that believes DanRad would move our home game against UGA to the Dome hasn’t a clue. Now, if the dogs want to move THEIR home game, bring it on, ANYTIME-ANYWHERE!
Henry
October 7th, 2009
1:54 pm
Don’t mess with the home-and-home arrangement. Keep the Sanford game at Sanford, and the Bobby Dodd game at Bobby Dodd.
OZZFEST
October 7th, 2009
1:55 pm
Why not just write an article about unicorns circling 285 on magic carpets? Neither will happen.
You waste our time with teases of playing Michigan, then you make us angry by mentioning a home & home with Army.
WHY?
Mike
October 7th, 2009
1:55 pm
No matter where they play, the UGA fans will still blame anything wrong on the refs.
Alabama Jack
October 7th, 2009
1:57 pm
A much better deal is for Tech to upgrade its season opener – maybe against a vaunted SEC team – at Grant Field, so the weekend becomes a double header – afternoon at Grant Field, evening at GA Dome. Under that scenario, I wouldn’t even care if the dawgs are the SEC team in the night game. How would Auburn and Georgia Tech at Grant Field and Alabama vs Georgia in the Dome play out? I suspect both might be sellouts and great TV.
Larry
October 7th, 2009
1:57 pm
You know how I know this is the worst idea ever? Because Doggy and Bug fans are agreeing in this blog, and that makes baby jesus cry.
This is pure idiocy. Game is either in nerdville or between the hedges. on thanksgiving weekend. book it. done.
Tech fans prospective
October 7th, 2009
1:57 pm
OZZFEST…that was quite hilarious
chiefdawg
October 7th, 2009
1:58 pm
It’s a good idea. It gives Georgia more time to prepare for the triple option than just one or two weeks. I would like this game kicking off the season.
Quid pro quo
October 7th, 2009
2:00 pm
How about in 2012 and GA give up a home date – seems fair to me.
GeoffDawg
October 7th, 2009
2:00 pm
Honestly, it always concerns me that in years when we’re in contention for playing in the SEC championship game, we have to switch gears so to speak and play in an essentially irrelevant (except for bragging rights and poll position) out of conference game against tech. There’s something to be said about getting the instate rivalry game out of the way early so you can completely focus on your realistically more important SEC battles.
YoungDawg
October 7th, 2009
2:00 pm
L-Dawg, Where have you been? It’s been reported many times over the years in AJC stories & blogs about Tech football getting to practice in the GA dome when it rains, usually read like this: “Tech moved there practices to the GA Dome due to the rain.” In the past I’ve even seen some of the local channels during sports reports show clips of Tech practicing in the dome! I know it was reported on during monsoon’s we had a few weeks back.
JJM
October 7th, 2009
2:00 pm
Things must be tough at the ASC if they are digging for something like this. Would hate to see a great tradition altered. Bad idea in my opinion.
ATLdawg, ya dig?
October 7th, 2009
2:01 pm
I guess I’m in the minority, but I think UGA-GT would be a pretty exceptional way to kick off a season. The CFA kickoff is fast becoming a premier event, at the center of the CFB universe. So for one weekend, not only ATL, but UGA and GT would also be at the center of that universe. National television. Whole country watching. Time up with the opening of the CFB HOF game downtown. All of UGA-GT fans insulting each other as fast as they can type leading up to it. I don’t know, I think this whole state would burst with excitement for this game and the whole country would get a chance to watch. I’m in.
Marvin
October 7th, 2009
2:03 pm
I don’t care about “tradition”, but I’m not a fan of indoor football.
CGATechfan
October 7th, 2009
2:04 pm
I say don’t mess with tradtion. This has nothing to do with recruiting and everything to do with making more money. It’s interesting that they are talking about doing this when it is a TECH home game that would be sacrificed. Tech should not have to give up a game that gives them home field advantage just to allow more UGA fans to attend the game in a supposedly “neutral” site. The Dome is not neutral for either team! Besides, the TECH-UGA has been and always should be the regular season finale. What else would UGA and TECH fans have to argue about during the season?
BobDog
October 7th, 2009
2:05 pm
Heck yeah. Let’s do it. Half the Dome would be about equal to a Tech home game in terms of the number of seats. It would create a lot of excitement and would give the Dogs either an open week or an easy game the week before the SEC Championship game. Dangle a couple hundred thous in front of Tech and they’ll do anything, even play on a Thursday night. That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
Shane
October 7th, 2009
2:05 pm
Gary Stokan is a complete moron. And if the AD’s agree to this for the sake of the almighty dollar both should be fired on the spot.
And to think…season ending games….Kentucky for UGA and Wake Forest for Tech…..really makes that season ending buildup special huh?
GeoffDawg
October 7th, 2009
2:06 pm
CGATechfan – I have supreme confidence that Georgia and tech fans could find something to insult each other about.
false
October 7th, 2009
2:07 pm
And then play Louisville Thanksgiving weekend?? No.
Steeledawg
October 7th, 2009
2:07 pm
Geoffdawg- there is no bigger game on the schedule than the Tech game.
Mike
October 7th, 2009
2:07 pm
BobDog
Why do you want an open week or an easy game in front of the SEC Championship game? You’ll just be watching FL anyway…….idiot.
EW
October 7th, 2009
2:07 pm
I believe it would benefit BOTH schools to do this. Geoff is right on point. It will benefit GT because they can avoid a late season loss while competing for the ACC title and UGA can do the same competing for the SEC. Everyone knows that an early loss can be overcome much easier than a late one. Think about how much fun the entire offseason would be leading up to that game.
GA Tech Insider
October 7th, 2009
2:08 pm
It’s been said that the best way to prepare for Paul Johnson’s offense is to catch them early in the season; have the summer if you can to practice for them right off the bat. Why in the world would GA Tech want to give their arch rivals a leg up on preparing for their offense in the beginning of the season when they can catch them at the end of the year after they’ve been working on other offenses and only have a week or so to prepare? It makes no sense to me.
No, give each of the State’s “home” teams a one-and-one at the dome every year against another powerhouse that they can host rather than play against each other. The State will pull in revenues from out of State, we’ll get interest from a larger market, and we’ll each have a year to shine for recruits and a national TV audience. THAT makes sense to me.
All I'm Saying Is...
October 7th, 2009
2:08 pm
A few extra dollars can’t make up for an on campus, end of the season, no-holds barred, grudge match against your arch rival for state bragging rights type game, especially when its also held over the Thanksgiving weekend.
JUST SAY NO TO UGA/TECH IN THE DOME!
SandyUGA
October 7th, 2009
2:09 pm
GeoffDawg
You’re an idiot. UGA fans can say all they want about Tech isn’t THE rivalry. I can assure you however…no loss bothers me more….and let them get on a 3 or 4 game roll and then tell me they aren’t THE rival. Idiot.
cajdawg
October 7th, 2009
2:09 pm
Let’s play the game in Jacksonville!
ugaaccountant
October 7th, 2009
2:10 pm
The reason the CFA kickoff’s have been big games is because they involved highly ranked teams. People would have tuned in for those games no matter when or where they occurred.
luvya
October 7th, 2009
2:10 pm
Keep the tradition-Thanksgiving weekend
Zeke
October 7th, 2009
2:11 pm
You’ve got to be kidding! Has anyone talked to Tech or is this just some made up Dog talk trying to make a few more bucks?
EW
October 7th, 2009
2:11 pm
CGATechFan—How can you not call the Dome neutral? It’s five minutes from your campus. Yes it will generate revenue, FOR BOTH SCHOOLS. Judging from the lackluster fan support at Tech home games how can you say that you don’t need the addtional revenue?? And if you think the problem is that more UGA fans will come, maybe you just need to realize that when it comes to GT and UGA, our entire STATE is not a neutral site for Tech, we’ll always be a bulldog state first.
And if it makes you cry less we can wait til 2012 and sacrafice UGA’s home turf. I think the real issues are the nightmares you still have from the last time you played an SEC team in the dome.
UGA89
October 7th, 2009
2:11 pm
This idea fails miserably
wxwax
October 7th, 2009
2:12 pm
Not in favor of it.
Illinois and Mizzou play a season-opening, neutral site, high profile game every year. And after each game, one team limps away with a loss and little else.
From a fan’s standpoint it’s entertaining. But I can’t see how it helps either program. And I don’t like the certainty that one of the teams will begin the season with a loss.
Buzz Belle
October 7th, 2009
2:13 pm
No, No, No. This is one tradition you should never break.
McDawg
October 7th, 2009
2:13 pm
Bring on the VOLS-GO DAWGS
GAFAN
October 7th, 2009
2:13 pm
Why would our injury prone dawgs want to sprain their ankles/knees etc on that turf in the dome at the start of the season?
Sting 'em Buzz
October 7th, 2009
2:13 pm
I would veto such a game. I can see moving the game to the beginning of the year once both teams are constantly in BCS Bowl contention (and we all know my Jackets haven’t lived up to that one yet) in which case I would be all for it so that it would not put a huge damper on both teams being in the BCS field. I would still want the game on campus though. The only benefit I see for UGA and GT playing in the Kickoff Classic against each other would be to keep other teams out of the area. There is no benefit to Atlanta in regards to the hotel industry.
Burdell
October 7th, 2009
2:13 pm
BOOOOOOO!!!
That idea is crap!
EW
October 7th, 2009
2:15 pm
wxwax, it’s already a guarantee that one team ENDS the year with the loss. If you want what’s best for your team you would rather take the early one than the late one. I’m just sayin.
GTFan
October 7th, 2009
2:15 pm
I don’t like this idea, and it’s not going to happen. It’s just BS talk! And, why would you take a tradition away? Dap01, you’re an idiot!
TheItalianDawg
October 7th, 2009
2:15 pm
this is crap!! if tech want it at the dome when its their home game that would be fine but not the way around
Halsey
October 7th, 2009
2:16 pm
Wow, the Dawgs should just play all their games at neutral sites. Then that 90,000 seat stadium can just sit there and look pretty…
No thanks to UGA-Tech games in the Dome.
GradyGrad96
October 7th, 2009
2:16 pm
This is awesome! UGA and Tech grads all agree on this topic. Did Hell just freeze?
Crosby
October 7th, 2009
2:17 pm
Yes, Tech does practice in the Dome when we get substantial ammounts of rain. I’m sure UGA could use the dome to during rainy days if they wanted. I think it’s a horrible idea for Tech because it would give UGA all off-season to prepare for the option. Also, we all know UGA has the larger fan base and regardless of how you try to allot the tickets more UGA fans would end up there for a Tech home game. I think to much credence is given to the boost in recruiting the Chik-fil-a game gives. I think the national exposure is great but just because a team plays in your city doesn’t mean they are going to get a huge advantage in recruiting over you. If that is the deciding factor then neither school is doing a great job. I’d like to see a UGA and clemson matchup at the dome and maybe the year tech plays alabama it be played at the dome or the year kansas comes to town.
Doug
October 7th, 2009
2:17 pm
This is a horrible idea – no one is demanding this other than the city of Atlanta, who want a piece of the pie that the universities get hosting this game.
Otto
October 7th, 2009
2:17 pm
ant banks, Bama is making in roads. UGA and GT fans should boycot Chik Fil A and write to disband the Atlanta Sports Council. The kick off game should end or move to other stadiums besides the Dome.
Please do not destroy what remains of this rivalry by moving it. Who wants to go to the Dome or the area around it?
USMC DAWG
October 7th, 2009
2:17 pm
Sounds to me like Stokan and the Cathey family are trying to become Dictators over college football in the south.
Burdell
October 7th, 2009
2:18 pm
PAGO FLYER — “Gee, a tailgate party downtown ATL? Sounds like fun…if you’re armed!”
Get out of the woods or off the farm you P%SSY!
GO JACKETS!!!
GeoffDawg
October 7th, 2009
2:18 pm
I would say that calling someone an idiot instead of attempting to logically refute their points says a lot more about your intellect than mine Sandy. Let me spell it out for you. I never said that tech wouldn’t still be a major rivalry game. Only that it could benefit the program to play the game at the beginning of the season rather than the end. Also, yes, I consider winning the SEC more important than winning the tech game.
damnthebutcher
October 7th, 2009
2:19 pm
Sounds good to me. Also it would give GA the entire offseason to work on stopping the option that Tech runs.
Dawg Dude
October 7th, 2009
2:19 pm
I would like for UGA to have a whole summer to prepare for the option as opposed to one week. For this reason I dont think Tech would want to do this; oh and the fact that the crowd would be majority red and black along with the color of the dome itself. Not gonna happen.
GPB
October 7th, 2009
2:19 pm
This is stupid. If they want either team in the dome, it’s against someone else. We play Turkey weekend.
ArkyTech
October 7th, 2009
2:20 pm
We all know that UGA just wants more time to prep for our offense. Apparently 2 weeks wasn’t enough last year.
ed
October 7th, 2009
2:21 pm
can’t imagine why tech would balk. this way their students could see the game in person and not be at home in new jersey or somewhere for thanksgiving.
Joe Fan
October 7th, 2009
2:22 pm
Move the game only if the 2012 game becomes a home game for Georgia Tech. Tech needs to have UGA at home in even years to improve an otherwise mediocre schedule. As things stand now the home schedule is significantly better in odd years.
Chaps
October 7th, 2009
2:22 pm
Truly terrible idea thought up by folks with $$$ in their eyes and no regard for either school. UGA and Tech, especially Tech, should not become pawns for Atlanta money people.
BobbyGodd
October 7th, 2009
2:26 pm
The only way we move the game to the Dome is to make it neutral and GT simply gets the home game at BDS the following year. In other words the Tech/Ugag game would still be home and home but even years that are currently at Ugag would be at BDS and vice versa. GT has been hoping for a way to move either the Clemson or Ugag game to opposing years to help the season ticket package for years when both of those games are away.
Next year GT plays Ugag, Clemson, and VT on the road. This leaves the home slate with Miami and nobody else that draws ticket sales.
Tom
October 7th, 2009
2:26 pm
Well, you could bet that’d be the end of start-of-season suspensions at UGA.
blazer
October 7th, 2009
2:27 pm
Enter your comments here NOT ONLY NO BUT H NO!!!
SandyUGA
October 7th, 2009
2:27 pm
Well again GeoffDawg….you’re an idiot.
Dooley
October 7th, 2009
2:28 pm
GeoffDawg just shutup. Just shutup.
DawginLex
October 7th, 2009
2:28 pm
You play your rival on the last game of the year.
Period. End of discussion.
If it happens, advantage UGA in a big way. Catch the triple option early in the year and have a tune up patsy game on Thanksgiving weekend before the SECCG(assuming we can get back there).
Regardless, I don’t like the idea.
Riregrass
October 7th, 2009
2:29 pm
UGA has refused to move their home game…so it would have to be Georgia Tech. DRad…turn this deal down. Gary Stokan can go fatten his pocket somewhere else.
Flats
October 7th, 2009
2:30 pm
No way move a home game away from the Jackets.
Keep the home field advantage, and allow the game to played on the oldest and most prestigious football field in the great State of Georgia.
What’s the Good Word, yall?
JohninDecatur
October 7th, 2009
2:31 pm
GeoffDawg is a complete clueless klutz that no idea what is important. Lose to Tech a few years in a row Geoff you chubby whiner!