New game plan needed for Saturdays at Sanford
Will this scene from last year's New Mexico State game become more common at Sanford Stadium? (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Last week, the UGA Athletic Association sent out a note to Bulldog Club members offering the opportunity to purchase additional single-game tickets to three home football games — Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Vanderbilt — as well as single nonrenewable season tickets.
One of my brothers was interested in getting some seats to the Vandy game, so I called the ticket office to place an order. Before I could tell the guy what I wanted, he eagerly inquired, “How many for Buffalo can I sell you?”
I got the feeling they’re just a little anxious about unloading seats to that Sept. 1 game.
And that may not be the only Saturday this season when we’re facing the prospect of empty seats beyond the few thousand in the student section that have been going unused for some time now.
With only the two Tennessee schools and Ole Miss coming to Athens from the SEC and a nonconference slate consisting of Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern (besides the certain sell-out against the Yellow Jackets), the 2012 home schedule is one of the weakest in memory.
I understand the strategic reasoning behind Greg McGarity’s scheduling philosophy, imported from the University of Florida, and it may indeed increase the odds of UGA winning a championship. But a steady diet of cupcakes isn’t likely to be much help in goosing gate receipts likely already buffeted by a so-so economy.
Combine the lackluster lineup of opponents with saturation TV coverage and the increasing restrictions in recent years on football season parking and tailgating on the UGA campus, and it’s no wonder so many folks (especially young alumni) find it tempting to watch the Dawgs on a 40-inch HD TV rather than make the trek to Athens.
There are, of course, things that could be done to help the situation, besides adding the occasional opponent like Clemson to the lineup. For instance, relaxing the restrictions on tailgating. For many fans, especially the younger alums, that has put a real damper on the game day experience in the Classic City. Who knows, Michael Adams’ replacement as UGA president might decide to loosen things up a bit.
That doesn’t mean I’m advocating no-holds-barred tailgating. Again, I understand UGA’s reasoning there. Before the crackdown a couple of years ago, the North Campus tailgating scene had gotten out of control, with an uncomfortable crush of people crowded into the historic quadrangles and a corresponding increase in garbage left behind and problems with drunks relieving themselves in and around the campus buildings. It was hurting the university’s image.
But surely there’s some middle ground. Perhaps requiring fans to pay to tailgate in a more heavily controlled environment is the answer.
Snoozers against opponents like Coastal Carolina don't help draw fans to Athens. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Another helpful move would be to shift games like Buffalo or Florida Atlantic to the evening whenever possible. (Frequently, it won’t be possible thanks to the conference television deal, the chief culprit behind some of those ridiculously early kickoff times).
Evening games would help because, even if you still want to tailgate in the current unrestricted areas and aren’t put off by the level of opponent being scheduled, there’s not much time for setting up and enjoying the socializing that is such a part of tailgating with a noon kickoff. Not only would playing these games at night make for a more comfortable experience inside the stadium amid the late-summer heat, it would perhaps entice more folks to come spend the day or night, boosting the Athens economy.
Of course, not everyone would like that solution. Besides the TV complication, one of the main arguments against night games at UGA in the past has been that they inconvenience fans from South Georgia who want to drive home afterward. But the reality is that the majority of the fan base of the future lives in metro Atlanta, not south of the gnat line. And many of them don’t really want to get up before sunrise to rush over to Athens and gulp down a hurried tailgate spread in order to make it into the stadium in time for an early kickoff.
I realize that not every season is going to have as unattractive a home schedule as this year’s. But there are growing challenges facing the athletic association in making sure UGA remains among the attendance leaders in college football, and they need to be addressed.
What are your thoughts on how to improve game days in Athens?
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Magill
May 9th, 2012
10:16 am
First
Moobs Johnson
May 9th, 2012
10:18 am
Pay to tailgate? As if they aren’t already milking the fans out of every dollar in their wallet during the games.
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:21 am
Totally concur with your sentiments regarding rethinking our game day experience. Also, we can’t have another weak sister schedule like this year’s. We are going to be in for national ridicule this fall, especially if we win them all and have to jockey for polling position with other undefeateds. We’re all set up for the Boise State treatment this year.
Noon Game Hater
May 9th, 2012
10:24 am
The noon games are horrible. Why stay after the game and spend money in and around Athens when you can get back home or out to Atlanta where there are more/better restaurants and clubs? Plus, as you mentioned, tailgating before is awful.
We need to learn something from Tech, however, 4 tickets, 4 hot dogs and 4 Cokes doesn’t increase attendance. They’ve been offering that for years and still only sell out our game.
South GA Rules
May 9th, 2012
10:24 am
Yea, Keep alieanating us South Ga fans. We just need our own state anyway. Put the capital in…Moultrie and let the Packers be our new Mascot of our new University
Jay
May 9th, 2012
10:26 am
There isn’t anything UGA can do to get the average fan interested in games against lower tier opponents that kickoff at noon when its 95+ degrees outside. A college football playoff paired with a 9 game conference schedule (plus Tech), and not some strange hybrid of the current bowl system, may remedy the problem.
That way, major college football would no longer be a glorfied popularity contest. Hopefully, victories over lower tier opponents (from the old D1-AA and below) would not count towards a team’s playoff seeding, thus eliminating the tempation to schedule trash games. With a true playoff, the NCAA could also shorten the regular season by a game or two.
G-Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:28 am
Agreed Moobs. Getting outta hand.
Hiram Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:28 am
#1 – Go back to allowing students to sell their tickets, so that we have a truly full house.
#2 – Later game times and relaxed tailgating rules.
#3 – Get a new president. Buh-bye Mike Adams.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
10:30 am
We have sold our souls to the God of TV Money. That means fewer fans will come to see crappy games at crappy times. Buffalo at night would really have the fans come out on the Holiday weekend but Noon ain’t going to do it. I hate the JOKE games we are FORCED to pay to see with season ticket packages. The FANS are getting taken advantage of and the schools don’t care.
Joey
May 9th, 2012
10:32 am
Im actualy more inclined to go to a lesser opponent, because then i can bring the young’uns while the rednecks are not out in force
sogadog
May 9th, 2012
10:32 am
Evening games make it difficult for the many Dawg fans from South Georgia and outside the Athens Atlanta metro area (especially those with kids). Our typical game day which starts at dawn in South Georgia involves about seven hours of driving to and from Athens, hopefully a three or four hours of tailgating and attendance of the game. When deciding which games to attend, we first look at the opponent, then time of the game. We usually scratch off night games since we usually wind up getting home around 3:00 am. 1:00pm games work best for us long distance fans.
Sounds like you are writing off South Georgia fans (who I suspect include families of several key football players from South Georgia such as Malcom Mitchell) Should we South Georgia fans (and alumns) apply for FSU tickets? The Dawgs have done pretty well recruiting South Georgia recently, is it wise to write off the South Georgia fan base? We almost lost Harvey-Clemmons because his grandfather would rather drive to UF than Athens from Valdosta.
Jay
May 9th, 2012
10:32 am
What I was trying to say is that UGA’s scheduling and attendance problems are systemic. The current bowl system is beyond the point of being outdated. As long as teams are rewarded for beating vastly inferior opponents, college football fans will continue to be apathetic for nearly 1/3rd of the season.
Jerry
May 9th, 2012
10:33 am
Count me in as one who has been attending games for nearly 40 years and feel like the experience at the statdium is not keeping pace with the other colleges . Sanford needs a major upgrade internally from restrooms to concessions. Also the general gameday experience and excitement in the stadium does not rival some of our closest competitors.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
10:35 am
So Ga Fans it is called get a Hotel Room!
ElvinBishopBand
May 9th, 2012
10:37 am
The entire article just shows the direction of your program but you miss that story with a new starting time for the game as well as a place to eat your pork and beans before the game. Sorry to interrupt , please get back to your denail.
Nothing Could Be Finer
May 9th, 2012
10:37 am
South Carolina usually schedules in-state teams like Wofford or The Citadel or regional teams like East Carolina.
Makes it a little more intriguing for the fans.
Buffalo and Idaho State? Not so much.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
10:38 am
South Georgia fans you are saying you would rather come to a Noon-1pm Buffalo game over an 8pm Clemson game?
Spending money on traveling for Buffalo is dumb. Save that money come to the Night game and spend the money saved on Buffalo on a Hotel Room for Clemson.
sogadog
May 9th, 2012
10:41 am
Kool aid bar try finding a room in Athens on a ball game weekend.
Old Dog
May 9th, 2012
10:47 am
This past year there was the game that finally broke their record of number of games sold out. Of course, if the Dawgs played better, more people would come. Most people don’t want to come see a scrimmage against a high school marching band football team.
Oh yes, AND LET US KEEP OUR GOSH-DARNED LIDS TO OUR COKE AND WATER BOTTLES!!!!!!!!!!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
10:48 am
Why would it need to be Athens? Head out of town and towards home. It is not like there are not thousands of hotel rooms all around Atlanta Metro area.
SSIgator
May 9th, 2012
10:48 am
“the prospect of empty seats beyond the few thousand in the student section that have been going unused for some time now”
Good grief, it has been over thirty years and counting. How long do you think fans are going to fall for this ongoing charade?
Old Dog
May 9th, 2012
10:49 am
But I understand you need those cupcakes to pad Aaron Murray’s stats.
sogadog
May 9th, 2012
10:50 am
South Georgia fans are more likely to attend the Buffalo game at 1:00 pm rather than 8:00 pm. They are not going to invest in travel and motel room expense for a glorified scrimmage against Buffalo. A Clemson night game would be worth the investment.
TV is a problem too. You never know game times until the week of a game. When you learn it is a night game, it is too late to get a motel room in Athens.
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:51 am
Jerry, there is something to be said for the increased family atmosphere at a non-marquee game. As my handle implies, I live in Virginia and brought my 80 year old parents to such a game a few years ago. It was a great atmosphere for them, sans the rowdiness that comes with the bigger games. For myself however, I really want the big-game vibe between the hedges even if I have to suffer some boorish behavior along the way.
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:55 am
Sorry, my above comment was intended as a reply to Joey, not Jerry. That said….Jerry, I concur with you completely about our game day experience beginning to pale in comparison to some others (i.e. Florida, Alabama, et al). At one time the Sanford Stadium experience was an elite one, but the bloom has come off the rose some, it seems to me.
BobDawg
May 9th, 2012
10:58 am
SSI… too funny… you put up with it for mega decades before you started sniffing the SEC Chmpship in ‘91…. We are just fine….
FRED Russo
May 9th, 2012
11:03 am
No way i am driving 4 hours to see a cupcake team.
Lindsey
May 9th, 2012
11:16 am
Not too crazy about the thought of paying to tailgate…but I wouldn’t be surprised the day that happens! As a life long Dawg fan I think easing the tailgating restrictions, making it easier to park and having plenty of restrooms with toilet paper in them would make it much more enjoyable for me! GO DAWGS!!
Desert Fox
May 9th, 2012
11:17 am
“What are your thoughts on how to improve game days in Athens?” Win a NC and you’ll fill every seat in the stadium.
ARdawg
May 9th, 2012
11:22 am
Bill King
The solution really isn’t “that” complicated is it? The SEC schedule can’t be helped but the cupcake games can be. The product is lacking when too soft teams are scheduled. McGarity should leave the FL scheduling to FL where they regularly schedule High school teams
Let’s return to “The Georgia Way” and get tougher non conference games at home. Trust me, ticket sales will take care of themselves
Graydog
May 9th, 2012
11:26 am
They should set up some sort of on-line ticket resale system like the Braves have where season ticket holders can post for sale (at face value only) tickets they cannot use. South GA fans who want to go to early kickoff games against cupcakes can buy my tickets to bring the whole family. South GA folks hate late games because of travel? Post up your seats and we in Atlanta and the younger alums will take ‘em off your hands.
a country boy can survive
May 9th, 2012
11:30 am
what an absolutely pathetic situation in Athens..who is running your program?..it is unbelievable that you ugatards put up with no tailgating, mid-day kickoffs against nobodies..demand more of Mcgarrity..demand more of uga..or just sit there and take it..
ARdawg
May 9th, 2012
11:35 am
I live 5 states away. It takes a good marquee game to get me to Athens. Otherwise I just try to catch the Dawgs as a visitor in a Western division location and hopefully the Fl game. There are plenty of fans to fill Sanford Stadium without us long distance fans and alum if you give them something to watch. Coastal Carolina and Ida St is akin to taking your sister to the prom
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
11:43 am
Same here ARdawg! Similar situation here in Virginia, 500 miles from the hedges.
KJ
May 9th, 2012
11:46 am
“.it is unbelievable that you ugatards put up with no tailgating, mid-day kickoffs against nobodies”
It’s also unbelievable that ajc.com puts up with pathetic loser trolls like you, but here we are.
Old Dawg
May 9th, 2012
11:47 am
The extra games were allowed to placate fans demanding a play-off system. No school in their right mind will play too many upper tier D-I non-conference teams when they have 8 or 9-game conference schedules.
Let’s hope the regular season goes back to 11 games when a play-off system is set up. The current bowl system is out-dated as is the regular season.
Get it fixed or more stadiums across the country will have empty seats.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
11:48 am
it looks like the Dawgs will have 1 game with a full stadium this year. Maybe Vandy cause they are a Powerhouse now and Grantham will be running his mouth. Dooley’s Vols will not be full unless they are winning.
UGa has fallen so far that the TECH will be the only Full House. That is pretty bad. If UGa is undefeated I guess Vandy and Tenn will be full but I doubt it at this point.
claytondawg
May 9th, 2012
11:48 am
I agree with many of you in that scheduling these “cupcakes” during the season does not help the Dogs’ image. At least we have Clemson coming back next season. Take out the Buffalos and Florida Internet School for something more attractive for both tv and fans in the stadium. What a concept, huh?
jablonski
May 9th, 2012
11:49 am
Stopped getting my tix after the sweet 6-7 season. No need to spend hours in the car to see crap. Now, i enjoy the games on my 55″ HDTV…and the drinks flow freely.
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
11:50 am
Even with our self-confessed room for improvement, UGA is still obviously the envy of many opposing fans since they make the time to comment on us. (Or do they have nothing else going on in their lives?) I couldn’t imagine taking the time to monitor other schools’ message boards and posting anything to them. Rival programs are just somebody to play. Otherwise, they are irrelevant in my life. Maybe we should take it as a positive that rival hater fans spend so much time fixated on us.
Aaron Murray
May 9th, 2012
11:59 am
Why did you ban me Bill?
Frank Lane
May 9th, 2012
12:01 pm
I love the comment, “gnat line.”
Aaron Murray
May 9th, 2012
12:01 pm
Cool, back on!! It would not be so bad beating all the cupcakes if we win against the real competition. Big difference between McGarity’s plan at UF and here. They beat the hard competition in the real games and let the slaughters just be either a drunk fest or a game to take the kiddies.
Pay for tailgating? How about we just start winning, that is what will get the fans into a frenzy. NO more happy little 9-3 seasons, been enough of those. Gotta win the crystal.
On that subject, could someone mail me some heels to cut down my INT rate? Hehehehehe, couldn’t resist.
Mobile Dawg
May 9th, 2012
12:21 pm
Problem with scheduling high profile, interesting games is we don’t have a “head coach” that can orchestrate all the things that go into making a “championship program”, so we’re not competetive. Still beating a dead horse, but until Richt proves me, and others wrong the beat goes on. He can’t, or maybe won’t, assemble a “state of the art conditioning, nutritional program and hold the players accountable. He can’t or won’t hire a “bonafide” OC. He falls short on the Oline every year, that’s both coaching, and recruiting, and our special teams have killed us. He gets an A for improving the defense. He’s a short sighted coach, spends way to much time trying to put out fires vs planning for future needs, and he can’t win a big game. When my interest wanes, I’m sure there are huge numbers of others feeling the same. If he doesn’t produce this year, hopefully he retires.
GNAT line
May 9th, 2012
12:21 pm
easy schedule might equal NC but it is hard to justify a NC game if you play nobody that ranked. A good chance a one loss team would play before UGA.
Chris
May 9th, 2012
12:28 pm
Make the Florida rivalry a home and home serious and say to hell with Jacksonville.
Done.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
12:37 pm
CHRIS getting KILLED by So Ga dWags in 3……….2…………….1…………
Columbus Dawg
May 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
First of all, I doubt seriously that the members of the Elvin Bishop band would want a D.A. like you using their band name on a blog, spouting off like the blithering idiot that you are. Talking about the direction of the UGA program, ect, blah blah blah. Second of all, it is hard to get a read on what program you actually support. Could be a Tech fan trolling as a toothless wonder from Phenix City, but who knows. What a moron.
Pitbull
May 9th, 2012
12:48 pm
Yada Yada Yada
Argentina Blue
May 9th, 2012
12:50 pm
Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech look to be the two toughest home games for Georgia this year.
SSIgator
May 9th, 2012
12:56 pm
“It was hurting the university’s image”
No, it is called “The Georgia Way” according to Richt.
SLOBBERKNOCKER
May 9th, 2012
1:16 pm
Gotta agree about the weeny schedule. As a season ticket holder for years it’s getting to the point where I’m rethinking season tickets and just going to the “good” games of which there are 3 this year. That’s four patsies. Not good.
bucket
May 9th, 2012
1:17 pm
Bill, thanks for trying to have an adult conversation on the Junkyard Blawg about some serious gameday issues @ UGA. Haters with “UGA Obsession Disorder”, thanks for making that darn near impossible.
Mobile Dawg
May 9th, 2012
1:25 pm
SSI, what do you think about Muschamp? Is there enough substance behind the fire for him to be successful in Gainesville?
Fridawg
May 9th, 2012
1:29 pm
I don’t think there’s really a problem with Game Day in Athens. The stadium stays full (mostly). I attribute the empty seats solely to the new student ticket process. We’re talking about selling nearly 100,000 seats in May for a September game. Remember… at least we’re not Tech having to advertise everywhere all year long to have a 30,000 show up.
Al
May 9th, 2012
1:32 pm
A better brand of football on the field would help, not this play not to lose mentality that Richt goes by.
8-4, 9-3 at best this yr. Free Hutson Mason!!!
Cdpridg
May 9th, 2012
1:32 pm
You can do as I and MOVE from s Ga…as I did. Really driving in any direction you have to drive 3hrs to get to any sort of civilization. Valdosta the only decent place to live besides the Golden Isles
Smokewagon
May 9th, 2012
1:44 pm
What is needed is a new fan base at UGA. I have never seen so many tired a_ _ ed people in my life gathered at a football game. Noise and excitement of any caliber is non-existant. I have been given harsh looks by fans just trying to generate some excitement. I sure the lack fan energy reverberates to the players resulting in lackluster play from time to time. There is no 12th man at Sanford.
DePort
May 9th, 2012
1:47 pm
How about someone just give me some more money and I will go to every game I can! Spend my money on bills and living expenses … or spend it on game tickets and starve?
DePort
May 9th, 2012
1:50 pm
You cant have a 12th man at Sanford since half the student population doesnt show up anymore. You are right though .. people do give you a weird look when your actually excited about your team… Thats sad!
South Georgia Dog
May 9th, 2012
1:52 pm
Vince Dooley was the last AD we had who valued South Georgia fans and alumni.
bucket
May 9th, 2012
1:59 pm
As far as the schedule, it is what it is for this year. McGarity has zero control over the SEC schedule. UGA doesn’t have any schools visiting in-conference that are considered conference contenders, but Vandy will be interesting because of the ending to last year’s game. Tennessee is Tennessee regardless of whether they are on top or not. As far as OOC, McGarity obviously learned well at the feet of Foley in Florida and has been observing the OOC schedule of the other SEC teams that have been winning recently. The GTech game is a rivalry and will always be interesting.
Alphare
May 9th, 2012
2:01 pm
The problem for UGA is, if you have a decent schedule, you lose to the better teams, if you have a weak schedule, you get ridiculed even if you win them all.
It’s a no-win situation.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
2:09 pm
Alphare…………you don’t get better playing easy teams.
ElvinBishopBand
May 9th, 2012
2:16 pm
The Gators will win the East this year regardless to Georgiee’s easy schedule. UT will scare the heck out of you as well.
Ray Goof's Hat
May 9th, 2012
2:17 pm
The dig about UF’s OOC schedule is really overstated. UF’s annual instate rival FSU is a much stronger opponent than Tech. In the last 10 years, UF had 3 seasons where is played both the Noles and the Canes, and UF will do that again next season. In between they’ve thrown in USF, Southern Miss, Hawaii, UCF. In other words, UF does about what everyone else in the SEC does, including Georgia.
kingdaddy
May 9th, 2012
2:20 pm
#1. Charge a SMALL fee for tailgating so you can add more porta-potties, add a few security guards and get a student-led cleanup. Some students could use the money!
#2. Only a couple of early games…
#3. Play a better schedule! If we aren’t good enough to beat a good team, then we aren’t good enough to call ourselves a good team. Its how you get better…
kingdaddy
May 9th, 2012
2:24 pm
EBB
Alabama will lose its opener. I’ll bet they are scared too…
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
2:29 pm
Ray Goof’s Hat….Funny Tech has beat FSU the last few times they have met, but FSU is more Difficult for the Gators than Tech is for UGA? not using your best logic.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
2:32 pm
Sept 1 UGa fans could better spend their money Going to see Auburn v Clemson in the Dome over Buffalo Tween the Shrubs.
SSIgator
May 9th, 2012
2:36 pm
What? It is after 2:30pm and no sign of DawginLex yet? I guess Nancy is having a late lunch with the girls. Either that or she had a little too much wine with her salad and needed to have a little mid-afternoon nap before making her entrance here today. Maybe we will get to chat with her later.
The only way UGA (or any team)...
May 9th, 2012
2:36 pm
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Ray Goof's Hat
May 9th, 2012
2:39 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR….I was wondering why you mentioned only the last two times that FSU and Tech played, both Tech wins. Hmm. Does it have anything to do with the fact that FSU won the previous TWELVE consecutive meetings? But please, continue your lesson about logic…
SSIgator
May 9th, 2012
2:41 pm
Wait a minute, Altamahadawg isn’t here either. Oh, I get it . . .
Devil's Advocate
May 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
People need to stop whining about schedules. You can’t have it both ways. When UGA is beating up cupcakes people complain and want to see a bigger name OOC. If that bigger name is down then people don’t count it as a big game. If that bigger name wins then people complain and say UGA shouldn’t schedule big OOC games because the schedule is already too tough with the SEC and Tech. So what’s it going to be?
All I know is the most successful programs generally schedule the same types of OOC games. Bama and Florida have beat up on cupcakes for decades. Just about all major BCS teams have stepped up and added a significant OOC game the past decade because of the expanded schedule and TV deals so no team can really claim bragging rights. UGA has been playing OSU, ASU, Colorado, and Boise State with upcoming series against Clemson, Louisville and tOSU. Bama has played several Chick-fil-a games and the Penn State home-and-home. Tennessee is honestly the pioneer in the SEC for scheduling tough OOC games before it became the thing to do this decade.
In general, I can’t think of a team who has won their conference or the BCS that hasn’t been a very good to great team. Sure, we can debate all day if someone else who didn’t play them could have beaten them but that’s college football. So at the end of the day, regular season schedules only matter for wins and loses.
All the people bashing UGA last season and this season are wasting their efforts because the proof will be in the pudding. Was UGA a Top 10 team in 2011? No, and their loses to Boise, SC, LSU, and Michigan State proved it. Is UGA a Top 10 team in 2012? We’ll see but they’d have to win 11+ games to do it including the SECCG. So complaining isn’t going to benefit anyone.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
2:45 pm
ray goof’s AZZ hat……..that is because TECH doesn’t play FSU every year anymore. those wins you are talking about were before 2003.
you said ” UF’s annual instate rival FSU is a much stronger opponent than Tech. In the last 10 years” so Tech is 2-1 against FSU in that time.
ARdawg
May 9th, 2012
2:51 pm
The quickest most surest way to round up all the Tech Trolls of the world is to open up a UGA thread, isn’t it?
ARdawg
May 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
Stillthebar, what happened to you, you use to at least discuss football, now just useless troll blather
SSI
Goof Hat
EBB
Yep, they’re all here
We Need Cup Cakes
May 9th, 2012
3:01 pm
We need cupcakes!!! OkSt=loss, Colorado=loss, Boise state=loss…you retards don’t get it…if you lose ONE game you are done….would rather play the cupcakes on the schedule and in return have a trip to the dome and/or to the NC-Game….
How many of you know when Florida won there last National Championship? Name there entire schedule from that year…exactly….know body remembers or cares…We Need CupCakes….
Ray Goof's Hat
May 9th, 2012
3:01 pm
Kool-aidSluper – I will give you due credit for understanding basic punctuation, and therefore understanding what a period means, but nice try on your creative reading of my post. Where was Tech while FSU was winning 12 ACC titles in 14 years?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
3:03 pm
I was talking football.
I told the dawg fans that they are getting screwed by having to pay for these crappy games.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
3:06 pm
Tech shares an ACC title with FSU one of those years. FSU was finishing in the top5 those years too. Where was UGa? Getting beat by the Gators?
Ray Goof's Hat
May 9th, 2012
3:12 pm
Yep, they sure were. It’s the circle of life. UF beats UGA, and UGA beats Tech.
Mobile Dawg
May 9th, 2012
3:37 pm
Tell you what I would pay good money to see, DawginLex and SSI meeting in an enclosed cage, with Altamaha as the referee. Maybe that could be a “pregame” festivity in Jacksonville this year. SSI can’t carry on a coversation, answer a question, just hurl juvenile insults for sport.
ole yeller
May 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
I don’t know way the fuss about ticket sales for the cup cakes. When it get close to game time in Sept. the tickets will be gone. Why, because there are a lot of folks who want get to see this team play unless they see a cup cake. My guess is once these Dawgs Cowboy up everyone is going to want to see them. They are going to be special.
UGA forester
May 9th, 2012
3:59 pm
I have season tickets and I may not make it to the first game. Why do I want to see 1/2 a defense play a no name team. With McGarity’s cup cake schedule and tougher than you student athlete policy, he has to sleep in the bed he made.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
4:07 pm
Early season Thursday Night Games are better than Sat. Noon games in the heat.
Tull
May 9th, 2012
4:08 pm
Bill, I love your articles and you are always spot on and honest. Have you heard the new parking nightmare some idiot came up with concerning parking decks. I got and email saying there was new exciting news concerning parking decks. They came up with a lottery system. You put your name in and your preferences and they draw it out and sell you a space in the deck that still remains on your list. I have tailgated with the same 2 families for 15 years and we always park in the South deck. Now we have to put out name in the hat for the lottery. What chance do we have of all 3 getting in the same deck – zero! We now can not tailgate together without moving out of the deck to who knows where! This has to be a nightmare for lots of tailgaters that part in the deck. I know there is a group from Clinch Co. that has several tents at the south deck and tons of them tailgate together. What chance do they have of getting in the same deck – zero. It seems the goal of someone at UGA is to totally destroy the tailgating experience in Athens. I am a 1976 grad that never misses a game and they have about turned me into thinking of watching that big screen at home. I sent McGarity and email voicing my concerns and talked to the Athletic Dept and no one seems to care. It’s a sad day when you can’t go to a Dawgs game and not tailgate like the good ole days.
TrueDawg
May 9th, 2012
4:09 pm
Get Adams out of there and everything will be better I guarentee it!
Cdpridg
May 9th, 2012
4:15 pm
Kool aid guy…STOP with your assinine debate of tech verses fsu. FSU is a respected top 20 to top 25 program. Tech average in a horrible conference. I will give you overall abt the 50th best program in the nation. FSU and Va Tech are the only competitive programs in the conf worth speaking of. Tech..no fanbase…no facilities…cant recruit in their own state…you recruit with the likes of Midd Tenn in Murfreesboro..lol! Tech is just an embarassment…PeRIOD!
Skitty Fritty
May 9th, 2012
4:19 pm
The other big problem which may cause me to cancel my season tickets next year is the traffic patterns or herding after the games. It takes me over an hour to get out of Athens to try and get back to Metro Atlanta because the local police won’t let you make any turns, etc. The traffic plan after football games is terrible. I have driving to games from Atlanta for over 20 years and it takes longer than ever to get home because of the traffic plan the local police make you follow. It is a joke.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
4:21 pm
Cdpridg….you are a dwag with all those advantages you say FSU has and what are your mutts? Average SEC team and an embarrassment to the state with all the arrests. Any Mo Ron can get in UGa & pass classes to play football same as FSU.
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
May 9th, 2012
4:22 pm
New game plan needed in Athens?!? It took you 30 years to figure that out?
Skitty Fritty
May 9th, 2012
4:23 pm
Tide is Rolling:
It won’t be too much longer when Saban leaves and Bama gets back to the Shula years again.
Skitty Fritty
May 9th, 2012
4:24 pm
Tide Fan:
When do you play LSU again for the best 2 out of 3?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
4:26 pm
Tull…….are you just now figuring out the Athletic Department could careless about what FANS want? They KNOW fools and their money are easily parted no matter what they do to make the games day experience worse. All these people say they will not go to the games or buy tickets are not going to do it and UGa knows the Sheep/ Lemmings will keep coming back. Fans can’t Brag about how Huge the Athletic Budget is and on the other hand complain about being Pimped for everything about gamedays.
Cdpridg
May 9th, 2012
4:48 pm
Kool aid…what are the Dawgs…respected top 20 program playing in the toughest conf in America that has dominated your rearend going on 6 decades now. How is that for ya bub??
SSIgator
May 9th, 2012
4:57 pm
Mobile Dawg -
RE: Your inquiry @ Will as the Gators coach
I have no idea, but here is a link that you can keep up to date with – gatorzone.com
RE: Your pre-game entertainment at the Gator Bowl this year
DawginLex has already been notified where we park each year – in our reserved space in the Touchdown Lot on the East side of the stadium. You and AltamahaDawg are also welcome, but let me know in advance so I will make sure we have enough snacks and beer for extra visitors. DawginLex can share some wine with my wife and her friends.
Jim
May 9th, 2012
4:57 pm
Allot tickets to all boy scout, Police officers,and Military members at a price they can’t refuse. It’s a shame when Alabama averages more people at their spring game than we do during the regular season.
Top Dawg
May 9th, 2012
5:05 pm
Here’s an idea: Erase from my memory that CMR put up with Willie Martinez as long as he did, and I will consider attending another game. Every time I think about CWM and how long he was allowed to hang around UGA I get disgusted all over again.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
Top Dawg………….This will KILL you then………….Mike Bobo has been coaching at UGa since he stopped playing in 1997.
Dawg Doo
May 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
The basis for Dawg fans discouragement is living through so many years with our noses pressed up against the glass of the national championship store, watching Florida, Alabama, Auburn, Tennessee and LSU party inside, knowing that we’re not invited.
Dekalb Fan
May 9th, 2012
5:27 pm
The Band can also be revamped.
BULLDAWG BILL
May 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
No September home game should be allowed to start before 6:00PM!
Change Florida to home-and-home. We owe Jacksonville nothing!
Dawg Doo
May 9th, 2012
5:40 pm
The game in Jax helps us to recruit North Florida. If I were UF, I wouldn’t want Georgia playing in Jax every year. Look at Derrick Henry!
RealDawg
May 9th, 2012
5:49 pm
Jacksonville is not just a game but a week long holiday for most of us. Leave it alone.
The band needs to be back with main student section. Isolating them did nothing for the team or the atmoshpere. The students need to rise up and build some more tradition in partnership with the band. Half of last year the cheerleaders, band, and students were all on a different page.
I hate the early games but they aren’t going anywhere with the tv deals. Buy a satellite and hang out after the game for a while, tailgate, relax, and watch the afternoon CBS game.
Tailgating is absolutely fine in my area. Plenty of parking and atmoshpere. I am not sure what the issue is. Yes, we are a little further out than in the past but still plenty of parking and FREE. The only part of the new rules that is stupid is no pull behind trailors or grills. I promise these aren’t the people trashing the place.
SWGADAWG
May 9th, 2012
5:54 pm
It’s not the same UGA I attended….that’s for sure. And I don’t think it’ll get any better. Still love the Dawgs, but the trips from down South and all the donations may be coming to an end.
UGADawg83
May 9th, 2012
6:02 pm
Bill:
Your bias towards Atlanta fans and folks from South Georgia is disgusting. Though I live only an hour from Athens I travel the same road into town as the South Georgia folks. The road is filled with carloads of faithful Bulldogs from Valdosta, Thomasville, Tifton, Bainbridge and Albany. A fellow that sits behind me drives all the way from Donaldsonville. We are speaking about the University of GEORGIA not the the University of Metro Atlanta. The Dawgs belong to the whole state not just Athens and Atlanta.
FIRE BILL KING!
Jake
May 9th, 2012
6:05 pm
Where’s your evidence that the majority of fans don’t come from South Georgia?
UGADawg83
May 9th, 2012
6:06 pm
Oops-should have said “bias towards Atlanta fans and AGAINST folks from South Georgia.” That will teach me not to type when I’m rialed by a self-absorbed Atlanta resident.
UGADawg83
May 9th, 2012
6:07 pm
I meant riled-dang it!
RealDawg
May 9th, 2012
6:13 pm
I am not doubting the new scheduling strategy. Don’t forget we are still playing 4 teams that have won national champions (5 if you include GSU). The reality of our schedule is that TN/FL decline hurts our schedule perception. 7/8 years ago that schedule is tough and the cupcakes are needed. Reality is also that LSU/AL schedules are not that much tougher. They both have three sure wins also.
RealDawg
May 9th, 2012
6:28 pm
Jake:
The evidence is car tags and student enrollment. More students attend UGA from Gwinnett County than ALL of south Georgia combined. I don’t think it has been a great think for football and the fan base but the reality is obvious if you look at the difference between who is at the games now versus now, 10, and 20 years ago.
RealDawg
May 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
*thing
Southgadawg
May 9th, 2012
6:35 pm
Don’t write off the South Ga fans simply because Atlanta has gotten so big that the numbers of Alumni are becoming skewed!! It is bad enough the rest of Georgia is an afterthought to the state government, business, and all national media, but if the Dawgs abandon us????? Oh and don’t forget…. if you loose south Ga connections, you loose a ton of recruits to FSU, FL, Auburn, etc… which are all closer then Athens mileage wise anyway. Don’t just focus on ATL.
bulldog for life
May 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
You must not go south of the gnat line if you dont think there is great support for the DAWGS down here.
B C Dawgs
May 9th, 2012
6:45 pm
Bill—You got to remember our other home game is in Jacksonville, Fla. this year. That’s the main reason every other year we have 3 cupcakes instead of 2.
Would love to have the Gators in Athens every other year instead of playinf them in Fla every year.
Jacket99
May 9th, 2012
6:56 pm
Scheduling cupcakes is a disservice to the fans. UGA does it. Tech does it. Many teams do it. It still sucks.
Maintain traditional rivalries. Improve strength of schedule. Do it now.
Empty seats will cause school administrators and alumni to look at making changes in the Athletic Director’s office.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
7:13 pm
No Dawgs talking the baseball game? the tech blog has the game.
Jason
May 9th, 2012
7:42 pm
Sanford Stadium should be as loud and crazy as it can be EVERY single game. That’s the point of the home field advantage. You WANT to make the other team feel intimidated and uncomfortable. If you want a cool calm environment go to the golf course. Get off your tails and make a little noise.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
7:50 pm
DAMN Runner screwed that up.
kingdaddy
May 9th, 2012
7:52 pm
Smart, oops I mean Kool-aid Bar,what’s the score on the game? I saw2-0 Tech. Mustang Sally saw 1-0 Tech…
a country boy can survive
May 9th, 2012
7:56 pm
besides peanuts and welfare recipients, south georgia doesn’t contribute much to the state of georgia.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
7:57 pm
2-1 TECH
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 9th, 2012
8:02 pm
How about stop making fans contribute an extra grand to get season tickets since the product we are getting is not worth the extra money you have to donate
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
8:04 pm
When McGarity sees the empty seats this season, I hope he’ll rethink his scheduling strategy. Damon Evans, panties in his lap and all, knew how to build an interesting non-conference schedule.
I Married Joan
May 9th, 2012
8:08 pm
Can any of the leg humper graduates read?
WestOfAthens
May 9th, 2012
8:12 pm
Improve game day? Easy, simple, yet pure…
More Evening Games!!!!!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
8:12 pm
3-1 Tech
Dumbo
May 9th, 2012
8:13 pm
I Married Joan…..dang dude, you married the Frat Pass Around and they call me dumb
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
8:15 pm
WestOfAthens………….you that is not possible.
VA Dawg
May 9th, 2012
8:17 pm
In response to the growing Atlanta vs South Georgia feud in this thread, I would add that there are many of us who hail from other states and even countries. I’m as big a Dawg fan as anybody. For us it’s about the university, not necessarily the state. My loyalty as a resident is to the Commonwealth of Virginia, but my collegiate loyalty is to the University of Georgia. That’s the beauty of America. State to state, no papers.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 9th, 2012
8:20 pm
7 pm kickoff would be perfect
The Ol Bawl Coach
May 9th, 2012
9:02 pm
How did it work out the last time the Gators came to the Classic City to play?
ElvinBishopBand
May 9th, 2012
9:04 pm
@Columbus …you sir would know something about a DA since you’re from Columbus. Did I hurt you little feelings? Don’t blame me for your team sucking since 80 and you got lucky then since you didn’t have to play Bama.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
9:30 pm
GT 8 v dWags 1 in the bottom of the 7th
Chiefdawg
May 9th, 2012
9:41 pm
Win
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
10:23 pm
GT 8 v UGa 6
Dwag Seniors never won a series against the Jackets. Take that with you on you walk to get that Housing Diploma.
Mobile Dawg
May 9th, 2012
10:36 pm
SSI, I have a marriage mixed with AU so I’m used to tailgating with the enemey. Wouldn’t mind at all visiting your tailgate and sharing a beverage with you and your brethen, I enjoy some gator tail. Don’t think Lex will drop by unless he has the gloves though.
Just FMI, why do you enjoy needling the Dawgs so much, you must remember we own you for the series, and it’s bound to get competitive again at some point, unless Spurrier decides to come home.
A1A
May 9th, 2012
10:42 pm
Well, now that the ballgame is over, let’s check the tally for this school year’s Big Three sports:
Football: UGA 1, GT 0
Basketball: GT 1, UGA 0
Baseball: GT 3, UGA 0
—————————–
Total: GT 4, UGA 1
Looks like Tech owns this state!!!!
It must be a really miserable time to be a Leg Humper. Sooooo sad for you.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
10:56 pm
A1A tech won the series 2-1
UGa football 1
UGa baseball 1
GT Basketball 1
GT Baseball 2
GT 3 v UGa 2
c u later
May 9th, 2012
10:59 pm
Have you ever tried to get a hotel room in Athens on gameday? Try buying a condo instead. You can do it for about the same price and you will have some equity in it. Three night minimums at $400 a night times 7 games is about 10 G’s a year!
Alabama Jack
May 9th, 2012
11:00 pm
I haven’t been to Sanford in years. Do the “fans” still urinate from the crosswalk on the people below?
Mobile Dawg
May 9th, 2012
11:07 pm
Why do you think you see so many motor homes?
Only if they have Alabama hats on….You people don’t deserve Saban.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
May 9th, 2012
11:20 pm
Mobile Dawg does that mean the UGa criminal players and fans don’t deserve Richt then?
RealDawg
May 10th, 2012
12:04 am
I am not sure anybody is hating on south Georgia fans. At least not me. I was just stating the facts related to enrollment and the changes in the alum base as well as where the majority of money and fans come from. Not based on heart but simply on volume.
The reality is that UGA has very little to say about what time any of the games are so discussing night versus day is useless
Dawg Obedience Trainer
May 10th, 2012
12:08 am
Compare all the SEC team’s non-conference opponents
to Notre Dame’s schedule, not a single cupcake.
And I’m not a Notre Dame fan.
Playing cupcakes is garbage football.
cupcakes and more cupcakes
May 10th, 2012
12:27 am
LSU vs North Texas State, Idaho, Towson
Bama vs Western Kentucky, Florida Atlantic, Western Carolina
Sam
May 10th, 2012
7:13 am
My last year of season tickets….much easier, cheaper and BETTER SEATS to get them off ebay or stubhub for the good games. What a waste this year for season tickets and paying the priority…..buffalo….fla atlantic……HA! UGA needs to do something…
Sam
May 10th, 2012
7:16 am
Alabama Jack….you must be confused- only people from Alabama do stuff like that- especially in Tuscaloosa……not to mention the fan base who include morons that poison trees…take a look at your warped selves before talking smack to the rest of us
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
May 10th, 2012
8:33 am
Jeopardy Time!
Answer: Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Mississippi State, and the University of Georgia.
Question: Who are the mid-tier programs of the SEC who haven’t won a BCS championship?
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
May 10th, 2012
8:35 am
You know you’re not a top-tier program when you have the two top recruits in the country in your state, and probably neither one of them will come to your school.
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
May 10th, 2012
8:36 am
You can’t lose your division and play for the national championship; unless you’re a top tier program.
Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
May 10th, 2012
8:40 am
1. Be a talent rich state
2. Don’t share that state in a quality conference opponent.
3. Have a national brand name
4. Ability to hire a multi-million/year coach
Two schools meet this criteria. LSU and UGA: LSU has won two national championships and played for one more in the past 10 years.
funny...
May 10th, 2012
9:13 am
Bill blames the young alumni twice.
Bill you’re such an entitled goat.
You’re the worst columnist the AJC has on it’s payroll.
Once a week you let the readers write your article.
The other articles are crap, along wih this one.
My degree from UGA is worth more than yours. You know when the application was just “make your mark here”.
funny...
May 10th, 2012
9:21 am
Also, did the Alabama fans posting on the Georgia blog actually graduate from Alabama?
Either way, it’s funny and a little sad that you’re even posting here.
Alabama fans posting on a Georgia blog, LOL.
STUDENT ATHLETE
May 10th, 2012
9:34 am
CAN’T SELL TICKETS TO A GAME? THE CRIMSON TIDE PUTS 90,000 IN THEIR STADIUM – FOR THEIR SPRING GAME.
Bill King
May 10th, 2012
9:49 am
funny:
Thanks for reading, but try again to see if you can get what I’m saying this time. I don’t blame the young alums at all. In fact, I’m suggesting that changes be made to accomodate them.
Dirty Dawg
May 10th, 2012
9:57 am
Couple of things ’student athlete’…those ‘fans’ at yhe spring game get in for nothing – other than a can of food or something – and besides, what else you gonna do in Alabama? After all, those catfish will still be there when you get around to your other favorite pastime – again, other than killin trees – noodling.
UGA Insider
May 10th, 2012
10:03 am
Don’t go blame the South GA crowd for this disaster!!!!!!! You blame Mike Adams and McGarity 100%! I demand and apology immediately!!!!!
UGA Insider
May 10th, 2012
10:07 am
Bill are you a liberal???? You always seem to blame others like innocent alumni and South Ga people…..You remind me of Obama today. You owe the younger alumni and the folks who live where fellow AJC writer calls “a bunch of nothingness”.
ole yeller
May 10th, 2012
10:18 am
Bama, roll in your glory for now, it’s on the way out.
funny...
May 10th, 2012
10:40 am
Know how I know it’s working?
You responded.
Pure win.
funny...
May 10th, 2012
10:41 am
And I’m joking, have you read Mark Bradley.
Evansdawg
May 10th, 2012
10:46 am
Cupcake team kickoffs should be around 4pm instead of noon. Games would end around 7:30 and the restaurants downtown would flood, and travelers would still have a decent amount of time to get hom at a reasonable hour. 4pm kickoffs would allow the social element of tailgating to flourish, so a large part of the enjoyment of gameday could center on the pleasures of simply being in Athens.
Bill King
May 10th, 2012
11:45 am
UGA insider:
I’m not blaming anyone in South Georgia for anything. I’m simply noting that the main growth in alumni is in the metro area.
evillurks
May 10th, 2012
12:32 pm
If you clowns hadn’t been in such a rush to add that ugly arse upper level you might not have so many empty seats to watch the lackluster product on your field.
Got all high and mighty there for a while thinking you were all that and went off and did something stupid didn’t ya?
Dirty Dawg
May 10th, 2012
2:52 pm
OK, I’m gonna try this again…since we’ve brought up The Ole Ball Coach, and Les Miles-away as well, this thing about only games against teams in your respective division of the SEC counting toward the division title…seems that Steve’s still whining about last year. Well I say ’sounds good to me’, given that our annual ‘rival’ game will remain against Auburn and, I believe, SC’s is against Arkansas – the suddenly Patrino-less Razorbacks – I’m thinking we’ll have an advantage in that one. And since Steve’s wad has been shot against Georgia – no more gifts – appears to me he needs to be careful what he wishes for cause he just might get it.
UGA_75
May 10th, 2012
3:02 pm
The hubris of the Athenian and Atlanta sector of the UGA alumni makes me want to puke. I think a humbling is long past due for your ilk! Your ridicule and neglect of the Southern part of our state is repugnant, and demonstrates your shallowness as a writer. I would love to secede from the Northern half of our state and unite with the northern third of the state south of us. Call it Belvedere, beautiful view, and it would be without Atlanta. I wouldn’t give a dime for any part of Fulton county the most malignant abomination in our state.
Boise Dawg
May 10th, 2012
4:02 pm
Schedule strength is definitely a problem. I have yet to see evidence that playing a cupcake schedule is the way to go to win championships. Yes the SEC is tough, but for the top teams in the SEC there is very little chance of losing to mid tier and bottom dweller teams of the coference. Once you get past the top 4 or 5 teams (who usually don’t all play each other every year) in the conference the rest of the schedule is very manageable.
I understand there may be a need to schedule a team from a mid-major conference that we don’t have to offer to travel back too, but we shouldn’t need more than 1 of these types of games per year and we should be scheduling someone a little more exciting than Buffalo. If we really want a cupcake I would rather us play Georgia Southern each year or even Georgia State.
Glad to see the fans reacting to the McGarity scheduling philosophy…. I hope he gets the message that fans want better comepition and more intriguing home match ups. I’d rather lose 1 – 2 games because we are scheduling a home/away series with teams like Oregon, than have an undefeated regular season with only 3 or 4 respectable wins. Aside from Ga Tech we should be playing at least another major program from one of the other BCS conferences every year.
harold
May 10th, 2012
4:08 pm
THIS SCHEDULE IS A CAKEWALK? WHY SO ARE TEAMS LIKE THESE SCHEDULED? THIS SCHEDULE COULD COST UGA A SHOT IN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
krazydawg
May 10th, 2012
4:10 pm
Ya the dawg fans really are not dawg fans in south Georgia.We do not need the talent from lowndes,valdosta,thomasville etc.Somebody might want to tell the kids from south georgia we do not need them.Bill thats ignorant.The same reason that half of the people in this state give a rats rear about Atlanta.To see the dawgs play is worth the trip to me.
Sharkman
May 10th, 2012
6:30 pm
Who cares about gate receipts Bill! We care about wins and championships. Let ‘em eat cupcakes!!!
PonGT
May 10th, 2012
6:41 pm
You go man..you’re spot on. I don’t even care to rush to Athens, scurry to find a parking place and then hurry to get inside for the kickoff. Too old for that scene anymore. I’ll just stay home and let the younger crowd fight the nonsense. Hope things get better when adams is gone. Good riddance!
Dawg89
May 10th, 2012
9:41 pm
Come on Bill, how can you insult the South GA fan base? And, you wonder why kids from Valdosta, Tifton, Albany, Brunswick, etc. end up at FSU or Florida. The only UGA NC in recent memory was won on the back of a South GA stud from Johnson County (which is well south of the gnat line).
Dawg89
May 10th, 2012
9:43 pm
Bill, Alumni growth may be in Atlanta but football talent is in South GA. Just ask Nick. By the way, there are plenty of alumni in South GA. You are sounding pretty arrogant with this one.
RealDawg
May 10th, 2012
10:44 pm
Damn people…ready the article once or five times more. NOWHERE does Bill say anything negative about south Georgia dawg fans.
South Georgia fans as a group tend to prefer not to have night games-Fact
There are more UGA fans in metro Atlanta than south Georgia-Fact
That is all he said.
P_The_Ricker
May 11th, 2012
1:02 am
all of you people complaining about the schedule and lack of competition need to be reminded that the football team hasn’t gone undefeated at home since 2004. it’s been 7 seasons since the dawgs took care of business at home….thinking that a cupcake schedule is needed.
YEAR OF THE DAWG
May 11th, 2012
6:08 am
Enter your comments here
YEAR OF THE DAWG
May 11th, 2012
6:13 am
Everyone worried about the schedule if we win out and the SEC game.Nothing to worry about but we better win them all. S.C. Vandy Tenn Fl Au Gt. Six cupcakes lol.
Old Dog
May 11th, 2012
6:25 am
Vandy was a cupcake LAST year and look what nearly happened!
Right now I would not make a bet on the Dawg winning ANY particular game. They have demonstrated an amazing talent for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Mike Bobo 17 INT`
May 11th, 2012
8:53 am
Weak schedules are not going to get it in terms of style points and competing for a title. Relaxing tailgating is fine, but only confirms the fact that UGA is more concerned with partying and tailgating as opposed to winning titles.
As I said before, look at Alabama’s schedule and you will see why Alabama gets respect.
LawDawg
May 11th, 2012
9:40 am
I graduated in 2004 and went to nearly every game at Sanford, and many of the away games while I was a student, but they have made everything such a pain in the ass now, that it is not worth driving 2 hours each way and then having to deal with everything when I can watch on my 50″ television.
I find it hard to believe that in just a few short years since I graduated the students and alums became such savages that the restrictions on tailgating are necessary. Just bus in some porta potties.
Close Da Deal
May 11th, 2012
9:41 am
Every day another top recruit from Georgia picks Alabama & South Carolina over UGA. UGA needs better recruiting of the top talent here in Georgia.
harold
May 11th, 2012
10:03 am
THE WEAKEST SCHEDULE UGA HAS HAD SINCE 1980—-1981—-AND 1982! CAKEWALK CITY!
Natureboy809
May 11th, 2012
5:46 pm
Ever since Michael Adams arrived, tailgating in Athens is more like tailgating on North Avenue than in Tuscaloosa, Columbia, Auburn, etc… Back in the day, you could park almost anywhere for free. Now you either have to drop $100+ a game for parking, wait on a bus, or be prepared to walk a couple of miles to the stadium.