AD Evans wants Dogs to kick off a season in Georgia Dome
Georgia athletics director Damon Evans said Monday night that he wants the Bulldogs to open a football season in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome at some point.
“It’s something I’m definitely interested in,” Evans said on UGA’s “Bulldog Hotline” radio show, “and I think that Mark [Richt] has some interest in it as well.
“It’s one of those things where [it's difficult] trying to get it to fit the schedule [and] trying to find the appropriate team to play in that particular game, but we’ll get it in at some point in time. And I think it’ll be exciting for us, because it’ll be sort of like a home game, playing in our state.”
Evans said he’s aware of how the Kickoff game has benefited Alabama, which has opened the past two seasons at the Georgia Dome –- vs. Virginia Tech in 2009 and Clemson in 2008.
“Atlanta is fertile recruiting ground, and [the game] gives [Alabama] an opportunity to bring their program in once a year so people in the state of Georgia can see Alabama up close and personal,” he said.
UGA last year rejected overtures to move an occasional Georgia-Florida game or one Georgia-Georgia Tech game to the Georgia Dome. But Evans favors, at least in theory, a season-opening game at the Dome against a non-conference opponen that doesn’t typically appear on the Bulldogs’ schedule.
The game would be in lieu of a road game; it would not replace a home game on UGA’s schedule. The opponent might come from the ACC, given that the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game so far has featured an SEC team vs. an ACC team in each matchup.
LSU and North Carolina are scheduled to play in this year’s game. Tennessee and N.C. State are committed for the 2012 game.
But the Kickoff folks also have talked with programs from around the country about playing in Atlanta.
Evans chatted with voice-of-the-Dogs Scott Howard for about 90 minutes on the final “Bulldog Hotline” show until the fall:
- Aside from the Georgia Dome possibility, Evans said UGA, which has played six home games each of the past two seasons and will do so again this year, “may look at adding another home game in the future to bring it up to seven home games” some years.
- Asked what he wants to accomplish in the year ahead, Evans said: “I know everybody wants to hear this. I’m going to do all I can from my chair to get our football program back to the level that people are used to, and I have no doubt that will happen. I have utmost confidence in Coach Richt to continue to do the things that he’s always done and … position us to compete for championships. And I want to see us grow our basketball program on the men’s side, to make some improvements from this year and get that program to consistently getting in the NCAA tournament. And I think next year is a big step forward for us.”
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193 comments Add your comment
JimDog85
March 15th, 2010
11:17 pm
Can’t be first????
AJGREENFAN
March 15th, 2010
11:20 pm
Oh let’s do it……….UGA vs MIA or UGA vs OH ST
JimDog85
March 15th, 2010
11:20 pm
On another note, I think its time to change the BBall coaching on the women’s side as well. Not that I have ever watched a game of Lady Dogs bball, I know without even watching that Andy Landers will never take us to an NCAA title. He can’t even win and SEC title. He is too old, too male and too white to connect with today’s women players. He needs to retire gracefully and lets get a coach who can make the program proud.
Johnny DangerDawg
March 15th, 2010
11:47 pm
JimDog85,
I agree that Landers will probably never bring in an NCAA title. Considering the amount of talent in the state of Georgia, a title is definitely possible with the right coach. Also, I think the job is very attractive because the women’s b-ball team is consistently good and just needs the right coach to push them up to the elite level (like the situation Coach Richt inherited when he was hired). However, Landers has been here too long and accumulated too much good will for Evans to fire him. The only thing Evans can really do is not give pay raises to Landers. In a sport that doesn’t generate revenue, it would be highly unusual to fire a coach who brings in consistently good-not-great results.
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 15th, 2010
11:51 pm
SAVE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG AND PUT THEM GAYTORS IN THE DIRT DAWGS!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
March 15th, 2010
11:58 pm
So proud that you would actual watch a game?
Tired Of It
March 16th, 2010
12:24 am
LOWNDES COUNTY@11:51pm…,
Do you actually think the majority of uga’s football team care about a confederate flag? dude, what century are you living in? have you ever noticed the make-up of uga’s football team? u think those guys care about crap like the “south gone rise again”? lol at the stuff some dufuses post. they’ll probably take your flag and stomp it into the mud where it belongs. man, this is the 21st century, why can’t y’all let all that ol’ evil mess be. it’s always you kind of people coming on blogs stiring this mess up, over and over and over again. let it rest! please!
Grandad
March 16th, 2010
12:36 am
U of Georgia annual Chick/Fil/A ['Peach Bowl'] v. Clemson!
Then, quit traveling all over the country to play games to
spread the ‘Georgia’ brand.
Playing a kick-off game on national TV every year [rivalry]
would do as much. I imagine Clem. would jump on the idea.
Lewis might’ve called it:
” The World’s Largest Indoor Sweet Ice Tea Social”. Or not.
RED DOG 77
March 16th, 2010
1:14 am
I love the idea of playing in the opener at the Dome, But I also think some serious thought should go into whom we would, and should play. Where do we want to recruit? one article tonight is about, “Are we losing our hold on S.Ga.? How about starting the season off with Fla. State? Hell, I can’t think of a better way of putting a death grip on S.Ga.. Another idea is posted above, why not Clemson? Every year it seems the state of S.Carolina has some stud we want and need………Beat South Carolina and Clemson in the same year and wala…….we get the dude from S.Carolina ! Last, but not least, would be to strengthen our grip that CMR has established in South Florida……….Start the season with Miami………Anyone of those three would make this DOG fan a happy camper…………GO DOGS!!! GATA !!!
proud dawg
March 16th, 2010
2:06 am
Would love to play opener at the Dome. Maybe the SC game when we are to host?
Our first SEC games in the dome. I like the Tech game or another rival like Clemson in the game would be good as well. Or maybe FSU or Miami?
Go DAWGS 30-24!
Dawgfan17
March 16th, 2010
2:07 am
Evans says he wants to do everything he can to get us back to the level we should be at. One thing I have never heard a recruit say about UGA is that he is blown away by our facilites. I have not heard that we have bad facilities just never that they are a great plus to any recruits. Hopefully with the new weight room and upgrades they have made we can continue this in the future and work towards us having top ten facilites in the country, with the profit they are making it would be a good investment in the future of the program.
hop
March 16th, 2010
4:42 am
MAYBE… scheduling some off the wall places like stillwater,okla,boulder colorado, and tucson arizonia to play a game will be far better served playing at the dome against florida state or clemson will serve is better.
damon please do your job and get the schedule more in line with where our focus should be.
76-Dawg
March 16th, 2010
5:16 am
In 2014 move the Sept. 20th game with Clemson to the Dome on Aug. 30th and have sept. 20th as a bye.
Bulldog59
March 16th, 2010
6:24 am
Agree, agree, agree. 1) Stop travelling all over the country to “spread the Georgia brand” only to come home the next week and lose a crucial SEC game, 2) recruits are NOT blown away by our facilities because we spend millions and millions on Butts-Mehre but don’t upgrade over show piece, Sanford Stadium, and 3) move the 2014 Clemson game to the opener, ONLY if we make the following week a bye week, so we have time to recover for our SEC opener in Columbia, against SC.
TheNumber34
March 16th, 2010
6:41 am
I disagree with you gentlemen who say that athletes are not impressed by our facilities at UGA. Have you ever read the comments of the players and recruits? They rave about the dorms, practice fields, locker rooms and the stadium. Millions has been spent on Sanford Stadium in recent years and is continuing and the expansion of BM will truly make the facilities at UGA among the best in all of college. I’ve toured many college athletic facilities, and I would put the football-related facilities in the top 5. Now, as for baseball…that’s another story. However, that is coming too.
Douglas
March 16th, 2010
6:43 am
JimDawg: I agree. As much as Landers has done for women’s basketball at UGA, he really no longer connects with this age group and this generation. We need to hire one of UConn’s assistants to coach UGA.
Steve
March 16th, 2010
6:45 am
Hmmm…two sides of the mouth…you dont schedule like we have to “get the brand” out there and go play the normal SEC schedule and expect to win championships. Look at UF and Bama- their “brand” is out there playing Fla International, Charleston Southern etc etc……Schedule smart not stupid
buzz
March 16th, 2010
6:48 am
Damon, you had the opportunity when GT approached you and you failed to seize it.
waffleeater
March 16th, 2010
6:59 am
I agree Steve. Although playing in the Dome to open a season i believe is smart, i find it smart for media purposes. Media purposes will get more attention than who we play. Playing Miami, Florida State, or Ohio State to open the season is NOT smart, especially for a slow starting team like the Dawgs. MOST recruits do not make a selection based on who you have beaten but better yet on the stability of the program and what direction you are headed. I don’t think a stud will chose Georgia over SC or Clemson simply because they have beaten two teams from the same state. I had rather see us work in a Notre Dame or Michigan in the middle of the schedule than place one at the top on neutral ground. We play and travel well on the road. Lets go up north every other year and make a “mark” on some unchartered territory rather than play a risky game to open a season at the Dome. However, that being said, I have yet to see a team out run us on the indoor turf at the Dome! Maybe outsmart (W. Virginia), but not outrun.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
March 16th, 2010
7:11 am
agreed waffleeater- big 10 vs Sec would be a better match up.
OrlG8r
March 16th, 2010
7:13 am
I think any old trick Richt could dream up is worth a try. Heck, it can’t get much worse for them pound puppies…
Yep, some of you have it right...
March 16th, 2010
7:14 am
Either Clemson, Miami or FSU since the premise has been an ACC v SEC game…I prefer Clemson since one of my kids went to UGA and the other went to Clemson…
Standing on the sidelines
March 16th, 2010
7:19 am
They could open at Dynamo stadium in Moscow (Russia, not Idaho). If they get blown out, as they have a propensity to do in big games, what good does it do where they open? Better for Evans to concentrate on getting better coaches then worrying about where they open; that will get the program plenty of exposure. Hint to Evans: Convince Richt he needs a capable, first-class SEC offensive coordinator instead of “Home Boy”.
Why cut capacity?
March 16th, 2010
7:23 am
It’s novel, but by cut attendance capacity by over 20,000? Plus, it changes the entire experience. If you want to see a game at the dome go see Georgia State. There will be plenty of seats for those games.
Michael Foster
March 16th, 2010
7:24 am
do it vs. Clemson or FSU. Those are the two southeastern schools we have the biggest ties/history with
JB
March 16th, 2010
7:36 am
As the AD, the MAN in charge, The person responsible for putting the correct and proper personal in place to give us a chance to be successful, as an ex Georgia player, he SHOULD of gone to Coach Richt AFTER the 2008 season and STRONGLY suggest that he replace Martinez. The 09 season was embarrassing on the D side of the ball. Watching a very very average Tennessee team lay wood on us to the tune of 40 + points is unacceptable. Willie” no lead is safe” is gone and this year should be better from a coaching standpoint, we’ll just have to see what they can do with the talent coming back. I have a feeling average QB’s won’t have career days against us anymore, hopefully, they are running for their life.
Otis from Mayberry
March 16th, 2010
7:36 am
Awebum blew away dawgs in recruiting this year and they have the worst stadium I have ever seen plus, a bottle of Night Train is $6 there.
Winner take all
March 16th, 2010
7:45 am
Alabama will play Georgia for all the recruits, loser leave the State for 1 year. My bad, we own the state anyway.
A. Landers
March 16th, 2010
7:50 am
Actually, I think the women’s basketball program is in great shape, with a very strong coach.
lanier
March 16th, 2010
7:52 am
facilities are important but not paramount to a 4-5 star recruit. 100% of these guys think that they can go to the NFL and will sign with the school that in their mind will get them there.
whats important to them is Coaches, Exposure and System
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The Grinch
March 16th, 2010
8:06 am
buzz
March 16th, 2010
6:48 am
Seize what? The free hot dogs and coke offer? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Tube Steak Shapiro
March 16th, 2010
8:08 am
If Miss Landers would have offered Maya Moore’s mama an assistant coaches job, he could have had Maya. Alas, he will be second rate to Pat Summitt as Vince Dooley was second rate to Paul W. Bryant and Mark Richt is second rate to Urban Meyer.
bulldog12
March 16th, 2010
8:09 am
I think it’s a good time for the UGA football program to get back to top shelf in every area. We have not been at the top of our game in every area for some time. Good job on the new coaches; needed to happen. We are looking for a new bulldog mascot- can’t wait! We are building some new facilities- needed these! We haven’t built new athletic facilities in the football arena since the 80’s. One final area we need major league help is our radio broadcast: There was a time when EVERYBODY listened to the broadcast of Larry Munson. Since his retirement, no more; we no longer have a sought after, over the top, UGA brand in voices of the dawgs………it’s a disappointment that we can’t have our kids buy in to the broadcast brand like we did growing up………..just another area we need to make a change. It’s sad that we no longer have that personality that everybody relates to UGA…….all the other SEC schools do. Unfortunate. Our broadcast is typically very boring and blah……….bad job Damon!
Bremen Dawg
March 16th, 2010
8:12 am
Damon was so interested in spreading the UGA brand all over the country that we have lost ground on recruiting in Georgia. We don’t need to spread the UGA brand all over the country. We need to be playing in the Georgia dome at the start of the year or playing Florida there every other year. That would help UGA, not helping playing cross country. Damon, lets concentrate on playing more in Georgia.
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Stupid Mutt Fan
March 16th, 2010
8:22 am
ALABAMA cheats! Saban will leaf Alabama soon. They suck.
UGA 2010 national chumps baby! Write it down, Mettenberg win heisman then drink some ICB’s.
Dawg fan
March 16th, 2010
8:27 am
Screw the fans & alumni and just take away a home game???? No way!!!! If you want a game on the Dome change the GA-UF game to alternating between Atlanta & Jacksonville. DO NOT TAKE AWAY OUR HOME GAMES!!!!!
If they do we’ll show our displeasure by giving only the minimum donations to get our tickets!!!
UGA Alumni
March 16th, 2010
8:29 am
We don’t want to play our opening game in Georgia State’s stadium. I think Damon is vastly underestimating the anger he will cause amongst the DawgNation. We want our home games in Athens!!!!! Athens DAMNIT!!!!
athenian
March 16th, 2010
8:30 am
uga should probably play someone like Tenn Tech…wouldn’t want to risk losing opener by playing a real team.
Crue Daug fan
March 16th, 2010
8:30 am
why i lack dims daugs days were dim blak shrts in blak hats
Drive-by Media Guy
March 16th, 2010
8:34 am
Don’t change a thing ! Vision is bad ! We like things just like they are ! Don’t try to improve ! Gee,sounds like a bunch of Republicans. Oh, wait.
GW
March 16th, 2010
8:38 am
Playing a regular season game in The Dome and splitting the tickets makes no sense to me. We should do like the rest of the SEC and strive for 7 true home games every year. How will playing in Atlanta help us recruit Atlanta? Those kids know full well where Athens is and most know it is only an hour away. Can recruits even be invited to these Dome games?
Hell no Keep it the Same
March 16th, 2010
8:40 am
We don’t need a National Championship, keep things the same don’t play in the Dome and don’t play for a National Championship. After 30 years no need to win a BCS Championship
SimpleDawg
March 16th, 2010
8:44 am
In 2013 schedule the Georgia vs Clempson game for the Dome in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic.
We need to play Clempson every year as a non-conference game instead of some hokie-dok from Podunk.
JBogg75
March 16th, 2010
8:46 am
I say we bring FSU up to the Dome and open the season against the Noles! I’d buy those tickets.
PULPWOOD
March 16th, 2010
8:58 am
We’ve got the prettiest stadium in the country, and we want to play the opening game inside in the Georgia Dome? This makes no sense to me at all. Do you really think that playing one game in the Georgia Dome is going to have any effect on recruiting or anything else? Athens is only 60 miles from Atlanta, and every game we play is already on TV. Season ticket holders already miss out on ever watching Georgia and Florida play in Athens, and now we want to have two neutral games in one season? I don’t get it. I’ve been to every stadium in the SEC, and Sanford is the best, hands down. Why go play a game in the ghetto, inside, with no parking and no tailgating to kick off the season?????
Seamus
March 16th, 2010
9:01 am
Notre Dame is attempting to schedule a neutral site game every season. Why not match up the Dawgs and the Irish at the Dome in the near future?
By the way, Happy St. Patrick’s Day !!!
WonderDawg
March 16th, 2010
9:05 am
I hate to burst a bubble of some fellow UGA fans, but we need to go into the ‘10 season with a mindset that it will take a couple of years to see real improvement. First the defense. Remember, even Saban’s new defense got kicked around (6-6) in his first season. How can we expect better with our new guy, until the team learns his D?
Our offense got no makeover, which it needed almost as badly. Bobo cannot out-scheme nor out-adjust SEC DCs. He did okay for the second half of ‘07, but who couldn’t have done okay with Stafford and Knowshon? We ran the ball pretty good late last year, but that was against KY, GT, and Texas A&M. Think we can do that this year? DCs will stack up against the run and make our baby-faced QB beat them with his arm, which means never-ending passes in the flat. Branden Smith will trot in for an end-around once or twice. He is a Percy Harvin-type talent who needs the ball in his hands 6-8 times per game. Our offense is predictable and easily stopped by quality DCs (see OSU, LSU, UT, UF in ‘09). When Richt gets the nads to demote Bobo back to QB coach, and get a NFL/Grantham counterpart to build a dynamic offense that utilizes the speedy and talented players we have, THEN UGA will challange for the SEC title again.
PMC
March 16th, 2010
9:17 am
Won’t playing anywhere besides Athens infuriate the bulk of the gameday crowd that cares much more about the pregame festivities than the actual game itself?
JB
March 16th, 2010
9:20 am
Winning takes care of everything, and winning big…and winning with an attitude. This would insure that the 5 or 6 ” special” players from Georgia that sign elsewhere would stay home and make us special…….Who wants to bet what Meyer and Saban say to a Georgia kid when they are recruiting them. I know, and I don’t want to type it….you know too.
PMC
March 16th, 2010
9:21 am
The reason of course is that the Georgia Dome early season game is becoming a bowl game type atmosphere and it’s nationally televised against virtually nothing at that time of year. If you can kick it off against a traditional rival like Clemson it is a definate boon for recruiting and building the brand of the competitive teams nationally. Why would Alabama do it? They get 90K to spring freaking practice. They do it because it is a good tool to grow the Alabama brand and it’s another quality game on the schedule instead of wasting a million dollars paying a terrible mid major to be a sacrificial lamb.
UA Alum92
March 16th, 2010
9:30 am
Why not do it? Coach Saban has said he would love to play in the Kickoff Classic every year. Good for recruiting in Atlanta and nationally as the marquee 8:00 game on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. I’d watch UGA vs. Clemson or FSU.
jackETT
March 16th, 2010
9:31 am
Let’s open the season every year against Tech and then play them again at the end of each season…that way we can beat their asses twice each year…….Because “We Run This State”
blazerdawg
March 16th, 2010
9:37 am
Playing in the Chick-Fil-A opener does not require “giving up” a home game; it is in addition too. I would love to see UGA play Notre Dame, Michigan, Miami, or FSU in that game. Back in the day the Dawgs would open with Clemson, UCLA, Alabama, Tennessee without fear, and won our fair share. I also LOVE the Dawgs travelling to Colorado, Arizona, Oregon and Kentucy (UL), in the coming years, and I hope we get some northern exposure as well against Michigan, Rutgers or Army.
Great job Damon! Go Dawgs!!
collegeballfan
March 16th, 2010
9:45 am
UGA in the dome for a season opener is great. But look at the ground rules Dawg fans. It will not be a conference game, so forget USC or Florida. It will be against perceived “equal” competition from another conference.
Clemson would be a natural. The committee could double the price of tickets and still get a sell out. Miami (Fla) is a wonderful idea, but they would probably want it in a year when Tech visits them.
Personally I would like to see UGA play Texas in an opener. Again the committee could double the price of tickets and get a sell out.
GAsOwn
March 16th, 2010
9:46 am
They need to play FSU in this game. After FSU’s resurgence this upcoming season it would be great to see Coach Richt play a team that hasn’t been the same since he left.
76-Dawg
March 16th, 2010
9:48 am
A good example of why the SEC is great and always will be the greatest conference is UGA’s schedule in 2013 . SC, CLEMSON, ALA., TENN., LSU,. FLA., AUBURN and GT. Then if we win the east we have to play LSU or ALA. or Auburn again. Let’s see Ohio State or Notre Dame or Southern Cal play a schedule even half that hard. One schedule change that I hope to see in my life time is to have the Ga. Fla. game moved back to Athens and Gainesville. UGA and Fla. loses a lot of money by letting Jacksonville have that game.
Just a guess
March 16th, 2010
10:00 am
Something tells me LOWNDES COUNTY is a FL fan trying to be cute. Whatever the intention behind the post, I think Tired of It speaks the truth for the vast majority of Dawg fans. How many people could possibly take a toothless flagot seriously in 2010? Kinda funny, actually.
Anyhoo, I like the Dome opener idea, I like what Mark Fox is doing, and I like our chances to improve by a win or two on the gridiron this year. Go dawgs!
Otto
March 16th, 2010
10:04 am
The UGA Alums on the Atl Sports Counsel need to shut the game down but sadly that will not happen.
GT was the wrong game to move to the opener. Why help your rival get on the national stage. GT is currently 2nd tier in recruiting Ga talent to not only UGA but SEC teams. Further having GT at the end of the year usually helps UGA as GT does not have the depth that UGA has.
UF should stay in Jax. location has not lost that game coaching decisions have. The game is important to recruiting S. Ga. and Fl. and being in Jax helps that.
Clemson would be a big game but again they do not need the footing either. Clemson even more so than other ACC teams outside of GT like to recruit metro Atlanta.
ND would be a good game as they recruit nationally and are a 2nd tier program, if not maybe a Big10 team. UNC or BC would be my top choices out of the ACC.
If the game must be played UGA should play as often as possible if for no other reason than to keep teams like Bama from gaining stronger recruiting ties to Ga.
Richt so soft
March 16th, 2010
10:05 am
UGA fans are saying the Big 10 would be a better matchup because they know that the ACC is getting to be too good for them and their also-ran defense. follow the leader RTR
Otto
March 16th, 2010
10:09 am
76 Dawg, I hope I never see the day that the WLOCP is home and away. I have been to the game in Athens and Jax and it is something special. I doubt any money is lost, the game has been high profile despite both teams dominating decades at a time. The game still has a spot on national TV for years ahead, Bama/UT does not have that honor. The Iron Bowl only has 2 years set on Friday national TV. Further as I stated above the game is key to recruiting.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
10:11 am
The Big10 gains more national exposure than a mediocre ACC team and would be less of a threat recruiting as they are further away.
When was the last time an ACC team won a BCS bowl or had an at large team invited?
Dawg COLONEL
March 16th, 2010
10:11 am
Anyone who thinks UGA football facilities are not impressive has not been there recently. They are great and getting better. Probably not the best but still some of the best in the country.
Playing an opener in the GA Dome is a great idea as long as we are competitive. We must stop giving Alabama our home court advantage. We must take a turn at a nationally televised home opener in our state. But, the opponent should be one from outside the Southeast to get the maximum exposure and benefit. ND, Texas, or Nebraska would fit nicely.
Johnny DangerDawg
March 16th, 2010
10:14 am
RED DOG 77,
Would a game against Clemson in the Dome help UGA steal South Carolina’s recruits *more* than a home-and-away with Clemson? (By the way, the Dawgs are doing a home-and-away with Clemson in 2013 and 2014).
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Richt so soft
March 16th, 2010
10:22 am
OTTO- I agree with statement 1, but the fact is the ACC has beaten UGA since the Big10 has. I am wondering why you’re even talking about the BCS
DirtyDawg
March 16th, 2010
10:23 am
I’ve been suggesting, principally here, that the Chicky Kickoff people could score a coup if they were to schedule Tenn and Southern Cal…but Tenn and NC State? Good Lord, who’ll bother with that besides the two teams fans. Certainly wouldn’t have any national appeal. So it appears that maybe we need to ‘take care of a little unfinished business’ with young Mr. Kiffen ourselves. Schedule it as soon as possible, and assuming that Kiffen is still there in Two-Ought-Whatever-Teen, we’ll get out chance to ‘get even’ with the little pr**k.
DirtyDawg
March 16th, 2010
10:24 am
…make that ‘our’ chance…
Richt so soft
March 16th, 2010
10:25 am
btw- tech went to a bcs bowl this past season.
Too Easy
March 16th, 2010
10:25 am
The only good thing about the opener in the Dome is the air conditioning.
CatsFly
March 16th, 2010
10:29 am
I for one am as interested in the LSU vs UNC game as much as in other game this season. Two highly-touted teams with great personnel. UNC appears enroute to gaining national prominence. They’re defense is sick! Offense will be much improved as well, making them a team to deal with regardless of the opponent. Mark it down. Facts are, they beat both Miami and VaTech last year, and lost by 1 2 two to FSU and Pitt. Since they will be much improved this year, I can not see anyhing by great things for them this year.
Floyd
March 16th, 2010
10:31 am
Fire Landers? Are you kidding me? Had he accomplished what he has accomplished – and continues to accomplish, I might add – in a men’s sport instead of a women’s sport, there would already be a bronze statue of the man outside the stadium. Ask yourself this…would you be calling for the head of the men’s basketball coach if he landed our program in the NCAA tournament every single year?
Iraq Dawg....Hooah
March 16th, 2010
10:32 am
I say lets think more outside the box and create our own pipeline state that is beneficial when it comes to recruiting with a game or 2 up north or midwest. Why not a Georgia vs. BIG 12 or Georgia vs. BIG 10 matchup every year. And please don’t take away our home games in Athens. I love the atmosphere.
GATA Dawgs!
damngooddawg
March 16th, 2010
10:34 am
And why is it again that we care about Andy Landers and Lady Dawgs b ball???
Seamus
March 16th, 2010
10:36 am
Notre Dame will not be a “second tier” program for long, now that Brian Kelly is at the helm. If the sports council scheduled the Irish vs. ANYBODY in the Dome, the game would be a sure sellout…just like if the Dawgs were to play there against anybody as well.
Cmill
March 16th, 2010
10:36 am
UGA vs FSU in the GA Dome
Relax Dawg fans
March 16th, 2010
10:38 am
Since 2000, UGA has won more OOC games against BCS teams than most every other SEC team has even played. UGA has played more total games against BCS OOC opponents than any other team in the SEC last decade. Georgia has also played a conference leading 8 away games at BCS schools and is 7-1, while LSU ranks second at 3-1.
I want us to play quality opponents, but we also must stay competitive to our rivals schedules.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
10:41 am
When you play the same ACC team year after year they’re most likely to get one or two a decade. Besides beating a better team has nothing to do with it. The games is played for media exposure for both rankings and recruiting. The ACC can not compete with the Big10, Big12, or PAC10.
Iraq Dawg, Not a bad idea. UGA has played games in Yankee stadium. Why not Michigan at Soldier Field or Nebraska at the Jerry Dome? I like the Nebraska idea the best. Dallas has a very split recruiting pipeline due to a transient population and being closer to Oklahoma than Texas.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
10:44 am
Seamus, ND is not going to be a 2nd tier program with their new coach? We’ve heard that twice before. It is not coaching, it is recruiting base and facilities.
UGA Rules!!
March 16th, 2010
10:47 am
Of course with the way Evans and Richt schedule games we probably wind up in the Dome playing Idaho State or Louisiana Monroe or such. We will never rise to a national power without scheduling some national powers in out of conference games. Shoot we scheduled Oklahoma State to play us the past years about a decade ago when they typically won two or three games per year. It was complete luck that they actually were decent by the time they showed up on our schedule. When was the last time UGA truly scheduled a national power??? When they were a power! Thus, don’t mention FSU back in the 1970’s when they did not become national until the 1990’s. Ohio State schedules teams! Michigan did when they were Good! Florida has played FSU and Miami in the same season (so don’t bring up we play Yech…UF played both! And both are generally better than Yech anyway and have been national powers). USC has played good teams. Notre Dame will schedule tough games back when they were good. UGA….NEVER, EVER schedules anyone that is a true danger to our 10 win seasons unless we are down or have severly limited coaching.
Larry
March 16th, 2010
10:50 am
Tim-
Thank you for being one of the few AJC sports bloggers who actually contributes decent, coherent sports blogs that are genuinely applicable to the team in question. Meanwhile, your counterparts seem to thrive on just rambling about stupid sh*t that makes no sense and no one cares about. You and DOB are the only guys that keep me coming back here.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
10:50 am
UGA rules, what national power did Florida play in their rise? FSU and the SEC.
UGA has played more OOC teams than many you listed above. David Hale at Dawgs-Extra did some great blogs on this. Your argument holds no water.
UGA Rules!!
March 16th, 2010
10:51 am
Oh Yeah…don’t put Clemson in that category either! Shoot, Yech has beat Clemson like 6 of the last games!!! And own the series handily. They aren’t close to us unless we are having a down year. We blow them away in recruiting and if anything they are generally one of the most over hyped programs on a yearly basis. (Alabama and UF fans need not reply about 2008….we still generally finish in the top 15.)
DavidPandGA
March 16th, 2010
10:51 am
I think CMR should get a solid winning foundation with his regualr season games before we start becoming this gimic team with, “special” games. i rather be in the dome holdion a SEC title than playin ohio state or some other garbage team.
dawG
March 16th, 2010
10:54 am
You can’t just decide to be in the game….even if you are Pope Richt. You have to be invited. Duh!
DavidPandGA
March 16th, 2010
10:57 am
its not CMR its gimicy Damon Evans who rather shake hands and play nice than build a solid program, he’s a football Obama.
UGA Rules!!
March 16th, 2010
11:01 am
OTTO …words do not prove your point but your intellect.
Show proof…What team has UGA played and give the year. Remember the team must be national not Jacksonville State the year they won such and such conference. Clemson doesn’t count…even the bugs kick their butts! Name someone with some ability to bite back!!! I personally have been a Dawg fan since the 1970’s and can’t name a single game! Boise State, Clemson, etc. but nobody that truly were a threat to our established glass throne. We do not believe in taking chances and if you talk to people outside the Southeast they don’t see UGA as a National power. Alabama, Florida, LSU and shoot even Tennessee gets more respect nationally because they will play someone outside every blue moon. I remember FSU playing ND back when both were great teams. Miami schedules Oklahoma (not to be confused with us scheduling Oklahoma State and the resulting plummet in year in and year out ability…in other words they played toughness we played Cinderella – the real Cinderella in a dress, slippers, the whole ball of wax). Be honest and critique our scheduling honestly….I do love the Dawgs….but we schedule the pansies of the world in out of conference games. Only Oregon is scheduled in the future that could challenge us but that is so far off as to have been done and allowed only after Richt has retired. And be honest…Oregon is not USC, Ohio State, Texas, Oklahoma or shoot even Penn State, Michigan, Virginia Tech, FSU, Miami, etc. etc. They play in the weak Pac 10 and certainly do not get the talent we get annually.
Seamus
March 16th, 2010
11:05 am
Notre Dame now has top-notch facilities and has always had a national recruiting base. Since 1997, the problem has been the coach. However, things are about to change in a BIG way! Go Irish !!!
sogadog
March 16th, 2010
11:06 am
The only game I want the Dawgs to play in the Dome is the SEC Championship. WIN THE SEC EAST EVERY YEAR AND YOU CAN PLAY IN DOME EVERY YEAR.
CW
March 16th, 2010
11:09 am
Buzz, I’d like to see UGA play Tech in the dome, we’ve already beaten you everywhere else in the state. What’s another venue.
South Georgia UGA Hick
March 16th, 2010
11:11 am
Us South Georgia football thugs that UGA don’t recruit
anymore, but wins Georgia High School State Championships
every year, and now at FSU, would like for ya’ll
North Georgia thugs to play us in the dome.
ugaclassof2004
March 16th, 2010
11:15 am
More gimmics from Damon Evans is correct, proving that the Peter Principle is still alive and well. Yet another mindless attempt to attract the National Media to UGA. UGA already plays one game at a “neutral” sight in late October vs.Florida, not really sure we need two. And Evans constantly trying to sell the “UGA brand” by having the team travel from coast to coast is hard on the coaching staff and team. Here’s a novel concept:win most of your games and win your conference championship! Seemed to work pretty well in the past. Championships get media attention, not gimmics. And if ESPN doesn’t want to reconize UGA as a National power, then to hell with them. We don’t need their stamp of approval!
Otto
March 16th, 2010
11:20 am
UGA rules, Who did UF play in their rise?
Furhter fi UGA schedules as suggest it could be more harmful than an asset. Auburn ‘04 after dropping 2 to USC.
USC does not have any further big games scheduled OOC. Look it up besides Auburn was down when the game was scheduled and Arkansas is rarely elite sort of like Okie St or Az St. So the argument could be made that most often USC schedules pansies other than maybe tOSU which has questionable strength at the moment. Nebraska is a big name but has not been good since the 90s.
The teams may play in a weaker conf but that means they don’t have to play strong teams week in week out. UGA must take a look at keeping depth and not just big games. UF built their program on dominating the SEC especially the East. UF has not played an OOC BCS team outside of Florida since the early 90s and has played Miami 3 times all since 2000 in the regular season.
IMO UGA is on the right path on OOC Strength schedule 1 respectable game and GT. If UGA wins the SEC with an equal record to the BCS conf champs, UGA shold be in the BCS title game. UGA needs to concentrate on winning the SEC now.
http://dawg-extra.blogspot.com/2010/02/fun-with-numbers-best-worst-non.html
Many of the teams you mention are not even on Hale’s list of top OOC schedules.
Tallcarl
March 16th, 2010
11:21 am
Please people read the article. He was talking about adding a game in Atlanta not taking a game from Athens. I think the three nentioned before (Clemson, Fla.St.,Miami) are perfect matches. I use to love the Clemson games.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
11:22 am
Seamus, If he can win at Stanford, he can win at ND. If he has Super Bowl rings he can win at ND. Cincy is like winning at Stanford with lower acdemic requirements. The facilities are mid level Big 10.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
11:27 am
Clemson, FSU and Miami are 3 of the worst. UGA stands to give up much more than they gain. Those 3 programs recruit Atlanta well and will help them much more than UGA especially if they win.
ugaclassof2004
March 16th, 2010
11:30 am
UGA Rules…
Notre Dame and Miami: Talk about a history of playing pansies!! Both Notre Dame and Miami HAD to schedule tough non-conference teams because their conference was either weak( Miami) or they were independant( Notre Dame). Both Miami and Notre Dame would only end up playing 3 tough games a year during the 80’s. It’s not hard to win 10 games when you’re beating up on the likes of a Temple, Navy, or a Rutgers.
Seamus
March 16th, 2010
11:31 am
Willingham went to one Rose Bowl during his time at Stanford. The rest of his teams there were very mediocre. His teams at Washington were even worse. Weis had no head coaching experience, and attempted to coach college kids like they were NFL veterans. Brian Kelly is a proven winner at the college level, and the hopes are high in South Bend. Actually, it would be ironic to see ND play in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Classic that inaugurates the relocated College Football Hall of Fame, since it is moving to Atlanta from South Bend.
VolsRule
March 16th, 2010
11:35 am
Better be a Louisiana Monroe – UGA has slid back into the pack.
Hey, that is reality – and I know what it feels like.
Richt’s career reminds me of Fulmer – minus the National Title. UGA was exciting when he got there – UT was starting to slide. Now the cycle is turing – UT is starting an up cycle – UGA is trying to hang on.
All recruits see this and know this – look at how UGA has lost postion with IN STATE RECRUITING.
– Look how ALABAMA and FLORIDA and grabbing who the want.
– Recent successes by TENNESSEE, FSU, AUBURN and GT
What does this mean? It means that UGA did not maintain – recruits feel this, sense this, know this – and UGA focusses on FLORIDA because they are losing battles with the IN STATE BLUE CHIPS.
I bet you that the CARVER-COLUMBUS kids DO NOT go to UGA.
Saw this on a blog last night:
SEC EAST RECORDS last four years:
FL – 19-1
UT – 14-6
UGA – 10-10
SC – 8-12
KY ?
Vandy?
WHY is comparing SEC EAST schedules relevant? Because this is OUR division and against common opponents year in and year out. With the rotation of SEC WEST – and the permanent – it is not apples to apples. comparing SEC EAST is apples to apples.
Now here is the kicker – compare to Jim Donnan’s last 4 years:
JD – 13-7
MR – 10-10
and remember – Spurrier and Fulmer were top 5 at the time – this shows that Richt’s leadership, recruiting, and coaching staff have done a NOT SO GOOD of JOB!
Blue Max
March 16th, 2010
11:37 am
Richt is so soft; you must be an idiot. UGA and S. Carolina beat the best in the ACC this past year. The ACC is about as good as the Big East in Football.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
11:38 am
Rich Rod had just as much success as Kelly before going to Michigan.
I agree if would be ironic and I would not have a problem with ND playing UGA in Atlanta if the game must be played.
Sweet Home Alabama
March 16th, 2010
11:40 am
2013 will be my favorite football year every.The Bulldawgs have finally agreed to another beatdown,they are still recovering from that BLACKOUT.Bulldawgs we will beat your branes out you got my word on it.
AND before I FORGET,Nerds we got you they same year.A Double Tide BEATDOWN OF 2 crummy programs.Nerds you bring that high school offence to Alabama and we will you a BULLDAWG X 2 beatdown.
I cant wait.My flags fly proudly, a beutiful day .
Mt Saban forever,ROLL TIDE ROLL………..
285
March 16th, 2010
11:48 am
Evans is such a tool.
D-Rad made an offer to play UGA in the CFA Kick-Off classic at the Dome……7 months ago.
Is Evans stupid, deaf, or just didnt get the memo ?
285
March 16th, 2010
11:50 am
Why didnt DE just accept D-Rad’s offer to play Tech at the Dome for 2011 ?
Georgia AD Damon Evans wants Bulldogs to kick off a season in Georgia Dome : Football Rumor Mill
March 16th, 2010
11:52 am
[...] Georgia athletics director Damon Evans said Monday night that he wants the Bulldogs to open a football season in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game at the Georgia Dome at some point. “It’s something I’m definitely interested in,” Evans said on UGA’s “Bulldog Hotline” radio show, “and I think that Mark [Richt] has some interest in it as well. “It’s one of those things where [it’s difficult] trying to get it to fit the schedule [and] trying to find the appropriate team to play in that particular game, but we’ll get it in at some point in time. And I think it’ll be exciting for us, because it’ll be sort of like a home game, playing in our state.” – Atlanta Journal-Constitution [...]
Otto
March 16th, 2010
12:00 pm
285, GT required giving up a home game.
Seamus
March 16th, 2010
12:01 pm
Rich Rod attemted to install an entirely new offensive system at Michigan without the talent required to effectively implement it.
I would really like to see ND and UGA agree to a home and home at some point. I think the fans of both schools would enjoy the atmosphere at the others’ campus very much.
The schools do share a bit of history besides meeting in the 1981 Sugar Bowl. Legendary UGA Coach Harry Mehre was also one of Knute Rockne’s Seven Mules, who blocked for the Four Horsemen.
Over the years, ND has hosted and visited TN, LSU, Vandy, Alabama and Ole Miss. It’s about time for UGA and ND to get together!
ohmy222
March 16th, 2010
12:05 pm
Georgia should give up football if they don’t win it all in 2010. They don’t play BAMA or LSU, Teabow is gone, and the VOLS have a new coach. Also, BAMA plays Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee and LSU also plays Florida which should give you the SEC EAST on a silver platter.Tr.
So stop whining and play so football pups. PS—Don’t wear Black to the Championship game (dummies)!!!!
SEC East Headlines – 3/16/10 « MrSEC.com
March 16th, 2010
12:07 pm
[...] first-team All-SEC squad.5. UGA AD Damon Evans says it’s time for the Bulldogs to schedule a season-opener in the Georgia Dome.6. This writer/Dawg fan says a Clemson-Georgia game would be perfect for the Chick-fil-A Kickoff [...]
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
12:11 pm
1. I LIVE IN FT. LAUDERDALE WITH A BUNCH OF GAY ASS SNOTTY GAYTORS.
2. I PLAY BALL EVERYNIGHT WITH BLACK KIDS AS I ROCK MY DIXIEOUTFITTERS.COM GEAR.
3. DID AMERICA EVER HAVE SLAVES?
4. WERE SLAVE SHIPS BEIN MADE IN BRUNSWICK OR MORE SO LIKE RHODE ISLAND AND DELAWARE?
5. RACISM IN THE SOUTH? YOU EVER BEEN TO YANKEE LAND AND SEEN EM EYEBALL BLACK FOLKS? SO YOU GONNA TELL ME THEY AINT RASCIST.
6. KKK AND NAACP STOLE OUR FLAG AND IM STEALIN IT BACK
7. YOU THINK YANKS REALLY FOUGHT AND DIED TO FREE BLACK PEOPLE OR BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEIR ECONOMY WOULD CRUMBLE WITHOUT THE TAX REVENUE FROM THE SOUTH.
8. ITS FUNNY THAT I JUST WRITE CONFEDERATE FLAG AND GET BLASTED.
9. SO HOW OPEN MINDED ARE YALL.
10. AND I DONT CARE IF NO DAWGS ARE DOWN WITH C.S.A. I HATE GAYTORS AND YANKEES. AND I LOVE DAWGS AND THE SOUTH.
11. SLAVERY WOULDA WENT AWAY REGARDLESS JUST LIKE IT DID IN YANKEE LAND, MAYBE NOT IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES WHERE PEOPLE STILL GET STOLEN AND SOLD.
AIGHT DAWGS FANS YALL BE EASY AND ONELOVE
Gator On The Loose
March 16th, 2010
12:17 pm
•Asked what he wants to accomplish in the year ahead, Evans said: “I know everybody wants to hear this. I’m going to do all I can from my chair to get our football program back to the level that people are used to
Louisiana Lafayette
Colorado
Idaho State
VolsRule
March 16th, 2010
12:25 pm
OTTO and UGA RULES – good arguement between you two.
And remember this – GUYS -IT’S NOT ABOUT THE WINS – IT’S ALL ABOUT THE LOSSES!!!
The bowls prove year end and year out – it’s about how many losses you have – see Hawaill in 2008. who did they play? You go undefeated – you play in BIG TIME BOWL. It’s reality.
If you are smart – you strictly focus on your conference games – and use the other games as tune ups and live scrimmages. Florida does this every year – with the exception of FSU.
SEC teams do not have to schedule OOC national powers as this conference is TOP HEAVY – and at the end of the day – it’s the amount of LOSSES you have that matters – not wins.
TENNESSEE schedules more national powers OCC – why? NEEDS – HS football in Tennessee is not deep – we rely on recruiting Nationally to compete. WE have to recruit kids from all over – it’s NEEDS based!
Florida, Alabama, AUB, UGA and LSU – have great recruiting advantages because those states have so much better BLUE CHIP High School football Programs. Look at Tennessee’s football roster and count how many are home grown – it will shock you!!!! Not many at all.
What about BIG 10 and Pac 10?
You see some good OOC games every year – but B10 tradionally plays fewer conference games and has to schedule MORE OCC.
Look at Ohio STATES OOC schedule year in and year out. Give them props for playing USC or TEXAS – with their weak schedule – they needed to beef up for some respect – but this is ONE game a year – and the B!) is not deep. Ohio State has made a living playing AT HOME against AKRON, YOUNGSTOWN STATE, TOLEDO, OHIO UNIVERSITY, etc. Can’t blames them – guarenteed win – guarenteed home game – guarenteed dollars – less risk to get to major bowl or beaten up before MICHIGAN show down.
UGA plays GT every year – still has to deal with Florida, Aubrn, Tennessee, – then SC and KY – then rotate in SEC WEST – ARK, ALA, LSU -OLE MISS.
UGA focusses on CONFERNCE GAMES and GT – then schedules OOC like what FLORIDA or AUBURN – then UGA is in better position to get to a better bowl game – play more games at home – keep the money – play depth – less risk for injury – and play for a TITLE.
Sonny
March 16th, 2010
12:28 pm
LOWNDES COUNTY: Please DO NOT identify yourself as either a UGA fan or a Georgia native. You are a complete embarassment to the state, not to mention yourself.
Bama 1
March 16th, 2010
12:31 pm
Let them play Alabama, Saban would kick there a$$.
dawgfan
March 16th, 2010
12:34 pm
I don’t understand this whole notion that playing in the Georgia Dome somehow gives these out of state programs a big edge in recruiting Georgia. Like high school football players in Georgia have never heard of Bama, Clemson, or VT football without them coming to town for the Chicken Classic every year. Get real. They have cable television and the internet. They watch the games on TV and read about them on the internet just like the rest of us. Bama recruits Georgia well because Nick Saban is their coach and he wins championships. He would recruit Georgia well regardless of the Chicken Classic. Some stud 5 star guy isn’t going to go to Clemson just because they played in the Georgia Dome one year. Big harry freaking deal. Like playing in the Dome is some unique once in a lifetime experience or something.
I think the Chicken Classic is a great idea but don’t buy this crap about how it impacts recruiting in Georgia. I hear that thrown around a lot and I think its bogus. Thanks for listening to my rant.
VolsRule
March 16th, 2010
12:43 pm
Gator on the loose – re your 12:17 post – you really want to go there?
Look at your OOC conference – outside FSU – who have you played?
I will tell you:
In 2009 – it was Charleston So, Troy and FL Int’l.
IN 2008 – it was Hawaii, Miami, Citadel
IN 2007 – W. KY, Troy, FL ATL
in 2006 – So Miss, UCF, W. Carolina
Not fighting you – read my 12:25 post.
FLORIDA knows it’s about the number of LOSSES you have – not the wins.
Also – FLORIDA plays plenty of BIG NAME schools year in and year out – they do not need to play Nebraska -or Oklahoma – OOC. Florida will play every year: FSU – UGA – TENNESSEE – LSU – S.CAR – KY – VANDY – then rotate SEC WEST – AUB, AL, OLE MISS, ARK, MISS STATE.
Enough said – move on
Relax Dawg fans
March 16th, 2010
12:49 pm
VolsRule – you said
“UGA focusses on CONFERNCE GAMES and GT – then schedules OOC like what FLORIDA or AUBURN – then UGA is in better position to get to a better bowl game – play more games at home – keep the money – play depth – less risk for injury – and play for a TITLE.”
I couldn’t agree more and was the point I was trying to make. Georgia took it’s 4th OOC game and went after another BCS to play. I still like this move, but don’t want to add a season opener against another BCS team at the dome if it means we have to give up a “warm up” team to do it.
I would rather see the other SEC teams go out and play better schools OOC, since they are so awesome, and prove they are the best. Lets face it, since 2006 when we went to 4 annual OOC games, UF has had one ranked OOC opponent. LSU one. UT one. UGA three.
Ray Goof
March 16th, 2010
12:52 pm
UGA Might as well play your season opener in the Dome …It’s common Knowledge you loser’s are going to be making any trips to the SEC championship game in the dome any time soon…leghumper’s
Lunchtime links: Are former Vols welcome? | theSPORTSpage Arkansas
March 16th, 2010
12:55 pm
[...] athletic director Damon Evans would like for the Bulldogs to open an upcoming season in the Georgia Dome as part of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff [...]
Bobbi Dud
March 16th, 2010
12:56 pm
Florida is afraid to play Tech!
Cracker Jacket
March 16th, 2010
12:58 pm
Bama is afraid to play Tech!!
MACONDAWG
March 16th, 2010
1:01 pm
I like:
1. Move GA-FLA to opening weekend every year and rotate between ATL and JAX, continuing the 50/50 spilt on tickets and resulting bowl-like game atmosphere you’d lose if we ever go home/home. Then, even if Bama and others wanted to play in ATL in the years we play in JAX we’d still have an equal or better headliner for recruting and “branding” purposes.
2. Sign a deal with Texas or Oklahome to play opening weekend in ATL and then the follwoing season at Jerry’s place in Dallas. Arrange a 70/30 or 60/40 allocation on tickets, which would still promote somewhat of a regional “home” feeling, but allow more fans from the “visiting” school to get to a huge non-conference game they otherwise would never have a chance to if they played a true home/home. Huge appeal for Jerry’s ego, and either match-up would have much greater national appeal as a true “kick-off” game than the SEC-ACC match-ups we’ve seen so far at the Dome. Recruiting potential for the “vistitor”, but at the same time not necessarily infringing on the “home” team’s core recruiting turf.
3. Same scenario as Texas or Oklahoma, but schedule Notre Dame in a similar split between ATL and the new Giants Stadium in New York. Again, the ticket split allows greater appeal to fans. ND has a history of playing these “road” games in the past, so there might be a selling opportunity there. The idea of UGA playing Army in New York has been flaoted before, so this might not be too far-fetched.
BAMA STAN
March 16th, 2010
1:03 pm
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
LOWNDES COUNTY – from one Southerner to another – the confederate flag belongs in a museum. The CSA was oppressive to the rights of Black people and was a slap in the face to the freedoms and dreams of our founding fathers.
You are correct in that the UNITED STATES did not invent slavery.
Slavery was here when our founding fathers formed this great country – and they also knew that Slavery would have to be abolished in order for this country’s potential and ideals were to be truly realized.
Did you know that Virginia and Georgia – as colonies – tried to outlaw slavery upon their formation – only to be blocked and turned down by the King of England?
A high majority of CSA soldiers did not own slaves – they fought for the CSA as STATEs were more independent and were more like countries at the time.
However – and let’s be CLEAR – this is not historical revision. The MAIN reason the CIVIL war was fought was because so STATE’s rights….. and the SOUTHHERN STATES underlying reason was labor – SLAVE LABOR – until it ran it’s course.
All countries have bad history – All do. All countries have blood on their hands. It is the struggle of man – and will continue to do so. However – name a country that went to WAR with itself – with SLAVERY as the underlying reason.
Say what you will about this country – it’s history, etc. There is not a more EXCEPTIONAL country currently on this planet. This is truly an incredible country where an immigrant can have nothing – and die wealthy.
My concern is that this used to be the country of independence – can do attitude – where nobody owed you anything. Now, thanks to both DEMOCRATS and REPUBLICANS – they have decided to make this the country of ENTITLEMENT. We are quickly turning into a Socialized European Country with Huge Debt – people feel entitled to have things provided for them. In stead of being a beacon of being Exceptional – our leaders want us all on equal footing with European Socialist. WHY???? Because the rest of the world wants us to be like them – not them to be like us. And those PUSSIES we keep putting in Washington are chipping away at the FREEDOMS our founding fathers and ancestors fought and died for.
With that said – when Texas succeeds from the UNITED SOCIALIST STATES of AMERICA – I’m moving to DALLAS!!!
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lunchtime links: Are former Vols welcome? | SportsCentral Arkansas
March 16th, 2010
1:05 pm
[...] athletic director Damon Evans would like for the Bulldogs to open an upcoming season in the Georgia Dome as part of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff [...]
dawgfan
March 16th, 2010
1:05 pm
For so long the rap on Georgia was that we never scheduled anybody outside of the southeast OOC, never went west of the Mississippi for a game, and blah, blah, blah. Now that we’ve done those things it is of course an idiotic idea according to the haters. We should stay right here in Georgia and not waste our time “spreading the UGA brand” elsewhere. Flip flop. Flip flop. We just can’t win with the haters. I’m starting to get the strong impression that they have an agenda because UGA owns their souls. Please confirm haters.
Relax Dawg fans
March 16th, 2010
1:07 pm
I’m with ya dawgfan. Let’s just get our defense avg under 20 points a game and we will be fine. 08-09 defenses were terrible.
PTC DAWG
March 16th, 2010
1:07 pm
You folks are crazy. If you think that a big time team is going to play in the state of Georgia, in the Georgia Dome vs the University of Georgia and not DEMAND a return date. What are you folks smokin’?
285
March 16th, 2010
1:17 pm
Wouldnt a GT vs UGA game at the Dome…be a “home” game for UGA, anyway ?
Reality Check
March 16th, 2010
1:18 pm
If Georgia wants to play in the dome, they’d better make this game happen.
Because with Urban in Gainesville, UGA won’t be playing in the Championship Game for years to come.
db
March 16th, 2010
1:19 pm
right on bama stan! save me a place in dallas too!
db
March 16th, 2010
1:20 pm
285 – you are correct. it would.
Dawgrulz
March 16th, 2010
1:29 pm
Everyone wanting UGA to move a game to the dome need to explain one thing. What impact would come from playing 60 miles from campus that a home game in Athens would not do. UGA needs to concentrate on who they are playing and winning. If UGA can go back to beating UT, UA and UF every other year they will get the hype and publicity they need for recruiting. Someone said it earlier but Alabama, Florida, etc. are not recruiting the state of GA because they play in August, they recruit well because they have top coaches that play in Atlanta in December. If we win our games the rest will take care of itself.
'09 Champs
March 16th, 2010
1:30 pm
Georgia is no Alabama – woff woof
i want usc
March 16th, 2010
1:33 pm
someone call lane kiffen and schedule the dawgs to play usc. im sick and tired of everyone in the mountain west time zone and beyond drinking the pac 10’s koolaid. the time for half-measures and small talk has passed. schedule the game. and we’ll see whats really hood
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
1:34 pm
BAMA I KNOW ALL THIS B/C I HAVE READ AND NOT JUST BLAH BLAH BLAH HATE HATE HATE. SLAVERY WAS JUST PART OF THE TIMES AND AN EVIL THAT WAS NEEDED BUT THE SOUTH KNEW IT WAS WRONG. ARE YOU TRYING TO TEACH ME OR ALL THESE PC FOLKS GOING CRAZY ON ME. I DONT EVEN CARE, I GREW UP THINKING CSA FLAG MEANT I HATE BLACK PEOPLE AND IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. PEOPLE WHO DIED FIGHTING FOR THE SOUTH WERE NOT NAZIS OR EVIL. THE CSA WAS NOT EVIL AND NO DIFFERENT THAT AMERICA BREAKING FREE FROM ENGLAND. IM IN SOFLA NOW AND THERE ARE A MILLION PUERTO RICO AND ITALY FLAGS. BUT BECAUSE I ROCK A CONFEDERATE FLAG IM EVIL. HAVE I WROTE ANYTHING EVIL OR HATEFUL. IM TAKING IT BACK FROM THE PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IN THE NEWS AND CAUSE A STIR. I LOVE THE SOUTH AND SAVE THE SOUTH.
Otto
March 16th, 2010
1:44 pm
285, A game on the flats is not far from a “home” game.
Bama Stan, Don’t leave out protective tariffs as a driving reason behind the war.
Vols Rule, Solid points. Agreed on UT. Fulmer did a solid job recruiting out of state and out of the southeast for much of his time as HC. I do agree UGA does not need the OOC as bad as others but does need something to change the image UGA built up by not traveling.
The SEC is top heavy at the moment but that could change if some of the younger coaches don’t pan out and Les flames out.
js
March 16th, 2010
1:46 pm
Dawgs should play MTSU, oh wait they already do! Seriously, the UGA/Clemson matchups were always outstanding and that would be the best 1 time match up. Might even convice Evans to put the Tigers back on the home/home rotation.
Headlinin’: Obsession, by Rich Rodriguez | Florida Sports Net
March 16th, 2010
1:52 pm
[...] • Mr. Evans, make it so. Georgia athletic director Damon Evans suggested Monday night that he wants in on the annual “Kickoff Classic” game in the Georgia Dome, more proof that Chick-Fil-A’s primetime, season-opening extravaganza is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Georgia is an obvious choice for any big game in Atlanta, and a promising one, if only because it’s probably the only realistic chance the Bulldogs have of renewing their formerly fierce rivalry with Clemson, spring practice notwithstanding. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] [...]
chazzo
March 16th, 2010
2:11 pm
“[...] and coaching staff have done a NOT SO GOOD of JOB!”
Typical Vol. A mind is a terrible thing.
Idea Guy
March 16th, 2010
2:12 pm
Labor Day Georgia College Triple-header at the Dome:
12:00 Valdosta St. vs. West Georgia
4:30 Georgia Southern vs.Georgia State
9:00 Georgia vs. Ga. Tech
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
2:14 pm
DEAR SONNY,, DID YOU KNOW SONNYS WAS FOUNDED IN GAINSVILLE YOU GAYTOR. ALSO I AM A HIGH SCHOOL DROP OUT.
The NEW UGA BROOM
March 16th, 2010
2:15 pm
Andy Landers needs to be gone …………10 years ago. He made some nice noise early in his loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong but also very mediocre career. He has had about 30 years to win the NC and tons of SEC titles but has NO NCs and only a few? ( 3?) SEC Cs. He has to go.
Go Dogs.
BigMike Said...
March 16th, 2010
2:15 pm
UGA vs Clemson in 2013 nuff said!
Hey ........... um, ah Sweet Home
March 16th, 2010
2:25 pm
Sweet Home Alabama,
I admire Alabama and always have way back into the 60s. I am a UGA born and bred Dog. Also, a UGA grad ……….twice. Crimson Tide football is the SEC brand that we all know ( my age anyway ) is real.
Say bye bye to Nick The Hat Trick Sabin as he will blow to MI for 2011. He loves to b-u-i-l-d a program and he has now built Bama BACK into a NC. He will likely win it in 2010. Congrats. He is not like Bear, who apparently wanted a long term gig. Nick is driven by building something in his own image.
Say goodbye to Nick after this season. Why would he stay? He loves the midwest and Tuscaloosa is a hell hole IF you are not southern born or from Alabama. Say bye bye.
Go Dogs.
sogadog
March 16th, 2010
2:26 pm
Has playing Florida in Jacksonville helped UGA recruit in Jax or in Florida in general? Probably not since the Dawgs are usually embarrassed down there. Playing in the Dome wont make any difference either. The Dawgs need to focus on winning the SEC East, not playing in exhibition games like Ok State, Colorado, or a Dome game. Wow, I cant believe Jim Donnan did a better job in the SEC East his last four years compared to Richt’s last four years.
CLEMPSUN you say??
March 16th, 2010
2:30 pm
Give me a flippin’ break with the Clempsun crap. Let’s play a top tier out of conference team instead of a mid tier A-She-She school for cryin’ out loud. Big 10 or big 12 to kick it off since it is a Bowl Game at the beginning of the season.
South Georgia UGA Hick
March 16th, 2010
2:32 pm
Idea guy
Great idea, except we (Valdosta State) don’t want to move
any more of our games to the Dome than
Georgia, and especially our annual high school
championship game.
Steve
March 16th, 2010
2:35 pm
Why won’t Georgia named a part of their stadium after Larry Munson? I am not even a Ga. fan but after all he did for the university, at least name the broadcast booth after him or something!!! They named something after Dan McGill and Munson is at least equal to if not better known than McGill. This ain’t right….
CLEMPSUN you say??
March 16th, 2010
2:38 pm
And if you suggested GT you are complete moron. They can’t even sell out a home game against UGA at the high school stadium they play in. The Dome would lose money booking GT.
I mean seriously, Iowa’s coach called Tech “WakeForrest” after their Orange loss for cryin’ out loud.
Ray Goof
March 16th, 2010
2:40 pm
Desperate times call for desperate measures… and that is what UGA has ascended to DESPERATE
CLEMPSUN you say??
March 16th, 2010
2:40 pm
Hey Steve, shut your YAP
Charles
March 16th, 2010
2:41 pm
To the folks who have never watched the Lady Dogs or don’t know Andy Landers from Ann– you show great ignorance making comments like I have seen. Ask true lady athletes like Teresa Edwards (Five time Olympian) if Andy can coach and relate to today’s female athletes. Have seen him go off on many a player who understands what our “fans” obviously don’t. Some of us give UGA fans the bad image we deserve sometimes.
Harry
March 16th, 2010
2:44 pm
UGA is still 2-3 years away from the NIT
egeagle
March 16th, 2010
2:56 pm
About the only problem anyone can find with Andy Landers is that he is a white male. His career is outstanding, but having PHS at UT hss kept his record from being even more impressive
Soutnerners are the only group left for whom there is no limit to the bigotry and deerision thrust upon them. We’re here to be the nation’s whipping boys and girls. Agricultural economies cannot compete against industrialized economies. Economics were the cause of that war. Slave ships (mostly from New England)brought slaves that were BOUGHT or traded for FROM AFRICANS, and slavery still exists there today.
That all-Georgia tripleheader in the Dome sounds cool.
And Dawghaters, UGA’s status is proven by your ceaseless efforts to run it down.
Sonny
March 16th, 2010
3:10 pm
LOWNDES COUNTY: Since you are a self-proclaimed high school dropout, it is apparent that you never took a basic typing class. Otherwise, you would be able to disengage the “Caps Lock” key on your keyboard.
Also, I hail from Perry, GA and am proud to be a Bulldog.
Chester Lakomski
March 16th, 2010
3:18 pm
In the early ’70s They used to play a pre-season NFL double-header at the old Cleveland Stadium. I seem to remember the Steelers playing the Jets, followed by the Browns playing the Giants. The details are somewhat fuzzy, due to the ravages of time, and the massive amount of Stroh’s beer that I consumed that day!
Sweet Home Alabama
March 16th, 2010
3:20 pm
Hey ……….. um, ah Sweet Home ,I have reliable sources close to the program.Mr.Saban will be at Alabama for the remainder of his coaching days.As far as you being a Georgia fan your hole life,i can only say i am sorry.At least you werent born A NERD.
Stop being jealous of the TIDE , ITS lonely at the top.Bama Stan can you help me with this lost soul…
ROLL TIDE ROLL…………
Bamafan
March 16th, 2010
3:21 pm
Red Dog 77 @ 1:14 AM – “Wala” ?? One has to love it – all you Georgia folks putting us Alabama people down for our lack of education. Next time, try “Voila” – it’s French. The French settled Mobile – that is how we know.
And Damon Evans – with the kickoff classic in 2008 and 2009, Bama got to showcase its program TWICE each year in ATLANTA!
No To The Dome!
March 16th, 2010
3:35 pm
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
DomeDawg
March 16th, 2010
3:47 pm
UGA had better get with the program. Oherwise the following schools have or would likely jump at the chance to participate in a Dome game, to the detriment of Georgia’s recruiting in the Atlanta area:
Have or will have participated: Alabama, Va Tech, Clemson, Tennessee, UNC, NC State, LSU.
Others that would likely consider participating:
Auburn, Fla St., Florida, Ga Tech., South Carolina
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
4:06 pm
Dear Sonny, I have bad eyes and caps lock is just easier for me to read. I will make every effort to make my post more grammatically correct.
Bama! putting the C.S.A. flag in a museum is fine. It’s the fact that yanks make the south sound evil write history how they want. Let the truth be told and people will move on. Dont make it out like yanks are heroes who lost their lives to free slaves. Dear Abe Lincoln, had no problem letting them hang them indians without trial to win the vote in Minnesota to win the vote did ya?(my pregnant gf just pointed out them indians is not grammaticaly correct, whoops) How is it that Abe was a hero but yet he thought “I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races—that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.”
Yanks sure left that speach out of my history book
IM TAKIN IT BACK!
South Georgia UGA Hick
March 16th, 2010
4:08 pm
Why are the Falcons considering leaving the dome?
Who would want to play there.
Our South Georgia high school teams sure don’t.
Sonny
March 16th, 2010
4:18 pm
LOWNDES COUNTY (and others): What does this Civil War diatribe have to do with getting a suitable opponent for UGA or another Southeastern team in the Dome? Any BCS Conference Athletic Director reading that nonsense would never commit to playing in the Dome. Maybe that’s the point….
76-Dawg
March 16th, 2010
4:23 pm
Lowndes County I respect your opinion about things as I do anyone in our great country, freedom of speech is everyone’s right at birth but your rant is on the wrong blog .What the hell does anything that you have to say , have anything to do with playing the kick off game for UGA FOOTBALL in the dome?
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
4:23 pm
DIATRIBE? IT AINT THAT SERIOUS. AND AS SOMEONE POINTED OUT GA JUST NEEDS TO FOCUS ON ONE GAME IN THE DOME AND THATS THE SEC SHIP. LETS WIN OUR GAMES AND WELL BE ALL GOOD.
Paul in RDU
March 16th, 2010
4:26 pm
PTC DAWG @1:07 had it right.
Evans wants to play a big time school in the Ga Dome without giving up a home date??
TX won’t go for that without a return gig (maybe in TX Stadium?), neither will OU, NU, PSU, OSU, etc. Evans’ best bets are the usual ACC teams – Clemson, FSU and VT.
76-Dawg
March 16th, 2010
4:28 pm
Sorry Sonny I had typed a few line and left my computer for a few minutes and came back to finish without readind your statement.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
March 16th, 2010
4:29 pm
While I do not consider the Confederate flag to be evil I do agree that discussion of the history behind it does not belong on the Dawg Vent. It has nothing to do with sports and ALL political commentary belongs somewhere else. UGA is missing the boat by not playing UGA/Fla and UGA/ Tech in the dome every other year on a rotating basis. That is just plain common sense and a big money maker. They can’t do it now because our overpaid AD and his board just agreed to keep the UGA/Fla game in Jax forever- which obviously is always an away game for UGA and a big advantage to Florida – but anything for money I guess.
UGA4Life
March 16th, 2010
4:30 pm
I say against Clemson in 2011 . Their (Clemson) already on the schedule. If we play Tech we’ll have to do it two years because somebody will miss out on a home game.
Paul in RDU
March 16th, 2010
4:30 pm
Lowndes County – Yankee historians have made the South sound evil when writing about the Civil War??
Like that famous Yankee historian Shelby Foote???
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
4:33 pm
76 I JUST POSTED SAVE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG AND BEAT THE GAYTORS AND STARTED GETTING BASHED. AND REALLY DUDE HALF THE PEOPLE THAT POST IN HERE AINT EVEN DAWGS. SO MAYBE A LILL CSA CHATTER WILL BE REFRESHING. YOU COULD JUST SKIP OVER IT. AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE SOMEONE WILL READ A LILL FURTHER INTO THE CIVIL WAR BY READING WHAT I WRITE.
JRY
March 16th, 2010
4:34 pm
Who really wants to be down at the Dome over Labor Day weekend anyway? Aren’t Dragon Con and some kind of Pride fest going on down there that same weekend? Give me a home game in Athens instead !!!
76-Dawg
March 16th, 2010
4:35 pm
Flo-Ri-Duh I totally agree and haven’t made a donation to the athletic department in 20 years to prove how asinine playing that Fla home game in Jacksonville every year is, in my opinion.
LOWNDES COUNTY
March 16th, 2010
4:37 pm
YO MAN I AINT TRYING TO WRITE A THESIS ON IT. I WRITE SAVE THE CONFEDERATE FLAG ON ALL MY POST AND TODAY FOR SOME REASON IT PICKED UP SOME HEAT. AND WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH BATTLES OR FIGHTING. IM SPEAKING TO WHY THINGS WERE SAID AND DONE. JUST THAT THE AMERICAN FLAG STOOD JUST AS MUCH OVER RACISIM AS DID THE C.S.A. FLAG. I BELIEVE FOOTE IS JUST DETAILING THE EVENTS OF THE WAR AND NOT SO MUCH THE POLITICS.
Big L
March 16th, 2010
4:39 pm
2013 Chick fil a kickoff game. UGA vs. Clemson. Effin awesome. Make it happen Damon.
georgiadawg70
March 16th, 2010
4:43 pm
The powers that be ain’t happy with the way things are in Athens. Trust me on this.
he's like a Fox
March 16th, 2010
5:04 pm
Who wants to watch UGA play West Ga in the dome? They would never line up against a real team for the season opener.
college is forever
March 16th, 2010
5:15 pm
http://www.collegelunchboxes.com Hello to all of the Dawg fans living out of state. Show off you loyalty with a classic tin lunchbox you will be the talk of the office.
shane#1
March 16th, 2010
5:19 pm
There are three matchups that I find intresting. 1- Notre Dame, a new coach that needs to make some noise, Syracuse and Tulsa just don’t cut it on the national stage. The game is at a neutral site so it should be do-able if Damon can get things square with the Notre Dame Broadcasting Company. 2- FSU, it has been years since the Dawgs and ‘Noles have played. It is a shame a game could’nt have been scheduled for Pappy’s swan song. Playing FSU could help regain UGA’s dominance of South Ga recruiting and help extend the Dogs inroads into Florida. 3- Army, set aside 10,000 tickets to offer at reduced prices to those that attend in uniform. Great national exposer and lots of good PR, plus, with two wars going on I think it would be the right thing to do.
dawgma
March 16th, 2010
5:28 pm
UGA VS USC – expose them to an ass whooping Southern Style
crusher dawg
March 16th, 2010
5:56 pm
Don’t take a home game to the dome. Get back to the basics and build the team and the program.
That’s the most important.
Sweet Home Alabama
March 16th, 2010
6:48 pm
Bammer is gwine ta beet yore branes in neks tiem we play yu awl. Lurn how ta spel yu dum mutt fains! My momma towld me I is an eksellunt speler cause bammer is whur I got my educashun. We is da best! Awl yu ignernt mutt fains kin suk it cause Nick Sabern is gwine to be rownd fer a lawng tiem! Yu awl no yore just jeluss. By da way, I have fore flags on ma truk. ROLL TIDE!!!
Cojack
March 16th, 2010
7:09 pm
Landers is done. The women’s basketball program will never again be what it once was. He just needs to move on and hand the reins over to a younger coach with a better disposition!
Wendell Franklin Wentz
March 16th, 2010
7:31 pm
Come on, Guys. ALABAMA loves seeing history repeat itself, so Georgia should dress in all black and schedule Alabama in the Georgia Dome for their first game. Amen. It ALABAMA could handle a colt in the Rose Bowl, they can take on the dawgs in the Georgia Dome. -Wendell Franklin Wentz
Freddie G
March 16th, 2010
7:43 pm
RED DOG 77 – You are not looking if you believe CMR has a grip on South Florida. Who has he signed from South Florida that the Canes, Noles or Gators wanted? I personally would like to seee CMR concentrate on keeping more Georgia talent in state like he did when he first came here. Recently we have lost more recruiting battles to Florida, Florida State, Tennessee, Auburn, Alabama than any time in the previous five years combined.
58 Year Old White Guy Southerner
March 16th, 2010
8:03 pm
Yeah, I’m proud to be from the South. But these folks tryin to “rise agin” and such need to be put out to pasture. Fergit hell ? I say: “Don’t fergit and Go to Hell”.
BS
March 16th, 2010
8:15 pm
Why dont we be like Rocky and play a game in Siberia and train without equipment.
Mike from Savannah,Ga.
March 16th, 2010
10:42 pm
That would be a hell of a opener,UGA against Ohio St. especially for me since my son-in-law is from Ohio,also his favorite team.
ridly
March 17th, 2010
7:51 am
Hey, Tired of It:
The Confederant Flag is heritage of the south, NOT HATE! Your the one that needs to get over it. It’s politically correct groups and people like Jessie Jackson, Al Sharpton, the ACLU, NAACP, AFL-CIO, and you who turn it into something other than what it is “HERITAGE” of being born in the South, taught and learned respect for ALL things southern. Going barefoot in the summer, fishing and swimming in rivers, lakes, and ponds, picking grapes, black berries, blue berries, strawberries etc, making jellies, jams, perserves, saying yes Sir, and no Sir, yes mamm, no mamm, please and thank you, respect of your elders etc. So how about you getting a grip on reality and understand our point of view for a change.
Should the Georgia Bulldogs Open the 2011 Season in the Georgia Dome? Not Unless It’s Against the Clemson Tigers « MrSEC.com
March 17th, 2010
11:22 am
[...] and the Clemson Tigers are set to renew their rivalry in 2013 and 2014, Dr. Saturday is right that a season-opening date in the Dome represents a golden opportunity for the old rivals to meet up at a neutral site for a game that [...]
RAMMER JAMMER YELLOW HAMMER
March 17th, 2010
3:55 pm
UGA want play in chick-fil-a classic because there SKEERED they will have to play a top program and will be shamed like against WVU. @ the dome.but some of you dawg fans have it right in wanting to play RUTGERS,ARMY or NOTRE DAME that’s keeping it real anyway,other mid-tier programs. RTR
FireDamonandAdams
March 21st, 2010
2:23 pm
What has Damon ever done? Hire two awful basketball coaches and what else? Didn’t take care of the terrible coordinator situation on the football side until it was to late. This guy is all talk. We really need a new prez (UGA & USA) and AD.