Georgia-Florida contract draft gives schools right to sell game’s name
Georgia and Florida would have expanded opportunities to market their annual football game, including the right to sell the name of the game to a corporate sponsor, under terms of a contract still being hammered out with the city of Jacksonville.
The schools decided last fall to keep the game in Jacksonville through 2016, and a formal contract has been in the works for months. Although it hasn’t been finalized, the most recent draft of a proposed contract was obtained today by the AJC under Georgia’s Open Records Act.
One reason the contract has taken so long to complete is that it covers a wide range of potential marketing rights not addressed in previous deals between the schools and Jacksonville.
According to the latest draft, dated May 21, the schools “shall exclusively own and control all worldwide rights for promotion, marketing, sponsorships, merchandising and ancillary events . . . including without limitation the rights to enter into a title sponsorship agreement for each … game.”
Georgia associate athletics director of external operations Alan Thomas said this morning that the schools don’t currently have any plans to sell naming rights to the game, but wanted their control of the issue clearly stated in such a long-term contract.
“It would be an option, but not an option we have explored at all in my six years here,” Thomas said. “But if that comes up, we want the ability for the schools to control that. . . . Because it’s mentioned [in the contract] doesn’t mean it’s being contemplated or negotiated.”
The previous deal between the schools and Jacksonville covers this year’s game, but the new contract, when signed, would replace the final year of the old deal and run six additional seasons. Georgia executive associate athletics director Frank Crumley expects the contract to be signed this summer. “We’re moving along very nicely,” he said recently. “We’ve got every hurdle worked out.”
The 45-page draft contains many provisions previously reported about the proposed deal, including Jacksonville’s offer to pay for the cost to fly Georgia’s team directly from Athens to St. Augustine on the day before the game and from Jacksonville to Athens afterward. Georgia athletics director Damon Evans had pushed for that provision in an attempt to level the logistical playing field.
According to the latest draft, Jacksonville would reimburse UGA for the cost of travel on three 50-passenger jets, up to a maximum of $300,000 this year and increasing 10 percent each year thereafter. That payment is in addition to $50,000 Jacksonville would pay each school to offset costs of lodging, meals and buses.
The draft also stipulates that the Greater Jacksonville Agricultural Fair cannot be held the same weekend as the game. Both were held on the same weekend in 2008, creating traffic and parking problems.
The Georgia-Florida game has been played in Jacksonville all but two years since 1933, and the city, according to the contract draft, would have “a right of first negotiation” to attempt to keep the game beyond 2016.
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163 comments Add your comment
Billy O
May 28th, 2010
1:42 pm
The game should go on a revolving basis between Jacksonville and Atlanta (dome). Then it is still neutral for both schools.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 28th, 2010
1:44 pm
Okay now beat Florida.
realistic dawg
May 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
They can name it whatever they want, they’re still gonna beat our asses every year, especially when we do endzone celebrations, and break out the ugliest uniforms known to man. And don’t give me any twice in 15 years crap.
realistic dawg
May 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
3rd
Ryan
May 28th, 2010
1:49 pm
You can play the game anywhere you want, as long as the tickets are split up 50/50 its a neutral sight. Florida gets no advantage from the game being in Jacksonville.
UGAgrad71
May 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
I would like to see FLA/UGA split between Jax and Atl. Would be a neutral site for both schools. Put some money in both states.
PDawg
May 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
Petco or PetSmart?
AAA Bailbonds?
Dockers Jean Shorts?
Stanfield
May 28th, 2010
1:50 pm
Although I really like the history of the annual game in Jacksonville, I do feel that the gators have an advantage due to location. I would really like to see the game played in Jax this year and then Atlanta next year. That would be the fairest scenario for both schools. How could you argue then who has the advantage?
dawgfan
May 28th, 2010
1:52 pm
the only reason the gayturds win is becuase they cheat if they played fair theirs no way they could beat the dawgs because the dawgs are te best team in the sec which is the best team in the naton and the gayturds woudnot last too seconds in the sec because they cheet and thay suck.
DoubleDownDawgFan
May 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
How about the WeWhipUGA’sAss Game….sponsored by the University of Florida.
Paul (you doesn't have to call me Johnson)
May 28th, 2010
1:53 pm
Billy O
Ditto
ozzfest
May 28th, 2010
1:55 pm
“Ozzy Osbourne presents Georgia vs. Florida”
I can not wait to buy a t-shirt.
SatillaDawg
May 28th, 2010
1:57 pm
Go Dawgs!
Beat them Gators!
Lovethemdawgs
May 28th, 2010
1:57 pm
I don’t like seeing all the stuff said about the dawgs not winning this game but the fact is until we become competitive on an annual basis we will have to endure it and maybe we deserve it.
Albert the Alligator
May 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
How ’bout “The Worlds Largest Dawg Obedience Show”.
SSIgator
May 28th, 2010
1:59 pm
How about “We Will Take Our Annual Beatdown Like Puppies” Co-sponsered by UGA and The Michael Vick Foundation.
Paul ( BIG) Johnson
May 28th, 2010
2:00 pm
Not sure bringing the Gators to Atlanta solves anything. They seem to win in the dome often as well.
SSIgator
May 28th, 2010
2:02 pm
Or “You Can’t Teach an Old Dawg New Tricks” sponsered by the UGA Alum 1980 – So long ago.
dawgfan
May 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
you all are just jeelus of the dawgs
Tater
May 28th, 2010
2:04 pm
The Jorts Bowl
poopdawg
May 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Headline ” Georgia-Florida contract draft gives schools the right to sell game’s name.” Bottomline ” Because its mentioned doesn’t mean its being contempated or negotiated.” Mr. Tucker how much money did that piece of garbage cost the AJC? Please write more about players or coachs biographys rather than contracts which contain alot of meaningless garbage.
SSIgator
May 28th, 2010
2:05 pm
Or “Who Let Them Dawgs Out to Play in This Poor Excuse of a Game” sponsered by PETA
Hoover Bowl
May 28th, 2010
2:06 pm
This is the perfect sponsor because UGA consistently sucks in this game
BMDPDawg
May 28th, 2010
2:07 pm
Jax is neutral. The Gators are in our heads. There is no other explanation. Until we get them out of our heads, we will continue to loose on a regular basis.
SSIgator
May 28th, 2010
2:08 pm
Or “But Our Boys Sure Can Dance” Co-sponsored by UGA and Dancing With The Stars.
Eisendawg
May 28th, 2010
2:09 pm
Lovethemdawgs, I’m afraid winning against them won’t stop the childish trash talk. Case in point: Ga.Tech
Eye Poke
May 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
The difference between UGA and UF winning is UF takes the week off before this game and UGA doesn’t. The extra week helps them prepare and rest. UGA takes the week off before the Nerds game. Dawgs need to change the schedule. Keep the game in Jville – awesome atmosphere, Dawgs just need to win more!
SSIgator
May 28th, 2010
2:10 pm
Or “We Are Number Two. We Are Number Two” Co-sponsored by UGA and Avis Renal Car
Crimedog
May 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
Gangsta Bowl
UGAStudent
May 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
if by consistently sucks you mean holds the series lead then yes. We need to keep the game where it is at, because if in of yall have ever been to st. simons island that thursday and friday before, there is nothing better especially if you are a student. I think having a sponsor would really cheapen the history of the rivalry… unless that sponsor is Evan Williams, Keystone, or McCormick’s. Then I would say it is somewhat appropriate.
JTH
May 28th, 2010
2:11 pm
They should name it the “WTF is UGA thinking by giving UF homefield advantage every single year?” game.
SSIgator
May 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
Or “How Do You Like Our Uniforms This Year” Co-sponsored by UGA and Vogue Magazine Fashion Department
cb
May 28th, 2010
2:15 pm
UGA should work out a deal so they can just get paid not to show up at the game at all. They way, the players would get an exra week off and not waste time in a game they have shown they can not win/be competative in since the early ’90s.
GT BBall Fan
May 28th, 2010
2:16 pm
Dirt bag bowl
The Zooker
May 28th, 2010
2:16 pm
How does a stadium split down the middle reflect one that gives UF an advantage?
SICKnTired
May 28th, 2010
2:17 pm
Why does the state of FLA get all teh money?
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82Dawg
May 28th, 2010
2:18 pm
The Zooker ….They are talking about the distance between the schools and Jacksonville.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 28th, 2010
2:18 pm
SSIgator and ALbert, LMAO! All very good ones my friends.
Everybody have a safe and fantastic weekend! I hear my golf clubs calling me.
AJ
May 28th, 2010
2:20 pm
sponsored by Wrangler’s New Jorts Line…
cb
May 28th, 2010
2:21 pm
“We Wear Jean Shorts and Can still be Your A** Game”
The Zooker
May 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
82Dawg, I understand that. What I can’t understand is why that’s an advantage for UF.
cb
May 28th, 2010
2:22 pm
…”beat your A** Game”
gdawginkalamazoo
May 28th, 2010
2:25 pm
The Zooker, it worked just fine up until 1990 when you guys started playing football. The fans and coaches that complain now just don’t like the run that UF is on. For me, it is what it is and the dawgs needs to worry about playing the damn game instead of letting the game play them.
Eisendawg
May 28th, 2010
2:25 pm
gdawginkalamzoo, watch out for lightning!
GT Fan
May 28th, 2010
2:25 pm
To Hell with Georgia.
Go Jackets!
76-Dawg
May 28th, 2010
2:26 pm
Everything has it’s day. Maybe at one time the GA. — FLA. game in Florida, 60 to 80 mile from Gainesville made since. When most UGA fans were hoping for 6 or 7 wins a year and might get a bowl game. To showcase both schools and their legion of fans that would fill up a lot of stadiums, no matter where the game is played. But FLA. grew up 1st with Spurrier and UGA after they won the national title in 1980 started thinking they could compete on a national level. The main reason CMR was hired 10 years ago was his working at Florida State, who was already on a national level. UGA use to be play for an SEC title now UGA wants a national title which will take care of the SEC thing. Many years ago having the game in Jacksonville made since financially and showcase wise, thying to get a bowl game. But for many years now and in the future not having the GA-FLA. game in Athens and Gainesville makes no since money wise or any other way. We don’t need Jacksonville to showcase UGA.
Billy Boy
May 28th, 2010
2:27 pm
The dawgs should switch places with a team from the west so they don’t have to play Florida every year.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
Eisendawg, if I haven’t been struck by now, I don’t think it will happen.
Series lead?
May 28th, 2010
2:29 pm
that’s all you got? I am not really a fan of ghost football. I don’t spend my time watching clips of the 1924 UGA-UF game. Oddly enough, I cannot name anyone on the UGA squads or UF squads from before 1980 except Fran Tarkenton and Steve Spurrier. The series record really only makes any difference to me for the years that I’ve been on the planet!
If you are truly a UGA student, then during YOUR entire lifetime, UF has OWNED UGA. If you are taking solace in the overall series history, have a great time watching the 1933 baseball all-star game this weekend. It was a doozy, I think Babe Ruth’s last one
gdawginkalamazoo
May 28th, 2010
2:30 pm
Okay, now my clubs are texting me, time to get out of here.
JRHD
May 28th, 2010
2:30 pm
I am a UGA alumn, but damn that was funny…“The Worlds Largest Dawg Obedience Show”
KeithB
May 28th, 2010
2:33 pm
How bout the “too bad we can’t get GT to dress up in UF gear” game.
or better yet, “why can’t we move UF to the West division so we don’t have to play this game every year” game.
DamntheButcher
May 28th, 2010
2:34 pm
What about the John Holmes Bowl? UGA always gets screwed in it anyway.
Gillislee
May 28th, 2010
2:34 pm
That’s a funny picture! It’s a shame though that when that photo was taken chances are really….really good the Dawgs left crying.
Top 5 program vs. the Delusional Bowl
76-Dawg
May 28th, 2010
2:37 pm
Sorry for the typo’s , accidentally hit the submit button To finish, UGA and FLA. are losing a lot of money by not having the GA.-FLA. game in Gainesville and Athens with all the promotion money, lodging, TV. restaurants etc.
Jim
May 28th, 2010
2:39 pm
“The World’s Largest Outdoor Taping of The Jerry Springer Show Bowl”
Blackberry Cobbler
May 28th, 2010
2:40 pm
How about “Coach Mark Richt’s Last Stand”
DunwoodyDawg
May 28th, 2010
2:47 pm
The Aaron Bonding Georgia – Florida Game. Where it’s always spring time!!
Reality
May 28th, 2010
2:48 pm
Series Lead — It would be the biggest f’ing deal in the world to Jorts Nation if it were the other way around, don’t be salty your team has gotten owned by UGA more times than they have been owned by your school. Facts are facts.
The Zooker
May 28th, 2010
2:51 pm
Hit em straight, kalamazoo.
YELLOW HAMMER
May 28th, 2010
2:53 pm
wally gator the dawg catcher show or the hold my beer and watch this bowl
YO_DOG
May 28th, 2010
2:53 pm
Whoop them gators!
CentralFLDawg
May 28th, 2010
3:00 pm
Bad idea…the UGA Athletic Assn made $7M last year; no need to stoop to corporate sponsorships like the insects.
Tripple Lindy
May 28th, 2010
3:09 pm
Seagrams?
Jack Daniels?
Captain Morgans?
the possibilities are endless.
Allen
May 28th, 2010
3:14 pm
Agree with Billy O . . . game should be alternated each year between Atlanta (Dome) and Jax’ville
UGA84
May 28th, 2010
3:18 pm
How about calling it the Gator Bowl since we lose every damn year.
Fast Eddie
May 28th, 2010
3:22 pm
Billy,the first poster, you are still a dumbazz who wants to lose 13,000 seats plus that revenue (the GA Dome vs. the Jax. stadium) because UGA keeps losing. Kick their butts for a change and the location of the game is a non-issue.
HugoStiglitz
May 28th, 2010
3:24 pm
A corporate sponsor for a single regular season game that most of the country doesnt care about? College Football is turning into a pretty weird little game. Whats next? A trophy for the winner? Advertisements on Jerseys and helmets? T-Shirts and caps for the winner? Maybe the players can hand out Dr Peppers to the fans at half time.
30-24 We Run This State!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 28th, 2010
3:26 pm
Name it each year after the winner of the matchup!! Make the losers wear pink jerseys each year.
This year the Dawgs will wear their mystical black helmets with black jerseys and knock the slobber out of the Gators AGAIN. Since 1987, the Gators have had four winning streaks and the Dawgs have had four winning streaks. It’s a 4-4 tie in the official recordbooks.
Last year’s loss (and MANY others in the series) was due to the poor officiating. The game is conveniently played in Florida every year. Why??? But this year we will get a new winning streak started. We’ll stamp that Gator on the field once again!
Georgia is the SEC regional (State of Georgia) champion!!
If there was a true National Champion with a playoff system, UGA would have won the fake Championships the Gators now claim. Championships are won on the field not on the compoter.
Florida is our Georgia Tech of the North.
Jim
May 28th, 2010
3:27 pm
The Harvin-Moreno Wonderlic Classic
Julie
May 28th, 2010
3:34 pm
Could call it the Always Ultra Thin Bowl.
Help! Police!
May 28th, 2010
3:35 pm
Any of you IDIOTS that want it to be in Atlanta never go to games. If you have, you would never want to voluntarily want to tailgate in the CNN parking lot. I have been to both SECC games that UGA played in there, and the Sugar Bowl that was there. It sucks. While you non-donating losers are sitting at home, us true supporters get to deal with homeless drunks trying to light their stubs on our grilles. We already are forced to tailgate there every other year when we go to the mugging capital of the world, the GaTech “campus”. Grow up, get a real job, and go to the game in Jax. Its 50/50 in the stands. Do you think the players know if the game is 25 miles south of the Ga border? Do you think they care? Newsflash….Jax is FUN! I have been going there since I graduated in 1985 and cant wait to go again this fall.
rocksteadyfreddie
May 28th, 2010
3:38 pm
I don’t recall H Walker and Vince Dooley lobbying to get the game to Atlanta back in the 70s and 80s.
Anyone reading this actually go to the game in Jax every year and STILL want to move it??
Dawg Whisperer
May 28th, 2010
3:40 pm
Man’s Best Friend v. Pogo & The I Can’t Believe It’s Not All About Me Cast
Help! Police!
May 28th, 2010
3:42 pm
Florida has been lucky since 1990. That’s a fact.
Iceman
May 28th, 2010
3:44 pm
What the hell..
Fair and Balanced
May 28th, 2010
3:46 pm
There is only one thing that I would like to see out of all of this: GA beating FL – REAL BAD!!!
Happy DAWG
May 28th, 2010
3:46 pm
Some of you posters are really pathetic. You have never been to a GA – FL game yet you want to move the game. You continually push this. Understand, since 1933 this game has been in Jax. It is a tradition. I have been to many of these games, and I never considered the idea that FL has an advantage. We used to beat them fairly regularly in the 60,s, 70,s, and 80,s. It hasn’t been too equitable since then, but it will change some day.
It is a great atmosphere at the landing on the night before the game, and for the weekend as a whole. If you want to go, get up off your pocketbook and get tickets at some price. The Dome would not have the same atmosphere or as large a crowd. If it ever moves, home and home would be more beneficial financially, every other year.
The Gators have been crowing for awhile, but it will change one day. “UGA still holds the series advantage.
As for all you Techie nerds that post on here and every other UGA blog, you are recognizable as is your writing. Go home, or at least, far away – for good, little kids.
For you Gators, enjoy it while you can. It will change.
UGA_2001
May 28th, 2010
3:50 pm
Play the game in the Falcons’ new open air facility, when ever that is built. Hopefully, it will hold more than 80K.
Waycross Dawg
May 28th, 2010
3:53 pm
I’d rather see it on a 4-year rotation hitting Jax, Athens, Atlanta and Gainesville respectively.
Luggage Lips
May 28th, 2010
3:58 pm
The Golden Corral Moka Bowl
CONFEDERATE DAWG
May 28th, 2010
4:01 pm
HELP POLICE, THATS A GOOD POINT, LOVE ATL BUT JAX IS A LILL DIF SCENE THAT MAKES THE GAME COOLER.
1 I THINK IT KINDA HELPS FLA AND SGA DAWG FANS GET TO GAME A LILL EASIER. IM A POOR DAWG THAT WORKS AT THE MAC!
2 I THINK IT HELPS RECRUITING FLA A LILL BIT.
3 MAYBE PUTTING IT IN ATL EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE B/C I COULD SEE PEOPLES POINT.
4 MAY NOT BE A REASON BUT ITS JUST COOL TO HAVE IT IN JAX
AND ALL YOU GAYTORS WITH THOSE WITTY NAMES, YALL ARE SO SLICK
PUT THEM GAYTORS IN THE DIRT!
WTF
May 28th, 2010
4:03 pm
The game should stay in Jacksonville because open air stadium is better and love the beaches. Do not want to go to a dome in a cty with no coast..Jacksonville has been a good location and alternating them is not a good ides. Its a nuetral site and by the way the state line is closer to Jacksonville than Gainesville. KEEP GAME IN JACKSONVILLE AND FORGET THOSE WHO WANT IT COMING TO ATLANTA BECAUSE I DONT THINK ITS A GOOD IDEA..LOVE MY TRIPS TO FLORIDA AND WATCHING FOOTBALL OUTSIDE NOT IN A DOME WHEN THE WEATHER IS NICE OUTSIDE
"Home of Mediocrity"
May 28th, 2010
4:20 pm
Change coaches, defenses, uniforms, venues whatever Dawg fans, UGA is the property of the UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA!
TheBigCat
May 28th, 2010
4:22 pm
Shouldn’t PETA sponsor the game since each year sees a Dawg get whipped?
superDawg
May 28th, 2010
4:25 pm
I say move it the hell out of Jacksonville and call it The Worlds Largest gayter cry baby bowl!
Alphare
May 28th, 2010
4:27 pm
No, dawgs will not play in any other place until they beats gators 5 years in a row in Jax.
Then UGA can consider splitting playing between ATL and Jax.
superDawg
May 28th, 2010
4:27 pm
NUFF SAID.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
I just hope the Humane Society doesn’t sponsor it. We’ll get in trouble for animal abuse!
Peter Gunn
May 28th, 2010
4:28 pm
Any bail bondsman in Athens would love to sponsor any game involving UGA.
Jax is great
May 28th, 2010
4:29 pm
I’m with “Help Police” Jacksonville is the best setting for the game. You can’t get the same atmosphere in downtown ATL.
As far as sponsors go, I thought Budweiser already owned it!
Dolly
May 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
The Georgia State Patrol could sponsor the game. Every year after Florida stomps the Dawgs face into bloody pulp with its hobnail boots, the state troopers collect a fortune in DUI fines from drunk UGA fans returning home.
GatorBob
May 28th, 2010
4:33 pm
If you Dawg fans were honest you would admit that it doesn’t really matter that the game has been in JAX. Both sides of the stadium are full so what’s the beef with that? The real beef from UGA fans is the recent record, which has been Gator domination, and that has almost nothing to do with the venue.
Gatorforlife33
May 28th, 2010
4:34 pm
Annual Embrassment Bowl sponsored by UGA Students
superDawg
May 28th, 2010
4:39 pm
BigCat your just mad because UGA spanks usc 99.9% of the time.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 28th, 2010
4:43 pm
Let’s call it the “Long Ride Home Bowl”.
Maybe the “Trail of Tears Bowl”.
Or the “Neuter Your Pet Bowl”.
One, two, free, fo, fi, them der Gator don't take no jive!
May 28th, 2010
4:45 pm
Maybe the “Bleeding Bowl”? It sure looks like half the stadium is bleeding at the end of the 3rd quarter when all of those red shirts are pouring out of there.
Corporate America
May 28th, 2010
4:57 pm
Move the galldarn game to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, you pansies. Jacksonville is the perfect place for this game. Like the Michigan Dawg wrote earlier, play the game, don’t let the game play you.
Einsteindawg
May 28th, 2010
5:37 pm
It’s all about the money…never about the fans.
jesse james
May 28th, 2010
5:42 pm
The game needs to stay in Jacksonville. It was great when we were kicking their ass and time will turn back when we are doing it again. Attention Seeker Meyer will probably get dehydrated and miss a couple of games or when the tide turns he will go some where else because a name he better remember is not just Ga he will have to deal with but FSU is coming back.
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superDawg
May 28th, 2010
6:28 pm
UGA will beat uf this year.
nonsuch
May 28th, 2010
6:51 pm
The “Hobnail Boot in the Dawg’s Face” Bowl.
The “AAA Bail Bondsman” Bowl.
The “Zach Mettenburger – Oops” Bowl.
The “Richt is a Nice Guy but He Can’t Win the SEC” Bowl
The “AAA Tattoo Parlor” Bowl
The “Jan Kemp Memorial” Bowl
Delbert D.
May 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
“Jocks in Jax”
David
May 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
I am a UGA graduate and UGA law school graduate and to me, this is just the latest example of the shameless pursuit of the almighty dollar. The next thing we know they will be selling corporate sponsorships to the urinals in Sanford stadium. I’m over all of this greed.
Melody in Lula
May 28th, 2010
6:57 pm
Hey, superDawg, you’ve had enough of the kool aid.
Florida 45
Georgia 17
Try that on for size. This year will be the usual humiliating beating. Think “hobnail boots,” to quote Larry Munson, but as usual in Jacksonville, the Gators will be wearing the hobnail boots.
But hey, Dawgs are used to that, right?
Okefenokee Joe
May 28th, 2010
7:26 pm
How about
Richt needs to take a pay cut if he cant beat FL bowl
The Swampwise bowl
Big L
May 28th, 2010
7:41 pm
When asked why his UF teams were so successful against UGA, th Ol Ball Coach replied. One, that game ain’t played in Georgia and two, every single time I beat UGA, we gad the week off. Don’t think any of that matters? Well Steve Spurrier does and I’m going with his expertise. Bring that game back to Georgia.
Big L
May 28th, 2010
7:44 pm
Hwon the SEC twice , nonsuch. You big loser.
Coach Small Johnson
May 28th, 2010
7:46 pm
Spurrier was successful because he made his team focus throughout the importance of beating UGA
It has nothing to do with where the game is played
If it did we would not have lost by 40 when they came to Athens
Until our football team has a coaching staff that cares about beating FL then we will win again
Big L
May 28th, 2010
7:47 pm
The Mark Richt needs to develop a mean streak bowl. The kids sure respondd to him getting on their ass after beating Vandy and acting like idiots in 2007.
Big L
May 28th, 2010
7:49 pm
I’m just quoting the man who is resposible for this 20 year whipping streak.
Coach Small Johnson
May 28th, 2010
7:54 pm
I am too
In interview back in the late 90’s Spurier stated when he arrived at FL that we will focus on beating UGA all year long
Thats our problem Richt just acts like its another game but I think he has caught some heat about it and its about time because everytime he goes down there he comes up with the most conservative play calling crap Ive ever seen.
scott
May 28th, 2010
8:00 pm
nothing neutral about it, never has been. in past UF (20 yrs ago) stunk so we always won. they had no football program until steve came. players will tell you its not neutral, i think we should listen to them
Houston Dawg
May 28th, 2010
8:07 pm
Seagram’s Bowl
Coach Small Johnson
May 28th, 2010
8:08 pm
How is it not neutral
when there are the same number of fans on each side please explain
UGA’s football program has fielded way more NFL players than FL since 90
Im tired of hearing the lame excuses from fans saying the UGA football program is not on the level of FL
The coaching has not been on the level of FL since 1990 thats thats been the problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jag Dawg
May 28th, 2010
8:32 pm
I am a die hard Dawg fan. Have been all my life. All this BS about the game needing to be in Atlanta to be nuetral and the gators having an unfair advantage is just that, BS. When GA was dominating this series before FL’s current domination, we sure as hell were not crying and making excuses then. Instead of making excuses for getting outcoached and outplayed, what GA needs to do is start kicking FL’s ass. Then Jacksonville will be nice trip again.
It don’t make a damn whether the game is in Athens or Gainesville, if ticket distribution is 50/50, then it is nuetral. What makes it unnuetral is when so called “loyal” and “diehard” dawg fans go on ebay and sell their tickets to FL fans. Nothing is more disgusting than sitting on the GA side and looking around you and seeing a bunch of that nauseating orange and blue in your section. No wonder the team lets FL get in their head, the fans have giving up on them before the trip to Jacksonville is made.
GOOOOOO DAWGS!
Call IT
May 28th, 2010
8:41 pm
What a joke as FL wins the East again in 2010.
GA, the most over-rated program ever and nothing to show since 1980!
Gators Rule the East!
Enough Said!
Coach Small Johnson
May 28th, 2010
8:52 pm
JAG DAWG
Thank you
Its good to know there are still some dawg fans that arent a bunch of whining wimps still around
and see the real problem for what it is
I will say the coaching staff is the reason why Fl and there fans get into their head
I know someone who played under Dooly and he told me before the FL game Dooly was ruthless with the players sometimes degrading them to get them so angry and fired up they couldnt wait to go play them
Not this staff we tip toe onto the field with our cute little mommy sown motivational uniforms in the hopes to fire up the team
poopdawg
May 28th, 2010
8:53 pm
Jagdawg your wish is fixing to be granted . The dawgs can’t win but 1 per year , so the dumbass gator fans will still be showing their ass for time being . GO DAWGS
harold
May 28th, 2010
9:01 pm
GEORGIA IS NOW FLORIDA AND TENNESSEE’S BITCH. WISH GEORGIA COULD AT LEAST MAKE IT A GAME! BIT ALAS, GEORGIA FOOTBALL IS AVERAGE NOW. THE COACHES ARE TOO. BUT RICHT IS A NICE GUY.
jesse james
May 28th, 2010
9:04 pm
Long live Coach Richt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ain't going nowhere...
May 28th, 2010
9:13 pm
How about the Count the Money game, and by the way, it ain’t leaving Jacksonville in my or your lifetime.
poopdawg
May 28th, 2010
9:13 pm
little harold , your water is boiling over.
Dawg Whisperer
May 28th, 2010
11:35 pm
You can’t trust a scaley-tailed, web-toed, cold-blooded, prehistoric, mindless reptile whose closest relative is a croc. BTW, (whose counting) but UGA leads 47-39. Go Dawgs!!!!
S.O.S.
May 29th, 2010
6:34 am
Bulldog MVP heard muttering Sunday morning after the beating in Jax……
“You might have whipped us but dang thanks for paying for our nice ride home!”
Another Dumb Dawg
May 29th, 2010
6:37 am
Hey Dawg Whisperer stop showing your Georgia a$$ and learn English not just Redneck!
Correct English would have been; “Who’s counting as in who is counting, not “whose” counting you dumb Dawg!!!
Congratulation’s on being able to list numbers correctly, but the record is 46-39 and trust me we are counting and we are counting on taking this series in about 7 years.
Now go back to the pound!
Mrs. Dooley...... well you know the rest....
May 29th, 2010
6:42 am
I thought we were Vols fans now?
Bill Stanfill Lives!
May 29th, 2010
6:44 am
Bring back the Black Helmets!
(Oh, they beat us with those on too?)
Even Galen Hall beat us like a drum
May 29th, 2010
6:48 am
How about “Dancing with the Stars presents the Florida/Georgia game?”
Maybe Coach Richt could do an endzone mambo every time Florida scores?
orlando Dawg
May 29th, 2010
8:13 am
Have co sponsors for the game – Nair hair removal and Levi jorts. Even have a song playing in the back ground ” who wears jort shorts?? Who wears jort shorts? We wear jort shorts! while really ugly gator women wearing that rancid retna burning orange are gyrating thier booty
BIg time is what this event is
May 29th, 2010
8:36 am
Once again, we can see how the SEC is big boy ball. I think it is smart to add a sponsor. That means more money for the two schools every year. This is a no brainer.
UGA needs to regain their competitiive stance vs Florida over the next 4 or 5 years, with two Ws under our belt already in the last 6? years, plus 2 or 3 more, it could RE develop into a powerhouse rivarly.
Keep in mind all programs are on hard times BUT the Athletic Fund just dropped some major dough $$ on UGA.
Money talks and smoke walks.
Gooooooooooooo Dogs and Gooooooooooooo SEC.
Dawg Whisperer
May 29th, 2010
9:29 am
Hey, grow up my slimy gator friend…. “congratulation’s” in your sentence should be congratulations as in plural and not possessive. When you have to harp on a sports blog about proper English instead of the content of the message, you have nothing of value to say. Dawg fans get to count all the series wins, Gator fans only count those they choose!
Rico Suave...Big Cat Style!
May 29th, 2010
9:42 am
Hey TheBigCat,
Why did you change your handle? It was awesome!
BTW, my abs and headband are happy to sponsor the game!
Rico Suave...Big Cat Style!
May 29th, 2010
9:46 am
Also BTW, my abs could write a more relevant article than this!
orlando Dawg
May 29th, 2010
10:09 am
Call IT
May 28th, 2010
8:41 pm
What a joke as FL wins the East again in 2010.
GA, the most over-rated program ever and nothing to show since 1980!
Gators Rule the East!
Back in 1989 and before then, UGA ate the gators lunch and took their women 17 out of the last 20 years then. But then as Dawg Whisperer posted “Dawg fans get to count all the series wins, Gator fans only count those they choose!”
Well said Dawg Whisperer. gator fans only remember what they want to remember. No sense in arguing with them, as much like the lizards they follow, their brain capacity is equivilant to the size of a lima bean. gators fail to except the truth before 1990, as they think football was not even invented until 1990.
Tom
May 29th, 2010
11:22 am
How about the world’s biggest redneck fest? Between Georgia rednecks who get drunk among other things and the Florida people in their jean shorts, you would be hard pressed to find a normal person.
OR
The GA/FLA Girls Gone Wild Weekend
Tom
May 29th, 2010
11:23 am
Doesn’t matter where the game is, Florida will win
Tom
May 29th, 2010
11:24 am
Georgia has a mental block against Florida. The gators slip up now and again b/c of overconfidence. The uniform thing has got to stop.
Tom
May 29th, 2010
11:29 am
I agree, Richt does act like its another game. Spurrier wanted to beat UGA so bad b/c Georgia beat Florida when Spurrier played. Now, Florida has no rivals b/c nobody can touch them.
If we put an energy(hatred, desire, passion) into beating Florida, maybe we would. I’m thinking of the kind of hatred Tech has for Georgia. All year long, Tech focuses on Georgia.
It should be called “Richt needs a pay-cut if he can’t beat Florida” bowl
ARdawg
May 29th, 2010
12:34 pm
I love the Jax atmosphere and it is a great place for a rivalry game. It has not been exactly neutral but they are working to fix that to a degree. Give them some kudos. What it all boils down to is the 60 minutes on the field and no contract or changing locations is going to change that. The Dawgs whipped FL’s azz many times on the same field in less than neutral conditions and will do it again. It’s the players, it’s the coaching, it’s the game, all else is of no consequence.
GatorNation
May 29th, 2010
1:07 pm
“I am a UGA graduate and UGA law school graduate and to me, this is just the latest example of the shameless pursuit of the almighty dollar. The next thing we know they will be selling corporate sponsorships to the urinals in Sanford stadium. I’m over all of this greed.
David, no offense dude but I don’t think I’d open up with the statement I’m a law school graduate and then start lecturing about corporate greed. I live in Jacksonville and I swear 75% of the billboards here are now attorneys, LOL!
Tally Dawg
May 29th, 2010
1:54 pm
How much money does each school get for playing the game in JAX besides travle and hotel expense.
Shieldy
May 29th, 2010
1:58 pm
First off, tix aren’t 50/50 as nearly 100% of suites go to Jaguar/Gator fans. 2nd, win 3 of 4 and this a non-issue. Lose 3 of 4 & CMR gets his walking papers…
DJS
May 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
Obviously many of you have never attended the Florida-Georgia game. The stadium is split in half, so there are no more Gators there than Dogs. No advantage there. Same with the tailgating and RV city set up. You don’t realize the money both schools make off this annual game. It is to the advantage of both schools to continue, we are talking over a million for each school for one game. It’s funny I grew up in Jacksonville and all those years the Dawgs dominated Florida the subject of moving the game never came up once.
Stella
May 29th, 2010
4:43 pm
It is funny that Georgia fans talk about Florida wearing jean shorts and being redneck. How do you think the rest of the country sees the two states? I know they think of Hawaiian shirts and tanned bikini girls in Florida and tobacco fields and clay roads in Georgia. I know this because so many people I know here are from somewhere else. Come up with something better than the jean shorts joke, it’s so stupid, considering the melting pot that the state of Florida is and the conservative rural landscape of Georgia.
Jag Dawg
May 29th, 2010
7:34 pm
Shieldy,
Being a Jaguar fan also and attending every Jaguar game, I can tell you that all Jaguar fans are not gator fans. In fact, many Jaguar fans commute from GA to Jax for the Jag games. Anyway, what I was going to point out is that if the suite holders at the GA/FL game are anything like they are at a Jag game, they are too damn snoody to cheer and hollar. If I am correct though, GA gets use of some of those suites. I can’t imagine Michael Adams and high dollar friends sitting in the heat or cold. GA has many high rollers that can afford suites.
Jag Dawg
May 29th, 2010
7:54 pm
I love CMR, he is a great person and good leader for impressionable young men. I also believe he is a damn good coach. BUT, he needs to put duct tape on his nads and rip it off before games. Threaten Icy Hot in jock straps for each player that misses or makes a turnover, misses a tackle, or gets flagged for an idiotic penalty. If we have to change uniform colors before games to get motivated than we should just forfeit.
Not being from GA or even playing at GA, I do not think he truly understands how BIG the rivalry is with FL. Tech may be a rivalry, but it is not the one that keeps us from winning SEC titles and chances at National Championships. It also is a nut buster in recruiting. The passion to beat FL comes from the heart, not uniform color.
GOOOOOOO Dawgs
Ray Goof
May 30th, 2010
12:09 am
How about The “Dance Fever” Bowl starring Denny Terrio, John Travolta and Your friend and mine Mark Richt…..dance off starting 10 minutes after the Gator’s finish yet another 48-10 or 41-17 beatdown of the hapless leghumper’s
Ray Goof
May 30th, 2010
12:21 am
Didn’t they play a game in Athens once upon a time (1995) and that was the infamous “Half A Hundred Between The Hedges” game …52 to be exact …admit it Dawgs yall had your time ….now it’s our time…..and until UGA get’s a better Coach Than Urban Meyer and recruit better than the Gators…which isn’t gonna happen anytime soon…UGA should face reality…your just not good enough to beat Florida
hi there
May 30th, 2010
1:27 am
hi hter
Dawg Whisper is.....(gulp) correct!
May 30th, 2010
2:39 am
Corrected by a Bulldawg.
I’m speechless.
Son, remind me when we get home to punch your Mama in the mouth!
Taste of Reality
May 30th, 2010
2:46 am
Let’s admit it Dawgs. You were’nt always better but you won in the ‘60, 70’s and most of the 80’s.
The Gator’s were’nt always better bu they owned you in the ’90s and ’00s and probably will in the ’10s.
Right now the ‘Gator’s own the Dawgs like it or not.
Then the series will be even and it will be a real rivalry again.
Since Herschel left it’s been all ‘Gator’s.
dawginbama
May 30th, 2010
9:16 am
Dawgs, the tide has turned…Gators get a big beat down the next 10 years,like we dominated them in the past…the Junkyard Dawg Defense is back, and that’s all I got to say about that!!!!!!!!!!1
tim scott
May 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
You UGA fans are the biggest bunch of whiners I have ever seen. Please explain HOW when the tickets are split 50/50 is this a Fla home field advantage. If memory serves me correct in the 90’s we made a trip to Athens a decided home field advantage for YOU between the hedges and hung 50 on your sorry ass. Where was our home field advantage when Coach Dooley was kickin our behind year in and year out. You got the city of Jax to pay for your team to come down for which I give kudos but if you want to level the playing field get better coaching and better players
GT BABY
May 31st, 2010
2:35 am
youre just gonna lose….
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mexdawg
May 31st, 2010
12:08 pm
Coach Richt I’ve had about all of this gator trash talk I can put up with.Please for the love of god just BEAT FLORIDA.If your not sure how to do it just give VINCE DOOLEY a call,he’ll set you straight.Florida is our biggest rival.The GA v FL game is our biggest game of the year.You must win this game on a regular basis to be considered a great coach at GEORGIA.This is one of the main reasons Dooley was allowed to coach as long as he wanted.He beat FL like a red headed stepchild.When I was in school in the mid 70’s there was an electric atmosphere on campus the week before the game.We all knew how important it was.I hope you know how much it means to us coach.We have to do better.Now go give Vince a call and let’s get to work.LET THE BIG DAWG EAT gator meat.
Ray Goof
May 31st, 2010
4:41 pm
Gators own the Dawgs play the game in Hahira, Cedartown, Statesboro, wherever you want ..same results as the last 17 of 20 …..GATORS WIN…and usually big
Jimmy
May 31st, 2010
7:37 pm
How about the “Hoover Bowl?” Sponsored by both Hoover vacuum’s and UGA athletics, both SUCKING for over 100 years!!! LOL
Bill Melater
June 1st, 2010
1:57 am
How about: “The Drunken Moron Bowl”?
Tim Tebow
June 1st, 2010
1:34 pm
“Jacksonville isn’t a neutral site” Cry me a river, Dawg fans! Tickets and fan representation is always 50/50. Don’t act like this is a home game for Florida. I got an idea…instead of crying like a bunch of sore losers, why don’t UGA fans take some accountability for their team’s failures? Stop displacing blame on anything but the team and its head ball coach and come to terms with the fact that Florida is just superior to Georgia. It’s unhealthy to continue living your life in denial. Just accept it and move on…