Stokan denies Georgia-USC rumor
A hot rumor spread from the West Coast on Wednesday that the USC football team would come to Atlanta to play Georgia in the 2011 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game. (It spread the new-fashioned way, from Twitter to message boards.) But Gary Stokan, the game’s president, denied the rumor when I called to ask him about it Wednesday night.
He said there have been talks with USC about a possible appearance in the 2011 game — but not, he said, against Georgia.
“Georgia is not a possibility for 2011,” Stokan said.
He said UGA, through former athletic director Damon Evans, expressed interest in playing in the season-opening game in the Georgia Dome at some point in the future but indicated the next few years wouldn’t work schedule-wise.
Georgia is scheduled to open the 2011 season against Louisville in Athens.
As for USC, Stokan said Trojans coach Lane Kiffin sent him a text message in February to suggest a 2011 Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game matchup against his former team, Tennessee. “It’d be a great storyline,” Stokan quoted Kiffin as telling him in a subsequent phone conversation. Stokan said new Tennessee coach Derek Dooley later told him he’d be willing to play USC in Atlanta — after he has three years or so to get his program established.
The bottom line, Stokan said, is that the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game still doesn’t have a 2011 matchup.
“We don’t have an opponent [for USC],” Stokan said. “We don’t have USC either.”
Stokan does have matchups for 2010 (LSU-North Carolina on Sept. 4) and 2012 (Tennessee-N.C. State).
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Speaking of scheduling: Georgia hasn’t finalized or announced its 2010-11 basketball schedule yet, but the Bulldogs will open the season at 7 p.m. on Nov. 12 in the new-look Stegeman Coliseum against Mississippi Valley State. That’s according to a schedule posted on the MVSU website.
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July 30th, 2010
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Dr. Phil
July 30th, 2010
1:55 am
JacketBrave obviously has his own issues to deal with in regard to his latent homosexuality. I wish his candyass the best of luck.
Still@theBAR
July 30th, 2010
2:10 am
DR. Phil you lick candyasses all day everyday. That is your job.
12-2
July 30th, 2010
6:23 am
SO CAL FAN
says
Auburn played weak schedule in 2004
Auburn WON 5 games vs Top 16 Final AP Poll
It is
SO CAL FAN who finds instead his team won 0 games vs any one
bob
July 30th, 2010
6:31 am
Are they moving the 2012 game to Jefferson Pilot? No one outside of Tn or parts of Raleigh will watch.
jasont13
July 30th, 2010
8:10 am
Still@thebar, have you seen UGA’s up coming OOC schedules? Probably not. They have home and home’s scheduled with Louisville, Clemson, and Oregon. So please tell me which schools UGA has backed out on? Since you are so informed.
Hal
July 30th, 2010
8:23 am
Velosh, I imagine you are gone by now and not reading but your revisionist history is a tad off kilter. You’re right, everyone did think that the ‘03 Auburn team was going to be very good, and the USC team was an unknown beast waiting to explode when they got to Auburn. But no one invented the fact that Auburn stunk that year… they did. Look at their record. They were dead on middle of the pack team in the SEC. Heck that same year UGA killed them in Athens. UGA and LSU played for the trophy that year and Auburn didn’t even scare either one of them… USC wouldn’t have either.
Stinger Z
July 30th, 2010
8:39 am
USC would beat georgia like a drum. Those fast, nfl type athletes from the west coast would run all over richt’s group. Richt can’t even beat kentucky—forget usc. Stick to the mediocre creampuffs they play every year out of conference.
Still@theBAR
July 30th, 2010
9:10 am
I am back! I never sleep. I just sit here on my computer and look at child porn all day!
CHICKENDAWG
July 30th, 2010
9:35 am
We don’t want no part of Southern Cal. Them boys ill tear our asses up. We gonna stick to the SEC and some weak OOC chumps.
CHICKENDAWG
July 30th, 2010
9:49 am
We all know USC will cheat like they always do.
LowCountryDawg07
July 30th, 2010
10:16 am
We already tried to play USC in the Rose bowl and they didn’t want any part of that. We had to settle for, Colt Brennan and Hawaii, wow what a big boy team they were. I believe I left the game before halftime.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
July 30th, 2010
10:31 am
This sums it all up….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKjurP9ceKI
TEBOW TOSSES SALAD
July 30th, 2010
10:35 am
GAYtors will lose 3 games this year and wont play in the dome unless its the chicken bowl!!
T3
July 30th, 2010
10:36 am
THINK…like Gary Stokan. Landmark oppty.
If you’re Gary Stokan, you will D-E-F-I-N-I-T-E-L-Y
want a USC vs UGA CFA Kick-Off match-up.
Here’s why:
Chik-Fil-A is obviously THE corporate sponsor for this game,
as well as the CFA Bowl in December.
Currently, there are ONLY 6 (Yes, count them) 6 Chik-Fil-A
franchises…in the ENTIRE State of California !!!!
The Metro Atlanta area ALONE has about 20+ CFA franchises.
So, if Stokan can get a HUGE NUMBER of California-based USC fans to travel to Georgia for the game, enjoy a Chik-Fil-A sandwich for what would likely be TENS OF THOUSANDS of FIRST-TIME California-based customers, then that would probably create an OVERWHELMING NEW DEMAND for NEW CFA franchises in California.
Win or Lose, all those USC fans would would go back home thinking…”Damn, that was the GREATEST CFA sandwich in the world”
how come we dont have a CFA franchise in OUR California neighborhood.”
The demand for CFA franchise opptys in California would EXPLODE, practically overnight.
And, a new CFA franchise probably costs upwards of $1+ Million just to buy, on top of the life-time franchise and royalties fess.
You’re talking potentially…
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN NEW REVENUE TO CFA !!!!
So, the bottom-line is this:
Put aside the fact that EVERY SINGLE SEC fan would turn out
just to hate on Lane Kiffin, and express their universal derision for him.
A USC vs UGA match-up has the potential to bring in
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of NEW dollars to CFA. And, a lot of those new dollars will likely end up being spent on the CFA Kick-Off Claasic, the CFA Bowl, and many many other Atlanta-based sporting events. And, you know Gary Stokan would love to see that hapen.
Robert Woodruff made Coca-Cola into a GLOBAL house-hold and a UNIVERSAL BRAND. CFA has the same unique oppty, RIGHT HERE…RIGHT NOW, with a USC vs UGA match-up.
UGA would have a practically ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME oppty to NATIONALLY BRAND their program in front of what would be a RECORD-SMASHING TV audience.
A M-A-J-O-R…M-A-J-O-R business/branding oppty
is ridinng on this for CFA.
A M-A-J-O-R…M-A-J-O-R branding/branding oppty
is also ridinng on this for UGA.
I will be V-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-RY surpirsed if Stokan
does not pull this off.
Frankly, there’s much to be achieve by making this game happen.
I will consider it a SLAM-DUNK DONE DEAL..until proven otherwise.
TEBOW TOSSES SALAD
July 30th, 2010
10:36 am
ga tech will lose 5 and play in the smurf bowl!!!
Somoan Warrior
July 30th, 2010
12:04 pm
Let’s face it you hillbillies do not want to play SC. Homies from the Westcoast would destroy any SEC team and you know it. Your all haters because the only thing to do in the south is play football and have sex with your siblings. You rednecks wouldn’t last a day in LA. We would know your from the south from a mile away because of the white sheet you wear to cover your heads. Then my glock with 16 in the clip would have to go to work. Now bow down to the west coast you inbreds.
Still@theBAR
July 30th, 2010
1:04 pm
somoan warrior you were from a small island right? Doesn’t that make you the inbred one? Your gene pool is pretty small. If you need a gun to be a warrior, then you ain’t no real somoan.
Somoan Warrior
July 30th, 2010
2:12 pm
@still@the bar: your sister wife wants you to stop at piggly wiggly and get some lube for the threesome between you her and dear old daddy. Don’t forget to make them squeal like a pig.
Somoan Warrior
July 30th, 2010
2:24 pm
BTW, I way 450 lbs. and eat everything in sight. And look at all the National Championships that the West Coast has won over the last four years. The PAC-1 has won the last 4. Not the SEC. So that proves that we are better.
Somoan Warrior
July 30th, 2010
2:24 pm
BTW, I weigh 450 lbs. and eat everything in sight. And look at all the National Championships that the West Coast has won over the last four years. The PAC-1 has won the last 4. Not the SEC. So that proves that we are better.
Still@theBAR
July 30th, 2010
2:27 pm
somoan how many different DNA strands are there on you island home? Better chance for you to “do” a relative than there is for me too.
Still@theBAR
July 30th, 2010
2:38 pm
For anyone interested me and my sister-wife just had baby # 7!!!! After I tuck in the youngins tonight I’ll be heading to the Klan rally to cheer for favorite SEC team with all them colored players.
Somoan Warrior
July 30th, 2010
3:06 pm
Me Hungary!
Nick
July 30th, 2010
3:26 pm
Lane Kiffin: STILL A DOUCHEBAG!
Lifelong Dawg
July 30th, 2010
4:07 pm
Every year before the first game is played the insults start getting traded. I’m as guilty as any other. Not this year; I’m just going to wait for the games to be played. The insults never change so I’m giving it a rest.
h8 tech
July 31st, 2010
1:39 am
Tech picked 3rd in ACC coastal and 4th for the championship
fitsnews.com/2010/07/27/clemson-picked-second-in-acc-atlantic/
Bob
July 31st, 2010
2:14 am
UGA alum = consistently the worst tippers. 15 percent you mouthbreathers!
Dawg 1
July 31st, 2010
3:44 pm
The odds of both Kiffin and Dooley still being at the helm are low. If I were to pick one, it would be Dooley.
Agree with other ‘posters’;’ there is ‘no reason’ to welcome this guy back to the Southeast under ANY cirucmstances.
T'VILLE DAWG
August 1st, 2010
12:41 pm
me, I like Lame Kiffen, you get a gold star in sports writing today.I hope you don’t mind if I use that in the future.
kat brat
August 2nd, 2010
6:12 am
UGA wont play the big boys?? Uhmm if I recall Richt has the most wins in the SEC currently…
and the second most in the nation.. We aint skeered…But why would we play USC.. they wont be ranked
and they are on probation..come on we beat those big boys from hawaii when ppl said we wouldnt..
When we should have been at the Championship game instead of LSU.. You ppl are fools…Look up UGA
track record…not often we have been out of the top 25..
ugagirl
August 2nd, 2010
6:19 am
HA HA..so we need the exposure huh?The sec is a bad ass conference and no other one can run with it.Seriously Im laughing so hard.USC gives us exposure?One of our worse teams are better than
most conferences best teams. BTW who is the only mascot that has been on Sports illustrated? uh yeah
UGA. Who is the most recognized mascot and team? Again UGA..Too funny..all you haters keeping running your jaws and we in the SEC will keep running the ball and winning games.
lolllll
August 3rd, 2010
1:53 pm
S C A R E D BULLDOG FANS? LOL if you’re saying Lane Kiffin is gonna get exposure, and you’re not scared, why not play and just beat the stuffing out of him? Wouldn’t that just embarrass him more? It would, but the reality is that your pansies are just afraid to play USC.
Alex F
September 12th, 2010
9:39 am
I think there is a team that fits perfectly to face Georgia in the ACC Chick Fil A Classic that really hasn’t been flying under the radar. Here lets cut down the teams that should play.
Clemson, VT, and North Carolina have already played in the Chick Fil A Classic so I don’t think they should get the 2011 spot that leaves 9 teams.
Miami and Florida State already got match ups set for their 2011 opener so take them out and that leaves 7.
I don’t think the ACC would want a low level team like Duke or Virgina to represent them so that leaves 5.
NC State already plays in 2011 and Georgia already Said they don’t want to Play GT in the Chick Fil A game because its a team they play often so that leaves 3.
Wake Forest, Boston College, Maryland. Which team? BC. Why? simple ever since they have joined the ACC they have flown under the radar never ended worse then 2nd in the Atlantic and at one point won 9 straight bowl games and held there own against USC in the Emerald Bowl Last year.
Georgia vs Boston College is what I would like to see.