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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GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:05 pm
Not bragging just stating the case for SEC
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:08 pm
Noles 76,
You’re a moron.
davsag8r
July 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
I’m with Kevin
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
ACC Coastal GT 11-3, VT 10-3, Miami 9-4, UNC 8-5, Duke 5-7, UVa 3-9
SEC East UF 13-1, UGA 8-5, UT 7-6, USC 7-6, UK 7-6, Vandy 2-10. ACC Coastal has 2 10+ game winners to the SEC East’s 1 10+ game winner. UVa’s 3-9 is better than Vandy’s 2-10. Miami’s 9-4 was better than UGA’s 8-5. ACC COASTAL’s top is better than the SEC EAST’s top and same for the Bottom. The ACC COASTAL has 4 top teams and the SEC East has 1 for sure and 2 maybe top teams.
Gratefuldawghead
July 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
Still@theBar…ACC Champs 24 DAWGS 30 That’s all we need to know. Again if you are sooo against alcohol why are You still at the Bar?
GO DAWGS!
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
UGA Poodles too scared to play USC,Bama and LSU
July 29th, 2010
4:00 pm
“Even though I know that UGA plays LSU and Bama on a rotation, every couple years or so. I just wanted to say that they don’t play them in hopes that people would believe me.”
Man, that’s some psychological game you’re playing!
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
Still@thebar,
Most conferences all have teams at the top, middle and bottom. Comparing records means nothing.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
If you noticed I failed to mention that the ACC Coastal Division champs got beat down by and 8-5 team from the SEC East. Which tells you all you need to know about who is better.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
davsag8r don’t back KEVIN too much. You should read more of his post and you would jump off that bandwaggon faster than red panties off an ugly drunk white chick in a BMW with a black man.
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
Still@theBar
You forgot to look at their respective opponets
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:16 pm
Still@thebar making sense at 4:14!
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:16 pm
still@thebar back to being a moron at 4:15.
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:18 pm
How can you even compare the ACC when note even two of the top teams in the SEC beat down the Top All Children’s Conference teams?
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:19 pm
greatfuldawghead: I haven’t had enough to do a DAWG chick yet. I did see a Tri-Delta that was losing the Freshman 20, the Soph 15, and her Jr. 10 the more I drink. If I drink a lil more I want even notice I am pushing a wheel barrow to get her to the car.
dog789xyz
July 29th, 2010
4:20 pm
Again, none of this matters. All Uga comments are meaningless. UGA has settled for a coach who is unable to judge talent. He is unable to select assistants who can help. CMR is inept. The offense CMR runs may have worked at FSU against ACC competition, where FSU had better athletes than any opponent. UGA plays a schedule where everyone has athletes. That means someone has to get down and coach. CMR has coached so poorly that it is embarrasing. Look at the losses to KY, Tenn, Vandy, OK ST, and more. Tenn must have run the bootleg play 6 or 7 times, UGA never stopped it.UGA fans, wake up, hire a coach that can give us a chance. FIRE MARK RICHT NOW!
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:21 pm
still@thebar,
Oh yeah, you really have some lookers over there at GT!
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:22 pm
Dawg84 you maen like the tuff Gator and Dawgs OOC games? HAHAHAH OK. Tech has Played SEC teams(other than UG) every year, and only lost to the dawgs. ACC teams play harder OOC games than the SEC for sure. TRY AGAIN.
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
dog789xyz ,
Richt has coached so poorly that he is the 4th winningest active head coach in college football today and has the only team in the country to win 8+ games in the last 13 years. The only thing lacking on Richt’s resume is a NC–and soon he’ll have one of those too.
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:24 pm
When is the last time the ACC produced a NC? The SEC has the last 4 and has won all 7 BCS NCs is been in. Get real about ACC vs. SEC. The ACC is a joke.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:24 pm
Kevin you are just too hung up on Trashy Fake Blonde White Subirban chicks. There some beautiful white girls at Tech, but some smoking Asians and Middle Eastern ladies. Put down the Playboy and find beauty in other cultures.
Hal
July 29th, 2010
4:25 pm
hey call it…. interesting how my comments made me dumb when I stated facts that are accurate. You should be willing to “risk” the lost if you are genuinely the best team in the nation. If you are the best, then you won’t lose. If you lose, then guess what brainiac….. you weren’t the best to begin with. I knew reading your comments you were stupid but man…. you erased all doubt brother.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:28 pm
take the 3 or 4 joke OOC game away with Vandy, one of the Miss schools, and Kentucky and UGA plays 4 maybe 5 hard games a year. Of Course Richt can win 8+games a year.
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
still@thebar,
Man you have me figured out. Except that I am married to a brunette and previous dated a Peruvian woman. GT has some asians and middle eastern, but like the white girls at GT, they are mostly unattractive. I mean seriously. First, you try to boast GT better than UGA, then ACC being better than SEC and now GT women over UGA women. You are out of your mind.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:30 pm
Kevin ACC TEAMS have produced a MNC winner more recentally that UGA has.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:30 pm
kevin, I mean who wouldn’t want to date a member of the Taliban?
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:31 pm
still@thebar,
KY, one of the Miss schools and Vandy would be mid level ACC teams. No credible college football expert thinks there’s a conference better than the SEC. It’s the hardest conference to win in. You really are a moron.
Delbert D.
July 29th, 2010
4:31 pm
Circular arguments are fun. The #3 and #4 teams in the ACC beat 2 SEC teams in bowls that beat that 8-5 SEC team that beat the ACC champ.
Now my head hurts. I’m going to go back and memorize that post on the number of OL starts for each team in the SEC. mmmm….mmmmm…mmmmm…
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
Taliban?
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:33 pm
More evidence that backs up my earlier statements. Here is the bowl records from last season by conference. Just look how many games the ACC had go to bowls and what their record was in the bowl games. ACC is the best.
Final 2009-2010 Conference Bowl Record:
Mountain West: 4-1
Big East: 4-2
SEC: 6-4
Big Ten: 4-3
Big 12: 4-4
ACC: 3-4
Pac-10: 2-5
Sun Belt: 1-1
C-USA: 2-4
WAC: 2-2
dog789xyz
July 29th, 2010
4:36 pm
kevin, any moron can win 8,9 games at UGA. UGA and Athens GA is among the best in fan base, recruiting base, and facilities. We just do not have a coach to match. Look what happened at Fla and ALA when they got good coaches.
Do you hear rumors about any team, anywhere who wants to steal/hire CMR? What about CMR asst coaches? Are they in demand? No one wants CMR. Is it a good thing when no one wants to steal tour head coach or asst coaches? Wake up! Demand a coaching change . UGA Fans deserve a coach to match the oppurtunity at UGA. I love UGA, Go Dogs!
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:37 pm
I like the Taliban chicks over the HOTDOG HALLWAYS UGA turns out. UGA girls don’t give birth! The kids just walk out with mom not so much as grunting or moaning. Date a UGA chick make sure you have a board straped across your butt so you don’t fall in. They don’t call it HONEY CANYON YOADELING for nothing. HELLO..HEllo…hello. Dude can you shine a light so I can find my way out?
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:38 pm
Anyone who truly thinks the ACC is the best conference needs their head examined. That’s hilarious.
Delbert D.
July 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
The big question is where does Nebraska stash their multiple national championships* now? Big-10/11/12? Big-8 before the Texas incursion? The Big-12 that no longer exists? Oh, what a big problem.
*Mythical, poll-based, yada-yada
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
dog789xyz I am not a dawg fan, but you said it all. UGA couldn’t do a damn thing and still get players to show up. If TECH had your players we would OWN the ACC every year for sure.
dog789xyz
July 29th, 2010
4:42 pm
If you notice you always hear about teams trying to steal away head coaches. Oh wait no you don’t
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:43 pm
you might own the ACC but not obviously not GA
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:43 pm
still@thebar,
I am not sure what your game is (though, it’s clearly stupid), but referring to middle eastern women as “Taliban chicks” is completely lame and you sound like a backwards, redneck moron. And by the way, you aren’t funny. Your jokes are lame, predictable and immature. If you are UGA fan, please open your mouth less. Jeez.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:44 pm
I would much rather get blown up by a sucide bomber then have to hook up with a hot UGA chick.
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:46 pm
“I would much rather get blown up by a sucide bomber then have to hook up with a hot UGA chick.”
That’s a Tech fan for sure. That explains this all. Nerd, please stay in Atlanta and hook up with your TI-83.
LefttheBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:46 pm
Still@theBAR- And if my aunt had a d%@k she would be my uncle!
258DAWG
July 29th, 2010
4:47 pm
I say we take Kiffen/USC on in the own back yard. while we’re there we might as well take them to the wood shed as well.
He sucks
USC sucks
Pac-12 sucks
then again they seem to like going against the Virginia’s of the country, they had an oppertunity to make them put us in the rose bowl against them a couple of years back and they didn’t want none then so we ended up dealing with a mighty Hawaii team instead!
I’m sure they sighed watching it too.
GATA Go Dawgs!
kevin
July 29th, 2010
4:47 pm
still@thebar,
Another zinger! Let me guess. You’re white, fat, voted for Bush both times, think Obama was born in another country and is a socialist, think black people are bad and are “christian”, but have no idea what that means. Sounds about right.
dog789xyz
July 29th, 2010
4:48 pm
Still@the BAR, I appreciate your comments. It is nice to receive a level headed response. I am not a GT fan, but you are right! Also, I know CPJ a little and his coaching a lot. As a long time UGA fan I will tell you that I would trade CPJ and his staff straight up for CMR and his staff. Don’t get me wrong. I would rather have someone other than CPJ or CMR, but CPJ can flat out coach. Have you heard anyone say tht CMR ca flat out coach? I don’t think so.
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:48 pm
Still@theBAR obviously didn’t get into Georgia and is still drooling over the girls in Athens.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:48 pm
Kevin you a….hole you can’t figure out when a dawg a..hole steals a blog name? I responded with Taliban to the butt head that used my name. read the postings and you can tell I didn’t say the Taliban thing first. One of your great butt sniffing fans did that.
Sam Polit
July 29th, 2010
4:50 pm
USC has beaten Ohio St the last 2 years. Last year in Columbus. I think USC would blowout Georgia even shorthanded. USC has beaten Auburn twice and Arkansas twice in last few years.
Hal
July 29th, 2010
4:51 pm
obviously more than one idiot is posting under “Still@the BAR” but in any case…. he pointed out that that ACC teams had won a MNC since UGA had huh? So that’s your argument? “Our 12 teams are better than one of yours” lmfao….. and I bet he went to Tech too. Go build a bottle rocket geek and solve some chemistry riddle cause you don’t know shyt about football bud.
GeorgiaDawg84
July 29th, 2010
4:51 pm
Sam: Possibly so, but they also lost to Stanford
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:52 pm
PEOPLE call out your DAWG fans for Hi-Jacking may name and posting. You people are stupid if you can’t understand the different posts.
Still@theBAR
July 29th, 2010
4:55 pm
Please disregard this link that has UGA ranked #19 in the country for hottest women. I tried to find out where TECH was ranked but stop looking at #114. More evidence to prove my points. TECH women are hotter!
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/421975-pre-season-top-25-ranking-ncaa-footballs-hottest-campuses