Will Georgia sellout streak extend into 10th season? (Updated)
(Updated 6 p.m.)
ATHENS – Georgia, which has sold out every home football game the past nine seasons, needs to sell a few hundred more tickets to keep that streak alive next week.
Less than 600 tickets remained available Wednesday for the Bulldogs’ Sept. 4 season opener at Sanford Stadium against Louisiana-Lafayette, UGA associate athletic director Alan Thomas said.
He said those tickets are part of a large block returned by Louisiana-Lafayette, which was contractually entitled to 4,500 tickets for the game. The Ragin’ Cajuns wound up needing only 490 tickets, Thomas said.
Georgia has no tickets currently available to any of its other five home games, and Thomas said he expects the remaining tickets to the Louisiana-Lafayette game to be sold. They are available on-line at georgiadogs.com or by phone at 877-542-1231. The price is $45 apiece.
If the game sells out, that would extend Georgia’s streak of consecutive home sellouts into a 10th season. According to associate athletic director Claude Felton, the Bulldogs have sold out every home game since Mark Richt became coach in 2001 — a streak of 57 consecutive games. The last UGA home game not to sell out, Felton said, was the Nov. 25, 2000, game against Georgia Tech.
Generally, opponents can return unsold tickets from their allotments as late as three weeks before a game. Louisiana-Lafayette’s contract called for the school to receive an allotment of 4,500 tickets to sell, but the Ragin’ Cajuns took only 2,095 of the allotted tickets initially, leaving Georgia with the other 2,405. Then Louisiana-Lafayette returned an additional 1,605 tickets prior to the three-week window allowed in the contract, Thomas said.
When opponents return tickets, Georgia puts them on sale to the general public. It’s possible there will be returns from other opponents this season; Idaho State (Nov. 6) would seem the most likely candidate. But Idaho State’s contract calls for an allotment of 2,500 tickets and so far none have been returned, Thomas said.
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493 comments Add your comment
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
1:06 pm
I bet the acc has a better record vs the sec by seasons end.
Pounding the Porcelain
August 25th, 2010
1:07 pm
Who would really want to watch these two crappy teams in the heat anyway?
Coach or not Meyers
August 25th, 2010
1:08 pm
I hope I don’t wet my pants at every game like last year! My shrink and the Pope said I would be OK! I’m so glad my fans love me!
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:08 pm
Urinal Cake great name by the way..just how much kudo’s do we give Nebraska cause they sold out over 300 home games in a row? I mean what in the world else is there to do in Nebraska once the corn is harvested ?
Gator 4 Life
August 25th, 2010
1:09 pm
Looked pretty good vs Troy, Kentucky, Vandy, FIU, and FSU as well… 7 TD’s to 0INT’s.. I mean he will be better than that joke Aaron Murray… lol
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
1:10 pm
@ Can You Dig It – Why do you insist on personal insults? Are they the best you have? I have a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Registered Engineer in the state of GA. Siblings have degrees from tech in ME and in Applied Biology. My girlfriend has an Applied Mathematics degree from GT, My sister (applied biology) has a husband with an Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree from Tech. My girlfriends brother, uncle, and nephew have Engineering Degrees from GT. Why do you insist on insulting me personally?
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:10 pm
Paul Johnson glad to see that you know how to fish..now if you just knew how to coach football….Man that was easy !
Gator 4 Life
August 25th, 2010
1:11 pm
I mean wasn’t Joe Cox your last big recruit at QB haha
SSIgator
August 25th, 2010
1:12 pm
Look at the bright side – there will be 600 pounds less garbage to pick up after the game.
Reggie Ball for Heisman
August 25th, 2010
1:12 pm
The ONLY numbers that matter in this entire scenario are… wait for it… 30-24 Suck it nerds
Wreckem
August 25th, 2010
1:14 pm
I’m a little confused. AJC, is this news? This is not the red and black or what toliet paper substitue that they publish at uga. Come on there has got to be something more interesting to report like where Obama ate for dinner last night. Oh nevermind no one cares about that either. I guess you guys are just trying to meet your uga coverage quota. Great job! What’s the Good Word?
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
1:14 pm
Won more games through my first 9 than Richt has… And have 2 DI national titles.
TumorHater
August 25th, 2010
1:14 pm
Aside from the fact that it WILL BE, this is a non issue. Also, I posted this earlier, any results on whether this is Legit. http://www.UGAKickoff.com/dawgforaday it looks real, it has Matt and Jon Stinchcomb and was posted by GA Transplant Foundation if yes.. wow! Ridic!
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:16 pm
Gator 4 Life better than that joke Murray…then why did CUM spend so much time recruiting him? Face it against those teams in the role he played(mop up) Joe Cox would have looked like the 2nd coming of Peyton Manning.he may very well turn out to be a very good SEC QB but he is about to have to prove it on the field not have the Gator Nation anoint him before he takes his first snap as a starter.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
1:17 pm
@Reggie Ball for Heisman – Touche good sir. That game was not as pleasant as some.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:17 pm
Paul Johnson want to compare Bowl records?
Gator 4 Life
August 25th, 2010
1:18 pm
Better passer than Tebow ever thought about being… Maybe you guys can score 20 on our D this year hahahahaha
Will
August 25th, 2010
1:18 pm
Make that 595 tickets left because I just bought 5 for my employees.
buzz kill
August 25th, 2010
1:19 pm
GT Allum–Nice that you point out that Tech is “one of the SCHOOLS of the world.” Bone up on your English so that you don’t continue to make us look like buffoons.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2010
1:20 pm
SSIgator,
600 pounds less garbage?
What, are you not going?
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
1:20 pm
@2 buzz kill – Way to catch up big guy, you should read all my posts before jumping in. You will see that it was already addressed. I will wait for you to catch up.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2010
1:21 pm
Gator 4 Life,
Murray is a joke?
So Meyer didn’t want him?
Meyer didn’t offer him?
Delusional, revisionist idiot.
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
1:21 pm
4-6… I’ll take it for now, Especially with 2 National Championships.
Gratefuldawghead
August 25th, 2010
1:21 pm
I will be purchasing some more tickets this week…we will sell out..No problem! GO DAWGS!
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
1:21 pm
@buzz kill – Alum or Alumni, Allum isn’t a word. Since you commented on my mistype, I feel free to comment on yours.
Can You Dig It
August 25th, 2010
1:22 pm
GT Alum….Amazing….all those degrees and you are still a Tool….one thing I do know..I’m now know positively that Tech can’t make chicken salad out of chicken sh_t….you’ve proved that to everyone on this blog…Can You Dig It!
Cox Communications
August 25th, 2010
1:22 pm
A better title would have been: Why isn’t anyone reading our articles?
But fortunately for you, we at least come here to read the comments…
Gator 4 Life
August 25th, 2010
1:22 pm
Bout like Richt didnt wast Brantley hahaha… Shut up Rednecks hahahaha
DR
August 25th, 2010
1:23 pm
This article is very misleading. The game will be a sell out by next week. I would imagine the game falling on labor day weekend may have something to do with the 600 tickets or so that haven’t been sold yet. I know a lot of my friends usually go to the beach on labor day.
Lewis Grizzard
August 25th, 2010
1:23 pm
I called the Tech ticket office and asked what time the South Carolina State starts. They asked what time I could get there. And they promised that the guys from Shorty’s garage would change the oil and give a lube job to everybody at the game. Shorty said they’ll be done by halftime.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:24 pm
Gator 4 Life pass better than Tebow..gosh how will that work in regards to wins..that my friend is the question.Mr.Tebow’s greatest asset was he could and did put the entire team on his shoulders if needed and won. As much as I love to hate the Gators..I did love to watch him play the game.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2010
1:24 pm
Wasn’t talking about Brantley you gatortard.
you said Murray is a joke.
answer the question dumba$$
Did Meyer recruit him?
Ludlow Porch
August 25th, 2010
1:25 pm
You never were good at jokes Lewis.
DR
August 25th, 2010
1:25 pm
Tim, when UGA sells the rest of these 600 tickets before the game will the AJC run an article saying UGA sold out their first game? I doubt it!
Who Cares?
August 25th, 2010
1:26 pm
These tickets will be gone by the end of the business day today
Gator 4 Life
August 25th, 2010
1:26 pm
Of course he did DawginLex. My bad. Sometimes my meds don’t kick in on time.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:27 pm
Paul Johnson you mean you didn’t start losing Bowl games till you got to Bugville ? Man that is funny. Sad but funny…and as for the NC..keep those trophies handy you won’t win any more.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2010
1:27 pm
No problem.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:28 pm
Lewis Grizzard that was funny only a Bug wouldn’t think so.
Wreckem
August 25th, 2010
1:29 pm
@ Lewis
I thought you were dead. By the way the game starts at 1 pm. There must be a bad phone connection in hell.
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
1:30 pm
Tech will repeat before Georgia does.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:30 pm
Wreckem don’t worry the oil change and lube will still be done by half time.
Concrete Pete
August 25th, 2010
1:32 pm
30-24. Still hurts, huh? Almost Competitive Conference Champs, 2nd in your own state.
Alphare
August 25th, 2010
1:33 pm
While UGA comes up with convoluted ticket selling scheme to dig its fans’ pockets, Tech alums volunteer an endowment twice as big as UGA’s with a much smaller student body.
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
1:34 pm
“Concrete Pete
August 25th, 2010
1:32 pm
30-24. Still hurts, huh? Almost Competitive Conference Champs, 2nd in your own state.”
It gets better with time… Feels alot like 45-42 and getting your weeds stomped on.
DawginLex
August 25th, 2010
1:34 pm
What is a convoluted ticket selling scheme?
Actually playing real football in a real football league?
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
1:34 pm
@ Can You Dig It – What? You try to play hardball with your superiors, realize you are outgunned and you can’t handle it, so you revert back to name calling… How pathetic… Perhaps I should ask you, good sir, Can you dig it?
@how2fish – Again, humorous thought. I would say that you need to give him a couple of years to get a full set of his own recruits in to judge him completely though. I would say that a fair time would be either the end of this season or the end of next season. Since he was hired post 2007 season, his recruiting really didn’t start until after the 2008 season.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
1:34 pm
Paul Johnson pithy comment there..we play in the SEC you know the conference that owns the BCS so it will be tougher but if your still at Bugville we are going to win that bet.
Wreckem
August 25th, 2010
1:36 pm
Great you uga alums work fast. Could you please rotate and balance my tires while your changing my oil. Oh, and good ahead and wash my truck as well. In which class did you learn these skills? I bet it was in the stall next to that really hard basketball class.
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
1:36 pm
“Alphare
August 25th, 2010
1:33 pm
While UGA comes up with convoluted ticket selling scheme to dig its fans’ pockets, Tech alums volunteer an endowment twice as big as UGA’s with a much smaller student body.”
Actually I think its 3 times as large. lol