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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ryan
August 25th, 2010
2:11 pm
I just have to laugh at this article i mean are you that board Tim well thanks giving me a good laugh about this dumb story .
Mark Richt
August 25th, 2010
2:12 pm
I backflip from the 10 meter every year ……………kinda like I beat up on Tech.
Papadawg
August 25th, 2010
2:13 pm
I bet GT Grads would be bigger fans if their teams were consistently worth a D___
Mark Richt
August 25th, 2010
2:14 pm
Come on PJ, take off you shirt, and backflip with …………..ugh, nevermind
Dumbo
August 25th, 2010
2:15 pm
GT Alum….maybe if comments like yokels weren’t so common from the mouthes of Techies then maybe just maybe UGA grads like me wouldn’t despise Techies so much. My wife a grad of UNC Chapel Hill and Emory Law…has told me numerous times that Techies act just like Pukes from Duke. People are silly and bold on a keyboard, but quiet little buggers in the light.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:16 pm
@Papadawg Probably not. In general we are all fans, some diehard, some more apathetic. We always enjoy watching, but it doesn’t dictate our moods. Even in years where we were doing super, like 1990, it wasn’t a major aspect of our lives. We just have other things placed as priorities… Legit Question though, as there are probably some fairweather fans, just like everywhere else.
Where have you gone Bill Stanfill?
August 25th, 2010
2:16 pm
For all you Bugs, you will be hard pressed to find any UGA fans in trailer parks. They have all seen the wind blow in a different direction and cast their allegiance from FSU ’90s to UF ’00s to now Bama. As for me I stay out of the places, but you Techies seem fascinated by the whole do-it yourself meth-head chemistry sets that are popping up in the mobile homes these days.
jdawgs34
August 25th, 2010
2:18 pm
Certainly there is a higher priority article than about 600 tickets not being sold…oh well, I am still going and we make money…I do believe Tech was down a little in season tickets…..that’s where it counts…
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:18 pm
@Dumbo – Nice try though. Read my comments related to college grads, and who exactly tech fans don’t like. and I haven’t said one derogatory thing about a UGA grad. Please read before you post. Thanks.
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2010
2:18 pm
AltamahaDawg – Just for fun, I did the math. 30,000/4=7,500 a year. 250,000/7,500=33.33 year life span after graduation. Yikes.
That obviously is wrong, because over the last generation, enrollment has increased to where it is now. As I said, just for fun, no harm intended.
Joey
August 25th, 2010
2:18 pm
Tim, why ask a question that you later answer anyway?
Mark Richt
August 25th, 2010
2:19 pm
Urinal Cake, I wish you guys would let me coach at Nebraska. I am a huge fan!!!
Wreckem
August 25th, 2010
2:19 pm
AJ
We’ll see. I recall an excelent receiver for GT that had the potential, his quarterback was always the best player on the other team though. And that string of numbers what does that mean? Were you trying to count? Here is a suggestion use what they taught you in counting 99 at uga, take your shoes and socks of and let go of that beer bottle. Thats is 1,2,3…
AJ 4 HEISMAN
August 25th, 2010
2:22 pm
Wreckem
Come back and talk to me when Paul Johnson and your high school offense win a bowl game.
Big Pete
August 25th, 2010
2:23 pm
GT Alum,
Just wanted to make sure you understand the reality of 1990. You tied North Carolina, won a pre-FSU ACC, and played a 2-loss Nebraska team in the Citrus Bowl. Big deal.
Tim Tucker is an idiot...
August 25th, 2010
2:23 pm
…who has no business being a journalist. You splatter a headline on the front page of the website that says “UGA short of a sellout” to garner attention. However, in the article itself you admit that this is due to the fact that ULL returned 600 tickets (less than 1% of total capacity) because they could not sell them. These tickets will be sold in no time if they aren’t already. And tell me exactly why this is news and why it deserves to be front and center on the website? RE-DONK-U-LOUS.
FRED
August 25th, 2010
2:23 pm
WE ENDED UP PAYING $71 FOR $40 TICKETS FOR THE HOME OPENER FROM AN ONLINE TICKET SELLER. WE NEED TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE TICKETS FOR SALE OUTSIDE THE FIELD ON GAME DAYS. AND IF SO MUST WE PAY AN ARM AND A LEG?
Delbert D.
August 25th, 2010
2:23 pm
Dumbo – Ask her if she knows how NC State grads feel about UNC. One of my friends is a State grad, and he says the same thing about Carolina grads (”They think that they are so superior…”) The Raleigh-Durham area must be fun for fans.
Paris Hilton
August 25th, 2010
2:24 pm
I am an idiot, and like…I wouldn’t even go to a Tech game. Gross…
Dumbo
August 25th, 2010
2:25 pm
GT Alum…..see your comments at 12:05pm…you used the term Yokels
Tim Tucker
August 25th, 2010
2:25 pm
I suck dick and practice amateur journalism!
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:26 pm
@ Big Pete – 11-0-1 I believe it was, Yeah – but as I said, I wasn’t talking about any particular team or conference, but does the idea hold water?
DawgNation
August 25th, 2010
2:27 pm
I will not ever buy another ticket for the 600 level seats they banish the visiting team to. My wife and I bought a pair to the Arizona State game last year and it was the most miserable seats I’ve ever sat in, rain and thunderstorms not withstanding. I walk 4 miles a day but that climb was a killer. I’m sure the returned tickets will sell, but come on, ALL the regular tickets available to the home team were sold out long ago. In the future I will by from a scalper and get decent seats.
dawg fight
August 25th, 2010
2:27 pm
I don’t know any Tech fans that actually graduated from Tech. They all went to North Georgia, Georgia State, etc.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:27 pm
@Dumbo – See all of my comments, Yokel is a reference to the drunken idiot rooting for a team that has no connection to the school. Read all the comments for references to college graduates, or military people.
Wreckem
August 25th, 2010
2:28 pm
AJ
I will gladly talk to you when the puppies win a conference title. Heck I’ll even talk to you if you beat the Gators this year. Is that a fair deal?
Big Pete
August 25th, 2010
2:29 pm
Most GT fans I know have a very unhealthy obsession with Georgia that is rooted in feelings of inferiority. Kind of sad actually. Most Georgia fans consider GT more of an annoyance than a rival. Sorry, but that’s the truth.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:30 pm
@ dawg fight – Can’t argue with your social circle. All the tech fans I know fall into a few categories – Direct Alumni or Employee, Parent/Child of an Alumni, or Close relative of an alumni. Outside of those, I don’t really consider you having a direct connection to the school.
dawg fight
August 25th, 2010
2:30 pm
Tech would be about the 8th or 9th best team in the SEC.
GTninja
August 25th, 2010
2:31 pm
I went to Georgia Tech and graduated as a mechanical engineer. While at tech I began studying to be a ninja under a true master of the art. Since then, I have had stealth ninja missions and several sword fights. I can calculate any two numbers times any other numbers and then divide them by any other number; while doing a karate chop.
I still can’t get a girl to talk to me though. So sad
Mark Richt
August 25th, 2010
2:32 pm
I’m ready to leave this cesspool and go back to the great state of Florida!!!
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:33 pm
@ Big Pete – I am inclined to agree with this. Although this was a definitely different when Tech won three in a row, it was huge on both sides of the line, but as UGA has slowly fallen off its own coattails (reference earlier comments about being the Ray Goff era all over again), and ACC has gotten more teams that are consistently higher ranked than UGA, Tech fans don’t consider it the biggest game of the season either. So it works both ways. It is the one we want to win the most, but hardly the most important.
Big Pete
August 25th, 2010
2:34 pm
GT Alum,
Say whatever you want. I don’t respect your opinion. Sorry.
JDAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:35 pm
You gotta love a Tech fan!!!!! They sell out 2 games EVERY OTHER YEAR………..and thats because Clemson and UGA are there! NERDS!
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:35 pm
GT Alum –
It’s a love/hate relationship we have. In other words, we love to hate you guys. That said, no need in trying to convince us that GT is anything but a big rubber-band like ball of nerds…
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:37 pm
@ Big Pete – since you don’t respect my opinion, and I was agreeing with you.. What does that mean for your opinion? Maybe I am lost…
g-dub
August 25th, 2010
2:37 pm
Southern Hicks… What else is ther to do in Happy Valley but attend a Penn St. game. It’s the ONLY thing going on within 100 miles. 110,000 people in a stadium every week supporting a team that ain’t won ish in 20 something years tells me one thing. Do not ever go to Sad Valley looking for Happiness!!!!!!!!AND I’M GONE
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:38 pm
@ dawg fight – check ESPN. Those rankings don’t lie, so we would be 3rd or 4th in the rankings, since Tech is already ranked higher than the other SEC teams.
dawg fight
August 25th, 2010
2:38 pm
Tech sells out whenever opposing teams buy up all the extra tickets. I have 3 words for you…Three Game Pack!
killerj
August 25th, 2010
2:40 pm
dam! the trailer parks must be hurtin!
Wreckem
August 25th, 2010
2:40 pm
@ Big Pete
As a Tech Alum and a Georgia Citizen my entire life I disagree. Why most GT fans hate uga is because for some reason you think you have a good school. Last time I checked US News and World Report uga was not ranked in the top ten in any academic category. For some odd reason you associate an ok football team with being a good school, that is a place where you get an education. And you also think you have some sort of football dynasty. Don’t know how you got that.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:40 pm
@ Villa Rica DAWG – The rivalry is still called “good clean old fashioned hate.” And while it is fun sometimes, it lost the clean aspect long ago. Which harkens back to earlier comments about the difference between people with the connections to the school, and those who just root for UGA.
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:41 pm
If all of these Tech fans spent half as much time in their stadium as they do on our blogs, they might actually reach capacity for more than a couple of games each year.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
2:41 pm
Hey has Bugville sold out the Joke by Coke yet for their opener against mighty South Carolina State…it starts at 1pm and everyone with a ticket gets a oil change and Wreckem will also throw in a lube job for free! No real need to hurry I just checked and there are plenty of tickets left!
dawg fight
August 25th, 2010
2:42 pm
Tech will always be inferior to Georgia, Auburn, Florida, LSU, and Alabama every year.
So maybe GT would be the 6th or 7th best team in the SEC.
GT’s high school offense would never make it week-in and week-out in the SEC.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:43 pm
@Wreckem – That isn’t exactly fair to UGA. It is a great school. It just started from an Agricultural perspective where tech started from a trade perspective. UGA has an incredible music program. Good Law and Business programs. And many more. Look at the vet school, it is well ranked, but it also ties back to the Agriculture roots. Same as Tech and technical and engineering.
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:45 pm
GT Alum -
Quit taking things personal. Certainly, you have many friends who are UGA fans. I’m sure that they love the rivalry that you guys share.
I can honestly tell you that two of my BEST friends are Tech fans – neither of which went to Tech. I also did not go to UGA. However, my boy will be there – as long as all goes as planned – in just under two years.
Quit your belly aching and have fun with this whole thing.
I’ll even let you call me a toothless redneck who never even went to UGA unless it was for a game and pretend to get mad about it…
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:45 pm
@ dawg fight – this sir is idiocy. Check the Rankings, and you will see why we would be third or 4th in SEC and not this 6 or 7th.
@how2fish – I guess we could turn your statement around. Has your average UGA fan’s income and standard of living caught up to the average Tech fan’s? When those number get close to equal, then we will compare butts in seats at the stadium.
Giant G
August 25th, 2010
2:46 pm
Tech will sell out BDS when we say they can. Ownership has its privileges.
GT Alum's posts remind me of this bit
August 25th, 2010
2:47 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94MMOhIcf5A
GT Alum in between changing the world and berating UGA and it’s fans you should listen to this. The last part of this bit just seems so like you.