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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I am a BIG stupid DOG
August 25th, 2010
2:47 pm
I cannot go to the game because all of you people will not extend my unemployment which is owed to me. Also my food stamps will not last that long. At least you can get a hot dog at Tech. Please help a fella dog to attend this important game. What happens when you what if fools lose? Please…….
Cali Dawg
August 25th, 2010
2:48 pm
Man, I love Tech’s obsession with the Dogs. Love it!
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:50 pm
I am a BIG stupid DOG -
We can actually watch our games on TV — all of them… You, on the other hand, have to bring papa’s LCD projector into your basement for 1/3 of Tech’s games…
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:51 pm
@ Villa Rica DAWG – Things get more and more personal every year. For example, after UGA plays at tech, there is generally multiple millions of dollars worth of damage to campus BUILDINGS. I don’t mean trash. I mean real damage. Last time I was at a UGA football game (Tech v. UGA in 2008). My family (3 tech alums and both parents UGA) were tailgating with my parents friends from UGA, when out of nowhere some drunken idiot yells out that the loyal dawgs would have kicked out the bugs in the tailgate and then throws over a beerbottle. The bottle hits my then 61 year old mother in the head. That is why it is less clean all the time and more personal. The drunken idiots among the UGA fans ruin what would normally be a good time had by all.
LMAO
August 25th, 2010
2:51 pm
Did you REALLY just ask about comparing the average income of people in the stands? And you wonder why EVERYBODY in the football world thinks Tech fans are a bunch of a$$holes….it’s because you are….and for the record…my child graduated from Georgia in May and has a salary that is twice that of any friends who graduated from Tech in May…..
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:51 pm
That is, the projector works until mumsy cuts the internet off. Through the grace of spock, that will hopefully never happen…
gdawginkalamazoo
August 25th, 2010
2:51 pm
I will take the advise of Tech fans when it comes to not selling out a stadium, hell they definitely have the experience.
I am a BIG stupid DOG
August 25th, 2010
2:52 pm
Oh by the way, comparing Tech and georgia really has no merit, and does not matter. georgia has more fans etc., better facility, party time and, oh hell yes, women. Tech is Tech always will be. So sling the nerd barbs you turds.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
2:52 pm
@ GT Alum’s posts remind me of this bit – Again. I can’t watch it, so you will have to describe it if you want a response.
Thanks AJC
August 25th, 2010
2:54 pm
Glad you guys could cover this, I assumed it was sold out and did not bother trying to get tickets. Will have to sit in the nose bleeds but it will be nice to be there. Could you also point out how many Tech tickets are still available so their fans who also assume it is sold out but are dying to see their games can pick up the rest of their tickets. I can’t imagine they would have any trouble finnishing off the few tickets they have left after the brilliant season they had last year. They had a few bad games. But I am sure they would be clamoring to know that there are a few spots available for the strong Tech following in Atlanta. SO how many tickets are left at Tech? Mind posting that on the front page and opening it for comments. Not bad to go 8&5 and sell 90+ thousand tickets for every game. Especially with the premium you have to pay just to be considered for season tickets. It is going to be so much fun to squash the bugs again this year. They have no clue what they will be facing after our boys are done with the real schedule. After playing Auburn, Tech seem like the Ragin Cajuns to this team. We may not win all our games, but we will beat the bugs again, and you will still come to the UGA blogs.
bob
August 25th, 2010
2:54 pm
I believe in an easy opponent before your SEC opener. But at least play someone that I recognize their name.
gdawginkalamazoo
August 25th, 2010
2:54 pm
advice of the Tech fans,
or let them advise me of how not to sell out a stadium
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
2:56 pm
GT Alum -
I go to every game. I’m not saying that you’re lying. However, I have never seen anything like that. And, if it is happening it IS NOT widespread.
Obnoxious drunk fans, yeah… Beer bottles being thrown at old lady’s heads – I would kick someone’s ass if I saw that. I know I speak for most all of my fellow DAWG fans.
Come to this year’s game and tailgate close to the south campus parking deck. I’ll be there and can promise you that kind of crap doesn’t happen there.
I am a BIG stupid DOG
August 25th, 2010
2:56 pm
Wow, you are so smart villa rica dog. Where is villa rica? I have know clue what a projector is. It appears you are rather keen on residing with your mumsy & poopsy.
LMAO
August 25th, 2010
2:57 pm
GT Alum—I AM saying you are lying.
Al
August 25th, 2010
2:57 pm
I attended a school out of state but I started rooting for Tech against UGA merely because of UGA’s fans.. And yes, the loudest and most obnoxious ones are the people who never attended the school. Georgia has a great University and program and has continued to advance academically without losing the NASCAR demographic. For that, I give them credit.
I am a BIG stupid DOG
August 25th, 2010
2:59 pm
I believe I am falling in love with you, villa rica dog. To bad your mumsy & poopsy address is not available. I could bring spike along for the fun.
Eisendawg
August 25th, 2010
3:00 pm
I still can’t believe this headline.lol http://www.examiner.com/offbeat-news-in-new-orleans/cumming-ga-man-attacked-by-large-beaver
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:01 pm
@Al – “Georgia has a great University and program and has continued to advance academically without losing the NASCAR demographic.
That line is pretty funny.
Villa Rica DAWG
August 25th, 2010
3:01 pm
I am a BIG stupid DOG -
It’s about 40 miles west of Atlanta. Way too far for you to travel to on a moped…
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:02 pm
GT Alum well partner we can do that now I have 2 Bugs that work for me I will say they are both very good at their jobs but they do work for me. And I consider myself an average UGA fan..not special in any regard and I don’t even ride in the short bus. And sorry to hear about what happened to your mother that it could happen anywhere and in any fan base is no excuse that is behavior of the worst type and should have lead to someone getting a good old fashion country azz-whupping to steal a Roy D Mercer line.
JDAWG
August 25th, 2010
3:03 pm
This is the last thing I’ll say….Tech, you have a good ranking so be happy…….but the season hasn’t started and you “dang ” well havent played UGA yet in the season finally. Bring “your sell out crowd” to Athens in late November and we’ll go from there. NERDS!
juvenal
August 25th, 2010
3:04 pm
got the hunting regs today, bow starts 2nd weekend! nice & peaceful in the woods, always plenty of good seats…God bless all, & get home safely…
JDAWG
August 25th, 2010
3:05 pm
And yes I understand….it’s finale and not finally!
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:06 pm
@ how2fish – Just how big a boy are you
. Yeah, we were not happy about it at all. But, to your point, had it happened at an Auburn game, I would have different opinions about them instead of UGA. I am an engineer, and most engineering firms are headed up by engineers, so I am constantly working for Tech grads, or other Engineering grads. Different departments have UGA grads heading them up, but not usually the engineering disciplines. I have no problem working for a UGA grad, and have done it previously. My comments have never been aimed at the Grads, simply the bad apples of the fan base, which are generally the ones that get themselves noted.
macrotech
August 25th, 2010
3:06 pm
Well, I’d say you should offer 4 hotdogs and cokes….but, THAT hasn’t worked out all that great for us! Good luck selling those final 600 tickets! ;o)
HSG
August 25th, 2010
3:07 pm
Well, is this really a game? Would you really spend $45 to see this? So I assume if UGA does not sell the 92.7k tickets but sell only 92.1k tickets then the game will be blacked out for the rest of the state to watch on tv? Is that true?
Boca Baby
August 25th, 2010
3:07 pm
It is totally ludicrous to introduce this story, or even report this story, by means of asking why UGA has not sold out its first when only 600 tickets remain available when the game is ten days away.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:09 pm
To all thinking about the ticket question. Maybe the Author was trying to explain that this shouldn’t be considered a non sell out, instead of an exclamatory statement of a lack of fan ticket buying, more a statement of “it is really a sell out, here is why.” Just a thought in giving the author the benefit of the doubt.
haters are skaters
August 25th, 2010
3:11 pm
what’s with the title of this article? Even more, why is this article the cover story on the ajc home page??
- it’s simply written that the unsold tickets were only recently returned back to uga. doubt there is any real concern of whether or not those add’l. tix are sold.
- is the ajc hurting so bad for readers that they have to have an article w/ a miss-representing title on the cover of their website?
here’s another sample title/story to run on tomorrow’s page:
title: “The wold is indeed flat!”
story: Until christopher columbus made his voyage to the americas, many speculated that the world was flat and not actually round.
Boca Baby
August 25th, 2010
3:11 pm
GT Alum: Well, I guess you are not as smart, or informed as you think you are since Jimmy Carter did not, in fact, graduate from GT. US Naval Academy my man! He only took a few math courses at Tech to qualify for enrollment at Annapolis.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:12 pm
@ Boca Baby Please read all statements before posting. Thanks for playing.
Boca Baby
August 25th, 2010
3:15 pm
GT Alum: I only saw your first post on page 1. I was not aware that someone else had already put you in your place.
Tim Tucker is an idiot...
August 25th, 2010
3:16 pm
Tim Tucker has no business being the UGA beat writer. Chip Towers would never have written an article like this.
Every Team Has Them
August 25th, 2010
3:16 pm
GT Alum: 100% of the GT fans I know didn’t go to Tech and most of them are Red Necks, some of the best people I know, they just like the Yellow Jackets, that was our High School Mascot, I have a degree in electronics, but I don’t feel that makes me better than someone else, Hitler also was an Elitist he thought blond hair, blue eyed people were superior, just because you have a degree from college doesn’t make you Superior, most people with high IQ’s have very little common sense, how do I know how Intelligent you are you mite just have a good memory, one things for sure you think very highly of yourself it’s a wonder you can lift that head of yours to see the computer screen.
joe hamilton
August 25th, 2010
3:16 pm
dis heres diploma from GT aint gettin me nuffin man.
ugaclassof2004
August 25th, 2010
3:17 pm
Well let me say that the opening game is going to sellout. UGA as a brand sells itself, even when it isn’t doing well. So I’m not worried about the university losing money.
With that being said, this Dawg fan isn’t going to be spending his hard earned money for ANY UGA games until I see marked improvement from the team. Sorry, but I refuse to pay money to see my team half a$$ around and give up 30-40 points on defense or to barely beat a Pac-10 team by a field goal. All me a bandwagon fan if you like, but I don’t reward half a$$ness with my support. Sorry, I just won’t do it.
Besides, its more fun to tailgate and then go bar hopping in downtown Athens. That way if the Dawgs suck, that $80 is better spent toasting the Dawgs when they win OR drowning my sorrows when they lose. LOL.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:17 pm
GT Alum fair enough I’ve attended enough games at other schools to know bad behavior happens every where..the problem is too few fans of the school in question do enough to point it out to the offenders. Honestly I have seen things at UGA games that I have had to address with the UGA loud mouths. At UT my friends and I had to fight our way out of a bar full of Vol fans..which really P.Oed my buddies they were all Vols…and Auburn folks don’t throw bottles at folks they just turn on the fire hoses!
ugaclassof2004
August 25th, 2010
3:18 pm
Well let me say that the opening game is going to sellout. UGA as a brand sells itself, even when it isn’t doing well. So I’m not worried about the university losing money.
With that being said, this Dawg fan isn’t going to be spending his hard earned money for ANY UGA games until I see marked improvement from the team. Sorry, but I refuse to pay money to see my team half a$$ around and give up 30-40 points on defense or to barely beat a Pac-10 team by a field goal. Call me a bandwagon fan if you like, but I don’t reward half a$$ness with my support. Sorry, I just won’t do it.
Besides, its more fun to tailgate and then go bar hopping in downtown Athens. That way if the Dawgs suck, that $80 is better spent toasting the Dawgs when they win OR drowning my sorrows when they lose. LOL.
Car-tarded
August 25th, 2010
3:21 pm
JC never even served on a nuclear sub, listen to his voice – he is a freaking chicken farmer and a proper product of Georgia Teck.
I doubt that Teck even sold 92k tickets over the course of the season last year.
Boca Baby
August 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
GT Alum: If the academic are so important to Tech then why are the majority of your football players not engineering students? Oh, that’s right you couldn’t compete unless you allowed Morris Brown credit transfers and an Industrial Management degree for the intellectually deficient. Please, don’t you have a Mensa meeting to attend?
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:23 pm
Im back now guys, I passed out but im back now with my keg of keystone light ready!
SKB
August 25th, 2010
3:25 pm
Florida>gt and uga bith in football and academics.
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
3:27 pm
“SKB
August 25th, 2010
3:25 pm
Florida>gt and uga bith in football and academics.”
And we can tell you went there hahaha
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:29 pm
You can always tell the bloggers who are scared of a little debate..they steal someone name and post nonsense under that person name or they create multiple names and talk to themselves I’ve never understood that .
Paul Johnson
August 25th, 2010
3:29 pm
Equalities is a graduate level course at Florida haha
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:30 pm
Ha ha oh shoot thats me… Im so wasted i didnt even know i was doing that.
GT Alum
August 25th, 2010
3:31 pm
@ Boca Baby – You are critiquing GT’s athletic-scholastic side? Save me Jan Kemp. Save me Jim Herrick, Jr. People get into tech however they can, same as at UGA, and everywhere else. Remember when you are pointing your finger at me, you are also pointing three back at you.
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:32 pm
ugaclassof2004 per your instructions you sir are a Band Wagon fan..there happy now?
how2fish
August 25th, 2010
3:33 pm
Poser I see your still scared..