Georgia-Oregon games canceled; Georgia-Tennessee game time set
Georgia and Oregon have agreed to cancel a home-and-home football series that was scheduled in 2015 and 2016.
Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said today that the decision was a mutual one between him and Oregon athletic director Rob Mullens.
On Georgia’s end, the move reflects McGarity’s preference to have seven home games each season. The 2015 game was to have been played in Eugene, Ore., and the 2016 game in Athens.
Since both schools wanted out of the series, no buyout was involved, McGarity said.
“It had to be a win-win,” McGarity said. “I don’t feel comfortable at all about buying out contracts. . . . If [Mullens] had said, ‘We really need to play these games,’ then they would still be on the schedule. We would not [buy out contracts]; I don’t think that’s the right thing to do as an institution.”
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The Georgia-Tennessee football game in Athens on Oct. 9 will kick off at 12:21 p.m. and be televised by the SEC Network, it was announced today.
The game, of course, will mark the return of a Dooley to the sideline at Sanford Stadium — Tennessee coach Derek Dooley, son of legendary former Georgia coach and athletic director Vince Dooley.
The game will be Georgia’s third at home this season. The first two also had noon-ish kickoffs.
Tennessee is 2-2 (0-1 SEC) and plays at LSU on Saturday. Georgia is 1-3 (0-3 SEC) and plays a non-conference game at Colorado on Saturday.
CBS will televise either the Alabama-South Carolina or LSU-Florida game at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 9, with the other at 7:30 p.m. on either ESPN or ESPN2. CBS will choose between the two games by Sunday.
Saturday’s Georgia-Colorado game in Boulder will kick off at 7:10 p.m. ET and be televised on Fox Sports Net.
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Ralph
September 27th, 2010
6:00 pm
Hire Dabo? Are you nuts? No chance he would step down to the likes of thUGA. If you want an ACC coach, call Wake or Duke.
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2010
6:02 pm
Ralph – How about that advisor he has that said when we are brought down to the level of Homer Simpson, we can be manipulated more easily.
Ralph
September 27th, 2010
6:05 pm
Now maybe we could get one of Dabo’s assistants like how we Richt from FSU. Maybe N.C. State has an assistant, say Tenuta?
Delbert D.
September 27th, 2010
6:06 pm
Hire Dabo, but keep Bobo?
5150 P.O.A.D
September 27th, 2010
6:13 pm
BarBra is weraing ORANGE panties and Vince has to drink ORANGE JUOCE every morning until the VOL game.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 27th, 2010
6:15 pm
VOLS 14 UGA 9. UGA hasn’t seen the ENDZONE when it matteres since 2009.
Scared Mutts
September 27th, 2010
6:25 pm
Love how all of the comments on this blog gloss over the fact that ugag is scared to play Oregon. It may have been mutually agreed upon but the mutts asked out of this deal first.
FLA DAWG
September 27th, 2010
6:32 pm
Best Of Luck Derek!
I hope you kick the butts of this Richt-Coached Team over the hedges and the tracks!
FLA DAWG,
Class of ‘79
CaptainDave
September 27th, 2010
6:37 pm
Nine games against SEC teams plus GT equals four home games, four road games, and one neutral site game.
UGA football, a program that generates millions in profit every year, insists on seven home games every year.
That means no high-profile opponents. That means no national prominence.
Since UGA can afford a road game every other year (or every third year or fourth year), the scheduling philosophy is absurd.
Evans had it right in scheduling recognized opponents. Tennessee does it (UCLA). Auburn does it (Clemson). LSU does it (UNC). What is UGA afraid of?
Dustin
September 27th, 2010
6:43 pm
I liked the ideas of the home and home series, I already don’t like this Florida Gator AD we hired!! But, if he says we only need to play one other BCS conference school every year, can we get rid of GT? I don’t consider them or the ACC a BCS team or Conference.
JoeDawg
September 27th, 2010
6:46 pm
Oh goodie. Another Idaho State game in Athens.
GA Born Bama Fan
September 27th, 2010
6:47 pm
Well Dawg fans the ride down only gets worst. You will be lucky to go 6-6. Believe me I know, we had our dark days with Dubose and Shula. ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE ROLL!
Ralph
September 27th, 2010
6:48 pm
thUGA is afraid of the first tier football schools which make the SEC appear to be a tough conference. They need cream puffs and a bye. They have to play and lose to Florida and Auburn. They still fear Alabama and LSU. Obviously USC, UK, and UT can bite them. Tech as late is a toss-up.
ThUGA is not a contender, but a poser pretender.
tt
September 27th, 2010
6:51 pm
The Dawgs have no heart….they quit before they started. They are terrible. Not playing as a unit…no respect for the school or the coach. Richt can’t get it done….how much longer till there is a change…how many more losses this year? At least 4……wow 5-7!!! This has been coming for a long time…
There was a poll on another site..50% said get rid of Richt, he won’t win a NC
25% said keep him cause he will win a NC
25 % said he wont but stick w him anyway????????Who are these people.
This is too much……..we have a bunch of heartless wusses for as team and a jesus freak coach that commands no respect….we are pitiful!
jerry
September 27th, 2010
6:51 pm
Captain Dave
What is Georgia afraid of? Losing.
Buckhead Bulldog
September 27th, 2010
6:54 pm
First time I have ever turned off a UGA game at half time. This is horrible!
FLA DAWG
September 27th, 2010
6:54 pm
The Dawgs have no heart, hands, feet, legs nor (especially) coaches.
JoeDawg
September 27th, 2010
6:55 pm
If McGarity is gonna schedule another cupcake, I least fine one with some alumni base in Atlanta or of some local interest. Not Idaho State or New Mexico State. Hell, I’d rather pay to see The Citadel, Furman, FA&M.
JoeDawg
September 27th, 2010
6:57 pm
‘course, I wish we had the cajones, like Alabama, to try and schedule Michigan, Notre Dame or Texas or another name brand.
Ron Mexico
September 27th, 2010
7:01 pm
What a freegin candy! Scared to play Oregon, give me a break. I guess they will reschedule with SW Louisiana State. Just like Tennessee, pulling out of the North Carolina series. I thought the SEC was the top conference? WTF?
Ralph
September 27th, 2010
7:01 pm
Alabama can BEAT teams like that. thUGA gets rolled by the second and third tier teams in the SEC like UT, UK, USC, and now MSU. thUGA simply can’t get past the necessary first tier teams in the SEC, so why would they schedule an outside first tier team (can’t include N.D. there).
JB
September 27th, 2010
7:03 pm
UAB, FAMU, SC State…………..here we come………….yuk.
Panther Prowler!
September 27th, 2010
7:16 pm
Hey, Georgia, feel free to put the Georgia State Panthers on your schedule! We’d love the chance to play you!!
GO GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL, and GO FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA!!!
Dawgs Back Out!
September 27th, 2010
7:17 pm
Richt and McGarity want nothing to do with playing oregon and getting blown out on national tv. Instead, they can schedule a creampuff for an easy win like florida does every year—smarter move.
Coffee Bluff DAWG
September 27th, 2010
7:19 pm
Hard to watch DAWGS come out and open the game without any passion / intensity. They can play well at times but as Justin Houston says, “We have to play for 60 min.”
Russ
September 27th, 2010
7:50 pm
I was afraid when Evans left that the “national” schedule he had talked about for UGA would disappear…here’s the first example of that…would like to see UGA in Eugene.
Paul in RDU
September 27th, 2010
7:50 pm
I don’t agree with the comments that the Oregon-UGA series was cancelled to get an easy win – although I am sure that the replacement will be a weaker team than Oregon. Both teams cancelled for exactly the same reason – to not have a road game. UGA (and a bunch of other schools – UF, PSU, UM, etc) schedule as many home games as possible for the $$$ – kind of like exhibition games in the NFL.
Die-Hard UGA Fan
September 27th, 2010
7:52 pm
How’s green’s diamond stud earing looking? Rectal pore traitor.
Paul in RDU
September 27th, 2010
7:52 pm
The UGA fans who were going to go to Oregon will miss a great trip – The People’s Republic of Eugene is a great place to visit and there are plenty of microbreweries out there.
McDawg
September 27th, 2010
8:00 pm
i was looking forward to visting Eugene-oh well-Boulder will be nice
Stairway to the SEC cellar
September 27th, 2010
8:21 pm
Captain Dave, you asked what is UGA scared of? Embarrassement is the word. I think on Oregon’s side the cancellation might have had to do with them coming 3 times zones east very early in the season, but for UGA I think it had more to do with the fear of losing to a legitimate team west of the Mississippi River. Oklahoma State last year gave you all the info you needed into why they never play legitimate non conference opponents who hail west of the Mississippi at their place…..they get beat convincingly. You have to go all the way back to 1967 (if you don’t count Stillwater last year) to find the last time UGA played a non conference opponent on the road west of Louisiana. They lost to Houston. Do think its a coincidence that in 42 years (1967-2009) they didn’t play a single OOC road game from Texas westward (bowl games don’t count)? I know I don’t.
Stairway to the SEC cellar
September 27th, 2010
8:26 pm
oops, forgot about Arizona State in 08. My bad, 1 OOC road game west of Texas in 42 years.
Theron Sapp
September 27th, 2010
8:31 pm
Oregon backed out of the series because they have nothing to gain by playing a Sun Belt Conference team. Which is about the level UGA is playing at now. With any luck the Sun Belt folks will open up a spot for us before out SEC losing streak reaches 50.
Alphare
September 27th, 2010
8:33 pm
Speaking of talent coaching, where are the TN talents? Fulmer and Kiffin both had good recruiting classes highly ranked. Where are they now?
The way TN played UAB, I don’t much of any talents.
Baldemar Huerta
September 27th, 2010
8:34 pm
“What is UGA afraid of?”
Showing that the emperor has no clothes.
Dogham
September 27th, 2010
8:39 pm
UGA is well on their way back to the days of Ray Goff. Running scared of Oregon.
Jiggy Smaha
September 27th, 2010
8:46 pm
All you anti-Richt posters are idiots…..Sure–we’re in a down cycle. All schools go through them. Georgia is 2 seasons and four games removed from finishing second in the nation…..Richt will make the changes he needs to make. All you would-be fans are of the same ilk as the Tech-mites. 90% of you haven’t bought a ticket in years anyway….one guy even bragged that he would “turn off the TV.” Who gives a rat’s a$$ what you morons say. Richt doesn’t. Adams doesn’t. McGarrity doesn’t. When Georgia is back on top–and she will be–stay your a$$es away!
Halsey
September 27th, 2010
8:49 pm
UGA shouldn’t pander to media and fans who think a team needs to travel cross country just to prove they can play outside the southeast. There’s plenty of quality opponents to find without that much regular season travel.
Boise Dawg
September 27th, 2010
9:12 pm
What a joke! Who the heck cares about a 7th home game when it is against the likes of Idaho State. I don’t need anymore information… the McGarity hire was a big mistake!! Well I’ll admit the seventh home game means less to me living in Boise and I am very dissapointed as I was hoping to make my first trip to Eugene for a game. It will just mean one less game I can see on TV as I am sure whatever the scheduled replacement team will be will not be televised nationally.
RollTide
September 27th, 2010
9:18 pm
Guess Richt figured if he can’t beat Kentucky and Mississippi State that he’d better drop Oregon FAST!!!! Better schedule Georgia State or Kennesaw State! Might need that win to get bowl eligible to Shreveport.
jtdawg
September 27th, 2010
9:26 pm
Willie Martinez…. no
Boise Dawg
September 27th, 2010
9:28 pm
Halsey this has nothing to do with scheduling nationally… basically McGarity’s philosophy is to not schedule home and home games with other BCS teams, so Georgia can have 7 home games. This will include not scheduling even ACC teams other than Tech. He’d rather pay cream puffs for guaranteed wins…so instead of getting to see a home game against another major school have fun watching more of Louisiana Lafayette.
Erk
September 27th, 2010
9:36 pm
McGarity’s scheduling philosophy worked out fine for Florida, did it not?
Buck Belue wears a toupee
September 27th, 2010
9:43 pm
Wow… a 12:21 kickoff. I’m surprised these two loser programs are on television.
Boise Dawg
September 27th, 2010
9:54 pm
Erk… Florida’s success has nothing to do with their scheduling philosophy. Why do we want to copy Florida? Lets be Georgia… and not the Georgia from the Dooley era that never left the south to play anyone.
Browndog
September 27th, 2010
9:59 pm
Is the season over yet? It seem like the non-hits just keep on coming. Hopefully the team plays with some energy Saturday or it will be a long day in the high altitude. The Buffs have to be looking forward to this game.
Schedule Change
September 27th, 2010
9:59 pm
Richt / McGarity need to schedule bad teams like uab and south florida—the dawgs can beat them and boost richt’s resume
CLEVON LITTLE
September 27th, 2010
10:06 pm
I hope UGA gets it together. I do think that paying fans have a right to feel upset & let down. Some may probably think that the players feel worse, but the truth is most of them don’t seem to feel worse (there are a few exceptions). For the most part the ‘fans’ that complained about Martinez 3+ yrs ago were right. These ‘fans’ that complained about the arrest rate in Athens getting out of control one day, were right. These ‘fans’ that have said Bobo isn’t a very good offensive cord. were right. These ‘fans’ that were worried about Mark Richt’s teams slipping into mediocrity were right.
I hope they’re wrong, but I have my doubts. One other thing: When a coach arrives much like Richt did in 2001, and players ‘buy into’ their system, it gives the players something to believe in. When the players stop believing, all you have left is a bunch of players without confidence. At that point it doesn’t matter what Coach tells them in the locker room at half-time. If they stop believing, all hope is gone.
CLEVON LITTLE
September 27th, 2010
10:10 pm
Buck Belue wears a toupee , SO you’re not a UGA fan. One wonders if you are still mad about that pass to Lindsey, or if you’re just on the UGA blog because TECH sux too & you…..wait.., why are you on this blog???
col fot
September 27th, 2010
10:22 pm
Hey Tax Jacket, how da weapon and drug situation over da flats going?