UGA adds Charleston Southern, Georgia Southern to future football schedules
Georgia has added Charleston Southern to its home football schedule for 2014 and Georgia Southern for 2016, UGA associate athletic director Arthur Johnson said this morning.
The Nov. 22, 2014, game will be Georgia’s first ever against Charleston Southern, while the Nov. 19, 2016, game will continue the Bulldogs’ trend of playing Georgia Southern once every four years.
Georgia will pay Charleston Southern $450,000 and Georgia Southern $525,000 for making the trips to Athens.
Both schools are Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) members. FCS teams command payouts considerably smaller than Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) teams. The going rate for getting a FBS team to play in your stadium without demanding a return trip is close to $1 million.
Georgia typically plays one FCS opponent per season.
Charleston Southern played at Florida last season and lost to the Gators 62-3. Georgia is 4-0 against Georgia Southern; the teams played in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2008 and also are scheduled to play in 2012.
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SECWasteManagement
September 30th, 2010
10:06 am
If you would rather go 3-9 than 9-3 then you need to go back in your padded room.
Greg McGarity
September 30th, 2010
10:07 am
Clarke Central has a D1 QB this year and a line that blocks…we could have the Athens Bowl after losing to Yeck and even move the kickoff to 2:00 to allow enough tailgating for everyone not to trash Athens
Big Dawg
September 30th, 2010
10:08 am
To all the gripers on here, tell me the difference between this years out of conference schedule and the future. This year we play UL- LAfayette, Coloroado (away), Idaho State, and TECH. Its not like this was a big deal 4-6 years ago, when we were winning and making this schedule but now all the negative “hiding dawgs” are coming out saying we are cushioning our schedule. These two games are equal to Idaho State, besides its more money for the university in the end, because we dont have to travel to another school (which does cost money). Its a business decision in my own opinion. Besides Ga UGA-GSU is a great atmosphere
Dog hater since 1993
September 30th, 2010
10:08 am
TECH RULES!!!!!!!
Vulture
September 30th, 2010
10:08 am
I think McGarity is just getting started. Hopefully home and home with FL is soon. Coaching, Recruiting and overall stability is long term.
Mike Bobo 17 INT
September 30th, 2010
10:09 am
GHSA, yes that is true, but they are also looking at GAC, George Walton and Grady HS.
Doga Smell
September 30th, 2010
10:09 am
Go Dawgs! Looks like Tennessee gets what they want out of GA, and they have played that type of OOC schedule for 20 years. UGA wets their pants if they have to cross the Mississippi.
home&home
September 30th, 2010
10:10 am
Yay, more Georgia Southern. Can’t believe it. I thought we were done with those guys and now we’ve got them in 2012 and 2016. If we keep playing with fire, we’re going to get burned. Every 1-AA team wants to knock off a “big boy” a la App St. v. Michigan. Why on earth would we play one with the “extra” motivation of playing against the big school that many of their players may have dreamed of playing for? Dumb. I’d rather play Utah Southern and give the tickets to the 4H.
BAMA STAN
September 30th, 2010
10:11 am
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
Many of you fans are complete idiots.
McGarity is scheduling smart – it’s not about the wins – it’a bout the losses.
UGA belongs to the SEC – the most hardest conference in terms of quality depth.
It is vital to focus on setting up your schedule to your SEC schedule.
WHY do you think Florida was able to start taking bye weeks before playing UGA in JAX each year. They started beating UGA at that time (as well as having Spurrier).
Look at Ohio State, Penn State, Florida, BAMA, TEXAS, etc. they all paly a fairly easy nonconference schedule.
Florida still plays FSE
UGA still plays GT.
Alabama’s big rival is AUBURN ( and Tennessee) – which are in conference. That is why we can play a Penn State or do a home and home with OKLAHOMA every few years.
These “tune-up” games help develop depth, work on execution, etc to get ready for your SEC games – that is what counts first and foremost.
Do you not think that if UGA had played a “tune-up” game before playing OK State last year – that maybe – just Maybe – UGA would not have looked so sluggish in the OK STATE game????
BOTTOM LINE:
– It’s not necessarily about the WINS – HOWEVER – it IS all about the LOSSES.
Example #1 – Boise STATE (look at their schedule for the balance of the year – New Mex State, Toledo, San Jose ST, La Tech, Hawaill, IDahao, Fresno State, Nevada, Utah STATE- I guarantee you that the if BOISE STATE wins out – there will be many in the media that claim – HEY _ THEY WENT UNDEFEATED!!!!!! THEY ARE BEING HOSED by not playing in the BSCS game!!!!
WELL – UGA still plays Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky, GT every year – and include VAndy. Then rotate 2 addtional SEC WEST teams (BAMA, LSU, ARK, OLE MISS. MS ST).
The goal is to WIN the SEC – playing Oregon the week before you play South Carolina is stupid.
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE
RTR!!!
September 30th, 2010
10:11 am
Pathetic. As for the Crimson Tide, we play at least one ranked out of conference opponent per year. To be the best, ya gotta beat the best!
Greg McGarity
September 30th, 2010
10:11 am
We can’t schedule Carver Columbus because their RB is better than three of ours..
Dawg Trainer
September 30th, 2010
10:11 am
I do see your point, Go Dawgs. My argument is this: Ticket prices are going up and up and up. Would I fork over hard-earned money to travel from Charleston to Knoxville to see Tennessee play Nebraska? In a heartbeat. Would I go to Knoxville to see Charleston Southern? Not on your life. Will I go next season to see UT against Cincinnati? I’d like to.
Sure, play one or two cupcakes. But what’s the fun for fans in ONLY seeing the SEC schools and Tech? Sure, the Florida model works for them, but they’ve only been serious about football since the mid 80’s. There’s also OTHER FBS schools in Florida (USF, UCF, Miami, FAU) that they can mix in. Georgia has Tech, and that’s it.
SECWasteManagement
September 30th, 2010
10:12 am
Bama Stan is on the money. Hope they bend over UF.
Greg McGarity
September 30th, 2010
10:13 am
Boy Scout games at UGA – I remember those days we needed them to fill the stadium
CPT Hawk
September 30th, 2010
10:13 am
That is plain shameful. The new A.D. is ducking real competition ie eliminating the games with the University of Oregon from 2014-2016. This is an embarassment for the SEC!
49 Hawk
September 30th, 2010
10:13 am
Enter your comments here
PTC DAWG
September 30th, 2010
10:14 am
Since nobody answered the New Mexico State question, I’m going to assume two things. Most here don’t care and aren’t very educated as to why their payment is much higher than the former 1-AA teams. NMS is a division 1 team, no return game, thus the higher payout.
And for those trying to explain that UGA/UF/CAROLINA have an in state rival that is NOT in the SEC, and the problems with scheduling that presents, give it up, this board is littered with morons.
Oh yeah, I do like the money staying in Georgia when we play GSU…the REAL Georgia Southern.
Tim
September 30th, 2010
10:17 am
If any of you idiots read the story in yesterday’s AJC you would know that this is the formula that McGarity learned at UF and is also very similar to what Bama does each year. Give it rest already. If you don’t like how things are going at UGA then be someone else’ fans. We don’t need you.
gadawgs
September 30th, 2010
10:19 am
Thank you Greg! Finally an AD with a brain and a plan!!!!!
Mechabradzilla
September 30th, 2010
10:19 am
LAME!!!!!
Can we schedule Devry or the University of Phoenix while were at it?
Mike
September 30th, 2010
10:21 am
Going this directions Ga. will never be in the running for a national Championship.
Ga. Football & Fans need to see how they would match up against Oregon type teams not a Div II teams. I say play Oregon, learn what they show as our weakness, we get better.
What does a 62-3 game with Charleston show,
What???
September 30th, 2010
10:22 am
Who hired this clown as our A D ??? Softee fotball coach and now a softee football schedule, WTF ????
Tech Man
September 30th, 2010
10:23 am
Please remember a lot, and I mean a lot, of FBS schools do not want to play in Athens! Even on a home and home basis.
dawgman25
September 30th, 2010
10:23 am
Guys remember how we’ve in the past cried about Fl’s weak schedule compared to our tough schedules. Seems as though the new man wants to put us on a level playing field with FL. Seems like really good logic to me!!
Made famous by Hershel
September 30th, 2010
10:25 am
Embarrassing! These are the only guaranteed wins on the schedule, how the so called mighty have fallen LOL
PMC
September 30th, 2010
10:26 am
Playing Oregon would have been the perfect opportunity to bring out all that new uniform experimentatiton again….
VolsRule
September 30th, 2010
10:27 am
Yes – Tennessee likes to play a “National” Schedule – but break it down – we try to play ONE marquee OOC game a year. Only ONE!!!!
Also – HS football in the State of Tennessee does not develop enough D1 talent to sustain our University. WE HAVE to play a Notre Dame, UCLA, CAL, etc to get exposure. HOwever, we also load our schedules with TN TECH, UAB’s and of course – we got BEAT by WYOMING a few years ago.
Look at our roster – we HAVE to recruit nationally – getting kids from Alabama, Florida, Georgia is critical – but we also recruit California, and the South west and midwest as well. WE HAVE to do this in order to stay relevant.
UGA and Florida are different:
1. Both have incredible in-state HS talent to sustain your program
2. Both have an automatic in-state OOC marquee match -up – (Florida has FSU, UGA has GT).
Again – if you take away our ONE “national” marquee match up – you see the TN Techs, UT-Martins and UAB’s of the world filling out our OOC schedule.
Maybe UGA should move the GT to the beggining of the schdule.
1. makes the year start off with urgency
2. Gives both teams a week off to prepare for SEC / ACC championship game if they playing in it.
Just thinking outside the BOX!!!
Alphare
September 30th, 2010
10:29 am
Isn’t Charl So the one Florida plays every year?
Is the new AD copying everything FL does now? That’s plagiarism! Another UGA run-in with the law?
Change is Good
September 30th, 2010
10:29 am
This is really so very, very sad that we now just want to win unexciting games … season tickets will suffer, the thought of taking my Saturday and go see Charleston, Georgia Sourthern ???? If I want to see them I’ll go to Charleston or Statesboro … less traffic, less expense … Nothing but “pandering”, it is all about the money … not the competition … we have to play games because we have a schedule to fill.
so very sad …
guy
September 30th, 2010
10:29 am
This is taking the easy way out to win a game.So exciting!!!!
guy
September 30th, 2010
10:30 am
How brave!
DarkCloud
September 30th, 2010
10:31 am
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DawgFan
September 30th, 2010
10:31 am
Really! Uga needs to “MAN UP”!!!!
Dawg Trainer
September 30th, 2010
10:33 am
Not to argue with a fellow Vol, but using your argument, we try to only play ONE true cupcake a year as well. This year’s cupcake was UT-Martin. We expect UAB and Memphis to at least be competitive (and the Blazers should have beat us).
dawg day afternoon
September 30th, 2010
10:36 am
Why even bother playing an overrated middle school program like Georgia Southern anyway? Instead of playing a football game, we can all fill their ugly stadium and listen to them boast about their 6 meaningless championships. Way to go, Dawgs.
Read Whole Story
September 30th, 2010
10:36 am
@ the hard heads. Please read the whole article. It plainly states UGA plays one school of this caliber every year. They started the season against one this year. Look at the UF schedule. They play several lower level teams. UGA started playing other D1 schools several years back. In the past they played AZ and have Col this year. UF still plays other low level teams. Do your research before you down the management you know it all hard heads.
dawg day afternoon
September 30th, 2010
10:37 am
@ Mechabradzilla: at least U of Phoenix has a real stadium, unlike tech!!
edumacated
September 30th, 2010
10:37 am
Hey people, Oregon is just too far for Georgia to be traveling. Tennessee has been bitten on more than one occasion playing out west with teams like UCLA and California. I don’t care for these scrimmages with schools like Charleston Southern though. Keep it competitive, and keep it closer to the east coast.
A Big Dog
September 30th, 2010
10:38 am
Dog hater since 1993…..Dickhead, look at who plays in San Jose, Boise, Jacksonville before you go running that blowhole about where UGA plays in bowls, MidTown Mouth!!!!!! And who the hell does TYech play out of conference other than UGA big blowhole?
Fantasy Island
September 30th, 2010
10:38 am
Of course… UGA fan should NEVER again belittle someone else’s ooc!
gadawgs
September 30th, 2010
10:40 am
All of you “fans” screaming that we should not play the Charleston Southerns of the world are the same “fans” that bitch about us not being on the same level and have the same success as a Florida, Texas, Ohio State, Oklahoma etc….. These schools follow this same scheduling philosophy. They are always in the hunt for MNC because of their schedules and win loss records. It’s not the wins against the CS of the world it’s allowing you to properly prepare yourself for the SEC schedule that is the toughest in the country. Also, all of you people that are now complaining about McGarity bringing the Florida model to Athens are the same ones who wanted him here because of the success of Florida’s program and what he learned there. He is doing what we brought him here for. Man you people are really something.
Dawgdad (The Original)
September 30th, 2010
10:40 am
I don’t believe I would have told that!
Fantasy Island
September 30th, 2010
10:41 am
Look at the UF schedule
Typical UGA response.
I suppose UGA could have demolished USF and FSU this year…
Fantasy Island
September 30th, 2010
10:42 am
Where is this guy today?
Buzz
August 2nd, 2010
10:40 am
My biggest concern is:
Who will Georgia play in the National Championship?
Taking the Fun
September 30th, 2010
10:45 am
out of Saturday’s … the Florida Model … can’t have our “own” traits … have to “copy” someone. the schedule didn’t make Florida better than Georgia … it is the PLAYERS … and the way they PLAY …
dawgmatic
September 30th, 2010
10:45 am
If the Dawgs want to regain some credibility, they should drop the biggest cupcake from their schedule: the tech honey bees!
HBTD
September 30th, 2010
10:46 am
Good call Greg. With the SEC schedule the dawgs play every year, there’s really no need to beef up a schedule like some other smaller conferences such as the ACC. I think it makes sense to peek for your conference games without wasting a lot of time and energy on games that have no bearing in getting to Atlanta (and hopefully the BCS Championship).
losers
September 30th, 2010
10:48 am
Another SEC school scheduling more cupcakes. They act as if they don’t have enough already in conference (Vandy, Miss St., UK, Tenn, Ole Miss, and now UGA HAHAHA!!!)
Oficially DONE with UGA! Goodbye old Friend. And Good riddance!!!
September 30th, 2010
10:50 am
University of GA is hopeless… clueless when it comes to football and national branding. They need a national presence not just for recruits but the national media and marketing. I mean come on…. arrogance on the part of Mcgarity to say they see the “G” and recognize the GA brand. Actually this is incorrect, on the west coast the “G” brand is for the Greenbay Packers. UGA needs a reality check! Case and point… The largest brand in the world Coca Cola who’s established the number#1 brand in the world still mass markets their brand so they never drop to #2. Where as UGA is happy with the small market and status quo of obscurity!
Bud Weiser
September 30th, 2010
10:51 am
This is pathetic, to see what UGA has been reduced to. Thank God that these games want be shown on TV, just think how embarrassing it will be if we lose any of these games. At this point no game is a sure win. Recruiting will only suffer when blue chippers see how far UGA has fallen that we have to schedule bottom feeders looking for a big pay day. As far as adding a home game, this will be the Saturday that you plan to do something around the house or with the family and skip Athens all together, no one wants to watch garbage games.