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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Dawg Fan
September 30th, 2010
12:04 pm
At the rate GSU and UGA are going, GSU will be running the score up on UGA next time they play each other.
Gordon
September 30th, 2010
12:04 pm
Games like these are needed so players who have been arrested can serve their one game suspension. One is needed at the beginning of the season for the summer arrests, and one later in the season for the fall arrests. This is a brilliant move by McGarity, and an example of why he makes the big bucks.
Tom
September 30th, 2010
12:04 pm
Maybe McGarity should have checked with Michigan first. They could tell him how far back it sets a program if you slip up and lose to one of these “cupcakes”. Sadly, right now I wouldn’t bet a lot that this Dawgs team could beat GSU.
404
September 30th, 2010
12:09 pm
McGarity just screwed all the UGA season ticket holders.
Here’s how:
Ohio State just recently agreed to pay Colorado $1.2 Million
for a Home/Home series in a couple of years.
It probably costs upwards of $1 Million for UGA to schedule Oregon.
Thats money UGA has to pay Oregon for a Home/Home series.
It costs UGA a WHOLE LOT LESS to schedule a cupcake
like Charleston Southern.
So, while UGA season ticket prices STAY THE SAME, OR EVEN RISE,
the COST of the schedule opponent just went WAAAAAY DOWN.
Kind of like when you go to the grocery store and pay $4.00 for
a half-gallon of ice cream. Except the container is no longer a REAL half-gallon. Its about a 30% smaller carton.
So you end up paying the SAME PRICE as before, for LESS PRODUCT.
Thats what McGarity has just done to UGA because Charelston Southern
is definitely “less product.”.
So you see, McGarity has SCREWED the season ticket holders.
You see UGA fans…to the UGA Athletic Association….
you’re really just…CUSTOMERS…in a STRICTLY Business sense.
The UGA-AA really doesnt care about you.
They care about PROFIT MARGINS.
And hey, there’s nothing wrong with profit margins,
as long as you know thats ALL fans really mean to the UGA-AA.
Its this SAME reasoning that was why the UGA-AA was charging the $10,000 lifetime fee during the 2008 pre-season “hype-fest.”
And the hits just keep on coming !!
Bernard
September 30th, 2010
12:09 pm
I will say this about D. Evans, he had the right idea about taking UGA nationally. It seems McGarrity plans to keep UGA relevant just in the SEC with scheduling weaker opponents. D. Evans had UGA playing OSU, ASU and Oregon, this would’ve open up recruiting for UGA on a National Level.
UGA will never be on the level of Alabam or Florida as long as MR is the head coach. In order to beat the best, you must first play them. It is sad that our CHAMPIONSHIP GAME every year is Florida.
Pathetic.
Delusional
September 30th, 2010
12:09 pm
Keep thinking Georgia Southern is a Cupcake. Ole Miss thought FCS Jacksonville State was a cupcake. Virginia Tech thought FCS James Madison was a cupcake. Kansas thought FCS North Dakota State was a cupcake and they all got beat. This was in this year alone. Georgia Southern beat App State in the same year they beat Michigan. That same Michigan team went on to beat the Florida Gators in the Bowl that year. So yeah I want you to keep thinking Southern is a cupcake. Btw how’s 0-3 treating you?
Pitbull
September 30th, 2010
12:11 pm
I think we should toughen the schedule by dropping Georgia Tech and adding Georgia State.
Georgia State has a better class of people too.
Tech Man
September 30th, 2010
12:15 pm
404
September 30th, 2010
12:09 pm
Home and home with Oregon. How many season ticket holders going to Oregon? How much does it cost if they do? How many home games are left after the team goes to Oregon? All FCS games Georgia plays will be in Athens year in and year out.
Gordon
September 30th, 2010
12:16 pm
404,
Why would UGA have to pay Oregon $1M for a home and home series? Each team has to travel one year, and each team gets the benefit of a marquee opponent on their non-conference schedule. I’m not saying you’re wrong, I’m just curious.
404
September 30th, 2010
12:18 pm
Pitbull said:
“I think we should toughen the schedule by dropping Georgia Tech and adding Georgia State. Georgia State has a better class of people too.”
This?!?!?!? Coming from a UGAG fan ?!?!?!?
ROTFLAMO !!!!!!!!!
Eating crap, and howling at the moon.
September 30th, 2010
12:33 pm
It takes these kind of games to servive in the SEC.You can’t play herculies ever saturday and expect to play for a championship.These games are like preseason games, even though they count in the schedule.it gets your timing down along with your head and body, and ready for the big boys on saturday afternoons.
Joemac
September 30th, 2010
12:36 pm
hey folks, look on the bright side of this – your new AD is scheduling some games that your pups at least have a chance to win. After all at UGA, under CMR, the intent is to field a mediocre team. You know, a team good enough to win 9-10 games (most seasons), but not good enough to compete with the big boys for titles. Trust me when I say that playing a team like Oregon will help the name of UGA more than Charleston Southern will, but the big L that the Beavers hang on you will hurt more. UGA is nothing more than a pretty decent REGIONAL football team, and will remain so if your new AD has his say.
What brought Florida to the forefront was the boldness of Steve Spurrier, and it has continued under Meyer. Unfortunately for the pups they do not have a coach with the boldness, the charisma, the cutthroat mentality of a Spurrier.
Eating crap, and howling at the moon.
September 30th, 2010
12:40 pm
Tech—The joke down by the coke!
Jborodawg
September 30th, 2010
12:42 pm
Every major team in the country does this. Look at MOST schedules and you’ll see three “cupcakes”. For those complaining about dropping Oregon…were you planning on attending? Were you planning on getting back to GA in the middle of the night and have to prepare for…?…as soon as you got back?
Granted, I’d rather see Clempsum (or Louisville, or Cincy etc) than Chas.Southern. But, right now they’ve decided with good reason not to schedule western time zone teams any longer. Just too much wear and tear on players, coaches, and fans. Plus, we don’t recruit Oregon (nor Oklahoma), so why play em other than the little bit of national exposure?
Go Dawgs!
EdDawg
September 30th, 2010
12:50 pm
Now that we are scheduling like the Gators don’t forget about scheduling Kennesaw State.
SecGuy
September 30th, 2010
12:52 pm
McGarrity’s schedules remind me of Vince Dooley’s.
Mechabradzilla
September 30th, 2010
12:55 pm
@Delusional, even though UGA is 0-3, know one really cares or knows where Georgia Southern is unless you live south of Macon, GA
Plus from what I have heard everyone who goes to that school either went there because they didnt get excepted to UGA or Tech, and unless again you grew up south of Macon you never really supported that college. Most people in the Atlanta area or North think Georgia State University is the real GSU anyway.
One more point is that FCS or Div 2 Championships do not mean much either unfortunately
said but true *sniff*…Maybe one day Georgia Southern will drop the kiddie ball option and then they can get promoted up to 1-A by 2030. Sadly that probably wont happen because the people in Statesboro wouldnt want that stadium to be circular and get rid of that green hill that people sit on.
At least UGA even though they suck this year, has prestige and is a nationally recognized team, I doubt you will see Georgia Southern on ESPN at the top of the hour or on Sports Illustrated Magazine.
Dwayne
September 30th, 2010
1:03 pm
There are so many idiots on this post. IT DOES NOT HELP YOU WHEN YOU LOAD UP YOUR SCHEDULE WITH NON-CONF. BCS TEAMS!!! You have to get to the SEC champ.game you morons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cupcakes?
September 30th, 2010
1:20 pm
Mechabradzilla’s response to “know (no) one really cares or knows where Georgia Southern is”… Erk Russell knew where Georgia Southern was.
realistic dog fan
September 30th, 2010
1:22 pm
Mike Bobo 17 whatever – you are an imbecile!!! The University of Georgia is not having its brightet days, BUT IT IS NOT AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE STATe. I am so glad to see that you have no guts to mention the team which you support. Find you own blog, or manup. Unless you attended Stanford, Duke, or Vandy – you have nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (You also must lead a very boring life – pathetic!
realistic dog fan
September 30th, 2010
1:23 pm
correction – the University of Georgia is not having its brightest Days
01HAWK
September 30th, 2010
1:23 pm
People laughed when BAMA scheduled Georgia State. WELL………………………Georgia State took Jacksonville State to overtime before Jacksonville State won. Guess what………………………Jacksonville State beat OLE MISS.
This makes BAMA schedule even stronger. I guess this means UGA will not be scheduling Georgia State anytime soon.
A strong schedule plays a great deal in getting to the BCS Championship. That is why BOISE STATE will probably never get there with the creme puffs they play.
BAMA has 2012 and 2013 games in Atlanta against an ACC oponent that I hear will probably be MIAMI, NC, NCSTATE, OR FSU. Also games in Dallas with Michigan for two years.
UGA is just afraid to play the bigger schools because they know they will lose. SABAN is not afraid. So what if you lose, your schedule will look better than playing the creme puffs like UGA.
Best thing for UGA would have been to play OREGON and beat them. UGA will not win until CMR is gone and you start playing quality teams outside of the conference.
chiefdawg
September 30th, 2010
1:26 pm
Finally an AD with some sense.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 30th, 2010
1:40 pm
I hope I only have to pay $10 to go see these games. I think I would rather pay good money to audit a VET class on Bovine rectal exams, than to pay to see these teams.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 30th, 2010
1:43 pm
So playing Vandy, USC, Kentucky, and a Miss school isn’t enough? Then a Tech team UGA never loses to, but now the dawgs need more weak team to try to get to a bad bowl game. No matter what the dawgs do they are not going to play for SEC championships muchless MNC games.
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
1:47 pm
McGarrity is trying to set UGA up like UF…….we all complained about the Gator’s schedule…now we have it….hopefuly the coaching staff will take advantage of this schedule…if you are a true UGA fan you will appreciate an exciting out of conference game in the BCS…….Richt will more than likely be gone by this time anyways…. I think McGarrity will do whatever it takes to bring in a top notch disciplined coach….
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
1:56 pm
I wonder how McGarrity and Charlie Strong got a long?
Mean Machine
September 30th, 2010
2:01 pm
Oh come on! I understand scheduling easier out-of-conference games, but could we at least keep them Div. I.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 30th, 2010
2:02 pm
NEXT YEAR so you are saying all the dawgs that have cried for years about the Gator schedule are now happy because they get to play a soft schedule now too. Wow now UGA is the Hypocrite as usual. Man the more things change the more they stay the same. UGA will be able to SLEEPWALK through a 9 win season now instead of a 7 win season. Boy things are getting rough for the UGA convicts. I guess the dawgs could have 1/2 the team arrested and miss half the season and still get to play in a bowl game.
Still@theBAR
September 30th, 2010
2:04 pm
I guess this means we will never see UGA in the Chic-fil-a Kickoff Classic in the Dome to start the season.
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
2:05 pm
UGA fans want to play a tough non-conference schedule..then use it as an excuse to why the lose? You cannot have it both ways……I will say this if Richt is still HC it will not matter who we play non-conference…Richt has never beaten UF and UT in the same year.
Dawg Fud
September 30th, 2010
2:09 pm
Totally lame and inexcusable.
Sack up and play Texas, Notre Dame, Southern Cal, Oklahoma, Michigan, Ohio State and the like.
This is why there hsould not be a 12th game. It is sucha freakign joke and an insult to the fans who want to see their team play caliber opponents within their league.
Makes me wanna puke. McGarity must have learned this BS at Florida…
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
2:09 pm
to: 5150 P.O.A.D, I am saying that things are really bad at UGA and fans myself included are looking at any reason to complain……any true fan of college football knows that a 1-2 loss season will probably take you out of the race for the NC….that being said. while I enjoy certain big time out of conference match-ups (UGA-Clemson, UGA-VT),,,,,,,,I think teams need to play a team or two they can beat on a yearly basis……
Still@theBAR
September 30th, 2010
2:09 pm
FABER college and the Party Animals at the Delta house are looking to play a football game between PARTYING some weekend in the future.
RJM
September 30th, 2010
2:12 pm
Another year llike the last two MR won’t have to worry about what team is on the schedule in 2014/2016
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
2:14 pm
RJM I agree………Are there any true UF fans that check this blog that would know if Charlie Strong and McGarriy had a good working relationship? I think he would be a good fit at UGA.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 30th, 2010
2:19 pm
NEXT YEAR the MNC is a JOKE. Yes it make money and PUB, bu winning the SEC should mean more if your team does that. Sorry I hate Tech lost to UGA last year, but winning the ACC was more important to me. BAMA playing Ga State this year is nice for Bama to give some money to Curry, but I think my buddy that is a huge BAMA fan could probably play QB and I could be Middle Lindbacker in that game by the middle of the 2nd quarter. If you want to break the BSC then have HUGE OOC games as to make the BCS MNC be between a no loss App St vs a no loss Sayracuse. Make the bowl matchups a joke because the teams playing got to the game by playing nobodys. I know I would love to see a Haiwii v Bosie St for the MNC when you have Bama, UF, Texas, USC west, Ohio St and Oklahoma all having 2-3 losses and playing in crapy bowls, but they could all beat the teams playing in the BCS MNC game. THAT is the cure to killing the BCS.
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
2:26 pm
to:5150 P.O.A.D; I agree I dislike the current system as well…Many UGA fans fill bitter because the 2 years UGA won the SEC they did not play in the MNC game. In fact since 2002 UGA and Auburn are the only 2 teams to win the SEC and not play in the MNC game..It happened to UGA twice, many people think winning SEC= Playing in the MNC game……
.To me here is UGA’s keys to success:
1. Beat UF and UT in the same year..on a regular basis
2. Recruit good players that have great character.
3. If Richt is not willing to do what it takes to win, hire somebody new
4. Demand better results not making excuses.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 30th, 2010
2:34 pm
Good Points NEXT YEAR. I still say the way to break the BSC is to have the BEST teams play the Best OOC games and then argue that a 2-3 loss TEAM is the best when a no loss BSU plays a no loss Syracuse for the BCS MNC.
5150 P.O.A.D
September 30th, 2010
2:36 pm
OK to all you that say pay the players. Here are the numbers from UGAs teams.
Baseball 42, M Bball 12, W/M Cross Country 54, Football 124, M Golf 11, M/W Swimming 51, M Tennis 11, M/W Track 98, W Bball 12, Equestrian 67, W Golf 8, Gymnastics 13, W Soccer 31, Softball 22, W Tennis 10, and Volleyball 13. That is 570 Student Athletes. If “PAY UP” has their way that is $570,000 min. a month to $1,140,000 a month or $13,680,000/yr. HAHAHAHAHAHHA RIGHT UGA can afford that. As someone posted UGAA is like #2 in money rasing and there is no way in HELL UGA can pay PLAYERS. TITLE IX leveled the field. Pay ONE you pay them ALL. Hell if you just paid them $2,000/ semester that is $3,420,000/ year.
NEXT YEAR
September 30th, 2010
2:46 pm
to 5150 P.O.A.D: solution solved= Playoffs…….
dawglifer
September 30th, 2010
3:14 pm
YES! I like this move, AND I buy season tickets!
DawgFansSuck
September 30th, 2010
3:19 pm
We need games like this. It’s just one game! Most of you a%$$wholes would complain about something even if we did win the National Championship. Get over it! Support your team! GO DAWGS!!!!
superDawg
September 30th, 2010
3:25 pm
We are the Georga gayturs.I hope Coach Richts heart can take it.
Otto
September 30th, 2010
3:27 pm
If Mcgarrity wants to schedule games like this he better have a coaching staff in place to run the SEC like Florida has.
I’m not paying for tickets to see the lower level schools unless UGA is dominating the SEC East.
CLEMSON, why play Clemson? it gives them recruiting presence in the state of Georgia. The last time Clemson won the ACC was about the same time the series with UGA ended. Call it consperacy but they 2 are related.
superDawg
September 30th, 2010
3:30 pm
We always will have tek to beat around.
SLim
September 30th, 2010
3:33 pm
That’ll help! And I thought UGA couldn’t go any lower…
GaSouthernAlum&AuburnAlum
September 30th, 2010
3:52 pm
Let’s set the record straight. Georgia Southern is not a cupcake team in the FCS or the FBS, they are in a rebuilding program at the moment…kinda like UGA. Second, Georgia Southern does play UGA TOUGH when we play between the hedges…the difference in the game comes down to special teams and depth at key positions…you guys don’t exactly destroy Georgia Southern when you play them…scores like 27-7 back when Quincy Carter was QB, and 45-21 back when UGA was ranked #1(what a joke then and now) in the country doesn’t exactly seem like a complete domination by a ’superior’ team. Yeah you won the game…but a truly impressive FBS team like a Florida or Alabama squad wouldn’t have let a team with the personnel of GSU score that many points if any…and let’s not forget that at halftime the score is usually something like 10-7…so stop with the belittling of schools like Georgia Southern…everybody is beatable, just ask Michigan. And when UGA can win and win convincingly and effortlessly then maybe they can ‘toughen’ the schedule…until then why don’t ya’ll focus on trying to win this season…your team is pathetic 1-3…Georgia Southern is at least 3-1…So that being said GO EAGLES…GATA!!!! and WAR EAGLE!!!! SEE YOU PANSIES IN NOVEMBER…
Knockahoma
September 30th, 2010
4:00 pm
Instead of talking about UGA putting cupcakes on the schedule, think of what it does for these FCS teams.
I’m sure UGA’s schedule will have as many tough games to play as almost anyone else in the country.
Why do I even read the blogs. It’s almost nothing but irrational garbage. There needs to be a test to pass before someone is allowed to blog, or at least a warning for people who actually think that says: “WARNING: Stupid People Blogging.”
Big Perm
September 30th, 2010
4:01 pm
Why didn’t they just add games against two local high schools ? It would have been the same level of competition… And my name is Big Worm.