Georgia, Ohio State agree to play twice in football
MEMPHIS — Georgia and Ohio State have agreed to meet in football during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, UGA athletic director Greg McGarity said Tuesday.
McGarity said he and Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith signed a “memorandum of understanding” on the games, one of which will be played in Georgia’s Sanford Stadium and the other at Ohio State.
“I know that’s a long time away,” McGarity said, “but bottom line is you’ve got to have some of those things in place.”
He added: “Not all of the details are worked out as far as seats and things — just the memorandum that we would basically play each other, home and home, in ‘20 and ‘21.”
McGarity said it hasn’t been determined yet which year the game will be played at which site.
“We haven’t figured that out yet,” he said. “We know we’re going to play each other on campus, and we’ll figure all that stuff out in a year, two years. Who knows what the landscape will look like in 2020? But you’ve got to plan that far in advance to do things.”
McGarity said the games will come within “the first two weekends” of each season. “Before SEC play starts,” he said. “You don’t want to play Ohio State in the middle of your SEC season.”
A fuller contract will be drafted later.
McGarity said Georgia also reached out to Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State about possible games. Michigan and Notre Dame were not interested, he said, and Penn State’s interest was not as strong as Ohio State’s.
McGarity’s scheduling philosophy generally is for Georgia to play seven home games per season, but he allows for an occasional — once a decade or so — exception to play a home-and-home series against a marquee opponent such as an Ohio State.
Georgia has never played the Buckeyes in a regular-season football game. The teams’ only meeting was in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando following the 1992 season. Georgia won that game 21-14.
“I think it will excite people to think of Ohio State between the hedges and for us to go up to Columbus,” McGarity said. “I think it’s something you can look forward to. All those 8-year-olds out there can look forward to playing in the game.”
Coach Mark Richt will look forward to the game, too.
“Yeah, man,” Richt said. “I hope I’m here to go to Columbus.”
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Danny
December 29th, 2010
6:41 am
If MR is around to go to Ohio, then we are in big trouble……
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December 29th, 2010
7:44 am
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tc
December 29th, 2010
8:06 am
“He is dedicated to making the University of Georgia a championship football team,” Bobo said. “That’s his goal, and I firmly believe he is going to reach that before he graduates.”
Above, Bobo speaking of Murray. If only Bobo and CMR had that goal UGA would be in good shape. Maybe they can learn something from Murray.
Neal Perry
December 29th, 2010
8:20 am
You know, I became a resident of this state about 15 years ago, and I can tell you one thing for sure. UGA and GT fans are a sorry lot for the most part. Fair weather fans for sure. A little banter between rivals is healthy but when you start acting like 10 year old kids at a playground, it is time to take a good look at yourselves. When your team is having a bad stretch, you turn on them like a catholic priest at a muslim convention. UGA is down for sure, but show me one college football team that has not had a bad stretch or two in their history. Tech fans expect to compete on a consistent level against the big power house football teams out there with a much smaller pool of talent to draw from and when they don’t, the other team is a bunch of thugs or academic morons. Real mature talk folks. A true fan backs up his team through the good and bad times and does not resort to insulting another team when his /hers is down. A little maturity here folks.
James Nichols
December 29th, 2010
8:51 am
I am from the hometown of Jim Tressel here in Youngstown, and Youngstown State ( when coached by Jim ) Could have Bitchslapped the Bullpuppies. Just Saying
MTN. DAWG
December 29th, 2010
9:09 am
AT ONE TIME THEY WERE KNOW AS “DOOLEY`S DAWGS”. I THINK WE SHOULD CALL THE BASKETBALL TEAM ‘” THE FOX AND HOUNDS” GO DAWGS, BEAT THE H^($ OUT OF THE LIAR OF THE CENTURY, GEORGE O`LEARY AND HIS SUNSHINE BOYS.
Sunshine State
December 29th, 2010
9:13 am
Boise State 69, Georgia 17.
Shattered dream for dawgtards.
dawg gone
December 29th, 2010
9:28 am
UGA will get scared and cancel the games before they’re played – just like they did in the Oregon series.
shankit
December 29th, 2010
10:01 am
2010 – 0-9
2020 – 0-19
Bring em on.
Buckeye
December 29th, 2010
10:06 am
Hey Shankit,
Already said that. Will be even sweeter to tear down the hedges and go 1 and 19. How ’bout an an orignal thought?
shankit
December 29th, 2010
10:06 am
Austin Texas
“Good thing Michigan didn’t accept, they’re 8-1 against SEC.”
Guess who their one loss was to, yep, Georgia.
shankit
December 29th, 2010
10:10 am
Buckeye
Sorry for the duplication, I just got on the blog
a couple of minutes ago. Didn’t know you had
been on since 4:32 p. m. yesterday, when you
did the original. I was in a dove field down here
in South Georgia at 4:32 p. m. yesterday. Must
be boring up there in all that snow.
Preston
December 29th, 2010
10:32 am
GoldenRod is a NimRod! LMFAO!!! BCS prominence? LOL again! You went your only BCS bowl last year and got beat by Iowa. And what’s even funnier is that the ACC gets an automatic BCS bowl just for winning that weak ass conference….AND YOU GUYS HAVE ONLY DONE THAT ONCE!!! Then you can’t even beat a military academy in the bowl that you laughed at when UGA played in it. How poetic is that? VERY! Tech is a joke and they always will be. How’s that triple option working out for ya? LOL!
Simple Jack
December 29th, 2010
10:44 am
The Bulldogs m-m-m-m-mmmm-m-make me happy!
charleston jacket
December 29th, 2010
10:56 am
Goldenrod – don’t bother attempting to talk smack to these dawgtards. They all know there is a new sheriff in town and he will own UGaG and their new coach for years to come. I mean, Air Force’s defense is better than Granthem’s.
CPJ and CAG will make all things right, it’s just a matter of CPJ getting his recruits to run the Perfect Option. THWG, 45-42 hurts doesn’t it?
gadawgs
December 29th, 2010
10:57 am
Auburn Rules….Come back on here next year at this time and crow about your 7-5 season cause w/out #2 you are a middle of the pack squad. Also, if you believe that Cam knew nothing about what daddy was doing and if you believe that Auburn did not pay for Cam’s play you are not as intelligent as you are trying to appear.
Tulsa Dawg
December 29th, 2010
11:06 am
charleston jacket – you & Goldrenrod need to realize your beloved “new sheriff” is 1-2 vs. the Dawgs and 0-3 in Bowl games, averaging a dismal 8 points on offense per game.
45-42 doesn’t hurt quite as bad as 51-7 hurt you, especially since it was only 1 loss in 10 games.
Turkey Neck’s high-school gimmicky offense gets shut down each and every time the opponent has time to prepare, which includes every bowl game.
CPJ is a joke.
Buckeye
December 29th, 2010
11:48 am
Shankit,
Actually, teeing off in St. Simons later. Fore!
Moonpie
December 29th, 2010
11:59 am
Buckeye,
How the THUGS at the Ohio State University doing? All the crap you spew on my Dawgs you deserve this and more
Bulldog "tweaker", North Ave address
December 29th, 2010
12:02 pm
Once a DOG
It sat on a LOG
I wuz waiting on BONE
I wuz waiting ALONE
Along come a COP
I said “what the FROCK”
He said come with me BOY
I said don’t be COY, ROY
Yoooou going to the LOCKUP
cauz you done MESSED UP
Hershel will bail you from the POKEY
CMR will say OKE DOKEY
The game is what matters MOST
I done like to BOAST
But got to win or all the dog fans will SHO beat they women
carpetbagger
December 29th, 2010
1:14 pm
2020? Will there be anyone still residing in Ohio. They will all have moved down here, by then. Maybe I’ll move back. Ought to be an easy ticket to score.
Snoop Dawg
December 29th, 2010
2:00 pm
Let’s all just pray that we get a new coaching staff between now and then so that we are not embarassed on national TV…
shankit
December 29th, 2010
2:09 pm
Buckeye
Swap you a dove shoot over here in Valdosta
for a tee time at St. Simons. Which course
are you playing? I’m a six handicap during
the summer and a 12 handicap during hunting
season.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
December 29th, 2010
2:42 pm
Auburn Rules, damn good post. I’m no dog hater or lover but alot of dog fans live in a dream world.
jarvis
December 29th, 2010
3:06 pm
2020?
What the hell is that?
How will we tailgate from our flying cars?
gdawginkalamazoo
December 29th, 2010
3:09 pm
Hey this game could decide the National Champion within the first month of the season. I mean determine who has homefield advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Ohio State HC Krik Herbstreit and UGA HC Kirby Smart should put on a great show.
This one is so far out it reminds me of Tim Wilson’s song “Where the ____ is my jet pack?”
gdawginkalamazoo
December 29th, 2010
3:13 pm
I predict Hershel Walker Jr. will lay 250 yards and 3 TD’s on the Buckeyes on his way to the Heisman in his junior year.
jarvis
December 29th, 2010
3:13 pm
If there’s one thing that Auburn’s season has taught me, it’s that anybody (within reason) can win a national championship.
Two years ago, they were’ playing in a bowl game, and now they’re playing for it all. If they can do it, anybody with resources and a strong fanbase can.
jarvis
December 29th, 2010
3:14 pm
weren’t that is.
Einsteindawg
December 29th, 2010
4:00 pm
I can see it now…in 10 years Ohio State will be like Kent State and UGA will be chastised for playing a Div III school.
nobody
December 29th, 2010
4:03 pm
I wonder if Penn State, Notre Dame, or Michigan would have agreed to play us in either of the next three seasons?
Wayne
December 29th, 2010
5:08 pm
After the game they can sell jerseys to each other
David
December 29th, 2010
7:21 pm
I hope I am around to go to Columbus, too!
TampaGator
December 29th, 2010
7:33 pm
I guess Ohio State is afraid to play a current top tier SEC program home and home like LSU, Alabama, Auburn, and Florida…..(DAWG fans…those are the most recent teams to play in a BCS championship game).
TampaGator
December 29th, 2010
7:34 pm
P.S……I would like Florida to do the same with Michigan or Wisconsin.
jarvis
December 29th, 2010
9:12 pm
TampaGator, you know that won’t happen. You haven’t played a non-conference game outside of Florida in a couple of decades.
TampaGator
December 29th, 2010
9:50 pm
Jarvis…..
Yep….but we did play Oklahoma and Ohio State in fairly important games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I-DOG
December 29th, 2010
9:58 pm
I’m concerned that we won’t have adequate time to prepare for the Buckeyes.
still@the bar
December 29th, 2010
10:14 pm
Tech had Bama in about 13-14 and that fell through. UGA had Oregon next year and both backed out. Why even try for a Game so far in the future?
Michael Vick & Obama = two a-hole losers
December 29th, 2010
10:34 pm
UGA is a complete joke. They use to bother me, now I just roll my eyes when their delusional fans start mouthing off…. They remind me of a special ed kid talking trash. You kinda laugh and just move on.
OSU in the ATL
December 30th, 2010
6:44 am
Ohio State isn’t afraid to play anybody…Look at their upcoming non-conference schedule. Don’t you think it’s odd that Florida, LSU or Auburn don’t ever schedule tough non-conference games. Even this game with UGA is a once in a lifetime home and home for Georgia fans. What other time in the past few years has Georgia scheduled a top tier program to play. Yes, they schedule Arizona State and Colorado, but they aren’t top tier. Ohio State does that every year. And, being from Ohio, I find it comical all the hate for Ohio State because no one in Ohio gives two craps about Georgia. Why would we…Georgia isn’t a threat. So, yeah, Ohio State lost a game by 7 points to Georgia 20 years ago in the Fish Under the Sea Bowl…Move on! Quit hanging on to past “glories”. Be honest with yourself Georgia fans, would you rather have a program like Ohio State’s right now (albeit without InkGate) or have Georgia’s program, which is a consistent 7-5 or 8-6 football team? Be realistic. Go Bucks!
Statistics Major
December 30th, 2010
6:55 am
3% of the people reading this article will not be around to see the game in 2020-2021.
roughrider
December 30th, 2010
9:40 am
Tech losing 6 straight bowl games boggles the imagination
Xenophon
December 30th, 2010
11:11 am
At least we can be sure Mark Richt won’t be coaching by then.
Sleeper Service
December 30th, 2010
11:41 am
tofu has to schedule tough ooc games because outside of four teams that conference is a joke.
Southside Drug Rep
December 30th, 2010
1:37 pm
Okay now I feel a little bit better about canceling the Oregon games and adding Charleston Southern… BUT 2020???
Dawg 23
December 30th, 2010
2:41 pm
As far as the Useless Nuts go bring them on! OSU Kyle you haven’t beaten us down so far and as far as a home field advantage. Don’t kid yourself. UGA games are always a sell out and the few tickets sent to the queer nut state won’t be enough to amount to anything.
Goldenrod you need to crawl back into the wood work where all insects belong!!! CPJ and his option are a joke. 6 -7, Air Force beat you North Avenue Trade School boys. Where is the power and scoring? No QB on that team can pass. Can’t wait to see Georgia State and Kennesaw take you down!
Dawg 23
December 30th, 2010
2:47 pm
OSU in the ATL Go pack your bags and move on back to Ohio! The worthless nuts are there waiting on you. As far as out of schedule, who does OSU play? You don’t even have a conference championship. This year it was la 3 way tie I think. Isn’t that like kissing your sister or something? I think that’s the problem there too much in breeding! You don’t have a clue what real football is all about.
Dawg 23
December 30th, 2010
3:01 pm
Uga 7 – 2 in the last nine years in bowl games.
Suckeyes 5 – 4 in the last nine years in bowl games.
All bowl games against SEC 0 – 9.
Complete record against SEC teams 7 – 11 – 2 with most of the wins against Vandy and KY.
Enough said!
OSU in the ATL
December 30th, 2010
3:37 pm
Dawg 23, once again, you prove the stereotype of the uneducated, near-sided SEC typical fan. You have no clue. Tell me this: when was the last time Georgia even played for the national title? Early ’80’s? Conference championship game—yeah, that’s coming next year, then what will you have to say? And inbred? Really, pal. Ohio? Ohio is a state where people actually work rather than spend 24/7 idolizing 18-20 years old kids. Ohio has more history, tradition and knowledge about football than you hilljacks will ever have. Oh, and one last thing: where do you think the winning coaches of the SEC learned how to coach…that’s right, Ohio. Meyer – OSU Miles – Michigan Saban – MSU (Note Richt isn’t in that list because he’s never won anything of note). Here are the steps you need to do: 1. Get out of your parent’s basement. 2. Go visit some other places other than Gilmer County. 3. Grab your banjo and tell your wife/sister you’re going on a trip to visit other cultures. Get some class