UGA athletic board approves ticket price increase for Georgia-Florida game, other stuff
St. Simons Island — Unless you’ve been following me on Twitter @ajcuga — and you really should — you haven’t heard much from me this morning. That’s because I’ve been covering the annual spring meetings of the Georgia Athletic Association’s executive and full board all day.
They finally adjourned for lunch and golf. Me? Well, after wolfing down a chicken sandwich I get to sit down and let you know what all happened in the Butler Room at the historic King & Prince Resort.
In two words — nothing historic.
The biggest news of the day was probably the board’s approval of Athletic Director Greg McGarity’s recommendation to increase the price of individual tickets for the annual Georgia-Florida football game in Jacksonville.
Ticket prices — which McGarity points out have been the same for the last five years — were raised from $40 to $60 for regular seats and $70 to $100 for club level seating for the 2012 season. Florida’s athletic board approved the same increase at its fall meeting.
“If you look at other schools that play this type of game, we’re way behind the curve,” McGarity told the board. “While it may cause some sticker shock today, I think we’ll always be at market or below.”
McGarity pointed out that the regular-seating prices remain below Alabama-Auburn ($65), Army-Navy ($65), Michigan Ohio State ($70), Notre Dame-Southern Cal ($70), Texas-Oklahoma ($110) and most others of that ilk.
McGarity’s motion to propose incremental increases in 2014 (to $70/$110) and 2017 ($75/$120) were tabled for future discussions. Florida is going to address a possible 2014 increase next month. The two schools were in tandem on ticket costs.
“We’re just trying to stay ahead of this and generate some more revenue,” McGarity said. “And we do feel like this is a unique game.”
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For me, one of the most interesting — and indirectly funny — news items of the day was the fact that football ticket contributions actually increased $300,000 beyond projections for 2011-12 ($23 million) despite the Bulldogs coming off a 6-7.
That prompted a humorous exchange between executive board member Bob Bishop and President Michael Adams.
“That really says some that we increased contributions by more than $300,000 after we went 6-7,” Bishop remarked.
“Let’s don’t test that again,” Adams quipped.
McGarity theorized that is owed in part to opening against Boise State in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in the Georgia Dome on Sept. 3. The Bulldogs quickly sold out their allotment of 53,000 tickets for the game.
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The most pertinent news of the day, in my opinion, came from McGarity, who declared in no uncertain terms that baseball coach David Perno will be back for at least one more season.
“Oh, yeah, absolutely. Dave’s coming back next year,” McGarity said after the board meeting adjourned. “If there were coaching changes you would have heard them in there. The bottom line is it is what it is this year.”
Unless it wins the ongoing SEC Tournament, Georgia (28-29, 16-14 SEC) will miss out on an NCAA Tournament berth for the second year in a row. The good news is the Bulldogs made a 12-game inprovement over last season while playing the nation’s second-toughest overall schedule and finished fourth overall in the conference despite losing a starter (center fielder Johnathan Taylor) to a career-ending injury for the second year in a row. The bad news is a 12-15 mark against non-conference competition.
McGarity said Perno’s failure this season over-scheduling. He said SEC teams on average played three to five non-conference games against teams with a Top 25 RPI. Georgia, he said, played 17.
“I hate to deal with could-haves and would-haves, but it speaks to what I call ‘the art of scheduling,’” McGarity said. “We talked about this in the fall. I said, ‘Dave, next year we need to have a schedule that is totally different.’ We played 56 games this year, 28 at home and 28 on the road. That model needs to look like 37 or 38 home games and maybe 18 road games. That’s what our model will look like next year. We’ve got Tech; we’ve got Clemson; we’ve got UCLA. That’s enough.”
Perno’s current contract runs through 2015.
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GAA board member emeritus Sonny Seiler said the search continues for Uga IX. Uga VIII, Georgia’s English bulldog mascot, passed away this past February with lymphoma.
“Russ,” the interim mascot and a cousin in the lineage, has sired two litters, but a suitable mascot was not produced, Seiler said.
“We’re going to let Russ do Picture Day and start the season,” said Seiler, whose family has presided over the mascots since the 1956. “We hope to have one big enough maybe two-thirds of the way through t season. But Russ has a fan club of his own, you know. He can handle the job.”
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Other stuff: McGarity said Georgia needs to improve in all its fall sports in order to improve it’s place in the national all-sports standings. The Bulldogs are currently No. 36 but should move up considerably after all the spring sports are concluded. Georgia is still competing in track, men’s golf and baseball. But cross country, soccer, volleyball and, yes, football, must do better each fall. . . . The board approved an $89.95 million budget, up $5 million over last year. . . . Senior tight end Aron White was named a student-athlete representative to the board. White graduate last winter but is pursuing a masters in sports management. . . . The board approved a $1.61 million expenditure from is unallocated funds account. It will be used to put in a new sound system at Stegeman Coliseum and aesthetic improvements to the ceiling; to retrofit a commons room in the Rankin Smith Center for student-tutor interaction; for moving computer servers from the Rankin Smith building to the Butts-Mehre Complex; and for cleaning and painting 6,000 precast clips at Sanford Stadium.
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153 comments Add your comment
JAWJeRDAWG
May 26th, 2011
2:58 pm
Enjoy your ‘time-off’ at SSI, and thanks for the UGA updates. Go Dawgs!
JAWJeRDAWG
May 26th, 2011
3:06 pm
Wonder if today’s blog will evoke as many disrespectful comments on Coach Richt as yesterdays? INHO, MANY of them were totally classless. .. Go Dawgs!
Send'em U hauls
May 26th, 2011
3:08 pm
Fire Perno and then Richt after Muschamps guarantee!
Send'em U hauls
May 26th, 2011
3:12 pm
Richt should heed advice from this former Preacha man…….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q4o58pKwA
Kdawg
May 26th, 2011
3:12 pm
Pay more to watch the Bulldogs lose yet again in Jacksonville? No thanks.
Send'em U hauls
May 26th, 2011
3:13 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q4o58pKwA
tide roll
May 26th, 2011
3:13 pm
The Athletic Board should have voted set aside funds from their giant budget in order to pay for Dawg fans’ tickets to the Florida game. As compensation for pain and suffering!
JB
May 26th, 2011
3:16 pm
There was a 800 gorilla in the room….and nobody said a word. Interesting…………..But the baseball coach was covered……???/
Real Dawg Fan
May 26th, 2011
3:17 pm
There was your comment JAWJeRDAWG, they dont waste any time do they
GO Dawgs!!
JAWJeRDAWG
May 26th, 2011
3:20 pm
@ Real Dawg Fan
Thought it would be within 10, and they were. .. Go Dawgs!
Southern DisComfort
May 26th, 2011
3:22 pm
Pay more money to watch the Gators win every year?
Kdawg is right, forget it.
In Da hunt...not
May 26th, 2011
3:23 pm
UGA is # 36 in all sports standings. Looks like McGarity should have his list ready for heads to roll.
S GA AU FAN
May 26th, 2011
3:23 pm
Tickets should be $100 for Florida fans and $50 for Georgia fans. You shouldn’t have to pay as much to watch your team lose…
Nate the Great
May 26th, 2011
3:24 pm
Send’em U hauls:
Can we send you and the rest of the CMR haters/bandwagon fans U-hauls after the season? You morons wouldnt have anything other than 8-5 expectations each year if it weren’t for CMR. Because of jerks like you I fully understand when other fans call us class-less and delusional, which is hard to handle coming from someone wearing jean shorts!!
Skitty Fritty
May 26th, 2011
3:24 pm
Why do our leaders always try and make it sound better by stating other schools are charging more? Who cares!
This is what I hear when gas prices go up. At least it’s less expensive than Europe. Who cares, I live in America.
Skitty Fritty
May 26th, 2011
3:27 pm
football ticket contributions actually increased $300,000 beyond projections for 2011-12
Was this a revenue increase over 2010-11 or did it exceed their PROJECTIONS? I think we are being sold a bill of goods on this one.
MMA is stupid
May 26th, 2011
3:28 pm
One way or another the problem is fixed this year. We win and all are happy or we lose again like last year and the staff is fired….either way kids….
I prefer keeping Richt, but getting a very very well established offensive coordinator.
Nate the Great
May 26th, 2011
3:32 pm
If the $20 increase in ticket price is too much then you aren’t going to jax because you can’t afford it!! If you are already spending several hundred dollars (and others thousands of dollars), then $20.00 isn’t going to make you flinch.
Simple Fact: Those of us that can afford it, do it.
Beast from the East
May 26th, 2011
3:33 pm
7576DAWG,
Both universities are paid handsomely to play the game in Jax.
Skitty Fritty
May 26th, 2011
3:33 pm
Nate the Great:
I guess you don’t care when prices go up for any of the services you use?
4th in the WEST!
May 26th, 2011
3:34 pm
Simple. Don’t go!
7576DAWG
May 26th, 2011
3:34 pm
All this talk about revenue and making money and no study on how much is lost in Athens by not having the Florida game there every other year. If I was a business , from the Motels to the Bars and everybody in between, I would want to know how much I am losing to the merchants in Jacksonville and St. Simon.
Beast from the East
May 26th, 2011
3:34 pm
Chip,
When you gonna let DawginLex back on here?
Come on, man!
1eyedJack
May 26th, 2011
3:37 pm
Mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money! Let’s add more seats to Sanford Stadium.
In Da hunt...not
May 26th, 2011
3:39 pm
$20.00 dollars more for Grantham to give the choke sign is way too much.
Send'em U hauls
May 26th, 2011
3:40 pm
Both baseball and football teams finishes under .500 and we have coaches raises along with raising ticket prices in the future. Still losing top recruits to Bama and other schools. Something is wrong here.
Michael
May 26th, 2011
3:41 pm
The Dawgs will never again be big time winners with a Preacher as HC.
Georgiadawg70
May 26th, 2011
3:43 pm
Wise up. Boycott Jax
Beast from the East
May 26th, 2011
3:44 pm
Have to agree with Nate the Great. Most folks end up spending several grand for the trip to Jax. Another $20 bucks isn’t gonna hurt, plus it goes to your school’s athletic budget. They haven’t raised those prices in 5 years. Other than the vaule of our homes, what hasn’t gone up in price the past 5 years?
Send'em U hauls
May 26th, 2011
3:44 pm
UGA cant even get a mascot ready for this fall. Time for changes…..
Tobias Funke
May 26th, 2011
3:46 pm
CHIP
I think I found a boo boo in your article. I saw somewhere else that tix were raised from $40 to $70 for regular seats and $60 to $100 for club level seats. Which is it Chip?
Dawg4ever
May 26th, 2011
3:47 pm
Until UGA improves it’s performance on the field, no UGA fan should pay more. Pathetic performance on the field doesn’t warrant paying more money. Hell, UGA should pay Ga. fans for paying the freight to go to watch Richt and his clowns perform on the sidelines and between the strips.
1eyedJack
May 26th, 2011
3:49 pm
My cable bill has gone up more than that in the last five years.
Dawg4ever
May 26th, 2011
3:49 pm
J/B/, know what you are saying. You forgot, UGA and McGarity reward coaches that put a terrible product on display. Richt, Perno, Landers, Clark, Fox, any coach that losses at UGA will always have job security. Hell they will get a raise if they don’t know how to coach, but they can get one kid to committ to the progtram.A.E McClendon, and Ball. Still waiting on Ball to get a big time recruit. But it’s UGA, whcih stands for mediocrity from football, basketball, baseball, but we can hold our heads up high for the women’s softball team. Want a f——–g joke this program has become
Tobias Funke
May 26th, 2011
3:52 pm
Nothing like some price gouging during a recession. THANKS MIKEY ADAMS, you AHOLE.
tide roll
May 26th, 2011
3:54 pm
The Board, Michael Adams, Mark Richt, and this new AD of yall’s needed to use this opportunity to formally apologize to Dawg fans for their football programs horrendous performances vs. Florida through the years UGA is barely competitive, For a school with UGA’s resources to lose 18 games in the past 21 years is beyond inexcusable. And for the Board to now vote to increase ticket prices for ya’ll to have the priviledge of witnessing this onesided debacle borders on unconscionable. And ya’ll put up with it. what does it take to embarrass you? Who is this McGarity? Are any decisions up there based on performance. He and Adams just do what comes easiest, like re-upping your mediocre basketball coach. What a program…. Did the board set aside money to compensate the young lady for the loss of her red panties, or were they returned to her?
Tobias Funke
May 26th, 2011
3:55 pm
1eyedJack
Don’t worry. Cable companies will be extinct in 5 years. You should jump on a new TV with internet addapters. Hook your computer up to the TV and watch Hulu.com for free.
4th in the WEST
May 26th, 2011
3:56 pm
If you are broke and poor, just admit it! 20$ really? Tables will turn starting this season with MUSCHUMP at the helm. We will have his and his round friends number for years to come. I am more concerned about SCe than the criminals in Gville.
BTW, UGA does not need you as much as you need them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nomobama
May 26th, 2011
3:56 pm
so uga fans will have to pay more to see another loss to the gators. Priceless.
Tobias Funke
May 26th, 2011
3:58 pm
tide roll
How many people have you helped in the Tuscaloosa area? Or do you just care about Georgia football?
Edawg
May 26th, 2011
3:59 pm
Good blog Chip. Thanks for the updates.
4th in the WEST
May 26th, 2011
4:01 pm
Doug4never jump! You TROLL!
Oprah got da big butt too
May 26th, 2011
4:05 pm
Guess UGA fans will have to sit and watch the beatdowns for another $ 20 bucks.
Tobias Funke
May 26th, 2011
4:07 pm
Have you ever seen one of these tickets sell for face value? Me neither.
Dawg4ever
May 26th, 2011
4:08 pm
4th in the west, you can’t even spell. but i bet finishing 4th in the east makes you happy. How can you come on this blog and give a fan of a team that finishes 4th in the West a hard time when UGA has finished 4th in the East for 2 years running. Or maybe we finished 3rd one year. Either way, shows you what most people already know about UGA fans, they love to brag about finishes in 3rd or 4th place. Hell their coaches get raises for it, why shouldn’t the fans be happy
Rueben Houston is a Tech man
May 26th, 2011
4:20 pm
The sad truth is that the association is more concerned about making money off the JAX game than actually winning the darn thing.
ryan
May 26th, 2011
4:21 pm
Smart move raising ticket prices in a bad economy with an NFL lockout you figure they would lower ticket prices not raise and bring in more fans maybe NFL fans this a dumb move .
PTC DAWG
May 26th, 2011
4:22 pm
Tide Roll…it would seem you would have more important things on your mind than the price of tix to a UGA/UF game…
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
4:26 pm
It HAS been studied 75, and for a number or reasons the economic impact to GEORGIA businesses is greater leaving it where it is. Not to mention the 1 million dollars of additional revenue to each institution per year over a home and home series.
I am sure the Athen merchants would rather have the revenue in thier pockets rather than thier brothers down here, even IF the total was far less, and half as often. That’s called running a business. I’d rather me make $100 than you make $300 too. It’s the State University, not the Athens Better Business university. TRUST me when I say…..Athens get plenty big moneys from us folks traveling up there from the Golden Isles multiple times a years. Any time they want to swap the UF game for the entire home schedule, I’m sure they wouldn’t have to ask twice.
SSIgator
May 26th, 2011
4:26 pm
Things are going from bad to worse at UGA. Ticket prices going up for the annual beatdown in Jax and now Russ is firing blanks. Oh well. There is always gymnastics.
OUTSIDER'S NOT WELCOME
May 26th, 2011
4:36 pm
Hey ROLL TIDE:
How soon you forget your program was down at the bottom of the SEC west just a couple of years ago. Easy to crow now that the tides turned, but you had some pretty bad football from between Stallings and Saban. Yes there’s no excuse for going 3-18 against florida and it will turn too. Atleast even after all those defeats, we still own the series!!!!!!
MCDAVIDDAWG
May 26th, 2011
4:38 pm
Great move when the game has become less and less attractive for Georgia fans. Quit going last year and won’t go back until Richt is gone. Maybe next year?
DIT
May 26th, 2011
4:39 pm
Forget the fans we want your money!
Joe Harris
May 26th, 2011
4:41 pm
I don’t care how much the tickets are…I’m going nooo matter what. Side note: I just found that new CoachWatcher website and it is legit. … http://www.CoachWatcher.com
DOGZ
May 26th, 2011
4:46 pm
Micheal, you can critize all you want about his coaching, but leave his faith out of it, son he does more to help others and some day you low life may need someone like him.
DOGZ
May 26th, 2011
4:46 pm
Thanks, McDavid dog, means more tickets for us whofolow thye dogs win or lose, not a fare weather fan like ur sorry butt
CALVIN
May 26th, 2011
4:48 pm
As for the Ga-FL game, stop trashing SSI or stay away. SSI is not Athens!!!
Chip Towers
May 26th, 2011
4:50 pm
Tobias Funke: It’s exactly like I wrote, raised from $40 to $60 for regular seats and $70 to $100 for club level seating.
SSIgator
May 26th, 2011
4:51 pm
OUTSIDER’S NOT WELCOME -
When UF overtakes UGA in the overall record (and it will be very soon) what will you cling to then? Or will you just watch your VCR tape of the 1980 games over and over again? UGA football – circling the drain since 1980.
smyrna bob
May 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
The tickets are still less than the gas to drive there.
tide roll
May 26th, 2011
4:53 pm
What are those things around Murray’s calves? What a hot “dawg”. He and Richt have never met a mirror they didn’t like.
Halsey
May 26th, 2011
5:00 pm
Why shouldn’t they raise prices? It’s not like people won’t pay. I’m surprised they don’t raise them more.
Lindsey
May 26th, 2011
5:05 pm
How about instead of increasing the ticket cost of the GA/FL, UGA increases the wins!! GO DAWGS!!
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
5:14 pm
There always making fun of “gator” fan too. And always will be.
kb
May 26th, 2011
5:15 pm
Tide roll, Whats the tides excuse for being 3-7 vs Auburn over the past 10 years?
jarvis
May 26th, 2011
5:15 pm
50% is one hell of an incremental increase.
GT Fan
May 26th, 2011
5:16 pm
No reason for Dawg Fans to even go to this game. Gators are promising to win this one and I believe it. That, combined with your first loss of the season to Boise State, you guys are in for a world of hurt this year. I love it!….
Go Jackets!!!
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
5:18 pm
I can’t imagine a coach in the ACC not guaranteeing a win over tech.
kb
May 26th, 2011
5:22 pm
Dawg4ever, Do a little research before you post , in the past 10 years Dawgs finished 4 in the east once 2006.
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
5:24 pm
Wow, MCDAVIDDAWG. Openly pulling for Florida to win the game.
Bob
May 26th, 2011
5:28 pm
No big deal…just laying the groundwork for moving to an Athens/Gainesville Fla format when the Jax contract expires.
Dawg4ever
May 26th, 2011
5:29 pm
Sorry K.B, hope you are happy with 3rd in the East. What a loser attitude you have. Go beat your chest for finishing 3rd in the east for the last 2 years, you are exactly what i was talking about. Typical Richt kool-aid drinker, and typical UGA fan. Hey we finished 3rd, what a loser mentality. Maybe Richt and his sorry staff could make rings for 3rd in the east. UGA=mediocrity, and that means 3rd place.
kb
May 26th, 2011
5:30 pm
Dawg4ever, not happy about finishing tied for 2nd in 2009 and tied for 3rd in 2010, but every program will have a down period. Now go back to your tech tickle pile.
UGASlobberknocker
May 26th, 2011
5:30 pm
any one who complains about the ticket price of the Fla game hasnt ever been to the game. $20 extra is nothing compared to the hotel, food ,etc expenses ..its a non issue. If 20 bucks changes your mind you shouldnt be going to start with.
NativeSon
May 26th, 2011
5:31 pm
Twitter @ajcuga? Zzzzzzzzz.
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
5:34 pm
Would it help if I assured you kb was not happy with 3rd in the East so that you could move on to making some actual point?
SSIgator
May 26th, 2011
5:35 pm
Chip -
kb writes at 5:23 pm “annual ass whipping” and it stays. I write “dawg poo” and you delete it. What’s wrong? Was you chicken sandwich not good that you had for lunch?
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
5:42 pm
BTW, beating your chest for being 3rd in the east takes exactly the same amount of winner attitude as beating your chest in a blog that you didnt like being 3rd in the east.
Wallis the dog
May 26th, 2011
5:43 pm
What’s a precast clip?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 26th, 2011
5:44 pm
What a joke
An increase in ticket price for the annual INEPT Bulldog beatdown
Increases in coaches salaries while fans suffer watching in the stands and their wallets
During a down economy too but its justifiable right 3-20,
I wonder what the next increase will be when we are 4-30
GR82BAG8R
May 26th, 2011
5:47 pm
The ticket prices should be $100/$150. There is enough interest in this game to warrant those prices. Supply and demand govern.
Of course, using that logic, Tech should lower all their prices to $5 until they start selling out.
Snoop Dawg
May 26th, 2011
5:49 pm
Instead of hiking the prices for students, alumni, and general fans, why don’t we just tell Mark Preacha Man Richt that he is getting a pay cut and is now on probation. If we paid him $50 for each victory last year, the UGA would have saved around $2.7 million dollars. My back-of-the- envelope calculations say that this savings would equate to $50/ticket for 50,000 tickets at the Georgia-Florida game.
Wake up, Bulldog Nation! The Tan Man is scamming the entire state.
dawgfan
May 26th, 2011
5:50 pm
greeat…i get to pay more money to watch us lose in Jax
Bob
May 26th, 2011
5:51 pm
Hey Snoop…you’re right. You won’t have Richt to kick around next year so why not zero in on Perno (the Bobby Cox of NCAA baseball).
Snoop Dawg
May 26th, 2011
5:51 pm
Correction: …if we paid Richt $50,000 for each win last year…
kb
May 26th, 2011
5:52 pm
Wasn’t doing any chest thumping , just pointing out that dawg4ever is no Georgia fan, and has no clue as to what most Georgia fans actually think. I am going to support my team, and as long as Mark is the coach I will support him.2010 was a disaster , that being said I am confident 2011 will not be.And if it is Richt is leaving the cupboard pretty full for the next coach.
GR82BAG8R
May 26th, 2011
5:53 pm
No matter the recent results, this game garners enough interest every year to demand a high price for tickets.
Kenny
May 26th, 2011
6:01 pm
How much will they charge if they ever win the game?
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 26th, 2011
6:01 pm
I love to hear fans say Im going to support the team
Really thats good
Im glad the Program really supports the fans
Please Adams and Mcgarity raise my ticket prices next and every year there after
I feel like I’ve been getting what I pay for every year since 1982
Pago Pago DAWG
May 26th, 2011
6:03 pm
WE ALL CAN AFFORD
We all can afford the JAX tkts, it’s just game the comes with it.
ozzfest
May 26th, 2011
6:05 pm
Oh yeah…I went to the baseball game AT UCLA in March. McGarrity was NOT there; and now homeboy wants to ruin future baseball schedules, too?
Toss him in the Oconee.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 26th, 2011
6:33 pm
Our coaches are grossly underpaid
Please Adams and Mcgarity raise the ticket prices and donations
We who make 1/100 of what they make should have to pay more
Roll Tide with Pride!!!
May 26th, 2011
6:37 pm
Your AD needed to INCREASE Richts football RECRUITING BUDGET to cover the massive increase travel costs as all the ELITE in State talent ijs going to other schools!!!!
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA!!!
UGA – the Michigan State of the SEC!
ROLL TIDE!!!!
and the Winner is ...
May 26th, 2011
6:52 pm
After reading all the comments,
The Winner is from In Da hunt…not @ 3:39 pm for:
” $20.00 more for Grantham to give the choke sign is way too much.”
RedPantsDawg
May 26th, 2011
7:00 pm
I’ve often said the majority of people that go to Jacksonville care more about tailgating, golfing, drinking, and potato salad than care about if the Dawgs win or not. So why not raise the prices? The people that care about winning have already stopped going and end up selling their tickets to the suckers. And I thank you very much.
To have had a run like Florida has had speaks directly to the lack of accountability that is inside that athletic association. If I was right only 2 out of 8 times against my main competitor on my job I would be fired. To continue to do the same things, the same way, and to expect different results is just plain stupid.
Ray Barone
May 26th, 2011
7:07 pm
Tell you what. You keep them. I’ll watch TV.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 26th, 2011
7:45 pm
OldTimer
Yea the North is the North
Arrogant and stupid
Thats why we beat you in sports and are taking your jobs
Tell your union loving high paying friends thinks for the employment opportunities
Worm
May 26th, 2011
7:47 pm
Yeah Greg, we’re behind the “curve” and so is our team…Expect the ratio to change to 60-40 gators.
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
7:57 pm
No, I go it kb. Nobody is beating thier chest except the guys who think they can elevate thier own status by proclaiming how much they do not like for the team to lose, as if that takes some real balls. They don’t like the team to lose. Great.
Its always interesting to me to read the clear difference between the folks in here who are perfectly confident in what kind of fan/person/”winner” they are, and the folks who feels the need to put up some big front to try and convince everyone. And themselves I suspect.
DOGZ
May 26th, 2011
8:02 pm
GT fan: no reason for you to go to the GA vs GT game since we own you, I LOVE IT. You nerds need to stick to your slide rules.
jaydawg
May 26th, 2011
8:03 pm
McGarity:”If you look at other schools who play this type of game we are definately behind the curve.”I TOTALLY AGREE!.LOSING 18 OF 21 GAMES TO ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST RIVALS IS ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY , COMPLETEY,EMBARRASSINGLY BEHIND THE DAMNED CURVE!!!!! McGarity fails to mention that not a single one of these rivalries can touch this one as far as one-sidedness.This guy better hope his Boise thing works out because the rest of the Dawg fans will(hopefully) wake up and realize this guy is continuing to accept mediocrity while insulting the intelligence of the fans that are capable of seeing the big picture.So after completing a 3rd straight disappointing season while losing the18th of 21 to Florida(2 whole wins for Richt) he keeps the coach that has proven he cant come close to consistently winning in Jacksonville,raises the ticket prices for the annual lynching in J’ville,all while telling us the logic for price increases is that prices have been the same for the last 5 years even though his “coach” has led UGA to exactly 1 win in that time period.IF MAC’S PHILOSOPHY WAS YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR HE WOULD BE SENDING OUT NICE SIZE CHECKS & BUSES TO ALUMNI’S HOUSES TO DRIVE THEM TO FLORIDA IN ORDER TO WATCH THIS SH*T WE HAVE HAD TO ENDURE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
May 26th, 2011
8:06 pm
jaydawg
Good post
Send'em U hauls
May 26th, 2011
8:22 pm
We’ve been traveling down to Jacksonville watching our Dawgs getting their butts kicked 18 times out of the last 21 years and it has finally occurred to us that this wouldn’t have happened if we had competent coaches. Quit sending the money people and send them U hauls and get these clowns out of Athens. Paying higher tickets prices for the same results is just plain Dumb.
needums
May 26th, 2011
8:28 pm
why would I want to pay more money to watch us get our butts handed to us…… yet again
ugab
May 26th, 2011
8:31 pm
Wow!
Tom L McDougald
May 26th, 2011
8:57 pm
Screw the football fan- this is all about $. This is the Michael Adams express. Get out of the way or I will have my politicians take you down.
FLA DAWG
May 26th, 2011
9:18 pm
DAWG NATION,
Until The Dawgs and The Gators alternate Atlanta / Jax or Athens / Gainesville my money won’t be wasted in Jacksonville – especially to watch the often poorly coached Dawgs perform dismally on Duval Street.
Who wants to go to Jax., Fla, spend hundreds or thousands of dollars, watch The Gators once again dismantle our Dawgs and leave under the insults of Gator Fans.
Hey, you can watch that horror of an SEC Game on TV for almost free.
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 26th, 2011
9:31 pm
Darn, now the ticket is going to cost as much as the gas to get to the game.
UGA? R U Kidding?
May 26th, 2011
9:47 pm
Don’t worry dawg fans……one less can of skoal and a few less lottery tickets each week……..you’ll have the increase covered.
UGA? R U Kidding?
May 26th, 2011
9:48 pm
Of course….you may need to delay the purchase of new tires for the mobile home.
AltamahaDawg
May 26th, 2011
9:54 pm
If you are scared, say you’re scared.
Rabun Dawg
May 26th, 2011
10:10 pm
Just glad we quit going to this fiasco several years ago. Sitting at home during the annual beatdown, I can either cut it off, or go back to the fridge for some more beverages to help soothe the humiliation. Oh yes, give the coaches raises, screw the fans! Good PR from the AD.
ugaclassof2004
May 26th, 2011
10:15 pm
tide roll
You make valid points until the “red panties” part. If you want to bash us for our performance on the field or on the court, then that is fair. But the Damon Evans debacle was dealt with correctly by President Adams and we have moved on from it. Besides lets be careful about throwing those stones Bama! I got two words for you: Mike Price.
Zumadawg
May 26th, 2011
10:37 pm
Comparing the price of UGA and UF tickets to other inflated ticket prices is not sufficient cause to raise the price of tickets by 50%. Has the cost of fielding a team gone up 12.5% a year. We have all experienced increases in our cost of living, but certainly not this rate.
51WTGW50
May 26th, 2011
11:53 pm
Just paying more to watch A WWF type event. SO the ROCK beats Hulk Hogans but again. We have seen it a bunch and Hulk Hogan fans still think the ending will be different even if they pay more money.
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
12:02 am
I guess TECH will Increase the UGA ticket Package price to make the UGA fans pay more to see their win an ATL to offset the over-pricing to see the loss against the gators in Florida. Make the DAWGS pay MORE to see a LOSS and a WIN. Add in the bail money needed to get the D…nk UGA fans out of Wright Street and is will be a Great Thanksgiving Weekend.
Sorry A DREAM weekend.
sports
May 27th, 2011
12:13 am
the last time I went to the GA/FLa game I sat facing the Sun in 86 degree heat, with no wind stirring. I’ll not go again and get cooked. It just seems out of line to raise prices when the series is really one sided. This is just another home game for Florida really.
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
1:14 am
sports
GETTING COOKED is all UGA fans know how to do. They were cooking their brains in the smokey brain bubble bath during their high school days and have not stopped getting COOKED on something ever since.
When a Uga farts he blows smoke out his butt for a reason. The reason is because the ALUMNI and DONORS have been blowing smoke up the Football teams butt for so many years how else would it come out.
7576DAWG
May 27th, 2011
1:40 am
Slive has rewritten the rule on over signing and will propose it in Destin when the SEC meets this summer. If everything that I have read gets approved Spurrier , Saban and maybe Nut will all leave inside of 3 years.
51WTGW50
May 27th, 2011
3:44 am
7576Dawg
Those coaches will choose to leave, but Richt will be made to leave and take Bobo with him.
7576DAWG
May 27th, 2011
3:57 am
51WTGW50
As much as CMR wants Bobo to become a successful coordinator it’s not going to happen. 1-A and the SEC is just too complicated and fast for Bobo to ever catch up. CMR is a very stubborn man and is risking his career to prove everybody wrong. That is why McGarity will replace CMR as soon as the 3rd game if we start 0-2. I want CMR to stay , I think he is a great coach but if it takes changing coaches to get rid of Bobo ,SO BE IT.
Chuck P
May 27th, 2011
4:33 am
OK, so we have to pay more for Fl-Ga….does this mean that we will start getting the tickets shipped to us on time(with the rest of out tickets) or do we still have to wait an extra couple of months for them for no reason?
barrow dog
May 27th, 2011
6:13 am
SSI GATOR…. bad talk the team, coaches, even the cheerleaders… but don’t mess with RUSS . He’s not shooting blanks, his pups just aren’t that damned solid white the seilers are so hooked on. This is Russ’s year…. and at least our mascot doesn’t lay eggs to reproduce.
Gdawg
May 27th, 2011
6:44 am
S GA AU FAN , thanks for the comment. The only time I ever listen to a dumb Auburn fan is when you talk about money or when a phrase has “pay” in it. You guys have that figured out, so we all listen!
kyle
May 27th, 2011
7:34 am
Pretty stupid move by our AD…..start winning and maybe I will pay a higher price to watch this game……after this year- you can keep my tickets- easier to watch it on TV
radly dawg
May 27th, 2011
7:57 am
E-Dog…what the ^&%! was good about this story?????? I’ve been a Dog fan since1960 trip, as 6 year old, to Miami to see Georgia whip Missouri in the Orange Bowl!! Go ahead and price those seats right outta sight…sports in general has succumbed to the sickness of greed! How much does Georgia have in it’s Athletic Fund…..a gazillion bucks!!! Great! The economy sucks and now you want to kick us in the gonads with an increase like this!!!! Will probably have better things to do come this fall…..especially around the time of the annual Florida beat down!! This just plain sucks McGarity!!!!!
Radly Dawg
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
8:07 am
Why all the whining? I thought the price of Ga/Fl tickets only affected those that were buying them in the first place.
radly dawg
May 27th, 2011
9:12 am
Hey 4th In The West….hope you’re enjoying your life on Pluto…what kind of potions are you enjoying there?????????????????????
Tard Dawg
May 27th, 2011
9:13 am
That’s a lot of money for UGA fans to pay just to be let down again.
Dirty Dawg
May 27th, 2011
9:23 am
Hey barrow dog, you’re right about FOS-SSIGator;s comment about Russ. Since the brown is dominate and the all-white recessive, maybe what we need is for the Seilers, or somebody, to go for an all-black English Bulldog…of course we’d only break him out from time to time.
bitter seen to much of the world--"dude"
May 27th, 2011
9:48 am
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bitter seen to much of the world--"dude"
May 27th, 2011
9:51 am
how bout a mix breed bulldog——————–at list he will not die of a heart attack at age 2
and un-like some of our recruits he will work hard and always be loyal———just saying
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
9:56 am
The game will still be a sellout no matter the ticket price. It’s a party to most, not a game. If UGA fans boycott because of the higher price of tickets, the Florida fans will just get5 those tickets as well.
What does UF charge anyway? If they are lower priced, perhaps those that want to, can see if they can get a ticket from UF.
I don’t drink so my big screen provides good enough for me.
A Pretty Good Dog
May 27th, 2011
9:57 am
Will Adams paint my butt for picture day? Where the heck is PETA?
Joey
May 27th, 2011
10:01 am
If you’re in the K&P lounge, say hello to Jeorge the bartender for me. Tell him thanks again for talking me into drinking drinking dark beer instead of my usual Bud Light on my last stay. After 3 of them, I needed assistance walking back to my room . . .
Tobias Funke
May 27th, 2011
10:16 am
Thanks Chip.
Would anybody like to sell me two for face value?
I didn’t think so.
jaxdawg
May 27th, 2011
10:18 am
SSIgator, your comment at 4:26 was funny. Russ firing blanks…good one. I’d still rather be a dawg than a gaytor tho…
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May 27th, 2011
10:22 am
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King Gator
May 27th, 2011
10:26 am
Talk about salt in the wounds for UGA fans… more $$, longer drive and 3-18 v. the Gators! Go Gators!
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
10:28 am
I know UF wanted to raise their price back in Feb, and McGarity told them UGA wasn’t ready to propose that yet. Not sure if they both to have the same price, or UF went ahead, or what has changed on this end.
Kind of irrelevant if UF tickets are $10 higher, or same, or less. It’ what they have to do to qualify that really matters anyway.
I can;t believe that anybody contributing 5k to even qualify, and several hundred more this year to get in line, (not to mention the planning and expense of traveling to a ball game), are actually staying home over chicken stratch 20 bucks.
Anybody openly complaining about this, are just wasting their time if they think they are fooling anyone to believe it had anything to do with them in the first place.
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
11:10 am
McGarity pointed out that the regular-seating prices remain below Alabama-Auburn ($65), Army-Navy ($65), Michigan Ohio State ($70), Notre Dame-Southern Cal ($70), Texas-Oklahoma ($110) and most others of that ilk.
Apples and oranges. Those are competitive rivalries.
At least the Florida fans will have to pay more to witness the beatdowns.
The Tide is rolling and nothing can stop it
May 27th, 2011
11:15 am
How much are you Dawgs willing to pay to see your annual Florida beatdown.
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
11:17 am
For me, one of the most interesting — and indirectly funny — news items of the day was the fact that football ticket contributions actually increased $300,000 beyond projections for 2011-12 ($23 million) despite the Bulldogs coming off a 6-7.
Well, humans are known to gape at train wrecks.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
11:21 am
Clearly, McGarity is confident that this will be a competitive rivalry going forward, one way or the other.
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
11:23 am
“We’re just trying to stay ahead of this and generate some more revenue,” McGarity said. “And we do feel like this is a unique game.”
Generate more revenue? LOL. UGA already runs the most “profitable” clookege athletic program in America.
How many of you UGA fans think any of this will be spent on improving the athletic performance of your teams?
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
11:24 am
“We’re just trying to stay ahead of this and generate some more revenue,” McGarity said. “And we do feel like this is a unique game.”
Generate more revenue? LOL. UGA already runs the most “profitable” college athletic program in America.
How many of you UGA fans think any of this will be spent on improving the athletic performance of your teams?
RHALL55
May 27th, 2011
11:25 am
Mail Bag?????
Coach Grohbo
May 27th, 2011
11:26 am
Michael Adams would happily go 0-12 if it meant more revenue.
Dawg
May 27th, 2011
11:53 am
Apparently the minds to be are tuned out in regards to the economy. I will have to cut back when it comes to going to the games, my wife lost her job. I took a look at the prices for the home opener and would have to go to the bank for a loan.
AltamahaDawg
May 27th, 2011
12:25 pm
So you would prefer they did not generate more revenue?
It Ain't Rocket Science
May 27th, 2011
8:54 pm
Get real folks. How much do you think it cost to take 85 players, equipment, coaches and families, and all the little extras some away games involve? Make up a list of things that have stayed without a price increase for the last 4 years, much less 10. If you really want to go to the game, 20 bucks more will not kill you. Considering how much the over all cost is in the first place, 20 bucks more should be a drop in the bucket. UGA is not teying to force anyone to go to the game. Jax. will still be filled to capacity if a few of you on here opp out. I know I can’t afford to spend the money so if you can’t, do as I do. Tv is a great alternative and I like my seating arrangement better.
MONROE GEMS CH
May 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
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fpice
May 28th, 2011
2:26 pm
Please use the money generated by the increased ticket price to hire a competent coach. Richt is in WAY over his head.