Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game an official sellout as UGA sells 800 tickets in 2 minutes
Not that it will come as a surprise to anyone, but the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game between Georgia and Boise State officially became a hard sellout on Monday.
The exact time was 9:02 a.m. At 9 sharp, UGA put 800-plus $55 tickets on sell and they were gone two minutes later, according to both Georgia and Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game officials.
That means all 71,228 tickets have been snapped up a month and nine days before kickoff (Sept. 3, 8 p.m.) and Chick-fil-A Bowl President and CEO Gary Stokan is a very happy man.
“One of the things that sold Georgia and [Athletic Director] Greg McGarity on this game was we could give them access to tickets,” Stokan said Monday. “As of today they sold more than 53,000 tickets. I think the majority of their season-ticket holders were able to get access to tickets. That said, I have lists longer than both my arms of people calling me. So it must be a tough ticket if people are already calling me this far out.”
It wasn’t the earliest sellout for the still-relatively-new game. That goes to the 2009 game featuring No. 5 Alabama and No. 7 Virginia Tech, according to Matt Garvey, vice president of communications for the Chick-fil-A Game.
“But nobody has sold as many tickets as Georgia has either,” Stokan pointed out. In the previous three Chick-fil-A Kickoff Games the schools split 31,000 tickets each. Only LSU-North Carolina last year was not a sellout.
“When we put this game together, we went to Boise State and asked them how many tickets they thought they could sell and they said 75-hundred [7,500],” Stokan said. “And then we went to Greg and asked him what he thought he needed and he said, ‘as many as you have to sell.’ So I think Mark Richt and Greg have done a wonderful job of getting their people excited about this year. I think it’s a credit to the passion of the University of Georgia football fans. That’s what you need to do in a game like this.”
Georgia has sold 53,522 tickets, or approximately of the Georgia Dome’s capacity. Boise State sold out of its allotment a couple of weeks ago. The remainder go to Georgia Dome suiteholders and the Chick-fil-A folks.
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BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
10:33 pm
@Tampa Gator who wrote: “The true reason no SEC team will sign a home n’ home with Boise…..$$$. How many fans does the Bronoc stadium hold? No where near 90,000 plus”
So Vandy, who Georgia plays “home ‘n home” has a 90,000 plus stadium….LMAO. Typical SEC fan…can’t do the math. The reason SEC schools won’t play Boise “home’n home” is because they would rather play Georgia Southern. The fact is that SEC schools don’t like going west. In head to head competition over the past decade the Pac10 has beat the SEC….you know, “the best conference in the world”…LOL
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
10:39 pm
BroncoBlue…..Vandy is IN THE SEC EAST….and Georgia is REQUIRED to play Vandy every year….as is Florida. PLEASE……don’t exhibit such ignorance of college football…..at least no one in the SEC feels the need to paint their field the college of their uniforms. Thank the lord for that.
heeldawg
July 25th, 2011
10:39 pm
Oh, and BroncoBlue–what National Title game were you watching? Bama’s defense dominated that game against Texas. Not even close…
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
10:41 pm
Also….Bronco…..Georgai traveled out to Colorado last year because their was big money it it for them…..again….it is that simple……The Broncos pay an SEC big bucks to come out there….the will come…..pay….and they will come….and you will regret the invite…unless it is Vandy every year. Even then….with their new HC….that might become a challenge for your team.
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
10:42 pm
Home game for UGA at the dome!, makes 2 home games this year in Atlanta..Now hunker down DAWGS! prep hard, play hard and GATA! Time for the SEC to show the rest of the world in these opening games why we are the measuring stick! Welcome back to Big boy football Bronco’s!!
GO DAWGS!!!
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
10:43 pm
Should have read…..”there was big money it in for them”
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
10:44 pm
truedawg……..awhhhh…..summer dreams are sweat!!! As they are every year.
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
10:47 pm
Also……SEC teams play teams like Georgia Southern for a couple of main reasons:
1. A break from the brutal SEC schedule
2. The home team pays little out to such teams
Again….my point made to you.
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
10:47 pm
@Tampa Gator who wrote: “Also….Bronco…..Georgai traveled out to Colorado last year because their was big money it it for them”
LOL….and they got their butts handed to them by a bad Colorado team. Trust me…Kellen Moore and the BSU team will be a nightmare compared to that game….and Colorado’s stadium doesn’t seat “90,000″
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
10:49 pm
Don’t say UGA plays a soft sched. playing Georgia Southern. Look at that weak list of teams the Bronco’s play. ARE YOU KIDDING?? lol 2 tough games does not a Champion make. If the “lil boy blue’s” played in athe SEC they’d be 3-9 with there wins coming from non conf games! You know last time you came to Georgia to play a game, GSU would have beaten you too!! GO DAWGS!! SEC baby…
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
10:51 pm
@heeldawg who wrote: “Oh, and BroncoBlue–what National Title game were you watching? Bama’s defense dominated that game against Texas. Not even close…”
Again, SEC math is a bit flawed…Texas had more yards of offense than the “dominating” Alabama offense put up in that game…LOL
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
10:52 pm
Tampa Gator…look at our schedual and you’ll see the joke. we play GT in Atlanta at GT. But I’d say we have about a 50% chance ( which is good as UF, SC and Tenn ) of playing there a 3rd time. GO DAWGS!!!
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
10:53 pm
Heck, Jordan Shipley beat those ‘Bama defensive backs like rented mules….putting up like 130 yards in receiving by himself…and he would have had another 80 yard TD if the true freshman QB had hit him after he put a double move on a ‘Bama DB that left his jockstrap in the dirt….Shipley was open by 15 yards
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
10:57 pm
Bronco, one question, how many NC does Boise have? How many does the conference? Look at the SEC, look at the Dawgs. Big talk for a team that still hasn’t beaten anyone. You better hope ya’ll are better, and the Dawgs are down again. Boise will need all the help it can get! I will admit Boise has gotten better, but STILL not going to be used to the speed, and the toughness here in the south. GO DAWGS!!!
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
11:00 pm
@truedawg: So according to you Boise doesn’t have “speed and toughness”….might want to check in with your friends at Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, Oregon, etc. about that…..LOL.
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
11:01 pm
yeah Jordan Shipley, blah, IF, and blah IF and you alos mentioned IF, and IF again, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE END OF THE LAST HANDFULL OF NC GAMES YOU’LL SEE A SEC TEAM HOLDING THE CRYSTAL BALL. Have more yards, have more big plays, have whatever you want, but somehow just don’t seem to have enough… GO DAWGS!!!
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
11:04 pm
@truedawg: As far as playing for the NC…Boise is not given the opportunity…even if they go 11-0. They beat Oregon who came within a hairs breath of beating Auburn in the NC game last year…took a last minute field goal by Auburn. But, somehow you don’t thing Boise can play with an SEC school…LMAO at the ignorance.
FLA DAWG
July 25th, 2011
11:06 pm
If Richt loses this game he should return whatever millions of bucks he’s received from UGA for the last three years.
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
11:07 pm
friends? lol Those teams aren’t in the SEC. Really, Boise is better, but alot of that is being able to get up for a few big games, not a season full of battles. UGA is leaps better than last year. and the D is full of head hunters. You’ll see how hard some hits will be and how worn down Blue’s O line will be by half time. GO DAWGS!!!
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
11:07 pm
truedawg….
I would say…..at this time…..your chance of a return trip to Atlanta in December is equal to SC and Florida……toss up between those three. On paper concerning experienced talent, it is safe to pick SC (they have some serious talent on offense). If it is based on young, somewhat experienced talent on the roster and Weis’ offensive coaching skills……it would be safe to pick Florida. On unrealized, but outstanding potential…it would be safe to pick Georgia. Take you pick….and I guess I know your pick.
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
11:11 pm
BroncoBlue……you don’t win 6 consec NC because you are made up of bunch of weak, scared teams. At least your team realized last year that they needed to step up their scheduling to be taken seriously for the NC hunt. Then….B-Young took off for independent land. Maybe the Broncos could do the same….and schedule 8 SEC teams each year….and then see how your record falls. It won’t be 12-0 or 11-1……Maybe 9-4 or 10-3….with the team you had last year.
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
11:11 pm
Kellen Moore is going to rip UGA’s HBCU defense for about 350 yards….meanwhile Georgia’s RB (or is he a LB?) will be stuffed at the line by Boise’s front seven. Its gonna be fun watching 50,000 crying bulldawg fans riding Marta home with tears in their eyes.
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
11:13 pm
Like I said, if! A field goal. Last minute. yep. But a win is a win. You look at the best teams in the title game right? So it should be close. But which team wins? always the better team. also when you play a bunch of cup cakes, its easy to get up for one tough game when your players aren’t beat up from playing atleast 8 tough games in the regular season. Play a real schedual and then “crow” about it. GO DAWGS!!!
trupert
July 25th, 2011
11:15 pm
Saban did an investigation into the T-town clothing store and the many players that signed memorabilia and the 16 taylor made suites that Julio Jones was seen wearing and found nothing worng, so the SEC and the NCAA need not investigate.
Looks like Ohio State is about to get some company.
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
11:15 pm
BroncoBlue…..
I recently rewatched the Bama-Texas game….Bama came out and crushed the Texas QB….dominated the first half……completely……relaxed….and allowed Texas back into the game….and then turned it back on and dominated again. Bama had difficulty staying focused in the game….because they were so much better. Texas got a lot of their passing yards…including Shipley….when Bama came out of their standard defense and started the prevent crap. They then shut Texas down again when the game got tight…and Bama easily put the game away. Imagination is good….but not healthy when used improperly.
Tampa Gator
July 25th, 2011
11:19 pm
Bronco…with this, I say goodnight. K. Moore is a great QB…..but he lost his two best receivers from last year. That can’t help him….and Georgia has an experienced secondary. But Boise has a chance against Georgia…and I think they would compete well in the SEC. They are a good team…..but they would not win the SEC West this year….but they would be very competitive in the SEC East….but not win it. Too much depth on the top SEC East teams compared to Boise. It would take its toll on Boise in a full SEC schedule…..but you would beat some good SEC teams, no doubt. And you could upset Georgia….but I am taking Georgia.
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
11:19 pm
@Tampa Gator: ‘Bama got a once in a season bad hit on Colt McCoy that changed the game. It would be like Peyton Manning going out in the AFC championship game on a strange hit and Jim Sorgi playing three and a half quarters against Tom Brady. Simple fact is that Texas had more yards of offense…contrary to earlier statements by you…and Jordan Shipley certainly put on a show.
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
11:20 pm
I hope you come to the Dome to see the Game, I have my tickets. I’ll be there. I’ll say nice game and ya’ll came a long way. I won’t rub it in that you got beat, that you once again, came close, but just close. I can’t wait to see Boykin run a kick off back for a score. See Big John and our d stop any chance ya’ll have of a running game. See the replays on the big screen of that Boise QB taking all those sacks. See Butler kicking Boise in a hole on the 5 yard line everytime they get the ball. See Murray throwing to King for a score, and Mitchell catching one for a score. See that boise D try and stop Samuel at 240lbs running between the tackles, averaging 5 yards a carry. GO DAWGS!!!
chilidawg
July 25th, 2011
11:20 pm
On sell?
UGA '05
July 25th, 2011
11:24 pm
@BroncoBlue
I’m sure BSU’s 5′8″ 285 lbs center will rip up UGA’s two 6′4″340 lb NG’s right? Oh they are 340 lbs and are slow. Um… don’t be that ignorant. The SEC as speed that kills at every position. BSU will have to triple team our NGs. You know what that means? It means our atheltic LB corp will be free to run all over the place. Which means Moore will be pressured as well as Martin. I hope you don’t think this will be a blow out. Cause based on UGA’s defense, this will be a tough one for BSU.
truedawg
July 25th, 2011
11:26 pm
Like I said, Boise is a great team, and anything can happen, but they aren’t going to come to Georgia and beat the Dawgs. And they aren’t anywhere near SEC tallent. Injuries can happen, and fumbles, and anything can happen. But for Boise to win, they will need luck and perfection. UGA just needs to play to the game. The Defense and the Special teams will carry UGA. it may be a field goal. Boise might have more yards, more any stat you want to plug in, but the Score board will show UGA on top. GO DAWGS!!!
UGA '05
July 25th, 2011
11:29 pm
@BroncoBlue
Also you’re d-line does not have any guy over 300lbs. maybe one. that won’t hold up well with UGA’s o-line with every guy weighing in at over 310lbs. Plus a 270 lbs FB and 240 lbs RB. Talk about hard nose running. Again don’t be so ignorant. Tough one for BSU. It will be hard for them to match the SEC with their scout team plus the practices they have to miss b/c of their violations.
SCLadyDawg
July 25th, 2011
11:31 pm
To Ruta Lin regarding Mark Richt recruiting illiterate football players. You obviously have not heard the Georgia players speak to the public. You should listen to guys like Aaron Murray, Brandon Boykin, Ben Jones and Ray Drew – to name a few – interviews and speeches before you make statements like that. I also bring to your attention Aron White – who has already graduated but will be a senior on the football team this year – he was one of the speakers at the UGA graduation ceremony this past spring and did an excellent presentation. Aaron Murray and Brandon Boykin are both majoring in pre-journalism and broadcast news. I watched their speaking videos at the SEC Media Days last week in Hoover, Ala. Both these guys could forgo their football careers at UGA and today be broadcasting on live TV they are such eloquent speakers. These are guys who spoke spontaneously without any notes or teleprompters. And I doubt you’ve ever heard a sermon by Ray Drew who at 18 is an ordained minister. So much for illliteracy at UGA.
BroncoBlue
July 25th, 2011
11:32 pm
@truedawg who wrote: “I can’t wait to see Boykin run a kick off back for a score”
You better be more worried about Mr. Boykin covering BSU’s WRs…remember this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wguMcRQ5nI
..and that was only one of Riley Cooper’s TDs against Boykin in the first five minutes of that game…LOL.
TeflonDon
July 25th, 2011
11:41 pm
This should get interesting. My wife is a Bronco; I am a Dawg. We’ll be sitting among BSU faithful at the Dome.
To all my fellow Dawgs shooting back at Smurf-Turfers: Be careful when you confuse willingness to travel and willingness to play stiffer competition. UGA went from 1965 (at Michigan) to 2008 (at Arizona State) without playing a single football game outside the Southeast.
UGA '05
July 25th, 2011
11:51 pm
HMMM. No response from BroncoBlue to my comments about BSU’s o-line and d-line.
UGA '05
July 25th, 2011
11:56 pm
Oh well. I’m done. I’m off.
BroncoBlue
July 26th, 2011
12:03 am
@UGA ‘05 who wrote: “HMMM. No response from BroncoBlue to my comments about BSU’s o-line and d-line.”
So UGA has a bunch of fat, black offensive and defensive linemen who can’t move against Boise’s quick lines….and I’m supposed to be impressed…LMAO. These aren’t athletes…they’re just something to run around and ignore. Check this out:
Here’s a pretty interesting analysis from one of the Bronco’s forums regarding the UGA running attack against BSU:
“Checking out the UGA boards, they are still all atwitter about their rushing attack and its prospects against lil’ ol’ Boise State.
What UGA fans might not realize is just how well BSU’s rush defense has performed during Coach Pete’s tenure against AQ teams that finished in the top 25, most of which had very good running games. For a barometer, do recall that UGA last year had the #73 rush offense, netting 142.62 yards per game, averaging 4.07 yards per rush.
2006
Oregon State rushed for 58 yards on 32 carries, for a 1.81 yards per carry average. Okay, the Beavers were a poor rushing team that year, #81 in the nation, rushing 118.21 yards per game, averaging 3.49 yards per carry.
Oklahoma rushed for 174 yards on 38 carries, for a 4.57 yards per carry average. The Sooners were the #17 rushing team in the nation that year, averaging 177.14 yards per game, on 4.45 yards per carry.
2008
Oregon rushed for 227 yards on 52 carries, for a 4.36 per carry average. But the Ducks finished the year #2 in rushing with a 280.08 yards per game average, on 6.22 yards per carry.
2009
Oregon rushed for 31 yards on 17 carries, for a 1.82 yards per carry average. The Ducks were #6 in rushing offense that year, averaging 231.69 yards per game, on 5.51 yards per carry.
2010
VT rushed for 128 yards on 44 carries, for a 2.91 yards per carry average. The Hokies were the #23 rushing offense, averaging 198.71 yards per game, on 4.88 yards per carry average.
Other than Oklahoma, which basically was held to its average, all these other teams significantly underperformed with their rushing attacks, averaging at least a 33% per rush average reduction (and as much as 67% reduction). Georgia will be breaking in two new linemen, another inexperienced linemen on their offense. Yes, they will have their all everything FB, and they have a lights out prospect in Crowell, but they also just lost their two most experienced RBs. Boise State is returning its two-deep front seven with only two losses (the first string DE and the second string MLB). The guy replacing the first string DE had more sacks and TFLs last year than the starter.
Looking more closely at UGA, in their last six games, against Kentucky, GT, Auburn, Florida, Idaho State, and UCF, the Bulldogs only bettered their season average yards per carry in two of those games: Kentucky (4.54 yards per carry) and GT (5.31 yards per carry). But those teams had weak rush defenses, Kentucky at #85 and GT at #78–and UGA actually gained per carry less than the Kentucky season average. Granted Georgia got stiffed by the Auburn and UCF rush defenses, #9 and #8 in the nation last year. Boise State was #7, playing against competition that was approximate to UCF’s.
Looking at the historical data under Coach Pete, looking at the state of Georgia’s big question mark with their running game and offensive line, it doesn’t look like UGA should be expected to achieve its average production from last year. Yes, different teams, different personnel, different time, but the variables seem to favor Boise State. A fair to generous estimate would be to expect a UGA performance of 125-150 total yards rushing, on 35-40 carries, a rushing performance equivalent to their games against Tennessee, or Arkansas, or Florida (#60, #71, and #31 rush defenses last year)”
Class of 93
July 26th, 2011
12:14 am
Moore will have to get more than 350 to beat us. He is capable of that agaisnt a weak defense.
Class of 93
July 26th, 2011
12:18 am
Bronco Blue, what section, row and seat will you be watching the game from in the dome? I’d love to discuss this with you face to face.
GO DAWGS
July 26th, 2011
12:30 am
Bronco Blue,
that video was also from two years ago…most players improve and are better as seniors than sophomores so youre attempt at an insult was a total fail. please stop talking crap about the SEC considering you havent beaten one. if your team played a division 1 schedule instead of a high school one you wouldnt have the top record in the past decade. vandy could have ten wins in your schedule. just cuz you schedule ONE competetive game a year means nothing. all your coaches have to do is gameplan for one game cuz the rest of them are cakewalks. i have no idea whats gonna happen in the dome come september 3 but i do know its not gonna be a blowout for either team and its gonna be a hard fought game. and finally, you bronco fans look pathetic coming onto a uga football blog to talk trash. so concerned about how our team is doing geez
GO DAWGS
July 26th, 2011
12:31 am
your* not youre
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
12:38 am
Are any of those teams SEC teams? No. Like i said before. SEC has speed that kills at every position. You did not prove my statements wrong. You can be big and have speed. They are not fat. They have developed lean mucsle under Coach T. What is BSU’s record against SEC teams? But any team can win at any time. James Madison proved that as well as well as Jacksonville State. As a coach you never place a W on the schedule before the season but sense you have no coaching experience i dont expect you to understand that. Both Peterson ad Richt understand this.
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
12:41 am
Plus the o-line is not the question, it’s the depth of the o-line.
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
12:44 am
You also failed to mention 2005. You mention 2006 and after that. But remind me what happened in 2005 since you’re living in the past.
iffy
July 26th, 2011
12:47 am
BSU sold all 7500 tickets for those that dont know. Season ticket holders bought 7000 and the general public bought the other 500 in 14 minutes.
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
1:00 am
Games aren’t won on stat sheets, they’re won in the weight room and on the field. So post all the stats you want. It won’t guarantee a win for BSU or UGA. I favor UGA not because of their stats but because of the production they’ve made in the weight room.
gainesville_dawg70
July 26th, 2011
1:03 am
I love all the analysis! Bottom line is this; its UGA’s game to lose and BSU’s game to win. BSU has a lot riding on this game as far as a NC game arguement along with whoever else they play this year that will be of top 25 caliber, which won’t be more than 1or 2 teams on the schedule. So BSU has to win this game. UGA is looking to regain its pride and swagger that was lost last season.
I do think BSU is a good and talented team that benefits greatly from not having to play the week in/week out schedule that a SEC or ACC team plays.
Also, I am so tired of the “SEC won’t play tough OOC games”. Buddy, the SEC doesn’t play OOC games because it dosen too. With typically 2/3rds of the conference in the consistently in the top 20, we don’t haveto go outside to find quality opponents. We’ve got all we need right here in our own conference.
Athens is Hell
July 26th, 2011
1:07 am
smurfs vs puppies … now that’s a high dollar show! Please, oh please can I come?
Pete
July 26th, 2011
1:09 am
Yeah Boise fans you better quick talking so big about your top 5 team!
You realize you’re going up against a team that went 6-7, lost to crappy teams like Colorado and a CUSA team! hahahaha JUST KIDDING!
Georgia in NO way has a chance in this game. Every single position Boise has better players, even Boise’s 2nd 3rd stringers are better than anything uga has.
Boise has more all-americans than any team in the country. THIS WILL BE A WALK IN THE PARK.
uga isn’t even close to VT Oregon or TCU, all which Boise beat. This is gonna be another ugly year for the dawgs and there delusional homer fans that think every year “this year will be different!” haha!
BSU 72-17 uga scores in garbage time with Boise’s 3rd stringers in. yawn…… why couldn’t Boise get a really good team to play them, we have to settle with an unranked 6-7 lose to a CUSA bottom dweller SEC