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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P. Bull Terrier
July 26th, 2011
1:21 am
Bronco Blue must be a Techie in disguise. I haven’t heard so much talk about which team’s offense gained more yards (but lost the game) since last year’s GA – GA Tech game.
captguitarman
July 26th, 2011
3:06 am
Not to mention the millions watching on national TV. There is a lot riding on this game. But, thank goodness the Puppies have a great freshman recruit team, with the head coach and the freshmen themselves already calling themselves the “Dream Team” — and they have played exactly zero minutes in an SEC game or in a game of this magnitude. Things have changed a lot since I played football.
quedawg
July 26th, 2011
4:28 am
Long story short people…”Georgia will win this game”!!!!!!!!!!
GO DAWGS!!!!!
superDawg
July 26th, 2011
4:30 am
Mr. Tardis tek could’nt sell 800 tickets in 2 yrs.
superDawg
July 26th, 2011
4:32 am
UGA-51 bs-17.
Teacher
July 26th, 2011
5:32 am
Wish I could’ve gotten tickets to this game. I tried very hard to. My daughter is in the Redcoat band so I guess I’ll have to hope they show the band on TV.
Bronco-n-DC
July 26th, 2011
5:33 am
The sad part about beating UGA this year is that BSU will get criticized because they beat 6-7 team that lost to UCF in a bowl game, then people will complain that UGA lost a couple of good players…I hear the excuse already. The Special Education Conference has some great teams and some great players, but let’s remember that after about the 4th place team in one divisions of the SEC its just another conference.
Old Dawg
July 26th, 2011
6:56 am
BroncoBlue: Boise State plays on a freak rug, in a wussie conference, Nuff said!
topdawg70
July 26th, 2011
7:08 am
Now we need to make the Dome the loudest it has ever been and be the 6th man. should be easy since the Falcon fans don’t know how to cheer and this will be home crowd for us.
ga gator
July 26th, 2011
7:39 am
Bronco-n-DC, no the problem this year is Boise has yearly a 1 or 2 game schedule and in the SEC it is week in and week out. You get beat up during the season and by the end of the season your starting lineup looks nothing like it did at the beginning. Fill you non conference games with SEC teams and see how your season turns out. I wish you would play the original Orange and Blue.
TW
July 26th, 2011
7:39 am
Hate to say it, but the Dawgs are gonna lose.
Our D will be great…until late in the game when they are exhausted from having spent the whole night on the field.
Bobo and his flag-football, sissy screen pass offense will again do nothing…but embarrass…real shame we’re wasting Murray by not bringing in a real OC…just like we wasted AJ for three years…geez…
BMDPD
July 26th, 2011
7:41 am
I just can’t wait for kick off. Have the dawgs improved? Who knows! Either way, I am looking forward to it.
ga gator
July 26th, 2011
7:42 am
Bronco-n-DCSpecial Education Conference? Are you freaking kidding me cowboy? The SEC has 2 teams in the prestigious AAU (American Association of Universities) Vandy and UF and probably soon to be UGA. How many does your conference have?
Damon Evans
July 26th, 2011
8:18 am
Red Panties at the Georgia Dome. Can’t wait!
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
8:18 am
TW have you heard of Joe Tereshinski? You know the hard @$$ strength coach at UGA who is making the Dawgs stronger and able to fiinish all 4 quarters. Yeah he is making sure that the Dawgs D will stay on the field all 4 quarters. So don’t think it will be too easy for BSU.
Bronco-n-DC the sad part is the BSU only schedule’s one tough team a year as if that makes up for their High School schedule. You want respect? Tell your AD instead of moving from the WAC to the MWC he should of moved you guys to the Big Ten or the Big 12. I’m sure they would of accepted you just to shut all your fans up about such a great record you guys have. You guys would still be good in those conferences but not 14-0 each year.
Remembering Shockley
July 26th, 2011
8:23 am
I remember the last GA-Boise St game. I was standing almost the whole game as DJ Shockley and the Dawgs rolled to a 48-13 victory. Hope the game is just as competitive this go around.
NYBroncoAlum
July 26th, 2011
8:27 am
For all you Georgia fans that think you walk over Boise State. I bet you thought the same thing about UCF last year in your bowl game. Be careful what you wish for since humble pie is best served with Georgia Peaches
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
8:30 am
Learned from the UCF game, Jacksonville State, and James Madison. Any team can win on any given day. So, NYBroncoAlum. Don’t think BSU will walk over UGA. Any Coach in college football knows that. Coach Peterson knows that and Coach Richt knows that. It’ll be a close game
Common Sense
July 26th, 2011
8:46 am
Boise State.
Yea, “BS” pretty much says it all.
Hit A Single
July 26th, 2011
8:47 am
Damon, this year you will have to buy a ticket.
Hit A Single
July 26th, 2011
8:48 am
Those Bama players signed those jerseys for nothing, I don’t think so.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 26th, 2011
9:09 am
Boise State has the better team. They have an excellent experienced QB who can pick apart a defense. Not sure what they have at RB but I would expect somebody who can take care of business. The way our offense played last year was pretty pathetic. I worry about them more than I do the defense. O touchdowns against Central Florida? Really? ZERO? You have Murray and AJ and you can’t get the ball to him?
Our defense will be better in the second year of the 3-4. IMO the D line will be the difference here. If they can get the pressure maybe our D backs can get into position to make a play. Not like last year. Work your arse off to get a third and long only to give up a big first down play.
IMO Boise State will want this game more than we do and that might be the difference. How long has it been since we have wanted a game? Maybe Tech in 2009 and Richt actually had a great game plan and it worked. Boise isn’t Tech though so he better have something better.
griz
July 26th, 2011
9:12 am
To hell with all of this SEC crap. Montana will beat TN. While GA PSP’s are toss and catch, BS is running sophisticated practices remotely supervised to avoid NCAA scrutiny. http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/07/26/1739183/bsu-safety-iloka-taking-on-leadership.html
Adam
July 26th, 2011
9:17 am
Bronco blue you don’t have the stadium to make an SEC team play at home there. Your attendance for a year is less than what UGA has every game. Thats why no one plays you there. It damn sure isn’t because we are scared of you.
Adam
July 26th, 2011
9:20 am
You know bronco back in 08 Hawaii thought they were good being 12-0. Anyone remember the sugar bowl?
DawginLex
July 26th, 2011
9:29 am
I didn’t think anybody wanted to watch this crappy Georgia team?
how did this game sellout?
Bulldawg Richie
July 26th, 2011
9:32 am
Rats! I wish I would have known about those tickets going on sale. I would love to have 2 of them.
Bazooka Joe
July 26th, 2011
9:36 am
Beast, agree 100% I (obviously) pull for the Dawgs 365, and then the conference when playing OOC teams.
Ruta – get back to the fryer before you get fired.
Dawg Gone
July 26th, 2011
9:46 am
@gdawginkalamazoo good points however 2 things its a new year and second I really think no one will want this game more than the Dogs…no one.
UGA '05
July 26th, 2011
9:50 am
Griz you are an idiot. Both UGA and BSU are running sophisticated PSPs. Both understand the implications of the opening game. Don’t comment on soimething you know nothing about or haven’t witnessed. I have respect for BSU. They have proven themselves an okay team. IDK if they are great because of their schedule. I just know BSU can compete. Same goes with UGA. Both teams will be ready. It will be a good close game.
RxDawg
July 26th, 2011
9:50 am
“Hope the rumors about Alabama are true. Texas was the better team that year anyway”
Ummm… not that I really have much of a dawg in that fight, but umm, yeh you sir are a blundering idot to type that out with a straight face.
RxDawg
July 26th, 2011
9:56 am
@heeldawg
July 25th, 2011
10:02 pm
Amen brother! Although I think your talking to a couple of fraudulent trolls.
Joey
July 26th, 2011
10:07 am
BroncoBlue, actually it’s the little-bitty grandstands around the “smerf turf” that send shivers down our SEC AD’s spines.
What, 20,000 capacity?
The SEC programs simply can’t afford a home-and-home with Boise.
RxDawg
July 26th, 2011
10:07 am
Ok, after catching up on all the comments let me let you guys in on a little secret. BroncoBlue ins’t really a Boise fan.
RxDawg
July 26th, 2011
10:12 am
“For all you Georgia fans that think you walk over Boise State. I bet you thought the same thing about UCF last year in your bowl game.”
Your right BroncoAlum. I was one of those fans. But I foolishly forgot about one of the most important aspects of picking college bowl game winners. That would be motivation. Believe it or not, sometimes theres just not a lot of motivation to put in the work it takes to win your bowl games. UCF had never won a bowl, UGA was playing in the lowliest of bowls after being used to the big stage for 10 years. So who do you think was more motivated to win?
Now, this is the opening game of the regular season. UGA is the “underdog” against the mighty BSU. I wonder if motivation is going to be a problem this time?
CDAWG
July 26th, 2011
10:20 am
I need tickets, anyone want to sell theirs?
DAWG MAN
July 26th, 2011
10:42 am
No surprise here! The BULLDOG NATION IS DEEP!!!
Big67Bronco
July 26th, 2011
10:42 am
As a Bronco fan, I’m impressed by the level of sportsmanship that is being displayed by Georgia fans on all the blogs. I’m also equally disgusted by our own fans who seem to think they can talk trash about something we haven’t even proven we can do yet. As a former athlete, I believe in talking trash only when you’ve earned the right to talk. Yes, we’ve had great success in the last several years, but we have yet to beat an SEC team. To the Bronco fans…hold your tongue until we’ve proven we can win. It’s your comments that make people hate our team even though I believe we have some of (if not THE) classiest players and coaches in the game today. Good luck to Georgia…it will be a great experience being in the dome to see how it unfolds.
shankit
July 26th, 2011
10:48 am
BroncoBlue – Ya’ll still have Ducks and Geese crashing onto
your field, and crapping?
shankit
July 26th, 2011
10:51 am
Big67Bronco – Dawg fan here. But, I have to say Boise has
been a sentimental favorite team of mine for the last several
years. For a program which only really got started a few years
back to emerge into a potential BCS contender every year, speaks
volumes for your coaches, fans, admininstration and Alumni.
Good luck to ya’ll after Sept. 3rd. Ya’ll are exciting to watch.
PB
July 26th, 2011
10:52 am
Good luck Georgia, it should be a good game! LOL….. not
Big67Bronco
July 26th, 2011
11:00 am
@shankit – I wish more people thought that way about our program, but I feel like our fans can get a little too excited and give our program a negative perception.
Dawg Gone
July 26th, 2011
11:00 am
@Big67Bronco classy post there sir…it will be a good game anyway you slice it.
shankit
July 26th, 2011
11:03 am
Big67Bronco – Fell in love with the Broncos after the
Oklahoma game. Greatest football game I have ever witnessed.
Great to see Stoopy outfoxed and outcoached.
shankit
July 26th, 2011
11:07 am
Dawgs defense don’t need to overpursue, lot’s of misdirection
coming their way to offset size. Broncos are cagey.
gdawginkalamazoo
July 26th, 2011
11:23 am
Big67Bronco, great post. I am like you, I try to wait on the smack talk until the scoreboard tells me I can talk smack. That football can bounce in many different directions on any given Saturday. Oklahoma State, Central Florida, West Virginia, Colorado …. Oh how my dawgs have disappointed in the past couple of years.
UGA(wickett63)Fan
July 26th, 2011
11:36 am
BroncoBlue and Billy just remeber these names when the game is played Abry Jones 6′3″ 309 lbs,DeAngelo Tyson 6′2″ 306 lbs Kwame Gathers 6′6″ 350 lbs Jon Jenkins 6′3 340 lbs and when you have a Fullback comming at you Bruse Figgins 6′7 272 lbs making holes for the RB look out !!!
Broncskis
July 26th, 2011
11:37 am
Ahhh, nothing like the outlandish debates among college football fans. Good luck Georgia; you have a very impressive fan base. The dome will be loud with Bulldog fans. Let’s hope Murray pulls a Zabransky going into his sophomore season..a lot of pressure rides on him.
BSU TRUE
July 26th, 2011
11:37 am
We all understand the pride you Bulldog fans have, but you have NO idea who you are dealing with. THIS Boise State team isn’t the team you killed a few years ago. Our QB at the time choked on several occasions during that game, before he triumphed in the Fiesta Bowl ( one of the best games ever played)! This years Bronco’s will be one the the best Boise State teams to EVER take the field. You will have to watch in awe…. Kellen Moore is the REAL Thing. Our running back Martin will NOT be stopped!
hammerhead
July 26th, 2011
11:42 am
I actually had a soft spot for Boise until they showed up in Athens in 2005 talking smack you wouldn’t believe. It was very gratifying watching Jared Zabranksy sitting on the sidelines with a towel over his head the entire 2nd half as the beatdown continued. 45-19 as I recall.