Money game: UGA-Florida Atlantic pays off for both sides
Florida Atlantic is assured of setting one Sanford Stadium record Saturday night: The Owls will pocket the largest paycheck of any visiting team in Georgia football history.
Georgia will pay Florida Atlantic $1 million for making the trip to Athens — a reflection of the rising cost of scheduling presumed easy victories against FBS nonconference opponents that don’t require a return engagement on their campus.
UGA scheduled the game and agreed to the seven-figure payout after canceling a two-year, home-and-home series with Louisville to accommodate last season’s opener against Boise State in the Georgia Dome.
“We were fortunate [FAU] was available to play on this date,” Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity said this week. “But to make the date work, there was an expectation we had to pay a million dollars. That has kind of become the going rate.”
He isn’t complaining. Even after the record payout, UGA will clear about $1.7 million from the game, according to figures in the school’s athletics budget.
The game, which gives Georgia seven rather than the formerly customary six home games this season, is budgeted to bring in about $2.7 million in ticket revenue, $160,000 in concessions profits and $7,500 from novelty sales. After the FAU payout and about $200,000 in other game expenses, the rest flows to the bottom line.
Even for a UGA athletics department that expects to generate $92 million in revenue this fiscal year, the night’s windfall will be significant. It is more than enough, for example, to cover the annual budgets of the soccer ($667,000) and softball ($790,000) programs.
Georgia will have only six home football games next season, when it plays at Clemson in a tradeoff for a 2014 game in Athens. “We’ll have to be creative in the budget next year to make up that difference,” McGarity said.
FAU won’t sympathize.
To help balance its budget, the school is playing road games against highly ranked SEC opponents on back-to-back Saturdays — this one against No. 7 Georgia and next week against No. 1 Alabama, which will pay the Owls another $1 million.
Payouts have increased because of a supply-demand imbalance: fewer mid-major FBS teams looking to play for pay than big-budget teams willing to pay for play. Two seasons ago, Georgia got Louisiana Lafayette to play in Athens for $875,000. But this season’s opener against Buffalo required a $975,000 payout, UGA’s highest until this week.
(Georgia doesn’t pay SEC schools or Georgia Tech for playing in Athens because those games are reciprocated when the Bulldogs go on the road. Also, FCS opponents — such as Georgia Southern, which plays at UGA on Nov. 17 — command much smaller payouts than the likes of Florida Atlantic. Georgia Southern will get $475,000 for the game in Athens.)
Economics may explain why the paycheck games are scheduled, but the scoreboard and the attendance usually reflect the arguments against them.
Florida Atlantic, a Sun Belt Conference team that went 1-11 last season, is a 43-point underdog to Georgia. And although such games occasionally backfire on the home team (see: Appalachian State over Michigan in 2007 and Louisiana Monroe over Arkansas last week), they usually produce unsavory results (see: Oklahoma State 84, Savannah State 0 two weeks ago) and diminished crowds.
“I don’t think it’s good for college football, but I understand the reality of why schools have to play those games budgetarily,” FAU coach Carl Pelini told the Associated Press.
Georgia has sold out 92,746-seat Sanford Stadium for Saturday, selling the last few hundred tickets early this week in the aftermath of the victory at Missouri. It won’t be a surprise, though, if a noticeable number of students and season-ticket holders are no-shows.
McGarity’s scheduling philosophy, which he brought with him when he returned to Georgia in 2010 after 18 years at Florida, generally is to have seven home games, only occasionally dipping to six in order to play a marquee opponent on a neutral field or in a home-and-home series. With eight SEC opponents and Georgia Tech on the schedule each season, McGarity believes that playing the other three games at home against lower-level opponents — two from an FBS mid-major league and one from the FCS level — best positions Georgia to make a run for the SEC Championship game.
It is uncertain if that philosophy will stand in the coming era of a four-team national playoff, where strength of schedule will be a factor in selecting the field. Georgia’s next opening on a schedule is in 2015, and McGarity is awaiting clarity on playoff criteria before filling it.
Money games are nothing new to Florida Atlantic, which has played — and lost to — Florida, Michigan State, Auburn, Texas, Nebraska and South Carolina in the past few seasons.
Pelini wants FAU to find value beyond dollars in the trip to Athens.
“I want our players to share my vision, and I want my administration and school administration to share my vision,” he told reporters in Boca Raton, Fla. “To go up and play a team that is perennially a top-20 team and see not just [what’s] on the football field but the organization itself [and] how their players act on the field, how their players prepare, how they execute and how their athletic staff administration as a whole conducts the game-day experience — all those things are positive for a school like FAU [to see] because that’s what my vision for this program ultimately would be.”
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Season Ticket Holder Staying Home
September 13th, 2012
6:50 pm
Everyone should stay home to stop this nonsense. One cupcake is enough, 3 is ridiculous. If they don’t make money on these games they will stop. No team with 3 cupcakes on the schedule should be allowed play in the NC game. Strength of schedule should count
dawg4u
September 13th, 2012
6:58 pm
As a huge dawg fan I am embarrassed that we are playing the Florida Atlantic Owls. It pays off for both teams but certainly not the fans. Who in their right mind wants to watch this?
Dawgs ar every bad business people, evidently...
September 13th, 2012
7:08 pm
Alabama only paid GS State $400, last year for the beat down, and UT only paid them about $395K this year. Compare that to what UGA paid New Mexico last year, $1mil, and FL Atlantic this year, $1mil, and boy, do the Dawgs look foolish.
And now that they have set the bar they will have to continue to overpay in order for these type schools to play them – how much did Buffalo get, and how much will GA Southern get?
Dawgs are very bad business people, evidently...
September 13th, 2012
7:09 pm
Oops – should be GA State and $400K…
GoDawgs34
September 13th, 2012
7:10 pm
If you are a season ticket holder you should go to the games to support the team. Empty seats are demoralizing…. And thinking Georgia Southern is a cupcake is a huge mistake. They run the triple option better than GT in my opinion. Georgia Southern could beat many automatic BCS qualifying teams.
Dawgs are very bad business people, evidently...
September 13th, 2012
7:10 pm
Evidently GA Southern is not very well managed, either, if they only get $475K…
What About Bob?
September 13th, 2012
7:13 pm
Having to run the gauntlet of an SEC schedule is brutal, ALL teams need a breather. Relax and enjoy the season we have a long way to go.
Tim Tucker
September 13th, 2012
7:21 pm
Georgia State and Georgia Southern command lower payouts because they are FCS teams. In general, payouts for games against FCS opponents are about half what they are against FBS mid-majors. Only one win per season over an FCS team can count toward bowl eligibility, so there’s more demand (and higher payouts) for teams in FBS leagues like the Sun Belt.
BigDawg
September 13th, 2012
7:21 pm
I believe in McGarity. Obviously, the scheduling strategy he brought from UF worked for them. If you win the SEC, you will be in the NC game. GO DAWGS!
Octoberdawg
September 13th, 2012
7:22 pm
Hey SeasonTicketHolder….some of these teams that play for a NC have those “cupcakes” in their respective conferences. When you have to play 8 SEC games, you can afford to play a few cupcakes. Would you rather play Southern Cal, Tech, Clemson and Texas as our non-conference games?
BigDawg
September 13th, 2012
7:22 pm
Good clarification Tim Tucker for all those haters!
7576DAWG
September 13th, 2012
7:23 pm
It is no different playing the cupcakes of the Big 12 or ACC or Big East or Big10 and there are a lot of cupcakes in those Conferences. The only difference is if we schedule one of those teams we will have to play them at their field the next year. As stated about it is hard to find a team that doesn’t require a return engagement on their campus.
BigDawg
September 13th, 2012
7:23 pm
Amen OctoberDawg! There is nothing even close to SEC competition!!
dawg4u
September 13th, 2012
7:23 pm
I guess we do need a breather after Buffalo and Missouri!
dawg4u
September 13th, 2012
7:24 pm
I guess we do need a breather after Buffalo and Missouri !
Delbert D.
September 13th, 2012
7:26 pm
Novelty sales? Is that legal on a college campus? Will the store windows be blacked out?
Dawgs are very bad business people, evidently...
September 13th, 2012
7:26 pm
Thanks for the clarification, Mr. Tucker…
Dawgs are very bad business people, evidently...
September 13th, 2012
7:32 pm
So you mean next year tht whatever FCS teams outside the Sun Belt Conference who plays GA State will have to pay them $1mil, instead of the current $400K in order for them to get pasted since they will be a FBS school? WOW, no wonder they accelerated their building schedule…
Tim Tucker
September 13th, 2012
7:43 pm
Yep, when Georgia State is in FBS, it’ll be able to command the much higher payouts.
Worm
September 13th, 2012
7:45 pm
Well, they Go to BAMA next week and have a return engagement in a year ot two in Tuskaloosa”
drbasic1
September 13th, 2012
8:23 pm
hey season ticket holder….don’t you go to the games and pay the big bucks as a donor to see the dawgs play? Does it matter who they play? You sound like one of the 50 yard line dead beats who never get up and cheer anyone, thus who gives a rats a$$ if you stay at home or not! I am an alumnus and a hartman fund contributor but i live in Texas and my schedule does not allow me to attend all games. I brought my adult son to the Kentucky game last year, it was his first, it was the experience itself….didn’t matter the opponent…I would LOVE to be there for EVERY home game, as I love the dawgs and am there to SUPPORT them……get your money back, I am sure many are waiting to take your lame non support place!
drbasic1
September 13th, 2012
8:27 pm
@ dawg4u
read my 8:23 post….same goes for you.
chase
September 13th, 2012
8:31 pm
generating nearly 100 million a year….in state tuition should be free…! And that’s coming from a UGA grad and former walk-on player!
drbasic1
September 13th, 2012
8:37 pm
Chase you didn’t major in Business Management did you?
Just Saying
September 13th, 2012
8:52 pm
Bama played Ga Southern last year and plays Florida Atlantic next week. Give me a break, these games obviously have ZERO impact on preventing a team from making it to a NC game……in fact, they help make the journey possible!!! I wish the pessimists would look at the big picture and quit blasting McGarity for doing things right with the scheduling.
Season Ticket Holder Staying Home
September 13th, 2012
8:57 pm
Some of you folks would probably go just to see Russ get his collar. You obviously don’t care about real football.
This has nothing to do with supporting the team. Its just about money (See article title)
Hope we play the LA Monroe cupcakes next year.
Sorry, Ga Southern without Erk or Paul is just another cupcake.
Mobile Dawg
September 13th, 2012
9:10 pm
Good for FAU, a million dollars will go a long way toward their bottom line. Congrats to you Hartman Fund donors for supporting FAU. Sometime you people are to ignorant for your own good.
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
9:13 pm
Season ticket holder, lol. Maybe for Tech. Definitely not a UGA fan, not a good one anyway. An insessant whinner crying on a blog about something, anything. More like another nerd troll trying to make UGA look bad here because you can’t do it on the field. You don’t like the Dawgs, “don’t let the screendoor hit ya, where the good Lord split ya! “…
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
9:16 pm
A Dawg fan making fun of Big Russ? I don’t think so. Just another troll…
Mobile Dawg
September 13th, 2012
9:32 pm
kingdaddy, Russ has “earned” his tenure as UGA IV. Sometimes us bastards just can’t be beat.
William
September 13th, 2012
9:39 pm
I’ll be there Saturday night. I don’t care who we play, I support the DAWGS. Quit whinning about the schedule. We have plenty of tough games ahead, Vandy, Tennessee, S. Carolina, etc. We need a breather or two. GATA DAWGS
Cut tan
September 13th, 2012
9:49 pm
The only reason they scheduled FAU is because of the Boise state game last year! So why is everyone up in arms. Go get drunk and enjoy the night game. Have fun and Go Dawgs.
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
10:10 pm
UGA IX…
Buckheaddawg
September 13th, 2012
10:12 pm
At least this article didn’t have anything from carvell in it……
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
10:13 pm
Atta boy William…
Cut tan, I’ll drink to that…
kingdaddy
September 13th, 2012
10:16 pm
MobileDawg
I have a feeling wayyyyyyy down deep, that Russ may end up as one of the best team players we’ve ever had. Now if we can teach him to hate anyone in an Auburn uniform…
Dawg
September 13th, 2012
10:24 pm
Ga southern is no cupcake..fau is scheduled because of the boise game last year. These games are for money, getting some players experince/playing time, and to help wirk on the little things that go wrong in the big games. It shouldnt matter who they play, support is support. Im almist sure there are trolls here, but watever, I made my point
Bvlle Dawg
September 13th, 2012
10:42 pm
In life you play the cards dealt to you, let’s play whoever,whenever,wherever and get better, See you Sat nite, we’ll start rockin and gettin these guys ready to make a run to the dome
sldasdf
September 13th, 2012
10:46 pm
College football is a poor product. There is no way I’d pay to watch this crap. Do away with the needless conferences. Schedule 10 quality opponents and then have a 16 team playoff. Let the other sports play intramurals if they want. Who cares. Let the crappy schools give up football. All this money changes hands and none of it trickles down to the people who make it happen.
fan
September 13th, 2012
10:59 pm
How much money did Presbyterian pay the yellow blowflys to play them?
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
11:02 pm
Show me some Faton Bauta this Saturday!! Can’t wait to see this guy get some action!!
mopardog
September 13th, 2012
11:20 pm
@sldasdf
Get Out! Get the Eff Out!! Why are you here bashing college football? It is a deeply rooted rich tradition for every fan of any team, even the nerds at GA tech. If you don’t want to pay money to watch what you consider “crap” well guess what. You don’t have to! Face reality and realize that money is part of the whole football “game.” I don’t like it anymore than you do, but that is how it is.
Fair n Balanced
September 13th, 2012
11:25 pm
I don’t support Mgarity. Ga should always have 7 home games in this era. And without playing teams like FAU. this is meaningless, makes the weekend uninteresting and you’ll find the fans unexcited. Poor choice to start last season with a team like BS too. It’s all about money. Nothing else. Mgarity is all about it and does not care what he has to do to get it. Willing to throw out our unis to get whipped in Atlanta, now this week a second home game vs a cupcake. Poor scheduling my friend.
7576DAWG
September 14th, 2012
12:05 am
The best way to add a home game at least every other year is to stop giving Florida an extra home game every year. Ever since I attended UGA in the early to mid 70’s I have chosen not to support Jacksonville. 37 years and counting and very proud of it. The one year they brought the game back to Athens I couldn’t go because of family matters.
Maybe in my lifetime but I am not holding my breath.
mopardog
September 14th, 2012
12:21 am
Hell Yeah 7576DAWG! Lets bring it back Between the Hedges and into The Swamp!!! Enough of this crap. Lets just play some ball dammit!
L.A. BULLDAWG
September 14th, 2012
12:47 am
SOME SCHOOLS WILL DO ANYTHING FOR MONEY! WITNESS: NOTRE DAME! WHAT A JOKE! THEY PRETEND TO BE HOLIER THAN THOU, BUT, THE SECOND A MAJOR CONFERENCE COMES CALLING, THERE THEY GO! ATLEAST FLORIDA ATLANTIC, DOESN’T PRETEND! UGA 56 FLA. ATLANTIC 0!
Top Row Dawg
September 14th, 2012
1:10 am
Ain’t nothing better than a day long tailgate in Athens Georgia. A 7:45 game on ESPN 3 and fans still complain. Looking forward to seeing some stats put up and some players we wouldn’t normally see. Looking forward to displaying my Larry Munson greatest calls program collection down by the dawg walk all day (stop by for trip down memory lane). Looking forward to good friends, grilled food, big screen TV games in the fresh air. A breather after last weeks heart stopper. Another game for the suspended players to count off.
Fixing to hit a stretch of tough competition. Nothing wrong with an easy ticket to bring kids and grand kids over for a Georgia experience.
Anyone who boycotts should at least donate the tickets to someone who may consider it a joyous celebration. If you just want empty seats on TV to show your protest, I have to question your commitment to the program. We’ve paid our dues with the tough schedule lately OSU / Colorado / Boise State. I would have like to seen Louisville, but this is what we got so suck it up, show up, this is our season Dawg fans DON’T MISS IT…….BE THERE.
Salty Dawg
September 14th, 2012
4:33 am
Season ticket you Tech boys better be glad Ga Southern isn’t playing you they would give you a beat down.Ask Saban how much of a cupcake they were last year,put up more yards and points than anyone has in several years…….
barrow dog
September 14th, 2012
6:10 am
i really like seeing how much the other sport programs cost, and think an article showing how the business of college football pays for most of those programs would be interesting. if not for a profitable football program, tuition/taxes would have to cover those cost.
Old Dog Class of 80
September 14th, 2012
6:35 am
So, what exactly, do the Dawgs get out of this game other than a practice game? A chance to run up Aaron Murray’s stats? What do we fans get out of it? Nothing! If they win, it was an easy win. If they lose, OMG. They won’t get anthing out of it. I remember the last one of these “cupcakes” I attended in Athens, It was such a snoozer that I left just after halftime.
dmr
September 14th, 2012
6:47 am
I know Florida Atlantic is supposed to be the proverbial cupcake. But ask Arkansas and Its fans if they were more embarrassed before they played ULM or after!
Craig
September 14th, 2012
7:25 am
This is a bunch of crap…..we pay money to this institution and this is what we get??????? I am fed up with this total waste of money for what?????? FAU at niight??? BS total BS….Mr. McGarity- you had really better start paying attention to what your donors are trying to tell you or you will have to do more than schedule 7 home games to make up for lost revenue……this is my last year of buying season tickets to watch CRAP
Craig
September 14th, 2012
7:32 am
oh….and yes- that is exactly what this game will do. Build Murray’s stats so we can put him on a higher pedistal. Earth to UGA team…..THE ONLY reason we beat Miz was our defense! Dont get real full of yourselves yet.Our offense showed up for MAYBE 18 minutes of the entire game. BUT yet again, we will continue to tout Murray as the savior….and the all SEC QB that still looks like a deer in headlights when we play a decent team
@eidsonb
September 14th, 2012
7:44 am
@What About Bob? Georgia Gauntlet of SEC Sch’d? Really…..really….Dont even play the only two really good teams in the conference….
It cuts both ways, Old Dog Class of 80...
September 14th, 2012
7:45 am
…the last “snoozer” at UGA where I left at halftime was the beatdown ‘Bama put on the Dawgs in that infamous “blackout game” back in 2007 – UGA ain’t been the same since – and I haven’t been back since then, either, though I do continue to fund Hartmann and buy season tickets –
And this year even the ticket broker would not buy my tickets, citing the schedule as the reason – had to sell them on Craigslist…
TY
September 14th, 2012
7:46 am
Dawgs need to spend the whole ball game working on the running game with all four of the backs just to give the OL and backs more experience and give the WRs more blocking practice. That will help the team more than running up a score.
Seajayn
September 14th, 2012
7:47 am
Yes, we need another gimme game in order for our convict players to return from suspension. $1mil is chump change for UGA football.
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September 14th, 2012
8:02 am
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Paddy
September 14th, 2012
8:05 am
Fair and Balanced……UGA shoud play 7 home games every year and not schedule any cupcakes, you say. It s safe to say you will not be advancing to the ‘lightning round’!
Mobile Dawg
September 14th, 2012
8:18 am
Thanks for the correction kingdaddy, good thing the players don’t wear Roman Numerals huh.
dawgfan
September 14th, 2012
8:22 am
FBS teams can only play on FCS opponent and have that win count for towards a bowl win, so teams like GA southern and GA state are FCS opponents and the demand for them are low. That is probably why GA state plans to become a FBS team next year, bigger paychecks for the beat downs. GA southern likes to win and the only place they can do that right now is in FCS leagues, they have a decent fan base that brings in the money that way. Famous quote from Oh brother, where art thou… “Its all about the money boys”
202dawg
September 14th, 2012
8:25 am
‘very bad people’, the difference in payoff is due to flying vs taking a bus. Ga St bussed to Tuscerlooser, and Knoxvegas too I am sure…
Paddy
September 14th, 2012
8:37 am
202dawg……. good point. Bet FAU took the bus to Athens also. That makes for an even better bottom line for them.
Drago
September 14th, 2012
8:43 am
Ya know, It gets really tiring to keep hearing about UGA’s schedule. UGA plays the same schools everybody else plays, but UGA gets the grief. UT can play Ga State, Bama can play a directional LA school, tek can play Samford—and very little is said. Everybody wants UGA to play MIchigan, Oklahoma, and Penn St or the like every year as out of conference games. But no thought is given to whether these teams will play UGA.
Come on into the real world, it’s about the money and keeping programs viable.
ls54
September 14th, 2012
8:47 am
Cmon people this is football Alabama has there fair share of these games also Florida and Texas this game is short notice after louisville pulled out all major school had made there schedules already UGA will be fine the money is not a issue to them so why should it be to you its not your money support them dont down them these are kids we talking about they dont get paid for this
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
8:52 am
Mobile Dawg
I know you knew, bro. I screw up all the time and will never be perfect no matter how hard I try. You sir are now and will forever be a DGD!!!
Boise Dawg
September 14th, 2012
8:54 am
I don’t have as much an issue with the scheduling philosophy of Garity than I do… why are we paying FAU $1M? It seems excessive… I thought the whole idea behind paying the teams to come here is because we aren’t going to give them a return game…. so I don’t understand why you would pay an FAU so much.
Also, if we are going to schedule 2 lower tier FBS programs, can’t we find something a little more exciting than Buffalo and FAU? Especially if we are willing to pay $1M. At least step it up slightly and look for FBS programs that have some level of respectability. There are probably FCS schools that would be tougher than Buffalo and FAU. Why not look at an East Carolina, Southern Miss, or Tulsa? At least find a non-BCS conference team that is respectable in their own conference.
KBP
September 14th, 2012
8:56 am
I like the idea of playing lower division schools as we have no preseason games to work the kinks out. Not even scrimmages against opposing teams. The NFL has 4 cupcake games every year to work out the kinks before the games matter.
Orlandodawg
September 14th, 2012
9:03 am
Quite whining! Go to the game and ENJOY the game day experience…McGarity knows what he is doing and as said before, it worked at Florida! Just back the Dawgs! Quite whining!
DawginLex
September 14th, 2012
9:10 am
WAH!! WAH!!!
What a bunch of whiny babies.
If you don’t want to go, then stay home but otherwise, shutup about the schedule.
And the comment about “no team playing 3 cupcakes should play for the national title”, shows ho wbig an idiot you really are.
Who is Bama playing this week?- WKU
Who is LSU playing this week-Idaho.
UGA’s schedule for 2012 is plenty tough given that SC, Fla and UT are all ranked and GT could end up there.
Good lord
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
9:11 am
I’m proud of my school no matter who we play. Do I want them to play Louisville or Fla. Atlantic, hmmmmmm. I’ll take Ol Louie anyday, but I won’t cry like a baby when my AD schedules an “easy” game. We need to support our Athletic Dept. You have every right to complain about the scheduling, but do you really need to? There are enough whining trolls on these blogs that try to make UGA look lame. As a “fan”, you can find a way to do it without tearing your school apart if you give constructive criticism instead of barbs. Let the trolls throw the barbs…
Bob
September 14th, 2012
9:16 am
USC plays on average, 6 home games a year. How is it they can afford to run 30 or so sports teams with that income and my Dawgs need 7 home games to support 10 less sports? And half the SEC feels they have to have 8 games at home to pay for those sports?
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
9:17 am
What’s up Lex?
I keep seeing ESPN3 listed on the game, but I’m seeing it listed on CSS @7:30…
Jim
September 14th, 2012
9:21 am
We only have one off week between games and that doesn’t come until late in the season. A poster pointed out that he guessed we do need a breather after Buffalo and Missouri (sarcasm). Well, Jarvis Jones looks like he could use a breather (no sarcasm). If he plays against FA his snaps will be limited. I would sit him down and not risk further injury to his groin, an injury that is hard to get rid of. I know any player can get hurt in any game, even against lesser opponents. But, for those nursing injuries we can use FA as an off date. If we are to win the SEC East and become SEC champs, we will have to have Jarvis in the lineup in critical games.
All of our competition have their fair share of cupcakes. If we schedule fewer easy wins than they we will be the worse for it.
dale
September 14th, 2012
9:37 am
Hopefully we catch the Owls looking ahead to next week.
DawginLex
September 14th, 2012
9:47 am
king
It’s computer only where I live and I won’t be home. I hope the hotel where I will be has good WiFi……………..
Boise State's Schedule
September 14th, 2012
9:51 am
Just follow our lead; 1 tough non conference opponent + 11 cupcakes = mainstream media pundits’ sympathy vote into the BCS NC discussion every year.
aprilglaspie
September 14th, 2012
10:01 am
Novelty sales? Keep Rambo and Tree away.
Tulane and Johnny opened a novelty shop
Back under the counter, was the cream of the crop
Games of this sort are crucial to funding Title IX teams, but I don’t suppose you purists care if women get to play soccer and softball because of them. Those are some stupid, phony excuses for sports fans.
aprilglaspie
September 14th, 2012
10:02 am
Boise, and wear home uniforms the same color as the field.
WDE
September 14th, 2012
10:05 am
Well at least we didn’t stoop to playing the Blue Hose….
gdawginkalamazoo
September 14th, 2012
10:09 am
drbasic1, ditto. As an alumnus that lives far from Athens, the game day experience is what I miss.
Boise State's Schedule
September 14th, 2012
10:16 am
@april. Good call!
Georgia Football vs. Florida Atlantic: Low Suspense, Big Money - Georgia News Feed
September 14th, 2012
10:18 am
[...] What the visiting team will be expecting for its trouble, though, is a big paycheck: UGA has agreed to fork over $1 million for the privilege of hosting Florida Atlantic without a reciprocal visit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that’s the most Georgia has ever paid a visiting team. [...]
Ga Dawg81
September 14th, 2012
10:22 am
It does not matter who we play. If you love UGA you will be there. Trust me, it matters to the players who look up and see the stands full. To all those complaining about the schedule, do you o know what all is involved? Half of you were probably complaining when we had a tougher schedule wanting to know why we did not schedule cupcake teams. When Title IX went into effect, football became about economics. The revenue from the football team is supporting almost every sports team we have less gymnastics. If the gymnastics team goes into a downwards spiral then the football revenue will support them as well. Do not get me wrong I am for equality but I think every sport should be some what self sufficient. Why should our money we donate and tickets we buy support the equestrian team? The weather will be great and the team needs our support after a big win last week. Go and support your school.
Go Dawgs!!!!
DIT
September 14th, 2012
10:24 am
“Hopefully we catch the Owls looking ahead to next week.”
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L.O.L. – That was funny right there!
damngooddawg!
September 14th, 2012
10:26 am
drbasic1 Re: your 8:23 post. Why are you getting so hostile towards people who express their point of view? The fact that you are an alum who lives in Texas and wants to attend more games does not give you the right to attack people personally on this or any other blog. Hey, Dude, God don’t like naughty, so…lighten up.
damngooddawg!
September 14th, 2012
10:28 am
As Obama would say, “Let me be clear”. I don’t want UGA scheduling more than 1 cupcake game per season. There….I’ve said it…and I’m not apologizing!
UGA Insider
September 14th, 2012
10:37 am
I would like to know what $ McGarity paid Samuel Jackson? I would also like to know if McGarity also wished that Hurricane Issac would have hit innocent people in Tampa just because the GOP Nat’l Convention was in town. McGarity will have a new boss soon and I am anxious to see if he keeps his job. Word is he is an Adams puppet and Adams if fully in charge of suspension. MB won’t tell the team or the player the length of the suspensions as well which is why the suspended players show up on the depth chart. Commings didn’t know he was out until last Thursday.
Do your homework
September 14th, 2012
10:38 am
You idiots keep spouting off about schedule. Here’s an idea..do your homework and quit repeating what you hear somebody else say or what you’ve seen in another post. Print off Alabama’s schedule and then print off Georgia’s schedule. Lay them side by side and compare. You’ll find they aren’t that much different. Each team plays 3 “cupcake” teams. Each team plays the teams in their division. Georgia adds in Auburn (rival) and the Nerds (rival). Guess what team was on the schedule in the Missouri slot before the SEC changed the matchup….drum roll…..Alabama. Geez. You people call yourselves Georgia fans. You fill these posts with all that you hate about Georgia football. I’ve watched the Dawgs for 30 years and do my best to stay away from people like you. If you hate Georgia so much, here’s an idea, there is a team that plays at Bobby Dodd. It’s on the corner of North Avenue. I’m positive they will have an extra ticket you can buy for any game of your choice, of course except for every other year when the real Dawg fans show up and take over.
glsjunior
September 14th, 2012
10:39 am
Yep…we at GSU have gone from street walker like Ga Southern, to high class call girl in FBS. You gotta pay to play…
UGA Insider
September 14th, 2012
10:39 am
MA, sorry.
UGA Insider
September 14th, 2012
10:41 am
OrlandoDawg,
Adams has just about ruined the gameday experience. Just look at the students who stay away now. That is our point… it’s hard to enjoy.
Alphare
September 14th, 2012
10:41 am
“annual budgets of the soccer ($667,000) and softball ($790,000) programs”.
If that’s the case, why don’t UGA football team simply play against UGA soccer team or softball team?
That way, soccer/softball team will get the expenses paid for for the year and with some leftover.
damngooddawg!
September 14th, 2012
10:45 am
Hey, you alums…are you saying that your opinions count more than us poor guys who are just fans? Nobody gives a rip whether you are an alumnus or not. It doesn’t make your point more important to anyone but you. I’m just sayin’.
damngooddawg!
September 14th, 2012
10:48 am
I used to attend “In Service Training” on the Athens campus. Does that count? I know a guy who drives past the front entrance every day…how about him? Is his point as valid as yours?
Truthiness
September 14th, 2012
10:52 am
This isn’t about the playing of sports. It’s about the business of sports. That’s why it’s called entertainment. As long as fans buy tickets and spend their money, playing cupcake teams to bolster the winning record makes perfect business sense. The one thing that guarantees lost revenue is losing. As long as the entertainment value of whipping up on weak teams has no financial downside, you’d be a foolish AD not to take advantage of a few more checks in the win column.
Carly
September 14th, 2012
11:03 am
UGA (the dog) has been emasculated, but is equipped with glass gonads!!!
WDE
September 14th, 2012
11:04 am
Hey I woke up this morning and realized the worst of the heat of summer has passed, the football season has started and we are 2-0 ! Man it is Great to be a Georgia Bull Dog !! Go Dawgs !
Alphare
September 14th, 2012
11:18 am
WDE,
your team still hasn’t beaten a top-25 team in 3 years if I remember correctly. BTW, for 3 quarters you guys seemed to be losing to an un-ranked team last week.
Just want to pour some cold Autumn water in there. LOL.
golfDawg
September 14th, 2012
11:51 am
Funny the idiot “Sunny Cloisters” doesn’t get it that “example: Alabama” plays the FAU next week just like “example: Georgia” does this week? I live in Alabama and am exposed to these idiots on a daily basis. Will return to Georgia in 16-1/2 months. Thank, God.
Chuck
September 14th, 2012
12:07 pm
This is exactly why college football is a joke, and every one of you cousin-marrying jackwagons who trek to watch games like this are perpetuating the problem.
Football–real football–is played on Sundays. The garbage disguised as competitive football being delivered by the NCAA is criminal.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2012
12:08 pm
All the nay sayers should take a look at http://www.fbsschedules.com.
Every legit team in the SEC have 3 “cupcakes” scheduled. Including UGA, UF, UT, AL, LSU, ARK.
Quit the complaining and support your team jokers, no matter who it is.
TampaDawg
September 14th, 2012
12:09 pm
Oh and South Carolina
Otto
September 14th, 2012
12:13 pm
I have run across a few offers for free tickets to this game both e-mail and facebook postings. Season ticket holders will not completely give up their season tickets due to the length of time to work their way up to good seats. I know a few fans that learned that in the 90s.
The previous model of 1 big OOC game outside of GT was great. The Cupcake model did work at UF but they are also media darlings who also played FSU not GT. UGA does not have those advantages. Luckily the SEC is on top of the CFB world.
BTW I have not accepted any tickets for the game. UF/UT is looking more interesting than fighting traffic, paying for parking, and then getting home at 1AM or later for FAU.
Otto
September 14th, 2012
12:19 pm
LSU, Bama, and UT all face 1 OOC game from a BCS Conf. UF is lucky to have FSU built in. Yes UGA has GT built in but they rarely have the respect that FSU does. Yes LSU is only Washington but last year they played 2 BCS conf champs.
Even Arky had Tx A&M before they joined the SEC. I just ask for 1 OOC game with a respected BCS Conf program outside of GT.
Concerned
September 14th, 2012
12:26 pm
Funny Sunny Cloisters……….Alabama is a backwards state evidenced by no real culture throught the state. Football is king as is atletics. Take Mercedes out of Vance, and Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have little to support a decent wage. The state has to strive for college football as there is nothing eles except car racing. The people of that state are still living in the 50s and 70s for the most part. Throw in Northport and you have the old south plus some. Saban is there because of the money period. I know a bunch of the people there and have friends on the staff. Money talks, and yes what else do Alabama people have. So there is much to say about an idol, an obsession, and an addiction. RTR, but at what cost to the state.
I still say Georgia is a better balanced university, as well state, and not many players play at Alabama other than players who are black from other southern states. Athletes from other better balanced regions will not go to Alabama for first an education, second for an area which is far from in tune with progressive walks. Take Cumming, Georgia in the 70s, and this is Tuscaloosa and the state.
Enough said, go play your game of feeling big, wonderful, and like you really have something going on. At the end of the decade you may win one or two more NC, but the state, the fans, and the students will still be thinking football instead of a quality of life.
This is serious stuff in Alabama as many are not happy with their state nor over the top attraction to college football. Make no mistake having a coach like Mark Richt is more desirable than a task master like Nick Saban. At the end of the day, do you see ESPN employing an ex Bama players? Do you see one in high public office, and yes even lobg term in the NFL.
Too shallow to not see through. Times are changing, and Alabama people who are in the know understand this.
Show me more than a flag or throphy, and then respect may follow. Town next to Tuscaloosa is called Cottondale, and need I saw more.
WDE
September 14th, 2012
12:29 pm
@Alphare some of those teams that didn’t end in the top 25 didn’t because the played and lost to UGA..just want to pour a little reality in there…LOL…
GTBob
September 14th, 2012
12:31 pm
Its a shame that what is best for the fans is not hardly even a concern in college football anymore. With only 12 games a year, nobody should be wasting time with 2-3 practice games.
1 Million Smackeroo's
September 14th, 2012
12:31 pm
…for this obscene waste of 4 hours of College Football is a joke. I think what is happening on that in regards to payouts is some of those schools are blackmailing the bigger schools and saying we want a piece of the pie to gain notoriety. It wouldn’t surprise me that on the backs of these payouts more Sunbelt Teams don’t whip up on some folks in the coming years. Think about this if they don’t play cupcake teams then it reverts back to Strength of Schedule….so pay’em to play but don’t be surprised when they whip ya because of the money you pumped’em
Kingsx7
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
Sunny Cloisters SUCKS Just like his LOGIC . !!!!!!!!!!
WDE
September 14th, 2012
12:33 pm
@Concerned good post, well thought out and written. I’m no Bama fan , but folks of insight and intelligence have been making this point since the Bear got to Bama and while true then and true now nothing has really changed.
K CONWAY
September 14th, 2012
12:49 pm
How about Savannah State for homecoming?
Contractor
September 14th, 2012
1:42 pm
“The game, which gives Georgia seven rather than the formerly customary six home games this season…” I’d rather have the six home games instead of adding this crappy matchup. This game will only slow Georgia down. It is no surprise that Georgia has issues getting up for games and having to overcome the vanilla and lackadaisical play calling of Mike Bobo, so adding a game like this is not what this team needs, nor is it a game that will get them ready for the SEC slate coming up. I understand you can’t just schedule a Top 20 team at the drop of a hat, because of logistics etc, but this game will only hurt Georgia and they could have easily found another D-1 program to come in and fill this slot and give more competition.
FaithfulDawg86
September 14th, 2012
1:53 pm
LA Bulldawg: You’re a moron. EVERY major conference has been courting ND forever… And quit using all caps. If you don’t how to use a keyboard, stay off the computer.
Under The Bleachers
September 14th, 2012
3:19 pm
UGA should be congratulated. The SEC schedule is commanded by the SEC office, while the Outer Conference schedule is dictated by the AD/Head Coach and Administration. Why congratulate UGA? Well anyone with two good eyes and/or good ears can see and hear that this years schedule is for UGA is a cakewalk into the SECCG and a BCS bowl with above average play.
We congratulate UGA for winning in Missouri whom many thought would be the toughest test outside of their games in Columbia, SC and in Jacksonville, Fl. We congratulate UGA for scheduling soft outer conference teams that allow players to develop through extended playing time for 2nd and 3rd teamers while getting reps for your front line players. We congratulate UGA for scheduling these soft teams to allow players to heal and to develop plays in real game situations.
We finally congratulate UGA for their scheduling in 2012 to allow Mark Richt to get 10 to 12 wins again and to get the UGA fanbase off the ” FireMarkRicht” website and band wagon. This all preceding the fact that in 2013 the schedule turns against UGA while losing a good group of defensive starters in early exit to the NFL and other drafted players to witnesss the road games in the SEC West, The improved Florida Gators, The improved Tennessee Volunteers, The improved Missouri Tigers, and the Clemson Tigers on the road.
Congratulations and enjoy this soft soft schedule year.
haters can't pinpoint this argument on one school, although they stupidly try
September 14th, 2012
3:32 pm
ALL schools do it….Thanks Tim for pointing out some of the schools that also have paid FAU to play them.
And that’s just FAU. There’s a cupcake for every big time school on their program.
Under The Bleachers
September 14th, 2012
3:33 pm
Concerned
September 14th, 2012
12:26 pm
Funny Sunny Cloisters……….Alabama is a backwards state evidenced by no real culture throught the state. Football is king as is atletics. Take Mercedes out of Vance, and Tuscaloosa and Birmingham have little to support a decent wage. The state has to strive for college football as there is nothing eles except car racing. The people of that state are still living in the 50s and 70s for the most part. Throw in Northport and you have the old south plus some. Saban is there because of the money period. I know a bunch of the people there and have friends on the staff. Money talks, and yes what else do Alabama people have. So there is much to say about an idol, an obsession, and an addiction. RTR, but at what cost to the state.
I still say Georgia is a better balanced university, as well state, and not many players play at Alabama other than players who are black from other southern states. Athletes from other better balanced regions will not go to Alabama for first an education, second for an area which is far from in tune with progressive walks. Take Cumming, Georgia in the 70s, and this is Tuscaloosa and the state.
Enough said, go play your game of feeling big, wonderful, and like you really have something going on. At the end of the decade you may win one or two more NC, but the state, the fans, and the students will still be thinking football instead of a quality of life.
This is serious stuff in Alabama as many are not happy with their state nor over the top attraction to college football. Make no mistake having a coach like Mark Richt is more desirable than a task master like Nick Saban. At the end of the day, do you see ESPN employing an ex Bama players? Do you see one in high public office, and yes even lobg term in the NFL.
Too shallow to not see through. Times are changing, and Alabama people
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Concerned, you are brain dead if you think ANYONE in college football would Mark Richt and his outlaws coaching a football team over Nick Saban. That is just too funny and also ignorant at the same time.
You speak so poorly of Alabama, and yet I guess you never run to Atlanta and watch all the scum and crime on the street, the drug dealings, and corruption that IS Atlanta’s trademark. I guess all those jobs lost in Atlanta are just minor inconviences. I guess all those issues that plague Atlanta Traffic are minor as well.
Look, every state has issues, every city has issues, but to think the 5th highest Trailer poplulation lives in Georgia does not mean anything, but it is reflective of the way of life.
By the way, Florida, California, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia….
http://www.census.gov/apsd/www/statbrief/sb94_10.pdf
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 14th, 2012
3:36 pm
hahaha yes it does payoff at the EXPENSE to the fans.
Paying to go to this game is just stupid but who said UGa fans were smart.
I am so sick of these crappy over priced games. Until fans say no and stop paying for this crap it will continue.
I didn’t even consider going to the PC game last week.
Next
September 14th, 2012
3:42 pm
Yes, there are cupcakes on EVERY schools schedules, but those people in glass houses with their hate towards other schools don’t believe in facts.
This means every one of you on a Bulldog blog that are not Bulldog fans.
What a waste of time and energy spent on stalking other schools sites to spew venom at others. You’re PITIFUL.
Go Dawgs!
September 14th, 2012
3:45 pm
How true Next
go home children
September 14th, 2012
3:50 pm
Don’t bother with the long monologue posts….they’re instantly ignored after the first insult.
If constructive, they would be read….but they’re not constructive.
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 14th, 2012
3:51 pm
Next…..and changing your Posting handle more than you underwear is Pitiful too.
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
3:57 pm
Twink
please don’t make asinine statements about not going to the game last weekend. Was that really the reason you decided not to go to the game? I hope you let me leave it at that. Find another argument my friend…
JACK THOMPSON
September 14th, 2012
3:58 pm
presbyterian college, my ole school got plenty of cash and 2 basketball games out of teck last week! the money built them a complete weight room!!
loving my school
September 14th, 2012
3:59 pm
The few anti-bulldog posters in here definitely come across as jackasses.
They were probably born that way. Anger management is in their future.
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:00 pm
Where are all our Missouri bloggers???
Next
September 14th, 2012
4:01 pm
twinkie dick admitted he’s pitiful
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 14th, 2012
4:01 pm
Does any SEC not CHEAT in some way in some sport?
Byron De’Vinner, the 7-on-7 summer league football coach in Nashville who said Tuesday that he witnessed a booster give Mississippi State freshman defensive back Will Redmond money, told ESPN on Wednesday the same booster told him he provided benefits to “five or six” Mississippi State athletes.
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:03 pm
Jack T.
That is awesome, bro. I hope that is excatly what they do with all that money. Congratulations…
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:05 pm
Does any ACC school not cheat in some way in some sport? LOL…
Next
September 14th, 2012
4:07 pm
Their schools aren’t loved enough to have their own site?
Nah, they got a site, but they go on others because they’re pitiful.
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:08 pm
Twink
You get too hot bush-hogging today??? Drink an ice cold 55, you’ll feel better…
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 14th, 2012
4:08 pm
KingDaddy but I could have gone. I didn’t even see the reason to waste the time.
If it was UVa last weekend I would have mustered up and gone.
King how the hell are LSU player now ineligible? Haha what grades just showed-up last week?
Sounds fishy don’t it?
Do you think it will get better with the PLAYOFF and larger conferences to keep schools from cheating to get a competitive advantage? Thank God the NCAA is requiring harder courses in high school and a higher GPA to play college sports in the future.
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:10 pm
I never thought I ‘d say it, but Jimmy Carter is starting to look pretty good, lol…
Moving on up
September 14th, 2012
4:11 pm
laughing all the way to the top, while others wallow and swallow.
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:13 pm
Did the suspended LSU player play this year???
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:17 pm
Twink
it’s just me, but I would not have been able to go. Someone would have gotten hurt. Still working on my anger managment. Couple of rude idiots, and I would have been in the Athens Hilton (pokey)…
I dropped my fried twinkie
September 14th, 2012
4:22 pm
No KING I don’t think they played yet but I sounded like Les just filed the appeal to allow them to play. I mean he had to know either in the spring of the end of the Summer classes these guys were in trouble. So, why wait until now to appeal?
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:33 pm
I’m not saying he wouldn’t, but why would Coach Miles need to cheat with the depth he has. Why take a chance when you’re loaded with talent???
kingdaddy
September 14th, 2012
4:35 pm
I’ll be back. Hope they get some new articles…
Jerry Seinfeld
September 14th, 2012
5:11 pm
I would prefer that Georgia have played Louisville last season instead of Boise State, and then we could play the Cardinals instead of the Owls. I like playing the first game of the season against a team like FAU, but not the third game. I would like to play a good team out of conference like Clemson or a Big 10 school. That way, Georgia has a challenge and the game is interesting, but it’s not a game we will almost certainly lose (like Boise last year).
Jerry Seinfeld
September 14th, 2012
5:13 pm
LSU is loaded, especially on defense. There’s no reason for them to cheat over anything.
Michael Dyer
September 14th, 2012
5:21 pm
@Under The Bleachers
If you want to write a book, then you should first learn proper grammar.
Michael Dyer
September 14th, 2012
5:23 pm
@Under The Bleachers
Excuse me. I see that you were merely responding to Concerned’s poorly written rant.
Jerry Seinfeld
September 14th, 2012
5:24 pm
I see the benefit of playing a team like this though. Any players who are banged up can rest and it gives coaches a chance to get their second-string players valuable experience. Georgia’s second string defensive players appear to have a lot of talent and could certainly use playing time. As I said earlier, though, I would prefer to have kept Louisville on the schedule or play an over-average team.
hun
September 14th, 2012
6:41 pm
Once again, the dollar trumps common sense, sportsmanship, and athletic decency. I am sure if someone looks hard enough, they can find a good high school team that needs a new field, stadium,etc. They should be happy to play UGA or any of the other big schools – after all, its about money above everything, right?
I have been a college football fan for 50 yrs now and this kind of thing is becoming even more prevelant. I am also a huge SEC and Dawgs fan. This type of scheduling however, does not even pass the sniff test if you get beyond paydays for small schools and run up scores for big schools . Somebody ought to be ashamed but I ain’t holding my breathe on that happening.
hun
September 14th, 2012
6:43 pm
And the same people who will accept this nonsense will be the ones also talking about lost values, the death of the work ethic, and the Good Ol Days. Highly selective values.
FAU to meet No. 7 Georgia, then No. 1 Alabama – Online Athens | Living in athens
September 14th, 2012
7:23 pm
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Go Blue
September 14th, 2012
8:06 pm
Scheduling better OOC teams would sure help fill some of those seats. I know if UM was in Athens, my butt would be in one of them lol. When they showed the upper levels of the stadium during the Buffalo game, I was SHOCKED. From about the 30 yard line all the way around the end zone was completely empty. I bet the attendance for that game could not have been more than around 70k. Fill those seats by bringing in better teams and the money situation works itself out.
Dawg Bite
September 14th, 2012
8:20 pm
Concerned, now tell us how you really feel about Alabama! You must have been jilted by someone from that state, but I can tell you that I have lived over there, and am married to someone from Alabama, and they are humans beings just as good as are the people from Georgia, and I am a native Georgian. You apparently have an “axe to grind”, but I personally find you comments very offensive! JMHO
UGA Football vs. Florida Atlantic: Low Suspense, Big Money
September 14th, 2012
9:17 pm
[...] What the visiting team will be expecting for its trouble, though, is a big paycheck: UGA has agreed to fork over $1 million for the privilege of hosting Florida Atlantic without a reciprocal visit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that’s the most Georgia has ever paid a visiting team. [...]
DawgNole
September 14th, 2012
9:53 pm
Concerned
September 14th, 2012
12:26 pm
Alabama is a backwards state evidenced by no real culture throught the state . . . The people of that state are still living in the 50s and 70s for the most part.
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What’d they do in the 60s?
Big Crimson 75
September 14th, 2012
10:03 pm
Dawgbite — having spent the majority of my life in both States, your post is spot on. Good & bad people in both States. You get a notch in my book for not following the obvious hate filled agenda the young man presented for dawg nation.
Concerned? Only about his grammar!
DawgNole
September 14th, 2012
10:03 pm
Go Blue
September 14th, 2012
8:06 pm
Scheduling better OOC teams would sure help fill some of those seats. I know if UM was in Athens, my butt would be in one of them lol. When they showed the upper levels of the stadium during the Buffalo game, I was SHOCKED. From about the 30 yard line all the way around the end zone was completely empty. I bet the attendance for that game could not have been more than around 70k. Fill those seats by bringing in better teams and the money situation works itself out.
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You’re right on with this post.
Allowing bigtime football programs to literally buy wins by paying weak sisters to come in and bend over is the most despicable practice in college football.
Tucker’s article also omits the fact that home-and-home series with high-quality OOC opponents not only fill seats, but also generate major publicity and bring in huge network TV revenues for BOTH teams at BOTH locations during the home-and-homes. TV payoffs for garbage like Buffalo, FAU, Coastal Carolina, New Mexico St, Louisianna-Lafayette, Idaho St, Tennessee Tech, Central Michigan, Western Carolina, and Troy (ALL recent UGA opponents) pale in comparison to the money generated when you have two major OOC playing against each other.
Big Crimson 75
September 14th, 2012
10:22 pm
Nole — you won’t get an argument from me.
Everyone is guilty.
I can see 1 maybe 2 cup-cakes, but the overwhelming majority of bcs conference schools play their conference schedule plus usually 1 tough ooc game.
It definitely robs the fans. Let’s face it, half of a good teams conference games are against low ranked teams.
DawgNole
September 14th, 2012
10:41 pm
Big Crimson 75
September 14th, 2012
10:22 pm
Nole — you won’t get an argument from me.
Everyone is guilty.
I can see 1 maybe 2 cup-cakes, but the overwhelming majority of bcs conference schools play their conference schedule plus usually 1 tough ooc game.
It definitely robs the fans. Let’s face it, half of a good teams conference games are against low ranked teams.
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Glad we’re on the same page this time. With a 12-game schedule, one or two cupcakes should be he max. What I’d really like to see for UGA is a 9-game SEC slate plus Tech, a DECENT FBS opponent, and a cupcake.
I’m just hoping the new playoff format leads to more emphasis on strength of schedule. Sick of playing these pansies just because “everybody else does it.”
Big Crimson 75
September 14th, 2012
10:47 pm
Nole — the big boys have nothing to gain & everything to lose playing these softies.
The only good thing that comes from playing these teams is seeing the 2nd & 3rd stringers.
That being said, I’m spending my $$ to see my teams best players.
Dawg Fanz for televised scrimmage
September 15th, 2012
7:00 am
We go to the spring game to watch the Dawgs play.
We go to the big games and hope we can pull out a win.
We go to the cupcakes to watch the bench get some time, make enough money to help pay for title IX, help the cupcakes pay for their whole season, help the hotels in Athens fill up one more night, and visit with friends.
We can play the cupcakes or just have an open week.
Dawg Fanz for televised scrimmage
September 15th, 2012
7:07 am
Attendance only effects concessions and novelty sales – local merchants sales.
If they sell 97,000 tickets who cares if they show up. More elbow room for the rest.
I go to Tech games too. They can’t get 50K unless the away team fanz caravan.
Louis from Cherry Log
September 15th, 2012
9:03 am
meanwhile, LSU will be playing in the Cowboys Classic vs. TCU…they also have home and home vs Oklahoma, AZ State and NC State on upcoming schedules…UGA has rising power LA-Monroe!…and Southern U…if you want respect, you have to earn respect…and no one respects UGA.
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September 15th, 2012
9:34 am
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Backwudz
September 15th, 2012
10:00 am
How much did L-Monroe have to pay Arkansas, obviously they didn’t know it was a tune-up game….lol
Erk
September 15th, 2012
10:23 am
Can we quit using the term “scheduling philosophy?” I want to play 1/4 of the schedule against bs teams is not a philosophy, it’s crap. Also, SEC does have cupcakes. They are called vandy, UK, Ole Miss, and Arkansas grew some icing last weekend.
David Granger
September 15th, 2012
10:41 am
This is a game that Georgia should have solidly in hand by the end of the first half. That way we can let our second string start the second half and play all the third quarter…and then give our third stringers some playing time in the final quarter. Trouble is, Georgia always seems to “play down” to the level of its opponent over the last several years. We’ve even had to hustle to beat some of these tune-up games against the smaller “thump-a-chump” teams. There were times when we needed to let D.J. Shockley run the offense for an entire quarter, without looking over his shoulder every time he threw the ball away or took a sack. There were times when we needed to let Tereshinski get some playing time, there were times we needed to let Joe Cox run the offense for an entire quarter or two. Yet, we always had to leave our first stringers in there because we couldn’t seem to deliver the knockout blow, even against a team that should have been put away. I hope those days are long gone, but I wonder. This would be a good time to PROVE it.
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
11:25 am
haters can’t pinpoint this argument on one school, although they stupidly try
September 14th, 2012
3:32 pm
ALL schools do it….Thanks Tim for pointing out some of the schools that also have paid FAU to play them. And that’s just FAU. There’s a cupcake for every big time school on their program.
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All schools may do it, but that doesn’t justify it. And UGA has more than “a cupcake” on the schedule; it’s THREE cupcakes, which is three too many.
sturm
September 15th, 2012
11:32 am
Season Ticket Holder, Ga Southern put up the most points against Alabama last season than any other team. Cupcake, they surely are not. Not very bright are you?
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
11:33 am
Big Crimson 75
September 14th, 2012
10:47 pm
Nole — the big boys have nothing to gain & everything to lose playing these softies.
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That’s almost true. They could lose their bought-and-paid-for W, as Arkansas did last week. But that’s an extremely rare occurrence–although it’s one a program NEVER lives down. Just ask Michigan, which paid several hundred thousand bucks a few years ago to lose to App St.
sturm
September 15th, 2012
11:35 am
and Ga Southern runs the triple option much better than Tech. Paul Johnson can credit anything he knows about the triple option from his days at Ga Southern. It’s their bread and butter. I can tell you for a fact they’ll score at least two touchdowns, if not three, off the triple option alone. cupcakes don’t typically do that.
Ex 50 + yr long time ticket holder
September 15th, 2012
11:37 am
I hate these games and I gave my tickets up this year after being a ticket holder for over 50 years. the reason I gave up my tickets was because of these games and the 12:00 and 7:45 kickoffs. They don’t give a rats a$$ about the fan it is all about $$$$$ so I will watch the games on TV and occasionally go to a game and save my $$$$$$ for other things like a big TV to watch UGA games and other games. Michael Adams has ruined the tailgating and the game day experience. Do we have to have something going on every second of every game to keep the fans interested – ie the helmet mixer on the big screen. $$$$$ is ruining college football. Plus on the 7:45 games you get back to Atlanta at 1 or 2 in the morning and the DUI’s I count coming home is crazy. The revenue collectors have to love these games. Have fun against FAU and go dawgs.
Game Changer
September 15th, 2012
11:49 am
Well put x50, but a mid level team and program does not get prime time. McGarity is killing the football program by making sure he and richt and others have job security at 500k plus annually. Sad but is the truth. The tailgate issue will hopefully go back to the way it was next season once Adams is gone and joins the republican line my pockets party. UGA tuition cost up 80% since 2007, who is this money going to — YEP
12a10
September 15th, 2012
11:52 am
Owls!
What a joke. They took an amazingly innovative school and turned it into a wanna be …. FAU in the 1970 was an amazing educational experience with virtually no athletics. Today it has some excellent programs, most are average, and a failure of an athletic program. Sad.
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
11:58 am
sturm
September 15th, 2012
11:32 am
Season Ticket Holder, Ga Southern put up the most points against Alabama last season than any other team. Cupcake, they surely are not. Not very bright are you?
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Take a look at the UGA-Ga Southern series, dimwit. Even the best of Ga Southern’s teams was manhandled by average UGA’s teams–and it won’t be any different this year. Duh. Play the best to be the best.
Kendell Jones
September 15th, 2012
12:01 pm
What time does the game start? I have not heard or have seen the time of the game anywhere.
o-my dawgs
September 15th, 2012
12:02 pm
Millions of people without jobs and UGA doing this bull Sh*t..whats next?
UGA Alummy
September 15th, 2012
12:04 pm
Another reason why college football is such a fraud. In the NFL, you can’t manipulate a schedule, nor can you pay crumby opponents to take a beatin’ of the week.
Greg
September 15th, 2012
12:08 pm
I hate these games and I see no appeal to make the trek to Athens for this game. I rather stay at home and watch all the other competitive games on tv. Though I will say one good thing about this game is it allows some people and famalies,who normally couldnt get or afford tickets to a Tennessee type game, an opportunity to go to a game and experience a game day
IrishATL
September 15th, 2012
12:10 pm
UGA always puffs up its schedule with cupcakes. I cant remember the last time there was a tough out of conference game against a ranked team.
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
12:23 pm
Kendell Jones
September 15th, 2012
12:01 pm
What time does the game start? I have not heard or have seen the time of the game anywhere.
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7:45 p.m.
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
12:25 pm
IrishATL
September 15th, 2012
12:10 pm
UGA always puffs up its schedule with cupcakes. I cant remember the last time there was a tough out of conference game against a ranked team.
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You don’t have much of a memory then. It was last season against Boise St.
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
12:28 pm
o-my dawgs
September 15th, 2012
12:02 pm
Millions of people without jobs and UGA doing this bull Sh*t..whats next?
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Perhaps you could explain to us what unemployment has to do with UGA playing garbage teams.
Georgia vs. Florida Atlantic: Low Suspense, Big Money
September 15th, 2012
12:36 pm
[...] What the visiting team will be expecting for its trouble, though, is a big paycheck: UGA has agreed to fork over $1 million for the privilege of hosting Florida Atlantic without a reciprocal visit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that’s the most Georgia has ever paid a visiting team. [...]
dreammaker
September 15th, 2012
12:42 pm
UGA IS AN OVERATED SCHOOL WITH AN OVERATED HOLIER THEN THOUGH COACH THAT MAKES MILLIONS..THE CONTIUED DUMB DOWN OF AMERICA FOR SPORTS AT ONE OF THE MOST RACIST UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT ONLY CELEBRATE BLACKS IF THEY HAVE A BALL IN THIER HANDS RUNNING FOR THIER SATURDAY ENJOYMENT ONLY
toad
September 15th, 2012
12:55 pm
What a crock. Need to close down college football.
theight
September 15th, 2012
1:39 pm
they could have paid Savannah State 600,000 to play in this game. They are in to making money for the future so it would have been a no brainer and probably the toughest schedule in the country.
VFP42
September 15th, 2012
2:02 pm
I like Georgia playing cupcakes. It was not so long ago that Georgia WAS the cupcake in games.
Deepdiver
September 15th, 2012
2:04 pm
This shows what a joke that college athletics is. It’s all about money, yet they won’t pay anyone, but coaches, administrators, and ncaa officials. The players bring in the money. The players are adults. Pay them planatation owners.
12a10
September 15th, 2012
2:47 pm
Am I the only one who knows that Mark R is amhraduate of Boca Raton High Schoolmwhixh is a spit away from FAI
University of Georgia Football vs. Florida Atlantic: Low Suspense, Big Money - Georgia News Feed
September 15th, 2012
3:00 pm
[...] What the visiting team will be expecting for its trouble, though, is a big paycheck: UGA has agreed to fork over $1 million for the privilege of hosting Florida Atlantic without a reciprocal visit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that’s the most Georgia has ever paid a visiting team. [...]
12a10
September 15th, 2012
3:15 pm
Ler’s try that again …
Am I the only one who knows that Mark R. is a graduate of Boca Raton H.S. which is a spit away from the FAU campus?
University of Georgia Football vs. Florida Atlantic: Low Suspense, Big Money
September 15th, 2012
3:17 pm
[...] What the visiting team will be expecting for its trouble, though, is a big paycheck: UGA has agreed to fork over $1 million for the privilege of hosting Florida Atlantic without a reciprocal visit. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that’s the most Georgia has ever paid a visiting team. [...]
DawgsWinAgain80
September 15th, 2012
3:32 pm
Cupcakes are a part of the game when you are a dominant SEC team. UGA is a top tier team in the nation along with the likes of USC, Bama, etc. That’s how the cookie crumbles. Speaking of cupcakes, Georgia Southern isn’t in that category. I would put money on it that they give us a run for our money this year. They run an offense that gives us fits. They will no doubt put up 300-400 yards of offense on us. We just gotta be ready and outscore them like the last few times we played.
DawgNole
September 15th, 2012
3:50 pm
DawgsWinAgain80
September 15th, 2012
3:32 pm
Cupcakes are a part of the game when you are a dominant SEC team. UGA is a top tier team in the nation along with the likes of USC, Bama, etc. That’s how the cookie crumbles. Speaking of cupcakes, Georgia Southern isn’t in that category. I would put money on it that they give us a run for our money this year. They run an offense that gives us fits. They will no doubt put up 300-400 yards of offense on us. We just gotta be ready and outscore them like the last few times we played.
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Oh please. Spare us the puffing up of an FCS opponent that will be such a huge underdog when they play UGA that there won’t be a line on the game. They’ve played UGA four times and lost all four–badly! So quit defending coward schools that play weak OOC schedules and buy Ws by bringing in marshmallows to bend over and take the money.
And UGA is NOT “a dominant SEC team”–or “a top tier team in the nation along with the likes of USC, Bama, etc.” Far from it. You need psychiatric help.
Deepdiver
September 15th, 2012
3:50 pm
DawgsWinAgain80, Get real! I don’t care what kind of offense Georgia Southern runs. They do not have nearly the caliber of player Georgia does. Please be realistic here and do not blindly support Georgia and try to make cupcakes look like real opponents. No one is buying it.
catlady
September 15th, 2012
4:22 pm
When I think of FAU, I don’t think of football powerhouse. Maybe they thought they were getting FSU?
catlady
September 15th, 2012
6:56 pm
If one of FAUs athletes gets seriously hurt, how much will the 1 million be worth?
aborduccarm
September 15th, 2012
7:12 pm
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Season Ticket Holder Staying Home
September 16th, 2012
12:27 am
Appears the Miami fans understand the difference between real football and farce football and sent their AD a message today about scheduling cupcakes.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/thanks-showing-miami-fans-photo-175408799–ncaaf.html
RunninWithTheDawgs
September 16th, 2012
6:50 am
Concerned — You need to ease on down to Gulf Shores Al. and get a room on the beach for a week during the Alabama Song Writers Festival. Play some of the greatest golf courses around, enjoy your favorite beverage while admiring the beautiful scenery on the beach, and just enjoy the laid back atmosphere. I think that will change your opinion of the great state of Alabama —– Home of Luke The Drifter ! GO DAWGS !
tommy almand
September 19th, 2012
7:47 pm
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