DRad email about GT/UGA game (new stuff)

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I'm blatantly stealing this from the hive, but whatever:

There has been no discussion of moving a Georgia Tech home football game vs. the University of Georgia or any other Georgia Tech home game to the Georgia Dome.

However, there have been some preliminary talks about the possibility of playing a “neutral site” game at the Dome between the two schools to kick off the 2011 season. This scenario would simply provide a one-year interruption in our regular home and home pattern. In other words, the 2010 game would be played in Athens as scheduled, the 2011 game would be played at the Georgia Dome, then, the 2012 game would remain a home game at Bobby Dodd Stadium to resume the normal home and home rotation.

We are far from having any type of an agreement on this model, but for us it is an intriguing discussion from a long-term schedule standpoint. Currently, and into the foreseeable future, our football schedule features home games with Georgia, Clemson and Virginia Tech – arguably our three most attractive opponents – all in the same season on alternate years. By getting our home game with Georgia on an opposite-year cycle, it becomes much more fan-friendly and would provide us better financial consistency.

We appreciate the interest being shown by Gary Stokan and the Atlanta Sports Council. Rest assured that wherever these discussions take us, a decision will be made that is in the best interest of Georgia Tech.


Dan Radakovich
Director of Athletics
Georgia Tech
404-894-5411
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Basically, they're having a discussion about the 2011 game being at the beginning of the year. It won't take our home game away from us, either, as he says that we would get our home game the next year in 2012.

They're intrigued by this idea because it splits the UGA/VT/Clemson games up to where one year we'll have UGA at home, the next year we'll have VT and Clemson.

Given that information, it's not really that big of a deal.
 
I still would have liked them playing at home to be surrounded by mainly our fans, but it doesn't seem like we can really stop it. I'm sure the the idiots at the cesspool will be more than willing to spend a two months worth of their salary for a single ticket to this.
 
Basically what that email says to me is, "This is happening, deal with it."
 
Given that info that we will not lose our home game, I would be ok with it if it did happen. I still would rather not see it happen. What the hell would I do on Thanksgiving Saturday?

Also, I think it benefits us to play them later in the season. We've all seen it takes our offense a few games to jell.
 
I still think it absolutely sucks and I am 100% opposed to it. Also, notice that he did not address whether the September date would just be a one year thing or whether that part of the deal would become a regular feature. I'm not drawing conclusions or anything; I'm just saying I wish he had explicitly addressed the issue of whether we would continue playing them in the final game of the regular season.
 
This will absolutely be a home for UGA. It's 50/50, folks, when they play at our house, at least outside the stadium. It will be like tailgating in Athens. Ever wore gold in Athens on Tech's gameday? It's pretty damn bad. Anyway you look at this, Tech will get the worst end of it.
 
samsgt02 said:
This will absolutely be a home for UGA. It's 50/50, folks, when they play at our house, at least outside the stadium. It will be like tailgating in Athens. Ever wore gold in Athens on Tech's gameday? It's pretty damn bad. Anyway you look at this, Tech will get the worst end of it.
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Oh absolutely. The dome will be overwhelmingly red. We can't keep our own stadium from being overtaken by Georgia fans and we're supposed to do better at the Dome? This will be a nightmare.
 
Guys this is still a ways away from being concrete. Most are gonna vote the idea down. The only reason we are even considering is money based. I honestly doubt it happens, although stranger things have occurred when money is thrown at you. I've had some conversations about it today with a few of the UGA guys and many of them do not like the idea, while I know a lot of the GT side is not enamored with it. It's going to take a lot to make it actually happen.
 
Oh yeah, when Tech does play in Athens, the kids are on thanksgiving break, so we don't get the whole asshole experience. I'd like to keep it that way.
 
samsgt02 said:
This will absolutely be a home for UGA. It's 50/50, folks, when they play at our house, at least outside the stadium. It will be like tailgating in Athens. Ever wore gold in Athens on Tech's gameday? It's pretty damn bad. Anyway you look at this, Tech will get the worst end of it.
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Tech would get half the tickets. What is bad is that tech fans would buy tickets for the purpose of selling them to UGA fans, which is why the stadium would probably end up 75/25.

I have worn gold on gameday in Athens the last 4 times we have played there (even set up a tailgate in the center of the law library area) and partied downtown win or lose after the game eachtime. Nothing bad has ever happened.

I didn't like the idea at first either, but it looks like it is going to happen and hopefully DRAD will be able to make it a very profitable move for GT and possibly leverage another kickoff classic game out of it for GT.
 
demjackets said:
Guys this is still a ways away from being concrete. Most are gonna vote the idea down. The only reason we are even considering is money based. I honestly doubt it happens, although stranger things have occurred when money is thrown at you.
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Well I'm bitching at DRad about this one. I don't want to be in the gulch, surrounded by dog fans. It's a DAMN stupid idea. If he wants it, then he should come on down and tailgate these assholes. I'm sure he'd enjoy the game day experience of constantly looking behind your back. That's the way it is in Athens. Or maybe I just have one those pretty faces people like fight.
 
samsgt02 said:
Anyway you look at this, Tech will get the worst end of it.
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I don't follow things as closely as many here, but DRad seems like he knows what he is doing. I like that he explained some of the reasoning behind why the game would be good for Tech rather than some generic "were looking into it" statement. I trust the guy to make a good decision.
 
I guess this way the mutts can have the City of Atlanta sanitation clean up their feces.
 
I think people overestimate the number of UGA fans at BDS when we play them... maybe because red sticks out more. I don't mind playing them at a neutral site since it balances the home schedule, BUT the atmosphere in and around the dome blows. As does "turf".
 
The Champ said:
Tech would get half the tickets. What is bad is that tech fans would buy tickets for the purpose of selling them to UGA fans, which is why the stadium would probably end up 75/25.

I have worn gold on gameday in Athens the last 4 times we have played there (even set up a tailgate in the center of the law library area) and partied downtown win or lose after the game eachtime. Nothing bad has ever happened.

I didn't like the idea at first either, but it looks like it is going to happen and hopefully DRAD will be able to make it a very profitable move for GT and possibly leverage another kickoff classic game out of it for GT.
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Yeah my GF thought it was just me since she graduated from UGA. But since we've been up there together on gameday, and I'm in gold, her thoughts have changed. My experince isn't my tailgate as much as walking from point A to point B. It's the combination of no regard for personal space and barking. Or maybe the fingers in face, lying to stadium police you're disruptive, bully flinching or my favorite, telling me to go back to Buckhead, queer. I didn't know Buckhead was that gay or myself for that matter. A guy (didn't know him) who was at our tailgate wanted to fight because we were grabbing our cooler of beer. There's more, but whatever. None of this is that bad, but I don't get it as much on Tech's campus. I know I would at the dome, maybe even more.
 
demjackets said:
Guys this is still a ways away from being concrete. Most are gonna vote the idea down. The only reason we are even considering is money based. I honestly doubt it happens, although stranger things have occurred when money is thrown at you. I've had some conversations about it today with a few of the UGA guys and many of them do not like the idea, while I know a lot of the GT side is not enamored with it. It's going to take a lot to make it actually happen.
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Ok, I understand perfectly. Having determined exactly what we are, we now just dickering over the price. Exactly how much money is fan support worth? Why even have a home stadium? Just play the game where ever and when ever the highest bidder wants it. What a bunch of crap.
 
Not too big on the idea of playing the big rivalry game as our first of the season. I like the build-up to the regular season-ending finale around Thanksgiving. I can't see getting too excited about establishing a Thanksgiving tradition of the annual Ga Tech vs. Wake Forest game.

Every other year on the home field...season-ending game, like football was meant to be played.
 
I blame Swofford for getting us all ****ed up having to play VT away two years in a row.
 
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