Still Want The Game First of the Season?

Yep. Imagine having the weekend all to ourselves. Also, imagine actually being able to play an ACCCG all healthy this weekend.
 
I don't and never will understand the ideas behind the season opening UGAg game.
 
Nooooooo--that seems SACRILEGIOUS--the Football God's would not be pleased!!
 
I'd like to see us play them first AND last game of the season.

Because... any time is a good time to beat Athens Correctional.
 
I don't, because it means they'll have all summer to practice against our offense.
 
Still don't want it. If it was at the beginning of the year, the glory would have been gone midweek and we'd be focusing on preparing for the next game, and they'd still have a chance to have a great season. As it is, we get to enjoy the glory for a long time and effectively put the nail in the coffin of their season.
 
Rodzilla said:
I didn't think so. :P
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yes...so we can be healthy for UGA...beat them out of the gates every year since we will always prep better.

Then...we will be better rested and healthy for the ACC Championship Game each year so we can make multiple trips to the Orange Bowl.

This was the only year that we benefited more from playing them last since we needed three months of live game prep time for our offense.
 
Beginning the season with it is Busch league. Some border wars and secondary rivalries are played during the season, such as Miami-FSU or Bama-UT. But no significant rivalry exists which is played earlier in the year.

If it's played at the beginning of the year, it's a footnote to the season. "Well, we lost to Georgia/GT, now it's time to play for the ACC/SEC." No! The game's outcome should resonate for the offseason and not be some footnote.
 
floridajacket said:
If it's played at the beginning of the year, it's a footnote to the season. "Well, we lost to Georgia/GT, now it's time to play for the ACC/SEC." No! The game's outcome should resonate for the offseason and not be some footnote.
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+1
 
Rodzilla, check your PM inbox for something about your framing question.
 
floridajacket said:
Beginning the season with it is Busch league. Some border wars and secondary rivalries are played during the season, such as Miami-FSU or Bama-UT. But no significant rivalry exists which is played earlier in the year.
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that's just it...I could care less how the rest of the country views it because quite frankly...the rest of the country does not care about the GT/UGA game as much as the Orange Bowl because they have their own rivalry games to worry about.

1) I want what gives us the best opportunity to beat UGA (early is always better...later sure as heck has not typically worked). We are smarter and definitely have a tougher pre-season program...knock them in the mouth early and hurt them for the rest of their schedule.

2) I want what gives us the best opportunity to play in the Orange Bowl each year. That would be having as many non-conference games prior to the ACC games...then having a week of rest before the ACCCG if the conference would allow it. Or...a week off the week prior to game 12. If you could have seen our players getting off the buses Saturday night you would know that it is a good thing we did not have to suit up again this Saturday. One leg was being dragged behind by multiple guys you would not imagine....and lots of shoulders wrapped up.

I am greedy...I want both. Beat UGA and rule the state....and win the Orange Bowl every year so the entire country knows about it.

Not a big deal...just my opinion which is essentially meaningless as it pertains to this discussion.
 
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Not the last game.......Look how we are acting. I still have not come off the cloud. Playing this game last makes it the most important game of the year. It should NOT be. Clemson should be. We care more about beating Ugag than winning our conference. We would have been at a disadvantage mentally and physically if we were the ACC championship game. How do I know I am right? Because, right now, I don't care that VPI won Sat. I know a lot others feel the same way. It should not be though.
 
flabuzz said:
Not the last game.......Look how we are acting. I still have not come off the cloud. Playing this game last makes it the most important game of the year. It should NOT be. Clemson should be. We care more about beating Ugag than winning our conference. We would have been at a disadvantage mentally and physically if we were the ACC championship game. How do I know I am right? Because, right now, I don't care that VPI won Sat. I know a lot others feel the same way. It should not be though.
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Yes, having momentum and confidence in yourself due to beating an in-state rival is a terrible mental disadvantage. You really don't want to be on a roll when you go into a big game. Also, clearly we would have had less injuries this weekend from playing Clemson as opposed to U[sic]GA. Playing U[sic]GA always puts us at a big physical disadvantage the next weekend. And somehow you know these two things because you are incredibly happy as a fan, and that is a bad thing.
 
gth816f said:
Yes, having momentum and confidence in yourself due to beating an in-state rival is a terrible mental disadvantage. You really don't want to be on a roll when you go into a big game. Also, clearly we would have had less injuries this weekend from playing Clemson as opposed to U[sic]GA. Playing U[sic]GA always puts us at a big physical disadvantage the next weekend. And somehow you know these two things because you are incredibly happy as a fan, and that is a bad thing.
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This.

Plus, I stand by my belief that we will always be playing our best ball at the end of the year under Paul Johnson. He's a coach of adjustment, and adaptation, and I think that it will show throughout the season. Do I think we'll lose games early? Not necessarily. But, I do think that we will be a much better football team at the end of the year as opposed to the beginning.

As far as injuries, they happen. This is a collision sport. If we moved the georgia game to avoid injuries, we would just be risking injuries during a conference game. If you think that we would be getting a bye week in the georgia game's place, you're dreaming. Maybe once in a few years, but rest assured that we would have been playing a conference game instead of uga had the rivalry game been in August. Again, if we need to focus more on winning the ACC, and we don't want to risk being injured for the georgia game (the two most common reasons I've heard/read for moving the game), then why would we shift those problems to the "more important" conference game?
 
Compared to season ending rivalry game, I give nary a crap about bowl games or national recognition or polls or any of that piffle.

If I had to make a choice, I would take the season ending rivalry game and toss the bowls, polls, and all that stuff.
 
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