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Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:06 pm to GetCocky11
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But if we are talking SEC...probably UGA.
UGA can be tough. We usually park down around the Vet school ... and it takes some time to get out from there.
I've experienced issues getting away from Kneeland, but a lot of that may have been that the past few times I've been up there, there seems to be road construction going-on all the time.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:10 pm to scrooster
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I've experienced issues getting away from Kneeland
Did you mean Keeneland or Neyland? Pretty sure you have been to both.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:17 pm to WG_Dawg
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SC's isn't on campus and out in the middle of a big field so they probably have the best parking.
Agree. As far as getting in/out and traffic directing, SC is really good at that. Everything else about the gameday experience is pretty shitty though.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:19 pm to scrooster
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UGA can be tough. We usually park down around the Vet school ... and it takes some time to get out from there.
Athens is a nightmare getting in or out, especially from the West. University Parkway (316) becomes a giant traffic jam early on game day heading towards Athens.
Leaving Athens after the game can take a couple of hours, depending on the outcome of the game. If it's close and everybody stays until the end, holy crap.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:20 pm to scrooster
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UGA can be tough. We usually park down around the Vet school ... and it takes some time to get out from there.
My wife is in the vet school. It takes 20 minutes to get out of there on a regular day. Horrible location, traffic-wise.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:25 pm to Kentucker
Here's the deal with getting out of Athens.
Everyone shut up and listen.
Hwy 129 to I-85 in Jefferson is the quicker way back to metro ATL.
Hwy 129 becomes Prince Avenue. No funny turns or weird shite.
There's lots of free parking in the numerous residential streets along Prince.
Easy in.
Easy out.
But you will walk a little bit further to get to the stadium and back.
And as you all know, it is uphill both ways at Sanford Stadium.
Now that you've read this... there's no excuse to get stuck in traffic after a game in Athens.
So I don't want to hear it anymore.
Everyone shut up and listen.
Hwy 129 to I-85 in Jefferson is the quicker way back to metro ATL.
Hwy 129 becomes Prince Avenue. No funny turns or weird shite.
There's lots of free parking in the numerous residential streets along Prince.
Easy in.
Easy out.
But you will walk a little bit further to get to the stadium and back.
And as you all know, it is uphill both ways at Sanford Stadium.
Now that you've read this... there's no excuse to get stuck in traffic after a game in Athens.
So I don't want to hear it anymore.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:28 pm to HoopyD
Athens is bad if you don't know what roads to hit and which ones to avoid.
Parking is a bitch and a half if you come day of, not so much if you plan it out.
Parking is a bitch and a half if you come day of, not so much if you plan it out.
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Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:28 pm to parrothead
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Tuscaloosa is easy to get out of if you know what you're doing. If not, may God have mercy on your soul.
Yep. Jack Warner Pkwy to Crescent Ridge Rd toUniversity, then cut over to Buttermilk Rd and hope on the interstate back to Bham. Never hada problem.
Always feel bad for the poor saps that take McFarland to the interstate.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:31 pm to DirtyDawg
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Parking is a bitch and a half if you come day of, not so much if you plan it out.
Unless you have $20.
But I could understand if you don't have $20 and tried to park somewhere on a gameday, it would be a bitch.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 7:41 pm to HoopyD
Bama isn't bad if you know your way around. I was stuck in Baton Rouge for hours after a game (got funneled onto Nicholson into a traffic jam). Ole Miss wasn't bad.... they encourage the visitors to park in a lot right off the highway. Arkansas was easy. I've never had issues with Auburn or State either. Tennessee was a charlie foxtrot but I could have been parked in a bad spot.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 8:34 pm to TideJoe
I swear football season started a few weeks ago. This is an offseason topic.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 8:42 pm to deeprig9
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Hwy 129 to I-85 in Jefferson is the quicker way back to metro ATL. Hwy 129 becomes Prince Avenue. No funny turns or weird shite.
Even better going that route is GA211 or GA53 off I-85 to Winder. From Winder take GA82(E.Broad St)/GA330(Tallassee Rd) to US129. Or turn right and stay on Tallassee Rd just before you get to 129. Tallassee Rd intersects with Prince Ave.
All of this is North of 29. As you breeze through Winder, you can view the cars stacked up on 29. Learned this route going to games with my nephew who is an UGA grad.
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Posted on 9/20/16 at 8:42 pm to HoopyD
I've been to all the West venues, but not the East (Missouri back in the Big XII days is the only one--going to USC in 2 weeks).
We parked over by Toomer's corner and had zero problems with traffic at Auburn on Saturday.
Bama in 2012 was horrible; in 2014, it wasn't that bad. I'm guessing that for a game where everyone stays to the end, and you are trying to get back to Birmingham, it's going to be slow.
I've been to Oxford 3 times. The first two times were awful, but the last trip they made some big improvements.
Only been to Starkville once, and all the State fans left at the half so I can't judge.
Fayetteville is awful.
I've been twice to Baton Rouge for football. Having been there for baseball, I know that weekday rush hour traffic in BR is bad, but that's not an excuse for traffic problems at 11 p.m. Saturday night. They could do better. If you put the guy that does traffic at A&M in control, and gave him carte blanche, he could cut down your traffic time considerably.
The only folks who can complain at College Station are those who end up in the West Campus Garage, and even then, if you know the secrets of the garage, it's a breeze.
We parked over by Toomer's corner and had zero problems with traffic at Auburn on Saturday.
Bama in 2012 was horrible; in 2014, it wasn't that bad. I'm guessing that for a game where everyone stays to the end, and you are trying to get back to Birmingham, it's going to be slow.
I've been to Oxford 3 times. The first two times were awful, but the last trip they made some big improvements.
Only been to Starkville once, and all the State fans left at the half so I can't judge.
Fayetteville is awful.
I've been twice to Baton Rouge for football. Having been there for baseball, I know that weekday rush hour traffic in BR is bad, but that's not an excuse for traffic problems at 11 p.m. Saturday night. They could do better. If you put the guy that does traffic at A&M in control, and gave him carte blanche, he could cut down your traffic time considerably.
The only folks who can complain at College Station are those who end up in the West Campus Garage, and even then, if you know the secrets of the garage, it's a breeze.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 8:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
The point is, negatively speaking, everyone is going to the same place. Our traffic sucks, even on Sunday morning. But it means that we have peeps! 
Posted on 9/20/16 at 8:53 pm to pvilleguru
I need to get with you script A's for next season. I always found it easy to get off campus and out of traffic but the last two times has been brutal.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 8:56 pm to LC412000
It is brutal. Be as close to 15th without being in the student housing areas.
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Posted on 9/20/16 at 9:03 pm to nc14
Last two times have been my fault so I should not complain. I purchase a parking pass near the hospital (I think) but like east of the stadium, but the RV is always parked west of campus so I basically have screwed myself trying to get back to the RV after the game. What I need to do is park in one of the packed in lots that are west of the stadium and forget about the parking lot pass.
Posted on 9/20/16 at 9:05 pm to LC412000
Near the hospital should be fine.
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