re: Any Dawgs & Tide fans actually going to the SECCG in Atlanta?

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To be fair, that sentiment applies to about half the Georgia fanbase as well. A chunk of the biggest Atlanta haters on this board are Georgia people.

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No doubt...rural Georgians are not immune from the mass hysteria that many in rural America suffer from when it comes to being terrified of their own shadows. I know a BUNCH of folks who grew up, if not IN Atlanta, in Metro Atlanta who are absolutely convinced that anyone going east of Covington, north of Griffin, west of Douglasville or south of Cartersville is certain to meet with a violent and untimely death. Never mind that overall crime in Atlanta just isn't that bad statistically and is nearly non-existent in the area around dome on weekends when events are taking place. You can't sling a dead cat in the entire downtown, midtown or uptown areas on the week of the SEC Championship or any event of any size without hitting a cop. Now, if you want to go over to the west end and buy some crack or pick up a hooker on Stewart Avenue then yeah, you might find yourself in an exciting situation...but if you merely in town for the game and you are walking to a restaurant and have had a few drinks you are about as safe as you can be in the US...but facts never matter when emotions are at play.