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UGA AD Brooks updates future of the UGA-Florida rivalry
Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:19 am
Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:19 am
From The Atlanta Constitution ("Dawgnation").........
Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks made it clear on Friday that Georgia is keeping all its options open regarding the future of its series with Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.
The city of Jacksonville and the Jaguars agreed to a new $1.4 stadium deal earlier in May that would have renovations completed in time for the 2028 season. But due to the construction, EverBank Stadium would be at a reduced capacity for 2026 and unusable for 2027.
“Well, for the immediate we’ve got to look at other options, whether that’s home-and-home, whether it’s neutral sites,” Brooks said. “So we’re looking. We’re working with Florida to look at the options for those two years and then beyond that excited, once that construction’s complete, we’re excited to go back there and see the potential and opportunities to make it a really special game with what they’re talking about doing there. It looks like it’s going to be an amazing project.”
>>>>>> Possible neutral sites for the rivalry could be Orlando or Atlanta. A home-and-home series has long been pushed by Kirby Smart, with the idea that Georgia would benefit from the added recruiting weekend every two years. <<<<<<
Georgia revealed the projected ticket revenue for the Georgia-Florida game to be $4.2 million for the 2025 fiscal calendar. The highest revenue home game for Georgia in 2024 in terms of projected ticket revenue would be Auburn, which was listed at $5.24 million per the Georgia athletic budget.
Brooks did add that Georgia and Florida would work together in terms of finding a solution for the future of the rivalry.
“We’ll talk to them (the city of Jacksonville) about what’s available, but it’s something where we drive that ship,” Brooks said.
Construction on the proposed stadium would begin following the 2025 season. The proposed renovated stadium would seat 63,000, but it could expand to 71,500 to accommodate the Georgia-Florida game. The current capacity for EverBank Stadium is 67,838.
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Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks made it clear on Friday that Georgia is keeping all its options open regarding the future of its series with Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.
The city of Jacksonville and the Jaguars agreed to a new $1.4 stadium deal earlier in May that would have renovations completed in time for the 2028 season. But due to the construction, EverBank Stadium would be at a reduced capacity for 2026 and unusable for 2027.
“Well, for the immediate we’ve got to look at other options, whether that’s home-and-home, whether it’s neutral sites,” Brooks said. “So we’re looking. We’re working with Florida to look at the options for those two years and then beyond that excited, once that construction’s complete, we’re excited to go back there and see the potential and opportunities to make it a really special game with what they’re talking about doing there. It looks like it’s going to be an amazing project.”
>>>>>> Possible neutral sites for the rivalry could be Orlando or Atlanta. A home-and-home series has long been pushed by Kirby Smart, with the idea that Georgia would benefit from the added recruiting weekend every two years. <<<<<<
Georgia revealed the projected ticket revenue for the Georgia-Florida game to be $4.2 million for the 2025 fiscal calendar. The highest revenue home game for Georgia in 2024 in terms of projected ticket revenue would be Auburn, which was listed at $5.24 million per the Georgia athletic budget.
Brooks did add that Georgia and Florida would work together in terms of finding a solution for the future of the rivalry.
“We’ll talk to them (the city of Jacksonville) about what’s available, but it’s something where we drive that ship,” Brooks said.
Construction on the proposed stadium would begin following the 2025 season. The proposed renovated stadium would seat 63,000, but it could expand to 71,500 to accommodate the Georgia-Florida game. The current capacity for EverBank Stadium is 67,838.
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Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:20 am to JetDawg
If everything is bold, nothing is bold.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:23 am to Aguga
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If everything is bold, nothing is bold.
"Bold" is not only to make it easier for reading purposes, but when quoting from other sources, it is also italicized to differentiate from the writer's personal opinion.
Note that I had no personal opinion in the post.
You may go back to the rear of the class.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:25 am to JetDawg
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Bold" is not only to make it easier for reading purposes, but when quoting from other sources, it is also italicized to differentiate from the writer's personal opinion. Note that I had no personal opinion in the post. You may go back to the rear of the class.
Tl;dr
Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:25 am to JetDawg
Summary for folks who saw the wall of text and didn’t read…
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>>>>>> Possible neutral sites for the rivalry could be Orlando or Atlanta. A home-and-home series has long been pushed by Kirby Smart, with the idea that Georgia would benefit from the added recruiting weekend every two years. <<<<<<
Posted on 5/24/24 at 11:37 am to BevoBucks
If this happened in the Red River Shootout, I would be torn..
Home & Home for 2 years would be awesome, but I'd be worried that it would stay as a home & home..
I'm not a big fan of Jerry World, but obviously that would be an option.. Perhaps you could do JW one year and NRG the next year. Don't love either of these options.. The comparable would be 2 of Atlanta, Carolina & Tampa? Atlanta would feel like a home game for the Dawgs..
Bottom line.. moving the game for even 2 years is playing with fire..
eta: could you possibly make it a split 50/50 type game in Athens & Gainsville? I actually like the idea of this.. it isn't "neutral" but at least it wouldn't be a true home game..
Home & Home for 2 years would be awesome, but I'd be worried that it would stay as a home & home..
I'm not a big fan of Jerry World, but obviously that would be an option.. Perhaps you could do JW one year and NRG the next year. Don't love either of these options.. The comparable would be 2 of Atlanta, Carolina & Tampa? Atlanta would feel like a home game for the Dawgs..
Bottom line.. moving the game for even 2 years is playing with fire..
eta: could you possibly make it a split 50/50 type game in Athens & Gainsville? I actually like the idea of this.. it isn't "neutral" but at least it wouldn't be a true home game..
This post was edited on 5/24/24 at 11:40 am
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:04 pm to BigBro
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I'd be worried that it would stay as a home & home..
I’d rather never play Georgia again if this happened.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:07 pm to BigBro
quote:This has been done before with the WLOCP. It returned to Jacksonville and only until recently has there been talk of moving it to a home and home.
Bottom line.. moving the game for even 2 years is playing with fire..
Smart's comments about missing a recruiting weekend every other year are true, but I'm beginning to think that was just Georgia messaging Jacksonville to sweeten the pot. A new stadium does that.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:07 pm to JetDawg
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Possible neutral sites for the rivalry could be Orlando or Atlanta
frick that. If y'all pull the game to North GA, I hope we have it in Miami.
Your fans will be begging for Jax. Esp the South GA fans.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:11 pm to BigBro
Last time around (1996?) the home and home was a normal home game, not split. That’d be hard to do. It’d be cool though.
It won’t be surprising if th WLOCP doesn’t go home and home and stay. I hate it but it causes scheduling issues and impacts recruiting. I think it ends soon
It won’t be surprising if th WLOCP doesn’t go home and home and stay. I hate it but it causes scheduling issues and impacts recruiting. I think it ends soon
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:16 pm to Aguga
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Tl;dr
Whatever, moonrock.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:17 pm to bigDgator
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Esp the South GA fans.
Oh no what would we do without them
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:20 pm to BigBro
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Atlanta would feel like a home game for the Dawgs
Athens to Atlanta is about the same distance as Gainesville is to Jacksonville.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:26 pm to LSUbasketballfan
quote:but Jacksonville is very close to the ga-FL border so close to a lot of UGA fans from southern GA
Athens to Atlanta is about the same distance as Gainesville is to Jacksonville.
Atlanta is far from Gainesville/Florida border in comparison
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:51 pm to bigDgator
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UGA AD Brooks updates future of the UGA-Florida rivalryby bigDgator
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Possible neutral sites for the rivalry could be Orlando or Atlanta
frick that. If y'all pull the game to North GA, I hope we have it in Miami.
Your fans will be begging for Jax. Esp the South GA fans.
So it's perfectly fine for UGA to travel from NE Ga. to Fl. as long as your Gators DON'T have to travel more than an hr. down the road?
Got it!
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:55 pm to LSUbasketballfan
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UGA AD Brooks updates future of the UGA-Florida rivalryby LSUbasketballfan
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Atlanta would feel like a home game for the Dawgs
Athens to Atlanta is about the same distance as Gainesville is to Jacksonville.
Both are 1 hr. away via driving, but Fl. fans see Atlanta as unfair to them.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 12:58 pm to P2K
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Oh no what would we do without them
Exactly.
The same season ticket holders who go to the games in Athens are the same folks who go to Jacksonville.Its just a smaller pool.
Posted on 5/24/24 at 1:02 pm to theCAW
Athens ---> Atlanta = 72 miles
Gainesville ---> Jacksonville = 72 miles
Athens ---> Jacksonville = 340 miles (fair per Gators)
Gainesville---> Atlanta = 331 miles (UNFAIR per Gators)
Gainesville ---> Jacksonville = 72 miles
Athens ---> Jacksonville = 340 miles (fair per Gators)
Gainesville---> Atlanta = 331 miles (UNFAIR per Gators)
Posted on 5/24/24 at 1:04 pm to southernboisb
quote:what about at the southern ga fans in Savannah, Valdosta etc?
Athens ---> Atlanta = 72 miles Gainesville ---> Jacksonville = 72 miles Athens ---> Jacksonville = 340 miles (fair per Gators) Gainesville---> Atlanta = 331 miles (UNFAIR per Gators)
Athens isn’t the only place that has UGA fans
This post was edited on 5/24/24 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 5/24/24 at 1:10 pm to theCAW
I've never said it was.
But to claim that it's UNFAIR to travel more than an hr. away for a game yet expect the other team to do it.....*SMH*.
But to claim that it's UNFAIR to travel more than an hr. away for a game yet expect the other team to do it.....*SMH*.
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