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re: UGA-UF game may not stay in Jax after 2023; UGA polls its fans on what they want
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:17 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:17 pm to Eric Nies Grind Time
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Not going to Jacksonville sounds like a good thing to me. Stadium/city is a dump.
Well one of the premiere rivalries in CFB history has played there every year since the early 1930s with only exceptions being stadium demolition and world war, so despite it not being a paradise that's where it needs to stay.
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Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:17 pm to JetDawg
I will chain myself to the pool inside Jacksonville's stadium until they confirm that tWLOCP will remain in its rightful home for eternity.
Jacksonville now, Jacksonville tomorrow, Jacksonville forever
Jacksonville now, Jacksonville tomorrow, Jacksonville forever
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:34 pm to JetDawg
If they move it, it would just be like any other game imo. Everyone seems to be all about themselves, so I am good with 0-8 and having no permanent opponents, so everyone plays everyone the same amount of times over a number of years.
You can't get much more fair than that.
You can't get much more fair than that.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:41 pm to JetDawg
Just more proof that Twitter needs to be shut down 
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:43 pm to bigDgator
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Pat Dye and Auburn broke their long-standing tradition of playing Alabama in Birmingham in 1989, a tradition that had stood since 1904.
While I really enjoyed those 50/50 games in Birmingham (half the crowd goes crazy after every play), you had be high up in the priority scheme to get tickets and back then that meant being someone or knowing someone, not just being willing to pay money. Once they changed to home and home you could get tickets every other year at least.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:43 pm to bigDgator
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it would just be like any other game imo.
are you saying that's a good thing? It's not just any other game and shouldn't be treated as one
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I am good with 0-8 and having no permanent opponents, so everyone plays everyone the same amount of times over a number of years.
You can't get much more fair than that.
Again, where is this massive push coming from to be "fair" and equitable regarindg number of time syou play someone? If us playing UF and AU every single year means we get to play missouri and oklahoma less often then who the frick cares. Why are we valuing those games over our traiditonal ones?
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:44 pm to JetDawg
JetDawg is Mike Griffith. Makes a lot of sense now
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:44 pm to Tideroller
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While I really enjoyed those 50/50 games in Birmingham (half the crowd goes crazy after every play), you had be high up in the priority scheme to get tickets and back then that meant being someone or knowing someone, not just being willing to pay money. Once they changed to home and home you could get tickets every other year at least.
I dont have that problem in jacksonville. As a matter of fact, i have never heard this being an issue.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:47 pm to meansonny
Yeah I’ve never had a single problem getting into that stadium if I wanted to and I’m a plebeian fan. Tickets aren’t dirt cheap but they aren’t super expensive either and they’re a plentiful to find
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:50 pm to JetDawg
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However, keeping the game in Jax is NOT the runaway choice of Dawgs fans
Don't we have a winning record in Jax?
I remember what happened the last time the game was in Athens.
Don't mess with tradition. Leave the game where it is.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:53 pm to ForeverGator
I would prefer a HOME and HOME
Jax is a dump and nothing special anymore about it tbh.
Jax is a dump and nothing special anymore about it tbh.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:55 pm to WG_Dawg
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are you saying that's a good thing? It's not just any other game and shouldn't be treated as one
No I am not in favor of it.
I just know that we have lost the Auburn rivalry, and now we stand a chance to lose the Tennessee and LSU rivalries. So if Georgia decides to play in Athens when they are designated the home team, I would be in favor of just eliminating all permanent opponents. If some people get to keep their rivals and others do not, it doesn't sound fair to me.
We have played Auburn once since 2011 and it is bullshite. It will be the same with Tennessee and LSU, and I am just kind of over it. Florida has as many if not more rivals than anyone. We have already lost the annual Miami and Auburn rivalries to SEC expansion, and now we stand a chance to lose even more, so let's just start over from scratch.
This post was edited on 6/9/22 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 6/9/22 at 2:57 pm to Tideroller
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While I really enjoyed those 50/50 games in Birmingham (half the crowd goes crazy after every play), you had be high up in the priority scheme to get tickets and back then that meant being someone or knowing someone, not just being willing to pay money. Once they changed to home and home you could get tickets every other year at least.
this is the exact opposite of UGA/UF. For ticket holders here is the minimum amnoutn of lifetime points you ahve to have to even be able to REQUEST tickets to away games this year, no guarantees you'll get them:
SC: 35K
MSu: 25K
Oregon and UF: 10K
Mizz and UK: 2500
Of course the biggest difference between UF and all other games listed is we get 40K tickets there opposed to like 8K at others. So pretty much if you ar ea season ticket holder and request UF tickets, you're getting them.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:00 pm to JetDawg
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However, keeping the game in Jax is NOT the runaway choice of Dawgs fans...the majority want the game moved to Athens in years when UGA is the designated home team. When UF is the home team, Dawgs fans want Florida to play its game vs. UGA...in Jax. Interesting.
OK I just read your link. You think that little twitter poll designates what Georgia wants? Come on man.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:00 pm to Knowshon5Dolla
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Don't we have a winning record in Jax?
I remember what happened the last time the game was in Athens.
call me crazy but what happened in a spurrier vs ray goff matchup in the mid-90s doesn't have much bearing on the present day.
Granted I don't want it changed either but that one matchup is kinda irrelevant here ha.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:01 pm to meansonny
Not arguing, you should know. But if Jacksonville holds 69k and your stadium holds 92.7k, and UF gets half the tix in Jacksonville, how is there not a ticket crunch? Somebody has to be missing out. You damn sure couldn't easily get tickets to Birmingham Iron Bowls.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:02 pm to WG_Dawg
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If us playing UF and AU every single year means we get to play missouri and oklahoma less often then who the frick cares. Why are we valuing those games over our traiditonal ones?
Exactly, which is why we might as well stay at 2/6. 1/7 serves no tangible benefit like a switch to 3/6 would.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:05 pm to ForeverGator
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at UGA fans wanting it to stay in Jacksonville when it’s a Florida home game. Of course they would.
The Gators would prefer all of their away games in Jacksonville.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:07 pm to JetDawg
Conference rivalries shall be played at home stadiums.
Playoffs and bowl games shall be played at neutral sites.
Playoffs and bowl games shall be played at neutral sites.
Posted on 6/9/22 at 3:08 pm to Tideroller
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Not arguing, you should know. But if Jacksonville holds 69k and your stadium holds 92.7k, and UF gets half the tix in Jacksonville, how is there not a ticket crunch? Somebody has to be missing out. You damn sure couldn't easily get tickets to Birmingham Iron Bowls.
It's porbably different because our game is 6 hours from campus so not everyone is going to want or be able to go, compared to the Iron Bowl where most of the attendeeds likely live within 2 hours and everyone in the state is going to want to go.
Tickets for postseason games in Atlanta for instance you do have to have an extremely high amount of points so I guess that could be an accurate comparison. But as things are now the UF game is a lot easier to get tickets to then most of our other away games.
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