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Re: When all else fails, move the game

Alivn_2001 — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:00:40 -0000

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Re: When all else fails, move the game

OldSchool72 — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:45:25 -0000

I totally agree. I am an old school Gator, and I remember back when GA owned us. Some of our fans wanted to make it a home and home series back then. I am glad they didn't because thanks to Spurrier we reversed the trend.

However, these days when you figure the Dogs have to travel down a couple days before the game and stay in hotels, while the Gators take a 45 min bus ride over on gameday, it just seems to me I would want a change if I was a fan and coach of that team.

Oh well, Go Gators "Back to Back"??

Re: When all else fails, move the game

crimsontider — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:00:10 -0000

Dear Buddy,
The Iron Bowl WAS moved from Birmingham in 1989...It now alternates between Tuscaloosa and Auburn. . Personally, I would rather go to a banquet honoring the Somali Pirates than go to Auburn, but fair is fair. Having the Georgia/Florida game in the state of Florida every year does seem to be an advantage to Florida.

Re: When all else fails, move the game

swampie — Fri, 15 May 2009 16:52:36 -0000

Love this topic. I'm one of the few who wanted a home and home, my friends in Jacksonville don't see it that way. Always wanted to go to see a game in Georgia just once sorry I didn't get up there the one year the Old Ball Coach scored half a hundred on Ray Goff.

But moving this game to a neutral field in Georgia well that Dog won't hunt. Either keep it in Jacksonville or move it to a home and home. I guess you could have a neutral home field in Florida one year and Georgia the other but why?

You hit it back when Dooley was the coach the Dogs humiliated us on a regular basis. They knew where our goat was tied up back then. I hated ABC's Ground Hog Day remembrance before each broadcast of the Larges Cocktail Party in the World because they'd always rerun that Run Lindsey Run. It got so I'd go out of the room and wait till kickoff.

Even if we wanted it too this thing won't last forever. But forever I'll remember our goal line stand then that 96-yard bomb Kerwin Bell to Rickey Nattiel. That day made all things right for this man in Jax. It was the beginning of the down fall of Georgia's strangle hold on the Gators and Dooley's reign we began to turn it back then.

And a day like that will happen for Georgia too but now while Urban Meyer is at Florida. Hehehehe