THEORY: Every SEC team should have a neutral site game with one of its permanent rivals.

LowerEastSideDawg said:

Not for me. College football should be an on-campus game until the post-season.

RedNBlackNtheDay said:

Yeah, but... the GA/FL thing is here to stay and, if it truly a recruiting challenge like Kirby says, let's level the issue across the board.

RedNBlackNtheDay said:

Yeah, but... the GA/FL thing is here to stay and, if it truly a recruiting challenge like Kirby says, let's level the issue across the board.

CCEDawg said:

UGA is the dumbest P5 program in the country for playing our biggest rival in their home state every year. It’s why we deserved so many years in pergatory, our boosters caused it because they valued their fall vacation more than winning or respecting the coaches wishes to move the game home and home, as it should be. I seriously doubt you would convince championship programs like Alabama be this stupid. However, with NIL programs that need money, and everyone does, may consider it for funding. Our ADs wouldn’t even use the so called excess money earned from the game to pay for things like indoor practice facilities, which Richt begged for until he finally gave up in his later years. Remember all the years of touting our programs savings ? Now there’s no choice they have to use the money for NIL. I’ve never trusted the true dollar comparison though between playing in Jacksonville vs home and away bc they always fudged the numbers in favor of Jacksonville. The real issue has always been with donors forcing it on the program holding the coaches and our programs success hostage.

CCEDawg said:

UGA is the dumbest P5 program in the country for playing our biggest rival in their home state every year. It’s why we deserved so many years in pergatory, our boosters caused it because they valued their fall vacation more than winning or respecting the coaches wishes to move the game home and home, as it should be. I seriously doubt you would convince championship programs like Alabama be this stupid. However, with NIL programs that need money, and everyone does, may consider it for funding. Our ADs wouldn’t even use the so called excess money earned from the game to pay for things like indoor practice facilities, which Richt begged for until he finally gave up in his later years. Remember all the years of touting our programs savings ? Now there’s no choice they have to use the money for NIL. I’ve never trusted the true dollar comparison though between playing in Jacksonville vs home and away bc they always fudged the numbers in favor of Jacksonville. The real issue has always been with donors forcing it on the program holding the coaches and our programs success hostage.

slobbered said:

Should be Bama/Auburn in Birmingham Vandy/Tenn in ATL

LowerEastSideDawg said:

Not for me. College football should be an on-campus game until the post-season.

TouchOfSilverBritches said:

I’m a GA/FL home & away absolutist converted to a Jax/WLOCO absolutist - I’ve seen the light. Jax is awesome, St. Simon’s or Amelia is awesome, it’s a CFB tradition, and money talks. Game ain’t moving.

scottmac1972 said:

Yep, with CFB tossing traditions out the window left and right.....you would think people would want to hold on to those last few neutral site rivalries.

LowerEastSideDawg said:

I'm about to contradict myself. I'm in favor of on-campus college football... yet I've always been supportive of neutral site games between Georgia-Florida, Texas-OU, and Army-Navy. I'm definitely a traditionalist in that sense too.

CCEDawg said:

UGA is the dumbest P5 program in the country for playing our biggest rival in their home state every year. It’s why we deserved so many years in pergatory, our boosters caused it because they valued their fall vacation more than winning or respecting the coaches wishes to move the game home and home, as it should be. I seriously doubt you would convince championship programs like Alabama be this stupid. However, with NIL programs that need money, and everyone does, may consider it for funding. Our ADs wouldn’t even use the so called excess money earned from the game to pay for things like indoor practice facilities, which Richt begged for until he finally gave up in his later years. Remember all the years of touting our programs savings ? Now there’s no choice they have to use the money for NIL. I’ve never trusted the true dollar comparison though between playing in Jacksonville vs home and away bc they always fudged the numbers in favor of Jacksonville. The real issue has always been with donors forcing it on the program holding the coaches and our programs success hostage.

RedNBlackNtheDay said:

[TABLE] [TR] [TD]School A[/TD] [TD]School B[/TD] [TD]Neutral Site[/TD] [TD]Venue[/TD] [TD][CENTER]Capacity[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Alabama[/TD] [TD]Tennessee[/TD] [TD]Atlanta[/TD] [TD]Mercedes Benz[/TD] [TD][CENTER]75,000[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Texas[/TD] [TD]Oklahoma[/TD] [TD]Dallas[/TD] [TD]Cotton Bowl[/TD] [TD][CENTER]80,000[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Georgia[/TD] [TD]Florida[/TD] [TD]Jacksonville[/TD] [TD]EverBank[/TD] [TD][CENTER]67,838[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LSU[/TD] [TD]Texas A&M[/TD] [TD]Houston or New Orleans[/TD] [TD]NRG Stadium or Superdome[/TD] [TD][CENTER]72,220[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kentucky[/TD] [TD]South Carolina[/TD] [TD]Charlotte[/TD] [TD]Bank of America Stadium[/TD] [TD][CENTER]74,867[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Auburn[/TD] [TD]Vanderbilt[/TD] [TD]Nashville[/TD] [TD]Nissan Stadium[/TD] [TD][CENTER]69,143[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Arkansas[/TD] [TD]Missouri[/TD] [TD]Memphis[/TD] [TD]Independence Stadium[/TD] [TD][CENTER]65,000[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Ole Miss[/TD] [TD]Mississippi State[/TD] [TD]Jackson[/TD] [TD]Veterans Memorial Stadium[/TD] [TD][CENTER]60,492[/CENTER][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] This assures every SEC team a 'bowl game' experience versus a traditional rival. Some caveats: [LIST=1] [*]Attempts to keep in-state rivals home/away with exception of Ole Miss/Miss State. Jackson was a traditional site until 1990. [*]Jackson, MS would need to put forward plans to expand stadium by 10,000 seats [*]Bama/Tenn in ATL? Or, Nashville. But, where do you put Auburn/Vandy? [/LIST]

WBDawg13 said:

Wouldn’t we be tied with Oklahoma for dumbest P4 program then? They play their biggest rival in their home state every year. I actually didn’t read this whole diatribe…you lost me after the first sentence.

CCEDawg said:

UGA is the dumbest P5 program in the country for playing our biggest rival in their home state every year. It’s why we deserved so many years in pergatory, our boosters caused it because they valued their fall vacation more than winning or respecting the coaches wishes to move the game home and home, as it should be. I seriously doubt you would convince championship programs like Alabama be this stupid. However, with NIL programs that need money, and everyone does, may consider it for funding. Our ADs wouldn’t even use the so called excess money earned from the game to pay for things like indoor practice facilities, which Richt begged for until he finally gave up in his later years. Remember all the years of touting our programs savings ? Now there’s no choice they have to use the money for NIL. I’ve never trusted the true dollar comparison though between playing in Jacksonville vs home and away bc they always fudged the numbers in favor of Jacksonville. The real issue has always been with donors forcing it on the program holding the coaches and our programs success hostage.