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By: kbsig

kbsig — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:42:32 +0000

Thank God this game is no longer in Jacksonville – the City is having to pony up $500K for the shortfall from last year’s game.

Move the game to Charlotte and be done with it.

and may still be a flop

By: Big Jon

Big Jon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:58:42 +0000

# 30-

The point you make about being geographically spread out is definitely valid. As a Pac-10 fan we absolutely loathe our natural rivals but, quite frankly, could give a shit about the other eight. Except for USC, but that’s just jealousy no matter how anybody else tries to spin it. Knock the Pac all you want for not having a conference championship game but we’ll still look down our nicely tanned noses at the ACC. What a fucking joke.

#37-

Everybody knows somebody from college that lives in DC. There’s an adult intramural league for various sports in DC where the teams are organized by collegiate affiliation. The last time I visited friends there I watched ASU beat UofA in soccer. Crazy.

By: Phocion

Phocion — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:00:58 +0000

@37

You forgot to mention the similar urban blight and general risk of bodily harm.

By: Bull_Gator

Bull_Gator — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:21 +0000

Im driving to Atlanta just to avoid this game, and I live in Tampa for Zook’s sake.

By: Ge. Stoopnagle

Ge. Stoopnagle — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:13:26 +0000

You know, folks in Atlanta enjoy CFB more than anyone and there are a lot of ACC fans there. There’s even a – gasp! – ACC member in ATL. They should have the game in ATL! It’s so easy to get to, it’s not far from Florida or North Carolina and even the Bostonians could fly down relatively easily.

But the SECCG is that w/e you say. They couldn’t possibly have two games on the same day? And they can’t play on Sunday. That’s the beauty of it! The ACC can play it on THURSDAY NIGHT, bay-beeeeeees! They’re used to playing that night anyway and they’ll have ESPN all to themselves!

Man, they should just hire my ass to be commish.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:35:48 +0000

I neglected to complete my analogy of DC/Atlanta properly, which was that I bet nearly every person from an SEC school has friends in ATL.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:33:13 +0000

I would rather spend the night with Janet Reno than attend the ACC Championship game

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:32:57 +0000

Easy…it’s filled because A) many alums live within a driveable distance, if not in metro Atlanta, and B) many have friends they can stay with, presumably, if they don’t get a hotel.

In fact I would say that if the ACC held the title game in DC, they would get more fans, because I bet almost everyone from the ACC knows at least 1 person who lives in DC, and its more or less drivable for a lot of people, and thus…a much cheaper proposition. For example, Georgia Tech alone has its largest alumni base outside of Georgia in DC, and we don’t even have a law school.

By: I'm A Lasagna Hog

I'm A Lasagna Hog — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:32:51 +0000

30, that may be true, but buying up Miami’s national titles and name recognition was too much to pass up. Seems that since VT has been in the title game all but one year (and won it anyway in 04 before the title game was there) they ought to just have it at Lane Stadium.

By: Mich-Placed Gator

Mich-Placed Gator — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:17:01 +0000

33 ( & 34 ),
I knew that, smarty pants….I was asking Brian….

By: gosouthgohard

gosouthgohard — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:36:12 +0000

and by #31 i meant #32, of course

By: gosouthgohard

gosouthgohard — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:31:16 +0000

#31:

1. The SEC generally has the decency to have their game actually “mean something”, like, say a shot at a national championship

2. The SEC division champions have, in recent memory, wrapped up their divisions a few weeks before the games

3. Atlanta is a lot more centrally located to most of the SEC schools than Tampa/Jacksonville is to (most of) the ACC. Not to LSU, of course, but there’s no accounting for LSU.

4. Atlanta, as a city and as a metro area, enjoys good college football in general, and SEC football specifically.

By: Mich-Placed Gator

Mich-Placed Gator — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:53:21 +0000

#31…

point well taken, maybe valid; but how come the Georgia Dome is always filled to near capacity the first Saturday of every December?

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:40:53 +0000

Yea, people cant drop everything and get plane tickets, hotels, game tickets, and food on a 1 week notice….AND expect to go to the orange bowl if their team wins. I think that’s one of the greater detriments, the same expense for this game, which isnt as prestigious or meaningful, as a major bowl.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:35:10 +0000

Ouch. That’s sad.

What’s ironic is the game will probably be the best conference championship game. The Big 12 game will be 70bazillion to 31thousand and the festivities in the ATL will be like the rest of the SEC’s big games this year, which means it’ll be over before Joe From Snellville tries to throw an oblong object through a Dr. Pepper sign.

The ACC should’ve added VT and stayed a 10 with no championship game. Miami and BC just don’t belong. The conference is too spread out to maintain close knit rivalries that generate the passion seen in other conferences.