Georgia's record at GameDay broadcasts

We recite the record, 3-13, as if it were a canticle designed to ward off the mere thought of the evil spirits of Lee Corso anywhere in the same area code as the Dawgs on a Saturday.



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Here are the full list of Georgia's appearances with ESPN GameDay broadcasting from their game location (wins in bold):



1995: Georgia at #8 Tennessee; L 30-27

1998: #5 Tennessee at Georgia; L 22-3

1999: #10 Georgia vs. #5 Florida (in Jacksonville), L 30-14

2002: #7 Georgia at #22 Alabama, W 27-25

2002: #5 Georgia vs. Florida (in Jacksonville); L 20-13

2003: #7 Georgia at #11 LSU, L 17-10

2003: #3 LSU vs #5 Georgia (SEC Championship in Atlanta), L 34-13

2004: #4 Georgia at South Carolina, W 20-16

2004: #5 Georgia at #3 Auburn, L 24-6

2005: #4 Georgia vs. #16 Florida (in Jacksonville), L 14-10

2007: #22 Georgia at #16 Alabama, W 26-23

2008: #8 Alabama at #3 Georgia, L 41-30

2011: #1 LSU vs. #15 Georgia (SEC Championship in Atlanta), L 42-10

2012: #5 Georgia vs. #6 South Carolina, L 35-7

2012: #2 Alabama vs. #3 Georgia (SEC Championship in Atlanta); L 32-28

2013: #5 Georgia at #8 Clemson; L 38-35



Georgia is 0-2 in Athens, 0-6 in neutral sites, and 3-5 in true road games.



So, yeah. We haven't had a great record when we play a game that GameDay is featuring. Looking at Georgia's games, we were a clear dog in 3 of them (both UT games and SECCG in '11). Looking at the wins, we won 2 of the three we were clear favorites in (2002 Alabama, 2005 South Carolina). Look at the games from a final record perspective:



1995: Georgia finished 6-6, UT finished 11-1

1998: Georgia finished 9-3, UT finished 13-0*

1999: Georgia finished 8-4, UF finished 9-4

2002: Georgia finished 13-1, Alabama finished 10-3

2002: Georgia finished 13-1, Florida finished 8-5

2003: Georgia finished 10-3, LSU finished 13-1* (Reg. season and SECCG)

2004: Georgia finished 10-2, South Carolina finished 6-5

2004: Georgia finished 10-2, Auburn finished 13-0

2005: Georgia finished 10-3, Florida finished 9-3

2007: Georgia finished 11-2, Alabama finished 7-6 

2008: Georgia finished 10-3, Alabama finished 12-2

2011: Georgia finished 10-4, LSU finished 13-1

2012: Georgia finished 12-2, South Carolina finished 11-2

2012: Georgia finished 12-2, Alabama finished 13-1*

2013: Georgia currently 1-1, Clemson currently 2-0



By my count, Georgia only has one "bad" loss, the 2002 bed wetting against the worst Florida team in nearly 15 years. We lost to three eventual national champs. Seven of the 13 losses are to one or zero loss teams (counting Clemson right now). The hard part is winning the games that are pushes. Think 2005 Florida or this year's Clemson game.



Let me ask you a question. How ridiculous would it to hear Alabama coming into the 2008 season bitching about being on GameDay. They were 3-17 through 2007. Since then, they have gone 14-3. So, did GameDay change their formula in 2008 to give the Tide a chance to win the GameDay games they've played in since then?



If you think GameDay has something to do with us winning or losing a game, are you willing to say that Georgia would have won those games but for GameDay?



It is correlated. It is not causal. There is no way it can be.



TD

Dear Students

As a group, you have lost all moral high ground to complain about student ticketing procedures. I don't have an answer to your 'who gets the tickets' problem, but I know when the student section is 70% full, at best, the problem is less about fairness in distribution and more about finding who wants to be there. And shut up about it being North Texas or the rain.



Or go to Tech, where students do really support their team with attendance at games.



Signed,

A frustrated, wet alum who stayed at the game with his eight year old until Pwnn Wagers told us the game was over



PS. To give credit where it is due, there were more students at the game, as a percentage, than other fans by the end of the game. Also, the student section leads the fans in noise making. We alumni have some work to do in that regard.

Told y'all Hutson would make it better

Probably seen on the Dawg Vent at approximately 30 seconds after Mason hands the ball off to JJ Green twice for a two play touchdown drive to make it 45-21.

TD

UGA Athletics generates nearly $100M in revenue

Good news, right?



There was just over $2.2M surplus to bring the accumulated reserve up to $73.9M. Football brought in over $62M in revenue, with nearly equal amounts of direct football revenue, ticket contributions, and TV revenue from the SEC and NCAA. Long term construction debt fell $9M.



It also looks like the Foley project will reach the $5M needed to get Athletics off their $7M needed to complete the Foley face lift by February. The number is $2M higher than it was at project unveiling.  It'd be interesting to see where the rest of the $35M in revenue came from.



So, we'll see how that money gets spent. Or if it actually does. Because Tennessee.



Oh, I'll also have more about this later, but I'm guessing there is some room for revenue growth in other sports with improved results, because you can bet some of that ticket and ticket contribution revenue will fall with the coming tasty cupcake parade we are likely to see in football and basketball (and baseball, for that matter).



TD

See Also:

- What does Bret Bielma's contract tell us about Butts-Mehre? (Blutarsky)

Rain in the forecast for North Texas

It remains to be seen if it will be Arizona State level rain, but be forewarned:

TD