Shots fired.
Hey, even we know Dreamland BBQ is really a @UOfAlabama thing. https://t.co/2vIJZJz326
— Georgia Tech (@GeorgiaTech) August 7, 2017
Y'all must be trying to stay relevant lol y'all aren't even a real rival 😂 https://t.co/0eGcFbo5Jh
— Jordan Jenkins (@jordanOLB) August 8, 2017
Over barbecue.
Filed under Georgia Football, Georgia Tech Football
“We remember the Sugar Bowl, I think it my junior year of high school, we let Alabama beat us twice,” Brinson said of a team that also lost to the Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship game. “We’re not letting Alabama beat us twice. In the Sugar Bowl in 2018, they… thought they should have been in the playoffs and lost to Texas.” -- AB-H, 12/27/23
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Said the university whose tradition is to get chili dogs before or after games served to them using their rivals colors.
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Of all the things Georgia fans are upset about regarding McGarity, it would the most SEC thing ever if it’s BBQ that does him in.
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We just want the bammers to feel at home. 2008 and 2015 just weren’t enough hospitality.
Of all the “tone deaf” shit I’ve ever seen contracting with a BBQ enterprise associated with Tuscaloosa may be the worst yet. I guess we can say “at least it isn’t Sonny’s.”
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At least it isn’t Sonny’s.
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Sonny’s gets a bad wrap, but I’d take it over Dreamland….
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Other than Sonny’s being based in the arm pit of Florida otherwise known as Gainesville, their pork is pretty good for a chain place.
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I like sonny’s (it’s to BBQ what pringles is to the potato chip. It’s pretty good despite not being the real thing) but because it’s from Gainesville it’s in the same class as Gatorade. Can’t associate it with the university in any capacity. Dreamland is pretty much in the same class as sonnys or Gatorade in my book. I’ll eat it but I don’t want to see it in Sanford stadium.
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My one and only experience with a Sonny’s was absolute garbage.
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It is very sub-par for BBQ, like Mickey D’s it survives because it is the largest in their category, in terms of locations, and familiarity. I cannot remember the last time I ate at either chain, there are just too many better alternatives….even in my isolated location. Love supporting independents and smaller chains with 2-5 locations. But someone likes it, they are all over Florida, and some areas in Georgia.
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Re-enforces the old adage,
“Georgia fans and Tech fans have one thing in common. Obsession with UGA football.”
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That you can count on.
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Seems like Georgia is their home, it is shamful they are opening in that brand new beautiful stadium in Atlanta. Bet you would not see that in Alabama if things were reversed…………
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Dreamland actually is a UGA thing – the founder is a UGA alum who donates quite a bit to the university. That would be like chastising UGA for their Aflak sponsorship because they have offices in Knoxville, Gainesville and Atlanta, even though the founder/CEO is a UGA grad.
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Do you the mean the founder of franchising system is a UGA grad? Because one quick look at the portrait of “Big Daddy” can quickly reveal that he was not UGA alum in 1958.
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Betsy McAtee CEO is a Bama Alum
http://bhmbiz.com/2016/04/18/meet-the-205-betsy-mcatee/
She likes Dave Matthews and Dreamland must love bland corporatized versions of things that should be art.
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AFLAC is actually based in Columbus, Georgia. Dan Amos is a Georgia grad. Very different than Alabama BBQ being sold in Sanford Stadium by an outfit whose origin is in the shadow of Bryant-Denny Stadium.
There were plenty of Georgia based BBQ places that would have killed for that contract – Fox Brothers and Southern Soul are a couple I would have called to gauge their interest right off the bat.
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I would be interested to know how this cam about, did dreamland call up B-M? Dreamland is actually a little surprising, I thought they weren’t expanding in Georgia. Further didn’t one of their location burn and they elected not to rebuild?
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http://www.dreamlandbbq.com/content/Dreamlandbbq/CustomPages/locations/Concessions.htm
Maybe it’s cuz Dreamland already sells in several SEC football stadiums?
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The one in Peachtree Corners burned but there’s a new one in downtown Duluth that has this contract
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The founder is John “Big Daddy” Bishop, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama (no UGA alum):
http://www.dreamlandbbq.com/content/Dreamlandbbq/CustomPages/aboutus/Our_History.htm
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“We’re excited to welcome Dreamland BBQ, owned by @ugaCOE’s Betty Underwood (BSED ’53), to Sanford Stadium this fall!”
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She inherited some franchises from her husband last year, who was a Bama dental grad.
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and her daughter is CEO Betsy McATee
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A Bama grad 🙂
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Underwood loved going to Dreamland when he was a student at the University of Alabama and later when McAtee and her brother attended the school.
http://www.al.com/bhammag/index.ssf/2016/03/dreamland_ceo_betsy_mcatees_jo.html
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Oh Tech you are so good about food. The only thing those guys pass, other than wind, it the Varsity.
Think not, then why all these companies want visas for foreign engineers. Curious where do all those degree holders now work.
Fret not. Hell, transfer to UGA. We have prof who will give you the opportunity for an “A” if you are stressed.
Hey Greg, stop fretting man about the criticism. You have a get out of jail card now [too bad the roster does not have those].
Can not take it anymore. Put a shroud over my diplomas this morn.
What has happened at UGA lately?
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GATA!!…’Hard To Stop A Trane’.
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+1 for Blazing Saddles
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Or a little closer to home…
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Well, you knew that was coming. More shots fired into our feet.
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Freakin Alabama. Always causing trouble.
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The athletic program that gave the world “Fun on the Flats!” fancies themselves experts in self-marketing, eh.
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This is just so, so, so very dumb.
Also, beat tech.
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Welp… at least we won’t have to worry about Bammer barbecue stains standing out on our black jerseys during the Samford game.
I’m a glass-half-full kind of a guy.
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The University of Alabama at Athens
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I don’t think you can overuse the words “tone deaf” enough with BM.
The optics on this are FUBAR +1.
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And I don’t give a damn if the franchise owner is a UGA grad. They should have enough sense to know this is “Bama thang” NOT a “Dawg thang” like Fallins, Finchers, Fresh Air, Georgia pig, Southern Soul, sconyers, Strickland’s…
Where have all the folks with common sense gone?
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http://www.dreamlandbbq.com/content/Dreamlandbbq/CustomPages/locations/Concessions.htm
Apparently it’s also a Tiger/Eagle/Plainsmen thing as well as a Maroon Bulldog thing and a Blue Raider thing
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Good for them – my point is there is plenty of GEORGIA BBQ that beats the hell out of Dreamland.
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Southern Soul is killing it here on the coast and are rabid dawg fans. I guess choosing their barbecue was just too practical and without any drama. Why do we have such idiots in positions of power at UGA? Instead of the Georgia Way, we should call it the Georgia Bubble.
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My one visit to Southern Soul was great. The whole family loved it. I will go back the next time we’re in St. Simons.
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How the hell is southern soul going to sell BBQ in Athens 6-7 times a year??
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The same way they cater an event in Brunswick, Savannah, Kingsland, Jacksonville, etc
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I get it … they likely wouldn’t, but the point is why would UGA go to an ALABAMA BBQ joint to sell its product in Sanford when there are outstanding BBQ places in Georgia to do the job?
By the way, how do you know unless you ask? The guys who own Southern Soul as others have mentioned are big Georgia fans. If they thought they could make it work and make money at it, I guarantee they would find a way to sell their product in Sanford.
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I have enjoyed Fox Brothers at #atlutd games at Bobby Dodd. And I can imagine any BBQ being top of the line is a football stadium but I have had Sauce House catered at several events in Athens and have enjoyed it.
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