As much grief as I give Greg McGarity, it’s only fair to dish out praise when he’s deserving. Here’s a case for that:
Fans seem to be happy that they are getting a break from noon kickoffs. The Appalachian State game is on Sept. 2 at 6:15 p.m. and the Samford game on Sept. 16 is at 7:30 p.m.
“The number of noon games we have had previously and the reaction we’ve had from our fans and others was that was not a desirable time,” McGarity said. “Frankly, among all conference teams, especially in the central time zone, that’s not a great time, but we all know that’s part of the TV package. We did ask for any consideration. It’s never guaranteed, but we did ask for some consideration for non-noon kickoffs whenever possible.”
He listened and he asked. You can’t ask for more than that. From such small gestures of courtesy, fan appreciation is born.
Feel free to make it a habit, sir.
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GREAT!!…..mo time to get liquored-up.
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Bulldog Nation, don’t make the administration regret this by trashing the campus. Students, no excuse not to be at the games on time and ready to provide a home field advantage.
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ee you’ve jinxed the no litter 🙂
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Well played as usual, DiF
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I wish someone would ask him if he’s willing to try to get the Auburn game back on the right rotation. I’m still at a loss for why we were the only team that had to go to a rival in back to back years so that we could have Mizzou.
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I was thinking about this the other day…the only way I can see to fix it is by taking a year off from the Auburn game…so let’s say for argument’s sake that you wanted to fix it for 2019…in 2018 you play a SECW team at home instead of Auburn. Then in 2019 you drop TAMU, move Auburn to a home game. You start looking at that…and how much work it would take a the conference level to reconfigure ALL of those schedules…the only way it happens is if they address it prior to the next round of rotation scheduling, which starts in 2026 OR conference expansion.
In other words…good luck.
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I thought they set early game times for the south Ga fans who didn’t like the late drives home. Was that all rumor? I’ve harbored ill feelings for my brothers to the south all these years for no reason? Ive been cussing Albany, Cairo and Moultrie (don’t even get me started on those sons of bitches from Bainbridge) for every noon kickoff for he past 25 years and they hated it too?
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Adel isn’t hell, but you can see Sparks from there.
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HA!!…been a LONG time since I heard that one.
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lol, Everything is better in Metter.
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…but it’s cooler in Pooler…
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Hey man, lay off of us down here in south GA.
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I was always told that they had 1:00 starts in the 60s and 70s for that reason, but they didn’t have lights, then, either, so there were never going to be night games. Also, school – and football – didn’t start until about the 3rd week in September which gave you a decent chance at reasonable weather. And there almost no TV contracts to fulfill. So, yeah, we were told the south GA thing, but really, there were a lot of reasons for early afternoon kickoffs.
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2PM was the norm before 1….
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A late game against App State and Samford can make for a better day than noon games even against SEC teams like Kentucky and Vandy. Hell, so long as UGA is undefeated, the atmosphere of those night games will practically feel like a pivotal SEC evening matchup.
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We’ll be undefeated for Appy at least.
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Better late than never, I say.
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Agree, Senator, credit where credit is due. I don’t ever recall a UGA administration official asking for consideration, or relief, from noon games. In fact, Adams and Dooley asked for them. Everyone else in the conference has but this is a first for UGA, and it actually references the fans’ desires. What is going on at BM? We all know they cannot control it but there had to be a reason for the incredible imbalance of noon starts for UGA. Everyone dumped them on UGA because all the others were resisting them. Maybe things might break our way for a change.
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It’s no secret the SEC office, the other schools, and the NCAA knew Georgia cared more about the money than the competition and they took advantage of it.
They still do.
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Are you sure he asked or just saw this as an opportunity to get some compliments coming his way? Ha
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But that is still a positive change, it indicates someone is reading the opinions of fans. That is news, and a statement that fans can actually influence things….nothing fake about that being news. I am sure it was bounced off the puppet masters and Kirby first, but still….
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My understanding is that we are only to dish out praise when prompted to either (1) by fake crowd noise and messages on the jumbotron; OR (2) by McGarity’s Minutes.
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