If the downside to our fan base is the few who chose the announcement of the CFP field as the perfect opportunity to show their collective asses to an opposing player, the upside more than makes up for it.
It is a long trip from Athens, Ga. to Pasadena, Calif. –2,238 miles to be exact – but that won’t stop Georgia fans from heading out West to see the Bulldogs take on Oklahoma in the College Football Playoff semifinal.
ESPN announcer Kirk Herbstreit is already expecting a lot of red and black to fill the iconic Rose Bowl.
(I’d show Herbie’s tweet, except he’s still blocking me on Twitter.)
Our travel prowess this season is a story in and of itself. We done good.
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I like how he is actively encouraging Oklahoma fans to travel, methinks he wouldn’t be doing that if the shoe was on the other foot.
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He wouldn’t need to. I think it is a back handed compliment to Dawg fans that he feels the need to push the OU folks.
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Have you been a bad boy on Herbie’s twitter feed?
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Evidently, but I don’t know when it happened.
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I don’t do Twitter, but if I did I’d want to be blocked by Herbstreit from Day One. Excellent job, Senator.
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Agreed Well done
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Well, then, I’m in good company! I think I threw 2007 in his face and he got pissy.
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Based on a quick Twitter search, the only tweet I can find where you mentioned him was a response to him saying the Kaepernick stuff had made him appreciate the national anthem more. This was your response:
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I’m kind of hoping it’s over the Herbstreit Doctrine, because that would mean somebody showed him the Lexicon. 🙂
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A man can dream, right?
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We took over ND, Vanderbilt, Mark Richt Field, and the Benzo and we will take over Pasadena. Go Dawgs!
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Herbstreit blocking you? Lol. I get blocking all the “Phylis from Mulga” types, but that is some serious thin skin on his part.
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Why would anyone block Phlis? In real life, she’s a ‘Bama cheerleader and she’s hot.
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Who’s knocked back a few cartons of Camel straight pipes in her day.
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Yeah, to hell with hot cheerleaders that has smoked cigarettes. Give me “miss average”, dressed in grunge, and stoned as she sucks raw weed, from God knows where and sprayed with God knows what, through a pipe or using ZigZag papers. Hard choice isn’t it? Commons sense. or flavor of the day? Oh well, something for everyone.
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First person to respond is a ND fan talking about how well we traveled to South Bend and what great guests we were.
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The problem is OU also wears red – albeit a darker shade of one – so it will be hard to tell how much of an advantage we have when then do all those pans and overhead shots. And for those familiar with the Rose Bowl, it’s hard for that place to get really loud regardless of any advantage we might have.
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black it out
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for the record: i was just kidding
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But think about it…with all the Okie red..if Georgia fans wear black.it will look like a complete UGA crowd
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Does it matter? As long as it isn’t an 85% hostile crowd that can dominate the noise and disrupt our offense, we should be fine. I think OU might have more fans at this one but a 60/40 split either way keeps the playing field level.
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They’re much closer to Alabama crimson than red.
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Kudos to those of you who will make the trip. I had decided to go and was spending of the amount of money I thought it would take to get it done, but Delta pushed it over the cliff for me.
I wonder if they’ll put together a watch event at Stegeman.
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Or Sanford
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The tickets are easy — the travel… ay ya ya.
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Yesterday on 680 the fan, One of the producers (not hosts) mentioned there is a $99 bus from Vegas to Rose Bowl that would get you to the stadium 3 hours before kickoff and leave a little bit after the game. Part of a package, not a random Greyhound.
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Problem with that is that the flight prices to Vegas right now are just as damn bad as flying to LAX.
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How about hotel?
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Not quite, but they’ve definitely gone up. Enough that I’m considering PHX. 5+ hrs drive… damn. What am I doing?
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Going to The Rose Bowl man!
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Having been to a BCS CG, it will be worth it. I keep eyeing prices and looking at hotels.
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If you can budget the time, a day in Sedona Az is worth it. It might be cheaper to stay another night in Arizona rather than spring for the flight for the shorter stay.
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I bit the bullet and bought 3 tickets along with motel rooms…ouch! since I live in Phoenix these days, I’ll just make the 6 hour drive…no Delta or Southwest needed…
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That would be attractive, even the Sugar Bowl would be reasonable, but the airlines are gouging due to holiday. Not blaming them, just saying that the per ticket cost for a good seat ($800 + or -), added to the $800 or so for an airline seat, and 2-3 nights in a decent hotel ($200+) make a family trip. I could pay $2000 for each seat on January 8, if we make it to the finals in Atlanta, and come out ahead.
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That’s a big IF
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I would consider Herbstreit blocking me on twitter a win. I’m not making the trip, I have some overseas trips already planned. But I will be viewing at “Cowdog’s Under the Deck” with my favorite next door drinking buddy, the Sooner.
Dawgs, shit just got real. There are bragging rights at stake I’m chicken wing champ, he got me in the chili cook off. Don’t let me down………
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After a few drinks, challenge him to a spelling contest.
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Why, Ike! Whatever do you mean?!
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Are we cross?
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All my travel and lodging is booked. Flew into Vegas to save a few bucks. I think the vacation budget for 2018 is already gone.
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I didn’t follow the comment thread yesterday on the Baker Mayfield incident, so this may have been addressed, but don’t you think there’s a possibility (a) Mayfield is making it up or (b) it could be a bunch of loser non-UGA fans (read: Tech) just stirring the pot? In today’s world, that’s entirely possible and I think it’s unfair to just assume what you’re quick to slam your own fanbase for.
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Let’s see… Mayfield got emotional and made an obscene gesture. He apologized for his behavior. That obviously makes him a fabricator.
Did Tebow or Knowshon lie when they claimed opposing fans called them on their cellphones?
There are thousands and thousands of UGA fans. To think absolutely no one in a fan base that’s crapped all over kids like Terrance Edwards and egged Aaron Murray’s house is capable of showing his or her ass to Mayfield insults my intelligence. YMMV.
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Jesus, Bluto, don’t get your panties in a twist. I’m just exploring the POSSIBILITY that you are overdoing the angst towards the fanbase in general. It’s certainly possible what happened happened. But it’s equally likely that one idiot sting talker saw a posted number and called Mayfield pretending to be a “gagger” so he could brag about it, and then Mayfield took off with it. But I guess condemn away if it suits you. I just see it as more of a non-story.
Best,
Puffdawg
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And Roy Moore didn’t chase any teen tail in his 30’s. No reason to believe a fact that doesn’t suit you. After all we’re in a post-fact world. Might as well join in.
I think urban and herbstreit made those calls just to fuck us up.
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Charley trippi was starting the last time we played in the rose bowl. Both of my parents were born and died in between. This may not happen again in your lifetime. There are few one in a lifetime events. This is one of them.
You put four people in a minivan and go in four hour shifts and youll be there at little cost is about 28 hours. Stop after 24, get a cheap hotel room in the desert and drive in on the 1st. The tickets ain’t that bad.
Find a way. Fly to Dallas and drive the rest of the way. Fly to Houston. Denver. Phoenix.
Sanford fucking stadium west at 2pm on 1/1/18. Get that shit done. Fuck a credit score.
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He’s saying “the van, the van.”
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I agree, except that Notre Dame was my “once in a lifetime” trip for 2017. Told the wife, yep, no other away games, won’t even go to all the home games. The 2017 budget all goes to ND. Aaaaaaaand then there was the bachelor party for Vandy, the free room in Jacksonville, and finally the SEC. My checkbook matches our home jerseys. But, all of that said, if we win the Rose, the only way I’m not in the Benz for the NC is if I’m dead.
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DGD
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You coming?
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Oh, I will be there. Wouldn’t miss it for anything.
I’ve always wanted to see us play in the Rose Bowl. I always thought it was the best site of the big bowl games and hated that they had the Pac 10/Big Ten tie in for so long. I also love the history of the game when southern teams would trek out there in the 1920’s through the 1940’s to play until they shut us out in ’46. (Probably some dawg fans had too much fun out there in ’43.)
When they opened it up for playoffs and championships, that was the place I wanted to play for it all one day. But I’ll take this.
Trippi and Sinkwich in 1943 and Chubb and Sony and Swift in 2018!
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We may need to try and orchestrate a little GTP drinking party. NYE maybe?
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As long as we celebrate it in NYC, in other words 9 pacific. I think I’m getting drug to the parade. Starts at 8 am so, I’m not seeing midnight in Cali … that night.
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Parades have never really done anything for me so I’m on the fence about going to that or not. But I’m down for drinking in the time zone of your preference.
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Right on, Derek. Frank had just won his Heisman, too.
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Hell Derek, your house is on wheels so why don’t you pull it out there instead?
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I’m glad they have an internet cafe at the homeless shelter for convicted sex offenders so you’ll have something to do with your free time other than molesting the children.
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Booked our flights into PHX this morning. Found an itenerary yesterday morning at $449. Soon after that, it went up to $563. Figured we’d check this morning, hoping it would drop back down a little given that it was a Tuesday. No dice. Said itinerary went up another $100. We ended up grabbing the red-eye early on the 3rd back to ATL.
Book your flights now, folks. It ain’t getting any easier from here on out unless Delta decides to start adding a bunch of flights.
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I have to imagine Delta and Southwest flight ops are trying to figure out a way to add capacity.
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You think prices will go down? Good luck with that.
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No – I just have to assume they are trying to determine if they can add capacity.
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Has anybody heard anything about ticket cutoffs? I read somewhere to schools get 22-25K tickets.
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Someone here said Thursday.
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Just buy them on Ticketmaster. I got four Sunday night.
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Plenty of reasonably priced tickets on Rose Bowl site
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I’ve already bought 2, just in case.
Would happily take 2 more at face value, though.
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I heard today and I heard that all faculty/staff requests were filled. That’s a good sign for most people.
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There is nothing on my f/s account yet.
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Mine other, just heard from a birdie.
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Jeez, my writing is awful. Nothing official, just a rumor I should say — but reliable.
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Yeah as the others said, just buy off the Rose Bowl site. I paid $330 but $220 will get you in the door….considering the usual price of SECCG tix I don’t think it was that bad.
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Locked and loaded here in Houston. Got my tickets, hotel and flights on Sunday night. I can’t wait another 75 years to try again so this is it.
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I enjoy the ignorant comments on social media. As if Georgia hasn’t always traveled well.
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Lawd, I can’t stand that turd.
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His integrity was sold over a decade ago, and he hasn’t stopped sliding. Every comment is to support an agenda.
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All too demonstrably true. Sad.
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BTW, I see OU found a suitable replacement for Mixon. Their leading rusher was just named in a local woman’s protective order.
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/news/oklahoma-football-news-rodney-anderson-protective-order-college-football-playoff-rose-bowl-georgia/11sf48coxqftb1xaeroh7ve1gz
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Had to tap the retirement account, but what the hell. Flights and tickets booked. Debating whether to get up early and see the Rose Parade. Anyone been to the parade? Worth the time?
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We move to LA in 1957. My mom died 8 years ago and never went to the parade, one of her big regrets. I got her to the game but never the parade.
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That’s an eeeeeeaaaaaarrrrrlllly start, or either a very late night. I’d like to see the parade, but not sure I want to see it that badly.
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The Lassiter HS Band from Marietta will be in the Rose Bowl parade. Go support the local kids.
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Cheapest ticket on the Rose site right now is $439.
I’m going to be really pissed if I don’t get face-value tix thru the UGAA, after they re-opened ticket sales last Sunday for people who had “forgotten” to include the Rose on their list of bowls from the original email, which was sent a month ago & specified a deadline of Nov. 29.
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Stub Hub is cheaper.
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They did that? That’s not right imo.
They’re also not going to announce national champ game cutoffs until after the Rose Bowl. I don’t understand why they can’t go ahead and figure that out. They already know their allotment. People outside of Atlanta have travel arrangements they would need to make.
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$$$
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How does money explain the waiting? They’ve already taken everyone’s donations and orders.
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Exactly. Don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t know right now what the Rose cutoff is, and why we don’t know right now how many seats the UGAA would be getting for the Nat’l Champ game.
All their stated ticket-order deadlines are long past.
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Not determining/publicizing the Natty cutoff for another 4 weeks is insane…but is also, unfortunately, par for the course for the wonderful UGA ticket office.
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They don’t care Chop- if they can find a way to monetize it, they will. I’m guessing if we win the Rose there will be an opportunity of some sort to increase your chances ($’s) for the Natty tickets. It’s the Georgia Way
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70K Delta Points to San Diego on the 31st and back on the 2nd.
80K Hilton Points for 2 nights at Hampton Inn San Diego Bayfront
2 Days of free rental car through National.
Free ticket from a friend of a friend who has Rose connections.
I’m at like $29 spent so far with the service fees, etc.
The perks of traveling some for work pay off.
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Leaving all the more room in your bourbon budget. Well played.
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Bangor Maine to LAX on Delta was $1200 Sunday. I booked anyway. Never imagined getting to ND or the Rose Bowl but now getting to both in same year. My wife is awesome! Told her I’d never ask for anything more. Of course if they get to Atlanta again…
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You guys all toss me $100 and I’ll book a Rose Bowl suite for us all to hang.
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Just booked my room and flight, tickets are ‘in the mail’
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A few notes as a previous travel warrior and still frequent traveler:
–LAX has several airports to choose from, including Anaheim, Long Beach, Burbank and others. You might want to expand your search, though you will have to connect.
–When searching for flights; its very important to clean out your cache often and use sites like Kayak, as airlines put cookies on your computer and can quickly see what you are interested in. Ever thought it was odd how a flight you just searched suddenly went up $50. That’s no coincidence my friend
–For Atlanta area folks, try Birmingham; for those in north GA, try Chattanooga. Again, don’t just look at ATL-LAX only.
–I’ve been to LA. no less than 30 times and even used to spend summers there. If you are fairly well heeled, stay in Santa Monica on the beach at a place like Viceroy (my fav), Fairmont, Loews, etc. I also highly recommend the South Bay as well, particularly Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. Otherwise, DTLA is where I would strongly suggest looking, as downtown is really booming with lots of new accommodations, sites to see, etc. And its a quick and easy jaunt over to Pasadena on the 110 which is rarely crowded.
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South Bay surfers rule. However, I was in the water at the MB pier every morning for 4 days over the 4th of July and the water was 62! On th eater hand, it’s probably the same now.
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To get from Marina Del Ray to the MB Pier via the long way home, get on 90 E from Palawan Way and Admiralty Way, take I-405 S to Inglewood in Redondo, get off I-405 S at exit 42B then follow Manhattan Beach Blvd to Manhattan Beach Pier
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Take the strand!
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Who doesn’t like the challenge of taking the long way home instead of The Strand
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My brother-in-law had a trucking company out of LAX. He lived in Hawthorne and the yard was in Watts. He rode his Harley on the freeway to work every day for 25 years.
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