January 13, 2020 · 6:01 AM

Making your presence known

Just curious, since I didn’t get out much this weekend, if anyone’s seen this and can tell the class where it is:

The cowbell with the pirate’s logo is a nice touch.

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27 responses to “Making your presence known”

  1. eethomaswfnc
    January 13, 2020 at 6:12 AM

    I saw that … generally, my thought was that’s a waste of money.

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  2. voxdawg
    January 13, 2020 at 6:13 AM

    There was one on both sides of the digital billboard at the intersection of Barrett Parkway and Dallas Highway in West Cobb. IIRC, it is a few miles from Harrison HS, Justin Field’s haunt.

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  3. 81Dog
    January 13, 2020 at 6:39 AM

    They should just go ahead and become the Pirates, and quit being the fake Bulldogs. Yarrrrrr.

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  4. TimberRidgeDawg
    January 13, 2020 at 6:56 AM

    99.9% of the people who see that sign either A) Don’t know who Mike Leach is, B) Don’t know where Starkville without a map. C) Don’t care.

    Wrong city. They should stick to Birmingham.

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    • No One Knows You're a Dawg
      January 13, 2020 at 7:57 AM

      I wonder if there are similar billboards in B’ham, Nashville, New Orleans, various Florida cities, etc.

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  5. Will
    January 13, 2020 at 7:27 AM

    Seen one of those just off the Buford/Mall of GA exit of 985.

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  6. bpmackie
    January 13, 2020 at 7:40 AM

    Saw it in East Cobb. Roswell Rd right before Sewell Mill red light over Rocco’s Garage.

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    • Sheriff Buford T. Justice
      January 13, 2020 at 9:03 AM

      I saw it in the same location on Saturday afternoon, bp.

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      • Dawg Vegas
        January 13, 2020 at 10:13 AM

        Saw the same location Friday evening and was impressed by how quickly they got it made, distributed, and running. It’s a digital billboard that rotates ads, so that’s likely a much quicker installation with a file upload rather than having to manufacture and physically install it.

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  7. rugbydawg79
    January 13, 2020 at 7:41 AM

    I actually think it is brilliant on their part. There is a large pool of athletes in Atlanta.

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    • Uglydawg
      January 13, 2020 at 8:06 AM

      It is. Publicity is always good.
      As for the one in West Cobb..it’s right where McEachern, Marietta HS, and Harrison districts collide.
      And notice the ref to “Starkvegas” in the corner..

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      • Down Island Way
        January 13, 2020 at 8:46 AM

        My Gawd….UGA crootin’ is doomed now, with the “404” brain trust brewing up a new “WH” crootin’ scheme and billboards calling all leach type pirates, UGA will lose all cred in the state of Ga….thank Gawd Kirb’s be crootin’ nationallly….

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    • Mayor
      January 13, 2020 at 8:08 AM

      ^^This. There are soooooo many top level recruits in the metro Atlanta area that mining this vein of gold can really help Leach and the Missy State program. There is a bigger presence in the Atlanta area of Missy State alumni than you might think, too. Given the type of offense Leach runs I’d be willing to predict that Leach signs some really good receivers and QB prospects from Georgia. I mean, if you were a top quality Tight End, would you rather play for Leach or Kirby? Just sayin.’

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  8. RangerRuss
    January 13, 2020 at 8:04 AM

    The maggots should be concerned. Dawgs? Not so much.

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  9. Dawg93
    January 13, 2020 at 8:12 AM

    I saw it Saturday afternoon on the top-end of 285 driving west toward 75. Think it was about halfway between 400 and Roswell Rd. My 12-yr old daughter saw it before I did and immediately asked me why it was here in Atlanta.

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  10. Bigshot
    January 13, 2020 at 8:17 AM

    I saw one, but I’m so old I can’t remember where it was. Think on 75.

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  11. Normaltown Mike
    January 13, 2020 at 8:31 AM

    Aside from athletes, Mississippi schools have followed the lead of Alabama schools of recruiting heavily in metro ATL.

    Kids that can’t get into UGA or Tech and have parents w/ too much money and can’t stomach the idea of going to Southern or Valdosta anymore so instead go to Bama, MSU, Ole Miss and brag about the HUGE scholarship they get

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  12. W
    January 13, 2020 at 8:50 AM

    There’s another one on 85 south just before you hit the connector. It rotates and shares time with something else. Must be all over town.

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  13. Doug
    January 13, 2020 at 9:31 AM

    I don’t get why people get the vapors every time an opposing team like Mississippi State or Auburn puts up a billboard in the ATL. One, they’ve probably got more alums there than anyplace else. Two, there are going to be more eyeballs period on that thing in Atlanta than there would be anywhere in Alabama or Mississippi.

    I do think it’s funny, though, that whenever this happens, everybody asks if it’s a shot across UGA’s bow and not Tech’s…because Tech’s so irrelevant they’re not even worth the time it would take to throw shade at them.

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  14. duronimo
    January 13, 2020 at 10:11 AM

    Business as usual. Just putting their best photoshopped face forward.

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  15. W Cobb Dawg
    January 13, 2020 at 12:13 PM

    So they’re going after Kennesaw State recruits?

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  16. Bulldog Joe
    January 13, 2020 at 12:58 PM

    Yeah saw that in the 404, right above a Waffle House.

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  17. ryanthepmgncom
    January 13, 2020 at 3:09 PM

    I think this is more about competing with Bama/Auburn/Ole Miss/UTK for out of state tuition dollars than anything else. Sounds like the billboards are in areas where you have a lot of students who really want to go to an SEC school but UGA is not an option.

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