Heads up! 2011 Chick-fil-a Football game announced

[grimthorn.livejournal.com]

Looks like the football game in the Georgia Dome on Dragon*Con weekend next year will be Boise St and UGA.  Not that anyone should be terribly worried about either of those schools booking Dragon*Con hotels for that weekend. (I can't imagine too many Boise fans travelling to Atlanta... Most UGA fans won't need to travel... and most of our rooms are booked up anyway.)

Just something that might be useful to know for next year...

-Grim

Comments

[noitsnotrandal.livejournal.com]

Actually that’s terrible – Boise St fans will travel and they all seem to have a chip on their shoulder because nobody else believes they’re as great as they think they are. That almost makes me not want to go…if not for it being the 25th anniversary of DC I would pass. Freaking Boise St……great….

[lady-kathana.livejournal.com]

I know some Boise fans that are going to be thrilled to hear this.

[davidvcody.livejournal.com]

This is good news. Georgia fans know who we are and probably have attended before and Boise State fans will be dazed and confused.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

And most Georgia fans will be traveling directly to and from the game then heading home...

[paladyn.livejournal.com]

Yeah but there are the Alum to worry about.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

Correct, but not at the levels that an out of state school would have...

[ronofthedead.livejournal.com]

This is great! I am going to try and get tickets for the game. I am a big Boise State fan(gotta love the smurf turf) and can attend a great convention and a great football game in the same weekend.It will mean I would miss a good deal of the Saturday festivities at Dcon,but this makes we very happy.

If I get go to the game I will go in my zombie costume. Expose my fellow football fans to some geek culture.

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

Boise will also be back in 2014 to take on Ole Miss...

[rabidrainbow.livejournal.com]

Ooh, my dawgs are going to be playing that weekend? Damn, I hope there aren't any interesting panels on Saturday, 'cause I gotta go to that game (even though we're just playing Boise St)!

/current college student, hardcore football fan, I bleed red and black, etc.

[meinken.livejournal.com]

"even though we're just playing Boise St"

hmmm...Boise State is currently #4 in the BCS Rankings and are 2-0 in BCS Bowl games

[ronofthedead.livejournal.com]

Just playing Boise? Oklahoma thought that in the Fiesta bowl a few years back and ended up losing.

[davidvcody.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't miss any big panels, the game is at 8PM.

[noitsnotrandal.livejournal.com]

they play (and have played) a joke schedule...until they have to grind out a season against teams that aren't a joke they will never get any respect. The only plus that comes from them being ranked so high right now is that hopefully they finally have to play a quality team and will get destroyed and go away...

[grimthorn.livejournal.com]

Just sayin'... Boise State beat Virginia Tech this year(current #16), and TCU last year (current #3), and Oregon (current #1) two years ago AND last year, and Oregon State (#24) this year. In fact, Boise has beaten twice as many ranked teams this year as Georgia has in the last two years.

This year, Georgia has beaten... Louisiana-Lafayette, Tennessee, Vandy, Kentucky, and Idaho State. (None ranked) Strength of schedule doesn't mean much if you lose all of your big games.

With the year that UGA is having, I would make Boise State a HEAVY favorite. (Boise St. -14.5? Sounds reasonable.) BSU went to Virginia (Ok, DC... but still) and beat Va. Tech. Going to Atlanta and beating the Dawgs isn't such a tall order in comparison.

This year, Boise State has 3 games against ranked opponents. (Won the first 2... the third is next week. Will almost certainly get a 4th ranked opponent in their bowl game.) Georgia has 3 games against ranked opponents (lost all 3, must win next week against Ga. Tech to be bowl eligible, probably won't get a ranked opponent if they do go to a bowl game.)

In fact, the more I look at this matchup, the more it looks like a complete mismatch. Boise should stomp UGA.

But that's why they play the game, eh?

-Grim

[mendori.livejournal.com]

Oh great. UGA fans? Really? The same people who left unbagged trash, rotting food, and couldn't follow basic parking instructions. Great. Sorry, I lived in Athens for a while. I do not like UGA fans.

[twinklebat.livejournal.com]

I think plenty of UGA fans will still be traveling. Just Athens is far enough away that anyone coming from there would probably want to stay overnight in Atlanta if they didn't want to spend whatever time they weren't at the game stuck in crowds and traffic. Even average home games for big SEC schools are crazy as far as crowds go(used to live down the street from the stadium at Auburn).

[noitsnotrandal.livejournal.com]

So they have won 4 games against decent opponents in two years while also winning what amounts to scrimmage games against 20 other weak teams? Still not impressed, strength of schedule really determines not only how good your team is but how deep as well. Having to slug through a schedule with QUALITY teams really takes it’s toll on your players. I would be willing to bet if you put UGA, who I’m not a fan of by the way, into Boise’s conference they would run through it as well.

While they did beat Va Tech, they struggled – if they had to face Va Tech level schools for a whole year we wouldn’t even be talking about them.

[grimthorn.livejournal.com]

Nobody plays every game against a ranked opponent. Are you saying that Boise has to play every game against a top 25 team in order to earn your respect?

Georgia played 3 ranked teams. BSU plays 3.

Boise is undefeated. UGA is not.

In fact, Boise has only lost 1 game in the past 3 years. Only lost 4 games in the past 5 years. They have 3 undefeated seasons in those 5 years(2010,2009, and 2006),which is one more than UGA has *ever* had, and one 1-loss season (2008) Meanwhile, UGA has averaged 4 losses per season over that same span of time. Harder schedule? Sure. But BSU has scheduled games against the BCS "power conferences" in each season during the past 5 years, ACC, Big 12, Pac 10, and now the SEC. They only lost one of those games.

I'm not saying they could run Auburn or Oregon off the field this year (although I think they'd make a game of it in either case), but they deserve their ranking. Don't be shocked if they run Georgia out of the Dome next season.

If you'd like to place a friendly wager on the game... You know where to find me. =D

-Grim

[noitsnotrandal.livejournal.com]

Only losing one game in 3 years is not that impressive when you consider they have only played quality opponents 3 or 4 times.
They don't have to play against a top 25 team every week but they do have to play against teams that are at least competitive. I don't think they could go undefeated in the ACC or the SEC and the SEC is filled with teams that could destroy the schedule that Boise plays.
Having losses in the SEC is still better than 0 losses against teams that routinely rank near the bottom in offense and defense.
The only reason I have such strong feelings about this is that most BSU fans I've encountered are like Tarheel fans...very vocal about what they think based on forums, Sports Illustrated articles and ESPN and hardly ever based on experience gained from coaching or playing.

Sorry no gambling for me...I can't back UGA anyway - I'd get kicked out of the Ga. Tech alumni association. :o)

[grimthorn.livejournal.com]

As a fellow Ga. Tech Alumnus (class of 94), you are quite correct not to back U(sic)GA under any circumstances.

[noitsnotrandal.livejournal.com]

I knew you sounded like a very intelligent individual! :o)

[pixiekingtom.livejournal.com]

With the new security measures that are going to be implimented I'm looking forward to the Con.
It should be interesting to see who actually buys con badges though after seeing the freaks on parade (happens every year, it's awesome)