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A good half of all Fla wins in the past need to be voided because, in reality, for Fla .. it has ALWAYS been a HOME GAME ,, That is going to stop .. Thank You Kirby !!!!!!!!!!!! 😀
I’m sorry, but are we the University of Georgia, with a priority being the alumni, the fans and the team, or are we the university of Jacksonville, where their needs outweigh ours? I get the city’s desire to keep it and I absolutely understand but again, their economy is not my problem nor the University of Georgia’s.
Personally after attending 44 games in Jacksonville, I want to keep the game there. It would seem that Kirby is recruiting very well with the game in Jacksonville and if you look at the win loss record, Georgia has always been up on Florida. Also, there is a lot of people in Brunswick, Valdosta, Waycross, and North Florida that look on this game as their game, the game they don't have to drive 4-5 hours just to get to.
Also, it is always great to watch the **** Florida Blue & Orange disappear during the 3rd. quarter.
I vote with Kirby based on the recruiting argument alone, especially with new scheduling in 2024. It's a home game for UF. Many season ticket holders are finally asking for this, even though it pushes Acron or Kent State off the home schedule ;-) Last, as a "biz dev" guy, I am totally astonished at the apparent non-participation in this debate by the ACC Mayor. Probably some communications behind the scenes, but if I'm the Mayor of Athens, I go public in a big way (unless the Mayors in South GA are pressuring to keep quiet?). It's hand-to-hand combat in economic terms for events like these and the Mayor appears asleep at the switch.
Maybe some NIL money could be used to keep the Athletic Department whole when the switch happens?
Biggest hoodwink job in history.
I'm about 60-40 in favor of keeping it in Jax and am a big time traditionalist. A home/home would be fun, but it eventually will diminish the rivalry to the same level as Tenn or Auburn: big rivalries yes, but no longer the WLOCP. As far as economics for locals go a home/home is a wash, if not worse since the economic income for ACC would only be every other year. The southern locales, however, greatly benefit from that one last economic push before Winter slow down, and the home/home will do away with that. Recruiting also, would be a wash. yes, Kirby would get that extra home game to host, however, it hasn't noticeably impacted his efforts so far. How many misses in the past 8 years would have had their minds changed by visiting Athens for a UF game? The more important issue for recruiting, to me, is to get the Auburn/Tenn home games back to alternate years (obviously depending on new schedule). Finally, as far as it being a "home" game for UF, that is only a minor factor when it comes to logistics/transportation. Once the day of game experience starts, it's neutral - tailgating, fans, bands, pre-game, pageantry, locker rooms. As a traditionalist, I feel the college game as i've loved it for 5 decades is slipping away. NIL, TP, conference re-alignment, playoffs, rule changes, while all have some benefit, slowly chip away from things that make the game special and unique. I just hope they don't get completely to the point of being the NFL "light".