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re: Eight more years until the SECCG moves to DFW
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:47 am to Dallaswho
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:47 am to Dallaswho
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We’re smart enough NOT to add public transit to most nice places
Yet yall have still not figured out how to keep the lights on when it is too hot or too cold....
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 9:48 am
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:49 am to Landmass
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:51 am to rtr23242526
Dallas will have the Cotton Bowl. ..a minimum a quarter final every 3 years a semifinal..boom..
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:54 am to Dallaswho
quote:I mean so is Atlanta.
We’re smart enough NOT to add public transit to most nice places.
If it weren't for the 1996 Olympics, Buckhead wouldn't have a MARTA station.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 9:57 am to Marty Dawg
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Yet yall have still not figured out how to keep the lights on when it is too hot or too cold....
It was the first time Texas had to ration power. If we did it daily like California, we would have been well-practiced. My house had three planned outages of 45 minutes each and it went flawlessly. Others weren’t so lucky.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:05 am to Landmass
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I always wanted them to do a year in ATL when the East is the home team and a year in NOLA when the West is the home team.
Most common participants:
Bama/LSU/AU
UF/UGA/UT
Atlanta is considerably closer than NOLA for all 6 schools.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:20 am to Dallaswho
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I forgot to mention that ATT stadium is one of the few major venues that you can just drive up to and park without having to worry about reserving a spot and it accommodates a college town tailgating atmosphere.
Fans can pretty much do the same at the MB. They tailgate right next door at the mammoth Georgia World Congress Center parking lot and go inside the GWCC to enjoy the festivities that are ongoing congruent with the sporting event.
The College Football Hall of Fame is within a short walking distance from Mercedes-Benz, too.
Georgia World Congress Center is at far left with Georgia Dome inbetween MB & the GWCC
Mercedes-Benz Stadium on left, Georgia Dome in center, GWCC on far right, Centennial Olympic Park in lower right corner
Tailgating Time!
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 11:59 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:23 am to Dallaswho
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If we did it daily like California
We don't ration on a daily basis -- only when extreme Santa Ana winds come through raising the temps here in Southern California and/or during certain times of the fire season (which is getting laboriously long these days
). Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:43 am to Dallaswho
The biggest issue with moving the SECCG from Atlanta was always the fact that as soon as Atlanta was available, the ACC would grab it and have their championship game there every year going forward.
With the ACC seeming to be about to fold, it's very possible that the SEC would be free to move the CCG around to various venues. In the past they never wanted to aid any other conference in recruiting the south east (which Atlanta is the capital of). But as long as the Big 10 isn't having their CCG in Atlanta, I'm not sure the SEC cares enough about the other conferences to worry about them.
With the ACC seeming to be about to fold, it's very possible that the SEC would be free to move the CCG around to various venues. In the past they never wanted to aid any other conference in recruiting the south east (which Atlanta is the capital of). But as long as the Big 10 isn't having their CCG in Atlanta, I'm not sure the SEC cares enough about the other conferences to worry about them.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 10:45 am to Dallaswho
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Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:27 am to madmaxvol
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Yeah let’s move the SECCG to nearly the farthest west outpost on the edge the conference footprint instead of keeping it within manageable driving distance of 80 percent of the schools and their fans. Because Texas, or something.
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We will be rotating the SECCG around to the extreme corners of the conference for the sake of "inclusion":
El Paso, TX - Far West Venue
Miami, FL - Far South Venue
Kansas City, MO - Far North Venue
Charleston, SC - Far East Venue
It will be on TV...so it doesn't matter that nobody really wants to go to these places to actually watch a game.
With all of the downvotes, I'm guessing that the sarcasm in my post wasn't evident enough. The SECCG should stay in Atlanta...I'm willing to die on that hill.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:42 pm to Dallaswho
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Eight more years until the SECCG moves to DFW
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:46 pm to Landmass
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Now that divisions are gone, it really doesn't matter where it is but Atlanta is terrible with traffic so wouldn't mind it being somewhere else.
Melt
Posted on 5/3/24 at 5:17 pm to Dallaswho
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Wrong. Also, isn’t it embarrassing that the B12 plays their CG in a far superior and more iconic venue that is also quite a bit larger?
No domes are iconic. They all suck.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:31 am to Murph4HOF
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I mean so is Atlanta.
If it weren't for the 1996 Olympics, Buckhead wouldn't have a MARTA station.
I'm sure you weren't yet in your diapers when the '96 Summer Olympics were in Atlanta (perhaps you're still in them).
The MARTA Lenox Square Station in Buckhead opened in 1984, 12 years BEFORE the Olympics.
SMurph for Hall of Ignoramuses.
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 10:32 am
Posted on 5/4/24 at 10:33 am to Dallaswho
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Moving media days here was a good start. The SEC is killing itself with these long term stadium and media contracts. It could be worse(ACC).
It will move to Nashville before DFW.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 11:16 am to jonnyanony
Here's the breakdown of the distance in miles from each school to Dallas and to Atlanta and following that, the average distance in miles a school would have to travel to each location.
TO DALLAS:
Austin -- 197
College Station -- 182
Norman -- 190
Fayetteville -- 333
Baton Rouge -- 430
Columbia, MO -- 581
Oxford -- 536
Starkville -- 521
Tuscaloosa -- 585
Auburn -- 700
Gainesville -- 978
Athens -- 852
Columbia, SC -- 995
Nashville -- 664
Knoxville -- 843
Lexington -- 874
TO ATLANTA:
Austin -- 905
College Station -- 823
Norman -- 854
Baton Rouge -- 522
Columbia, MO -- 677
Oxford -- 331
Starkville -- 284
Tuscaloosa -- 202
Auburn -- 109
Gainesville -- 331
Athens -- 70
Columbia, SC -- 214
Nashville -- 248
Knoxville -- 214
Lexington -- 380
Average distance to DALLAS = 630.73 miles
Average distance to ATLANTA = 457.53 miles
Difference: ATLANTA is closer by an average of 173.20 miles
TO DALLAS:
Austin -- 197
College Station -- 182
Norman -- 190
Fayetteville -- 333
Baton Rouge -- 430
Columbia, MO -- 581
Oxford -- 536
Starkville -- 521
Tuscaloosa -- 585
Auburn -- 700
Gainesville -- 978
Athens -- 852
Columbia, SC -- 995
Nashville -- 664
Knoxville -- 843
Lexington -- 874
TO ATLANTA:
Austin -- 905
College Station -- 823
Norman -- 854
Baton Rouge -- 522
Columbia, MO -- 677
Oxford -- 331
Starkville -- 284
Tuscaloosa -- 202
Auburn -- 109
Gainesville -- 331
Athens -- 70
Columbia, SC -- 214
Nashville -- 248
Knoxville -- 214
Lexington -- 380
Average distance to DALLAS = 630.73 miles
Average distance to ATLANTA = 457.53 miles
Difference: ATLANTA is closer by an average of 173.20 miles
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 11:28 am
Posted on 5/4/24 at 12:06 pm to JetDawg
quote:I was talking about the Buckhead station on the Red Line. The Red Line was built for the Olympics.
I'm sure you weren't yet in your diapers when the '96 Summer Olympics were in Atlanta (perhaps you're still in them).
The MARTA Lenox Square Station in Buckhead opened in 1984, 12 years BEFORE the Olympics.
SMurph for Hall of Ignoramuses.
I bet you were already drinking Metamucil by the time the 96 Olympics occurred, you geriatric frick.
Posted on 5/4/24 at 12:21 pm to Dallaswho
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Moving media days here was a good start. The SEC is killing itself with these long term stadium and media contracts. It could be worse(ACC).
you are one insufferable count
Posted on 5/4/24 at 12:46 pm to Dallaswho
Bless your heart... 
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