| FTBL Bama vs. Va. Tech 2009- Ga Dome

[Guest]

As much shit as i give to our admin.....They deserve praise for being on the leading end of the neutral site games. 8)


If only we could bring back the 50/50 split to the iron bowl :cry:

 

[bamabarney]

In the event an agreement cannot be reached with the Crimson Tide, Tech's opponent will likely be another Southeastern Conference team.

Any reason to think this won't get done?

Only if a network like CBS or ESPN or ABC doesn't pick up the game. But I would imagine someone will pick it up for a primetime game.

 

[252BAMA]

In the event an agreement cannot be reached with the Crimson Tide, Tech's opponent will likely be another Southeastern Conference team.

Any reason to think this won't get done?

Yes.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/07/alabama_unlikely_to_play_virgi.html

 

[Atlanta_Tider]

Maybe I can get tickets for that one...so far no luck on the Clemson ones.

I paid dearly for 4.

 

[Guest]

Nice, always a positive to face the ACC's best two years in a row. I would say three, but FSU has definitely fallen from grace.

 

[Guest]

As much sh*t as i give to our admin.....They deserve praise for being on the leading end of the neutral site games. 8)


If only we could bring back the 50/50 split to the iron bowl :cry:

Won't ever happen. Most Aubrun fans would be crying about it being a home game for Bama, just like in the past :?

 

[Guest]

Isn't the 2009 game with Tulane at New Orleans? If that is so, playing Va Tech would give us two non conference road games, which could hurt from a revenue perspective.

 

[252BAMA]

Isn't the 2009 game with Tulane at New Orleans? If that is so, playing Va Tech would give us two non conference road games, which could hurt from a revenue perspective.

A "Made for TV" neutral site game such as this would be as lucrative, if not more so, as a home game.

 

[MobileBama]

which could hurt from a revenue perspective.

I don't think we or any SEC team needs to worry about revenue (bowl games, merchandise, television, etc.)

 

[EuroTide]

And Bama vs. Duke there in 2010. Three straight years opening in the Dome. Gets Bama used to playing there every year in the SECCG!

FWIW, Duke is scheduled right now to be played on the 18th of Sept. We play a few teams before them...

maybe duke will try to opt out of that too

didnt they do that to louisville and they got the game canceled coz they judge said that duke sucks too much to let em play louisville?

 

[252BAMA]

which could hurt from a revenue perspective.

I don't think we or any SEC team needs to worry about revenue (bowl games, merchandise, television, etc.)

Oh, but you do! Any BCS school has a budget that would require a mininmum of six home games. FSU had only five last year. Dave Hart is no longer the AD at FSU.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

In the event an agreement cannot be reached with the Crimson Tide, Tech's opponent will likely be another Southeastern Conference team.

Any reason to think this won't get done?

Yes.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/07/alabama_unlikely_to_play_virgi.html

This just means it is a certainty to happen. Raporport usually has it exactly wrong.

 

[252BAMA]

In the event an agreement cannot be reached with the Crimson Tide, Tech's opponent will likely be another Southeastern Conference team.

Any reason to think this won't get done?

Yes.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2008/07/alabama_unlikely_to_play_virgi.html

This just means it is a certainty to happen. Raporport usually has it exactly wrong.

Oh, I know! Key words in his question were "to think". If his question had been "Any reason this won't get done?", I would not have replied.

 

[Guest]

Ok :? , any reason this won't get done?

1. Alabama at Dome in 2009 far from done deal: Virginia Tech announced yesterday that it had agreed to open next season by playing in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff at the Georgia Dome on Aug. 29, 2009. Virginia Tech released the information on its website even though no opponent had been signed. In that release the school said that Alabama would be a possible opponent. But I heard from somebody in the Alabama football building last night telling me that the odds were against the Crimson Tide coming back to Atlanta for the second straight year. Alabama opens the 2008 season against Clemson on Aug. 30 and is thinking about playing Duke in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game in 2010. Alabama will also have a rookie quarterback in 2009 as John Parker Wilson moves on. The Crimson Tide might not want to throw a new QB against Bud Foster’s Hokie defense.

http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/cfb/entries/2008/07/17/alabama_at_dome.html