Yes, we need the money but look at the games we have moved out of Grant Field the last few years: UNC, Clemson, Louisville, FSU, ND, and now UGA. The good news besides the money is that you can’t get much more into rivals than we already have.
Is Tech setting up a situation where the money is irresistible and we sign a new contract to keep these games going through say 2031? Does this set up an annual game off campus for the foreseeable future and it becomes the expectation?
I would submit there are non-monetary reasons that the big programs don’t move their biggest rivals off campus or sacrifice home games unless the other side does as well. Two of the most well-known examples are Florida-Georgia and OU-Texas, both of which are played at neutral sites. But they do so every year, not merely when one team would have it rotate to their campus. Making MBS the permanent home replacing both campuses is a different situation since UGA would also be giving up a home game and to honest, if UGA was involved like that it would probably make such a contract much more lucrative. But that’s not where we’re at.
Money aside, consider the following hypothetical: UGA wins the 2024 game. The 2025 game is now at MBS and while Tech fans will have priority there is no indication of a discount. Suppose as a result the game is majority UGA fans perhaps even a significant majority. UGA wins and ties the 8 game winning streak record in the series. In 2026, back at Sanford, they win and have a 9 game winning streak in the series.
I’m not saying there is a cause-effect but that’s a rather dismal hypo that I hope doesn’t come to pass. Even worse if UGA makes any of these blowouts.
My question going forward is: what is the endgame here? What year is the final year of us moving home games off campus?
