Why is spring game at 7:29 PM?

[JACKET26]

whats the significance behind this?

 

[buzzwilder]

I've heard two things....1st game is on 8/29.....& other is the start time of 1st game is 7:29

 

[JACKET26]

Got it. Thanks. Still seems odd. Wish the game was on Saturday to begin with for more potential fans

 

[stech81]

Because 7:30 is too late.

 

[TechCubed]

It's because of 8/29 date (kickoff time hasn't been set). CGC trying to keep focus on opening game.

For the Friday vs Saturday date, CGC has explained one of the selling points to recruits is the city. No better way to show off ATL than under the lights. So if he says there's something that will help recruiting, I'm happy to show up on a Friday night.

 

[Buzztheirazz]

Because Atlanta traffic sucks a big fat D so they want people to have time to get there.

 

[buzzwilder]

Got it. Thanks. Still seems odd. Wish the game was on Saturday to begin with for more potential fans

I hear ya, but we're supposedly going to have like 200 recruits attending....that wouldn't be the case if it were on a Sat competing against other big boy spring games.

 

[HurricaneJacket]

I read an interview where Coach says that all meetings that would start at X:30 start at X:29 to help people remember the time better, and they apparently do something simillar for meetings starting on the hour.

 

[OlaJacket]

I hear ya, but we're supposedly going to have like 200 recruits attending....that wouldn't be the case if it were on a Sat competing against other big boy spring games.

Well actually we are one of the last Spring games left. So there really aren't any "big boys" left. I think Uvag, Maryland, Colorado, and Washington are about all that's left. If they want to play under the lights why don't they play on Saturday night? I believe there will be a nightfall on Saturday also.

 

[majorQ9]

I hear ya, but we're supposedly going to have like 200 recruits attending....that wouldn't be the case if it were on a Sat competing against other big boy spring games.

How many teams haven’t played their spring game yet? Seems like most have already finished up.

 

[dressedcheeseside]

It's because of 8/29 date (kickoff time hasn't been set). CGC trying to keep focus on opening game.

For the Friday vs Saturday date, CGC has explained one of the selling points to recruits is the city. No better way to show off ATL than under the lights. So if he says there's something that will help recruiting, I'm happy to show up on a Friday night.

Saturday night is dark too.

 

[Ash]

Ted Turner is the celebrity guest scheduler.

 

[H-Wade]

Could this have something to do with it?

 

[stech81]

Could this have something to do with it?

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So your bored ? you still making beer ?

 

[DeepSnap]

I read an interview where Coach says that all meetings that would start at X:30 start at X:29 to help people remember the time better, and they apparently do something simillar for meetings starting on the hour.

It's an old coaching trick. Glanville used it in 1968 for our FROG team.... Every practice started at 3:29, 3:34, etc. Every meeting at 11:29, 2:44, etc. Every bus to the airport at 6:29, etc. Much easier to remember than top/bottom of the hour, especially when you're dealing with 18-22 year old players.

 

[FightWinDrink]

Could this have something to do with it?

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fake news we beat Clemson on the field twice in 2009 it should be 730

 

[TooTall]

I think CGC is channeling his inner Bill Bowerman from the Steve Prefontaine movie "Without Limits".

“7:27 provokes the question, ‘Why 7:27?’ and everybody gets here at 7:27 to find out why.”
– Bill Bowerman

And yes I am aware it's not the exact same but dang it, it's close.

 

[GTrob21]

Because we have a coach that understands the power of marketing, and how little decisions can have big effects. Kinda like how we are all talking about a start time of a game, and its the exact date of our 1st game and the number of all-time wins the program has.

Great decision coach.

 

[GoGATech]

CGC said it in an interview that it was because we play Clemson on the 29th. He wants that number stuck in their heads and remembering what we are working towards. Every team meeting, practice, etc. that starts at the bottom of the hour starts at x:29 because of it. Also, it's 7:29 because the 7 represents the 7 home games we have this year. So every top of the hour meeting also starts at x:07.