A quick look at 2010 football schedule

by BirdGT on Jan 13, 2010 8:00 AM EST

Looking ahead to our 2010 football schedule shows a complete flip of 2009's grand home stand. In 2009, we had our three favorite opponents at home in VT, Clemson, and Georgie. The combined record of our home opponents against I-A competition was 37-21 (excluding GT games) and included two teams within 2 hours drive of campus. The average attendance was 4,000 more people per game than in 2008.

In 2010, things look to be a little bit different at home. We welcome a group that went 27-27 against I-A teams and only 11-18 against conference foes in 2009 (excluding GT). Only Miami and Middle Tennessee made it to bowl games from the 6 teams on our home slate. South Carolina St. made the I-AA playoffs but is still a I-AA team, which will probably only muster up a little bit more resistance than Jacksonville State did the past two years.

The road is where the fun is. In 2009, GT's road schedule went 24-36 against I-A teams (excluding GT). This upcoming season, we'll see a group that went 41-26 in I-A play including a 15-6 ACC conference record (excluding GT). Kansas is probably the only gimme as their program will be in a state of disarray for the 2010 season. GT defeated the 2010 ACC Road opponents by a combined 33 points in four games (+8.3 margin/game). Georgie was Tech's only home loss.

I think a lot of fans will scrutinize their season ticket renewal for the 2010 season as the average road trip for Tech fans in 2010 will be about 4.5 hours (minus Kansas) and the schedule is a helluva lot better on the road. My average road trip will only be about 3.5 hours so it's even more tempting for me to go ROAD all season rather than renewing. It takes about 4.5 hours to get to ATL from my current residence.

What do you all think?

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Where is the schedule?

I can’t find it on the official site. It’s probably there, but the site is a nightmare to navigate.

I found the non-conference games. Middle Tennessee State is in Murfreesboro, right? I can get there in about 3.5 hours (I went to the Vandy game this past season). I doubt anything else will be close enough.

by CraigT on Jan 13, 2010 10:12 AM EST reply actions

sorry

LINK

I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.

by BirdGT on Jan 13, 2010 10:15 AM EST up reply actions

My road game plans

Depending on where I live but I am assuming the Southeast.

1. Kansas
2. VPI
3. Clemson
4. georgie

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Jan 13, 2010 10:49 AM EST reply actions

That's exactly what I was thinking

1. Kansas – this is the big road trip (every football season needs at least one!)
2. VPI – I would hate to miss a win in Blacksburg
3. Clemson – From Atlanta this is too close not to go.
4. u[sic]ga – Again, this game is just right down the street and nothing is sweeter than stomping those mouth breathers.

Ramblin', Gamblin', HELL OF AN ENGINEER!

by JBar on Jan 13, 2010 1:40 PM EST up reply actions

Clemson

and you can’t miss a game at clemson. you just can’t.

The college football season is so fragile. It's like a glass ball being pushed around from stadium to stadium by a rhinoceros.

by Winfield Featherston on Jan 13, 2010 1:50 PM EST up reply actions

except when they're on Thursdays damnit...

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I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.

by BirdGT on Jan 13, 2010 1:58 PM EST up reply actions

Depending on the dates

I can most likely go to MTSU. Blacksburg will be a stretch.

I wish we hadn’t dropped Louisville from the schedule, but the wins over Mississippi State looked better on the resume.

by CraigT on Jan 13, 2010 11:47 AM EST reply actions

I’ll be at KU.

Reporter: Can I ask you something without making you mad?

by Jason Kirk on Jan 13, 2010 11:58 AM EST reply actions

ole miss

the one that got away…

by csulima on Jan 13, 2010 2:17 PM EST reply actions

I don’t do road games, so I’ll be getting some season tickets and skipping the really lame games.

by a5ehren on Jan 13, 2010 3:07 PM EST reply actions

And by lame, I mean like SC St and MTSU (unless I have nothing to do at home).

by a5ehren on Jan 13, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions

see that's my predicament

It’s already tough for me to make home games. If Miami is a Thursday Night game, then I have no real reason to make the 5 hour drive to ATL for a bunch of garbage games (besides pure fandom). I’m about 2-3 hours from Tobacco Road and Blacksburg is closer than ATL as well. So, I’m having a hard time justifying season tix renewal if the only game I’m interested in going to at home is Homecoming (especially if Miami gets put on Thursday).

I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.

by BirdGT on Jan 13, 2010 3:33 PM EST reply actions

This is the only reason Radakovich wanted to play Georgia in the Chick-Fil-A game

Right now our home schedule is loaded with good games in odd years but sucks in even ones. He wanted to shift the Georgia game to even years.

by CraigT on Jan 14, 2010 4:04 AM EST up reply actions

I understand Radakovich's logic

but if the team wins 9-10 wins/season consistently, then eventually it shouldn’t matter who we have on the schedule, right? I don’t think we should’ve moved the Georgie game for year just because of current trends. For all we know, Beamer could retire and VT could fall off, Clemson could get the NCAA death penalty, the U comes back, and we all of a sudden have flipped our tough schedule to the even years.

I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.

by BirdGT on Jan 14, 2010 8:26 AM EST up reply actions

What about supporting the team?

We all want to hire a top notch DC, and we want to put up whatever cash it takes to keep CPJ forever, so what is all this complaining for? The season tickets are dirt cheap compared to any other team in the Southeast. Yeah the home schedule might suck, but its embarrassing that we can’t sell out our stadium more than once or twice a year. Its attitudes like this that convince people not to renew or get season tix in the first place. I’d love to see some more balance year to year, and a tougher non-conference schedule in general, but I’ll be damned if I’m not going to renew and I’ll be damned if I skip a home game. If you want to see a better home slate, talk to DRad or someone else with a bit of pull, but don’t stop supporting your team.

If you live anywhere near the ATL and don’t have season tickets (barring personal economic troubles) you do not deserve to call yourself a GT fan in my opinion. I’ll be there every game next year cheering as loud as I can for the White and Gold, and you all should be doing the same.

by EvDiggity on Jan 14, 2010 8:43 AM EST reply actions

I understand your sentiments

but as a young alumni, I’m tight with the budget. I’ve gotta choose between picking 3 or 4 home games and basically giving away a couple home tickets per season or traveling to more road venues closer to home and seeing more Tech football live. It just so happens that I live much closer to Tobacco Road. So we’ll see. I haven’t decided just yet. I know we need to sell out the stadium but I think Radakovich’s goals are more along the lines of appealing to the masses rather than worrying about financially handcuffed fans on the outside edge of driving distance.

I guess the atmosphere that I've tried to create here is that I'm a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.

by BirdGT on Jan 14, 2010 8:55 AM EST up reply actions