Ohio State wasn’t the only fandom to successful answer their head coach’s attendance challenge.
In the days leading up to his first spring game as Georgia’s head coach, Kirby Smart had challenged the fan base to pack Sanford Stadium with 93,000 Dawgs. Saturday afternoon, both the fans and coach can claim mission accomplished.
From Seth Emerson of the Atlanta Journal Constitution:Georgia not only got the desired 93,000 for G-Day, so many fans tried to get in that announcements were made pleading with fans to move in tighter on their general admission sitting, in order to make room for everybody. Admission to the game was free.
Fans could be seen watching from the walkways, and other fans, told there was no more seating, retreated to the concourses or just left. There were fans streaming on the street away from the stadium as the second quarter began.#93KDay | #CommitToTheG @KirbySmartUGA pic.twitter.com/wj2bWKFaqp
— Georgia Football (@FootballUGA) April 16, 2016
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— Georgia Football (@FootballUGA) April 16, 2016
Regardless of the actual attendance number -- and the fact that a Ludacris pregame mini-concert certainly impacted the total -- it absolutely shattered the old record of 46,815 set just last year in Mark Richt’s final spring game in Athens.