For the last few days, rumors have been making the rounds that a future Georgia-Georgia Tech game would be moved to the Georgia Dome.
At the expense of a home game for the Yellow Jackets.
According to Tech athletic director Dan Radakovich, those rumors are completely baseless. The school issued a statement by Radakovich this evening that left no gray area about Tech losing a home game at any point in the future because of a game in the UGA series being played at a neutral site.
“There has been no discussion of moving a Georgia Tech home football game vs. the University of Georgia or any other Georgia Tech home game to the Georgia Dome. However, there have been some preliminary talks about the possibility of playing a “neutral site” game at the Dome between the two schools to kick off the 2011 season. This scenario would simply provide a one-year interruption in our regular home and home pattern. In other words, the 2010 game would be played in Athens as scheduled, the 2011 game would be played at the Georgia Dome, then, the 2012 game would remain a home game at Bobby Dodd Stadium to resume the normal home and home rotation.“We are far from having any type of an agreement on this model, but for us it is an intriguing discussion from a long-term schedule standpoint. Currently, and into the foreseeable future, our football schedule features home games with Georgia, Clemson and Virginia Tech - arguably our three most attractive opponents - all in the same season on alternate years. By getting our home game with Georgia on an opposite-year cycle, it becomes much more fan-friendly and would provide us better financial consistency.
“We appreciate the interest being shown by Gary Stokan and the Atlanta Sports Council. Rest assured that wherever these discussions take us, we will make a decision that is in the best interest of Georgia Tech.”