Rumor Mill: Michigan to play Georgia in 2010 home opener?

[cajun]

Rumor Mill: Michigan to play Georgia in 2010 home opener?
By ryan kartje, written on Jul. 1, 2009
Michigan may have found its suitor for the 2010 opening game. And it sure would beat the pants out of another matchup with a Delaware State-caliber team.

Some sources tell me that the Athletic Department is looking into a home game against the University of Georgia in 2010, one that would also bring the Wolverines to Athens in 2011.

Adam Rittenberg from ESPN, along with Brian Cook from MGoBlog both thought the Wolverines should look into a series with Boise State, but a matchup with a marquee SEC opponent could be exactly what it takes to sell out the newfound 2010 luxury boxes faster than a Denard Robinson 100-m time.

Of course, this news is just a rumor for now, and is far from being seriously considered. So approach with caution. But if the Wolverines do welcome Mark Richt’s Bulldogs, we’ll have something to talk about.

Georgia graduated the NFL’s No. 1 pick in Matthew Stafford, along with speedy running back Knowshon Moreno after finishing with a 10-3 record last season.

http://thegame.blogs.michigandaily.com/2009/07/01/rumor-mill-michigan-to-play-georgia-in-2010-home-opener/

[Firebird]

I hope so. Good for UGA if the case, they have long been a program that refused to leave the relatively friendly confines of the Southeast for non-conf. games. This along with OkieLight will go a long way to dispel that image.

[farmerfan]

I hope so. Good for UGA if the case, they have long been a program that refused to leave the relatively friendly confines of the Southeast for non-conf. games. This along with OkieLight will go a long way to dispel that image.

This past year scheduling the trip to Tempe was huge. I believe it marked the first tim that UGA had played a regular season game against a Pac 10 team on the road. The game with Tech at the end of the season has some to do with the scheduling of UGA as well as the old rivalry with Clemson. Clemson less than 2 hours away from Athens and the Dawgs and Tigers used to play on an annual basis. They have played a total of 58 times since the late 1890's. So having Clemson and Tech on the schdeule to go along with the likes of Bama, Auburn, Tennessee and others in conference was pretty brutal for the Dawgs.
But I do like that they are now more willing to leave the Southeast for other marquee games. They have a date to play Oregon starting in 2015 and Clemson is back on the schedule in 2013-2014.