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If Chris Del Conte listed his house on Vrbo or Airbnb for the third weekend in October, he could cash in on the high demand with visitors looking for a place to stay for the Georgia football game at Texas or the F1 race also in town.
“I’m for sure not renting my house because it’s already jammed pack with everyone I know rolling in for that game,” the Texas athletic director told the Athens Banner-Herald.
Georgia’s game at Texas on Oct. 19 is the seventh game on the Bulldogs’ schedule, but it will be about as hot a ticket for Bulldog fans as any for the first regular season game between the marquee programs since 1958.
The Texas game and the Sept. 28 game at Alabama required 125,000 priority points for Georgia Bulldog Club members to request tickets compared to 35,000 for the Kentucky game or the neutral site Clemson game in Atlanta.
The SEC logo was being added to Darrell K Royal Memorial Stadium in late May before Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian headed to Destin, Fla., for the league’s spring meetings.
The school will host a celebration on campus on June 30, the day before Texas and Oklahoma officially join the league. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey will be on hand with a headlining performance “by a to-be-announced global superstar.” The SEC Network will broadcast from the scene for four hours.
“As an assistant I had some great years here when I was with Alabama and coach (Nick) Saban,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisan said before going into a meeting with the other 15 SEC football coaches at the league’s spring meetings last week in Miramar Beach, Fla. “I love the competitive spirit of the SEC.”
Of course, Georgia coach Kirby Smart also worked under Saban.
Smart has three playoff appearances and two national titles as head coach. Texas is coming off its first trip to the playoff, which Smart says…
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Publish date : 2024-06-06 08:01:50
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