I can think of two additional reasons to still make the trip to Boulder:
1) We agreed to do it, and one should always be as good as his word (never mind the contract we have)
2) If the Denver Broncos were to have a home game that weekend, too, you might end up being able to watch the Dawgs on Saturday and Knowshon Rockwell Moreno on Sunday. (Not to mention the fact that Denver is famous for its raucous home crowds, and the new Mile High Stadium is pretty cool, too.)

For me, the walk to the North Avenue MARTA station is much easier than the drive to Athens, but a comparison of the destinations is laughable. From a national perspective, I seriously doubt it would be viewed as a neutral site game. It would be like playing Bama in Birmingham: merely an alternative home venue.

You had me at “Besides, who wants to go to downtown Atlanta for a regular-season college football game? Let the Tech fans do that.”

And I have to say, after our trip out to play Arizona State was such a rousing success in terms of attendance and atmosphere, I’d think Damon Evans and company would be more likely to take the show on the road, not less.

I agree that we need to continue to schedule nationally, but as you note, that rings hollow if we refuse to also travel nationally. And I want us to keep our commitments. Not because I think anyone outside of Colorado would notice or care, but because I just think that’s the right thing to do, and what comes around goes around.

I agree that Athens is a much better place to tailgate than around the Georgia Dome, but as a resident, I can do without the Atlanta hate. I actually like Grant Field’s setting.

It’s not the venue, it’s the getting there. Athens game day traffic and parking are perfectly manageable if you plan ahead and know what you’re doing. Getting to the Dome is a pain under the best of circumstances, and I have seldom been downtown under the best of circumstances.

It’s the same thing with going to a Braves game. Once you’re in your seats, it’s a great experience. Getting from Point A to Point B, though, is a massive hassle, and, unlike making the trip to Athens, you don’t get the happy fringe benefit of getting to go to Athens.

It’s worth it for an S.E.C. championship game. Otherwise, it’s not.

I 100 per cent agree with everyone who’s said we made a commitment, and, for that reason alone, we should keep it. As Maurice Minnifield said to Dr. Joel Fleischmann in the pilot episode of “Northern Exposure”: “You signed a contract, but, much more important than that, you gave your word.” I tried to convey that point, but I didn’t do so as well as several commenters did. Thank you for making an important point better than I made it.

… as a favor to the Panthers of Georgia State? Once they get their program going, throw them a bone and play the game in the Dome in 2011 or 2012. Yeah, they’re a 1-AA team, but if they’re going to be playing their home games in the Dome, they’re going to get 9,000 – 10,000 a game at best. Help them out, play a game at the Dome (UGA could be the away team and everything), which would easily sell out. Maybe even work out a deal where we share the receipts from the gate. Even 50% of the gate from that game would be more for GSU than the entire gate from a normal home game.

There, problem solved. Right?

By the time we play them they will have a new coach and even less talent.

BUT i live here in L’viile now and i know i can walk up there on Gameday and grab a decent ticket for cheap, so i’m SO happy they are coming here! It will be awesome! By that time i think Murray or Z.Mett will be QB Marlon Brown will be teh awesome.

Atlanta for a game that could be in Sanford

Also, playing a West Coast team there would just make them want us to at their own house on the West Coast

Why would we do a away and neutral series?

You have some payback waiting for you. Need I remind you of the lucky win in 2006, over the worst Buffs team ever assembled? CU is going to be an absolute beast in 2010. Bring UGA the dog, too, we’ll supply the icepack.