Anyone watch the UGA vs ND in South Bend yesterday? As a Penn State fan, I would be appalled if another team infiltrated the Beav and changed the dynamic of our home field advantage. What a bunch of sellouts! How does this happen I wonder... I remember when Nebraska let it out they were planning an all out onslaught of Beaver Stadium in 2002, and our fan base battled back with Operation Visine. I remember that worked well, and the only place where you really saw red was in the North end zone which was what was allotted to them.
UGA has been little more than mediocre as of late, (like everyone else in the SEC East), which was made this even more surprising. Do the 'Dawgs travel like this to all their non-conference away games or did they just find it worth the trip because of the opponent? Probably doesn't hurt that Athens is only an hour from the busiest airport in the world.
UGA Coach even quoted in saying it was one of the reasons he thought they were able to pull it out in the end.
“I tell you what I’m proud of, I’m proud of our fans, proud of the fact that they came out,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said. “Tons of them were here. The video shots I saw from Chicago before the game, and the takeover when we got here, you know that played a role in this game. We never felt like it was so much of a road game. Our quarterback was able to go on his own cadence, which you don’t usually get to do on the road, definitely don’t get to do on the road in the SEC, the fanbase don’t let you do that. We were able to go on ours and I think a lot of it had to do with the red and black in the stadium.”
Doug Flutie said during the broadcast. "This is usually a great atmosphere here. (speaking about Notre Dame) but the Georgia fans have taken it to another level. This is almost a 50/50 crowd, and it had an SEC atmosphere in the tailgate area."
I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying it was 50/50 but only because of the student section...
Would love to see the NittanyNation infiltrate the 'Shoe like UGA did later this year. I'm sure if we keep winning, it wouldn't be too hard .. especially now that OSU has a loss. Think our fan base would get on board with a #HappyValleyWest #WhiteoutTheShoe17 campaign?
UGA has been little more than mediocre as of late, (like everyone else in the SEC East), which was made this even more surprising. Do the 'Dawgs travel like this to all their non-conference away games or did they just find it worth the trip because of the opponent? Probably doesn't hurt that Athens is only an hour from the busiest airport in the world.
UGA Coach even quoted in saying it was one of the reasons he thought they were able to pull it out in the end.
“I tell you what I’m proud of, I’m proud of our fans, proud of the fact that they came out,” Georgia head coach Kirby Smart said. “Tons of them were here. The video shots I saw from Chicago before the game, and the takeover when we got here, you know that played a role in this game. We never felt like it was so much of a road game. Our quarterback was able to go on his own cadence, which you don’t usually get to do on the road, definitely don’t get to do on the road in the SEC, the fanbase don’t let you do that. We were able to go on ours and I think a lot of it had to do with the red and black in the stadium.”
Doug Flutie said during the broadcast. "This is usually a great atmosphere here. (speaking about Notre Dame) but the Georgia fans have taken it to another level. This is almost a 50/50 crowd, and it had an SEC atmosphere in the tailgate area."
I'm not sure I'd go as far as saying it was 50/50 but only because of the student section...
Would love to see the NittanyNation infiltrate the 'Shoe like UGA did later this year. I'm sure if we keep winning, it wouldn't be too hard .. especially now that OSU has a loss. Think our fan base would get on board with a #HappyValleyWest #WhiteoutTheShoe17 campaign?
