Interesting to see the Belk Bowl matchup... I guess they've decided they only want Cincinatti and some NC school
It's official!
Who's going? Also, any word on student tickets? Inquiring minds wish to know — looking in your general direction, DitBD!It’s official - @Duke_FB vs. @AggieFootball in the 2013 #chickfilabowl! http://bit.ly/1bqSB23
Interesting to see the Belk Bowl matchup... I guess they've decided they only want Cincinatti and some NC school
Someone needs to bring a sign like this:
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Hilton Garden Inn downtown (walking distance) ... $116/night per priceline
Anthony Travel is offering the official Duke hotel (Marriott Marquis) for $180/night.
Marquis is not walking distance (really) but is nice. Still downtown. Short cab ride or MARTA ride although need to change lines.
Hilton Garden is just across Centennial Park if I am thinking of the right place.
I went to the CFA a few years ago and took MARTA to and from the stadium, it ran amazingly smoothly given how many folks they had to move around on NYE. So that is always a reasonable option too.
Duke got the ACC's highest non-BCS bowl bid and gets to play the reigning Heisman Trophy champion in a bowl game on New Year's Eve.
How long ago would that have been a ridiculous statement? Not anymore
Excellent reward for a year of great achievements. I will be there!
Trinity '09
Just got an email from the ID office. Looks like they are upgrading folks who registered early to the lower level end zone seats.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Got the same email. Good for us, but also means that tickets are available for Duke fans.
I have seen plenty of football and basketball games at the Dome, there are NO bad seats. If you can get a ticket in the Duke section, do it. Should be an incredibly entertaining game, and even the back row and upper row seats upstairs are very good.
Plus, NYE in Atlanta is as out of hand as you want to get, if that's your thing. If not, the game is in a comfortable dome and you can get in and out efficiently.
It will be strange to go the Georgia Dome for a football game.
LOL, kinda know the feeling. But I went to the CFA a few years ago, and have seen a few Falcons games. All from the upper levels, still a great view.
Saw Olympic hoops there a few times, and concerts from the Stones to U2. Several ACC hoops championships, favorite being Duke storming back from a huge deficit against Maryland in 2001 but a nice championship a few years ago as well. Great venue, easy access.
One of the best experiences of my sporting life was the 2005-06 season Sugar Bowl, which was moved to Atlanta because of the storm. I like West Virginia, and they played Georgia. It was close to a home game for Georgia. Late in the RR era at WVU. Rich Rod went for it several times and the Mountaineers won 38-35. Just a great game.
A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
---Roger Ebert
Some questions cannot be answered
Who’s gonna bury who
We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
---Over the Rhine
Your liking Atlanta is a bonus. I made this because you expressed a less-than-enthusiastic response to the Russell Athletic Bowl:
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I suppose I should make one that pertains to Texas A&M.
If you do, and you wish to honor me, consider my eternal sympathy for A&M and the other three research universities that Texas-Austin ran out of their conference. If opposing fans hassle me at the Georgia Dome, I already know what my solidarity-fostering talking point will be.
Atlanta and I have an uneasy truce. I grew up 50-65 miles outside of it in small towns, and my parents are Silents, so they've structured their lives in increasingly unsustainable ways with each passing decade of their lives, until, now, they live on an exurban golf course isolated from everyone who has to drive to give them aid. My values are those of [New] Urbanism. I'm good with ITP, so yay actual Atlanta. OTP, not so much.
A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
---Roger Ebert
Some questions cannot be answered
Who’s gonna bury who
We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
---Over the Rhine
No need to antagonize them. And if they are like most Texans I know, they know a hell of a lot more about cattle than Duke fans.
Tell them that beef brisket and beef ribs ain't real barbecue, however -- don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
As to Throaty and OTP -- that struggle gets bigger by the year. The blessing and curse of The New South and post-Olypmics Atlanta.
As I said before, this should be a great game. JM is one oft be most exciting players in college football. It is a much better match than FSU was for us. Would not be surprised to be an underdog in this game, but this game could be a four quarter slugfest.
REALLY looking forward to being there. Any thoughts on where the best sources are for tix? (at reasonable prices)
Probably bringing the whole family (4). The Georgia Dome is walkable from the MARTA, so any hotel near a MARTA stop means you can leave your car keys back at the hotel!!
Atlanta is fun, and I've been there dozens of times. Our "must see" destinations with the kids while in town will be: The Coca Cola Museum (downtown), Martin Luther King Museum and Church, Carter Presidential Library, The Underground (shopping), and the Atlanta Aquarium.
Agree re: Atlanta and MARTA, hope to meet you there.
Regarding tickets, Stubhub did me right for the ACCCG. Duke has tickets too I think through www.goduke.com