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Saturday, September 6 was a very exciting day for Georgia fans. It was the opening day of college football. As Laura Grimes Cofer points out in the Georgia Trend, “Athens is on the minds of many Georgians at this time of the year. ... The University of Georgia Bulldogs was taking on the team of Middle Tennessee State. ... In fact it set a new Sanford Stadium record of 92,058 football fans. ... This is where all the graduates of the University of Georgia are placed. ... Anytime Georgia made a big play or scored the stadium erupted. It went on this way until the very end of the game when Georgia came out on top with a score of twenty-nine to ten.
That however is only a brief over view of a day in Athens on a football Saturday. If you drive through Athens during a Georgia football game you see UGA red everywhere. ... Alumni are sitting around the grill telling their kids the stories of their Georgia days. ... Families are there that have no affiliation with Georgia, but are there just to have some quality family time on the weekends. ... College football is a big thing in todays society. ... I saw a school bus painted in Georgia colors sitting on the side of the road, with couches and a TV inside. ... All there cars were covered in Georgia flags and stickers. ... She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1973. ... Most of them have their kids with them teaching them about the game and tradition of Georgia football. ... As I approached them the father was throwing the football with his son and the mother and daughter were at the grill getting the burgers and hotdogs ready for the family. ... They also believed that the Saturday atmosphere of a college football game is perfect for the family to get together. ...
Georgia football is a big draw for people to take a Saturday trip to Athens.
Approximate Word count = 1807
Approximate Pages = 7.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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