Serious to the point that the school district where UGA is located has decided to close school for the Friday before the UGA-Florida game. The primary reason is that they can’t keep enough teachers in town to teach school that day.

I remember when I was in grad school there the university always scheduled fall break on the weekend of the Florida game.  I’m not certain that it was intentional, but it always worked out that way.  There was some voiced dissatisfaction with that plan because people thought it was putting athletics before academics. I have to admit that I agree with the counter argument, though. A good number of students are going to go to the game one way or the other. If you’re going to have a short fall break anyway, why not put the break and the game on the same weekend so students don’t miss class and your professors don’t have to deal with half empty classes.

Getting back to the public schools shutting down for a day and the reason for the shut down.  I’d be willing to bet that a good number of those teachers are recent grads from the university and they’re going down to the game with friends that are still in school.  UGA has a pretty big education program and I’m sure a good many grads flow straight into the surrounding school district.

The whole situation is a little amusing to me, but one way or another…GO DAWGS!