@ Mercer to Open 2025
  • AggieFinn
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    The Mercer College Bears reside in Macon, GA. A Hop skip from Atlanta, and if you want to get adventurous, a 2-1/2 hr drive to the fun and historic coastal Georgia town of Savannah.

    They made history in 2023 with their first ever FCS playoff appearance, beating Gardner-Webb in Rd. 1 17-7, before falling to South Dakota State 41-0.

    They play in the Southern Conference which includes teams such as Furman, The Citadel, UT- Chattanooga, Samford, East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, Western Carolina, VMI and Wofford. Not an easy conference at all.
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  • movielover
    558
    You mean the Aggies will open at Mercer.
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  • AggieFinn
    579
    Listing the game as @ Mercer, but sounds like the contest will be at a neutral field.
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  • DrMike
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    I’ll ask tonight
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  • BaseballAtDobbins
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    ↪DrMike
    Let us know what they say. Odd to see FCS neutral sites for non HBCUs.
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  • AggieFan81
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    Former UC Davis assistants on that staff.
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  • DrMike
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    ↪BaseballAtDobbins
    it’s at the Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama. It’s some special setup that puts us on ESPN when almost no other games are on.
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  • NCagalum
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    ↪DrMike
    ooooh, right on the gulf. That is going to be one steamy environment unless there is a breeze. Hurricane territory too. Seems to me there would be less attendance there than just playing it in Macon (Mercer’s home field). Travel for the “home” Mercer fans and Davis fans are not known to travel outside of Bay Area other than players parents and a few die hards. Added to that what I would consider not exactly a sexy destination location. I guess we will see.
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  • BlueGoldAg
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    ↪DrMike
    Mike, have you heard if the Mercer and/or the Stetson games will be home and home games? Also, is the SMU game a for sure thing?
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  • DrMike
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    ↪BlueGoldAg
    i believe that both the Mercer and Stetson' are one-off's.
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  • movielover
    558
    Mercer us near Georgia Tech (1.5 hours away).

    Edited.
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  • Amurden
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    I was really excited when I heard about the Mercer game, which is a doable drive from ATL (1.5 hrs). Mobile, not so much (5 hrs). I've lived in Atlanta since 2000 and this will be the closest game since my move.
    FYI - GA Tech is in downtown Atlanta - about 1.5 hrs from Mercer (Macon).
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  • BaseballAtDobbins
    96
    Your comment reminds me that I honestly should see the Ags more often. EWU is only two hours from me and PSU just 5 hours away. Montana is technically 4 hours but I don't want to drive over the mountains.

    I am usually lazy and only go to games at UI or WSU which are 1 hour away (and I go to the Palouse often on weekends so its basically home).
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  • AggieFinn
    579
    I think I'm making the Mobile trip --- only because I want to see the Gulf Coast, never have, and I can hit the Biloxi strip and gamble a bit, only an hour away. Heck, New Orleans is only 2 hours away which is where almost everybody will have to fly into I reckon.

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  • AggieFinn
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    So, is this legit? Or are we not going to finalize this tv deal to open the College Football season in Mobile next August?
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  • DrMike
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    ↪AggieFinn
    I'll try to get some information when i go up for basketball on Wednesday.
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  • fugawe09
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    ↪AggieFinn
    Macon would be closer to my house but oh well. In addition to New Orleans you can also check flights into Northwest Florida Beaches airport, a smaller airport but does have Southwest. Biloxi casinos are nothing special. Depends on what you want to see in the gulf… New Orleans or the Redneck Riviera. Or just Waffle House after dark.
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  • NCagalum
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    ↪AggieFinn
    If you go to New Orleans, I’d highly recommend the fairly new WW II museum, although that sort of thing is not what most people go to New Orleans for. It is outstanding. However Jan./Feb. is a much better time to go - very hot and humid in the summer months.
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