I was there. Went to the game with my best friend from college. We stayed with his former girlfriend from high school, who was attending UGA. She lived with two other girls and they were all very attractive. The only drawback to this whole weekend was her super douche of a boyfriend (current boyfriend - not my friend).
My friend and I, the girls, and her boyfriend went out the night before the game. We asked how we were going to get down town. My friend tried calling a cab, but the girls all assured us that it was only like a half mile walk (tops) from their house. So we set out walking. I don't know if UGA students are just really stupid, or if it was that girls are not good with math, or they were just being cheap and didn't want to pay for a cab, but I can assure you it was not a half mile from their house. We walked for miles, easily close to 3 miles, and wouldn't you know it - it was all uphill. It was super hot and muggy outside, so by the time we got downtown I was sweaty.
Downtown Athens is ridiculous. EVERY SINGLE bar was packed to the gills, and the talent was on full display. Eventually after going to a few of their favorite bars and waiting 20 minutes or so to get drinks, my friend and I decided to head out alone and see if we could find a less crowded bar. It took a while, we walked several blocks in all directions it seems. Finally we came upon some restaurant place that was closing, but they had a bar off to the side that was still open. We ended up staying there for the rest of the night and it turned into an all Gamecock bar. Ran into lots of my fraternity brothers in there, although I had graduated at this point. I didn't witness any Georgia fans being rude to USC fans that night.
On the way home from downtown, my friend and I took a different route, hoping it might be shorter or less uphill. I have no idea how we got back on our own, since neither of us had ever been to Athens before; but our new route was no shorter and was also mostly uphill. On the way, we passed through an empty parking lot with a few portajohns in it - undoubtedly to be used by UGA football fans the next day. Long story short, after a brief debate we decided we should push the portajohns over. Did I mention we had just left downtown?
We wake up the next morning to the girls cooking us breakfast in some skimpy pajamas. After breakfast we shower and get ready to head out for a day full of what we thought would be tailgating. I throw on my garnet underarmour Gamecock polo and find my friend wearing a plain RED polo shirt. I proceed to give him shit about not having the balls to wear garnet. He says he just forgot to pack it. Finally we set out walking AGAIN (we did more walking in Athens that weekend than I do in a full season of attending home games) to go to the tailgate. It us, the girls and the douche boyfriend. We walk through several neighborhoods, and I'm thinking we're heading to the tailgate lots but then her boyfriend decides he wants to go to some house party near the stadium. We roll up to this small college residence and there must have been 100 or more people in there. Half Gamecock - Half Bulldawg. There were several kegs. Some guy tells us there's solo cups in the kitchen, drink all you want for free. We ended up staying there until it was time to walk to the stadium for the game. Along the way I did see some old men UGA fans barking at some Gamecock fans. They thought they were tough, but they looked pathetic - like the kind of guy who would paint a bulldawg on top of his bald head. We sat in the Gamecock section at the game and had a great time. We also got a reprieve from the boyfriend who was sitting in the UGA student section.
After the game, we start walking back the way we came to the game. My friend is trying to call his former girlfriend. It takes a while for her to answer. When she does, she tells us to turn around and walk back towards the stadium and then past it. They were at a different house. The boyfriend had made them leave the game early cause he was pissed we were winning. When we finally get to the house his ex girlfriend and her boyfriend are standing outside waiting for us and he tells me not to talk shit when we go in or I might get jumped by all the uga fans inside. I laugh at him. We go in and proceed to party and have a good time. Not one other person said anything negative to me. And my friend regretted pussing out and not wearing his gamecock gear.
All in all, it was the best away game road trip I have had.
