Georgia Tech has been in conversations with Peach Bowl president and CEO Gary Stokan to take part in Chick-fil-A Kickoff game, which has been played at the Georgia Dome sine 2008.
The two sides are particularly looking at 2017, when the game moves to the new Falcons stadium.
Tech athletic director Mike Bobinski said that 2017 is the first year that the kickoff game has availability that also is feasible for Tech. The Yellow Jackets could conceivably be the first team to play a regular-season game — pro or college — in the new building.
The proposed matchup would come against a non-conference opponent and not Georgia. Tech is scheduled to play at Ole Miss that year, the first half of a home-and-home series concluding in 2018. Ole Miss already is scheduled to play in the kickoff game this upcoming season against Boise State.
“It’s still in the concept stage, but we have been actively in conversation on that,” Bobinski said.
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