Kirby Smart and the rest of the Georgia coaching staff aren’t the only ones scheming out winning plays for Monday night’s big game in Atlanta.
So are the legions of Bulldogs fans hoping to end their 38-year drought on getting to wear “Georgia - National Champions” emblazoned across their chests.
Enter Dick’s Sporting Goods with a welcome new page in the play book.
The retail giant said Friday that if UGA beats Alabama in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a number of its metro Atlanta stores will reopen for business immediately afterwards. Fans will be able to purchase the official winning locker room hat and T-shirt, along with other items proclaiming their beloved Bulldogs national champs.
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And yes, we know, that whole "if" thing is to laugh. When Georgia wins, the participating stores will stay open Monday night as long as the merchandise holds out or customers stop coming in. And then they'll reopen at 6 a.m. on Tuesday (In the extremely unlikely event Alabama wins, some Dick's stores way over yonder there will be doing something similar, but who cares? Ain't gonna happen).
Here are the area Dick’s Sporting Goods stores that will have extended hours in the event of a UGA win:
Lenox Marketplace, 3535 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta
Perimeter Pointe, 1155 Mt. Vernon Highway, Atlanta
North Point Mall, 6440 North Point Pkwy, Alpharetta
Epps Bridge Center, 1791 Oconee Connector, Athens
Mall of Georgia at Millcreek, 3333 Buford Drive, Buford
Canton Marketplace, 1810 Cumming Hwy, Canton
Cumming Town Center, 2145 Marketplace Blvd, Cumming
Fayette Pavilion, 305 A Pavillion Pkwy, Fayetteville
Lakeshore Mall, 150 Pearl Nix Pkwy, Gainesville
Town Center Commons, 667 Ernest W Barrett Pkwy NW, Kennesaw
North Logan Commons, 4040 Atlanta Hwy, Loganville
East Cobb Crossing, 4269 Roswell Rd., Marietta
Peachtree Square, 6050 Peachtree Pkwy, Norcross
Tucker Meridian, 4310 Lavista Rd., Tucker
UGA souvenirs: Want your own collectible to marks UGA's title run? Visit the AJC store to buy your piece of UGA history at store.ajc.com
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