What kind of flight service does GTR have? Just a couple flights per day to Atlanta?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgology
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What kind of flight service does GTR have? Just a couple flights per day to Atlanta?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawgology
Nah, the refs they will bring will be good for 5 personal foul penalties to wipe out some of our big plays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dawg-gone-dawgs
Nice username.Quote:
Originally Posted by diggity
As for most convenient airport.... if you can make the dollars and time work for you then Meridian. You'll have to connect via Dallas or Chicago but won't be on some 8 seat prop plane like those that service Tupelo. You'll be the only flight so no issues with check ins or security. First class service.
Plenty of brand new hotels. Eat at Weidmann's (oldest restaurant in the state). Other than that not much else but you'll have a convenient 80 mile drive up Highway 45 to Starkville where you'll want to be anyway.
Last time they came to Starkville BYU was not independent. They brought I think Mountain West refs or what ever conference they were Refs. There will probably be SEC refs.Quote:
Originally Posted by HereComesTheSpiral
They will come from a neutral conference like the big 12Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
He was probably tightening the tie rods on his double wide, prepping for Harvey next week.**Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Tupelo isn't a real option. I live near there and I won't fly out of there now. I have many times in the past but their current service isn't viable. Tupelo folks shot themselves in the foot. Back when they had decent service they wouldn't use it because Northwest had a hub in Memphis. You could fly without connections to most spots in the US from Memphis. Now that Memphis passenger wise is just a large regional airport and you are going to a hub from there too, Tupelo has small crop dusters servicing the place. GTR has nice regional jets. One other place to consider is Huntsville.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasu Dackds
I think it's 2 on the weekends and 3 weekdays. They use 50 seat regional jets. They all go to Atlanta now but there are rumblings of resuming one flight a day to Dallas.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
It's "mobile home anchor", thank you!Quote:
Originally Posted by RougeDawg
For the love of God..fly to GTR airport! It's literally 14 miles from campus and served by Delta Connection via ATL. It is the only sensible option in this thread. I can't believe Nashville and Memphis were mentioned in here...holy shit!
If you wind up in Columbus, they have several new hotels. We stay at the Hyatt House, which is a little off the beaten path (maybe a mile), but there are three or four others that are fairly large on Hwy 82, the highway that goes to Starkville. Not sure about now since they've sorta overbuilt for a small town, but in the past those hotels have had a two-night minimum in the $200/night range. The Hyatt is just as nice and never had the minimum, and might be a little cheaper. The older hotels/motels in town ... not so nice ....
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Originally Posted by TUSK
Have you put the skirting on or does that stay on year round? You'll need it for winter anyway, and it should help the tipover problem in case wind gets underneath .... **
Another plus for that route ... Salt Lake City is a Delta hug. Atlanta IS Delta. So there are many flights per day to choose from. That's probably the easiest route ... SLC to Atlanta, then to GTR. I suppose they have rental cars there. Still might want to stay in Columbus because Starkville and West Point are most likely full. Could check on last minute cancellations though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bothrops
Yep. ATL-GTR is thrice daily during the week and twice daily Sat&Sun. Its like a 50 min flight.Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I think your rooster just has laryngitis and your sleeping in after a long night of head-lightingQuote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
If you really want to go all out my fellow devil dog is bury tires half way under lined around the house and paint the tops white.Quote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
I don't know if that is good or not.Quote:
Originally Posted by Commercecomet24
Lol me either!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Anchor? A mobile home/ boat! What will you bama rednecks think of next!Quote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
Lol
And don't forget the pink plastic flamingoes .... And a couple whirligigs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
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Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
It's good relative to what it could be. They're not going to use SEC refs ... they'd be accused of being one-sided, when in reality they'd probably err on BYU's side. Hopefully the neutral site officials won't be from the MWC. B1G would be OK. Could be ACC too since they're a little closer, or some of them are. None of them likes the SEC so it doesn't really matter.
well shit, why not just drive to Starkville from Utah if you're that worried about costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by TaleofTwoDogs
This is not hard, you start at the closest airport and see if you can get a flight, rental car, and hotel. If you can't, then you move to the next closest airports, which would be Jackson, Memphis, Birmingham (probably inadvisable on a bama game weekend) and I guess meridian and tupelo.
Yeah, but I skirted with treated dog ear fence boards. Helps keep me warm in winter & my 27 dogs* seem to dig it!Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
Dude, I'm not wasting a perfectly good bonfire starter on silly landscaping. I just spray a diesel/burnt motor oil mixture around everything for that!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Lambert
Man, I bet that looks nice! ** Never thought of doing that.Quote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
Daddio, it looks stellar. Check out the 2013 October issue of "Better Trailers & Foodplots".Quote:
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
HahaQuote:
Originally Posted by TUSK
Fly into GTR! Stay in Columbus and drive over.
Wow, sorry Mr. Gates I didn't know that money was not a consideration for you. But us poor ole folk who have 2 mortgages on their double-wide need to be more frugal. If you had done any research before opening your pie hole you would know that a flight from Salt Lake to Golden Triangle cost $1000 per person and that's on Delta. Flying into Atlanta from SLC is about $400 per person. That's a $1200 savings for a couple and can pay for the hotel, car, food and a lot of beers. Trade $1200 for a 4.5 hour drive each way is a no-brainer in my book.
May be a web in disguise posting as Mobile Bay with totally negative comments.
You are such a special person, bless your heart.Quote:
Originally Posted by msujan
I agree on Tupelo, but I was just quoting another poster (plus there would be more hotels there). I actually work in this field, and honestly, Tupelo and GTR compete but GTR is winning and has become NE Mississippi's most viable airport. I would advise for the BYU guy to go to Jackson honestly, if GTR is THAT expensive, like some other guy said. More than anything I was just curious why everyone would NOT want to support our own airports.Quote:
Originally Posted by Liverpooldawg
Huntsville isn't a very good option for anyone unless they are flying into Huntsville only, and want convenience. They are very expensive.
I just don't get the expense arguments. We check nearly every time we fly and GTR isn't THAT much more expensive than the other options. Neither is Huntsville. Maybe it's because we are originating there, I don't know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hasu Dackds
Hey! I take offense to that you asshat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mobile Bay
Fair enough. I've flown into and out of GTR several times though and it was more on the order of a couple of hundred dollars premium. I'm guessing the huge premium is because of increased traffic from the game?Quote:
Originally Posted by TaleofTwoDogs
I'd still look at Jackson and Memphis though, although once you're driving 2 hours, driving an extra 2 and a half hours isn't as much of an incremental hassle as going from essentially zero drive to two hours.
Someone making a one time trip across much of the country probably isn't as concerned about pinching pennies, over time and convenience. Where talking 14 miles vs 125 miles, and 180 miles, respectively.