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Florida State and Georgia Tech clash in 2014 Alamy

Poll: Who do you want to win today's College Football Classic in the Aviva Stadium?

TG4 will broadcast the game today at 5pm.

LATER TODAY THOUSANDS will flock to the Aviva Stadium in Dublin for the opening fixture of the US College Football season. 

This is the third year in a row that American college football will come to Ireland, with Georgia Tech and Florida State University going head-to-head.

Today’s game will be the eight Division 1 College Football game to be played in Ireland. 

Over 24,000 people are expected to travel to Dublin from America for the event, with Fáilte Ireland and Grant Thornton estimating that the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic fixture will be worth €100 million to the Irish economy.

The game will be broadcast live on TG4 at 5pm this evening. 

So today, we want to know: Who do you want to win today? 


Poll Results:

I have no interest, thank you very much (5426)
Georgia Tech (1628)
Florida State (999)

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    Mute Derek O Gorman
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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:07 PM

    Nobody cares just give us your dollars

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    Mute Ian Cryan
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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:21 PM

    Myself no interest in this type of sports but many many are and will going to the game today so best of luck and hope all have a enjoyable day

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    Mute Dere
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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:47 PM

    Yeah like Ireland is notorious for Florida State and Georgia Tech fans.

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    Mute Dere
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    Aug 24th 2024, 2:55 PM

    @Jessie Pinkman: fancy a bit of Penn State myself, probably because they sound like a prison team.

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    Mute P. V. Aglue
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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:50 PM

    The safety on the streets should be tha winner.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:25 PM

    @P. V. Aglue: as much as the conservative-males-afraid-of-cities brigade want it to be true, the city is packed all the time with people going about their business unharmed

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    Mute The next small thing
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    Aug 24th 2024, 3:03 PM

    @eoin fitzpatrick: if the city is so busy why are businesses closing at a rapid rate?

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    Aug 24th 2024, 3:10 PM

    @The next small thing: because of increasing costs, mostly.

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    Mute Maniac 2000
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    Aug 24th 2024, 2:32 PM

    I have no interest but nice to see random polls. Not long now to the clocks going back

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    Aug 24th 2024, 2:35 PM

    @Maniac 2000: great specials in Aldi this Thursday

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    Aug 24th 2024, 5:51 PM

    @David Burns: The birked water is dirt cheap.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:30 PM

    Was talking to a couple of yanks in town yesterday who reckon Florida are the better team, but they were delighted to be here as underdogs, So i’ll go Georgia for the win!

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    Mute and the hit's just keep coming
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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:41 PM

    So basically its a tourism grab …. which is brilliant but why not promote it to a wider audience on 2 or 3 different channels instead of TG4 ?? Or are the GAA getting the usual kick back from one Chanel

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    Mute Alan OConnor
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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:04 PM

    @and the hit’s just keep coming:

    The GAA have absolutely nothing to do with it. What are you talking about??

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    Mute Pat Barry
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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:47 PM

    @Alan OConnor: Georgia Tech will be coaching Ballyboden St Enda’s GAA from 2-3 pm and Florida State will be coaching at Kilmacud Crokes GAA from 4.45-6.15 pm.

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    Mute Buster Lawless
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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:07 PM

    Florida State to just shave it by a couple points

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    Mute qffaffaf affrafrfraf
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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:39 PM

    couldn’t care less

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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:51 PM

    @qffaffaf affrafrfraf: Not caring less would be not commenting at all.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 2:34 PM

    @qffaffaf affrafrfraf: it seems you do care

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    Mute offside again
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    Aug 24th 2024, 3:21 PM

    How much ‘football’ is there actually ? This sport needs to be renamed.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 4:54 PM

    @offside again: along with GAA which should be called hand passing ball

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    Aug 24th 2024, 7:00 PM

    @offside again: Exactly we call Gaelic in this country football, and football is soccer. Something wrong here as there is no kicking in American Football, and not much more these days in Gaelic Football

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    Aug 24th 2024, 6:01 PM

    Why are the journal not allowing comment on the Palestinian protest in Dublin today.

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    Aug 25th 2024, 12:09 AM

    @Dermot Porter: Criticism of the left is not allowed on The Journal.

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    Aug 25th 2024, 11:17 AM

    @Sullmeister: Not as profitable

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    Aug 24th 2024, 5:00 PM

    Why is this rubbish on rte yet they refused to show Rovers or Pats European games?

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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:25 PM

    Proper beer on sale, no Heino or Guinness either, will be close match.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 12:36 PM

    @Robert Bell: Duff????

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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:46 PM

    @Robert Bell: I think I heard last year they were giving the beers away for free in the Aviva .

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    Aug 25th 2024, 6:15 AM

    @kevin rock: yeh the card machines went down last year for nearly the whole match.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 6:25 PM

    The pubs in Temple Bar will be the winners with their €10 a pint!

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    Aug 24th 2024, 1:10 PM

    Disgusting charging 30 euro for hotdogs. The Americans will never come back.

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    Aug 24th 2024, 10:17 PM

    Was at the match, great atmosphere. Great game, went right down to the wire with a 44 yard field goal in the last play of the game winning it for Georgia

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    Aug 24th 2024, 6:40 PM

    Didn’t know this was even on

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    Aug 24th 2024, 3:36 PM

    What’s American tiddlywinks like?

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    Aug 24th 2024, 9:36 PM

    @Garreth Byrne: flipping great

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    Aug 25th 2024, 12:48 PM

    Should have scheduled the game and loads more U.S. games to be played here on the day of the U.S Presidential election

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