Georgia has nixed a proposed season-opening game with Georgia Tech in the Georgia Dome in 2011, deciding to keep the game on Thanksgiving weekend.

"After careful consideration, we did not think in the final analysis it was in the best interest of our football program to play the game as a season opener in 2011,” athletic director Damon Evans said through a spokesman tonight. “I think the most significant factor was that we did not want to give up the home game that year and make a change in the current home game rotation with Georgia Tech.”

Georgia is scheduled to play Louisville on Sept. 3, 2011 in Athens.

The Georgia Tech game will be played on campus in Atlanta in 2011 and rotate to Athens in 2012.

Atlanta Sports Council president Gary Stokan was interested in pairing the teams in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff.