The inaugural game garnered plenty of attention and respect. Coach Bill Curry's inaugural pre-game pep talk was taped and aired nationally last night on ESPN and re-run Friday morning. Mike & Mike's national talk show on ESPN2 talked at length about the success.

Here's a sampling of at least 12 of the other stories written about the inaugural game.

ESPN.com: click here

Atlanta Journal Constitution game story: click here

Atlanta Journal Constitution Mark Bradley column: click here

Associated Press story that went national: click here

Rome News: click here

Gwinnett Daily Post: click here or click here

Macon Telegraph: click here

Gainesville Times: click here

Furman Bisher Column, Gwinnett: click here

Athens Banner Herald: click here

Examiner.com: click here

Ken Sugiura's Friday AJC Blog: click here

Pride of the Panthers Blog: click here