Quote:“We talk about Atlanta as the college football capital, and I think this week will certainly emphasize the reason we feel that way,” said Gary Stokan, president of the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, which also operates the Kickoff games.

Those games won’t be the only, or even the first, college-football games in the Dome this week. Georgia State will open its season there Wednesday night against Abilene Christian in a game that will be nationally televised on ESPNU. Georgia State will be the first FBS team in the nation to play a game this season. Abilene Christian is in FCS.

Two miles from the Dome, at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Georgia Tech will open against Wofford on Saturday.

And 70 miles away in Athens, No. 12 Georgia will meet No. 16 Clemson on Saturday, a rematch of last season’s opener between the same teams at Clemson (won by the Tigers 38-35).

“All right, who’s ready for some football?” Hall of Fame CEO John Stephenson asked the crowd at the attraction’s grand-opening ceremony.

Rhetorical question.

Quote:OPENING WEEK
Abilene Christian at Georgia State, Georgia Dome, 7 p.m. Wednesday, ESPNU

Ole Miss vs. Boise State, Georgia Dome, 8 p.m. Thursday, ESPN

Wofford at Georgia Tech, Bobby Dodd Stadium, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, FSS

Alabama vs. West Virginia, Georgia Dome, 3:30 p.m. Saturday, ABC

Clemson at Georgia, Sanford Stadium, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, ESPN