Mark Bradley

By buLLcrap

May 30, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

bark, you are correct, dogs go 11-1.

By Georgia Tech=JOKE

May 30, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this

Hilarious about Georgia Tech. They’ll be better than we think…….and still be just 7-5.

By SecIsFootball

May 30, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this

LSU will win the west. UGA will win the east but will go 11-2 losing at LSU and in Jax!

By LizDawg

May 30, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

Good call Mark, I too see the Dawgs going 11 and 1 and winning the SEC and MNC.

I disagree about the Wreck, their players have jumped ship like maidens on the Titanic. Now that Tinky Winky and Tashard are gone with Johnson’s Mickey Mouse offensive scheme installed I see them faring no better than .500. Looking forward to EIGHT-IN-A-ROW,B!

By 3 Rivers jacket

May 30, 2008 10:33 PM | Link to this

Mark you are going to jump on and off the bandwagon for everyone 3 times before the c** drows on Sept. 1. 2 things we can count on- Bradley jumping on and off the band wagon (except Ga. he is always on theirs it seems) and Terence always finding a way to criticize the white guy and praise the black (how do they say it) dude. Moore wrote a fovarobale article about Paul Johnson assuming he was black with a name like Johnson. He will probalby rip poor old Paul now as bad as you and the juvenile Jeff S. have. there are really no good writers there anymore except for Bisher.

By hop

May 30, 2008 11:21 PM | Link to this

AUBURN will not win the SEC since it has an inexperience qb who will not be as good as they had last year.alabama will win the west and no i am not a bama fan at all.

lsu has lost too many key players including now their two top qb’s from last year.

dawgs will be beat auburn where they have a winning record against the tigers on the plain! the usc game is a tough venuefor the dawgs when the game is played in columbia.

who really cares about the acc, but fsu might surprise a few people as well as the other florida team in southern part of the state.

the acc is very weak, watch out for north carolina state.

By clmtigr

May 31, 2008 12:13 AM | Link to this

Clemson will be ridonc.

By Joe O

May 31, 2008 1:58 AM | Link to this

NOVEMBER 1st, 2008… Georgia (#1) vs Florida (#2) Headlines TEBOW WRAPS UP 2ND HEISMAN EARLY AS GATORS UPSET #1 RANKED GEORGIA!!! QB Tim Tebow gets revenge on last years loss to Dawgs by going 25 of 28 for 455 yards and 4 TD’s through the air and 125 on the ground on 11 carries. He also rushed for 2 touchdowns of 22 and 8 yards. The Gator defense also made up for their lack of D last year by picking off Stafford 4 times and returning one for a TD. Stafford finished the game 11 for 33 with no TDs and 4 INT’s. Knoshon Moreno was the only bright spark for the Dawgs by rushing for 180 yards and scoring twice on runs of 2 yards and 12 yards. Gators win by blowout 52-17 and now head Top the SEC East and are 8 - 0.

By SickAndTired

May 31, 2008 5:11 AM | Link to this

Georgia wins it all. Every red neck Georgia fan from Valdosta to Ball Ground will be sorely disappointed if they don’t. I mean they’re Georgia and nobody else is. Plus, Saint Mark will lead them to the promised land. With a coach like him, how can they not win it all?

By heeldawg

May 31, 2008 5:24 AM | Link to this

Mark, these predictions are about as good as any I’ve seen.

Clemson NEVER lives up to the hype under Bowden. This year will be no exception. They will be outnumbered by Alabama fans in the Dome but will win that game, sparking all sorts of early-season fantasies. However, they’ll find a way to lose a game or two they shouldn’t (Wake Forest?), and the late -season swoon pattern will continue.

I agree that Georgia’s most likely loss will be at Auburn, and that Auburn’s schedule will allow it to win the SEC West title before losing to the Dawgs in the SECCG.

Georgia beats Florida next season—Tebow or no Tebow—because of the Gators’ defense, or rather because of their lack of defense. A team that is counting upon a couple of true freshmen DT’s and a secondary that was the worst in the league last season will not be able to score enough points to stay ahead of the Dawgs. Joe O, you’re absolutely on drugs if you think the patchwork Florida D will hold Georgia to 17 (or that the Gators will put up 52 on the Dawgs).

Tebow’s quest for a second Heisman will take a hit because he will not run the ball as much this season. He’s a good passer (better than folks give him credit for), but the thing that won him the Heisman was the combination of the rushing TDs and the passing TDs. With an improved running game, the Gators won’t need him to carry the rushing attack as much this year. My pick to win the Heisman is Ohio State RB Beanie Wells, who will be the featured back in Jim Tressel’s run-first offense. Moreno will have a great season, but won’t win the Heisman because he’s playing against SEC defenses and because Georgia has too much depth at RB.

Agree that the winner of the OSU-Southern Cal game likely plays for the MNC. If OSU wins, they will not lose another game because the Big 10 is really the Big One (Michigan will be fortunate to win 7 games this season). If USC wins, they could sustain another loss in a tough PAC-10 conference. In that event, look for Oklahoma to sneak into the MNC game.

Tech will be 7-5 or so because of the incredibly weak ACC schedule. But they’ll lose to Georgia this year and next as the streak grows to nine before they can even be competitive with the Dawgs. Paul Johnson will win at Tech eventually, though—he’s done it everywhere he’s been. It just won’t be a big breakthrough year this season.

A couple of other predictions:

South Carolina fans will be disappointed this season. Their “Fun and Gun” offense will be renamed the “Squawk and Walk” as they will struggle to score all year. The lack of a running game and a mediocre OL will doom them; without Garcia, there is no talent at QB, and with Garcia, the team has a cancer that it cannot overcome. The game against Georgia in Columbia could be very ugly as the Gamecock DL gets exposed for the overrated mess that it is.

Alabama will be better than last season, but their thin numbers on defense will leave them an injury or two away from disaster. I predict they will fade as the season grinds on simply by the natural attrition of a grueling SEC schedule. And, yes, the losing streak against Auburn runs to seven.

Tennessee will be better than expected (Crompton will do just fine at QB), but will lose to Georgia this year primarily because that old thorn in the side Cutcliffe will be gone, and because the Dawgs will be focused and ready to avenge last year’s debacle after a week off.

Watch out for Houston Nutt and Ole Miss. The Rebs have a QB for the first time since Eli Manning left and have atop-tier running back, as well. They’ll surprise some folks.

Notre Dame will still suck, just not as bad. And no one except Jimmy Clausen’s father will mention his name and the word “Heisman” in the same sentence.

Almost every LSU game will be closer than expected because of two things: the talent on LSU’s offensive and defensive lines will keep them as contenders in every contest, and Les Miles’ arrogance and tendencies to gamble will spot most lesser teams a TD or so (they should never have lost a game last year with the talent they had). The Bayou Bengals will lose to Auburn at Auburn because of a one-dimensional offense (the Plainsmen will shut down the LSU running game) and because Auburn will remember the game that was stolen from them last season by a bonehead Les Miles call that the LSU Tigers just got lucky on.

By T

May 31, 2008 7:30 AM | Link to this

* Georgia will finish 9-3, and will lose to Florida in a game that will not be close. Tech will not win more than 6 games.*

By heeldawg

May 31, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this

Hey, T:

Opinions are like….bellybuttons.

In that “not close” Florida game, who is going to play defense for the Gators? Tebow? Then maybe he will win the Heisman again.

Otherwise, I think Bradley’s predictions are closer to reality than yours are.

By PTC DAWG

May 31, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

I can buy UGA at 11-1 or 10-2 and SEC East Champs. I also see UF at 4 losses, AGAIN..

AU/LSU in the West. IF the SEC Champ has two losses, they won’t be so lucky this year regarding the MNC game. No playoffs really does stink. :(

By simpleman

May 31, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Mark- thanks for one of the better “way to early” predictions…recent GA wins in 4Q aside, AU is as competitive in SEC as anyone, I agree QB situation needs to be resolved but saying they will win the SEC only because their schedule is disrespectful. AU/Clemson game last year indicates strength of SEC. AU installs a new offense in a matter of weeks and still wins?

I agree GA is the team to beat in the SEC.

By Ramblin

May 31, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

On the road to greatness..Braves drop another one.

By Phildo

May 31, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Who’s Jimmy Clausen and who’s Notre Dame? Oh, yeah, the TV annointed savior who stunk like pile of camel dung last year and will be worse this year and the school brought to the depths of hell by their also TV annointed savior, the (not so) great Charlie. Aaah, such pleasure.

By Tom, Resident Georgia Fan

May 31, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

Some of you Florida fans and you Dog haters in general must find it therapeutic to post here. I bet your wives pick out your clothes for you every morning. The Dogs will treat you haters to a nightmare season. Get ready to suffer … just 90 more days.

By Fred Garvin, Bettendorf MP

May 31, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

Not a DAWG fan, but they will EASILY cruise thru this season! There are no weaknesses in this team.

National Champs….and say good bye to the Yankee RB and the Pudgy QB!

By chris

May 31, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

UGA 9-4 after all the BS is done and all the games are played. You heard it here. TENN, BAMA, TECH, and BOWL. just wait or place your bets now.

By The Truth

May 31, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

Florida is easily the most overrated team in the nation going in to ‘08. Tebow is the best player in the country but, as we saw last year, he can only do so much. In all the hype about Chris Rainey racking up 150 yards or whatever it was in the spring game, the media neglects to mention that it was the Florida defense on the other side of the ball getting worked like a circus clown. Moody sounds like a bust. Harvin is a great player, but only if he’s healthy. Big if. And rarely is he a difference maker in any particular game even if he is healthy. Florida is simply overrated right now and still basking in the post-national title glow that follows every past champion around for at least 2 or 3 years. If it were anybody other than Florida that had those kind of question marks they wouldn’t be anywhere near the top 5 preseason. Top 10 would be a huge stretch.

By No way Jose

May 31, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

Richt always blunders. Please ole Bulldog faithful find a year where he hasn’t. This year is no different. The culture of cockyness abounds under him and his teams cannot go wire to wire with focus

By Licking My Own

May 31, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this

The simulated FSU and MIAMI attitude RICHT is trying to grow at pupU will and is costing him in the class or players he has and they will get beat because they think they can’t be beat 10-3 & not the SEC CHAMP but the best recoed in the SEC.

By Licking My Own

May 31, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

The simulated FSU and MIAMI attitude RICHT is trying to grow at pupU will and is costing him in the class or players he has and they will get beat because they think they can’t be beat 10-3 & not the SEC CHAMP but the best recoed in the SEC.

By Jeremy

May 31, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

UGAY homer.

By kudzoo

May 31, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Sorry dawg fans, this is not your proverbial “next year.” Richt will find a way to choke it away and y’all will be left standing at the altar…….again.

By bigeasy830

May 31, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

I am a Georgian by birth and a Georgia bulldog by the grace of God. But I still like Tech, but Tech will suck for a long time until they get a real D-1 coach with a real D-1 offensive scheme. The players that have left Tech knows they are gonna suck but for some reason you sports experts who actually knows nothing about the game seem to believe otherwise. You cannot run the ball 90% of the time in Major college footbal and expect to win. Texas and Oklahoma abandoned that philosophy years ago for that very reason. It may work at the Military academies when week by week they do not play a strong schedule, but not in the ACC. Georgia will win it all. They are the best team in college football. We have talent and depth at every position including QB. UGA all the way.

By nahjay davnpooh

May 31, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

yeah, where did mark bradley go to school again? i forgot.

what a garbage piece from an alum. dogs lose 3 games.

By George

May 31, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

I love how all you UGA dolts think Auburn has an easy schedule. Just because you Idiots FINALLY scheduled ONE decent game out of conference you think everyone elses schedule is soooooooooooooooooooooooo easy. Get a f’ing clue you morons. Yes Uga does have a hard schedule but so does Auburn. Last year Auburn had one of the most difficult schdules in the country and you did not hear the Auburn fans b*** and moaning like the uga idiots are did you?????? Nope. Of course not because there are no other fans who b*** and complain as much as UGA fans just like they will be b*** and moaning in December why they are not playing in the national championship with three losses because there schedule is so tough. Cry me a f’ing river and just play the games. You idiots are way behind the eight ball and are just now catching up with scheduling out of conference games so deal with it.

By 90 days till uGa's exb season

May 31, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

dogs season starts two weeks later.

By gold

May 31, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

Who are all these people jumping ship at Tech? Taylor Bennett? He wasn’t going to play anyways even if Gailey was still here.

Tech will absolutely be better than people think. Two of the DL are first rounders, our young LB’s are studs, and our secondary is experienced. We have Nesbitt, Dwyer, Jones, and Evans in the backfield with Bebe and Greg Smith at receivers. Not to mention All-Americans on the line. We will win at least 7 games, take it to the bank.

By eric

May 31, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Georgia is better than all the teams they play, what worries me is when and where. If they get past Arizona State in the desert and Florida coming off LSU, they go undefeated. Can’t wait to see Caleb King, Go Dawgs!!!

By Geez

May 31, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Whoa George. Settle down big guy. The only one crying a river is you big guy. Sounds like someone is a tad bitter about getting totally humiliated by the Dawgs two years running. Auburn is a joke.

By SanDiegoDawg

May 31, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

UGA is still too young to win it all- 09 looks more realistic- right now it’s all about rivals and taking week by week so forget the 11-1 talk- almost every team on the sched. can beat GA

By heeldawg

May 31, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

George, you’re a disgrace to the name of our first president.

Cut out the expletives and learn to express yourself like an adult. There is room for decorum here. This is a forum for discussion, not a locker room.

And, yes, Auburn had a hard schedule last year. They also lost four games. And if I’m not mistaken, the War Tigers have been outscored by Georgia 84-37 over the last two years.

Seems to me that you’re the one who is whining. You won’t hear any excuses from me; I’m the guy who thinks that Georgia will win the SEC and National titles (see above).

I did give Auburn credit as the team most likely to beat us. With your crybaby performance, I almost wish I could take it back.

By ATL GATOR

May 31, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Tebow!!

By george

May 31, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this

Someone PLEASE explain to me how I am whining. Please One person. I am waiting. Myself and the rest of the country just think it is amazing the lack of class the dawgs and their fans show year after year. Just last year you have stomping on a teams logo ( VANDY at that), storming the field after a touchdown not even a victory, and the entire fan base whining like a bunch of five year olds after not making it to the national championship when you could not even make it to your own conference championship. Now that is just last year. I think my favorite AJC article of all time was the one that said that UGA got screwed worse last year than Auburn did in 04. Only UGA dolts can come up with that type of logic. Fact is the dawg nation is the most pathetic group of fans in the country and year after year everyone else has to listen to the chants of,”we are a year or two away.” Well now everyone thinks it is the pups year and the pathetic dawg nation will once again come up with some sorry excuses come the middle of October when the pups have 2 or 3 losses and the chants will continue again. It is one giant cylce that has been going on for almost 30 years now and will most likely continue for another 30.

By george

May 31, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Someone PLEASE explain to me how I am whining. Please One person. I am waiting. Myself and the rest of the country just think it is amazing the lack of class the dawgs and their fans show year after year. Just last year you have stomping on a teams logo ( VANDY at that), storming the field after a touchdown not even a victory, and the entire fan base whining like a bunch of five year olds after not making it to the national championship when you could not even make it to your own conference championship. Now that is just last year. I think my favorite AJC article of all time was the one that said that UGA got screwed worse last year than Auburn did in 04. Only UGA dolts can come up with that type of logic. Fact is the dawg nation is the most pathetic group of fans in the country and year after year everyone else has to listen to the chants of,”we are a year or two away.” Well now everyone thinks it is the pups year and the pathetic dawg nation will once again come up with some sorry excuses come the middle of October when the pups have 2 or 3 losses and the chants will continue again. It is one giant cylce that has been going on for almost 30 years now and will most likely continue for another 30.

By george

May 31, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Someone PLEASE explain to me how I am whining. Please One person. I am waiting. Myself and the rest of the country just think it is amazing the lack of class the dawgs and their fans show year after year. Just last year you have stomping on a teams logo ( VANDY at that), storming the field after a touchdown not even a victory, and the entire fan base whining like a bunch of five year olds after not making it to the national championship when you could not even make it to your own conference championship. Now that is just last year. I think my favorite AJC article of all time was the one that said that UGA got screwed worse last year than Auburn did in 04. Only UGA dolts can come up with that type of logic. Fact is the dawg nation is the most pathetic group of fans in the country and year after year everyone else has to listen to the chants of,”we are a year or two away.” Well now everyone thinks it is the pups year and the pathetic dawg nation will once again come up with some sorry excuses come the middle of October when the pups have 2 or 3 losses and the chants will continue again. It is one giant cylce that has been going on for almost 30 years now and will most likely continue for another 30.

By fan of Matt

May 31, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

My take —

Dawgs won’t be as good as most think and Jackets will be better than people think.

Thought Dawgs were ranked too high at the end of ‘07. Should have been a #7-10 team. And I’m still not convinced that playing a Hawaii team that was ranked much too high - should put the dawgs in the NC hunt.

The Jackets will be better because we changed coaches. By that I mean, each week we’ll see improvement (unlike the Chan error).

The team will be prepared and will play with dedication, commitment and heart (like the coach they have). This program NOW has the right coach and the changes to come will benefit Tech now and for the future.

By fan of Matt

May 31, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

My take —

Dawgs won’t be as good as most think and Jackets will be better than people think.

Thought Dawgs were ranked too high at the end of ‘07. Should have been a #7-10 team. And I’m still not convinced that playing a Hawaii team that was ranked much too high - should put the dawgs in the NC hunt.

The Jackets will be better because we changed coaches. By that I mean, each week we’ll see improvement (unlike the Chan error).

The team will be prepared and will play with dedication, commitment and heart (like the coach they have). This program NOW has the right coach and the changes to come will benefit Tech now and for the future.

By Lamar

May 31, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

Dawgs are in a reload every year status with the program now.

Paul Johnson is a very good coach and Tech will be good in 2 years.

Saban is going to have Bama in the top 10 every year by 2010.

Auburn will pay because of Saban’s dominant recruiting and will be NC State like by 2010.

As soon as Urban can figure out how to coach defense, the gators will be just like UGA.

Tebow is a great quarterback. The problem is their defense, not Tebow.

Clemson has been recruiting lights out for a few years now. They will start to look like it this year.

Peace.

By bill

May 31, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

GT will be better as ACC will be even weaker than last year. Tom Obrien is at least one year away. His philosophy will win some games and he is a solid coach. VT very young Miami FSU same crowd. Wake without saying is to be admired 3500 students. UVA is anybody left? Johnson will build a solid team but wont beat UGA for a couple years. too much speed on UGA. My guess for Nations champ game. USC not gamecocks vs UGA for national champs. winner USC

By GTE854u

May 31, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Tech will not be running the ball 90% of the time. PJ will adapt his offensive schemes to his players. He has always won where he has been, and Tech faithful expect the same at the Flats, the only question mark is how long it will take for the team to execute properly, we have the athletes and skilled players at the positions needed. As far as UGA, should have a good shot but SEC is tough and its hard not to have a let down game, I wouldn’t go around predicting an 11-1 record, plenty of teams on their schedule are capable of beating them.

By charles

May 31, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

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By GatorG

May 31, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

I like the quote: “The Bulldogs will, for the third time in their history, defeat a Florida team quarterbacked by the eventual Heisman winner.” (no mention, of course, of losing 47-7 in 1996 to the evenutual Heisman winner Danny Wuerffel)

What I like so much about the quote is that it reminds me that **when Georgia beat the Heisman winner in 1966, it made the guy so mad he came back to coach the Gators, and specifically to beat Georgia OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER (well, you get the picture).

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. I love it!!**

By GTE854u

May 31, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

doggies, you are about to be bounced out of the ncaa baseball tourney…

By Lou Holtz

May 31, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

YOU GA DAWG FANS ( INBREED REDNECKS) WILL NEVER SEE THE GA DOME, YOUR BOWL WILL BE THE GAYLORD CITY MUSIC BOWL.

By SECCoachnDallas

May 31, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Mark, You forgot the COOTS! Will they once again prove to be the most over rated 6 and 6 team in the country? Will Spurrier throw in the towel after this seasons futility and follow Jerri to their new home in Florida? The answer to both questions is YES

By Booker T. Washington

May 31, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

Wake beating VPI in the ACC title game? I would love to see, but Va Tech is the incumbent.

UNC has a chance to make some noise in a down ACC this year. They lost two games badly last year (at South Florida and at Wake Forest), but UNC and their freshman quarterback lost the following games by seven points or less: UVA, South Carolina, at NC State, at Ga Tech, at ECU and at Va. Tech. Unfortunately, another punitive schedule hurts them this year (the only 1A nonconference team on this year’s schedule that didn’t go to a bowl last year was Notre Dame).

By Triple Option

May 31, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

Tech isn’t going to run the ball 90 % of the time. At the spring game it was probably 70-30 run to pass, which is just slightly more than Gailey ran (65-35). Paul Johnson is not an idiot, in fact, he’s just the opposite. He’s one of the best in game coaches out there right now. You will see a lot of wide open receivers in this offense and huge holes up the middle.

Gailey was a good “CEO” but terrible at in game situations and motivating his players. That’s why everytime we got behind we lost.

And why does everyone say Tech doesn’t have talent. They have just as many people drafted every year as other schools and had a top 15 class last year and a solid class forming for 2009. Tech has talent, especially at RB and DL.

Clemson needs to prove something, they never scare me. I would put them behind UGA, VT, and maybe even UVA in most likely to beat Tech this year.

As for Georgia, they say they are going to win the national championship every year, let’s see it. It’s funny how you beat up on a poor WAC team and now you’re world beaters. Good luck with that schedule, you’re not the only team loaded with talent in the SEC.

By Nick

May 31, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

Tebow again? Don’t think so. He didn’t deserve the first one.

By Tech Forever

May 31, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

There are only three guarantees in life on a year to year basis; 1) texas, 2) someone on staff at the AUC will pick Georgia as the National Champions, and 3) when Georgia doesn’t win it all 1/4 of the Dawg Nation will call for Richt’s head. Sure Tech isn’t a strong program and probably will never be again, but as fun as it is to watch my Jackets its just as fun to watch you bozos believe what you read and then come crashing back to Earth like the Hindenburg.

Have a great summer UGA fans. In June, every year is your year. By November….next year will be your year….yet again.

By Right!!!!!!!!

May 31, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Tech Forever- please tell me the last time somebody said UGA had a chance to win the NC. It wasn’t over the last 2 years. Those were both rebuilding years. The only year that I can think of was 2002 when we went actually had a shot at 13-1. The only thing that us Dawg fans and AJC predict every year is that The Dawgs will be way better then Tech. Quit with the “Dawgs fans think we are going to win the NC game every year” because that is BS! But I do believe we will win it this season.

By AltamahaDawg

May 31, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

I don’t have a problem with it, Mark.

By Mark Bradley

May 31, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

I’m fairly certain the school I attended isn’t mentioned in what I wrote above. Just for the record.

By doc

May 31, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

check out your quote “Clemson needs to prove something, they never scare me. I would put them behind UGA, VT, and maybe even UVA in most likely to beat Tech this year.”

Are you just that stupid? UVA lost there whole team and starting qb got kicked off the team. UVA will be weak. Georgia Tech can suck it cuz they were handed the Clemson game last year. Don’t think this year will be the same. Look for a beatdown in the valley for the bees.

By Terry

May 31, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

I love to have Mark Bradley pick the Dawgs as MNC!!!!

I don’t think he has ever missed a call yet!!!

Even better, after the white piggies of Athens get their rear’s kicked by the Tigers, I hear that Knowshon is going Pro!!

Whoops, there goes 2009 MNC as well!!! That’s the way the ball bounces.

By Really?

May 31, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

GTE854u- Are we really about to be bounced out of the ncaa baseball tourney? Don’t think so my friend…9-5 Dawgs in the bottom of the 8th.

By B. Thenet

May 31, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

Cherish the moments folks.

Only 4 more months until Arizona State ends this UGA BCS Title talk.

By hotsoup

May 31, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

Attention all morons who continue to perpetuate the myth of the late season Clemson swoon.

In 2007 we won 5 of our last 6. In 2006 we won 2 of our last 6. In 2005 we won 5 of our last 6. In 2004 we won 5 of our last 6. In 2003 we won 4 of our last 6. In 2002 we won 4 of our last 6.

It happened once, in 2006. Educate yourselves, foo.

By Zach

May 31, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

Mark-as always, great job once again. You do a great job at the AJC and you have been around since I was a kid-I can always count on this annual column to remind me that college football season is close at hand. Whether you have made me laugh, mad me mad, made me scratch my head and say hmmm, or made my day, you have always entertained me with this particular annual prediction column. I hope that you are around for many years to come. In fact, it will suit me fine if my Dawgs go 11-1 and win it all. Thanks-

By hotsoup

May 31, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

Mark, let’s see your predictions from last year.

By dogthebountyhunter

May 31, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

I thought the south carolina offense was called the “c** and fire.”

By t-dawg

May 31, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

You must be kidding. Tech at 7-5? I know the ACC isnt the powerhouse it used to be, but 7-5 is much too lofty. Clemson will surprise people and can pull off a 10+ year season. Wake is a joke, but will perform above their talent. Miami is still rebuilding and their super recruits wont perform well enough to make it to the ACC championship for another year or so, so the UGA-Miami will have to wait. Dont count out FSU, they’ve quietly built up a strong D and if their o-line holds up they can even push UF in the last game of the year

By dogthebountyhunter

May 31, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this

I thought the south carolina offense was called the “c** and fire.”

By Really?

May 31, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

Terry- You heard that Knowshon was going pro? You must be goods friends with him. I am sure he told you this himself. You couldn’t be talking about The Auburn Tigers right? UGA will not lose to Auburn, but being that UGA lost their secret weapon in Brandon Cox to graduation. The game will be much closer then it has been over the past two years.

By UGA'91

May 31, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

Hey Davenpoop!!! Bradley, went to Kentucky-Not UGA. He is fair and balanced. As for 3riversjacket, ask yourself a question how many games would gt win if none of us black (how do u say it) dudes played on your already weak football team? My guess is 1 (maybe).

By JM

May 31, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this

Hah! Georgia will lose in Columbia to South Carolina and then spiral to a 7-5 season.

By Atlanta Jacket

May 31, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

Uga will finish 9-3 - tomorrow is only June 1 so at least one key player will get arrested over the summer, but CMR will only suspend him for the sisters of the poor game.

GT - 7-5 or 8-4 is good enough in a transition year. Actually the defense should be darn good, the offense will get better. I am just glad Gailey has moved to Kansas City.

CU - 8-4 win early and then disappoint.

AU - 9-2

UF will beat Uga like a drum.

UT - this will be big Phil’s last year.

By GatorG

May 31, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

I take it in the JAW

By xtimastah

May 31, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

The one thing you are most definitely correct on is that UGA will lose to Auburn. I’m thinking twice though, unless the Gators take their spot in Atlanta

By heeldawg

May 31, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this

George:

Thanks for not cussing in your second post.

Georgia fans thought they got screwed because of the inconsistencies of the BCS system. If you remember, a few years back, Oklahoma lost their conference championship game and got invited to the BCS title game anyway (and lost). And last season, some folks were screaming for an Ohio State-Michigan rematch instead of the title game we got between LSU and OSU. The fact is, Georgia was in line to move up in the polls to the #2 slot after winning their last several games when the teams ahead of them lost. Despite this, they were, in fact, demoted in favor on an LSU team that finished with the same win-loss record and which lost later in the season than Georgia did. All of this just underscores how politically-charged and artificial the BCS is—it depends upon polls, which are influenced by people (largely the talking heads on ESPN), and the illusion of an”impartial” system is a sham. The polls are subjective, and the pollsters last season decided who they wanted in the national title game and picked them. But there was a precedent to do otherwise. That’s why some Georgia fans were steamed.

Now, that being said, I’ll also say this: there should be a rule that you win your conference to play in the national title game (that rule still doesn’t exist). And I think that, at full strength, LSU was the best team in the country last season. The best team won the national title. But I also think that Georgia was a deserved #2, contrary to what “fan of Matt” said above. The only four teams that were truly good enough to play for the national title last season were Ohio State, LSU, Southern Cal and Georgia. In a round-robin playoff between those four teams at the end of last season, I would have given Georgia even money to win (or lose) the national title. Everyone else was playing for second place, losing late in the year (like West Virginia) or in the bowl game (like Oklahoma) or playing a watered-down schedule that inflated their records (Hawaii; Kansas; Arizona State). But the system didn’t work that way. Georgia would have likely won the SECCG against a banged-up LSU team and played in the national title game had they beaten either Tennessee or South Carolina. But they didn’t. The rest is history. I don’t regret the season the Dawgs had at all. 11-2 and #2 in the nation in a rebuilding year is fine by me.

And BTW, I think that Auburn got royally screwed in 2004, far worse than Georgia did last season. Any team that wins the SEC and goes unbeaten should play in the national title game.

Finally, hotsoup, Clemson has lost at least a game or two every season under Bowden that it should have won. If your goal is to be a champion, you won’t get there by giving up late-season upset losses. And a 69% overall winning percentage down the stretch won’t cut it when you want to win a title. Compare this to Mark Richt’s overall 78% winning percentage at Georgia, with five ten-plus win season in seven years in the toughest league in college football, and you may begin to see what I mean. Clemson has a great football tradition and a dedicated fan base. They recruit well every season. There is no reason why they shouldn’t win an ACC title, or at least contend for one, on a regular basis. For a school like Clemson to go 17 years without an ACC title is ridiculous.

There’s your “swoon.”

By Yep I said it!

May 31, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Jacket- How can UGA go 9-3? They will play at least 13 games including a bowl game but it will actually be 14 with the SECC game. Well it is obvious that you can not count very well. I just hope for The Jackets sake that no more of you guys athletes over dose on Heroin. You guys should try and stop being such THUGS and overdosing on Drugs!

By ParkVol

May 31, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

The dogs will get HUMILIATED by UT for the third straight year and the third straight L to the orange IN ATHENS. The last 2 games against the Vols the Pups average loss was 17 or more. Dogs go 10-3. Another disapointment and a bunch of crying dogs! It is great to be a UT fan living in ATL. Go Vols!

By Joe Mac

May 31, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this

Georgia’s game at Auburn will not matter. They will have lost twice by then anyway.

By chazz

May 31, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Georgia, I just want to point out, is still a pretty young team. There are still some O-line issues to work out, and they have to settle on a kicker. I think the the most oft-overlooked strength is UGAs fullbacks. Sorry, Gators, I said it before and I’m sticking to it. Florida will suffer three straight losses to the dawgs starting last year. (maybe more) It really is all up to the maturity of the team. Auburn is a traditional spoiler, but they are going down. Georgia will is most likely to choke with UT or South Carolina. Otherwise, they are going all the way undefeated.

By GwinnettDawg and Canephins

May 31, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

Great prediction Mark,

We love you man! We are so hyped about the dawgs for 2008. We just bought a large bottle of Jergens and will celebrate your prediction of the dawgs winning the MNC. You are welcome to join us!!!

By Cuz

May 31, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

I think the game on the Plains is without a doubt the most dangerous game of the year. Even though the home team winds up being the underdog. It may be hard to make the repeat performance in the lovliest village. If we do that who knows what will happen. Maybe a re-match in the Dome?

By Mark Bradley

May 31, 2008 7:46 PM | Link to this

Thanks, Zach. I much appreciate it.

By th chastain

May 31, 2008 7:48 PM | Link to this

mark, i’ll take it. go dawgs.

By Decaturflyer

May 31, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

My god, UGA is over rated as usual!. You doggies lose to the Cocks in the WB. Your season is over again after that.

By MRJ

May 31, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

Wow, soooo rage-inducing.

Contrary to most logic, you have UGA going 13-1. Given that most of this town consists of either UGA fans or people who pretend to be UGA fans when they win big games, this is a very homer-istic set of predictions.

By david corr

May 31, 2008 8:12 PM | Link to this

Dawgs are going undefeated and will go down as the greatest team in college football history bar none.

By GATOR CHOMP

May 31, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this

HEY u Flead Out Mutts when are u loosers going 2 wake up anr realize that your just not that good im sick and tired of u guys running your traps its gotten to the point where it is unbelievably insane when u guys actually win something please let me know and please dont talk my ears off about 1980 hell half of us wasn’t even around then see you dreaming flead out mutts in Jacksonville for your yearly a## whipping TEBOW REPEAT HEISMAN WINNER BOOK IT GO GATORS!!!!

By savannah dawg

May 31, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

Georgia is the best team in the country period. They will go undefeated, and win the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. The Tar heels will win the ACC.

By Top Dawg

May 31, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

I’ll take the W in Jax everyday over the Heisman. Last year was the first of many W’s in the 21st Century. Go Dawgs. Rainey is hurt, and Moody ain’t no good. Woof.

By SickAndTired

May 31, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

Hey George, I’m smellin’ what you’re cookin’ and I like it. Once again, the Dawgs will act like they’re champions but will fall short and blame everyone from Vince Dooley to Jan Kemp and gripe about Michael Adams because he took their parking places away. They’ll talk about the Christian values of their head coach they’re so proud of and play Soulja Boy and his incredibly vulgar Superman song over the PA system in Sanford Stadium and say it’s ok. They’ll talk about what a liar and a cheat every other coach in the SEC is as far as recruiting goes but the question begs to be answered, if everyone else is cheating, how does Georgia continually have a recruiting class ranked in the top two or three in the conference and nation? Guess all those blue chippers that come to Athens are just turned off by those special perks that the other schools are giving and just want to do it the old fashioned way. But wait a minute, Herschel took money to come to UGA so I guess that reason is out the window as well. Georgia’s players that are arrested aren’t nearly as disreputable as a Gator or Vol that’s locked up. The Athens police are out to get the Football Team. That’s one of my personal favorites right there. Why on Gods green earth would a campus cop or an Athens policeman want to bring the football team down? I guess they should look the other way and let ‘em run the downtown bars like the Wild West in Athens. All that being said, I don’t see how Mark Richt can screw this one up Dawg Fans, because it doesn’t look like he’s gonna play Joe Cox every third series in each half like he did DJ and cost Georgia a National Championship in 2002 in the Florida game. He’s had the good sense to put Bobo in charge when it comes to the offense and keep his predictable offensive genius thinking to himself.

By Call it like it is

May 31, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

What win in Jax?

GA will not win this year in JAX!

Promise!

GO GATORS!

By OldTimer

May 31, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

By Brandon

May 31, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

UGA in 2008 = OVERRATED

Yeah, I said it.

WAR EAGLE

By Brandon

May 31, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

UGA in 2008 = OVERRATED

Yeah, I said it.

WAR EAGLE

By Brandon

May 31, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

UGA in 2008 = OVERRATED

Yeah, I said it.

WAR EAGLE

By It's UGA's year

May 31, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

NOT. Every year people get on Clemons’ case for not living up to the hype.

I’ll let you guess who else never lives up to the hype. UGA!

It’s been their year since 1981, folks. Heck, even Clemons has won a National Championship since then.

It’s gonna be great to see UGA with 2 (TWO) losses before they’re even halfway through the year. BAWOHHH, BAWOHHH, go dogs, stay.

Good idea, Bradley, in picking UGA. Way to go out on limb for the ‘necks.

By Josh

May 31, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this

MARK YOU ARE AN IDIOT CLEMSON WILL WIN THE ACC

By bake

May 31, 2008 9:26 PM | Link to this

all i know is when ohio state plays for the title for the 3rd straight year a bunch of people are gonna be p**. this time though…they win it. too bad i’m a georgia fan!

By old gold

May 31, 2008 9:39 PM | Link to this

I’ve never read a more suck-up to UGA article in my life and there have been millions. This team does not have the character to win the nat champ even though they do have enough talent to win the Super Bowl.

By Royale

May 31, 2008 9: