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DEL.ICIO.USWhy UGA will win it all in this season
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Citing the 10 reasons Georgia will win the BCS national title drew the predictable responses: Bulldog fans figured I’d jinxed them, while non-Bulldogs hooted and pointed to that road schedule as the reason this touted team will fail. And while I’ll admit to being wrong once or twice in my so-called life - the Braves were not, alas, in first place on the Fourth of July - I’ll also note something else:
Mark Richt is a pretty fair road coach.
His record on the opponent’s field is 25-4. More than simply good, that’s obscene. He’s 2-1 at Auburn, 3-0 in Columbia, 3-1 in Knoxville, 2-0 in Tuscaloosa. (OK, so he’s only 2-5 against Florida in Jacksonville, but that’s about to get a lot better.) Of those four road losses, one was to a team (LSU in 2003) that finished No. 1, and another (Auburn in 2004) was to a team that went undefeated.
Urban Meyer is, I believe we can all agree, an outstanding head coach. (His performance in the BCS title game against Ohio State was the single greatest tactical job I’ve ever seen.) In three seasons at Florida, Meyer has lost more road games (five) than Richt has lost in seven seasons at Georgia. Think about that.
I’m not saying the Bulldogs will win all five of their road games. Playing at South Carolina, at Arizona State, at LSU, at Kentucky and at Auburn is a daunting assignment, not to mention Florida in Jax. But Georgia seems stout enough to negotiate that path with only one loss - coming at Auburn on Nov. 15, I’m guessing - and one loss against that schedule will almost surely book passage to the BCS title game.
Back to Florida: The 2006 Gators had a rather testing slate themselves - they played at Tennessee, at Auburn and at Florida State, and they also faced LSU and Kentucky and Alabama and Georgia and South Carolina - and they got through with one loss. (At Auburn, wouldn’t you know?) They wound up playing the aforementioned Buckeyes in Glendale, Ariz.
Georgia in 2008 seems every bit as loaded as Florida did then, and those Gators taught us one essential thing: If you’re good enough, you can win anywhere. Georgia, it says here, will be good enough.
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By Pat
July 17, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this
The team is definately good enough to go the distance without question. My only concern is keeping the players ego’s in check and making sure that they’re not taking articles like this one too seriously. I’m really starting to get amped about this season and the possibilities….
By buck b
July 17, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
Mark who did you pick to win the BCS last year??
By Zeb
July 17, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
Mark, thanks for the new blog. Please don’t let us get up to 400 and something comments before you change it again. That was a pain in the arse.
The SEC is gonna be a beast again this year. I just don’t see us going thru this thing unscathed. Ya just gotta have hope.
By baloney
July 17, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Before we claim that UGA is the best team ever based on the strength of this upcoming schedule, lets let it play out and see how the teams on their schedule FINISH. The teams they play may not prove to be all that good after all is said and done. If all the big teams they play only have 1-or 2 losses each at seasons end , then I guess we can say UGA was VERY good.
By ShanFan
July 17, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Hay Pat-
Don’t worry for every article like this, there’s 30 that say Georgia can’t do it. I’m cautiously optimistic about our Dawgs. If we just focus each week on the game at hand, we may surprise ourselves.
GO DAWGS!
By KansasDawg
July 17, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
You can take it from this kansasdawg Richt will have them dawgs ready to hunker down! These are going to be among the best years in GEORGIA history what with help from UGA upstairs and all that. GO DAWGS!!!
By Ryno
July 17, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
Georgia Tech is one of the worst programs in the South. It’s laughable how bad they are.
By Steve
July 17, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
Why’d you do it Mark? You KNOW this is the kiss of death, especially when you say it.
BLOGGERS: The word is spelled definitely, not with an A.
By GATOR CHOMP
July 17, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
Stop dreaming MUTTS,U losers will lose 4 games easy this season BOOK IT.GO GATORS!!!!!!!!
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
I agree..numbers dont lie. I do remain passive to proclaiming Dogs #1 but they have my total support. Its gonna be a great year for football. Im jumping at the bit..can’t wait for August 30th!! We have a tough schedule but I think the Dawgs will be just fine. GO DAWGS!!!
By GatorFan
July 17, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
I will agree that UGA will have a good team, the ones who are not in jail or under suspension. It will, as usual, be very very hard to run the table in the SEC. You get a minimum of 4-5 really tough games and the rest of your SEC schedule you just have to be so careful of the let down between huge games. If you win all your SEC games you truly deserve to be the National Champ. Do I want that to be the GATOR?? You bet your happy backside..If it can’t be my Orange and Blue at the end of the year ..just let it be an SEC team and not a team like ohio state that plays in a garbage league racking up easy win after easy win over a series of 5-7 record teams….If notthe Gators let it be the guys from UGA or LSU!!! GOOOOOOOOOOOO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By UGANSFLA
July 17, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this
Thanks for the encouragement or is it the kiss of death? The Dogs have their work cut out for them, but with the talent, the coaching and a little luck, they have a chance to be real special and bring home the championship. They cannot afford to let their guard down for any game on their schedule. GO DOGS!
By dog food
July 17, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
come on stop dreaming. we are talking about the bulldogs.
They will always find a way to lose at least one game. the schedule is simply too tough. stafford is overrated.
By Bone
July 17, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
I would have agreed with a National Championship prior to UGA VI going down. Having a rookie UGA VII in a season with such high expectations worries me, may even drop the Dawgs out of the top 5. All of the other SEC teams are coming in with seasoned mascots. If you are dismissive of my theory, just remember Yellow Jackets die every winter and look what it does to Tech.
By Morgan
July 17, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Mark, love the blogs AND the Bulldogs. Can’t wait for the season and for UGA VII. One thing about Ohio State…they get BLOWN OUT 2 years in a row by SEC teams after getting the the championship game playing in a wea conference. If they get to the title again, they will get EMBARRASSED AGAIN! Why on earth do pollsters and writers love this crappy team so much? WHY? What are they pre-season top 1 or 2 every year. They meet a good team (SEC)…then get blwon off the field!
By tidefan
July 17, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
Im a die hard Bama fan and graduate living in Georgia the last ten years. I pull for UGA so long as they arent playing the Tide. I have to say that UGA has all the tools to go all the way. They simply need the balls and calls to bounce thier way, as any team does when making a NC run. It wont be an easy task, but I think they can do it. I think Bama is still a year or two away from being a contender, so for this year I sure hope to the bulldawgs representing the SEC !!
By Jarvis
July 17, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
Bradley, you ever heard the term “homer”? Cause you’re the biggest one I’ve ever seen. I’m a two-time Georgia alum, and a season ticket holder, and I can honestly say that your praise carries very little weight with me. As unclever as I find the Tech fans’ Bark Madley moniker for you, they have a point. You give blind support to the Dawgs. This is OK for people like me that have life-long ties to the university, but for God’s sake man, you’re supposed to be a journalist. Good luck ducking those recently announced cutbacks.
By Wreck'EmTech
July 17, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
What’s your problem, Ryno? No one said anything about Tech. This article is about UGA. And it’s a good, informative article.
Anyway, I’m excited about this season for a lot of teams. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on the SEC to see how UGA does. I hate UGA because tradition dictates I do so as a Tech student, but I’m of the mindset that for every tough game that any Southern team wins every other team in the South has to get that much better. And in my mind that includes Tech. I know that makes people mad.
Bottom Line: I’ll be watching all the SEC games this year!
By D.Ellis
July 17, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
Mark-great column. However 1 loss does not oput us in the BCS title game. 1 loss might not even take us to the SEC title game. UGA has to win the East first. Win the SEC second…then talk of BCS Title. Do they have the team…yes. I agree with alot of what was written. Richt is a great road coach. His team’s record speaks for it self.
I have a question though. How come no one is talking about the Central Michigan game? Troy came into Sanford last year and put up 34 points on UGA D. I know this for a fact that Central Michigan is every bit as good as Troy was and even better. Dan Lefever is a very good QB who was 1 rushing TD away from doing the same thing Tebow did. 3,600 yds in the air, 1,200 yds on the ground. 46 total td’s. They return 2 1,000 yd. receivers as well. This game can be very much over looked with the trip to Arizona St. the following weekend on national TV. It will take 40 plus points to beat Central Michigan as it took that many to beat Troy last year. It will be a better game than people think.
I think in order for UGA offense to be even more succesful M.Mass has to step up along with several of their receivers and make BIG plays in order to open up the box for Mareno and King. Teams are most certainly going to stack the line so big plays on the outside are a must. As I say though and fully think the first and most important goal is to win the SEC. Everything else wil ltake cre of itself after that but the largest and main goal for this team is to WIN THE SEC.
By No Dawgs Here
July 17, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Once again, here is another butt kissing UGA article. UGA will NOT repeat NOT win “it all”. All they have to do is stumble once in the tough SEC and “wham!” there goes the NC. USC and OU are not in overly tough conferences. They only have to gear up for the 1 to 2 good teams in their conference and win. The same can not be said for the SEC. If you do not bring your A game every time you will lose. No matter who you are playing. I see the SEC getting shunned this year, due to the LSU “gift” last year. USC and OU or maybe even WVU will be in the hunt for the NC. UGA will choke..
By Bill Turner
July 17, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
Auburn War Eagles!! Unfortuanetly I have to agree with these butt sniffers(Dawgs). Georgia Tech is the worst football program in the South!, and Ohio State will get embarrassed again if they make it to the championship game.
By DirtyDawg
July 17, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
Dog fans are obviously excited at the prospects for the season. Who wouldn’t be? At the same time we’re, as always, apprehensive about all the notoriety. I mean if we end up on the cover of SI, that’ll be it for our chances.
All that having been said, we think we’ve got the talent and the coaches to win it all - I mean if we go undefeated, with this schedule, they ought to just award us the National Championship without even playing the game.
Regardless, it’s gonna be fun dealing with my Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Alabama, LSU, Tech, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, South Carolina and Vandy friends - I don’t know if I know anybody from Arizona State - all season long. I just hope I’m not gonna be in the dumps by the end of October (sorta like how I feel about the Braves now).
By GATORZONE
July 17, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
Georgia has the most complete team in the SEC this year. If they do not win the SEC, it will be due to not playing up to their ability. (which they have been prone to do)
They have they talent, question is can they put it all together?
Injuries will be another issue with this daunting schedule that could derail their run.
It will definitely be a great year for the SEC!
By George
July 17, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
Mark, I am still mystified why you think the pups are just all of a sudden going to start beating Florida on a regular basis after beating them one year? Can you please enlighten me on this one????????? The bulldogs need to concentrate on one thing and one thing only at this point: keeping their players out of Clarke county jail. At this rate who knows if they will even be able to field a team come August 30th. I heard the AJC is cutting back. If I were you I would be looking for another job my friend.
By pffft
July 17, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
come-on people only hit send once, your killing me folks.
By zeke
July 17, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
The reason they will not is the date at Williams Brice in Columbia! The old ball coach has it going in the right direction, and, SC always plays extremely well against the dogs!!
By Bill Turner
July 17, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this
Auburn War Eagles!! Unfortuanetly I have to agree with these butt sniffers(Dawgs). Georgia Tech is the worst football program in the South!, and Ohio State will get embarrassed again if they make it to the championship game.
By I get paid to write this stuff
July 17, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Hey No Dawgs Here, What F’ing “gift” are you talking about regarding LSU? I’m a dawg fan but LSU was clearly the best team in the nation and deserved to whip OSU’s butt. As far as you saying “UGA will choke”, I hardly think if they lose 1 or 2 games with THE hardest schedule in the country, that constitues as a choke. You must be some angry yankee NFL fan to know nothing about college football. Go pull for Temple you loser.
By dawgkicker
July 17, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
Wow… good to see the donations that UGA make to the paper dont go to waste. The dogs will loose at least 4 games this year. Its amazing that EVERY year the DAWGS are gonna contend! and win it all! and alas, they fall short when they play real teams. Now if there was someway that they could play western kentucky , Georgia southern, akron , and other football powerhouses that may come true for them. They snuck up on people last year and surprised some people and still fell short. This year they will get hammered. Get ready for the same thing again this year except the surprise will be the teams that beat UGA (at least 4). I dont see the list of recruits for UGA for the upcoming 09 season from the Georgia Prison system. Will that be out soon? That can give hope to the UGA faithful for the 09 season to WIN IT ALL!!!!
By MountainDawg
July 17, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs definitely have the talent & potential to win the title. However, the SEC East is a annual gauntlet & adding LSU to the schedule intensifies the pressure. While UGA has the talent level to run the table, it’s highly unlikely. I’m thinking at least 1 loss (to LSU), they win the East & re-match (& beat) LSU in the SEC title game & then play for the National Title. However, many intangibles come into play such as injuries, turnovers, lack of execution, poor play calling, etc. With a few key injuries (Stafford, etc.) they could lose 2 (maybe 3) games in the SEC East “meat grinder”. I still think UGA’s the favorite to win the NC. GOOOO DAWGS!!!
By BAMAPERRY
July 17, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
10-2 for UGA this year.
By Georgia Fan
July 17, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this
I believe Bradley predicted Georgia to go 11-1 last year during the regular season. Pretty good. Most of you crybaby haters were predicting Georgia to go 8-4 or something foolish along those lines. I remember it well. Looks like Bradley might know a little bit more than you do.
I digress. The whole schedule thing is a nice little media story line that is being blown way out of proportion. Georgia always plays a tough schedule. And I agree with baloney that what looks like a tough schedule in July may not look so tough any more in December. I suspect that if Georgia has some success this year there will be critics of its schedule suffering from selective amnesia about what was being said before the season. There always are. Its oh so predictable. At any rate, I’m tired of my fellow Georgia fans whining about this schedule. As Bradley pointed out, Florida had a murderous schedule in ‘06. So did LSU in ‘03 (they beat us TWICE remember?). Please stop being such nancy boys about the schedule. If Georgia stumbles this year it won’t be because of the schedule. It will be because they weren’t good enough. If we are the best team in the SEC, and I think we are, we will beat whoever they put in front of us. Simple as that.
By DJ
July 17, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
I bet you just hate working with Terrence Moore, don’t you?
By lewie
July 17, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
UGA will go down at Carolina on the 3rd weekend of the season
By P Dawg
July 17, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
I’m tired of all this talk about 1 or 2 losses. UGA WILL run the table and beat the brakes off of osu for an undefeated nc. Put that in your pipe and smoke it fools!
By clyde
July 17, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
Potential is just something you haven’t done yet. Since Auburn is off Florida’s schedule this year, someone else will have to beat the Gators. Since AU will be off Florida’s schedule for at least two years, it also means Superman Tim Tebow will graduate having never beaten the Tigers from the Plains. I guess Georgia and LSU will have to do their own dirty work this year. Also: remember that winning them all doesn’t guarantee you anything. Been there, done that. War Eagle to you.
By D.Ellis
July 17, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
My bad I made a mistake. I meant to say over looked becasue of SC the following week.
I also wonder how not having Southerland will affect the offense.
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
The Big Ten is a joke. Im sick & tired of seeing Jim Tressel and his Buckeyes all the time. They play 2 tough games this year..USC & MICH. SEC is where its at!! As far as blogging is concerned..Gator, Auburn, Tenn & Bama fans..if this was your local paper..you guys would be posting the same stuff & hype. Everyone of you wants the same thing for your team. Enough of this s**t talking. Its pathetic. Some of you post great comments, even if your not pulling for GA. Wait until game day for the hard-core stuff.
By GAVol
July 17, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
Yes UGA does have one of the most complete teams in the SEC this year, question is can they play like a complete team? Tennessee is going to struggle this year with new OC and Offensive staff. Teams are figuring out that great Urban Meyer Offense, spread option works against teams without speed but in the SEC its just a gimmick. Tim “Crybaby” Tebow is done as a player, he will finish his college career at UF then fade into the sunset and be forgotten in the next few years.
By BankerDawg
July 17, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this
Does anybody know what Georgia’s schedule ranks among other schools?
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this
Also enough of these stupid a** comments about players going to jail. Come up w/ something new. Every college team goes through this. GA just happend to have a few more this year. Those players represent 6 out of 105!! Bama, Fla, Tech, Tenn..have all had arrests this off-season. Move on to something else for crying out loud..Like maybe class of 09.
By Barkin'Dog
July 17, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
Everyone, everywhere is picking the Dawgs to lose 1,2,3,4 or more… win the title, not win. Folks, by the end of the Arizona State game, everyone is going to say nobody can beat the Dawgs… Not even Southern Cal in the Orange Bowl. They are going all the way, undefeated… they will “Finish the Drill,” and “Leave No Doubt.” You heard it here. This will be one of the most awesome teams ever to play in gridiron history. You heard it here! Chomp on that, Gators!
By Algonquin J. Calhoun
July 17, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
Mark, the final word on whether the Bullfrogs are great will be had by law enforcement!
By Footballl Guy
July 17, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
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By Wreck'EmTech
July 17, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
Really? Tech is the worst team in the South? Man, I guess you’re right…the entire state of North Carolina isn’t part of the South. Nor is the state of Kentucky. And Mississippi’s definitely not. So their schools’ teams wouldn’t count as Southern, right? Wow, finally it’s been made official…we can all just stop trying now!
DISCLAIMER: Not saying we’re good or that we don’t need to get way better. But face it, we’re not the worst the South has… cough DUKE cough
By Jinx
July 17, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this
Hey, how about playing the first game before you start talking about winning it all.
By wde
July 17, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
You can probably guess what my favorite part of the column was.
Loss to Auburn.
The rest of it sucks.
By Gene
July 17, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
Claiming the national championship and actually winning it are two very different things. Everyone from Sonny Perdue, to Mike Adams and His Holiness, Richt claimed the championship last year. Championship teams have to act like champions, and it appears that the 2008 team is off to the usual Miami/FSU behavior.
By JB
July 17, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this
I would think it’s fair to say that we could use Spurrier’s battle cry at Carolina, ” Why not us”. difference is we DO have a team and a coach who could back that up. Lot’s of Georgia haters on here trying to slow down the train. We will be a pretty dang good team. We may not win them all, but all we play this year will be Jacked up because it’s us. When that happens, you have arrived. lot’s of folks spewing hate at us. THAT IS A GOOD THING. I hope Richt let’s us loose like last year…..You see what happened !
By kennesawjoe
July 17, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
Go dogs. It’s gonna be a tough but fun ride. SEC football is by far the best. And I want my dogs to finally get back to competing for and winning national championships. Look at what titles have done for FL and LSU. They have been very good for years but all of a sudden now they are in the title hunt every year and kids want to play for them. This is what our dogs are on the verge of being. We are right there ready to bust through the door. I pray that this is the year. Good luck to you FL (except against us)I dont usually say that but the more I watch SEC football the more I love it as a whole. And I def want SEC to continue to rule College football and then maybe they will one day give us a playoff and we could possibly see to SEC teams playing for it all.
By chris
July 17, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Funny that you mention his record everywhere except for Baton Rouge and, ahem, Nashville.
By Algonquin J. Calhoun
July 17, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
Football Guy is a jolly sort. JB, thanks for the multi-posting. What you had to say is just too strong for one measly posting! However, what is this “we” and “us”? You haven’t taken nair snap!
By AngelinaJolie'sBastardBaby
July 17, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
I just don’t see it. While defense can carry you a long way, you need a stellar offense….a 1-trick pony won’t cut it. Moreno is impressive, but he can’t carry the team. Choke-down-the-stretch passing to Butterfingers will not be winning any championships, unless a tornado comes through Atlanta and knocks out LSU’s team during the game.
By Jacket
July 17, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Bill Turner,
Before claiming Tech is one of the worst teams in the South, I would suggest reflecting on the last two times your beloved Tigers played us.
By jabster
July 17, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this
Bill Turner:
If Tech is so bad, how come we beat your beloved Allbarn TWICE…with Reggie Ball…and Chan Gailey?
By TJ
July 17, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
Hey Bill Turner, Auburn is our b***.
By mcdawg
July 17, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
I’m still highly concerned with the lack of experience at O-Line—yes they came together at the end of the season but we are already starting off this season w/ suspensions and those games do matter in terms of lineman playing in synch and learning to play together-not sure who will emerge as leader-might have to be Stafford—but we have to takes this thing one game at a time and get better and better each game-USC is going to be a tough game
By Chief
July 17, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
George. Wake up man!! Nowhere in the article did it say UGA was going to start beating UF every year. Also, you made a lame argument that beating UF 1 time was hardly turning the tide. Reality - we’ve beaten you 2 of the last 4 years. Most of the players on both teams have been around for some of the past 4 games so let’s keep it in perspective. No current UGA players feel they have been owned by UF! Spin the stats however you wish, but we’ve outscored you in the past 4 games and, I repeat, we’ve won 2 of them. Again, WAKE UP!! We’re not facing Spurrier and Danny Weurfel anymore.
By GATOR CHOMP
July 17, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this
Barkin’Dog,That must be some good sht you’re smoking son.I need 2 know where your getting that sht from.Undefeated,please dont make me laugh U losers will lose 4 games easy.So just keep on smoking that crack while your beloved MUTTS keep right on choking year in and year out. Peace loser.See U flead out MUTTS in Jacksonville for your yearly beatdown this year Tebow will be 100% and we’re going to murder the DAWGIES.”BOOK IT” GATORS OR DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By hold em
July 17, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Gator Chomp speaks the truth, however UGA will lose more than 4 games
By Mark Bradley
July 17, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Actually, I picked Georgia to go 10-2 last season. Which it did. (I did, however, have them losing to Alabama and Florida, not to South Carolina and Tennessee.) And I picked Southern Cal to play Texas in the BCS title game, with the Trojans winning. Wrong all around on that one.
Now, if someone would be nice enough to ask me who I picked to win the BCS in 2005 …
By Ttough44
July 17, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this
Theres no Kiss Of death….UGA took care of that kiss for us! If the Dawgs keep each weekly goal, and dont listen to how good we are projected to be, and, play up to their talent level. DAWGS WIN! Dawgs Win! Dawgs Win! Aint it GREAT!
By Fred G. Sanford
July 17, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
The “G” stands for Georgia you big dummy! Gator Chomp. Most UGA fans do NOT think we’ll go undefeated. It’s virtually impossible to do in the SEC. Even during your NC run in 2006 you lost one game. Regardless, I’m looking very forward to the season, and yes, I’m particularly excited about the UF game. The annual “beatdowns” you mentioned stopped years ago. The UF fans who still chant that are one trick ponies. I have to agree with the post by Chief, we have won 2 of the last 4 games. I even checked out his claim about outscoring UF during those 4 years and he’s right. What makes it so relevant is these were games played by many players still on the roster. Yes, we may fall apart as did UF last year with your 4 losses, but it doesn’t diminish the preseason excitement. I expect UGA to defeat UF, but if I’m wrong, I’ll congratulate you because you will have defeated a VERY GOOD team!
By I HEART CMR
July 17, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
I HEART CMR
By I HEART CMR
July 17, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
I HEART CMR
By Bonhoffer
July 17, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
Who did you pick to win the BCS in 2005 MB?
By Apollo from Argentina
July 17, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Sorry, but not everyone agrees that Urban Meyer is an outstanding coach. 2 of his 3 seasons have produced Ron Zook-like results. He has not yet shown that he can sustain a high caliber program.
By GATORZONE
July 17, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
I will admit, I am nervous about Jax…
By Mark Bradley
July 17, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
Thanks for asking, Bonhoffer. I picked Texas to beat Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl. I swear I did.
By Gator Chomp
July 17, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this
Book It!! Gators or Die!! I’m the biggest tool around. Im so miserable guys that I have to go on Dawgs Blogs to pretend im a big guy when really im suffering emotionally. Book It!! IM A TOOL!! You Dawgs have a great team and so do the Gators but I feel threatened about this year so Im gonna be a moron and post lame comments. Seacrest OUT!!
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
All I can say it’s going to be a great year!! Gatorzone..I too am a little nervous about JAX. If things go the way we Dawg Fans want them to…JAX could be the deciding factor. I’m looking forward to the Bama/Clemson game at the Dome. Should be great game. As much as I despise Bama, they are still SEC, and want them to represent. GO DAWGS & SEC!!!
By roman88
July 17, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
auburn usually wins at georgia and georgia wins at auburn, and their playing at?
By GATOR CHOMP
July 17, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
Fred G Sanford,Sorry I thought the “G” stood for Gay.Are U kidding me?A VERY GOOD team please get out of the junkyard you big dummy!You sir will have “THE BIG ONE” if u believe the MUTTS are going to win it all.GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!!
By Hershel
July 17, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
Tide fan - thanks for your support. Definitely a class act. The Dawgs were a sleeping giant last year awakened by Tennessee (ouch) and rolled through the rest of the year. With the weapons that we possess I think that we will pick up right where we left off last year. Great article Mark. Only a few weeks till season opens and I am very excited. Go Dawgs!
By GATORZONE
July 17, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
Apollo, how many NC has Urban won? That seems pretty good to me. Unless your team is LSU, how many NC has your coach won?
By 1eyedJack
July 17, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
Do they actually publish a paper in South Carolina? I guess not since all the gameycocks seem to read the AJC, or should I say attempt to read the AJC. From the spelling and grammar of some of those spindly chickens it’s probably the latter. Ok, yeah, you’ve eked out a couple of victories over the DAWGs the last couple of years but I don’t think this bunch will let that happen 3 years in a row. Check the series record and thump you chests about that. Betcha every DAWG has that game circled. The Ol’ Ball Sac’s luck has run out. He doesn’t even have a proven QB as yet. Ya’ll beat us in our place last year and we’re gonna return the favor. W
As for the U of F, your D is going to be inexperienced and thin along the line. Good luck. W
We get Bama at home. W
Kentucky and Vandy, if we don’t take them lightly, two more W’s.
The Vols, we get ‘em at home with two years to avenge. No Cutcliff. Unproven QB. W
Ga Southern and Central Michigan … come on. W’s
Arizona State will field a good team with a decent coach and will be ready to play in it’s own house. The travel and distractions will make this a tough game, but I think the DAWGs squeak it out. W
The North Avenue insects, tee hee, new coach, new system (if you want to call the wingT a new system) without the players to fit, no QB, ugly cheerleaders, pimply nerds and besides it’s GT. W baby!!!
The two games that worry me the most are LSU and Auburn. Playing LSU in Death Valley, probably at night on national TV, is a daunting task. This I’m afraid to say will probably be an L. Auburn is always a tough game no matter what the circumstances and it’s a road game to boot. Depends on how the ball bounces. A wash.
Go DAWGs!!!!!!!! I’m soooo excited!
By Hershel
July 17, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
Tide fan - thanks for your support. Definitely a class act. The Dawgs were a sleeping giant last year awakened by Tennessee (ouch) and rolled through the rest of the year. With the weapons that we possess I think that we will pick up right where we left off last year. Great article Mark. Only a few weeks till season opens and I am very excited. Go Dawgs!
By GaSouEagleBaby!
July 17, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
The Dawgs are good, no doubt. I hope the hype doesn’t get to them like it did Auburn back in 03 I believe. They will be a Goliath for my GSU Eagles, but don’t sleep on the Eagles. We play ya’ll tough every time. But depth and fatigue always come into check. Remember the Big House…. Georgia Southern Baby…!!..and for the SEC…WarrrrEagle!!!!
By Fred G. Sanford
July 17, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
The “G” stands for Georgia, you big dummy.
Gator Chomp. I really didn’t expect your response to contain any relevant facts or points of discussion. However, you seem to enjoy accusing others of being gay. You know what they say, the hit dog barks the loudest.
By georgiagirl
July 17, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this
Gator chomp, I think the only one smoking anything is you. You need to chill out, there’s 44 days before football season. And talking about our players being arrested, at least it was not for using a dead womans credit card. So go get your nerve pills and chill. You have no clue who will win anything, no one does. Just wait and see what the season brings, no one thought that Fla would lose their bowl game either. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Rickaroo
July 17, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this
Dawgs ain’t got a chance in h*ll of winning the SEC, much less anything else. At the rate rate of arrest and conviction, they’ll be nothing more than a good junior varsity high school team. GA State has a better chance of winning the BCS than UGA.
By Laura
July 17, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
Idiot!
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
1eyedJack: Totally agree w/ you. SC & TENN have been our “achilles heel” for the past couple years. I personally feel the PAC-10 is WAY overrated..ASU will be tough but i think it shouldn’t been a problem. LSU lost their starting QB & a lot of their star defensive players. Still will be a tough game but I think we’ll win by 7.
By Hillbilly Deluxe
July 17, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
And after they have their first loss of the season MB will write his “end of the world” column.
By DawgPoundDave
July 17, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
UGA’s only tough game this year should be at LSU. Florida and Auburn don’t have the defense to stay on the field against Moreno and Stafford and the UGA WR’s. I look for easy wins in those games. Tennessee? What a joke—UGA blows them out. I think UGA beats USC by 10 in Miami for the national title in January. I’ve already got my hotel reservations and am waiting on good airline deals.
By wreckfromGTech
July 17, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
Give me a break, it wasn’t that long ago that Georgia needed a late Vandy fumble to beat the Commodores !!!!!!!!
By Paddy
July 17, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
No one said anything about Tech football. Where did that come from? This article is about UGA’s chances at the BCS title game. Somebody needs to work on their attention span.
By GATOR CHOMP
July 17, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
Georgiagirl,Why all the hate lil girl?Im just stating the facts,Is there something wrong with that?Do me a favor “honey”and stay on the womens board where all of the children are at or try the disney channel or something.Because this board is for the BIG BOYS {IF U KNOW WHAT I MEAN}so run along and play before you get your little feelings hurt ok loser.GO GATORS!!!!!!
By Chief
July 17, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this
Paddy. Tech fans seem to be a little blue right now. Perhaps it’s from all those years of playing on the blue football field in an irrelevant bowl game.
By GatorGuy
July 17, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this
Seems to me that the the USC/OSU winner will face the UF/UGA winner in Miami. Oh boy, were in for a heck of a cocktail party!
By Mark Bradley
July 17, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this
I hesitate to get dragged into tangential discussions, but … nobody can seriously believe that Georgia Tech is the worst football program in the South. I mean, really.
By derek
July 17, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
Keep talking smack about Ohio State. Sure they were overrated in 2006, and last year was supposed to be a rebuilding year in which they got into the championship by a massive fluke of late season upsets. However, in college football, every year is a brand new team. Buckeye fans know this year’s team is legit. On January 8th, the rest of the country will realize it too.
By The BIG 12
July 17, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this
Yea Right!
Georgia winning the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP is like the FALCONS winning the super bowl this year!
Not going to happen!
Choke in the form of Florida will haunt the buldogs this year.
I see a BIG 12 school,Big 10 school or USC going to the big dance!
UGA fans will be WAITING AGAIN TILL NEXT YEAR!
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Derek & Big 12: You’ve got to be kidding me! SEC DOMINATES!! Big Ten is a cup-cake conference. I mean really..OSU & MICH..that is all you have. Purdue? Wisc? Illinois?? Aside from playing USC..your schedule is weak. Same applies to Big 12..OK & TX. Thats all you have. The SEC is the toughest conference around..every game is a challenge.
By Melvin
July 17, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
What??? Are all the other SEC Teams going to Forfeit, you must have fell & bumped your head twice. LSU fool.
By jimthorpe
July 17, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
Might as well be a Sports Illustrated cover story.
By hold em
July 17, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
Milton Jeff, Don’t be stupid, the SEC is no better than the BIG 12, the SEC is a great conference but you all dramatize it to be much more greater than it really is
By MountainDawg
July 17, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
The Dawgs have the talent to run the table & win the NC, but playing in the SEC East + LSU will almostly certainly yield 1 loss (& I hope I’m wrong). As I stated earlier, key injuries, untimely turnovers, poor execution & play-calling could easily mean 2-3 losses (due to the huge talent in the SEC), but I’m thinking 11-1 (to be optimistic) and 10-2 (at worse). HOW ‘BOUT THEM DAWGS!!!
By knuterockne
July 17, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this
Melvin, I take it you matriculated at LSU? Is it true they now offer a degree in Ebonics?
By 82DAWG
July 17, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
hold em, Big 12 has gotten a lot better in the past couple of years agreed with Missouri and Kansas, historically hapless, making an emergence to join strong programs such as Texas and Oklahoma. People are just not ready to pin greatness on the conference yet until Missou and the Jayhawks prove that their success is more than a temporary aberation. There is no suck hesitance about UGA, Fla, UT, Aub, LSU and soon Alabama being elite programs. Plus Miss St, SC and Ark are pretty competitive, too!
By CMR4Jesus
July 17, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
UGA is the best football team in the country every year. If it weren’t for the impossible SEC Schedule, UGA would be #1. Imagine if they were in any other conference - they would dominate with their lightning speed.
By ActuaryDawg
July 17, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
I know we lost to SC last year, but I’m pretty sure we beat them in 2006. Why would you say that they’ve been our achilles heel for the past two seasons? Our 2006 losses were Tennessee, Florida, Vanderbilt, and Kentucky. Our 2007 losses were South Carolina and Tennessee.
By hold em
July 17, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
82Dawg, I don’t want this to get into a conference battle, this isn’t the blog for that, your comments are correct. You didn’t mention the history of the teams in the BIG 12, OU, TX, Nebraska alone are 3 of the best teams in all of college football history. To hear SEC fans run their mouths constantly about how great they are shows their true ignorance.
By The General Feeling
July 17, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
Ha, ha, ha. There is no proof that Fatt Stafford can actually lead this team. Plus, Saint Richt always comes up unprepared at least a few times a year.
By ActuaryDawg
July 17, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this
Georgia > Hawaii = Boise State >Oklahoma —> SEC > WAC > Big 12
Just sayin’
By SSIdawg
July 17, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
Why is it every time there is talk about UGA’s road record nobody likes to talk about the 2-5 under CMR @ Jax until this article (and even that was forced)? Why are we always in denial about it? Are we afraid to hurt CMR feelings or as my CPA says numbers are anything you want them to be.
By Gary McFall
July 17, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
I love the dawgs but I do think some of you don’t remember last year. Stafford has not proven to be a great quarterback. Moreno got shut down more than once last year including a Tech game that was way to close and a Bama game they nearly lost. Florida was hurt and rebuilding and we did not crush them, they could have won. Auburn was terrible, Tennessee KILLED us, South Carolina Embarrassed us. Ole Miss walked through our Defense for 30 minutes before the Dawgs came around. A bit of luck gave us Vandy. That leaves one solid win against Kentucky and a Sugar Bowl win against a highschool team from an Island. Did you all go to the games or even watch them on TV. This was not the quality of play that gets a national championship. We have a few stars, but this program never clicked it struggled all year. You folks have some short term memory problems and it may leave you dissappointed this fall. If they play a little better than last year we will loose 5 games. If they play alot better we will loose 2. It is going to have to be a different team entirely to make it through this schedule with one loss and an SEC and I have not seen ANY evidence of that so far. Maybe you guys should drink less during the games. It is affecting your judgement. I trully hope they prove me wrong.
By I HEART CMR
July 17, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE GREAT CMR?!?!?!?
I hope UGA VII pees on your leg.
By hold em
July 17, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
Actuary Dawg, very true scenario, OU has been terrible lately. You forced me to do this. MO killed AR in their bowl game last year, and AR beat LSU during the regular season. And OU beat MO twice during their regular season. My point is it depends on how you look at things.
By 'floater3
July 17, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
for holdem , You need to check your football history check the decade of 2000 and see where the Sec is in championships, And tell me how many then compare to big 12 okay enough said…. That’s why we are the best we the first to have conf playoff game everyone said hm mm good Idea… So we will always be the best conf, hands down
By 'floater3
July 17, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
for holdem , You need to check your football history check the decade of 2000 and see where the Sec is in championships, And tell me how many then compare to big 12 okay enough said…. That’s why we are the best we the first to have conf playoff game everyone said hm mm good Idea… So we will always be the best conf, hands down
By hold em
July 17, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this
floater3, Congratulations to the SEC for being in more championships since 2000. 8 years of greatness, you poor pathetic kid.
By The BIG 12
July 17, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
THE SEC is the most overrated conference in football.
Over paid coaches who are paying their players to play!
Answer me this why don’t the great SEC teams go out of conference and play teams?
Why because they like to wait till the season is over then while they have just finish playing the last conference to stop playing and other teams are rusty then the SEC is ready to play.
Also why don’t SEC teams go play real home and home games! SCARED!
Auburn tried and was badly beaten by USC!
Go TROGANS!
By CT
July 17, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this
UGA gets way too much cred for its “big wins” over a Tebowless Florida team and Hawaii (who barely beat La Tech). UGA is set up for disappointment.
By steverino
July 17, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
Jeez, Mark. Your knees must be sore from getting down on the ground to kiss bulldog butt so damn much. To the rest of the bulldawg nation, remember the words of the Wolf in PULP FICTION: “Let’s not start sucking each other’s d!cks just yet.”
By GEORGIA SUCKS
July 17, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
And over rated too! Every season retarded UGA fans spout off at the mouth on winning nc game, they fail every year whine cry make pathetic excuses as always. Then it’s back again UGA retards play that broken record again “We going to win the nc in 09”. Georgia chokes again in 08 as always.
By Obnoxious Georgia Fan
July 17, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
Wow. I bet Gary is real fun at parties.
By VegasDawg
July 17, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
Everybody is talking about our road schedule and I understand the need for concern. But lets not forget our home game against Alabama! See ya at Sun Devil Stadium and Don’t bring your girlfriend. P.S. The weather isn’t the only thing that’s HOT out here!!
By typicalAJC
July 17, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Doesn’t the back of your throat ever get sore, Bradley?
By Supes
July 17, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this
the Kiss of Death has been bestowed on the 2008 Dawgs by Mark Bradley!
It can only be reversed if Jeff Shultz in his weekly predictions keeps picking against UGA!
Maybe the AJC will ease off on these type of articles, there is enough pressure in Athens as it is. Don’t need fuel added to the fire before the season has even begun.
By schuest
July 17, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this
I am a die-hard LSU fan but I think the BCS champion this year will come from the SEC East — either Georgia or Florida. So, does GA have what it takes to whip FL this year? I think so but I am fired up about watching that game.
Also, from my LSU experience, stay patient UGA fans. It will be a long season and your team may be the second two-loss BSC champion with the schedule the Dawgs play. Weird things will happen — just keep on supporting your team.
By checkitout
July 17, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
Ryno is the most stupid guy in the south.
By Erk
July 17, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Gary McFall, while I acknowledge it will be extremely hard to win the SEC this year and I do acknowledge our struggles the first half of last season, I question what team you were watching after the Vandy game last year. Double digit wins against everyone after Vandy including Florida, Auburn and a Kentucky team that had beaten LSU. If you think we weren’t clicking the last several games of last year then I think you were the one who didn’t see the games. Ask LSU if they didn’t think we were clicking. They were extremely relieved to play Tennessee rather than us in the SECCG.
By The Buckeyes
July 17, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Can anyone of you UGA fans remember what a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LOOK like?
CAN UGA Fans smell a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP?
By Oledawg
July 17, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
First, I’m a UGA Alumnus. I would be interested in how many bloggers are also. Second, baloney hit the big nail on the head. This elephant in the room is being ignored and I think many bloggers would like to see the prognostications about our scheduled opponents. Don’t write some article by stealing what others print(“ASU second or first in Pac10”, etc.), instead give us your analysis and let’s get down to whether you writers are cheerleading(or bashing) just to encourage a few extra beats of the heart from us or to sell ink. Consider yourselves challenged.
Dogfood- you may be right about Stafford. The excuses I read from sports writers and bloggers who state what a great pro player he will be before he becomes the great college player he is projected to be is ludicrously over the top and not beneficial to Stafford or UGA. Overrated does not mean he is not talented and doesn’t mean that he won’t have a great year possibly of epic proportions. Most of us believe he is great, but let’s let him prove it on the field and be fair to him. We will cheer mightily as this comes to pass, but we shouldn’t fall into the overexpectation trap being set by sports writers and bloggers. That may only take away from a great year-win or lose. By letting your expectations overrule your hopes you may hit a huge downer if the dogs lose a big one by a close score and you forget the enjoyment of watching the accomplishments of your favorite players during the game. NC or no NC, the Dawgs deserve our support each and every game just for what that game signifies, not as another W or L. The year of 13-1 could not overcome the downer feeling that the one loss was from a hated rival. An imperfect year with a loss or two will be easier to live with as long as a great win occurs over this hated rival. Our priorities have to be each game, not a perfect season. Pray for a perfect season all you want, but never expect it because writers and bloggers say it will happen.
The coming month and a half will be filled with downers from injury during practice, from other events that will change the landscape as we see it now, but you must fight this expectation that a NC will happen in order to be able to accept these changes. Don’t let these 5th grade bloggers pull your chain now or later. I’ve read some pretty good blogs lately from fans who have their feet squarely grounded and hope to see more. Those fans create an upper draft of clearing air and give you hope. Read’em and write’em .
By Milton Jeff
July 17, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
BIG 12: You must be joking. What non-conference games does the BIG 12 play this year? Every team in the SEC plays out of conference..in fact just last year GA play OK ST. Yes, Aub did lose to USC..and Its TROJANS no trogans. If you post your name as BIG 12, why are you supporting PAC-10 team?? Another factor is that the SEC doesn’t really need to play out of conference because usually 4 to 5 teams are in the top 25 EVERY YEAR!!
By Villa Rica DAWG
July 17, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
I am so pumped I can’t stand it!
By That Tebow kid wins ESPY
July 17, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
dawg gone it that Tebow kid won ESPY for male college athlete of the year. where was Gayshawn?
By quaildawg
July 17, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
Here’s why UGA stands a good chance to win every time they suit up this weekend. It all starts up front and there is no one in the league that can point to both lines (O & D) and say they are as strong as UGA. COach Garner is the best D-line coach in the league and has consistently coached up his players and sent quit a few to the NFL. With the combo of Atkins, Weston and Owens UGA will be stout (and even stronger with Irvin, Wood, and Crawford as reserves) The Dawgs will be able to roll in and out and maintain a formidable lineup. On the O side Coach Serrels will be in his second year and given the rushing production in his first year with three freshmen starting up front I think we can see that Richt’s hiring of him was a HUGE deal. He did it at LSU and I know it was only one year but he sure seems to know his stuff. There are some new pieces that need to be added but I like the track record and feel confident this group will do enough to buy Stafford time and create holes for Moreno, King, and Samuels that should allow the O to control the ball. When you look at the past two Champions (UF and LSU) their O & D lines were the key to their runs and ability to dominate Overated State in the BCS Championship game.
By No Dawgs Here
July 17, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
UGA Football… Best criminals money can buy..
Hope they self destruct this year!!!
I will enjoy watching all these “So-called” dawg fans jump of the band wagon faster than the Titanic!!
By quaildawg
July 17, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
Ole Dawg and whoever else. I have pointed this out several times before but it never gets ink… Stafford has taken his team when down (Tech, Vandy,Bama, VT) and rallied them to wins when it was in crunch time. How many times has Tebow done the same??? Gator fans (and Tebow fans) I’m not bashing Tebow as I have all the respect in the world for his talent just stating the facts. However Staffords asset (strong arm) is also his achilles heel in that he still tries to force balls off his back foot.
By hold em
July 17, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this
Milton Jeff enough of the conference talk, the fact is you shouldn’t have to hide behind your conference, the only reason you brag about how good your conference is because that gives you an excuse as to why you LOSE!
By gamom
July 17, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
This is going to be the year of the DAWGS. Let’s all be positive.
JUST A NOTE TO “BONE,” NOT ALL SEC SCHOOLS HAVE MASCOTS. OLE MISS DOES NOT. IT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO BY THE CHANCELLOR. ALTHOUGH THEY ARE CALLED THE “REBELS,” THEY DO NOT HAVE A MASCOT DRESSED AS COLONEL REB ANY LONGER. IT WAS A TERRIBLE THING TO DO TO THE ALUM. I KNOW, MY SON IS ONE; HOWEVER, HE STILL BLEEDS RED AND BLACK. GO DAWGS AND GOOD LUCK IN ‘08.
By gwarfan
July 17, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
I hope Uga gets hit by a car
By minookadawg
July 17, 2008 3:46 PM | Link to this
Mark Bradley It pains me to say this, but I agree that Urban Meyer is a great HC. UF will continue to improve, during his tenure. The combination of Tebow, Harvin, and Rainey will torch the scoreboard. Unfortunately for them, their opponents might do the same.
Back to UGA…The tough schedule is a blessing. We will know just how good these Dawgs are (or are not), after the first 4 games. The main indicators will be the contests at SCAR and ASU.
I hope there are a few nasty old Junkyard Dogs, ready to attack and up to the task of defending their goal line.
Go Dawgs!
By Paul A
July 17, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this
The Dawgs look like a great team this year. Their problem is the schedule. They have one of the toughest schedules I have ever seen. A two loss season should be expected.
Watch out for Auburn and Florida. Especially Florida! That game last year will be played over and over in the Gainesville locker room. That stunt the dawgs pulled after they scored might just come back to haunt them.
As for getting to the BCS Championship … I’ll reserve my opinion until October.
SEC dominates college football !!!
By OleDawgFan
July 17, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
We’re doomed! I have rarely seen Mark Bradley’s observations come true. His assessment of most sports teams is rarely correct.
By The GT
July 17, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this
C,mon Florida fans,
Face-it UGA kicked your butt in Florida, quit making excuses!
Now THE ACC will rise again just like the South has risen!
Watch out for Florida State this year!
UGA fan stop talking about the conference preventing you from going to the NC game.
I guess it did not Florida or LSU?
MAN-UP UGA fans!
Go yellow jackets!
By Cuz
July 17, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this
Hate English Bulls do you gwarfan?
By The Buckeyes
July 17, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Hello UGA fans,
What are you gonna do when the BUCKEYES rain on your NC chances?
I have a lot of buckets to catch those tear drops!
By hsf
July 17, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Georgia will be at least a 3 loss team, plain and simple. They can’t beat Tennessee (proven the last 2 years in overwhelming fashion). They will lose to Florida and at Auburn. National Chhamps? Not if they can’t win the SEC East. Not a chance.
By hsf
July 17, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this
Georgia will be at least a 3 loss team, plain and simple. They can’t beat Tennessee (proven the last 2 years in overwhelming fashion). They will lose to Florida and at Auburn. National Champs? Not if they can’t win the SEC East. Not a chance.
By Jason
July 17, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
From a true-blue DAWG FAN: I won’t be disappointed if the dawgs don’t go all the way but will give it their all. Saying that, I believe their “giving it their all” will produce the results.
One of the bloggers said it best, that being if their team can’t go all the way at least let it be an SEC team (which, by the way, it WILL BE).
There’s no conference in America as tough as the SEC and whomever wins the SEC Crown will win it all, National Champs. Let me hear the Ohio State chumps brag about playing Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Florida, Tennessee, et al. and win those games like we have to do. Bullsh**!! I say! Ain’t no way OSU or the pansies from the Left Coast can beat us!! Jason
By Jim
July 17, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this
You are a retard! I think 5 year old would do a better job at writing than you.
By Bubba
July 17, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this
A one loss record will get you in a BCS game but not always to the title game. The schedule strength is really determined at the end of the season not the beginning. Beating a 1-10 LSU team does not mean much. Sure LSU is ranked high now but who knows what the season will bring.
The real determining factor will be how Georgia plays ASU away early. The SEC is 1-5 when they play the pac 10 west of the Mississippi. Ark, Ala, Aub and Tenn know how hard it is to travel to the west coast. LSU almost lost last year to s sucky Arizona team. UGA is finally playing a big non conference team away early. Should be interesting. Dennis Erickson is a pretty good coach in big games.
By keita
July 17, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this
I wonder who runs Georgia football program. Mark Reicht or the boosters. It seems like after the D.J. Shockely episode the dogs wont even consider having a black Quarterback. The sad thing about that is race should not have any business on the playing field.
By Quo
July 17, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
Ohio State is going to the title game again. Yeah they lost two in a row and the Big Ten may not be what it used to be (OSU still is) but the way the BCS is set up right now and they go undefeated - there is no way in hell they are not going. So to all you SEC fans out there -pick a team and stop cheering for the whole conference -just a bunch of BAMAs. Go Buckeyes!!!!
By George
July 17, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this
Mr. Bradely, Did you not go to the University of Kentucky? Why dont you do us all a favor and go write for a Kentucky newspaper. You are just like the typical UGA fan in that you did not even go to school at that PATHETIC place. At least you are better than most and you went to college though so I will give you credit for that one.
By George
July 17, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this
Mr. Bradley, Did you not go to the University of Kentucky? Why dont you do us all a favor and go write for a Kentucky newspaper. You are just like the typical UGA fan in that you did not even go to school at that PATHETIC place. At least you are better than most and you went to college though so I will give you credit for that one.
By George
July 17, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this
Mr. Bradley, Did you not go to the University of Kentucky? Why dont you do us all a favor and go write for a Kentucky newspaper. You are just like the typical UGA fan in that you did not even go to school at that PATHETIC place. At least you are better than most and you went to college though so I will give you credit for that one.
By Boses
July 17, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this
I can’t wait for some Football. I am so psyched.
One of the best things about Summer is the hunger and anticipation it creates for the Fall and Fall Football.
By Boses
July 17, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this
I can’t wait for some Football. I am so psyched.
One of the best things about Summer is the hunger and anticipation it creates for the Fall and Fall Football.
By College Football Fan
July 17, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this
It is great to be a Georgia Bulldog and it must really suck to be a Tech Yellow Maggot.
Only Tech would change a home game to August 28th, a Thursday night AND NOT PLAY ON TELEVISION.
The fact that you let the Alabama - Clemson game at the Georgia Dome on Saturday August 30th run you out of your own town points to what a truly pathetic program that you have.
By DawgBite
July 17, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this
By The Buckeyes
July 17, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Can anyone of you UGA fans remember what a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP LOOK like?
CAN UGA Fans smell a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP?
I seem to remember that after Florida just bit%h slapped the hell out of the Buckeyes that several of their players stated that 4 teams in the SEC would have done the same thing. You Buckeye girls seem awful proud of being the SEC’s whipping boys every year. You haven’t even been a good scrimmage game yet.
By MSD
July 17, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
Good God, Bradley - when did you go on the UGA payroll? Oh wait - that was long ago. Are you being paid by the kiss? You are clearly delusional. UGA couldn’t even win the SEC east last year, lost to a bad TN team, beat an incredibly overrated Hawaii team, and suddenly you think they are King of the world? You need to get back on schedule with your meds.
By Mr. Bush
July 17, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this
TO Dawgbite,
You have to prove it on the field. O-State would have pounded UGA the past 5 years.
Don’t get me wrong UGA is good but they can’t beat weak Kentucky, Tennessee and Vandy and you really think they would beat Ohio State you must be kidding me!
By way conference game or not UGA should crush Tennessee and Kentucky this year. If UGA struggles with these 2 teams their will be no NC Championship for GA.
By TampaGator
July 17, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this
Bradley…I will believe it is about to change when Georgia wins 12 out of 15 years or something like that. NOT ONE YEAR without any class! Give me a break!
By Fred
July 17, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
Mr. Bush, like your namesake, you’re an idiot. You buckeye gals are lucky as hell that you didn’t have to play UGA last year. But be loud and proud when you get that threepeat, trifecta, whatever you want to call it when the SEC embarrasses you again this year. If you get there.
By E.Russell
July 17, 2008 6:44 PM | Link to this
Maybe you should get a defense before you talk smack TampaGator. If you don’t you’ll be losing 4 again this year. Urban Meyer won with Zook’s players and Chris Leak. Tebow may have won the Heisman but he lost 4 as the starting QB and that bullseye on his back isn’t getting any smaller. Urban Meyer just might truly be another Urban legend. Time will tell won’t it TampaGator?
By VolStuckNGA
July 17, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
Somebody please put Mark Bradley in the group that is being let go!!!!
Although that 2006 Florida team had a testy schedule, I don’t believe they had 4 road games in a row at the end of the season they way the Pound Puppies of Athens do. Really , LSU, Florida, UK. Auburn. The only real break is UK. They will limp in to Jordan Hare. If they are lucky.
It is nice to see that some of the fans on here are being cautiously optimistic about the upcoming season as Richt has asked the fans to do.
Remember UGA, you have to win the SEC East first, then the SEC Championship Game to get your shot at the title. Stop putting the cart before the horse. 6-2 in the SEC east might get you a tie like last year but it kept you from the game to get you clsoer to the National Title.
Go Vols, Go SEC!!!!!!!!
By JJ
July 17, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this
The UGA football fan suicide hot line will be open beginning August 31st and will staff extra people in anticipation of a record number of callers. The number is 1-888-UGA-7777. Call early, call often.
By SportsJacket
July 17, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this
“In three seasons at Florida, Meyer has lost more road games (five) than Richt has lost in seven seasons at Georgia. Think about that.” Bradley
Interesting statistic that Bradley conveniently left out. In three seasons at Florida, Meyer has won more national championships (one) than Richt has in seven seasons (zero) at Georgia.
By College Football Fan
July 17, 2008 7:14 PM | Link to this
Meyer won a NC with Zook’s recruits. UF has been steadily going downhill since Zook’s recruits have matriculated.
By MWCGODAWGS
July 17, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
In respone to the comment by Gator Fan you are the true definition of what an SEC fan is all about. I agree with you completely. GO DAWGS
By EverGator
July 17, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this
…And how many NC’s does CMR have?Zip, zero, nada. Oh, and keep drinking the kool-aid, kiddies…keep drinking…
By parker
July 17, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this
THIS IS WHY GEORGIA WON’T WIN IT ALL… REMEMBER 06’ IN ATHENS VS TENNESSEE…”HALF A HUNDRED”…. IF NOT HERE IS A REFERESHER…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEYFRLbvWoo
By Gator Nation
July 17, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this
Georgia is the best SEC team going into the season. If they lose just one game and win the conference they will be in the National Championship game. Their schedule is brutal. Two losses and they could be the best team looking in from the outside. LSU’s shot at the title last year was a very rare occurence.
My Gators have a very tough schedule as well and they still have to make serious improvement on defense before I place them into the category of national championship contenders.
LSU solves their QB situation and they are right back in the hunt. Auburn is in the mix as well as far as I’m concerned.
Its going to be a great season in the SEC this year. Just like the last two years were.
Go Gators!
By red and black
July 17, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this
evergater-it must suck being a gater fan cause,uf has only been ranked 17 TIMES in the top twenty in a 104 YEARS. if it wasnt for richt- fsu wouldnt have any nat titles.only richt and dooley dawg coaches/spurrior and bear bryant are in the 10 wins in 7 seasons club.spurrior was uf’s only ray of light in their other wise dismal existance. go dawgs.
By Vol fan
July 17, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this
Georgia is no questions asked a talented football team however there are some things people forget about. 1. yards per game and turnovers- Over the last 2 yers ive noticed just looking at stats Uga has around 220-260 passing yards a game and the running can range from any were from 120 to over 200. but about 150. However UGA relies heavily on turnovers in games over recent years were they get turn overs Auburn the last 2 years and florida this year the use the short field to there advntage. The first half of the tennessee game last year they were up 24-10 cause UT had 2 turnovers and a special teams diaster. But the second half no turnovers and they were ran outt of the stadium. In knoxville this year stafford threw a pick late in the 4th quarter and the vols didnt turn the ball over we won 35-14. Uga has only been able to blow people out on turnovers not on offensive muscle.(people=sec teams, not haiwaii or tech). 2.Stafford- could be a great QB but has not had a “great game” such as throwing for over 300 yards and 3 our more TDs in a big time game. The 19 td 10 pick ratio is alrite and a good improvement froma his 1st year but with alot of focus on Knowsean he will need to be productive through the air. 3. Receivers- Does Uga have the Early doucett or Robert Meachem this year which they havent had a big time reicever in awhile it could be massaqui but he is still unproven. 4 Florida/ and road games- everyone knows about the schdule and thinks auburn might be UGA’s only loss this year, but can they beat florida when the east is on the line the havent been able to in years past, and florida wont forget about last years stompping. 5. Time for me to be a homer like the ajc TENNESSEE, last 2 years the uga press just thinks theyll beat Ut and go on next week and we have beaten georgia handly the last 2 years and 3/4 and ended ugas undeafed seasons in 04 and 06.
By red and black
July 17, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this
arizona- qb was sacked 55 times last year. sound a lot like the hawaii team doesnt it.get past tenn.and its down hill from there……i like that guy lou holtz lmao.go dawgs.
By old gold
July 17, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
UGA won’t win its own half-conference
By old gold
July 17, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
UGA won’t win its own half-conference
By old gold
July 17, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
UGA won’t win its own half-conference
By old gold
July 17, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this
UGA won’t win its own half-conference
By Ryno Hater
July 17, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this
F CK you RYNO WUSSY
By Vince
July 17, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this
I hope if any Dawgs are reading this they don’t worry about it and just practice the skills and the moves and the techniques. Perfect practice makes perfect. As we practice, so we perform in games. Execution, technique, srength, speed, conditioning. Then it will take care of itself.
By DawgCrazy
July 17, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this
The Dawgs are by far the best team in the SEC this year, and probably the nation. Moreno and Stafford—-easily the best duo at QB-RB in the nation. UGA’s D may be the best they’ve had in 20 years. Now that Richt owns UF, that series will turn around and the Dawgs will start dominating, like the old days. UF will be lucky to finish 3rd in the east. Tebow’s going to get hurt again, Harvin’s always hurt, and UF’s defense sucks. I heard they are losing more players to injuries every day. The only question is probably who UGA will play for the championship in Miami. I’m hoping it’s Ohio State—-they never do anything against the SEC.
By warhorse
July 17, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this
Bradley says that Richt is “about” to do something about the 2-5 record against the Gators. When Richt gets to .500 against the Gators, THEN it will be time to praise him. Until then Richt is still a loser in the most important game for the poodles.
By smitty
July 17, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this
a guarantee from MB…….he makes a prediction and it is virtually certain not to come true………thanks MB from a gator fan……….sure ga could win it all just as a few other sec teams could………maybe a BCS champ will come from one of the other inferior conferences……who knows but i dont like ga’s chances now that MB has made his prediction and that’s allright with me……….go gators
By smitty
July 17, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this
and one more thing……..stafford is OVERRATED…..a strong arm does not make a good QB…….he’s often inaccurate and does not perform well under pressure…..if the good teams ga faces shut down ga’s running game and/or pressure stafford, he will choke……stafford is not the QB to win the big games for ga….. a prediction…….stafford gets replaced at some point during the season after a couple of bad games leading to ga losses…………………
By ES
July 17, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this
Tampa Gator, Other than your 1 (I said one)luckfest year.Under CMR we have finished ahead of you in the polls all the other years he has been coach.Any Gator with half of a brain knows we thump yall 3 out of the last 4 years with D J!Don’t try to compare last year missing Tebow!When you run your QB like a fullback your going to stand a good chance of getting him dinged up!!!!1Your defense was pathetic,we scored almost everytime we had the ball.Oh yeah,bring up the 12 out of 15,but everybody beat us for about ten of those years.Heck the bumblebees beat us 3 years in a row.Your defense is terrible and we are going kick your butt for what should be 4 out of 5 years had DJ (the SEC offensive player of the year)played.GATORS= NO DEFENSE!!!!!!!!!!!! Urban needs to recruit a few more receivers and athletes,unlike Zooks players that could play defense that he won with.
By Chris
July 17, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this
Since it’s already wrapped up for 09 the question now becomes will they repeat in 2010? Can anybody touch UGA? I have never seen any newspaper in the entire country so obsessed with one sports team as the AJC.
By Chris
July 17, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this
Since it’s already wrapped up for 09 the question now becomes will they repeat in 2010? Can anybody touch UGA? I have never seen any newspaper in the entire country so obsessed with one sports team as the AJC.
By Cuz
July 17, 2008 11:27 PM | Link to this
old gold, i will not bee-little your team, we won our half conference last year, check the record. UT had the tie breaker cause they kicked our tails like a rented bee. I think at the least, we get in the SECC, with maybe two losses. but i think we still get there. I bet tech wins five and that is it. PJ needs at least a year to get competive. Good luck, cause I am not a hater.
By BIG SEC
July 18, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this
Hey! BIG 12 YOUR A RETARD FOR EVEN ADMITTING YOUR A BIG 12 FAN 2ND LETS COMPARE SCHEDULES OF SEC TEAMS AND BIG 12 TEAMS AND SEE HOW MANY ARE IN THE TOP 25 THE BIG 12 IS A JOKE EXCEPT OKLAHOMA MAYBE BUT TO SAY THAT THE SEC IS OVERRATED SHOWS HOW STUPID YOU REALLY ARE.
GO BACK TO NEBRASKA
By Drew
July 18, 2008 12:39 AM | Link to this
OK Dawg fans, your team is pretty good, I’ll give you that. And CMR’s road record in the SEC is pretty darn good too. But answer me this: Name ONE really, really, good out of conference road win UGA has had in the last TEN years? The reason I ask is because I believe UGA may FINALLY realize that this is one of the MANY keys to respectibilty when it comes to bowl selection time. In the last few seasons, Vandy has opened @ Michigan, Tennessee opened @ Cal (UT opens @ UCLA this year as well as South Carolina at NC State!), And I believe Arkansas and Auburn have played USC (Trojans) not sure home or road. Bottom line is, I dont think there is single win in there at all for the SEC so far. Lemme hear ya Dawg fans!!!
By MVP
July 18, 2008 4:18 AM | Link to this
CHOKE…….THE OFFICAL DRINK UGA DAWGS!
By hold em
July 18, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this
BIG SEC The SEC is over rated, Miss. St., Ole Miss, Vandy, Kentucky, USC - are horrible. Need i say more?
By VandyMan
July 18, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
Don’t discount the Commodores! Don’t you Dawg fans remember what almost occurred last season in Nashville - how about the year before that during UGA’s homecoming? Vandy will sneak up on someone…just ask the Old Ballcoach. Go Dores! BTW…Clemson will be Nat’l Champs this season!
By Mark Bradley
July 18, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this
The SEC is not overrated. That isn’t to say other conferences aren’t good — the Pac-10 is, and so is the Big 12, and the Big East is getting there — but the SEC is clearly the best. Clearly, I say.
By gatorsurfer
July 18, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
One word…”envy”
It’s nice to hear that UGA fans and reporters are trying to predict a succesful UGA season by noticing, and trying to emulate, Florida’s accomplishments…
Florida is Georgia’s mentor and the program UGA wants to be! How does that feel to be jealous of Florida? Wow, that has to burn!
UGA fan’s rationalization: “Um duuhh, if Florida can win the NC with a tough schedule, then UGA can do it too!”
Keep drinking the kool-aid mutts…
By SmyrnaDawg
July 18, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
Just shut up hold em. You have admitted that you are a Volunteer fan so stop belittling the SEC just to stir up an argument on here.
It took you overtime to beat that ‘horrible’ USC team and you barely squeaked by that ‘horrible’ Vandy team.
By boomer
July 18, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
David Greenes take on LSU….
Which opponent looks most dangerous on this year’s murderous schedule? “They play LSU at LSU, don’t they? I think that’s the toughest one. LSU is always really talented and that’s one of the best football environments there is.”
By hold em
July 18, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
SmyrnaDawg Oh so you can dish it out but you can’t take it, typical Dawg mentality, I’ll drop the subject
By Gen Neyland
July 18, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this
It’s the December game that will ice the deal…Seems 3rd place has been the best position, outside of first, for a team from the SEC in the BCS…Course, in the event a pair of 11-1 teams duke it out in the Dome, hopefully both would, and should, get in…Other then that, I predict UGA starts 2008, 2-0…
By SmyrnaDawg
July 18, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
I can dish it, but can’t take it. How do you figure hold em? If calling you out for being a troll just trying to start an argument for no reason is dishing it, but not being able to take it then I guess you are right.
And I see you still have no comments to make about your beloved Vols struggling so much against those ‘horrible’ teams last year. I guess you just can’t dispute that fact.
By Fred G. Sanford
July 18, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this
The “G” stands for Georgia, you big dummy.
Tech Fans, why don’t you go to your own vent and join the riveting discussion about what is the “official” color of your uniform, or what’s the “best” color to have. Think of the brain power needed to carry that discussion for over a week. For what it’s worth, my vote is blue jerseys. Just make sure it’s the same shade of blue as that football field you regularly play bowl games on.
By Chief
July 18, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
I’m as excited as anyone about the upcoming UGA season. Who will be our toughest opponent? That’s easy, it’s the Tennesouthcarolouisialabauburn gators, that’s who. Let’s get real guys, this schedule is a mother.
By D.Ellis
July 18, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this
DEAR DREW @ 1239AM-We drummed Clemson at Clemson 30-0 to open the season in 2003. You said name one significant road win out of Conference in the last 10 years. There you go.
By Dr. Warren
July 18, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
Don’t rule out the Trojans, especially the way Joe McNight looked during the spring.
By Dr. Warren
July 18, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
Don’t rule out the Trojans, especially the way Joe McNight looked during the spring.
By hold em
July 18, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this
SmyrnaDawg, I am not starting an argument, i am a VOL and damn proud of it. I have family that played for OU, to hear SEC fans brag about how good their conference is cause they have dominated for the past 5 years or so is so lame i will not comment on it any further. You have no respect for other conferences. That is why SEC fans are considered the worst in the country and it p** me off to no end cause i went to an SEC school and i have to be put in the same category as people like you.
By SmyrnaDawg
July 18, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this
Fair enough hold em. However, to say that I have no respect for other conferences is just not true. You have never heard me trash on other conferences because I just do not feel the need to do so. I just disputed your claim that the SEC was overrated, that is all. Don’t attribute things to me that I did not say.
I feel your pain though, I get lumped in with those same people and have to hear all the time about how UGA fans are the worst.
I try to be fair, especially when someone can make a reasonable argument.
By CarolinaJacket
July 18, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this
The SEC has the top two ranked teams last year (AP) and five in the top twenty-five. Seems to me, they should be rated at or near the top conference in the country. I hope that some of the ACC teams that have known great success in the past, including Tech, will help the conference gain in competitiveness.
By Rush
July 18, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this
I love the comment by KansasDawg: “Richt will have them dawgs ready to hunker down”. Wow, brilliant and revealing. Perhaps we can put that in a press kit and send it to sports writers all across America!
By tony
July 18, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
give moreno 25 carries a game and if strafford don’t try to win games by himself, we will win every game this season.
we will out-score our opponents because our defense will be better and more mature than they were last season.
By tony
July 18, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this
give moreno 25 carries a game and if strafford don’t try to win games by himself, we will win every game this season.
we will out-score our opponents because our defense will be better and more mature than they were last season.
By Oledawg
July 18, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this
This blogging has degenerated and I feel compelled to join in. Hold em, you could be suffering from conference ignorance and don’t want anyone to challenge you when you wear a yellow hat because you are not aware of conference history. This same conversation(?) was held 30 yrs ago and before because the SEC has the history of being the best conference. Why was the Rosebowl confined to big10 and pac10? Happened right after UGA and other SEC teams were beating the punk out of them, taking the Rose Bowl each year and they can’t stand the competition. Does anyone have another reason or know their claim to a legitimate reason for limiting that bowl after WWII? The SEC has been the best football conference year end and year out since those days. This is nothing new. Probably many of you don’t know that GT was a SEC member for many years and brought much honor. Bobby Dodd and coaches before him brought NC honor and have a wonderful history in the SEC and ended that relationship for the right reason. The SEC refused to let them schedule a game out of conference with ND who were very good at that time. They quit and became independent in order to play who they wamted to. Then Ara Parsegian came along and ND’s championships took off to GT’s chagrin. My point is that the SEC’s rep was built by other than the members there now. Take a look at bowl game history to get your best games out of conference and how the SEC has fared. Bowl games are embarrassingly SEC dominated throughout football history. The Rose Bowl venue was changed because of SEC success. So stop blogging with the nuts from OSU and USC who can’t compete and have been consigned to playing with themselves. That’s why USC and UGA didn’t get matched up last year. Leave them alone to play with themselves and just realize the big10 doesn’t schedule SEC teams out of conference and try to avoid us in bowl games. That’s the way the big10 commish has manipulated it for years. Let em be.
D.Ellis in your blog to Drew you mentioned the out of conf. game with Clemson. That was one of those injury-suspension games I was referring to in an earlier blog. And Richt still kicked their butts.
Vandyman, you indeed have a great team that has given UGA all that it can handle for the last SIX years. We always look forward to playing you because a victory over Vandy is locked in with pride because you guys don’t give up, you are tough and you guys don’t end up with the high star players like some other SEC schools have(like us). Kudos to your team and coaches. Clemson is a great pick because they have had great players recruited the last several years, but they don’t seem to hit it as a team. Coaching or attitude?
Just keep on bloggin’.
By red and black
July 19, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this
gaytorsurfer-no one wants uf’s record of being ranked in the top twenty only only 17 times in the top twenty for the last 104 years.no one wants to look much less be so sorry as to only make the top 20 17 times.shut out by georgia 15 times for a total of 492 points.1976 we were ranked the lowest in off/def in the sec and spanked uf 41-27 causing uf not to be ranked # but for 5 whole days.you guys deed to quit drinking that crocodile juice so heavily.go dawgs.
By red and black
July 19, 2008 6:18 PM | Link to this
hold em-as much as i like ohio,my mom is from there,they are 0-9 against the sec.thats probably why there is a lack of respect for the other conferences.plus georgia has probably played ,over the years in bowl games,against a lot of teams from up north or out west and beat them.go dawgs.sic em.
By checkitout
July 20, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
Three days after the UGA/GT game, some of the Ga. fans may be sober enough to find out what the score was.Should they win(which they probably will), they will watch game films and describe each play blow by blow. Everyone who was sober will have to listen to their garbage. Should they loose, hehehehehehehe.
By hold em
July 21, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this
red and black, OU is Oklahoma not Ohio State
By red and black
July 21, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this
hold rm-you missed the point i was making about the north/and western teams.georgia has played. like-neb/ariz/perdue/tex/etc.i know ou is okl.since i was in boot with a guy from clear springs, oklahoma.since ohio is up north they prob.think ou is a cream puff team since ohio cant beat any sec team.
By tenndawg
July 22, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
“I get paid to write this stuff”, I agree that LSU was the best team in the nation last year (when healthy). Had we played them in the SECCG, we would have destroyed them and been in New Orleans a week later than we were (I’m not so sure if they had been healthy though). They got very lucky to be playing TN instead of UGA, but everyone saw how good they were in the BCSCG. That’s just another example of have the good luck needed to win the BCS.
By ugeauxgirl
July 22, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this
MB: Are you off this week or do you not have a clever “spin” on how and why the most talented team in the SEC (AKA Georgia IYO) has 5 less players on the coaches all SEC team.
tenndawg: “would’ve, could’ve and should’ve…” but you didn’t. Since UGA didn’t take care of business nobody will ever know if healthy UGA could have beaten an unhealthy LSU team that beat the same UT team that beat you. What we DO know is LSU had a better record, The SEC Conference Championship and THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. UGA should be proud to be the ‘07 SEC 2nd runner up.
By red and black
July 23, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this
well if it isnt the echo girl-minus volstuckinnga.the end of this year if lsu is be ranked ahead of auburn,maybe yall can be our runner up poster child.get used to seeing red and black at the top.you allready do this when you go out to eat at most resturants.yel/purple is not good to gaze upon too long as it spoils one’s appetite.sorry about your qb.ranked # 10 this year huh? better luck next year.its a shame that lsu has no men to speak up for them.