Mark Bradley

By dawgfan

September 15, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

All the sportswriters are as wishy-washy as the fans… we’re 3 games into the season and there has been more flip-flops than I’ve every seen. Lets play the season one game at a time and see how it all falls out in the end. It’s awful that people are paid to write the crap, but even more pitiful that everyone reads it and reacts.

By Mike

September 15, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Richt cried like a baby last year when they were not voted #1. So the polls gave him his little #1 vote to start the season to shut him up. Now they are putting Ga. where they need to be. When LSU and FL win this weekend Ga. may end up #6. Hurts doesnt it?

By Joel in ATL

September 15, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Yep Mark you hit them all on the head. After GA beats ASU and FLA and MIzzou leap them in the polls next week it will be because GA “played” a weaker opponent. I wish these writers would play video games if they want to see style points. There was a lot of style points in Columbia and in Starkville on Saturday, that style is called DEFENSE but the writers don;t acknowledge that as “”style”. I love it let the writer write and the players will play. It’s bad that your conference is head and shoulders above the others and your team within that conference is “overrated”. Wow!!! Let’s face it, So Car lost to Vandy becasue they were looking ahead, that also happened to Arizona State in it’s loss to UNLV Wow!!

By used cars

September 15, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

If I’m not misstaken, Doyel is UF grad..which would explain a lot…Don’t agree with you a lot Mr. Bradley, but a win is a win on the road in the SEC…This is still a young team on both sides of the ball…But nailbiters like Saturday will help the kids grow up

By KW

September 15, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Screw all the critics! If Georgia goes undefeated and wins most games by seven or less that means it wasn’t a great accomplishment? It should not matter. Let the national media underate UGA and well see who is right in the end. Sure I would have like to seen a bigger margin of victory Saturday but I was happy and proud of 14-7 just the same. A good team should be able to pull out a sloppy victory sometimes. What is the ol’ saying “Just Win Baby”

By Old Dawg

September 15, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

It really is disturbing the way national writers/commentators overlook reality when it comes to the SEC. The UGA-South Carolina game has been a case of trench warfare for years, with the outcome decided by intangibles, ala this year’s 71-yard punt and 2 Gamecock turnovers inside UGA’s redzone.

It’s understandable that they can’t see every game. What isn’t understandable is their inability to review the history of the games and see them for what they are.

Bottom line: if UGA goes through the remainder of its schedule unscathed by a loss, it will be the same as going through the Bataan death mark completely hydrated and healthy.

But if things go according to media history, by the time Ohio State goes through the remainder of its weak conference schedule without a loss the Buckeyes will become an unstoppable force when it will really be nothing more than a roaring farce!

As usual, great work Mark!

By Fools Gold

September 15, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

You Georgia Fans need just to accept that the Dawgs and the Coaching Staff is not as good as once thought. Your Coaching Staff is already Bickering on the sidelines with Martinez chewing out John Fabris for not having Special teams ready and organized. Both side offensively and defensively has a lot of work to do. Its starting to pan out just to be another year of fools gold for the dawgs!

By ga_tech_92

September 15, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

GT did get some bad calls, but it happens. What’s more important is that this team has been the underdog in every game this year, with low expectations, yet we were 4 points shy of beating both division champs early in the year. When we get the turnovers under control (and the kicking game makes progress), we are going to be rolling. Overall, this is a positive year so far…

By kevin

September 15, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

The kicker of the whole deal is Auburn with their impressive 3-2 win over Mississippi St. remained at number 9. Way to go voters! Sure glad they know what they’re talking about. Apparently Mississippi State is a ton better the South Carolina. It’s no longer about winning, it’s about blowing teams out, and that’s the true shame of the whole deal.

By ga_tech_92

September 15, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

(not counting JSU)

Let’s go Jackets!

UGA…remember Auburn a few years back?…BCS is a popularity contest…not a playoff…it doesn’t decide the best teams…it picks the most profitable ones…don’t get confused.

By smokey

September 15, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

People dont realize what was at stake for Spurrier. He was doing everything in his power to win this game. That loss put him with 2 conf. losses. Every year it seems that a national champion gets a break. Georgia played bad and still won. This is a sign of a champion. They will blow arizona state off the map saturday night!!

By KW

September 15, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

I will take any victory any day over Spurrier and the GameCocks. I don’t care by how much as long as it’s a win.

Did you see how old and depressed he looked after the fumble in the endzone? I honestly don’t think he can take another year of losing.

By outkasted

September 15, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

the dawgs are fine… just win one at a time and yeah i hope fla and lsu win so when we beat them there will be no doubt who the best team in the land… when we beat both in the top 5… who cares now any way usc better blowout every team in the pac-10 or they should drop to right?

By P Dawg

September 15, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

To hell with the polls. Just worry about ASU right now. That’s it! One game at a time dogs. 12 one point wins with this schedule and we’re in.

By TheItalianDawg

September 15, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

In Fact wining it by this fashion could be the best thing that happened to Georgia!

By TROTTINGHOMETUDD

September 15, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Well Mark,

This is better way to write (get it?).

Don’t fall back go forward.

By georgiagirl

September 15, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

FOOLS GOLD That what you are.

By DirtyDawg

September 15, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

Anybody that’s been a Georgia fan for as long as I have knows that South Carolina has been a pain in our butts for at least 50 years when a loss to them was the only blemish the ‘59 team had in a top five season finish - and if we’d have beaten ‘em 14-6 back then we would have been National Champs…losses, ties, closer than expected wins, it always seems to happen to us against these guys - particularly in Columbia…and no matter who the SC coach is.

This was potentially the best defense we’ll face this year and we surely need to get more pressure on the QB from our down linemen, but I sure like our position now better than I did this time last year.

By csj

September 15, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

ga coach cmr appeared in a movie a few years back called facing the giants.his season this year could be the most difficult of his life.in that movie the football team that was featured found a way to get in the championship game.south carolina has one great defense ga found a way to win.cmr will find a way to get to the championship game.stay tune for the result of that championship game.i am not refering to the sec championshp.that will be a stepping stone.

By CBS Columnist?

September 15, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this

This is the bio for Gregg Doyel… this guy looks a little off the reservations.

“That picture of Gregg Doyel is misleading. He’s not that tall. He’s not that muscular. And the hair? It’s all wrong. It’s not blonde (today), and it’s not that long. It’s stubbly, which gives him a rugged look to compensate for … other things.

Doyel’s an idiot, but you knew that. That’s why you’re here, right? To find out, “Who is this idiot?”

This idiot is 36. He was born in Hawaii, raised in Mississippi and sent to high school in Georgia. He might have gone to college, but we’re not talking about that. He has written two books, neither of them good. He has won writing awards, which shows you what a writing award is worth these days. Doyel’s the kind of guy who plays golf by himself, shoots baskets in an empty gym, and he’s starting to figure out just how much people don’t like him.

Misunderstood, Doyel lives life by two phrases. He wrote neither of them, because as anyone will tell you, he’s not good enough to come up with this stuff himself.

The first comes from My Name Is by Eminem: “I don’t give a f—-, dog. God sent me to p** the world off.”

The second comes from The Rose by Bette Midler: “I say love, it is a flower. And you, its only seed.”

By csj

September 15, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

I can remeber vince dooly talking about how difficult the sc game was to them.look at the score of the 1980 game.

By 82DAWG

September 15, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Nationally, the writers are saying to UGA, “If you are the number 2 team in the country, play like it”. Saturday, UGA played sloppily against a (nationally perceived) very mediocre team. Oklahoma meanwhile whomped up on a similarly perceived team. So, yea, Oklahoma should be number 2 right now. I think we are fortunate to be #3. Style points are not what is in question here, it is a matter of taking care of business against lesser opponents.

By michaelgee

September 15, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

UGA’s black eye comes from their Fan’s obsession with braggadacio and beating up ESPN for not crowning them #1 last year. The typical UGA’s bullet is too big for the UGA barrel.

aka, THE unrealistic expectations for the Nation to bow down to UGA.

National Champs MUST earn the Championship vs claim it and expect to beat a lowly SC team by a handful of points and stay at Number 1.

Bulldog Nation has the BiG Head and nothing more. Once AZ & UF finish them off again, they will crawl back under the porch for another season.

By michaelgee

September 15, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

One more point, after the bone headed move Richt ordered up vs UF last season, understand that UGA has ONLY motivated UF to whip them this year.

Mark Richt should have NEVER given UF that to use for motivation against UGA.

That “team celebration” was colorful but just plain dumb for any Head Coach to throw gasoline onto the opponenet’s fire.

That “stunt” will ALWAYS light a fire under Florida and will NEVER be forgotten by UF.

I am sure UF has a picture of that fool hearty antic posted on their bulletin board. Giving that motivation to UF was just stupid.

By wes king

September 15, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

I know his former Punter at Navy……. and was told to expect this.

Guess Tech players better get smart fast or they will forever feel his wrath?

Either or…… we would certainly be 1-2 at best with Gaily at the wheel.

By jake

September 15, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

If we can win three more in a row, we can then drop out of the top 10.

By hawkman

September 15, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Well, I guess since Oklahoma play only 2 more ranked opponents and Southern Cal plays only 1 ranked opponent “THE REST OF THE YEAR”, then they should fall every week while those in the SEC play quality opponents every week will rise to the top. At the end of the year, there should be 2 SEC teams playing for the NC. That makes about as much sense as style points against a weak conference.

By DirtyDawg

September 15, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Fact is the season, early as it may be, is shaping up as one of those where a USC, or Oklahoma, or Missouri, with an obviously weaker schedule, e.g., they don’t play in the SEC, can finish ahead of whoever the SEC Champ may be, regardless if that Champ is undefeated. You’d think that after the last two years of SEC beatin’ the crap out of whoever the rest of the country decided was worthy of being the the BC game, we would have to be arguing that point now, but here it is. Way too early to be thinking about that and by no means are we as good now as we were at the end of last season, but it’ll give us something to b*** about as we go along.

By UGA75

September 15, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

We played a bad game, Stafford throws into double coverage every throw, and our players could not catch a ball. We deserve to be number three if not lower. I am tired of hearing how good Stafford is and every season opener he fails and fails again. He keeps making the same mistakes as last year. We have an awesome team but we have a medicore quarterback. I am a total UGA fan and actually went there as well, but this is embarrassing, when we can barely beat the Crapcocks. I hope this teached this team what we need to work on because this weekend scares me even more.

By AG

September 15, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Why is it such a big deal that Georgia played a close game in a hostile environment in front of 90K fans and pulled out a close one? How many close ones did LSU pull off last year? I seem to remember them not being able to pull off a couple and they didn’t get this much flack. So what? We beat a team with future NFL defenders all over the field. We did it while still trying to work out the kinks in our new offensive line. We did it without our top offensive and defensive linemen. Keep on putting down the Dawgs. Mark Richt likes it that way. Will we be undefeated, probably not. Would any other team with our schedule? Probably not. But before you write off teh Dawgs, remember how long it took for everything to jell last year. We’re already looking better in week three than we did last year.

By GA Will Lose 3

September 15, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

With Mike BOBO’s playbook the dogs don’t have a snowball’s chance in h3ll to go undefeated, I watch his formations, his sets, and his entire offensive scheme and it’s far to simple! I ran those plays in highschool. FLA will embarrass GA this year!

By yANKEEDAWG

September 15, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

Dropping in the polls does not bother me as much as the love affair the voters have with Florida , How can a team move up by not playing. I guess if we didn’t play we would have been number 1. What differance did it make if we won by 14 to 7 or 28 to 21 we were 7 point favorites and that is what we won by. I guess our coach needs to be like the Urban Crier and kick that FG just to make the other team look bad!

By Cards1

September 15, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

I hope Yost is out as manager. His team has zero class. From Carlos Villanueva pulling his antics in a game on August 27 with the Cards (who went on to win it, BTW) to their pulling their uniform shirts out of their pants after a win, to showing up pitchers on home runs, this team has not earned the right to show anyone up. That fact is just proving itself out over the course of the last few weeks and will continue until they are eliminated. A team reflects the attitude of its manager…

By Rob

September 15, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

All those writers just don’t get the defensive nature of the SEC… how a good defense can make offenses look like crap and force them to make mistakes. These are the same people who have crowned SC’s defense as one of the best in the nation.. how did things not go as expected? Whatever… if we take care of business, we’ll end up where we should. I’d rather be peaking down the stretch than early in the season like LSU seemed to do before the SEC championship game last year. We have our own work to do and no need to worry about media “experts” (and I use that term loosely).

By Paul

September 15, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this

Yes I’m freeeee…..free fallin!!! Georgia was never that good, they are just over-hyped. I love it - Georgia sucks!! LMAO

By Mark

September 15, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Sunday’s NY Times had a sports page cover story on the UGA’s win. They actually pointed out how challenging the SEC is and that the SC game is always difficult. They seemed to support that UGA should stay at #2.

By donsterdawg

September 15, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

Well,the media has their “dream team” 1&2 ranked teams now…go ahead and let’s play the BCS champ game now,get it over with and the media will be happy…call the rest of the season off now….they had their dream games the last 2 seasons with Ohio St and they sucked wind…bet they are still crying in their beers over the dismal USC and Ohio St game of this past weekend.The media is too full of themselves.

By DirtyDawg

September 15, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

Hey michaelgeewhiz…UF had every chance to ‘pick up the gauntlet’ over the final three quarters last year, and how did that work out? We’ll take care of that bridge when we come to it, meanwhile we’ve got a few more to deal with. If the team you pull for is UF, then please tell us what happened after UM called his boys together and challenged them to ‘join the battle’…and just why do you think they’ll be any more likely to do so this year? They still don’t have a running game to take the pressure off Tebow - he’ll be hurt again before the UGA/UF game. Fact is all Urban was doing by mentioning the ‘Celebration’ was to sell books. Tell me, how long was it before Steve wrote about his exploits at Florida? Your man UM is a poor excuse for ‘The Superior One’.

By Fred

September 15, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

The drop in the rankings isn’t a bad thing. Hopefully it will put a chip on this team’s shoulder and they will earn the respect they deserve. As long as you beat Florida and only lose once, AND win the SEC, then the ticket should be punched.

This team could’ve dropped 60 points on Georgia Southern, but it just isn’t Richt’s style and never will be.

Biggest problem I see is that Georgia isn’t getting any pressure from the front 4.

By T

September 15, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

Even Dawg fans have to admit, Georgia looked bad on Saturday, and after playing two week teams prior to that, I dont know that I could have Georgia in the Top 5. South Carolina has a good defense, a horrible offense, and has won 1 of their last 8 games going back to 2007. Georgia looked bad. If Georgia is a legit contender, why were so many Dawg fans nervous until the interception to end the game??

By Bruce Mac

September 15, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this

I am the biggest GA fan in the history of College Football. We need to face reality, you win football on both lines of scrimmage and we are no where near to a National Champion on the defensive and offensive fronts. Unless their are some freshman coming on for later in the year we will lose to Bama, Florida, and either TN or AU. Go ahead and calm down now before they break you heart because it is unfortunately coming.

By Rickaroo

September 15, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Why shouldn’t they diss the Dawgs…who have they played? Two middle schools and a high school. Play somebody…beat somebody…a real football team and you’ll see they’re waaaaaay overrated. The Gamecocks already proved that, tho.

By Brian

September 15, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

You Dawg fans need to pipe down, You may not even win the SEC and you’re hollering about a National Title. As far as I can see and most of the sport writers see, you guys aren’t even the best team in the conference. UF, will beat the dawgs and maybe LSU. Get used to it UGA is a Sugar Bowl team not an natinal title team. Book your tickets now to the Super Dome that’s where you’ll end up. Furthermore why embarrass yourselves with getting stumped by USC anyways. Be careful of what you ask for. USC is miles ahead any other team in college football.

By Dawgs are Delusional

September 15, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

Poor UGA, poor homer Mark Bradley, poor AJC, the biggest Dawg homer newspaper on the planet. First off, there is no way you can say that USC and Oklahoma aren’t better teams right now. USC is a juggernaut, and Oklahoma beat Washington like UGA should have beaten Georgia Southern. UGA should be ranked #6, because even LSU is better than UGA.

Come on, UGA wins by 7 against a team that lost to Vandy? Oh yeah, I forgot, UGA is used to losing to Vandy, too. I can’t wait until UGA actually gets into the tough part of the schedule so that they can be exposed as over rated and we can maybe begin focusing on some real teams, like Florida and LSU.

By Soulja Boy

September 15, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

Georgia fans were barking last week about how awful SC was and of the beating that Richt was going to adminsiter. Now you would think that SC was Southern Cal the way the same people are takling. Lawyer Milloy should enroll in Richt’s Christian bowling league.

By Red Roosterette

September 15, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

Saturday’s game proved my point: UGA has more to lose than my Gamecocks. Rank position. If our offense had even been a little better, we would have kicked your b..tts. You came out of this game very lucky. I know my boys are out of the SEC picture, but seeing Florida creep up your backs in the polls will be bliss! Arizona St will win and the dawgs will fall out of the top 10. Better watch that jetlag! SEC East: Florida vs Auburn. Bank on it! Also, bank on Vandy beating a powerhouse or two also. They are undefeated and may be that way for a few more weeks, at least. They should enter the top 20 maybe after beating Ole Miss this weekend.

By Tim Scott

September 15, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

POOR PUPPIES THEY KEEP DROPPING IN THE RANKINGS. RICHT WHINES LIKE HIS FORMER BOSS. SO WHAT YOU BEAT ASU THIS WKEND AS YOU SHOULD. YOU HAVEN’T BEAT ANYONE YET.

By JamBee

September 15, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

Dawgs yelping. Usually a nuisance but, in this case, music to the ear.

By ed

September 15, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

usc beat beat an ohio st team that was over ranked. there always over ranked. that game proves nothing. oklahoma has beat 3 nobodys this year. and have blown them out. whoo hooo. again means nothing. were all goiong to have to wait until about 8 games down the road to get a true idea of whos the best.

By spotts

September 15, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

I’m a Georgia alum and I still live and work in Athens. I agree with Georgia being dropped in the polls. I obviously think we’re the best team in the nation, but we didn’t play like it on Saturday. People without UGA biases saw Georgia struggle against a team that lost to Vanderbilt 2 weeks ago. But like you said…if we win out (we’ll probably lose at least once…at LSU, Auburn, and esentially Florida?? brutal) we’ll be in the title game.

And while I have an outlet, WHY does everyone always rank OSU so high? Because they beat Miami 6 years ago? What happened the past 3 times they played good teams outside of the Little 10? They got DESTROYED by Florida, LSU, and now USC. They’re not that good!!

By Mike

September 15, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

News Flash- I could care less what the idoits that make up the college football media think. Keep voting us down- will make you look even more stupid when we go unbeaten. As far as I am concerned everything that is wrong will college football points directly to the media- ALL OF YOU AJC Included!

By tbomachine

September 15, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

PAUL MUST BE A SAD TECH NERD

By BlackberryCobbler

September 15, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

I’m as big a UGA fan as they come……. but, c’mon folks, let’s get real.

There is no way the Dawgs can compete with Florida, LSU, Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee the way they have been playing.

The offense is pretty one-dimensional (Moreno) and the defense has more holes in it than Bonnie and Clydes car.

And, when the hell is Chandler going to learn to catch? Same crap as last year.

By tbomachine

September 15, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

PAUL MUST BE A SAD TECH NERD “YES I’M FREE, CAUSE I DONT HAVE A LIFE” IS WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID

By FLA_Dawg

September 15, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this

Seems everyone has forgotten that in 2006 Florida, on the way to the National Championship, squeaked by the Cocks. If SC had made the field goal, FLA looses the game.

UGA’s still in it!!! Go Dawgs

By Sports Fan

September 15, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

Just remember the very writers and commentators that are running down the Dawgs are the same ones that voted them #1 in pre-season. That tells me that not to pay any attention to what they say. The only fair way to rank teams is to have them all play the same level of competition and that will never happen, so the team that plays a weaker schedule can win the National Championship without being tested. So cheer for your team and forget the commentators, they just like to hear themselves talk.

By arkansas1

September 15, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

UGA fan relax it’s not how you begin it is how you finish!

UGA will finish infront of LSU, Alabama and Auburn all three of these teams are weak!

UGA has a strong defense and a good offense.

I am not sure about Florida I have to see when they play a team that can pass and run how good that defense is!

But UGA fans your team is very good you should not worry about the overrated tag.

JUST WIN BABY! JUST WIN!

is all that counts!

By Bored of the Go-Dawg nation

September 15, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

How about this…Maybe UGA is over-rated. Watching the games consecutively, there was a HUGE gap between then 1 and 2 ranked teams. USC would have embarrased UGA also. Stafford is capable only of hurling 60 yard prayers downfield, that against their current level of competition works just enough times to pull out wins. He cant manage a game, and he cant lead them anywhere besides another Sugar bowl or more likely to the Outback again. I know next week there will be all sorts of crap about beating a clearly mediocre AZ State. Ooooh…big deal. Oh, and when they beat Tennessee too. MAJOR accomplishment that will turn out to be. Face it, if they weren’t awarded the early xmas present of a fumble INTO the endzone, SC was on their way to a 2nd victory in as many years. It’s easy to look good against Michigan’s AA High School team. I’d put SC in the vicinity of a Div. 2 group. Can’t wait to hear the excuses when they get a wake-up call in the bayou.

By DawgChick

September 15, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs could go 0-13 and I’ll still scream my head off for them!! Go boys!! Your true fans will ALWAYS have your backs!

I hate the media just b/c one minute they are so infatuated with a team who is doing an awesome job, and the very next game can knock them as if they aren’t worthy of even being a team. We had a little struggle last year getting our motors running, but after this game, the boys know what they have to do!

SIC’ EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!

By DirtyRicht!

September 15, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

As usual, UGAy is not up to the challenge. USC, OU, UF and Mizzou could spank the puppies’ little behinds any day of the week. Crazy herschel isn’t around to bail them out this time.

By Randy

September 15, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

Let’s review…..Dawgs played like crap….Looked like crap….Stunk it up like crap.

Then someone writes an article that says crappy things about them and the Dawg nation starts crapping on themselves again?

Does this sound crappy to you or does it sound like typical Dawg crap?

By DirtyRicht!

September 15, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

tbomachine- “PAUL MUST BE A SAD TECH NERD”. Translation- Paul is much brighter and classier than us UGAy bandwagon ‘necks.

By Attention Mouthbreathers

September 15, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

*UGA beat SC in 1980 13-10 *OSU scored on the last play of the game in their MNC championship season to beat Cincinnatti 11-7. *This ultra powerful USC team lost to Stanford last season and their win over UVA doesn’t look so good since UVA just got trounced by UConn *It took Colorodo 5 downs to beat Mizzou in 1990 *LSU gave up 50 in a loss to ARK on their home field last season. *Florida lost to Auburn and was a missed FG away from losing to SC in thier MNC season of 2006. *Miami has to run a pick back on BC to win in 2001 *Tennessee won 5 games by a TD or less in their 1998 MNC season

Just to name a few.

Relax, don’t give yourself a stroke. It’s a long season. And it will all play out. And I doubt anybody posting on this blog will have a dang thing to with it.

By hem o'roid

September 15, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

Hey UGA75—Did they “teached” you any spelling when you were at ugay. Sounds like you might need to attend climpson or awbarn for a refresher. The dawgs suck as usual.

By Rodney Dangerfield

September 15, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

Mark, No Respect? Until you win National Championships nobody outside of Redneck Georgia will give the puppies any respect. Sorry but conference titles don’t mean much. Maybe you should work for Randy Shannon? Stop whining please.

By Tiltman

September 15, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

anyone recall a 16-12 home loss to SC last year? Anyone recall Tennessee’s drumming of the dawgs last year? I do and the way i see it, we got one back. A win against either of these teams last year gets us in the SEC championship and possibly more. Winning a game like we did last saturday is what we need to make an SEC title run. I’ll take the 14-7 road win any day over the prior. What would the media be saying had we lost?

Remember defense wins championships; sometimes the offense isn’t clicking (see saturday).

By obliterating the SC run, forcing a fumble and getting a key-interception on potential game-tying scores, you have to say the dawgs stepped up. It wasn’t pretty — never has been — but they stepped up.

And I think it’s time for us dawg fans to get realistic — let’s aim for the SEC and let the rest play out. After all, it is the best conference in the country (see saturday).

By joebrave

September 15, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

This is the best thing that could happen to UGA. Let OU get steamrolled by USC in the BSC Championship game. The dogs will do well to beat East Carolina in the consolation game, as usual.

By Aman

September 15, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

I’m not a UGA fan by any means, in fact I can’t stand ‘em, but who gives a crap what the polls say right now and what the sports writers blog about. It’s early and if UGA wins out then they deserve a national title. They have one of the toughest schedules in recent history.

By GaDawg

September 15, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

Good game! Good Win! Chickens, Good Riddance!GO DAWGS!! Oh yea, hatters, your still looking up to us in the polls so shut up!

By No team was ever more overrated than Avondale in the 70s

September 15, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

I will stand by my preseason Bulldog prediction: UGA will go 8-4. Nevertheless, I shall continue to root for them.

By GatorGuy

September 15, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

Oklahoma won 54-14, the Dawgs won 14-7. That makes Oklahoma better than UGA. Seriously, that is how these moronic pollsters vote. They don’t watch games and go by the final score.

Case in point.. FSU. Preseason, the pollsters thought that they sucked. They were not in the top 25. BUT, They have won their first two games 69-0 and 46-7. WOW, they are awesome. Who did they play? Who cares? Did you see that they scored 69 points! So what if it was against a pair of middle of the road 1-AA opponents.

By joe_h

September 15, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

I am tired of hearing how good Stafford is and every season opener he fails and fails again. He keeps making the same mistakes as last year. We have an awesome team but we have a medicore quarterback.

I think we’re all tired of whiny idiots like you. So do us favor and shut up. Stafford is only 20-4 as a starter. If his receivers caught the damn ball Saturday, he’d have passed for over 300 yards and 2 TDs. Stafford is the only reason we won the damn game. Moreno sure as hell didn’t do anything. So go crawl under a rock before you embarrass yourself again.

I’m as big a UGA fan as they come……. but, c’mon folks, let’s get real.

LOL! You’re also a bald face liar. You are no more a UGA fan than I’m astronaut.

I am the biggest GA fan in the history of College Football. We need to face reality, you win football on both lines of scrimmage and we are no where near to a National Champion on the defensive and offensive fronts.

Another bald face liar trying to pose as a UGA fan. You are fooling nobody you nitwit.

By DawgSpanky

September 15, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

GaDawg, you dullard you, it’s “haters” and not “hatters”. You’re just another product of that dumbed-down education from UGAy.

By sobedawg

September 15, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

FLORIDA DEFEATED SOUTH CAROLINA 17 TO 16 DURING THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR IN 2006!!!

FLORIDA DEFEATED SOUTH CAROLINA 17 TO 16 DURING THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP YEAR IN 2006!!!

Give us a BREAK!!!

By george

September 15, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

actually bradley the writers just get it. the pups are the most overrated team this year and one of the most overrated teams in recent memory. Please tell me what they have done to prove me wrong. Are you telling me you think the pups could hang with USC, Ok, mizzou, or even UF? I dont think so my friend. The dogs looked hapless against a horrible USC team and are about to lose two straight. It will be at this point where you and the rest of the pathetic dawg nation begin the annual chants of,” we are a year or two away.” It is a vicious cycle that happens year in and year out from the dawg nation. The dawgs choke then the rest of the country has to hear about how next year will be the dawgs year then a year later the cycle is repeated.

By Brizdawg

September 15, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Mark, you’re right about the sportswriters, but you were wrong about USC, again. True, they lost, but they’re a much better team than anyone gives them credit for. I still think you chalk the Vandy loss to looking ahead to UGA and also Vandy being a better team than anyone gives them credit for. I fully expect Vandy will give the Bulldogs a run for the money later this season like they always seem to do. In the short term, expect UGA to take out the poll-snubbing on the Sundevils this weekend - it’s going to be a blowout.

By Born2Buzz

September 15, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

What if USC, Oklahoma AND UGA all go undefeated? Someones getting screwed and right now it’s UGA. It’s highly probable that USC runs the table (who’s on their schedule to challenge them? Notre Dame, Oregon? Please). OKie could do it also with only Mizzo as a stumbling block. That would really suck for the doggies and President Adams will once again be barking for a playoff system.

By Nation

September 15, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this

To all of you Dawg haters, you are simply jealous b/c your teams are not getting any love by the media and by top high school recruits. Look at what happened last year, we started off a little flat and then ended the year better than any other team in the Nation. While USC and Oklahoma start off strong in the beginning (as usual) they will fall to a lesser opponent by the end of October - you can take that to the bank! As long as the Dawgs keep focused and take care of UT and UF, we will be in ATL in Dec winning another SEC Championship and packing our bags for Miami.

Hey Nerds, if you hate the Dawgs so much, why do you waste your time posting comments about the Dawgs? You claim to be so smart, but talking smack about a team that OWNS you doesn’t seem like a smart thing to do. I can’t wait to pound you again this November. NERDS!!!!!!!

By Lou Vales

September 15, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

Dear Mark, Let me ask you a couple of questions. Isn’t Georgia one of the pre-season National Championship favorites?? What do you think the score would have been Saturday if the REAL SC rolled into Columbia to play the LITTLE SC? I went to Florida, how do you think I feel that the team I follow might lose Saturday to a team that lost to a team that lost to Brigham Young by 59 points? With winning a National Championship firmly in the thoughts of Georgia how should they feel knowing that it is not a guarantee that they beat an Auburn team that beat Miss St by 1!!!! point in arguably one of the most pathetic collegiate games of last 25 years??

Mark—When you are SUPPOSSEDLY as good as Florida and Georgia are it SHOULD be about potentially winning a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. I’m a 69 Florida grad and I wouldn’t bet 10 dollars on Florida winning in Knoxville, I went to the Georgia-LITTLE SC game Saturday, sat real close and now DEFINITELY realize Moreno is best running back I’ve seen in years, and YET if I was a Georgia grad I wouldn’t bet a lot of money on them beating Auburn.

Now I’m going out on a limb here—being facetious—and going to say that just a few of you might pick the REAL SC against any of these 5—ROTFLMAO—SEC teams in the Top Ten if they played in a title game.AND I realize that Ohio State should NEVER be allowed around another BIG game for the next 10 years, just you realize that Southern Cal is just getting warmed up——-SCARY!!!!!

By reservoirDAWG

September 15, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

* michaelgee*, Do you know what UGA has hanging in their locker room? A picture of Tebow crying. You lost 42-30. Give it a rest, a ball game lasts 60 minutes.

By Mark Bradley

September 15, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

For the record, I know Gregg Doyel and I like both him and his writing. My issue is the perception — and I submit it’s fueled more by the talking heads on ESPN than any written word — that a ranked team has to Win Big or it hasn’t really won at all.

I suggest Ohio State in 2002 would be an example of how winning is enough in and of itself. For those who have forgotten, the Buckeyes played so many close games that year they became known as “the Luckeyes.” But they wound up undefeated and were crowned national champs.

By senoiadawgs

September 15, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

It’s simple at this point. USC does deserve the #1 ranking. They bit an ACC school who is way down this year and OSU and they obliterated them. Also please not USC did turn it down for once in the second half or it could have been a lot worse.

Now for OK to jump UGA is crap. For all of the people piling on the Dawgs first three opponents who in the crap has OK played. Remember Stoops is a spurrier clone and will run up the score on everyone. At least UGA has played on quality opponent so far. Washington is not quality opponent. Remember all of the talking heads say South Carolina’s defense is one of the best in the nation.

To Stafford haters you all are nuts. The guy is awesome. If the receivers catch the ball he is 20 - 25 in the game and it’s a joke of game. Their has been one consisent theme through years. Our receivers simply can’t catch the ball. Chandler and Durham prove to make the big play about 20% of the time. I am sorry but with the wealth of receivers we have Chandler and Durham should not see the field again unless blocking. When you drop passess against CMU and South Carolina and the same theme goes back to last year it just has to stop. They are not consitent enough to be starters on this team.

Coach Martinez please remember what you did at the end of last season. It doesn’t hurt to rush the passer. It payed off awfully well last year starting with the Florida game. You saw the light last year please turn it back on this year.

By Mike T.

September 15, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

I guess if we keep winning we will fall out of the top 25.3-0 and fell from number 1 to number 3.Playoff need,like every other sport in the world.Assine to let sportwriters and computers determine who’s the best, and yes and I have said it for many years not just starting this one.

By Lowcountry Bulldawg

September 15, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

One distrurbing trend I see is the strength of schedule is lessening w/ USC losing to Vandy and then ASU losing to UNLV. We need these teams to meet us at prime records and rankings.

GOOO DAWGS!!!

By Cairo

September 15, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

I thought I was the only one that caught that description of Matt Ryan by Wes Durham. As a Christian the first thing that popped in my mind is the ONLY person that is labeled as such (He Lives) is Jesus. Matt Ryan is no Jesus, sorry Wes and he is not the Savior and he is just a ROOKIE.

By Georgia puppies

September 15, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

UGA is overrated. Scoring 14 points isn’t going to get them consistent victories. They will lose next week at Arizona State.

By Dawg1

September 15, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this

The same people calling the Dawgs short of a potential NC are the same people who were saying earlier in the year “what a brutal schedule” and “if they just win, they’re in”. Sports writers should start applying for political spots, they flip-flop just as much. Go Dawgs. True UGA fans are behind you no matter how pretty the “W”.

By marathon, not a sprint

September 15, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

gregg doyel is insanely diluted. way overrated…please. georgia fell victim to the hype of a long off season. the seaon is three weeks old. they are 3-0. i don’t think that’s a bad place to be. way overrated would be ohio state. i’ve yet to see that they deserve this media worship every year.

i think that georgia always struggles against south carolina because that game is always the first dip in the sec pool. south carolina has a really good defense. anyone that has eyes and uses them to watch college football could see that. it’s got to be a tough adjustment from central michigan’s defense to south carolina’s. i actually love the fact that most of the media is down on georgia. i say pour it on. it’s just the chip on the shoulder that you don’t have with a number one ranking. plus, let’s not forget, even when georgia was the media darling(as late as three short weeks ago) most were STILL picking them to finish second in their DIVISION in the sec. also, i’d like to say kudos to you, mr. bradley keep it up. i enjoy your work, sir.

By David Pollack

September 15, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

It’s too early, people. Everybody needs something to b** about me too but get real.

Dawgs always start slow and are snake-bit by SC. So far I think we’re ahead of the curve.

One game at a time. Win out go to Miami.

USC looks great but I think UGA could beat the crappy Buckeyes, too.

By JP

September 15, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

As a Gator fan, I think UGA is a very, very good, maybe even great team. I don’t see how you can criticize them for a 7 point win on the road in the SEC. Heck, I’ll take a 7 point win in Knoxville next weekend for the Gators…. That said, I think UGA hangs 35+ on ASU next weekend. UGA 38 ASU 14.

By bullwinkle

September 15, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

Wins don’t count to the poll-makers. Running up the score does. To his credit, CMR will not run up the score on anybody.

By flats

September 15, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs really have the hearts of fighters like they did back in the early days.These boys will die for they’re country if they have too.They want to win just like other teams too and will try they’re best to just that.i love the dawgs and hope they love they’re teammates in a way that looks good.

By Lowcountry_dawg

September 15, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Just keep winning, Dawgs, and all of these losers and smack-talkers will shut up. Just keep winning, Dawgs. Just keep winning.

By Lou Vales

September 15, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

I would also like to give credit to the South Carolina faithful who continue to turn out year after year after year to witness those kind of endings. I went to the game with 3 Georgia grads—Georgia GRADS by the way are GREAT people, it is the MORONS who couldn’t get into Valdosta State who consider themselves Alumni that are Garbage—-and they were worried and I turned and said “You can’t see the inevitability of how this will end?? Georgia knows how to finish games and they especially know how to finish games against teams that they are better than. Just relax, the team with better athletes will make a play——FUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

Well, back to the South Carolina Faithful. They turn out, they yell, they donate and then they get stabbed in the heart. After awhile I would find that numbing and especially in the face of it probaly never changing. I give them credit, but I also have a clearer understanding of how FANS was derived from FANaticS.

By Tony Soprano

September 15, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Dear David Pollack, About 7 teams could defeat Ohio State, but would they emasculate, castrate and leave the sweater vested punk with a look of bewildement on the sidelines??

I am also for petitioning to formally STRIP Ohio State of that “THE” they put in front of their name. The “THE” is for special programs, and when your only National Championship stems from a call that was probably brokered by John Gotti from a prison cell, well—Just Shut Up With The “THE”.

By LifelongDawg

September 15, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

When Ohio State won the NC in 2002 they had 5 games that were decided by 7 points or less, 2 that were won in OT. Nobody held that against the Buckeyes.

The polls become less relevant with every vote. I’m now convinced that the SEC title is more important than anything the fickle media and coaches deign to bestow on the Dawgs.

By Ed

September 15, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

I thought we were overrated going into the season only because of injuries and no one except maybe the ‘95 Nebraska Cornhuskers or ‘04 USC Trojans could possibly deserve or live up to that hype.

However, downgrading the Dawgs based on a close, low-scoring win at South Carolina shows me that the writers haven’t paid much attention to many UGA-S.C. games over the past 30 years or so. Saturday’s game was the norm, and not much different than the ‘80 game or the ‘02 game. Those seasons turned out pretty good for Georgia.

As excited as I am about the Dawgs, the preseason national title talk made me sick. Why worry about things you can’t control, such as the opinion of sportswriters? Just win the East first, then the SEC, and let the chips fall where they may.

By JMac

September 15, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

The Georgia Bulldogs are overrated. They don’t even deserve to be in the top 5. To “Nation”, you’re crazy if you thing UGA will be playing for the National Championship in January. If they’re lucky enough to reach the game, they will get crushed by USC.

By GA Girl 84

September 15, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

C’mon people, its still WAY too early for all this judging! For all you “True” Dawg fans hating on their performance from Saturdays game…give it a chance! Its a young team, and we had 3 key players out also! Not to mention the friggin heat and humidity that BOTH teams were enduring. I’d like to see you guys get out there and play 4 full quarters of hardcore playin time in weather you could cut with a knife!

South Carolina has always been a bitter rival. Yes, Saturday was not the cleanest game we have ever played, but we still got the job done. And for God’s sake, quit hating on Matt Stafford! He’s got a rocket for an arm, knows the meaning of the word “TEAM” (unlike Tebow!) and is extremely talented! If his receivers would have caught the ball like they were supposed to have, we would have had at LEAST a 21 point deficit in the final score. But hey, they have some things to work on, everyone makes mistakes, and they learn from them. Hard work and full throttle effort is what being a Dawg is about, and they WILL show that this upcoming Saturday in Arizona. Hell, they’ve got the best coach in the nation to lead them.

All I can say is: ‘JUST WIN BABY!’

GOOOOOOO Dawgs, SIC EM!!!

By McFunkdikschlaben

September 15, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

I agree with “David Pollack” - UGA is ahead of the curve. We’ve avenged one of the ‘07 losses for crying out loud and the season is young. It will take more time to gel our young OL. BTW - Stafford is having an excellent season, if his WR’s could catch the ball he’d have media slobbering stats.

Mark Bradley - here’s what needs to happen. The writers and coaches who are involved in the polls need to come to a consensus on the criteria for judging college football. That defined criteria needs to be posted on a web site and it should remain the same throughout the season and year-after-year. You can’t have one set of criteria one year and then change it the next year. Last year the criteria was different. The pollsters kept Ohio St. #1 until they lost - SOS and style points did not matter. That has obviously changed in ‘08 and UGA has suffered for it. Regardless, Georgia needs to do one thing - WIN and everything else will take care of itself.

By Wonderful

September 15, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

Cough, cough. UGA wants to be #2? USC needs to play in the NFL.

By jason

September 15, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Dawgs win. We are 3-0. I’m excited that SC has a great defense and that Vanderbilt looks like a strong team too. That just makes it harder on UT and FL. We have 7 more conference games to win not counting the SEC Championship game. Dawgs lose to LSU during the season and beat them in Championship game, then get a ticket to the MNC game to take on USC. A.J. Green is the REAL DEAL. Scre# the haters and the whiny, scared say scared, dawg fans. Keep barking real fans!

By Stewie

September 15, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Oh please, get a hold of yourselves…OF COURSE UGA would slip one spot. Both USC and OK played (perceived) solid opponents and waxed them.

Georgia, on the other hand, played a sub-par Carolina team and struggled mightily, needing several big breaks to survive with the victory. Admit it…if Spurrier had ANY skill players, SC would have won. Their RB would be 3rd/4th string for UGA; QB 2nd string at best; their WRs are average; they have a good TE/WR.

So the one spot drop is logical and deserved.

Now for the good news. Richt teams often start slowly and build to their talent level. If UGA continues to win, and STARTS to win as it SHOULD, the team will be fine and should be a NC contender.

But you guys are seriously over-reacting to a perceived slight that is completely justified.

By Jmac

September 15, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this

Stewie, The Trojans would’ve scored a lot more than 14 points against the Gamecocks…guaranteed.

By bamabear

September 15, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

So Cal and the Sooners dissed the dogs with their fine play…not the writers….

By Larry M

September 15, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this

Look, I’m the biggest UGA/SEC homer in the world. And it’s true that polls right now don’t mean crap - if the Dawgs keep winning, that is all they can do. Just put yourself in position to get voted #1 or #2. You can’t control the polls.

All that being said, however, the game Saturday was alarming on many fronts and any UGA fan who writes it off as “just another UGA/SC game” or “just your typical road game in the SEC” is kidding themselves. Hopefully CMR isn’t taking it as lightly.

This Chickens team lost to Vandy. Does that put it into enough perspective for you? Yet we couldn’t get any pressure on Smelley, we couldn’t protect Stafford, and our receivers got back their old case of the drop-sies. If we play like that in Tempe, if we play like that against Alabama, if we play like that in Baton Rouge - we will LOSE those games.

This game should be taken as a wake up call. No more “that’s just the way it is in the SEC” excuses.

By Stewie

September 15, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Jmac, couldn’t agree with you more.

By Dawg 'n IT

September 15, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Why are most negative posts coming from non-USC or non-OU fans? Last time I checked UGA is still better than all the rest. Keep hating haters. If you’re on UGA’s schedule, put up or shut up. If you’re not, then your opinion really doesn’t matter here.

By Dawgy Boy

September 15, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

Reality is that it does matter how many points a top ranked team beats their opponents by. Wins are only part of the equation. If we want to be a top 5 team then we better stop settling for wins and start pounding the hell out of the teams we play.

By BullDawg Rick

September 15, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Let the Haters Hate…

“Just Win, Baby”

One week at a time..

That’ll take care of the critics..

I HATE mentioning this, but on ‘02 when the Luckeyes won the MNC, they played & won UGLY…

This could be a Dawg Day Season!!!

As long as the W’s come, it matters NOT how!!!

Go Dawgs!!

By pipepimp

September 15, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

I just can’t wait till BAMA gets a hold of no-show moreno. BAMA has the #1 rushing defense in the nation after 3 ball games. Only giving up 42.7 yards a ball game and has only given up 1 touchdown on offense!! ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!

By JB

September 15, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

They need to take into account two facts: 1) SC is a very strong team defensively 2) There is a palpable, long-standing rivalry between Spurrier-coached teams and Georgia, and rivalries are always a major ingredient in any college football game.

No matter what you say about Georgia, you can’t deny the rhythm that Stafford and Moreno have going. I think that with them as well as a host of other great players like A.J. Green and Massaquoi to support them, Georgia could have a recipe for success this season. But as always in college football, the proof will be in the pudding.

By senoiadawgs

September 15, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this

For those of doubting the dogs. Watch the first half again against SC. If Chandler and Durham catch the freakin ball the score is easily 21 or 24 to 7. I will give Samual a pass for not running straight into the endzone being a freshman. The offense actually had no problem moving the ball in the first half minus receivers dropping passes.

By The real USC in GA

September 15, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this

I can’t wait to beat another SEC team, this time in the BCS…shut up all you fans who always fall back on conference. USC is national and SEC is regional. You all have NO chance against us! Every time USC plays the SEC, we kick the pooh out of you. Remeber 23 - 0 at #1 Auburn???Fight on!

By Randy

September 15, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

Funny to me that last year both Ohio State and LSU had VERY UGLY wins over much lesser teams but were not dropped in the rating because at least they won so what makes this year different? The media hates UGA plain and simple and BTW Lou Holtz SUCKS!

By Mike

September 15, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

Didn’t UGA LOSE to South Carolina last year?

To the best of my recollection they did and then finished up the season 11-2 with a blowout win in the Sugar Bowl?

Southern Cal beat a horrible UVA team (they lost to UConn 45-10 Saturday) and Ohio St. is clearly still overrated. They are good but I take no more from their blowout win than I do from UGA’s tight game against South Carolina.

Oklahoma hasn’t even played a team with a pulse yet. Did anyone think Washingtion would be competitive after that heart-breaking loss last week?

Everyone take a breathe and relax.

By DawgByte

September 15, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

There are several teams that look solid so far in ‘08. It’s a long season and many things could happen, so if you’re a Trojan homer, Mizzou wannabee, an OKie from Miskokee, or a totally dilusional Bama fan you might want to push down on your jock straps before getting too carried away.

UGA did not look like the # 2 team in the country this past Sat. Bad WR play, an OL that allowed too much QB pressure etc. Much has been said about the Gamecock chances during the game. How about Tripp Chandler dropping two 3rd down passes on consecutive series? Those are the kinds of mental mistakes that make for an offensive up hill battle. However, those 3rd down boners are NOTHING compared to Durham and Samuel’s TD drops. That’s 14 points right there. You throw in Bobo’s brain dead call to run Stafford on the 3 yard line and that’s another 7. If UGA makes those plays suddenly this doesn’t look like such a close game!!!

BOTTOM LINE: A win is a win! To win a MNC you’ve got to have some luck, you’ve got to make some luck and you’ve got to hope other teams flounder spank themselves a long the way.

By TJ

September 15, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

From a Tech fan, it really doesn;t matter where you are on September 15th. If it was November 15th and I was behind USC and Oklahoma I would be worried. There is too much football to be played to get caught up in this.

Regarding the Jackets, Brothers and Sisters, we have a great coach.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

I heard an ESPN announcer after the game (He was sitting at a desk shared by a female blond announcer-I don’t try to pick up their names at ESPN) and he was asked if he thought the Dawgs would fall in the ratings. His shocking statement was,”No.”. He went on to say that the SEC was known to be the toughest of the conferences and that USCe always plays hard against UGA, with or without Spurrier. This was a separate rivalry called the “Border War” and he said most writers knew that and he expected UGA not to lose it’s #2 ranking. So I cannot put anything on the air at their doorstep, but I don’t continue to listen to them for the rest of the weekend since Rome’s “pimping” statement towards Richt.

By Montgomery Barker

September 15, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

BAMA could’nt stop THOMAS BROWN last year playing at home, MORENO will have 100 YARDS AT HALFTIME IN ATHENS.

DAWGS CHEW UP elephant meat and nicky boy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By DawginLex

September 15, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

Let’s see. We are 3-0. We shut down SC’s running game, forcing them to throw which is what ALL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS DO. We won the game on the road. We beat a obnoxious jerk of a coach who has now scored a grand total of 38 points in 4 years vs UGA and took him to 1-3 vs Richt.

We took care of business. Where is the mike bobo 17 interception idiot who claims Spurrier is a better coach and has a better program than UGA ????

In Spurrier’s last 10 games, he is 3-7.

By SEADog

September 15, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

Doyle actually is a pretty lame columnist: his schtick is just like Skip Bayless- trying to be ‘edgy’ and ‘controvertial’ when all he is doing is being hateful, and not even doing so in a logical manner. It’s actually really sad, but I suppose it works for him, since he happens to be a well-paid ‘national columnist’ when he clearly has both the wit and the knowledge of your average blogger.

The Dawgs needed to be ranked third. That feels about right to me. And frankly, it all boils down to UGA wins out and all the talking heads are going to have to shut up and put them in the NC game. So, let’s do it.

By G

September 15, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

When UGA plays a team with a winning record or top 25 ranking then they can start earning respect. Otherwise quit your whining.

By DawgByte

September 15, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Watching or listening to Jim Rome is like being dipped in an acid bath. That guy is the most caustic individual I’ve ever seen.

By jacketbacker

September 15, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

didn’t south carolina lose to vanderbilt??

By Mark Bradley

September 15, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

That’s the thing: We in the media — hey, I’m part of it, too — keep saying the SEC is this great conference and any road win in the SEC is like gold … and then Georgia wins in Columbia and drops to No. 3 in the rankings.

By CBGator

September 15, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

Bark Madley strikes again!

By PaulDawg

September 15, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

Let not your hearts be troubled- it really doesn’t matter. If we win the SEC, we’ll be in the NC game, so all of this is just theatrics.

I for one am pleased that the debate is over WHERE we belong in the Top Five and not IF we belong in the Top Twenty. This is the rarefied air to which Coach Richt has brought us- a whole new level.

By McSlapticgroovin

September 15, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

jackebacker

Didn’t GT just lose to VT??? I’d suggest you go put on your propeller beanie, pull out a pencil from your pocket protector and write the following down on a piece of paper:

“Georgia Tech is sporting an antiquated High School offense, our coach is a grumpy wanker and we couldn’t beat Georgia if we had the New England Patriots talent.”

By Jeff Patton

September 15, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

jacketbacker didn’t Tech LOSE to Boston College? Isn’t this the DAWG BLOG?

By Kendawg

September 15, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this

The seven point win over SC was fine with me. Everybody forgotten last year? We’ve avenged one of our losses. Now for ASU. That’s all that counts- next week’s game. Why do all the Florida fans say Fla is mad and will do something about the celebration. They had more than three quarters left last year and couldn’t do anything. Remember, we once again have a young O-line. As the season goes on, hopefully they’ll get better like last year. Also, we need to throw more to AJ. At least he can catch.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

In case you didn’t notice, the 2 pt play after TD was great! The announcers were going on that it was a bad decision, “even if they make it”. What the hell was that. It was stupid. I, for one, thought it was great before it was run. You are down one if you kick it and that gives them added incentive to beat you. If they score and kick the extra point, that beats us. With the 2-pointer, they have to gamble big to beat you and you have a better chance to stop them. Also, 2 field goals can’t stop you from beating them. Does anyone have a clue why Verne was so adamant that they should kick the point after? His remarks were ignorant of the game and that is unlike him. He never backed off the statement and the thinking the announcers had was poor as to the logic of going for two.

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

Man, there are some really moronic statements on here. You haters, please, get your facts straight. When you misquote you lose all credibility.

Poll voter bias and more specifically, their inconsistency, is a cancer on college football. (You can quote me on this Mr. Bradley). It is slowly eating away at the credibility of the sport. Increasingly people see big time programs and conferences like the SEC as money hungry and self serving. If they are going to use football to fund women’s lacrosse, then the SEC and other conferences should come together and get a playoff before too many fans die off in disgust at the so called, “hunt for the national championship.”

We need a new system…more on that later.

By Pitbull

September 15, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

Who cares about the stinking BCS ratings. The Dogs just need to keep winning their games one at a time. If we go 14-0 in the SEC, then we can tell the BCS and all their sportswriters to take that crystal football and shove it up their collective arses.

I have never seen an ugly SEC win, just ugly losses. SEC wins are beautiful regardless of the score. Sportscasters and sports writers can be downright stupid.

Lou Holtz stated two weeks ago that South Carolina has the best defense in the SEC. The Lamecocks have since been defeated two weeks in a row in two closely played games by Vanderbilt and Georgia.

The networks and the newspapers must require a labotomy as a job requirement for their sports reporters.

By Hershel

September 15, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

PAUL - You can mix a Georgia win in with all that crap your eating.

By Call it Like it is

September 15, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

Oh Brother,

We’ll see that when UGA comes out of LSU with a loss and gets smacked down again by FL where they will even appear on the poll radar-screen after back to back losses.

GA had an opportunity to get some style points and didn’t to a team that lost to Vandy.

Give me a break.

Enough said!

By SEADog

September 15, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

Huh… anybody else notice that CMU waxed Ohio— the same Ohio that took OSU to mid-fourth quarter before giving the game away?

That win looks a bit better now, doesn’t it?

By J

September 15, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

UGA is Overrated as can be. They really don’t deserve to be nationally ranked. If they were at Vandy, this week would be a loss. There QB is also overrated and should be nicknamed “BabyFats”. They are probobly worse than Ohio State! Laughable!!!

By The real USC in GA

September 15, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this

It doesn’t matter how many wins Georgia gets - 13 or 14…no team will be USC this year…everyone else is playing for second place…Fight On

By gtforever

September 15, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

michaelgee

The dawgs are going to beat your gators SENSELESS! I don’t care how long your players crow about the end zone fiasco. The dawgs are just a WHOLE lot BETTER!

By Mark Bradley

September 15, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

Actually, the BCS rankings haven’t come out yet and won’t until next month. And the AP poll — that’s the writers’ rankings — doesn’t factor into the BCS standings. The coaches’ poll does, and Georgia is No. 3 in that one as well.

Moral of this story: We shouldn’t blame writers exclusively. But it’s kind of hard to link to a coaches’ ballot, and that’s what this little feature is — a linking exercise.

Again, let me say it: I believe the (endless) ESPN commentary sways more voters (writers and coaches alike) than anything anybody writes. Ask Michael Adams if he agrees with me. (He’ll say yes.)

By Mike T.

September 15, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

Every time USC plays the SEC, we kick the pooh out of you.

Send the condoms on.USC is another bunch that depends on the media to carry them.They would never survive week in and week out in the SEC,better stay in that milk toast PAC-10.Cal could even take care of Maryland.And that was a real great feat USC did on Virginia.South Carolina could have scored 35 on Ohio ST. with or without Beanie Boy.

By AltamahaDawg

September 15, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

PaulDawg = Smart man.

By 8 is great

September 15, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

2 point conversion was a genius move announcers are announcers for a reason.

By Austen

September 15, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

Success is a fragile thing. I think UGA came out prepared, but the dropped passes early in the game allowed USC to settle in. UGA’s defense did just fine - But WHY WHY WHY will Willie Martinez not put MORE MORE MORE pressure on opposing QB’s with blitzes? We recruited fast, athletic linebackers and DBs for a reason: to cover the field well. If three or four linemen can’t get enough pressure on the QB, we have to create it!! UGA’s “great” defense is held to simply “good” because Martinez won’t maximize our talent.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

Yes, the Dawgs have fleas. The writers are biting and sucking blood because of the psyche established by ESPN and their ticks because they are holding on and sucking our glory purposely. But we have options. Write the advertisers on Rome’s show and quote the crud that is spewed to all they influence. Let’s be smaller fleas that bite the bigger fleas and support our Dawgs.

The Dawgs have Big Fleas
Upon their backs to bite’em. Big Fleas have littler fleas and so ad infinitem.

There are more of us littler fleas to bite them by going after their sponsors to control the SOB’s. How about listing Rome’s sponsors to begin with?

By SEADog

September 15, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

The real USC in GA:

Have you already forgotten the past two years??? How about your Trojans manage to get through an entire season without completely choking against an inferior opponent first? The Dawgs will try to win all their games too, and then we’ll see how it sorts out.

By Mark Bradley

September 15, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Actually, I’m pretty sure Georgia Tech beat Boston College.

And for anyone chastising Willie Martinez for not blitzing all the time, here are two words of warning — Jon Tenuta.

By The Ohio State Buckeyes

September 15, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

I guess all you guys were right. OSU is awful. I don’t know anything about football and pull for the most over rated media darling of all time. We should never again start the season in the top twenty and should change our name to the suckeyes or the sweater vests.

By JB

September 15, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Reminder for joe_h: From ‘Dogs drop in poll but Richt isn’t concerned’ By Chip Towers: “[Moreno] got [the ball] 23 times for a total of 124 yards and scored Georgia’s only touchdown against the Gamecocks.” Remember that, joe? “Moreno sure as hell didn’t do anything.” Huh?

By The real USC in GA

September 15, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

2003 USC - 23

2005

USC - 70 Arkansas - 17

2006 USC - 50 Arkansas - 14

Do you need more evidence?

By LifelongDawg

September 15, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

Mark,

That’s what I’ve been saying about ESPN for the past 2 years. They have a great deal of influence and they know it. They toady up to what they believe are the largest national demographics to build ratings. What ESPN apparently fails to realize is that the South is the fastest growing region of the U.S. in terms of population. Maintain this prejudice at your own peril, ESPN. You’ll wonder what happened to your viewer base in about 10 years if you keep it up.

The SEC Network looks more appealing every day.

By Josh

September 15, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this

Georgia Bullpups, A win is a win and being number 3 is what you get when you look like number 2 (Shi##T). Be glad you still came away with a “w”.

By Pitbull

September 15, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this

Mark, I sent this question to Tony and will present it to you too:

Do you know if USC QB Mark Sanchez is related to former UGA Safety Jeff Sanchez who started with Terry Hogue in 1981 - 1983?

Jeff Sanchez transferred to UGA from the southern california area and I think led the nation in interceptions one year.

I see a lot of current players who are sons or nephews of former notable college players. It would indeed be interesting if they are related.

By David P

September 15, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

The last team to fall from 1 to 3 while after going 3 - 0. Oklahoma 1985. The eventual AP National Champion in 1985: OKLAHOMA. IT AINT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS.

By David P

September 15, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

The last team to fall from 1 to 3 after going 3 - 0. Oklahoma 1985. The eventual AP National Champion in 1985: OKLAHOMA. IT AINT OVER TILL THE FAT LADY SINGS.

By Polls are a Joke!

September 15, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

The polls are nothing but an advertising tool this early in the season. 1 vs. 2, 3 vs 8, 5 vs. 11, etc., etc. Come on, it’s such a joke to rank the teams before they [voters] even know how good the teams are. That being said …. UGA should be no higher than 4th right now; 1. USC 2. OU or Mizzou 3. OU or Mizzou.
OU & Missou have BOTH scored 52 or mores in all 3 of their games this season

By Jo Bling

September 15, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

Jeff Patton – You wrote two sentences and you were wrong on both counts. Nice work!

By SOUTHGADAWG88

September 15, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

I don’t understand all of this blah blah blah about where we are ranked!!!WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!! have you seen the top 10??5 SEC teams ranked in the top 10 and WE PLAY THE OTHER 4!!All we have to do is win baby!THINK about it, there wont be another team that comes close to that sched I dont care where you play, 4 games against top 10 teams in the season you win you wil be no 1.Hell we gonna have to play one of those guys TWICE!!Chill out let the boys play the damn games!!!BTW VANDY might shock a few more teams this year, for everybody who forgot,,we crawled out of there by our fingernails last year.VANDY could be this years KENTUCKY in the league!

By Victorious 1

September 15, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

Right or wrong, this is not news. Those of us who are Bulldog fans are hyper-sensitive to how they treat the Dawgs, but there are all kinds of stories every year about teams being ranked way above (or below) where they belong based on conference affiliation, strength of schedule, team “pedigree”, the head coach or the margin of victory in those early-season games against weaker non-conference foes. Like it or not, other top schools ran up the score against those opponents last week while while Georgia “just won” a tough SEC game. It typically settles out mid-year as schools get into the meat of their conference schedules and the contenders are separated from the pretenders. Even though we believe they got jobbed at the end, last year’s Dawgs left the door open for that wih 2 conference losses. As we’ve seen in years past, 1,2 or 6 doesn’t matter at this time of year - as long as we keep winning, we will be there…

By son_sir

September 15, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

Paul Johnson may have used the word ‘wow’ to describe the penalties and drive at the post game press conference, but on my HDTV the word he used to the officials numerous times started with an ‘F’, not a ‘W’.
I guess that’s whining though, huh ? “Knowshon didn’t make the highlights ?….we got dropped because we barely beat the Chickens….we deserved a shot at the NC last year….the media is biased against us….etc., etc., etc.” You guys set the standard for whining then some of your faithful venture over to our blog to call us whiners ? WTF ?

By dawgsarejokes

September 15, 2008 4:11 PM | Link to this

And one other thing, Obama is still a Muslim and a terrorist sympathizer. he needs run out of the country.

By Montgomery Barker

September 15, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

• ESPN AND THE POLLSTERS CHANGE THE RULES FOR UGA, THE NEW RULES FOR THIS YEAR: IF YOU KEEP WINNING, YOU DROP DOWN, IF YOU RUN UP THE SCORE LIKE THE sooners AND trojans YOU RISE UP AND BECOME THE GREATEST TEAM SINCE SLICED buckeyes! HUNKER DOWN and keep complaining, Richt has class, Stoops and Carrol have fooled the media again.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Mark- We appreciate your remarks on this blog. Chip made a supportive one last week and I congratulated him for cojones. But you guys are just kicking the ball further away for us to chase. How about a gutsy remark, now that you and perhaps others have finally come to grips with our blogs claiming discrimination. What took you so long? How far does this continue? Is there no one with the common sense to see that this will continue ad infinitem if we don’t hit these guys in the mouth with a boycott of the hacks and their advertisers? I’ve blogged this point for two weeks. No support.

Some of you bloggers should live up to your ferocious names and get with it. Mark, what do you suggest(since past suggestions of appeasement haven’t worked)? The hacks have no reason to stop since there is no counterattack that has reached anyone. If no one can see this bias by now, you have worse glaucoma of the brain than I do my eyes. These bad slurs continue because there are men of good intensions that do nothing. We, the alums and the fans are the BITE in this BULLDOG. If you care enough to blog, what good does it do since others schools don’t believe they will get attacked or are afraid. True Bulldogs know no fear. Commissioner Slive should get your letters and your proof of these slights and slurs promoted by national media.

UgaVII can’t type or reason as we do. He is our symbol and right now he is being kicked in the teeth and cojones because you do nothing. His symbolism is being treated like a common cur. And you do nothing. Sad. It sucks the passion for the game right out of you and you do nothing. Maybe some of the anti Bulldog bloggers are correct with their insults. You seem to feel it’s ok when the hacks do it.

By Mark Bradley

September 15, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

Don’t know about Jeff Sanchez and Mark Sanchez. I’ll ask.

As for an anti-Georgia media conspiracy: There really isn’t one. But it stirs more controversy to call someone overrated that to credit that team for a hard-earned victory. I know. I’ve done it myself. I ripped Tennessee for a halting win at Auburn in 1998, and guess which team wound up winning the national championship?

By Pitbull

September 15, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this

If I am not mistaken, the line on the game was Georgia by 7 over South Carolina. We covered the spread. I think that should suffice. Actually, I think just winning the game should suffice.

By son_sir

September 15, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this

Oledawg…Just FYI, Colin Cowherd really blasted the SEC and it’s claims to superiority on his nationally syndicated ESPN Talk Radio show today. In a nutshell, he said the SEC’s teams are not in the same class as USC despite their claims to be. Just stating a fact I heard on ESPN Radio. Not interjecting any of my personal opinion, mind you.. Some of you probably heard it as well. Looks like it’s time for you to boycott ESPN…..oh wait…. the SEC just signed a multi-million dollar contract with ESPN.

By dawgsarejokes

September 15, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

Hey Mark, One other thing, Obama is still a Muslim and a terrorist sympathizer. he needs run out of the country

By krisg

September 15, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

I don’t know what UGA fans you’ve been talking to… but I follow the Dawgs closely, and expected exactly what we got last week against the Gamecocks. Don’t care much for the rankings, because I predicted, also, that we would drop behind the prettier winning teams win or lose. We never blow out the Gamecocks, anyone who says we should ain’t paying attention. And I don’t care much for a National Beauty Contest title, I want a real title - the only one available to us is the SEC Championship. the NC would be no more than icing on the cake.

By Jason

September 15, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

There’s absolutely no bias in the media. If you don’t believe it, ask John McCain or Sarah Palin!

I’d like to see ANY team in America go through the SEC unscathed including USC or any other of the Holy Teams. Media bias? You bet. The writer who said we can win all twelve and end up #12 is probably right. Perhaps we should beat Arizona State by a 3-2 score so we won’t drop in the ratings. WOW, what a powerhouse Mississippi State is!!

I had a choice of majors at GA: Journalism or Basket Weaving. I had to take Journalism; basket weaving was just too damn hard and I couldn’t graduate if I flunked that! Besides, I had to have an IQ at least one degree above freezing (I qualified: 37). DAWG FAN

By UgaClassOf1981

September 15, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

GA Girl 84 you are exactly correct and probably the smartest person on this blog! I would like to marry you but my wife just reminded me that I’m already taken! Great post!!!

By Eric The Dawg Fan

September 15, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

I am so sick of these so called Sports Analyst. On ESPN I watched as these so called Sports Analyst Such as Mark you know who who does not seem that the Dawgs are a force to be reckoned with.

I watched last year as those ESPN Sports Analyst did the same exact thing to Georgia. Georgia should have been in that National Championship game. I Have never seen this before when the coaches listen to ESPN and base their votes on these so called Analyst.

Georgia lost two games and so did a lot of others. To have LSU jump over the Dawgs was not fair since the Dawgs were Ranked higher than them. Nevertheless the Power of LSU Dominated the Ohio State Buckeyes to show the world that the SEC Conference by far are most toughtest Conference in the NCAA today.

You have these so called ESPN Sports Analyst give their partial opinion such as Mark May that say one of the best team in the Country is The Oklahoma Sooners. He said that last year as well.

You have others on ESPN give their opinion to say that the Big 10 are better or the best such as Ohio State. Then you have them saying the PAC 10, and the Big 12 are the power in NCAA Football.

Well Sir, I am here to disagree. Georgia Lost no games this year and was ranked Number 1. To simply USC over Georgia is a travesty in justice. You tried to explain about Georgia played a Division I AA School such as Georgia Southern (whom by the way have several national Titles under their belt) was not such a contending opponent, while USC went to Virgina and ran the umber up on them.

Well I want you to know that Georgia had a high scoring game too. Week 2 Georgia played Division I Central Michigan and had them 28 to 0 in the first half. That too was a high scoring game for Georgia. However when Sunday came around, USC was still at number 1 and Georgia number 2.

Week three, Georgia play pre- ranked top ten Division South Carolina, and fought it out to the end with a win, and because another partial favorite of ESPN Sports Analyst thought that Oklahoma should be number 2 simply because they had a high scoring game against a non contender team, they should move ahead of Georgia.

DAWG Fans, we can clearly see the unfair treatment and disrespect of the Dawgs, the fans, and Coach Richt. This week the Powerful SEC Conference are by far the most toughest conference in the NCAA today with five SEC Teams in the top 10. This is Georgia, Florida, LSU, Alabama, and Auburn.

I said last year, and I will say it again. That the PAC 10, Big 10, Big 12, with those schools in that conference being rank in the 10 are overated. This year with the Power SEC Conference, we have five teams with the media favorites being in the top spots.

Dawgs run the numbers up on these non SEC opponents to show the media who we are.

By Rick

September 15, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

Dawgs were overrated at the beginning of the season…I said so…I still say so.

Stafford is average as best and ‘No-Show’ Moreno is just that.

Florida and LSU will spank the Puppies and expose them for the posers they really are.

By Montgomery Barker

September 15, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

UGA has WON 10 IN A ROW SINCE LAST YEAR, usc has one 7 since last year, stoopie sooners have one 3 since last year, Is this TRUE or what? You complain when you have the FACTS!

Overthrow the Crooked System

STAND UP FOR THE BULLDOG NATION!!!!!!!!! This is serious stuff in this tricky economy. GO DAWGS

By This guy stinks

September 15, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

Hey Mark - Remember when you said this last Thurs: “I don’t think Carolina can stay within two touchdowns”.

You are such an arrogant idiot why should anyone listen to a work you say? You are so obsessed with the dawgs it’s disgusting. The Gamecocks should have won that game, I know they didn’t but they sure made your precious dawgs look like helpless puppies - even Moreno

By Submariner683

September 15, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Michaelgee, get a grip.

Let’s not forget the UF games when Steve Spurrier was there and running triple option flee flicker passes when Florida was already up by 4 touchdowns. Fuel to the fire, whatever.

The “cocktail party” has been one sided for the last 20 years. Enjoy it. I really wish they’d go to a home at home with that game besides giving UF another home game. Or at least rotate ‘neutral’ sites. Maybe one year have it in the dome or in South Carolina or anywhere not an hour and half from UF’s campus.

Positioning in the polls is all a game the writers get to play. People that have posted are right, the UGA SC game has been a dog fight for years. Learn your history. I’d hate to see where UGA ended up if they lost that game. At least 20 plus, if not out of the top 25.

If Georgia goes undefeated with their remaining schedule, and that’s a big if, they’ll be in the national championship game hands down. If not, hopefully it will be the last nail in the coffin for the biggest joke in all of sports, the BCS. LSU last year got to lose twice and not fall out of the top 6 and, of course, play for the national championship game.

It does seem like that national media has a thing against Georgia. The SEC seems to be more than respected enough. Look at the love Flordia and LSU get. I’m sure if Georgia runs the table or goes 7-1 in the SEC, you’ll hear how it was a ‘down’ year for the SEC.

ESPN and their college game day folks are pivotal culprits to the UGA hate. I’ll never forget Holtz and the others talking about how UGA didn’t win their division, despite the fact they had the same record as the two teams playing in the SEC championship. I hear the same hate and lack of respect coming from them this year.

It’s going to be a miracle if UGA runs the table. They’ve already lost three very key players to season-ending injuries. All the legal issues with players in the off-season has had an effect. And their schedule is brutal. at Arizona St, Alabama, at LSU, Flordia (essentially an away game) and at Auburn. Tennessee is always tough for them as well as Kentucky and Vanderbelt are always tough games. And Georgia Tech might end up being a very tough game as well.

You can say what you want about Georgia and the press, I can sit here and site examples all day.

By dawgsarejokes

September 15, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Montgomery Barker..the only thing tricky in this economy is Obama wanting to raise taxes 27% and blame it on Republicans. Just wait until our employers get tired of this excess taxation and close their businesses. Then “Change” will happen! We will change from working to welfare!

By UgaClassOf1981

September 15, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

Rick what team are you representing or are you just using Mommy’s computer instead of doing your challenging 4th grade homework? Please advise; otherwise, get your acne-faced posterior off of our blog. Thanks.

By RunningDog

September 15, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

It’s amazing how a team can win a game against a team the ALWAYS have trouble putting away and had lost to in the previous season and numbskull sports writers deem us overrated.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Mark- You and others should have learned something by now. The platitude,”Just win and everything will take care of itself” doesn’t seem to be striking any chords with the media. We have won each week and dropped each week. How the hell can “everything else will take care of itself” when lesser strength of schedule schools are placed ahead of you each week and don’t have any competition on the horizon? Our team players should not have to work themselves out from under a pile when they are winning each week.

When the polls came out at the first of the season, ESPN made it plain before and after that we were not deserving of “their” #1 and racheted it up after we were voted by the Coaches and AP media polls as #1. Why has that changed if not for the political bias ESPN has foisted on us? The crap has to stop and the appeasing statement of”everything will take care of itself” is falling on my deaf ear.

And now our conference is going into business with these biased hacks? This bias should have been a contract stopper before now. How can the rest of the conference stand by and think this won’t apply to them? Because they are hiding under the blanket and are afraid to speak or prevent the political intrusion into college football. Disgusting that none of you have heeded the warning previously or now. My passion for the game has been diminished when you sit and wait for the other shoe to fall. Some of you are not worthy of being called Bulldog fans. Here is your chance to show Uga is not a toothless hound as others would make him out to be. You expect your team to fight like crazy tooth and nail every game and we can’t even get organized to defend them and their courageous play on the field? Think of Knowshon’s spirit when he gets tackled and pops up as if to say,” Do your worst and we will come back to bite you again and again”. We need to extend his team spirit to us. The team needs us. What are you going to do, sign off the blog? Or p!ss on their pocketbook?

By JB

September 15, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

But what’s funny is, if Georgia does go undefeated, announcers and sports writers alike will be claiming they knew it all along…

By ARdawg

September 15, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

No apologies needed

For those naysayers and anti-Dawg fans, to h3ll with you. The win at SC was a good one. The first SEC match-up isn’t going to be pretty for either team. Yes Oklahoma and USC look a lot sexier than the Dawgs do this week. Next week is a different story.

Georgia has nothing to apologize for. Not the players nor the coaches. They went to Carolina and WON. Damn the spread and damn the style points. Neither has anything to do with a victory. These Dawgs did what was necessary to win. That is all thats required.

For the pimple headed sports writers and talking heads, they are the same ones that will be jumping on the bandwagon after a few more victories.

I predicted a 20 point margin of victory and I was wrong. Big fuggin deal. They played a good game and should be congradulated for it. The polls don’t mean squat at this point. Georgia IS a good team and will finish another great team. Let the players play and the coaches coach without all the negativity. True fans take the win, be proud and demn glad you got it.

GO DAWGS

By Seagrove Beach Polecat

September 15, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Interesting hypothetical: I’d wager Georgia Southern or Central Michigan might just shellac the Virginia or Washington teams beaten by USC & OK in recent weeks.

By OldTimer

September 15, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

By JB

September 15, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

And another note to Rick, the last time the Dawgs played LSU was in 2005, when LSU was ranked #3, and the Dawgs beat them 34-14 (as well as in 2004, 45-16). I’ll have you remember the Dawgs beat the Gators in 2007 and they will still be on fire from that win. Not to mention that GA has beat SC four out of the last five games. Historically and rivalry-wise Tennessee has been the Dawgs’ biggest problem. Something tells me we’ll get ‘em this year. They are a more polished team than they have been in awhile. Go Dawgs!

By Montgomery Barker

September 15, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

swampy gator tots, ——————— after getting spanked 4 times by AUBURN, LSU, GEORGIA, and big bad Michigan. 9-4 in the SEC is BELOW AVERAGE AT BEST. Urban was real sophisticated Kicking a meaningless field goal against Miami to pad the score with seconds remaining. This is a sorry team posing at #4. MORENO KICKED gators for 42 POINTS, then gators GIVE UP 41 to Big 10 wolverines. This is below average at best.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

Hey Dawgs- Is it unlawful to send dog poop to some of these hacks? If they get tons of it, they may get the idea.

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

We might as well get used to it…ESPuke controls media poll votes. Coaches use the polls to benefit their team. So for UGA to play in the MNC, they must go undefeated AND the two teams above them must loose a game. UGA will not get points for playing in the SEC that will vault them above Oklahoma or SoCal. If all top teams have one loss…UGA is shut out that way too.

Frankly, I think UGA has not looked like a powerhouse. But then, we don’t really know that USC is invincible by who they’ve played. They scored points on Virginia—a weak ACC cellar dweller. They also beat Ohio State—the most overrated team each and every year. Don’t get me wrong, I believe SoCal is good…but I doubt they are all world as the ESPuke commentators say. SoCal has a huge audience. It is to ESPuke’s advantage for them to be in the top two in the nation.

UGA needs to focus on winning the head to head competition that gets them into the SEC Championship. That’s really the only game that should matter. If the poll voters allow UGA into the MNC game, then that would be gravy. Winning the SEC is the only thing UGA has any say in.

Tune out ESPuke. Watch the games, but turn off the rest of their drivel. They only care about ratings. If it helps ratings to run a team down or to ignore them…then that’s what they will do.

Tune out ESPuke. They are like crabby beauty pageant moms who will do anything to get their “babies” elected “queen” of the beauty contest. This makes college football’s national championship a joke.

College presidents—give us a PLAYOFF

By hank

September 15, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

One can hardly blame those who chose to put USC ahead of Georgia. They are clearly a better team. However, I take issue with Oklahoma. Last week UGA demolished Central Michigan and lost considerable ground to USC who didn’t even play. This week, Oklahoma beats Washington by a similar score and leapfrogs UGA. Central Michigan is arguably a better team than Washington. Bottom line: With the mess that is the college football rankings, only the pretty boys get the votes. Winning ugly apparently doesn’t count.

By ARdawg

September 15, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

hank

I’m not forfeiting USC is a better team than Georgia. They played a much weaker overrated team this week and a very weak team 2 weeks ago. Yes they piled up some points but it doesn’t make them a better team.

We’re not comparing apples to apples here. This time last year Georgia had a loss and looked to be in the ashes meanwhile the national media was already crowning about USC just like they are this year and we see how last year ended

By Glenn

September 15, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Ok I was wrong, I thought Ga. would win by 16 points. The TD pass that was dropped in the end zone made a big difference. All the flags that were thrown fed the fire for the Gamecocks but two of them were very questionable at the time they were thrown. Dont think Carolina quits and gives up the rest of the season you may be shocked at some of the wins they get and who they get them against. The young pups are winning and learning along the way. I look for a better offensive showing next week and the Dawgs will be 4-0 coming home to prepare for the Tide. From the #1 fan in Alaska, Glenn

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

Mark- If you don’t think there is a conspiracy, why in the hell are we blogging here? If the writers you quoted didn’t appear biased, why did you quote them as you did? It appears that their opinions DO matter according to the voting.

I put good quotes from writers and pundits on this blog as well and I have been specific with the bias claims. I have asked for fans to be specific on other blogs when the hate for Lou Holtz and Mark May come out and I don’t accept rumor or innuendo. It’s neither when a spokesman for ESPN calls your coach a “pimp”. When the exact quote is “pimping his players” what kind of amelioration can you provide to me? I heard the quote. I don’t take anyone else’s word for it. If that isn’t media bias that others hear, what is?

By Everybody know UGAY is over rated

September 15, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this

Everybody knows UGA Y fleabags are over rated except dumb UGAY fans.

By Mark Bradley

September 15, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

A conspiracy suggests a concerted effort. Writers don’t work in concert. (Believe me on this.) Most of us would rather be different than be part of a pack.

And I never suggested any of the writers quoted were biased. If I happen to disagree with Gregg Doyel or Gennaro Filice, that doesn’t mean they’re anti-Georgia (or that I’m pro-Georgia, for that matter). Reasonable people can disagree reasonably.

And I quoted their writings because I thought you folks might find them of interest.

By HOUR OF POWER

September 15, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

UGA IS A POWERHOUSE

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Oledawg:

You have it right. ESPuke has too much power in the college football NC race. They relentless promote teams they deem worthy. Poll voters (coaches and media) put too much stock into what they say.

We need criteria for voting. Voters say “you have to win your conference” to play for the NC. The problem is that not all teams have to compete in a head to head in a championship game. If a conf. championship is going to be required…disqualify any team from consideration who didn’t PLAY a championship GAME. These are just two areas of inconsistency.

We need to make rules for voting. This can be hammered out by a panel of coaches, media, and conference heads. They determine the criteria for ranking teams and serve on a review committee to make sure it is applied consistently.

They should judge things like size, speed, and strength of players. Look at production. Look at wins and losses. Consider SOS.

No ranked team who keeps winning can drop in the polls. No ranked team who loses can be ranked above an undefeated team. If better criteria is used to rank preseason…then we might get better candidates in the first place.

Make all voters post their ballads weekly on an NCAA website…substantiating their votes with facts and stats. If they do not follow criteria, their vote is nullified and they lose the right to vote.

Finally, withhold all polls until the mid season mark at least. It is best not to rank until after the CC games near the end of the season. If you wait until the CC, then you’d have a season’s worth of stats and you can determine SOS much better. Should a voter fail to adequately justify his/her vote, then there would be time before the playoff bowls to challenge and if need be, cancel that vote.

I know it is hard to compare teams based on physical attributes and stats. Stats can be inflated. If we consider only the stats of in conference games, then that would help. Also, SOS should be factored in as well…you get a bump from a hard schedule and lose points for a cupcake schedule.

With the rankings, bowls can begin slotting teams. Each year, two bowls will be designated to host teams ranked 1-4. The winners of those bowls will be slotted in the plus one NC game.

I know this is not a perfect system. Nothing but a 16 game playoff will ever get the bias fully out of the thing. But a system like this would be much better than what we have now. It would preserve the bowls while giving us a mini playoff.

College presidents—-give us a playoff. Do it before you destroy the game.

By Everybody know UGAY is over rated

September 15, 2008 6:35 PM | Link to this

Everybody knows UGA Y fleabags are over rated except dumb UGAY fans.

By satchmo

September 15, 2008 6:41 PM | Link to this

USC at this point can be #1, but there will now be no challengers in their league, as its the same as the ACC and Big Ten. Pity, only measuring stick will be who can run the score up more on Arizona St. Oklahoma, will have more of a challenge, but we have to take of our own business, and let it play out.

By FL Dawg

September 15, 2008 6:42 PM | Link to this

First a win is a win and like someone else already stated It is better than where we were this time last year.

The critique, UGA is simply not a mature football team at this point. They need to be more focussed. Chandler has to catch those three or four balls thrown his way and Durham should have come up with the TD in the endzone.

The O-line proved to be o.k. They did well in the pass protection for most of the game. However, with the game on the line and what should have been a tired “D” for SC, they couldn’t run the ball. This has to be disappointing for Richt, as that is how Georgia wins, wear down the opponent and run it down their throats.

The question about UGA “D” we still don’t know. SC offense is really pathetic.

By risingtide

September 15, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this

ESPN is setting up a new media darling and they are in the SEC. Their coach was on the cover of the latest issue of Forbes magazine. That’s right.. Saban is going to be their multi-million dollar man of the future. ESPN has given up on the Big 10. Saban is where the money is. They’ll push the Bama pub until they become the Bama of old and then they’ll have two regional media giants in Bama and USC.
UGA is going to be left on the hind t^t, so to speak. ESPN wants tons of tradition to build on…… 12 National Championships, 21 Southeastern Conference titles, 52 Bowl Appearances, 17 enshrinees into the College Football Hall of Fame, 95 All-Americans, and the greatest football coach in history. They don’t want barking rednecks and some baldhead biker guy with a dog painted on his head yelling at their cameras every week. It’s bad for business. Can you really blame them ?

By DAWG POWER

September 15, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this

ESPN ———IS A CONCERTED EFFORT TO PUMP UP THE PAC 10, BIG 12, and BIG 10 TO MAKE MORE MONEY. THEY KNOW REAL FOOTBALL FANS ARE SEC FANS. WHERE DID THEY PUT THEIR MONEY? THE SEC OF COURSE. DAWG POWER

By Rick

September 15, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

The past is the past JB…it’s gone. As Johnny U. was famous for saying…”..talk is cheap, let’s go play football.” That is my challenge to the Puppies…prove you’re the best on the field. I have my doubts and I really don’t think the Dawgs have it in them…apparently I’m not alone in that regard. Uga knows what to do…lick his uh….you know. Ya’ll follow suit.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 6:57 PM | Link to this

Seagrove Beach Polecat- Submariner683- Montgomery Barker- Eric The Dawg Fan- JB- Bcs Slave-

Good Dawgs each and every one. Yours and other Dawg fans’s explicit shots are finding their marks. Let’s drill through the appeasement wall and get this show on the road.

Just to let you know, if need be, I can produce validated Certifiable-as-Sterile dog poop sealed and viewable if we ever choose to go that direction. I have the technology to pull it off.

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 7:22 PM | Link to this

Rick,

Yawn. I don’t know what team you support, if any. But you state the obvious. Most of us want ALL TEAMS and ALL POLL VOTERS to forget the past. We want to decide the best teams ON THE FIELD.

Good grief, I don’t care what you think about UGA’s ranking. It really doesn’t matter. The same people who say USC or Ohio State are so good are also saying UGA is good enough to be in the top three (this week). If they are overrating UGA…they could be over or under rating other teams.

Rick, you are nothing but a cheap punk here to talk smack. Chew on this…none of us are afraid to see UGA play the big games. You win some and you lose some. All that matters is that the team is prepared and that they play hard. The rest will take care of itself. All we ask is that the same rules apply for ALL teams.

By Elephant Killer Will Travel

September 15, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

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By Rick

September 15, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

It’s not so much about the media ranking as it is the pompous attitude of the Dawg fans. Before one down was played, all ya’ll were talking National Championship and still whining about last year. Prove your worth on the field….that’s all I’m saying. Oh except for one more thing. Beat Florida, LSU, TN and AL before you Puppies start talking smack of your own. South Carolina made the Dawgs eat some ‘humble pie’ this past weekend. It wasn’t pretty.

By Oledawg

September 15, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this

Mark- You are correct. The title on the UGA page stated,”Writers dissin’ Dawgs” and coupled with your title led me to use the word “conspiracy” incorrectly when it suggests that all those writers were in a conspiracy. My focus was on ESPN’s writers and pundits and I slathered it over to imply those that you mentioned. That was not my intent.

My intent was to use the term as it applies to what ESPN is doing. I should have used the wording,”conspiracy of silence” which is defined as,”a secret agreement to keep silent about an occurrence, situation, or subject esp. in order to promote or protect selfish interests”. I believe that ESPN has proven by deed and omission the defining of “conspiracy of silence”.

I will now retire from this blog. Please allow this post to go through.

By Dawgfan

September 15, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

1!!! thats the number of points that the florida gators beat South Carolina in 2006, the year they won the national championship… and they needed a blocked punt at the end to win it, and this is a better south carolina team this year. WE won by 7 times that number. Lets just see how we do as the teams get tougher.

By Dawgfan

September 15, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

1!!! thats the number of points that the florida gators beat South Carolina in 2006, the year they won the national championship… and they needed a blocked punt at the end to win it, and this is a better south carolina team this year. WE won by 7 times that number. Lets just see how we do as the teams get tougher.

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this

Rick,

The fans of EVERY #1 ranked team are “pompous”. Ohio State fans, USC and Oklahoma, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina…these fans are pretty full of themselves too.

UGA fans didn’t vote the team #1 and we didn’t vote them #3. We are not ignoring UGA in the media causing fans to cry foul. We are simply supporting our team the same way other fans do.

And let’s separate that “prove your worth on the field” thing out. Every team has to do that every year. UGA has as much reason to hope for and talk about an NC as any other team. WHY? Because they are ranked. By your standard, there would be no discussion until the end of the season because teams have to “prove it on the field”.

Even if UGA loses a couple of games as they did last year…you can’t escape that fact that they were ranked in the three and had LSU leap over them from number seven in the polls while THE Ohio State didn’t even play in a conf. Championship game and had a patsy schedule…and they get to play in the NC? The rankings are a beauty contest. Ask Auburn. They were shafted by the voters after going undefeated. Oklahoma was the beneficiary of inconsistent voting one year. These teams didn’t have to prove it on the field. Voters gave them the chance to play in a big game.

Rick, you are in here talking smack when your team has not won those big games because they haven’t been played. I guess you need to sign off the blog and stop talking because your team has not “proven it on the field.” And don’t talk about last year…that is done and gone.

By wreckmaniac

September 15, 2008 8:28 PM | Link to this

Say what you want but next year the locals and the radio fools will still pick UGA to beat SC by 21. They always do.

By gentlemen the insects have arrived again

September 15, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

there again the insects are coming and defending osu and usc and fla. and whoever else they can adopt….nevertheless the dawgs may lose every game before thanksgiving like the insects hope .. but the bugs from the beehive know one thing for sure..just after thanksgiving they will lose every time…see you nerds, bugs and insects along with the choo choo train builders in athens for the annual massacre of the trade school

By tgun

September 15, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

the sec has a lot of top ten D’s usc is i the top five that is why uga looked so bad. UGA held usc under 300 yard. that is great. look for the offence to play better aginst a weaker D.

By tgun

September 15, 2008 8:35 PM | Link to this

the sec has a lot of top ten D’s usc is i the top five that is why uga looked so bad. UGA held usc under 300 yard. that is great. look for the offence to play better aginst a weaker D.

By hey wrieck how have you've been?

September 15, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

your one of the few tech fans i respect and one of the few with a sliver of commons sense about football on these blogs…most of the tech fans get on here and argue under names other than tech …maybe out of embarassment because of the long losing streak to georgia…i personally think tech will once again beat the dawgs..just not this year…johnson has brought the jackets some life…. that said i don’t like the bees at all but a sensible discussion is nice..as for the dawgs ..they better get more efficient quick..they better bench tripp chandler if he drops another wide open pass..and they better throw the ball to aj green…we need a little luck in athens to run the table and we escaped saturday in a very ugly, poorly executed, poorly play called game….we’ll get better though and it was a road win in the sec against steve spurrier and we are still number 3 in the country ..that won’t change much if we don’t lose

By Rick

September 15, 2008 8:44 PM | Link to this

The only question that remains: Who will be first to teach the Dawgs some humility? Better yet…how many teams will it take? There is a huge difference between…”We have a really good team this year and we have a great chance to go for a NC..” and “We’re No.1…we’re better than all other SEC teams…we’re gonna win the NC…no doubt about it…we got cheated last year but this year we will win it all.” A lesson in humility. I’m done aggravating you Dawgs for today. Have a good evening.

By RabidDawgUGA

September 15, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

Cold beer, wings, women,and SEC footall. Enjoy.

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

Rick,

You don’t aggravate us. You are quite funny. Your arguments are so LAME…you make us laugh. When you find a legit reason to stir us up…i.e. a better argument…then have at it!

By see ya rick

September 15, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this

our fans were disappointed at the play at south carolina, and we do need some humility..but we are hopeful and we will get better as the season goes on…i just hope we can beat the…mighty yellow jackets this year…tech ..they look awfully powerful…boy i can’t sleep at night knowing we have to play tech this year…they are so difficult to beat…….they may even win the mighty acc championship….oooo.oooo…get off this blog nerd and don’t come back..this is a football blog not underwater fairy and nerd hugging

By heeldawg

September 15, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this

This is sure a tempest in a teapot.

There is no doubt that Southern Cal is a great team. But just because they badly beat an overrated Ohio State team that gets creamed by EVERY decent out-of-conference opponent is not cause for anointing them the best team in the history of the planet.

Yes, the PAC-10 is down this year—WAY down. Yes, Notre Dame sucks. Southern Cal will be heavily favored in every game it plays the rest of the season because it plays NO ONE ELSE. So maintaining that #1 ranking will involve little more than showing up.

Georgia, meanwhile, will have to earn its chops. If Southern Cal had to play ASU, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Auburn, Vanderbilt, Kentucky, LSU and Georgia Tech the rest of the way, as Georgia does, the odds would be high that they would lose at least one of those contests. All of them are bowl teams. Four of them are in the top ten. It’s hard to get up week after week to play yet another top-tier opponent. But you know what? You survive that and you feel like you can play with anybody. That’s been Ohio State’s problem—the opposition has been so paper-thin in the Big Ten that they are never tested. They aren’t resilient, and don’t know how to handle adversity.

There is no doubt in my mind that Pete Carroll has the most talent of any team in the country on his Southern Cal team. But they were the most talented team out there last season, as well (with the possible exception of LSU), and they did not play for the national title because of an upset loss to lightly-regarded Stanford. Mark Richt’s teams are well-coached, They always come together at the end of the season (just look at the results of the last two years!). This team has a young, but talented, offensive line that will get better and better as the season progresses. The pass rush will come around. The secondary will tighten up their coverages. Richt’s teams always do that sort of thing. You know why?

It’s called coaching, folks.

So for all of you arrogant Florida fans predicting doom and gloom for us in Jax this season because South Carolina played us close (so what else if new?), just remember this: the same team that crammed the football down your throats for four quarters last season is coming back. And I’ve seen no proof your defense is any better than last season’s. So you can posture and preen all you want. Georgia’s not afraid of you anymore. Spurrier’s dead, his doppelganger is going through the motions in Columbia, and there is no magic pill that can make things right again for y’all.

Georgia may not play in the national title game this season. They may not even win the SEC East. But I guarantee you one thing: any little “trick” that Meyer cooks up won’t change the outcome of the game one bit. Ultimately, you have to line it up and play football.

Here’s to UT beating the Gators!

Here’s to the Dawgs beating both!

By LifelongDawg

September 15, 2008 9:14 PM | Link to this

BCS Slave,

You make excellent points about the poll system and its obvious shortcomings. Watch out, though- you’ll be told to calm down, that UGA’s fate will all work out in the end if they just take care of business. I thought that’s what they were doing already, yet the Dawgs have dropped 2 spots in the process. Something else people fail to realize is that while there are 5 teams from the SEC in the top 10 right now that almost certainly won’t be the case by the time UGA plays them. Therefore the expected bounce won’t be nearly as high as some would expect.

The distorted logic use by poll voters is disturbing. Almost all of the ESPN Condom lovers admit that the Picnic 10 is incredibly weak but that very fact is their stated reason for anointing USC as one of the 2 teams that will play for the BCS title. Funny, but I thought the national champion was supposed to be the best team in the country, not the team that had the easiest path to an undefeated season. You can bet that if the SEC was as weak as the Pac 10 their conference champion would not be rewarded in the same way. In fact, wasn’t a weak schedule the excuse the BCS gave for leaving Auburn out of the 2003 title game?

We could go over this again and again, but the fact is that the system currently in use is broken because of the subjective, arbitrary, and yes, biased opinions of both the human voters and the computer polls. Until there is some kind of standard criteria that compels voters to rank teams objectively the only fair answer is a playoff. Those who would say that playoffs would be just as controversial as the status quo must not have noticed that Div. 1-AA doesn’t have any problems with theirs.

Oledawg,

You’re not alone in your distaste for ESPN. It seems BCS Slave and I are right there with you. I emailed the ESPN ombudsman about Jim Rome (have yet to hear back) and encourage anyone who dislikes his snarky attitude and ESPN’s coverage of college football, or lack thereof in some cases, to do likewise. And I also hope that others will follow the lead of BCS Slave and myself and watch FOX for your college football news as much as possible. I know that FOX isn’t capable of the volume of coverage that ESPN produces, but they make up for it in balance.

By north west ga. dawg

September 15, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this

as a north georgia resident i hope florida beats tennessee silly, which they will…besides we need florida ranked as high as possible when we play them,,, it is obvious tennessee won’t be!

By Mike T.

September 15, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

USC-23

1 Auburn - 0 2005

USC - 70 Arkansas - 17

2006 USC - 50 Arkansas - 14

Do you need more evidence?

Three games against two teams,so what!

The two teams mentioned were not the creme of the crop of the SEC in the years they played.

USC ain’t beyond get their butt kicked. They only scored 35 on OSU,a better SEC would have hung half a hundred on them.

By LifelongDawg

September 15, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

How in God’s name is Ohio State still in the top 15? Those guys haven’t won a game of consequence outside the Big 10 in 2 years (they didn’t beat any team that finished in the top 25 last year, Big 10 or otherwise). Not only do they lose to every ranked team they play, they get their #sses handed to them. I seriously doubt that the Buckeyes could beat Penn State or even Utah, both teams that are ranked behind them. This is the kind of crap that causes the credibility issues that the polls have.

I’m willing to bet that even if Ohio State were to have a losing season (which probably won’t happen- they’re not that bad and the Big 10 isn’t that good) this year they would be ranked in the top 5 to begin next season.

By Mike T.

September 15, 2008 9:54 PM | Link to this

South Carolina made the Dawgs eat some ‘humble pie’ this past weekend

Might wanna check again,uh but Georgia won the game. Also a couple of years ago when Florida won the NC they just got by SC 17-16. Georgia always struggles with SC.

By BCS Slave

September 15, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this

Ohio State is still in the top 15 because they are the media darlings. Their history and tradition keeps them in the national spotlight like Notre Dumb…even if they are losers. If they were bounced any lower…they would have no chance of getting voting back into the MNC.

By ARdawg

September 15, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this

Rick

Don’t flatter yourself. You haven’t formulated any kind decent discussion to be taken seriously. Please do come back when you are capable of doing so. We Georgia fans do welcome others fans for reasoned healthy debate and good football discussion.

Who will teach the Dawgs humility? What an idiotic statement. Yes we dawg fans believe we are the best in the SEC and the country. Why shouldn’t we? We are the best. Don’t fool yourself Rick, Georgia is the best. If we get taught some humility this year so be it. We can get over it and we’ll still be the best next year.

By Mike T.

September 15, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

as a north georgia resident i hope florida beats tennessee silly,

We South Georgia fans don’t pull for Florida to beat anybody. Go Vols.

By Mike T.

September 15, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this

Georgia’s defense only give up 18 yds. rushing against SC.That was probably the lowest in the nation last Saturday. Pretty good for a team that won their game and then dropped in the polls.

By Georgia fans R retards

September 15, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this

Georgia fans are always crying about something. pretty stupid sending espn hate email. going to boycot t satnight game against bama? when bama beats over hyped UGA it’s going to be espn fault right retards. you clowns thumped beat your chest when espn picked uga #1 in preseason(preseason means nothin) now espn shows no love for the mutts. it’s called respect. nobody respect uga or their drunk retarded fans. failure it’s a way of live at uga.

By Noodle Arm Stafford

September 15, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

Mike T ……Georgia gave up 271 yards passing. Noodle arm Stafford had only 147 yards passing. Gayshawn wasn’t a factor with 79 yards rushing 1 td. Georgia sucks, everybody knows it except stupid georgia fans.

By DawgTag

September 15, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this

You know, in 2004 I and a lot of people here thought it was funny that Auburn was left out. Showed what the nation thought of Auburn. Had that been UT (because they’ve won in the last 10 yrs), FL, LSU, AL and especially UGA that wouldn’t have happened.

But its happening now to UGA and nobody in the nation cares becaue frankly we’re not equal to FL, LSU or AL but equal to Auburn.

By gsu2583

September 15, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this

The Bulldogs’ halting victory in Columbia was the subject of much national bloviating, a phalanx of national pundits queuing up to decide what the 14-7 defeat of South Carolina actually meant.

The season will have ended by the time UGA fans understand this sentence…

By LifelongDawg

September 15, 2008 11:20 PM | Link to this

Georgia fans R retards,

Wow. How insightful. I bet it took you all day to think that stuff up.

For your information, the ESPN ombudsman exists to receive feedback from the network’s viewership. Providing such feedback is not akin to sending hate email. Choosing to get one’s college football news reportage from a source other than ESPN is not a “boycott” of the network. News and actual game programming are separate and distinct. I’ll be watching any UGA game that is telecast regardless of the source. What I won’t do is tune into their College Gameday pre-game show and their late night Gameday Final. I don’t need to see Lou Holtz slobber his way through another error-filled commentary or listen to Mark May’s pie in the sky assertions of the Big 10 Conference’s dominance.

Retarded? Drunk? You might want to have someone proof-read your post. The numerous grammar errors are a product of being one or the other. Or both. Get a life. And an education.

By LifelongDawg

September 15, 2008 11:33 PM | Link to this

gsu2583,

The season will have ended by the time UGA fans understand this sentence…

That’s a classy statement. I assume you’re a Ga. Southern fan. Next time we meet I hope Richt forgets he’s a gentleman and lets the Dawgs ring up the 70 points we could have laid on you guys this year. I’ll never understand how losers like you can be so obnoxious. Don’t you realize you’re insulting your future bosses?

By Run, Heap, Run

September 15, 2008 11:36 PM | Link to this

Not gonna lie I am VERY worried about ASU. The Pac 10 loves nothing more than to silence the ‘SEC is the best’ crowd..never mind that 4 Pac 10 teams lost to mountain west schools last week.

In addition to ASU coming off a humiliating loss and looking for a statement game, the time change and that awful desert heat are big concerns. Its forecast to be 97 degrees. Want to replicate that, Coach Richt? Have the boys sit in an oven for 3 hours and there you go.

I’m nervous as hell about this one but I know they can do it - GO DAWGS! SHOW ‘EM HOW ITS DONE!!!

By Georgis fans R retards

September 16, 2008 12:00 AM | Link to this

LifeLongDawg yoy too r a retarded mutt fan. 27 years of failure for U and your schit eaters.

it’s a known fact bulldawgs lick their own ase!

By LifelongDawg

September 16, 2008 12:36 AM | Link to this

Georgis fans R retards,

“27 years of failure for U and your schit eaters.”

Since you’re too much of a coward to say what team you’re a fan of, I can only guess that they’re no match for UGA.

Bulldogs can’t even reach their #sses, you douche. We depend on people like you to clean them for us (and as our emloyees, you’re all too willing to do it).

By SOUTHGADAWG88

September 16, 2008 1:48 AM | Link to this

I find myself a tad bit conflicted about the whole ESPN bias thing to be honest.I love my dawgs no doubt about it but at the same time… I am a realist..let’s take a closer look at this thing.1.The national media follows winners plain and simple.Teams that win national championships get respect.Let’s see USC,OKL,LSU OHIO STATE AND FLA have ALL WON NC’S in the last 6 years..with USC and LSU with 2 each.Say what u will about OKL AND OSU they both won one AND made it back to the NC game that’s a fact.UGA on the other hand has not made it to the big game yet.Frankly guys we have been known pre CMR to choke in the big games…HEY IT IS WHAT IT IS..Go back 10 years..our biggest SEC rivals FLA AUB TENN how did we stack up?FLA 2-8(DAMN I HATE THAT ONE!)TENN 5-5 AUB 5-5.Last 6 yr FLA 2-4 TENN 3-3 AUB 4-2 better success more respect on national stage..During GOFF DONNAN yrs we lost routinely to those guys even GA TECH ran off 3 straight on us from 98-01 so the ESPN’S of the world have some traction on this whole I’LL BUY GA WHEN THEY PROVE IT ON THE FIELD ATTITUDE…I don’t have a problem with that because we have the guy in CMR to make it happen!!The whole vibe at UGA HAS CHANGED during his tenure …we actually EXPECT to beat everybody we face now ..that is huge!!!Will it be this year or next I don’t know but I do know this…I have no fear of any team we face from here on out!!!The man has proven himself to me,our time is here.. as long as those kids belive and just go out and lay it all on the line EVERY GAME we shall wear the crown once again…It’s been a LOOONG TIME coming..The program starting falling off during Dooley’s last 3 years and free falled untill Donnan started bringing back the top instate talent ..it can be argued that he maybe didn’t coach em up as well as he should have but hell he stemmed the tide and set up the foundation for The man who will pass the legend one day as the greatest coach in uga history…check the stats… this year will be the 1st year that we beat SC TENN AUB FLA AND GA TECH in the same year since??NO 34 THRILLED US ALL and the dawgs ruled the SEC

By LifelongDawg

September 16, 2008 2:53 AM | Link to this

SOUTHGADAWG88,

I agree with you, but to win it you have to be given the opportunity. Auburn in 2004 did everything right but got slighted simply because they weren’t ranked high enough to begin with, and the polls at the time didn’t drop teams a spot for winning ugly. Most people agreed that the War Eagles were better than Oklahoma but, again, at the time teams weren’t dropped in the rankings unless they lost.

Most folks agreed last year that the Dawgs were a better team at the end of the season than LSU, but the exact opposite happened to UGA that happened to Auburn. By then the polls had decided to drop teams in the rankings, and that’s exactly what they did to the Dawgs. This was done because, unlike earlier in the BCS history, the polls decided that a team that didn’t win their conference championship shouldn’t play for the NC. Therefore UGA didn’t get a chance to play for the title, even though Nebraska was given that chance earlier despite not winning their conference championship.

It seems like every time the BCS tweaks the requirements the Dawgs get victimized by the changes. Another instance of this is that the BCS at one time did not reward teams for “style points”, which is nothing more than running up the score on overmatched opponents. Now the exact opposite is true, and piling it on is the only sure way to get attention from the polls. As we all know, Mark Richt doesn’t believe in doing this (with a very few exceptions, mainly Georgia Tech), so again this will hamper UGA’s chances regardless of their record.

Yet another example is that strength of schedule is subordinate to a team’s record. As an example, USC is widely believed to be playing in a weak conference. But their undefeated season against possibly 3 top 25 teams will count for as much or more than a once-beaten SEC team who might play 6 top top 15 teams.

By LifelongDawg

September 16, 2008 3:01 AM | Link to this

If there are any Gators reading the blog, prepare for Mizzou to leap past you (and the Dawgs). ESPN has already decided that USC, Oklahoma, and Missouri are the 3 best teams in the country. There’s an article on ESPN.com about it.

By Eric C.

September 16, 2008 5:17 AM | Link to this

Remember the 2002 buckeyes? Talk about your ugly wins…

OSU 45, Texas Tech 21 OSU 51, Kent State 17 OSU 25, Washington State 7 OSU 23, Cincinnati 19 OSU 45, Indiana 17 OSU 27, Northwestern 16 OSU 50, San Jose State 7 OSU 19, Wisconsin 14 OSU 13, Penn State 7 OSU 34, Minnesota 3 OSU 10, Purdue 6 OSU 23, Illinois 16 (overtime) OSU 14, Michigan 9 OSU 31, Miami 24

By Ken

September 16, 2008 6:43 AM | Link to this

There is no such thing as an ugly win in the SEC.A couple of years ago Florida needed a blocked last second field goal to beat Carolina and it didn,t hurt them at all.Ohio State is always ranked highly regardless of how much they win by, and every time they play anybody good they get whacked.The writers are not credible at all.The week before the SEC championship game they all had Georgia ranked ahead of LSU and they all were saying Ga and USC were the best teams at the end of the year.Then the next week they completely waffled and dropped Ga in the rankings.The gameday crew on ESPN virtually run college football now and they are more interested in showing how powerful they are in swaying the voters that they dont even care if they contadict themselves from week to week or even day to day.Go back and revisit what Herbstriet and “Granny” Holtz were saying about Ga one week before the SEC championship and then immediatly after.Obviously Herbstriet cant get his head up Mark Richts hole like he is up Urban and Tressels.Thats why I could care less about the polls anymore.As long as I know we are one of the best at the end they can continue to let some big 10 team that couldn’t make it into the top half of the SEC play for the BOGUS Championship.Go Dawgs!!!

By Harvin Moody

September 16, 2008 7:01 AM | Link to this

Big news from Gainesville yesterday: HARVIN is 100 percent for first time since the 10th grade and yes Moody will be playing now. UGA can now officially even forget their dream of that coveted SEC title- UF can look forward to another National Championship

By Ken

September 16, 2008 7:08 AM | Link to this

By Harvin Moody - I hope they can pass block because we sacked Tebows a* 6 times last year.Oh I forgot yall lost because your lefthanded QB had a sore right shoulder.

By Ken

September 16, 2008 7:16 AM | Link to this

As far as Purssy Harvin goes I have two words-Rennie Curran!!

By Jeff Patton

September 16, 2008 7:25 AM | Link to this

DAWGS hungry for some of that Pac-10 Kitty!

By Cheese with that wine

September 16, 2008 7:32 AM | Link to this

lifelongDawg- you can’t be serious. Yes, the polls and ESPN are in a big conspiracy so that the mutts never, ever, ever get a shot at the NC game. If I were you guys, I would worry about ASU, then Bama. Not about getting leap frogged in the polls. If you win out, which you won’t, then it will all wash out in the end with your SOS. But it will all be a moot point when the mutts have lost 2 by Halloween.

By Gratfuldawghead

September 16, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this

Don’t Hate Congradulate!

HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS!

By gsu2583

September 16, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this

LifelongDawg,

Fortunately I don’t have a ball-licker (dawg) for a boss, but if I did, I’m sure HIS boss would be a Tech graduate.

Ask FLA if Richt is a gentleman.

I don’t give a rip about how NICE you guys were by not hanging 70 on us. I DO give a rip about how classless, rude, and disrespectful UGA fans were to my pregnant wife when we went to the GSU game in Athens. Heckle me all you want, but have some decency when it comes to a pregnant woman. I’m sure there are SOME decent UGA fans, but for the most part, UGA fans have shaken my faith in humanity.

If I were you (UGA) I would pray for a loss to Arizona State so you will have some motivation for Alabama. Primarily because winning the SEC is the only realistic goal you have right now. And that goal is getting thin…

By Fat Dawg

September 16, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

It’s all a conspiracy against my Dawgs. It’s clear we’re the best team in my book. We play a tough South Carolina team & a conference champion against Cen Michicgan. We played a tought Ga So team to.

We have th etoughest schedule in the land, the toughest team in the land. ESPN hates us. They don’t show us until like 20 minutes after the show starts. But they show Ohio State and there ranked lower than us.

It’s ok, when we line up and smack the Devils in the mouth, they’ll now we mean business. This is another step we’re taking on the road to our destiny, the championship.

I’d love to be there and join our Dawgs in another big victory in Arizona, but I just can’t make it. I’m saving a little out of every paycheck to go watch the nat’l championship in January.

There’s nothing better in life than to be a Dawg.

By HomeDawg

September 16, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

gsu2583: Do you have any suspects for that pregnancy?

By wreckmaniac

September 16, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

I read the comment about how the Dawgs “brand” may be influnced by their unwillingness to leave the region during the regular season. No problem here. They definitely have a brand. Its the “stay at home dawgs”. Will they realize they are in another time zone when they get to AZ? Will Dawg fans know that their buses will have to leave Athens on Thursday ? Will they know that they will not be able to get grits and gravy at the local pubs? This will be a real experience.

By gsu2583

September 16, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

HomeDawg Thank you for proving my point. Classless, just classless.

By wreckmaniac

September 16, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

Ball control will wreck UGA this year. The best game plan for them is to keep the defense on the field and not give up TDs. The offense was on the field all day Saturday and got nothing. Only the defense is ready for a championship run.

By HomeDawg

September 16, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

gsu2583: Consider yourself heckled. Remember you started this crap with your classy statements about our ability to understand something and the ‘ball-licker’ point. MY point is that you are a misplaced whiner. We don’t have anything against GSU; in fact, we respect GSU. I think 48 points is enough, but when I hear whining, I say put the hammer down. Really, the biggest concern is giving up 21. And, speaking of class, don’t you have to get back to one?

By Fat Dawg

September 16, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

gsu2583,

On behalf of the Dawg Nation, I am sorry that a part of our nation treated you & your wife poorly. HomeDawg is not a real Dawg fan because we don’t feel the need to make fun of people who like Ga So. We are all Georgians here.

Again, this Dawg is sorry.

By HomeDawg

September 16, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

FatDawg: Read my 10:07. Hope I get to see you in Phoenix: as a real Dawg fan, I’m sure you’ll be there with us. Sorry I didn’t see you in Columbia.

By Fat Dawg

September 16, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

FatDawg: Read my 10:07. Hope I get to see you in Phoenix: as a real Dawg fan, I’m sure you’ll be there with us. Sorry I didn’t see you in Columbia.

Home Dawg: Read my 8:31. Hope I get to see you in Miami: as a real Dawg fan, I’m sure you’ll be there with us. Sorry I didn’t see you in Athens a couple of weeks ago.

People made fun of gsu’s wife. I bet it made him mad and it should. I would be mad to if some people were making my pregnant bridge uncomfortable at a game. You should be sorry to & just tell him good luck.

By Tom

September 16, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

Not only fleas but mange too. UGA puppies will be very fortunate to come back from AZ with a win. Confidence is one thing in a team but cockyness will get you in the loss column. “No-Show” Moreno and gang are in for a shock…really soon.

By HomeDawg

September 16, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

FatDawg: How the heck do you impregnate a bridge? Look, gsu came in here running his mouth, then turned himself into a whining victim when Dawgs responded to his junk. Anybody attending games regularly will have somebody try to hurt their feelings - AT ANY SCHOOL. Sounds like gsu needs to stay where it’s safe, and that might not be on a Dawg-topic blog or in Athens.

By ARdawg

September 16, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

FatDawg

You’ve taken gsu’s one post on a fuggin blog and calling it truth and fact. IF such an incident occurred I am the first to say an apology for Dawg fans the worldwide. Quite frankly, I don’t believe it. gsu started this particular line of smack then tosses an abused pregnant wife out for validation? Give me a break! I know some pretty rowdy Dawg fans but none that would do such a thing as that. For you to believe his meely moused line is a bit disgusting all of it’s own.

By cry babies

September 16, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

I have never seen a bigger bunch of whiney cry babies than on the uga blogs about dropping to #3. Why don’t they show highlights from your games? B/c your games are boring, your stars do nothing (ooh, knowshon lept one defender, awesome) and the chickens gave you the game. Prepare for a 9-3 year at best, and that will really give you something to cry about.

By Oledawg

September 16, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

gsu2583-I apologize for Fat Dawg stating that your wife was impregnated on the bridge. That was personal and not-so-private. How long before the game was she impregnated? 1 or 2 hours? Or don’t you know? We sometimes can’t tell if you don’t have scratch marks.

The point here is not to put our fans down collectively. Complain to an usher and have them removed if they continued. Or ask to be escorted to another seat. I’m sure that would have been preferable to this public razzing that you have started.

P.S.-Next time sit in the gsu section. None of us can control other fan’s remarks in any stadium in the country.

By Fat Dawg

September 16, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

Let me tell you something Florida boy. We started #1 for a reason. And that’s where we’ll be in the end. You play a bunch of high school teams & we play in the SEC. Even if we have one loss we’ll get the nod over other unbeaten teams.

This year’s our destiny. Our QB is the best, as is our RB. He jumped over the defender of a conference champion. Soon, after we beat your might Gators by 21 this year, we’ll be nat’l champion.

By Fat Dawg

September 16, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

I meant to say pregnant bride. Ooohh, a typo. Get over yourselves. Your representing the bad side of our Dawg Nation, exactly how this guy describes it.

Let’s talk about us winning championships. I’m ready to win one & this year is the year.

I heard their might be a blackout against Arizona. Is that true? It would be awesome to see half of their stadium decked out in black.

This game’s just the next step in our 14 step journey to the title. Step 4 we shall soon be taking.

By GTLove

September 16, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

First of all, as many have said, UGAg fans, do not worry about the stupid pollsters. Y’all just take care of business and they won’t be able to keep you out of the MNC, even if others go undefeated. They can’t call the SEC the most dominant conference in the land and then keep the team that dominated that conference out of the MNC…I’m pretty sure riots would ensue, especially where dawg fans are concerned ;) I hope this just helps fire the team and coaches up for the rest of the regular season games…except that last one, of course.

That being said, I’m a GT fan. I don’t root against UGAg in every game…there are teams that generally bother me more and every season there is at least one game where I REALLY pull for you guys. There is no team I can’t stand more than UF. Please take care of them again at your lovely cocktail party and be sure to document as many mulleted jorts-wearers as possible—It is great entertainment.

Regarding MB’s GT comment, specifically that helmet-to-helmet call was terrible. The zebras do their best (we hope) to make the best call from their view on the field. You can watch slow-motion replays on youtube and see it was a bad call. That game is over though. We hate the loss, but most realistic fans didn’t see us winning against BC or VT before the season started and more optimistic fans hoped for a split of those games—which was accomplished.

In any game against an opponent out of the Southeast, I will pull for the Southern team…I think we all should. I will be happy to see UGAg (hopefully) beat up on ASU. If the dawgs make it to the MNC I will most definately root for them…the only case where this wouldn’t happen is against GT, which could be possible within a few years when CPJ’s team is really HIS team…how awesome would that be, seriously?

Anyway, hopefully y’all take care of business and GT wins the rest…I’d love to see y’all after Thanksgiving undefeated and GT with just one loss-that would be a great game!

Go GT & THWMSU!

GO UGAg! Represent the SOUTH and continue to gain respect from the stupid polls!