Mr. College Football

By TommyP

September 5, 2007 8:54 AM | Link to this

Puzzling article, Tony.

Lloyd Carr is gone short of running the table the rest of the year. You don’t lose national title hopes in week 1 vs. a gimme. He was somewhat on the hot seat BEFORE Saturday.

So blame Willingham’s recruiting for what happened with the Irish? Wow…Weis has been there for 2 recruiting classes. Georgia sure looks like they have a lot of young talent ready to play. Florida sure looks like it does as well. So the mystique of Notre Dame and a Super Bowl coach isn’t enough to secure great young talent. You’re off base, bro.

By Randyt

September 5, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

Sorry Tony, but I think you are wrong about Lloyd Carr. If he loses two more games and particularly if he loses to Ohio State I would bet the farm he is gone. At some point,a few empty seats in that stadium are going to signal the death knell. Fans have too much pride.

I am a loyal Vol fan, but Fulmer cannot rest on his past laurels either. If he does not win the SEC East (preferably the SEC period) and loses another bowl game to a lower ranked opponent, he could be shown the door too. The regular season last year and bringing Coach Cut back bought him some time, but that bowl fiasco put him back on the hot seat.

It is ALWAYS about “what have you done for me laely”.

By Get the Picture

September 5, 2007 9:35 AM | Link to this

What surprises me about FSU is how far their talent level has fallen. FSU was out-athleted Monday night by Clemson. That simply should not happen given the fertile recruiting in Florida, no matter who the coaches are. Getting out-coached with a largely new staff can be excused, for a time. But FSU having inferior players is inexcuseable, even with the previous and current coaching problems, and points to a problem at FSU that has existed for several years now.

By wildboar

September 5, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this

Spurrier didn’t start the hate thing. The AJC started that with a poll for whatever reason. (Not that I like him)

By Roswell Ed

September 5, 2007 9:52 AM | Link to this

Steve Spurrier is the best.

I wouldn’t trade Tubby for much but CSS sure would be interesting.

Vandy will play Bama to the WIRE.

How many Bama fans does it take to raise $35,000 for charity?

Just about 92,000.

That’s $0.38 per fan.

That tells you a lot about the BAMMER nation when it’s paying some over priced baby sitter 4 mill a yr and they can’t raise $.50 a fan at a free spring game. The money they were raising was for Enterprise High School after the tornado.

Peachtree Pres here in Atl held a concert for the same cause and 1500 people raised almost half as much as 92,000 of the Bammer Nation.

Around the bowl and down the hole- Role Tide Roll.

What a fine lot.

By The keed

September 5, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

Spurrier always does something before each game? He didn’t write the poll question about being the most hated, you (AJC) did to raise controversy. What would you expect a mostly Georgia readership to say? Duh!

By bo

September 5, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

So, if the AJC is so aware of Spurrier’s tactics, why are you all so willing to jump on board each year when he begins to spout off?

By The Hig

September 5, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this

Hey Aubie,

Fact: There were only a few money takers at the spring game. No way to anticipate that kind of crown, and noone knew they were there.

Fact: Your rain is OVER. Thank the NCAA for your little streak and you might even tack one on this year. Face it, Out of the top 20 players in the state this year we have 15 commitments to your 0! Goose Egg, buh bye, it’s been fun, enjoy your trip back to mediocrity, and maybe you can hide behind Tubby’s ears.

By NASCARfan

September 5, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

Tony, you’re wrong about Carr.

That National Championship he won? With the other guy’s players.

His recruiting classes have been overrated. How? Because the guys who rate recruits rate them (the star system) based on who is going after them. Ohio State and Michigan want this guy? He must be a 4 or 5 star recruit!

Ohio State was proven to be a slow, plodding team on it’s defensive and offensive lines last year. Michigan was proven to be slow throughout it’s whol defense and offensive line last year.

What changed in the interrim 9 months? Not a damn thing. I’ve been saying for a month that Michigan shouldn’t have even been rated in the top-15.

A bad coach, a slow, inexperienced defense. A slow, plodding offensive line. That is not the recipe for success.

Every single one of the Big-ZERO teams are overrated, just like VaTech’s defense was overrated last year (how good is a defense that dominates a pitiful conference?).

You writers are the real problem in college football, and the coach’s poll isn’t any better. They either copy YOUR poll or they vote to help their buddies out. How could you bunch of numbskulls overrate a team that got exposed in their bowl game as being a product of their ridiculously easy conference and then losing 7 players off of that overrated defense? How they hell were they going to get better?

By NASCARfan

September 5, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

Hey, Bammy fan… before you make fun of the plainsmen, you might want to realize the difference between the words reign and rain.

Dumb@ss.

By The Hig

September 5, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

Here we go with the grammar police. Writing this fast at work moron. This isn’t a Nascar chatroom. You could spill some serious red ink in there.

By Jim

September 5, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

Hey Ed-

How much studying does an Aubarn football player have to do to get a Sociology degree?

Zero! to make it easier, it is Zero in total and Zero per player.

By Petey

September 5, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

To the HIG,

Fact: Rain is a word to describe the weather. Reign would be the word you are looking for. I hope for the Crapstone’s sake you are a walk-on fan.

You may want to look at the fact that Alabama usually signs the majority of talent in Alabama. Unfortunately that talent is nowhere near the equivalent of GA or FL where Auburn signs much of their class.

By Quaildawg

September 5, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

Great retorts bloggers!!! I would concur that Tony it is your employer who banters the hate myth. I have found more than a fair share of UGA fans who, like me, are glad that the Head Ball Coach is back in the SEC where he truly belongs. Obviously you underestimate the ability of most true UGA fans to see through the smoke of the “poor ol USC” and “guess we’re just a bunch of stiffs” comments. We, along with the UGA Coaches and players, know that the Cocks will roll into AThens with plenty of juice. You obviously disrespect our Coaches ability to point out how USC came within a blocked field goal from beating the eventual NC Gators in the “swamp”. Also, you failed to listen to Coach Richt yesterday at his press conference when he made specific reference to Coach Spurrier and his system and how he finds ways to exploit teams using his schemes. I think Coach Richt has a wealth of background from which to pull from regarding the Ol’ Ball Coach. My faith lies in our Coaches and players to do what they do best to influence the outcome of Saturday nights game, not some moronic AJC poll. Speaking of Charlie Weis was I alone in noticing that 7 of the D starters for ND are Sr’s. Whew ND!!! You really sold your souls for those BCS games you clearly didn’t deserve. 30+ at home from a nonranked team led by a new starting QB does not bode well for the rest of the year. It’s OK you can still hang your hat on that close loss to USC!!! Bwahhhhhhhhhh

By The Hig

September 5, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

Petey boy,

Thanks again for the vocab lesson. I’m sure you’ve never misspelled anything typing a quick email.

Check the latest US News and WR college rankings for where “The Crapstone” fairs amongst it’s close rivals.

Among our 18 verbals this year 4 are from GA and FL. We just plucked a kid out of Norcross who was a sure thing for the Dawgs. Alabama just happens to be a hotbed this year and nobody seems to be running towards the cow pastures….I can already smell Auburn, and it’s only September.

By Quaildawg

September 5, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

FYI-“Mr. College Football” The Ol’ Ball Coach received a platry 45.2% vote of who was “Most Hated” poll. UGA received an 80% vote for “Most Hated Rival” of USC fans in The State newspaper. Touche!!!

By GWJ

September 5, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this

I am really not that worried about a silly AJC poll question asking UGA fans who they “hate the most”. Does anyone honestly believe that this poll will have ANYTHING to do with the outcome of Saturdays game?

By Roswell Ed

September 5, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

Hig:

Gotta love BAMMER logic.

The money takers were overwhelmed with the turnout and underwhelmed with the results.

I read an article by one of the B’ham news channels that said the same thing and so Bammer asked its fans to send in the money in the name of Bammer to the school. To date they had raised an extra $5000.

I gave 10% of that myself but certainly not in the name of BAMMER!!

That’s generosity at its Bammer best!!

By SECisFootball

September 5, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

Ed….Just more typical Aubneck comments from the Aubneck leader on the AJC blogs!! I dont recall seeing how much money AU raised for the same cause? More likely because they didn’t. $0.38/person is not very good but it is much better than $0.00 that AU raised for Enterprise!

As for the team itself, we are thin on D and it will show as we get into the SEC matchups. Do you actually think Cox will make it the whole season with the beating he took on Sat? Ziemba much has been giving his best Chris Capps inpersonation. Your OL will be a complete disaster this year which will lead your O in the same direction!!!

ROLL TIDE!!!

By Petey

September 5, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Higgy, A verbal commitment in July doesn’t mean much when you are looking at another 7-5 season. They tend to start disappearing after that.

I am a UGA grad and I don’t put much stock into a magazine’s rankings of schools, but since you want to go there you can see where we are. May be slightly ahead of the Tahd.

Side note - a typo would be if you did not spell the word correctly. Your error was not a typo, it was ignorance to the meaning of the word.

By Roswell Ed

September 5, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Hig learned to spell from his knowlege of the

ALTERNATIVE TRAILER

scene in Alabama.

His favorite song is:

It’s RAINING MEN.

By Fottball Fan

September 5, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

To The Hig: what you smell is your upper lip.

By a real student?

September 5, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this

pot/kettle?

interrim whol

Come on NAS, study harder!

By D.Ellis

September 5, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this

1. We as DAWG FANS DISLIKE SPURRIER…AND WHO CARES WHO DOES AND WHO DOESN”T.

2. Lloyd Carr (Sp.)HE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIRED. WITH THAT TALENT HOW CAN YOU NOT “BE CLOSE’ TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIP.And Just becausehe has”not forgot” how to ciach doesn’t mean he keeps his job….that was a kick in the face that deserves a kick in the rear….and a last paycheck.

3. THE NEXT FEW WEEKS ARE IMPORTANT FOR BOBBY BOWDEN?????? HE%% MONDAY NIGHT WAS IMPORTANT. THE WHEELS ARE NOT OFF THE WAGON….BUT THE TALENT LEVEL IS SO EVEN NOW BETWEEN FSU AND THE REST OF THE LEAGUE. THEY ARE ANOTHER 7 WIN SEASON IN THE MAKING.

4. 6!!!!! LUCKY TO WIN 6????? THEY WILL BE LUCKY TO WIN 3/4. WEIS SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED FOR THAT OFFENSIVE GAMEPLAN AND GROUP HE TROTTED OUT ON THE FIELD. THEY WIN 4…ONLY CAUSE I FEEL GENEROUS….OR DUKES BUS BREAKS DOWN.

5. WHO CARES ABOUT BAMA

By The Hig

September 5, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this

First of all Cousin Eddie, that was the worst post I’ve ever read.

Petey, kudos to you if your a GA grad. Good school, good program, and it’ll stay that way with Richt there. Sure we’re still a little thin from our near death experience, all I’m referring to is the seismic shift in the Alabama balance of power. 7-5 is a reality, but it really doesn’t matter. LSU and Auburn will begin the plunge back to earth this year with disappointing 2 or 3 loss seasons. There will be an outcry for the huge head of Les, and he’ll bolt for Michigan leaving the Tiger’s battling it out for 3rd in the west. Auburn’s done as well, looking northwest at big brother dreaming of holding up “the thumb” wishing Shula still roamed the probation ladened sidelines. Don’t believe me? Ask the man at the top of the page.

See ya on the 22nd Petey, can’t wait!

By The Hig

September 5, 2007 12:25 PM | Link to this

D.Ellis

WHO CARES ABOUT BAMA?

-more people than Georgia

-more people than FSU

-probably not as many as ND

-bout the same as Michigan

see: college football history, National Championships, SI covers, National Articles, fans at a spring game, SEC Championships, Bowl appearances, Bowl Victories, All time wins, famous coaches, etc.

Come back at that without mentioning rednecks, probation, or Mike Price….

By GJJ

September 5, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

I predict a Vandy win vs. BAMA this weekend…

By TitanShane

September 5, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this

Hey Auburn fans

Your childishness is coming through. Quit obsessing about Alabama please. It’s frankly pathetic. Your team has been on top for a while now and congrats for your success. If I were in the same position I doublt my every comment woule be about the other team in the state…. I have always heard that Auburn fans have this red headed step child mentality and I guess after reading nothing but Alabama comments from Auburn fans I would have to agree. What’s the deal? Why are you so obsessed with Alabama?

By D.Ellis

September 5, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this

Actually…I don’t know much about Bama fans…my cousin is a huge Bama Fan. But he’s not a redneck…he’s a high school basketball coach. So sorry to dissappoint you with the none insult. Probation…heck I’ve been on probation….Mike Price…was he even their long enough to win a game?. So the only thing I will say is the last time we came to your house we demolished your 1rst and second string QB’s. We prooved we were “man enough” and beat your dumas## up and down the field. Get ready for more of the same. Oh yeah and Saban hasn’t even unpacked his bag…however he has been seen looking at property in the Anne Arbor area.

By The Hig

September 5, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

D. Ellis

Wow if I were the grammar po po you would be outlawed from posting.

The “Man Enough” comment was from Pat Dye. Ask the cellmate next to you at the insane asylum who he coached for.

The Saban comment about ANN Arbor? That shouldn’t justify a response. You actually bought that? Wow!

By D.Ellis

September 5, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

Who cares…WHO WON? We beat your As# up and down the field. The last 2 times we played we won…my cell mate looked it up. Bama has been a non factor for years.

By BadDawg

September 5, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

Q: What do you call an Auburn student in medical school?

A: Cadaver

By SECisFootball

September 5, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this

D.Ellis…Lets get some facts straight… Last time you came to our house you won by a field goal at the end of the game. The next year you guys beat us up in Athens. Very similar to the meetings in 1994 and 1995 where we won by a FG goal with less than 1:30 left and the following year we won something like 31-6. Overall BAMA owns the series with UGA and I expect we will increase our lead in 3 weeks. ROLL TIDE!!!

By shane

September 5, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

i don’t know how this turned into a ‘bama-au hate fest.you guys take that back across the “hooch”.my dawg ain’t in that fight anyway.neither is vicks.but i digress,this blogs title was hating spurrier,and i guess the whole sec hated him when he was at uf.the cocky attitude,the smart remarks,running up scores,showing contemp for his opponent,take your pick,plenty of reasons there for hate.add in the fact that he beat all of us repeatedly and there you have it.he not only enjoyed being hated,he feed of it,firing himself up,and taking his team with him.us against the world.but nobody hates you when you lose!if tide fans hated anyone it should be fulmer,after all,he ratted ya’ll out and put your program in the hole for years.and he did it to save his own skin.i don’t like fulmer either,no 1,i hate a rat,no 2,i think he is one of the most corrupt recruiters in the country.i hope he keeps his job at ut however,they are always loaded with talent,but when i see phat phil on the sidelines,i know the dawgs have a chance.who else could have had the best qb in the nation on his team for 4 years and not have at least one nc to show for it.he won a title after manning graduated,but spurrier would have had a string of titles with that talent.so go back to the all you can eat buffet phil,and keep on coaching!

By shane

September 5, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this

i know that post had a spelling error,any of you gramar police want a job?i’ll pay you three bucks an hour to edit my posts.that’s the going wage in alabama anyway isn’t it?

By Wm .

September 5, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

I am sick of hearing how this year’s Notre Dame team is not Weiss’, this lousy team belongs to Ty. What about the last 2 season’s players, who did they belong to?

Additionally, Ty was only allowed 3 seasons before being fired. According the the Notre Dame faithful (as heard this year), such firing was unjust as Ty Willingham did not have time to implement his players in his system.

Facts are facts, Ty Willingham was 21-15 with Bob Davie’s boys, given what I saw on Saturday, Charlie Weiss will be lucky to have the same record at the end of this year with superior talent.

By NW Ga Dawg

September 5, 2007 1:56 PM | Link to this

Nick Saban may bolt for another school before long (check out his history), but the funniest thing to me is that he owns property near Gainesville, GEORGIA. Even the Travelin’ Saban wants to settle down in God’s Country someday!

PS- Go Dawgs! Beat SC. It’s SC and not merely Spurrier. We had a border rivalry with SC long before SOS came along and will have one long after he’s gone. Nothing’s changed. This week is NOT about SOS, AJC.

By NW Ga Dawg

September 5, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

Agree with Shane above. One further note about Fulmer: not only did he not win at least one NC with the nation’s best QB, he didn’t even win ONE game against Florida with him. And before anyone ‘dog UGA about UF, at least Greene and Company had ONE win against the Gators. Look at where Manning is today and think about his not beating UF while at UT! Keep on coachin’ Phil. Unfortunately, I think he’s on the slippery slope.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this

Mr College Football, I think Carr had his contract changed last year. I can’t remember the exact change but it was a politcally correct change that set him up to pretty much retire this year and settle into Bo’s old office as Coach Emeritus. THIS was the swan song year with ALL the talent coming back, Henne, Hart, Manningham etc. Rumor has it that Bo has risen from the dead to reclaim his office.

Has a Clausen ever won anything at the collegiate level? One arm or not?

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 2:29 PM | Link to this

What kind of offensive GURU/genius runs the ball 41 times for -8 yards? Couldn’t he figure out after the first 25 times that this ain’t working? Chuck Wei$$ does that’s who.

By Mike

September 5, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

Hey Shane, Fulmer was able to take Manning and somehow go 4-0 against the might Dawgs so I guess it was not that bad.

By shane

September 5, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

nw ga dawg,i am glad you pointed that out.spurrier is a lot easier to like at usc tham at uf.i also think his tenure in the nfl taught him a little humility,and boy did he need it! i imagine that if he was at the left coast usc instead of carolina we would all still hate him.there are some things i like about the old ball coach.i like the way he always votes for duke in the pre-season poll,in what other sport does where you start in pre-season kill your chances of winning it all?the only sec teams with a snow balls chance in hell of winning the nc now are lsu and uf.lsu could possibly win with one loss,like uf last year,after winning the sec,but i think uf would have to be undefeated and hope one of the other top teams has at least one loss.this is all determined before the first game is played.i am glad “ole steve”points this out every year.it’s almost like picking the teams allowed to play in the super bowl in the nfl pre-season.i am a dawg fan,but even i admit that auburn was ripped off a couple of years ago.so does anyone with half a brain.any team that wins the sec and is undefeated deserves a least a shot at the nc.

By Mike

September 5, 2007 2:43 PM | Link to this

dawginkalamazoo, Casey Clausen was actually able to beat UF twice unlike most GA Qbs so I would say he was not too bad.

By Ed

September 5, 2007 3:12 PM | Link to this

I hate the Gators. Always have. Hated them when the Dawgs owned them, hate them just the same now that they own the Dawgs. But even though Spurrier got all of that recent Gator dominance started, I don’t hate him for some reason. For one thing, he is a great coach who brought an exciting brand of football to the SEC. Also, he is a great quote and a refreshing change from all of the usual coach speak. Don’t hate him, just BEAT him like Richt has done the past two seasons. That’s the best revenge. (and for the record, I wouldn’t trade Coach Richt for anyone. I think we have one of the top 5 coaches in America).

By shane

September 5, 2007 3:26 PM | Link to this

mike,b-i-i-i-g whoop!he should have not only beaten uga 4 times,if he hadn’t been out coached he would have beaten spurrier at least twice!i am an old dude and have seen IMO the best qbs ever to play in the sec.this includes mannings dad at old miss,and snake and broadway joe at alabama.i have seen many fine qbs in my time,including charlie at fsu and pat at auburn,both heisman winners,but snake,joe,and archie are the tops and young manning belongs right up there with them.uga did not have the best coaches when manning was beating us,but with richt we have a real chance at a nc if stafford becomes half the qb manning is.i did not like the press saying that manning could not win the big one at least untill the last super bowl,when it was fulmer’s fault!if manning had signed with uf,i think he would have at least two nc rings.fulmer is not fit to tote spurrier’s clip board,or richt’s!but like i said,i am glad he is a ut,and i hope ya’ll keep him at least two more years.

By gdawginkalamazoo

September 5, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

Mike, he beat a bunch of other teams too. I don’t think Georgia is on that list though.

By Lee Curso

September 5, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

WOW 10%? how could you afford a months pay?

i agree Tony, what most fans were interested in was seeing a BAMA team ready to play and that kept playing 60 minutes. nobody’s overlooking vandy. they seem to play everybody tough anymore. BAMA my not win another game this year. but mark it down, this thing is just gonna get bigger and bigger.

By auburn91

September 5, 2007 9:37 PM | Link to this

Last week could very well be the only game the Tide wins this month!

http://www.trackemtigers.com/

By MisterT

September 6, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

I find it absolutely unbelievable that a dog fan would actually accuse the AJC of being anything, but a homer for them. Give me a break! Who are you kidding. And if “The Ole Ball Coach” poor mouths he learned it from watching Vince the Prince for 25 years. Hypocrites!