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This was Richt’s best coaching job ever
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Five things we learned over the weekend:
1. This is Mark Richt’s best coaching job ever: When this season started, I thought Georgia was an eight-win team AT BEST. The Bulldogs were going to have a very young, but talented, offensive line. There were tons of holes on the defense. I had my doubts about the wide receivers. And after the 35-14 loss at Tennessee on Oct. 6, Georgia looked like a team that would kind of stumble to the finish. Instead, Georgia is sprinting to a BCS game with world-class speed and, if it wins, will be highest ranked SEC team come January. Great coaches grow and adapt and are willing to shake things up. This season Mark Richt became a great coach.
2. There is a reason non-conference winners can play for the BCS championship: Like a lot of people, I wanted the BCS to make a rule that only conference champions could play for the BCS title. What you see in Georgia (10-2), now No. 4, is why the BCS decided not to invoke that rule. Georgia lost both of its conference games by the first week in October and then turned into a really good team in the second half of the season. How would Georgia fans feel if their Dawgs finished No. 2 and couldn’t play in the big game because of that rule?
3. You have to give Fulmer his props: There were a lot of Tennessee fans who didn’t want the Volunteers to get on a roll because they wanted Phillip Fulmer out as head football coach. Now Fulmer is playing for the SEC championship and has a decent chance to win against a dispirited team from LSU. Fulmer, like the old offensive lineman that he is, just kept his head down and kept coaching his staff and his team. You may not like the guy’s style, but you have to respect what he has done in the second half of this season.
4. The Heisman is down to Tebow and McFadden: If I had a vote, which I don’t any more, this would be a very close call. Tim Tebow’s numbers are unprecedented in the history of the SEC. And I don’t want to hear that garbage of not voting for him because he’s a sophomore. But Darren McFadden’s performance in beating No. 1 LSU in Baton Rouge was the stuff of legends. I can’t wait to see the final numbers.
5. Ohio State does not want to play West Virginia: That is what will happen, I believe, if Oklahoma beats Missouri for the Big 12 championship. You saw what Illinois did to Ohio State with a mobile quarterback. West Virginia’s Pat White is faster and he’s got a lot of weapons around him. Ohio State could get embarrassed in the BCS championship game for the second straight year.




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Comments
By Pat
November 26, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
I hope Ohio State does get to play WVA. They will get their heads on a platter again and just maybe the ESPN/ABC media train will cool on the Buckeyes if they lose 2 NC games in a row. Missouri will probably beat OSU too.
By Mike
November 26, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
It would be an outrage if a team that does not win their conference, much less their own division, would go to the NC game. Remember Nebraska a few years ago….what a joke! If LSU wins the SECCG, they should jump GA due to winning the SEC and having to play one more game.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this
Tony,
Good one on Mark Richt. We are one lucky school to have him.
I also agree on Ohio State, but it seems like they are facing poison either way. The USC I saw play Thursday night looked frighteningly good…clearly recovered from their injuries. The Buckeyes are good, but WVU is unbelievably fast and I don’t see the Buckeyes stopping them at all.
I wish the Rose Bowl would can their Big Ten-PAC Ten link up to match UGA and the Trojans. That would be a great game between two of the hottest teams in the land. The Illini have had a great year, but it is kind of stupid to pass on a top 5 UGA for a #14 or so Illinois. Of course if Mizzou beats OU, it is irrelevant.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this
Mike,
I don’t disagree that a team that does not win its division should not go to the NC game. I am a Dawg fan till the day I die, but you can cool it because it won’t happen. First, even in this crazy year, there is no way WVU loses to Pitt.
There have been two teams that did not win their division or conference yet played in the NC game. You pointed out Nebraska and then there was OU which lost to K State. But there is a difference…and a big one at that. Nebraska LOST their LAST game 62-24 at Colorado. Oklahoma, which was hailed as the best team in history was torched by K. State 35-7 in their last game. Georgia has won 6 in a row over some pretty good teams and won the last 5 by double digits. The rules don’t prohibit UGA from going, but I suspect that LSU would jump UGA if they win the SEC since they are only one position behind.
Right now I would hope to go to the Rose Bowl, but the Orange will do just fine.
By Roswell Ed
November 26, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this
Congrats UGA. Richt did do one heck of a job.
The BCS system sucks.
Look at WVU’s schedule and compare it to LSU’s. Does LSU lose a game if it plays that horrible schedule?
When the best team you play all year is Cincinnati that is pathetic!!
How about if HOHO St gets in to the championship game? They played one top 25 team and got beat.
Is the league that can’t count the 6th or 7th best conference?
Phat Phil is just glad that Kansas coach Mangino has taken over the title of world’s fattest coach.
McFadden is amazing but so is Tebow. He’s the best college back I’ve seen since Bo.
I wouldn’t mind seeing HOHO St get rocked again.
It’s good for the soul to see the Big 10 get smacked!!
By Bob
November 26, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this
I can hear the excuses lined up and ready to go. If the Buckeyes play WVU in the Championship game the loss will be explained by the fact OSU has so many days off…two more weeks than WVU. Of course, we won’t blame the Big Ten for not allowing their teams to play after Thanksgiving because it is too cold. One of the Big Ten’s biggest complaints about SEC teams is that they don’t play in the cold. What a joke.
Then, if Mizzou wins and OSU has to go to the Rose Bowl, USC will administer their usual beating to the Big Ten team. Then the excuse will be that it is a home game for the Trojans plus the long layoff.
Maybe the Bucks should try to go to the Motor City Bowl. They could play the MAC champions.
By more-eno please
November 26, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this
I would like to take this second to not only thank CMR, but also give a hand to Coach Willie Martinez. Everybody, I mean everybody, was calling for this guys head after the TN game. He has really turned this D around. What they are doing differently scheme wise (if anything), I really have no idea. But they are a completely different bunch. In all honesty, I think the addition of Rennie really gave our D a much needed spark. He kinda reminds of Buster Davis from Fl State a couple of years back IMO. Mcfadden over TEbow. (does it with more style) I want to see Missou and WVU in the NC game. I don’t think i could stand Oh St. playing for a title after last year and this year’s cake walk of a schedule.
By timmythebrave
November 26, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this
I am a huge dawg fan. WV will not lose to Pitt so all this talk, although fun, is not going to matter. If GA ends up #2 then they deserve a “national championship” shot. I say put Hawaii vs WV in the NC. That would be fun to watch 85-81 in the 1st quarter. I don’t think that the dawgs have a chance to play in the nc but this has been one crazy season….and just maybe…We need to have a playoffs until then we will never have a true national champion it will always be a matter of opinion
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 26, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
Yes a great job by Richt and the team this season. I don’t see us getting into the NC game even if Missouri and WVU lose. I think LSU jumps if they win and VT might even jump if LSU loses and VT demolishes BC. Thing is I don’t see WVU losing. Any BCS game would be a nice reward for the season. And I don’t care who we play. Congrats to UT for hanging in there against KY.
And thanks to KY/UT and LSU/Arkansas for two awesome games this weekend. Showcasing why the SEC is the absolute best conference in the country when it comes to smashmouth football and excitement.
By pvb
November 26, 2007 10:07 AM | Link to this
Mark Richt has been a GREAT head coach for some time now. It just took you, Mr. College Football, too long to take notice.
McFadden is the single best player in college football and deserves the heisman. If the voters can deny Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson the trophy as sophomores, they can sure as heck deny fullback/QB hybrid Tebow and his 3-yard TD runs.
By DannyK
November 26, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this
For all you Ohio State bashers out there, let me remind you that its very easy for any team to look good offensively when they aren’t going up against any worthy defenses. But let’s see if you’re all saying the same thing about West Virginia after they do go up against one in the championship game.
By KR
November 26, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this
Richt and UGA have done an outstanding job of turning things around this season. They are to be commended on that.
If you allow a team to play for the national championship when they haven’t won their conference, doesn’t that make the conference championship game meaningless? And if it is meaningless, why have one?
D-Mac all the way.
WAR EAGLE!
By penny1
November 26, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
The only way to truly sttle all of this BCS mess is to have a playoff. The champion will then be settled on the field of play and not by some polsters or computers. Division I-AA, II, and III have playoffs so it can be done. I think the bowl money is the hold up. Get us a playoff system.
By chase
November 26, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
Get this through your heads people….
LSU and VATECH CANNOT JUMP UGA in the RANKINGS
If WVU and MIZZOU lose then Georgia would be #2 by process of elimination before the polls come out..THEN…
LSU would have to jump KANSAS, MIZZOU, WVU, VATECH, and UGA… (5 teams)NOT GOING TO HAPPEN by beating a 3 loss team!
VaTech would have to jump 4 teams..NOT gonna happen either!!!
Georgia has 103 more votes in the Coaches Poll than VaTech and 154 more than LSU!
If Georgia was playing and LOST then yes they would jump us but not without playing!
And OU at #9 HAS NO CHANCE!
By quaildawg
November 26, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this
This has been one wacky season with several “upsets” involving unranked teams or teams not looked upon as perennial powers. The glaring fact is with scholy limits of 85 and attrition over the course of a four year period I feel this type of year will become more the norm. One or two key injuries can make a huge difference in any teams ability to compete week in and out. Look at the effect on Oregon without Dixon. Where would WVU be without White at QB or UF without Tebow? Got to give LSU credit in that they lost two games in triple OT and they have played a tough schedule without the services of some key players (Bowe, Dorsey, Hester and even Flynn) at times during this year. Got to give UT credit for scratching and clawing to stay alive and make it to the dome. It wasn’t pretty but they did what they had to do and therefore they are in whether we Dawg fans like it or not. (BTW-UT Fans don’t start thumping your chest because if you are honest you know you are quite fortunate! Inches vs Vandy and KY were the difference. Not to mention the glaring problems you have on D) One other fact that effects the up and down cycle of teams is the haste with which Coaches are fired. With the points I gave above a Coaches ability to succeed can be greatly hampered with a key player or two missing. Two examples would be Oregon and UF. Is the Coach at Oregon not as competent two weeks removed from a 1 loss team or is the injury to Dixon that critical to their success? How bout the “genius” Urban “Legend” Meyer? One year removed from a NC and he went 2-3 in the key games on their schedule. Were they lucky last year? Or was it injuries this year versus last or has his game plan been exposed and as I have already mentioned without Tebow where would UF be right now? Word of caution to those schools that have jumped the gun and fired your Coach 9or are looking to) In some cases like Rich Brooks at KY it takes time! Or in the case of Ole’ Miss and David Cutcliffe look at the results of acting in haste.
By Steve
November 26, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this
Bob, I think that you might be getting fans mixed up with the teams that they cheer for. I don’t remember any of the Buckeyes (team) blaming something besides themselves for the loss and congratulating Florida last year. I actually don’t hear that from a lot of fans either.
What the heck do you want Ohio State to do anyway? Withdraw from the NC Consideration? Give me a break! The goal of everyteam is to win their conference. Ohio State did that. Period.
They weren’t even a top 10 team in the initial rankings, but some of those “superior” teams like LSU and USC lost, allowing the Buckeyes to move up in the ranks. Should we leave the top spot vacant until a glorious SEC team can fill it? I don’t think so.
By Randy
November 26, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this
I think Fulmer has done an outstanding job this year getting his team to the title game. They are not the most talented of his past teams but they play with heart that helped carry them against some teams they should have lost. I think he hangs on for a few more years to see this years frosh class (Berry, Vinson, Donald, Walker, Creer, Jones, Page) thrive as they get older. This is the first year he has had to depend on so many freshmen at so many positions (WR and DB).
By P Dawg
November 26, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this
How long will it take for the college football world to understand that the ONLY way to avoid these “who should play for the NC” conversations and arguments is to have a playoff system. It absoloutely has to be settled on the field and until it is, get used to it. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY wants any part of a matchup against the dawgs right now and I’m lovin every minute of it! And the best part of it is, we are a young team that is already loading up with top recruits next year and beyond. UGA is heading for it’s glory days! GO DAWGS!!!
By One
November 26, 2007 10:37 AM | Link to this
If you allow a team to play for the national championship when they haven’t won their conference, doesn’t that make the conference championship game meaningless? YES!!!!
Tebow should win the Heisman, hands down!!!!!!!! Is there a rule that says sophomores can’t win? NO!!!! Go Superman!!!!!!!!
By yellowblood
November 26, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this
Word is out that a crowd is forming at Yellow Jacket Park in anticipation of Chan’s firing. Wait! No that’s a Tickle Pile!
By J-Mo
November 26, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
Tony - Is there any chance the pollsters would look at that WV-OSU matchup and say the same thing? I’d love to see a WV-UGA rematch from a couple years ago, but I realize it’s probably not going to happen, as GA still has quite a bit of ground to makeup in the polls alone, and then are 2 back of OSU in the computer polls b/c of the 1 loss vs. 2 loss.
I would love the consolation to be the Rose Bowl against USC. I think we actually need to pull for Tennessee to win this weekend AND Boston College, so that the Illini don’t finish in the Top 14, and allowed to be an At-Large team. Is that still the case, or did that rule change a week or so ago make that now irrelevant?
Would the Orange Bowl really want a rematch of last year’s Peach Bowl? UGA-Oklahoma would also be a fun matchup in the Fiesta.
By Cuz
November 26, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
I think it comes down to a WVU-Mizzou matchup for the MNC. I told the WVU fans after the Sugar Bowl we played them, that they would have a shot at a National title before White and Slayton left. This looks like the time.
Any BCS bowl is great. I don’t see in any way possible, UGA playing for the MNC.
Should be a close vote for the Heisman. I think McFadden means more to his team than Tebow, but both have had great seasons. I guess McFadden gets the Doak Walker award.
By Gary
November 26, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
As great as we have played the last 6 games, I just don’t think Georgia deserves to play for the NC this year with 2 losses. I would love to see them in the Rose Bowl because there are so few opportunities for schools outside of the Big 10 and Pac 10 to play there. Plus the payout is the best by far of all the bowl games. I agree that Richt has done a great coaching job this year. I believe we are watching the start of a great Georgia dynasty for the next several years. Prospects will be lining up to come play for Richt. Adams better break open his checkbook to make sure he stays for a long time. The man deserves a big raise for how he has built this program. BTW, even with the season he has had, I can’t see Tebow winning a Heisman as a sophomore for leading his team to 3 losses. But this has been a strange year.
By Mikey
November 26, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this
Tony,
One more thing we learned this past weekend- UK has some heart- but no killer instinct.
By Rob
November 26, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this
On the not winning your conference championship rule… I agree and obviously, I like that rule today. Before anyone decides on whether or not to do a playoff, we need to decide which system we’re going to use. Conference Champions or the human polls? The notion that Tennessee could end up representing the SEC at the Sugar Bowl when they’re clearly not the best team is ludicrous. They’re deemed not the best team by virtue of the polls. If we’re going to take the conference champions to the best bowls, then eleminate the polls, and conduct business like the NFL. There’s never any dispute about the Super Bowl Champion?
The dual system is hurting College Football and adding fuel to the fire that is the BCS. Quit trying to bandaid these existing systems and do something that makes sense! I don’t care which, but pick one!
By The View
November 26, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
Who in their right mind, or who truly follows college football, and has any analytic skills truly thinks Ohio State is the second best team in the country? I think they have one of the better defenses, but as Florida clearly demonstrated last year, they lack speed to contain a spread offense with speed. Offensively, they are middle level at best. Shut down their running game and play their wideouts tight and they’ve got nothing left. WVU, USC, or Georgia would have to be favored over the Buckeyes.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
Chase,
Pretty much new offense for the Bucks. Pretty much same defense that played Florida. Do you really want to play that WVU team? I know they have not had the toughest schedule either, but if they do not turn the ball over, they do not lose.
Steve, You are correct. And no, I do not think they should withdraw from the NC game. I never said they did not deserve to be there if they are only a one loss team. If Mizzou or WVU loses, they clearly do deserve to be there. However, I do think the Big Ten is way down this year and Illinois moved the ball at will on the Buckeyes. WVU makes Illinois look slow.
SEC fans can be extremely obnoxious and myopic as far as other teams and conferences go. On the other hand, a lot of people around the country are sick of having ABC and ESPN stuff OSU down our throats. They have replaced Notre Dame as the consistently most overated team in the country. They have a storied program and they are a very young team this year…but don’t keep giving us how they are so awesome, which is what we hear all the time on ESPN.
Last year the wailing and knashing of teeth when Michigan was not selected to play the Buckeyes was pontificated every day on the ABC Family of Networks until the Rose Bowl ended.
I expect your Buckeyes will be in the game because I think OU will beat Mizzou. You will deserve it, but I think you have the same problem handling a very, very fast team as you did last January.
By Clint
November 26, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this
Why do people just ignore the fact that 90+ percent of Tebow’s TD runs are from 5 yards or less? That’s not that special! He’s a great short yardage back. Matthew Stafford has a longer TD run than Tebow. McFadden got robbed last year, because he was a sophmore. He’s been the best player in FBS the past two years.
By Rob
November 26, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this
You’re right the View.. and that’s another problem with the polls.. they’re based on winning / losing.. not on which team someone actually thinks are better. If you win, you usually move up.. if you lose you definitely drop.
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 26, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this
Cuz, time to disband the FOC club. Chan just got canned. Dammit!
By m
November 26, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
Tony, how can you write that crap with a straight face….SURELY you jest. If you can’t win your conference, you have no right to go to the national championship game….PERIOD. The only exception would be if the brain dead fools in charge would put up a 16 team playoff…then anyone could EARN their way to the top. UGAG should not be allowed to be in the national championship game. IF if came down the them, then the SEC champion should get to go ahead of them. No way in helle should ugag go the championship ahead of the conference champion. Tony, quit being such a dawg sniffer.
By Marginally on-topic
November 26, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
OK, this is not really college football, but here’s what I want the Falcons to do. 1.) Draft a stud O-lineman with their top pick and 2.) Draft or trade for Erik Ainge. Though he may well go in the second round, Ainge could have the best pro career of any QB coming out of college this year.
By Andy in Warner Robins
November 26, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this
All this talk about how we need a playoff. This year more than any should explain that an 8 team playoff wouldn’t be any better than the current system. Right now we can’t really determine who is the top two. Can you imagine trying to pick who should be the top 8?? Instead of just one or two schools crying you would have at least 4 or 5.
Say you believe that only the Conference champions should be included. Well we have just left off UGA which, at the moment, is playing far better than either LSU or TN.
With the conference set up in college football, there will be no perfect system. The National Championship is now, and will always be, an opinion and nothing more. No matter what system is used.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this
m,
Don’t beat up on Tony guy. Those are the rules and by the rules UGA is allowed to play in it. It isn’t going to happen so don’t worry about it and focus on your new coach or Boise in December.
By Andy in Warner Robins
November 26, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this
hhmmmmmm m do we detect a bit of jealosy from you? Which school is it? FL, maybe TN, or perhaps the perinnial hater GT?
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 26, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this
Clint, don’t forget that most of those scores were against weak opponents at a time when he shouldn’t have even been in the game. Add “Stat Padder” to Urban Meyers resume. McFadden showed Saturday that he could throw too! Tebow better win it this year if he is ever going to win it because next year Knowshon, and Stafford will be up for consideration. Tebow is surrounded by 4 & 5 star recruits but he can’t seem to find them on the field or in the endzone.
By airforceflyr
November 26, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
To echo what Tony predicted in the preseason (8 win season), just having UGA in the NC discussion, despite it being a long-shot speaks volumes about the season! Go dogs !!
By JimBob
November 26, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this
Uga, you are now the Tennessee teams of the early 90s. Tennessee would lose early to Florida, steamroll everyone else to finish 10-1, miss being conference champs, but go to a good, sometimes BCS, bowl. Those Tennessee teams usually looked better than the NC team at the end, but they missed the chance to prove it. So will you. Give thanks every day that Superman only had one shoulder when you played him or you’d be a three loss team and all this hubbub would be moot.
By SunDawg
November 26, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this
CLINT another factor I mentioned on another blog is the fact that Tebow is still in the game long after other coaches would have put in the second string. This produces huge numbers but isn’t necessarily relevant to the team’s success. Tebow is a gifted athlete, but I think the numbers are a bit misleading.
By Kosmo Kramer
November 26, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
To the whining LSU fans:
How many opportunities at playing in the BCS championship game to you guys honestly expect to receive? You’ve held the #1 ranking twice this year, and managed to find a way to lose it both times (Has that ever happened in the history of college football?). Most notably, the second loss coming in the safe confines of Tiger Stadium to a mediocre Arkansas team. You’ve got a very talented team, but quit you’re whining. To be considered among college football’s elite you have to win at the end of the season, and you’re team’s not done that.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this
Hey JimBob,
My oh my, didn’t realized Superman played defense for your Gators. Everytime you guys scored, we hit you in the mouth….by the way, Knowshon just scored again!
Tebow played. In 2005 D J Shockley did not and you barely escaped. If, coulda woulda whatever. Had D.J. played we would be 3-1 with you guys over the past three years and we would be talking again about who owns who. Enjoy your Capital One Bowl and don’t choke against the Zooker.
By Eric1
November 26, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
By shane
November 26, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this
according to scout.com and their”sources”in the tech ad’s office chan has been canned.an anouncement is expected at two o’clock.as a member of the foc in good{last time i cheked}standing i propose a day of fasting and meditation.as we all know beer is a liquid,so beer doesn’t count against a fast.skip the food at lunch,have a beer and think of our hero.tech,how can guys as smart as you be so stupid?i thought chan did a good job coaching his team up for the dogs.you will learn all about breaking in a new coach techies,and uga will be even better next year.looks like wins # 8,9,and 10 are in the bag.as to topic # 1,richt has done his best coaching job ever this year,when he finally learns how to be a hc ole mark is gonna be tough!i think crooms deserves the coach of the year in the sec,richt should be second.mcfadden was a freak against lsu,if not for that i think brown would be back of the week.
By reality check
November 26, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this
As a founding member of FOC it is clear to me Chan s being made a scapegoat. He wasn’t responsible for the probation and loss of scholarships. Then Tech’s administration took away his ability to control academics and he lost 10 players as a result.
Was the person Clough and company put in charge of that ever held accountable? If they were I never read about it. Can anybody provide the detaqils of what happened to them? Anybody?
Clough runs Tech as a dictator and is never held accountable for anything. Tech’s athletic department is burdened with a huge debt that occured under his watch. Nothing was done without his knowledge and approval. David Braine didn’t come up with his renewal of Chan’s contract out of thin air. Clough approved it, along with Tech’s party line about an objective of 7 wins a year with an occasional 9 or ten win year. Chan met that stated expectation.
Under the circumstances Tech’s fans are being unrealistically demanding.
I do believe that whoever they hire Tech’s football fortunes will continue about as they are now. The problem isn’t the coach it is the administration. Clough calls all the shots. He just wants to snooker Tech’s supporters into financial support to retire the huge debt he has run up. Tech supporters are either easily snookered or maybe just too afraid of Clough to hold him accountable.
Chan would be better off away from that bunch. he isn’t being paid enough to suffer the endless villification at the hands of Tech fans.
By Tennille Dawg
November 26, 2007 11:46 AM | Link to this
No one gets a turnover in overtime and loses - except Kentucky!! At no point in that game, regulation or OT, did I EVER have confidence that UK could or would win. I hate to say they proved me correct.
By joe
November 26, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this
Yes, Richt is or became a very good coach this year…outstanding job! However, if his team had taken care of business when it had the opportunity, they and not UT, would be playing LSU on Saturday. Now all the UGA fans are whining because a team that whooped ‘em by 3 touchdowns ran the table at the end of the year, so all their cheering for Arky, Vandy and KY was a complete waste of their dog breath…
By BullDawg Rick
November 26, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this
It took CMR a few weeks to “get it”.. By “get it” I mean be the FACE of UGA football.. He delegated the OC position to Bobo & had “nothing to do” on the sidelines.. From what he’s learned as the HC this season… The Dawg Nation can now say loud & clear for many years to come…
“Fear the Dawg”
By Gen Neyland
November 26, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this
If New England got thumped by the lowly Jets in their 16th game of the regular season, they finish at 15-1, they get a legit shot to a Super Bowl ring…That’s the playoff system in a nutshell…My continuing problem with the college system is lose early and finish well, GREAT…Lose late to a good Top 5 or 10 team, even finishing 11-1, 11-2, 10-2 missing out on the conference championship and sink…I watch Sagarin Ratings and believe that overall system is the best indicator of College Football Standings…Mr. BuLLdawg disagreed with me ( CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT ). Votes by individuals count, but other factors are figured in…The fact the ELO_CHESS is the sole indicator toward the 2007 BCSNC Game means the Beauty Contest is ruling the day…To me, it’s WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and HOW that adds up to which teams belong in the NC game…and that includes those that do and don’t make conference champioship games. It should not be placed on CCG’s, but a simple overall process…
By Kosmo Kramer
November 26, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this
Yeah Joe,
You guys completely dominated your opponents to run the table. Congratulations. To reverse Tennile Dawg’s statement….Who committs a turnover in overtime and wins. Tennessee. You have to admit you guys have had your share of good luck this season.
By Kosmo Kramer
November 26, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this
Yeah Joe,
You guys completely dominated your opponents to run the table. Congratulations. To reverse Tennile Dawg’s statement….Who committs a turnover in overtime and wins? Tennessee. You have to admit you guys have had your share of good luck this season.
By Corndawg
November 26, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this
For those who don’t respect West Virginia, keep in mind their only loss came AT USF on a Friday night. It was USF’s first sellout, they had just won AT Auburn and it was on ESPN - it was the biggest game ever for USF. Then Pat White was knocked out in the second quarter and they lost by 8. Not a bad loss at all. Also, don’t forget what Pat White and Steve Slaton did to the Dawgs in the ‘05 Sugar Bowl.
By Nathan
November 26, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
By Toccoadawg
November 26, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this
Build Richt his indoor practice facility.
By Toccoadawg
November 26, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
Build Richt his indoor practice facility.
By Mikey
November 26, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this
WVU has played one ranked team all year and they lost that game.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this
Nathan,
The most overated team in the history of College Football? My that is a pretty strong statement my friend.
Lets see, USC lost to one of the worst teams in all of college football on their home field….that would be Stanford. They have beaten one team in the top 25…Arizona State at 13.
Va. Tech blew a lead 10 point lead on their home field with less than three minutes in the game. And yeah, they lost to LSU by six (6) (VI) TOUCHDOWNS. They beat two teams in the Top 25…Clemson and Virginia.
LSU lost to Arkansas and Kentucky, neither of which is ranked. They eeked out home wins against Florida and beat Auburn on the last play of the game.
Georgia did lose to UT and S.Carolina. UT is ranked in the Top 25. Georgia beat two teams in the top 25 (Florida and Auburn) and by the way, Florida is ranked much higher than any team USC or Va Tech beat.
Are they overrated? Maybe. But they rank pretty good next to the examples you point out. In fact, they look better than any of the examples you pointed out. Try again friend.
By Mikey
November 26, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this
What team commits a turnover in OT and wins ? UT What team has 3 downs to position themselves properly on the field for a game winning FG and doesn’t ? UK
Why they ran the ball to the left is one of life’s great mysteries- even high school teams run up the middle to have a fairly straight kick that they can hit higher. IDIOTS.
By Black Panther
November 26, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Look, to all you idiots out there hailing Tim Tebow: He isn’t even the best player on his team!!(Percy Harvin) All he does is throw the fade route up to exceptional athletes who make plays for him. And he gets all those rushing TDs by getting 1 and 2 yard QB sneaks after his teammates have gone down the field. This is another “classic” case of putting a “white boy” in the spotlight. Urban Meyer could call a halfback lead or fullback dive to score those TDs, but he chooses to pad Tebow’s stats, so the “white boy” can get all the glory. Anybody that really knows football knows that McFadden is 10 times better than Tebow. Tebow won’t even get drafted and if he does, he won’t ever play a meaningful down in the NFL. He isn’t fast or smart, he just has a plethora of “black athletes” around him to make him look good! And all you Fla haters talking that “if he wasn’t hurt crap against UGA, we would have killed him healthy or hurt. Remember in last year’s game, he ran a QB draw and got smashed. He fumbled, got up woozy and we didn’t see him again that day. And he was hurt because his stupid coach called for 20 QB dives into the teeth of the defense all yr. What did you think would happen? Believe me, UGA wished he would have run around against us, we wanted to end his career for good. He is the most overrated QB since that “white boy” QB from Pennsylvania that FSU had about 8 yrs ago. They thought he was the next great “white hype” too remember? Maybe Tebow will go to the NFL as a lineman because he will never be a QB in the league!! Face it, in the next 5 yrs, “white boys” will only be kickers or on the OL. Ya’ll are too slow and stupid for the other positions! HA, HA, HA, HA, HA
By Kosmo Kramer
November 26, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this
Nathan makes me laugh. As an SEC fan I hate to admit this, but Nathan is the poster boy for how the rest of the country views our conference: Egocentric, and irrational. Nathan….LSU had a quality, convincing win since the first half of the season.
By exNFLplayer
November 26, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this
Nathan must be a Tech fan. The 2 teams that you don’t want to play at this point in the season are UGA and USC. LSU lost to Kentucky, who UGA held to 13 pts Nathan. VT plays in a weak weak ACC. USC…you might make a case there but in a head to head UGA would more than hold their own with USC.
By Aj
November 26, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this
Hey Black Panther, GET A LIFE!!! what makes you think that white folks are to stupid to play any other postion. Sounds like your not to bright, so i would shut my mouth if i were you. By the way who are the best QBs in the NFL right now? they are white are they not!
By shane
November 26, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this
reality check,amen and amen.i hope you posted your comments on the tech blog.by not showing up for the uga game,booing chan at home,and forcing drad to fire chan tech fans have bought a ticket to boise.what coach would want that job?clough should have gotten the ax,not chan.i am not a tech hater,just a dog fan that would like to see some changes on north ave,and i am not talking about coaches!black panther,racism has no place on this blog,you don’t like tebow,that’s fine,leave his skin color out of it.stafford,sutherland,chandler,moreno,brown,bailey and many others have helped uga win ten games so far this year and the only colors i see are red and black.
By brandon
November 26, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this
Mcfadden is the man! I just hope race does not play a part in the heisman.
By B. Thenet
November 26, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this
Did anyone here actually watch the UGA-Tech game?
Are you telling me that Georgia team can compete with the top teams in college football. They were fortunate to escape with a win with all those lucky bounces in their end zone and one very bad PI call.
Georgia needs to hope they get Hawaii in the Sugar(LSU goes to National Champ game), because they will catch a whooping in any other BCS game they get.
By Black Panther
November 26, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this
Hey AJ, GO TO SCHOOL!! Based on your multiple spelling and grammar errors, you are the one that isn’t too bright! My guess is that your parents were too poor or stupid to send you to school, so you got home schooled by your in-bred parents. Great idea since their combined IQs equal 7!! Now to your blog. When you talk of elite white QBS, I assume you meant Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Tom Brady, and Tony Romo. But if you look at who they are throwing the football to, you will see superb “black athletes”. Peyton Manning has Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison. Carson Palmer has Chad Johnson. Tom Brady has Randy Moss. Tony Romo has Terrell Owens. How easy is it to throw the ball up to those guys? Take away those receivers and you have another avg “white boy”!! So I will shut my mouth when I damn well please! Don’t get mad at the truth. Your last worry should be football. You need an education bad!!!! Go pick up a book and start sounding out the words! HA, HA, HA, HA
By Lester
November 26, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this
What would be really great would be for both W Virginia and Missouri to loose, then GA play’s Ohio State, that’s the game I think would be the money game. Let’s face the freaking facts. The BCS, and College Bowls, and all televised college games are only about the money! If any of you think that the media cares who’s winning and who isn’t your smoking crack. It’s about ratings and who sells the best primetime commercial spots. With Hawaii you’ll get crappy travel, almost no one watching the game, and a who cares for commercial time. They won’t get a shot due to their insignificance financially. Missouri, traditionally not a good sell, so W. Virginia is screwed unless they win. Missouri also has to beat Oklahoma, if they do not then they’ll drop out of sight in the polls. Ohio State however, will always sell tickets and tv space, even if they suck, which they do, so look for them to get the bulk of the votes when Missouri looses. UGA sells and so does LSU. I’m guessing UGA in Fiesta vs. Oklahoma. A great primetime game, but I wish UGA could play Ohio State and keep the record of Ohio State never beating an SEC school alive.
By Black Panther
November 26, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this
Why is it when I point out the TRUTH, I get attacked as racist? I am not racist. I’m just shedding light to what is REALLY going on in America. We need to stop glorifying white athletes that are made to look good by black athletes. I have nothing against whites, but the media tries to hype them up for no reason. Every person white or black knows that Darren McFadden is on another level than Tim Tebow. But, since Tebow is white, he gets all the hype. I have seen both play and it is no comparison!! Matthew Stafford is way better than Tebow, but he plays for a Christian coach that understands the value of team and not putting an avg QB first. It’s not every white man’s fault that the media glorifies white athletes. But don’t get mad at me for pointing it out!
By P Dawg
November 26, 2007 2:01 PM | Link to this
Hey black panther, you sound a little bitter. Did you get your a$$ kicked by the white kids at school every day? You need to get over the race thing and join the year 2007.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this
B Thenet,
What game did you watch? Yeah, Tech could have gotten points in the endzone, but not one time did you have the ball. There was a bad pass interference call, but Georgia beat a rival on their home field by 2 TDs. And by the way did you notice UGA running out the clock on Tech at the end of the game? Almost 450 yards total offense against the Tech defense.
Also, what don’t you understand about College Football? Georgia cannot go to the Sugar Bowl dude. The SEC Champ goes and LSU is not going to the BCS Championship Game so it will either be the Tigers or the Vols.
By Poisonous Nuts
November 26, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
I love it when “Special-Education Conference” fans hate on a winning program such as the Buckeyes. Yes, the Buckeyes took one in the chin last year against a team that were hungrier than the buffet eating buckeyes. However, no one is mentioning the fact when Florida got blown out in the BCS championship game by Nebraska several years ago. What was that score…like 62-24, and the Gators were back into the national spotlight again a year later. So keep writing about how the buckeyes dont need to be there in the NC, the players are going to feed off it and beat down the “Hillbilly” nation.
GO BUCKS!! Champions bleed Scarlet and Gray
By bull-gator
November 26, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
to pvb: have you ever actually watched Tebow play football? what an idiotic statement you made about “3 yd runs”. pathetic prejudiced pvb…my, my, my…
By GM
November 26, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Richt best coaching job” what a joke
Let’s see once again Georgia is not playing for a national championship.
no sec championship, lost to Tenn, Sc
Sec has 10 teams along with ga going to bowls I guess the other coaches have done a good job to.
By Allen
November 26, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this
So let me get this straight. IF you play a game and have a few screw up but win - them you suck and can only beat Hawaii. But if you never look bad but only play weak sisters like cincinatti then you should play for the NC. Ok, I got it.
By bull-gator
November 26, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
to black panther: chill dude. what a racist pig you are…
By chase
November 26, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this
Brandon
Did YOU watch the UGA vs FLA and AUB games?
Georgia RAN OVER both of those teams!
Ehat does it say when you can play a bad game on the road and still WIN BY 14
By Bob
November 26, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this
Poisonous Nuts,
That “Special Education Conference” is only 8-0 against your program. Win one once in a while and maybe someone will show you more respect.
By Kevin
November 26, 2007 2:26 PM | Link to this
Barnhart’s comments make no sense in the realm of things. Beginning at the start of the season we say each week is a playoff. If it truly is, then if you aren’t a conference champion you should not play for the title. Teams are different at the beginning than at the end due to injuries etc. But, each week is a playoff…so, the last team standing should represent the conference.
By JMLDawg
November 26, 2007 2:27 PM | Link to this
Wonder how many Bama fans will show up at the next Crimson Tide spring game…
By P Dawg
November 26, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this
OK Poison Nuts in your mouth. I guess I’ll have to shut your dumna$$ up too. When the buckeyes join a real league and play more than one or two quality opponents per year you can start talking trash. Take a look at who has beaten the SEC teams the most—-THE SEC. That’s right you idiot. If we did’t beat each other up throughout the year we would dominate the rest of the country hands down. I hope UGA plays you undeserving idiots and let yet another SEC team beat the hell out of you!
By Mikey
November 26, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
Allen-
That’s right.
Look at WV’s schedule/ results. Played only one ranked team all year and they lost that one.
By more-eno please
November 26, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
Nathan,
You are a prime example of a wolrd class d@&@!e Bag. How bout LSU? Both of their losses are to tWO TEAMS THAT ARE NOW UNRANKED. Or VA Tech,another team we are ahead of, they got absolutely smashed by LSU who has lost to two unranked teams…Va TEch aslo lost Boston College who lost to Fl State. YOU CATCH MY DRIFT?
By your logic, or lack there of, no team in the nation should be deserving of a top 5 ranking except for Missouri and WV. Don’t let you GA hate blind from the fact that every team is just as beateable as every other team. Another question for you genius, when did wins over ranked Florida and Auburn teams become non-quality wins? Explain your case dbag…
By ringgolddawg
November 26, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this
Special Education Conference or not, there are four teams(TN,UGA,LSU,UF) in the the SEC that would beat OSU today if they played. Them sliding up to the #2 spot will get the same results as last year. They (BIG 10) aren’t as good. The Big 12 and Pac-10 have moved past them.
By GM
November 26, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this
Mark Richt best work (what a joke)
Lets see once again since 1980 they are not playing for a championship. No Sec Championship, lost to Tnn, Sc escape Vandy. Mark Richt would be fired in Florida we play for championships not 2 or 3 wins against major schools.
The media is Georgia give credit to a bunch of under achievers.
By Lester
November 26, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this
By NCAA rules a conference must have 12 schools in order to hold a championship game. The Big 10 only has 11 schools. They are afraid to offer Notre Dame a contract, who by the way plays in the Big East for every other sporting event. So if Notre Dame would join up then they would probably go to a championship game. The problem is that the Big 10 knows that either Michigan or Ohio State will win every year. Ohio Stata also knows that the toughest game they will play will be Michigan. Remember last year when people were actually calling for a re-match between Michigan and Ohio State for the title. Ohio will play no0names for out of conference games, and lets face it the Big 10 is not a powerhouse conference anymore, so Ohio State or Michigan will always be at the top of the polls. That’s not fair to the rest of the Country. They refuse to play SEC or Big 12 schools in nonconference play. When I see Ohio State play SEC school and another BCS Conference school (like Oklahoma or USC) in the same year then I’ll start thinkning that they are a true Football school. UNtil then they are wanna bee’s and I hope UGA gets the opportunity to kill them in a bowl game.
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 26, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this
JMLDawg, LMAO! Probably more UL-MO fans than Bama. Wonder if Little Nicky will even be there?
By gatorbill
November 26, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this
Hey pvb,kzoo,panther and the rest of the Tebow haters:
McFadden is a great running back, but there is no comparison to Tebow. Let’s see the facts: Tebow 51 T.D.’s, McFadden 16 T.D.’s; Tebow 3970 total yards, McFadden 1989 total yards. Tebow has been responsible for 35 more T.D.’s and almost 2000 more yards than McFadden.
Tebow is the number 2 rated passer in the NCAA. He has shattered the season rushing T.D. record in the SEC. He is the only player in the history of the NCAA to throw and rush for more than 20 T.D’s each in one season.
The numbers are overwhelming.
Hey Panther, last year a black man won the heisman, so don’t talk about only white guys getting the hype. McFadden had the hype at the start of the season and Tebow stole his thunder. Stafford better than Tebow? Seriously dude, Stafford’s passing rating is 57th in the NCAA.
By more-eno please
November 26, 2007 3:07 PM | Link to this
BY GM: “The media is Georgia give credit to a bunch of under achivers.” Is that Florida talk for I have no idea what the heck I am talking about?
By GM
November 26, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this
Ohio State is a joke they have 1 maybe 2 games a year and are always in the top 5 every year, last year my gators cream them and after the game Florida players said Vandy could beat them. If they were in the Sec they would not win 7 games a year.
By Buckboy
November 26, 2007 3:19 PM | Link to this
Hey Lester, I guess you didn’t notice the two years in a row that OSU played Texas, one of which they won, and one year in which the eventual national champions beat the Bucks at the very end due to a stellar performance by Vince Young. BTW, he did the same thing to USC in the championship game. OSU is playing USC (the real USC) next year. THey played Washington on the road this year - yes, the same Washington that beat California - yes, the same California that has trashed Tennessee two years in a row. By the way, could someone explain to me why, if beating Wisconsin and Penn State is so easy, why couldn’t Arkansas and Tennessee do it on New Years Day?
By Bob
November 26, 2007 3:21 PM | Link to this
Lester,
I am an SEC fan through and through and I am not particularly fond of the Big Ten, but you should get your facts straight before spouting off.
The Big Ten has done everything but BEG Notre Dame to join the Big Ten. The Irish don’t want to for their own reasons. After all they have their own network and get more pub than anyone. They might eventually change their mind, but the fact is the Big Ten has asked Notre Dame to join.
Secondly, I have been as critical of OSU’s non conference schedule as anyone, but you clearly have not looked at who they have/will play. The past two years they played Texas. The next two years they play USC. Over the following six years they play Cal, Miami (FLA) and Va. Tech.
If you are going to be critical at least do your homework.
By Gator
November 26, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this
Can any bull dog tell me when was the last time Mark Richt played for a national Championship? With all the talent in this state you guys call him great: In Florida he would be coaching at UCF or USF he only wins 2 to 3 big games a year. Myers is already in the hot seat for losing to Ga and Auburn. The standards are set higer at UF
By Dawg Fan
November 26, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this
Congrats to the dawgs on a great season,i had my doubts before the season started but Mark Richts is a great leader and has the best assistance coaches in all of football.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this
Buckboy, You’re as bad as Lester…check the facts before you print your crap. California got TORCHED by Tennessee in Knoxville last year. It was 35-0 late until the Vols put in the subs. Sheeesh, a little bit of research helps.
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 26, 2007 3:33 PM | Link to this
gatorbill, not once will I argue about the numbers. Or about Tebow being a good QB. But WHEN and HOW those numbers are achieved. Look back at the length of the runs, when they are made and who they are made against. 5 rushing TD’s of 5 yards or less against Vandy? And a couple of passing TD’s in that same game. What? No confidence in your defense against Vandy with a 3 TD lead? This is the most obvious example. Meyer has done a fine job of Stat Padding and Hesiman jockeying. Also, how does this affect recruiting? All those 5 star recruits watching Tebow punch it in from 2 yards out all the time.
By Black Panther
November 26, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
It is so funny that white guys call me racist, but your fathers and grandfathers lynched black people just 50 yrs ago. Although, you may not say it in public, we all know deep down inside that you are a racist. You are just scared that a black guy will beat the crap out of you if they hear you say it. See, I can say this and not have fear because there isn’t a white guy alive that can whip me. To gatorbill: Check these stats; McFadden has a better QB rating than Tebow and he is a RB. Also like I said earlier, Tebow throws 2 yard bubble screens to exceptional athletes that go 50 and 60 yards after the catch. Then he gets credited with those yards. And that garbage about 20/20 is simply about the system he is in. Every coach in America could call a QB sneak on the 1 or 2 yard line and score to pad the QBs stats, but they don’t so they don’t risk the QB getting hurt. That is why Tebow is all banged up, dumb coaching. Fla is also the only school not to have a RB with at least 6-7 TDs. Urban Meyer is interested in padding Tebow’s stats to make his “spread variation” look better than it is. He may score 50 more TDs next year, but they will never win like that. Vince Young could have easily been a 20/20 man, but his coach wasn’t stupid enough to get him hurt. The result was that they won the NC. Fla will lose 3-4 games again next year because Tebow can’t take that pounding.
By SC dog
November 26, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this
GM - You are delusional!! Georgia has won 2 national titles, and 12 SEC titles, and Richt has one of the highest percentages as an active coach. Name another SEC team other than BAMA who can claim the titles. Oh, - we do fall 1 short behind UT - SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO how are we so mediocre. UGA is not - your mind definitely is!!!!!!!!!!!! Additionally, winning 71 games in 7 seasons is pretty rare. Are you just that stupid, or do you really know nothing about college football??
By SC dog
November 26, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this
GM - I forgot to mention that you are a coward. Cowards do not specify their allegience to a university because they fear being criticized. What a man you must be - hiding because you can dish it, but apparently are too afraid to take it.
By gdawginkalamazoo
November 26, 2007 4:08 PM | Link to this
Gator Football a tradition since 1990.
By P Dawg
November 26, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this
black panther, shut up before you embarass yourself any further. Let all that hate go and join the year 2007.
By Gator
November 26, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this
SC Dog: we are not talking almost 30 years ago when will Georgia get over what they did with Herchel Walker? he is almost 50 now. Mark Richt has not played for a national title since he has been in Georiga.
Florida had 2 coaches in their first 5 years played for a national Championship (Spurrier, Myers) Who cares about winning percentage How many times in the last 25 years have they played for a National championship?
Yes I am a gator with facts”
By StanFomTheKlan
November 26, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this
Hey Black Panther..we are having a little barbecue over at my house on Saturday. Why don’t you join us and be sure to bring some of your fine blackbeyotches. I know they enjoy white sausages and I would love to give them a big one hot off the grill…or right on the grill. Plus after I am through with your woman, I will personally kickyourblackazz back to 1955. How about it TarBaby?
By Bob
November 26, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this
Gator,
Fact: You have played in one SEC title game since sub par Mark Richt arrived in Athens.
Fact: UGA has played in three and won two during that time.
Fact: UGA’s was 13-1 in Richt’s second year…the same as Meyer’s. Neither UGA nor UF have any control over what other teams do and how many other teams have gone unbeaten.
Fact: Richt went to the Dome twice during his first three years. Meyer did it once.
Twenty seven years ago is a long time ago. So is 12 years ago. Enjoy the Capital One Bowl, but don’t let the Zooker whip you.
Congrats on your National Championship last year. Congrats on probably having the Heisman Trophy winner this year. But remember, even after all your success recently, you still trail by 10 games. And that is a fact too.
By Gator
November 26, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
Hey Stan we expect that kind of stuff from you bubbas in Georgia” Pleas stop embrassing the south.
By InvisibleEmpireMan
November 26, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this
Black Panther Idiot - The Man doesn’t worry about you “boys”. Ya’ll are for our entertainment. One of your own will kill you off before you can do much more harm to our society. Now go fetch me some lemonade boy, before I give you a good whipping.
By Southern Man
November 26, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this
Black Panther, It is obvious that you are a white guy hiding behind a keyboard trying to stir up harsh replies to your nonsensical racist posts. Go ask your mommy to make you some chicken nuggets with macaroni & cheese for your dinner as it is apparent that you could never get a date (with a female, that is) in your entire pathetic lifetime. Perhaps your mommy could then give you a bath and gently tuck you into your bunk bed. Let’s just hope that you don’t soil your Winnie-The-Pooh pajamas (again).
By stuart
November 26, 2007 4:59 PM | Link to this
blackpanther…you suck at life and the internet
have great day a* clown.
By heeldawg
November 26, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this
This Blog is filled to the brim with stupidity.
To respond to a couple of these posts:
I disagree with Black Panther on a number of issues (more on this in a moment), but I agree with him in one area. Tebow’s numbers are hyped by a coach who has set him up to win the Heisman by inflating his stats by virtue of Florida’s lack of a real running threat and by a group of receivers who are collectively the best in the country. Willie Totten was once a great QB in Division 1-AA. His numbers were phenomenal. Who was Willie Totten? Precisely. He was throwing to Jerry Rice. Tebow has a great throwing arm and is very accurate, but Urban Meyer’s system makes—or breaks—him. Looks like this time it broke his hand. Darren McFadden is the best college football player in the U.S. and deserves the Heisman. Not because he’s black, or because Tebow’s white, but because he’s simply the best.
All of this crap about “the standards are higher at Florida” is garbage. For a bunch of alleged winners, the Gators make more excuses than any other bunch of fans I’ve ever seen. Tebow’s hurt, our tackles were injured, blah blah blah. The Gators have had their run of wins over the Dawgs but that era is over. We still own the series lead and the next three years (plus) will belong to us. If you don’t believe me, just watch. It’s going to be rather frustrating for you Gator fans. You’ll be wishing you had Coach Richt on your sideline by the time it’s all over. And it’s over RIGHT NOW. You just don’t know it yet.
Panther, I feel your pain. But it’s people like you, with the colors reversed, that got us in this racist mess in the first place. Are there a number of superior black athletes out there? Hell, yeah. But is athletic genius genetic? Is intelligence genetic? You strike me as a literate sort—how would you like it if someone told you that you couldn’t possibly be as smart as a white guy simply because you’re black? It’s all prejudicial B.S. A man should be judged as a man, by “the content of his character,” not the color of his skin. Twenty years ago, the U.S. dominated international basketball and everyone said it was because we had talented black athletes that the rest of the world didn’t have. Then the rest of the world caught up (and passed us,in many respects), and it became evident that that particular line of reasoning wasn’t exactly accurate. The bottom line is that it is effort and determination—the will to excel—that make good men great at anything. It is Michael Jordan, cut from his high school basketball team, practicing with his dad in his driveway in Wilmington, NC. It is Larry Bird shooting free throw after free throw long after practice was over in Boston. It’s Matt Stafford studying game film as a six-year-old, or Knowshon Moreno infecting his whole team with his energy and desire to excel. It’s Tiger Woods working to improve his game even when he is the greatest player in golf history, or Brett Favre summoning up one last great NFL season out of sheer will. History is littered with men of great skill who failed to excel because of an overdependence upon natural ability and a lack of understandng of the fact that true greatness comes from the drive within, not the preception without. It’s not about black or white; that’s just divisive talk. It’s about team. It’s about character. It’s about all of those things that make America a great nation. Not perfect, mind you. There are flaws in the glass, for certain. But the opportunity exists for anyone with drive and determination to be successful at anything he or she chooses. Look at Ben Carson, the noted African-American pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins whose mother didn’t even know how to read. Or George Washington Carver, who overcame prejudice and discrimination in a racially-poisoned age to become America’s greatest agricultural scientist ever. How did they respond to people who doubted them because of their race? THEY PROVED THEM WRONG.
I want my kids, be they black or white or yellow, to grow up in a world where no one can tell them what they can or cannot do because their skin is brown or their eyes are green or their mother is Chinese.
You can be proud of your heritage without being hateful. You can impose limits on our young people or you can set them free.
I choose the latter.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this
Hey Gator, There is one way for you guys to miss out on playing Zook and Company. Won’t it be a blast if the Illini make it to the Rose Bowl? I mean, he inherited a disaster and in the same three years will have equalled Urban’s BCS bowl appearances. Now that would really be funny in the Swamp?
By Gator
November 26, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this
Let see the great Mark has beaten the gators 2 times in 7 attempts, What his record against Tenn? Hey Bob now I see why Georgia never won under richt you people settle for Sec championships and get glory out of beating Florida 1 time every 5 years.
By StanFomTheKlan
November 26, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this
Gator,
I am from Florida, bro. Where’s the love, man? I live right here in Ocala. Your missus is here right now and wawnts to tell ya hey but her mowth iz sorta full.
By StanFomTheKlan
November 26, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this
OK Gator your wife is finished now. She wants you to have dinner ready when she gets home. Just make sure you have her brush her teeth before you kiss her good night. And she may want to use some good antiseptic mouthwash too.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 5:29 PM | Link to this
Gator,
We have won as many NC as you have. Can you count dude? We don’t settle for anything. Auburn was 14-0 and got no shot. They had no control over that. You were fortunate and I was glad you whipped OSU. But one conference title in 7 years is a bit weak. You can only win the games you play.
Yeah, you guys have won 5 of 7. Or maybe we have split the last 4. Or we won the last game. Or 46-37. Anyone can pick what set of games to brag about.
By Bob
November 26, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this
Gator, BTW since you asked, Richt’s record against Tennessee is 4-3. His record against Tubs is 4-3….Urban is 0-2. His record against Saban is 2-2 and Urban’s is 1-2. His record against SOS is 2-2. He also never lost to Mike Shula. You really don’t want to go that route.
By G8TR
November 26, 2007 5:58 PM | Link to this
Richt’s “best year” = not going to the SECCG! We, too, are big CMR fans also. Anytime the Dawg fan base is fawning over their coach for under-achieving in their own conference is simply great news for the rest of us. Please keep him on board as long as possible and don’t allow this Cane-playin’ Seminole dressed in Dawg clothes to go back to FSU when Coach Bowden retires. We need him to stay here at UGA in our conference, where a losing record against Urban (and Zook!) is good enough for the Dawg Nation. Where losing to UT by a landslide and to USC at home is OK by you. Where close calls against Vandy and Ala (which lost at home worse to LA Monroe) is considered success! After all, this was a “rebuilding year,” which followed the previous “rebuilding year.” The Dawgs are always young, they’re always a couple of games away and they’re always “so close” to getting back to those glory days of 1980! For those of programs that have actually won NCs in the modern era (and this includes ALA, UT and LSU), our measure of success is a bit loftier. But, hey, great season. Keep up the good work.
By brewerfaninATL
November 26, 2007 5:59 PM | Link to this
Lester,
What the he!! are you talking about? OSU played Texas in 2005 and 2006, plays USC in 2008 and 2009 and will play Miami(FL) in 2010 and 2011. Afraid to play teams from other conferences? Hah, check your pulse, you bleeding imbecile!
Plus, the fact that we(Big Ten) are afraid to ask Notre Dame to join is downright laughable! We asked them in the early 90’s and they chickened out…Penn State joined instead. We asked them again in the early 2000’s and they backed out again. It would make logical sense for them to join us but because the have no nuts, they would rather stay an independent. $1,000 says that IF they were forced to join a conference, it would be the Big East, because they know they would have a better chance to dominate them then in the Big Ten. Big Ten afraid to ask ND to join? Get a life and grow a brain, jack@$$!!
By Big Dawg
November 26, 2007 6:01 PM | Link to this
Gator
How many times in the last 25 years have they played for a National championship?
Yes I am a gator with facts”
Then Gator you would be wrong because on January 1, 1983 Georgia played for the National Championship against Penn State in the Sugar Bowl. And last I checked that was less than 25 years ago.
By Ross
November 26, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this
Tony B, Not even you can give a complement to Phil Fulmer without an asterick…what did you mean when you said “you may not admire his style”. Maybe you would be more impressed if instead he came to the field with his daughters after a game he sent them out before hand to get a penality.
By Randall
November 26, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this
When LSU wins against U.T. it sounds good for LSU to play the best team they can and that would be UGA, I know what your thinking, that conference teams don’t play each other in bowl games, but think of the draw from UGA and LSU. They didn’t play during the season. That changes next year, 2008 is going to be murderers row for UGA.
By WDE
November 26, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this
G8TR,
Enjoy Orlando. By the way, maybe you should figure a way to beat Auburn and you might accomplish something. Tubs owns Urban and you Lizzards like he owns Bama. And by the way, you guys haven’t been 14-0 lately. I’ll take Richt any day over ole Urban.
By t_rey594
November 26, 2007 6:31 PM | Link to this
Lets start this off right. I am a diehard UGA fan and I believe that the SEC is hands down the toughest conference in all the land. I believe that all this hype about who jumps who to get to the NC is irrelevant because it is unlikely for WVA to lose. I can appreciate their powerful offense, I just hate to see them in the NC because I am a firm believer of the old addage “defense wins championships” which WVA, OSU, and Missouri all lack, but what can you do.
In the highly unlikely event that both Mizz and WVA lose, that would obviously make OSU and UGA #’s 1 and 2. That would mean, OSU, a team that hasn’t been tested (not even as much as Kansas or Hawii, which is saying something) is garunteed in the NC. So I ask, is it fair to reward a pansy schedule and then punish UGA with the 24th toughest schedule in the nation just because of an early loss. Though most commentators overlook UGA none will deny that they are playing as well if not better than anyone in the country. 3 of the last 5 wins were top 25 teams, and 4 of the last 5 wins were top 30 teams (more than WVA and OSU season combined…in just 5 weeks). All four of those were double digit wins. So then does LSU deserve to make the NC after blowing the #1 spot twice? or does VA Tech, from another weak conference jump UGA…who already was embarrassed by the SEC early in the season? I understand that UGA has no SEC title to show, but don’t penalize a very young team that played their hearts out and pulled out some amazing victories against some amazing teams in the stretch of the season that matters most.
Lastly, as for Mark Richt being a great coach, seriously, is this just now noticed? Among active coaches he has the 4th highest win percentage in all of college football. In 7 years he has taken UGA to the SEC championship game 3 times and won twice. In road games he is 24-4. That is simply stunning considering how much of a difference homefield advantage is in college football. In all non-conference games, he is 25-2…amazing. I see no reason why he should not win coach of the year because everyone believed after the brutal UT loss that UGA was going to finish 8-4 at best, however Richt’s passion proved worthy against Florida which Kirk Herbstreit coined “the greatest motivational tactic in recent college football history.” Then, he surprises the nation in the black jerseys which helped UGA in a tough Auburn game, since in Athens, Auburn was 15-2 in the past 17 years. He has led one of the youngest teams in the country to the #4 spot and a BCS game. What more needs to be said?
Lastly
By General Neyland
November 26, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this
Tony, just keep picking against Tennessee. Hey Dawg fans: 28-0 at half. Do you really think your team should be playing for anything above second best in your division?
By boots
November 26, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this
Mark Richt arrived in Athens in a manner in which you knew he was a great man. Adversity, success, praise and criticism has not changed his course, his dedication or his committment to his principals. Not only him, but his staff, deserve the thanks of the Bulldog Nation and the respect of our opponents (who look on us with envy because of him and his team). I agree with others who have said thank you, and I expect with Tuberville’s new deal being announced soon, we will have a reason to thank him in more tangible ways soon enough.
Regarding the NC game, OH State deserves to get pounded. Their schedule is WEAK and so is West VA’s. People should get used to the idea of seeing better teams with one or two losses sitting on the sidelines while teams with no conf. championship or weak schedules skate in to that game. It is not right, and something should be done to give more credit to schedules like the SEC’s and PAC-10.
Go Dawgs!
By dawgtired
November 26, 2007 7:07 PM | Link to this
Great to see Mark Richt change and give up play calling to do what he is called to do and that is coach. He’s a great person and we’re lucky he can change and adapt to create a winning program year over year.
By craig
November 26, 2007 7:11 PM | Link to this
The Georgia coach will be considered great when he does not lose to South Carolina and Tennessee. With him as a coach at Georgia, the best the Bulldogs will ever do is a conference championship. The university should get rid of him as soon as possible in order to move on to the next level.
By wmd
November 26, 2007 7:27 PM | Link to this
Tebow was just sacked again…. He is a great player, but pouts like a baby after a loss. Didn’t see him walk out and shake hands after AU, LSU, or UGA. I’d say what he has done from the quarterback position is unbelievable, but he could beat AU @home, LSU, and the dawgs weren’t intimidated (not hearing the shoulder excuse). Mcfadden beat LSU when they were NO.1, ran for 320 against SC, and shows some class. His biggest problem was his Head coach was a NUTT (NPI).
UGA was left for dead after stinking it up in Knoxville, but no one expected 10-2 at the beginning of the season. Richt, the staff, and the team have overachieved this year and deserve the best possible BCS bowl. GA vs. USC seems most likely because when LSU wins the SEC they’ll be heading back to New Orleans.
WV will spank The OSU or Mizzou.
By Dawg Pound
November 26, 2007 7:35 PM | Link to this
CMR is a great coach, along with a lot of other great coaches. Pick what ever set of statistics you like and you can prove your point. Bobby Bowden has the most wins ever, that counts, Joe Pa has the second most, that counts. Urbin is also a great coach and has proved it with a very successful season in 2006 at UF. Saban is a great coach, look at his run at LSU. Tubs is a great coach as well, and with a 14 win season should be recognized as so. As much as I hate to admit it even Phil is a great coach at UT. All of these coaches have one thing in common, they have overcome obstacles facing them each year.
CMR this year was how to get a team motivated after it appeared their season was over. He did it and finished the year in great fashion. With the exception of a few on this list, these coaches are all in the SEC. That makes the SEC a great conference to play in and it makes it an extremely hard conference to play in. Bottom line is this, coaches in the SEC are better than in any other conference. The players that execute on the field win the games. It takes great coaching to get the effort and results out of the players in the SEC.
This year, Tebow deserves the heisman. He has simply done everything he needs to win it. His biggest competition should not be McFadden, but rather Oregon’s Dixon. Look at where the Ducks have gone since they lost him. If UF did not have Tebow this year, they too would have ended up far down the list.
Is Tebow better than Stafford? It doesn’t matter, the Dawgs were better than the Gators this year. What a war that will be next year.
By Mikey
November 26, 2007 7:35 PM | Link to this
Gator: Your coach is Meyer, not Myers.
By Dawg Pound
November 26, 2007 7:38 PM | Link to this
Craig…sounds like you are jealous. You must be a GT fan.
By Jeff
November 26, 2007 7:49 PM | Link to this
all this jealousy from the Tennessee fans. They act like Georgia beat them instead of the other way around. I can understand why Florida is jealous though.
By Jeff
November 26, 2007 7:57 PM | Link to this
WORLD CLASS SPEED TO THE FINISH LINE! and when UGA wins the BCS bowl game, we will be the highest ranked SEC team! I can see why all you Gayturd and Vile fans are jealous. I pity all of you LOSERS!!! We are at the top looking down on all you fools!hahahahahahah
By milledgevilledawg
November 26, 2007 8:08 PM | Link to this
Tony still has the biggest crush on Tennessee’s football team after all these years. I don’t get it.
Tennessee honestly won three of the flukiest games I’ve ever seen in my life in a span of FOUR FRIGGIN’ WEEKS. I can’t decide which game (S. Carolina, Vandy or Kentucky) was flukiest. Put it this way: there was a last-second field goal in each one of those games that would’ve put Tennessee out of the race. Those honestly were three of the 10 or 15 most miraculous wins I’ve ever seen in my life.
Just for the record, I think that 2003 was Richt’s best job. The defense was brand new and the offensive line was brand new, too. We beat the holy hell out of people that season and made it look good. Our starting tailback was Michael Cooper, if that tells you anything about overachieving.
By John Dark
November 26, 2007 8:10 PM | Link to this
t_rey594 writes:
“I am a firm believer of the old addage ‘defense wins championships’ which WVA, OSU, and Missouri all lack … .”
Ohio State is 1st in total defense and in scoring defense. West Virginia is 6th in total defense and 8th in scoring defense. What “lack” are you talking about?
http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/natlRank.jsp?year=2007&div=4&rpt=IA_teamtotdef&site=org
By Johnson is a Johnson
November 26, 2007 8:16 PM | Link to this
Where exactly is the Tech tickle pile meeting tonight. I’ve got my new beat GA undies on and am dying to jump in it!
By Johnson is a Johnson
November 26, 2007 8:16 PM | Link to this
Where exactly is the Tech tickle pile meeting tonight? I’ve got my new “Beat GA” undies on and am dying to jump in it!
By Jeff
November 26, 2007 8:23 PM | Link to this
I’m waiting……..bring Gayturd and Vile boys…
By Jeff
November 26, 2007 8:26 PM | Link to this
I’m still waiting……..bring it Gayturds and Viles!
By War Eagle
November 26, 2007 8:27 PM | Link to this
Coach Richt has been a very successful coach at UGA. My opinion his coaching job is not as good in 2007,as earlier years. He is very fortunate to be #4 in BCS because unusual loses to top 10 teams this year. The Dawgs deserve to be in SEC title game, but not a heart beat away playing for NC. This could be a present in college football with parity in every conference and new spread offense. I believe defense is key to winning, but times can change, in this case UGA should be right up at the top…
By heeldawg
November 26, 2007 8:30 PM | Link to this
G8TR:
Typical Florida BS to obscure the fact that you got your butts kicked this year and are running scared. Talk all you want. Reality is coming to bite you in the @$$. The Florida nightmare that was the 1980’s is coming back again. Your time is OVER.
You talk about how we got whipped by UT. Who whipped you?
Oh, that’s right. Us.
Get ready, Gators.
The Dawgs don’t fear you anymore. The evil spell is broken.
By War Eagle
November 26, 2007 9:04 PM | Link to this
Coach Richt has been a very successful coach at UGA. My opinion his coaching job is not as good in 2007,as earlier years. He is very fortunate to be #4 in BCS because unusual loses to top 10 teams this year. The Dawgs deserve to be in SEC title game, but not a heart beat away playing for NC. This could be a present in college football with parity in every conference and new spread offense. I believe defense is key to winning, but times can change, in this case UGA should be right up at the top…
By War Eagle
November 26, 2007 9:16 PM | Link to this
General Neyland, nice win at KY. defense played very good first half and then all hell broke loose. CPF is a good coach, he wins when talk about his job status is mention. As you know I picked LSU and Tenn in SEC title game which should be a good game. Good luck >>watch out for Auburn next year.<< We play Vols 5th game at AUBURN..Open up with West VA and all those studs returning..I am glad we are through with Fla for time being… UGA, Fla and LSU will be bad too.
By A.T. IST UGA
November 26, 2007 9:23 PM | Link to this
In a recent Mark Bradley column some blogger attributed UGAs success to some high power. Let’s be clear, our success (and any failure) is due solely to the hard work and preparation of CMR, our coaches and athletes. If a high power is inferred or results are seen otherwise, then this is purely a placebo effect and means nothing. CMR is having a great year because he is a smart coach and understands our opponents. It is a discredit to him and our athletes to give credit where it is not due.
I hope the Dawgs get in the Rose Bowl so I can go see them beat up on USC or whoever the PAC-10 throws at us.
By DawgBone
November 26, 2007 9:24 PM | Link to this
Chase…I’ve been arguing that point with my Tech friends all day. Thanks for laying out the facts and telling it like it is. Georgia is where they are based on the BCS “system”.
Rob…finishes the argument - the conference champions are not always going to be the best team in their conference. This BCS “system” is flawed because it combines polls and championships.
Right now Georgia is playing as good as anyone else and is “arguably” the best team in the SEC. UT has been blown out twice while luckily getting by Vandy & KY. LSU has been barely escaping losses and it finally caught up with them. If Oklahoma can go to the BCS Championship Game after getting pasted by Kansas State in the 2003 Big Twelve Championship Game why can’t Georgia?
There is no valid reason why Georgia should not be allowed to go to the BCS Championship if they’re #2. This is the BCS “system” at work. Only a playoff will cure it.
By the way …congrats to UT & LSU for reaching the SEC Championship Game. It takes a lot just to get there. Gen Neyland…you are a true gentleman. I think a lot of the angry UT posts were actually GT posers….pathetic. Go Dawgs x’s 7!
DAWGBONE
By Denver Dog
November 26, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this
Hey Tony, G8t04, and all the rest. In a year when the #1 team has 1 loss, you are critical of UGA for having two losses. In a year when CMR and his dogs beat, Oscar Meyer Tommy Tubs, Nick Saban, Paul Johnson, and a few others, you want to criticize UGA. Come on, we all, though it was tough, pulled for UF to whip the arrogance out of HOHUM State and cheered when you did. We cheered when Auburn went undefeated and still say that got the shaft. So find something good in life, Tebow is great, but he is all you have. Oscar Meyer will leave soon, and then maybe you can get the Evil Empire Emperor back with his flying visor. Pull for the rest of us dudes, we pull for you. You Gator fans seem to be egomaniacs with inferiority complexes. Find your own blog.
By Glenn
November 26, 2007 10:19 PM | Link to this
Yes we are blessed to have Mark R. as coach. We wish you the best in the BCS Bowl where ever it is. Ohio State will get beat bad in any bowl they go to. As far as the DAWGS playing USC they will need to have a near perfect game. USC is healthy now and playing great football and I will leave the last frontier (ALASKA) and be there to support my DAWGS. Glenn
By auburn suxs
November 26, 2007 10:33 PM | Link to this
War eagle , didn’t know you had to play West VA . I said that tenn would not lose to vandy or Ken. I also said that we would finish in the top 5 , but there is no way West VA loses or mizzo, I think they both win and play for the title. LSU will win the SEC and may jump UGA in the last pole …. Wait til next year, the in coming freshman look very good… It’s great to be a Georgia BULLDAWG… Great season will be better if we win the BOWL game. Then it’s I can’t wait til next year…. NO matter what people say we are one of the top teams in the country next year… Great job to the players and coaches….
By DawgBone
November 26, 2007 11:13 PM | Link to this
Wow G8tr…did it take you a month to get over the G8trs getting whupped by the Dawgs? You’ve been kinda scarce since October 27th and the 42-30 loss the G8trs suffered. It’s comical to see your bitter posts about the Dawgs going to a BCS Bowl while you’re G8trs are relegated to a “who cares” bowl. I guess you can wait til next year…maybe we’ll have a Blackout and celebrate in both your end zones :-’ Your standards may be higher but your achievements are lower this year G8tr….42-30 you lost…deal with the fact you got beat and reserve your comments for ….next year.
DAWGBONE
By DawgFan
November 26, 2007 11:24 PM | Link to this
OK guys so what is LSU wins the confrence championship. It won’t matter if they do pass us in the polls reguardless they are going to the sugar bowl, and they we will still be the #1 alternate team that didn’t win the division. Same scenario with VT, if they win against BC they are the confrence champions..we still have the #1 alternate spot. There really isnt any team that can overtake us…even if oklahoma takes out #1..that make them confrence champions..We are really setup perfectly.
My prediction is UGA USC Rose bowl. Final Score UGA 24 USC 21
By Mark
November 26, 2007 11:32 PM | Link to this
Until there’s a playoff, the BCS NC game will be decided by voters. In fact, the only difference between the current system that crowned Minnesota (8-2) national champions in 1960, is now computers have a say in who’s #1. In 1960, various publications and organizations each released a different poll ( all honored by the NCAA ) crowning a grand total of five national champions … Iowa, Ole Miss, Washington, and Missouri. Speaking of arbitrary look back to recent history, when USC and LSU split the title in 2003. The AP crowned USC while LSU won the BCS. Which brings me to my point. The mythical national championship still subsists, it’s not lost in the era of the UPI, Helms, or the Boand, which chose multiple schools as national champs! The mythical champion will awake on seventh day of 08’ and never look back. I love the mythical championship, I love the the mythical playoff — that is, the entire season. So pollsters! close your eyes and pick who you think are the best two teams in the country and go with ‘em. I know who’s #4 right now and I like ‘em against anybody in the country. Sic ‘em!! Here’s a link to all those mythical champions
http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/iafootballpast_champs.html
By savannah dawg
November 27, 2007 5:21 AM | Link to this
If S. Crooms wins SEC coach of the year over CMR that would be a travesty. P.S. UGA 2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!
By D Ellis
November 27, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this
Thoughts and prayers go out to the Family of Sean Taylor in this time of travesty. We should be thankful for being able to vent and discuss our team.
By War Eagle
November 27, 2007 9:35 AM | Link to this
auburn sux, I agree with your prediction except LSU, they had many points scored on their defense lately, but will see. In a previous post, I would like to see the dawgs play USC in the Rose Bowl. This could happen, UGA would win and give Western exposure for the SEC..I hope Auburn makes the Peach Bowl and plays Clemson…
By Mikschtickticschlaben
November 27, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this
You want to offer up some BCS rule changes? Here’s one!:
If your team plays in a conference where there is no championship game, you can NOT go to a BCS Bowl game! Say adios to the Pac-10 and Big 10. It’s criminal those two “elite” conferences aren’t forced into scheduling a championship game. It’s in fact PATHETIC!!!
By JIMB
November 30, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this
TENNESSEE WILL LOOSE TO LSU AND WILL LOOSE THEIR BEST COACH AND THATS NOT FULMER. THEY RANK 40TH IN RECRUITING AND ONLY HAVE 11 COMMITMENTS. COACH MILES WILL LEAVE FOR MICHIGAN, BUT HE WILL WIN HIS LAST GAME. THIS IS TURF AND LSU IS FASTER. LSU31 TENN 14 I HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AS TONY BUT NOT THE SAME OPINION.