Mr. College Football

By GKJ

December 14, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this

I LOVE college football!!

By eric Cunningham

December 14, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this

petrino is a fool

By scooter11

December 14, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

At least the Nov. 1 comment is about the natural rivalry of the teams in that game, and not an issue brought about due to traitorous coaches (although you could make a case for Cryer).

By baloney

December 14, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Watercooler talk. Guy #1, Hey did you hear that Chip Towers thinks UGA will be preseason #1 next year? Guy #2, yea man I heard that, I also heard that Carter Strickland said we should be #1 next preseason. Guy #3, Man I heard Kirk Herbstreit last nite on ESPN say UGA will for sure be in the top 3 next year.All guys leave in agreement talking about the UGA dynasty.Things like ‘man it will be cool playing in the NC game in black jerseys”And so it goes, all the UGA fans are primed for good fortune next year, lest anyhing happens ie: jail time, suspensions, players leaving for the NFL, Fulmer, and Spurrier staying at their schools,Saban actually improving Bama, Tubberville actually having a QB etc.

By JN

December 14, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this

Petrino and Arkansas better hope they don’t make it to the SEC Championship game! You want to talk about a raucous crowd! I may just root for the Razorbacks to make it to the Dome so I can go and boo him myself!

By AUtiger

December 14, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

Who is the bigger jerk. Petrino or Saban? I say Petrino because of they way he quit on the Falcons. But they are both real slime balls.

By Jake in Chalreston

December 14, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

5 great reasons why the SEC is the BEST conference in the country, hands down. No other conference comes close to having these story lines - or to having this kind of passion, for that matter.

By the way, I’m still laughing at the attendance for the ACC Championship game. PATHETIC. Would NEVER happen in the SEC, NEVER.

By GT

December 14, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

Petrino did Blank a favor from all reports. If he was that bad a coach as the players say, why didn’t Blank know? He would have had to fire the guy eventually, why the drama. The SEC is obviously a better place to be than the NFL since the last two to jump ship went to the SEC.

By DawginLex

December 14, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

I eat baloney on sandwiches-Oscar Meyer preferably.

You must be one bored dude to sit in the basement of your momma’s house and slam UGA. Tech fan ? Gotta be. Can’t wait for you to call us leg humpers.

Tool

BULLDAWG NATION;

AVOID THE RUSH ! HATE HAWAII NOW !!

THEY ARE TALKING SERIOUS SMACK AND BRENNAN AND JUNESIE WOONSIE NEED TO BE SLAPPED BACK TO THE ISLANDS.

UGA 56 Hula boys 14

By Mirna from smyrna

December 14, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

Note to Bobby P.

You got your wish - back at the college level and in the SEC- Guess what, This ain’t the Big East. You have to pack a lunch every week to win here you snake. Nutt will have Ole Miss winning 7-8 games a year soon. Vandy, UK, & MSU are well coached, competitive programs right now. The Razorback program is maybe the 7th best program in conference and they got what the deserve when you slipped in there this week. Your own draft pick from Arkansas is warning everyone down there what an s.o.b. you are. The best thing that will happen to Arkansas is the day you slip out of there in 2009 because you won’t be able to take the heat. Problem is they are to damn blind or stupid to relize that right now. As a Falcon’s fan I thank you for leaving! As a Dawgs fan I don’t really have an opinon as The Hogs have not and will not cause UGA any problems. I hope Tommy T. hangs 70 on your weasel back side next fall.

By baloney

December 14, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

Soooo, you eat baloney dawginlex? With a bit of mayo I suppose.

By Mikey

December 14, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

Dawg fans circle September 13, 2008 as the day we go to Columbia and hang 50 on the ol Ball coach….

By bamadon

December 14, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

Saban and Bobby P. better have some good body guards ready next fall. I was hoping that Saban would turn around Bama after going 6-2. But the wheels came off the bus and bama has to go the weed eater bowl!! MERRY X-MAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HOPING SEC KICKS BUTT IN BOWL GAMES!! ROLL TIDE AND GO DAWGS!!

By TDone

December 14, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

To Tony, you forgot about November 29, 2008 when Paul Johnson and Company puts an end to all this MBS, that means Muttland Bovine Skullduggery.

And to Jake in Charleston, why did you bring the ACC into this mix? But since you did, put the ACC Championship game in Atlanta and/or Charlotte, and it would sell out. Having the game in Jacksonville did not work. Believe if you check the records, the SEC Championship game did not do that well when it was in Birmingham the first two years.

It’s in Tampa the the next two years and then in Charlotte. Watch the attendance then, Muttlander.

You all may call the SEC having story lines, I call it having nothing but drama.

By Mirna from smyrna

December 14, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

Mckay should lose his job or at least Blank should hire a GM to handle the coaching and personal hires from now on. Let Mckay handle the corporate/NFL matters.

The fan base at Arkansas will drive Bobby P. nuts. He will be out in 2-3 years.

By So. GA. Dawg

December 14, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this

Watercooler talk. Guy #1, I hear baloney is an idiot! Guy #2, at least we can agree on that.

By RCE

December 14, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

Hey AUtiger, I think ol wingnut tubbs is the bigger slime ball because he left without the pine box.

By Jim H.

December 14, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

I can’t wait until the dawgs meet Arkansas in a couple of years and stomp a mudhole in “The Cowards” team….oops I forgot….Petrino will probably already have changed jobs a couple of more times by then and be Florida State’s, or Michigan’s, or who knows coach.

By reservoirDawg(formally noyellowinthisblood)

December 14, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

Everyone knows baloney is better with mustard. Why are you always on here provoking people? Is your life that lame?

By Dawgbyte

December 14, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

baloney—the “leavings” of the good cuts of meat. ‘Nuff said.

By choppedham(formerlyknownasbaloney

December 14, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this

Guys you have to admit, that for the most part UGA fans are just silly. Everyone likes to pull for their team, but UGA fans take their fandom beyond.Always seem to get all geeked up about a popularity contest. If a writer or sportscaster says something good about UGA, then it must be the gospel.Let someone have a question about UGA and that person is an idiot. What’s even funnier is to hear a UGA fan call another southern teams fans redneck. Now there is one for you.

By ATLNative

December 14, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this

Petrino coming to the Plains is not that big of a deal… remember, the AU family already showed their support for Tuberville in that situation by firing the President. It wasn’t Petrino’s fault, he was presented an offer to coach in the SEC and he listened. Wouldn’t have you?

Saban back in Baton Rouge… Nutt back in Fayetteville - The SEC is going to need to be broadcasted on TNT, since they “know drama”.

By Spike

December 14, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

Good column, Tony. This is why we love college football. If there is any doubt about which conference is superior, just look at the “attendance” at the ACC championship gane in Jax. Is that sad or what?

By Halberstram

December 14, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

Tony, I think you mean the loser of the UGA-Florida game could still be in the race for the national championship. The winner will likely be in the driver’s seat at that point. That game is going to be special.

Go Dawgs!

By Buzz Belle

December 14, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

Dawg Fans - It is too funny how you guys can see into the future. I was taught to never count your chickens before they hatch. Given Petrino’s past record, what in the world makes you think in two years he will even be at Arkansas?

By Tom

December 14, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

I think that all these scenerios are just fuel for more fire. Petrino and the other SEC coaches know how life is with head coaches. When they next meet, nothing out of the ordinary will happen. When Houston Nutt returns to Fayetville, he will hear more cheers than boos. After the first ten minutes of the 2008 Georgia - Florida game, last year’s game will have no significance. The Nick Saban thing will be old news next year and life goes on. Finally, as a devout Bulldog fan, I think our coaching staff is concentrating on beating Hawaii and finishing a great recruiting year. They aren’t too concerned about preseason ratings.

By bdawg

December 14, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

Isn’t is spelled balogna??? Anyway, the Ga/Fl game next year is going to be unreal barring any serious injuries for either team. Seriously, how can the likes of Bobby P. even sleep at night knowing how many people loathe the thought of him. Do you think he knows how much of a scumbag he is? Does his wife honestly believe he is setting a good example for their children? Selling out sucks and that man takes the cake in terms of the South’s biggest sellout.

By baloney

December 14, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this

The “announced” crowd of 53,000 at the ACC CG must have been for tickets sold. Once every now and then the cameras would show the upper deck (sideline shot) and the seats there were empty. Let alone the end zone seats. I bet there weren’t 25,000 people actually there.

By baloney

December 14, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

It’s actually bologna.Baloney is the southern slang.

By tj

December 14, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

I have yet to see anyone in my lifetime leave a job for another one where they would be happier and make over $2million per year. Who out there would say no to that opportunity?

By GaDawgs7

December 14, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Louisville is NOT the SEC, .Petrino is in for a rude awakening next year!

By cpgt1990

December 14, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Tony, you’re dead on with these upcoming dates. Should make for some interesting SEC drama. As a GT alum and fan, it’s still fun to watch the underlying stories that make college football so much fun. I really don’t care for the Big 11 and hope to see the SEC teams beat them. Yes, they call themselves the big 10 but last time I checked, there were 11 teams in the conference. No other conference has identity problems like that so get over yourself Big 11.

To the Ugag fans, you’re still in a no win situation. You’re supposed to be Hawai’i since they’re a WAC school. Yes, I’m pulling for Hawai’i to win but it’ll be a great game to watch either way. But I take some comfort in a viewpoint I developed while I lived in Hawai’i for 3 years on military assignment - - no matter if things go bad during the Sugar Bowl, they’re hopping on a plane and going home to Hawai’i.

By The Kig

December 14, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

Seriously, is there anything better than SEC football? This season isn’t even over and we are already caught up in the drama unfolding next year. Heck, we aren’t even done w/ the coaching carousel in the SEC yet. Les Miles “new contract” w/ LSU still has a Meee-chigan clause (& they seem awfully quiet right now…)

As a Hog fan I think this is a great hire, even factoring the current venom surrounding Petrino’s timing. Give me a break w/ all the moaning! Free agency killed any sense of loyalty to teams associated with the NFL. This is a business and the Hogs were making a move quickly to appease the restless natives. Petrino had been in talks w/ Blank for weeks about being unhappy.

So the guy wants to coach in the SEC really bad. He now has his opportunity. My expectations as a fan are in line w/ his compensation. He is now one of the best paid coaches in the league. Simply Produce!

Wasn’t a Nutt hater, but didn’t love his coaching all the time. He won 18 games in 2 years and the timing was poor for UA and the cranky fanbase to push him out. Petrino is being paid to do better than that- or at the very least install an offense that includes the forward pass so that SEC defenses don’t stack the box and have varying levels of success stopping our vaunted run game.

I am glad that he will be vilified on Saturdays for the next several years. Spotlights draw attention and the $$ spent by the Hogs indicates commitment from the program to step up. Granted, we are not in the top 5 teams in the SEC. Why shouldn’t we try to make changes that potentially get us there?

I look forward to the battle w/ more than worthy SEC foes and hope you win em all- except 1.

By ODELL THURMAN

December 14, 2007 11:48 AM | Link to this

I be glad Coach Richt ain’t no liar like all the other coahes bee in the SEC.

HE MADE ME THE MAN I IS TODAY!!!!!

By FriDawg

December 14, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

What about UGA vs. LSU on 10/25? I can tell you I’m looking forward to that game since LSU jumped from #7 to #2. If the Dawgs get a chip on their shoulder about the snub, then it could be a fun season to watch.

By NASCARfan

December 14, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

What I love is guys like bologna who hate the Dawgs yet can’t stay off our boards or can’t stop themselves from commenting on the Dawgs.

One word: JEALOUSY!!!

Hey, bologna, the Gin Blossoms did a song about you back in the ‘90’s. It’s called Hey Jealousy!

Seriously, it’s time to take a good, long look at your life when you can’t stop yourself from ejaculating your jealousy all over our boards like a bad monkey.

Dude, in the immortal words of The Shatner… GET A LIFE!

By Will

December 14, 2007 11:53 AM | Link to this

I wish we could stick an overrated Ohio State in the SEC for a year! Next year we are all going to beat each other up then watch an 11-1 OSU team prance into the BCSNC. I wonder if we can trade a pathetic USC Chicken program for OSU for just one season. I bet the chickens would be all for that, maybe they could be competitive in the Big 10.

By ArkyTech

December 14, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

C’mon, you should know better than to actually believe Nutt was offered a raise to stay. Why would the school buy him out to resign if he stiffed them?

Tony - you’re better than that!

By NASCARfan

December 14, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this

Hey, The Kig, I didn’t understand all the vitriol that the Louisville fans were spewing about Petrino when he left their school to coach the Falcons. In fact, if you take this last week from Flowery Branch and last January from Louisville, the message about Petrino is exactly the same: GOOD RIDDANCE!

While I don’t blame Petrino for leaving, he could have done so with more class.

But The Kig, you’re looking through this with pig-colored glasses. When he leaves your team in the middle of the night for a better job, and there are far better jobs out there than the Arkansas job, then you too will be saying the exact same thing that Louisville and Atlanta fans and players have said.

If you don’t take this to heart, you’re a fool.

By billinatl

December 14, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

Hey TDone, the SEC Championship game sold out both times it was in B’ham. So much for that pathetic argument.

And it has sold out every time in Atlanta too in case you forgot.

Jax is a NICE play to play in early December. If the SECC was played there it would sell out every time.

There is NO PLACE that the ACCC will sell out unless it’s Miami FSU in Orlando or something.

By cdawg

December 14, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this

Hopefully Petrino will be welcomed into the SEC by getting his arse kicked in the west, hope Nutt is one of them. UGA/UF will be a doosie, bout time the DAWGS get this series where it’s supposed to be and that is winning every 2 out of 3.

By Dr. Phil

December 14, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this

One thing I am sure of is Tebow and UF will spank the bulldogs for their unsportsmanlike conduct and send their whining butts back to Athens with probably the worst beating in history. The second certainty is, everyone will be gunning for Petrino. I am sure that national TV ratings will jump for all Arkansas games. Good luck recruiting, Bobby.

By michaelgee

December 14, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

The good people in Arkansas stil have time to spit out the stinky bait Peterino set them up with. On character issues alone, not counting the disloyalty he has shown his last two employers, Arkansas should reject this guy before the season starts. I am personally disappointed in Frank Broyles for being a party to bringing someone with so little integrity in to Arkansas to LEAD and GUIDE these young men. What are the expectations there? Just wins, what they look like means nothing? Apparently the new AD in Arkansas is a spineless wimp with as little character as Bobby Petrino.

We have now established WHAT Bobby Petrino is, the only issue is how cheap will he sell his heart for the next time?

By baloney

December 14, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this

You’re right Nascar. It’s jealousy, just jealousy. Now go shave out the # 3 in your back hair so yo uwill be ready for the NASCAR season. Now there is a real sport. Rasslin on wheels. Fake as a $3 bill.

By NASCARfan

December 14, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this

One thing I am sure of is that Rennie Curran and Rashard Jones have something in store for Teblow.

Auburn, Georgia, and LSU proved last year that when you taked Teblow’s 5 yard runs away from him, he’s just a mediocre QB.

Trust me when I say more SEC teams will pick up on that. Teblow will disapoint and then, in two years, he won’t even be drafted.

Can you say BUST or ALEX SMITH?

By shane #1

December 14, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this

six steps to mega bucks in coaching 1-become an oc and install a high risk,high scoring offense.so what if you have turnovers,that’s the dc’s problem.clock management is for sissies,you want big numbers.shop your resume as soon as possible. 2-look for a small school,or a big school with a losing record.it is easier to turn around a bad program than manage a winning program.turning a program around will get lot’s of press,win 8 games and you look like a genius. 3-don’t worry about graduation rates,who cares how many will graduate in six years.yeah,like you will be there.forget red shirting players,the future is now! 4-sign a big long term contract,then start talking to some pro teams. 5-become a pro coach,this gets lots of free pr and looks good on your resume 6-have your agent start contacting college ads as soon as possible.you can’t cut it in big boy football anyway and you want a really fat contract with lot’s of perks!

By So. GA. Dawg

December 14, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this

Baloney, my man, let me explain it to you. Coming on this blog and badmouthing the dogs does not make you an idiot.Coming on this blog and badmouthing the Dawgs and not expecting to be called an idiot…well,that does in fact make you sound like an idiot.

By The Kig

December 14, 2007 12:25 PM | Link to this

Not a fool- I know exactly what we are getting. He has a $2.85M buyout for 4 years. He didn’t have one w/ the Falcons. Without a $6M buyout, Tubby may have been calling the Hogs last week. If someone is willing to pay that, then by default he has had success here. This is definitely a risk by the Hogs. This is a high stakes game of poker and we just RAISED.

Ask yourself why he takes a $2M paycut to coach in college. The Vick siutation, not suited for the NFL game, Atlanta sucks and will always suck, coach in the SEC… don’t know, don’t care, whatever. He is still a good coach and just puts one more shark in the tank of the SEC.

This charade that we try to create about coaches and players not being mercenaries is being peeled away. As a very well paid sales rep I can tell you that being a hired gun is not such a bad thing. I know that if I don’t produce, I get fired. They know if they don’t pay me a boatload to produce, I go to one of their competitors and take business away.

I get it- he may leave. Fine. My loyalty is to the program, not to a coach.

GO Hogs! (and I hate the woo pig thing too, lol)

By longhorn

December 14, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this

Hope Texas gets a crack Arkansas and the litte coward. The scariest team in my eyes in 08 and 09 will be Georgia. Stafford and Moreno will be the best QB/RB tandem in the country.

By Dawgbyte

December 14, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

I’m well aware how to spell “bologna”; I’m just going along with the way “he” spells it. Anyway you cut it, it is still “leavings”. BTW, Bobby Petrino is excreted baloney.

By cdawg

December 14, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this

Dr. Phil, The Dawgs can’t wait for Tebow, UF needs for a running back to step up or Tebow and take the pressure to run off of him or he will not be able to carry his Heisman.

By baloney

December 14, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

Now, let me explain something to you SoGA Dawg….. I have forgotten more about sports (any sport) about most any team pro or college than you or most anyone else here knows about their own favorite team.

By Jake in Charleston

December 14, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

Hey “TDone” - check your facts, boy! SEC Champ game DID sell out in B’ham and was only moved for better facilities. You can move that ACC game all you want, but you’ll always have an excuse for NOT selling all the tickets. Real fans travel, bottom line. Prime example - UGA “over-selling” their allotment of tickets to the sUGAr Bowl - which is supposedly a “lose lose” situation. Imagine how many we would have sold if it were a “win win” situation.

Seriously, TDump - if you can’t take the heat, get out the kitchen.

That ACC game was for all the marbles: 1. Conference Championship 2. Guaranteed BCS bowl berth 3. Potential chance to play for the MNC

AND YOU CAN’T EVEN SELL THE DAMN THING OUT!!!! p A T H E T I C

By baloney

December 14, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

Richt is a good coach. But a question is, most people and UGA fans will agree that UGA has more talent than anyone in the SEC. True they have alot of young talent. But what about UF or even UT? They have equal or more young talented freshmen than UGA. So using your own UGA logic Fulmer would be the best coach in the SEC right now. Took his young inferior team to the SECCG. Man that has to hurt.

By George

December 14, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

I guess Tony thinks next year a 3 or 4 loss team will make it to the national championship game. BC that is what the pups will have 3 or 4 losses!

By MoDawg

December 14, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

baloney, perhaps you should empty a little of your sports “bucket” and add in some grammar and usage. That last post about how much sports knowledge you have made my eyes burn.

By baloney

December 14, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

That is what it was supposed to do Mo.

By Gen Neyland

December 14, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

There’s comfort in being a Vandy, MS ST or Ol’ MS fan…low expectations and anything above that is worth a shot of scotch and a beer chaser…Alas, Go Vols…

By Whistlebritches

December 14, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

IMagine that, twice Petrino has gotten jobs before even getting permission from the Falcons. Predictions on your dates:

Petrino will try to gloss over his reentry into college football

Auburn will beat Arkansas by 20 points. The handshake will be quick, but one with a tight grip from Tubs.

Ole Miss beats Arkansas and Petrino now looks for another job.

UF scores first, acts with class, and then beats UGA by 20 with revenge in mind.

Saban takes his overachieving Bama team and upsets LSU while LSU fans finally realize Les was lucky, can’t coach, and should have gone to Michigan.

By cricket

December 14, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this

eric Cunningham, Sorry dude, you are plain wrong. Petrino is already getting paid more that Richt. He will stink it up at ARK for a couple of years, all the while looking for a way to get his miserable family out of ARK. Then some very ethical genius AD will hand him over more money to lie to the atheletes of some other school. Just face it - people like Petrino own this world.

By Big Boy

December 14, 2007 1:27 PM | Link to this

TO BALONEY: SOUND A LITTLE JEALOUS! WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONHSIP WITH ALL THE TALENT RETURNING, PLUS WHAT WE HAVE COMING IN NEXT YEAR (#1 OR 2 RATED RECEIVER IN THE COUNTRY)ETC. GO STICK YOU HEAD IN THE COOLER. YOU ARE NOT FULL OF BALONEY, YOU ARE FULL OF SH_ T!!!!!!!!!

By shane #1

December 14, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this

baloney,re your last two posts, first-IMO fulmer is a back stabbing sleeze-ball rat that i detest,but i have never said he couldn’t coach.second,i played football in the good old days when trainers checked for concussions by having you count fingers.{hint-it’s always a number between one and five.guess six or seven and you stay on the bench.}to make matters worse i tried my hand at amateur boxing.now i am 58 years old and know the true meaning of”short term memory”.so i have to say that your statement about forgetting more about football than anyone else is untrue!i have forgotten more about football than you!along with where i put my keys,my kids last name,and the roast in the oven.as a matter of fact i think i still have a car somewhere in the wal-mart parking lot!

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 14, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this

Gen Neyland, you forgot South Carolina.

By UGA'01

December 14, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this

Baloney is a hater. Sorry your team isn’t getting any love. Why else would you be on here hating unless you were jealous?

Now how about coming out of your shell and telling us who your team is, tough guy…

By ga dog

December 14, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

the sec is a better league than the nfl, petrino took a step up taking the job for less money even, most nfl players are cocky, classless,and disrespectful, cept the patriots,for excitement and entertainment sec fotball rules

By War Eagle

December 14, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

Its great to live in the southeast and be a fan and supporter of the SEC… No conference can compare to it. #1,Auburn, (UGA, LSU plus Tech) are my favorite teams

By MB

December 14, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

Must be the end of football season….UGA is saying that they are going to win a NC. Heard it every year for the last 27 years…..YAAAWWWNNN

By Zeb McCluskey

December 14, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this

Shane, now that’s funny right there, I don’t care who ya are. Mr Baloney, I’m with UGA01, please tell us which team you hail from.

By baloney

December 14, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

I like all teams. I can pull for anyone pro or college. What I get a kick out of is these fans (mostly UGA fans) that get all giddy everytime someone gives them a bit of praise.Now for the guy that said Fulmer is a backstabbing whatever. He may be I don’t personally know that so it would be unfair for me to say. I only speak in truths not opinions.

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 14, 2007 1:59 PM | Link to this

baloney, no team? That makes all of your post even sadder. You might check out Tech’s blog. They actually need somebody to post. Anybody. You could be a star there. With all of your “football” knowledge you could teach those cats a thing or two. Professor Emeritus Baloney of the Tech Blogosphere. Go for it man what are you waiting for.

By boots

December 14, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

baloney: shut up. What fan worth a flip is going to NOT get excited when others talk up their team. Truth is, EVERYONE who knows anything about college football is talking the Dawgs up, so get used to it. We have several good years ahead of us. These things go in waves, and we are riding ours up & up.

Interesting to see the top 5 stories in the SEC and not have Spurrier mentioned. I wonder how he enjoys living life in the shadows? I think the SEC has a great chance to win all but 1 or 2 of its bowl games, and 2008 will be a ton of fun getting prepared for over the off-season. However, less clobber the Rainbows first. Go Dawgs!

By Stephen

December 14, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

There were not 30,000 LSU fans in Tuscaloosa for that game. It sounds like a nice story, but it did not happen.

By Stephen

December 14, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this

There were not 30,000 LSU fans in Tuscaloosa for that game. It sounds like a nice story, but it did not happen.

By azcat225

December 14, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this

Just wanted to point out to the UGA fan who said “this is our board”—-no, this is the Barnhart board. You have your own board elsewhere on this web site. So please stop getting your red and black boxers in a twist every time a non-UGA poster dares to express an opinion.

Next season will be a wild one in the SEC—-full throttle roller coaster ride with no brakes. Looking forward to it!!

By Zeb McCluskey

December 14, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this

Mr Baloney, you sound very frustrated. Do I need to send my 2 sisters, Dusty and Lusty McCluskey over to your house? I hear they’re real good.

By Phil

December 14, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this

Tony “Mr. UGA Football” Barnhart knows everything about college football life and the players. Georgia’s only championship was won 27 years ago. Keep on predicting, hoping and wishing all you want for another one. Maybe in the year 2034. Go Ifs!

By cdawg

December 14, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this

LSU will find out all it needs to know about their team & coach when the DAWGS visit, the week before the UF game.

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 14, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this

boots, SOS is off thinking of ways to rename the #50 (half a hun’erd is getting old), relate shoes to a university, and beat Vandy. Not to mention something cute to say about why Miss State is taking their place in a bowl game. He is thanking his lucky stars that he ended up 6-6 and didn’t make a bowl. That way he won’t have a losing season after “contending” for the SEC East title earlier in the season. That SOS may be silent but you ca hear the wheels grinding all the way up here in Kalamazoo. BTW, I don’t think he has been spotted in Ann Arbor yet.

By azcat225

December 14, 2007 2:32 PM | Link to this

I believe the reference to Fulmer being a backstabber goes back to when he got the head coaching job at UT. Johnny Majors was the head coach and had to take a leave for some reason—-medical, I think, memory isn’t what it used to be—-and Fulmer was named the interim coach. Word was that Fulmer worked behind the scenes and got himself the job permanently and Majors’ leave of abscence became permanent. I do remember that Majors was incredibly bitter about it but no recollection as to whether he really should have been or not.

By poopdawg

December 14, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

i can’t believe blank’s reaction to petrino quitting. he feels abused? blank is acting like his team is 10-3,not 3-10. petrino had a free pass this year , with the vick soap opera, if he would have won he would of been a coaching superstar. but they were 3-10 and terrible and showing no improvement. petrino should been fired! my sister could have coached a 3-10 team. petrino failed miserably, the falcons should be happy! quit whining blank . petrino was smart to quit, he knew he was shooting blanks, out of ideas. barnhart get over the petrino auburn ad meeting , your trying to add fuel to the fire that was burnout 1 month after it happened.

By shane #1

December 14, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

baloney,i think i can truthfully say that i have never critiqued any coaches on field decisions,except maybe for miles,but his crazy calls have worked so far.i am not on the sidelines,so i really don’t know whats happening.i do read extensively and i try to keep up with sports.my opinion on fulmed is based on three widely acceted facts, 1-he turned on johnny majors.his own boss!it may have been time for majors to go,but that was ut’s decision.if fulmer honestly felt he couldn’t back majors he should have stayed out of the process. 2-fulmer turned in alabama. 3-fulmer turned in south carolina.i am retired military and i don’t like rats.the press may consider”whistle blowers”as heros,to me they are rats.as far as facts versus opinions,the only fact you have stated so far is that ut beat uga head to head and went to the seccg,which is not news to the bulldog nation.the rest of your posts have consisted totally of your opinion.you claim to have extensive football knowledge,why don’t you share that with us?i have never heard you talk x’s and o’s,or the spread offense that is all the rage now.nor have i heard you talk about tenuta’s blitzing d as opposed to coach willie’s two deep zone or recruiting,or anything else that really matters.all i have seen you do is attack uga and her fans.i am rapidly forming the OPINION that you don’t know crap!

By Bobby Quitrino

December 14, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

Who doesn’t like balogna? I love balogna..balogna is good and very nutritious..Bobby Quitrino likes balogna in his arse.

By dawgs100

December 14, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

I’m looking forward to the Arizona State game. I bet we don’t lay an egg like UT did against Cal. Let the Dawgs defend the SEC.

Why do you think Blank is so upset? Didn’t he fire Dan Reeves before the season was over when Dan Reeves didn’t have his star quarterback? How can he say that Petrino didn’t finish what he started? Blank deserves what he got. Now lets hire a character guy with fire like Mike Singletary and turn this thing around.

By Falcon Fan

December 14, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

Hey Petrino Haters read this article here, our beloved owner isn’t as innocent as we believe. But you will believe what you want to believe. I wish he was still here, I believe could have been successful! But Vickey, and our beloved owner, I beleve ran him off.

http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/kscarbinsky.ssf?/base/sports/119762425954590.xml&coll=2

By Jay

December 14, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

And they say the regular season won’t mean as much w/ a playoff. Wow, what a bunch of idiots!!!!!

By LSU Fan

December 14, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

The winner of the GA/FL game will be National Champs next year. And I don’t like either team but I do recognize talent.

By Skip

December 14, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this

How bout Ga. at LSU also

By Deshaun Washington

December 14, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this

To whom it be concerning:

I be wantin a lone to buy some new rims for my 1985 Cadalack Sudan Davil.

Kan you help a brotha out and give me some muny. I dont like workin but the guverment be senden me muny evry week so I be able to by sum rims.

I might nede to barrow some muny to feed my 13 babies but lets get the muny fo the rims first and wurry bout da rest layter.

If you be be processen my lone for my rims, I will call da NAACP and tell dem dat you be hatin against da bruthas. Den I be havin to sooh you whiteboys.

Tank you for yo sappote.

Censeerly,

Deshaun Washingtom

By Bill

December 14, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

Dawg fans circle September 13, 2008 as the day we go to Columbia and hang 50 on the ol Ball coach….

Ha! Surely you jest. Spurrier will finally have all the pieces in place and with a new DC, no more Mr. Nice guy. I heard he sang “Gooooo Georgia Bulldogs” when he boarded the bus back to Columbia from Sanford Stadium.

By M. Adams

December 14, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

This is “our” message board. Do not criticize our entitled team or our coach. We have been cheated out of the National Championship. Every Georgia fan knows we have the best team in the country, in spite of our record. Let’s just declare ourselves National Championships by order of Sonny Perdue.

By Bobby Quitrino

December 14, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this

Spurrier eats from Bologna from Uga’s arse!

By Bobby Quitrino

December 14, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this

A colored kid comes home from school excited and tells his mother “mommy mommy, I have the biggest weaner in the 3rd grade. Is that because I’m black?” She says “no honey, it’s because your nineteen.”

By cdawg

December 14, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

good stuff

By azcat225

December 14, 2007 4:03 PM | Link to this

Tony, can we get some screening of the posts here? It’s obvious the gap-toothed, genetic inbred racists have crawled out from under their rocks to get some afternoon sun and spew some hatred.

By cdawg

December 14, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this

Take a hike azcat225. This is OUR board.

By TDone

December 14, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

To billinatl, you are a liar. From secsports.com:

1993 Florida 28, Alabama 13 Legion Field 76,345 Terry Dean, Florida

1992 Alabama 28, Florida 21 Legion Field 83,091 Antonio Langham, Alabama

By MoDawg

December 14, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

That last post by “Bobby Quitrino” was way out of line and I certainly hope not by a Bulldog fan. If anyone else was offended by that, allow me to apologize for that turd right now. Let’s try to keep this civil. My turd comment, notwithstanding. I call ‘em like I read ‘em, and it’s true; you can’t polish a turd!

By TheRaid

December 14, 2007 4:46 PM | Link to this

Sometimes journalists are just stupid.

How do you “get the word” that coaches are going to snub another coach at an event in over 5 months from now? How ludicrous. Yea, you got the word when you talked to the guy in the mirror after having a few drinks.

Like the fellow SEC coaches got together and said, hey, let’s snub Petrino in 5 months.

Geez.

By NW Dawg

December 14, 2007 5:31 PM | Link to this

Stop making this loser baloney feel important by posting responses to him - don’t you know all he wants is the attention? He doesn’t know anything about football and claims he doesn’t he have a team - he just wants to stir the pot. Just ignore baloney, yellowblood, the man, nascarfan, and others like them and IGNORE THEM.

Dawgs win big next year in the mighty SEC!

By baloney

December 14, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

shane #1, Were you at UT when Fulmer turned on Johnny Majors or are you just taking other peoples (writers included) opinion? I think that call was made by Doug Dickey to oust Majors. Fulmer, Donnan, Spurrier, and Houstn Nutt ALL turned Bama in.There may have been more, but those are fact. Heck Donnan was even recruiting/cheating to get Albert Means. UT backed off long before that battle got as ugly as it did because they knew it was a “pay for a player” That is fact too. WHy do you think UGA was on probation right after that? I’ll tell you why, because Bama basically led the NCAA to UGA over the Means deal. The reason Fulmer got blame was because Bama hadn’t beat them in a # of years and it is their biggest rivalry (yes to some bama folks even bigger than Auburn)Now, you want to bring up South Carolina? Have no idea about that deal. I’d have to research that. But let me tell you about Fulmer, yes he may be overweight (but show me a lineman in his late 50’s that isn’t over weight) Also, he has been associated with that school fince the late 60’s with all but 2 years as a player or a coach. The players current and former love him. His coaches love him. The only people that may not regard him too high are the teams fans that he beats with regularity.Correct me if I am wrong but I’m guessing that even UGA would like to have a lifelong successfull coach leading their organization.

By Hawkinsville Dawg

December 14, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this

I read where Coach Dooley’s mother said, “Manners will take you where money won’t.” Bobby Petrino obviously did not read that book, nor spend any time with Coach Dooley’s family.

By TDone

December 14, 2007 6:48 PM | Link to this

To Jake in Charleston, you are also a liar. But as with most of your ilk, please don’t the the facts get in the way of a good story.

From secsports.com:

1993 Florida 28, Alabama 13 Legion Field 76,345 Terry Dean, Florida

1992 Alabama 28, Florida 21 Legion Field 83,091 Antonio Langham, Alabama

Notice a trend…the powers that be in the SEC wanted to move the game to the ATL (and Atlanta wanted it) and it’s been a rousing success.

But if you think the game would sell-out anywhere, move it to the Superdome and not have LSU in the game. Move it to Charlotte, and not have South Carolina in the game. Move it to Nashville, and not have UT or Vandy in the game.

Now for the Muttlanders in the Sugar Bowl…so you sell out your allotment of tickets. I’m impressed. That proves what.

It’s all about marketing my friend, my friend:

Product: Conference Championship Game

Price: Ticket, travel, and lodging, TBD

Promotion: Championship Game with BCS Bowl game at Stake

Place: ACC in Jacksonville or SEC in Atlanta Atlanta. Have you ever tried to get from Blacksburg or Boston to Jacksonville? Try it and have a nice day doing it.

Again, if you feel the SEC game would sell out wherever, put at Dolphins Stadium in Miami at the end of the regular season and I’ll put the ACC game in the Georgia Dome at the end of the regular season.

Pull your head out of your posterier!

Case closed, Muttlander

By baloney

December 14, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

Man ESPN must be desperate. They are trying to force Les Miles to Michigan. I thinkn they must be doing that to save face and be able to say “we told you so”. They also are saying Rodriguez may be going. In addition they reported that UT’s OC (Cutcliffe) accepted their HC job. Cutcliffe in the meantime said he was not offered the job. ESPN is running with it that he accepted. Now DUke denies even offering it to him. Makes me want to never watch ESPN or any other news outlet. About as bad as these local idiots on sports talk radio that simply talk all day about things yo usee in the paper when yo wake up in the morning.

By Shane

December 14, 2007 7:08 PM | Link to this

There is 5 minutes of my life ill never get back.

By scott

December 14, 2007 7:33 PM | Link to this

oh man i can’t wait for the sec to start next season it make for great football ,i hope every team in the sec have it out for this petrino quiter it look as if he have made a lot of enemies in the nfl and colege he will soon see coaching in the sec is not all gravy either go dawgs

By floater3

December 14, 2007 7:39 PM | Link to this

Wow!! Has 2008 season started yet? Man there will be so many story lines that they will have to start the season 3 months early.

By Dawgbyte

December 14, 2007 7:43 PM | Link to this

Most of you people are pitiful. And here I am “talking” to you on a blog when I wouldn’t be caught dead talking to you in public. I guess the blame is more on me, than you. Now to fix it. Bye.

By rick

December 14, 2007 7:45 PM | Link to this

Tony please take a look at the post, i am sick and tired of these racial idiots that post nonsense. I m still trying to figure out why in every blog some idiot mentions color or cuts another human down, it really amazes me and i am sorry to anyone that it may have offended, obviously an idiot

By Chan Gailey

December 14, 2007 7:54 PM | Link to this

TONY YOU FORGOT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE I MIGHT LAND A JOB

By Twilb Dawg

December 14, 2007 7:55 PM | Link to this

Bring on 2008! If next year is anywhere like this one, then we are in for one heck of a year!

I have to say it is Great to be a Georgia Bulldog!

By dandydawg

December 14, 2007 8:31 PM | Link to this

Boy Tony,

As a black male, I am really offended by an item on this blog. Do you guys (AJC) not care about what is posted on here? What do I need to do to ensure that these types of things are not repeated?

By Sir Stealth

December 14, 2007 9:13 PM | Link to this

I question ESPN’s journalism as much as the next guy, but Cutcliffe is going to Duke.

By Jake in Charleston

December 14, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this

TDump: You just proved my case. We put a minimum of 70K in that crap stadium in B’ham - and you can’t put 30K in a beautiful stadium in Jax. As far as your “location” argument - I don’t recall my ticket to NOLA being cheap, so don’t give me the “try getting to Jax from Boston” crap. Try getting from CHS to NOLA, not quite an easy or cheap task - but I’ll damn sure be there no matter what.

I also don’t recall ATL being an easy place to get to from Gainesville or Fayetteville, Arkansas - but the place is STILL a sellout, ALWAYS. Face it - It’s the Almost Competitive Conference!!!!

SUCKA!!!!!!

Keep dreaming of competition like we have in the SEC - keep dreaming, my friend.

By UGAPhd

December 14, 2007 11:19 PM | Link to this

Here is how 08’ unfolds- The winner of the WORLDS LARGEST OUTDOOR COCKTAIL PARTY will play Oklahoma for the BCS National Championship!Write it down, mark it in your diaries, and hold on to the Oh $h!t Bar,cause here it comes!!!

By shane #1

December 15, 2007 3:15 AM | Link to this

baloney,thank you for replying to my post.we disagree on fulmer,but i don’t mind that,i do resent mindless insults.i know of many ut fans that are not fond of fulmer and some that would like to see him gone.that is never here nor there as any college coach will make enemys amoung the fans.i have not mentioned coach fulmer’s weight today and i am an old lineman in my fifties,so i really can’t say too much about weight.i was too light for an o lineman so i went to jr college to put on weight,there i was switched from ot to lb,which was a lot more fun.now that i don’t need any extra lbs they just seem to appear,one of life’s ironies i guess.again,thank you for your reply and for being civil,i will be the same in the future.BTW,my dad was a great football fan and had played for mercer{yes they had a football team back then},by the time i came along the “mercer bears”fb team was a thing of the past and my dad was a uga fan.he had much respect for all the great athletes no matter what uniform they wore.he had seen trippi and sinkwich and billy cannon and starr and tucker fredrickson,all the sec greats.he put johnny majors in the same class with these guys.i think majors deserved better.

By tdog

December 15, 2007 7:43 AM | Link to this

i am afraid that uga might not be there next year. if we have to keep comming up with gimmicks to win, coach richt may run out, when he will have run out of motivation for the team. we can only hope he has more antics for the kids and does not start any fights this comming year. or hopefully he will regain his class and shed the crass.

By baloney

December 15, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

shane, I did fail to mention this. I have had the chance to meet Fulmer 2-3 times. Granted I couldn’t tell you everything about him, bu my view was that he is a first class, hard nose, fierce competitor. You can see that in his eyes. He has been able to maintain his staff without defections. Very well respected by those that have played for him. Now, I never met Johnny Majors, but I can tell you that Johnny Majors was and is the man. Johnny Majors is pretty much Tennessee football. The whole Majors family will always be the first name in UT football.I hated to see him get treated the way he did, but in all fairness it was not ALL of Fulmers doing. The AD acted too quickly in the assumption that Majors had had a heart attack. WHen he didn’t it was too late to go back and change things.I get aggravated when people talk about “Fat Phil” etc. then give Weiss, the guy at Kansas,Maryland etc. a free pass in that reagrd. Sensitive I guess.

By Dawg75

December 15, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

Tdog, you are a Gator true in heart, get over yourself. You probably are one of the guys who never touched a football in his life and do not know what fierce competition is. The only thing Richt had to do was get his team fired up this year and pull them together, we win the Sugar Bowl and keep the momentum up we will be Great next year.

By Bulloney

December 15, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

Haha Georgia fans. No joke…I was watching a Georgia game, and when Moreno scored a touchdown, the whole stadium cheered. I mean, I love how you muttlanders get giddy every time someone scores a touchdown. We’ve heard the same thing since 1980, “we scored a touchdown, we get six points.” We’re all tired of it. Only stupid muttlanders get excited about their team.

By GT

December 15, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

A few more years like the Falcons had this year and pro football in Atlanta will serve a martket that can’t afford it and the SEC market will be the benefactor as the educated and well paid feel more bang for their buck and community belongingness with college football. I suspect the ACC will pick up too, with Davis at Carolina, Johnson at Tech and Cutcliff at Duke, but they have a long ways to go. The SEC is a league of its own and getting better. Now that college allows corporate sponsorship which product is becoming a more wholesome image for these corporations. These sponsors are going to be taken directly from the pros.

By AtlantaSucks

December 15, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

I love it. Have any of you people ever been to Fayetteville? Petrino wanted out of that cesspool known as Atlanta. His family was miserable and Arkansas, like it or not, has a lot of potential as the only major university in the state. We are #15 on the Forbes list of richest programs.

Arkansas may be small, backwoods…we can at least flush our toilets when we want, water our grass when we want and not sit in traffic for hours everyday just to get home from work. Yeah, that Atlanta is a great place!

By shane #1

December 15, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

gt,thats great,college football with an even bigger corporate footprint.i can’t wait to see the coca cola jackets against the ga pacific bulldogs at tech’s southern bell dome!the players can have logos all over their uniforms like nascar drivers.then coaches can make some real money instead of ekeing out a living at a couple of million a year.i miss the old days when the bear ate golden flake potato chips on his show.

By Tim McViegh

December 15, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this

“WHITE POWER”…my brothers its time for the South to rise again!!Its time for a re-birth of this nation!

By John

December 15, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

He left one out. November 29 When GT and their new coach go to Athens and win!!!!

By Hoopie1

December 15, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

All Falcon Fans need to read the article in the Bham News by Kevin Scarbinski (see link above). If Petrino’s agent is telling the truth, the Falcon fans need to have a big problem with Blank and his “misinformation”. I’ve seen that type of corporate pressure/armtwisting first hand. I guess Blank thinks he is still at Home Depot.

By Hoopie1

December 15, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

All Falcon Fans need to read the article in the Bham News by Kevin Scarbinski (see link above). If Petrino’s agent is telling the truth, the Falcon fans need to have a big problem with Blank and his “misinformation”. I’ve seen that type of corporate pressure/armtwisting first hand. I guess Blank thinks he is still at Home Depot.

By Watercooler Guy #1

December 15, 2007 7:38 PM | Link to this

Have you met that new guy baloney? What a dork. All he wants to talk about is Star Trek conventions and Georgia Tech football.

By Watercooler Guy #2

December 15, 2007 7:41 PM | Link to this

Yeah, what a tool. I was at a Tech football game once when I was in Atlanta and had nothing else to do. Don’t look at me like that! I’m a sucker for $5 tickets and free Coke and hot dogs, what can I say? Anyway, it was hard to tell the Tech student body from the typical Trekkie convention goer, so I know what you mean.

By Watercooler Guy #3

December 15, 2007 7:45 PM | Link to this

Shhh, keep your voice down guys. Here comes baloney now, pocket protector and all. I hear he obsesses over Georgia football and even hangs out on Georgia blogs.

By Dog the Gator Hunter

December 15, 2007 7:57 PM | Link to this

I’m baffled by these Rich Rodriguez to Michigan rumors. Rodriguez is the head coach at his alma mater, and has WVU consistently in the top 10 and in contention for national titles every year. What would make him jump ship for a place where he has no ties,in a weak conference?

By Hula boy

December 15, 2007 8:16 PM | Link to this

What’s happenin’ dude? We’re gonna beat tha’ snot out of those little red dogs. WARRIORS 73 ga 3!! Go cry to momma cause the “uga dynasty” is over and Hawaii is #1!

By hg

December 15, 2007 9:55 PM | Link to this

ACC 4-2 versus SEC this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Overrated sec

By JC Smith

December 15, 2007 10:24 PM | Link to this

Tony, the AJC mock BCS playoff is retarded. The good thing about college football is the regular season means something.The playoff shouldn’t rely on polls. The 6 major conference champions (SEC,ACC,BEast, Big10,Big12,Pac10) plus 2 at-larges should have a playoff based on regional games. Example this year-VT v. WVA, LSU v. OSU, OK v. BYU, USC v. HW. Play 2 rounds and then play the final Jan 1st or 2nd. I’d watch.

By baloney

December 15, 2007 10:33 PM | Link to this

See, this is why I hate UGA. All you guys are always mean to me. Why can’t you just leave me alone. You all suck and cheer for your team when they do well. You are all stupid mutts and I hate you. I hate you all!

By heeldawg

December 16, 2007 12:48 AM | Link to this

Observations from the above:

1. No way Spurrier beats Georgia next year. He’s done. This is a revenge game for the Dawgs and it will be a whuppin’.

2. No way Florida beats Georgia by 20. Not with that Gator “defense.” Tebow may be healthy, and Emmanuel Moody may be the second coming of Emmitt Smith, but the Dawgs still hung 42 on the lizards this season, and most of the playmakers that did that are coming back.

3. No way Tech beats Georgia anywhere, with any coach, in 2008/2009. They lose 17 starters this season. Johnson will win, but he’s starting over. The streak goes to nine before the Jackets even have a shot.

4. Washaun Ealey will commit to Georgia early. Mark it down. That will mean Knowshon, Caleb King, Dontavious Jackson, Richard Samuel and Washaun Ealey—all four star or better backs—will be in the RB stable in Athens in the coming years. Scary for the rest of y’all, isn’t it?

By alan

December 16, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

Mr. College Football rarely gets it right — so don’t get too excited about what he writes about. Will there be drama in the SEC West.Certainly, these ladies that are coaching those SEC teams all love a little soap opera. Look at who were are admiring here. Houston Nutt — an affair with a local TV anchor (and hundreds of love emails); Tubby, Petrino, Saban — all w*******; leaving Croom the only coach there that can actually command some respect. It doesn’t take an SEC expert or Mr. CF to figure that when the miscreants get together the b*** slapping is soon to follow.

By Atlanta Gator

December 16, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

1. May 27——These guys are professional coaches, and they all have plenty of their own problems without carrying on any blood feuds on behalf of Tommy Tuberville. I’m sure CTT is no personal fan of Bobby Petrino, but let’s not over-dramatize. This is mostly grist for these two coaches, and sports columnists who like drama.

2. October 11——I understand CTT might have some hard feelings, but do the Auburn players and faithful really care?

3. October 25——Yeah, this one is personal. Houston Nutt no doubt feels some anger and bitterness toward Arkansas fans, a large segment of whom had it in for him, and CHN has now added some fuel to the fire by taking the head coaching job at an SEC West division rival. Unless, the Razorbacks’ two starting running backs return (doubtful), CHN and Ole Miss may get the last laugh in ‘08.

4. November 1——The Dawgs will not repeat their motivational demonstration in the end zone; otherwise, they risk a game-changing penalty and SEC-imposed sanctions. There will not be a second warning and a pass for coach-sanctioned intentional penalties next season … for UGA or any other SEC team. Expect the talent and quality of play on the field to be the highest that this game has seen for years.

5. November 8——Expect those crazed Cajuns to talk a lot before, during and after the game, and they would do so even if Saban weren’t coaching the Tide.

P.S. Guys, I just read the whole string above. Y’all seriously need to lighten up. It’s just a game, nobody on this blog either plays or coaches in the SEC, and it certainly does not merit insulting your friends and neighbors. Seriously.

By Atlanta Gator

December 16, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this

“AtlantaSucks”——It’s a shame you haven’t spent much time in Atlanta, and thereby come to appreciate the city’s many fine points. Sure the old downtown area has its share of urban issues, but so does Little Rock, and Little Rock has far fewer redeeming qualities than Hotlanta does. Hope you have a very Merry Arkansas Christmas.

AG

P.S. My shower still worked this morning, and we got over an inch of rain yesterday. Life is good.

By Lone Ranger

December 16, 2007 4:17 PM | Link to this

hg, ACC football teams played SEC football teams in 5 regular season games during the 2008 season:

UF 45, FSU 12

UGA 31, GIT 17

LSU 48, VT 7

FSU 21, Bama 14

Clemson 23, USC 21

Edge: SEC 3-2

The SEC champion whipped the ACC champion by 41 points. You will also note that the SEC’s cumulative margin of victory in those 5 games is 80 points. Until Miami and FSU return to national prominence, it’s likelier to get uglier for the ACC. Miami starts its schedule in Gainesville next year, and expect USC to beat Clemson next year.

By AtlantaSucks

December 16, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator- I wasn’t talking about Little Rock, I was talking about Fayetteville. It’s so bad in Atlanta that your professional athletes are getting carjacked. I’m not sure if there has ever been a carjacking in Fayetteville?

I’m very, very familiar with Atlanta. I know all of the fine sights and I know that you will sit in traffic to get to them.

By Denver Dog

December 16, 2007 6:06 PM | Link to this

Reference Bobby Petrino, As soon as I heard abou this, I said to a friend somthing is just not quite right about this. Then, the Michael Jackson impersonator, Jerry Jones’s name show up. This is why we should be wary of Arkansas,they have low life grads like Jones, manipulating not only the NFL, but now the SEC. Let’s see how long it takes them to be on probation with the “crook” at the wheel now. As for all of you Hog fans out there, I wish you the best.