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DEL.ICIO.USCan Georgia handle the hype?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As we pack up the 2007 season, keep your eye on these potential story lines:
1. Georgia is going to get a lot of love: It’s really simple. Most of the national college football writers scheduled to cover the BCS championship came to New Orleans early to see Georgia play Hawaii in the Sugar Bowl. Because the Bulldogs were so dominant they look like a good alternative to putting Southern Cal No. 1 again in the preseason polls. And if Pete Carroll leaves USC, the Bulldogs could be No. 1 across the board. But can Georgia handle the hype? That will be Mark Richt’s greatest challenge in 2008.
2. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany: His champion, Ohio State, just got its butt kicked in the national championship game for the second straight year by a team from the SEC. Here is why that is significant.
After a story appeared in a Chicago newspaper last year about the SEC’s superior recruiting to that of the Big Ten, Delany said: “Winning OUR (my emphasis) way requires some discipline and restraint with the recruiting process.”
SEC Commissioner Mike Slive, being the gentleman that he is, didn’t respond to the scathing stereotype.
Rightly or wrongly, Delany is perceived as the single biggest impediment to changing the BCS system because of the Big Ten’s relationship with the Rose Bowl. Delany is a very smart man. He knows his league controls more TV sets than any other and uses that power to benefit his institutions. That is what the Big Ten presidents pay him to do. But as we move forward on the playoff discussion the heat is going to get turned up on the commish.
And just for the record: 11 LSU seniors graduated early this year and all 25 are on track to graduate before the end of the summer.
3. Keep an eye on the BCS commissioners: Now that UGA president Michael Adams has floated his idea of an eight-team playoff run by the NCAA, look for the commissioners to come out with their own plan as a pre-emptive strive. It will be more modest and probably involve four teams. They meet in Miami in April.
4. The Big Ten, Pac-10 are playing a dangerous game of chicken: Delany and Pac-10 commissioner Tom Hansen say they will simply withdraw from the BCS and do their own deal with the Rose Bowl if there is a move towards a “Plus One” or a playoff. That’s fine. Let’s see how recruiting goes at those 21 schools when the rest of the gang is playing for the national championship. And if there is a four-team playoff, I think there is a pretty good chance that one of the national semifinals will be played on New Year’s Day at 5 p.m.-the same time as the Rose Bowl.
5. It ain’t going to be a fun spring at Florida: Urban Meyer is not a happy camper with the way the Gators played and coached in the Capital One Bowl. Meyer took the same grumpy approach after this first season in Gainesville and Florida won a national championship in 2006.
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By Mark May
January 10, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
I’m not voting GA number one, even if they run the table. Me and my ESPN colleagues hate UGA and there’s nothing you can do about it…
By Big Ed
January 10, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
The UGA whining will not stop. There could easily be more than 4 teams deserving of a top 4 playoff spot. If UGA is on the outside looking in what will be different than all the griping today. Adams will go for a 20 team playoff in the future.
By Dawgcrzy
January 10, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
The Big10 and the Pac10 need to have their own deal. It’s obvious they can’t compete with the Sec or the Big12. Eight would be great but a four team playoff would be better than nothing.
By NCDawg
January 10, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
UGA will handle the hype as long as they remember that it is indeed hype. Just somebody’s words. The only thing that matters is cleats on the turf and points on the board.
By dogsontop
January 10, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
…it is time for a playoff system, if the Big Ten, and Pac Ten do not want to play ball, turn your backs on them,…. and dont be surprised if you eventually feel a little tap on your shoulder…
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 10, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this
Tony, 1) In years pat I would have said no. But after the later part of this season, I say yes they can. Whole different attitude after the UT loss. Richt is prepared. After all the hype of Hawaii’s O and Mark May’s pick, these Dawgs can fight. 2) How much more embarrassment can the Big Ten take? Keep sending those weak a$$ teams Mr. Delaney. All you have to do is go independent like Notre Dame to get your $$$$. Being competitive doesn’t seem to be the concern. 3)Bad timing for Adams but the balloon is in the air for people to take shots at it. 4) As Dan Hawkins likes to rant “this is deevision won fooootball, you don’t like it, go play intramurals, brother.” 5) It ain’t going to be a fun season next year either at UF. Thanks for losing to Michigan who lost to App State who lost to Wofford. LMAO!
By Hoopie1
January 10, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
Tony, please quit discussing UGA. Those guys already clog up your CFB blog with their self adulation and GT bashing without you egging it on. I say go with the playoffs and if the Big/PAC 10/Rose Bowl don’t want to play, they will get a HUGE reality check and maybe finally realize where they really stack up. The rest of the country is fed up with their self protection tactics.
By Maryland Dawg
January 10, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this
Hey Mark May,
That’s for joining in. It’s great to have a man of your infinite wisdom covering the great game of college football. You have truly enlightened all of us here, and we are fortunate that we get to listen to you and Lou Holtz every Saturday, the 2 great oracles of college football. I don’t know why they just don’t give College Gameday to you and Lou. You are truly an inspiration to all of us here in the state of Georgia. So that being said I hope we do run the table just so you look like the true donkey that you are.
By Dawgcrzy
January 10, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
What happened to T.M.’s article? LMAO
By reserviorDAWG
January 10, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
Great thoughts Tony. The DAWGS will handle the hype. If the Mid 10 and Liberal 10 turn theirs backs on the playoff system, oh well. Delaney has already ruined the 08 Rose so who cares. He put pressure on the Rose commitee to take Illinois and two Mid 10 teams got waxed in BCS bowls, Haha. Give me a playoff or give me death.
By falcon
January 10, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
I don’t blame Ohio State for not wanting to enter a playoff schedule where it might be necessary to play 2 SEC teams to win a national title. They are 0-9 versus SEC teams in bowl games. They can’t win 1 game, much less 2.
By DWG
January 10, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
The funny thing is that if the dawgs lose a game (and they will) the media will say “they looked past their opponent” or “they couldn’t handle the hype”. The reality is that most in the media are so short sighted (Tony Barnhart included) they can’t even remember what just happened in this crazy season! Any team can be beat on any given Saturday. If the dawgs lose, it will be because they played a bad game or the other team stepped it up and beat them. Heck, a couple of bounces going the other way and Tech beats the dawgs this year. I believe to go undefeated you have to have two things - a really great team and some really lucky bounces go your way. Now a days with the parity in football, you have to lose at the right time and have others in front of you lose at the right time. Any talk of the dawgs not handling the hype is BS in this day and age of college football. If LSU had lost to UT in the SECC, we may have had to watch OSU play VT OR OU! One of them would have been able to say they were the best team in college football! How scary is that! We need a playoff NOW!
By Dawgcrzy
January 10, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
Most of Adam’s critics seem to be in conferences that can’t beat an SEC school.What is up with LSU,Ark,and Ala?
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 10, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
Dawgcrzy , I also thought that strange regarding those SEC schools. LSU I can understand, two in four years is fantastic and the system has worked well for them, especially this year. Arky, Bama just look at who they hired for coaches and how they went about it.
By Dawgs #1...Yeah, Right.
January 10, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this
Everybody in the world knows UGA was the best team this year! Everybody in the world knows UGA got the shaft from the BCS! Everybody in the world knows UGA has the toughest academics among public colleges! Everybody in the world knows UGA has the best recruiting class in college football! Everybody in the world knows UGA has the best fans in college sports! Everybody in the world knows UGA Pres Adams values athletics over academics every day of the week, as he should! Everybody in the world knows that Dawg Fans are whiney b!tches who want everyone else to give them what they couldn’t win on the field!
OK…Now that everybody in the world has PUKED their guts out over UGA this year, can UGA & all you Butt-Sniffer Fans JUST STFU AND GO AWAY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY PROVE SOMETHING ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD?!?!?! [yak! puke! UGA sucks! puke again!]
By Mark May
January 10, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
Maryland Dawg,
Thanks for the kind words… Have no illusions—WE are in control.
By GradyGrad96
January 10, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
Hey Tony, nice piece. But I have a question for you for which no one seems to be able to provide a satisfactory answer (save the easy one, money). But why does the BCS allow for Pac-10, Big-10 (actually 11 which points more Delaney’s point of recruiting, hmmmm) and Big East (yawn) to have equal footing, representationally, with the SEC, ACC, and Big-12? Or, why are conferences that don’t have the same number of schools and a conference championship game, allowed equal footing with those that do?
To me, this is a mammothian travesty. My opinion is that there should be one measuring stick for all conferences. And for ND to be considered they need to be in a conf. This independent crap needs to go.
By ryan
January 10, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
has tony explained his omitting oklahoma from his pre-season top 25?
By robby
January 10, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
here we go geor-gia…here we go…clap clap
LOL
i cant wait…too much really good talent for those dawgs be a bust…these kids have been winning championships since rec dept days…
THANKS FOR THE NOD TO LSU PLAYERS GRADUATING!!! they dont just hand those diplomas out…
and oh yes…a dangerous game of chicken…the playoffs are coming in the bowls…lets go folks…let the straglers go…well let em in no questions asked once they see how good itll be…
8 teams…four major bowls…each with drewlin’ drama and importance…additional final four games and a truer national championship game to put the cherry on top…
lets line it up!!! ensure the athletes get a first class collegiate experience…(spread that money around)…they get to play a game most of us dream about and get a damn good degree…i think itll work =D
By Alex
January 10, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
Tony “Mr. Georgia Football” Blowhard is an alumni of Georgia. It’s no suprise that he is a vehement advocate of Georgia football and a whiner extraordinaire like the rest.
By Terence Moore
January 10, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this
What is all the hype about UGA. Are they even going to be good next year? Aren’t they losing like 5 starters next year. How can they be good losing that many starters? I have them finishing 3rd in the SEC East and playing in the Peach Bowl. I love myself!!!
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
Dogs#1 yea right, just keep practicing those sayings over and over, your on the right track, It was very good until you got to the last part. just keep practicing the first part of your paragraph,keep saying it until you finally realize….there must be a power greater than you giving you all that wisdom.
By dawgeatvol
January 10, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this
ryan..he corrected the top 25 after getting blasted for his omission. He had them at 13, I believe.
By SICKOFTHIS!!!
January 10, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
For those of you who like to complain about The AJC and how it constantly gives praise about the UGA program and talks it up: You do realize you live in GEORGIA and you are reading a sports blog for the largest paper in GEORGIA and the team they are constantly talking about is the largest university in the state of…. GEORGIA!!!! IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE HOME TOWN PAPER ALWAYS PRAISING THE HOME TOWN TEAM WITH THE LARGEST FAN BASE IN THE STATE OF…..GEORGIA, THEN I SUGGEST YOU GO AND READ YOUR HOMETOWN PAPER!!!!!!!!! What else are the supposed to talk about??? Tech??? HA!!!!
By CF Fan
January 10, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
The biggest problem with an 8 team playoff is getting fans to travel three weeks in a row. Especially when the traveling will more than likely be expensive flights to cities out of driving distance. Not to mention you would have to buy those tickets and make hotel reservations within a one week time frame, which is never cheap.
A 4 team playoff separated by two weeks would minimize travel and allow more time for the semis winners to plan a trip to where ever the National Championship game is being played.
Fill the middle week over New Years with all of the other bowl games.
Also if the Rose Bowl doesn’t want to participate, then perfect. It would work out just right that the two semi fianl games and national championship game rotate locations through the Fiesta, Sugar and Orange.
By mark
January 10, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
Maybe the first thing they should do is everyone has to play in a conference (notre dame) and everyone has to play a championship game. After that, let’s do away with preseason rankings and have them come out week 8 when the BCS comes normally comes out. Then, if you win your conference you get a bye in the first round, or you are guarenteed a #1 seed in the playoffs. Then there are x amount of slots left for at large bids and for seeding purposes. Why wouldn’t that work?
By reserviorDAWG
January 10, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this
I wonder what the paper in Gainesville, FL writes about or in Columbus, OH or Tallahasee or Knoxville. Why don’t you losers go online and find a site that covers your team?
By patches
January 10, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
Is that realley mark may and if it is he needs to be fired. this is just people running there mouths. you have not heard richt say anything.i am a big dawg fan but it’s time to stop all this.
By patches
January 10, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
Is that realley mark may and if it is he needs to be fired. this is just people running there mouths. you have not heard richt say anything.i am a big dawg fan but it’s time to stop all this.
By bobbylee
January 10, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
UGA is at best the 3rd best team in the SEC. They should get over the fact they lost 2 east games on the field. They lost the tie breaker head to head. If you can’t win your conference, that already has a playoff provision, how do you expect to be consided best in the nation. Maybe next year they will have a legit complain, this year they come across as big babies crying about a playoff system just because they won some games at the end of the year.
By GW
January 10, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this
The UGA players will handle the HYPE okay if you keep them away from the UGA fans. We are already drunk on the HYPE. If they don’t handle the HYPE it won’t cost them just a game or two, but probably 4 or 5. UGA always plays better when they open with a strong opponent. They’ll beat Southern and CMU but it may prevent them from having a focused summer camp. At least they have 2 games before SC instead of one. So what if the Big 10 and PAC 10 do their own thing and it effects their recruiting. They will be playing only against other nobodies anyway.
By Mekvertikleiben
January 10, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this
Dawgs will handle the hype, whether they handle the brutal schedule remains to be seen. Having said that, I really like the make-up of the coming into ‘08. If Stafford improves significantly and we can continue the D’s momentum I think we can beat anyone.
Playoff… got to have it. The BCS was not designed to deal with what took place in ‘07. It’s totally flawed system that accomplishes NOTHING. Pac-10 & Big 10 will have to get onboard the train or be left at the station.
By Hoopie1
January 10, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this
Resovoir DAWG, Those schools do have their own sites. This site is about CFB(not UGA). Based on the prestige of UGA football represented by the dawg fans, surely you have your own boards? Go there to bash GT,talk about tickle piles or whine about getting shafted by the BCS.
By Pat
January 10, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
Adams, Richt, UGA players, fans and alumni could care less what bloggers or ESPN say about us. Keep using the “whine” word if you want. It doesn’t hurt and maybe it makes you feel better. See you in the Fall.
By Hitman
January 10, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
SICKOFTHIS:
UGA is not the hometown team. Technically, it is GA Tech. UGA is actually in a town called Athens, GA, about an hour away from Atlanta, which is the namesake city for the Atlanta Journal Constitution. It is easy to get confused, however — especially for you meathead UGA folks — when our (Tech’s) hometown paper gives at least 80% of its attention to an inferior school that is one hour away, in a different town…
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this
OK, Its obvious that Delany is the reason for the hold up with the playoff system. He knows if it begins then its curtains for his confrence. Man, He’s making it obvious that he knows his confrence doesnt stand a chance! He wants to be able to play his powderpuff schedule all year then keep getting freebies to the Grandaddy of them all! You know, like his 13th ranked Illn team did, What a joke! Hes trying to manipulate the BCS and NCAA with threats of breaking away to do his own thing? YEA RIGHT! LIke any players coming out of highschool want to join the DING BAT DELANY LEAGUE! You can compete for the powderpuff title there! HE knows his confrence sucks and would never see the light of day ever again! HAAAAAAAAAAA! Poor little OSU SUCKEYES……Youve seen your last free trip to any NC game I can assure you that! OH YEA, You tech fans are the most jealous people I have ever seen, I always root for you guys when your not playing UGA but after all the ridiculous comments Ive heard from You I think thats about to change!
Havent you ever heard the old term If you cant beat em join em? You should consider that,its nice to pull for the winners! GO DAWGS!!!
By Hitman
January 10, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
And Tony B,
There are those among us who consider Richt’s antics in the FL game to be among the WORST moments in college football. I know you and the UGA fans on this site think it’s no big deal — worth it to get the win… but if one steps back and takes a look, there is really NO other way to view it than a “win at all costs” approach and attitude, which I think most people would find distasteful in most aspects of life. It is an indefensible position — one that goes with the school of thought that, “it doesn’t matter how you win as long as you win”. But, blinded by your red-and-blackness, I don’t really expect you or the ingorant UGA fans to understand this… BTW, all your posts really should have an asterisk clarifying that you are a graduate of UGA. While your UGA bias is readily apparent in your writings, this might help new viewers to your blog get up to speed a little faster.
By Halberstram
January 10, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
Hitman,
You do realize that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the state’s newspaper. It’s based in Atlanta (the Capital city) for obvious reasons. The purpose of the paper is to cover the state’s stories. The largest and most popular university in the state is UGA, so therefore they cover UGA the most. Not to mention UGA is a strong program currently while Tech is not. Further, UGA has a stronger alumni community than Tech. For all the aforementioned reasons it’s not hard to see why UGA is covered more than Tech.
Go Dawgs!
By Uncle Dave
January 10, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
Great column. How about this: seed the cotton, orange, sugar and fiesta bowls for the playoff and let the rose bowl rot. The only tradition the big ten and pack tenn are loyal to is the money they have made since they stole the rose bowl away from the rest of the country.
By sobedawg
January 10, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
You loser Tech-folks need to get a life…Lots of nerve posting here when you can’t even beat us in basketball…and it will be A VERY LONG TIME before you challenge us in football…So get out your CONTACT LENS and BAND-AID…GEEKS! Dr. SobeDawg
By dawgZ are AWESOME!!!
January 10, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Hitman, go back to your video games.
Popular information leads to popular headlines which sells papers
Which School had more headlines this year?
(Besides Tech firing their coach because he could not beat UGA)
By FLA DAWG
January 10, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Big Ten & Pac 10 threaten to pull out of the BCS! Wow, that sure scares us dumb folk in the SEC. Think they could take the WAC with them (please)!?
By cdawg
January 10, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Watch what you say Hitman, we UGA grads may not give you a job. Secondly no other conference would dare want a playoff system if it could possibly allow two SEC team in the brackets because 9 out of 10 times an SEC team would claim the Nat Title.
By Iceman
January 10, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this
Jim Delany is full of more crap than 10,000 cow pastures.
By cdawg
January 10, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Good point Uncle dave, add the Peach and Gator or Cap one(old citrus I believe) and allow Conferences that have a Championship game have a bye to the winner while loser gets a lower bracket. Oh, Halberstram, you are right as well. Most of the Tech alumni can’t support or fill up their 50K seat stadium because the Patriot Act flags them.
By Here we go again
January 10, 2008 1:25 PM | Link to this
You Tech fans amaze me, Tech is not known for ever having a good team, I am from New Hampshire and I know this much. You guys should be proud Of Georgia for giving this state something to bragg about in sports!Ill be honest, When I think of GT I think of someone to play who is most of the time a easy victory, but when anyone thinks of Georgia they dread playing them because they know its almost certain that they could lose! Theres the truth,like it or not like it!
By sickofthis
January 10, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this
Hitman- Do you actually think that that AJC is going to waste their time on a daily basis reporting on Tech’s mediocre football program?? Think up daily/weekly blog topics to spark conversation among fans to get them excited about another 8-4 season?!!?!?!? Get them all riled up over subpar recruiting classes with no big names?? Spark controversy and criticism among you and the other mighty ACC teams?!?!?! GIMME A BREAK!!! Maybe I should’ve said home “state” team instead. Make no mistake, nobody considers Tech the “hometown” team.
By braveswin
January 10, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this
Hitman,there is not a school within the continental US that is inferior to Ga Tech.Crappy athletics,ugly women and a terrorist in every classroom.Good lord you can’t even compete with this “inferior” university in the only sport you have historically been decent at.Now crawl back to your cubicle and get back to work before I have to fire you!(and Atlanta is embarrassed that your little school is associated us)
By Ron O
January 10, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
If the PAC 10 and the Big (can’t count to 11)10 want take their Rose Bowl and leave, that makes the 4 team playoff work much better. The Sugar, Fiesta and Orange can rotate the 2 semis and the championship game every 3 years. Play the semis on New Years day one starting at 4 PM and the other at 8:30PM
By Sam
January 10, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this
I’m slowing warming up to having a playoff. I watch way too much college football now.
By Whitegoat
January 10, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
Yeah, I can see the dogs as pre-season #1, especially if Carroll is stupid enough to come to the falcons. The hype will end when the OBC and VanGorder runs one up the dogs when they venture baaaaaaaaaack to Columbia. You know as well the Gators will remember 2007 and the losing streak for the dogs will begin again against the Gators. No, the dogs cannot handle the hype and all of these buck tooth fans, not alumni, will jumping off all of the bridges up and down the interstates. Trumpet in a herd of elephants, Crow loudly in company of Gamecocks, bleat in a flock of goats. Fear the Gamecock crow!! We will welcome you baaaaaack to Gamecock country. EM.
By Lane
January 10, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
Tony, dogs will handle the “hype”, with ease. MR, realizes he has a ton of talent, and will become more demanding. Do not be surprised if players begin complaining about the increased intensity of the winter “mat drills” with the spring being even more competitive - bordering on brutal.
Mikey White, a walk-on offensive guard played in the bowl game, rewarding the guy for his efforts during the season. Imagine paying your tuition for the privledge of being knocked around for 5 months, knowing you will play little if any-takes a special type of individual, with tremendous drive and heart.
By mark
January 10, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this
By the way, you Techies really need to come to grips that a degree from your school is not more prestigous than a degree from UGA. The admissions standards are almost identical. You guys role out great engineers and UGA roles out great lawyers and accountants. Last time I checked they all made a lot of money. So spare me how a degree from your school means so much more!!! Better looking women, better athletics, better facilities, better location, just as good as a degree!Jealousy is such an ugly color on you!!
By reserviorDAWG
January 10, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
Heyhoopie1 I don’t believe I have whined or bashed tech. The point of my statement was that this is the AJC as inAtlanta, GA. Pay attention dumba$$.
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
Uncle Dave, I could not agree more. The cotton bowl use to host many NC games and now its no better than the humanitarian bowl….whats wrong with that picture? Perfect example of how the BCS dissmantled a perfectly good college football system.
I would love to see the Cotton bowl get back to being a major bowl again. If the bowl system was like it use to be,it would have been UGA and USC in the Rose bowl and Mssouri Would have played in the Sugar bowl. Illinois would have played in the terd bowl where they belonged!
Good call Uncle Dave.
By GERRY
January 10, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this
Dear Dog fans get over LSU winning the bcs you had a chance but lost to tenn you guys have a great team but we were at full speed against o s which means even had LSU played UGA WE WOULD HAVE WON ONE THING YOU MUST KEEP IN MIND YOUR COACH HAS YET TO WIN THE BIG ONE
By T
January 10, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this
* The Georgia Bulldogs will LOSE 2-3 games next year.. you wait and see*
By T
January 10, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
* Mark, you are wrong, the admission standards for worlds apart for Tech and Georgia - for student-athletes.. dont kid yourself that they are not, not many from Georgia’s football would even be considered by Tech, and even if they were, not many would make it at Tech.. everyone knows that..now on your other points, I agree with you, but when it concerns student-athletes, the worlds are different*
By kodi
January 10, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
For all the Georgia Haters….#2 already..by the end we will be #1 so Hate hate hate all u want….Georgia going to the big show next year!!!!!!!yup Mark Richt will have his player ready haven’t he proved that?
By SEC FAN
January 10, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this
Yes, the celebration by UGA in Jacksonville was not a class act, it was embarrassing to most UGA FANS I have spoke with. NO, I am not a UGA Alumni but I have a lot of UGA Graduates working for me and they have been very good and not bragging or berating anyone. The only time you will not see me pulling for an SEC Tdeam is when they play “THE JACKETS!!!!” We do need a playoff in place and the sooner rhe better!
By jabster
January 10, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
I say let’s replace the Big Eleven and Pac-10 in the BCS with C-USA and the WAC! Let ‘em have their Rose Bowl.
8 teams—6 conf. champs and 2 at-larges.
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this
OK Gerry The Ferry, WE know you are a Tech fan posing as an LSU fan! LSU fans have more sense and class than that! What you just said made no sense at all!
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
Hey T, Tech will lose 10 or 11 games next year! At least we have something to look foward to. at least we will go to a good bowl! (as always) Get over it loser!
By Nikki
January 10, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
I say the BCS should call that bluff of the Big 10 and PAC-10. They can have their precious Rose Bowl. All of the other div.-1 teams will play in the plus-1 format. I never understood why the BCS felt they needed the Big-10 and the Pac-10 when they first formed the BCS. Let those schools go. Even Pete Carroll of USC wants a playoff format now. He needs to talk to his commish.
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 10, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this
T, IF we are losing 2 or 3 I will bet that one of those isn’t to Toke.
Now back to your argument regarding “student-athletes” at Toke. Really now? Reggie Ball ring a bell? Reuben Houston? Get off your high horse, didn’t you guys get into trouble regarding your “student-athletes” a few years back? Around the last time you guys beat us?
By AltamahaDawg
January 10, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this
Hitman, obviously you dont know the meaning of the term , “hometown team”.
Wouldn’t the Braves be the hometown team for the fine folks of Dacula?
I’m sure it would shock you to know that some teams don’t even actually play in a stadium within the city limits of thier namesakes. Really! No kidding! I know, isnt that wild? I mean, they call it a hometown team, how can that be so?
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this
Ok Techies, You are smart but suck in football ok? Most of UGAs players are going to the NFL!
So quit acting like our football players are stupid when all of them will make more money than any of your candy butts will ok?
By Raymond Collins
January 10, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
One knock I’ve always had with Mark Richt was his approach to the game. He always had a laidback attitude in which allowed the other team to dictate the flow of the game. But the last seven games, there was none of that stuff, well except for that Vandy game. When Richt and his team went out there and ceased total control, they laid the law down and got the job done. They were in my eyes one of the best teams the end of this season. But that’s yesterday’s news and it’s over for now. Go out with that new DAWG ATTITUDE and this topic won’t even be a discussion next season! GO DAWGS
By GloryGlory
January 10, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
T, What about Reggie Ball? I doubt that guy can read past a forth grade level. How about Stephon Marbury, real tough academic standards.
By mark
January 10, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this
T- I don’t disagree that some of UGA student athletes could not get into your school. But the general academic standards for entry are not as far apart as you may think. All colleges pull strings for the top student athletes. Do you actually believe that Tech athletes have not only the required academic standards when they are admitted but they maintain them througout their time their?!?!?!?! Don’t kid YOURself!!!!
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 10, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this
Oh and T, regardless of the barbs I throw back at you Techies, I do respect Tech as an academic institution. You guys are very good at what you do in some very tough disciplines. But please don’t have any of your football players work on the rockets at NASA if you get my drift. At least none of the starters.
By Dave In Tampa
January 10, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
I have to say that I’m really tired of talking about next years team. Enough already. Let’s enjoy this past season for awhile. Personally, I don’t want all the hype. I wish we would be a #13 pre-season going into next year.
Our schedule is tough next year. We will have a big red dot on the back of our jerseys. I know it comes with the territory, but let’s worry about rankings about 8 weeks into the season. Rankings don’t mean squat until then.
Stop talking about next season and enjoy this past one.
By The Rifleman
January 10, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
The way the Bulldogs handled the hype after that big win over Vandy…well…let’s order the rings right now!!!!!
You stay classy Georgia.
By TDone
January 10, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
As Georgia Tech endeavors to have a football team, the Institute can be proud of, Muttland seeks to find a university of which the football team can be found.
That sums it up just right
By Dawgsrstacked08
January 10, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
I can’t wait to see the Dawgs next year. Everyone loves to talk about all of the athletes on USC’s team. Wait, who’s going to be the quarterback for them next year? Mark Sanchez? The guy who lost one of USC’s two games this year? Or Mitch Mustain, the wanna be Stafford or Tebow who couldn’t prove anything at Arkansas and probably won’t prove anything with such an elite team.? No, UGA has the most amount of already proven athletes coming back next year. I can’t wait to see the two tailback sets Bobo comes up with, using both Knowshon and Caleb King out of the backfield. The best blocking, catching, and scoring fullback who’s never talked about Brannon Southerland returns for his senior season. Stafford is only getting better and is turning into quite the leader of an elite program’s team, the offensive line consisted of three freshmen this past year, and they will be back and only better (did you see how they blocked for Moreno and Brown this year)? The receivers are set. Massaquoi and Green will be the outside threats with a player like Tony Wilson in the slot. And the anchor of UGA’s offense? The tightends? Both Tripp Chandler who, despite some key missed catches this year, proved he can block downfield and off the line well, and he can still run a great post route (he will be doing a lot of catching drills this offseason I believe). And the other tightend is an incoming freshman by the name of Dwayne Allen (just sounds like a true tightend’s name) will be great. I watched him in the high school All-America skills challenge (which he won the hands skill challenge by the way) and in the game, in which he snagged a pass that was high for him on about a 20 yard route and came down with it. He’s fast, has great hands and all they need to do is beef him up a bit and get him to be a better blocker. He will be the next Ben Watson if he can beef up enough.
The defense is returning 8 or 9 starters and the backups looked phenomenal this year. Watch for Rennie Curran (LB) to only get better and faster (he is like a missle to the ball). The cornerbacks are always the only real weakness in GA’s defense in the past couple of years, but we always seem to coach them up enough to get them to do great on the field (they typically are shorter than you would like your cornerbacks to be). Prince Miller showed he can do a lot of things in the secondary, and he will only get better.
Special teams have always been good for Richt, and they will only be getting better, especially if A.J. Green does a dual roll as kickoff returner or punt returner. It will be a dangerous tandem with either Knowshon, Caleb King, or A.J. Green returning kicks. Another new guy to watch out for is Carlton Thomas, a running back out of FL. I saw him play in the High School All America game as well and he had speed, elusiveness, and he could return kicks well. I saw him do at least two 40 yard returns and one that was down the opponents 40 or 30 I believe.
The loss of Brandon Coutu will hurt, but GA has another great kicker coming in (his name escapes me right now) but this past season in high school he kicked something like a 56 yarder as his long as well as posting an amazing percentage of field goals made.
The big game for next year will be GA/FL. If both teams can stay healthy, and both can make it to the game undefeated, we could potentially
be looking at a #1 vs. #2, just like the early 80’s. Run, Lindsay, Run!
The championship will probably end up being the winner of the SEC (winner of UGA/FL vs. LSU) and they will move on to the national championship against either a USC or OU team and the SEC will probably win it again.
OSU fans really need to quit talking all together. You went to the national championship last year, got beaten badly by FL and your excuse is because the football team felt like it was a vacation rather than a game with the media hyping them up as much as they did. This year, ESPN had a piece before the National Championship game in which players on OSU were saying “This year, we are more focused because we are the underdogs and we realize it’s not a vacation when you come to this game.” (a summation, not an actual quote). So where was the excuse OSU? You said you were more focused this year and you got beaten badly again. It should have ended up being 37-10 had OSU not scored in the last two minutes of the game (gotta give some of LSU’s starters a well deserved rest on defense I suppose after the game they played up to that point). Point is, the Big-Ten is weak, has always been weak, and will always be weak. I will even admit USC had more reason to be in the game than OSU did.
I am obviously a UGA fan, but I am even more an SEC fan. I love watching the SEC pound the Big-Ten, Pac-Ten and Big-12 into the ground. Thank you FL and AK for representing the SEC so well this post season. If anyone devalues UGA win over Hawaii, I only have this to say. You cannot speak at all. You were probably the same ones that were hyping up Hawaii’s offense and saying that UGA would not be able to stop Colt “Gun-Slingin’ McCoy” Brennan and his crew of dread heads. The vaunted Hawaii offense who was around 40th nationally in run defense got gouged by Moreno and Brown. Don’t put teams in the top rankings and then drop, excuse me, penalize them just because they do not play. Both UGA and USC showed that this should not be the norm and that a playoff is the way to go.
Pac-10 is useless as well. USC beats no-ones and loses to Stanford at home during the USC beauty pageant homecoming week (kidding of course). Oregon looked good, but when Dixon went down, the team went down. To those who say it was because of that injury to Dixon that left Oregon to find it’s own way and lose, a lot, I must ask this question…do quarterbacks play on defense or special teams? No? Then why did the entire Ducks team collapse after they lost their quarterback. I can understand if there were other key injuries, but if a quarterback or star running back or someone on defense gets hurt. But it shouldn’t hurt the entire team if only one player goes down. Just another example of how weak the Pac-10 is. FYI-(the same thing happened to USC as well when John David Booty went down and USC had to use backup Mark Sanchez and he quarterbacked that great upset versus Stanford).
The SEC is the best, one team from it will be in the national championship again next year. It will either be LSU, FL, or UGA and we will win it again. For a third year in a row, hopefully putting to rest the most powerful conference argument to rest once and for all.
It will not be like this past season with all the upsets, and I do not expect to see another season like this past one again any time soon. The teams will be so amped from this past season and all the hype for next season that instead of seeing the BCS mess up on who was the best two teams in the country like this year, the BCS might have to contend with the possibility of having to decide between 4 unbeaten teams who should be playing for the national championship (The Auburn scenario from a couple of years ago, who should get left out because the pre season polls yet again screw another team out of the championship game). It’s easy to justify 1 team being left out like Auburn, but try it with two teams (a West Virginia, USC, or OK, all of which will be conference champions and all in separate conferences). Add in the lone unbeaten from the SEC or Big-10 and you have a mess yet again.
It will be a great season next season, and look for the pre season polls, because they will definitely give the top 4 teams and especially the top 2 teams the easiest road to the National Championship and control of their own destiny. UGA’s schedule is National Championship caliber worthy with trips to Arizona State (who will be a top-15 pre season team) and UF and LSU back to back during the season. Luckily though, UGA gets a break before LSU.
I believe UGA also play GA Southern next year, who almost made it to the Division 1-AA championship this year.
We need playoffs, we need a better system because college football and seasons like this past one, next year’s, and Auburn’s back in ‘03 deserve better endings than what they got. It’s funny how USC can easily claim their share of a national championship whenever they want (like when LSU should have won it outright in 2002) but when Auburn goes undefeated and wins the SEC they cannot claim a share of it. College football is upside down, and it’s time to stop it. It’s my favorite sport, and I want to see it for as long as possible and enjoy every weeks games.
By the way, it’s funny that Atlanta may be the only town that will both dislike and love Pete Carroll. Georgians typically do not like USC and Pete Carroll but we in Georgia will also love him if he decides to come to the Falcons because he will be leaving USC making UGA’s trek next year to the national championship that much easier and he is a good coach so the Falcons could promote that. Disliked and loved in the same city, never thought I would see the day.
By 74 Dawg
January 10, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
“Big Ten and Pac Ten might drop out “? A good argument could be made based on their bowl performances NOT to invite the Big Ten to participate anyway. Ohio state is becoming the Buffalo Bills of college football- please somebody stop them before they do it again- except the Bills actually had to win some PLAYOFF games to get there. Who needs the weak ten?
By The Rifleman
January 10, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Dawgsrstacked08 - Save this bit of prose for your MySpace page. Geez!!!
By War Eagle
January 10, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this
zoo, its amazing the same reactions to BCS(2007)by UGA fans as by Auburn 2004.I believe in 2005, I submitted a post explaining the dismay, hurt and left out feeling BCS rejection had on Auburn community. I did mentiom another post, “I hope UGA never gets the same treatment” It happen and is tough, All Auburn fans feel your pain and agony. UGA was 14 points better than Ohio State, just as Auburn was 14 points better than Oklahoma.
By kansasdawg
January 10, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
No one cares what Mark May thinks about anything much less football
By Derrick W.
January 10, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this
Dawgcrzy, Pac 10 needs to quit whining? The can’t compete with the small, I mean Big 12 conference? Did you not watch the Orange Bowl in ‘05 when USC made Oklahoma look like a practice squad? By the way, had Georgia won their conference (which they didn’t), they probably would’ve been in the BCS title game. Sounds like you need some cheese to go with your wine.
By Recruiting-101
January 10, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this
Mark May is a stud!
www.recruiting-101.com
By Archie
January 10, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
Last time Tn. lost a great QB,, they won the national the next year.
By David D.
January 10, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
“I never understood why the BCS felt they needed the Big-10 and the Pac-10 when they first formed the BCS. Let those schools go.” Hey Nikki, go bake a cake or do the dishes and leave the football to the men who know what they’re talking about. UGA would’ve gotten beat by half of the teams in the Pac-10. They (UGA) looked real good playing Hawaii, which is a glorified Division II program.
By Pago Pago
January 10, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this
The DAWGS got beat by UT and SC last year, let’s get past them in ‘08 before we’re thinking number one!
By D Gelbart
January 10, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this
Dear all Georgia Haters,
Shut Up! You do not know squat because, Georgia is 2 in the final AP poll and will be 1 or 2 in the preseason poll. If you think Georgia sucks then explain why they are number 2 in the final AP poll. T I am directing this to you, you can’t rub anything into UGA fans faces until Tech actually beats UGA.
By CFB2008
January 10, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
Sad to say this but there will be a playoff system. 1) If there was lets say a 4 team playoff, there will always be a debate on the 5th and 6th team not getting in…kinda like how BCS and the polling are placing which teams plays what 2) There are too much money to be made with the BCS (Bull Crap System) and bowls. IT WILL ALWAYS BE ABOUT THE MONEY…AND that is why they have the Rose Bowl. 3) CFB is on the rise and more and more people are watching it. The only way a playoff will happen is “if” the yearly viewer turnouts goes down
By reservoirDAWG
January 10, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
Tech will possibly beat UGA sometime in the middle of the next decade.
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 10, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
War Eagle, Great game you guys had against Clemson. Burns looked pretty good with the option. What do you think of the new OC and who is going to be the new DC or has that already been determined and I missed it.
By Hoopie1
January 10, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this
DawgzRstacked, I glanced at your post and it seems well written, but I’M NOT READING AN EDITORIAL POST THAT LARGE W/O GETTIN PAID FOR IT.
By Whitegoat
January 10, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this
It appears the hype has kicked it up a notch. SI has the dogs #1 and the buckeyes #2 for 2008.
For the record, the Big Ten has played in 3 BCS Championship games, represented by the buckeyes. They are 1-2. The Pac Ten has played in 1 BCS Championship game, reprsented by the trogans. They are 1-0. The SEC has played in 4 BCS Championship games winning 4, represented by the vols, gators, and twice by the tigers. I am sure there are other SEC schools who were screwed out of a Championship game due to the TV/Press media bias. Sadly, the Gamecocks had to watch them along with the rest of the country.
By NCAAFan
January 10, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
There was a great article last year about the scheme Jim Delany created to always have 2 teams in the BCS games. This creates an automatic income stream to HIS conference regardless of how non-competitive HIS teams are. The BIG TEN is more profitable than at anytime in its history. He is only concerned about HIS conference and its money and could care less about the rest of the country…as everyone can already see without knowing his scheme. Look it up, I think it was cnnsi.com
By reservoirDAWG
January 10, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
Tech will possibly beat UGA sometime in the middle of the next decade.
By Hoopie1
January 10, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
Resovoir Dawg, My point is that TB is Mr.CFB. His 5 daily points span much more than UGA. All other schools have their own dedicated sites….surely as grand as UGA is proclaimed to be, you have your own dedicated sites? Go there and wooof..wooof!!
By Adam
January 10, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
I just want to make the point that espn hates UGA and everybody knows that but the most even and the best analyst that call things the way they are and make the right point no matter what is Sean Salisbury and Kirk Herbstriet (spelling). Although Sean spoke out against our beloved Falcons he is the most straight forward and honest along with Kirk H. They should fire the rest of them. Lou Holtz does alright sometimes and his pep talks are pretty good.
By reality check
January 10, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this
Georgia will have a tough time winning back to back out of town games against LSU and Florida, especially since Florida has an off week when the Dawgs play LSU
Richt will have them handle the hype.
Like virtually all Georgia fans I was very pleased with our final ranking at Number 2 in college football. After all we returned only 3 starters on defense and started 3 freshmen on the offensive line.
I don’t recall a single instance of any blogger predicting a finish that high despite what the jealous Georgia haters are saying now.
Georgia plays perhaps the toughest schedule in the country next year. On the other hand I believe we will be better on both offense and defense next year and we are playing as well as anybody right now. We have more depth than I have ever seen us have, quite possibly the best in the nation.
I think it will be difficult for us to win all our regular season games, but it definitely could happen and the hype is justified
By shane #1
January 10, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this
1-richt should handel the hype,he has been a coach on several#1 fsu teams.handling that tough schedule will be the problem 2-his words seemed like blatant racism to me.is”speed”like”thug”just a code word for black?terrence,why aren’t you looking into this? 3-adams has forced their hand,they have to come up with something. 4-oh my oh my,what will espn do now?look out for co-national champions,these guys will be unable to let go of their pets!let the rose bowl go,it’s just a way to slip an undeserving big ten or pac ten school into the bcs money! 5-urban has only himself to blame for not recruiting running backs,fbs,and tight ends.the dcs at lsu,auburn,uga,and michigan have solved the spread,can the rest of div one be far behind?uga faced four spread offenses this year.three had heisman candidates at qb.uga defeated them all.pressure on the qb is the key,even five wrs aren’t enough if the qb is on his backside,or has big tall linemen in his face all night.
By College Football Fan
January 10, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
HERE’S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE:
For instance this year the teams and their seeding would have been as follows:
Ohio State (Conf. Champ, #1 BCS)
So quarterfinal matchups would have been:
Ohio State (1) vs. West Virginia (8) Oklahoma (4) vs. Georgia (5)
LSU (2) vs. USC (7) Virginia Tech (3) vs. Missouri (6)
The 7 playoff games would rotate yearly through the geographically diverse Rose (Pasadena), Fiesta (Tempe), Sugar (New Orleans), Orange (Miami), Cotton (Dallas) and Peach (bring it back to Atlanta, and even keep the Chick-fil-A bowl for the usual ACC/SEC matchup).
The question is how to space the games out enough so that fans are willing to travel long distances round after round. I don’t know the answer to this, and maybe three consecutive weeks would work, so throw in your thoughts on this.
My solution would be to move championship week up one week to Thanksgiving weekend (with the 11-game regular season) and have the quarterfinals two weekends later (Dec. 8 this last season). The players would then get a 10 to 16 day break for finals (depending on when thanksgiving falls). The semis would be played on Christmas Eve. Players would then get a 10-day break for Christmas. The National Championship would be played on January 4.
More games, more money, same Bowls, One undisputed Champion. Everyone is happy!
By War Eagle
January 10, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
zoo, I left you a post on “look what dawgs….> about auburnsux comment. Burns will be a solid QB and will improve each game. Coach Franklin wrote a book and has had seminars around the country on Spread offense.. Many high schools run his offense along with several colleges. It is definite the offense of the future, West Coast offense is like the Wish bone and Wing T, slowing being replaced. Its the offense for speed, WR and RB`s plus technique blocking. Auburn could win West next year if we beat LSU third game of the season at Auburn. Auburn plays at WVA, Miss State, LSU and Tenn are first four games. Trying to get a game before WVA.
By HitMan is a girly man
January 10, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this
Hitman: you may be a Jacket (Bug) but your Moma’s a Dog!
By reservoirDAWG
January 10, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
Hoopie, I am aware of this. My point was expresses earlier.
By Ed
January 10, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this
To dawgs#1…yeah right, You are an idiot. While you sit there thinking Georgia doesn’t deserve the credit they are getting, they proved to the nation they are one of the best teams in the country. They will compete next year and they have just as good a chance as anyone else. People like you are the ones that need to STFU. Kiss my A$$.
By Mark May
January 10, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this
I am predicting that UGA will lose to Tenn, FL, LSU, AU, SC and AL in this coming season. playoffs ? playoffs ? Don’t talk about playoffs !!!
By Top Dawg
January 10, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
PLAYOFFS NOW!!!!! I am a UGA Dawg, and I will be the first to acknowledge that a playoff won’t necessarily benefit UGA. In other words, if next year UGA were in the shoes that LSU was in this year, then it would benefit UGA to have the annual political vote, not an actual playoff. Next year, we may or may not make it through the playoffs undefeated. But, that is the only fair, legitimate way to decide a true National Champion. I know we Dawgs were stung by this year’s process. Next year, we may lose in the playoffs. That’s fine. At least, we will have a chance to play for it all. Go Dawgs!!!
By I-DOG
January 10, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
CF Fan:
I have to disagree that 3 weeks of games in a row for traveling fans will be an issue.
I think it would be more likely these would be hot tickets and sell out, it may indeed be that the majority of fans aren’t just fans of the two schools plaing, but football fans in general and some corporate entertaining.
Also, the revenue would come largely from tv, so even if there were a few thousand empty seats, I don’t think that would be a big issue.
By Lou Holthz
January 10, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
The Fightin Irith will be the thampionth of the Bowl Championthip Therieth next year.
By Reality
January 10, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
Dogs will lay a big egg next season and completely flop. Then their idiotic fans will cry and whine and call for Richt’s head. Mark my words. Oh, and a definite loss to Tennessee.
By The Monk
January 10, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
If the B10, P10, and Rose “secede” from a BCS Plus One proposal, they will ultimately be the losers. In some years their champ may top the AP poll, but more often they will not. The Rose Bowl with become football’s NIT.
By Tville Dawg
January 10, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
Does the Rose Bowl committee have any concern regarding a drop in status by continuing to pander to the two conferences that have historically participated in their game? For that matter, perhaps the Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta should examine its allegiances if this playoff thing is going to open up.
The Rose had a golden opportunity (with the Sugar’s assistance) to showcase a game of true national interest on Jan 1 by scheduling USC and UGA. Fans are griping all the time about the need to expand to games out the region, and this would have been a good chance.
If the bowl committees can’t do a better job of scheduling, the result may be the NCAA doing it for them.
By shane #1
January 10, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this
war eagle,i think your young qb will do well in some sort of spread-option,unlike tebow,he seems to have enough speed to get to the corner.this opens up a whole ‘nother can of worms for a dc.the qb’s speed is what makes uwv’s offense so dangerous.tebow is a strong inside runner,but outside game breaking speed is another matter entirely.man,you guys will have a job getting by your early schedule,you need some kind of opening”tune-up”game with a new offense.sometimes i wonder what ads are thinking when they make up schedules!
By Football Fan
January 10, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this
I also say let’s replace the Big Eleven and Pac-10 in the BCS with C-USA and the WAC!
The winners of those 2 conferences can go to the Rose Bowl and have a Rose Bowl Champion. The other conferences can play for the BCS championship.
Also: about 30 years ago the Big 10 (11) and the Pac 8 (10) had a tradition of sending their conference champions to the Rose Bowl and snubbing any other bowl by keeping the rest of their teams home.
The BCS should enforce this policy for the Pac 10 and Big 11 by locking out the Pac 10 and Big 11 teams that do not win their championships from the other bowls. They should be reserved for BCS teams.
If the Pac 10 and Big 11 are not going to participate in the BCS, then they should not be allowed to send teams to any other bowl than the Rose Bowl.*
By jim mora
January 10, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this
PLAYOFFS!!!!playoffs?????PLAYOFFS!!!!ub,er….PLAYOFFS!!!!PLAYOFFS!!!????
By DirtyDawg
January 10, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
Nobody wants to be pre-season #1. It’s the kiss of death. Then again there’s no harm in the notoriety during the recruiting season.
As for the Big ‘Whatever’ and Pac ‘Whatever’ Conferences doing their own deal. Seems to me they should enlist a couple of more Conferences in an effort to exclude the SEC so that they’ll never have to play us again. Then they can ‘win their way’ all they want with whatever players that are interested in whatever way that is.
By War Eagle
January 10, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this
shane#1, SEC is a tough ticket for schedules. Some AD`s want to play major non conference games, but coaches say “our hands are full with conference games. Auburn played Kansas State, South Florida, last year with West Va and Miss. Southern this year.UGA plays Ariz.State and Central Michigan, not easy. In 2003, Auburn was pre season #1 and had all tools returning..injuries, upset loss to Tech and some tough brakes,caused a average year.. If UGA keep injuries down and does not have a mid-season collapse, will be hard to beat..
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this
Dogsrstacked -08, Good stuff Man!,I agree with everything you said about Uga talent and everything that happened to Auburn in 03. I also look foward to Caleb King And Moreno together next year. I can assure you no matter what any of these nit wits say that that will be one of the greatest duos ever in college history if they both stay healthy! Have you seen Calebs video on You Tube? AWSOME!!
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
Mark May, What the hell have you been smoking? to hear your predictions you would think UGA hasnt won a game in ten years? I can promise you that want happen. Also for the guy who said we would lose to Tenn, If thats the only team we lose to then we’ll still win the east and have a chance for the SEC because Tenn will lose at least 4 games next season! they dont even have a QB! And plus they are also in a rebuilding stage as you know.
I know you guys hate the dogs but youll hate them worse next year because I can assure you they WILL WIN MANY GAMES!
You must have us confused with those whiney a* tech fans weve had to listen to all day!
By Dogs will Choke
January 10, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this
Wow….. There is a lot of head swelling going on in Dawg nation and the 2008 college football season is a while away. I think the best the dawgs will do next season is 9 - 3. The dawgs defense aint quite there yet. Running game will be fine but the passing game is a weakness. Momass hasnt had great stats and even though Stafford can throw the long ball,he does throw off his back foot when he is in trouble. He needs more touch on his passes as well. The passing games YAC stats are not too impressive from the Receiver Corps. Dogs offense at times seemed Vanilla even with Bo Bo calling the plays. I think the dawgs will play to the level of their competition with winning a few and losing a few!
By A Public Reminder
January 10, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this
16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! 16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! 16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! 16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! 16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! 16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! 16 - 12!, 16 - 12!, 16 - 12! -
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this
Puplic reminder chicken head, 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17 47-17!!!!!! thats the series chicken losers! where were you when the rest of the SEC were playing in bowl games????? THE ANSWER IS: At home watching UGA in the Sugar Bowl!AS always! You dont just suck, you lap it up! Columbia,SC, thats about the same size as mayberry right?
By Harry
January 10, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this
I agree with the title of the article. We will have tremendous potential, but nothing has been done yet. I think its important in these times to realize that our program even being mentioned as a No. 1 is amazing. I think we can do it next year, but the discipline must be there.
By TROTTINGHOMETUDD
January 10, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
BY T BY T BY T
YOu are so right. However TECh doesn’t gradute any of there good players either.
So on we go. Just kidding ourselves.
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this
Dogs will choke, You almost sounded mature in those few lines you just wrote. 9-3 is not bad but I think we’ll do a little better maybe. Im proud of you there son for talking normal for a change, Im trying to do better myself! GO Dogs!
By Matt
January 10, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
Tony, am I supposed to be impressed that a bunch of thugs graduated early from LSU — that vaunted academic institution??
By Matt
January 10, 2008 6:50 PM | Link to this
Tony, you talk about the ligitimacy of a plus-one without the Big Ten and Pac Ten. Don’t forget about USC — how legit is a championship if USC isn’t in it?
By Dog killer
January 10, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this
Does Thuga really think they have a chance to be #1? OSU will prevail as always and be right back in the BIG GAME once again my little inbred friends. WE have the best team still, and if it were not for all the crazy play calls we would have won that game against an overrated SEC team!
Face the facts thuga, You could never beat us!
By Mark May
January 10, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this
I want to go waaay out on a limb right now and go ahead and give the 2008 National Championship trophy to………
USC with Ohio State a very close second.
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this
Dog killer, Are you really that stupid? And you call us inbreds? I think I’ll join I hate Yankees Team! I think He’s right about yall dummies!
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this
Does there have to be terd magnets on every blog?
By HUNKERDOWN82
January 10, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this
Hey it’s not the fact that Georgia didn’t make it to the national title game that has Adams wanting a playoff system…you idiots need to understand the facts at hand…college football is the ONLY sport that uses a poll system in order to determine the championship game….in other words, if the NFL had the same rules, we’d be watching the Cowboys play the Patriots automatically…wouldn’t that be boring…no NFL playoff games!
By jeorgiaboi
January 10, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this
i dont know if UGA will be able to handle the hype. im not sayin that they cant win the title, but have you looked at there schedule for next year? It is crazy.
Georgia Southern Athens, Ga.
Central Michigan Athens, Ga.
South Carolina at Columbia, S.C.
Arizona State at Tempe, Ariz.
Alabama Athens, Ga
Tennessee Athens, Ga.
Vanderbilt Athens, Ga.
LSU at Baton Rouge, La. Florida at Jacksonville, Fla.
Kentucky at Lexington, Ky.
Auburn * at Auburn, Ala. Georgia Tech Athens, Ga.
If they can make it thru this schedule undefeated of even with one loss u might as well go ahead and crowm them champs. the bowl game would be a breeze compared to what they will have to go through to get that. Thats the SEC for you though
By Rod
January 10, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this
The Big Ten and pac Ten commishes and BCS comishes need a COME TO JESUS MEETING.
By heeldawg
January 10, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this
Dog Killer:
You’re joking, right?
Two years in a row of abject humiliation and you want to play an SEC school AGAIN?
OSU needs to join the MAC. They play those teams anyway, and the postseason expectations aren’t as high for the MAC champions.
OSU won’t be in the MNC game next season after USC kills them early in the season.
Meanwhile, the Dawgs will go unbeaten and play USC in the title game.
Reality bites, doesn’t it?
By War Eagle
January 10, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this
Matt, LSU is not a bunch of thugs. LSU is one of the top universities in the SEC. I think your problem is all schools in the SEC have a higher football graduation rate than UGA or close to it,except Bama. As much I like the dawgs, it really frighten to hear UGA call schools thugs when UGA is doing so well. Also, LSU is the best football team in the country and UGA did not prove they were when defeated by Tenn.
By Paula
January 10, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this
Maybe Jim Delany can explain how Ohio State’s Maurice Clarett played for the BCS title after making a “0” on his African-American Studies mid-term.
Gotta like that “excellence.”
By Paula
January 10, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this
It’s amazing that many kids who cannot get into UGA, go to Alabama, Auburn, or Tennessee. I know this from first-hand experience.
Also, most of the negative stuff is coming from Tech students, who apparently have nothing better to do on Saturday night than sit in their dorms and play with their laptops.
PS: I did not go to UGA.
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this
I would like to remind you Wareagle , LSU lost to Kent,and arkansas. IT seems they struggled beating everyone they played and almost lost to aub, florida ,and Alabama as well. UGA had their way with kentucky and florida easily. I know Lsu is good but UGA was a much better team down the stretch than lsu was. LSU is good and more than deserve the Championship but I think there is a reason 58% of america said UGA is the best team right now. Yes they should have beat tenn but LSU lost to 2 much weaker teams than UGA. UGA also was ranked higher than both Tenn and LSU when they played in the SEC Champ Game Also,Im not referring to S.C. when I say weaker, Im only speaking of TENN being stronger than kentucky and arkansas. GO DAWGS!
By Dog killer
January 10, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
heeldawg, The game was rigged,anyone could tell that! Those dumb referees were from the SEC. you can say they werent but I know they were! OSU gets cheated every time they play the SEC in a bowl game,Its not fair that the NCAA keeps letting the SEC get away with cheating this way! Everybody knows Lsu Is not as good as OSU! GO BUCKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By orlandodawg
January 10, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this
What do you do at ESPN, Mark May? Clean the toilets?
By Big Dawg
January 10, 2008 10:26 PM | Link to this
Dog killer, You are not even qualified to be called a terd magnet! you are about as smart as tooth decay you pathetic, blind,retarded, buckeye butthole! I sure hope someone will issue you your daily dose of prozac!You really believe this crap you say dont you? I think you need some help. Maybe the tooth fairy can bring OSU a championship? I can promise you the SEC will just keep letting you down dogkiller. Bring all the referees from the big 10 it doesnt matter either way!! OSU will always lose to the SEC! I could just puke a Buckeye! I tell you what!The Idiots are up north not down here! Good Lord!
By heeldawg
January 10, 2008 11:06 PM | Link to this
Dog killer, jeez. What paranoia! You’re scarin’ me with this rant.
Aliens have taken over the U.S. government.
Barack Obama works for Osama bin Laden.
Castro ordered Kennedy’s assassination, the Apollo moon landing was faked in Hollywood, and Ohio State was robbed of the national title by a group of bandits wearing black and white stripes.
All myths.
At least the first few have a slight aura of uncertainty to cast a shadow of doubt over the reality that they impinge upon. We all witnessed the unequivocal refutation of this last contention on national television.
Face it, dude. Your team sucks.
Ohio State would have been 8-4, or 9-3 at best, in the SEC. By contrast, Georgia would have been 12-0 playing OSU’s schedule this season. What “everybody” knows is that OSU was overrated all year,and exposed as the pretenders they are by yet another SEC opponent.
Can you say 0-9?
Jim Delaney says you can.
By XXXX
January 10, 2008 11:23 PM | Link to this
The dawgs will get a lot of love until their first loss. The AJC has played this broken record a thousand times before. Its old. Please get another storyline. It will be a scream to see AJ Harmon sit on the bench for three years until he gets his “turn”. When you’re one of 100 studs you’re just another stud. The DJ Shockley Syndrome will live on forever at Koolaid U.
By Tom Trojan
January 10, 2008 11:35 PM | Link to this
Once and for all!!! USC plays for The Rose Bowl! The Big 10 plays for the Rose Bowl! End of conversation! You can play for any Bowl you wish, except The Rose Bowl! We do not care about the National Championship, you can play for that! You can exclude the Rose Bowl from your Mickey Mouse Championship, thats fine! You just can’t play in our Rose Bowl and we do not give a damn what you think! Put that in your pipe and smoke it! UGA had a wonderful season, I personally was sad you didn’t get to play in The Rose Bowl! I am not the Rose Bowl chairman! You are wasting your time bad mouth the Rose Bowl Committee! They simply do not care what you think! They have The Rose Bowl Parade and The Rose Bowl what you got?
By Gen Neyland
January 11, 2008 12:05 AM | Link to this
UT snatched RB’s coach Drayton from Florida. Not much use for a RB’s coach in the spread, huh..? Rumor says the Urban Cowbilly ain’t none to happy…I’m glad we’re being overlooked for 2008…Makes it all the better and we will be good…Go Vols
By bamadon
January 11, 2008 6:02 AM | Link to this
Hey War Eagle, Every day I check this blog you have to say something about your 2004 football team! Man get over it, your team got screwed and so did Bama in 1966!! Tony should hire you to help out when he is on vacation!! ROLL TIDE!!
By Matt
January 11, 2008 6:42 AM | Link to this
Right on, Tom Trojan. I went to an SEC school but I’m from Michigan, and you summarized perfectly the Big Ten and Pac-10’s views. Right or wrong, they don’t care what anyone else thinks because they are the two most tradition-rish conferences in the country and think they’re better than everyone else.
And War Eagle, I went to Vanderbilt, so I can look down on ANY of the other 11 SEC schools academically, especially LSU, Auburn, or UGA.
By **Terence Moore**
January 11, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this
Does anyone ever listen to me…I think UGA is the greatest…oh,… never mind, does UGA stand for University of Georgia? That’s right, I hate them.
By Eric1
January 11, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
Hey bamadum, the BCS didnt exist in 1966.
By chazz
January 11, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this
Urban Myer is a Weasel!!!!
By mr nice
January 11, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
You guys with the gift of predicting the future should be over helping Gov. Perdue run the state or at least giving out the winning lottery numbers every week!!!!!
By bamadon
January 11, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
LOL ERIC1 A*****,RETARD MF!!
By War Eagle
January 11, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this
Matt, good for you, Vandy is a fine Institution..also, their grad rate is much higher than any SEC team, Florida second. Bamadon, old buddy, I was comparing with UGA. I had many post after 2004, saying “get over it”,from dawgs, its an everlasting subject, maybe it should be?
By D Gelbart
January 11, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
Dog Killer,
THUGA?!
Come on you are a joke if you say that!! UGA is not a “thug” university, they are a SEC powerhouse football team with tons of talent!
By the way if you are an Ohio State fan your team will be soundly beaten by USC and will not go to the Championship game. Sincerely, D Gelbart PS: Ohio State is a joke! You forgot you are 0-9 against powerhouse SEC football teams in bowl games. ACTUALLY THE BIG TEN IS A JOKE!
By Vol-holla
January 11, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
Hey, Gen Neyland Nobody in FL (on the Gators coaching staff) even cared that their RB’s coach came to UT. He’s nothing to get too excited about. Just get ready: UT will not reenter national prominence until Fulmer has retired (or experiences a radical paradigm shift)…the game has passed him by.
By D Gelbart
January 11, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this
Dear Dawgs #1…Yeah Right,
This UGA team is probably No. 1 or 2 in the preseason by the way its sounding so you can’t say UGA is overrated unless they lose badly to Arizona State next year. This team is very good so its possible even if they lose in a tight SEC game they will go to the BCS Championship game with one loss. By the way you make me sick!!!!
Reality Check, News flash! Neither UGA nor UF have an off week before the Georgia-Florida game.
A public reminder you do not know that UGA still owns South Carolina in games 41-17 idiot!!
By Dawg'nTN
January 12, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this
Adam, what are you smokin’? Herbstriet is an a**. Sour grapes because he lost to UGA his senior year. Lobbied for Michigan to go to the BCS Championship last year (They did not win their conference), and this year lobbied against UGA because they didn’t win their conference. He’s as two-faced as they come.