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DEL.ICIO.USIt’s great to be back!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When last we met, way back on Jan. 11, I thought I would give you until March before inflicting you once more with these daily ramblings. But sometimes the sheer weight of events makes it impossible to stay away.
So what did I miss? Here are five stories that caught my attention.
1. Alabama (Bear Bryant), Auburn (Shug Jordan), Ole Miss (John Vaught), Tennessee (Robert Neyland), and Georgia Tech (Bobby Dodd) have all named their stadiums after the most successful coaches in school history. Georgia just announced that it is going to name a garden and some athletics buildings for Vince Dooley, who won 201 games, six SEC championships, one national championship, and gave 41 years to the school.
Are you kidding me?
2. After waiting three years to finally become the starting quarterback for LSU, it took Ryan Perrilloux less than two months to get suspended indefinitely by coach Les Miles. That has got to be some kind of record.
With Perrilloux, the Tigers will be good enough to win the SEC West again. The only other quarterback in camp with experience (Andrew Hatch) is a transfer from Harvard — never a good sign. Miles has a big decision to make.
3. Alabama signed the greatest recruiting class in the history of Earth. The recruiting class was so good that the other 11 teams in the SEC have decided to quit giving scholarships and play football only as a club sport. Just kidding. Okay, Alabama recruited well. Alabama SHOULD recruit well. But please, some perspective.
4. Reading the blogs on signing day, one Auburn fan was so dejected about his class relative to Alabama’s that he wrote that head coach Tommy Tuberville needed “to step it up.” Well, let’s see. Last time I checked, Tuberville had won six straight games against Alabama (a school record) and was 26-6 in his last 32 SEC games. Tuberville recently told a crowd that, contrary to some reports, Auburn will field a football team in 2008.
5.Tennessee punter Britton Colquitt has been suspended for the Vols’ first five games and has lost his scholarship after this fifth alcohol-related incident since coming to campus. According to media reports, Colquitt is the sixth Tennessee player to be charged by police since Jan. 11. John Adams, a columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, says coach Phillip Fulmer should be fired. Fulmer responded with his own column in the same newspaper saying that he was not a big fan of John Adams’ work. Should be a fun off-season on old Rocky Top.
Just think. We’re having this much fun and it’s not even March yet.
What’s been your favorite college football story so far in 2008?
It’s good to be back.
Comments
By The 35th Parallel
February 25, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this
Tennessee punter Britton Colquitt has been suspended for the Vols’ first five games and has lost his scholarship after this fifth alcohol-related incident since coming to campus.
5 offenses is a little ridiculous, isn’t it?
By David
February 25, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this
Tony,
Give us Alabama Fans a break. This is the first thing we’ve won in 10 years! The 99 SEC Champoinsip is suspect because the payroll for players was just under what we are paying for Saban.
By ben
February 25, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this
How about our idiot redneck legislature, so angry about not being able to keep up with UF and pandering to an equally idiotic citizenship, voting to turn away perfectly good and willingly spent tax dollars?
Forget the drought, the budget deficit, the transportation and education woes. We need to hunker down, you imbecile dogs.
By The 35th Parallel
February 25, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this
(By the way… Welcome Back, Tony! We missed ya. Hope you took a well-deserved vacation with your family.)
By Rick Ford
February 25, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Same old Barnhart, can’t write a column withour taking a shot at Alabama. Get over it.
By Robert
February 25, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this
The headline: “Michael Adams Buried Upright in Hydrant-Shaped Coffin at Dooley Field.”
You were asking about stories I’d like to see; right?
By BullDawg Rick
February 25, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this
1a. Too much is riding on the line for Less (is More).. Ryan Perrilloux will be the starter by the 3rd week of the kittens season.
1b. Things in Bummer have been over rated since ‘82.. This overrated class will not help the Tiddy wipes when they come to Sanford.. UGA will perform a 4-pete over the Crimson & White..
AU will make it 7 in a row over said over rated tiddy wipes.. The Tigers OWN Bummer much like UGA OWNS UGA Yech…
After the 4th alcohol-related incident, THEN (& only then) you get suspended for your DUI, one game per… ( Home of Leonard Little.. The one that murdered in a DUI incident a few years ago..Only in Tennessee! Good Ole Rocky Road… Rocky Road, Tennessee)
By jeff henninger
February 25, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this
Leonard little was sitting at a red light when he was struck, yes he was tested and above the limit but the accident was at no way his fault. There are always circumstances and behind the seen true facts. I suggest you know them before you go blurting out.
By Mike
February 25, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
John Adams needs to start writing for the AJC. He would have a field day with Richt and his thugs.
By Criminal Tide
February 25, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this
With a new arrest this weekend (from an All-SEC player) Alabama is trying to give Tennessee a run for their money. Florida State and Miami have been replaced by UT and UAT as the most scnadal-plagues programs in the south. (And that’s saying a LOT, especially in the wake of FSU’s recent horrible problems.)
By SECisFootball
February 25, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
Tony…for the last 6-7 years, we have watched UGA, LSU and UF roll in top ranked recruiting classes and look at the results that have produced. What, maybe 6-7 SEC titles and 3 National Championships? So, as a BAMA fan I ask you to forgive us for our excitement over the class we just signed and the classes we will sign moving forward under Nick Saban. I think another thing we took joy out of was all the criticism Saban took when he became the HC at BAMA and how we were told he would never be able to recruit at BAMA the way he did at LSU. Well, in his first year he had a month to bring in players to make it a top 10 class and this year he signed the #1 class in the country. Seems to me he is doing ok and building a championship calibre team in Tuscaloosa!! So again, forgive our excitement.
To BullDog Rick…Overrated huh? Seems to me that a lot of other top ranked schools were trying to recruit the same players we signed so I am curious to see how you would define them as overrated. Plus, if we have an overrated class, I would love to hear your thoughts on AU’s class since you seem to think so highly of them? Typical UGAy fan!
By theboogins
February 25, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this
It took all this time but I finally found an ALA fan with a sense of perspective and a sense of humor. Don’t let the rest of the Tide faithful get wind of that, David.
JB
By dt4c
February 25, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this
Uh, no Jeff you should get YOUR story straight. He broadsided a mother and daughter with his SUV and killed them. Sitting at a red light????? Check the link and I suggest you know the facts before defending a drunk driver. No excuses. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/10/20/archive/main20582.shtml?source=search_story
By Barbara
February 25, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this
You better put the name Dooley on that stadium before son Derek comes to Athens to take over after Coach Richt retires!!! Prez. Adams will be long gone by then!!
By dt4c
February 25, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this
Uh, Jeff you need to know the facts before you post. Typical vowel. Sitting at a red light???? Uh, no he had a blood level twice the legal limit and slammed his SUV into a mother and her daughter’s car and killed them. Yes there are always circumstances behind the true facts and the true facts are this Leonard Little got drunk and ended the lives of 2 innocent people. You need to think before defending DUI and that goes for Colquitt. He should have been kicked out of school LONG before his fifth incident, but I guess Phat Phil loves him too much. Pitiful. Do some research before posting out and out lies in order to defend a DUI.
By tinhat
February 25, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this
Actually, naming a garden after Coach Dooley is kind of appropriate. He is an avid horticulturist and has a variety of hydrangea - which he discovered in his garden - named after him.
That said, I doubt Adams took that into consideration. For a man with a Ph.D. in political communications, he is politically tone deaf.
By Jay
February 25, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
John Adams is a jerk and needs to go back to Louisiana where he came from!!
By gregj
February 25, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this
NO EXCUSES FOR A DUI!!!!!
By AUtiger
February 25, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this
Tony,
Good to see you back. Hey about bama.. you forgot to mention some of impressive feats they have accomplished in the offseason.
Alabama freshman Jeremy Elder was arrested and charged with two counts of first degree robbery. All for $26.
Super thug recruit Julio Jones testified as a eyewitness in his best friends murder trial. His friend was a drug dealer. But I’m sure good ole Julio was an innocent bystander.
The team captain Rashad Johnson was arrested for knocking a security guard down at an off-campus bar. Hey, at least hey can tackle SOMEONE.
After hearing all of this I can only say one thing
PAROLE TIDE!!!!!!
By Old School
February 25, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
Welcome back Tony & Go Sewanee!
Tigers Tigers, leave’em in the lurch, Down with the heathen up with the church. Yea, Sewanee’s right!
By Nick
February 25, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
I just wanted to point out that Florida State also named their field after their most successful coach in School History, Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Cambell Stadium
By TDone
February 25, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
Wow Tony, welcome back! And it’s good to see all the ACC stories mentioned too.
By George P. Burdell
February 25, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Tony: good job on numbering your list there. Three number 1’s!? Did you go to Georgia? Hahaha…
By JB
February 25, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Adams needs to go. He’s all politician. He does not want to be upstaged by VD. By the way, don’t forget Vince hired CMR, not Adams.
By daledog
February 25, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
If Auburn, Alabama, TN, and GT do it, then Georgia better do it to!
What are the stadium names at Michigan and Notre Dame? I guess they never had winning coaches.
By Ol Ball Coach
February 25, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
Tony, UGA had another top 10 recruiting class this year and they have averaged the 3rd best class over the past 10 years. So how do Dawg fans explain that UGA is the only school in that top 10 who has never won BCS title?
By BullDawg Rick
February 25, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
SEC is Football..
Can you say 6 in a row?!?!?! to your instate rival??
& 4 in a row (coming to ya this season) to your border state rival??
This class cannot save you from either!!!
Jeff Henniger… What an ill informed bafoon YOU are!!! Keep your lies straight, LOSER!!!
By Anti-tiger
February 25, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
BarnerTiger,
When naming criminals, don’t forget your criminal punt returner Dunn and the countless gun charges that players have caught on the farm. Maybe they should major in sosheeologee.
Btw, Julio testified in a trial where his best friend’s uncle was killed. Don’t let the facts get int he way though.
By Joe
February 25, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
Why is anyone bringing up Leonard Little? This story is about college recruiting. The Little incident occurred in St Louis while he was a professional player - nothing to do with recruiting or a college coach’s discipline or where he was born. Stay on topic!
By roylee
February 25, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
Hey Ben. Don’t know if you have noticed this, but the U of Fla is in Fla not GA. So what is truly idiotic is this state putting out license plates that commemorate universities in other states. I know you can’t see this because, like most UF people, you have a grossly exaggerated sense of your school’s importance in the world. And BTW, why do so many UF grads live in this “redneck” state that they hate so much. Can’t they find work in the wonderful state of Fla. Are they such corporate lackeys that they just go where their corporate masters send them. The wonders of a UF degree I suppose.
By Roswell Ed
February 25, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
Tony- welcome back. Football can not start too soon.
By the way you’re either funny or not funny. You adding LOL or LMAO or HAHAHA only makes you look like a bigger tool.
By SECisFootball
February 25, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
BullDog Rick….Don’t let my questions get in the way of your apparent bitterness towards Alabama. I asked you to explain how this class was overrated. I guess in your mind the only player were got that werent overrated were those that UGA was also recruiting? I also asked what you would call AU’s class if BAMA’s was overrated.
I am well aware of Alabama’s record vs AU and UGA in the last 6 years. And in UGA fan fashion while talking about the overall record vs UF, BAMA owns the series record against both teams. And speaking of being owned…yes we have lost 7 in a row to AU but has UGA won only 3 of the last 18 vs UF? Now talk to me again about being owned by another team.
By roylee
February 25, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
Hey Ben. Why is it so important to you to be able to ride around with an alligator on your license plate? Does it make you feel better about yourself living in this redneck state? I would have thought that a person who is a grad of one of the world’s most elite institutions of higher learning would have more elevated concerns. BTW you can always move back to Fla if a car tag is that important to you (oh, that’s right, your UF degree does not allow you to find work there). Maybe, Ben, you could stop being a little corporate boy and go live where you want. Then you could ride around with a gator on your tag all day long.
By KC in Athens
February 25, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
What’s with all the Vince Dooley praise on here? Is this not the same Vince Dooley who is so outdated that he took a complete stand against a playoff system about seven weeks ago, just as Michael Adams made a breakthrough statement in supporting a playoff system? Don’t get me wrong, Adams is a jerk, but thanks to people like Dooley’s logic, the SEC may have three or four of the best teams in the country, but will most likely NOT FIELD A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM THIS YEAR. No one in the SEC will have less than two losses and the usual suspects (OSU AND USC) will be playing in the championship, because they won’t have enough competition to lose more than one game. Sure, Dooley’s entitled to his opinion, but his opinion is that of a tired old man and the reality is, he’s just plain wrong!
By JohnLee
February 25, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
bulldogrick,
In light of all the recruiting success of the ugay poodles, where are your National Championships. Has ugay won one since the current players were even alive? At least UA has won one in their lifetime even if barely. What do you have to show for your recruiting? At least make the SECCG before wanting to play for a NC.
By Ramblin Wrecker
February 25, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
It’s funny to me to sit back and watch as these SEC fans rip each other over arrests. Pot..meet kettle. Kettle…meet pot. Your schools are all victims of their own choices. To recruit questionable character players just because they can play football well.
Forget naming Sanford Stadium after Dooley. It should be called the Clarke County Correctional Field.
Who let the dawgs out? The Clarke County sheriff, that’s who.
By Paul The Vol
February 25, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
Hey BullDog Rick, I have a DVD of the last couple of TN-UGA games if you would like to borrow them. They are a lot of fun to watch. Scoreboard! Scoreboard! Scoreboard!
By I hate Leonard Little
February 25, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this
I am blown away by the UT idiot with his comments defending Leonard Little. Little is a piece of garbage and should be in prison for life.
As for the Alabama scumbag fans that are reading this blog, your university and yourselves are miserable excuses for human life. Please disappear forever.
Have a nice day.
By Old Dog
February 25, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
Hey you alligator fans upset with the auto tag controversy, stick it where the gator tail meets its body.
By SmithDAWG
February 25, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
RE: Alabama I think some of the frustration with the Tide Nation now, is not the excitement over a very talented new Head Coach (you SHOULD be!) and the recruiting, but the appearance by some that Nick Saban coming to Alabama is likend to the second coming of Christ and all foes will now bow before his ruling. Get some objectivity here - Alabama has been a GREAT program, rich with tradition and history. Alabama will be great again (as Nick builds his program), but this will not happen overnight and does not mean a national championship every year. You’ve got 12, and I see you getting a 13th in the future, but give the man, and the program some time. Just seems that everything with Bama fans is one extreme or the other - “no one can touch us” or “we suck”.
By SECisFootball
February 25, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
I hate leonard little…wow..what thought you put into that name! Does you mommy know you are not in school today and on her computer?
Why would we BAMA fans leave when one immature UGA fans clearly bitter toward BAMA for some reason. Not sure why but then again with your 8 year old name calling, I am not surprised!
By uga history major
February 25, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this
Getting upset at UA fans or even Tech fans doesn’t change the fact that UA, Tenn, Lsu, and Fl have all won a NC since the poodles even sniffed one. Talk all you want about us but you are still the hind dog.
By robert
February 25, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
i can’t wait for the finals.
By John
February 25, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
I am a Georgia graduate and fan, but enough of the Dooley diefication. The man was only an average football coach. If you name the field for him it will only be a matter of time before you have to rename it for Richt who will destroy any Dooley related records. Clearly Vince cant let go of the limelight - he will endorse anything. Does he really need the money. Time for Dooley to truly retire.
All that said he can take Adams with him.
By Orkin man
February 25, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
I think an overlooked but funny story is Brian Van Gorder was Spurrier’s defensive coordinator for about 15 minutes.
Ramblin Wrecker, what’s a Tech fan doing on this blog? This is for college football discussion. Please return to your video game before your other online 40 year old virgin friends miss you. Bug.
By Will
February 25, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
Where are all the USC Chicken fans who used to be so vocal on this blog? I guess they really having a long, miserable winter after that colassal collapse last fall. Now they have to rely on some long-haired felon called Garcia to start at qb. What a joke, can’t wait until September.
By Foster Keats
February 25, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Barn-fart’s nuthin’ but a dirt-spitting red neck who got his journalism degree from a cereal box…
By foxdawg
February 25, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Bama had a great recruiting class…32 kids. Now let’s see how many they can qualify and get in school…
By Supe
February 25, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
The AJC wouldn’t hire John Adams to write for them. They couldn’t afford the crayons.
By shane #1
February 25, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
i love the”thug”comment about uga.john adams would be bored in athens.no weed,no leaving the scene,nobody with FIVE arrests,no gunplay,no armed robbery.ut had better watch out for bama,they outrecruited you and should take the lead for the hallowed fulmer cup.the most intresting football story will be how ohio state gets in the nc game this year,michigan has a new coach and a lot of hype.of course,a couple of espn guys have osu as their pre-season #1.
By Former Dawg
February 25, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
I don’t know Bryant, Dodd, Neyland, Vaught, & Jordan; but, I do know Dooley.Vince Dooley does not deserve to have his name on Sanford Stadium as a coach, AD or a man. As I have said before, his longevity is worthy of some dedications. I believe what is proposed is completely appropriate; and, it should be left at that.
By martino f*
February 25, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
With a class of 32 and the 85 rule, how many will be able to actually receive scholarships? How many will actually qualify? Don’t you think we should have another assessment of “best class” somewhere about mid September?
By azcat225
February 25, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Welcome back, Tony.
My own incomplete list:
By Gene
February 25, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
The most ridiculous story of 2008, so far, has to be Sonny and the GA Legislature. First on the agenda was criticizing the BCS, then the attempt to steal the Tennessee River, and finally the insanity over UF license plates. I said so far, because they’re probably not finished, particularly since TN and FL have been pretty successful on the football field in recent years. Probably the big story of 2008 will be continued arrests of college football players. With all of the recruiting attention, many players have a very real sense of entitlement to behave as they please with consequenses in proportion to their success on the football field. Throw steroids and alcohol into the mix, and you have some very dangerous 300-pound thugs on the streets, and it is just a matter of time until someone is killed. It will take more than prayer meetings and one-game suspensions to fix this problem.
By Anti-tigerq
February 25, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
Dooley Haters,
Why not name the stadium after Dooley? He has won more NCs than shugar pop and there is a stadium named for him on the farm.
By bull-gator
February 25, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
Hey roylee: What’s with the negative comment regarding UF academics? Go do a little research regarding academics at public universties before you start peeing on UF grads pants legs.
By bamafan66
February 25, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
Barnhart…Thanks for trying to slam ‘Bama again. I always take it as a complement. You are so jealous of the most storied program in the South. Please keep taking shots at ‘Bama. (It really hurt our recruiting!) That is why you never pick on Vandy…who would care?! By the way, if recruiting is not that important, then why does the Atlanta Constipation spend so much time and effort reporting it?!?
By m
February 25, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
The worst mistake in the history of Ga. Tech (and the entire world) was the hiring of Chan Gailey. But there is good news. The worst coach in the history of the world (Chan Gailey) has been fired!!! Hallleeedamloooyah!!! Tech football is back…..MARK IT DOWN!!
By Bill Cummings
February 25, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Love to see the Barn fans make their comments on here. They are truly scared and have every right to be. Times are a changing and most everything heard from the Barn from now on will be past tense when it comes to “owning” Bama. Most UGA fans are great and it is fun when our teams play each other for they are almost always close, hard fought games. Sorry to see the few on here taking potshots at Bama. I know you don’t represent the majority. Save your hate for the Barn, they are your second biggest rivalry game…
By gdawginkalamazoo
February 25, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
AUtiger, Parole Tide? LMAO.
Ramblin Wrecker, CCCF? Sheriff let the dogs? Actually pretty funny stuff. How is our “our next victim” Paul Johnson doing?
SECis Football, congrats on the #1 class. Most of the real fans on here thought it would be 1-2 years before Satan got the Tide rolling again and sure enough year two and a ton of talent. The SEC West just got a lot tougher.
By G8R GRAD
February 25, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this
roylee:
Grow up.
By Darren in the Springs
February 25, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
SECisFootball…regarding UGAg folks saying that the ‘Bama recruits were overrated is nothing new. They will tell you that UGAg never wanted that player, even though they recruited him, or he is not good enough to play for them. Come to the recruiting blogs and you see this story repeated several times over.
By PTC DAWG
February 25, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
If UGA fans would wise up, they would realize that a STRONG Bama is very good for UGA. They play UT every year, for one thing, and they take away players from AU, a team that UGA happens to play every year. Likewise, a strong UGA is good for Bama for the same reasons.
That said, according to a couple of Techies I know, the entire football nation is in danger, as GT has hired the mastermind. :)
By SneakyDawg
February 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
The stadium name is just right as is. The creation of a new monument area which as I understand will mark the border of campus and be the first thing many people see is a great honor and leave it at that.It is actually more fitting than Sanford Dooley stadium anyway as VD ‘s accomplishments as AD overshadow his as coach.So, don’t put the name on the Stadium. Period.
By SneakyDawg
February 25, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
The stadium name is just right as is. The creation of a new monument area which as I understand will mark the border of campus and be the first thing many people see is a great honor and leave it at that.It is actually more fitting than Sanford Dooley stadium anyway as VD ‘s accomplishments as AD overshadow his as coach.So, don’t put the name on the Stadium. Period.
By Watch out
February 25, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
ptc dawg,
Excellent points. uga and UA are actually each others best friends. As they say, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
By SCDave
February 25, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
Just when I thought we would squeeze by without a mention someone had to talk smack about USC. You will get yours again this season. Cant wait leghummpers.
By Randy
February 25, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
Enough of the Dooley talk!! This is not an outrage or a slap in the face!
How about naming Spurrier, Osborne, Bo Schembechler, Woody Hayes, and Knute Rockne (to name a few) coaches that were more successful than VD who don’t have their names on stadiums.
By bwall
February 25, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
alabama should have the top class when they sign half the population of the southeast. ok well maybe im exaggerating a little bit but 30 something kids is ridiculous.
By Bob Sacamano
February 25, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
Tony,
What happens in the next couple of years when Mark Richt wins a championship, or maybe even two? Don’t you know, Tony, that Mark Richt already has more sUGAr Bowl wins than Dooley has a far better winning percentage and bowl winning percentage than Dooley? Shoot, a bowl winning percentage of .500 would be better than Dooley’s.
What’s ridiculous is the fact that no one wants to think about and look forward to the future, they just want to dwell in the past. An argument can be made that Dooley, through the extensions of his coaching hires, was a better AD than a coach. Now, I like Dooley. I’m a Dooley fan. But you take away Herschel’s three years, and Dooley is barely a 7 win a year coach in a time when there were only two or three dominant programs a year in the SEC. Now, at least half to 8 teams a year have a realistic shot at the SEC title year in and year out. What Mark Richt has accomplished in so short a time is phenomenal. So when Richt surpasses Dooley, which he most definitely will (as he has said ad nauseum, he is here, his family is here because he moved them all here, he is going NOWHERE), what the hell do you do to honor the coach who accomplished greater things than Dooley if Dooley’s name is on the Stadium? You can’t name the field after Richt. Our field is already known as “Between the Hedges.” I agree with Hunk Erdown’s sentiment, which I am basically repeating here.
Here’s the thing, Tony, the SEC is the only conference in the country with these hyphenated stadium names, which I find ridiculous. Dr. Sanford built the stadium. Dooley built and sustained the athletic department. So Dooley having the athletic complex, which includes the football practice fields, Foley Field, Butts-Mehre, Stegman, and the new Colliseum Practice Facility, named after him is perfectly fine and a great honor befitting his legacy. In the end, Dooley won’t be the best coach in Georgia’s history. Heck, Mark Richt might not even be the best coach in Georgia history. Leaving our wonderful stadium un-hyphenated makes us special in the edifying SEC. I like that.
By LESD
February 25, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this
Tennessee logic: Yes, our guy was driving drunk, but the accident wasn’t his fault.
By shane #1
February 25, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
techies,chan was not the worst coach in history,not by a long shot!ask the bama fans on here about”ears” whitworth.he benched senior{and future fall of famer}bart starr in favor of his backup qb and went 0-10.in the modern era charlie weis has led storied notre dame to a 3-9 season.losing to navy for the first time in 43 years along the way.chan never had a losing season at tech,despite a 10 scholarship penalty.saban was humiliated by the way bama folded in the second half of the season.don’t be suprised if he has plenty of scholarship room after spring practice.the moral of that story,never show up your coach!a real question is who will actually be signed out of his 32 recruit class. a school can sign a maximum of 25.i don’t know if this is true or not,because i read it in some of the posts in a ut blog.some ut fans said the reason that punter was not kicked off the team is that his family gave a million bucks to ut.i am not putting down ut,money talks,at any university!as to the gator tags,frankly i don’t care.i wish our representatives would work together and try to solve our water problems,but the two states have NEVER worked together and probably never will.a pox on both their houses!
By DownontheFarm
February 25, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
Anti-Tiger,
Not to let the facts get in the way or anything, but Dooley and Jordan actually have the same number of NC’s. See at least down here “on the farm” the math courses teach us to count to at least 1. Apparently, the same can’t be said for Tuscaloosa State Penitentiary though.
By LESD
February 25, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this
Bob, you’ve been reading a little too much Terrence Moore. To say that without Herschel, Dooley was a seven-win coach is just not correct. Dooley won three SEC titles before Herschel Walker ever stepped foot on campus. And he won nine or more games in a season 11 times.
By Britt
February 25, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
Frankly, I think it’s a good thing to see ‘Bama have a good recruiting class. Let’s see if the new coach can turn ‘em into a contender in a year or two. I LOVED the BCS Title Game—again! I think the BCS should continue sending Ohio State against the SEC champion. :o)
By Scott
February 25, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this
Tony, Sorry that Alabama had a good class. It seems to have bothered you. I am sure nothing would have been written here had Georgia had the same. Interesting, though, Alabama is the focus of two of your five stories. Look out, Tony, Coach Saban is coming! I am sure you will again ask for a little perspective when he wins a national championship in a few seasons.
By The Truth
February 25, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
About #5 above: I hear the Colquitt family is pretty well off. By taking away Britton’s scholarship all Fulmer did was give his team an extra scholarship next year (or whenever Britton’s is available - I don’t know how that system works). It’s no punishment to the player bc his parents can pay his tuition and it’s a benefit to the team. With leadership like that from Fulmer, no wonder UT has so many off the field issues.
By BCS Slave
February 25, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
Florida fans,
Whine, whine, whine. If you are worried about the state legislature “turning away” tax dollars, maybe you should move to Florida get them to increase tax revenue by selling UGA tags. LOL.
Actually, the more UF tags in Georgia, the easier recruiting becomes for UF. It’s free advertising that runs every day on our roads. Do you think Oscar Meyer would support selling UGA tags in Florida? If he thought there was a snowball’s chance in hell they’d do it…he would complain about it. He looks for every edge he can get.
LOL. I appreciate what the legislature did. Any chance to annoy or bother UF fans is great to me. It’s worth the drop in the bucket loss in tax revenue.
By Bob Sacamano
February 25, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this
LESD… average out his wins without Herschel. Just because you don’t want to see the truth, doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Yeah, he won 3 SEC Championships without Herschel. He also never won a sUGAr Bowl without Herschel, and only won one out of the three with the greatest college football player toting the rock. His longevity plays more to his win total than his coaching acumen. Like I said, I like Vince Dooley.
But I’m not a blind homer. His bowl winning percentage is under .500. He was 1-4 in sUGAr Bowls. He was a very good coach. He wasn’t in any sense of word, a great coach, especially given the amount of years he coached. Great coaches are few and far between. Pat Dye wasn’t a great coach, either, and neither was Shug Jordan. Bear was a great coach. Knute Rockne… great coach. John McKay was a great coach. Just because Dooley is the best Georgia has had so far doesn’t make him great. Once again, at the end of his career, Mark Richt will have far surpassed Dooley on the field. His winning percentage is about 15% better than Dooley’s, and he’s doing it against far greater competition. It is what it is. You can attempt to rewrite history to fit your ideology, but the truth will out. Dooley’s had great accomplisments at Georgia, most of them coming from being a great AD as opposed to being a good coach.
By Doug
February 25, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
I’m Auburn 1965. Dooley should have the stadium name - he rescued the program (with help from Joel Eves) from Wally Butts.
By R. E. H.
February 25, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
You can bet if UT and Auburn thought that someone else could get them to the Promised Land they would dump Fulmer and Tubeyville right away. Like most people including myself they’re unrealistic expectations about this game we love so much, only one can be left at the end.
By Anti-tiger
February 25, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
Hey downonthefarm,
Your ciphering is off. Jordan, has 1/2 of a championship and that one came when api was on probation. Actually, you have more probations than national championships. 50 years and counting!!!
By ladydawgnfl
February 25, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this
If I can’t have an UGA tag in Florida, they shouldn’t be able to have one in Georgia. The requirements for getting a tag in FL are a lot harder than GA - mainly paying $60,000 for even a chance at having a tag done in Florida. Grrrr!
By KR
February 25, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
My only question is this: if you assume that Mark Richt will retire at UGA like he says he wants to; and if you rename the stadium for Vince Dooley, what do you do for Richt when he surpasses Vince’s records? Rename the city? Where does it end?
BTW, Auburn may face the same issue with Tuberville if he stays around that long.
WAR EAGLE!
By Tom
February 25, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
What a shame. As much as Vince has given — and continues to give — this University, this is outrageous.
By Matt
February 25, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
Go DAWGS! Auburn we luv ya like our brothers except for one day a year! Stick it to that crappy Tide again. And the Vols, lol, Vols are becoming what the Canes were in the 80’s!
By Ray
February 25, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this
Tony,
If it wasn’t for Herschel Walker and Larry Munson’s “Run Lindsey Run” call in 1980 nobody outside of the State of Georgia would have ever heard of vince Dooley.
By GABucki
February 25, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
Let’s see - Michigan Stadium, Ohio Stadium, Notre Dame Stadium - some great coaches, several national championships. Kind of makes this whole argument pretty silly in my way of thinking.
By SR
February 25, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this
Tony, you do realize the reason that UGA does not want to name the stadium after Vince is because we already have a name. Hyphened names are a joke. Also, naming the field after our best coach cannot be completed until Richt retires. His records will crush VD’s when it is all over.
By SECisFootball
February 25, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
KR…you can be rest assured that as long as Bobby Lowder is giving money to Auburn University, there will never be the issue of what you will name in honor of Tuberville. First loss to Alabama and AU fans will want him gone anyway!
By GT = Loser
February 25, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
Rablin Wrecker………2 words for you - Reuben Houston - who was arrested for conspiring to sell 94 lbs. of Weed!
Ramblin wrecker? more like a* wrecker!
Go home and play video games in your mom’s basement while jerking off to a Sears catalogue bra section.
NERD!
By UT96
February 25, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
Who cares about football! My Tennessee Volunteers are the #1 ranked college basketball team in the country!
Kidding about the “who cares about football” Football will always be king.
By gay poodles always on the rag
February 25, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this
Tony, the only thing disappointing to me about your article was that it reminded me of how long of a time before it’s football season. I love the vitriolic statements you evoke from those Nick Satan people and those folks in TN who wear orange shirts to work Mon-Fri, too.
By FLA DAWG
February 25, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this
Glad to see someone in the sportswriters field speak out about Sanford Stadium not being renamed Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium. Dooley is a living legend - respected by Dawg and most other SEC fans alike. He deserves a better tribute and UGA deserves a better President.
Alabama is a class act with great tradition. Bama, Auburn & UGA are the historic backbone of this conference and I’m one Dawg fan who is glad to see them getting back on the right track - as long as The Dawgs beat them on 9/27!
By sporting one
February 25, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
HEY BEN, I am shouting because your blog is almost at the top of this piece. As a UGA alum, I want to sell you guys our Ga. tags, so a bill will be introduced in the legislature to give all the “prestige” money from all out of state schools to the UGA Athletic Department to be used as they see fit. Chick-fil-A says “buy more chickin” and I say to all you fans of out of state teams, “BUY MORE TAGS”!
By fat pumpkin
February 25, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
Funny how Colquitt’s suspension ends right before the UGA game. How convienent
By UT96
February 25, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
The Dwayne Goodrich and Leonard Little incidents happened after they were no longer at UT, so that can’t be blamed on Fulmer. The Colquitt situation, yes, very puzzling on how he handled it, no doubt about it.
By UT96
February 25, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this
The Dwayne Goodrich and Leonard Little incidents happened after they were no longer at UT, so that can’t be blamed on Fulmer. The Colquitt situation, yes, very puzzling on how he handled it, no doubt about it.
By steve robinso
February 25, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
Welcome back,Tony. Have you heard anymore about Julio Jones from Foley? That’s my HS Alma Mater,but understand he might already be in hot water.Rumors true? Guess you saw all the broken CFA Bowl records. Look forward to 8/30 season opener. Steve.
By steve robinso
February 25, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
Welcome back,Tony. Have you heard anymore about Julio Jones from Foley? That’s my HS Alma Mater,but understand he might already be in hot water.Rumors true? Guess you saw all the broken CFA Bowl records. Look forward to 8/30 season opener. Steve.
By sporting one
February 25, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
Fat Pumpkin, If I am not mistaken, Colquitt’s family made a LARGE contribution to UT not long ago. If that is true, maybe that is why he is still around, but I have to agree, anyone with five alcohol related arrests should not be in school, but in re-hab!
By 69Dawg
February 25, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this
Go ask Michael Adams. What he wants goes. Spies all over. I guess he wants his face emplazoned on the 50 instead of the black Block G
By paul
February 25, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
They dont call you BARNhart for nothing, lol. Just kills u knowing Bama is about to start kicking a* again. Get used to it Bub, just like u used to.
By Charles
February 25, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this
Tony, seems like you and Buck Belue have designs on making St. Vincent even moe god-like. So, let’s just rename UGA Vince Dooley University, the stadium - with a 12 foot marble (perhaps even gold) bust of Vince in midfield - Dooley Stadium and rename the State of Georgia the State of Vince Dooley. Enough, already!!
By Bruce
February 25, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
See this is a case of responsible lournalism by Adams in Knoxville. Colquitt got 2 pd’s and a dui before enrolling at UT. And Since August Saban and Alabama have had 8 people arrested and 7 kicked off the team for various problems that weren’t related to arrests. But John Adams sports editor from KNS who is from LSU and friends with Saban doesn’t talk about that or mention it. Now WHO is the person who is spreading this Manure. If there is any questions about Bama’s arrest record just check today’s Montgomery paper
By shane #1
February 25, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this
bob makes some good points,but i fail to understand the”take away the herschel years”theory.no coach wins without good athletes,not even the sainted”bear”bryant.dooley won 201 games,put uga back on the national stage with early upset wins in the cotton bowl and at ann arbor,and put the program on solid ground financially.he was always a respectable,dignified,ambassador for uga and still represents the univeraity well.the great”bo”at michigan was a close friend,as are”joe pa”and”pappy”bowden.”shug”was also a mentor and a friend to dooley.you can tell a lot about a man by the company he keeps.i am not in favor of renaming the stadium or naming the field for dooley,but i like the idea of the vince dooley athletic center.uga is building a state of the art facility there,i think naming it for dooley is a great honor.
By AltamahaDawg
February 25, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this
Tony, it also used to be legal to openly smoke in public building, and big hair used to be in style. Have you been gone for 6 weeks or 3 decades?
By Mike
February 25, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
We need to move those folks still investigating Roswell to Knoxville ! Does TENN EVER run out of Colquitt’s as punters ?? It’s either the continued in-breeding ; cloning or aliens, no doubt …….
By G8R GRAD
February 25, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this
sporting one:
Have a nice day.
By AltamahaDawg
February 25, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
Not real sure what that burn at bama was about. They did recruit well, the recruiting gurus and and the media, and lets be honest, all of us fans who eat that stuff up, put them #1. Whats is the issue? That they are pleased? Should they have held a press conference and denounced that ranking?
Who exactly need to get perspective? The media? Would you know anyone in that fraternity Tony?
By Mets Stink
February 25, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
If the stadium is named after anyone, it should be after Herschel Walker. Dooley was just a barely above average coach until Walker arrived. Besides, just wait a few more years, because Richt is on the fast track to being UGA’s greatest coach.
By ben
February 25, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this
My goodness, the ‘necks are out in force today. The reason we Florida grads are in Georgia is because GA Tech doesn’t have that many alums and SOMEONE has to be your boss.
Second, if the mutts in FL can’t get it together enough to apply for a UGA tag then you should all be yelling at them and not at us. Or maybe try winning a National Championship some time. No, I’m not counting any won before the Cold War ended.
Third, and seriously, you people are HAPPY that our legislature is wasting time that could be spend on REAL issues? Well, that’s mutt logic for you.
By AltamahaDawg
February 25, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this
GABuck, great post. How about Obsborn at Nebraska?. IN fact there are at least a dozen great former coaches, with prabably better records than Dooley that did not have a stadium change names for them. Hopefully they didnt have fans and sport writers trying to convince them they should be be insulted.
The other thing is that, as many stadium renames in the past 30 yrs have been for large financial contributor as have been for former coaches. Do we really HAVE to do that as well, since somebody else did. Has no “supporter” of UGA football existed during that same time frame.
BTW go and look at the official name of the Ol’Miss football facility. “Hollingsworth field at Vaught-Hemingway stadium”. Where does it stop? I think the most rational question WITHOUT ANSWER so far is, what do you do when Richt exceed Dooleys marks and takes a much more prominant place in the modern history of Georgia Football?
By tom
February 25, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this
As I emailed to the UT staff, Coach Fulmer’s decision to keep Mr. Colquitt on the team is reprehensible. I was hospitalized by a drunk driver and lost a family member.
By Chris
February 25, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
I have a question. Why is it that when there is a college athlete arrested or in trouble, he is black 99% of the time? Even when it is a white guy, it is just for alcohol. What is wrong with the thugs out there? Even in pro sports, when an athlete is in big trouble, they are almost always black. Just blows me away. Can’t you people do anything right?
By KR
February 25, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
SEC is Football: there are AU fans who already want Tuberville gone, regardless of how he does against ‘BAMA. I haven’t exactly been his biggest fan over his tenure at Auburn.
However, if you go by results, Tuberville is moving up the ranks of Auburn history. (Not sure exactly where he sits at the moment; would have to look that up.)
Lowder sat back and allowed “Pat Dye Field,” so he’d probably do the same for any Tuberville naming.
BTW, I’m not a big fan of “Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium” either. If it was up to me, it would be Auburn Stadium. Boring, but accurate.
When is kickoff??
WAR EAGLE!
By Paul
February 25, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this
Al, ready for a bad year for AU? 9 wins MAX and that includes the middle class bowl they will go to.
By BlueWorkhorse.com
February 25, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this
What? No love for Louisville cornerback Rod Council (a former potential NFL draft pick next year). He only managed to be suspended indefinitely after robbing a convenience store in N. Carolina with an uzi.
By Chris
February 25, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this
Like I said, 99% black. That would mean 1% white you moron. Should we make a list of all the thugs in college and in pro who have been arrested?
By Hunk Erdown
February 25, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this
One of the most important jobs a Head Coach has is to recruit good players. Who recruited Hershel? Hershel didn’t win that championship by himself either. Dooley put Walker in a position to excell, there have been some good running backs that for whatever reason, were not put in that position; Goff- Terrell Davis?
There are plenty of good reasons to argue against the stadium name being changed without having to make Dooley look like nothing without H. Walker.
It doesn’t help to have reporters show such a bias that they would describe what is planned, at a cost of approx. $1 million, as “naming a garden and some athletic buildings” after him. What is the Stadium, a big concrete bowl with some grass in the middle of it? How much will it cost to “pay tribute” to Coach Dooley in the same old tired way that so many other schools have, by simply sliding their name in there with a hyphen? I hear that Aamco will pay a pretty high premium to change the sign for us, if we’ll show Dooley holding a muffler.
By Matt Foley, Motivational Speaker
February 25, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this
1.)Name the B-ball court after Vince…The Dooley-Harrick Arena!!!
2.) Perriloux suspended indefintely from now UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st!!!!! That’ll teach him!
3.) Alabama had to recruit well….their players keep getting arrestted for armed robbery of OTHER STUDENTS…
4.) I’d hate to play poker with Tubbs…he never shows his “hand” and he plays the poor man.
5.) OK, so he got drunk for the 4th time and was drunk driving….He thought he was at UGA. So what……..let these kids drink…who cares if they die???? They don’t and I don’t either! JUST WIN FOOTBALL GAMES!!
By Matt Foley, motivational speaker
February 25, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this
I meant to say to name the Basketball Court after Vinnie and Jimmy Harrick…afterall, Vinnie brought Vinnie to UGA! Thanks Vinnie for all your infinite wisdom…Stick to being a FOOTBALL COACH!
By Gypsy Dawg (nuthin' but ribs and D***)
February 25, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this
Alabama should have had a great recruiting class! Barak O’Bama is a graduate of their school of personnel and continually recruits for them while he is out on the stump.That should be an NCAA violation or an NAACP violation, I can’t remember which. I say fire Damon Evans and Michael Adams. The “two amigos” have done everything in their power to undo everything Coach Dooley accomplished while he was there. Until Adams is gone I will not contribute another dime to the University. I’ll just continue to give it directly to the players. Hey, and Damon needs to be gone too. Coach Dooley groomed him to take over when Dooley left for good. Now Damon is Adams “Little Black Sambo”. If Damon continues to chase his tail as Adams directs, he’ll turn into butter! Fire Adams, fire Damoon, Keep Felton and promote Coach Richt to Head Football Coach and AD. Hire Dooley as President of Uga. Gooooo Dawgs, Sic em.
The Gypsy Dawg, Nuthin
By Gypsy Dawg (nuthin' but ribs and D***)
February 25, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this
Alabama should have had a great recruiting class! Barak O’Bama is a graduate of their school of personnel and continually recruits for them while he is out on the stump.That should be an NCAA violation or an NAACP violation, I can’t remem