Mr. College Football

By JJ

March 3, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

They will lose 2 or 3. Overated and overscheduled!

By DiehardLSUFan

March 3, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

Right on the nose, Tony! If UGA goes 13-0 against that schedule & wins the SEC Championship, they should be No. 1 going into the NC & whip OSU one more time!

By D.Ellis

March 3, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this

Undefeated is a very long shot for ur DAWGS. Natinal Championship is and should be low talk.

The ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS WINNING THE EASTERN DIVISION AND PLAYING FOR THE SEC TITLE.

ANY TEAM THAT PLAYS AND WINS FOR THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE IN THE BCS TITALE GAME TALK….HANDS DOWN.

THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS WINNING THE SEC. BCS TALK WILL COME AFTER THAT FACT.GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!

By boog

March 3, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

JJ… you must be a Techie. No fear of you guys being over scheduled playing in that wus ACC. Any by the way learn how to spell …it would be…overrated… I will give you a pass on overscheduled for the sake of the effect you were trying to create

By Old Dawg

March 3, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

As difficult as 08’s schedule looks to be, it won’t even get much better in 09…

at Oklahoma State South Carolina TBA Non-Conf Arizona State LSU at Tennessee at Vanderbilt at Arkansas Florida (Jax) Open Auburn Kentucky at Georgia Tech

By Old School

March 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

The 1899 Sewanee team was the greatest collegiate team of all time! Yea, Sewanee’s right!

By reality check

March 3, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

The 1899 Sewanee team can make a legitimate claim to being one of the greatest college team of all time based on their results. They beat something like the 10 best teams in college football at the time over a 3 week period.

Georgia may lose a game or 2 with our schedule, but we have a legitimate shot at winning them all.

By Steve Superior

March 3, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

What a tough schedule, opening against 1AA. The schedule will come in handy as an excuse by October, lol

By JJ

March 3, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

Boob, Yeah I typed too fast and missed a letter. But at least I stayed on point. Between being a little overrated and a tough schedule UGA will most certainly not go undefeated and will probably lose 2 to 3 games. Otherwise you just showed your true character, or lack thereof.

By GatorFan96

March 3, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

These updates are getting me fired up for the season and it is only the beginning of March. Do we really have to wait almost six months for kickoff?

Dogs have a very tough schedule and will probably play for the national title if they end up with only one loss.

By Lane

March 3, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

MR, conveyed the message:

• 1 practice
• 1 drill
• 1 play

Do not look ahead, we must improve 1 step @ a time. No grandoise forecasts, please. Preparation + Execution = Success.

Having said that, I am “giddy”, with the potential of the OL.

By UGA Fan 1

March 3, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Tony also left off Bobby Johnson of Vandy won Nat’l title at Furman.

By reality check

March 3, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

What team do you support JJ?

By Dick Rod

March 3, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

Don’t forget the winner of the USC-OSU game, in the Orange Bowl, will have at least one Nat Champ under their belt also…

By KR

March 3, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

There’s no denying that is a tough schedule. If they go undefeated, they deserve to be in the BCS championship game. I also hope UGA doesn’t get dinged by the voters for the Georgia Southern game (like AU got for playing The Citadel in 2004).

I said two years ago that I thought 2008 would be Richt’s year.

I just hope I’m wrong.

WAR EAGLE!

By hardeevillain

March 3, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

Bobby Johnson didn’t win the NC at Furman. That would be Jimmy Satterfield, 1988.

By Bill

March 3, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

It’s going to be a long night in Columbia for the dawgs and an even longer bus ride back to Athens. Spurrier now has his players.

By 3volpaul

March 3, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

August is a long way off. Things sometime happen. The best laid plans of mice and men…….

By reality check

March 3, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

I had my facts wrong on that Sewanee schedule. They beat 5 teams on the road in 6 days - Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane (who was great at the time), LSU and Ole Miss. They played all but 3 games on the road. Auburn was the only team that scored on them all year. Sewanee beat them in Montgomery 11-10. I know this blog isn’t about Sewwanee, but when everybody starts talking about a tough schedule, let’s have a little perspective. Here are the results:

Oct. 21 at Atlanta: Sewanee 12 Georgia 0 Oct. 23 at Atlanta: Sewanee 32 Georgia Tech 0 Oct. 28 at Sewanee: Sewanee 46 Tennessee 0 Nov. 3 at Sewanee: Sewanee 54 Southwestern University 0 Nov. 9 (Thursday) at Austin: Sewanee 12 Texas 0 Nov. 10 (Friday) at Houston: Sewanee 10 Texas A&M 0 Nov. 11 (Saturday) at New Orleans: Sewanee 23 Tulane 0 Nov. 13 (Monday) at Baton Rouge: Sewanee 34 LSU 0 Nov. 14 (Tuesday) at Memphis: Sewanee 12 Ole Miss 0 Nov. 20 at Sewanee: Sewanee 71 Cumberland 0 Nov. 30 at Montgomery: Sewanee 11 Auburn 10 Dec. 2 at Atlanta: Sewanee 5 North Carolina 0

JJ will tell you they were overated

By DirtyDawg

March 3, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

If Georgia goes undefeated in the regular season, and wins the SEC…then they ought to just cancel the BCS Championship game and award us the trophy.

PS - Hey, Michael Adams, are you paying Dr. Knapp to not comment about your tenure, or is it that he’s just too classy to ‘rat-you-out’?

By Dave-SD

March 3, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

The reality is that unless there are three or more undefeated BCS conference teams at the end of the regular season (plus conference championship games), an undefeated BCS conference team will play in the BCS title game. Even if that means Duke is playing Baylor. It’s only when one-loss teams (or in extreme situations like last year, one and two loss teams) start duking it out or non-BCS teams are making a case for a seat at the table that strength of schedule becomes a major factor.

By Joe

March 3, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

Even with one loss, maybe even two, UGA should make that title game. That schedule is insane.

Tony, we need you to start getting the narrative on this track of letting UGA slide with 2 losses. Schlabach already started it a couple of weeks ago. We all know that whatever you write about in the months leading up to the season is what the pundits and pollsters will believe should happen come November.

Thanks, I will hang up and listen.

By Me

March 3, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Anyone with a ounce of good sense know UGA will not go unbeaten with this schedule, no way!!! If somehow they do and win the SEC Championship, they should be considered the greatest team ever.

By bsmith

March 3, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

let’s hope we can get in the championship with 1 or 2 losses………we’ll definitely be worthy considering the schedule……………

By sammyg

March 3, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

Wow…Bulldogs complaining about how tough their schedule is..some things never change!!

By P Dawg

March 3, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

UGA rules! The big DAWG will eat up everyone in 08’. Nobody will touch us. Spurrier will be humiliated, Fulmer will wish he hadn’t made the trip South, Saban will be glad they don’t have to play us every year, Dennis Erickson will try to get out of having to play us again HERE next year, Meyer will find a hole and crawl in it, Les will play Perriloux and lose big anyway, Tubberville will try an “orange out” to try and get back at us for the “black out” and everyone will see that we could wear purple and still kick their asses, and the rest aren’t worthy of mention. Can’t wait to watch it unfold. I see several NC’s for UGA if we treat Richt fairly and keep him around. Do it UGA!!!

By Tony Barnhart

March 3, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

UGA Fan 1

I checked out Bobby Johnson. He was head coach at Furman when the Paladins got to the I-AA championship game in 2001. Furman lost to No. 1 Montana in that game. He was defensive coordinator when Furman beat Georgia Southern for the national title in 1988.

Tony B.

By P Dawg

March 3, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

sammyg, shut the hell up and get on a tech blog. You sound a little upset because we’ve kicked your asses 7 straight years and counting. Sucks for people like you when you have to jump on UGA’s blogs to hear something exciting. Get used to it, this is just the beginning!

By Gen Neyland

March 3, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

Scheduling…The usual pundits make no deference to a weak or strong schedule. It becomes a series of slanted opinions one way or the other…UGA has a just and fair schedule in 2008. Tough, but UGA is going to be good and the schedule they have will either prove or disprove the pundits charges. In pro ball, you get scheduled up due to success. In college it’s kinda a crap shoot as to who’s hot and who’s not… with no exceptions made to any conference team’s scheduling rotations outside one’s division. I will not argue the fact that every SEC game played by any SEC team is a playoff game with the winners advancing to the Dome from the East and the West…From that point forward, the game changes…

By markthebabtist

March 3, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

a few interesting tidbits re the schedule, yes its brutal, however: 1) no team had a bye week before playing UGA 2) LSU goes to UF and Crackolina the two weeks before the UGA game.

By Bravesfan79

March 3, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

D.Ellis said: “ANY TEAM THAT PLAYS AND WINS FOR THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE IN THE BCS TITALE GAME TALK….HANDS DOWN”
See… thats the problem with college football… its ALL TALK.. and LITTLE ACTION!!
WHO CARES how good a sports regular season is when the postseason is the worst in the history of sports!! Everyone should refuse to support all these meaningless bowl games except the 1 game that means something. THEN things might finally change!

By Villa Rica DAWG

March 3, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

I got goose bumps reading the last paragraph…

By mcdawg

March 3, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

one game at a time-see you in tempe-its going to be hot in the desert but that is the game where we will need to make a statement in order to cement the notion that the SEC is the dominant conference in college football

By murphy greene

March 3, 2008 11:17 AM | Link to this

I just hope they can beat S.Car this year.

By GO EAGLES!

March 3, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

All the National Championship talk should be over come Sept. 1. Then you can focus on the SEC.

By Ol' Ball Coach

March 3, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

It’s good that Dawg fans have something to get them through the basketball season. Even if its practice.

By Bamafan

March 3, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

The game the dawgs better look out for is the old ball coach in columbia,sc. He would love to beat the dawgs and Bama is not going to row over for the dawgs. If Georgia can win all the games, they should be in the national title game!! PAROLE TIDE!!

By Bert Lawson

March 3, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

I agree with you again Tony, but remember they have to go to Kentucky and play and that will be no walk in the park either.

By Ron Roberts

March 3, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

I think last year’s youth, coupled with the sting from feeling left out of the BCS title game by many in our locker room, bodes well for 2008.

If our guys aren’t focused on winning every game on the schedule, then they clearly learned nothing from last season.

Coach Mark Richt knows how to get his players focused for a big game, and knows (now) how to motivate his players.

Yeah, playing South Carolina’s always tough, but I think we’ve never gone into a game against them with the memory of what our last game against them wound up meaning to us. We can say otherwise all we want, but we’ve always overlooked SC and always played our most lackluster games against them. Won’t happen this year. Besides, the C. Michigan game the week before will be a good test for us. We’ll be ready for SC this year. 2007 is all the motivation we need.

Arizona State showed us what we’ll get from them when they couldn’t hang with USC in their own stadium. I’m not saying it’ll be a cakewalk, but we’ll win that game, as well.

We follow with Alabama at home - and I think this is the scariest home game of the year, frankly. I predict a nail-biter that we pull out. Saban’s Tide is not quite ready for primetime, but they’ll be better.

The key to the Tennessee game is our having two weeks to prepare. It’s also a home game (which hasn’t mattere much, historically of late, but should this year), so we should win this in a romp.

We follow with Vandy at home the week after, and they’ll be down this year. No disrespect, but we should be able to rest some key components for the LSU game the next week.

The LSU/Florida back-to-back weeks is where we’ll slip - if we do. Playing in Baton Rouge isn’t easy, and LSU’s not gonna be as good as last year, but they’re still not bad, and that crowd does make a difference.

Florida will be playing with last year’s “celebration” on their minds. We popped ‘em in the mouth and they’ll come out swinging. But unless they’ve somehow improved that secondary, we should still prevail in the end.

Get past those two games and we’ll go undefeated. Win one, lose one, we should still be in the BCS title game at the end of the season.

The only caveat to this is Florida’s schedule, which I think is a cakewalk, personally. They play us and LSU in Florida, and Tennessee (early in the season) in Knoxville. That’s it, far as tough matchups go. We may have to beat Florida to win the SEC East. We win the SEC East with zero or one loss total, and we play for the BCS title.

Of course, our O-line, running game and defense will be stout. We have to keep our QB healthy, too.

By P Dawg

March 3, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

Gen Neyland, I don’t think anyone would have a problem with UGA’s schedule if the usual suspects (OSU, USC, etc.) had as hard a road to get there as well. It’s getting pretty much routine for the SEC to beat each other up every year while those guys play two or MAYBE three hard fought games a year and skate their way to the BCS CG. That’s the only problem I and many other people have with the scheduling. Let OSU and USC and Oklahoma come on over and play the schedule that we all have down south and I’ll guarantee them 4 or 5 losses a year, at least! And when I say doen South, The ACC is NOT included.

By hop

March 3, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

if one looks at the schedule at face value,it does appear to be difficult.

2008 edition of many SEC teams will not be the same teams as 2007.

tennessee,auburn,LSU,kentucky will all have new inexperience qb’s this year.

kentucky and vandy will not be as good, either will UT,AUBURN and alabama will the same this year, but watch in coming years , as they will be the new beast in the west.

the big game for the dawgs will be in jax for all the marbles.

By bull-gator

March 3, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Georgia’s only loss will be a close one at Arizona St because of travel to left coast time zone. After that game only injuries or other distractions could derail the Bulldogs. I predict they will win SEC East, SEC, and BCS Championship. Alabama and Florida are one year away from their own great run. Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee have too much re-loading to do. South Carolina will never have the horses. This is the year of the Dawg! Enjoy!

By Red & Black

March 3, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

Yes, the schedule is brutal but winnable. If we want to be considered the best team in the country we need win them all and then there will be NO doubt about it. I like the schedule because of it’s strength. Were pretty strong as well. Betcha the teams we have to play are looking at THEIR scheduled date with us with much trepidation. Go DAWGS!

By Bob in SF

March 3, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

LSU has proved UGA could lose 2 games and still play for the title. That being said, they need to not worry about winning the Ga. State Title, the SEC East, The SEC or the BCS. They need to worry about winning one game at a time and focusing on the game at hand each week. You could argue that they overlooked USC and UT last year. Everyone will be gunning for them. Richt will have to have them prepared to play every week. They have the talent, now they need the coaching staff to do its job. The offensive and defensive play calling can’t have the occasional inconsistency as it did last year. The running game can’t disappear at times just because it’s been forgotten and the defense needs to adjust quicker to stop the power running game that gashed them vs. UT.

By P Dawg

March 3, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

Ol’ Ball Coach, who cares about basketball? I wish we could talk the NCAA into eliminating basketball and having two football seasons. Have one team for September through January and another for March through July! We wouldn’t have to suffer such a LOOOOONG offseason then.

By mart

March 3, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this

If they go 13-0 with that schedule, and lose the BCS game they should still be ranked #1 in the AP poll.
Alas, however, they’ll suffer multiple losses.

By jz

March 3, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this

imagine that…tony pulling for the dogs. tony you are right…if uga goes 13-0 they will go to the national title game, you are pretty smart, you must have took jim harrick’s math class at uga. bad news for you dog fans, you will lose two games this year…florida, and the heartbreaker…georgia tech. believe it people…what are the odds of uga beating florida two years in a row, honestly? And tech will bust the bcs bubble at seasons end, sorry no drunk times at the sugar bowl this year, for your players or fans.

By ummmm

March 3, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

This topic was written over a month ago by someone else….

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6026-CollegeFootball-GeorgiaBulldogsFootball-2008GeorgiaPreviewChannelingLarryMunson-080108

By Mark May

March 3, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

In the only poll that matters ( ESPN ) UGA will be ranked behind the mighty OSU and Sou Cal.

By Buzzy

March 3, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

This whole thing has me smilin’!Another dawgie pipe dream. A good year - probably. National Championship, no way.

Bask in the hopes and inflated homer preseason rankings for the next six months.
Reality will be a difficult pill to swallow. Two losses at least and Top 10 finish at best.

By Dawg Attach

March 3, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Ga.’s got great coaches,players,fans, but most importantly they got character. They’ll play each of the SEC teams one at a time.-Go Dawgs

By Boudreaux

March 3, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

You gotta figure UGA has a good shot at the NC this year - certainly as good as anyone else.

Unless 2007 was an indicator of parity in NCAA football, I don’t expect another 2-loss team to get a shot in the near future.

The hardest part about UGA’s schedule will be the SEC CG. Playing Auburn, Bama, and LSU during the seasn means they’re likely playing the SEC West Champion twice (nice to have that game in your own backyard, though). Especially since no one gets an extra week off before the CG to put wrinkles into the gameplan and rest/heal up.

Regardless, I totally agree that an SEC Champion with 2 or fewer losses deserves consideration for the BCS.

Besides, if the top three teams at the end of the season are the SEC Champion, Oh-and-Nine State, and ANYONE else, it would probably take an Act of Congress for the BCS voters to put OSU into a 3rd straight BCS game against the SEC.

Geaux Tigers!

By Dean

March 3, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

I love that for Tech fans, they have to think the worst for UGA is to lose 2 games and finish in the top 10. What a horrible scenario to consistently be recognized as one of the top teams in college football. Now I have to ask, “Do any of you expect one of those two loses to be against the Jackets”. I doubt it. I hope you guys can finish about 7-5 again and play in another meaningless bowl.

By Joe Bland

March 3, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Holy geez, Mr. Roberts! Let Tony write the columns. How many people do you think read those 4.5 million words of yours. I didn’t. Quick and pithy, please.

By Gator Nation

March 3, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

Win all their games????

If Georgia loses just one game and wins the SEC championship game they shoud be in the National Championship game.

Two years ago Florida was a one loss champion and last year LSU was a two loss champ.

The same goes for the Gators whose schedule is brutal as well (look it up). Any one loss SEC champ should have a shot at the National Championship.

By Ted

March 3, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Do we really have to listen to this hog wash for 6 more months? It will be fun watching UGa come back down to earth in Sept. after they lose their first (of several) games!

UGa = Overhyped & overrated!!

By JY

March 3, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

I did not see where anyone mentioned the dawgs would probably have to play LSU, UA, or AU again to win the SEC. That makes it even more difficult a schedule. Suppose UGA is 12-0, and AU, UA, or LSU happened to be 11-1. Wow!!

By SW

March 3, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

Barnhart you have plagiarized this article!!!!

Shame on you! Your bosses should be notified and there should be disciplinary action taken against you, also. This is sad Barnhart…you had me at hello…you had me at hello…

The article you plagiarized can be found here

By brent

March 3, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

A perfect illustration of the relative stature of UGA’s program vs. Tech:

“Two losses at least and Top 10 finish at best.”

That statement is considered an insult to UGA’s program, but would be a dream season for Yech. Enjoy the triple-option, Tech fans — I know we (UGA) will.

By PTC Dawg

March 3, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Since Richt was hired in 2001, UGA has averaged 10.3 wins per year. Looks the folks talking about UGA coming down to Earth are just whistling past the graveyard.

I agree with many posters, let’s win the SEC and let the chips fall where they may.

By Thomas Spuell

March 3, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Seriously… @SC, @ASU, vs. Bama, vs. Tenn, @LSU, vs. UF, @AU, vs. GT —there is NO WAY UGA goes undefeated.

Realistically, UGA will finish 9-3, 8-4 or 7-5.

By Rusi Patel

March 3, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Ok, I just had this article pointed out to me a little bit ago.

Considering our personal history, Tony, I would hope this is just a figment of my imagination and this article is a complete coincidence to the one I wrote on BleacherReport.

If what you stumbled upon is my article, I feel like I deserve to know that much. It seems that may be what happened here.

For those not privy, I wrote an article about UGA’s schedule about a month ago at this website http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6026-CollegeFootball-GeorgiaBulldogsFootball-2008GeorgiaPreviewChannelingLarryMunson ……

To be honest, I would just be curious to know if my article is what you stumbled upon…..

By Tony needs original ideas

March 3, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

It seems that Tony is running out of material. This exact article was written at the beginning of the year.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6026-CollegeFootball-GeorgiaBulldogsFootball-2008GeorgiaPreviewChannelingLarryMunson-080108#comment_48472

By Obnoxious Georgia Fan

March 3, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

“Do we really have to listen to this hog wash for 6 more months?”

Hmmm…lets see. Georgia has 17 starters and countless meaningful backups back from an 11-2 team that obliterated everything in its path the second half of the season. I would say the answer is YES, you do have to endure this for another 6 months and quite possibly beyond. Sucks to be you.

By Tim

March 3, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Barnhart you have plagiarized this article!!!!

Ah-woo-woo, shame on you!

What SW posted is true as the link he provided is to an article dated last month.

Boom… busted!!!

Kinda like what UGA’s dream championship season will be like going into October… busted with three losses!

By reality check

March 3, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

Tech fans just love to brag about their supposedly superior intellect, but the ones who come on this blog like Ted and jz and Buzzy really seem stupid. Georgia finished last year number 2 and has more players coming back than any of the other top teams. It would be hard to build a logical case that we won’t be better next year, not that logic means anything to Tech fans.

Richt and the coaching staff are proven beyond doubt. The past few years Georgia has not had many seniors. That’s largely because the recruiting classes that were so highly rated had many losses to injuries and players not being admitted to school. The “gurus” of recruiting don’t take those losses into consideration. With those losses our recruiting classes weren’t nearly as good as the gurus would have everybody think. The past two years we haven’t lost the recruits we’ve signed and the quality and depth is starting to show. We have never had better depth.

The schedule actually sets up pretty well for us this year. We are likely to be favored in every game we play. We don’t play teams with weeks off before they play us and we have bye weeks that are really well placed. Tennessee made excellent use of their bye week before playing us last year. This year the shoe is on the other foot. Having an extra week to prepare for Tech’s option gives us an advantage in that game and will have us more rested for the SECCG as well. But the big thing is that with our depth we aren’t as likely to wear down as the season goes on. That was a big factor for us last year and this year we will be even deeper.

We will see what happens, but I have confidence in our coaching staff and the talent, experience, and depth is empirical.

By TheItalianDawg

March 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

if Georgia stays healthy and no major injuries, I think georgia will go undefeated. Georgia is very balanced team and have play makers on both side of the ball. I cant wait to see Moreno and king together in the backfield. I admit that I was harsh on Martinez and his philosophy, but he is getting my respect now! since he realized it is almost impossible to have decent pressure on the QB in the SEC games by rushing 3 and 4 players, no matter how good they are!

By Shana

March 3, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

I was interested in this article… the first time I read it in the Bleacher Report. What ever happened to journalistic integrity? You should give credit where credit is due. I am not certain that changing some sentence structure make a piece yours. As Georgia alum, I am not sure what is worse your contrived conclusion on Georgia’s season or your intellectual dishonesty. Poor form sir.

By Pfft

March 3, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

Plagiarism is stealing another’s words. Ripping off someone else’s premise is a time-honored tradition as old as American journalism. Besides, if one human can make the link between opposing coaches and national titles, Tony can, too. Much ado about less than nothing.

By Bryan G

March 3, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

Even Barack Obama is mad at you for stealing someone else’s material…

By The Real Reality Check

March 3, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

The Real Reality Check says this is the stupidest statement I’ve read on here yet:

The schedule actually sets up pretty well for us this year. We are likely to be favored in every game we play.

Oh really —what fantasy land are YOU living in? History will reveal that UGA always stumbles —mainly against Steve Spurrier, so there’s one loss right there. UGA will not win @ASU, will not win @LSU, will lose at home to either Bama or Tennessee, and @AU is anybody’s guess.

There’s 4 —maybe 5— losses right there, so put that in your REALITY and CHECK it!

By Chuck R.

March 3, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

Once again(and again, and again), I hope you still have those 1980 championship car tags somewhere in the attic. At least, most of you removed them from the Camaro.

By The Drill

March 3, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

Real Reality Check what a dumba@@. Just like last year you and the rest of the haters will be know where to be found by the time another successfull seasons ends. Talk all the crap you want,I can assure you we will not have 4 or 5 losses.

By reality check

March 3, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

We’ll play the games and see.

I can’t tell from your post who you support. Are you ashamed of that? Must be a team we beat. Could it be Tech? You seem to have that Tech type intellect.

By Clint

March 3, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

The wheels on the bulldogs fans outrageous wish wagon will start to come off in Tempe, Arizona. Go Ifs!

By shane #1

March 3, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

the number of national championship coachs in the sec has been mentioned several times on these blogs.i have used it myself in a couple of posts.colin cowherd even did about 10 minutes on sec coaching on espn radio.all of us,at least us ga natives,know about johnson’s and hatcher’s success at ga southern and any football fan knows about erickson.tony’s blog is nothing new,in fact it is all common knowledge.you can’t copywrite what is in the public domain,like common knowledge,therefore it cannot be stolen!rusi,i read your blog,tony didn’t mention furman,and it was not word for word,so i don’t think you have a leg to srand on.he may have gotten the idea from you,but it certainly didn’t originate with you.tony,i know it is difficult to come up with an intresting article every day,but the difficulty of uga’s schedule has been cussed and discussed on every other uga site.oh well,tomorrows another day.

By shane #1

March 3, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

so many posts talking about 4 or 5 losses.what will be the reason for this collapse?i guess it will be defense,didn’t we lose our best cover cb,no,that was last year.it must be the 2 des that turned pro,no that was last year.maybe it was losing all our starting lbs,oops,last year again!well let’s see,freshman rb and sophmore qb?three freshmen on the o line?i got it,brand new oc!no,all of that was last year,yet uga went 11-2.you guys have me puzzeled.why will uga be soooo bad next year?

By MVP

March 3, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

Georgia offical drink….CHOKE!!!

By Red & Black

March 3, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

To “The Real Reality Check”. We will not lose 4 or 5 games this year. Any amount of credibility regarding your posts just went out the window. 08’ is not 07’ (we will beat Spurrier/SC year). ASU lost three games in the PAC 10 last year. They are not all that. We will beat them by double digits. My only real concern is back to back with LSU & Florida. And if Perriloux ends up being kicked off LSU’s team I don’t even concern myself with them (even playing there “at night”). Tennessee lost Cutcliff and Ainge so I am not worried about them), Alabama is still very young (and we have them at home), Auburn is always tough (but they will have a new quarterback and offensive coordinator) so I am not worried about them this year. And as far as Tech is concerned I NEVER concern myself with them. That leaves Florida as my main concern (not because I think they are better than us because I don’t. Last year’s BEATDOWN was no accident. It’s just that we have to do alot of traveling that week and anything can happen). If we win back to back in Baton Rouge and Jacksonville we will be undefeated heading into Miami for the NC. And if we manage to go undefeated in the SEC there is no school anywhere else in the country that can beat us this year. Not Ohio State (weak) not even USC (they are replacing their quarterback. First year young quarterbacks rarely win National Championships). Sorry “The Real Reality Check” but you are going to have to get used to alot of braggin’ on any UGA blog in 08’. Thing is we will back up the braggin’ this year. Go DAWGS!

By The Ole Ball Coach (aka the Evil "Genius")

March 3, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

I’d be lucky to go 6-6 with the type of schedule that Georgia has this year. Dang, coaching in the SEC is tough when you don’t have more talent than everyone else. I should have retired while I was still a “genius” - or at least stayed in Gainesville for a couple more years.

By Ed

March 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this

Interesting article, but the National Championsip doesn’t mean squat in college football. First, it comes down to votes, so it’s mythical, not actual. Second, Les Miles won one with a 12-2 record (LSU was widely regarded as no better than the 3rd best team in the country at seasons end), but Richt doesn’t have one with a 13-1 record and Tuberville doesn’t have one with a 13-0 record. However, 13-1 was good enough for Urban Meyer and Nick Saban, and 12-1 was good enough for Spurrier. Make sense?

Spurrier’s national championship came courtesy of a flu epidemic on Nebraska’s team right before they played Texas for the Big XII (a game NU almost won, anyway). Meyer’s chance came only after UCLA pulled a shocking upset of USC. LSU had not one, not two, but THREE chances to win it all, the last coming after Pitt pulled a shocker against West Va., a team they couldn’t beat again if they had 10 tries.

Just win the SEC, baby. That’s the only thing the Dawgs or anyone else in the conference can control. Richt’s done that twice in six years, which is excellent considering the competition. There’s no sense in obsessing over an annual popularity contest.

By reality check

March 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Rusi, what you and Tony both wrote is common knowledge discussed many times on these blogs. You are not the “owner” of that material.

Tony writes well, as one would expect from someone who makes his living that way. He used about half as many words to make all the points you made and then some.

By reality check

March 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

Rusi, what you and Tony both wrote is common knowledge discussed many times on these blogs. You are not the “owner” of that material.

Tony writes well, as one would expect from someone who makes his living that way. He used about half as many words to make all the points you made and then some.

By green

March 3, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

With the proliferation of hot air generated by this blog, uGA should erect some wind turbines in Atown.

If you dogs do win out, I’ll certainly offer my congrats!

By Michael Philips

March 3, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

Tony, You might want to make that 6 coaches with a national championship, UGA also plays Arizona State who has Dennis Erickson who won a national championship with the University of Miami…

By GatorFan

March 3, 2008 6:36 PM | Link to this

What a bunch of geniuses… “If we go undefeated with that schedule, we should be a shoe-in for the Nat’l C-Ship Game!”

Stop worrying about Auburn in 2004. Won’t happen again unless Oklahoma and SC are undefeated. Then it’s a toss-up. But after what a 1-loss UF and 2-loss LSU have done that last 2 years, it should be a no-brainer.

Going undefeated would be great… good luck. I love it. I hope your players are worried about going undefeated too. See you at our home game in Jax. THAT has the makings of a National Championship Game.

By Atlanta Gator

March 3, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this

Wow. If the Dawgs go undefeated with that schedule, they will have earned the MNC.

Don’t get over confident, though; the Dawgs might go 13-0, and win the SEC, but draw a BCS championship game opponent other than Ohio State!

By Ed

March 3, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

As if Auburn’s 2004 snub wasn’t enough, here’s further proof that it is a waste of time to obsess about a mythical national championship:

Penn State:

11-0-0 in ‘68, won the Orange Bowl, finished third

11-0-0 in ‘69, won the Orange Bowl, finished second

12-0-0 in ‘73, won the Orange Bowl, finished FIFTH

12-0-0 in ‘94, won the Rose Bowl, finished second.

Think about it…a major program coached by a living legend finished a combined 46-0 in 4 glorious seasons capped by New Year’s Day Bowl victories, and not a single national championship to show for it.

They did win NCs in ‘82 and ‘86, though. Ironically, the first came after they lost the opening game of the ‘82 season to Alabama by 21 points. I guess by that time the media had a collective guilt over the past snubs.

If that doesn’t convince you, here’s one that hits a little closer to home: Georgia Bulldogs, 11-0 in ‘46, won the Sugar Bowl, finished third behind two teams that tied each other, Notre Dame and Army.

Georgia may lose once or twice and win the NC, or they may go undefeated and get snubbed (as would have happened in ‘02 even if they had beaten UF). It’s a joke. Just win the SEC. If the stars align and you are deemed the national champs by either the BCS or the AP, consider it a nice bonus.

By Ed

March 3, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

I’ve started the Ed Poll, and have named the 2002 Georgia Bulldogs co-national champs with Ohio State. If 12-2 LSU can win one, why not 13-1 Georgia? Besides, undefeated Ohio State played a weak Big 10 schedule that year, and their stud freshman running back was a thug. Also, Georgia had to play a conference championship game and OSU did not. My poll is just as legitimate as any other.

I’ve also retroactively given the 1946 title to Georgia as well, since 11-0 looks better than Army and Notre Dame’s 9-0-1 to me. I am also giving Penn State national titles for their undefeated seasons as well, and of course Auburn shares the title with USC in ‘04, since we now know that Oklahoma doesn’t show up for BCS games.

Congrats to all, especially the ‘46 and ‘02 Dawgs. And to Auburn, who proved that, although 12-2 and 13-1 are good enough to win national championships, 13-0 just doesn’t cut it.

By young dawg

March 3, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

GEORGIA WILL KICK BUT THIS YEAR! BUT THEY MUST BE CAREFUL!

By P Dawg

March 3, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

It won’t matter who we play and we’ll prove it. Bring on SoCal or Oklahoma baby!

By Real Reality Check

March 3, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

By Reality Check March 3, 2008 3:32 PM

I can’t tell from your post who you support. Are you ashamed of that? Must be a team we beat. Could it be Tech? You seem to have that Tech type intellect.

Sorry to disappoint you but I’m actually a UGA grad —Class of 1988. The things I KNOW about the UGA program back in those days soured me on them for life. Things could be different around there now, I don’t know —and I truly don’t care either. I pull for UGA’s opponent each and every Saturday —unless it’s Notre Dame or now Arkansas.

By Remedial Rick

March 3, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this

i wuz a students athleete over at athens back in the day wif couch dooleys and those peoples. i took reameadeals studys classes for too years before i’z kicked off the teem for never goin’ too class. i cleen out toilets over at George tech now a daze. GOOO DAWWWGGGSS!!!

By m

March 3, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

If Georgia had hired Chan Gailey, they would be looking at a 7-6 season.

By Jess

March 3, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

Hey Barnhardt,

good try fopr your school and it’s topuigh schedule. But the Dawgs are playing against other teams (not yester years NC titles). You act as if the trophys will be playing Georgia. The toughest schedule is in the Pac 10. Quit trying to play politician in March. SC is below avg, ALA below avg, TN down trend, yes FLA will be tough and the game is nuetral, meaning half on each side. LSU will have a drop off with QB inexperience. Please quit Dooleying around with the schedule.

By Jess

March 3, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

Hey Barnhardt,

good try fopr your school and it’s topuigh schedule. But the Dawgs are playing against other teams (not yester years NC titles). You act as if the trophys will be playing Georgia. The toughest schedule is in the Pac 10. Quit trying to play politician in March. SC is below avg, ALA below avg, TN down trend, yes FLA will be tough and the game is neutral, meaning half on each side. LSU will have a drop off with QB inexperience. Please quit Dooleying around with the schedule.

By Zeb McKluskey

March 3, 2008 8:38 PM | Link to this

Ed, that was funny as hell man, even if you didn’t mean it to be.

All of you very confident fans out there, I, for one, hope you are right about the upcoming season. I’m a huge Ga fan, but all this hype over being No 1 scares me. It’s almost like it’s a curse. Look how many times the number 1 and 2 changed last season. I love my dawgs and hope that they are really grounded with their task of this next season. I don’t know if it’s just me, and I hope it is, but I don’t have a great feeling going into our schedule. I’m not jinxing anyone, but the hype can lull fans into something that “could” be a huge let-down.

There are a lot of us seasoned folks on here that know things can happen. Anything can happen. I want to win a NC as much as the next dawg, but with this schedule, it’s gonna take a freakin miracle. I want to be wrong as wrong is, but we’re gonna have to be extremely focused, and not have the types of games like we had against TN and SC last year. Never under estimate anyone, especially Ga Southern. Start the year off with a loss to a Div 1AA school and we’re screwed.

My boy’s Zoo, Shane, War, Reality, Cuz and many more know much more than I do about stats and such. And Tech folks, if you come on here and make lucid, non-freakin-decent comments about your or our team, noone on here will try to gouge you. It’s expected to build your team up, and that’s ok, but don’t try to do it by tearing another’s down. As much as you tech folks like to believe, all of us dawgs are not quite as stupid as you think. But you know that. Hurling insults makes you feel better for some reason.

I, personally, don’t hate Tech, but I do have a problem with some of these posts by what you guys call “superior intellect”. I just don’t get it. We will always have the “Clean old fashioned hate” between schools, but on here, it gets just downright nasty.

I know some of the dawg fans posting are not the King of the english language, but…..I’ve also seen some posts by tech people that are laden with grammar errors.

So, we’ve both got exciting seasons coming up. Tech, with a new coach and new offense. Georgia, with extremely high expectations. Who knows what’s going to happen. Regardless, it’s going to be one hell of an upcoming year.

By The Real Champs

March 3, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this

Tony in your own backwards way you stumbled into the reason why LSU was the clear pick over UGA for the BCSCG last year, besides the fact that they were the SEC Champs.

Saban, Spurrier, Fulmer, Meyer, Tuberville? Les Miles beat them all. Add to that another national championship coach in Jim Tressell and a blowout over ACC icon Frank Beamer. It all adds up to 12 wins, which was only equaled by one other team.

All of you people who like to down play what LSU accomplished should reconsider, because the same schedule is staring UGA in the face.

On top of that whoever made a schedule where you don’t play at home for a month should be fired, seriously. Does UGA have what it takes to join the countries elite teams? We’ll just have to wait and see.

BTW-Think LSU is just going away? Keep telling yourself that. There is equal talent waiting in the wings to replace Flynn, Hester,Dorsey, Steltz and Co. With or without Perriloux LSU will be the same tough physical team they always are and the “LSU Effect” will be alive and well, that being the fact that, win or lose most teams after playing LSU are so physically beaten down and injury riddled they drop one two or three games in the following weeks. Don’t beleive it? Look it up.

By boots

March 3, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

Jess, lay off the sauce before posting a reply (twice). The Dawgs have always had a tough schedule, so it should not be too big a shock to the system. The schedule is not the key to 2008 as much as staying injury free. Perhaps these two go hand-in-hand. If you can play the last two national champions (on the road), so many teams in the top 10 in last year’s poll, and do it without getting someone hurt, it will be a miracle. Still, I like our chances, and it doesn’t hurt that our coach is so close to the One who makes miracles happen. what will be interesting is if Georgia loses one game against this schedule and then loses out on Miami to another undefeated team with a much weaker schedule. Go Dawgs!

By shane #1

March 3, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

gator fan,i wouldn’t worry about the dawgs thinking about the nc game too much.the players and coachs are smarter than most of us fans.thank the good lord for that!

By milledgevilledawg

March 3, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

that’s some really, really good stuff, tony.

you may have a huge non-gay mancrush on the tennessee program, but you’re still the best and atlanta’s lucky to have had you this long.

By DealorNoDeal

March 3, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

Once again Georgia fans are hedging their bets by claiming they have the toughest schedule in college football. What a pathetic way to pursue the national championship - but no surprise because it has always been the ‘wait til next year’ syndrome in Bulldog Country. Although this article identifies past successful coaches - it fails to mention that most of the programs are at or near low points given their tradition. But when you simply have no tradition that doesn’t matter - beating inferior teams feels good but gets you no where. Georgia clearly is the the “top dog” in 2008 but I’m sure they will find an excuse to once again “stay on the porch”. Will Georgia actually deliver for the first time in school history or continue to say ‘next year is our year”? I do not think they can handle success and will once again lose to either Fla, TN or Spurrier or Saban. Georgia can dream but certainly has proven they can not deliver “until next year”.

By Garrett

March 3, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

It is hard to back away from these national championship talks right now for Georgia. I am a Georgia fan and I have to say that I can’t help but get excited at the possibilites of next season with the team we have returning for 2008. We have a very, very tough schedule this year, really the toughest in the nation. Going to LSU then playing Florida then next week is to me going to be the toughest test for us. The only thing we can do is take each game week by week. We can’t get big heads at the beginning of the season, thinking this is our year because it is not until that championship trophy is given out at the end of the year. Believe me, there are plenty of other teams thinking they have a shot at the national championship. No team is going to bow down to us and let us win, because it is “our” year. We just got to take care of our business one game at a time, and if we do that good things will come. GO DAWGS!!

By ScaredDog

March 3, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this

Georgia fans ars so scared of being number one. What COWARDS. They claim to be number 1 but are afraid now that they actually have to defend it! Scared say your scared! Be a man and play like your number one or quick asking to be number one. Be careful what you ask for UGA fans because you first have to win the SEC before you go to the dance - oh wait UGA already knows that from 2007 or do they? Yep you must first win the SEC to play for the National Championship. That is right you MUST FIRST WIN THE SEC then and ONLY THEN CAN YOU PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. My question is can you bunch of COWARDS (UGA FANS) handle the pressure. My guess is NO WAY!

By War Eagle

March 3, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this

I post this in all respect, but CMR has a problem winning the BIG GAMES. 2004-Tenn-Auburn, 2005, Florida-Auburn, 2006 Tenn-Florida 2007, SC-Tenn. Do you see a pattern? These defeats were crucial in playing for NC at least on two occasion. Dawgs have been good every year CMR has been the man, but with his recruiting and coaching ability, I have my doubts he will play for the National champion this year because schedule and winning the big game.All those coaches Tony mention that won NC, UGA has been on the same recruiting network, top 5 nationwide.UGA, FL, Auburn, LSU and Tenn will again be top teams in the SEC.I hope the best except against Auburn and that game has not been to interesting last two years.

By Zeb McKluskey

March 3, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

Hey Scareddog, what team are u with a*******hole?? Don’t think for a minute that the actual TEAM is scared of anything. We fans are leary of this high ranking. If you are a techy then u don’t even worry about making it thru your pathetic conference. Tell me, what’s your team? How can u call a group of people coward? I call it concerned, with so much riding on the line. It’s idiot’s like you that prompted my above post. If you want to get nasty…..believe me my friend…..we’ll give you all you want. Just don’t be a pu$$y and not tell us who your team is. Take your weak a$$ post and go to another blog.

By shane #1

March 3, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

scareddog,your name suits you because you are too afraid to name what school you support.only a fool would claim a game won before it is played,so i guess you are not very smart as well as having no guts.go home boy,try coming back when you can act like a man.it’s obnoxious jerks like you that give football fans a bad name.

By ScaredLittlePups

March 3, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this

Zeb, Zeb, Zeb. The truth hurts, doesn’t it? Do not kid yourself, the TEAM is as scared as you are about being number one. You are so used to hedging your bet that you will ALWAYS BE SCARED. My team is not important right now - but I will say this - we are not scared! You all will not only lose to one of the four you hardly ever beat - you also will probably lose to “your daddy” Spurrier or Papa Fulmer. Losing the BIG GAMES is the best tradition you BULL DAWG fans have and I would be scared too if I were you. I am not worried about the Dawgs - you all will be beat before the season even begins - it is just a matter how many you will lose or may I say give away? So you better start talking about next year (2009) just in case you all crumble again!

By JockStrap

March 3, 2008 9:57 PM | Link to this

Ewww football awww football weee football yeehaa football your team is dumb no your team is ugly no your team is not smart no your schedule is gay no your gay noyour mother ohyeah your momma wish i had a life me to let’s say we pay attention to our wives ah hell no sec football yeah

By cockstein johnstoner

March 3, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

da yeah scare dog name your team its so important when your blogging to name your team and your church and god and who is cool and what frat u were in and oh im having an orgasm just thinking about pigskin

By VolMan

March 3, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this

Well said Scared Puppies. UGA asks for the “ball” and then when they get it they want to “pass”. What a bunch of COWARDS. Maybe their whole team will storm the field when they score against Western Carolina to prove that they are indeed courageous. Give me a break. No tradition in Athens - and they are too scared to EVER earn it. How fast do they fall? Who knows but take this to the bank - they will not even win the SEC and if they are lucky they may win the East - but I doubt that too. Can you say underachievers?

By Truth

March 3, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this

Same old BS. Yep, they’ll lose 2-4 games. As usual.

By The Man

March 3, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this

What? Your Big Daddy Phil OWNS you. The Visored One OWNS you. You haven’t played those Bayou Bengals in a while……dreamers. Same ol’ crap from the Cow College.

By shane #1

March 3, 2008 10:20 PM |