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Breaking down the SEC East schedule

The SEC football schedule for 2008 is finally complete. For the next two days I’m going to break it down and rank each division 1-6 in terms of difficulty.

Here are a few points on how I rank schedules.

In the SEC I first look at the non-conference schedule and whether or not a team is playing at least one BCS opponent outside the league. A team gets more credit for playing a non-conference BCS team on the road.

Then I look at the SEC road schedule. Who you have to play on the road in this league is huge.

Then I look at the three teams a school is playing (or not playing) in the other division. That is usually the tiebreaker if two schools are close.

Here’s the SEC East. On Thursday we’ll do the SEC West. If you disagree with the rankings, please let me know why.

SEC EAST

1. GEORGIA

Non-conference: Georgia Southern, Central Michigan, at Arizona State, Georgia Tech.

SEC Home: Alabama, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida (Jacksonville).

SEC Road: South Carolina, LSU, Kentucky, Auburn.

SEC West: Alabama, Auburn, LSU.

DNP: Arkansas, Ole Miss, Miss. State.

Comment: Georgia is the only team in the SEC that faces all five coaches in the league who have won national championships. Georgia also faces what should be the three best teams in the SEC West, and plays at LSU (Oct. 25) and Florida in Jacksonville (Nov. 1) on consecutive weeks. Georgia also plays two BCS non-conference games, one on the road (at Arizona State, Sept. 20). This could be the toughest schedule in the country.

2. FLORIDA

Non-conference: Hawaii, Miami, The Citadel, at Florida State.

SEC Home: Ole Miss, LSU, Kentucky, South Carolina.

SEC Road: Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia (Jacksonville), Vanderbilt.

SEC West: Ole Miss, LSU, Arkansas.

DNP: Alabama, Auburn, Miss. State.

Comment: Non-conference games with Miami and Florida State (at Tallahassee) are a big plus. The Gators also go on the road to Tennessee and Arkansas. Florida caught a break in the SEC West because it plays neither Alabama nor Auburn.

3. TENNESSEE

Non-conference: at UCLA, UAB, Northern Illinois, Wyoming.

SEC Home: Florida, Miss. State, Alabama, Kentucky.

SEC Road: Auburn, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt.

SEC West: Alabama, Auburn, Miss. State.

DNP: Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss.

Comment: Tennessee gets credit for going to UCLA, marking the second straight year the Vols have opened on the West Coast. Tennessee gets Florida and Alabama at home, but must go to Auburn, Georgia, and South Carolina. That road schedule gives Tennessee the edge over South Carolina.

4. SOUTH CAROLINA

Non-conference: N.C. State, Wofford, UAB, at Clemson.

SEC Home: Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas.

SEC Road: Vanderbilt, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Florida.

SEC West: Arkansas, LSU, Ole Miss.

DNP: Alabama, Auburn, Miss. State.

Comment: The Gamecocks play two non-conference games against BCS teams (N.C. State, Clemson) and have a pretty strong SEC home schedule (Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas). South Carolina plays Georgia at home on Sept. 13 but then does not play another SEC home game until LSU on Oct. 18.

5. KENTUCKY

Non-conference: at Louisville, Norfolk State, Middle Tennessee, Western Kentucky.

SEC Home: South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Vanderbilt.

SEC Road: Alabama, Florida, Miss. State, Tennessee.

SEC West: Alabama, Arkansas, Miss. State

DNP: Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss.

Comment: In a virtual tie with South Carolina because of a very difficult SEC road schedule. The non-conference schedule is not as strong because Louisville is down.

6. VANDERBILT

Non-conference: at Miami (Ohio), Rice, Duke, at Wake Forest.

SEC Home: South Carolina, Auburn, Florida, Tennessee.

SEC Road: Ole Miss, Miss. State, Georgia, Kentucky.

SEC West: Auburn, Ole Miss, Miss. State.

DNP: Alabama, Arkansas, LSU.

Comment: Very strong home SEC schedule with road trips to Georgia, Kentucky, and Wake Forest.

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By El Sid

April 2, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

No one seems to have believed what I was saying about the schedule for the past four months. If anyone has a tougher schedule than the Dawgs, I feel sorry for them

By Me and You and a Dawg Named Belue

April 2, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

If Georgia makes it through that schedule with only one loss they should be in the NC over an undefeated team.

By Me and You and a Dawg Named Belue

April 2, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

If Georgia loses once, they should land in the NC— even over an undefeated team.

By Spike

April 2, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

Tony, you are correct in ranking the Dawgs schedule the toughest, especially with LSU and UF back to back. One “bone” to pick however. The game at Jax against the Gators is a SEC home game?

By george

April 2, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

the pathetic dawg nation will be b*** if the pups dont make it to the national championship with 3 losses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because they will have AT LEAST 3 losses

By roylee

April 2, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

I know it is asking too much, but I hope the GA people can keep some perspective. I know I have a GA bias, but I can’t ever remember seeing ANY team play a schedule like this. We could have a GREAT team and still lose 3 games. I think it would be asking a lot for any team to go through this sch with only one or two losses.

By Mark May

April 2, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this

The Ohio State has a tougher schedule than all the SEC combined.

By Rub-one Off

April 2, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

[Cnrl C]

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What’s tougher

their schedule or trying to keep their

players out of jail?

By Rub-one Off

April 2, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

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By bill

April 2, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

I saw Arizona play three times last year.They lost all three.I must say one of those losses was to a USC team that had gotten healthy and was on a roll.So I give thwm a pass there

My point is that ASU is not that good.

Spike the teams in Jax alternate home and home.This year UGA can wear the home jerseys.

By Brian

April 2, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Tony,

I consider playing Florida in Jax a road game. Even if we are the home team, we are still playing in the State of Florida and have to travel further than the Gators. Plus, it happens to be the weak after a road game against LSU in Baton Rouge. Dogs have an extremely tough schedule. The hardest I can remember seeing. At least if we succeed, we can’t be debied a spot in the NC. Not even the screwy BCS system could find a way to do that this year.

By Roswell Ed

April 2, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

Mr. May:

Troy may be the second toughest team y’all play.

Troy could beat any team on that schedule with the exception of USC.

By Johan

April 2, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

FINALLY!!!

Its about time UF doesnt have to play AU and LSU. Now all the rest of the East will know what its like to have a hard schedule. Good luck UGA and UK. Maybe some DECADE UT will play both AU and LSU.

By In The Know

April 2, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

UGA just needs to take em’ one at a time and our fans need to do the same. Some will grill UGA for playing Southern and Central Michigan first. Those folks are stupid.

By azcat225

April 2, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

At this point in time, it looks to me like the SEC will conduct its annual season-long elimination tournament, capped by its championship game, to determine which of its teams will deliver what has now become the annual beatdown to Ohio State.

By Nate

April 2, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

I think Spike understands we can wear our favortie color in Jacksonville…and although I’m sure he’s glad we get to wear home jersies I doubt that was his argument.

I think he was was moreso arguing on the basis of schedule toughness if it is actually a home game. In other words, how could UGA ever be the home team when it takes about 5-6 hours to get to Jax from Athens and only about an hour and a half to get there from Gainesville, Florida. Does that make sense? Can you really leave your state to go play in the “away” team’s state and be considered the home team? That’s crazy.

Oh and as for Arizona State not being that good… They finished second in the pac-10 last year behind USC. I don’t have much respect for the pac-10 personally, but finishing 2nd in a BCS conference is worth something. And ESPN keeps trying to convince the world that the pac-10 is great…so I’m gonna call that a tough game for UGA also. Not to mention that we have to cross over 2 timezones to go play them…and their coach has not one, but two National Championships under his belt.

I’ll admit it, I’m a UGA homer…big time. But I don’t think anyone can break down this schedule this year to make it look any easier. It is tough as heck…period.

By Tony Barnhart

April 2, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Spike,

Each year the Georgia-Florida game is a “home” game for one of the teams. This year Georgia is the designated home team. That means that Georgia only gets three true SEC home games this season: Alabama, Tennessee, Vanderbilt. That’s the downside of playing a neutral site SEC game.

TB

By bdixon

April 2, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Mark May,

Are you absolutely crazy. Ohio State plays a Big Ten schedule and you think they have a tough schedule. Ohio State couldn’t survive a schedule against the Bottom Six SEC teams.

By Bill

April 2, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Nice to see the Pups play a real schedule…we played the 9th toughest in the nation last year with a team full of true freshman starters. Waking up the rivalry in Jax is really the last thing yall wanted going into this year’s game with your schedule.

By azcat225

April 2, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

I believe “Mark May” was delivering a bit of sarcasm to the blog and pointing out the obvious Big10 bias of ESPN. They managed to lobby Woodson into a Heisman trophy a few years ago.

As for the PAC10, while I am biased when it comes to the conference, I do believe it’s a much stronger conference than most of you are willing to give them credit for.

By Whitegoat

April 2, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

The dogs will lose at Columbia for sure and big Fulmer will stump the dogs again. The Gators, Tigers x 2, and the Tide have above average shots at spanking the dogs. Dream on about a undefeated or only one loss season. The dogs will not be #1 at the end of the season. Fear the Gamecock crow. Bleat in a flock of goats!! Yeah buddy.

By Dawg Fud

April 2, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Bring it on, Bill!

GO DAWGS!

By Bob

April 2, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

Brutal schedule. Losing 2 and we could still be great. But this PAC 10 bashing is getting a bit old. PAC 10 has beaten SEC in 9 of 15 games this decade. Is it as good at the SEC? No, but weak is not an apt description. People who make those comments are either too lazy to watch them play or they have blinders on. USC has feasted on SEC teams this decade and only one was even close.

Also, in reality UGA is on the road for 4 consecutive weeks…LSU, Florida, Kentucky and Auburn. Now that is a definition of brutal.

By Steven

April 2, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

Glory Glory to ol’ Georgia…The SEC is the only real conference and we will destroy anyone next year. Georgia will go down as the greatest college team in NCAA history!!!

By Steven

April 2, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Glory Glory to ol’ Georgia…The SEC is the only real conference and we will destroy anyone next year. Georgia will go down as the greatest college team in NCAA history!!!

By Steven

April 2, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Glory Glory to ol’ Georgia…The SEC is the only real conference and we will destroy anyone next year. Georgia will go down as the greatest college team in NCAA history!!!

By mcdawg

April 2, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

OSU is going to be top 5 team next year-they should be loaded-the problem w/ them in bowl games is they have almost 6 weeks and are flat-UGA fans need to concern themseleves w/ UGA and hope we have a leader on the O-line and that J. Owens is healthy

By ChampDawg

April 2, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

TB— If UGA is to have the kind of season most folks are hoping for (a shot at the NC), the Dawgs will have to play the kind of inspired ball they played against Hawaii. The defense didn’t exactly play well most of last season and Stafford has yet to live up to his lofty expectations. The Dawgs season will depend squarely on a strong running game (to set up the passing) and a stellar defense. If they play the kind of uninspired ball that characterized most of last season, the NC dream is no chance.

By Johnny Danger Dawg

April 2, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

Hard to believe the 2009 Georgia schedule might be even harder. It includes Arizona State again plus a trip to Oklahoma State.

By UF Gate

April 2, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

UGA’s schedule is the same as UF’s when we won it all in 2006. Stop complaining and suck it up. You’re already making excuses. See ya in Jax!

By RogersParkRob

April 2, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

I cant wait to see how UGA travels to AZ State.

Over/ under 5,000?

By FLA DAWG

April 2, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

“On The Mark” in my opinion Tony.

I believe the coaching, skill, maturity & confidence this Dawg Team has surpasses that of ‘80 - ‘82 (No disrespect intended to those great players and coaches. The ‘80 NC Game against ND was Dooley Defensive Gameplan Brilliance and one for the college football history books).

The ‘08 Dawgs are going to need all of this with that brutal scheule.

Any teams rated with a tougher schedule for ‘08 than the Dawgs?

By the way, for you metaphysical types - ‘80 reversed is ‘08!

LET THE BIG DAWGS EAT!!!!

By Mark May

April 2, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Im picking Ga to lose seven games. I know I barely lost when I picked Hawaii over Ga. Oh yeah I picked Florida over Ga too. Oh and I picked Auburn over Ga too didnt I?? Ijust hate Ga—ok I admit it- Oh yeah I picked Kentucky to beat Ga too . I hate the Dawgs—Richt is too nice to be a head coach. Hows he done the last seven years or so…

By Bill

April 2, 2008 11:57 AM | Link to this

I still think Richt really screwed up last year by having the entire team rush the end zone at the cocktail party, it’s one of those that will come back to haunt him. Kudos to him for winning the game though, I think UGA will lose two but like a lot of you guys said, the winner of the SEC even with two losses will pretty much beat anyone in the country with maybe the lone exception being the Trojans.

By Gator Bob

April 2, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this

I am a huge Gator fan - SEC fan - college football fan. Just love it all!!

Excellent Schedule - UGA gets to run through the gauntlet of West teams this year…..LSU, Auburn, and Bama.

I agree with most of GA fans - the JAX site is an annual road game for UGA.

By the way, Congrats on the win last year…you guys beat us fair and square.

I think GA is in trouble this year…and here is why:

  1. Stafford is overated. Throws off back foot - horrible foot skills, inconsistent accuracy. However, very strong arm.

  2. O-Line lost two (2) key seniors - will be very young. Talented…but young.

  3. Brutal Schedule - LSU on the road before Gators in Jax. TN owns you -they have won last 3 of 4 when you guys had overall better talent. So Carolina is always tough early in the season. Catching Bama on upswing in their program - better be ready for that one. Auburn should be inproved … and they are just plain tough (by the way - loved the black jerseys and the a$$ kicking you put on AU last year in the 4th QTR). Very fun game to watch.

All in all - UGA and Florida should be fighting for SEC East Title this year. However, I think that Florida, Tennessee - then Georgia will be the order of finish due to your schedule.

Georgia will lose to the Gators and LSU this year.

50/50 games - TN, Bama, SC and Auburn.

Games UGA should win - Vandy, KY.

That spells 3 or 4 SEC losses this year for the dogs.

By bigredandblackdog

April 2, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs schedule might be tough but not two tough for us. Think about it: Ga Southern, Central Mich are no problem. Alabama will be good but in Athens we’ll beat them by at least two touchdowns - same with Tenn. Vandy, SC & KY we beat every year, so no problem there. Flrida - we’ve only lost to them because of having to play in Jax, but we got that fixed last year. LSU will be a bit down and we have superier coaching. Auburn will be down. ASU & GT are both soft - they don’t play with the big boys like the Dawgs. We’ll win ‘em all because of our superior tradetion. The Dawgs don’t re-build, we re-load because of the fact that we have the best high school football in the world in GA. I know, because I played in Cobb Co. and would have been a Dawg but I blew out my knee in my softmore season. Go Dawgs.

By tdawg

April 2, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

I think this will be the best team coach MR has fielded while at UGA. Folks, the DAWGS are on a mission this year. I CAN’T WAIT!! It’s great to be a Georgia “BULLDAWG”!!!

By G8RFAN

April 2, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

The Gators had a schedule like UGA’s back in 06’. we had one loss and made it to the NC game. Georgia will have atleast one loss this year. Sorry leg humpers, but the pups aren’t going to get past the Gators this year.

By Obnoxious Georgia Fan

April 2, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

UF Gate is absolutely right. Florida played a brutal schedule in 2006, rivaled only by LSU’s schedule in 2003. Both were one loss national championship seasons for both teams. It can be done. I tend to believe that difficult schedules bring out the best in a football team, whereas easy schedules make them lazy and complacent. It won’t be easy. It will take some self-created luck. But it can be done.

“I still think Richt really screwed up last year by having the entire team rush the end zone at the cocktail party”

Good grief would you people get over this already? Nobody got hurt, except some Gators’ itty bitty feelings. Nobody got any unfair advantage. If you’ll remember Georgia was penalized heavily for the act, and rightfully so. Everything was evened out. Let it go. All this macho chest thumping about revenge only makes Florida look like fools. They had the entire game to do something about it and did nothing. 35 of Georgia’s points came AFTER the excessive celebration. Georgia will remember that. Talk about a confidence booster. The swagger is on the other sideline now.

By SecIsFootball

April 2, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

bigredandblackdog….I think I heard the same thing about UGA game in Tuscaloosa where UGA fans were telling me that BAMA had no shot and it took overtime for you guys to win. I do believe UGA will win that game but I would not have the expectation of a 2 touchdown win. BAMA will be better than you think.

UGA has a very tough schedule and I think the UGA-LSU will be the biggest game of the tear in the league.

By Dr. Merkwurdigliebe

April 2, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

I didn’t realize we play LSU and Florida consecutively. OUCH… that’s just an absolutely brutal schedule. To expect to navigate it without a loss is the definition of insanity. If we can win the East, I’ll be a happy camper.

By Big Boy

April 2, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this

TO WHITEGOAT: DID YOU RECENTLY FALL AND HIT YOUR HEAD? YOU ARE DELUSIONAL! LOSE TO THE COCKS, GET SERIOUS, YOU HAVE NO PLAYERS.

By Oledawg

April 2, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this

One at the time. One at the time. All fans should hang on to every play this year which makes for a helluva year. No game taken for granted. You fl bloggers think you are waiting in the weeds to ambush this team ,but a great team will hunt you down and feast on gator tail. On second thought, that might not be so good after you get confused and crap your pants.

By ugasux

April 2, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

Enough with the daily crap about uga next football season. For cryinig out damn loud, enough is enough. Why do the ajc (crap paper) have to EVERY DAMN DAY run an article about ugag football. This paper is pathetic!

By mark

April 2, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

Bill- finally playing a tough schedule?? You mean like playing Western Kentucky, Troy, Florida Atlantic and an FSU team that has been WAY overrated for a while?? That kind of tough schedule????

By DrewDown

April 2, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

To Mark May:

Whether it be UGA, FLA or LSU it gives me and all of the SEC fans great joy to watch your OSU get humiliated everytime they line up with the SEC. Go Dawgs!!!!!

By Gator Bob

April 2, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

Leghumpers….very cocky with the bravado.

Dogs found the magic last year mid way through the season - but only after getting beat by SC in Athens, absolutley hammered by the Vols (boy did they look good!!! and boy did UGA look horrible!!!) and to be honest - Vandy should have beaten you.

With parady the way it is…it is very difficult to be excellent week after week after week. Most good teams will look like NC contenders one week…and then hang on for dear life the next.

Look how Bama hung in their with UGA last year! They should be better this year - and will give the dogs an excellent game - and may even win. You just don’t know.

Believe me - this is a tough league -just because UGA finished out great last year - is no guarentee that you will find the magic this year. That’s the beauty of college football.

UGA will be tough and very solid - but so will Gators, LSU, Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama….and watch out for S. Carolina, AZ State, Kentucky …. and least you forget - Vandy (should have made it two in a row against GA last year).

By Dawghead

April 2, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

Gator Bob wrote: 50/50 games - TN, Bama, SC and Auburn.

What? If that’s the case UGA is no good at all this year.

But, fortunately, that’s not the case.

Do all Florida fans abuse drugs?

By dawgfacedboy

April 2, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

ugasux- you do realize your criticizing this state’s largest paper in this state’s largest city for constantly reporting on America’s most popular sport played at this state’s largest university???

If you have a problem with a Ga. paper constantly reporting on the University of GEORGIA may I recommend that, these are great ideas by the way, 1)stop reading the paper, or 2) MOVE

By Tville Dawg

April 2, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

To borrow a tactic from UF (Donovan’s pep talk rally to the Gator football team), let’s have Dennis Felton address the football team about “manning up” during the tough LSU-UF stretch. The basketball team’s performance and the mountain climbed in the SEC tournament certainly gives him the credentials to speak on this subject.

By 63vet

April 2, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

I’m sure Georgia will play for the ‘NC’. I think that most of the other teams have forfeited their season out of fear.

By MVP

April 2, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

About time the Mutts start playing a tough schedule like Bama,Tn and UF.UGLY will lose three games and I can’t wait to hear pathetic crying excuses Mutt Nation makes every year!

By P Dawg

April 2, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Can’t wait to see the disappointment in all the gator fans eyes when we beat them down again. You guys are thinking that because we stormed the field last year UF will muster up enough intensity to beat us. WRONG!!! You’re defense has more holes than sponge and you’re USC transfer Moody is a wash. He might have a couple of good games before UGA but he WILL be shut down in Jax. That ,of course, will put Tebow in a VERY brutal position again. Keep dreaming.

By P Dawg

April 2, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

By the way, how in the world does CUM think he can play in the SEC with one average RB? I think he’s wishing Zook was his recruiter again. No more championships for you guys for a long time. These are the DAWG YEARS!!!

By TheItalianDawg

April 2, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

In fact, I believe Georgia will go undefeated if and only if stay healthy!since they are loaded on every position and they dont have any serious weaknesses Georgia will first crush southcarolina, the dawgs are really mad at South Carolina and they will destroy them, just mark it down, it will be really bad! and the same for Tennessee,The dawgs were impressed last year but man with an open week,and the enthusiasm and experience in Georgia locker room Georgia will dust tennessee! Alabama still in the building phase and still cant match Georgia! Auburn will be tough but still Aburn has freshman QB and brand new coordinators. Georgia will beat Auburn. LSU is a young team and Georgia knows how to beat the tigers anyway, Georgia will beat LSU very soundly. The Georgia-Florida game that the whole world cant wait to see, it will be a tough one. but I have a crazy feeling that Georgia will be ready and beat the gators

By Gadawginbama

April 2, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Tough schedule, maybe. But it looks like the Dawgs are going to win they’re 7th national championship in 2008

By JaxDawg

April 2, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this

The game against Florida in Jax is a wash as far as road or home. We have a WINNING record against them overall there. The reason we lost so many in a row wasn’t because of it played in Jax but because we were outmatched coaching wise. The stadium is split down the middle, and if a 45 minute flight from athens is the reason we lose, than god help us against Arizona St.

By Jay

April 2, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

I am a huge Bulldog fan and I have been for at least 28 or my 32 years. So I am clearly biased and happy to admit as such. I am also logical. The keys to this season are very simple. Stay healthy. Have young guys step up and older guys play to potential (that includes Matt Stafford who is yet to play up to his). Also, and this is probably most important….. the dawgs needs a swagger. Many people on this blog and across the country have criticized CMR and the dawgs about the black jerseys and rushing the end zone. But that was the moment when the dawgs got a swagger. My cousin is a FL fan and even HE was impressed with the dawgs after that point. I’m not an old guy and I played lots of football and coached it on the high school level. Emotion and confidence matters. I don’t remember seeing FL apologizing when they scored over 50 in Athens. I don’t remember Payton apologizing for leading “Rocky Top” in Alabama. And we ALL know Pete Carroll is unapologetic about the @$$ whoopings he lays on his teams opponents. Let’s allow this team to show THEIR swagger in THEIR own way. With the brutal minefield we call our schedule this year it will be one game at a time, one win at a time, one play at a time. Let’s BLACK OUT this SEASON as a period of change. We are in the AGE OF THE DAWG. Let’s enjoy it.

By hop

April 2, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

the dawgnation can think our pathetic athletic director damon evans for demanding that we play these very tough out of conference games.

the SEC is tough enough to play without scheduling a cross country game with arizona state and then 09 both okla state and arizona. we are already have to play another game for the SEC CHAMPIONSHIP that many conferences do not have to play.

thus- with this schedule we have to play florida and lsu back- back.

many thanks damon for doing this great job,of scheduling these two nation championship schools together.

where is vince dooly when we need him.

By P Dawg

April 2, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

I would really love for someone to produce a schedule that is anywhere near as tough as UGA’s for 08’. I’m getting a little ticked off at all these 1 or 2 loss scenarios. Nobody will beat UGA this year. We’re too deep at every position and UGA has the best road record in college football since CMR came to town. The road is NO problem for the Dawgs! Take em’ down one at a time fellas and we’ll get to beat OSU because you know they’ll get there after they win that cupcake conference again. Can’t wait to watch Stafford break out and shut all the naysayers up. He would have thrown for better numbers last year if someone could have stopped Knowshon. SCARY to think of what we’ll do to everyone this year. GO DAWGS! Sic em’!

By BCS Slave

April 2, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

I don’t know why anyone is talking NC at this point. What, did I go to sleep for a hundred years and wake up to find the BCS gone?

The BCS is a crap shoot. If we run the table there is no guarantee we’ll be in the NC. That’s because the BCS is subjective. It is a beauty contest…a biased matter of opinion as to who is the best two teams in the country. Georgia deserves some love after they were passed over last year, but don’t hold your breath. This is a terrible system.

I agree with those who say, “take it one game at a time.” These guys need to play each game like it is the NC. Don’t worry about what the Mark Mays say. Don’t let your supporters in the media give you a big head. Just make each game your NC.

Spend each week…each moment enjoying hard work and preparation. Soak up the atmoshere of each game with joy. You’ve been playing football most of your life, so just do what you do and be at peace.

By KC in Athens

April 2, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

For all the doubters out there who question UGA fans’ ability to travel, I absolutely guarantee Arizonians will be blown away by the attendance. Georgia fans better book now, because me and almost everyone I know have already arranged flights and hotel stay. And I assume the rest of the Bulldog nation is as excited about this opportunity as I am.

By RAMBLE ON!

April 2, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

PAUL JOHNSON IS A BAAAAAAADDD MAAANNNN!!!!

He’ll win another National Championship before Richt ever will.

woof, woof.

By Whitegoat

April 2, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this

All of this “what ifing” is making me want to bleat. What if the dogs lose 3 or 4? You will run Richt out of town. The dogs still lose in Columbia! Big boi or souljaboy? Bleat me?

By tjs

April 2, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

Tuff schedule ? A MAC team, and 1AA team….Maybe I’m missing something…seems like a good schedule to make a BCS NC run with…except for LSU & Fla back to back, it’s manageable…quit crying…You got Caleb King…;-)

By Joey

April 2, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

I am very worried about the o-line. CMR says there are no leaders. If they don’t come through, we won’t control the line of scrimage against SC and Tech, much less UT, LSU, and and UF.

By UGA Overated

April 2, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

UGAG 2 loss + No SEC title = NO SHOT AT BCS NATIONAL TITLE Again. It’s True! It’s Damn True!

By murdock5151

April 2, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

Jaxdawg, they don’t fly to jacksonville, it is a bus ride, thus the diference in a 45 minute ride for florida and 4 hours for uga

By ba the gator

April 2, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

Georgia faces the same sec west schedule the gators faced in 2006 when they won nat’l championship. Will “silver breeches” be able with stand that pressure. I doubt it. gators are 15-3 since 1990. Gators have beaten the puppies more since 1950, and are only 2 wins behind since sec was established

By aaron

April 2, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

for floriduh’s schedule, is miami truly a big plus? i mean, they are not the miami of the 80’s/early 90’s. miami may be improved w/another year under their current coaching staff, but for now i don’t see that game as a boost for making the schedule stronger. florida state is not as strong as the 90’s, but, none the less, is a end of year rivalry game.

By aaron

April 2, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

for floriduh’s schedule, is miami truly a big plus? i mean, they are not the miami of the 80’s/early 90’s. miami may be improved w/another year under their current coaching staff, but for now i don’t see that game as a boost for making the schedule stronger. florida state is not as strong as the 90’s, but, none the less, is a end of year rivalry game.

By bamafan

April 2, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this

7th nc ?????? i hope the gym dogs can pull off another one.

By daman

April 2, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

The hype machine is just getting ramped up for the toiletlappers and when the losses begin piling up, the rest of the college football world will be subjected to every excuse, crying jag, and pouting display the likes of which we have never seen before!!

There will be THuga fans who will be insisting yet again this coming year that while not even winning their own division in the east, somehow through logic not even a demented rat could understand….they should be in the NC game.

Well, at least it’s going to be fun this season watching the losses pile up and the long faces on THuga fans as all of their overblown opinions of their teams come crashing down to earth.

By Big Money

April 2, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

Every Year Georgia Poodles goes from Contenders to Pretenders.

By tdaw

April 2, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

DORK…..DAMAN you sound like a bee who still has its feelings hurt over a SEVEN year and counting A$$ wooping.

By A Tired Hawk

April 2, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this

Daman,

So, you’re saying your intelligence and logic doesn’t rise to the level of a demented rat.

The BCS is a joke. The only way LSU got in the NC was because the BCS is a beauty contest. Explain how they jumped over teams with better records in the last week of the season. Where’s the logic in that? I could go on listing the ILL-LOGIC of the BCS, but then I’d never expect a demented rat to get it.

By UGASUCKS

April 2, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

remember when Mutt Nation you lost to Kentuckey,Vandy, Tennessee and Florida and you could not find a UGA FLEABAG fan anywhere.Thump your chest all u want I see a 2 or 3 game loss for you retards.

By Glenn

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

One thing for sure the DAWGS can play with any team in the nation and would beat most. That said if they take one game at a time and bring there A game they will be where they want to be at seasons end. Playing for the title most likely against Bucknuts from Ohio with there light schedule which is the norm for them. Follow the DAWGS and you follow the best.

By THE CROW

April 2, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

YOU MUST BE CRAZY, GEORGIA IS NOT GOING TO WIN THE SEC EAST AND WILL NOT GO TO ANY BCS BOWLS. THE OTHER HAND, SOUTH CAROLINA (GAMECOCKS) WILL WIN THE SEC EAST, SEC CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE NATIONAL TITLE.

GO COCKS!

By desertdawg

April 2, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

lets just play them one at a time and see what happens—should be a very exciting year with several good teams in the SEC. If you plan on coming out to Tempe-bring sun block—it will be 105 at kick off and thats at 7pm.

By georgiagirl

April 2, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

All you hear from Gators is about last year and how the whole Georgia team went on the field. My God get over it, I do remember that the whole Fla Gators team went on the field in your bowl game against Mich. SO ALL YOU POTS STOP CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK, children. No one know who’s going win anything until the game is over, so you have 5 months. South Carolina fans if you can keep Garica out of jail, like the Old Ball Coach said he had more trouble at USC than anywhere else. daman, The only thug on here is your a@@.

And if you do not like reading about Georgia Dawgs, go to another blog or stop reading the paper. I’m sure that it will not hurt anyones feelings. Are maybe go do your job.

GO DAWGS. SEC FOOTBALL BLACK AND RED

By Glenn

April 2, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Gamecocks are a fair program that is for a second rate program.

By UGA 12-0 The Season has not Started

April 2, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

get the point Inbreds?

By tough schedule?

April 2, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

dogs start two weeks later than others….feast on two patsys first…lol!

By Big O

April 2, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Dawgs can’t win the NC with Stafford at QB. Or did they find some way to get that clueless look off his face?

By Dave

April 2, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

I believe the Dawgs have the toughest schedule in the nation. But I think it is odd that there is not even a mention in the comment section playing FLORIDA at a THE GATOR BOWL. Instead it is listed as a HOME game with Jacksonville in parentises.

By Potato Dawg

April 2, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Slow and steady has been the evolution of CMR’s bulldawg’s. He’s been successful since his first season in 2001. But now everything seems to be falling in place. Just like in 1980. I like what Fla dawg said “80 is 08 reversed”. In my opinion, the main ingredient UGA has been missing up until last year in J ville has been emotion. CMR admitted that when he was calling the offensive plays that he could not think clearly if he got excited. Well look what happened after he gave his offensive duties to Coach BOBO, he had to find something else to do. Enter the new revelation. Inspirer and lead the team. And there you have it everybody after florida got punched in the mouth. That’s why we felt we should play for the NC. To RodgersParkRob We’ll have every bit of 5000 at ASU.

To all the none believers out thier, Yes the schedule is very tough, but we have the talent and depth to play and win every game. So why should we try to cool things down and be realistic. I sure don’t want CMR and his DAWGS to think like that. Lets shoot for the moon.

80 is 08 reversed

By Scooter

April 2, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

The missing analysis here is where UGA fits in the schedule of our opponents. Fact is, nobody has an open week before our game to scheme us. LSU plays a horrendous stretch of 3 games ending with the UGA game. Tenn and Auburn play high school teams the week before playing the dogs but have several tough SEC games right before that. I think our open weeks are perfect.. before Tennessee to work our kinks and before Tech so that we can prepare for the option. It is a little too simplistic to just look at UGA schedule in a vacuum. When I see the teams that our opponents are playing in the couple of weeks before UGA, my sense is that they won’t be coming into the GA game rested, etc.. There is no ambush waiting… Ultimately, this season will come down to winning lucky in one game and whether we stay healthy at the key positions….

By birdman

April 2, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

florida had a good offense last year, but not ONCE did they have a game-winning drive. last time i checked stafford was capable of winning big games. tebow looks like an average QB when he is under pressure or is trailing in the game.

By Gamecock Henry

April 2, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

I think Uga will field another good team this year but not a team of National Championship calibre. The schedule is a brutal one plus question marks remain for the dawgs. Stafford hasnt really lived up to the hyped expectations, plus he continues to have too many sporadic moments throwing off the back foot and throwing too hard at times. The receivers need to learn to catch the ball in key situations. I think my Gamecocks have a real good chance of making it two in a row over the dawgs since the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Im afraid a team to watchout for this year is the Clemson Tigers. I hate them and I know you UGa fans dislike them as well. I’ve seen both UGA and Clemson play Carolina and I afraid Clemson has an edge. Clemson is more physical than UGA and and somewhat more athletic. But Clemson still somehows screws things up, which I hope they will continue to do. But Im afraid if Clemson gets focused they will be a force to be reckoned with. They have a lot of fire power and a real good QB who is better than Stafford. But I like Carolina’s chances of beating both the dawgs and tigers this year! Goooooo COCKS!!!!!!!!!

By Brenda

April 2, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

BirdMan Matt’spoon’ Stafford is a average qb. How many SEC Champs Rings, National Champs Rings and Heisman does Spoon Stafford have? A BIG FAT ZERO! Come back to jax for your yearly beatdown.

By FL DAWG

April 2, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

This is a great schedule. When we go undefeated, noone will be able to question who has the best team. I want a tough schedule every year. The Dawgs are up for the challenge, and they need to think of it as a one game playoff each week.

Keys to the season, O-line needs to be very solid. We lost some leaders and players need to step up now. This will help both the passing and running game. Stafford has to live up to the hype. He needs to stop relying on pure arm strength, make better decisions and improve footwork. The receivers were better last year and I believe will continue to show improvement over the previous year as they all become more familiar with MS. The D has got to be there for every game. CWM can not afford to have a lackluster game the entire season. We appear to very deep at all positions and the D should lead the team. By the way if you have not heard, defense wins championships.

By desertdawg

April 2, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this

Stafford has not met expectations and is average? Team is 20-6 since he was a freshman with 2 bowl wins and finished #2 in the land last year—pretty good “underachiever” imo.

By FL DAWG

April 2, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

As for individual games on the schedule:

TN we should not be suprised by them again. This year CPF no longer has his trusty sidekick (Cutcliffe)as he left for Duke. CDC is a great coach…good ridance.

LSU will be a great game. LM better have a QB by then or it will be lights out. This will be the most talented team top to bottom we face all year.

UF will be the most motivated team. We need to take advantage of that motivation and pressure them into mistakes.

Auburn will be the second most motivated. We will need to be prepared for another great running game and a very fine defense.

ASU, this should be a great out of conference game for us and a fantastic chance for UGA to really get the national press behind them.

S.C. always a tough game due to it being a border war. SOS would surely love to put it on us again.

AL they are pretty sore about losing last year. They are an improving team and we need to play our A game.

Tech this is the team to watch out for. They are tired of losing to us. They have a new coach with a new offense. They will have motivation to prove Gailey should be gone. They will have had time to get adjusted to the new O scheme. Last game of the year and they may not be headed to a bowl. We don’t need to sleep walk by them.

By cobbmk

April 2, 2008 7:10 PM | Link to this

i know this is petty, but Georgia plays 3 non-conference BCS teams… Central Michigan, Georgia Tech, and Arizona State

By Cuz

April 2, 2008 7:24 PM | Link to this

Aw who cares about the difficulty of the schedule, bring em on and may the chips fall where they Mark May.

By Dawgs will Lose

April 2, 2008 7:30 PM | Link to this

Ha! The only thing dawgs fans can look forward in winning a NC in any sport is in ladies tumbling! Crank Dat THUGA!

By VirginiaDawgMan

April 2, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

We’ll win them all by playing each game one at a time!

By AltamahaDawg

April 2, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

hop, doesn’t the SEC home office completely control the SEC scheduling?

By Dawg1

April 2, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

Amazing what one win in Jax will do for the rivalry. Florida is the best team UGA will play this year - should be a tremendous game.

So many dumb statements and so little time - so I’ll only address only a few.

One - UGA’S SEC East schedule rotates just like all other SEC schedules rotate. We just happen to pick up LSU, while Alabama remains. Both should be tremendous games.

ASU is a darn good football team with a lot of players returning should be a great game.

I’m sorry, but most of the C** fans are ‘blinded’by Darth Visor. If we had played you later in the season - we would have ‘smoked’ you by 30. Love your passion, but you have too many holes and still lack a solid QB. And… If you pay attention to Darth Visor’s record, you will realize that he has been ‘sliding’ for quite sometime now - simply can’t recruit the players he needs now.

UGA fans were ‘right there’ through the one anomaly (for the Tide fans -this means variance or difference) that happened two years ago.

As for our over-all schedule, it is very tough. The Dawgs will need to play very well, stay injury free and have a little luck on their side. Ask LSU and Florida… They were both spectacular teams, but both had to fight ‘tooth and nail’ to win it and have the ball bounce their way more than once…

Finally, it may not be our year next year, but if Stafford stays for his Senior year, we are bringing back a ton of players for another ‘run’. As long as CMR stays in Athens, UGA will be a tough draw on anyone’s schedule.

See you in the fall, done reading these things for a while.

By blueneutron

April 2, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

Even though I despise UF, UT, and AU, I have to admit that I love every single one of them when it comes time to show off what the SEC can do. Admit it, guys, we love the SEC, which means we stick together when not playing each other.

By AltamahaDawg

April 2, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this

Henry, your basing you expert analysis of seeing UGA in week 2 and Clemson at the end of a season, play a common opponent, last year, and can detemine who has the stronger team going forward? And of cource predict a victory over both. Oh yea!

By vols76

April 2, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this

To Johan….you comment about maybe some decade Tennessee will play LSU and Au in the same year….in 2006 we played LSU and Calif and I bet LSU and Calif in 2006 was better than LSU and AU is this year?

By AltamahaDawg

April 2, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

I’m still confounded by the Fl fans claiming that one play last year is “going to come back and Haunt” coach. Because why? Prior to that, the Gator only sort of wanted to win that annual game? Now they really do? Paleezz! So let me get this straight. If UGA hadn’t rushed the field last year, we might have had a better chance to win again this year? Or if by losing last year, at least it wouldn’t come back to haunt them this year? hmmmm. Trust me, whoever wins in 2008, it won’t have a damn thing to do with a celebration penalty from the year before. You better damn well hope your team doesn’t need that as motivation. Do you really think the UGA coaches can’t figure out how to spin that right back around? (a prime example is all the comments of how UF is going to get revenge for that. Yea, more of that please) Thats all good for about 2 plays anyway. UF had 3/4 of game to do something about it THEN, and you think a year later its really going to be a factor?

Been around this series very long have you?

Don’t make excuses. They lost. And they don’t want to lose this year. Never did, never will. Save the silly “oh you’ll regret that”. Um no, not really.

By Dawgsin08

April 2, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Coach Urban Meyer - CUM, thats the funniest thing I’ve read all year.

Q: What does THE Ohio State and marijuana have in common?

A: They both get smoked in bowls…its true, its true

For all the other non-UGA fans, do you have nothing better to do than roam opposing teams’ message boards? And for God’s sake, if you’re going to put someone down, please learn how to SPELL first. Reading some of your UGA bashing posts is at times mind numbing, and seeing all of your HORRIBLE spelling is truly sad (not to mention it is giving the rest of us in the SEC a bad rep!)

And get off Stafford’s back! He’s had one full season as a starter and helped lead the team to a #2 ranking, with the best still yet to come!

By War Eagle

April 2, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

All SEC teams have tough conference games, I disagree with Tony calling UGA one of the strongest in the country. Ga Southern, DivII, Central Michigan, got beat by Clemson last year 72-something., Ariz. State had heavy graduation,at Tempe(could be hard fought game) Tech is Tech as last 13 years, so this leaves UGA with SEC schedule which all schools have. SEC schools are not going to have five tough non-conference opponents. At least three gimmme and two pretty tough.

By Bill

April 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

Sorry Tony, but your off. There is no way your gonna set there and puff on UgA’s non conference schedule and compare that to Florida’s this year.

Miami and FSU and Hawaii? Even if they are not Top 10, they still are better than 3/4 of UgA’s non conf.

Florida, Georgia by a slim margin over Tennessee - slim for schedule strength.

Georgia Southern, Central Michigan better than Miami, FSU and Hawaii?

You have no clue dude - do you?Geez……

By PTC DAWG

April 2, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

SEC Championship has to be the goal. Anything else takes too much luck to be realistic.

One is earned on the field, the other is a popularity contest.

By Gen. Neyland

April 2, 2008 11:56 PM | Link to this

Once again the East is top-heavy with the Big 3: UF, UGA, & defending East Champs UT. And one has to think USC-East will someday get over the hump to some extent.

But I haven’t seen any thoughts here or elsewhere on the fact the Vols won’t be running the same offense y’all have seen for the last 20-something years. That’s right, the defending SEC East Champions will actually run some new plays this year….good thing the Dawgs have that open date so we won’t be hearing any excuses right?

Should be another fantastic season of SEC football, the world’s finest sport.

By Denver Dog

April 3, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this

Ok gators you have T Bone, a bunch of criminals, and Oscar Meyer as the coach, Hmmmm. Maybe you can get some of your players out of jail, if you are not on probation by then. Vols, Spanky will not rule this year. Cocks, Spurin your ear will have them ready, but no players. Bama, there will be a lot of Saber (n) rattlin going on. LSU, tough, but beatable, ASU toughest so far, maybe not on probation yet with DE as the coach, and then Auburn. They will be ready for sure.

Then of course the championship game where we will play one of those west teams again.

It can be done, but it will take some great coaching and great performance. The 4 week stretch is the toughest, and if we are good then, and make it through, we will be in the NC, if not, it will be OSU vs So Cal. Mark it down.

By Georgia Fan

April 3, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this

I don’t know much about the upcoming season. All I know is South Carolina fans will continue to be the biggest dunderheads in college football and know absolutely nothing about the game. Its one of the few certanties in life.

By AlphaGator

April 3, 2008 7:30 AM | Link to this

I agree that the Dawgs should be able to go to the NC with one loss over an undefeated team, unless that undefeated team is the Gators!

By AltamahaDawg

April 3, 2008 7:30 AM | Link to this

Bill, you are the one with no clue. You dont even have your facts correct, much less your point. What was your point again?

By Paula

April 3, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Urban Meyer and Les Miles did a great job— of making Georgia’s schedule! What the heck was Damon Evans thinking with the Arizona State game? He can go play golf at Camelback on his own dime.

By BigGCock

April 3, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

UGay fans, If the Gamecocks are a second rate program, how did they not allow you to score a TOUCHDOWN in your mighty stadium?

Ya’ll don’t know what’s coming in September. Our D is much better than last year. Stafford will have to learn to be a QB in order to beat SCAR in Columbia.

Maybe we can end Stafford’s career like we ended Quincy’s w/ the 5 INTS.

By Travis

April 3, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Georgia Fan…you have the perfect handle. Why? Because a “Georgia Fan” = arrogant, redneck, dumb, idiot. Your remark about Gamecock fans prove the definition. After 10 years of living amongst fans like you I’ve come to hate uga. Before I moved here, uga was my second favorite team. Now, I hope they lose every game just so fans like you can stay miserable. One of life’s few certainties is that uga fans will always be the most hated in the SEC.

By VanDSIRROM

April 3, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

Vandy not a factor?

Tony—

It is obvious that you don’t consider Vanderbilt a factor in the SEC.

That’s fine…we are happy to ‘stay under the radar’.

However, while everyone reading this is scoffing, let me remind you that Vanderbilt has won on the road at AR, ut, GA, and SC in recent years.

Keep in mind, too, that Vandy lost last year at ut by 1 point, at home to GA by 3, and at home to ky by 7. Three SEC games by a total of 11 points. And won at SC by 12.

We’re back in Wallace-Butts this year and I’m sure everyone can refresh their memory of what happened the last time we played there.

Of course, VU won’t be playing for the National Championship or even the SEC championship this year but mark my word we may be a factor in what team does.

Our defense was one of the best in the SEC last year and in the top 15 nationally. It will be better this year.

So everybody, including you, can continue to ignore Vanderbilt to your own peril.

By Dawghead

April 3, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this

I hate all the Stafford bashing. All the kid has done is win. I think the hype has been too frenzied for there to be reasonable expectations. I mean, dang, a sophomore led his team to No. 2 in the country. How’s that underachieving? He may develop into that 65 percent completion, 30 TD, 5 INT quarterback who wins … OR he just may be leave UGA as a good damn football player and leader who wins without gold-plated stats. I’ll be happy with either.

By Ray

April 3, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

Great article about NEXT season! I’m just glad the doggie fans have quit crying about last season (they have, haven’t they???). After Tennessee cut their squat little tails (again) doggie fans cried all season about being the hottest team in football. And all the doggie fans whinned about how they should be in the NCAA title game, when they couldn’t even win their DIVISION, much less the SEC title. puppy doggie fans are the joke of the SEC. Read articles like this and get all excited about next football season. Then lose to Tennessee again. We love to see those whinning dogs on the field. We’re chalking up another “W” on uga doggie day.

By Got Pearl?

April 3, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

Tennessee has the toughest schedule by far. Georgia’s schedule looks hard cause well….Their Georgia! Fulmer has stuggled the past few but still has to pay taxes in Georgia cause he owns “The Hedges”. SEC is the BEST and whoever comes out on top deserves to play for it all even with 3 losses, as long as they are all SEC losses! Go Vols!

By AltamahaDawg

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

vandyguy, the article was about schedules, and vandy does in fact have the weakest one in the easy. Thats all anyone was saying. Not into the reading thing huh?

By Georgia Fan

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

South Carolina scores one fluke 4 point win in five tries and their fans act like they’ve won the past 10 in a row. Sounds to me like South Carolina fans are the ones with the arrogance problem. By the way, how did your bowl game go? I searched and searched my local listings but couldn’t find it. Please fill me in.

“Stafford will have to learn to be a QB in order to beat SCAR in Columbia.”

Point————>proven. South Carolina fans are big on bravado but not too fond of facts. Stafford=1-0 at your total dump of a stadium. Remember that 18-0 beat down only two short seasons ago?

Legends in their own minds.

By BCS Slave

April 3, 2008 8:23 PM | Link to this

It is so sad to read the delusional comments of TN, AU, UF, USC and Tech fans. They need to wake up…along with the UGA fans. Brag all you want about schedules and NC chances, but until the BC$ is fixed, all our hopes are false. This is not about competition…it’s about perception. It is a joke…a sad joke on us.

By Gamecock Henry

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

A Dawg…… I would be willing to bet that the dawgs wont hang 72 points on Central Mich. like Clemson did. Care to wager?

By VanDSIRROM

April 3, 2008 11:09 PM | Link to this

AltamahaDawg—

Read every “comment” by Tony.

He never mentions Vanderbilt although we play every SEC East team (of course) and AU, MSU, and Ole Miss.

That, my friend, is the point I was making when I said, “Not a factor.”

FYI, Vanderbilt was one of two schools to have MBB, WBB, and baseball all ranked in the top 25 this Spring— UNC was the other. No, it’s not football but to continue to ignore Vanderbilt in football is foolishness. just ask Coach Spurrier.

By Travis

April 4, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this

Like I said before GA Fan, you are the typical bulldog fan. You hate to deal with reality. No we didn’t go to a bowl. But what we did do is beat uga in Athens! Therefore that gives us bragging rights for the rest of the year which obviously upsets you very much. And that makes me very happy.

By Go Teams!

April 4, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

Message boards are great. You get to start off the pre season bragging about how great your team is before they even play. You get to tell the world how tough your schedule is and when it doesn’t pan out, then you get to give excuses. Best part of all, you can do it without anybody knowing who you are!

Then you can still save face in public even though you told the world that your team was going to rule everything between here and the kool-aid pitcher when things start slipping away.

By AltamahaDawg

April 4, 2008 12:57 PM | Link to this

The fact that UGA Never hangs 72 points on anyone once the game is locked up aught to tell you that. I think its safe to say, there have been plenty of games that 72 would not have been any problem if that was the goal however. Are you so silly that you would try to compare what one school did in a previous year vs another one in a different year againt a mild out of conference, as some kind of indicator? Maybe Clemson needed to get their first and second string a bit more work for just a few more series, on that day, who knows. What’s funny is that you just disputed my point by making the exact mistake I was talking about, only with a far worse example this time?

But suit yourself, I beleive you. Clemson is by far the best team in SC. there ya go.

By AltamahaDawg

April 4, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

Sorry VanWhatevr, I didn’t realize that you were so determined to feel insulted.

By Gamecock Henry

April 4, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

Altamaha Dawg….. If the dawgs would annihilate some folks like they suppose to to do hearing it from a dawg fans perspective, well then the dawgs just might get the needed national respect. Oh remember that nobody will remember a # 2 final ranking in years to come. Hope your team wont struggle against those weaker opponents as it tends to do. 16 - 12 and more to come, that’s a score you dawg fans just seem not to remember very well. That’s why Uga is considered the “Rodney Dangerfield Dawgs” of college football. I still think Clemson could hang some points on Uga both teams matched up this year. Just as well when the Gamecocks and Spurrier will do it in Cola. this year! Glory Days are Coming to Gamecock Nation!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

April 4, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

Sure we remember, we talk about that disappointing game all the time around here. We played like crap and lost to a team we clearly should not have. But when 4 points seperate our worst game from your best game, what does that tell you?

I tell you what you guys can’t seem to remember..the gooseegg you put up last time we came to your town.

The rest of your post was pure diarrhea, you didnt even have a point there, I’ll not even bother.

By Travis

April 7, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

“But when 4 points seperate our worst game from your best game, what does that tell you?”

That’s an easy question. It tells me that we won and you lost. PERIOD! It only take one point to win and winning is what counts. I would tell you to get over it Altamahadawg but I want you to continue to suffer.

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