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DEL.ICIO.USBowden hopes this is the year for Richt
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Amelia Island, Fla.-I had a chance to spend about an hour with Florida State coach Bobby Bowden during this week’s ACC Spring meetings. The Q&A that I put together from that interview was published this morning.
But here is a little nugget that I wanted to pull out and share with you.
Bowden, who turns 79 on Nov. 8, makes no secret of the fact that he would like to win another national championship before he retires from coaching.
But if he can’t win it all in 2008, Bowden knows who he would like to see holding that crystal football at Dolphin Stadium on January 8, 2009.
“I sure hope this is the year for Mark,” Bowden said.
Georgia’s Mark Richt has always made it very clear that Bowden is his mentor, both in football and in his spiritual life. Richt worked for Bowden for 16 years before he finally became a head coach. There is a bond there.
Bowden had been a head football coach for 28 years before he won this first national championship in 1993. He doesn’t want Richt, who is heading into his eighth season as a head coach, to have to wait that long.
“I get the sense that he has a pretty good team,” Bowden said. “But I have learned this. To win a national championship you have to be good. But you also have to get the ball to bounce your way a couple of times. It’s something that you can’t coach. Things just have to work out. I hope he gets those bounces.”
Bowden said he takes great pride in what Richt has accomplished in his first seven years at Georgia. He also smiled and reminded me that at one point, he wasn’t sure if Richt had the right stuff to be a head coach at this level.
“I wondered if Mark was really tough enough to be a head coach,” Bowden said. “He would get his feelings hurt when I would get involved in his business (of being offensive coordinator). I wondered if he was strong enough.
“But I was wrong. Look at him now. There is a quiet toughness that you can see. He is in control of that program and his players like and respect him. I am very proud of him.”
Then I reminded Bowden of Georgia’s schedule. He “oohed” and “aahed” and shook his head several times as I walked him through it. Then he gave me the perfect response.
“As a coach, all you can ask for is to have a team that is good enough to compete for a championship,” Bowden said. “If they are good enough, then it is your job to get them ready to play. And Mark has already proven that he can do that.”
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By Roswell Ed
May 14, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Where’s the
Bowden said between naps?
By Hoopergdawg
May 14, 2008 8:07 AM | Link to this
“Things just have to work out. I hope he gets those bounces.”
Exactly, couldn’t have said it better. Look at LSU and FLA the last two years, neither should have made the championship game and at the last minute, the breaks fell their way. Both teams ‘backed’ into the game. Kudos to both of them for taking care of Overrated State U.
By br
May 14, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this
Ho hum…more crap about the ACC? Wake me when you talk about a REAL conference with REAL teams!
By KansasDawg
May 14, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
We are very thankful for Mark and his family. He would be an assest to any organization. He belongs to the DAWG NATION NOW and we love him. GO DAWGS.
By Roswell Ed
May 14, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
I’m not saying he’s old but
his birth certificate is written in Roman numerals!!
By Okie from Muskogee
May 14, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this
Bobby is one of most winningest and classiest coaches of all time and a nice comment such as this is not unexpected.
Maybe the “classless” UGA program should take a page from Bobby’s book and pick up a large dose of humility, and then, and just maybe, UGA will earn respect among D-1 programs. Then again, maybe not.
Bobby let CMR out the door because he know CMR needed to work his way to the Big Leagues by starting off small, such as the UGA D1-AA program, then he could jump to the D1-A one day.
FSU, UF, Miami and OU have much higher winning perecentages and many more national titles than UGA, so working with UGA is like coaching at Furman, or ECU, sort of a nice starting place.
I think the comment Bobby made was nice, but that is expected coming from the classiest and a winning coache in college football.
Bulldog fans: watch and learn, watch and learn.
By Roswell Ed
May 14, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Okie:
That is one of the best blogs
of fiction
I have seen in a long time.
By Hoopergdawg
May 14, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
Okie If you want to use facts about how another team is better, please use teams that match your criteria. The above teams, fsu, miami, fla, ou, they don’t have better winning % than uga. fsu wasn’t anything until bobby, miami started winning in the 80’s, fla in the 90’s. Good grief fla didn’t even win a sec championship until the 90’s. talk about inferior teams. ou maybe your best best of all time winningest %. sorry dude, uga is top 12 all time at .644
By Haywood Jablowme
May 14, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this
I’m surprised Bobby Bowden was able to stay awake long enough to talk to you, Tony…..and I am even more surprised that he was in control of his bodily functions and could even REMEMBER the name of his former offensive coordinator. Did he also explain to you just how the FSU program has been able to sink as low as it has since 2001, or did he just refer all questions to Jimbo and Mickey, like he does down here in Tallahassee as soon as the media gets on him about the team?
By KR
May 14, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this
That’s really nice of ol’ Bobby…
I know Bowden has a lot of kids and it’s hard to keep track of them all. But I just have to wonder if he forgot he has his own flesh and blood also coaching in the same division and vying for the same National Championship.
That should make some interesting conversation at the Bowden family get-togethers this summer.
WAR EAGLE!
By tdawg
May 14, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this
OKIES GAY!
By baloney
May 14, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
Bobby is full of…..bologna.I applaud Tony Barnhart for pimping UGA so much during a very slow sports season. How else would the AJC expect to sell a paper?
By Red Clay Hound
May 14, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
Okie, nice try, but we are not taking the bait.
By UnderDawg
May 14, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
Oh, yeah, that Oklahoma program is a real class act. Paying players under coaches Tatum and Wilkinson in the 40s and 50s, a university president telling the Oklahoma state senate that he wanted to “build a football team that the University could be proud of” , Cheating under the womanizing and party-animal coach Switzer that resulted in numerous NCAA violations, and finally, the firing of Switzer due to his thugs raping, pillaging, and shooting up the campus. I believe the term used when Switzer was fired was “showing a complete lack of institutional control” over his players. Oh, yeah, real classy. I hardly think the Oklahoma program has been an example of ethics and class.
By Tommy Bow Wow den
May 14, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this
Ok daddy now you’ve done it! I’m gonna whoop your a$$ again this year. You know deep in your heart that Clemson will be better than Uga. I ain’t coming down for the summer either you ole senile piece of crap! BTW… Tell momma I love her and happy belated Mothers Day!
By AltamahaDawg
May 14, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this
That’s funny! BIG point to make and didn’t even have his facts right. Watch and learn indeed.
By Sven Ottke
May 14, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
Pure genius on the part of Barnhart. Yet a new way of pimping UGa’s football team in discussions of a Nat’l Title. Who says he’s not the best (mouthpiece for UGa)? What’s next Tony? Tomorrow is a new day.
By rainbowjacket
May 14, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
You Bulldog people are unreal…You really think you will be able to win the National Championship this year. Paul Johnson is a real hands on coach who is molding Tech’s young men into true champions. Once Mr. Johnson transforms Tech into a powerhouse this year the bullpup nation is going to realize their worst nightmare. I love Johnson, he is a huge upgrade in coaching. He really understands what our boys need to rise up to greater heights.
Go Jackets!!!!!!!
Excelsior!!!!
By DecaturDog
May 14, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
Tdawg:
Okie is a loser, don’t denigrate gay folks…including ME…by saying he is….come up with a new putdown…
By S Turn
May 14, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Hey Okie,
You owe me 15 seconds of my life for reading that nonsense you wrote. Are you serious? Classless? If your going to make bold statements why don’t you back them up with some knowledge. You ignorant fool.
By DecaturDog
May 14, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
Dear Rainbow Brite:
Please visit your own blog. Then when something POSITIVE actually happens at TECH( whenever that might be…) you can chime in THERE…however, you will probably be an old faded rainbow by then….
By love it long time
May 14, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
Here are just a few clips from rainbowjacket’s post Paul Johnson hands on Tech’s young men. I love Johnson he is huge. He really understands what boys need to rise.
Where’s the tickle pile comment, thanks for the laugh.
By dawgy
May 14, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
Yawn. All the nerds on here are really pathetic. Why don’t yall go back to the “hive” and gripe about how you’ll never measure up to Georgia. Oh yeah, don’t forget to congratulate yourselves on taking calculus. Sheesh.
By Gene
May 14, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Richt becomes more like his spiritual mentor each season. When the NCAA really looks into UGA academics, they are going to find more similarities. Richt really belongs at Florida State and will likely return there in a year or two.
By UnderDawg
May 14, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
Tech will still blow. What’s Johnson going to run as soon as the turnover margin reaches a new record? The Wishbone?
By GT
May 14, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this
Bowden has always been more of the promoter than Richt. The press loves him because he gives them a lot to write about. He came to FSU when they were on the bottom of the heap and made them the Alabama or Notre Dame of our time. Fact is nobody in our time has taken less to more, unless it is Miami and that was done by several not by one person. Richt may be the most sincere guy to ever coach . He is no promoter, unless it is by example. I am not sure he could have taken a program and done what Bowden has done, it has to be a different set of rules, but he certainly brings a lot of respect even from this old yellow jacket for a Georgia program.
By mdawg
May 14, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
Rainbowjacket, did you forget to take your drugs or shoot up this morning. Maybe you woke up behind the wheel passed out. PJ has the bugs scattering to other programs, your Qb from last year is now a bulldog. Best of luck trying to win one game. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By TOM WILLIS
May 14, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
Rank Team Points Top 20 Top 10 Top 5 1st 2nd 1. Michigan 715 51 36 15 2 2 2. Notre Dame 701.5 47 35 22 8 5 3. Oklahoma 689.5 44 32 27 6 4 4. ALABAMA 637 44 32 18 6 2 5. Ohio State 630 44 26 17 4 6 6. Nebraska 617 41 30 13 4 2 7. Texas 544.5 37 23 8 3 1 8. TENNESSEE 533 39 23 13 2 4 9. Southern Cal 530 39 23 15 5 5 10. Penn State 484 37 22 14 2 3 11. Miami (Florida) 439 27 15 10 5 4 12. Florida State 413 23 15 15 2 2 13. GEORGIA 373 27 17 8 1 1 14. AUBURN 368 30 15 7 1 1 15. LSU 364 29 17 6 1 2 16. UCLA 352 30 16 9 0 1 17. FLORIDA 332.5 22 13 8 1 1 18. ARKANSAS 282 25 13 3 0 1 19. Michigan State 266 20 13 7 1 4 20. Texas A&M 264 22 11 2 1 0 21. Washington 260 20 10 5 0 2 22. Georgia Tech 227.5 20 10 5 0 2 23. OLE MISS 223.5 18 10 4 0 2 24. Colorado 218 18 8 5 1 0 25. Iowa
By rmh
May 14, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Excelsior!!!! ?? Stan Lee is that you?
By Gen Neyland
May 14, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
Okie
Dr. Phil is holding on line 1…and you’ve got a conference call with CBB and CMR at 2 pm…
By rainbowjacket
May 14, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
See there you Bullpups go again. You all are nothing but homopobic twits. At least at Tech we can be proud of our diversity.
Bullies always lose!!!!
Excelsior!!!!!!!!!!
By GATORZONE
May 14, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
AWWWW… How sweet of good ol Bobby.
Excuse me while I VOMIT!!!
By tdawg
May 14, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
My apologies DecaturDog!
By tdawg
May 14, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this
OKIE is a TWIT!!! SAY IT TWIT!!!!!!
By PTC DAWG
May 14, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
I still lament the fact that everyone says you have to be very good and very lucky to have a shot at the MNC. Fact is, you shouldn’t have to be LUCKY to win it. Playoffs would remove LUCK from the equation.
That being said, dadgummit, I knew I still liked ol’ Bobby..
By Florida State Criminals
May 14, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this
How the hell is an FSU fan calling UGA a “classless” program!?
By AltamahaDawg
May 14, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
Gosh gene, when do you think the NCAA will “really” look into academics at UGA? OH how we dread the day that they figure out UGA is a public institution with open records and subject to NCAA rules?
In a dozen post, have you ever said anything factual or meaningfull? How about just intelligent or at least witty? We are starting to suspect that maybe you just dont like us.
By GATORZONE
May 14, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this
I wonder how long it will be before CMR starts dipping into the FSU bag of tricks? Recruiting criminals (Coles/Warrick, etc), and the fine academic standards that they are upholding since about half of the Criminoles will not be eligible this year due to the cheating scandal. I am sure CMR knows these as well. Give UGA a few years, and the heat will be on them as well.
By TOM WILLIS
May 14, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
AP ALLTIME Ranking Top 22 1. Michigan 715
2. Notre Dame 701.5 3. Oklahoma 689.5 4. ALABAMA 637 5. Ohio State 630 6. Nebraska 617 7. Texas 544.5
8. TENNESSEE 533 9. Southern Cal 530 10. Penn State 484
11. Miami (Florida) 439
12. Florida State 413
13. GEORGIA 373
14. AUBURN 368
15. LSU 364 16. UCLA 352 17. FLORIDA 332.5 18. ARKANSAS 282 19. Michigan State 266
20. Texas A&M 264
21. Washington 260 22. Georgia Tech 227.5
By UnderDawg
May 14, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Sour Grapes is why FSU calls UGA classless. They complained about Mark Richt when FSU lost to Oklahoma in the BCS title game, and now they all want him back to FSU. Sorry, Criminoles, it looks like CMR is here to stay.
By DWG
May 14, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this
…or using dead people’s credit cards… oh wait, that’s you Gator.
By Gwadcheet
May 14, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this
Dear Daddy Bowden, I could GAS about any opinion you have about much of anything. When I saw you standing in line at Disney 3 months ago I didn’t expect you to be a jerk. When I saw you I explained to my 11 yr old son what a super person you were as well as one of the gretaest CFB coaches ever. All I wanted was a nod of recognition or a wave for my kid. You are 1st class mfer as far as I am concerned AH!!!
By UnderDawg
May 14, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
Did I mention that UF fans don’t like it now that they are 2-2 over the last 4 years of the rivalry? Hmmmm, let’s see….just in the last week, we have one Gator player arrested for using a dead student’s credit card, and we have another Gator player getting shot. Kind of hard to condemn one coach when you have all that going on. I think you should see to cleaning your own house before you talk about how dirty you think ours is.
By bill_in_atl
May 14, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
Odd that a gator would come out at a moment like this talking about criminals on football teams.
You might want to call a glass repair company to come and fix your house dude.
By GATORZONE
May 14, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
DWG, That is the worse thing I have ever heard of any collegiate athelete doing. Meyer immediately kicked him off of the team. Unfortunately, that seems to be the direction of lots of college and pro atheletes these days. Too many coddled criminals
By dawgy
May 14, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
GATORZONE: Don’t make me laugh. Do the gaytors really want to compare arrest records with ANY other school? Really?
By 3 Rivers jacket
May 14, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
Georgia is a survivor when you thin about academics. People forget the Jan Kemp situation which was the worst academic scandal in sports histroy. Dooley took no blame- he survived and thanks to the AJC light handling Georgia was never humiliated locally like they were nationally. Believe me the rest of the country was laughing at the dogs. Then along came the class taught by Harrick with the best question in the history of college. “how many points for a 3 pointer”. The thing about it is that this was an approved course. How else could so many take it. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE UNIVERSITY. This is how a lot of Richt’s palyers stayed eligible. But once again the AJC give this sort of a laugh off. The rest of the country is still laughing. That is why Georgia is not respected nationally even though they have a pretty good program.
By tiger7_88
May 14, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this
Tony, please keep pushing the “UGa is #1” meme as much as possible.
It’s going to make the end results of this season an even greater pleasure.
By mdawg
May 14, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
Gaytorzone , have you even seen the news lately, you guys are using Dead peoples credit cards before their even in the ground and another has just been involed in a shooting. Worry, and I mean worry, about your program an the players morales before you start running your ignorant mouth about the DAWGS.
By AltamahaDawg
May 14, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
better yet, why is a gator fan even pipping in on this blog topic?
By So Many Pathetic Blogs
May 14, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this
Anyone on here bashing UGA is just jealous. You ALL know how good Richt is and how good this team has been since he arrived. Make all of your little comments but none of it matters. Deep down you know that UGA has been and will continue to be a top 10 team every year. You would DIE for your team to do the same.
By DWG
May 14, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this
Jacket fan is throwing from his glass house as well. I believe your program has had a more recent academic scandal than ours. And the AJC breezed over that one as well.
By Bama Stan
May 14, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
OKIE & Tom Willis,
Okie - read and learn son - read and learn…..
Tom - Great Information - However, that Ranking system is subjective to a corrupt points criteria.
Here is the problem with the system. Unless teams play exactly the same schedules - or have the same common opponents - the system is purely subjective.
For example - and by no fault of their own - teams like Michigan, Ohio tate, Texas and OK - have played in conferences that are not as deep - meaning more wins and opportunities to go to bowls - easier road to conference titles and NC appearances - a path of least resistence. A two game tougher conference schedule can make a big difference.
This is not to take anything away from those schools - my own theory is that the top 2 or 3 teams in any conference should be able to compete with the top at any conference - with the exception of the SEC. In the SEC - the top 5 and sometimes 6 would be competitive with the top 2 0r 3 of any conference. Look how a middle pack, stripped down, on probation ALABAMA team played straight up against top ranked OKLAHOMA - very competitive and excellent games. Or a SEC #6 Georgia team beating the #2 ACC VA TECH in the Peach.
Does the ranking system take into consideration bowl winning percentage ?????
The answer is NO!!!
Here are the top teams in win % with a minimum of 20 bowl appearances:
1 Penn St. 26-12-1. 2.Southern California 30-16-0. 3 Ole Miss 19- 12-0. 4. Georgia Tech 22-14-0. 5. Oklahoma 24-16-1 6. Georgia 24-16-3 7. Alabama 31-22-1 8.Auburn 19-13-2 9. Florida St. 20-14-2. 10. Miami (FL) 18-13-1
Others: 13. Tennessee 25-22-0. 14. Texas 24-21-2 15. Louisiana St. 20-18-1 18. Clemson 15-15-0 19. Nebraska 22-22-0 21. Michigan 19-20-0 25. Notre Dame 13-15-0 26. Ohio St. 18-21-0
Of course - the only issue here is bowl match-ups - and number of appearances indicate better teams year in and year out (not taken into consideration) Again - this is only subjective. You could have a team like Ohio State play harder bowl opponents as they are on top of the Big 10 - and therefore appear to be a weaker program than say Ole Miss. Ole Miss maybe middle or lwer of the pack - playing middle or lower pack teams from another conference.
Even as a rabid SEC fan - I would take Ohio States overall body of work as a nationally respected program over Ole Miss.
But here is an interseting question to prove my point. How would Ole Miss’s overall program be if they were not in the SEC - but were in Big 8 during that conferences Heyday. They would probably be more like an Arkansas - which has always enjoyed a better national reputation .
OR How about UGA during the Jim Donnan years - they were always the third best SEC EAST team - as Florida and Tennessee were perenial Top 5 - 10 programs. UGA would have been the top SEC West team during several of those years. Or put them in the ACC - and it would have been FSU and UGA fighting it out for conference titles year end and year out. And UGA - playing in a weaker ACC - would have additional wins - a higher or TOP 10 ranking - during that time period - may have lost bowls during that era as opposed to winning all bowl games under Donnan - but we will never know.
Point is - it’s great to speculate - but a the end of the day - you can mix and match the top of any conference - and the SEC is the deeper conference of then all.
By quicknole
May 14, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
It is interesting that the point of the article was to show that he (Bowden) is pulling for the dawgs, and yet some of you fans seem to use this forum as a vehicle to bash him. I am glad he didn’t say that he wasn’t pulling for the dawgs, because you really would have a reason to pounce on him. What is the point of this negativity. He obviously has affection for CMR and you should be proud of that fact…
By DWG
May 14, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
BamaStan nice post. Interesting to see just how BAD Notre Dame is in the post season. College football will only get better if they get worse.
quicknole, most posts on here are from opposing fans negative towards Bobby because he said something nice about the Dawgs. When CMR first came here the FSU fans were the most negative of the bunch saying his play calling had gotten vanilla and basically saying “good riddance”. We’re just happy to have him and appreciate what he’s done for our program.
By Miles
May 14, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
If Georgia can beat Florida, they’ll play in the BCS Championship, i.e., The Cocktail Party is the key. As Bowden stated, Richt certainly has “a quiet toughness.”
By jkdodge
May 14, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
I wonder how the fine people of UGA will feel when Bobby retires and Mark wants to go home.
By dawgy
May 14, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
3 Rivers Moron: The Kemp “scandal” was hardly the “biggest sports scandal in the history of the world,” or whatever other sensationalism you choose to use. Athletes were getting help in class, Kemp was anti-AD, so she blew the whistle. This happens everywhere, yes, even at your dump of a campus in the Atlanta ghetto. Tony Hollings anybody? Stephon Marbury anybody? Joe Hamilton…and so on and so on. And the Harrick class was a P.E. class, so you can quit acting like it was a major part of Georgia’s core curriculum. Everybody has to take 4 hours of P.E. to graduate, even such badarses like dawg alums Billy Payne, Terry Hoage, Phill Gramm, etc. I’ll bet you still have bad memories from P.E. class in high school, huh? Did I give you a wedgie? Probably.
By Steppin N. Dawgcheet
May 14, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
GT lies, cheats (documented) and sux! Prepare for #8 in a row you bastages. Jealousy is an ugly thing. Clinton was in the Whitehouse the last time Tech beat UGA. BTW, those wins were “vacated” for CHEATING. Thats 17 in a row or 14 more than Reggie can count!! Baahahahahaha
By UnderDawg
May 14, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this
Criminole fans, just stop it. Mark Richt is not going back to FSU. Why on Earth would he want THAT headache whenever he has no problems to speak of in Athens, and has built UGA into a power? You had the chance to name him as your “coach in waiting”, but you were so busy taring and feathering him after the loss to Oklahoma in the BCS title game, that you didn’t realize what a great coach you were losing.
By adawg06
May 14, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
What the heck is wrong with you tech people?? All you talk about is how great your team is going to be bc of your new coach? You actually think you are going to line up with the Dawgs top ten defense year in and year out and run the ball 8 out of 10 plays and even compete. Our corners, as proved every year, are much better than anything you guys have at reciever so I’ll take my chances in man to man. This is a joke, if tech wins one out of five that would be a miracle. In 3 years you idiots will be looking for another average coach to coach your average team. Blue Turf Bowl would love to sign a 10 year contract with you losers!!!!!
By Haywood Jablowme
May 14, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
Tech talking smack about UGA’s academic “scandal” that happened well over 20 years ago??!! HAHAHAHAHAHAH!! That’s it??!! That’s ALL you can come up with??!! Well, let’s just look at a few other scandalous athletes, shall we? AND these scandals were documented far more recently than 23 years ago. Marbury, Hamilton, Burns, & Hollings just to name a few. Didn’t Hamilton and Burns cost you a few wins over UGA? WHAT ??!! You say they weren’t even going to class and STILL were playing football??!! Boy, that Coach O’Liar….(or was his name O’Lardy)…was one helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva football coach, wasn’t he? And by the looks of his big red nose, I would say he drank his whiskey clear, to boot.
By ihatetech
May 14, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this
rainbowjacket, you are so right. Paul Johnson and Joe Hamil…. oh wait, nevermind
By rainbowjacket
May 14, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this
We at Tech know that we can and will become better than UGA. Why…Coach Johnson is a proven leader who is going to mold Tech’s young team into strong disciplined well chiseled warriors who will vanquish our foes on the playing field. Johnson is wonderful, he has put into place a hands on system that is transforming these men into a well oiled scoring machine. Just look at Johnson’s tract record. That’s why we can say how great our team is going to be…
Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!!!
Excelsior!!!!!!!!!!!!
By mdawg
May 14, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Since you gayturds are so gun happy why don’t you take a shot at rainblowjacket.I’m sure no one would care and we can continue the blog on a more seriuos note. Hell, you can probubly bait him with those Teblow jean shorts
By AltamahaDawg
May 14, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
3 rivers, I’d be willing to bet you couldnt discuss the facts in the Jan Kemp case to save your hinny. And I’m pretty the “county” has moved on from the Harrick deal from half a decade ago. So many other laughable incident, including at your school, have happen since.
By tdawg
May 14, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this
Is EXCELSIOR the name of a cutsie poodle?…EXCELSIOR you “shat” on my rug!
By bamafan
May 14, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
I really hope that Coach Bowden can go out with a good season this year. Mark Richt will stay at Georgia for as long as he wants. I hope he does win the NC someday. Bama Stan good post and Rosell Ed you my friend need to be on Dr Phil’s show!! ROLL TIDE!!
By Okie from Muskogee
May 14, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Hoopergdawg
I guess 12 is a nice number, but all of these teams have more recent and more national titles than your miserable program in Athens. Get off the piddly $#$ stats and a few SEC titles, and win some national titles.
Matter of fact, how many national titles games has UGA competed in since 1980? Correct 0.
Please discontinue attempting to defend a mediocre program that has not even competed for a national title since 1980 and concentrate on beating teams like Western Carolina, and Georgia Southern.
By dawgy
May 14, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this
Okie - you really are a dumbsh!t. Georgia played Penn St. in 1982 for the national title (yes, and barely lost). You are the typical techie. You don’t know anything about anything, so you make up ridiculous untruths. When those are uncovered, you change the subject. Please, do us all a favor. Go kill yourself.
By DecaturDog
May 14, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
Rainblow:
It is track record, not tract record…keep setting them up and we will keep knocking them down. Nice use of the word “vanquish” by the way. Don’t see that word used much since the Norman Conquests.
By You're an idiot
May 14, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Hey Okie, have you not been paying attention lately? UGA has the toughest schedule in the country! While we’re concentrating on that, Tech will be praying to God that they don’t get embarrassed by Jacksonville State and Gardner-Webb.
By gt
May 14, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this
I’m a Georgia Tech student and fan, and I even have to admit that Rainbow Jacket makes me want to hurl.
But I’m primarily an Auburn fan, and I’m just warning you guys not to look past us. Florida did the same thing the past two years and LSU almost lost to us this year. Beating Florida gurantees you nothing.
By zach
May 14, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
there’s alot of funny stuff in these comments, but I think rainbowjacket takes the crown with “Excelsior!!!” I mean if I was unfortunate enough to attend Tech, I would at least try not to come off as the usual dorky, comic book reading loser.
By shane #1
May 14, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this
This blog has gotten completely off course as ususl. Tony works hard to give Us a football blog every day and half the people posting don’t even bother to read his columns. Tony is NOT pimping foe UGA, He picked Them to win it all, but so have others at CFN, SI, and SN. Tommy Bow Wow, maybe Bobby didn’t want His Son to win it all because He wants another ACC title for FSU. Bobby might not be all there anymore, but He is sharp enough to know that the FSU boosters wouldn’t like it if He pulled for another ACC team. Use your head before You post! Now back to the post. Richt’s close relationship to the Bowden family is well known. Bobby stressed a family atmosphere at FSU with His coaching staff, Richt has done the same at UGA. I heard Dolley say once in an interview that he called Bowden after Richt expressed a desire for the UGA job. He said Bobby lauded Fis OC highly. Later Vince asked Bowden what the negatives were, bowden said He thought Richt might be “too nice a guy to be a head coach”. A HC has to make some hard choices at times, some not very pleasant. Vince said He went to some practices when Richt was new to see How Richt handeled things. He said there was a wr on the field that was just going through the motions, not hustling at all. Richt called the guy over and said “get off the field, You make Me sick!”. Dooley said He knew then that Richt was tough enough.
By Whitegoat
May 14, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
All of you stupe what ifers come out of the parks when any AUC staffer mentions uga being a mythical national champ. If they win it, then do your bark. Pulling up all of these history rankings does not mean goat crap. All that matters is now and the dogs will lose some games. The one in Columbia comes to mind. So bleat in a flock of goats and crow loudly in the company of Gamecocks. Let the Big Goat(Mr.Meaty)eat. What if, my big old butt.
By Military Dawg
May 14, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this
Seems like the Tech athletes aren’t the only ones studying Criminal 101. Love the story about the Tech worker using a state issued credit card to rack up over $316K worth of personal charges. Guess she saw how the athletes were getting away with this sort of behavior and wanted to go for a Tech Master’s degree in Criminology. Bet she’ll graduate with honors from this course.
By shane #1
May 14, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this
gt, don’t worry about uGA overlooking Auburn. They my get Their butts beat, but it won’t be from taking Auburn for granted. I am not sure UF looked past Auburn, not after losing to them the year before. AU has always been a hard hitting team, I don’t think anyone “overlooks” Them.
By TheBigBone
May 14, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
Don’t disgrace the military dumb dog.
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
Strange, no gamehens on here talking about how bad we are going to lose in Kenny Chesney stadium.
I liked my mediocre #2 ranked in the nation team last year. Looking forward to more mediocrity this year. For a mediocre team, they sure were fun to watch.
By Tommy Bow Wow den
May 14, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this
Shane#2…..You Idiot….Daddy knows that there is no way in hell that FSU will win the ACC championship again. The program has tanked. He is only in it to stay ahead of Joe Pa. Clemson will put an a$$ whooping on dear ole dad to even the series in the Bowden Bowl. Mark it Down!
By zach
May 14, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
Whitegoat- of all the games on our schedule you really think SC is the one to worry the most about!? They embarrased us on our home field and along with TN ruined our NC hopes last season. We have a far supperior team, who I promise still remembers last year. I have trouble seeing why SC comes to mind with a schedule which includes ASU away, Bama, def. Nat Champs LSU away, FLA, and Auburn away.
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
Auburn nor Georgia goes on the field thinking this is an automatic W. This is probably my favorite game of the year because players at each of the schools have become beloved coaches at the other. Always a hard hitting game with our western cousins.
By Steve G
May 14, 2008 4:07 PM | Link to this
Okie From Muscogee is a nut case. First of all, if FSU and Miami played in the SEC — which they were both afraid to join — their seven total national championships would be one or two. Joining the sorry ACC has exposed them for what they are, just like joining the Big Ten exposed Penn State. They’ve done didly since they had to play real competition. As for Florida, look up the records. The Gators all-time winning percentage is far below UGA’s, and they have won significantly less championships. I guess Okie can’t read. Now, Oklahoma. Of the Sooners seven “claimed” national titles since 1950, two or three are legitimate. In 1950 the Sooners lost the Sugar Bowl to Kentucky, but because there were not post-season rankings they claim national title. In 1950 they were 11-0, but played only one top ten team all season. 1956 undefeated but played NO top ten teams. 1974 Switzer’s crooks were undefeated, played one top ten team, and had more arrests than Miami in its hey day. I’ll give the Sooners 1975; they lost to Kansas, but did play seven top ten teams, probably their only legitimate “SEC calibre” schedule in the past half century. 1985 they lost to a Miami team that was not one of the Hurricanes best. I’ll give the Sooners 2000 as well. Played a tough schedule and fared well. However, I will say if they played in the SEC, the Sooners and Huskers could easily count one more loss annually on their schedule. When you play eight or nine weak opponents a year you dont’ get the injuries, which means you don’t have the depth concerns late in the season. But I’m sure Okie’s from Muscogee will have an excuse. Cry you a river somewhere else. But you have NO RIGHT to talk to anyone from the SEC about playing tough football. The Sooners and Ohio States of the world can just keep on beating patsies and losing on New Year’s Day!
By StAugDawg
May 14, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this
Hooperdawg,
UF backed in to both of their NC games. 4 major upsets had to happen in 1996 for SOS to get a chance to replay FSU. Talk about luck, UF was much better than FSU that year, and FSU prepared and beat them during the regular season. On the 2nd attempt, the better team made adjustments and won the game. That may have been the craziest MNC ever (other than last year). 7-5 Texas beats one loss Nebraska in the Big 12 CG. It was later announced that 20 something Nebraska players had the flu. 3 other upsets occurred as well.
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this
Should of saved my post till Whitegoat made his inanane, insane comments. Goat stay away from the purple acid, it is bad.
By Whitegoat
May 14, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this
cuz, I rest my case. I thought you were to wise to be a what ifer.
By Whitegoat
May 14, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
cuz, all am saying is none of us, including Mr. Meaty, has a cyrstal ball, unless some of you have a night job at the carnival. Let us all crow, bark, bleat, scream, break wind or whatever when the season begins and the games end with a W. If you win them all, my hat is off to you. I just do not think you will. Still the Gamecocks have to be on your minds. No what ifs about it. It is time for Mr. Meaty and the flock to be fed. That Big Goat loves to eat!!
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Goat, if that makes me a whatifer, okay. I have consistently stated that USC-east was the better team on the field in Athens that day last year. I thought after watching that game that the Roosters were going to win the SEC. It amazed me that your team got worse later in the year and ours got better. I guess stranger things have happened.
And yes, I think we will win in Columbia this year. I am afraid Darth Visor has lost his grasp of the force.
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
Goat, I live on the border. The UGA-USC game is huge to me. Border bash here in Augusta brings in 20,000 USC and UGA fans every year for some good natured ragging, good food, good music, the Team mascots and my favorites, both team’s cheerleaders.
By AltamahaDawg
May 14, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
So basically, every single post in here today agrees, UGA has an extremely good football team this year.
By Okie from Muskogee
May 14, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this
Steve G
Thanks for confirming your ignorance regarding Miami and FSU. Both had to get through Florida to win those national titles, which is something UGA cannot do.
Florida has won the last 15 of 18 over UGA, so Florida basically owns you. Get through Florida then you might compete for a title.
By Gamecock Henry
May 14, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this
Yes AltmahaDawg …. Thats until the pups come to Columbia amd have their tails tucked between their legs going back to Athens. I cant wait to see the jaw dropping dawgs fans again!!!
By shane#1
May 14, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Tommy Boy, Pappa may know it, but He’s not dumb enough to say it, at least for publication. Just how many Clemson fans do you think They have down there in Florida? He does want another ACC title too, all coachs want a title, and They all think They can win. Any coach that doesn’t think He can win is in the wrong business. You seem to think that all the other teams are just going to roll over and play dead because They have to play the mighty Clemson Tigers. If that’s the case then You are the idiot! Better be careful that Tech doesn’t whip Your butts, again!
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry, better come up with an offense before the Columbia game. Rennie Curran will be in your backfield as much as your unamed QB.
By Cuz
May 14, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this
When is Bowden bowl this year?
By dawgy
May 14, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this
Okie - no it is completely obvious you are techie. All you nerds ever talk about is the gaytors and their recent success over us. You are pathetic, absolutely pathetic. Your nerds can’t get the job done, so you hide behind someone else. You loser. Hey, I just heard the ACC is cutting ties with the SmurfTurf Boise bowl game. If this is the case, then tell me, where is Tech supposed to play from now on??
By Tommy Bow Wow den
May 14, 2008 7:11 PM | Link to this
Shane Shane Shane my good buddy…. Daddy wont be there too long .I promise you that he has seen the writing on the wall. Yeah he wants ACC Title alright, but he ain’t gonna get it just like you dawg fans want a National Championship which ain’t happening either. BTW Y’all better hope that those chickins don’t beat Y’all for the 4th time this decade. Clemson wont have to worry about teams rolling over for them because the Tigers will roll them over. We dont play like Uga thinking the Vandys,Kentuckys and West Virginia’s will roll over because of big bad Georgia! GOOOOOO TIGERS! ROAR! FINISH STRONG!!!!
By Gamecock Henry
May 14, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this
Cuz…. Better hope Stafford can fool us on a trick play or some other lucky play the dawgs seem to get when playing the Gamecocks. Don’t worry, Gamecocks will be ready and waiting to knock off the dawgs.
By Tommy Bow Wow den
May 14, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this
Cuz…. you can watch the daddy beat down in Bowden Bowl X on 11/08/08.
By I-DOG
May 14, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this
Okie,
When Auburn fans like Roswell Ed are jumping to UGA’s defense over your post, you know it is not based in fact.
I’m sure you wish all those programs had better winning percentages, but it isn’t true.
You do realize that in Richt’s UGA tenure only 3 or 4 Div 1 teams have won more games right? Does that mean that Penn State, Tennessee, Nebraska, Miami, Florida State, Florida, and Notre Dame are all terrible programs and beneath Division 1AA Georgia?
No, it just means that Richt’s teams have won more games than each of those storied programs since his coming to Athens in 2000.
OU is one of the great programs in college football. I’m sure that most OU fans have more class than you exhibited in your post. I have met a few since I live closer to Norman than I do to Athens and I’m sure they would be embarassed by your remarks on these boards.
By Steve G
May 14, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this
Okie from Muscogee, still cry me a river. FSU and Miami have great programs, but I repeat, have to go out of conference to schedule tough games. The ACC has lost it’s last eight BCS bowl games. During that time the SEC is 9-2. Ohio State has been embarrassed two straight years by SEC teams, and Oklahoma has been embarrased in its last three. Face it, Okie, your an idiot. Your opinion is not worth reading.
By Ga wolf
May 14, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this
Pink rainbow man I can see that the only happiness you bugs will ever have is for your awesome new coach to beat our lowly dawgs for 5 or 6 years straight or maybe one in a row. Be happy! They will! As soon as some of you brains ??? can invent a video game that puts your team agianest one of ours and then cheat. Otherwise you are srewed, blued and left crying in the shower till your new savior comes along and feeds your delusion. Ciao
By bbtick
May 14, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this
You know, I really think that the hype surrouding Georgia is justified, but Tony is correct - their schedule is just absolutely BRUTAL…they would win an 8-Team tournament, but I just don’t know if they are going to be able to put together a 0 or 1-loss season. The Dogs (ACC spelling) can’t bank on pulling a LSU and slipping into the title game with 2 losses. (Don’t forget, USC was the best team by the end of 2002, but their 2 losses kept them out of the Fiesta Bowl.)That being said, look for the following teams to win the next 3 national titles barring some unforseen disaster (read: losing to a 4-7 PITT team):
2008 - West Virginia (will defeat Clemson in the NT game) 2009 - Oklahoma (will defeat USC in the NT game) 2010 - Virginia Tech (will defeat Ohio State in the title game)
SEC fans…notice that your league is not represented in these predictions…two things here…
1.) As an ACC fan, it pains me to admit this, but the fact is the SEC champion could actually be crowned the de-facto National Champion every year. Honestly, the SEC Champ could win an 8-Team playoff 7 out of every 10 years. Yes, your league is that good.
2.) What happened with LSU last year was just so unlikely…the WVU loss to Pitt was one of the worst losses in the HISTORY of college football. I just don’t see any team in the SEC escaping the regular season with less than 2 losses in the next 3 years. It’s just so deep…and its getting deeper…Petrino at Arkansas, the dogs are stomping again in Starkville, Alabama is getting ready to turn the corner, Auburn is Auburn, LSU is scary, Florida is ridiculous, Georgia is the new Tennessee, oh, and Tennessee is just one good season away from being right back in the spotlight. I mean, even your bad teams are good…Vanderbilt, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Ole Miss are worlds better than the ACC’s bottom 4…Duke, UNC, NC State, and Maryland (The Terps have filled the spot in the bottom four vacated by Wake).
Good luck to SEC fans because until this ridiculous BCS system is replaced with an 8-Team playoff, your teams are going to continue to be edged out by weaker teams from weaker leagues for NT game spots…especially over the next 3 years.
By Pago Flyer
May 15, 2008 12:04 AM | Link to this
Even if the DAWGS don’t win it all, we should keep the coach.;[]\
By shane #1
May 15, 2008 12:06 AM | Link to this
Tommy Boy, I am sory, I didn’t realize You were a Gamecock. I thought You were a Clemson fan because of the name you selected. Now I understand, You aren’t a Clemson fan at all, you are a South Carolina fan. I thought You just bashed UGA because You were too chicken, excuse the pun, to go on the Tech blogs because Tech owns Clemson. I wondered why You were on these blogs bashing UGA when UGA seldom plays Clemson anymore and the teams are in different conferences. Now I know. Why don’t You just admit You are a Carolina fan? Look at Whitegoat and Gamecock Henry, They aren’t ashamed to of being Carolina fans. You are just like Tommy, You don’t have a pair so You live off what Daddy has done. Now I am confused again, because SOS definately has a pair, and Papa Bowden has a pair, but You seem more like Junior. I really wish You Carolina boys would pick a school, or at least a conference, to pull for! Wait untill Tommy has won the ACC, or a BCS bowl, or any bowl, or even beats a good team, then You can spout off. TOMMY BOWDEN, doing less with more for eleven years! What a slogan!
By Retire Already
May 15, 2008 12:59 AM | Link to this
**Bobby Bowden, what a joke.
-Sept 1990 makes the move to the ACC vs SEC. Why? Check his record against the ACC vs SEC at the time.
-14 10 win season and only 2 NCs to show for it. And of the 2 NCs I bet FSU was favored in at least 4 out of the 5 games.
-A losing record to every Cane coach that won a NC. That would be 4 coaches.
-A losing record to Osborn, Switzer.
-A winning record against Spurrier. Big deal. The great Spurrier’s bowl record while at FL was 6-5. Are your serious. From the great SEC and only 6-5 post season.
Like I said, Bobby Bowden what a joke.**
By Openly GAY-Tor
May 15, 2008 1:55 AM | Link to this
CUZ, it’s always wonderful to read your BITING comments. Speaking of BITING, where has that “pillow biting” cousin of yours ZED McKlusky. Possibly the two of you can come in for the GAT-Tor game when that man among men, Urban Meyer has our GAY-Tors take the pups to the woodpile.
If the two of you need a place to crash just ring me up.
Toodles!
By seminolequick
May 15, 2008 4:47 AM | Link to this
Retire Already. One question. Who is your team?
By Retire Already
May 15, 2008 7:37 AM | Link to this
seminolequick,
Any team not coached by Bowden, Paterno, Carr, Spurrier, Richt, Fat Fulmer, Stoops, Mach Brown, R. C. Slocum, Bill Snider (KSU ex), Tuberville, TYErone Willingham. Didn’t realize how pathetic TX A&M’s bowl record was under Slocum.
All the above for various reasons have been overrated. Shoulda, coulda done more with what they had and were exploited as fakes by consistently losing big games that would have defined them as great or good.
By AltamahaDawg
May 15, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
retire already, its okay, college isnt for everyone. There are still plenty of opportunities for you out there.
By hatfieldgeoff
May 15, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Hey Rainbow Jacket, the fact that you like Johnson doesn’t come as a shock to any of us!
By Dentster
May 15, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
Okie, I don’t know what to say. You’re just plain ignorant.
By tatter tot
May 15, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
Did I REALLY see a Gaytor fan talking about recruiting criminoles. Right now UF might be the epitome of the Criminole University….. THUG U down in Gainesville.
By leelee
May 15, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this
I’ve never seen so many idiot losers like Okie on one page in my life
By Cuz
May 15, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
Openly, at least I refuse to use gay references in my commentary. I do not see the point. Ones preference is not my concern.
Henry, I think the Gamecocks will throw everything including the kitchen sink in the players locker room. I just feel our dynamic duo of Moreno and King will be unstoppable. And I know our defense will be ready.
As previously stated, I am a border resident and this game means alot to me. I can see the state of South Carolina from my front yard. I also respect the Carolina fan base, they hang in their through thick and thin and there has been a lot of thin. Keep posting and we will keep volleying back and forth.
By AltamahaDawg
May 15, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
Cuz, what did we say about picking on the children…
By Cuz
May 15, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this
Sorry Alt, I will keep that in mind.