Mr. College Football

By The Troof

May 16, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

Satan and Herban sell their soul and promise the moon. Sad thing is kids will actually believe them.

By Tech Hater

May 16, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Georgia Tech’s opener against Jacksonville State just got alot more interesting. Perriloux is better than anything they will see in the ACC this year. How does an 0-4 start sound Tech fans? Look at the schedule. Crazier things have happened.

By ksa2b

May 16, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

FIRST!

By ksa2b

May 16, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

FIRST!

By Fred

May 16, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

1) It’s called “Saban Envy”.

2) Yawn

3) USC is dirtier than any SEC school in recruiting. They are like the Miami of the west.

4) Rich Rod or UM should pay the $4M and be done with it. They knew he had the buyout when he signed the contract. Do you think UM would let someone out of their buyout?

5) Yawn no. 2

By Jim

May 16, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

Southern Cal won’t get in trouble because they are Southern Cal, it has nothing to do with agents v boosters. Two sports, two spotlighted athletes…both taking money from agents while in school. If this was any other school, the NCAA would already be setting up a satellite office on campus. But not USC. They are protected.

By Dawg Hater

May 16, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

Oh yea, PJ is shaking in his boots for the home opener let me tell ya. I think you need to worry about your first game because Hatch will bring it to Athens, count on it!

By shane #1

May 16, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

1- Saban is ahead of the curve on this one. He is not breaking any rules. I am more concerned with His oversigning. Why not limit schools to signing 27, since only 25 scholarships can be given. That way a school can be covered if a couple of guys don’t qualify, but programs will be forced to take more care with the players they recruit. I do not like the scattergun approach to recruiting. 2- Maybe Ryan has had a lesson in humility that will make Him settle down and go to work. I hope that will be the case, but somehow I doubt it. I am sure Miles had several talks with the young man explaining what was expected of Him, so far he hasn’t listened. 3- I applied to USC for a compliance officer posistion and was told I was over qualified, so I had keep My old job, as a WWE referee. USC makes too much money to be in trouble, so the NCAA will put San Jose State on probation. 4- I read that UWVA had six lawyers show up the other day when to give a deposistion. Six lawyers! Settle for Pete’s sake. It would be cheaper to let RichRod keep the money than to pay six lawyers! 5- I hear that there may be a split coming in the Big East between the football schools and the basketball schools. If that is the case it may not be a bad idea for Memphis to join the Big E now.

By Haywood Jablowme

May 16, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

1. If it’s within the rules now, it probably won’t be in the next couple of years.

2. Total waste of talent. This guy is a knuckelhead.

3. They may be in trouble, but I am sure it will be white-washed and swept under the rug.

4. Yes, Yes, YES!! Could somebody PLEASE make the Rich Rod crap go away? This whole thing has got to be an embarrassment to both schools.

5. Does Memphis St. still play football? I thought they only had a basketball team there.

By azcat225

May 16, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

1. It’s not fussing, it’s whining. Working within the rules is not breaking them.

2. “No” is my guess. Given his track record, a better question would be whether Perrilloux will last long enough to be the qb for JSU’s season opener. I’m a big believer in second chances; on rare occasions, even a third chance; this kid used his up a while ago. I’ll save my good luck wishes for some one who deserves them.

3. No, Southern Cal has always been treated with kid gloves. At best, they might get the dreaded letter of reprimand put into their file. Oh, the horror…

4. Yes. But Tony, you have to realize this is the new milennium. Compromise, negotiation, tolerance, middle ground—-those are all dirty words nowadays. Get with it, my friend. Everything is black and white, with absolutely no shades of gray; it’s my way or the highway; insert any other “principled” cliche you wish to here.

5. It wouldn’t. Another midnight hotel lounge rumor that will die in two days. Reporters really shouldn’t drink so much—-bad for the career and the liver.

By Roswell Ed

May 16, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

One. Saban=snake oil salesman.

Give him credit. He works it harder than a one legged cat trying to bury a +urd on a frozen pond.

Two. This guy reminds me of MV7. Is it 4:20 yet?

Three. Who sez they don’t have a professional football team in LA?

Four. Rodriguez is a fool if he or his agent don’t understand what a buyout clause is. He seems very Sabanish/Patrinoish doesn’t he? Very slippery.

Wasn’t he Bammers 1st choice a few years ago? They ended up with his twin.

Thank goodness that Jetgate was a failure.

Rod is the exact opposite of what Michigan fans think of as a Mich man. I just don’t see it lasting long.

Five. You’d have better luck naming teams that don’t play bball in the Big East.

East Carolina seems like a good fit.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Tony I wrote your column for you yesterday on Wed and I’ll do it for you again for next week.

There has not been enough press on the coaches that will tour the Middle East next week.

Weis, Richt, Shannon, Tuberville and the Yale coach will tour military bases all next week. They’ll meet troops and do things like coach flag football games that are played between our fine men and women in the Armed Forces.

Tuberville said it best:

“I’m looking forward to the opportunity to spend time with the troops in the Middle East. They have made so many sacrifices to help protect our country and this is a small way that I, along with the other coaches on the tour, can say ‘thank you.’ I know we’ll get to visit with a lot of college football fans and hope to see several Auburn Tigers along the way.”

God bless our country, our troops and these men.

Would anyone like to hear me rant on p-w@ste libs? It is free wheelin’ Fri.

USAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA

By Mike the Tiger

May 16, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

I disagree that coaches like Saban, Myer and Richt are concerned with the character of players. Their only concern is talent. This article makes Perriloux sound like a real criminal. His offenses were minor when compared to dangerous thugs like Ellerbe and Thurman. It appears that Florida may be gaining on Georgia in quantity and nature of criminal behavior. Using a dead person’s credit card is a new one.

By AltamahaDawg

May 16, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Who exactly are the folks complaining about Saban on a video call?

Count me in the list of people tired of hearing about it.

By Hairy

May 16, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

SABAN SUX TECH SUX

UGA IS THE BEST!!!

By shane #1

May 16, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

Azcat225, if reporters quit drinking the newspapers would suffer for lack of copy. Midnight hotel lounge rumors are know in the trade as “scoops”. Like the reporter that broke the story of the Patriots taping the Rams in Their walk through. Now that’s news!

By Scott

May 16, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

Shane #1, Saban oversigned yes but he did so with a plan. A couple of the players enrolled in school early (like the GT transfer) and counted against last year’s scholarships which Bama had extra because of medical hardships. One or two are coming in on the Bryant scholarship which is awarded to children of past Alabama athletes. There’s another one or two that will greyshirts. And another one or two that are likely academic casualties.

So, it isn’t really a shotgun approach.

And no, Saban isn’t skirting the rules but he will have an inordinate amount of attention to everything he does while at Alabama. He’s in the ultimate fishbowl now. At a recent Alumni/booster event, Saban commented that while at LSU he never got reported for any recruiting violations. He was turned in for 20 last spring alone. Someone reported Alabama simply because a former Alabama QB was at the press conference when a QB recruit recently announced he was verbally committing to Alabama.

By Foster Keats

May 16, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

Thanks Tony, sor actually making sense of the recruiting thing, and taking up for saban…

All the UGA red necks hate him b/c he’s gonna be whipping their tails soon enough…

If USC gets away without any penalities, I’ll drive to Indy and slap Myles Brand in his fat face…

By Clamor

May 16, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

Mike the Tiger, don’t forget that Meyer immediately threw the criminal punk off the team for using the dead student’s credit card. No second chance in that instance.

By Hairy

May 16, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Alabama will not be close to UGA’s talent anytime soon. Saban will wish he was stil at Miami.

UGA NATIONAL CHAMPS 08!!!

WE WERE ROBBED LAST YEAR!

By shane #1

May 16, 2008 10:37 AM | Link to this

Mike the Tiger, What article did You read? I just re-read Tony’s blog and no where did he say anything about criminal activity. The only person that used the words criminal and thug was You. One post called Ryan a knucklehead. What would You call Him? I think most of what He did was minor, but Miles suspended Him several times and He would not get with the program. This was a kid that had the starting qb slot on the defending BCS championship team and a fast track to NFL millions and would not listen to His coach. Miles even stated that He had set some standards for Perriloux to meet to be back on the team and had explained what He expected out of Ryan. The kid knew what He had to do and didn’t do it. That is a knucklehead! To call Ellerbe a dangerous thug is unfair, He got in trouble a couple of years ago, was suspended, and has stayed out of trouble since. The difference in Him and Perrilloux is that when His coach layed down the law, Ellerbe LISTENED!

By gary

May 16, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Saban reminds me of a kid in the back seat of a car on the family trip with his finger right in his sister face saying “I’m not touching you”. He is an arrogant little prick that know he is following the letter of the rule but not the rules intent. The only way to deal with children like that is to smack them and hopefully the NCAA will do it. Some coaches care about the kids, some just think of this as a business. The players learn the difference eventually. It will catch up with him and the University of Alabama will once again pay the price of putty winning above all else.

God bless Mark Richt who is a kind caring man. Coach’s this special are hard to find. Talented, yet humble. The players are lucky to have a guy like him and you can hear it when they talk about him. He is more than a coach to many of them. He runs the team like a family, not a business. Win or loose it has become a model program for the SEC. Wouldn’t trade him for anybody, and I hope we all have many more happy years together. Good luck Bama, you have a long bumpy road ahead.

By azcat225

May 16, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

Couldn’t agree more, shane#1. I long for the days where it was “Just the facts, ma’am.” And to think my daughter is a journalism major; I still love her any way.

And Tony, I know you’re not the webmaster for the AJC, but I for one am getting more than tired of that godawful GT ad popping open every time I come to the sports page. I have no doubts that Johnson will make Tech a better team but to call that man plain-looking is being kind.

By falconfan42

May 16, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

HEY UGA Fan Hairy. Here is an idea for all you stupid 1 National Championships school since 19 freakin 80. Why don’t we go ahead and give you the trophy for this year…. And you not even play the schedule!!!!! Earn it before you run your mouth….ROLL TIDE!!!! 21 SEC Championships!!!! 12 National Championships!!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL

By falconfan42

May 16, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

HEY UGA Fan Hairy. Here is an idea for all you stupid 1 National Championships school since 19 freakin 80. Why don’t we go ahead and give you the trophy for this year…. And you not even play the schedule!!!!! Earn it before you run your mouth….ROLL TIDE!!!! 21 SEC Championships!!!! 12 National Championships!!!! ROLL TIDE ROLL

By Tre

May 16, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

Hairy, how could UGA be robbed last year, when you couldnt even win your division inside the conference?

By Spike

May 16, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Saban say or do something that is less than candid or misleading? Say it ain’t so!! Signed the Miami Dolphin fans.

By DawgSpanky

May 16, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

Once again the UGAy ‘necks have sullied this blog. Worry about your large Cow College instead. The rest of the country has little respect for UGAy football.

By Fort Worth Dog

May 16, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

Rich Rodriguez - “a deal is a deal”. No one held a gun to his head when he signed the contract. If he pays anything less than what he owes you send the signal that delaying and whining will save you $2 million. I hope UWV’s attorneys are doing pro bono work and I hope Coach Rodriguez’ attorneys are putting him through the wringer at a minimum of $400 an hour.

Roswell Ed - great callout on the Coaches visiting our troops. The troops get paid nothing and have to do extrememly dirty work. I look forward to reading several in-depth stories in the AJC about Coach Richt and the UGA football players who I believe are returning today from their mission trip in Honduras, I believe.

You just can’t say “using a dead girl’s credit card” enough. I think we have at least three years’ worth of signs and t-shirts on this one.

How ‘bout Tech and athletes whose last name start with “H”? Houston, Hutt, and Hamilton. They should avoid that initial in their upcoming recruiting.

By Hairy

May 16, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

Falconfan42, yes just go ahead and give us the trophy since we obvioulsly have the best team and coach and talent in the country!!!

UGA #1

By shane #1

May 16, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

Scott, I don’t like the idea of promising a kid a scholarship that might not be there. I know that Saban was not the only coach to oversign and that some programs went even further over the limit. So why not limit signings to 27, if You are going to limit scholarships to 25? That way a kid will know if he needs to sign elsewhere. As for Saban being turned in 20 times, You have to remember that the “Fat Man” does not like Bama. Several years ago the “Fat Man” and a certain Gator ex-qb turned Bama in to the NCAA. Saban is a very aggressive recruiter, and the “Fat Man” is watching!

By Hairy

May 16, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this

SABAN SUCKS SABAN SUCKS SABAN SUCKS SABAN SUCKS SABAN SUCKS

ALABAMA SUCKS!!!

By Scott

May 16, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Shane, that is essentially what Saban did. Remember what I said in my other post, Bama is looking at maybe only two or three academic casualties from their signing class. That puts them at 27.

The other 5 are taken up by players enrolling early and taking up a scholarship that was freed up from last year, Bryant scholarships, and greyshirts.

That’s a far sight different than say Auburn last year when they signed ~30 and only 18 or so showed up for summer camp because of academics.

By Scott

May 16, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Fulmer has jumped on the videoconferencing bandwagon now.

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2008/may/10/web-cams-new-tool-for-coaches-to-connect/

By Virginia

May 16, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

Tony,

Les Miles also uses this. Not just Saban and Meyer. Another small example of how he cannot catch a break and be included in examples of good recruiting and coaching.

Virginia

By Virginia

May 16, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

Tony,

Les Miles also uses this. Not just Saban and Meyer. Another small example of how he cannot catch a break and be included in examples of good recruiting and coaching.

Virginia

By Virginia

May 16, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this

Tony,

Les Miles also uses this. Not just Saban and Meyer. Another small example of how he cannot catch a break and be included in examples of good recruiting and coaching.

Virginia

By Miles

May 16, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Nick Saban is well within the rules. Ryan Perrilloux is a criminal. Pete Carroll knows how to stay out of trouble. Everybody is sick of the Rich Rodriguez story. Memphis should stay in Conference USA.

By joe

May 16, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

LSU has been a leader in this technology. Of course there just that school from 3 states away so they don’t really count around here.

By mike

May 16, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

As someone that grew up in Ann Arbor, I’m surprised the Rodriquez was chosen to lead UM. Having said that, I also was not sad to see Lloyd Carr go. Good guy, but no fire in his gut. Michigan has really rolled the dice.

By "BAD DAWG"

May 16, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Hey FALCON

Hey FALCONFAN42 Why Dont U Shut The F**k Up And Try TO find a way To beat Auburn U LOOOSER DAWGS RULE!!!!

By pavy78

May 16, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

So, You are saying USC may get off the hook because it was an agent, not a booster? What has changed since 1992 when Antonio Langham spoke with an agent and Alabama got slapped with probabtion, forced to forfeit games, etc????

By Joe Hamilton - A Tech Man

May 16, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

If Memphis moves over from Conference USA to the Big East, then that will leave an opening where Tech can move from the ACC to Conference USA, which is a easier conference. No more Humanitarian Bowls, EmeraldNut Bowls, Silicon Valley Girl Bowls, Seattle Bowls, Chumps Bowls, etc. Tech would have a better record and might go to a less embarrassing bowl. Rad and Paul Johnson should consider it.

By Jan Kemp

May 16, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Any openings at Southern Cal for an admin?

By Festus

May 16, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

OLE Coach Rod is a good un. He made that ole Klimpson coach look good while he was thare as a asistaint and also while at Two lanes. He beat them thare doagies with a trik play while at Waste Virginny in a Bowal Game a few yers baick. Nows he’s at thee Big house wheres he will win a Nationull Chaimpinship!

By Steve

May 16, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

CLAMOR—-MEYER DID GIVE THAT THUG A 2nd CHANCE.. HIS FIRST OFFENSE WAS SELLING HIS UGA V UF FOOTBALL TICKETS AND HAVING TO SIT OUT THE GAME. HEARD UF IS THINKING ABOUT HIRING DENNIS RODMAN AS THEIR NEXT DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE, AND HIS OFFICE WILL BE ADJACENT TO THE COUNTY JAIL.

By Joe Hamilton will kick your a$$

May 16, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

If Memphis moves over from Conference USA to the Big East, then that will leave an opening for UGAy fans to stop being my bi+ch!

By mike

May 16, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Gary, Mark Richt is caring enough to start a riot by sending his team onto the field to celebrate and get an intentional penalty to make up for his lack of motivational skills. Saban will do just fine at Bama, given 2 or 3 recruiting classes and we are back on top of the SEC as it should be.

By RammerJammer

May 16, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry that Georgia does not have a fan base that supports the coach and the team 92,000 strong. Georgia is so full of fair weather fans who jump on the band wagon when UGA wins a few. Unlike BAMA fans who rally and support their team through the worst of times. From the outside you don’t understand it and from the inside you can’t explain it. ROLL TIDE ROLL —BAMA’S BACK

By Scott

May 16, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Rich Rodriguez, even if he does have to pay back W. Virginia some sort of settlement, still ends up with millions. I am tired of hearing how he was duped, swindled, lied to, etc… Get over it news media…I don’t care!

By mike

May 16, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Hairy,

Shouldn’t you be in school? elementary school is still in session. I can tell by your vocabulary you haven’t reached puberty.

By George G

May 16, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this

“If technology allows them to make a better character evaluation of a potential recruit, then why not use it?” - You cannot seriously believe that coaches were breaking the “no bumping rule” for the purpose of evaluating the character of players.

By P Dawg

May 16, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this

Perrilloux is a stupid kid that will not make it through one season at JS let alone life. Let’s see how big his head is when he’s saying “pay before you pump” at his next job.

By Joe Hamilton - A Tech Man

May 16, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

I stand corrected. Now that I am incarcerated, I have become the official corridor bi+ch in our section. Its a good thing I went to Tech and learned how to take it up the old wazoo. Does anybody have reuban Houston’s phone number?

By GTFanNY

May 16, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

I don’t understand how USC could get away scott-free. The first time Bama went on probation a player had signed a cocktail napkin contract with an agent that was later torn up & no benefits were paid or alleged by the NCAA. The NCAA didn’t allege Bama coaches or admin knew about the agreement only that they should have.

By MB

May 16, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

You’re a classic UGA fan Hairy…

What exactly were you robbed of last year? Not scoring an offensive touchdown against USC at home? A beat down vs UT? No you were robbed by of a masacre by LSU or USC. Go play with your toy cars and dream of Hershel.

By KR

May 16, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

I always get cracked up when I see the ‘Bama fans proclaim “BAMA’s back!” That kind of talk after a 6-6 season is enough make Paul Bryant turn over in his grave.

Every time UA has gotten a new coach, their fans proclaim they’re headed to the top of the SEC for good. Yet somehow, it just hasn’t panned out.

Maybe it will this time, maybe it won’t. How about getting to a 7-5 regular season record before screaming at the top of your lungs *“‘BAMA’s back!!!”

WAR EAGLE!

By ShutUpMutt

May 16, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t worry about Saban. Only LSU and Florida know how to use their talented recruits. UGA, Bama, and the others just squander it year after year. GA will be lucky to finish in the top 10 with the schedule they have.

By Nick

May 16, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

I believe it was UGA that was taking it up the ol’ wazoo when Hamilton was at Tech.

By ADL

May 16, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

As a JSU alumni, I understand what Jack Crowe meant when he said there isn’t much trouble Perrilloux can find in Jacksonvile. True knuckleheads will find trouble anywhere; and if they can’t find it, they will make it. He gets NO second chances at JSU.

By WestVaJoel

May 16, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

Hey Tony. Rodriquez of Michigan needs to pay the $4 million he owes the school, then this will disappear. Not until then. If there was a scenario that WVU would have had to fire him, then HE collects $4 million. That’s why he agreed to and signed the contract. By the way, his buyout with Michigan?…you guessed it, it’s $4 million. West Va. is sticking up for the contract. It’s a legal document and his A—hole attorney’s shouldn’t let him weasel out of it.

By DawgSheet

May 16, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

When are you Dawg fans going to stop spewing the same BS about Mark Richt being a good, caring saint? He’s a good coach with character, but you guys go overboard with it. BTW, if Bama is a team of the past, let’s compare them to UGA for the past 25 years. SEC Titles: UA - 3, UGA - 3. National Titles: UA - 1, UGA - 0, Georgia Tech - 1. Even the Techies have more than you do. Looks like you have history on your side in 2008, chumps!

By WestVaJoel

May 16, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Memphis and the Big East. Simple solution. 1) dump Notre Dame. They don’t want to join for football? Screw ‘em. 2) drop the three basketball only schools who have contributed the least revenue and attendance over the last five years. 3) add Memphis, Central Florida, Southern Miss and East Carolina—all fertile markets for recruiting. The only additions the Big East will ever get to make will be current non-BCS conference schools so let’s get on with it. Also, having 12 football schools qualifies the league for a conference championship game, and millions in TV revenue.

By Chuck

May 16, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

Why always a “saban” story. Can’t UGA fans worry about some other team. Not sure if know this but Bama fans and UGA fans hate the same teams.

By Tech - The Girls of Fall

May 16, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

Hey Nick, Joe Hamilton went to Tech during the 7 years that Tech used 11 academically ineligible players to cheat their way to some wins. That’s what Tech’s football program went on NCAA probation for, remember?

Maybe Joe was one of the 11 players, because as far as I know their names were not released. Joe should have gone through Tech’s “total person program.” Then again, Reuban Houston should have too.

Oh well, Tech will be taking it up the ol’ wazoo this coming season for sure. The triple option may work in Div 1AA and with a Navy schedule, but year in and year out, the ACC and the SEC teams you play will stuff it like a drum and have the CB’s to cover any wideout man on man, or in Tech’s case man on girly man.

You hired a coach that will make Teck folks think Bill Lewis wasn’t really that bad. Conference USA may be a stretch for you if Memphis moves to the Big East.

By hairy is an idiot

May 16, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

Hairy. It’s time to go back to the home or back to your kindergarten class. I can’t really fgure out which one you belong in.

By bamafan

May 16, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

Hey Gary, after UGA does not win the SEC or the NC maybe you get a sainthood for MR.

By Spike

May 16, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

Mike, only a Tech dork like you would come on a football blog and talk about someone else’s puberty.

By War Eagle

May 16, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Been to lake Tahoe and missed all updates. I saw on a site Star Jackson # 4 QB and # 1 WR Juio Jones will not qualify.. You will see much of this Saban magic during his brief stay at Bama. I hope Ryan Perrilliou does well at Jacksonville State and gets a shot at the BIG SHOW.

By ThaMan

May 16, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this

You can tell which of these fleabag fans graduated with Jethro Bodine from the 6th grade. The loudest and most obnoxious of these embarrassments never graced an institution of higher learning, although, they will probably occupy a room in an institution some day. Check the records - Hamilton kicked your worthless, mangy litterbox licking butts in 89 & 90.

By kc

May 16, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

The headlines wer: Mr. College Football talks with Bobby Bowden..very, very strange..Mr. Bowden has over 300 collegiate wins, 2 national titles, bunches of league titles, coached for over 30 years..but.. a journalist is “MR. College Football”??? Tony, you got some splainin to do!!!

By ThaMan

May 16, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

Excuse me. I meant 98 & 99.

By Atlanta Gator

May 16, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Fort Worth Dawg——Four hundred dollars per hour?! You clearly have not priced big city, big law firm talent recently. Try more like $500 to $600 per hour for the kind of lawyers who are arguing over Rodriguez’s $4 million buy-out clause.

By Spike

May 16, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

Hey “ThaMan” David Greene, DJ Shockley, and Matthew Stafford have been kicking your butt ever since. Including 51-7, and how many years in a row has it been now? Check that record, Nerd.

By MB

May 16, 2008 4:32 PM | Link to this

Yeah Spike because football blogs is where all the cool kids hang out….dork.

By KJ

May 16, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Given recent events, this is probably not the best time for the NATS to be lauding the “accomplishments” of Joe Hamilton.

By dawgy

May 16, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

Methinks Perilloux will beat Tech in the fall. That will be flat out hilarious. CPJ’s high school offense will fail miserably against real speed. I’d be willing to bet Jax State has more speed than what Johnson faced while at Navy. Oh, God, you’re making it too easy, nerds.

By Cuz

May 16, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

1. Saban is not breaking current rules. Pretty sharp use of technology for a guy at Bama.

2. Perilloux may not make the first game, plenty of talent, lack of character.

3. Are you kidding me, this is USC. Pete Carrol’s team is not going to get sanctioned.

4. Would Rich Rodriguez stories just please go away, unless it actually has to do with what he will bring to Michigan football.

5. Who cares other than the schools in the Big East.

By AltamahaDawg

May 16, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

Cuz, I think I saw that exact post of yours 4 days ago.

By AltamahaDawg

May 16, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

ThaMan, it’s almost a certainty that folks who go to great effort in here to call everyone else a moron, end up botching thier own point. Ironic, no?

By Bamafan

May 16, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this

Mr. Wareagle, Hope you had a good time in Tahoe! Don’t worry about the crimson tide recruits for 08. Some of them will not make the grades or act score. But I think Auburn has more recruits that has to go junior college or prep school. Both schools has to take some special ed students who are good players in high school. ROLL TIDE

By spike

May 16, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

Hey MB, why don’t you and your poindexter buddy Mike go tell “ThaMan” to check the records again before he puts another stupid comment on here. Then you guys can get together and talk about puberty.

By hutchda

May 16, 2008 6:58 PM | Link to this

You Ga folks think Saban is cool. Guess what ? Why do you think he has built a $10 mil house on Lake Burton and has scheduled games at the Dome ? Ga is a lot bigger in pop. than Al.

By Cuz

May 16, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

Dang Alt, now everyone is catching on that I have Alzhimers. It is just like Deja Vu all over again.

By Fort Worth Dawg

May 16, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator — $400 per hour is probably high quality legal talent for someone licensed and practicing in West Virginia. Plus, I did say “a minimum”. Res ipsa loquitor.

By War Eagle

May 16, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

Bamafan, Auburn is Auburn, basically same every year, win 9-11 games, 10th-15th in recruiting nation wide, no academic or jail problems, compete with all SEC teams beating Fl, 2006 NC winner, losing to LSU last play of game,2007 NC winner, UGA kicked our butt(black jersey`s))and play a competitive schedule each year. Last year playing LSU, Ark., Florida and UGA on road with 2-2 record, not bad for a team with a 10th rank SEC QB and several key injuries. Last three, unfortunately UGA has lost key games not to advance which personally has the best talent in the SEC.. Florida, UGA and Auburn will be best SEC teams this year, but hate to say this, if Bama recruits do job they are predicted on paper, Bama could make a move..

By S.E. Dawg

May 16, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this

Is there not any other fan blogs out there somewhere. UGA fans can’t even have a decent discussion on their on newspaper blog. Dang people get on you own blogs for crying out loud. I know GT has theirs but where do they hang out, on UGAs.

By Cuz

May 16, 2008 9:17 PM | Link to this

War, still think Bama is at least one year away. I predict Auburn will be Alabama state champs.

By Ga wolf

May 16, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

Spanky have you seen who Lindy’s pick for #1 is? You guessed it! Our DAWGS and we love it. I don’t know who your team but they will likely be our b***- Dawgs to kick spankies wankie - sic em woof.

By SEC blows

May 16, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this

SEC blows… hard. You run your mouths too much. It doesn’t bother me, it just makes me laugh that much harder at you.

By AltamahaDawg

May 16, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

How you predict the topics days in advance, is my question.

By hop

May 16, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

tony why should west virgina settled for less the contract calls for, rick rod does not pay, it should go to court.

i am so tired of coaches who do not honor their contracts and rick rod should honor his.

,

By hop

May 16, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

tony why should west virgina settled for less the contract calls for, rick rod does not pay, it should go to court.

i am so tired of coaches who do not honor their contracts and rick rod should honor his.

,

By Cuz

May 16, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

Pharmaceuticals, good Scotch, a few cold beers and a couple of mushrooms grown out in my cousins cow barn.

By Tre

May 16, 2008 10:40 PM | Link to this

ShuttupMutt-

Yeah Saban sure misused those recruits in 2003. Saban built LSwho and now, he will destroy it

By thomas

May 16, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

One of the most shocking things in that article was to find out Jack Crowe was still in coaching. It seems like ages ago that I last heard his name in college coaching circles. War Eagle!

By thomas

May 16, 2008 10:44 PM | Link to this

One of the most shocking things in that article was to find out Jack Crowe was still in coaching. It seems like ages ago that I last heard his name in college coaching circles. War Eagle!

By Dumbest Rumor Ever

May 16, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this

War Eagle, you are a typical Barner Dumb@$$. JJ and Star are already enrolled for summer. Your fear mongering rumors amuse me. Thats almost as good as the other one from a barn DA that said boosters were gonna run Saban outta town and hire tubbs for 8 mil a year.

And he believed it!

I don’t know if its fear of whats coming, but you barners are acting crazy stupid right now, and I mean more than usuall

By bbtick

May 16, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this

The Hokies were in the Big East when I was in Blacksburg (94-98), so obviously I have a lot of great memories associated with Big East football. In my view, the Big East really missed their chance for major expansion in 2004…the setting and context was right then. It seems like everytime the Big East has the chance to move forward as a football conference, the basketball forces begin to move and the evolution of the Big East is stunted. Here are just a few examples for those of you who are not as familiar with the history of the conference:

1.) 1982 - Penn State was denied admission to the Big East…Big East officials were not interested in a “football school” that added nothing to the league’s basketball profile. What this means is that Penn State will NEVER even consider membership in the Big East again. That’s a shame because Penn State would actually have more traditional and historical rivals in the Big East (not to mention that the Nittany Lions and Notre Dame would make the Big East a power conference over-night.

2.)1991 - The Metro Conference made a final decision to not become a football conference, but the Big East did not aggressively pursue the football playing schools from the Metro to join it’s new football league. If the Big East had wanted to, it could have begun a full Big East Football league schedule in 1993 with the following member schools:

Florida State Virginia Tech Louisville Memphis Southern Mississippi Tulane West Virginia Rutgers Pittsburgh Syracuse Boston College Miami

I know…WOW

3.)1995 - The Big East denied Virginia Tech full admission to the league a desicion that was not reversed until 2000 (or 2001). Hokie fans were resentful of this and when the ACC oppurtunity was presented in 2003, the desicion was a no-brainer for VT. Had the Big East extended full membership to VT in 1991, the Hokies may not have been so quick to go to court when the ACC initially asked for Syracuse, BC, and Miami in 2003. If VT had stayed in the Big East, it probably would have been a positive in expanding to 10 teams while college football was ripe for change,

4.) 2004 - Big East was not aggressive enough. It simply attempted to replace VT, Miami, and BC…whereas it should have been looking to expand. The Big East should have expanded to 12 Teams and created the following (2) divisions:

Big East South

Louisville Memphis West Virginia South Florida East Carolina Central Florida

Big East North

Rutgers Pittsburgh Temple (football substitute for ND) Connecticut Syracuse Cinncinatti

This was have been so EASY for the Big East to do…so why didn’t it do it?…basketball…the Big East had (5) non-football full-sport members in Seton Hall, St.John’s, Providence, Georgetown, and Villanova that had been a part of the league since the late 1970s…well guess what?…when the Big East started talking about expansion, these basketball schools wanted expansion to add to the league’s basketball profile also…SOOO, instead of adding (6) football schools, it added (3) football schools and (2) basketball schools (DePaul and Marquette), expanding the footprint of the league from New England to the west side of Lake Michigan. In my view, this was a tremendous miscalculation and I don’t think the Big East will ever again have the oppurtunity that is had in 2003.

By SC RULES!!

May 16, 2008 11:59 PM | Link to this

Hey Fred & Jim:

Did you two help each other out with the selection of the crayons you used to scribble your drool???? Southern Cal is the premier program in the country because of Great Coaching & Great Players. Now I don’t bag on UGAnation as I fully believe we’ll be stomping the Dawgsnot out of y’all come January in Miami! But I’m not here to pull my d!ck out and make y’all cry just yet I’ll save that for Miami! I just want to know how you two can make such un-informed references to SC being dirty when; last time I or the NCAA checked THEY HAVEN’T been the ones on probation but I can list the SEC schools who have if you want to go down that road. So just watch who y’all call cheaters and dirty. Coach Carroll runs a clean & class program. Don’t hate us; try more to be as good as us then maybe y’all will feel better about yourselves! Fight On!!!!

By shane #1

May 17, 2008 2:43 AM | Link to this

Alt,Colege football goes in cycles. Cuz and I have burned so many brain cells with the General’s best that Our memories are almost gone. Therefore, Cuz seems to predict the future while merely rehashing the past. The post you cite is not one from last week, Cuz actually wrote the original in 2003, He just doesn’t remember it. Now as to the topic at hand, wait a minute, what were We talking about? Oh yeah! I think that Walker kid has a good chance to be a great running back, but I am not sure Belue’s arm is strong enough.

By shane #1

May 17, 2008 2:56 AM | Link to this

SCRules, after years of reading post from crazy gamecock fans, red necked Bama fans, inbred idiots from UT, cow punchers from Auburn, hicks from Clemson, arrogant Gators, and nerds from Tech, YOU have won the prize! Yours was without a doubt the most obnoxious post I have ever read. Baloney, Tommy Bowwowden, whitegoat, and Gamecock Henry, face the west and take a knee. Acknowledge Your master!

By tj

May 17, 2008 7:42 AM | Link to this

It is always amazing to me to read the comments of the Georgia fans on the blogs. They could take a blog about Mother Teresa and turn it into “Tech sux” or “Auburn sux”.

It is no wonder why there is no team that is loved/hated more than UGA. The sad fact is the actual grads are intelligient, rreasonable people who can carry on a conversation without all of the BS that comes with the sidewalk trailer trash that loves to associate themselves with the UGA football team.

What speaks volumes is their lack of support/interest for the other programs like men’s basketball.

By Bozo_bus

May 17, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this

“3. Is Southern Cal in trouble? I’ve been reading that the allegations that Southern Cal basketball star O.J. Mayo had his hand out (surprise, surprise) combined with the allegations involving USC running back Reggie Bush will surely put the Trojans in NCAA jail. Not so fast, my friend. Understand that these issues deal with agents, not boosters. The NCAA has clear rules that schools are charged with the responsibility of controlling their boosters. The agent thing is much more difficult to pin down. For the school to be punished in these cases, the NCAA has to prove that the school KNEW about it and did nothing. That is tough standard to prove.”

Not so slow, my friend. You are ignoring the fact that the Ornstein Group is both agency AND booster. Bush was a paid employee interning there while at USC and with USC’s full approval. The added Lake allegations merely demonstrate the pattern that the Mayo situation further establishes: the USC athletic department closes it eyes and pleads ignorance. The University of Serial Cheaters richly deserves severe sanctions.

By mikeinatl

May 17, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

I just love when people say things like “Coach XYZ is a dirty, rotten, cheater” … then say, I that is why i am so glad that OUR coach is such a nice, compasionate, christian, etc. FYI - get your head out a$$ and be honest. Coaches are paid to win and most will walk a thin gray line to win. Fans like to talk a big, but if your team is consistently losing 3-4 ballgames a year, i seriously doubt that you will be patting the coach on the back saying, “its okay to lose, so long as our players have high GPA’s, graduate, and are model citizens.” Be honest with yourself for once.

By techfan

May 17, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

Mark Richt is saint? Let’s look at his history … player at Miami, biggest thug program in the history of college football. Long time assistant coach at FSU under Bowden who is one of the biggest snake oil salesmen, cheaters in the history of college football. Richt comes to UGA and now he is squeeky clean. Stop sniffing ugas butt

By Gen Neyland

May 17, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this

shane #1

Don’t let a Valley Girl get under your thick skin…How’s that last pickup truck load of Creekwater Sippin’ Solvent holding up..? Inbred idiots from UT..? That’s gotta be Texas, right..?

Atlanta Gator & Ft Worth Dawg

Know what lawyers use for birth control..? Their personalities…

By TD

May 17, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

First of all:

Nobody said anything about CMR being a Saint other than the people that hate UGA. And, for you folks doing so, do a little research on the man before running your mouths. This guy has done an awful lot for orphans and the community. Plus, he is not afriad to speak about his faith in God. I’m not a UGA fan, but CMR is a class act.

You folks don’t even know CMR, but you want to attack his character. I wish my daughter can meet and marry a gentleman like CMR a God fearing, caring person. To him, I wish much success on and off the field.

By mikeinatl

May 17, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

Its the UGA fans that portray Richt as a saint. As if their program is without guilt or sin.

Spurrier and his wife Jerri adopted a child. Bobby Bowden regularly speaks about his Christian faith and has also done much for his commmunity. Billy Donovan funded and started in a Catholic Private School in Gainesville. These are just a few of the things that OTHER coaches have done and they are regularly attacked.

Just because one is a christian and has “done an awful lot for orphans” does not mean he does not walk/cross the line at times in an effort to win! UGA is far beyond reproach … in fact, i believe they are still on probation?

By WFC

May 17, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

HAIRY: You are lame. I bet $100 that you didn’t graduate from UGA.

By Cuz

May 17, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

No a few alumni are on probation, but the football team is not.

Shane, I agree with your last post but if we do not use Belue we have to use that Lastinger kid and he can’t throw a ball further than twenty feet.

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

TD; You are right on about CMR! He is a CLASS act!

mikeinatl; Great observation my friend! It’s amazing how “fans” will pull the deaf, dumb & blind routine when it comes to what may be going on in their teams program but yet will screem bloody murder about the other guy.

Bozo_bus; You forgot to mention in your post of the Ornstein group and Bush; how he was a paid intern with the NCAA’s approval after SC asked that they verify the internship didn’t cross any lines. All the crying about how Bush & SC knew of all these wrong doings is crying from a group who tried to latch on to Reggie after his Soph season and when he didn’t bite they cried foul. ALBEIT after he left SC!

By Bozo_bus

May 17, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

By mikeinatl said:

“I just love when people say things like “Coach XYZ is a dirty, rotten, cheater” … then say, I that is why i am so glad that OUR coach is such a nice, compasionate, christian, etc. FYI - get your head out a$$ and be honest.” Who said this, to whom are you talking?

“Coaches are paid to win and most will walk a thin gray line to win.” Is your “thin grey line” within the boundaries of the rules or not?

“Fans like to talk a big, but if your team is consistently losing 3-4 ballgames a year, i seriously doubt that you will be patting the coach on the back saying, “its okay to lose, so long as our players have high GPA’s, graduate, and are model citizens.” Are you suggesting fans say instead when their team is losing 0-2 games per year, “it’s OK to cheat and deny, so long as our players have championship rings, win the Heisman, and get drafted in the first round?” There is only one fan base that says that.

“Be honest with yourself for once.” Good idea! Try it!

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

CUZ;

I agree whole heartedly with points 1,2 & 5! #4 I agree with too, but then again it is Michigan we’re talking about. When was the last time they like ND & OSU won a game that mattered? Ohh yeah my bad Gator skinned boot fans that would be last January. As for #3; well they are SC and they don’t have anything to be ashamed of, certainly not their success on the gridiron or the Song Leaders!

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Bozo_bus;

To the list of USC acronyms:

University of Spoiled Children University of Silverspoon Children I add your great literary contribution: University of Serial Cheaters.

All posted by those who can’t compete with Pete!!!!!

Fight On!!!!!

By mikeinatl

May 17, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

1)its a general statement about fans. i am talking about anyone who says that one team is cheating, lying, etc. but think their team is squeeky clean. same goes for minor infractions that get blown up into a scandal among fans just b/c its a hated rival.

2)gray line is within the rules, but gets portrayed as cheating, lying, etc. bumping, webcast, etc all probably stretch the boundary of a rules intent, but are perfectly legal.

3)cheating is cheating. winning by cheating is not winning.

4) actually, i am being perfectly honest. i will sleep just fine.

Cuz, UGA is (or just got off NCAA probation). Not a booster, but coaches and academic fraud. Good try.

By shane #1

May 17, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

Is Sc Rules an oxymoron? Just kidding! Cuz, You are right, but I think that Lastinger kid has a shot in the Cotton Bowl. Besides, Ol’ Vince doesn’t like to throw the ball over two feet. He thinks Woody Hayes is a great coach, but He doesn’t like Woody’s high risk offense. Gen, last batch = top quality! For those of You that don’t drink, the Gen’s corn squeezins are also good for stripping old spray on liners from pick-up truck beds. Gen, When I wrote UT I was “hittin’ the jar” and transposed the letters. Of course I didn’t mean to insult Our Neighbor to the north. I was refering to that football factory to the west, known for it’s legions of toothless red neck fans, Tulane! BTW, Saban isn’t the only coach Who has found a way around the rule bearing his name. Pop over to The Wizard of Odds blog and follow the link to the article about Ron Zook. Gotta love the Happy Zooker, coaching clinics indeed!

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

War Eagle;

How was the trip to Tahoe? Did you go for casino row or to spend some quality time enjoying one of the most beautiful lakes on Gods green Earth? Personally Viva Lost Wages can have all the casinos; I love spending a day on the lake!

By Waa, Waa, Waaaaa....

May 17, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Hairy & Spike? Hairy & Spike? Hairy & Spike? - Spike & Hairy? Nice “handles” fellas, but for simplicity I just refer to you guys as Hairy-Spike

A few points for you from a GT fan:

1. Chan Gailey is a joke of a coach
2. If you’re looking for mediocrity, then Chan’s your man
3. Paul Johnson (PJ) is a far superior coach than Gailey
4. Simply put, PJ is a winner (if you need verification just ‘google’ his name, and read about his accoplishments)
5. OR … ask Jim Tressell (Ohio State) what he thinks of PJ’s coaching abilities. JT came from Youngstown St. to OSU … just before leaving, he coached YS in the I-AA Nat. Champ. game vs. PJ and GA Southern … GSU won 59-21.
6. The flexbone offense PJ runs is NOT the traditional wishbone option you’re thinking of (i.e. Nebraska & Oklahoma)
7. PJ WILL BE more succussful at GT than any coach in the previous 25 years (at that includes Bobby Ross & the Fridge as well as O’Leary & the Fridge)
8. If point #7 confounds you, refer to point #4
9. Under PJ, GT will beat GA more than they will lose to GA. Again, you may need to refer to point #4.
10. The disappointing thing to deal with as a GT fan is that while it is going to FUN as !%@*! during PJ’s run, it will be short-lived (i.e. 5-6 years) b/c he’ll get hired away by a much bigger program. and lastly ….
11. Hairy-Spike, Hairy-Spike, Hairy-Spike …. change your “handles” it’s too easy.

By sobedawg

May 17, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Pagan Saban will be banking on Sara Jessica Parker and Julio to get the job done in 2008 (as well as that good ole Alabama mystique)…And the Florida Gayturds will still be dealing with momentous distractions…such as one of its player’s ABUSING a DECEASED WOMEN’S CREDIT CARD!!!! Does it get lower than that? :D

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

shane #1;

Nice Woody Hayes reference, I remember if memory serves it was the 78 Rose Bowl and Michigan had sqeaked by OSU to win the right to the annual butt kicking in the Rose; when the UM plane landed in L.A. the team gets off the plane already taped and dressed for practice. They wouldn’t go to any of the bowl arranged parties or banquets etc… Later after BO retired he was asked about that incident and he admitted to the fact they were afraid of spies trying to influence the players at those events. My point in all this is the big10(11) still gets their butts kicked in the Rose but at least they’ve learned to enjoy it! Now if only the BCS would go away and lets get the SEC champ matched up with SC in the Big one and settle all this hooh hah! Maybe SC should forgoe the PAC 10 and pull a ND routine, that way they can play whomever whenever. I think a schedule with UF, UT (Both) UGA & either Cornhole or Oklablowme aught to show whether they can hang with y’all. I’m not tryin’ to brag on us or anything here, I’m suggesting that maybe it’s time that the NCAA form a SUPER conference of the nations actual elite programs and let them settle it amongst themselves. No dis to the SEC as a whole in this, just like the PAC 10 y’all have some programs that aren’t of the UF, UGA caliber just like we don’t have a house full of #1’s. Hey wait a minute; I just realized something, the thing I’m suggesting is actually within our grasp and it doesn’t require breaking up conf’s and such… it’s called the playoffs! It’s time our voices were heard as patrons of this great game! We need to find a sound plan that the NCAA can’t dismiss and have it put into place to allow the teams to settle it once and for all on the field; not in some popularity contest.

By sobedawg

May 17, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Nobody gives a rat’s arse about Paul Johnson and the Yellow Jackets. ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. They’ll probably win a few ACC games here and there…have some menial glory…perhaps beat Clemson on a chip shot. But the Might Dawgs are gonna woop their arses every gosh darn year, folks! Paul Johnson will draw up some great game-plans…but he won’t be able to overcome the speed and POWER of the Mighty Dawgs! :D

By mikeinatl

May 17, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

sobedawg is so refreshing!

By mikeinatl

May 17, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

Do you think the GT fans care about Paul Johnson? I bet people in the ACC care about Paul Johnson. What “glory” has UGA had lately? I wonder if you were even born when UGA won the last NC? Enjoy the preseason No. 1.

By Bozo_bus

May 17, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

mikeinatl, thank you for your clarifying remarks. Perhaps you will indulge me further in clarifying my understanding of your assertions.

“1)its a general statement about fans. i am talking about anyone who says that one team is cheating, lying, etc. but think their team is squeeky clean. same goes for minor infractions that get blown up into a scandal among fans just b/c its a hated rival.” Would you characterize the Bush/Mayo affairs as “minor infractions” and would you disqualify them as examples of cheating (whether or not other schools are “squeeky clean”)? Would you say that every fan base that assesses the Bush/Mayo cases as cheating are “hated rivals” that are not “squeeky clean” — guilty of qualitatively similar violations? Some of the evidence in the Bush/Mayo cases are public record and compelling. Have you similar evidence implicating all of the fan bases that are calling for sanctioning USC’s sports programs?

“2)gray line is within the rules, but gets portrayed as cheating, lying, etc. bumping, webcast, etc all probably stretch the boundary of a rules intent, but are perfectly legal.” So there is no reason to decry a coach walking this line. Trick plays like the fumble-rooskie are legal, but exploit the rules to gain a strategic advantage. A fake punt, or starting a game with an on-sides kick are similar examples of using the rules unconventionally to positive (winning) effect.

“3)cheating is cheating. winning by cheating is not winning.” Is using ineligible players (professional/paid) cheating? Do you doubt that Bush/Mayo were paid? Do you advocate the forfeiture and/or vacating of USC’s 2004 and 2005 seasons?

“4) actually, i am being perfectly honest. i will sleep just fine.” Allow me to reserve interpretation of this assertion until after learning your responses to this post’s questions. Thank you for the calm reasonableness of your first response.

By shane #1

May 17, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

SC Rules, You’ll get no argument from Me about a playoff, won’t happen though. Too many fat cats in the BCS geting fatter. I like the analogy a local radio sports radio host used when refering to the BCS. When a caller expressed concerns about the effect of playoffs on the purity of the sport, [don’t You just love that one?}, He replied, “Purity? The BCS is a prostitute wearing a white wedding dress!” BTW, I am channeling Pete Carroll, Who is channeling Bobby Dodd, Dodd has a nessage for Tech fans, wait, wait, Ive got it, “Tech Fans, even Furman Bisher knows You will never have another coach as good as Me, so shut up!”

By NickSabenator

May 17, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Damn, don’t hate the playa, hate the game biotches!!!

I know I is the dirtiest sob to hit the DIRTY SOUTH since that fat basterd in Knoxvegas. But come on, how the how else am I going to get kids who ain’t dumb to tuscalooser?

I mean, we have a crackden for a stadium, a bunch of racist fans, a terribly boring offense with a b*** qb, a pathetic ol and a D that couldn’t stop a directional La filler!

My top recruit is a thug and a witness in a huge coke drug cartel ring, so he may indeed get shot, so I’ve got to improvise b***.

I mean, my team has lost ot Auburn 6 years in a row, if kids would rather go to Cowtown then Tuscalooser, then wtf is a cracka got’sta do?

Don’t you woory none though boys, I’ll have Bamer top notch in two years loaded for talent, and if things don’t work out? Then f*** it, I’ll bounce, heard TB or Seattle will need a new coach.

By Gen Neyland

May 17, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

Cuz

My question is this : How in the world do y’all expect to win with that undersized D Erk has put together..? and the Walker kid just ain’t got it…BTW, mushroom season is fast approaching. Think I’ll stir some into my Creekwater Sippin’ Solvent for the JUL-AUG meeting of the Gentlemen’s Club. Ought to be a good ol’ time…

By Bozo_bus

May 17, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

SC RULES said: “Bozo_bus; You forgot to mention in your post of the Ornstein group and Bush; how he was a paid intern with the NCAA’s approval after SC asked that they verify the internship didn’t cross any lines. My post implied no impropriety with the internship itself, only that it places the Ornstein Group in the category of “booster” (for which USC bears full responsibility for monitoring) and not merely an unassociated “agent” as the original article erroneously asserts. Paying for RB’s family to travel to the Cal game in Berkeley, for one example, has nothing to do with the internship, it has to do with inappropriate benefits from a party in the USC/NCAA-sanctioned community, a damning violation that REQUIRES sanctions.

“All the crying about how Bush & SC knew of all these wrong doings is crying from a group who tried to latch on to Reggie after his Soph season and when he didn’t bite they cried foul. ALBEIT after he left SC!” **My post does not deal with the merits of those allegations (and your characterization does not conform with published reports), the depositions will shed the needed light on that. It is hard to believe RB will allow the case to go that far, opting instead to pay for Lake’s silence as he did with Lake’s partner, Michaels. Should that settlement come to pass, deniers will say Bush paid 2 men $600,000 to remain quiet about nothing — as they assert he already paid Michaels $300,000 to remain silent about nothing. Is it any wonder many view the Trojan Nation as delusional?

The judge denied Bush’s motion to place a gag order on the depositions, keeping the testimony away from the NCAA and/or the press. Do you know how such a motion would help clear USC of the cloud of suspicion through which the college football world is viewing it? Rather, the motion implies the act of a guilty party seeking to further stonewall the facts. If there is nothing to hide, there is no need to gag anything, right? No need for paid nondisclosure agreements.

But it is Ornstein money that will hang USC, not Lake’s. Lake’s money just occasions ineligibility, forfeitures/vacatings and the death of the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Ornstein money brings sanctions into the future, a fate an out-of-control institution rightly deserves.

Thank you for recognizing my literary (and literal) contribution to the USC legacy, the “University of Serial Cheaters” succinctly and accurately captures years of media reports. And you are right, no one can compete with Pete, he coaches the best paid Serial Cheaters in the current era, his only legitimate claim to greatness.**

By leland

May 17, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this

Dear Mr. CB—you ax “will Ryan Perrilloux last the entire season at Jacksonville State?” I can help you here: yes, if he is there at the end and no, if he’s not. It’s logic is what it is. Your pal, Leland

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

Bozo_bus;

Have you never heard of sequestering a jury? That is basically what the gag order is for since anyone such as yourself or others can and do put out whatever you please no matter the consequences. Since this isn’t a jury that we have here the gag order is trying to ensure that false or inacurrate statements don’t become part of the “record” that a potential jury would have been exposed too. As for Coach Carroll being the cheating scum that you seem all to willing to label him as; and I DO APOLOGIZE as I’m new to the forum but who is your team/coach? I don’t ask so that I can make some lame retort towards him, just want to know where your allegiance is It is more than obvious though that you HATE SC which is your right but I would like to know who your team is so IF there have been any improprieties on their part I can ask you where you get off?!

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

NickSabenator;

WTF!?! Either that was a really strange case of satire or you are beyond help. Last time I CHECKED the ‘Bama roster was at least 50% black and the “racist” fans you derride sure seem to cheer just as loudly for a great play made by a black player as by one made by a white player. I sure hope you were just playin’?! ‘Cause that’s crappola!!!! Last time I looked at the final score of a ‘Bama game ( bowl season) the box score didn’t say sh_t about what the color of the player was who made such and such play they just recognized the play!

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

Bozo_bus;

Where’s your outrage at the Gator skinned boots for the whole credit card issue? Using a dead womens CC??? THAT IS LAME!!!!!!!!!!! But does something as CRIMINAL as that get your edge up? NO; But your assertion that SoCal is the cause of all evil in the world; now there that is worth you having a sh_t fit over!!! Yeah, you’ve really got it figured out.

By shane #1

May 17, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

SC Rules, I am channeling Coach Carroll now and He says You should chill. You will never reach a state of true Zen wearing that hoodie of hostility. Gen, I think SC needs some Mushroom tea so He can mellow out. BTW, You are a genuis, Sippin’ Solvent will make You rich here in South Ga. 1- It is illegal, people down here don’t like laws, or Cops or any other sort of Guv’ment Men. 2- It will knock You on your butt. 3- It will clean the copper fouling out of the barrell of You fave’rite deer rifle. 4- It will take the red clay off Your truck rims. I tell You Sir, You are brilliant! Well, I enjoyed it Fellas, I am outa’ here, it’s too pretty to sit inside so I am going to sit by mt Ladyfriend’s pool and sip some suds. I won’t have to hear any conversation either, She’s working. Hey, somerbody’s got to make a living! Later!

By spike

May 17, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

WaWAaa I see where your bugs are ranked 58th in the Lindy magazine. That ought to fire you up for the season. What do they know that you don’t?

By SC RULES!!

May 17, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

Shane#1; I know you’re poolside with a cool one, but thanks; I think I’ll take you up on that one and go grab some cool breeze myself. Coach Carroll alwyas knows best. Gen. that sippin’ solvent of yours sounds mighty delish. Might have to try some one of these days when I’m down that way visiting my family. Later!

By O-zone

May 17, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

Wow—-These crazy UGA fans chew on each other as much as they do fans from other schools. I think they are just stupid.

By Zola

May 17, 2008 8:27 PM | Link to this

I am from Michigan, just not the University. If I had 4 mil to squander, I would pay it just to end this stuff.Problem is, if WV were paid the whole thing, sportswriters would dig something else up. Its what they get paid to do.Fans don’t write and publish these novels, but put it out there and they’ll read it.

By Bravesfan79

May 17, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

“If you go to a championship, there’s first and second and that’s it,” Anderson said, a theme Patterson touched on, too, by noting the current system produced 32 bowl winners.

Thats right, college football is like pee wee football, EVERYONE gets a trophy! I mean you wouldnt ever want your poor little football players to actually feel like there season was a FAILURE would u!?

And i like how the AJC asks the pole questions, you know you do it on purpose dont u mr “college football”

Yall wouldnt dare have the balls to ask us fans in a pole “do you want a football playoff?”

Instead…to feed your agenda…. you purpously ask “do you think there will ever be a playoff” Of course when u state the question like that, alot of the fans will select NO. Because we see how greedy the presidents are over money!
It dosent mean we dont WANT a playoff…it just means we see how idiots like you stand in the way of what the fans and players really want and deserve!

By Waa, Waa, Waaaaa....

May 17, 2008 8:37 PM | Link to this

Spike, I stand corrected — my bad. I forgot that Lindy’s is the only publication which has been 100% accurate throughout its history.

Well, that will change this season … I’ll even throw this litte ‘bet’ out there:

I’ll bet GT finishes higher than the Lindy magazine currently ranks them (58th you’re saying), and your beloved Dogs finish BELOW where the Lindy magazine currently has them ranked (I’m assuming it’s somewhere in the top 5).

That ‘bet’ has a much better chance of becoming reality than the Lindy magazine does of being 100% accurate.
The moral of the story … Don’t believe everything you read. Sometimes a little common sense goes a looooong way.

Mark it down now - PJ & GT beat UGA on 11/29/08, and that will be GA’s 4 or 5th loss of the season.

Hey, somebody’s gotta fall from the top of the preseason rankings — might as well be GA. UGA will be better in ‘09 than ‘08.

By War Eagle

May 17, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

SCRules, great trip to the most beautiful place I have ever been. Mt Rose, Squaw Valley, Emerald Bay and 12 Ski Resorts, plus Harvey Casino(+210.00)was unreal. I drank the best wine, Kobe steaks and witness the ultimate breast in the Casino`s…Thanks for asking

By Rando

May 17, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

Anybody else feel sorry the WVU fans? They act like their girlfriend left them and now they want to make her pay. Buyouts are a joke and a tatic only employed by the insecure employers. Move on…

By Less Concerned Jacket

May 17, 2008 11:55 PM | Link to this

If Tech lost to J-State, they may just go undefeated the rest of the way. Can you imagine the He*# PJ and staff will put those kids through after a home opening loss to an inferior opponent. Perrilloux may be a great talent, but tiny OL, second rank receivers, and no running game against Tech’s massive DL, means no or limited success.

Granted, PJ’s bringing a new system, but my goodness, we are talking about a school with 11 straight bowls in a BCS conference, and a defense that ain’t too shabby. To be honest, Perrilloux may end up hurt by the time this one ends.

By The Real Joe HAMILTON

May 18, 2008 2:00 AM | Link to this

I knew I’d eventually happen upon some of Cuz’ colloquilisms. Ahhhh! We can always depend on Cuz for a little local color. Mushrooms in his stumpwater? Gentlemens club. I didn’t know there were Gentlemens clubs at the saw mill. They must meet in the porta john.

Welome back CUZ! Where is that idiot McTavish? Zeke McTavish? Is that his name. I need some “mannahs tutoring”.

You know, you were making fairly good sense until that last post of yours.

By The Real Joe HAMILTON

May 18, 2008 2:46 AM | Link to this

2.Perrilloux? He will probably last the season, but he will not last out his eligibility. Not because he goes to the NFL, but because he “DROPS THE BALL AGAIN”. He is an idiot. If Les Miles thought the guy had a prayer he’d still be in Baton Rouge.

3.Trouble at USC? The thing with OJ Mayo was blatant, everyone knew about it. A.D., coaching staff, everyone. Nothing was done. As for Reggie Bush, If Pete Carroll says he was unaware of what was happening, he is lying. Thats like Barak Obama saying he didn’t know the hate his preacher was spewing after attending that church for 20+ years. Pete knew, the team knew, the secretaries in the athletic dept. knew….Nobody did nothing.

1. Rich Rodriguez - One thing is for sure, he is rich and not in name only. Regardless of who is right, WVU feels scorned. Michigan needs to pay up and make this thing go away, for their own good! What kind of questions is this going to pose to a recruit? And who knows, CRR will probably pull a SABAN and bolt again when a better contract comes along. You have to look at these coaches and schools as Hookers and Johns. Hookers will blow whomever will pay them the most and where the job may not be as hard. Johns want to get the best BJ they can for the least amount of money. If a John (WVU) has paid for pu$$y and a BJ and he only got his BJ, then naturally he wants to get some of his money back. Will he? Not likely, he is dealing with a Hooker (coach Rod), and that is what hookers do.

2. Memphis to the Big East? First of all why did the BE take Notre Dame in BB if ND didn’t want to participate in football? That was stupid. ND football could have brought a lot to the table for the big east, but nooooo! They want to keep all the Football proceeds for themselves. BEast took ND bb thinking one day ND might add Football to the mix. Not going to happen.Why doesn’t the SEC add Central Fla. and Memphis to their conference? Central Fla. is definitely a player and Memphis couldn’t be any worse than Miss State, Old Miss or Vandy. Plus, Memphis BB program would do a lot for the SEC BB.

6.Is Zeb McKlutskiey really an idiot?

No doubt, the man is a raving lunatic. So is his companion CUZ. I guess they are off drinking mushroom laced “firewater” tonight.

By The Real Joe HAMILTON

May 18, 2008 3:05 AM | Link to this

For falconfan24, bambifan, and all you other Red Elephant fans,

YEs yes, yes! 21 conference championships, 12 national championships. And guess what?

One, thats right, only ONE -

D E A D B E A R!

Saban ain’t going to get it done for you. Stallings quit because he got tired of all y’all’s sh!t. Bill Curry could have delievred another national championship, but you threw bricks through his living room window. Y’all aint had nobody else that was worth a sh!t.

None of your marquis players wanted to come back and be the HC, except Shula. Not Starr, not namath, not stabler, none of ‘em. Know why? They know what the fan base is like. Redneck and full of sh!t. Thats what the rest of the conference and the country think of y’all too.

Good thing Auburn has separated them selves from Tuscalooserville.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

May 18, 2008 3:14 AM | Link to this

.

.

What in the hell are the Georgia Tech fans (both of them ) talking about now with Tech’s WORSE APR than Georgia in Football, in men’s basketball and in women’s basketball, with Tech’s Assistant Director of Player Personnel Joey Hamilton arrested for leaving the scene of an accident with his 1st Georgia Tech paycheck with drugs in his ashtray, drunk, open container, hit and run, and can’t stand up , with their Tech golfer Isenhour killing that endangered Hawk on purpose , with their 7 consecutive losses to UGA in football, and with Michael Hutts Georgia Tech pitcher dead from a heroin overdose ?

Did anyone catch what the 2 Tech fans are talking about now ?

.

.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

May 18, 2008 3:16 AM | Link to this

If there is any college running a dirty Athletics Department, it’s not Southern California but the Georgia Institute of Technology who Lost 6 Scholarships in Football for Academic Cheating 2007-2008.

By heeldawg

May 18, 2008 5:18 AM | Link to this

Hey, Waa Waaa Waaaaa:

A snowball would have a better chance in hell than Tech has of beating Georgia this season. You can dream your pretty little dreams and smoke your nasty little crack pipe all you want, but the actual Tech season will fall egregiously short of your over-inflated dreams.

Anyone can make predictions. You’re entitled to yours. Here are mine:

1. Tech will set a team record for turnovers this season—most of them, mind you, in the first half of the season. PJ’s offense is complicated. There will be a learning curve. Execution is predicated upon repetition, and that will not reach critical mass until about midway through the season.

2. Tech’s record will look a lot like the traditional Tech record in the Gailey years: 6-6 or, just maybe, 7-5, if they get lucky at homecoming and beat Virginia. But that’s not likely.

3. The game against Georgia will not be close. And, no, Tech will not win. If football games were battles, this one would be the Battle of Cannae, or Agincourt, or the Battle of Salsu—that is to say, a one-sided bloodbath, a victory bordering on total annihilation somewhat akin to the 51-7 game in 2002. You can have all the delusions you want, but this Georgia team is loaded. This Tech team, despite its new coach, is not. Take your Haldol and wait a few years.

4. The above being said, Paul Johnson will win at Tech. And, yes, he is a better coach than Chan Gailey. But Johnson is not nearly as good as Tech fans seem to think he is (he will not be able to conjure up something out of nothing), and Gailey was not as bad as Tech fans seem to think he was (reference your “eleven bowl games in a row” comment). Winning at Tech is a challenge; it’s hard to recruit to an inner-city school in a second-rate conference when a top ten program in the best football conference in America is sixty miles up the road. Gailey did a lot with inferior talent. But there currently is a talent gap between Georgia and Tech that is as wide as it has ever been in the last decade, and that gap will be painfully obvious over the course of the next 2-3 years. The streak will get longer before it ends.

5. Paul Johnson will not leave Tech in 5-6 years. A program like Tech or Navy needs a “gimmick” offense to be competitive; most bigger programs do not. PJ’s offense will win Tech some ball games, Tech’s fan base will be happy with the results, and they will make it worth his while to stay. Plus, he likes the state of Georgia (he’s spent most of his coaching career here), and he’s no Nick Saban. He’s loyal. It took a job in Georgia to get him to leave a comfortable position in Annapolis. His lack of mercenary tendencies will serve the Jackets well.

That being said, he still will NOT beat Georgia more than he loses to them, no matter how long he stays. That’s the crack pipe talking again. Put it down and walk away, son. You’ll laugh at all of this grandiosity in a few hours.

By yellowblood

May 18, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this

You doggies can make fun of us all you want but you will never have the Tickle Piles we have here at Tech. THWG!!!

By I-DOG

May 18, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Mike the Tiger:

It is a good thing that Saban has never been connected with the LSU program in any way shape or form and that he was never involved in recruiting or coaching at your fine institution.

By Rodney King

May 18, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

Can’t we all just get along?

By Cuz

May 18, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

Real Joe, just wanted to have some fun with the pals for awhile, sometimes it gets a little to intense in here and I try to lighten it up a little. Just go back a few days and look at the attack on me by the yellowjacket.

I think PJ is as good a coach as you have had in awhile. Probably not as good as the sainted CHAN(you would have to know the history of the FANS OF CHAN for that one). And I think PJ may be able to pull out some upsets this year, I really cannot tell until I see that offense of his hit the field and someone. I don’t think he will beat UGA this year but stranger things have happpened. I recall two games last year that I thought we would win and got our hairy dawg butts kicked on the field. We were the second best team on those fields that day and that aint good when only two teams are playing.

Shane, our running commentary went right over the heads of anyone born past 1975. Old age brings wisdom and arthritis. Don’t appear to use one and am plagued by the other. Good thing I got the Generals sipping solvent. Rub some on the outside then try some internally to get at both sides of the pain.

Tickle piles were funny last century. Search for something new. Gay references and spooning quarterbacks are over used and tiresome. I have yet to get tired of Tim Tebow’s girlfriend. She has such, ummmm, shiny hair. Tim Tebow is living Carrie Undewood’s “All American Girl”. The lucky stiff.

By I-DOG

May 18, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

Clamor:

While it is technically true that he was thrown off the team for this incident… this was the third time that this young man had been in trouble in his very brief career at Florida. Meyer would have had SERIOUS heat had he not done what every other coach in the country would have done and thrown him off the team.

Meyer played Joiner on Saturday night after the capatain of his team was arrested on felony charges on Wednesday and the player did not miss a single snapthe rest of the season … FOR A FELONY!

The D-lineman from 06 drafted by the Denver Broncos (can’t recall his name) was suspended for drugs (after several similar incidents were swept under the rug) but only AFTER the Georgia game even though the crime was revealed well before that contest.

I don’t know how much credit you can give to Meyer for running a tight ship for kicking this one player off the team when he had absolutely no other choice.

By shane #1

May 18, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

Cuz, You are probably right, but at least We can remember those old times and the players that made them special. I am getting like Pappa Bowden. Dadgumit! All the names are starting to run together. At times I long for the days when the Coach’s and Player’s personal lives weren’t fodder for the media and for forums like this one. Wally Butts’ drinking and His foul mouth, Bear’s drinking and the rough way he treated His players, would be scandals today. Honestly, I wonder if We weren’t better off not knowing.

By Cuz

May 18, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

shane, I knew you were going to hit the Lastinger comment. I served it up and you knocked it over the fence. I wonder if he is still the second winningest, is that a word, quarterback at UGA. Great game plan back then, Herschel right, Herschel left, Herschel up the middle.

Overheard comment from Lastinger to Dooley on the sidelines. “What do you mean I have to throw the ball, I am a Quarterback for God’s sake!”

Just kidding John Lastinger, you were a class act and gave us that great win in the Cotton Bowl. And of course, “What time is it in Texas, 10 to 9”.

By Wa, Wa, Waaaa

May 18, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Heeldawg … Your ‘insigts’ will make GT’s season success & victory on 11/29/08 that much schweeter!

Com’on and sing it with me … When you say BUD-weiser … you said it —-!

By AltamahaDawg

May 18, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Is Budweiser some kinda of insult?

By GT

May 18, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

Didn’t Alabama take a shot at Rodriguez before they hired the hi tech guru. Kind of like Arkansas taking the Falcon coach. You ask what is wrong with college football yet teams like Tech go on probation and these other loop hole experts that lead our youth are praised as long as they win. Richt starts losing and all his character is forgotten, saw a little of that last year after some loses, heard a huge amount of it from the talk radio shows, as long as the w******* are winning the press tricks them like ladies. When you running a stripe joint you know what you are getting just stop the preaching while you are peeping through the windows with enjoyment

By mikeinatl

May 18, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this

bozo, my personal opinion about USC is that something stinks. I find it pretty hard to believe that USC did not hear the “rumors” about Bush and Mayo. heck, everyone knew that Mayo came with certain “risks.”

it reminds me of the glory days of FSU. you heard the stories and many made headlines, but the NCAA hammer never came down. same for Alabama. several coaches called them out for cheating. well before the Fulmer fiasco, SOS turned them numerous times for “paying” players.

that being said, i am not jumping on the hate USC bandwagon. if they are cheating then i hope the NCAA puts them on probabation.

By Papa Bobby

May 18, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

MikeinAtl, What kind of name is that anyhow? I know it ain’t I-talian because I had Me an I-talian boy on my team onetime. Now, dat-gum-itt, You are some young’un what didn’t know The Bear and don’t know His hind end from a dad-bob water well! I knowed Him, and Bear ain’t never paid no football players. He might cuss’em out if They needed it, and He might kick’em in the butt if They needed it, but He ain’t never paid’em. No-siree, Bear kept all that dat-burn money for Hisself!

By heeldawg

May 19, 2008 5:16 AM | Link to this

Waaaaaaa waaaaaaa Waaa:

My “insights” are the same as yours—preseason predictions based on nothing more than conjecture. But I’ll have to say that the available data support my contentions far more readily than they support yours. Anyway, opinions are like…uh, noses. You get the idea.

BTW, I don’t get the Budweiser reference. Do you have an alcohol problem, too?

By Bozo_bus

May 19, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

SC RULES!! said: “Bozo_bus; Where’s your outrage at the Gator skinned boots for the whole credit card issue?” None of the 5 issues addressed in this article deals this is outrageous behavior. You are changing the subject because when defending the indefensible you can do little else.

“Using a dead womens CC??? THAT IS LAME!!!!!!!!!!! But does something as CRIMINAL as that get your edge up? NO;” *Your assumption is erroneous. This particular thread is not the place for expressing opinions on UF, it IS the place to take the University of Serial Cheaters to the woodshed, or defend cheating in whatever manner one can manage. In this case, it is changing the subject. The Trojan Nation is imploding as its inflated delusions of grandeur meet reality. Has ANY fan base been more deserving? *

“But your assertion that SoCal is the cause of all evil in the world;” This mistaken inference is not implied by my comments. Putting words never stated in my mouth is another failed rhetorical technique to defend the indefensible. You may think, though, that the imposition of severe and well-earned sanctions on USC is “the greatest evil in the world,” but it is not, it is JUSTICE long overdue.

“now there that is worth you having a sh_t fit over!!! Yeah, you’ve really got it figured out.” You seem to be the one having a fit, a childish tantrum, because your delusional and misspent adulation is invested in a dirty program that “RULES!” the VERY PACIFIC 10 by cheating. Fight on, cheater, defender of the indefensible.

By Bozo_bus

May 19, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

mikeinatl said: “bozo, my personal opinion about USC is that something stinks. I find it pretty hard to believe that USC did not hear the “rumors” about Bush and Mayo. heck, everyone knew that Mayo came with certain “risks.”” You are absolutely on target there. This article was scribed before Mayo signed his LOI with USC “Burned by Bush, Southern Cal should be wary of Mayo.”
It predicts everything we are reading today. Names, offenses and MO’s. CBS Sports went so far as to try to contact USC’s AD, who did not return the calls, but the AD did warn Guillory! It strains credulity to deduce anything other than the USC athletic department has a de facto policy of looking the other way and claiming ignorance.**

“it reminds me of the glory days of FSU. you heard the stories and many made headlines, but the NCAA hammer never came down. same for Alabama.” The hammer fell mightily on Alabama. They still have not recovered. It is not clear that even the neurotically high strung perfectionist Saban can elevate the Tide above SEC mediocrity and irrelevancy.

*”several coaches called them out for cheating. well before the Fulmer fiasco, SOS turned them numerous times for “paying” players.

that being said, i am not jumping on the hate USC bandwagon. if they are cheating”* You still have doubts about this? Is it not clear at the very least that their use of ineligible players requires forfeitures? And does not the pattern we see go beyond a dirty Carroll and Floyd, to the AD?

“then i hope the NCAA puts them on probabation.” Then we end in agreement — as long as that probation includes forfeitures, lost scholarships, post-season and TV bans, league championship ineligibility, and the gratifying certainty that justice has been served on the arrogant Trojan Nation.