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DEL.ICIO.USWhy the voters dropped Georgia to No. 2
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Some Georgia fans may be scratching their heads today wondering how you get dropped from No. 1 to No. 2 in the polls after beating somebody (Georgia Southern) by 24. But understand that when the final BCS standings are released on Dec. 7, it doesn’t matter Who’s No. 1. The only thing that matters is Who’s No. 2.
I was a voter in the Associated Press poll for 15 years and I had a standing rule: If I put a team No. 1 at any point during the season, they would stay there as long as they won. There may have been once or twice in 15 years that I went against that rule. I think I moved Auburn to No.1 ahead of Southern Cal in 2004 after the Tigers really got it going.
But not every pollster feels that way. Here are some reasons that could have factored into their reasoning to move Southern Cal ahead of Georgia:
**—Performance on the road counts big. Southern Cal was scary good in winning 52-7 on the road against Virginia, which won nine games a year ago. Remember that in the preseason there were questions about quarterback Mark Sanchez, who suffered a dislocated kneecap in practice. Sanchez was brilliant against a BCS team on the road. That counts for something.
And you can mark this down. If Southern Cal beats Ohio State next week at the Coliseum, the Trojans will be in the BCS championship game on Jan. 8. The only question will be the opponent.
**—It is a weekly poll. Some voters believe that every Sunday, particularly early in the season, you should sit down with the results from the day before in front of a blank sheet of paper and rank the teams based on their performance to date. They believe the previous week’s rankings should not be a major factor. That’s what happened here. A talented Southern Cal team with a healthy Sanchez flew all the way across the country and played very well. Georgia played well at home against a Division I-AA opponent. So for this week, in the voters minds, Southern Cal deserves the No. 1 spot.
**—Georgia’s injuries: Voters watch injuries. They know that LT Trinton Sturdivant) was lost in preseason. They know what DT Jeff Owens was a big-time leader on that Georgia defense. Some teams start to unravel when big injuries start to hit. Some voters will drop teams a notch because of injuries.
**—Next week’s game: With No. 3 Ohio State coming to Southern Cal next week, some voters no doubt feel like the winner of that early mega-game deserves to be No. 1. So they were simply positioning Southern Cal for that game. If Ohio State beats Southern Cal, you can expect the Buckeyes to jump over Georgia into the top spot.
The bottom line is that the human polls are like a beauty contest. It’s in the eye of the beholder and each voter sets his or her standards. Is that fair? Probably not but it’s the system we have, at least for the next six years.
But here’s the bottom line. These same voters know how hard Georgia’s schedule is. If Georgia wins them all, or finishes with one loss as the SEC champions, I believe the Bulldogs will be there in South Florida with the Ohio State-USC winner. Now if the Big 12 champ (Oklahoma or Missouri) is 13-0 and Georgia is 12-1, that’s a different story. That would be an interesting vote.
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By Roswell Ed
September 3, 2008 7:00 AM | Link to this
Give me a freaking break on how “tough” their schedule is!
Who is making it so damn tough?
Who?
Georgia finally in over 30 years is gonna travel west of the Mississippi river to play a football game and their schedule all of a sudden is the toughest in the land? Good grief I want to vomit!
SEC teams have been doing it for decades, I can count around 8 teams that have traveled out west to play a road game this decade but now that the big bad dawgs do it it all of a sudden becomes tough. Get me my barf bag!
You fell to #2 because the voters saw that you aint all your cracked up to be, how about that!!!
I can’t wait till Auburn gets payback for your tweener coachs gay little black out last year.
WDE
By thUGa
September 3, 2008 7:06 AM | Link to this
Don’t cry Tony, thay can still get to #1 if they play good
whaaaa
By LSU DAN
September 3, 2008 7:13 AM | Link to this
Let the “EXCUSES” parade continue!
By Biggerthanbigdawg
September 3, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this
I agree it is a beauty contest until October when they dust off the computer and turn it on.
By sloan
September 3, 2008 7:15 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed is truly an idiot.
By Dan
September 3, 2008 7:22 AM | Link to this
Hey Ed - Look at the number of teams UGA is scheduled to play who began this season in the top 25 and then compare that number to the other SEC schools schedules and you’ll see why it’s a tougher schedule than anyone else. It really is all about who UGA plays from the Western half of the SEC - no Miss. teams, no Ark. Bama, Aub and LSU are on the schedule - read a paper occasionally!!!
By SECCoachnDallas
September 3, 2008 7:23 AM | Link to this
Southern Cal may be #1 in the polls now, but farm animals will always be #1 for me.
By Biggerthanbigdawg
September 3, 2008 7:23 AM | Link to this
Roswell ED…Auburn is a Florida wanna be on offense and a Georgia wanna be on D. They have zero orginiality Muschamp saw that (UGA grad mind you) and got out before all his work on D was sabotage by your wanna be O. Don’t worry about a Black out this year Plainsman you only need to worry about a knock out. Go DAWGS….GATA!!!
By The Truth
September 3, 2008 7:26 AM | Link to this
The Leg Humpers were overrated BEFORE they lost Jeff Owens, Trinton Sturdivant, Brandon Southerland, et. al. Now they are merely occupying space in the top half of the polls until their comeuppance.
NA NA NA….NA NA NA…HEY HEY GOODBYE…
By SECCoachnDallas
September 3, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this
Did I mention that farm animals make me horny?
By warsparrow
September 3, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this
It’s a bit early in the season for paying much attention to the rankings, but as of this moment Roswell Ed is ranked number 1 in the race for the coveted Georgia football blog MasterBaiter of the year.
By Auburn Man
September 3, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this
A georgia fan talking about wannabees! Thats funny!
By JB
September 3, 2008 7:34 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed, please quit drinking all that free coffee while cooking at the waffle house. geez. We ( DAWGS) haven’t proved anything yet, but we are not in the CLUB. WE will have to earn it. Ask Auburn. USC, Florida, Ohio St. are the darlings. On the ESPN post game show Saturday, Georgia, the NUMBER ONE RANKED team in the nation got a 35 second recap. “THE” Ohio St. got over SIX MINUTES of coverage. They played Youngstown for pete’s sake !!!!!!!! These clowns are guaranteed 10- 11 wins a year. If we run the table ( tall order) and don’t play USC, the fix is in worse than we think. Before you light me up, I do think USC is better than us AT THIS TIME. if we progress during the year like all Richt teams do, I’d love to play them.
By DestinDawg
September 3, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this
Whats the matter with you Ed? You claim to be an Auburn fan, but you spend all your time on a UGA blog. I guess you prefer to follow a superior program that consistently wins 10+ games (5 times in 6 yrs) vs one that is happy with 8 or 9 wins as long as they beat Bammer. Remind me…..what was the score of the last 2 Ga/Aub games? Oh, I forgot, Auburn fans consider it a win if the stay within 3 tds of their opponent. Wait, that must be 4 tds since we beat you by 25 last year. Until you beat us on the field, SHUT THE HELL UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By athens DAWG
September 3, 2008 7:38 AM | Link to this
UGA is the pride of the SEC. Always has been, always will be! The history speaks for itself. Case closed.
By bamafan
September 3, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this
I hope that the dawgs play So Cal in the national championship game this year. The polls do not mean anything this early in the season! Roswell Ed needs to be in the wrestling business as the bad guy’s manager, because he is full of hot air and I am being nice in saying hot air!! The sooners will screw up against some weak team this year just like they have in the last 4 bowl games!! Georgia or Florida will play the Trojans in Miami for the national championship game!! Bama is still a few years behind for a championship game!! ROLL TIDE!!
By Eagledawg
September 3, 2008 7:41 AM | Link to this
Eddie,are you and the rest of the Plainsmen miffed about the “Blackout” and the whipping y’all received, or is it that AU’s orange jerseys in 1980 did no good? It’s been a while, but wasn’t that the same tactic? I guess that’s like the pot calling the kettle black (oops, I mean orange) AwwwDurn, y’all are bitter.
By Dave
September 3, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this
I think you have to take in to account injuries to players when you vote for teams in the polls. It is just plain dumb to wait for teams to lose before dropping them down when you know injuries to players will affect future performance. Polls should be a weekly snapshot of a teams future potential not a snapshot of a team from before the season started when they were at full strength. I think there should be no pre-season poll done they should wait till after the first game.
By Auburn Man
September 3, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this
Typical Dawg fan, you can take your illustious history all the way back three years. HaHa, thats too funny!
I love the uglymutt philosophy of feetball.
By Mike
September 3, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this
Tony, you might consider looking at a schedule. USC does not play OSU this week. That game is in two weeks.
By AUeagle
September 3, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Just think if the mutts actually make it to the bcs title game this year they will have to earn the victory,NOT like in 80 when they beat a 7-4 Notre Dame team to win the title!
…..and they call tech fans geeks, dawg fans should known as geeknecks!
How many overweight, unshaved gotee growin, overall wearing rednecks in their big ole trucks do you see flying their “g” flags from their trucks during the week? Alumni I guess? Whatever they couldnt get to athens with a gps system.
War Eagle
By AUeagle
September 3, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this
Just think if the mutts actually make it to the bcs title game this year they will have to earn the victory,NOT like in 80 when they beat a 7-4 Notre Dame team to win the title!
…..and they call tech fans geeks, dawg fans should known as geeknecks!
How many overweight, unshaved gotee growin, overall wearing rednecks in their big ole trucks do you see flying their “g” flags from their trucks during the week? Alumni I guess? Whatever they couldnt get to athens with a gps system.
War Eagle
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 3, 2008 8:15 AM | Link to this
As long as Stafford keeps throwing like he did on Saturday it will take care of itself. Moreno and King running, Stafford slinging it to the wideouts , UGA will find itself in a position to again be #1 or #2 in the final BCS standings.
Really 2 weeks in, who cares who is number 1 or 2. As a UGA fan it was important to see us at the top going in. It showed that the national media thought that the program had finally arrived.
GOOO DAWGS!!!
By GeoffDawg
September 3, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
Wow, Ed is off his meds. In relation to most of our traditional rivals, I’ve always respected Auburn the most. However, the truth is that they’re basically our country cousins who aren’t sophisticated enought to know better. We really should be more understanding.
By I dont care
September 3, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this
the dawgs suck, go gators
By JOE DIRT
September 3, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
Hey sack licking butt sniffers, you beat a 1AA at home? USC went to a legitimate BCS school and blew away?
That’s right your schedule is…. Forgot that!
Again lets repeat. You’ve beat a 1AA and NOBODY ELSE. Run the table then talk…
By Auburn Man
September 3, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
Country cousins? WTF? That sounds so inbred gay. You dawgs can stay on your side of the fence, thank you!
By Spike
September 3, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this
AUeagle.. Now that is rich. An Auburn man making fun of rednecks, big trucks, overalls and car flags. Oh my God, you can’t make this stuff up. You are kidding right?
By Roswell FED UP
September 3, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this
Go get off this board. You are just a jealous Auburn fan who is still bitter about not going to the CG in 04. Dont hate because our coach motivates better than yours. By the way, nice execution on offense last Saturday, and you are going to get revenge huh? What are you going to do? Get three or four more mascots? Make up your mind!
By Biggerthanbigdawg
September 3, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this
Auburn Man is talking about Georgia talking about wannabees. When was your last National Championship? I believe it was before Korea and Shug Knight Jordan was the coach. He has been dead longer than I have been alive as has your program.
By hammerhead
September 3, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this
AUEagle The 1980 Notre Dame team Georgia played for the MNC was 9-1-1 coming into the Sugar Bowl. ND tied Georgia Tech and got waxed by USC 20-3 that year. Regardless, Georgia finished the season unbeaten and untied and were VOTED national champs. That’s the system we had then and the “system” we have now is no better. The “National Championship” in college football is overrated and irrelevant. The only true championship is the SEC title. It is won on the field.
By AUeagle
September 3, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
You tell them Joe Dirt, them dawgs be too dumb to figure they couldnt find a D1 team to play, only 119 to choose from. Yep thats a mighty tough schedule there, whos next USC? OSU? no, no, no its the chipperwahs from central meechigan.
Damn, thats daunting!
By yarddawg
September 3, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this
Can we not all get along some of the time? Love it up here at college moma, send us some money! Go Dawgs!
By RealityDawg
September 3, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
The reality is that the USC deserves to move up to 1 after their performance vs Virginia. The early polls are about expectations and later in the season it’s about performance. Giving up 21 point to a D11 team that played a lot of freshmen does not look great. CMR called off the dogs after being up 38 - 0 but the way the BCS is set up style points are important to the voters. We need to stay in the top 4 to have a chance to play in the championship game.
By Stafford's Mom
September 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
I can’t believe all of the greefs you Auburns guys is givin my lil Matty’s team! These is some of the bestest foosball playas there evers ben. And after theys finishs there skoolin, they gonna make darn gud ditch-diggers and turd rasslers down at the Clark Coutny Water System. So leeve these future leeders of Americka alone! I wil stil love my lil Matty even affer they loozes 4 games this yeer!!!! Go lil Matty!!!!
By DestinDawg
September 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
535 YDS TOTAL OFFENSE, 3 RBS WITH 6+ YDS/RUSH, PLAYED 90% OF THE ROSTER. GOOD SHOWING. THE ONLY REASON WE DROPPED TO #2 IS BECAUSE ESPuke ONLY GAVE US 35 SECS OF AIRTIME AND NO STATS. WE WILL BE BACK AT THE TOP BY GAME 6. I’M GLAD OUR COACH KNOWS YOU CAN’T WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP IN WEEK ONE, BUT YOU CAN LOSE IT. I WONDER IF TRESSEL WILL HAVE HIS STAR IN THE GAME UP 33-0 AGAIN.
By jonathan
September 3, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Love it up here at college moma, send us some money! GO DAWGS!
By morgwreck243
September 3, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
What if the Big 12 Champion, Southern Cal and Georgia are all undefeated? How would the Pac-10 react with Southern Cal shut out of the National Championship? Would they be shut out even if Georgia had 1 loss?
Just wondering if they would go with the “nuclear” option and try to revert to the preBCS format or just a lot of hemming and hawing and another Congressional hearing?
By Mr. Magoo
September 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
Tony, you forgot to mention that the 1st poll was a PRESEASON POLL before anyone played a game. It is more important WHO and HOW and WHERE you played in the 1st game of the season than how good the EXPERTS thought you were going to be before you played a single game!!
By Stredney
September 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
Do you think maybe poll position changed because the previous poll was PRE-SEASON and no one had played a down when it came out? Some voters might have wanted to actually see the teams in action before locking in their #1 pick? USC is the only one of the “big 5” who played a real team, ergo they get the nod. Once you get to week 5 or so and want to keep your #1 there til they lose, that makes sense, but clearly a 52-7 waxing of UVA on the road outshines a 45-21 win over a 1-AA team at home.
By Pago Flyer
September 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
Actually CMU could probably beat auburn and will give the DAWGS a pretty good game!
By Mikey in Sav
September 3, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
I agree with USC being number 1.They deserve it. Lets see what happens in 2 weeks…
Roswell Ed- Please tell me that the plainsmen will call for an orange-out when the Dawgs come rolling in to whack the creamsicles in the mouth again..
This just in- Brandon Cox has appealed to the NCAA for re instatement- one more game of eligibility ! He wants to improve on his pass completion percentage to the Dawgs secondary…
woof woof
By GatorGuy
September 3, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
Why can’t the polls do what the BCS does and not come out until the middle of the season? Doesn’t that make a lot more sense?
By jonathan
September 3, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
somebody thinks that Virginia is a real team, look Ga Southern, could beat Virginia, along with Appalachin State, troy, Northern Alambama, Valdosta State, just name somebody, Virginia come on now
By Chris in Bama
September 3, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this
UGA the pride of the SEC? Always have been always will be? Why would you make such a ridiculous claim? OK lets look at the facts.
Georgia..1 National Championship, all-time record .647, 12 conference titles, postseason bowl record 24-16-3
Alabama..12 National Championships, all-time record .706, 25 conference titles, postseason bowl record 31-21-3
LSU……3 National Champioships, all-time record .640, 13 conference titles, postseason bowl record 20-18-1
Florida..2 National Championships, all time record .622, 7 conference titles, postseason bowl record 16-19-0
Tennessee..6 National Championships, all-time record .697, 16 conference titles, postseason bowl record 25-22-0
Auburn..1 National Championship, all-time record .630, 10 conference titles, postseason bowl record 19-13-2
So obviously as far as pride of the SEC Bama is #1 Tenn is #2 and Georgia is about #4 all time SEC.
Just for the hell of it lets do USC and Ohio State.
USC…..7 National Championships, all-time record .721, 37 conference titles, postseason bowl record 30-16-0
HAHA with that gravy a** conference.
Ohio State..7 National Champioships, all-time record .714, 32 Conference titles, postseason bowl record 18-21-0
It is obvious that the SEC is where it’s at….Any more questions?
By Miles
September 3, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this
The media loves USC and Ohio State…give them an excuse to rank either one of them number 1 and they’ll do so…
By IM4BAMA
September 3, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
Every year it’s USC,Ohio State and Oklahoma in the top five and they never have more than 1-2 tough games scheduled and get all the voters love. I’m sick of it. At least this year OSU and USC face each other and that takes one out. I give them credit for that.
Why in the hell is OU ranked above Florida with the Heisman trophy winner and all the talent that they have? OU hasn’t done anything for a while. The polls are biased against the SEC, there’s no doubt about that.
I know this much; if an SEC team goes 12-1 and OU or Mizz goes 13-0, the voters better go with the SEC team because they EARNED that shot for the title by playing several tough games, week in and week out not just one or two spread out over the season.
I will personally start a riot if they hose the SEC again like they did Auburn.
By Chris in Bama
September 3, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this
USC doesn’t deserve number 1 for beating Virginia…are you crazy? Virginia is a nobody this year since they lost so many starters and they only had 9 wins last year with all of their starters. I still hold to my opinion that USC fans are stupid. They base everything on feelings and not facts. Don’t get me wrong alot of SEC fans are the same way….USC is a good team maybe even a great team but they are not #1.
By RBDawg
September 3, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
Why do all of these Auburn fans have their lower beak sticking out? Is it because you haven’t won a national title since the 1950s? I know it’s been since 1980 for the Dawgs. so don’t even go there. Before you make a statement about ND’s 1980 record, please check for accuracy. ND was not 7-4, but rather 9-1-1 entering the Sugar Bowl. In fact, they entered their final game of the 1980 season at Southern Cal ranked #2 (lost to SC 20-3) behind the eventual national champs - “the mutts” is what AU Eagle called us. Pleased to set the record straight for you lower beak poking Eagles…or is it Tigers…or is it Plainsmen…or is it…………..
By IM4BAMA
September 3, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
hey Chris, nice job putting the smack down. I was thinking the same thing.
By Got 12?
September 3, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this
GatorGuy,
Pre-season polls are for marketing. Each team’s fans will watch the game regardless, but networks need to attract the casual viewer.
24 Alabama vs #9 Clemson looks and sounds a lot better (to fans outside the southeast) than just Alabama vs Clemson.BTW, RTR!!!
By WTF?
September 3, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
There is always a lot of shifting in the polls the first couple of weeks. I for one was not scratching my head at this change. Anyone who knows anything about college football would not be surprised at this.
By PTC DAWG
September 3, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
IF the Rose Bowl had any cojones at all, they would have scheduled UGA/USC in the game last year. And we would all KNOWN who should be #1 at this point. BUT NO, we had to see UGA/HAWAII and USC/ILL. Both JOKE games.
I have no idea who would have won that game, but it would have been nice to see.
That being said, our D shouldn’t have given up 21 points to Ga Southern. I don’t fault Richt for pulling the starters after being up 38-0, but the let down on D was obvious.
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September 3, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
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Keep up the good work, Tony!
By smyrna man
September 3, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this
Because they are O-V-E-R-R-A-T-E-D
By roswell ed's nemesis
September 3, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this
all you good dawg fans, dont waste your time responding to an idiot like roswell ed. consider the source..save your responses to someone who ACTUALLY knows football and has the capability to write a complete sentence, basically an intelligent blogger.
By Stredney
September 3, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Chris, do you have any facts that say USC is not #1?
Clearly at this point NO ONE knows out of the top five (or fifty) who is the best team. USC put on the best show against the best competition. Most people FEEL USC would beat all comers right now, and in the absence of any current top 5 matchups, USC gets the nod. Don’t worry, it’s a long season and things will straighten themselves out. Quit your crying.
By Bill
September 3, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
It all comes tumbling down in Columbia anyway.
By Bubba
September 3, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed sez: Georgia finally in over 30 years is gonna travel west of the Mississippi river to play a football game
Question for Roswell Ed: When did they move Arkansas and Texas?
By ATL Dawg
September 3, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
War Eagle-Why do you talk smack about Georgia when your own history sucks. Congrats on 2004 when you finally passed Georgia Tech in number of SEC Titles and tied Ole Miss with 6 SEC Titles. It’s great being tied for 6th in titles. Even Florida has 7 titles and they did not win one until 1991.
By m
September 3, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
Tony, are you really that stupid? These polls are a disgrace. Your opinion means nothing…..NOTHING. It only matters what happens on the field. For example, there are several teams still in the top 25 that have a loss. Why in the helle are they in the top 25 ahead of teams with NO losses? Because stupid people like you think you know better than what happens on the field…guess what….you don’t.
By PBR=America in a can
September 3, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
CHIP what game is Sutherland coming back???? I think ALLBARN needs to worry about Southern Mississippi considering they really didn’t dominate with the spread offense against ULM. Georgia will be fine…. its only week 2 folks. Plus i love how Bammer fans start drinking that Byrant Kool-Aid after they win 1 big game, Banma will be brought back to earth on Sep 27th.
By Will
September 3, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
I’m a huge dawg fan but I agree w/ the polls. As a matter or fact, based on last week, we should probably be the #6 team in the country because USC, OSU,OU & FL all believe in “style points” or how bad you beat & embarrass a lesser opponent. Our coach does not believe in doing business that way and that’s fine because we have another 11 or so weeks to prove our case.
By ugaUknow
September 3, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
Hey Auburn fan and AUeagle, GET A CLUE! We are not wannabees, when was your last national title? 1958? Alabama is the only real “storied program” in Alabama. Also, UGA has one of the hardest schedules in America and you know it. I will admit UGA is not the “pride of the SEC”, but we have more history than many other SEC schools. We also know what our mascot is, if an eagle is not your mascott, then why have a live eagle on the sidelines? UGA is a wannabee school? Auburn just makes its living ripping off other schools tradition! LSU, Clemson, and UGA combined and you get AuBARN! You do not have any originallity, and now that the tide is back you will not beat either of you main rivals ( Bama and UGA) for a long time. 45-20 suckers! GOOO DAWGS!!!!
By reservoirDAWG
September 3, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this
All the DAWGS need to do is win. Roswell Ed, Who has AU traveled to play in recent years?
By bmsmith82
September 3, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
The fact is that - Athletes from the South are in a totally diff. league than others elsewhere. (not counting UT athletes) No conference in the nation could stand the gruling week to week hard nose football that is played in SEC matchups. I think everyone knows this!
By SavAU
September 3, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this
Biggerthanbigdawg - are you not aware that Muschamp also got his graduate degree from Auburn. Make sure you know a little something before you go spouting ‘UGA like’ obnoxious comments. Muschamp saw dollar signs - end of story.
By BillDawg
September 3, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
According to the 2008 SEC Media Guide, SEC Championships by school:
Alabama 21 Tennessee 13 Georgia 12 LSU 10
By ATLdawg08
September 3, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Hey Roswell Ed,
Sounds like someone still has a bitter taste in their mouth about 2004. Maybe you shouldn’t have scheduled the Citadel, and should have “flown out west past the Mississippi”.
Sounds like you MIGHT just be a little bitter about last year too. The black jerseys excited the fans, but most of all the players. It helped gain momentum. Sorry it came at the expense of your precious tigers/eagles/whatever ya’ll are. Actually, I’m not sorry, because it worked out good for us. Rumor has it that Auburn might be planning a fashion statement of their own for that game. So be careful what you say.
What is a “tweener” coach anyways??
Go Dawgs!
By Fred G. Sanford
September 3, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
The “G” stands for Georgia, you big dummy!
The drop means nothing. I don’t care if we drop (or are placed) at #5 at this time behind USC, OSU, LSU, and FLA. After all, USC and OSU play each other and one will surely lose, and we play LSU and FLA. If we win, we take care of things. If we don’t win, we’ll have to take whatever. The polls are about as lasting as a fart in the wind.
By fred russo
September 3, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this
IF THE DAWGS WIN EVERY GAME I DON’T CARE WHO BEATS WHO WE WILL BE THE GREATEST TEAM EVER IN FOOTBALL. TO GO UNDEFETED IN THE SEC IS WITHOUT MATCH. BUT… I DON’T SEE HOW IT COULD HAPPEN TO ANY TEAM IN THAT CONFERENCE.
By The Real Roswell Ed
September 3, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
FOLKS!!
Roswell Ed was hijacked FROM ME about two months ago.
Since then I have blogged maybe 6 times and only once in the past 2 weeks.
The AJC can’t hold your alias and so I just quit blogging because there is no way to seperate myself from the others that pretend to be me.
The saddest part is that all you other regulars can’t tell that those comments aren’t mine.
The ones that post in my name are just boorish amateurs.
I mean really folks why would you respond to some idiot that writes about how Ga’s schedule is not brutal?
That’s just stupid.
Regards,
The real McCoy
By newrandyt
September 3, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this
If my Vols win out, we will go to the NC?
OK just kidding, things are getting too serious.
By Fulton
September 3, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Wake up UGA fans! A #1 team does not give up 21 points….to GA Southern….at home!! So there ya go…
By Moe Ron
September 3, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
Bill, please don’t tell me you’re gonna talk South Carolina trash after beating ACC giant NC State. LMAO. The ACC is pitiful, and SC will soon be proven to be equally pitiful. Maybe you’ll duplicate last year’s “lose the last 5 games of the season” streak.
By Eddie
September 3, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
If I come up with a nickname for myself, you guys should all call me by it!
Isn’t that how “Mr. College Football” got his?
By keniboy
September 3, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this
kudos to the statistician bringing up past records. no way alabama team of ‘56 is in any way related to this year’s situation. where is the adult blog?
By fred russo
September 3, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
LOOK USC IS GREAT NO QUESTION BUT WHO IS THIS YEARS VIRGINIA TEAM REMEMBER THEY LOST 3 GREAT PLAYERS FROM LAST YEARS TEAM. NOW IF THEY BEAT LAST YEARS VIRGINIA TEAM THAT WAY WOW!
By Dawg Fud
September 3, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
No problem here with USC jumping us. They look legit. If Georgia take cares of business they will be fine. Thus, why there are numerous Auburn fans on here venting about UGA.
AU finished undefeated and did not get a shot at the national championship (total BS). I would be jaded as well - knowing that if Georgia were to run the table they would likely get a shot at the title.
Play the games and let the chips fall into place.
By Moe Ron
September 3, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this
Fulton, what wimp program do you support? So there ya go…
By spotts
September 3, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed, how can you say Georgia doesn’t have a tough schedule? And who said that the game at Arizona State made it a tough schedule? Try games at Auburn, LSU, and (essentially at) Florida…all in the top 10. Or the game at ASU. Or Tennessee and Alabama at home.
What a moron.
By reservoirDAWG
September 3, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
Fulton, did you even watch the game. We were playing third stringers in the first quarter and GSU didn’t score until the fourth. Pay attention. Dumba$$.
By The Real Roswell Ed
September 3, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this
Futhermore folks, I’m really upset that I have been hijacked. I was taken all the way to Texas in the trunk of a car. I miss my blogging, I’m the ajc blogging god.
reagle beagle war damn eagle
By don
September 3, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed proves what we already know about Auburn: An Envy Problem. Go away “Gay boy”
By Clay
September 3, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this
This topic does not deserve such a huge explanation. UGA dropped because the margin of victory was not high enough and USC looked real darn good. I’m sure that UGA would still be #1 had the offense scored one more time and the defense kept GA Southern out of the end zone one more time. It’s not rocket science. Historically speaking, UGA does not win by a high enough margin to be #1. The voters vote for the teams that win by 50 every week, given the choice.
By Tommy T.
September 3, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed - You may want to clock back in to your greeter shift at Wal-Mart before you’re replaced by someone’s grandmother. GA has the toughest schedule in the country period. Yes, we’re making a trip out West to play a top 15 team in the desert heat, but the Dawgs would most likely still have the toughest schedule in the country, since they play AUB,LSU, and FL away. Please go find another blog to play on w/ other kids.
By athens DAWG
September 3, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Auburns “spread eagle” offense.
Is this the name of the football teams offense or some new formation the ladies of that school are participating in?
I heard they are both offensive and covered with flies!
By athens DAWG
September 3, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Auburns “spread eagle” offense.
Is this the name of the football teams offense or some new formation the ladies of that school are participating in?
I heard they are both offensive and covered with flies!
By athens DAWG
September 3, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Auburns “spread eagle” offense.
Is this the name of the football teams offense or some new formation the ladies of that school are participating in?
I heard they are both offensive and covered with flies!
By athens DAWG
September 3, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
Auburns “spread eagle” offense.
Is this the name of the football teams offense or some new formation the ladies of that school are participating in?
I heard they are both offensive and covered with flies!
By Cuz
September 3, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this
I agree with Bubba and Reservoir Dawg, we really didnt show up for a foe that was a patsy, and should have dropped even more. The article by Mr Moore is also right on the money, stop lolligagging, throw down your press clipping, as paper tears. iHi Mom.
By Richard
September 3, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
What you people don’t seem to understand is that the injustice isn’t that USC overtook Georgia at the #1 spot. That much should be a given.
The big injustice and part of the reason why the polls are a complete joke is that teams are ranked based on what people THINK they can do instead of what they accomplish. It’s an injustice that Georgia and Ohio State (among many others) are ranked at all.
This is Georgia’s body of work: Zero wins against FBS teams. Explain to me why that deserves a higher ranking than any team out there that beat a Division 1 team last weekend. The body of work from schools like South Carolina, Mizzouri, USC, Utah, ECU, Alabama, Fresno State, Florida and Wake Forest is better.
I’m not saying any of those teams can necessarily beat Georgia or Ohio State. I am saying that there’s no valid reason for ranking a team without a win against a Division 1 team over any team that went up against real competition and got it done.
Teams like Georgia and Ohio State should be completely exempt from the rankings until they beat a team in the same league. Kudos to the voters for Penalizing them for scheduling cupcake games
By LSU DAN
September 3, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this
I hope UGa and Bama beat the ever living hell out of auburn. They should plow that dump down and turn it back into cotton fields.
By AltamahaDawg
September 3, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this
Gosh that seemed like an awfully detailed explaination for such a simple event. #1 votes were less spread out and this week USC picked up a few #1 votes from OSU. Okl. and FL (and 3 from UGA) to slip ahead.
By Fred G. Sanford.
September 3, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this
We really had a great meeting here for the GMHC this weekend at Tiffany Hall, over at Tech, many guests, speakers and food. The G stands for Gayboy. Hi Cuz.
By AC in Boulder
September 3, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Funny story: I am a UGA grad and one of my best friends is an Auburn grad. We’ve been going at it every year for quite a while during football season. Last year he revealed to me that he tried to get into UGA as his first choice and was denied, so he settled for Auburn. Obviously he doesn’t have a leg to stand on any more. I think this sums up Auburn fans in general. They are like a little brother who will never be as popular, successful or as good looking as their stud older brother.
By Roswell Ed
September 3, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
The fake ED is back claiming I stole his name again.
WDE
By joey
September 3, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
“They” wont stop till Ohio State mans up and beats someone for a title. Then maybe we can get in there. Until, let the Ohio/USC nut swinging continue!
By Nate
September 3, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this
Okay, so I get it that we UGA fans look like whiners to a lot of people right now. Apparently Auburn fans have been the best at picking that up(probably a sense they acquired during and after the 2004 season.)
But as far as an Auburn fans saying that they don’t understand why UGA’s schedule gets so much attention, just look at the schedule and it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out. I agree, EVERY SEC schedule is brutal, but not this brutal. Let’s just break down the schedules of 3 really good SEC teams in recent years:
1.) 2007 LSU: Played 6 teams in top 25 at time of game…two of those were ranked in top ten at #9 for both. Only 3 teams on that schedule finished in the top 25. The highest finished at #9. Most recent National Champion on schedule: Florida from the previous year.
2.) 2006 Florida: Played 3 teams in the top 25 at game time. It was Tenn, LSU and Auburn. They all finished in top 25 plus Georgia in one poll at least. Two finished in top 10. Most recent National Champion on schedule…LSU from a few years earlier.
3.) The beloved 2004 Auburn team: Played 3 teams in top ten at game time. One of those teams, Georgia, finished in the top ten. No other teams on schedule were in top 25. Most recent National Champion on schedule…LSU from a few years earlier.
4.) Just a light comparison to UGA’s schedule as things will certainly change throughout the season with rankings: UGA plays 7 teams in top 25. That tops all others listed so far. Three in top nine and 4 in top 13. That even beats the 3 top ten teams Auburn played when you consider they play no other top 25 teams. Finally, most recent National Champions on schedule: LSU and Fla from the last two years.
P.S. Florida and LSU played no top 10 teams on the road. Auburn played 1 on the road. Georgia goes to LSU, Auburn and Florida(unless Jacksonville is now in the state of Georgia.). Oh yeah and maybe you don’t think its a big deal, but we also go play a top 15 team in Tempe, Arizona a couple of time zones over.
By Kendawg
September 3, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
It’s perfectly fine with me to drop to #2 in thepolls after one week. CMR played a lot of freshmen and began to build depth, which is going to be important as we get into the meat of our schedule. Let’s face facts. USC and Ohio State are the darlings of the media. It doesn’t take too much viewing of ESPN to figure this out. Bias is a weak word for their attitude.
By stewart
September 3, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
To: Ed in Roswell- Ed, Simply SHUT UP! You are an idiot! Your upset because Auburn cannot hold a candle to Georgia as we have double the SEC championships a Auburn. And your run with BAMA is over! Sorry CHUMP! Enjoy your butt kiking from Georgia and Saban for years to come!
By stewart
September 3, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
To: Ed in Roswell- Ed, Simply SHUT UP! You are an idiot! Your upset because Auburn cannot hold a candle to Georgia as we have double the SEC championships as Auburn. And your run with BAMA is over! Sorry CHUMP! Enjoy your butt kiking from Georgia and Saban for years to come!
By stewart
September 3, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
To: Ed in Roswell- Ed, Simply SHUT UP! You are an idiot! Your upset because Auburn cannot hold a candle to Georgia as we have double the SEC championships as Auburn. And your run with BAMA is over! Sorry CHUMP! Enjoy your butt kiking from Georgia and Saban for years to come!
By T
September 3, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this
LOL.. Georgia dropped because they dont deserve to be No 1., how many on this board actually think they will wind up No 1.?? Georgia wont even finish in the Top 10…
By 1eyedJack
September 3, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this
I think I’ll wait til about week 12 or 13 to worry about where these polls have us ranked. By then we should know whether we have an argument. Maybe if both USC and UGA are undefeated this year then they won’t be able to duck us the way they did last year.
By SavAU
September 3, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
AC in Boulder - hmmmm. When did you and your friend graduate? Maybe UGA has decided to deny anyone who isn’t obnoxious.
Seriously - when I graduated high school in the early 90s, Auburn had much higher SAT and grade standards than UGA had. Many from my school went to UGA when they couldn’t get into Auburn. I know that UGA has moved away from letting everyone and their brother in but our babysitter just got denied at Auburn and she’s now attending Georgia.
Poor girl…….
By Mr. College Football
September 3, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
Sorry Folks, I don’t know jack $hit about football, I’m a phony and I love roswell Ed and the auburnites. hehe, war eagle tigers.
By Joel in ATL
September 3, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
Just more of a reason why there should be a playoffs. As long as humans that are not suiting up control the games the national champion will never be true. I mean really Why is So. Cal playing 12 games this season if their only game is going to be Sept 13. Why not just call it the Rose Bowl. I swear the Pac 10 and Big 10 are really becoming a “fly in the ointment”. You can be a National Champion after the “pollsters” postion you for one game. Last season Georgia gets jumped when they didn’t play and get shut out of the BCS Title game (yea yea they didn’t win the conference, I got that) and now you win and fall. I mean the rules change like a crossdresser. I don’t care about the polls anymore, all th etalk for nothing.
Now To Roswell ED. Yes Georgia has not traveled out side of the South since 1966 trip to the Big House. With Georgia playing Florida is Jax every year they had to give up a home game to travel and the AD Dept just wasn’t comfy with have 5 home games 5 road games and the neutral game. You should know how college football works, everybody wants that return trip and when the schedule added the 12th game that allowed Georgia to schedule schools that would want a return trip and not having to always be the very next season.
WHat kills me is the double standard…You blow someone out and they claim you run up the score. You call the 1st and 2nd team dawgs off when it’s 38-0 and 3rd and 4th string my moms works for UGA players give up 21 MEANININGLESS points and it’s not enough. Richt will never run the score up although I’m in favor of it becasue I rather have people worried about me running up the score than saying I didn’t score enough. I just shake my head about how we got robbed by not seeing UGA and So. Cal last season. BUt who cares about the polls, there’s too much money floating around and that’s more important than getting it right.
By SavAU
September 3, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this
AC in Boulder -
UGA just doesn’t let anyone in that isn’t obnoxious.
It’s the best thing that could have happened to your friend.
My babysitter didn’t get into Auburn and is SETTLING for UGA……poor girl.
By UGA Pubic (sic) Relations Dept
September 3, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this
Athens, GA. This is to announce that UGA’s offense will now be officially known as The Spread Eagle Attack. This is to better prepare each UGA Playa for the time when he hears, “Get your hands on the hood and SPREAD ‘EM!” In a related move, a new course offering will be mandatory for all UGA Playas. It’s titled, “How To Make The Most Of Your Time In The Hoosegow While Waiting For Big Daddy Adams To Bail You Out”. Thank you all for supporting UGA Athletics where we give ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT new meaning…
By AltamahaDawg
September 3, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this
Ed, the problem is that the fake ED and the real ED usually do not come across very differently, and none of us care which is you.
By Eric
September 3, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
Ok guys quit knocking the Alabama and Auburn fans. Their farm animals are all up and moving so they have something else to occupy their time. I just feel sorry for the sheep.
By CT from Fortson
September 3, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
Check out this year’s Georgia/Auburn tickets. The Tigers are boasting “All Auburn-All Orange” for the game. I guess this means we will be subjected to an “Orange-Out” or “Orange Day” or Orange-Ade” or maybe even an “Orange-Crush” event at Jordan Hare Stadium. It really doesn’t matter - I hardly think an “Orange-out” will even come close to the effect the Black-out at Sanford had last year….unless the orange just makes us sick. Can’t wait - oh - I am so not intimidated.
By georgiagirl
September 3, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this
And Auburn play who the first three games?
Please even Tub was not happy with the game they play against Louisana-Monroe. Your D won that game not the O. So please start cleaning up around your own back door. Number 1 are not, I am and will always be a Georgia fan.
The other night at my part-time job as a bartender, I got off and was sitting at the bar watching the Tenn game because I am a SEC fan. Well the 70 something year old drunk sit now one stair from me and he starts running his mouth at me for wearing a Georgia shirt. Now this man did not know me, but told he was a Auburn and that I was sorry as hell for beginning a Georgia fan. Well it is my God given right to be what I want to be, so this red head told him what boat to get no and how fast.
I really get tried of people that do not know me running their redneck mouths at me for being a Georgia fan. My friends that okay, but someone just being a A@@ no. I have no problem with someone wearing their team colors. Just because I”m a women, well I guess some poor soul might find out just how much of a woman I am right after they get off the floor. I have had enough of strangers running their mouths at me. I love the Dawgs. GO DAWGS, SIC’EM BLACK AND RED. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Football Fan
September 3, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this
UGA is not a top 5 team, maybe a top 10 to 20 somewhere. UGA should have beaten GA Southern by at least 42 points, not 24. Look at USC, the Gators, Oklahoma, Texas…that is your top teams, they went out and beat a weaker team like a top team should have. Now, if UGA would have beaten Ga Southern say…56 to 7 or so, then you have a questin why they dropped. If UGA wants to stay in the top contender, they need to win this weekend by at least 49 points.
By Fred G. Sanford
September 3, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
The “G” stands for Georgia, you big dummy!
Uh oh, looks like some Tech fan stole my name. You’ll notice all the “gay” comments. I have never in my life seen a group of fans more obsessed with homosexuality than Tech fans. Makes me wonder…..
By BOBO
September 3, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this
UGA WILL BE IN THE BIG GAME
AUBURN AND FLA FANS STOP CRYING,CAUSE WE BEAT YOU DOWN LIKE A LITLE SISSYS. WILL DO IT AGAIN. YOU WILL SEE MY FRIENDS.
YOU WILL SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!wooooooooooooofffffffffff!!
By KW Dawg
September 3, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this
Getting dropped to #2 after the opening weekend was the best thing that could’ve happened to the Dawgs. The target on their backs just got a little smaller and now they can focus on winning their games. They won’t have to answer any more questions from the folks in the press who want to know how they are handling the #1 ranking.
In my opinion losing Owens is going to hurt them more than the loss of Sturdivant, but this is football and a championship caliber team has to overcome their injuries. If the Dawgs win the SEC with no more than one loss, they will be heading to Miami in 2009.
GO DAWGS!!!!
By mike
September 3, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
Tony- the reason the dawgs dropped in the poll?? Pure and simple and as was put so great on the morning news shows….the idiots in the media have a love affair with USC and OSU. When your in bed with someone- what do you expect. Virginia being the ACC powerhouse they are only makes the media look that more biased as we already know they are. Do us all a favor- crawl under a rock and dont come out till after the BCS
By Eric C.
September 3, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
The coaches and players may say otherwise, but this drop in the rankings will light a fire under the Dawgs…look for a whipping of CM this week by a very focused UGA.
Tony, USC played their A-game last week against an average ACC team…big freaking deal. If UGA had played their A-game this past week and left starters in…would have been 66-7 easily. And quite frankly, I think GSU is a team that could finish in the middle of the pack in the ACC this year…hypothetically speaking.
By JOE DIRT
September 3, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this
Ohh listen at the sack licking butt sniffers whine…
Hey look… Is it Vince, no it’s Herschel, wait a minute it’s another softball game.. with the chippeewaas… Yep Just like the Jeffersons Movin on Up
By dakota
September 3, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this
I remember when Auburn tried to play FSU in the ACC. They could’nt beat a lowly ACC team and after getting beat by FSU regularly they dropped FSU off their schedule and left FSU hanging. They said it was a SEC thing. NO CLASS. If you can’t compete in the lowly ACC you sure can’t expect to qualify for SEC status, what a joke…Auburn compete in the SEC. GO DAWGS
By bama_12titles
September 3, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
Why do you guys let Roswell Ed get under your skin? Personally, I think he’s hilarious. He’s kinda like an idiot that tells you how qualified Barack is but can’t tell you one accomplishment of his.
Ed looks pretty foolish saying that UGA has a cream puff schedule. I think everyone agrees that UGA’s schedule is the toughest in the country. By far! I’m a Bammer fan that concedes that and if they get through unscathed or with only 1 loss then I would riot myself if they didn’t get into the title game.
Roswell Ed did have one valid criticism that as a Bammer fan I understand where he is coming from. Growing up the one thing I truly loved about Bama football was all the big time intersectional home and home rivalrys we took on. We played USC, Nebraska, Penn State, Ohio St., Ucla, Oklahoma etc. in home and home contests and many others that I won’t go into. That was what built us into a nationally known name that’s still recognized today even if we have sucked the last couple of years.
In fact, all of the SEC teams over the last 20 years have taken on big time BCS conference teams from west of the Mississippi or north of the mason dixon line in home and homes. We’re talking opponents like USC, Texas, Oregon, Texas Tech, Va. Tech, I could go on and on.
The lone holdout is Georgia. In 40 years of watching college football I’ve never seen UGA take on big home and home intersectional contests with teams outside of the immediate southeast. Its what’s kept UGA a good regional program but never a national elite program. UGA took on UCLA at home in 1985 but refused the return trip to L.A. the next year and the Texas game another poster mentioned was a bowl game in which you have no choice.
But I like the fact that Richt recognizes that this has always hurt the UGA program from a national perspective and he is doing the right thing by exposing UGA football to other fans by going to the desert to play a good Ariz. St. team.
Good luck against the Sun devils. Hopefully we will both enter Sept. 27th undefeated and give everyone one of those vintage smash mouth SEC football games. Looking forward to a great game then.
By EmMeThree
September 3, 2008 12:33 PM | Link to this
I think that if you’re going to compare teams between conferences, the only thing you can use as your criteria is national championships. Back before the BCS nonsense, coaches & sportswriters picked the champion each year. The players or the schools had no say in how it turned out. I am a USC fan through and through, but I am also able to be objective in my thinking as well. Especially since the start of the Pete Carroll era, USC has not run from ANYBODY! If you can reasonably and without bias recall some of the recent games in USC’s history games against Auburn (twice), Nebraska (twice), Arkansas (twice), Va Tech, Oklahoma, and since we’re talking SEC primarily, you can add in Virginia last week also. NONE of these games were close, and ALL were USC victories. Let us not forget what happened last year to Tenn when they went out West to Cal last year, and to UCLA this year (with a 3rd-string QB no less). I remember a couple of seasons ago, while Bennedict Patrino coached Louisville, they BEGGED most SEC schools for a game, either home, away, or neutral site only to be rejected by most, with the exception of Georgia. Can you even point out a game USC has played against a lower division school? I know that you were aching for a GA/USC Rose Bowl, as I was, only to get denied by the Rose Bowl committee, but let’s hope all stay status quo for the remainder of the season. Then we will see if USC is all hype or not.
By Buford
September 3, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this
When does the dogs season start?
By AC in Boulder
September 3, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
US News 2008 college rankings (academic): Georgia #58 and Auburn # 96.
By edawg71
September 3, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this
Roswell Ed, what’s wrong man? It may be time to just face the fact that no matter who your favorite team is, UGA is probably better. There’s no shame in that game! It’s just the way it is.
By Richard
September 3, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Yo Haters,
Some of you idiots are obviously not working a real job! You still live with your mama’s. Never had a woman. Got way too much time on your hands. Spend all day bouncing around from one blog to another. Get a life!!!
OH Yea……………..GO DAWGS!!!!!
By dogfan
September 3, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this
Hey Roswell Ed;
Are you an Auburn grad? If so that explains why you’re so dumb! The key word was “schedule”. Look at Georgia’s schedule - not just who they play but when and where. Obviously, based on history of past performances, Georgia’s is a pretty damn tough schedule. As the year progresses some teams may not live up to expectations while others may be better than originally thought. But as of today, Georgia has a tough, tough schedule. Arizona State is but one game - probably a very difficult one - but it’s only one of many that make their schedule one of the most difficult in all of college football.
By bama_12titles
September 3, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
EmmeThree pretty much has it right. I think just by virtue of their overall sheer dominance, especially against SEC teams and other BCS teams that USC is generally going to get the nod in close voting for No. 1. I don’t see a problem with that. Besides, all you have to be is number 2 to get into the national title game so UGA fans really don’t have much to worry about should they survive their schedule.
The other thing to like about USC is that you will never see them schedule a double aa team. They always play respectable nonconference games and even if Virginia is down this year they are still a bcs conference member and not some double aa team.
By njdawg
September 3, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
I have no problem with this so long as when we play on the road in the SEC and are successful, we get the same treatment. Remember, the ACC is down this year, and UVA is a middle to bottom tier ACC team. If we go on the road and defeat the other USC, ASU, LSU, UF (we’re home ino), all the while beating Alabama & UT at home, then where are we? Do we get the same treatment?
By Andy
September 3, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
After the Georgia/Georgia Southern game, I knew that we were going to drop in the polls. I just hate it sometimes when Georgia plays to the abilities of their opponents especially in a crucial year like this. I am even surprise the Georgia did not drop by 4 because all the top 5 played teams played like they belong there and we didn’t. We are not Ohio State who year after year are blessed into a BSC championship game only to get humiliated be an SEC team. In order to remain where we are, we need to beat our weaker opponents in a convincing manner; and goes for the game next week against central Michigan. The Georgia Southern game should have been a cake walk. When I saw LSU play against Appalachian, they played like true champions and UGA needs to play like that if we want to remain in the number 2 spot. As for Roswell Ed enough has been said already so I am not going to go down that road. I just wish Auburn and the rest of the SEC teams all the best. GO DAWGS!!!
By Andy
September 3, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
After the Georgia/Georgia Southern game, I knew that we were going to drop in the polls. I just hate it sometimes when Georgia plays to the abilities of their opponents especially in a crucial year like this. I am even surprise the Georgia did not drop by 4 because all the top 5 played teams played like they belong there and we didn’t. We are not Ohio State who year after year are blessed into a BSC championship game only to get humiliated be an SEC team. In order to remain where we are, we need to beat our weaker opponents in a convincing manner; and goes for the game next week against central Michigan. The Georgia Southern game should have been a cake walk. When I saw LSU play against Appalachian, they played like true champions and UGA needs to play like that if we want to remain in the number 2 spot. As for Roswell Ed enough has been said already so I am not going to go down that road. I just wish Auburn and the rest of the SEC teams all the best. GO DAWGS!!!
By Andy
September 3, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this
After the Georgia/Georgia Southern game, I knew that we were going to drop in the polls. I just hate it sometimes when Georgia plays to the abilities of their opponents especially in a crucial year like this. I am even surprise the Georgia did not drop by 4 because all the top 5 played teams played like they belong there and we didn’t. We are not Ohio State who year after year are blessed into a BSC championship game only to get humiliated be an SEC team. In order to remain where we are, we need to beat our weaker opponents in a convincing manner; and goes for the game next week against central Michigan. The Georgia Southern game should have been a cake walk. When I saw LSU play against Appalachian, they played like true champions and UGA needs to play like that if we want to remain in the number 2 spot. As for Roswell Ed enough has been said already so I am not going to go down that road. I just wish Auburn and the rest of the SEC teams all the best. GO DAWGS!!!
By BeachGaBulldog
September 3, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this
To all of the LOSER people like Auburn fans, Roswell Ed who started off this whole thing by showing what a dumba* he is, and to all of the anti-Dawg f*(Why are you spending time in a Georgia Bulldog blog if you are a fan of another school?) Go f** yourself! Georgia is the classiest school in the SEC. Too bad we are surrounded by idiots on all sides(Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida fans who are all the REAL REDNECKS!) And to you Tech fans…..when you haven’t beaten us in God knows when, shut the hell up! Go DAWGS! #1111111 I don’t care what a bunch of BIASED j******* pollsters think.
By wreckmaniac
September 3, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Finally, the boasting and BS can be reduced from a category 12 to 11. Its hard for the rest of us college fans to get a word in until UGA gets its comeuppance every year but they always get it. It just seems that UGA never gets any respect. I dont know why but they never get it. Could it be because they have not won a nat champ since the Crackers left town or that voters expect more from a team that has had the # 1 RECRUITIN’ class for the past 12 years or they always lose one they are supposed to win or …. I just don’t know
By Jake
September 3, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this
Why don’t we have a playoff???
By joe_h
September 3, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
Just think if the mutts actually make it to the bcs title game this year they will have to earn the victory,NOT like in 80 when they beat a 7-4 Notre Dame team to win the title!
Try 9-1-1 you dimwitted cretin.
You tell them Joe Dirt, them dawgs be too dumb to figure they couldnt find a D1 team to play, only 119 to choose from. Yep thats a mighty tough schedule there, whos next USC? OSU? no, no, no its the chipperwahs from central meechigan.
You obviously don’t know the meaning of irony your Alabama white trash. Auburn fans of all people shouldn’t be trash talking another team’s out of conference schedule. Auburn is a laughing stock when it comes to out of conference schedules. That’s why you didn’t get to play for the 2004 BCS Championship. LOL!
ChrisinBama, or whatever the hell your name is, if you are going to post stats, do it right. UGA has won 2 national titles. Auburn sure as hell has won 10 SEC titles either. Auburn has a paltry 6 SEC titles dumbass. Auburn will never measure up to UGA. They don’t even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with UGA.
By bama_12titles
September 3, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
njdawg,
If you survive your road schedule of Carolina, ASU, LSU, UF, and don’t forget Auburn and a decent Kentucky team and what should be a decent Tech team by year end, and then take care of business at home against UT and my Bammers, then win the conference championship rematch against the west champion, then yeah, you would certainly merit being number 1 in anybody’s book. Its just that its a really tough schedule. If you lose 1 then hopefully you would still get number 2 BCS at the end of the regular season which is all that really matters.
By Dawg 'n IT
September 3, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
I don’t think any fan of a team on UGA’s schedule should say anything until after that team plays the Dawgs. UGA is the highest ranked SEC team in the country until further notice. That is all, thanks.
By joe_h
September 3, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this
Just think if the mutts actually make it to the bcs title game this year they will have to earn the victory,NOT like in 80 when they beat a 7-4 Notre Dame team to win the title!
Try 9-1-1 you dimwitted cretin.
You tell them Joe Dirt, them dawgs be too dumb to figure they couldnt find a D1 team to play, only 119 to choose from. Yep thats a mighty tough schedule there, whos next USC? OSU? no, no, no its the chipperwahs from central meechigan.
You obviously don’t know the meaning of irony your Alabama white trash. Auburn fans of all people shouldn’t be trash talking another team’s out of conference schedule. Auburn is a laughing stock when it comes to out of conference schedules. That’s why you didn’t get to play for the 2004 BCS Championship. LOL!
ChrisinBama, or whatever the hell your name is, if you are going to post stats, do it right. UGA has won 2 national titles. Auburn sure as hell has won 10 SEC titles either. Auburn has a paltry 6 SEC titles dumbass. Auburn will never measure up to UGA. They don’t even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with UGA.
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Beating a Div1AA team is like kissin your sister. It’s kissin, but it just ain’t right. Then again GA has always been kinda into cousin lovin, on the west coast we like looking outside the family, if you know what I mean..
By joe_h
September 3, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this
Just think if the mutts actually make it to the bcs title game this year they will have to earn the victory,NOT like in 80 when they beat a 7-4 Notre Dame team to win the title!
Try 9-1-1 you dimwitted cretin.
You tell them Joe Dirt, them dawgs be too dumb to figure they couldnt find a D1 team to play, only 119 to choose from. Yep thats a mighty tough schedule there, whos next USC? OSU? no, no, no its the chipperwahs from central meechigan.
You obviously don’t know the meaning of irony your Alabama white trash. Auburn fans of all people shouldn’t be trash talking another team’s out of conference schedule. Auburn is a laughing stock when it comes to out of conference schedules. That’s why you didn’t get to play for the 2004 BCS Championship. LOL!
ChrisinBama, or whatever your name is, if you are going to post stats, do it right. UGA has won 2 national titles. Auburn sure as hell hasn’t won 10 SEC titles either. Auburn has a paltry 6 SEC titles dumbass. Auburn will never measure up to UGA. They don’t even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with UGA.
By SEC FAN
September 3, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
What’s wrong with BeachGaBulldog?I guess in his humble opinion everyone in the south outside of Georgia is an idiot and a redneck. And yet he talks about having class! Absolutely priceless!
By waaa waaa
September 3, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Waaa Waaa my donkey ball jugglers are not #1 Waaa Waaa
By Stat man
September 3, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this
I can understand the UGA fan bashing Roswell Ed but you really shouldn’t bash Auburn too much by saying they don’t deserve to be mentioned in the same breath with UGA.
After all, they do own you in head to head by 3 games at 44-41 I believe it is. Get your facts straight. Facts are facts and the fact is that Auburn owns you in head to head. Just deal with it.
As for the idiot who thinks UGA beat a 7-4 Notre Dame team in 1980 let me say this. Maybe you don’t remember because its been so long since UGA has won a national title. But did you really think a 7-4 team would play in a nat’l title game? ND was 9-1-1 you idiot!
By Denver Dawg
September 3, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this
I hope Georgia, USC, Oklahoma and West Virginia all finish undefeated. Then this whole stupid a$s BCS, no playoff sh1t will blow up in the face of all these self-righteous college football dictators.
By baker
September 3, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
aubrun is an awful place, a god awful town. what a terrible awful town auburn is. i would be mad and bitter as well if i had to attend school in that nasty terrible little town
By Football Guy
September 3, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
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By A
September 3, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
I’m surprised LSU didn’t jump to #1. The rankings don’t mean anything until the end of the year.
By Gator Nation
September 3, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
Relax Georgia Fans!
If you go undefeated or have one loss you will be in the National Championship game (as long as you still win the SEC).
Losing Jeff Owens is way worse than losing the #1 ranking.
Stay healthy, kick some butt, and we will see you in Jacksonville for the SEC East Championship Game.
Go Gators!
By Observation
September 3, 2008 1:42 PM | Link to this
I find it funny to see constant mentions that Auburn fails to travel to play big name opponents.
During the Tommy Tuberville era: 2001 - at Syracuse. Back when Syracuse was a good team. 2002 - at USC. Any questions? Syracuse at home. 2003 - at Georgia Tech. I give UGA credit for playing Tech every year. I think it should go both ways. 2004 - everyone makes fun of playing the Citadel. Does anyone stop to do any research? Auburn was set to play Bowling Green that year. BGSU got a higher offer from Oklahoma and bailed at the last second, leaving Auburn having to scramble to find an opponent. THAT is one of the main differences that year. 2005 - Georgia Tech at home 2006 - Washington State at home. 2007 - Kansas State/South Florida at home. 2008 - at West Virginia. 2009 - West Virginia 2010-11 - home and home with Clemson 2014 - at Kansas State 2017-18 - home and home with Georgia Tech.
Fact is - Auburn tried to schedule home and home series with both Michigan and Notre Dame in recent years, but was turned away. Virginia Tech backed out of series in the mid 1990s. If you’re looking to dump on someone for not traveling - Auburn’s not the one.
By Eric1
September 3, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
Bama…always living in the past. The Bear is D. E. A. D. and he aint coming back! Give ‘em hell Roswell Ed. WDE!!!
By Yikes
September 3, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
From BeachGaBulldog: “To all of the LOSER people like Auburn fans, Roswell Ed who started off this whole thing by showing what a dumba* he is, and to all of the anti-Dawg f(Why are you spending time in a Georgia Bulldog blog if you are a fan of another school?) Go f* yourself! Georgia is the classiest school in the SEC. Too bad we are surrounded by idiots on all sides(Auburn, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida fans who are all the REAL REDNECKS!) And to you Tech fans…..when you haven’t beaten us in God knows when, shut the hell up! Go DAWGS! #1111111 I don’t care what a bunch of BIASED j* pollsters think.”
You type that while saying that Georgia is the classiest school? Methinks you need to check out the definition of classy. And this isn’t a Georgia blog. It’s an article in the AJC that is about Georgia, Ohio State and USC. I would think anyone would be free to read it and make comments on it.
Stay classy!
By Moe Ron
September 3, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
PACWIN, you sure seem to know a lot about kissing cousins. Hmmmm….
By st simons
September 3, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
Ga. will lose 4 or 5 games this year! Their overrated ! GO TECH
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 1:55 PM | Link to this
All this talk about the SEC and scheduling OOC games, take a lesson. Fact is, USC just plays the games, and they WIN. SEC, ACC, Big 10; So. Cal. has a winning record against them all. Bravo to UCLA for representing. We love it when the SEC sends a team out west for us to dine on, just like Southern BBQ. Ya’ll come back now, ya hear.
By bama_12titles
September 3, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
To Eric1 and Roswell Ed,
Of course the Bear is dead. Has been for about 25 years now. Why can’t you let that go? We’ve moved on and won sec titles not to mention a nat’l title years after the bear died. I actually think its people like you Auburn fans who need to let the man go and stop living in the past.
We Bammers are certainly proud of the Bear and our storied tradition but that’s all in the past.
We’re all about the future considering Saban is smacking Auburn in instate recruiting every year. Good luck playing us and UGA and everyone else in the future with all those 2 star recruits you keep racking up. We’ll just keep on racking up 4 and 5 star recruits, keep building for the future, and smile and laugh as your program takes a steady descent into the abyss.
You’re about to get a dose of the same physical dominance that Clemson got a dose of. I think we’ll be starting our own little streak against you in a few short months. Roll Tide!
By AUeagle
September 3, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this
UGa is redneck U ! It’s hard to walk down the streets to the stadium without stumbling on lumps of redman and chatternooger chew. You dumb rednecks, we own you in the head to head series. STFU necks!
WAR DAMN EAGLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Mr. College Football
September 3, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
hunker down you hairy damn dawgs, hunker down. gag me, how gay
By Fort Worth Dawg
September 3, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this
USC and Ohio State will be as close to #1 and #2 when they play, and, if possible, Georgia and Florida will be as close to #1 and #2 when they play. There is a conspiracy and it is to drive TV ratings. In the short term it will work against UGA and, hopefully, it will work to our advantage later.
By Auburn Man
September 3, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this
Is it true Trinton Sturdivant hurt his leg preparing for “dancing with the stars”.
Heard he was a hot commodity after his cocktail party performance.
WAR EAGLE
By Really?
September 3, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
to bama12titles.
You’re over the Bear? Really? All about the future? Then I guess it wasn’t Tuscaloosa that just raised a 50-foot tall houndstooth hat on top of Bryant Stadium, which sits on Bryant Drive, next to the Bryant quad, through which you can access the Bryant Museum, and inside that buy a Bear Sandwich at the Bryant deli and relieve yourself in the Bear-o-Potty.
No one lives in the past more than Bama fans.
By Sammy Kershaw
September 3, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this
WHO CARES, UGA will loose 4 so it is a mute point.
AU Eagle needs to worry about his QB and not these ridiculous UGA fans. WAR SPREAD EAGLE
By hahaha
September 3, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
BeachGaBulldog
Wow what a way to show the thUGA class.
And by the way can you show me where this says UGA blog all others stay away.
By Rob
September 3, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
I could care less about dropping… only where we end up after the MNC game in January of 09. Go Dawgs!!!
By AUeagle
September 3, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this
My school has too many mascots and I prefer dudes.
By CMR
September 3, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this
Dropping in the rankings is a blessing for our team. We don’t need the ranking right now at all. All UGA needed is to be ranked high so that if they have a loss they are still contenders for the NC. With the cupcake schedule of USC and OSU one team will be undefeated and then that leaves us with all of the 1 loss teams…p** on the rankings as of now, we just wanted preseason #1…oh, and we got it! As for traveling west…ASU is NOT the hard part of our schedule ED. You must be an idiot to think we’re worried about them over our SEC opponents, hahah!
By SweetGeorgiaDawg
September 3, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this
Wreckmaniac: If you went to a school where you’re suppose to be good in math ….. then how come nothing “adds up” in what you posted???
By tjs
September 3, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this
You should not been # 1 from the start, playing Ga. Southern, while your chief rival plays a team who was in a New Years bowl (UVA)…Give us a break, going west for the first time in decades, you should have been playing USC for your street cred.Note the Pac Ten team rated # 6 in their conference beat a SEC team out west Monday….You must now pummel Arizona St to get some BCS cred, I said last month 4 losses were more real, than most of you hypemasters wanted to hear. tjs
By Roswell Ed
September 3, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
I apologize everyone, but I am a stinkin LOSER who still lives at home with my parents, with no job, and waits for the next AJC article to come out so I can be the first to post. How exciting is that. Someone please help me get a life!!!
By Rob
September 3, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
As long as UGA gets the same treatment as some of those teams last year got… IF we have two losses and still get to the SEC Championship, then we should still get to the big game like LSU did. I personally think we’ll have one loss this year… we could easily have 2 or 3, but I think CMR will get the team’s heads in the right place for the duration of the season.
By MARIETTA DAWG
September 3, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this
144 - 97 Hey Ed that is the points that the DAWGS have scored on your beloved War Kittens in the last 5 seasons. UGA 3 - ALLBARN 2.
And for EmMeThree — USC has not played anyone to RUN from. Right now they are only scheduled to play 3 ranked teams.
Also, GENIUS Virginia is not in the SEC. Get off our blog with your CRAP.
One more thing — To all the ALLBARN KITTENS, USC CONDOMS(oops I meant TROJANS), LSU BUNGALS and no I did not forget all you UF GUTTER fans get ready cause the DAWGS mean business this year — who cares if we are not #1 as long as we are winning that’s all that matters. GOOOOOO DAWGS - SIC “EM SEE YA IN MIAMI
By DawgGirl
September 3, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
It’s all crap…Ohio State plays NOBODY all season, every season yet they remain ranked at the top of the polls. UGA plays a great game and suddenly they drop because the team is division 2. Ohio State shouldn’t even been ranked in the top 5 with the weak schedule they play.
By Moe Ron
September 3, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
tjs, most of what you say is true, however, UCLA may be #6 in the Pac 10, but UT will probably be #6 or 7 in the SEC. So what’s the big deal?
By Don Vito Corleone
September 3, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this
Roswell Dead, I’m gonna make you an offer that you can’t refuse. Leave this board now and stay away forever. In return, I will make sure that you are left unharmed when the Dawgs massacre Auburn. Accept this generous offer now or suffer the consequences later.
By MARIETTA DAWG
September 3, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Who in the HELL let that damn TECH fan on our island. St. Simons is DAWG LAND. Fly your YELLOW A$$ off the Pier and get off our island.
PACWIN they win because you play nobody
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 3, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
Wow…idiot day on this blog.
Apparently most bloggers were either not at the game or did not watch it on pay per view. Remember it was 38-0 at one point, and that is when CMR called off the preverbial dawgs. CMR is not going to keep any regulars in the game just to p/u some votes via embarassing an instate school (outside of Tech).
Anyone tell me when CK got his first carry, then running for 95 yards. I thought so.
Hate all you want but at least have an understanding about what CMR goals and objectives are for the season. The second have was lined with 2nd and 3rd team guys on defense. Most were freshman who were seeing significant game time for the first time.
Lineup boys and take a number becuase the Bulldawg train will be coming to your town shortly. Just be sure after you have been steam rolled you show back up and let us know how the crow tastes.
What a bunch of pathetic college football fans in here.
GOOO DAWGS!!!
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 3, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
Wow…idiot day on this blog.
Apparently most bloggers were either not at the game or did not watch it on pay per view. Remember it was 38-0 at one point, and that is when CMR called off the preverbial dawgs. CMR is not going to keep any regulars in the game just to p/u some votes via embarassing an instate school (outside of Tech).
Anyone tell me when CK got his first carry, then running for 95 yards. I thought so.
Hate all you want but at least have an understanding about what CMR goals and objectives are for the season. The second have was lined with 2nd and 3rd team guys on defense. Most were freshman who were seeing significant game time for the first time.
Lineup boys and take a number becuase the Bulldawg train will be coming to your town shortly. Just be sure after you have been steam rolled you show back up and let us know how the crow tastes.
What a bunch of pathetic college football fans in here.
GOOO DAWGS!!!
By Gawlee-Burn
September 3, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this
AUEagle…Don’t you realize that “Chatanooger Chew” and Redman and all that is because you are in Athens during the Auburn/Georgia game? All your in-bred, incestuous cousins are in town from the little Sht Splat on the Plain! Maybe the blackout and the a*whuppin’ was what made you forget…Oh yeah, and we know we have alot of redneck fans that couldn’t get into Georgia. We call ‘em Auburn alums. War Damn Weakling!
By Tiltman
September 3, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this
enough of the banter, guys.
I just have one question. Who was the last preseason #1 team to win their first game and drop in the polls? Just an honest question for any CFB History guru…
If USC had been preseason #1 and beat Cal Poly Tech by 24 pts, would they have dropped? I think not …
By JJ
September 3, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this
georgia has just begun to drop. Wait till they play somebody decent. They still do some impressive spooning over there in redneck nation though.
By Big Dawg
September 3, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this
Chris in Bama
While I agree with you in that athens Dawg’s comment was over the top, but your stats are just plain wrong. You state the following: Georgia..1 National Championship, all-time record .647, 12 conference titles, postseason bowl record 24-16-3
Alabama..12 National Championships, all-time record .706, 25 conference titles, postseason bowl record 31-21-3
GA has won 2 Consensus National Championships, not 1 as you incorrectly pointed out- 1942 voted # 1 in 7 polls and 1980 in 11 polls. GA has won 14 Conference Championships- not 12 as you incorrectly pointed out- 12 SEC Championships and 2 Southern Conference Championships i.e. 1921, 1927, 1942, 1946, 1948, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 2002 and 2005. You stated Georgia’s all time winning percentage is .647 well I ran the numbers and it actually came out to .652 and lastly you said GA’s all time bowl record was 24-16-3 which happens to be the only stat about GA that you got correct. *- Voted # 1 in at least one poll *- Consensus National Champions
Now for Alabama- I have gone through the records from NCAA.org Past Division 1A Football National Championship records and only find 9 legitimate MNC’s for AL as follows- 1925, 1926, 1934*, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1979, and 1992- I don’t count 1973 as you lost to Norte Dame in the 1974 Orange Bowl and only was voted # 1 in 2 polls. Alabama was voted # 1 in at least one poll on 7 other occasions as follows: 1930, 1941, 1945, 1962, 1966, 1975, and 1977. *In 1934 AL was voted # 1 in 4 polls but Minnesota was the Consensus NC that year and was voted # 1 in 7 polls but I gave AL the benefit of the doubt because AL went unbeaten and untied and Minnesota didn’t, bias on the part of the pollsters. As for conference titles AL has 21 SEC Titles i.e. 1933, 1934, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1989, 1992, and 1999 so I assume they won the other 4 Conference Titles in the Southern Conference.
Both AL and GA have rich traditions in football and are to be proud of their accomplishments as Alabama is the 6th and GA is the 11th winningest programs all time respectively.
Go Dawgs “EARN IT” and GO SEC
By Moe Ron
September 3, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this
JJ, you are obviously a Tech fan. They usually state something mindless and then go directly to the “gay” or “spooning” comments. Shows where your mind is at.
By NotaAtlantafan
September 3, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this
After reading about 30 of these post USC is now my favorite team. You sissy @ss crybaby SEC fans with all your excuses are laughable. Shut up and take it like a man. And if you don’t know how, well then ask someone from the north they will school you. Definition of a SEC fan see: im·be·cile, a person of the second order in a former classification of mental retardation, above the level of idiocy, having a mental age of seven or eight years and an intelligence quotient of 25 to 50.
By DawgieStyle'n
September 3, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
Don Vito Corleone: LOL That was funny! But don’t be getting ole Ed so excited over the hopes of waking up & finding another horse (or farm animal) in his bed again!
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 3:51 PM | Link to this
MARIETTA DAWG
At least they play with the “Big Boys”. They didn’t choose some 1AA chump to open against. Maybe your Doggs will open against the “varsity squad” next year.
O’ by the way, win did your Doggs last win the NC
By AC in Boulder
September 3, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this
The guy talking about stupidity above should have written his name notanatlanta fan instead of notAatlanta fan He couldn’t even make it through his name without betraying his pea brain. Thanks for that dummy. GO DAWGS!
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this
NotaAtlantafan
I’m glad you would like to support the Trojans “FIGHT ON”. But just how far North do you live. We like our fans to live south of Frisco. LOL!
By gdawginkalamazoo
September 3, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this
UGA would have dropped after the USC-OSU game anyway. We better take care of CMU first. The MAC teams up here throw the ball all over the place. This CMU QB will take it down and run too. I am hoping for another Hawaii type shut down but don’t count on it. Better bring it. Don’t let SC or UT embarrass us again. BAMA and KY will be big challenges again this year too. Damn Vandy has a great RB too. From the 10 second highlights I could catch up here, Stafford looks pretty sharp and it appears that the receivers will be ready. Richt and Bobo held something back and probably will up until the SC game.
By gadawg43
September 3, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
Hey Ed. I have an idea . Lets put TECH on Auburns schedule every year. OH WAIT. Auburn can’t handle TECH. Never mind.
By Big Dawg
September 3, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this
UGA Pubic (sic) Relations Dept
Now that is really hilarious.
By BamaDawg
September 3, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this
Roswell Ed, here is a Simple rule to follow as a college football fan since your inbred a* doesn’t get it. If you get you a* handed to you two straight years you have nothing to say until your team backs up your mouth! Just as UGA fans Shouldn’t say anything about Tenn. You might want to write this down so someone else can explain it to your da da dumb a*!
By Mike T.
September 3, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this
WE BEAT Notre Dame team to win the title!
Try 9-1-1
And as hard as it is to think about it, we owe Tech for that NC. On the very day we played Fl.and the miracle play of Belue to Lindsay Scott happened,ND was ranked number 1,Tech tied them and allowed us to move up to number 1.We later played ND in the Sugar Bowl and won. Herschel played in the game with a separated shoulder.
By Fred Sanford
September 3, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
Moving Georgia down a spot in the rankings after a win against a weak opponent is fine, as long as the same rule is applied to USC and Ohio State every time they win against one of their many lame opponents. USC’s schedule is a joke, and Ohio State’s is pretty humorous itself.
By Longhorn
September 3, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this
Do you folks truly believe that you are in the same class as USC, the dominant power in college football over the last decade? When USC goes out, and that offense clicks the way it did against Virginia, the coaches and writers can’t help but remember their amazing teams from the last few years and think to themselves, “Pete Carroll has done it again.”
Also, everyone knows the USC/OSU game will truly decide the trajectory of the BCS outcome, so why not just admit it in the polls.
By Rusty
September 3, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this
Way too early to worry about the polls for UGA fans.
By the way, I’ve started out 4-0 ATS again for the year! Check out my picks…
http://www.rustybanks.com
By Mike T.
September 3, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
Trojans ranked number one Best condoms in the land!
By EINSTEIN
September 3, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this
These pre-season polls do matter, because where you finish can have a lot to do with where you start. The rankings should not even start until midway through the season! If they are used in the BCS formula then they should be based on performance, not pre-season hype and history.
By MDawg
September 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Link to this
athens DAWG, “Auburns “spread eagle” offense.” Now that is just funny! LOL!
By Rabun Dawg
September 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
Tony, you surely stirred up the pot good with this one! I ,as an old time UGA grad, agree with what Bama 12 titles said, UGA never has ventured much out of the South to create any intersectional rivalries. I do recall Bama playing the JoePa;s bunch a few times, and UT seems to play the Left Coast, etc., etc., but we always stay South and too many DIv.1-AA’s. Yes, we did open with Colorado a few years back, and still owe them a return, and did play OK. State last year, but when did we ever play Big 10(or whoever they are), Pac 10, etc., etc. That’s why we don’t get national respect, not because of the score of the game against a 1-AA. USC not only traveled cross country to play a BCS conference team, they took care of business and blew them away. I would vote them #1 as well! Until our AD and the powers to be get it right, UGA will always be a regional team. This year we have a chance to make more noise on the National level if we succeed with that schedule. That will be a tall task to pull off for sure, but get through with maybe only one loss, then we shall see what respect we get!! Until then, play better OOC!!
By gdawginkalamazoo
September 3, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this
Longhorn, And USC has one crystal football to show for it. Granted UGA has none but I am not complaining about it. Georgia has not played up to it’s potential when it needed to in major games (UT the past couple of years) and the minor games (SC, Vandy, KY) which has cost us big time. But in the meantime USC has had mental breakdowns (UCLA comes to mind) that has cost them dearly. But for all the hype, they have the one crystal football in the past couple of decades or so. As I mentioned above no problem with moving uGA down a spot either, it would have happened when USC/OSU played anyway as it should. I am proud of the dawgs and our coach and the direction the program is heading, which is up.
By GADawg 47
September 3, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
The voters should have considered that UGA started putting 2cd and 3rd string players in the game at the beginging of the 2cd quarter.
Its great to see so many UGA haters on this blog. It just shows how interested they are in UGA football. Sorry but I dont have a will to search for other teams logs and post hatred. Mabey you guys should go out and look for a girlfriend or friendly farm animal to take up time with and leave your computer sometimes.
Goooo Dawgs….Sic Em!!!!!!!
By limpdikdawg
September 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this
I am amazed that the fans at GAG think that Auburn is their problem.They had better look at SC first. Also , Bama will kick their a*.As will FL, LSU etc
By Fools Gold
September 3, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this
All of this talk is rubbish. UGa let a notch above high school team score 21 points and UGa only scored 45 points on GSU…..pathetic! Yes injuries count, opponents and style points count, you better believe it! But UGA is just another Fools Gold team again this year so really all of this talk is rubbish!
By RAMBLE ON!!!
September 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this
FEAR PAUL JOHNSON!!!!
Nov. 30th, the fleabags will be ranked #2 in the State.
By DawgFan1999
September 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Makes alot of people jealous when your at the top. Must be nice to play in the PAC 1 or the BIG 1 and claim you are a power. No doubt that USC could compete in the SEC but let them or Ohio State trade schedules with UGA and see what would happen. Go Dawgs!
By USC BLOWS!!
September 3, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
USC and OSU gurggle my balls!!!! You couldn’t beat a high school team from the south!!! You f* keep fondling each other and telling each other you’re the best. The SEC will spank one of your a**es in the NC!!!
By AUBURNMANISAWOMAN
September 3, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this
AUBURNMAN….why are you concerned how he hurt his leg? The last couple of years AU has had as many interception as receptions against UGA and that trend will continue and you and the rest of you confused AU fans will be left in the dust as usual. I would concern myself with your weak o line and d line and the lack of a quality QB or RB. By the way, why dont you go on the AU blog so you can be wtih the rest of the tards.
By goober
September 3, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this
Roswell Ed is Tony Barnhart’s alter ego. Otherwise, no one could live such a useless life, the only purpose of which is to sit around doing nothing 24/7, to be damn sure he’s the first to respond to Tony’s column. I pity you, man. You need to lay on the couch and get analyzed (without that computer stuck in your butt).
By ATL "79"
September 3, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this
UGA SUCK *! DAT’S WHY YOUR LOOKING UP
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this
Cornbread (USC BLOWS)
Bring you Doggs west to the Coliseum. We would love to light you up. You can watch the Trojan Marching Band plays “Fight On” ALL DAY LONG; While Traveler rides up and down the sidelines.
FIGHT ON
By Mark Arum
September 3, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this
Tony, don’t give the delusional Leghumper fans too much hope, this is 2004 all over again. In a talent rich state, Georgia is the only game in town (Georgia Tech is a joke rival), yet, they haven’t won a national title since 1980. That’s pretty pathetic.
By Fred-Cuz Sanford
September 3, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this
First off, our marriage is legit, a private ceremony with flower boys, a reverend, and UGA Supporters everywhere. Dont be a Hater, love the differences amongst us, brodas. Cuz was radiant, all permed up, grease running down her delicate hair, no White, however, she was a bit tainted, but I scolded her, and we live in Tech Bliss now. UGA Fellas, she;s all mine, hands off. The G stands for “Gynocologist” now. Dummys.
By Mike T
September 3, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
Funny how all these hillbilly UGA fans want USC, They have been practically a Pro team for”The Ages”, kind of the North comparedto the South during the War. They got the guns, anno, experience, well, and character…UGA will have a long SEC Battle, take it slow, like us Southerners usually do’s. Mr Sanford, she really was a “Blushing bride”.
By Wes
September 3, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
Look, We can get past all the hype over the BCS but bottom LINE is, SEC is the toughest conference in College football. USC, Ohio State, Michigan, these teams HARDLY have a tough schedule ever. We saw it with the National Championship Ohio State Florida. Whether they were taken out of first place or not, Ohio State nor USC have a real schedule
By USC BLOWS!!
September 3, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
Take your pssy a* schedule and stick it up your a!!! How many top 25 teams do you play this year? Or last year? Or the year before that? I could care less what we’re ranked right now. We’ll see by the end of the year. We could be ranked dead last and would still be better than any btch a team from Ohio or California!! Suck it BTCHES!!!!!
By Kristian
September 3, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
The author lost all journalistic credibility when he said in 2004 he moved Auburn ahead of USC in the final week of the poll. This is the same Auburn team that USC shut out, at Auburn the season before. This is the same Auburn team that barely beat Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl: VT being the team that USC smoked, on the road, to open the season. And this is the same USC team that pounded number 1 Oklahoma in the title game. Even Tommy Tuberville admitted after the Sugar Bowl that he didn’t want to play USC. You SEC fans will never learn…
By tony
September 3, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
the bulldawgs are back to their lack of intensity ways. there just no excuse for them to let ga southern score 21 points on them!
there’s no way ga southern scoring against usc. if mark richt’s team doesn’t play with a swagger with lots of intensity and emotion every game, they will lose 5 games this season.
we got the talent to beat anyone in the country, but we lack intensity and we don’t play with a swagger.
By kerryb
September 3, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
I just love all of these Auburn Tigers or War eagles or whatever they decide to call themselves on this blog. I prefer to call them crap. You guys want to get on here and say we are overrated and things like that but, that high flying offense you talked about all off season looked like total crap. Roll that out on us in November and take the same old butt kicking you got from us the last two years. Auburn fans are like TN fans. They have one good year and the rest they get beat by LSU every year and they want to act like they are something. You’ve won one SEC title in the last how many years? and you want to act like you are something. You can’t even get out of the weakest division of the SEC and you want to act like you are something. YOU ARE NOTHING?
By PTC DAWG
September 3, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this
I am pretty sure that USC played Idaho (a 1-AA) team just last year. A poster above mentioned they NEVER play a 1-AA team.
But back to schedules, from this weeks USA Today top 25, USC appears to play 3 ranked teams, Ohio State appears to play 3 ranked teams, UGA appears to play 6 ranked teams.
Folks are right, USC and OSU should play TOUGHER schedules.
By GO VOLS GO
September 3, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this
Don’t get your leashes in a knot - everybody knows the polls are pretty useless until October.
By Rodney Dangerfield Dawg
September 3, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this
Yes All the dawgs have to do is play football and we fall from 1 to 2 in the polls. Yes no respect . If we win a game we will fall, no respect thats our program in the college football world. We play gamecocks and lose and get no respect!
By Denver Dog
September 3, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this
Hey Rosie Ed,
When was Auburns last NC. Does your school like to go for ties. Oh yeah kissing your sister, sounds like Auburn to me. I guess htey don’t teach Geography at Auburn, or the students are like you TDTK
By Denver Dog
September 3, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this
Hey Ed, if you can read Too dumb to know
By deadhead
September 3, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this
dude, calm down, its just a football game. Auburn and all Florida fans need to get a grip and get over the excessive celebration and black jersey’s. THose stunts were smooth, and we played it cool. I think its jealousy. We owned florida, and treated you tigers like a bunch of little girls. Hey, make sure you tell the team not to wear their pink pannies again like last year.Iit would be pretty bad if georgia blew you guys out, again.
I don’t comment at all, this is my first and last post, but, I just had to say something to all the fans that are still living and dwelling on the stunts uga pulled last year, get over it pansies!
By SC Rules!!!
September 3, 2008 7:22 PM | Link to this
SEC fan: When the NC game rolls around and Southern Cal rolls to a huge victory will y’all claim SC as one of your own because we’re “Southern” Cal??? I have no problems giving credit where credit is due. But to make the idiotic comments that some of you do just because of where we’re from is proof that you trully do drink the “kool-aid” and need to just put the cup down and step away from the table.
By jonathan
September 3, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this
Why they dropped? bc the voters looked at the scores not the game. Richt put in the 3rd and 4th strings when GA had the lead of 38-0… Ed you’re a moron…GA is not worried about ASU and traveling west, we are worried about the SEC way more…good try though…
By skulley99
September 3, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this
what does that say about PAC 10 football when you can say that USC will be in the championship game if they beat Ohio State?
By #2 stinks
September 3, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this
We could play Clemson
By Chris in Bama
September 3, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this
Big Dawg,
first off I didn’t specify that they were “SEC” conference titles…UGA and Alabama have not always been in the SEC. Secondly Alabama does have 12 National titles if you count “shared” NC’s as all schools do. Admittably there is some controversy about those numbers, some say Alabama shouldn’t claim some that they do. According to what I have found Alabama has had a hand in 17 NC’s. Thirdly you are right I did miss the mark on the UGA national titles they did have 2. Lastly I don’t know how you came up with your statistics but Alabama is the winningest football program in the country. As far as national titles are concerned only Michigan and Oklahoma are close.
Joe H, please read more carefully before you make stupid assumptions Auburn also was not always in the SEC either.
By AuburnAlum
September 3, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this
As an Auburn Alumni, I am faithful to my school, but I also have to be rooting for UGA throughout the year. UGA fans NEED for Auburn to do extremely well all year long as well.
Let me explain.
If USC continues to win, they will hold onto the number 1 slot. The only way for either of us to move up is to be undefeated go into our games late in the season. IF UGA beats an undefeated Auburn like they did last year, they have a shot at going to Miami (likewise for Auburn), if they just barely beat an Auburn team that already has a couple of losses, no one will notice.
Therefore, UGA and Auburn fans must have a keen appreciation for each other’s teams until the day we meet. Otherwise, it won’t mean much for a national title.
By the way, I graduated from UGA as well. My PhD was from Auburn and my Masters was from UGA….Auburn was harder! :) WDE and Go DAWGS.
By Joe
September 3, 2008 8:10 PM | Link to this
Learn the song Truth!!!
By Chris in Bama
September 3, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this
Big Dawg,
let me straighten out something….Alabama has a winning record against ALL other SEC teams….the university claims 12 national titles 1925, 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979 and 1992.
the NCAA records say that they also had 4 more in 1945, 1966, 1975 and 1977.
My statement that Alabama was the winningest in the country was actually an incorrect statement they are 6th as you stated.
The SEC was formerly the Southern conference I believe it was changed in 1931-32 not sure about this tho.
Alabama has 31 bowl victories and 55 bowl appearances which are both NCAA records.
georgia has 5 national championships or at least a part in them but the university officially only claims 1.
prior to the southern conference it was the SIAA until 1921. so both UGA and UA were in three different conferences.
By tmax
September 3, 2008 8:29 PM | Link to this
After reading Roswell Ed’s comment, I want to make a suggestion to the “Hall Monitor”. Adults only please. Let Ed go play in his Auburn sandbox.
By tmax
September 3, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this
After reading Roswell Ed’s comment, I want to make a suggestion to the “Hall Monitor”. Adults only please. Let Ed go play in his Auburn sandbox.
By BT fan
September 3, 2008 8:41 PM | Link to this
Chris in Bama, maybe BAMA should think about getting out of the West the next three yrears instead of all you REC shouting MIAMI BOUND.,Clemson was weak and poorly prepared, SEC teams will claw their groins, and same old, same old 7-5..
By Bozo the Clown
September 3, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this
Get off Roswell Ed’s back. He is my kind of guy.
By Wade
September 3, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this
Why would you post a comment from a man using the word gay in a negative fashion? It is offensive and the AJC should do something about it.
By George
September 3, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this
It’s like I said before…YOU get respect for going out of conference to play tough teams. USC 1st two games: Virginia, Ohio State. GA 1st two games: GA Southern, Central Mich. ‘Nuff’ said.
By bama12
September 3, 2008 9:01 PM | Link to this
Please give me a break, we are going in he second week of the season. Bama looked good over a over-hyped clemson team. For that matter, a weak ACC conference. UGA will be fine as long as they do not loose two games. I am a Bama fan hoping UGA will loose 1 game and that is to and you can guess “WHO”. We are a few years away, but i root fot the SEC. Give him HELL UGA , win them all but ONE!
By whataloadofbs
September 3, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this
If you don’t support UGA, why do you waste your time looking like a dumba#^ on a UGA blog? Ed is extremely disturbed.
By gmiabrake
September 3, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this
12 NC my a-s. Chris, tell em how Bammer claims those. It is really about 6 legit. Using Bammer logic, UGA has at least 5, (maybe 6, cuz a guy in kansas says he thinks UGA was probably the best last year)
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this
Big Dawg
Have either your Doggs or the Tide won a NC THIS CENTURY?
LOL, just kidding.
For the record USC has 11 NCs, 30 Bowl wins. Not bad.
By J who?
September 3, 2008 9:32 PM | Link to this
By Roswell Ed
September 3, 2008 7:00 AM | Link to this
Give me a freaking break on how “tough” their schedule is!
Who is making it so damn tough?
Who?
Georgia finally in over 30 years is gonna travel west of the Mississippi river to play a football game and their schedule all of a sudden is the toughest in the land? Good grief I want to vomit!
SEC teams have been doing it for decades, I can count around 8 teams that have traveled out west to play a road game this decade but now that the big bad dawgs do it it all of a sudden becomes tough. Get me my barf bag!
You fell to #2 because the voters saw that you aint all your cracked up to be, how about that!!!
I can’t wait till Auburn gets payback for your tweener coachs gay little black out last year.
WDE
Sounds like someone is a lil’ bitter about their loss last year. You might want to focus on your offense (28 yds passing in 3 qtrs) a little bit before attacking another team. Maybe that’s the problem…..too focused on everybody else instead of being focused on your own set of issues. Oh and keep tellin’ the recruits that the blackout was gay…….I believe they think otherwise.
By clay
September 3, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this
[ive had enough of this s** people skippin need to stay in line at no.3 were u was]
YALL CAN KISS MY A* GEORGIA IS NOT OVERATED DO YOU UNDERSTAND ITS THE SEC WE HAVE THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN THE COUNTRY IF ANYONE IS GOD DAMN MOTHER F*** OVERRATED ITS THOSE LIITLE B*** A* F*** TROJANS THEY AINT GOT S** ON UGA AND DONT NOBODY ELSE NEITHER FLORIDA GA TECH AZ STATE ALABAMA AUBURN(LITTLE B*** P*** STUCK UP THINK THER BETTER THEN EVERY BODY DIK SUCKIN BEHIND THE CURTAIN MOTHER F***) LSU AND OSU, USC F*** ALL YALL CUZ UGA WILL FINISH 13-0 AND WILL BE RANKED NO.1 ON THE BCS NATL CHAMPIONSHIP AND I HOPE TO GOD WE PLAY A NO.2 USC TEAM AND WERE FINALLY GONE SILENCE NOT ONLY THE PAC 10 BUT ALL THE SPECTATERS THAT THERE F*** GARBAGE THEY F*** SUCK AND THEY AINT GOT S** ON THE SEC OR UGA. F*** FLORIDA TO THEY AINT S**. IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT KISS MY A* AND IM ABOUT READY TO F*** RAISE HELL AT A USC SCHOOL AND BUY ME A F*** PLANE TICKET FROM HERE(HC, GEORGIA) AND TELL THEM HIPPIE A* POT SMOKIN 30% SKATBOARDIN 70% QUEER F*** STATE(YEA I MEAN SAN FRAN) WHAT THE F*** I THINK ABOUT SOME GOD DAMN WEST COAST FOOTBALL!!!!! THE SOUTHS WERE ITS AT THE WEST AND YALL YANKEES BEST GET USE TO IT YA HEAR.
-GOOOOOOOOOO DAWGZZZZ F*** TIGER F*** GATA I HATE USC DONT LIKE IT KISS IT
By clay
September 3, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this
[ive had enough of this s** people skippin need to stay in line at no.3 were u was]
YALL CAN KISS MY A* GEORGIA IS NOT OVERATED DO YOU UNDERSTAND ITS THE SEC WE HAVE THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN THE COUNTRY IF ANYONE IS GOD DAMN MOTHER F*** OVERRATED ITS THOSE LIITLE B*** A* F*** TROJANS THEY AINT GOT S** ON UGA AND DONT NOBODY ELSE NEITHER FLORIDA GA TECH AZ STATE ALABAMA AUBURN(LITTLE B*** P*** STUCK UP THINK THER BETTER THEN EVERY BODY DIK SUCKIN BEHIND THE CURTAIN MOTHER F***) LSU AND OSU, USC F*** ALL YALL CUZ UGA WILL FINISH 13-0 AND WILL BE RANKED NO.1 ON THE BCS NATL CHAMPIONSHIP AND I HOPE TO GOD WE PLAY A NO.2 USC TEAM AND WERE FINALLY GONE SILENCE NOT ONLY THE PAC 10 BUT ALL THE SPECTATERS THAT THERE F*** GARBAGE THEY F*** SUCK AND THEY AINT GOT S** ON THE SEC OR UGA. F*** FLORIDA TO THEY AINT S**. IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT KISS MY A* AND IM ABOUT READY TO F*** RAISE HELL AT A USC SCHOOL AND BUY ME A F*** PLANE TICKET FROM HERE(HC, GEORGIA) AND TELL THEM HIPPIE A* POT SMOKIN 30% SKATBOARDIN 70% QUEER F*** STATE(YEA I MEAN SAN FRAN) WHAT THE F*** I THINK ABOUT SOME GOD DAMN WEST COAST FOOTBALL!!!!! THE SOUTHS WERE ITS AT THE WEST AND YALL YANKEES BEST GET USE TO IT YA HEAR.
-GOOOOOOOOOO DAWGZZZZ F*** TIGER F*** GATA I HATE USC DONT LIKE IT KISS IT
By clay
September 3, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this
[ive had enough of this s** people skippin need to stay in line at no.3 were u was]
YALL CAN KISS MY A* GEORGIA IS NOT OVERATED DO YOU UNDERSTAND ITS THE SEC WE HAVE THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN THE COUNTRY IF ANYONE IS GOD DAMN MOTHER F*** OVERRATED ITS THOSE LIITLE B*** A* F*** TROJANS THEY AINT GOT S** ON UGA AND DONT NOBODY ELSE NEITHER FLORIDA GA TECH AZ STATE ALABAMA AUBURN(LITTLE B*** P*** STUCK UP THINK THER BETTER THEN EVERY BODY DIK SUCKIN BEHIND THE CURTAIN MOTHER F***) LSU AND OSU, USC F*** ALL YALL CUZ UGA WILL FINISH 13-0 AND WILL BE RANKED NO.1 ON THE BCS NATL CHAMPIONSHIP AND I HOPE TO GOD WE PLAY A NO.2 USC TEAM AND WERE FINALLY GONE SILENCE NOT ONLY THE PAC 10 BUT ALL THE SPECTATERS THAT THERE F*** GARBAGE THEY F*** SUCK AND THEY AINT GOT S** ON THE SEC OR UGA. F*** FLORIDA TO THEY AINT S**. IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT KISS MY A* AND IM ABOUT READY TO F*** RAISE HELL AT A USC SCHOOL AND BUY ME A F*** PLANE TICKET FROM HERE(HC, GEORGIA) AND TELL THEM HIPPIE A* POT SMOKIN 30% SKATBOARDIN 70% QUEER F*** STATE(YEA I MEAN SAN FRAN) WHAT THE F*** I THINK ABOUT SOME GOD DAMN WEST COAST FOOTBALL!!!!! THE SOUTHS WERE ITS AT THE WEST AND YALL YANKEES BEST GET USE TO IT YA HEAR.
-GOOOOOOOOOO DAWGZZZZ F*** TIGER F*** GATA I HATE USC DONT LIKE IT KISS IT
By clay
September 3, 2008 9:41 PM | Link to this
[ive had enough of this s** people skippin need to stay in line at no.3 were u was]
YALL CAN KISS MY A* GEORGIA IS NOT OVERATED DO YOU UNDERSTAND ITS THE SEC WE HAVE THE TOUGHEST SCHEDULE IN THE COUNTRY IF ANYONE IS GOD DAMN MOTHER F*** OVERRATED ITS THOSE LIITLE B*** A* F*** TROJANS THEY AINT GOT S** ON UGA AND DONT NOBODY ELSE NEITHER FLORIDA GA TECH AZ STATE ALABAMA AUBURN(LITTLE B*** P*** STUCK UP THINK THER BETTER THEN EVERY BODY DIK SUCKIN BEHIND THE CURTAIN MOTHER F***,EDUCATION/DEGGRE SO DAMN EASY A CAVEMAN COULD DO IT, OH LOOK I CADDILAC W. I HAS A CRAYON MY TEACHER GIVE ME A FOR NOT EVEN SHOWING UP EVERY DAY TO CLASS JUST BECAUSE I WAS A FB PLAYER AND WE WAS UNDEFEATED AND THATS WHY WE GOT ON SUSPENSION AND COULDNT EVEN GO TO DA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVEN THOUGH WE PROLLY WOULDA GOT WIPPED ANYWAYZ) OH AUBURN 1 MORE THING EVEN WHEN U GIVE IT YOUR ALL PURE EXCELLENCE IT STILL ISNT GOOD ENOUGH SO SHUT THE F*** UP……LSU AND OSU, USC F*** ALL YALL CUZ UGA WILL FINISH 13-0 AND WILL BE RANKED NO.1 ON THE BCS NATL CHAMPIONSHIP AND I HOPE TO GOD WE PLAY A NO.2 USC TEAM AND WERE FINALLY GONE SILENCE NOT ONLY THE PAC 10 BUT ALL THE SPECTATERS THAT THERE F*** GARBAGE THEY F*** SUCK AND THEY AINT GOT S** ON THE SEC OR UGA. F*** FLORIDA TO THEY AINT S**. IF YOU DONT LIKE THAT KISS MY A* AND IM ABOUT READY TO F*** RAISE HELL AT A USC SCHOOL AND BUY ME A F*** PLANE TICKET FROM HERE(HC, GEORGIA) AND TELL THEM HIPPIE A* POT SMOKIN 30% SKATBOARDIN 70% QUEER F*** STATE(YEA I MEAN SAN FRAN) WHAT THE F*** I THINK ABOUT SOME GOD DAMN WEST COAST FOOTBALL!!!!! THE SOUTHS WERE ITS AT THE WEST AND YALL YANKEES BEST GET USE TO IT YA HEAR.
-GOOOOOOOOOO DAWGZZZZ F*** TIGER F*** GATA I HATE USC DONT LIKE IT KISS IT
By MVP
September 3, 2008 9:41 PM | Link to this
Choke….. The offical drink of the Georgia Bulldawgs!
By yarddawg
September 3, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this
Clay, have you been smoking some of that west coast pot? Love it up here at college moma, send us some us money!
By PACWIN
September 3, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this
” PTC DAWG September 3, 2008 6:11 PM | Link to this I am pretty sure that USC played Idaho (a 1-AA) team just last year. A poster above mentioned they NEVER play a 1-AA team.”
They did beat the Idaho Vandals last year. But they are a WAC team, Div 1A. As of 2007 USC was 1 of 5 teams that has never played a Div 1AA team.
Betterluck on the next guess, Cornbread
By War Eagle
September 3, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this
Clay, are you really a rapper pretending to be a sports fan.. AWFUL, need your finger shampoo!!
By yarddawg
September 3, 2008 9:51 PM | Link to this
I thought choke, meant championship coke!
By yarddawg
September 3, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this
poor ole georgia bulldogs with all those injuries, and to think people really voted them #1 in the preseason polls. Do you think they might have got ahold of some of clays pot?
By Pac 10 Rules!
September 3, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this
From ESPN.com
Just the facts.
The Pac-10 is now 10-6 versus the SEC and is 6-2 in games played on the West Coast since the BCS Era began in 1998.
Any SEC fan who will not tip his cap to that is simply a big dummy.
That’s not an insult. It’s not an opinion. Those are not words colored by emotion; It’s a statement of fact.
To not acknowledge and defer to the most fundamental measure we have as sports fans is to be either stupid of a full of it.
Whoa!!!!!!!
By voiceofreason
September 3, 2008 11:13 PM | Link to this
Look at this picture realistically. USC plays perhaps two or three quality teams at most. They go undefeated. BFD! Ohio State plays one game per season. They win it to reach the title game. BFD! The two untested teams collide with each other. Winner truly a paper champion. An SEC team with two or more defeats which has to face merciless competition every week (more or less) hardened to make mincemeat of either of them. Hell, bring them on back-to-back. It does not matter! That is why Ohio State leads the universe in every statistical category until a REAL team comes along. OSU is not be strong enough to be a second tier SEC squad. I would love to see how USC would emerge after a three-bout gauntlet with Georgia, Florida and LSU. Not 3-0, I can certainly assure all! Any solution? Only a playoff which tyrannical powers-that-be violently oppose. It would knock OSU and their ilk completely OUT of national title picture. That is why all bowl bouts should be South versus north. Which way would pendulum swing? Think about it.
By Chris in Bama
September 3, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this
BT Fan….i never said that bama was miami bound. why dont you stop putting words in my mouth dumb a*. I was making a point that UGA isn’t “the pride of the sec”. Get a life! Bama has to prove a whole hell of alot if they expect to get there. Clemson is NOT a weak team…they have the best 2 running backs in the country. Alabama just outright beat them in the trenches. I guess you think that USC can hang with any SEC team in the trenches.
And to the idiot that said “the bear is dead” kiss my a*. I know he is dead and I am tired of people saying “bama fans need to let go of the bear”. It’s not bama fans who hold on to him it’s everybody else who is bitter because he dominated them for so long. there will never be a coach as successful at alabama (not even Saban) ever. But like it or not he is a big part of the heritage and tradition of bama and always will be. And least we aren’t treating a leg humper like he was a damn god. (no pun intended to UGA fans who have brains).
I love every team in the SEC and will always pull for every one of them until of course they play bama. Nothing makes me happier then Florida and LSU winning the last 2 NC’s. I myself hope that georgia will have it’s shot this year BUT they probably wont make it thru the SEC gauntlet unscaved. I think that every SEC team will have at least one loss this year to another SEC team. However the SEC teams that are currently in the top 15 will not lose any out of conference games.
By Battery Man
September 4, 2008 12:28 AM | Link to this
USC could be 0-11 with 12 years olds starting for them the next year and the voters would still have them # 1 ……. the pac 10 is like Georgia playing in the georgia high school system …..they win 2 big games a year and play for #1 …..Ohio State on the other hand can be 0-3 and their still talking about their run at # 1 … Georgia was the best team in the nation in 2007 by far ……and the best team now !……
By Tom Trojan
September 4, 2008 12:50 AM | Link to this
USC wants to play in the Rose Bowl! You can play in all the other bowl games, it is not the same! You can be ‘National Chmps’, we don’t care! If you do make the mistake of playing us, you will be defeated…soundly! Virginia was a cake walk to us! We played 3 quarterbacks, 6 running backs, and all our traveling squad against a ‘Quality Opponent’! You sent ‘Rocky Top’ out to get spanked by UCLA, hell they are the second best team in Los Angeles! I do wish you luck in the upcoming season! Maybe you can make it to the Rose Bowl! Sad you got screwed out of it last year! GO Dawgs!!!
By clay
September 4, 2008 12:55 AM | Link to this
The comments above were not written by me, as I dont have 5 hours to spare on such nonsense. Will Cuz and Fred G Sanford both please stop e mailing me, I am straight, and white.
By Cuz
September 4, 2008 1:00 AM | Link to this
Trojan boy, Hi big fella, ite me, late night cruising Cuz, do you wear them latex or strapped on. I break one and use the tip to tighten and bind, ever done that, a great enlarger. I want a Trojan man to dominate my UGA a*, Shake and Bake me all over, sack and tackle me too. No penalties here, just good, fun loving. Grooowwwlll.
By dog nation
September 4, 2008 1:08 AM | Link to this
WHO IS DOING ALL THAT CRYING(ROSWELL ED). STOP ALL THAT HATING FOR ONE AND DONT GET MAD BECAUSE AUBURN DONT HAVE NOTHING WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT BUT WHEN WE DO PLAY AUBURN WE ARE GOING TO BEAT THE BRAKES OFF OF THEM JUST FOR YOU ROSWELL ED SO GO BUY YOU A COPY OF NCAA 09 FOOTBALL AND CREATE YOURSELF A GOOD AUBURN TEAM BECAUSE THATS THE ONLY WAY THEY GOING TO GET SOME WHERE IS IN YOUR OWN LIL WORLD, SO STOP HATING THE DOGS AND MAKE SURE YOUR SORRY TIGER MAKE THE PEACH BOWL AT THE LEAST.
By dog nation
September 4, 2008 1:17 AM | Link to this
ROSWELL ED IS A BULLDOG FAN BUT DONT WANT TO ADMIT IT ARE HE’S JUST A NUT JOB. ED DO YOU WANT A BULLDOG FOOTBALL? HUH LIL GUY DO YA!
By dog nation
September 4, 2008 1:33 AM | Link to this
Dog Nation is the pound of Michael Vick puppies we confiscated, Cuz, and stop always hitting on me..I have a Beau already. Fred G Sanford, the ‘G’ STANDS FOR Glamor Girl Thats Me.
By TroubleMaker
September 4, 2008 2:07 AM | Link to this
So how does one initiate a vicious argument in this blog? What kind of question stirs up the most grief and leads to the most vituperative responses by Georgia fans. Is there a fan base that is the most annoying or is it the reminder of either recent or distant histories or simply underappreciated snide remarks about some aspect of Georgia football. I’ll bet all the blogs are the same and the quibbles and vicious arguments are no different?
By Braint
September 4, 2008 5:27 AM | Link to this
It’s simple - USC went on the road and beat a BCS team that won 9 games and pounded them by 45 pts. UGA played a cupcake at home and won by 24.
USC will also pound Ohio St. and will run the table and be in the BCS Championship. The actual question is who will play them?
I’m just glad they re-scheduled LSU vs. Troy — it would have been a shame to miss that one. Is Troy an actual college or are they a local JC?
By Alpha G8R
September 4, 2008 5:52 AM | Link to this
I don’t understand all the fuss about this…hell, I’ve always considered Georgia to be #2.
By Jeff Patton
September 4, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this
Georgia’s season starts Sept 13th at South Carolina…The same day as USC vs Ohio State! I can’t wait!
GO DAWGS!
By Mike AU
September 4, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this
Pride of the SEC? you had not won a SEC Championship for 20 years, I’d be proud of that to.
By yarddawg
September 4, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
I don’t think Virginia will win a game all season, they aren’t the team from a year ago, any talent they had has graduated and moved on. Am I still impressed that USC traveled 3000 plus miles and did what they did? A little, in my opinion, Ga Southern could beat Virginia, along with several other lower tier teams. Reality check! Anybody can lose a SEC Conference game on any given day or night, no matter what their ranking is at what time of the season, the league is just that tough. I also know that OSU and USC are as deep as any SEC team, but, if they played in the SEC year in and year out, I don’t see them going undefeated and playing for the title on a regular basis. Also no conference game to decide who wins their league on the field. Flying under the radar, Alabama, Auburn, and Oklahoma, look out folks they are for real. Go Dawgs! Love up here at college moma send us some money!
By REGGIE BALL
September 4, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed,
you want ot know the difference between Auburn & UGA. If UGA goes 12-0 they won’t be left out of the MNC game.
LOL…..LOL….LOL
By REGGIE BALL
September 4, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this
Roswell Ed,
you want to know the difference between Auburn & UGA. If UGA goes 12-0 they won’t be left out of the MNC game.
LOL…..LOL….LOL
By Lowcountry Bulldawg
September 4, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
Matt Barkley
Another high school player qho once committed to USC was #1 in the nation. Can you say overrated? Last night:
15/31
301 yards
6 TDS
4 INTS
Throws were wobbly and made terrible choices. If Carson had any kicking game he would have lost! OVERRATED!!! GOOD JOB USC!
By robodawg
September 4, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
If you listened to the announcers during the USC game or in the recaps later in the day, it’s obvious why USC jumped to No. 1. It’s a beauty contest, and they’re the media darling.
By 2N4YEARS
September 4, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
This just in… Using Black shirts can cause you to double the score of your opponent
By PTC DAWG
September 4, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this
To the Trojan fan who correct me on Idaho, I stand corrected, they’ve been in the WAC a few years.
I guess the part about playing quality teams still stands though, you had no smarty pants come back on that one.
My point stands, until USC leaves the Pac 10, they will have a cup cake schedule.