Mr. College Football

By WTF???

January 9, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this

Damn the Florida Gators…

By bank walker

January 9, 2009 11:26 AM | Link to this

That’s good news Big Tone, because the Dawgs are just getting started as well. What this means is that the games will be bloodbaths like we want as SEC football fans. Congrats UF, you deserve it. GO DAWGS!!!

By richtfan

January 9, 2009 11:28 AM | Link to this

Tony, I think you’re very wrong about florida. While they’ll always be able to have talent on the field, Teabag is the key to their offense, not Urban Liar. They have NOBODY waiting at QB who can run that offense and be a threat like Teabag has been. I do not think for a minute that Florida is poised to continue the winning at the same level once Teabag is gone. It just won’t happen. Same thing with Harvin. He is a once a decade (maybe) type talent.

By WTF???

January 9, 2009 11:28 AM | Link to this

Hey Barnhart - Are you including me in that statement? LOL! It’s been fun brother, enjoyed the articles.

Go easy on momma while ya’ll are on vacation now…

By KW

January 9, 2009 11:29 AM | Link to this

Tony, Thanks for your efforts this season. Always enjoy reading your blogs. Enjoy your time off. GO DAWGS!

By rlinaug

January 9, 2009 11:29 AM | Link to this

He’s the first great coach I can think of who seems to be greatly motivated by pettiness.

By jack

January 9, 2009 11:30 AM | Link to this

Damn

Damn

Damn the Florida Gators!

By D.Ellis

January 9, 2009 11:31 AM | Link to this

Thanks for all your work TB. It’s always fun on here day in and day out with the other fans and reading your column. Enjoy your vacation.

By JC

January 9, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this

Thanks Tony. Look forward to Feb 9.

By GW

January 9, 2009 11:34 AM | Link to this

2 choices for Georgia: 1.) Hope that Meyer gets bored sooner rather than later and heads off to the NFL. 2.) Drop football

By dean

January 9, 2009 11:37 AM | Link to this

Well let’s do the math; 1 championship in 30 years vs. 2 championships in 3 years; does that mean that the FL program is 1334 times better than the GA program.? I think it does. Dawgs will be ranked 15th in the nation next year (preseason, but unfortunately look for a greater fall at season’s end than this year) Oh, by the way, CMR will have even more creative excuses for our good humor then he had at the final press conference this year for the demise of the team. What might the Falcons be doing???

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2009 11:48 AM | Link to this

Good job this year Tony. While I’m not always on the same page with you, I do agree with you that the SEC is by far the best conference in the land.

Good luck in the future!

By Les Miles

January 9, 2009 11:56 AM | Link to this

When someone in this blog starts a sentence with the words, “well let’s do the math” they have to be one of those losers from that high school team over on North Avenue in Atlanta. 38 to 3. Let’s do that math dean.

By MVP

January 9, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this

Everyone thinks USC has the best team in college, I haven’t seen Sanchez play against a defense like the gators and practice doesn’t count, it’s different from game speed. Florida has a very fast and good secondary that can match up with those receivers at USC, and they really have only 1 deep threat, I’d like to see Sanchez throw against this secondary while he’s under pressure and see if he dosen’t turn the ball over, I’m not saying that Florida will beat USC, I’m just saying that it want be a walk in the park like Penn St, and the rest of those weak Big 10 teams they play every year in the Rose Bowl, and you saw what happened to them last time they faced a pretty good defense and good offense when Texas beat them, Reggie Bush couldn’t run away from anyone, you can’t coach speed and Florida is the fastest team in the country, Percy Harvin was limping and still out running half of those guy’s.

By Reality Bites Dawg

January 9, 2009 12:07 PM | Link to this

Thanks Tony. Always enjoy your blog.

The biggest difference between UGA and UF?

In a private conversation with TB in February of 2007, Meyer said he was not pleased with the state of the Florida football program after the national championship season.

After our 10-3 season during which the opposition scored over 38 points 5 times, Richt tells us it was his staff’s best coaching job ever.

We are light years away from UF in terms of attitudes/expectations and subsequently results.

By Zoomie

January 9, 2009 12:07 PM | Link to this

What is evident throughout the UF Gators’ ranks is leadership, professionalism, discipline, heart, and loyalty. Urban Meyer deserves a lot of credit for fostering these qualities in all levels of his program, but he can’t do it by himself. If he loses key leaders from his players and his staff, can he continue to produce at the high level he’s producing now? He can if he replaces those key leaders with others with the same qualities — but that’s not a given considering his recruiting environment (which, of course, he greatly skewed to his favor this season). The differences in discipline, organization, and leadership between the UF and UGA programs is palpable. As a life-long UGA fan, I’m jealous of what’s going on south of us and I truly admire what Urban Meyer is doing. I’d like to see more of the aforementioned “qualities” instilled in our organization. I would think anyone who makes a living playing football and/ or leading/training young people in team endeavors should know what it takes to mentor and bring these winning qualities to fruition. Let’s hope this year was a fluke; let’s hope we’ll see UGA as more of a machine and less of an exhibition next year. And thanks much TB for the forum!

By Football Ken

January 9, 2009 12:08 PM | Link to this

Tony,

I heard CMR called an “impromtu” meeting this morning with the Dawgs. Word is he told the guys and coaches “we have to turn it up TWO notches, this year”. Also leaked that he was on the “warpath” and was not happy about the Gators second National Champioship in 3 years. Damn…my alarm clock just went off.

By Michael Scharff

January 9, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this

Tony, thanks for the wonderful insights! Enjoy your vacation - As John Houseman used to say, “You’ve earned it!”

By Joe

January 9, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this

Wanna know why black coaches aren’t hired?

Here’s what we read and hear about the Fedex BCS National Championship game:

• Tim Tebow - (whom I have come to love as a player and a young man) “willed” his team to a title. He demanded so much from his guys. He carried them to the win. According to the Big 12 website today…”Florida Quarterback Tim Tebow’s running and passing proved too much for Oklahoma.”

• Dan Mullen & Urban Meyer - tremendous game plan, geniuses, etc

• Charlie Strong - ……………still waiting

The real deal?

• Florida scored 24 points, which is less - excuse me LESS -that the average Oklahoma gave up this season.

• Oklahoma scored 14 points. That’s right, the team that broke the both the NCAA records for single season scoring and consecutive games with more than 60.

What was the Sooners’ lowest scoring output before last night? 35 against TCU.

What did they average before last night? 51.

And who gets the credit?

Not Charlie Strong.

Who gets the jobs?

Not Charlie Strong.

Doubt I hear or read much more about that.

By GD Dawg

January 9, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this

I was in Jax 2 years ago and that game now seems like 20 years ago.

Watching last night’s game was like getting beaten by UF again. Guess we are pretty used to that by now.

By travy

January 9, 2009 12:10 PM | Link to this

thanks tb. you’re a real asset to the college game. GO GATORS!

By Depressed dawg

January 9, 2009 12:13 PM | Link to this

Richt couldn’t beat Zook’s gators (finally won after he was fired), he certianly won’t beat Meyers’.

By biegman2003

January 9, 2009 12:13 PM | Link to this

Thanks for a great year, Tony. Your column was a must-read every weekday. Looking forward to ‘09. Have a great vacation.

By La Jolla Dawg

January 9, 2009 12:14 PM | Link to this

I think the suggestion that fans of the UGA football program should be worrying about Florida is ridiculous. Do you worry about what Verne Lundquist is doing Tony? Or do you take care of your own business and succeed or fail based on your effort?

The idea that we should throw in the towel or wring our hands in misery because Florida has a good program (great program) is just plain silly and not worthy (in my opinion) of being the first sentence and headline of this blog. If you want to write about Florida’s program, fine, but dragging UGA fans into the discussion is nothing more than an attempt on your part to broaden your audience. I get why you felt you needed to do that given the fact that you write for a paper that is based in Georgia, but don’t think it was necessary or valid really.

By the way, I think USC, Texas and several other programs and their fans probably aren’t too worried about Florida either. Injuries happen. Egos happen. College aged athletes make mistakes. Too early to crown Florida a dynasty.

Have a nice vacation Tony.

By TX Dawg

January 9, 2009 12:16 PM | Link to this

UGA is depending on the 19 players w/ season ending injuries to come back strong next year. Yeah right. Sounds a lot like the Braves.

By Huh?

January 9, 2009 12:18 PM | Link to this

Please spare us the bull** hype Tony. I distinctly remember hearing similar hype about Florida after their 2006 season. They followed that up with a 9-4 campaign. They will have their highs and lows just like anybody in the SEC. What they have done is ever impressive, but if you think ANYONE is ever going to dominate the SEC you need to change your name because you know nothing about college football. And I do mean ANYONE. It ain’t going to happen anytime soon. There are too many good coaches and players in this league for anyone to dominate it like USC dominates the Pac 10.

Congrats to Florida. They can have this hype. Please tell them how great and unstoppable they are for the next 9 months. Nothing would be better.

By JellyRoll

January 9, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this

You sick bas*ds that have to denigrate a great college player and person with names like Teabag or worse must be the most insecure punks in Georgia. Your calling Meyer Urban Liar make you look to be the dumbest fans ever. What did Meyer lie about? Nothing. Just keep it up. The Dawgs can expect an arse whipping every year from the Gators. Heck, you’re not even going to win every 7th year as you have done recently.

By GT Rich

January 9, 2009 12:23 PM | Link to this

Tebow is the glue that binds together Florida. He will be tough to replace and it will be hard for them to maintain the same level of annual dominance. Still a great team, just won’t be an unstoppable force….

By Scott

January 9, 2009 12:27 PM | Link to this

1. Florida (60) 13-1 1,524 2
2. Southern California 12-1 1,393 T4
3. Texas 12-1 1,389 3
4. Utah (1) 13-0 1,375 7
5. Oklahoma 12-2 1,333 1
6. Alabama 12-2 1,157 T4
7. TCU 11-2 1,114 11
8. Penn State 11-2 1,091 6
9. Oregon 10-3 1,011 13
10. Georgia

By Don

January 9, 2009 12:28 PM | Link to this

When you win two national championships in three years ypu have no problem with bringing in talent to replace Tebow and Harvin. If Myer can when with Leak he can win with anyone. As far as Georgia goes, my heart goes out to you. Year after year you have been set up by the sports writers to be better then you really are. You are like the Clemson Tigers, great players with nobody to inspire the best out of them. In other words you need a new coach. Until that time comes you will continue to be ranked high and finish low. God bless Florida Georgia football.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

January 9, 2009 12:28 PM | Link to this

Tony I see where you have GT beating UGAg 27-24 next year.

Do you really think it will be that close?

By mcdawg

January 9, 2009 12:29 PM | Link to this

you can have all the skill players in the world but it won’t get you a championship unless you have strong leaders on the field-Chris Leak, Tebow, spikes

UGA had a void of senior leadership-never got the sense that Stafford ever claimed this team either (i thought Stafford had an outstanding season BTW)

one of the great things about college football is the intangibles so i’m not terribly wooried about what goes on in FL-FSU is going to dilute some of UF’s recruiting base

By GT student

January 9, 2009 12:29 PM | Link to this

you cant have college dynasties anymore. Bear Bryant did it because his program was the only great program in the nation. You only have four years with each player. Now a days talent is pretty well dispursed and if you watched this game…you had to notice that this big 12 defense played way better than any SEC team that florida played. lol…..SEC defense right there. 38-3 does still sting but 45-42 makes that sting subside pretty quickly…

By mcdawg

January 9, 2009 12:30 PM | Link to this

is getting jellyrolled similar to getting teabagged??

By exNFLplayer

January 9, 2009 12:37 PM | Link to this

It’s hard not to win in the state of Florida. George O’Leary seems to be the only coach down there struggling.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2009 12:38 PM | Link to this

Hey if Florida wins every NC between now and 2025,its still great to be a Georgia Bulldog.

By Scott

January 9, 2009 12:38 PM | Link to this

It’s GREAT TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR

WIth that being said I too can agree with the opions of other, PLEASE stop the love affair with Tebow. I agree he is a good Christian and person however, there was nothing the other 21 players on the feild at an given time have done that could have beeen brought to our attention.

I have respect for the Dawgs, however I can not see how this will effect them, it should provide them along with everyone else the Gators play with motivation to say they beat the BCS Champions. With the players coming in and injuried coming back, it should be another GREAT SEC season.

By Atlanta Gator

January 9, 2009 12:41 PM | Link to this

Tony Barnhart——We have not always agreed, but you have an insightful and well-informed opinion on college football matters far more often than not. As I have for the last several years, I thoroughly enjoyed your column and Mr. College Football blog commentary, and wish you nothing but the best in your future endeavors.

Any chance this blog might be repeated in a syndicated form for the 2009 season? Wouldn’t it be great if this blog were published on website of the hometown newspaper of every SEC and ACC school? I sure think so … it would be a truly awesome blogger community of fans from all major Southern football programs!

Good luck and Godspeed, Mr. College Football! Thanks for all you do.

By Juice

January 9, 2009 12:42 PM | Link to this

Tony,

I’ll bet you my super bowl tickets that Tennessee finishes higher in poles than Vandy next year. You are drinking the cool aid.

By KC

January 9, 2009 12:43 PM | Link to this

UF’ers should hope that athletic director Jeremy Foley has plans to renegotiate a contract extension and salary increase for Urban Meyer. Urban is among the best head coaches in the nation, if not now THE best, and he deserves compensation alongside the top notch earners. Isn’t Urban worth that to the Gator Nation? Cheers and Congrat’s! KC

By Mike T.

January 9, 2009 12:44 PM | Link to this

**The biggest difference between UGA and UF?

In a private conversation with TB in February of 2007, Meyer said he was not pleased with the state of the Florida football program after the national championship season.

After our 10-3 season during which the opposition scored over 38 points 5 times, Richt tells us it was his staff’s best coaching job ever.**

I think you hit the nail on the head there Reality.

By mcdawg

January 9, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this

Regarding your 2009 predicitions

ND as an institution does not care if they win championships or even football games for that matter-the 4 horsemen have galloped off into the sunset

exactly who do they think they are going to hire if they get rid of weiss-2 hrs a day does not cut it

By Wonder

January 9, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this

Where and for what are our Big$$$ going? UF has 4 NCs in 12 yrs, 3 football, 1 basketball, while UGA flounders. We’ll be bragging about 9-3 10-2 seasons forever.

By Atlanta Gator

January 9, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this

GT Student——The likelihood of a true college football dynasty, like Bear Bryant’s Alabama program, ever happening again are slim and none, for a variety of reasons.

First, times are different, and the talent pool for Division I coaches and players is deeper now and getting deeper all the time. Bear Bryant didn’t have to coach against rival coaches likes Les Miles, Urban Meyer, Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier et al.

Second, many years, Alabama’s second team was better than 80% of the other Division I football teams in the country. Why? Because there were no scholarship limits either in the NCAA or the SEC. Disputes of SEC football scholarships are among the several reasons Georgia Tech left the SEC in 1964. Back in the day, Alabama had as many scholarship athletes as their alumni were willing to finance.

Third, memories are selective. The Bear may be the best college ever, but his teams were not as dominant as some people remember. It was a great record of winning, but the Bear-coached Tide did not win the SEC every year any more than the Gators did under Spurrier in the 1990s

BTW, on another topic did I see you mention that you will be attending the University of Florida law school in the near future on one of the other blogs?

By Gen Neyland

January 9, 2009 12:56 PM | Link to this

Allow me to tip-toe into this sandbox to offer my sincere congrats to the Florida Gators, not only for bringing home another Crystal Football, but for representing the SEC in fine fashion. Also, thx Tim Tebow for finally getting a flag thrown on you for celebrating. It’s been a long time coming and no, you won’t have to repent. As the 4th best Big 12 QB, and undefeated in Big 12 play, you earned the right to chomp in the face of the Sooner Nation.

Bottom line : For we’uns Atop Rocky, it wasn’t a pretty season. No QB = No Offense. Now, we put our faith and fate into the hands of the Kiffin’s. I won’t expect miracles in 2009, but I expect to make it to a minor bowl at the very least.

TB : Thx for the forum…Later, Buckaroos and, Go Vols…

By TheBear60

January 9, 2009 1:01 PM | Link to this

Tony, thanks for a great year & glad to hear you will be with us in 2009 - your blog is a must read for all SEC football fans. Congrats to the Gators - hope you enjoy your summer as much as we Tigers did last year! See you in Tiger Stadium next year.

By GT student

January 9, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this

Yes sir i am a HTS/ pre law major and I really like UF as a school. I got in as an undergrad but went to GT because of the hope scholarship and instate tuition…..I pay my own bills. UF law is a top ten law program I think, and from what I hear going there will get me a great number of job offers in comparison to UGA or GSU law. Im not even considering Emory because they cost an arm and a leg due to being a private school. I will have the grades I hope…have a 3.6 right now and I got Calc and Chem out of the way. Now my classes are alot easier.

By DawgGirl32

January 9, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this

Isn’t this the same Florida team that went 9-4 last year abd lost to Michigan? Florida has a once in a lifetime player right now in Tim Tebow. Mark my words: he will be GREATLY missed when he does leave whether it be this year or next, not even so much for his athletic ability but for the fact that he is the heart and soul of their team. They will still be good because they have great talent and a great coach, but they will not be pulling out national championships every year like Tony seems to think will happen. I mean, how often does a team get lucky enough to have a Heisman trohy winner who wins it as a sophomore and stays around after he wins it? Doesn’t happen very often. Oklahoma with their Big 12 defense showed last night that the other two (demps and rainey) can easily be stopped. It’s harvin that looked scary and he’s a goner. I agree with Scott that if anything, this will give UGA and other teams extra motivation for next year. Our recruiting definitely hasn’t been affected by this. I mean, we got Florida’s best QB and one that Urban Meyer recruited heavily. We have a lot of injured players coming back next year that are angry and motivated and I think we’re in good shape.

By Mark Richt

January 9, 2009 1:03 PM | Link to this

THIS SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Mark Richt's Realtor

January 9, 2009 1:08 PM | Link to this

Mark: Got your URGENT email late last night.

Here’s what I know…I have a lovely, palatial home that will come open last next year. An older couple with the husband retiring next year. Its a beautiful home in Tallhassee near the campus. Lovely neighborhood. Short drive to the beach. Comes with free season tickets to all FSU home games.

Call me soon. Owner wants to start plannnig ahead.

By 78 DAWG

January 9, 2009 1:11 PM | Link to this

Tony the DAWGS are the ones just getting started! how much can you favor the gayturds? Losing to the gayturds this year was an abberation we turned the series around with our endzone celebration last year and we will own the series going forward. Cox is more accurate than stafford and King and Samuel are tougher and faster than moreno. Oh and by the way yech could NEVER get lucky and beat the DAWGS again. Tony youre a jealous hater! open your eyes

By Dawg Fud

January 9, 2009 1:11 PM | Link to this

Football Ken - it would have been nice if Richt had this little meeting Monday morning before we played South Carolina in 2007.

Richt has wasted a lot of opportunities. That window has now closed. If this is indeed true, it is reactionary. He knows that Georgia alumni and fans are going to be even less tolerant of anything short of perfection.

Too bad it took the intensity of Meyer and Saban to get him focused. Too little, too late. Too bad it took him going 2-6 against Florida to have this epiphany.

GO DAWGS!

By Atlanta Gator

January 9, 2009 1:11 PM | Link to this

GT Student——Please send me an e-mail message to georgiadirtlawyer1@yahoo.com.

By Gary

January 9, 2009 1:13 PM | Link to this

While congrats definitely go out to the Florida Gators and their fans for a great season, 2 titles in 3 seasons doesn’t guarantee immediate dynasty. Look at LSU. 2 titles in 4 years and they barely managed an 8-5 season. Everyone last year was arguing that LSU would be back again this year ready to repeat. That didn’t work out so well did it? It was also noted above that Florida won a title 2 years ago and then finished up last year with a 9-4 team. Yes they were young but guess what, players come and go regularly in college football and injuries happen and other teams get better. Florida, with Tebow, should be the #1 going into next year. But as us UGA fans know all too clear that it doesn’t matter if you start #1, it only matters if you finish #1. Thanks for the blog and enjoy the time off.

By Mark Richt's Realtor AGAIN

January 9, 2009 1:14 PM | Link to this

Mark:

Hope you go that email about the hosue in Tallahassee.

You wont believe this. I just got a call from a frined in Miami. Sesms there is another beatiful home coming on the market same time next year. Charming young couple. Husband has had to left some staff go, you know the drill, too many missed tackles, too many arrests, irrate fan base. It is near the beach , but also comes with season tickets to all Miami Huuricane home games. Imagine that.

Call me. This house wont stay on teh market loan.

BTW, dont woory about financing. I just spke with Eic Zeier, and he guraranteed he can get you one of those sub-prime liar loans. As I tell all my homeowners, dont worry, you can always refinance it, right?

By There is Always Hope

January 9, 2009 1:22 PM | Link to this

Tony, Tony, Tony, we can always hope Harvin, Spikes and Tebow go pro; Charlie Strong get a head coaching job like he deserves and Georgia actually learned from this season and gets better.

Flordia did lose to Ole Miss this year so anything is possible.

If there is always next year there is always hope.

PS Georgia will not lose to Tech next year. I base that on your forecast of who will win and how often you are wrong as well as now CMR know what it feels like to lose to TECH and how the Bulldawg nation feels about it. He’ll do a better job next year preparing for tech and every other game. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!

By Duluth Gator

January 9, 2009 1:29 PM | Link to this

Great to be a Florida Gator!! After all is said and done I still feel that a playoff system is needed. I’m glad it worked out the way it did but I can feel for Utah, USC, and Texas. There is no reason for this nonsense. I also believe that the length of time between the end of the season and the NC game is crazy, it is like playing two seasons. A playoff situation in D1 football would create so much attention it would make the Super Bowl seem small. With all said it is time to put this season behind us and look forward to a new year. Go Gators

By Mark Richt's Realtor AGAIN

January 9, 2009 1:29 PM | Link to this

Mark:

Wow, have you been up all night?? Thats a lot of emails since midnight.

Uhhhh, no, I dont what the market is like in Chestnut Hill, Mass. I thougth you didnt like snow.

Call me soon.

By reebok

January 9, 2009 1:34 PM | Link to this

Congrats to the Gators and their fans…thanks for the blog, Tony B, enjoy your time off…Utah got jobbed by the AP poll…and go Jackets!

By sundawg

January 9, 2009 1:35 PM | Link to this

Well heck, let’s just go ahead and cancel next year and tell Fla. to keep the trophy. Seems to me the Gators are already number 1, 2 and 3. Just remember, funny things happen on Saturday afternoons. Ole Miss ring any bells for our Gator friends? So just for kicks, let’s play next year and see what happens.

By BobinBuford

January 9, 2009 1:37 PM | Link to this

78 Dawg:

King and Samuel are tougher and better than Moreno?? What have you been smoking? Caleb King will never live up to the hype coming out of HS. And as for Samuel - as long as he is returning kickoffs for UGA, Tech will always have a chance against you.

By Bull Gator

January 9, 2009 1:38 PM | Link to this

78 Dawg, I respect your comments but I’m confused. You say that Cox is more accurate than Stafford, Samuel and King are faster and tougher than Moreno. So why did they not get to play?

By dawgsrule

January 9, 2009 1:39 PM | Link to this

Without Tebow, Harvin and Spikes, UF’s talent will be way down. The dawgs win in Jax next year—mark it down. This year’s loss was a fluke—the real Ga team didn’t show up that day. The dawgs and Mark Richt already have the UF game circled on the calendar. Next year, with Joe Cox and a dominating Oline and Dline—the dawgs win the SEC.

By WTF???

January 9, 2009 1:39 PM | Link to this

dirtlawyer? You should change your s/n to this dude… Seriously.

I’m jealous.

By PAC 10 Rules

January 9, 2009 1:39 PM | Link to this

F Utah and the AP. USC got jobbed. Does anyone REALLY think Utah, Tx, or Bama could beat us. Wake up people!!

By Doug King

January 9, 2009 1:39 PM | Link to this

Nice article Tony. Poor Dogs!! Go Gators!!

By reservoirDAWG

January 9, 2009 1:41 PM | Link to this

Wow, because Urby said it must be true. Tony, you suck.

By Mark Richt's voicemail

January 9, 2009 1:47 PM | Link to this

Coach, Damon here. Call me when you get this.

Larry called this morning ranting hysterically into my phone. Something about “where’s the sugar, the sky is falling.”.

Vince has been in a fetal position crying in front of his statue for 2 hours. I can t get him up.

Oh crap, UGA just puked on the carpet again. He’s been puking everywhere. It started at halftime last night. Taking him over to the vet school.

Oh and BTW, if your tires are flat. dont sweat it. Happened to me too.

By Birmingham Dawg

January 9, 2009 1:47 PM | Link to this

FLA’s success is not the only thing that is bad for UGA. How about Tech, Bama, TN(with Kiffin), South Car (always tough), LSU, and Ole Miss. CMR has missed to many opportunities, and will now fall to seasons of 9-3 at best. I give the guy 4 more years to have a job in Athens.

It is a coaching thing that is going to beat him, not talet. CMR very commonly brings out a flat team, or a team that cannot execute. It is this that keeps him winning a title. His time to win the big one is over. The guys does not have the fire to complete very much longer in the new SEC.

By Delusional dogs

January 9, 2009 1:51 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt has been at UGA for 8 years and not won a National title while Urban Meyer has been at UF for 4 and has won 2 and somehow the dogs are the ones just getting started? You people are truly delsuional. What you also fail to comprehend is that with or without Tebow Florida won the SEC and National title this season with an awesome Defense that is VERY young. A defense that held UGA’s starters with arguably 4 the most talented players they have had in 3 decades on offense, to 3 points. Now UGA loses 3 of those 4 and yet you think you wont be in trouble because Tebow leaves or because you have Joe Cox? All the while you people went on for 2 years how bad Tebow was and how much he sucks. You people are either dumb or don’t know squat about football. I’m gonna go with both.

By Bob

January 9, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this

This is a stupid column. Florida will have years where they are not as deep as they need to be or they don’t have good chemistry or they’ve got an inexperienced QB or…etc., etc., etc. Everything goes in cycles. That’s college football. Not even the great and wonderful Urban Meyer is immune from this problem. That has already been established.

By reservoirDAWG

January 9, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this

Also, congrats reptilians. The gators played a great game and as much as I despise your team, Tebow is a stud.

By Otto

January 9, 2009 2:01 PM | Link to this

DawgGirl,

UGA has the top Florida QB recruit and the QB that reset Leak’s HS records.

PAC10 Drools,

How about playing in a Conf that can win against the MWC.

By G8TR

January 9, 2009 2:05 PM | Link to this

Wonder — It’s actually 5 NCs for UF in 12 years: three in football and two in hoops. But it is getting harder to count all the time. That said, we Gators will remain humble, as always, and continue to root for all programs in the SEC to be successful on the national stage. Let’s keep the NC title streak alive for our conference — whether it be LSU, ALA, UGA, UT — in 2009.

By Buck Belue

January 9, 2009 2:05 PM | Link to this

I told you folks you’d never win another NC without me & herschel.

By World B. Free

January 9, 2009 2:06 PM | Link to this

Smartest college football fans in the WORLD???

I seriously doubit it.

You’ve obviously never been to Mongolia. They’re much more knowledgeable about this stuff and can recite all of the Heisman Trophy winners in order.

The whole WORLD is a bit of a stretch. The world is a big place and there are plenty of smart college football fans on this planet.

By Expatriate Georgian

January 9, 2009 2:07 PM | Link to this

I suspect that more then a few UGA fans recognize the problem and know what to do about it. Having said that, there is not much they can do but gripe through the internet. The only one who can really remedy the situation, Michael Adams, appears to be content with things as they are, for whatever reason. Maybe he likes Richt, maybe he is satisfied with 10 wins per season, padded though that statistic is, maybe as long as the money comes in, he is willing to “let sleeping dogs lie”. No pun intended. I remember that Mr. Barnhart insinuated that people who don’t think Richt has the “gravitas” to go up against Meyers might not know what they are talking about. Well, when one compares Richt’s record at UGA to Meyers’ record at Florida, in fewer total years of tenure, it seems that “they” may know more than Mr. Barnhart thinks. In short, there is an old saying, “the fish rots from the top”. I think that pretty well describes the problem at UGA. The sad thing for Georgia fans is, it looks as though its going to continue. In conclusion, I am not a Florida fan, could care less if they ever win another NC, and have nothing personal against Mark Richt or anyone else on the UGA staff. They are all probably fine people.

By leland

January 9, 2009 2:15 PM | Link to this

Mr. CB—thanks for helping to make this year’s college football even more enjoyable than usual. Hope you and your lady have a great vacation. YP, Leland

By sprtdog

January 9, 2009 2:16 PM | Link to this

Will someone tell me how 10-3 drops UGA off the college football radar. Yes UGA was #1 in August but too young and too many injuries and they still won 10 games. Losing Stafford and Moreno will hurt but UGA is signing another top five recruiting class and next year will have no hype, no expectations. The schedule is brutal with road games at OK State and Arkansas with Carolina sandwiched in between at home. UGA survives that look out because no one is watching and the offensive and defensive lines will be better

By Doug

January 9, 2009 2:29 PM | Link to this

I’m a UGA fan and alumini. While I think Meyer has done a tremendous job in the short time he has been there, Saban has done a great job in just 2 years at UA. I think he will beat Meyer. What I don’t see in UGA is discipline: the disclipline to do the “small things” that when Championships, e.g., great special teams, less penalties, etc. When you look at Saban and Meyer, all those areas are strong and paid attention to.

By Big MIKE

January 9, 2009 2:31 PM | Link to this

You either a Dawg fan, or you not, love them and let FLORIDA enjoy there success, Nothing last forever. Georgia’s time will come, and it is closer than you think. Be a Dawg if you are a Dawg. Love them, stay with them, ride or die, but believe we won’t be FLA’s whiping toy. We will win and win alot. Stay true to the Dawgs, and T.B. you are my main man, but you are wrong. 09 is the year of the DAWG!

By Jan Kemp

January 9, 2009 2:33 PM | Link to this

UGA DEFINITLEY ROTS FROM THE HEAD DOWN.

It leads to instutionalized academic fraud on a mass scale fo rth epurpose of generating more local beer sales on Saturday’s. Been there.

By St. Bernard

January 9, 2009 2:50 PM | Link to this

It’s not a dynasty until he does it without Tebow. I don’t think they win either championship without him and don’t win next year without him. Tebow is special. I like the Dawgs chances facing a Florida team without Tebow and Harvin next year.

By President Michael Adams

January 9, 2009 2:55 PM | Link to this

Listen up you hicks. Im in charge here.

If you dont like it, go cheer somewhere else, you bunch of beer swilling, flea-bags.

Vince, get in here get this damn mutt off my desk!!!!!!!!

By bama12titles

January 9, 2009 2:55 PM | Link to this

Atlanta gator, G8R GRAD, GMAN, congrats to all you gator fans for 2nd in 3 years.

Yep. Florida looks like a dominant program and next year if Tebow comes back it looks like they will once again be the odds on favorite to win it all.

I wouldn’t get too worried about them simply dominating year in and year out forever and ever. It won’t happen in the SEC. There is way too much talent spread throughout the conference. UF, UGA, LSU, BAMA, ( UT and AUB will rise back also). All consistently reel in top 5 or top 10 classes so the talent pool will be spread around pretty good.

The biggest thing in recruiting is that you really don’t know at the skill positions and especially qb which of the very elite prospects will pan out and which ones won’t. Players like Tebow, Harvin, Vince Young come to mind as guys that were everything as advertised and then some. Then there will be guys like Ryan Perrilloux.

The fact that its an inexact science is why some teams will strike it rich for 2-4 years at a time like UF right now or like Nebraska from 1994-97 or Miami for a couple of 2-3 year runs in the early 2000s and last century. Sometimes you get it right with your truly elite guys but that kind of “getting it right” is difficult to maintain for sustained periods of time.

Atlanta Gator,

You were right on about Bear Bryant. He was never as dominant as people think and on top of that he had no schollie limits to hold him down. He only has half of Bama’s nc and conference championships and to me is but one of 4 coaches to win national titles at Bama. He is simply the face of the program though because he was the best and longest tenured of the 4 that won ncs. What a lot of people outside of Bama will never know or understand is that he was loved equally if not more for his character,class, and the way he treated people than anything else. This is after all a man who lost 6 straight bowl games at one point.

Thanks to Tony for all the articles and interesting blogging. I along with a lot of others often disagree with Tony but he does give us something to talk smack about on our favorite subject college football.

By GT65

January 9, 2009 3:04 PM | Link to this

The Dawgs are done. The Dawgs will not be as good as they were this season. The Gators will be better than they were this season. The Jackets will be better than they were this season —and even better in 2010.

So, The Dawgs will not beat the Gators next season, the Dawgs will not beat the Jackets in the next two, three or more seasons.

It is a new era, so get used to it. Florida remains the dominant team in the SEC, and GT will be the dominant team in the state for the next few seasons.

By unbiased view

January 9, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this

Dawgs have one glaring problem vis a vis Florida, Bama, etc. CMR is a good coach but after 8 years this is a very undisciplined program. If he doesn’t have control of his guys with all the arrests, etc. after 8 years then he never will get control.

We might be better a few from now if CMR doesn’t get fired but for at least next year we don’t have a chance. Lets face it. The 2 best players in the program are gone and UGA is now in rebuilding mode all over again at the qb and rb positions while the reptilian juggernaut to the south will have Tebow back, their entire defense, most of their offense. Who are we kidding? Joe Cox aint gonna get it done at qb against the gators and lets be honest. There was an obvious dropoff from Moreno to the rbs behind him. I shudder to think of all the games we won that we would certainly have lost if not for Stafford and Moreno saving the day. They were the difference in most of our wins if not for those 2 we certainly lose another 2-3 games. And now we’re gonna have to rely on Joe Cox, king, and a terrible defense against the rest of the conference. Things are bleak for the short term and they may get bleaker.

By G8R GRAD

January 9, 2009 3:15 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator:

I knew it!

So is real property your practice’s primary focus?

By reservoirDAWG

January 9, 2009 3:23 PM | Link to this

Thank you for your opinion GT65. It is very easy to make statements without any facts. You my nerdy friend are a dumba$$.

By Red Elephant

January 9, 2009 3:26 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator,

If Floida wins another Championship this decade, the Gators will begin appoaching the level of some of Alabama’s ungodly success.

Think about this……Before 1990, with all due respect, Florida was the very gutter of SEC football.

In the 18 years since 1990 Florida has won 3 National Championships, 8 SEC Championships, made the Cocktail Party with UGA irrelevant and has become the uber-sexy SEC program.

No, you will never top what Alabama has accomplished……but Florida has gone from dead last in the SEC to #1 in 18 years. Good for you, and good for the SEC. I can’t see any team in the SEC challenging you in the near future. Enjoy your time in the sun. There’s nothing like winning championships. Have fun! Florida deserves it. Roll Tide.

By augustadawg

January 9, 2009 3:30 PM | Link to this

Let’s see how the crier and his team perform without Dan Mullen calling the plays next year. Mullen has been with crier all along the way. We saw what happened when CMR left FSU. Their offense has never been the same.

By Erk

January 9, 2009 3:31 PM | Link to this

Florida’s success should motivate Georgia’s coaches to get the players tougher, stronger, much more disciplined, and instill a sense of urgency to win. Let’s cut out all the dancing and showboating and play some freakin’ football!

By Bamafan

January 9, 2009 3:34 PM | Link to this

Congr’s to the gator nation on the national championship. To bad the crimson tide let the SEC down against Utah. Hope the crimson tide and the gators play in the dome in December 09!! ROLL TIDE FOLKS!!!

By King Gator

January 9, 2009 3:35 PM | Link to this

Tony,

Thanks for all of the interesting and fun info through the season. And of course the opportunity to needle the pups from North Georgia. I think Florida just scored again on the dawgs! Oops, Urban called time out. Thanks to the Gators for making college football so awesesome for the Gator Nation. Lastly, thanks to Utah and Obama for helping us chip away at the stupid BCS format and hopefully moving us towards a Playoff system. Talk about economic stimulus - this could be as big as the Final 4 and/or the Super Bowl! Go Gators! Enjoy your “down time” Tony.

• King Gator

By Kendawg

January 9, 2009 3:35 PM | Link to this

Dynasty? Tony, I think you’ve been smoking locoweed. The Gators are good now because of Tebow, Harvin, and Spikes. Harvin and Spikes are gone, and Tebow may be next, if he’s willing to be a fourth-round draft choice. Besides, the SEC has too many good coaches and programs for one team to have a dynasty. At least it made for an interesting article, and I suspect that is what you were after.

By Red Elephant

January 9, 2009 3:38 PM | Link to this

Nah, Coach Bryant wasn’t that dominant:

25 Years 13 SEC Titles 6 National Titles

He only won the SEC over 50% of the time and the National Championship about 25% of the time. I mean that’s only the NC titles that Dooley, Jordan, Spurrier, Meyer and Fulmer have combined.

Nah, he wasn’t that dominant.

By David Pollack

January 9, 2009 3:39 PM | Link to this

WE ARE IRRELEVANT !!

By Bull Gator

January 9, 2009 3:47 PM | Link to this

augustadawg, Urban Meyer ain’t no old man like Bowden. He is 44 and loaded with energy and drive. Only time will tell but my money is on Urban to keep this going. Sounds like you are the one that should be called “the crier”. Have a good day.

By Mike

January 9, 2009 3:56 PM | Link to this

This is a very reactionary column, Tony. Once Tebow is gone, UF will be back to normal. UGA isn’t going anywhere, UT should improve, and the West just keeps getting tougher with Nutt in Oxford and Petrino at Arkansas. Florida will never have a dynasty in this league because we aren’t the Pac 10. The SEC is far too tough year in and year out for them to dominate. I mean, just look at last season for an example of the Gators “taking a step back”.

They are on a roll right now, but it wasn’t that long ago that they were being embarrassed by Michigan on New Years Day.

By Bull Gator

January 9, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this

Red Elephant, some people are just dumb. Great post and thanks for your comments about the Gators.

By BIG BAD GATOR

January 9, 2009 3:57 PM | Link to this

OTTO,

Seriously, do you just make this stuff up, or what?

Tim Tebow, recognized statewide in Florida as “Mr. Football” as a high school senior, amassed 9,822 career passing yards, 2,186 career rushing yards, 95 career passing touchdowns, and 84 career rushing touchdowns, in 3 complete seasons.

Aaron Murray, a pledged UGA recruit, threw for 4,012 yards and 51 touchdowns as a junior. He missed 7 and 1/2 games as senior, having broken his left leg. Murray was a great high school QB, adn no doubt he will do well for UGA. Nevertheless, he did not break any of Tim Tebow’s Florida high school records. How could he? He only started two years and missed over half of his senior season because of his leg.

Former Gator QB Chris Leak was a fabulous high school quarterback, but he did not play a single high school game in the state of Florida. He was from Charlotte, NC, adn thus hold no records in Florida for Murray to break.

Before you post, source your “records,” please.

By 757Dawg

January 9, 2009 3:58 PM | Link to this

I love my Dawgs but I have to face reality. Coach Urban Meyer and the lizards are on a different level now and will only get better. UGA has just as much talent and speed as Fla and we showed that in the first two quarters of this season’s game in Jax (that is until CMR and Bobo decided to sabotage the team’s efforts with their playcalling). But what separates us from them are three things: 1) Team discipline and leadership 2) PLEASE READ MIKE BOBO: Imaginative Red Zone play-calling 3) Fla’s ability to make big plays in big games when they NEED to! Our total meltdowns against Bama and Fla showed that we have a long way to go. I am very worried that Meyer may go on a Spurrier-like winning streak against us, which we saw in the 90’s. Face it Dawg nation, we keep bringing in Top 5 recruiting classes every year and at the end of every season we say the same thing, ‘wait til you see us next year!’ I’ll forever wear my Red and Black, but CMR needs to make some tough changes in the program if we are going to play for the crystal football every year or leave things the same and be satisfied with 9 and 10-win seasons and out of the running. Hunker down Dawgs!

By mark

January 9, 2009 4:01 PM | Link to this

Hey Kendawg,

That 4th round draft pick at UF does evrything at QB position that UGA’s hero Stafford does not: win championships, inspire teamates, minimize INTs, dual threat, etc etc. Stafford is an afterthought leaving his fans unfulfilled while Tebow is a legend at UF. UF is a dynasty…how many beatings of UGA willit take before you realize it?

By Mike

January 9, 2009 4:02 PM | Link to this

btw, I love how the nerds think they’ve turned a corner on us because of one win in eight years.

We have won 7 of every 10 from you on average since the 1960’s, geeks.

Of course, the same dorks talked the same trash during the O’Leary era. That didn’t last long, now did it?

New streak begins in ‘09, b***. Enjoy your cute little victory rings. Quite an accomplishment to beat a top 15 team once in a blue moon.

By Hate to say it

January 9, 2009 4:13 PM | Link to this

I’m a dog thru and thru, but lets be honest and give credit where’s it due. Urban is a great coach, he left a Utah program in great shape and now he has FL doing something special. To me he simply is a great coach of good college players. I agree with 757DAWG, we have the talent, in fact i listened to a radio show off the west coast this week and even the host of that show said GA had the most talented squad in the nation and has been loaded with talent for the past 5 years, but for some reason cannot capitilize on it like other big time programs. It’s just not us here thinking this, it’s people on the other side of the nation. So let’s hope the coach’s come up with some sort of new off-season program that come’s with a differnt mentality. Love or hate Tebow, you have to admit that no one else plays the game with as much enthusiasm as he does. That fire is why he stands heads and shoulders above the QB that just left us

By 2N4YEARS

January 9, 2009 4:14 PM | Link to this

Tony, you crack me up when you talk about you & Meyer had a ‘private conversation’. You make it sound as if he invited you over to his house for dinner, and afterwards you two hung out & talked football. lol

By Tony in Johns Creek

January 9, 2009 4:22 PM | Link to this

As a Georgia Alum, i tip my hat and am very impressed with Meyer and UF. Look at Utah… they are number 2 and where did Urban come from?

UF’s schedule next year is a cake walk… they could face Ole Miss in the SECC… that could be their biggest hurdle.

I would assume they are playing for it all again next year.

Georgia DOES have a week off before the game in Jax in ‘09 btw. We fared pretty well the last few times we had the week off before the matchup there, while UF goes to Starkville to face Dan Mullen.

By GaHurricane

January 9, 2009 4:37 PM | Link to this

UF went 9-4 in 2007 because it lost all of the upperclassmen on the OL/DL from 2006, plus all of the play makers in the secondary like Reggie Nelson.

TB listed all of the Freshmen and Sophomores on the depth chart. Tebow will likely return because he is not regarded as a 1st round pick.

Florida has they same recruiting advantage in FL that UGA has in GA, plus the ability to recruit on the national level.

Tebow is a great leader and player who won’t be easily replaced. With Moreno leaving, UGA has no answer for Chris Rainey, Demps, or any of the other horses that will be in this years recruiting class.

LSU, UF, and GA Tech will all beat UGA in 2009.

Sorry, but it’s going to happen.

By The Moose

January 9, 2009 4:45 PM | Link to this

Georgia will beat the Gators next year. They always beat the Gators the year after they win the National Title.

Woof! Woof!

By Golden Hobnail Boot

January 9, 2009 4:48 PM | Link to this

GA had 2 full weeks to prep for GT. Didnt help. With mostly freshmen & sophmores and a new coachng staff, GT delivered a solid GOLD azz whoopin.

45-42 We stepped on your face with a hobnail boot and broker your nose. We C-R-U-S-H-E-D your face.

By bama12titles

January 9, 2009 4:48 PM | Link to this

Red Elephant,

Interesting tidbit. Being a Bama fan I didn’t even realize bear was that dominant. I always thought he was great but didn’t realize he won 13 secs, I thought it was more like 10. Myself and Atlanta Gator stand corrected.

I looked up some interesting stats regarding Bama alltime in a site that atlanta gator gave me. Being a Bama fan yourself it might be interesting to look at. Stassen.com and collegefootballdatabase.com

Collfootdataware had the Tide ranked as the number 2 program of all time behind Notre Dame. The criteria was based on alltime winning %, national championships, strength of schedule, and bowl success. ND. had 2332 pts through 2007, we were next with 2314, then USC with 2242, Michigan 4th with 2156 pts and OU 5th with 2156 pts.

They also had dominance over each qtr of a century which was interesting. The polls and bowl games started around 1925 or a couple of years earlier or later than 1925. For each qtr of a century period marked from 1925-1929, 1950-1974, and 1975-1999 Bama ranked 2nd, 2nd, and 3rd in terms of pure football dominance.

The rankings were based through 2007. Since we trailed ND by only18 pts and we had a great season while ND was average I’m wondering if we may overtake them after they update it with the 2008 data now that the season is over. In any event we had a great season despite the Utah loss but we got some catching up to do if we want to finish in the top 5 for the current qtr century. Roll Tide!

By Hairy Dawg

January 9, 2009 4:56 PM | Link to this

I want Tebow back in 2009. Beating him twice would be nice.

By Atlanta Gator

January 9, 2009 4:57 PM | Link to this

Red Elephant:

I am sure you know this already, but let’s indulge the rest of the blog crew. Paul “Bear” Bryant coached the Alabama Crimson Tide for 25 seasons (1958-1982). He won 12 SEC championships, 4 of which were shared. Here are the SEC champions during those 25 years:

1958 LSU (6-0-0)

1959 Georgia (7-0-0)

1960 Ole Miss (5-0-1)

1961 Alabama (7-0-0) & LSU (6-0-0) (tie)*

1962 Ole Miss (6-0-0)

1963 Ole Miss (5-0-1)

1964 Alabama (8-0-0)

1965 Alabama (6-1-1)

1966 Alabama (6-0-0) & Georgia (6-0-0) (tie)*

1967 Tennessee (6-0-0)

1968 Georgia (5-0-1)

1969 Tennessee (5-1-0)

1970 LSU (6-0-0)

1971 Alabama (7-0-0)

1972 Alabama (7-1-0)

1973 Alabama (8-0-0)

1974 Alabama (6-0-0)

1975 Alabama (6-0-0)

1976 Georgia (5-1-0) & Kentucky (5-1-0) (tie)*

1977 Alabama (7-0-0)

1978 Alabama (6-0-0)

1979 Alabama (6-0-0)

1980 Georgia (6-0-0)

1981 Alabama (6-0-0) & Georgia (6-0-0) (tie)*

1982 Georgia (6-0-0)

During the same time, Bama also won 6 “consensus” national championships:

1961 (11-0-0)

1964 (10-1-0*

1965 (9-1-1)

1973 (11-1-0)*

1978 (11-1-0)

1979 (12-0-0)

Four other current SEC teams also won a consensus national title during those 25 years (LSU ‘58, Ole Miss ‘60, Arkansas ‘64, UGA ‘80).

You will note that after being awarded the “national championship” by the AP and others in early December 1964 and 1973, Bama proceeded to lose their New Year’s Day bowl game those seasons (and you think the Utah fans are screaming now!). Which only serves to reinforces my major point of my post above, Red Elephant, that the times were very different then … Bear coached for 25 seasons at the same school (something we are unlikely to ever see again once Bobby and Joe Pa finally call it quits), Bear had twice as many scholarship athletes as many other programs (now everyone is limited to 85 scholarships), Division I teams played 1 or 2 fewer regular season games than they do now (10 or 11 vs. the current 12), the SEC champions played 2 to 3 fewer conference games than they do now (including the conference championship game), and there was the likelihood for a shared SEC title every third year or so (a possibility which no longer exists).

Bottom line: I’m not ragging on Bear or the Tide when I say it is a virtual impossibility that any coach will ever equal Bear’s record because of these changed circumstances. We’re comparing apples to oranges, not apples to apples. Quite simply, it’s much harder to win an SEC or national championship now than it was then.

The different circumstances of Bear’s times are largely forgotten (except by scholars of the game like yourself), and the “Bear” legend grows. I think it’s better to remember heroes as they really were, without puffing them up, or tearing them down. It makes them more “real” and certainly more human for the rest of us.

So, ask yourself this: Whose record was better, the Evil Genius’ 6 SEC titles in 12 years (none of which were shared), or Bear’s 13 SEC titles in 25 years (4 of which were shared)? My answer answer is that Bear wins because of his 4 national titles in years where they also won their bowl games. Nevertheless, Bryant and Spurrier’s SEC title records were so close relative to the number of seasons they coached that it makes very interesting grounds for debate, don’t they?

By Atlanta Gator

January 9, 2009 5:06 PM | Link to this

G8R GRAD——Shhhhh. It’s not good to look upon the Phantom when he is not wearing his mask!

By Jimmy the Geek

January 9, 2009 5:07 PM | Link to this

Hello, everybody, American’s favorite oddsmaker is back. I want all of the gamblers out there to tell me what you think about these numbers:

7 - the over/under on how many different UGA players are arrested between now and August.

99.9 - the percentage of UGA fans who will continue to praise Saint Mark (p)Richt for running a disciplined program.

1,000,000 to 1 - the odds that UGA will EVER win a national championship under a coach who has proven to be nothing more than a younger, less senile version of his mentor, Booby Bowdown.

By Huh?

January 9, 2009 5:07 PM | Link to this

“UF went 9-4 in 2007 because it lost all of the upperclassmen on the OL/DL from 2006, plus all of the play makers in the secondary like Reggie Nelson.”

I guess the pollsters should have thought about that before they ranked them a top 5 team in the preseason. Its easy to sit here in hindsight and say all that, but NOBODY expected Florida to stumble to 9-4 that year. I remember it all very well. They weren’t supposed to miss a beat with Tebow. The defense was young, but talented. Some even surmised that they might be better than the 2006 squad because of Tebow (that prediction turned out to be a year late). So don’t sit here and act like everybody saw that 9-4 record coming. They most certainly did not.

I’m not saying Florida goes 9-4 next year. I’m saying that all this hyperbole and hype sounds awfully familiar. We heard it after 2006. Florida is an excellent program but they will take their lumps in the SEC just like everyone else. It is foolish to think otherwise.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2009 5:11 PM | Link to this

42-45 Sorry Techies it was a fluke.

59-37-5 Georgia Tech could win every game between now and 2025 and they would still trail in the series.

By Lee

January 9, 2009 5:15 PM | Link to this

As a Dawg fan, I hate to admit it, but I have to agree with Barnhart, Meyer has put together a program that should be a force for many years. They are playing lights out, scary good right now and if Tebow returns, they will be hard to handle once again.

On another note, I wish they could play the championship game without a 30 day[?] layoff. But, money talks….

By Dog in Fla

January 9, 2009 5:31 PM | Link to this

This is not new. Change the name of Meyer to Spurrier and this article could have been written in 1992 re Florida dominance over Georgia. For a Georgia fan in Florida, the Bataan March of misery has no end.

By m

January 9, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this

Here are the facts for you delusional dawgies. You were not the #1 team in the nation as you were foolishly placed in the preseason polls. You were not #1 in the sec as some foolishly predicted. You were even #1 in the state as Paul Johnson and Tech kicked your sorry arses. I guess you could try to claim you are #1 in Clarke County but the local high school team might take offense to that. So bottom line is this…dawgies. You sucked….you reallly sucked. And the future looks pretty grim with the emergence of Tech and Florida. The good news is that you have to be good at something…too bad it is just at sucking. Preseason national champs…my arse.

By Golden Oldie

January 9, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this

GT: 4 National Championships UGA: 1 National Championship

Sorry Mutts, 1980 was a fluke.

Pre-season #1 ROTFLAMO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By UGA President Michael Adams

January 9, 2009 5:34 PM | Link to this

Damn-it

Vince, get in here with that mop. UGA just crapped my carpet again.*

By dean

January 9, 2009 5:39 PM | Link to this

There you go. One has to have the attitude of MikeT.. ready to drink the kool aid at any moment.

By SoCalDawg Jason

January 9, 2009 5:43 PM | Link to this

Tony -Enjoy your vacation, you and the Mrs. have earned it. Keep it light, and thank you for an outstanding year in keeping this Los Angeles displaced Dawg in the loop on all my SEC news. You are an asset to the sport, the AJC, and the literary world as a whole.

Peace, Jason

By Golden Oldie

January 9, 2009 5:44 PM | Link to this

Just exactly HOW MANY remedial education student-athletes does UGA need to win a NC?

By BIG BAD GATOR

January 9, 2009 5:48 PM | Link to this

Dog in Fla,

Well, at least you still have your sense of humor.

By deandawg

January 9, 2009 5:58 PM | Link to this

BigMike get in here and drink your Kool-Aid.

By TampaGator

January 9, 2009 6:09 PM | Link to this

Tebow will be back. If so, Spikes will be back, too. If so, the Gator defense will be unbelieveable in 2009. It is almost fightfully bewildering to think how good this defense is going to be in ‘09. On offense, Moody will step up next year at RB, as will Demps and Rainey (if he can stay on the field). The OL is going to be very good, and the WRs will only get better next year. Gonzalez is going to be an All-American at TE. Debose will soon be the next Harvin for Florida. Plus, Florida is adding about 5 horses on the DL that did not play much this year…Omar Hunter, John Brown, Epps, Torry Davis, a great DL Jr. college recruit, and the #1 DL in the state of Florida who tore up the Under Armour practice and game. Good luck next year…other SEC teams. Florida is going to be unbelieveably good next year…and for years to come. Meyer is the best coach in America…so just continue to call him, Tebow, and all the Gators insulting names…who cares!

By Dawg Gone

January 9, 2009 6:15 PM | Link to this

Good grief, what’s wrong with you people? Since when does 9 wins make a bad season?

Georgia has a class-act coach who has brought decency back into vogue. You had an exciting, fun-to-watch team this year - one that entered each game with a legitimate chance to win. And, you had a considerable amount of success.

And yet, most of you Dawg “fans” are ranting about getting rid of him. Unbelievable.

Grow a pair and learn to deal with life’s disappointments and losses. Enjoy the success you’ve had and be thankful. Don’t be jealous of another’s success.

This has been a particularly satisfying year for me - grew up a Gator fan and went to school at Tech - but I don’t expect it to be this way every year. But what I do hope for and expect is that my two favorite teams continue to put together their programs in a way that puts them in a position to compete in every game. That’s good stuff! Beating the snot out of everybody, every week is not.

THANKS, Tony for the writing this year. Keep it up, please!

Now… what’s the good word?

By Dog in Fla

January 9, 2009 6:22 PM | Link to this

Big Bad Gator, sense of humor? Perhaps but I think of it as a form of continuous bad karma for the Herschel years. We are getting whipped by a Spurrier (a great and sarcastic coach taking revenge on us), a Zook (a mediocre and nice coach but still able to beat us) and a Meyer (an even greater and malicious coach who we baited into taking revenge on us). When and if Meyer leaves, we will get whipped by his replacement. Although Coach Richt won’t say this, I know he is thinking, “This is not a blessing for us.”

By BIG BAD DAWG

January 9, 2009 6:24 PM | Link to this

Big Bad Gaytor,

please read the entire post and do your own homework before spouting off at the butt. Aaron Murray most definately broke Teblows single season passing records and the records of Chris Leak in HS in North Carolina were broken By Georgia’s Joe Cox. You know nothing so shut it and update your own sources!

By savannah dawg

January 9, 2009 6:34 PM | Link to this

Mike Shanahan was the best coach in the NFL until John Elway retired. He won one playoff game in 10 years after Elway left. Let’s see how good of a coach CUM is after Tebow leaves (Which I hope is real soon!). GO DAWGS!!!!

By Dennis G. Berdanis

January 9, 2009 6:34 PM | Link to this

Things turn around fast in college football. I remember in 1982 when we steamrolled UF 43-0 on national tv, thinking we would dominate the series and they just couldn’t compete. That didn’t last long. Next year UF will probably have another good year. The year after no one can predict at this time.

Great column though Tony and Meyer, Saban, Miles etc. will always be tough competitors for Richt.

By Dial "m" for moron

January 9, 2009 6:53 PM | Link to this

**Was the Chik-Fil-A bowl part of Tech’s “emergence”?

By Mike T.

January 9, 2009 7:08 PM | Link to this

One has to have the attitude of MikeT.. ready to drink the kool aid at any moment.

Better than drinking Gatorade.

By FLA DAWG

January 9, 2009 7:17 PM | Link to this

The Gators now have a dynasty and are expected to win the National Championship every year for the next ten or twenty years.

By LOL

January 9, 2009 7:20 PM | Link to this

OK m, here are the facts:

You are the biggest douchebag on this blog.

You are an even bigger douchebag than RAMBLE ON!!! and GATOR CHOMP combined and that is saying a lot.

Your team had a good year this year, but one year does not make a pattern.

You sound like the UGA fans who ran their mouths to Florida fans last year about how the dominance was over, look how that turned out for them.

And the last fact, everyone on here hopes that Greyhound bus you so frequently refer to runs your dumbazz over!

By 47straight

January 9, 2009 7:22 PM | Link to this

I don’t know what you mean when you say “SEC”. What school is that? What state are they in?

UF had a great year.

Bama lost to Utah in one of the biggest upsets in bowl history and was out yarded 2-1 by Tulane in a game where they scored 6 offensive points.

Ole Miss had 4 losses, including a loss to Wake Forest. Still a very good year for Ole Miss and first year coach Houston Nutt.

LSU had 5 losses, which could have been 6 if not for the miracle come back at home v. Troy.

Preseason #1 Georgia was the biggest national disappointment of the year.

Vanderbilt lost to Duke and Wake Forest.

Kentucky was 7-6, but 3 of those wins were against Norfolk State, Western Kentucky, and a 20-14 win over Middle Tennessee State.

South Carolina was 7-6, but in their last 2 games lost 31-14 to Clemson and 31-10 to Iowa.

Tennessee, Miss. State, and Auburn fired their coaches.

By turkey

January 9, 2009 7:47 PM | Link to this

To Reality Bites Dawg - Amen

By UGASlobberknocker

January 9, 2009 8:11 PM | Link to this

Poll Trivia Time…forget the stinkin gators for a second.

After seeing the final polls, I did some quick research:

1-LSU, Tennessee, and Auburn all were unranked in the final AP poll. When was the last time that happened?

Answer: 1981. Curiously, that was the last year of 7 year stretch (1975-1981) where none of the three were ranked.

2-Same question, but add Nebraska and Michigan..When was the last time that all 5 of the above powers finished the year unranked in the AP poll (as they did this year)?

Answer: Since the AP Poll expanded from 10 teams to 20 in 1967….Never .

By BeachGaBulldog

January 9, 2009 8:23 PM | Link to this

First of all, common sense says that if you win ALL OF YOUR GAMES, you are the national champion. The Gators didn’t do that. I don’t care what a bunch of biased old geezers vote. I have never recognized the BCS because it doesn’t work. It never has and it never will. All of these Florida LOSERS know in their heart that Utah is the CLEAR NATIONAL CHAMPION. Just man up and admit that you aren’t, Gators. Meyer is such a hypocrite. The Gators players, coaches, and fans are BY FAR the UGLIEST, CLASSLESS, CRYBABIES I have ever witnessed. I would rather be good and win with class(UGA) than win and be CLASSLESS(UF) Congratulations UTAH!

2006 Boise State Undefeated-National Champs 2008 Utah Undefeated-National Champs

By BIG BAD GATOR

January 9, 2009 8:34 PM | Link to this

BeachGaBulldog——Wow. Righteous words with which no one may disagree because they are so clearly right. How could all of those AP poll voters possibly disagree with you????

By UGASlobberknocker

January 9, 2009 8:45 PM | Link to this

BeachGaBulldog..put down that crack pipe and get a grip, dude. I hate the Gators, too but give the devils their due. They were the best team this year..and if anyone needs to keep their mouth shut about the Gators, its us Dawg fans after that beatdown they gave us.

its fan like you who give real UGA fans a bad name. I wonder if youve ever even been to a game or ever earned one credit hr tat UGA, ever contributed one dime to the football program..my guess is NO.

By simplythe truth

January 9, 2009 9:06 PM | Link to this

Hey Beach Ga Bulldog, Is that peanut butter around your mouth or are you just a butthole? Your impotent, anemic, and moronic reasoning is just exactly the reason why you inbred canines can accomplish nothing on the football field. Take a Viagra and go enjoy yourself.

By HONESTY

January 9, 2009 9:19 PM | Link to this

**Utah beat Wyoming 40 to 7

Florida beat Tennessee 30 to 6

Wyoming beat Tennessee 13 to 7

This is undeniable proof that Utah is better than Florida.**

You see, the BCS is controlled by the BCS Conferences. Do you honestly believe they wanted to pay out “their” money to a conference that isn’t part of their system? That’s not how organized crime works, and that is why the system is destined to be dismantled by the Federal Government. It is a “trust”, which are illegal. It is nothing more than organized crime, but instead of Catholic Italians, it is atheist Jews and Protestants.

By 74dawg

January 9, 2009 9:21 PM | Link to this

The nice thing about football is.. you still have to play the game. Georgia Florida will come down to who executes and who wants it most . The talent levels are close enough not to matter. And in case you didn’t notice,Tony, Percy Harvin almost singlehandedly kept the Gators in that game for 3 quarters . Tebow showed up in the second half(like Stafford in our bowl game,but without the arm).

By GatorGuy

January 9, 2009 9:27 PM | Link to this

Ok Dawg fans I will put this in language you can understand. Think of Div 1 college football like your big Atlanta Airport. Lots of people running around, lots going on, but different classes of people. Gators fly first class, dawgs are baggage handlers. Urban Meyer pilots a 747, CMR sells Phily cheese steaks at the D concourse. Tim Tebow, chilling in the Delta Crown Room with the boyz in Orange and Blue. Stafford/Moreno & Co, are looking for Sen. Larry Craig in the mens room. Florida plane departs on time, UGA pushs back from the gate, sits on tarmac then cancels flight due equipment malfunction. Gators fly off to BCS Championship land, Dawgs retrieve luggage, rent church bus and sit in traffic on I-285. See ya next year.

By can't stop laughing G8R

January 9, 2009 9:52 PM | Link to this

UGA fans,

Tony has spelled it out perfectly and in your hearts you know he’s right.

R.I.P.

By Call It Like It Is

January 9, 2009 9:57 PM | Link to this

Hey BIG BAD DAWG and the rest of you that are trying to debunk the NC that FL WON! They made it to the dance and had nothing to do with Utah not making it. We all know until there is a playoff we have to deal with the BCS. But lets face it, Utah did not face the same type of teams that FL faced this year. I mean come on, playing in the SEC alone is a journey that most of these schools would not survive. So give it a rest, Utah would not beat most of the SEC. The Alabama game was a fluke. They had a lot to play for and Alabama had nothing to play for, so the outcome was not as shocking as most want to think.

Why don’t you stop your whinning and give credit where credit is due. The GATORS WON their big game that determined a Champion.

Finally, face it, your team (GA)SUCKED this year. Over-rated & Over Hyped. So, until your team begins to compete on the NC Level, you have nothing to say. Last Championship, 1980.

GO GATORS!

Enough Said!

By Gator

January 9, 2009 10:52 PM | Link to this

BeachGaBulldog, there is a special on diapers and tissues at Wal Mart. You need to go there because it sounds like you are a crybaby and you just pooped in your pants. Now, go wipe your nose and your butt and go to bed.

By Can you say REEEEL BORING

January 10, 2009 12:05 AM | Link to this

Most Boring NC game ever and I have seen about 30. Who were the idiot anchors. Even the GA loving Blackledge would have been better.

By UGASlobberknocker

January 10, 2009 7:09 AM | Link to this

Blackledge loves Georgia? thats a new one.

By gatorbogey

January 10, 2009 7:20 AM | Link to this

Meyer has the Gators almost in a re-load mode now. that’s one of his goals.

it’s amazing what the SEC conference has accomplished - 3 straight nat’l titles…and this last one when, reportedly, the conference is ‘down’. wow!

playing in the SEC really does toughen each team to the fullest. great preparation. whoever captures the SEC title is very well prepared to win the nat’l title.

By UGA CLass of 81

January 10, 2009 7:28 AM | Link to this

Gator Guy…..the comparison of UGA/UF to the Atlanta Airport was great. Congrats to UF. I say UF will repeat in Jacksonville and the NC. UM will beat UGA as bad as he wants to and MR will do nothing but have that dazed look in his eye.

By taco slammer

January 10, 2009 7:54 AM | Link to this

The coaching staff at UF prefers to destroy their opponents on the field. The coaching staff at UGA wants to give their opponents a chance to stay in the game, so they will be referred to as nice guys after the game.

This mentality permiates thru both organizations from top to bottom. One plan will get you championships, the other will insure that you finish 2nd.

By Ikee

January 10, 2009 9:13 AM | Link to this

Tony, thanks for all of your professional work covering this southern tradition. Not sure if Mrs. Barnhart can keep your mind off of College Football during the break. Make sure your good to her during the off season and get all of the fix-it-up things done on her list. She must be one great lady to put up with all of your away from home type traveling. Tell Tim B. he’s needs to lose some weigh and stop loosing all that hair. Look forward to a great 2009 college football season and reading your comments. Thanks keeping the us all going and updated.

By GTMike

January 10, 2009 9:25 AM | Link to this

SEC is indeed down.

BCS is a MYTHICAL national championship folks. It tries to sell its kool aid to you about matching the two best teams, but until you have a playoff in place, it’s all a bunch of hogswallow.

Utah couldn’t beat the mighty SEC team Alabama right? EVERYONE knew that…until they actually played the game.

Utah is the only unbeaten team. It’s damned sad that the BCS conferences cling to a system that prevents a playoff. Until then, all this talk about three in a row for the SEC is just talk, nothing more. The media loves it. SEC fans love it (‘cuz they don’t have to prove it on the field). I think USC could beat UF this year, and maybe Utah as well. But we’ll never know, will we?

By FLA DAWG

January 10, 2009 9:52 AM | Link to this

If Florida had gone undefeated like Utah then one could make a legitimate argument about the strength of UF’s schedule. But since Florida lost to Ole Miss and Utah went undefeated and won their bowl game they clearly deserved the National Championship Title.

This was a setup from the start. Why do you think the Oklahoma QB “won” The Heisman Trophy - to begin the setup for a greater national audience of watching two Heisman Trophy winners go against each other for the N.C. Game, of course.

By the way, if Oklahoma had beaten Florida I’d still believe Utah should be the National Champs. Utah played by the rules and won every game. Just like Auburn a few years ago, Utah got the shaft.

By Bama Dawg

January 10, 2009 10:00 AM | Link to this

OMG - cancel the season, disband the SEC and just declair Florida MNC for eternity. And oh, the sky is falling.

By simplythe truth

January 10, 2009 10:10 AM | Link to this

If the SEC is down this year, it is still rated better than your 2-bit ACC.Your beloved little bees couldn’t hang with the SEC schools when you were in our Conference, SO TECH QUIT. You beat Georgia this year, big deal for you,BUT, then you got the beeswaxed knocked out of you 1 game later. Until you play for something important, keep on drinking your milk and eat your Wheaties. One day maybe you’ll grow up and be able to cheer for a real football team and it probably won’t be Tech.

By Bubbav

January 10, 2009 10:12 AM | Link to this

The final Sagarin rankings just came out and guess what program had the 4th toughest schedule in the nation? UF.

Who had the 56th? Utah. Give us, the Gator Nation, a break poodles. We won again. Respect that and move on. You are going to lose Richt to Miami next year so I hope you have a plan B.

By Bubbav

January 10, 2009 10:26 AM | Link to this

Hey BeachGa,

Drinking a lot has clouded your judgment. I’m sure Coach Meyer is disappointed that YOU don’t recognize the BCS. Would you have recognized it if a one loss UGA team had won the BCS title game? Hmmmmm. Let it go, man. Your lack of respect for a team that blew you out in Jax makes you look like the “ugly, classless, crybaby.”

By Dear Bubbav

January 10, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this

Get off of that girl… that’s your sister! It is time to add some branches to that family tree of yours… stop the multi-colored eyes / say “no” to in-breeding!

By Stereotypical Gator Fan

January 10, 2009 10:43 AM | Link to this

You north Florida rednecks make it WAY too easy.. BUBBAV is the offical GATOR mouthpiece on this blog. PERFECT! I can picture Bubba in his jean shorts sitting around his trailer, debating whether to cut down the length of the “rat tail” his son “Urban Tebow” has grown…

By SlimG

January 10, 2009 10:50 AM | Link to this

2 trips inside the 5 in the first half? Why not throw to the big TE? Poor coaching is the only reason the Sooners lost this game.

By Miles

January 10, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this

Mr. Barnhart, you better believe your wife has earned a vacation. Working 24/7 for the entire season, it’s time to spend time with the family. You’ve done a great job this season. Thank you!

By animaldr

January 10, 2009 12:23 PM | Link to this

I guess the SEC better call it quits too. Just give UF the SEC Champ. forever. My God Tony give me a break. Just a few weeks ago we heard about the Ala. dynasty. Now, LSU,Ala,UGA nor anyone else has a prayer against the mighty gators. 1 year ago UF lost to Mich in the Cap Bowl to end the year. At some point Tebow will move on. He is great and impossible to replace.

The great philospher Jim Donnan once said, “It is rarely as good as it seems, and it is rarely as bad as it seems.”

Now I have to admitt I would jump for joy if Meyer wanted to give the NFL a try.

In college football there is always next year. We need to close strong on the recruiting trail and we will always have a shot.

GO DAWGS!

By You oughta be ashamed

January 10, 2009 12:41 PM | Link to this

Talking about putting the horse before the cart!!! Yes, Florida won the championship! And yes, they’ll be damn good next year. But dynasty? Only time will tell. Tebow IS Flordia. We’ll have to wait and see what happens when he’s gone - hopefully sooner rather than later. But other teams have players as well - and other teams sign top 10 recruiting classes. The games still have to be played. I’m not counting out Bama, Georgia, or anyone else just yet. Personally, I think Georgia will surprise a lot of folks next year - and there’ll be a WAR in Jacksonville.

By DC Dawg

January 10, 2009 12:53 PM | Link to this

Reality Bites Dawg at 12:07 sums it up pretty well for me.

Gatore fans: I think most dogs here have given the Gators their due. Stay Classy UF fans!

By dancingator69

January 10, 2009 1:00 PM | Link to this

I’m voting the Gaydogs preseason number 1 again in 2009, even though they are losing No-touch/Back-footMatphew and Shoshine (who IS a wonderful talent that screwed up not cominng to the Gators)!

By ceph

January 10, 2009 4:01 PM | Link to this

Folks it is all about priorities. We beat a Michigan State team that got hosed by everyone they played that was worth a crap.. We beat them 24-12 and all of a sudden UGA is great again. Wake up everyone… Meyer said you can’t waste a minute because there are teams out there just waiting to catch you.
Richt’s priorities are when is his next trip to the Ukraine, Honduras etc . so that he can go and spread the word. Richt was hired to coach the UGA football team and to make these kids the best football players they can be. Ninety-five% of these kids come to college hoping to make it to the next level. Richt is more interested in saving their souls or making them great husbands, yada yada yada!!! Being the best just isn’t a priority of his. He had rather keep his friends that coach for him happy and to hell with the fans. Also if he starts winning then it will be expected of him and that is way too much pressure on him. Example, he said it would have been much better if we had not been ranked number one. Don’t set the bar too high because people will start expecting it. Richt is perfectly happy with his eight to ten wins a year and he can do this because we get great athletes and that is the only reason. Things are not going to get better until the fans and Damon reject this mediocrity.. I can’t stand to watch these great football teams because it is just too painful. We are so woefully behind the great programs that we will never catch up.. Richt has no passion about being the best and he can’t instill passion in the players to be the best. I throw up my hands because nothing is going to change as long as Richt is there.!!!!

By mexdawg

January 10, 2009 6:04 PM | Link to this

Hola Tony,Have you considered Mexico for your vacation?The weather’s very nice this time of year in Puerto Vallarta.We would love to see ya down here at the Puerto Vallarta Bulldawg Club.Also don’t worry too much about a long gator run.Yes fl will probally win another national title with Tebow next year but then The URBAN CRIER will leave florida to accept the Notre Dame job.It will happen mark my word.LONG LIVE THE BIG DAWG.

By Give ItUp

January 10, 2009 7:46 PM | Link to this

dancingator69: u ve gotta be typical bulldawg fan. Right ? u da man

By paul

January 10, 2009 8:29 PM | Link to this

I am not a dog or gator fan.All i have to say about it is tebow is the best COLLAGE player i have ever watched play the game.

By david moody

January 10, 2009 8:42 PM | Link to this

Thank you, Tony. You are the best !

By joe cox for prez

January 10, 2009 9:23 PM | Link to this

Once Tebow leaves, Florida will still be a good team but will not have a QB that can dominate a game like Tebow.Tebow presents issues for defenses like no other QB can.I respect Tebow for how he plays but the media has turned him into a hated player by many fans.Everyone is sick of hearing about Tebow.I wish Florida would have played him at TE this year so maybe his NFL stock would be high enough for him to leave this year.I don’t think UGA will take a step back next year simply because our coaching staff has been challenged by many.Nobody will expect anything out of UGA next year and thats the way I like it.No glamour just playing football.Cox will step in and do a good job.He is not a NFL prospect but he is a solid QB that has alot of heart.I’ll take that over a NFL prospect anyday.GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!

By Pago Flyer

January 10, 2009 11:45 PM | Link to this

I’m having a martini out of UGA glass, 1982…it reads DAWGS 44/FL 0. Guess I’ll never see this score ever again!

By Johnny DangerDawg

January 11, 2009 2:47 AM | Link to this

Joe, I have to agree with you. Charlie Strong and the Gator D were the keys to the UF victory. Charlie Strong has been a great defensive coordinator for a long time; schools should be fighting for him.

By Johnny DangerDawg

January 11, 2009 2:52 AM | Link to this

When the Gators have a great team, they beat the Dawgs. When the Dawgs have the better team… Florida usually wins anyway. So basically, we need other schools to beat UF. (That’s how we won our last 2 SEC titles.)

By Big Al

January 11, 2009 7:13 AM | Link to this

You ought be ashamed!!!!!!! Yes, there will be another war in Jacksonville this year and the Georgia bench will look like a napalm attact has struck. Gonna be a long year for da Dawgs.

By Gator Nation

January 11, 2009 8:20 AM | Link to this

Thoughts

Great season by my Gators.

When the term dynasty is used, I think of UCLA or North Carolina in women’s soccer. We are definitley not there. Yet.

The SEC is to deep of a conference to have a dynasty. Any team that wins the SEC once every four years should be ecstatic.

Tebow is a great QB. But he also had Harvin. Meyer won a NC with Leak who was just a good QB. Defense was the key to both championships.

None of the 22 players on our 2-deep defense are seniors. The only defensvie starter going pro is Spikes.

If Charlie Strong were white, would he have a head coaching job by now? Absolutely! That he does not is an indictment on all the college presidents who are full of BS. These are the same people who keep us locked into the bowl system/BCS for academic reasons. They make me want to puke.

Tony, your blog is must-read for me. Thanks. I look forward to February.

By TampaGator

January 11, 2009 10:16 AM | Link to this

FLADAWG…you are an idiot. Utah beat an Alabama team that could have cared less in the Sugar Bowl and for, Utah, it was the Super Bowl of all Super Bowls. Bama came out dead in the first quarter, and then won the rest of the game. Also, Bama was in shock over what happened to Smith and then lost the tackle that replaced him. Utah almost lost to TCU (Utah kicking a last second FG after TCU threw an interception for no good reason to cost them the game), and TCU got globbbered by Oklahoma (not even a game). There were only 3 teams in their conference that had winning records. Tell Utah and all their fans to get into the Pac 10, go undefeated, and then talk about winning a NC. Give me a break.

By Atlanta Gator

January 11, 2009 10:35 AM | Link to this

Pago Flyer——“Never” and “ever” represent a VERY long time. As I seem to recall, Georgia beat Florida 42-30 just last year.

By ron

January 11, 2009 11:34 AM | Link to this

Tony I think you are “Mr Wrong of Football”.Dawgs will be better also.Dawgs are locking and loading also. Preseason predictions especially this early are worthless.

By Supes

January 11, 2009 12:14 PM | Link to this

I guess UGA should just stop playing FLA and just forfeit the game in Jacksonville?

After all if you want to crown FLA for another title go ahead and crown their a&&

You don’t play football “on paper” if this past season (ranked pre-season number 1 and all) has taught us anything is that.

So go ahead, rank FLA 1, let all the pressure fall on their shoulders.

UGA will be ranked in the top 20 and probably expected to have an OK season. Fine by me. Lower the expectations, and if it turns out to be a surprise season so be it.

By lovethemdawgs

January 11, 2009 1:25 PM | Link to this

If Barnhart thinks UF is so great why is he writing on a UGA website? He should go write for UF.

By lovethemdawgs

January 11, 2009 1:32 PM | Link to this

If Barnhart thinks UF is so great why does he write on our UGA site? Why doesn’t he write for UF on their website.

By Georgia fans are idiots

January 11, 2009 2:08 PM | Link to this

Here it goes again the idoits Georgia fans make predictions for the 09 season. Thump your chest as always, the mutts fail every year and make pathetic excuses, whine, cry like always.Bama and Fla will rule the SEC, Georgia will always be 3rd or 4th in the SEC.UGA FOOTBALL= 30 years of sucking!!

By FLA DAWG WHAT A RETARD

January 11, 2009 2:12 PM | Link to this

point made

By 28 Years And Counting

January 11, 2009 2:41 PM | Link to this

Dear Supes, I really hate to say this, BUT do you really think Florida cares one iota about pressure?? Sadly, it appears they relish pressure and with #15 coming back, it appears the run without even playing in a Championship game hits the 29 year mark this year. AND I really don’t give a rat’s bottom about our recruiting ranking until our little Botox Boy demonstrates an ability to translate recruiting classes into BCS Championship Games.

By BIG BAD GATOR

January 11, 2009 3:48 PM | Link to this

It’s official: Tebow is returning for his senior season.

Here’s the link to the AP wire story:

AP: Tebow Returning

By TampaGator

January 11, 2009 4:00 PM | Link to this

Tebow to return…Harvin says he is leaning towards coming back. Spikes to follow for sure. The Gators are going to be one powerful football team next year! How does National Champions 3 out of 4 years sound to you Dawg fans out there. Go Gators!

By fred

January 11, 2009 4:40 PM | Link to this

HERE IS THE THING WE AT UGA GET ALL THE RECRUTES FL AL AND CLEMSON DONT WANT PLUS WE ARE SADDLED WITH THE 5 BEST COACHING STAFF IN THE SEC. ALL THIS LEADS US TO A SECOND TIER PROGRAM.

By hook or by crook

January 11, 2009 5:33 PM | Link to this

One big reason Florida is signing such good players is because of their low academic standards. A recent national survey showed that Florida had the biggest gap between average SAT scores of its student body vs. its athletes. Number 2? Oklahoma. So there you have a big mystery cleared up. Of course, academics no longer matter to athletes because they have no intention of ever graduating anyway. This is disgraceful.

By Atlanta Gator

January 11, 2009 7:10 PM | Link to this

“hook or by crook”——The numbers that were recently published by the AJC were four years out of date (please check the article for yourself), and mostly represented the fruits of Ron Zook’s recruiting labors. While he’s a sweetheart of a guy, Coach Zook ain’t the brightest bulb on the tree, and it’s not surprising he did not recruit kids with higher averages and scores. Illinois’ scores have fallen, too, since the Zooker arrived there.

You’ll be happy to know, however, that Florida’s student body has the second highest average SATs and admission credentials in the SEC (after Vanderbilt, of course), and the Gator football team has the second highest graduation rate in the conference (after Vandy, again). We look forward to seeing the results of Coach Meyer’s recruiting, as I am sure you do, as well.

Didn’t you learn anything at all from the old Jim Croce song “LeRoy Brown?” As Jim used to sing, “don’t tug on Superman’s cape.”

By FLA DAWG

January 11, 2009 7:33 PM | Link to this

TampaGator,

Once again Gator Fans show their lack of class - even when they win. No team is despised within their own conference as much as Florida because their fans still resort to name-calling AFTER they are given the N.C.

You LOST to Ole Miss. Utah beat everyone they played. UF would very likely have beaten Utah but we’ll never know. Bottomline - Utah was UNDEFEATED and UF LOST.

Tebow needs a game to cry about at least once a year so we all get to see him cry again next year.

By Supes

January 11, 2009 7:35 PM | Link to this

*28 Years And Counting *

I don’t know if the FLA team “cares about pressure”, but I do know it’s going to follow them from spring practice and on until the season is over. They are going to hear it from everywhere, esp. ESPN and the FLA lover “Kirk H.” It’s gotta mess with a team’s mindset at some point.

Since Tim is coming back, that should make them a definitive number 1.

Look up the last time a team has been 1 at the beginning and finished number 1 at the end.

Not easily done, even for a loaded FLA team.

Look at how USC “loaded team” finished…although it took a “superhuman” effort from Vince Young to defeat them at the Rose Bowl, it can be done.

All I’m saying to you FLA fans is be happy, celebrate, etc all that good stuff. However, don’t count your NATIONAL titles until you have them in your trophy case. That’s all. It seems a lot of GA fans were ready to do that in August this past year and that didn’t turn out so well.

No doubt Tim is an exceptional leader but every team is going to be gunning for FLA. With FLA being ranked 1, they will get everyone’s “best shot” so to speak.

It’s college football, anything can happen!

By Atlanta Gator

January 11, 2009 7:55 PM | Link to this

FLA DAWG——Lighten up, fella, it’s just a game, and neither you nor I are actually playing it. There is great dignity in acknowledging the merits of your rivals, but there is none in sour grapes.

As for Utah being “number one,” they had a fine season, but they played a regular season schedule that was ranked in the bottom half of all 119 Division I (FBS) schools. Florida played a top-10 schedule, that was ranked either 1st, 2nd or 4th most difficult after their bowl game. Not the same … otherwise, there are some very fine undefeated Division I-AA teams that could claim to be world-beaters, too.

By FLA DAWG

January 11, 2009 8:07 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator,

I have no case of “Sour Grapes”. The Dawgs stunk it up this year - I see and write it the way it is.

As to your rationalization about ranking using Division 1-AA, they didn’t rank one of those in the #2 spot - they put Utah there.

I’m all for evaluating the strength of the schedule when two teams finish undefeated to decide who is #1. But in this case UF lost a regular season game and Utah did not.

By Atlanta Gator

January 11, 2009 9:23 PM | Link to this

FLA DAWG——My point is that there is a very valid reason why Utah is ranked number 2 and not number one: Utah’s strength of schedule. While it is certainly an exaggeration on my part to compare Utah’s schedule to that of a Division I-AA school, Utah’s schedule ranked at or below the 50th percentile of all 119 Division I schools.

By way of example, Florida played played 2 Division I teams with losing records; Utah played 6 Division I losing teams.

Florida played 10 bowl teams; Utah played six bowl teams.

The SEC was ranked by the BCS computer rankings as either the best or second-best football conference after the bowl games. The Mountain West was ranked no higher than fifth-best.

There is a reason why Florida is the consensus national champion and Utah is not: Florida played better opponents, beat them by wider margins and played a far tougher overall schedule than Utah did. We can argue this till we’re both blue, but the AP and coaches polls and 5 out of 6 BCS computer rating services agree that the Gators are number one. That’s what we call a “consensus” national championship.

By FLA DAWG

January 11, 2009 10:43 PM | Link to this

It’s interesting to read your defense of the BCS computer rating services when you’ve done just the opposit in the past. This system is past its prime and will soon be changed - and you know it.

My point which you seem to ignore is you cannot compare schedule strengths when your win/loss record is worse than Utah. A tied record must first occur THEN the schedule strength is fair game.

The Gators had a bad day against Ole Miss. Texas & USC had bad days too. Utah had NO BAD DAYS.

Atlanta Gator how’d you like to be a Utah Alum right now - having run the board and gotten ignored? I thought it stunk when Auburn got the shaft. I think it stinks now.

By Atlanta Gator

January 11, 2009 11:18 PM | Link to this

FLA DAWG——You’ve apparently confused my somewhat nuanced stance regarding the merits of the 6 BCS computer rating services (Anderson & Hester, Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Massey, Sagarin, Wolf) with someone else. Four of the 6 rating services include a strength of schedule component; the 4 rank Utah’s SOS as 36th, 73rd, 64th and 66th of 119 Division I schools. Florida’s SOS was ranked in the top 4 hardest schedules by all 4 after the BCS title game. That’s a hell of a difference——the difficulty of their schedules was not remotely comparable.

If we were going to do this right, we would have an 8-team playoff, including the top 8 ranked teams, regardless of conference affiliation. But you still need to select the 8 teams——which will require some sort of poll/ranking/rating to select and seed the teams. Personally, I think it should like more like the RPI ratings used for the NCAA Basketball Tournament, rather than this 6-headed computer monster plus two polls. Nevertheless, a Division I RPI rating would not be that different from the current BCS computer rating services.

How would I like to a Utah coach, player or alumnus right now? Well, my team just finished 13-0 and undefeated, beat the 5th-ranked team, and finished higher in the polls than it ever has before. But, yeah, I still think my Utah Utes deserve a shot at the title. Absolutely. Problem is our present BCS system only allows for the selection of 2 teams to participate in the 1-game playoff. So, how do you select the two “best” teams to play? Well, they have to be rated number 1 and 2 somehow, right?

I’m not defending the present system, but it’s all we have now. The Gators were as or more deserving of one of the two BCS title slots relative to Texas, Oklahoma, USC and, yes, Utah. If the teams had to be undefeated at the end of the season to play in the BCS title game, we very easily could have had Ball State vs. Boise State. Strength of schedule does and should matter in the selection process.

Some time in the next 5-6 years, I look forward to arguing over who the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th teams in the country are, not who the 1st and 2nd teams are. Frankly, if you’re the 9th-ranked team, and you get left out of an 8-game playoff, I’m far less sympathetic than if you were a very close 3rd and got left out of a title game like Auburn was in ‘04. Only two teams could play and three major-conference teams were undefeated that year … which illustrates the inherent problem with the current BCS system: the top 4 or 5 teams are typically so close in talent, etc., that we are splitting imaginary hairs to select two of them.

Keep in mind, in an 8-game playoff, SOS will still matter for seeding and to see who the last teams selected will be … inevitably, a 10-2 team will be selected over another 11-1 team for the last slot because of SOS. At some level, it’s unavoidable if we want to select the best teams. But, in an 8-game playoff, at least a top-5 undefeated mid-major like Utah would get its shot.

By Atlanta Gator

January 11, 2009 11:26 PM | Link to this

I, of course, meant to type “8-team playoff,” not “8-game playoff.” It’s apparently time for me to sign off.

By FLA DAWG

January 12, 2009 7:10 AM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator,

We are in agreement. You are one of only two Gator Fans (I assume alum?) I extend a congratulatory salute for beating Oklahoma.

By Go Sooners

January 12, 2009 8:33 AM | Link to this

Congrats FL, it was a great game until you put your foot on the gas in the 4th, sorry we weren’t more competitive on offense, but our offensive coaching staff doesn’t want us to score in bowl games, red zone, AHHHHHHHH!!!!

By gatormike

January 12, 2009 9:01 AM | Link to this

Some of the Dawgs simply do not get it. I do not quite understand what Otto says in that the UGA QB recruit, Murray, set Leak’s high school records. Leak went to high school in Charlotte, NC. The season is over and the Gators won it all. Everyone starts the 2009 season undefeated, and it will proceed from that point. I believe Tony has some good points, but the playrers are very young adults and they are sometimes immature everywhere. Some of my best friends are UGA alumni and die hard Dawg fans, but they never over bark. True fans look at their teams with optimism coupled with reality. tebow is back. UF will be favored to win the SEC, but that does not mean it will happen. They will have to earn it. Rather than beat up on UF, perhaps we should all beat up on south Carolina who embarrassed the SEC against IOWA. Spurrier is a shadow of his former self, and the SEC made a huge mistake by inviting the gamechickens to join the SEC in the early 1990s. When Spurrier was at UF, he would have kicked a guy like Garcia off the team after his first run in with the law, but Garcia continues at Cariolina. Chris Smelley must be a very good young man who had his fill of the “Carolina follies”. South Carolina football is a joke, and an embarrassment to the SEC. Go Gators!

By Happy Gator

January 12, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this

Tebow is coming back for 2009. But UGA fans will always have great memories of how Matt Stafford, the “better” QB, took them to the Citrus Bowl in his junior year.

By Atlanta Gator

January 12, 2009 10:43 AM | Link to this

FLA DAWG——You don’t have to sleep with the Devil, but give him his due. LOL

In answer to your question, yes, I am a three-time graduate. No “sidewalk alum” or bandwagon fan here, and I have the student loan debt to prove it.

By IM4BAMA

January 12, 2009 11:01 AM | Link to this

Hey bloggers

I enjoyed reading and sharing comments with you last year.

I’m hoping for a SEC/Pac-10 match up in the next BCS game.

I’m sick of USC still claiming to be the best and I so want them to play a SEC school so we can shut them up.

Take care and God bless everyone. Be back in the Spring.

By JenniferUGA

January 12, 2009 11:39 AM | Link to this

The Gators had it easy and Tebow is just too good to be true! I just they would go away! They did not come into football until Whiner Spurrier, until then they were nobody, as in no competition. GO DAWGS and every team who plays them next year sic them! Iwasn’t Spurrier who brought them to where they are if that was the case, where is South Carolina?

By Vince E.

January 12, 2009 1:09 PM | Link to this

By Mike T.

January 9, 2009 12:38 PM | Link to this

Hey if Florida wins every NC between now and 2025,its still great to be a Georgia Bulldog.

With GA fans like this above it is no wonder how complacency starts in a program. As John Steinbeck once said, “It is the nature of man to rise to greatness if greatness is expected of him.”

You guys keep thinking it is great to be a Bulldog even though your rivals win National Championships. Because it might be great to be a Georgia Bulldog but in 2009 it is much greater to be a Florida Gator. With four out of the last 6 NC’s between football and basketball in our trophy case.

Go Gators!!

By FLA DAWG

January 12, 2009 1:16 PM | Link to this

AG,

Believe me I have loads of respect for the UF Team. Frankly, in pre-season I thought the Gators would have a powerhouse offense but that there would be no way the defense could improve much over last year. In my opinion, it was the UF defense that won the Oklahoma Game. Even when Oklahoma moved the ball it came from quick release passes because Gators were wallowing in the Oklahoma Backfield all afternoon. That Oklahoma kid deserved The Heisman - he’s the only reason it was close in the first half.

As far as Meyer is concerned it is tough for any Dawg Fan to have much respect for a guy leading by two or three TDs to call timeouts in the 4th qtr and pass for more TDs.

I think you’re objective enough to believe “excessive celebration” by The Dawgs in the endzone last season(like your receiver got in the Oklahoma Game this season) cannot begin to compare with running up the score the way UM did. Richt was pulling people out of the stands to suit up(slight exaggeration) against Hawaii to avoid that kind of thing. He’s a class act. I question some of his decisions though.

I don’t whine about The Dawgs losing - I accept it and hope for change within. We should have beaten GT and were blownout by UF & Bama.

Honestly, I’m glad Tebow is returning. I think any real Dawg Fan would be glad for another shot at a Tebow - Led Gator Team.

Well, that wraps up another season. Catch you next time A G.

By WE ARE SC

January 12, 2009 1:59 PM | Link to this

Congratulation to Florida for winning the BCS, your defense was just too much for the Sooners.

Any talk of USC or Texas being better that Florida, can just not be supported. They didn’t play so neither can say they were better than the other. We do know that Florida was better than Oklahoma.

Texas was also better than Oklahoma. But we can’t know weather Texas would have beaten Florida. After seeing Texas play Ohio State I think I would favor Florida.

Now as far as USC, with all due respect I believe they were the best team in the country by the time of the Bowl games; Their Rose Bowl performance supports that. But there is no way of knowing if they could have beaten Florida. But the same could be said of the Gators, their performance in the BCS CG, makes it clear they cannot know if they could beat USC.

By Go Sooners

January 12, 2009 2:29 PM | Link to this

OU didn’t convert 3 of the 4 times in the red zone in the first half, if they did, it would have been OU up 28-7 going into the half. FL was the better team and they deserved the win, but come on, OU’s offensive play calling gave FL the game.

And what happened to OU having no defense. That HORRIBLE BIG 12 DEFENSE, held FL (the best team in the SEC) to 14 in the 4th quarter?

By Go Gators

January 12, 2009 3:03 PM | Link to this

Hey Go Sooners

an asteroid could have hit the earth before the game started to. Woulda Coulda Shoulda you tool…

By WTF???

January 12, 2009 3:16 PM | Link to this

ROFL!!!! Holding a team to 14 in the 4th quarter isn’t exactly a stat I would post… Who the hell was calling the defense? Willie Martinez?

I hate Florida as much as anyone, but come on.. They held OU to a TOTAL of 14 points….

By FLA DAWG

January 12, 2009 3:37 PM | Link to this

Go Sooners,

Your team played very well in the first half and could have scored another 14 points. But dumb mistakes (we know about those in Athens) and a tough UF defense prevented it. The second half was pretty much owned by UF.

I am no defender of The Gators and I wish Oklahoma would have won but you gotta admit UF decisively beat a good Oklahoma Football Team. In total, it was not close my friend.

By Larry

January 12, 2009 3:47 PM | Link to this

Hey Mr. College Football Expert….It’s amazing to read some of your so called expert opinions, and on the same subject say somthing different on TV. It really depends on where you or at as to what you say. Why the heck don’t you move to Ft.Lauderdale or Gainsville so you can eat, sleep, and do whatever you do…..

By Chuck Uga

January 12, 2009 5:15 PM | Link to this

DEAN: You are an idiot. Please find something else to do with your time, you are wasting ours. Chuck

By Chuck Uga

January 12, 2009 5:20 PM | Link to this

Florida has more band-wagon-jumping, non-alumnus fans than any school in America. Just walk around New York! What a joke.

Not sure who will, but it WON’T be UF.

Wager anyone?!

By UGA CLass of 81

January 12, 2009 6:32 PM | Link to this

I think Florida will beat UGA again as bad as they want to. Even though I am a UGA graduate, I tell it like I see it. However, unless CMR instills some discipline, UGA will lead the nation in arrests and personal fouls.

By Anonymous

January 12, 2009 7:50 PM | Link to this

LARRY

You’re a know-nothing BOZO. Tony Barnhart is a GRADUATE of the UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

By Chuck Uga

January 12, 2009 7:54 PM | Link to this

TONY, GOT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU REGARDING SO-CALLED “KNOWLEDGEABLE” FOOTBALL FANS IN THE SOUTH. JUST READ THIS BOARD, AND YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE DOZENS OF IDIOTS WHO DON’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GAME. COMBINE THAT WITH IDIOTIC COMMENTS ON HERE FROM ALL SORTS OF FANS MAKING CLAIMS LIKE “RICHT TO MIAMI” (AN IMPOSSIBILITY), UGA SUCKING (CHECK THE RECORD OF RICHT FROM 2001 UNTIL PRESENT, ESPECIALLY 2002 UNTIL PRESENT…HE IS TOP 5 WINNINGEST COACHES), UGA WILL NEVER BEAT TECH AGAIN, UT WILL WIN THE NC WITHIN THREE YEARS, ETC. LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF MORONS TO ME.

By UGA CLass of 81

January 12, 2009 8:46 PM | Link to this

Chuckles…..is everyone to YOU an idiot? Is everyone you call an idiot an idiot because YOU said so? CMR may be a winning coach, but he’ll never win the NC…..and that’s the bottom line. When he destroys a “cupcake” like Georgia Southern, fans like you beat their chest and scream “WOOF, WOOF” and start talking about how great we are. UGA can barely beat South Carolina. Then Bama and UF humiliate UGA on National TV, not to mention GT. UGA will be lucky to go 6-6. So Chuckles, keep your cell phone handy because CMR may be calling you for your expert advice this season.

By Eric C.

January 12, 2009 9:52 PM | Link to this

UGA will be a TEAM next year and win the SEC. I guarantee it.

By UGA CLass of 81

January 12, 2009 10:21 PM | Link to this

Eric C……UGA will barely break .500 @ 6-6. I guarantee it. UF will DESTROY UGA! I am a UGA fan but tell it like it is.

By Chuck Uga

January 13, 2009 12:14 AM | Link to this

UGA Class of 81, I think I remember you. You were the guy who got beat up every night on the 4th floor of Russell Hall. You sir, are an idiot. Exactly WHO would you rather have instead of Mark Richt? Exactly WHO could win more games than Mark Richt as UGA head coach? Please be realistic. And as far as Ga Southern, I refuse to attend a game against 1-AA competition. Ever. And I donate a hell of a lot of money for my ticket. We probably won’t beat UF in 2009, but I am not saying we CAN’T win. We just did in 2007 if you recall. Your post supports my earlier claim. You bring no substance. Probably not even a UGA fan. Techie boy perhaps?!

By AltamahaDawg

January 13, 2009 7:22 AM | Link to this

Supes, you have been dead on in this thread.

81…… when you have to repeatedly assure people that you are indeed a UGA fan, chances are………..

By AltamahaDawg

January 13, 2009 7:27 AM | Link to this

BTW, TB, “in private conversations” Meyers told anyone and everyone who would print his words how he thought his 2006 team was a bunch of selfish players, and the FL program not in good shape when he got hold of it.

Only for his genious were they able to win the first game I suppose.

By UGA CLass of 81

January 13, 2009 7:33 AM | Link to this

That’s your come back? Relax Chuckles…NASCAR will start soon! UGA in ‘09….either 7-5 or 6-6. That’s the way it is.

By Jim Rome

January 13, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this

UGA could not win the MNC with Stafford & Moreno. Wait, they could not win the SEC with them. No, check that, they could not win the SEC East with them. How do you expect to win WITHOUT them? Try to keep arrests in the single digits this offseason, while your window of opportunity is slammed shut.

By mike

January 13, 2009 9:44 AM | Link to this

Here you go again….why dont you move to Fla and become a writer for a Fla newspaper…you are a complete idiot. Tebow and UF are not the second coming! Geez….you sure have a love affair with Urban and Tblow

By Pago Flyer

January 13, 2009 10:06 AM | Link to this

Actually, we think Jim Rome hit the nail on the head!

By MountainDawg

January 13, 2009 12:51 PM | Link to this

TB, thanks for all the insight this season.

While I’m a hardcore Dawgs fan & “GatorH8r”, I must give UF a congratulation for winning the title. Tebow is the best football player in the NCAA. While he’s atheletic enough to play RB, TE or Safety in the NFL, to write him off for QB is bogus. He has the skill/talent to play QB on Sundays.

While UF should be favored to win the SEC next season, it’s certainly not “in the bag”. With a few major injuries (like UGA was plagued with this season), UF could lose 2-3 regular season games. I know they’re the “team to beat” in the SEC, but I won’t say they’re destined to a dynasty (not with all the talent in the SEC).

CMR needs to greatly up the level of execution & re-focus on fundemental (tackling, securing the ball, etc.) this off-season. With the talent the Dawgs had, there’s no legitimate reason they shouldn’t have landed in a BCS bowl this season. That being said, they need to get healthy, (vastly) improve the D (especially DL), backfill the QB & TB and get much more discipline & fire. GO DAWGS!!

By KrisG

January 13, 2009 1:02 PM | Link to this

What’s important is to hire great African-American coordinators. The best you can find. Then sit back and enjoy how they run your team without worry that anyone will ever offer them a job.

By KrisG

January 13, 2009 1:13 PM | Link to this

Rome… Knowshon will never be replaced, so that’s not even a concern. Stafford, however, is only the best QB we’ve had since DJ Shockley. So despite his physical tools that never quite matured here, we’ve got a decent shot to stay level at QB.

By Any SEC team would win the Super Bowl

January 13, 2009 1:53 PM | Link to this

IM4Bama - You say you would love to see an SEC\SC matchup next year. Me too, we sure would show those losers! But I’m curious: has SoCal ever played an SEC team? If so, how did they do? I’m sure they were taked to the woodshed, right?

By What SEC Team?

January 13, 2009 2:25 PM | Link to this

USC has dominated all SEC teams its played, the entire PAC 10 has dominated all SEC teams its played, that is why you don’t see many PAC 10/SEC match ups

By Any SEC team would win the Super Bowl

January 13, 2009 3:00 PM | Link to this

What Sec Team - What do you mean the Pac 10 has dominated the SEC? I don’t care about the actual results of an actual game, you Yankee moron.

We all know any SEC team in its worst year would beat any SoCal team, regardless of whether it has actually happend or not. Just because SC has beaten the SEC teams it has played by a combined score of 1,000,000,000,000,000 to 0, you think that proves anything?

Why don’t you haul your Yankee butt back up north to California?

By What SEC Team?

January 13, 2009 3:31 PM | Link to this

The Mountain West beat the SEC’s second best team which is bama, hahaha. Not too mention Wy beat TN. And you are going to claim how the SEC could take on USC, you poor southern redneck, i got news for you the civil war is over!

By Any SEC team would win the Super Bowl

January 13, 2009 3:47 PM | Link to this

What SEC Team - Please read my two posts a little more carefully. I thought the irony couldn’t be any more obvious, but I suppose i am living in a panglossian world.

By Red Elephant

January 13, 2009 4:53 PM | Link to this

bama12titles and atlantagator,

You two really know your stats. Good stuff.

By Ed

January 13, 2009 6:31 PM | Link to this

Look, the Gators have every reason to be proud. But just last year they were 3rd in the SEC East and lost by 12 to Georgia…and now that they finished first in the East and won the conference they are all of a sudden unbeatable? Don’t talk to me about mythical national championships, either. Utah, USC and Texas have as much a claim to be national champions as Florida, and until it’s decided on the field, no champ is legit.

One thing I’ve learned from watching college football is that you never know what you’re going to get from year-to-year. Florida could go 14-0 next year. Or they might lose three or four games. I’ll worry about them when the time comes.

By FOREAL

January 13, 2009 7:03 PM | Link to this

LOOK, THE GATORS R THE BEST IN THE NATION STAND UP N TAKE NOTES. U CAN SAY UTAH WAS UNBEATEN ALL YEAR BUT UNTIL U R N DA BCS CHAMPIONSHIP BOWL U DONT HAVE NOT 2 SAY. GO,GO,GO,GO,-GATORS WE R #1

                  I'M A TIM TEBOW FAN!
                  STAND-UP N LET DA WORLD NO U
                  R NOT A 3rd PLACE QB, JUST ASK
     OU QB WHO'S BEST N DA NATION. TEBOW-TEBOW !

By outhoused

January 13, 2009 7:15 PM | Link to this

The one thing that can throw a monkey wrench in the best laid plans for UF, as it did with UGA this year, injuries.

By Henry

January 13, 2009 8:39 PM | Link to this

Gators are lucky with scheduling. They don’t play Auburn every year. Auburn, who beat them the last two times they played. And Florida had Tebow both times. They CAN’T BEAT AUBURN!

By GT66

January 14, 2009 10:36 AM | Link to this

Georgia you are history and it will be years before you can ever hope to beat Florida. Alabama, LSU, Mississippi, Auburn and Tennessee all can forget winning the SEC because Florida will dominate.

By Pitbull

January 14, 2009 12:11 PM | Link to this

I don’t have any problem with Florida. They have their program and we have ours. We have a solid program and a solid team and a quality coach. That is more than most schools can say.

I think Florida will implode under the stress of its own success in the near future. Urban Meyer is too tightly wound. When it happens. there will be a lot of finger pointing and it will be ugly.

A difference is that the Florida media support their college teams. O’Leary had one player die under questionable circumstances and another come close at Central Florida. The Florida media was tame about it. If it had happened at Georgia (or maybe even Tech) the AJC would have called for a criminal investigation before obtaining the facts. It would have sold papers.

The AJC looks for reasons to tear down Georgia and to a lesser extent Tech. It would be nice to have supportive sports writers and columnists at the AJC. But that is not the AJC style.

AJC writers and columnists think they are better and smarter than the rest of us, and they look down on what we think and how we feel. It is not important to them. That is why this paper will eventually fold.

The new generation will move to the electronic media. The community will eventually abandon it. And they will abandon this website when another player opens up a more community friendly website.

Anybody up for creating an online The Atlanta Times?

By Dawg H8R

January 14, 2009 6:23 PM | Link to this

To hell with UGA and all you bowlegged, inbred sons of biscuit eaters. The only reason Florida is not an island is because GEORGIA SUCKS!!! Get used to having your noses shoved down in your own doggie poop because it’s going to continue. UGA wins 1, the Gators then win 4, 5, or 6 in a row. Hahahahahahahahahaha! It won’t be too many more years before UF goes ahead of UGA in the series and then what are you Bobos, err, I mean Bozos, gonna do then? Jump to the Big East where you might have a chance to win a title?

By noneofyour business

January 14, 2009 6:51 PM | Link to this

I enjoy watching SEC football but the fans are the most clueless and I suspect lowest IQ’d fans in college football.

By noneofyour business

January 14, 2009 7:00 PM | Link to this

By Any SEC team would win the Super Bowl

January 13, 2009 3:00 PM | Link to this

What Sec Team - What do you mean the Pac 10 has dominated the SEC? I don’t care about the actual results of an actual game, you Yankee moron.

We all know any SEC team in its worst year would beat any SoCal team, regardless of whether it has actually happend or not. Just because SC has beaten the SEC teams it has played by a combined score of 1,000,000,000,000,000 to 0, you think that proves anything?

Why don’t you haul your Yankee butt back up north to California?

Folks this is why everyone in the free world outside of the SEC think the SEC and it’s fans are not only a joke but also illiterate. And I see no irony in this.

By War Eagle

January 14, 2009 9:59 PM | Link to this

bamafan, remember Dubose days at Bryant Denny? Atlanta Gator, remember Zook days at Griffin? shane*1, remember Goff days at Sanford? War Eagle, remembers the Franklin days at Jordan Hare. AUBURN WILL REBOUND, SEC gets stronger every year

By michael

January 14, 2009 10:13 PM | Link to this

By exNFLplayer

January 9, 2009 12:37 PM | Link to this

And many of his recruits are from Georgia. Enough said.

By michael

January 14, 2009 10:13 PM | Link to this

By exNFLplayer

January 9, 2009 12:37 PM | Link to this

And many of his recruits are from Georgia. Enough said.

By michael

January 14, 2009 10:38 PM | Link to this

By Ed

January 13, 2009 6:31 PM | Link to this

Look, the Gators have every reason to be proud. SURE DO.

But just last year they were 3rd in the SEC East and lost by 12 to Georgia…and now that they finished first in the East and won the conference they are all of a sudden unbeatable? THIS YEAR, NOT LAST. MAYBE NEXT YEAR, TOO.

Don’t talk to me about mythical national championships, either. Utah, USC and Texas have as much a claim to be national champions as Florida, and until it’s decided on the field, no champ is legit. NO, THEY DON’T. THE GATORS HAVE THE VOTES, THE HARDWARE AND THE RINGS.

One thing I’ve learned from watching college football is that you never know what you’re going to get from year-to-year. Florida could go 14-0 next year. Or they might lose three or four games. I’ll worry about them when the time comes. AS WELL YOU SHOULD.

By MR. E

January 15, 2009 4:37 AM | Link to this

It seems that UF has UGA’s Number. Maybe the article should be can the national Champs beat Ole Miss next year.

By UGA89

January 15, 2009 8:42 AM | Link to this

*By bank walker

January 9, 2009 11:26 AM | Link to this

That’s good news Big Tone, because the Dawgs are just getting started as well. What this means is that the games will be bloodbaths like we want as SEC football fans. Congrats UF, you deserve it. GO DAWGS!!!*

Excuse me …but what???

because the Dawgs are just getting started as well

You are dillusional. UGA had their best team in years this past season and could do nothing with UF —not to mention Bama and GT. Sorry to say, but UGA will be headed down over the next few seasons. Meanwhile, UF is going to be better next year —for that matter so will GT.

I see that some fans of the alma mater are still as confused as ever. UGA was supposed to win it all this past season —they failed miserably. That opportunity has come and gone.

The SEC will see a bloodbath all right when UF and UGA go at it in Jax —but it will be red and black blood spilled.

By Joel In ATL

January 15, 2009 10:35 AM | Link to this

Great work Tony!!! Tell Timmy B I said hello!!!

By gatorman

January 15, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this

HOW BOUT THEM GATAS,,,,WHUPPIN UP ON SOME DAWG TAIL!!

By College Sports Fan

January 15, 2009 2:07 PM | Link to this

When Florida finally does begin losing (and it will - they all do) don’t all of you “Florida Gators” get injured crawling off the bandwagon and onto the next winning program.

BTW whatever happened to all of those Miami Hurricane “fans” I used to see all of the time wearing all of their orange and green stuff? Why they became “Gator fans.”

By snapshot

January 15, 2009 3:25 PM | Link to this

More bad news for the leg humpers. So is Gerogia Tech!!!!!

By Any SEC team would win the Super Bowl

January 15, 2009 4:13 PM | Link to this

noneofyour business - My god, i can’t believe it, am i just gonna have to come out and state what I thought would be glaringly obvious?? Ok, here goes.

I AM NOT AN SEC FAN!! MY POSTS ARE AN EXAGGERATED COMPOSITE OF WHAT I PERCEIVE TO BE TYPICAL SUBMISSIONS ON THIS BLOG BY THE CIVIL WAR FIGHTIN’, “NOBODY OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH CAN PLAY FOOTBALL” BELEIVIN, SEC LOVIN’ LOONIES!!

Sheesh, did anybody who responded to my posts actually read past the first sentence??

By Any SEC team would win the Super Bowl

January 15, 2009 4:36 PM | Link to this

noneofyour business - Hmm…after reading your post a second time, there is the distinct possibility that I may be guilty of what i just accused you of. If so, my humble apologies.

By UGASlobberknocker

January 15, 2009 4:53 PM | Link to this

I came looking for new column and found this one still here..I saw the huge comment #.

I will say this to anyone who has read this thing all the way down…you seriously need to get a life or at least a girlfriend.

By joe_h

January 15, 2009 11:39 PM | Link to this

Oh good God! We’re all shaking in our boots Tony. Did you really think about that “boogie man” story befor you decided to post it? Florida is about as worrisome to me as a turd stuck to the bottom of my shoe, and I’m a UGA alum and fan.

By gators4ever

January 16, 2009 2:07 AM | Link to this

the gator dynasty will continue in titletown[formerly known as gainesville]…mark richt will be history in 3 years after a couple of 6-6 campaigns….nevermore will the bullpuppies defeat the mighty gator as they become just another kentucky and vandy on the road to multiple national titles………….URBAN RULES!!!GO GATORS

By hatfieldgeoff

January 16, 2009 8:21 AM | Link to this

There is no point worrying about the Gators. They are going to always have players. But you don’t replace Tim Tebow. Another good quarterback is not going to bring to the table what Tebow brings. Harvin was also special, a speed guy who has the guts to run between the tackles, that will be hard to replace. As for Georgia, discipline is the key. We have access to enough talent, but Richt has got to get more from them. Personal Fouls killed us this year. I don’t know if Richt’s Enzone charge in 2007 gave some players the idea that getting personal fouls was okay. But either way it has to stop. Richt was talking all year about trying to eliminate penalties. But it was never corrected. Well I will tell you that if a Lou Saban team had ten penalties one game they might have 1 the next, and I wouldn’t want to be the guy who committed that one penalty. Richt must clamp down on the players and instill some fear factor and true consequences for penalties and bad performance. For both players and coaches. Whatever he was doing this year did not work. Meyer, Saban, Mack Brown, Bob Stoops all have won NCs and all have changed coordinators numerous times during their careers and in the past few years. When a coach is not getting it done he is gone and they find a guy who can get it done. Now is when the question Vince Dooley asked Bobby Bowden about Richt is going to be answered, “Is he tough enough to be a head coach?” If he can’t fire a coordinator that may be the answer. I hope Mark Richt has told his coaches they need to turn it up a couple of notches because the teams performance on the field has not been NC quality. Wins are great but if the team doesn’t consistently execute against Ga. Southern, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. How can they be expected to do it against Florida, LSU, Souther Cal or Oklahoma. The question is not whether Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo are good coaches. The question is: are they good enough? If they are not and changes aren’t made, they may soon be asking the same question about Mark Richt.

By hatfieldgeoff

January 16, 2009 8:55 AM | Link to this

There is no point worrying about the Gators. They are going to always have players. But you don’t replace Tim Tebow. Another good quarterback is not going to bring to the table what Tebow brings. Harvin was also special, a speed guy who has the guts to run between the tackles, that will be hard to replace. As for Georgia, discipline is the key. We have access to enough talent, but Richt has got to get more from them. Personal Fouls killed us this year. I don’t know if Richt’s Enzone charge in 2007 gave some players the idea that getting personal fouls was okay. But either way it has to stop. Richt was talking all year about trying to eliminate penalties. But it was never corrected. Well I will tell you that if a Lou Saban team had ten penalties one game they might have 1 the next, and I wouldn’t want to be the guy who committed that one penalty. Richt must clamp down on the players and instill some fear factor and true consequences for penalties and bad performance. For both players and coaches. Whatever he was doing this year did not work. Meyer, Saban, Mack Brown, Bob Stoops all have won NCs and all have changed coordinators numerous times during their careers and in the past few years. When a coach is not getting it done he is gone and they find a guy who can get it done. Now is when the question Vince Dooley asked Bobby Bowden about Richt is going to be answered, “Is he tough enough to be a head coach?” If he can’t fire a coordinator that may be the answer. I hope Mark Richt has told his coaches they need to turn it up a couple of notches because the teams performance on the field has not been NC quality. Wins are great but if the team doesn’t consistently execute against Ga. Southern, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. How can they be expected to do it against Florida, LSU, Souther Cal or Oklahoma. The question is not whether Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo are good coaches. The question is: are they good enough? If they are not and changes aren’t made, they may soon be asking the same question about Mark Richt.

By hatfieldgeoff

January 16, 2009 9:00 AM | Link to this

There is no point worrying about the Gators. They are going to always have players. But you don’t replace Tim Tebow. Another good quarterback is not going to bring to the table what Tebow brings. Harvin was also special, a speed guy who has the guts to run between the tackles, that will be hard to replace. As for Georgia, discipline is the key. We have access to enough talent, but Richt has got to get more from them. Personal Fouls killed us this year. I don’t know if Richt’s Enzone charge in 2007 gave some players the idea that getting personal fouls was okay. But either way it has to stop. Richt was talking all year about trying to eliminate penalties. But it was never corrected. Well I will tell you that if a Lou Saban team had ten penalties one game they might have 1 the next, and I wouldn’t want to be the guy who committed that one penalty. Richt must clamp down on the players and instill some fear factor and true consequences for penalties and bad performance. For both players and coaches. Whatever he was doing this year did not work. Meyer, Saban, Mack Brown, Bob Stoops all have won NCs and all have changed coordinators numerous times during their careers and in the past few years. When a coach is not getting it done he is gone and they find a guy who can get it done. Now is when the question Vince Dooley asked Bobby Bowden about Richt is going to be answered, “Is he tough enough to be a head coach?” If he can’t fire a coordinator that may be the answer. I hope Mark Richt has told his coaches they need to turn it up a couple of notches because the teams performance on the field has not been NC quality. Wins are great but if the team doesn’t consistently execute against Ga. Southern, Kentucky and Vanderbilt. How can they be expected to do it against Florida, LSU, Souther Cal or Oklahoma. The question is not whether Willie Martinez and Mike Bobo are good coaches. The question is: are they good enough? If they are not and changes aren’t made, they may soon be asking the same question about Mark Richt.

By Ever Gator

January 16, 2009 9:28 AM | Link to this

Guess the celebrations in the end zone are a thing of the past, thankfully.This is kind of football karma, and what goes around definitely has come around…

By Ed

January 16, 2009 1:28 PM | Link to this

I think Georgia should go ahead and forfeit the next 5 Cocktail Parties. After all, Florida is now an unbeatable dynasty. Just like Florida State, Miami, and Nebraska, they are unbeatable dynasties that will rule college football for all time. Oh, wait a minute. FSU, Miami and Nebraska are in long down cycles. Well, I’m sure that will never happen to Florida. All hail the mighty Gators, mythical (make believe) national champs!

By AFDawg

January 16, 2009 1:46 PM | Link to this

Every once in a while a great player comes along who carries a talented team on to greatness. Look at Herschel Walker. He should have won the Heisman as a Freshman or Sophomore — but protocol wouldn’t allow it at that time in history. He did take Georgia to one NC, it should have been two in three years if not for a blown pass coverage play late in another NC game. Heck — might have been even more in four years if Trump hadn’t hoodwinked Herschel. Anyway, the point being — tebow is one of those players. Florida will be great with him there just like Georgia was with Herschel. Once Tebow leaves, Florida will come back down to earth. Vince Young was another example. Maybe Murray will turn out to be a “great”.

By stew

January 16, 2009 10:43 PM | Link to this

Joe Cox, he should have been starting all along. Stafford has no brain. Have some faith fans. I root for UGA except when they play GA Tech.

By Anonymous

January 17, 2009 8:43 AM | Link to this

Ed

Sure, a playoff would be better, but wouldn’t you like to the Dawgs playing for one of those mythical (make believe) national championships until that playoff happens??

By Anonymous

January 17, 2009 8:43 AM | Link to this

Ed

Sure, a playoff would be better, but wouldn’t you like to the Dawgs playing for one of those mythical (make believe) national championships until that playoff happens??

By FLA DAWG

January 17, 2009 10:44 AM | Link to this

Guess calling timeouts in the 4th qtr when ahead by 3 TDs and throwing for more TDs is still in style at UF. And always will be.

By pratt

January 17, 2009 2:22 PM | Link to this

Hey FLADAWG:

Does everyone at Georgia get a trophy like pee wee football? Did your feelings get hurt? Did the big, mean Gators play to rough?

Put on your big girl panties and quit whining. Paraphrasing the old ball coach “It is our job to score and your job to stop us.”

When you get on top of the Gators ( which you will at some point) pile it on. Run it up. Rub our nose in it. Break our nose with a hob-nailed boot.

The time outs at the end were a measured ,legal response to Georgia’s previous year endzone charge.

If you don’t like the blowback from crap like that, don’t do it.

Looking forward to a geat game next year in Jax.

By FLA DAWG

January 17, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this

Hey bratt,

Another typical UF fan defending the indefensible. You quote Spurrier - a guy who has even less class than Meyer. It was gator fans like you who cursed him after he left UF for his tremendous success in the NFL.

Utah - National Champions - Undefeated in regular season and postseason.

Florida - Loser To Ole Miss

Glad Tebow is coming back - the country gets a chance to see him cry yet again before going pro.

By pratt

January 18, 2009 5:00 PM | Link to this

Fla Dawg:

Everyone has their own opinions regarding the National Championship. All the respected polls and the BCS have named the Gators the National Champions. Let me assure you if Georgia were in Florida’s position right now, you would be loudly proclsiming the Bulldogs the National Champions.

Your position on that issue is laughable and simply sour grapes. I am pausing right now - - laughing.

I do not know if Tebow cried but he was certainly emotional. You may criticize his emotion as you choose- - - I take it as part of what makes him the best player in college football.

Actually you sound jealous - - Georgia certainly does not have anyone of Tebow’s caliber or character that I have seen.

As for defending the indefensible - - only the fans of the losing teams find it indefensible. I think we know what side you are on. You never hear the coaches or the players complain about it because if they did they would be called babies. Oh- - yeah—What did I imply about you?

As a forty-year Gator fan I have been on the other side. I was there during the 70’s and 80’s. I have taken (fanwise) 44-0 beat-downs from the Bulldogs. Coached by a guy named Dooley who I know had a lot of class.

If Vince Dooley can run it up so can Spurrior or Meyer.

Furthermore, style points are necessary in these times. If you do not want to be the victim of style points - - have the football team improve.

I suggest Bulldog fans focus on what can be done to make the Bulldogs better, and stop complaining about the big, mean, too-tough, Gators who have a coach that you really do not like.

It will all be a non-issue if Georgia starts winning a little more often.

By FLA DAWG

January 19, 2009 8:59 AM | Link to this

pratt, I suggest you save your sage advice for your own fans. When the Dawgs beat UF in ‘07 and drew a penalty for the endzone team celebration (you know, like the one your receiver drew during against Oklahome!?), all we heard for a year was whinning and complaining from gator fans - Meyer even whined about it in his book! And if you’re unsure if Tebow cried, then you don’t watch college football.

I think Tebow is a great talent. No, I have no sour grapes. The Dawgs would have had to be in the hunt for the title and get the shaft (like Auburn and Utah (twice)) for me to have sour grapes.

Until there is a playoff system no N C Title is legit when there are multiple one loss and even one undefeated team in a year where the crown is awarded to a one loss team. I mean, if you can’t beat Ole Miss how can you feel legit about the title?

By Pratt

January 19, 2009 9:30 AM | Link to this

Fla Dawg:

If it is your position that there is no legit National Champion, will you renounce the Bulldog National Championship from the early eighties?

Can you type the words:

I, Fla Dawg, renounce the Georgia Bulldog National Championship and swear to never again maintain that the Georgia Bulldogs have won a National Championship in NCAA football.

If you cannot do it your position is just sour grapes and hatred toward the Gators.

I await your response

By pratt

January 19, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this

Fla Dawg:

Actually, I do not await your response. I have a tee time.

By FLA DAWG

January 19, 2009 11:26 AM | Link to this

The Dawgs were UNDEFEATED and beat ND for The Title. UF LOST to OLE MISS.

I respect the UF Players but not the coach nor many of the fans. You’re poor losers and even poorer winners (and whinners).

Anyway pratt, I look forward to the game next season in the “neutral” site of Jacksonville. We are already picked to be stomped by the defending “national champs” so I expect The Dawgs to lose but hope for an upset.

Enjoy your tea time with the ladies!

By ThaMan

January 19, 2009 2:52 PM | Link to this

Let’s hear those great UGA cheers: “Wait til next year”, followed by “the refs were against us”. Don’t forget “all our guys were hurt” and when all else fails “we’re in the SEC”. But the greatest of all, “IF”.

By FLA DAWG

January 19, 2009 4:27 PM | Link to this

Yeah - you mean like, “Tebow was hurt when he played - that’s why we lost!” or perhaps, “the whole team celebrated in the endzone - that’s why we lost”, boo hoo hoo…………

By pratt

January 20, 2009 11:35 AM | Link to this

Fla Dawg:

So first you say that there can be no Legit National Championship without a playoff and then you refuse to renounce the Georgia National Championship which was acquired without a playoff?

Ohhhhh.. now I see…
If Fla Dawg says The National Championship it isn’t legit then, clearly, it isn’t legit. It has nothing to do with a playoff, right?

Did you notice the same organizations that then proclaimed Georgia the National Champs are now proclaiming Florida the National Champs? It seems that you are happy to accept a non-playoff National Championship when it suits you but are dead against it when the hated Gators are the recipients of it. Right back to the sour grapes referenced above.

While I can accept that some might disagree with the final polls, the results are in and facts are facts: Florida Gators are National Champion this year- - just like Georgia was in the early 80’s

You seem to be implying that the Fla/Ga game is not at a neutral site. The tix are divided equally. The stadium is quartered off. Clearly the stadium is a neutral site with equal number of tickets alloted to each team. If you have ever been to the game in Jacksonville (and i assume you have; you seem like a big Bulldog fan) you know that outside the stadium has an equal number of partisan jerks/supporters for each school.

What is not neutral? The mere fact it is in the state of Florida? Under that scenario we could not play a neutral site game in either state- - silliness.

Had a great day golfing: 41-39 =80. Almost broke 80 for the first time. Three-putts on the front killed me. Isn’t Mini-golf great?

By .....THE.....OHIO.....STATE.....BUCKEYE.....

January 20, 2009 8:39 PM | Link to this

Hey Go Gators,

Whose your daddy? LOL. What’s your wife say about me now?

…..THE…..OHIO…..STATE…..BUCKEYE….. …..THE…..OHIO…..STATE…..BUCKEYE….. I…Hope…You…Can…Hear…Me…Now!!! …..THE…..OHIO…..STATE…..BUCKEYE….. …..THE…..OHIO…..STATE…..BUCKEYE…..

By Anonymous

January 22, 2009 6:33 AM | Link to this

BUCKEYE

ONLY you could continue to spout nonsense trash talk without interruption after your OSU team has been spanked in three consecutive BCS bowls.

Don’t go away angry. Just go away.

By dan

January 22, 2009 11:35 AM | Link to this

You know , I’m gonna say something that most Dawg fans don’t want to hear. Got blown out by Florida this year because they were afraid of Florida! The players, coaches, everyone on that sideline was scared of them. Don’t get me wrong, Florida had a great team this season and they probably still would have won. But UGA lost that game for all the wrong reasons. In 2007 there were folks who didn’t like the endzone dance. But what it did was trigger something in those players, they unleashed their inner warrior, and when they did that they exploded on the Gators who truth be told had a more talented squad then UGA last year. This year, they came out like a bunch of little scared girls. But why? It was basically the same team they dominated the year before. The bottom line is Florida is a great team BUT they are beatable. Teams lose to them not because they don’t have the talent to hang with them but because they buy into the hype and are scared of them. Tebow’s a great player, but if you put his a* in the ground he’s not gonna like it! I’m sick and tired of everyone being scared of Florida.

By john

January 22, 2009 8:20 PM | Link to this

Tony,

I have to admit it, the guy can flat out coach. The proof is in the pudding.

That being said, I’m actually glad that Urban Meyer is not at UGA. It’s difficult for me to respect a grown man who cries after losing a ball game and refers to himself in the third person. It really makes me want to tell him to get over himself—it’s only a game, after all.

Regardless, it wouldn’t surprise me to see him jump ship and go looking for new challenges. Unlike Pete Carroll, he hasn’t had the ego-crushing experience of NFL failure to keep him grounded. I see him following in the footsteps of Spurier and Saban.

By War Eagle

January 22, 2009 9:04 PM | Link to this

James Willis was NOT a top asst coach at Auburn. As a matter of fact his LB position coach was DOWN last two years at Auburn. Auburn always has aggressive play at LB, but last two years was blank.

By Sid

January 22, 2009 10:17 PM | Link to this

Tony: Don’t you think it’s time to take this article off the sports page and wait until we play the Gators again !!!

By Atlanta Gator

January 23, 2009 6:57 AM | Link to this

“Lawmakers rally against BCS

“WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of lawmakers used a resolution commending the University of Florida’s national football championship Thursday to protest college football’s much-maligned BCS system.

“A dozen House members voted “no” or “present” on the resolution, the latest signal from the nation’s capital that many people aren’t happy about the way the NCAA chooses its football champion … .

“A spokesman for Rep. Bobby Bright, an Alabama Democrat and Auburn University graduate, said his reasons for not supporting the measure were simpler: He simply couldn’t bring himself to support a school that is such a bitter rival of his state’s universities.”

When, exactly, did Auburn and Alabama become Florida’s “bitter rivals?”

By FLA DAWG

January 23, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this

About the time Spurrier started coaching at UF.

By Atlanta Gator

January 23, 2009 7:10 PM | Link to this

FLA DAWG——Alabama started to become a “rival” after the Gators beat the Tide back-to-back in the first home-and-home series the schools had played in years, followed by the nearly yearly appearance for both in the SEC title game from 1992 to 1996. But, I don’t know that many Gator or Tide fans would categorized the Gator-Tide rivalry as “bitter.” My perception of the rivalry is based mostly on serious respect for an equally strong program (and one that has a longer history than ours). With two or three exceptions, most of the 12 Alabama-Florida games since 1990 have been evenly matched and very competitive.

Ditto for the Auburn-Florida rivalry. The Tigers have more wins (5 wins in 16 games) against the Gators than any other SEC team since 1990 other than Tennessee (6 wins in 19 games). But I have never heard an Auburn alumnus describe Florida as a “bitter” rival. Frankly, I expect more of Auburn grads than the snippiness and the poor sportsmanship displayed by Rep. Bright’s vote and comment. It’s not consistent with the “Auburn way.”

Unfortunately, most of the so-called “bitterness” seems to be reserved for the Florida-Georgia rivalry. The Dawgs had spoiled a lot of seasons for the Gators prior to 1990, and the Evil Genius enjoyed repaying the favor thereafter. So, here we are. I expect such trash talk from Rep. Kingston and state Sen. Johnson; they already have a history of embarrassing themselves. Most other Dawgs in high elected office have long since absorbed the basic life lesson that it’s better not to say anything at all if you can’t say something nice.

By FLA DAWG

January 23, 2009 8:19 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator,

If you have not personally experienced the dislike of UF during football season from conference and non-conference college fans then you’ve been hanging around only UF Fans.

I enjoy watching and smacking college football with a variety of fans and alums from different SEC and Non Conference Schools. There is little doubt UF is perhaps the least respected (while one of the winningest) schools in the country.

When Bama whipped The Dawgs I disliked the loss but respect and like The Tide. When GT beat The Dawgs I disliked the loss but respected the intensity of play and how well coached they were. Both teams deserve respect for their play on and off the field.

Against Oklahoma I hoped UF would lose - though I figured they would win. Sour Grapes - No. When LSU played and won The Title I was a huge fan. ND commanded respect from even their annual losing foes.

You are in the trees but cannot see the forest my friend.

By War Eagle

January 23, 2009 9:11 PM | Link to this

AtlantaGator, Auburn is not an Gator rival, although, tension is high especially when Gators(0-3) are #1. Auburn( has two rival, one family(UGA) and one hatred(Bama). UGA is more a Auburn rival than Tech, but not Florida they are dawgs #1 Hate Team. I enjoy reading about pre and post UGA-Florida games.

By Atlanta Gator

January 23, 2009 10:13 PM | Link to this

War Eagle——As you know, there are “rivals,” and then there are RIVALS. Clearly, Alabama and Georgia are Auburn rivals with a capital “R.” The Auburn-Florida series is merely one of the most evenly matched, hardest fought in the SEC, dating back 82 games to 1912. Not much trash talk; just good, old-fashioned, smash-mouth football. You may want to explain that to Bobby Bright and FLA DAWG.

For what it’s worth, I think it’s a damn shame the Tigers and the Gators no longer play every year, as they did for 48 uninterrupted seasons (1945-2002). When I was an undergrad, the AU-UF game was always one of the 2 or 3 must-see games on the schedule.

In 2000, I attended the SEC championship game in the company of a bunch of business colleagues who were AU grads. Ah, good memories … the Evil Genius’ last SEC title. I think the Tigers have paid the Gators back for that title game over the last several regular season games.

BTW, how’s the 2009 AU recruiting class shaking out with the new coaching staff?

By simplythe truth

January 24, 2009 9:33 AM | Link to this

You know when a team has destroyed someone’s psyche,is, when they “claim” that they have no respect for that team. As often as uga has been getting beaten by UF lately, I not only agree with fladawg that he doesn’t repect the Gators, I would add that he FEARS them even more than ever.

By wayx

January 24, 2009 10:11 AM | Link to this

Hasn’t this blog been up long enough?

Do you plan to remove it before next season or is it here permanently?

By Anonymous

January 24, 2009 10:37 AM | Link to this

wayx

Please read above, where Tony Barnhart says “Will see you Feb. 9.”

By Call It Like It Is

January 24, 2009 5:40 PM | Link to this

Hey BIG BAD DAWG and the rest of you that are trying to debunk the NC that FL WON! They made it to the dance and had nothing to do with Utah not making it. We all know until there is a playoff we have to deal with the BCS. But lets face it, Utah did not face the same type of teams that FL faced this year. I mean come on, playing in the SEC alone is a journey that most of these schools would not survive. So give it a rest, Utah would not beat most of the SEC. The Alabama game was a fluke. They had a lot to play for and Alabama had nothing to play for, so the outcome was not as shocking as most want to think.

Why don’t you stop your whinning and give credit where credit is due. The GATORS WON their big game that determined a Champion.

Finally, face it, your team (GA)SUCKED this year. Over-rated & Over Hyped. So, until your team begins to compete on the NC Level, you have nothing to say. Last Championship, 1980.

GO GATORS!

Enough Said!

By War Eagle

January 24, 2009 8:00 PM | Link to this

AtlantaGator, Auburn is on the rebound with new OC Maldzahn and top notch asst. We lost several commitements on the CTT event, but still a distance to go compared to LSU, FL and UGA. I agree AU-Fl was great games except CSS Era. He is a great coach and when he finds a QB at SC, he will be in the hunt again. If Notre Dame job comes open next year, they will offer CUM the job, your thoughts on that?

By Atlanta Gator

January 25, 2009 12:04 AM | Link to this

War Eagle——The Tigers got their licks on the Gators, even during the CSS-dominated 1990s. Lest you forget those two shootouts in 1993 and 1994, as well as the 23-20 squeaker that cost the Evil Genius an opportunity to coach a final SEC championship title game in 2001. Nah, your Tigers performed as well as any SEC team did against CSS & Co. Of course, your Tigers are also the only team that has a winning record against Urban Meyer’s Gators. (And, yes, I do remember those bumper stickers: “Auburn 27, National Champions 17.”)

As for Meyer, he’s obviously a great game-day coach, and a recruiting machine. I would hate for him to leave Gainesville any time soon, for South Bend or anywhere else, but it could happen. He clearly is a life-long admirer of Notre Dame and its football program. Good for him; there’s a lot to admire. But, it’s not like he hasn’t done right by Florida over the past 4 seasons, and, afterall, he did turn down the ND head coaching job 4 years ago to move to Gainesville in the first place. If his public statements are to be believed, he has no intention of going anywhere until his kids are done with school (about 7 years remaining for the youngest). Maybe it’s his final life mission to restore some luster to the Irish football program. If Urban does jump, I just hope he gets the Gators back to the BCS title game before he goes.

By tokyobrave

January 26, 2009 12:49 AM | Link to this

With all due respect. when are you going to take this BS down? I’ve been looking at it since 1/9…enough…

By Cobb Dawg

January 26, 2009 2:36 PM | Link to this

Tokyobrave, Tony is on vacation until February 9th, 2009. Please read the column.

By JJ

January 27, 2009 9:11 PM | Link to this

Thanks Tony, for telling us absolutely nothing that we didn’t already know. Florida is good. Georgia is not as good as Florida. Wow. Crack reporting there.

By Go Gators

January 28, 2009 1:53 PM | Link to this

Hey Buckeye what rock you hiding under these days, nothing to brag about what so ever. Remember SUCKEYE don’t eat the yellow snow you puke.

By Bamafan

January 29, 2009 11:53 AM | Link to this

You are born to hate the auburn tigers, but i really dislike the sorry hillbillies from east TN!! Kiffen and his coaches are making all the sec hate the VOLS with all the lies and making up rumors about other teams in the sec. I CAN’T WAIT TILL THE CRIMSON TIDE B*** SLAPS THE VOLS THIS YEAR IN T-TOWN!! ROLL TIDE!! If any fans want to laugh at the volnation go to the KNOXVILLE NEWS AND LAUGH YOU BUTT OFF AT WANT THE ORANGE FOLKS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT BAMA AND OTHER SEC TEAMS!!

By Zager & Evans

January 29, 2009 12:36 PM | Link to this

O my God, take down this article or change the title!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can’t stand having to see the headline every time I open the sports page web site. Please.

By chris

January 29, 2009 1:08 PM | Link to this

fla might be building another team in ‘09 for a nc run again. though upsets live in cfb, and uga will look forward to playing it underDAWG role in the sec east again!

By Mark

January 29, 2009 5:44 PM | Link to this

To hell with them gators. Suprise starter Logan Grey will run all over em next year.I’m glad Tim T. is coming back,I want a another shot at his goody 2 shoes a*.

By DrKnowledge

January 30, 2009 6:29 AM | Link to this

Hello Tony; Was in line at Atlanta Customs behind you last night but didn’t want to intrude on your privacy. Just wanted to say that I love your work; it makes college football season better! Thanks-Craig Smith, Milledgeville, GA

By Go Gators

January 30, 2009 8:25 AM | Link to this

Bhwaaaaaa Ok Mark you are a troll…

By AuburnTigersRule

January 31, 2009 3:43 PM | Link to this

Tony, You do a great job covering college football.From some of comments , it seems like some of your bulldog neighbors are in DENIAL..They kinda sound like some of the folks across the state from me (university of ala at Tuscaloosa) Ga will be doing good to finish second in the sec east this year. Your article is right on—Keep up the good work

By SD

February 2, 2009 1:35 AM | Link to this

Blah blah blah. Barnhardt, you are a blowhard idiot. You made this sweeping comment on 790 the Zone that UGA was just fine after Herschel left after 1982 in response to UGA losing Moreno and Stafford. Ummm, yeah, it tooks us twenty years to win another SEC championship. Now, you make a sweeping statement that Meyer is just getting started. Ho hum. In 1996, UF won the NC with Spurrier, most of that team returned and UGA beat them by 20 in 1997. UGA had, what, twenty key players injured througout the season. YOu think maybe UGA wins one of the two it lost at full strength? And, what are the chances UF wins the games it did if it has key injuries. You are pathetic.

By saint nick

February 2, 2009 12:23 PM | Link to this

Yeah we were in denial when we were kicking your butts 36-0, shut your mouth and enjoy our streak moron!!!!!

By dap01

February 2, 2009 2:10 PM | Link to this

We need a fresh blog…..

By bj

February 3, 2009 1:52 PM | Link to this

It’s time this posting and topic was removed.

By Mike Bobo 17 INT

February 4, 2009 8:55 AM | Link to this

Just another year down the tube for the Dogs with a 9-3 record. I predicted 9-4, so I did miss it by one, but batting .750 is not bad.

Well, let’s break it down. Dogs had their best chance to play for a title in 27 years and blew it, and now with Stafford and No Show Moreno opting for the pros, the Dogs are back to the the pre-season cellar, which might be the best thing for this tanked program.

I have said it before and I will say it again, until UGA wakes up and realizes that CMR is not the person to get it done, and UGA fans become more objective about their program, your so called football dynasty will remain stuck in the mud and the largest joke in D-1 football.

You can only use the SEC Tough Conference excuses for so long. If the SEC is too tough, then join another conference. It is not that that the SEC is strong, but it is a matter that Florida is so strong, and just happens to be a member of the SEC.

Just remember, that the SEC received several beatdowns during their bowl games, including a total domination of Alabama by Utah, who took out one of you best teams. I can only imagine what Utah would have done to UGA, since Alabama removed Athens manhood earlier that year.

Well, best of luck in 2009, and look for my prediction this spring…oh hell…I will go ahead and stay with 9-4 at best.

Maybe you should hire Bob Knight as your head football coach, at least he throws in a free chair.

By Mike Bobo 17 INT

February 4, 2009 8:58 AM | Link to this

SD

It is folks like SD that make us laugh about UGA!!! LOL!!! Drinking the Bulldog Kool Aid….

By Mike Bobo 17 INT

February 4, 2009 9:00 AM | Link to this

BJ

Typical UGA fan, just cannot stand the criticism about your tanked program. Face the music, your program is done, you even got beat by the nerds on North Ave.

By Mike Bobo 17 INT

February 4, 2009 9:00 AM | Link to this

BJ

Typical UGA fan, just cannot stand the criticism about your tanked program. Face the music, your program is done, you even got beat by the nerds on North Ave.

By Anonymous

February 5, 2009 7:54 AM | Link to this

Just FOUR MORE DAYS until Mr. College Football returns from his 30-day vacation!

By dap01

February 5, 2009 4:07 PM | Link to this

BJ: Get a clue. UGA has one of the best programs in the nation. There is no debate.

How did you come up with the name BJ?

By Mike Bobo 17 INT

February 6, 2009 12:58 PM | Link to this

dap01

You have to be f#$#$#g kidding me!!! What an absolute joke, because this program is not even close to being a stellar program, and only has 1 national title in 116 years!!! LOL!!!*

I am not sure what you call being one of the best programs in the nation, but playing for some titles and actually not choking the big games (i.e. Florida) is what you call “best programs.”

LOL!!! LOL!!! LOL!!!

Stick with gymnastics!!!’

By Bamafan

February 6, 2009 8:17 PM | Link to this

Can’t wait to see what Tony has to say about Lame (PUNK) Kiffin!! Hey Lance Thompson your fence has a hole in it! UcheaT has hired the biggest idiot for a head coach!! I am no fan of Urban Meyer, but want the punk had to say was FREAKING STUPID!!! I WAS BORN TO HATE AUBURN, BUT I ENJOY HATING THE HILLBILLY’S!! ROLL TIDE FOLKS!!

By GBal

February 7, 2009 8:17 AM | Link to this

You want to take this down - It has been a month

By Anonymous

February 7, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this

Just TWO MORE DAYS until Mr. College Football returns from his 30-day vacation!

By Call It Like It Is

February 7, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this

Face it,

Florida has the best football programs in the SEC and NCAA. Two NC in the last two years. More times than not ranked usually in the top 10!

Enough Said!

GO GATORS!

By Dan

February 8, 2009 8:39 AM | Link to this

They say it is always darkest before the dawn. Well it is pretty dark. Go Cox/Green!

By Florida Dawg

February 8, 2009 9:12 AM | Link to this

How long does this stay up?…at least repackage this blog…are the AJC afraid Mr. Football will go someplace else?

By stendec

February 8, 2009 10:38 AM | Link to this

Will not post again for a long time. Lost fire for sports. Only son of niece murdered. The Heavenly angel was only a few months old.

A parting gift for all my Bulldog friends. Yes, I said friends:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Herschel-Walker-Pictorial

“There’s a place…where I can go…when I feel low…when I feel blue…when I’m alone.” The Beatles.

God bless.

By crazy dawg fan

February 8, 2009 11:49 AM | Link to this

its not the players that florida has, its the money and crookedness of florida that gets them the wins and the calls when they need them, if you have a booster come in to your house and your poor and they offer to take care of you and your family if you come to uf what do you think these kids are going to do their going to take the deal and run with it and you know if tim almight had a failing grade in a class do you think that is going stop him from playing no way, just brush under the rug and make it go away. the cockyness of urban twit makes steve speurrier look like a choir boy. florida has a machine going on right now and no one is going to stop it because we all know they have the ncaa idiots in their back pockets, it’s amazing what three doller hookers and some beer will get you. two national championships and a hesiman money well spent by the boosters

By CitizenK9

February 8, 2009 12:07 PM | Link to this

Tony, you’ve shown some insight and knowledge over the years that I’ve appreciated. But why do you feel compelled to fawn over UF coaches. You did the same thing with Spurrier and now grovel at Meyer’s feet. These guys give you access and because of your “man love”, play you like a fiddle. Yes , they are good coaches but worship gets in the way of journalism. And now you do it in a column with nothing more to offer than a taunt of UGA fans. Please report and analyze but don’t deal with these guys like a school girl with a crush. It’s a glaring weak spot in your otherwise “stong game” that you need to correct.

By Anonymous

February 8, 2009 1:29 PM | Link to this

crazy dawg fan

Wow, would you like a tin foil hat to go with that conspiracy theory? The Gators have a good coach and some good talent, and they have had a good stretch of luck. Doesn’t mean that Urban Meyer is in league with the Devil, the Illuminati or the NCAA infractions committee.

Go easy on the hooch. You’ll live longer … maybe long enough to see the Dawgs win another title.

MR. COLLEGE FOOTBALL RETURNS TOMORROW!

By SharpeDawg

February 8, 2009 8:10 PM | Link to this

Barnhardt

Enough is enough . Write something else. We’ll see how long it lasts, next year.

By harper

February 9, 2009 2:02 PM | Link to this

It is February 9th. Where are you?

By Kinggator

February 9, 2009 2:15 PM | Link to this

Seasons come and go, and Bear Bryant was once quoted as saying, that team in Florida is a “Sleeping Giant”. Well, it appears that the Giant has awakened, and shows no signs of going back into hibernation. Translated, that means UF will continue on its winning ways. I never thought anybody could overshadow Danny Wuerffel, and here comes along Tebow. No disrespect to any other SEC or NCAA team, but the future of college football is in Gainesville, FL.

Go Gators!!

KG

By comon

February 10, 2009 7:39 PM | Link to this

Alright it’s been a month; where are you Tony?

By Call it Like it is

February 11, 2009 12:24 PM | Link to this

Amen KingGator!!!!

Enough Said!

By Boog

February 11, 2009 2:31 PM | Link to this

hey barnyard…can you not think of anything else to write… so you leave this $@#% on the blog for two months

By Alirght Big T

February 12, 2009 9:26 AM | Link to this

Ok Tony, an update on when you’re coming back would be nice? I mean really how much time can you spend with your ‘ole lady?

By Hello???

February 12, 2009 6:02 PM | Link to this

Jesus, write something already!!!

By GatorFan96

February 13, 2009 8:47 AM | Link to this

Maybe Tony meant that he would be back on 2/19

By UGA is Great

February 13, 2009 10:45 AM | Link to this

1st

By UGA is Great

February 13, 2009 10:47 AM | Link to this

oops sorry I just learned how to blog, We just got internet put on our trailer.

By Hmmm

February 13, 2009 2:05 PM | Link to this

Tony ran off with Hookers

By I got IT!!

February 13, 2009 8:08 PM | Link to this

According to a source close to the situation, Tony was so happy during Obama’s first days in office that he shot down to Mexico, blacked out, married a tranny and is now dealing with all the paper work that comes with trying to get a same-sex marriage approved in Georgia. He hopes to be back in two weeks.

By sapelodawg

February 14, 2009 2:31 AM | Link to this

this has been on here for months great news story give it to the racist for disposal

By Anonymous

February 14, 2009 12:42 PM | Link to this

WANTED: Sports Columnist. Strong background in Division I college football preferred. Must be able to write regular topical columns on football recruiting, regional rivalries, pending game match-ups and the history and tradition of the sport, in a folksy, likable manner. Please apply at Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial offices.

By goober

February 16, 2009 12:32 PM | Link to this

Pleeez … get this crappy column off the web. Not only is it uninspiring, but … it’s … OLD! It’s been here since Jan. 9 … 38 days and over five weeks ago! It’s called a NEWSpaper, not an OLDSpaper!

Tony, if you’re still out there reading this, please, tell your bosses to get rid of it. There’s no college football fan anywhere so desperate to read anything that they will resort to this old crap.

By Bill Morris

February 17, 2009 9:39 AM | Link to this

Is this blog going to be listed all year. Is Tony sick orhas he quit writing?

By hirsutedawg

February 17, 2009 2:28 PM | Link to this

I could not disagree more. It’s Tebow that makes that whole thing go for Coach Cryer. Once he’s gone the gayturds come back to the pack. Book it!

By Really

February 18, 2009 8:02 AM | Link to this

You know an update about what you’re doing or when you’re coming back would be nice. tony.

By thewhistle

February 19, 2009 10:42 PM | Link to this

I’m a Gator and love the blog post stating this fact, but I like your writing even more Tony…

For the writer that states Tebow is the reason for Meyer’s success, yeah right, believe that! I don’t think we will win the NC every 2 years, but c’mon.

By Brian

February 21, 2009 1:12 PM | Link to this

I hope nothing is wrong with Tony, but as an avid reader of this blog, I think the amount of disrespect to his readers grows each and everyday that passes without a post or some sort of explanation about his absence. I’ve been checking back almost daily since the 9th. I don’t think my loyalty will continue for much longer.

By Hey Tony

February 26, 2009 10:57 AM | Link to this

You dead mon?

By Jimmy

February 26, 2009 5:13 PM | Link to this

Uhhhh, you people need to read the UGA blog. According to Chip Towers, Tony is kaput from the AJC. This blog may or may not continue, via Tony Barnhardt on a contract basis. Hopefully he will, I hope.

By beanuga

March 7, 2009 12:02 PM | Link to this

Go Dawgs! I have to give to Florida Gators, the program is solid. Execution to the tee. Strong OL and DLs. WOW. MR better be taking notes. Either way I will be in Jacksonville to support the DAWGS.

By Gina Rowe

March 7, 2009 2:31 PM | Link to this

Tony, Urban Meyer could not sign a Top 10 class in 2009. Rivals placed them 10, while Scout says they are 22. Meyer could only get 16 players signed?

It looks like Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee were the biggest shakers in the eastern division and it’s not Florida.

By falcon willie

March 8, 2009 10:22 AM | Link to this

Offensive ball control and defensive pressure on Tebow beats the gaters. Thats easier said than done but the dawgs proved it 2 years ago,the rebels proved it last year.GO DAWGS!!!

By FLA DAWG

March 12, 2009 6:47 PM | Link to this

This editorial has been up for two and a half months. If you are incapacitated Tony then have someone post something new.

I guess it’s ok with the AJC though - figures.