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DEL.ICIO.USTime for predictions: UGA crushes GSU
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Beijing — Sorry. Force of habit. Let’s try this again.
All-Knowing Central — According to my Chairman Mao watch, which cost only $7 and is still keeping time just as well as my $7 Rolex, which I was told by a nice man who seemed in a big hurry that it was a totally real before he also offered me a genuine Chinese gymnastics birth certificate — it’s that time again.
Ni hao. I am back. I’m just not, like, am.
You spend three weeks in a country with an upside clock and it does things to you. Woke up at 2 a.m. again the other day and made everybody breakfast. Completely threw off the dog’s begging schedule.
This is the 15th anniversary of Weekend Predictions. We began this venture in 1993, or not long after Johnny Majors was released from the hospital for bypass surgery and soon realized that one of his doctors must have forgotten his scalpel because something was protruding from between the coach’s shoulder blades and, well, Phil Fulmer said it wasn’t his. (An early-season kiss for the PumpkinNation.)
By now, you should be familiar with how it works. Every week, we give you the winners. It’s just your job to find them.
The weekly tip sheet is sometimes sprinkled with “losses.” But these “losses” merely are devices to throw off competing investment firms. You should be able to easily navigate through these “losses” with the decoder booklet that you received in the mail several weeks ago. If you lost the booklet, I’m sorry. My dog ate my last one with the last breakfast wrap.
Georgia opens Saturday against Georgia Southern. There is no official line on the game. That’s either because Georgia Southern is a I-AA team or possibly because oddsmakers have been scared off by so many Bulldogs fans acting like the deranged blackjack player who keeps saying, “Hit me. Hit me! HIT ME!” even after the dealer says, “Sir. You’ve got 97 showing.”
We have been led to believe that by the time this season is over, Georgia will be the first team to go 14-0 and win the national championship while having a quarterback and running back share the Heisman Trophy and a coach win the Nobel. And then, we conquer Spain.
I’m setting the line at 23. That’s the average margin of victory in Georgia’s three previous victories over Southern. For the record, this will be the last bit of research from me for at least seven weeks.
That’s it. Mao’s running slow, I’m running long. Dogs cover 23.
Early-season Six-Pack (I drank one)
• Clemson vs. Alabama: Just wondering what feels worse in Tuscaloosa: Nick Saban taking you to Shreveport in his first season, or going into the second knowing Tommy Bowden is so much closer to winning a conference title than you are? Tigers cover 41/2.
• Western Illinois at Arkansas: In honor of Bobby Petrino’s first game, the first through 5,000 fans will receive traded souls, although there’s a chance they may expire in the third quarter. Western Illinois has a really cool nickname: The Leathernecks. Unfortunately, I don’t see George Clooney anywhere, just Beelzebub. No official line. Let’s say Porkbellies cover 17.
• Tennessee at UCLA: Fulmer hasn’t coached a team to a BCS bowl since 1999, but here’s the good news: The Vols get to play in the Rose Bowl Monday. It’ll almost be like they’re a factor, except not. Rick Neuheisel and Norm Chow will make things interesting in L.A. Feeling frisky. Vols win but give me the Bruins and 7 1/2.
• Hawaii at Florida: Former Hawaii coach June Jones, ironically a master of the statistically inflated system quarterback, last year referred to Tim Tebow as a system quarterback. Jones is now at SMU — just in case his players want to know where to send the medical bills. Gators cover 35.
• La-Monroe at Ala-Auburn: Just about the time everybody had run out of Saban jokes, Louisiana-Monroe beat Alabama last year. You’d think Auburn would just let them walk in for a touchdown to open the game as a thank you. Won’t matter in the end, anyway. Tigers cover 26.
Etc.
Next week: Matt Ryan screams for help and NFL picks.
Lock of the week: Schlage
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By Wozzo the Wonder Dog
August 28, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this
What’s an “upside clock”?
By What hype?
August 28, 2008 7:20 PM | Link to this
I don’t know who led you to believe that. A writer at your own paper says there is “no way” Georgia does better than 9-3. The media picked Florida to win the SEC, not Georgia. The ESPN talking heads have dismissed Georgia’s preseason #1 ranking as a cute little novelty to entertain everyone until OSU or USC get their due. To hear the media talk about the schedule one would think the opposing team will be allowed to wield sharp objects on the field against Georgia, if not firearms in some cases (Florida). Fans of every team on Georgia’s schedule think they are going to beat us this year. Go to the blogs on this very website to see what I mean. So I guess what I’m saying is I’m not seeing all this Georgia hype that everyone constantly refers to. I’ve never seen more Georgia doubters than this in my life.
By Paddy
August 28, 2008 8:07 PM | Link to this
Georgia will be lucky to come out of thisseason 9-3…Dont believe the ‘TYPE, haha. Southern will give you a preview of having a target on your backs, 40 point wins will be expected week after week, and thats tough..and Staffords admission of liking homeboys is all over the internet.
By zinoDawg
August 28, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this
Nice job Paddy, now brush your teeth and go to bed. You’ve got school tomorrow.
By chazz
August 28, 2008 9:20 PM | Link to this
“We have been led to believe that by the time this season is over, Georgia will be the first team to go 14-0 and win the national championship while having a quarterback and running back share the Heisman Trophy and a coach win the Nobel. And then, we conquer Spain.”
Spain is lovely in the Spring.
By Peter
August 28, 2008 9:34 PM | Link to this
Man, Hawaii UGA and UF back to back games. Murder…
By Maryland Dawg
August 28, 2008 9:56 PM | Link to this
Tommy Beecher is terrible right now!
By NikkiFree
August 28, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this
I don’t know who you’ve been talking to Schultz but all I see and hear nationally from talking heads is how IMPOSSIBLE it is for UGA to win it all. I’m so frustrated by it all. Let’s just play football.
By T
August 28, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this
The Goatman is baaaaaack
By zinoDawg
August 28, 2008 10:16 PM | Link to this
Georgia will finish at 10-2, and go to the Nambla Bowl, as we are haaving a rally Saturday at Morris Hall, hundreds are expected for our cause…”Love and Let Live”…banquet starts at six, plenty of time to enroll, and we will be showing the Dawgs game on Nmablatron. Chic.
By Dr.Dawg
August 28, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this
Ga. wins Southern gets the money,everyone is happy!DAWGS still #1
By biegman2003
August 28, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this
What?! You picked Bama to lose? I’m so shocked, wait, no I’m not.
By ajc hype
August 29, 2008 12:44 AM | Link to this
There goes Jeff again. After his paper has hyped the Dawgs more than anyone this preseason, he goes and calls us deranged.
“We have been led to believe that by the time this season is over, Georgia will be the first team to go 14-0 and win the national championship….”
The only entity that we have been led to believe this by is the ajc. We Georgia fans know that an NFL team would have a hard time getting through this schedule blemish free. We believe in our Dawgs and know that it is possible, but unlikely. Hopefully, we’ll only lose one or two and get to the SECCG. Win there, and then let the chips fall.
Please though…enough with the misdirected accusations of delusional fans. Don’t blame us for your attempts to sell more papers by spoon feeding us your hype.
By Ted Striker
August 29, 2008 2:13 AM | Link to this
I believe an upset could be on tap for Saturday night in the Georgia dome.
Of course, I also believed I’d be drinking beer with George Zipp after Macho Grande.
Hit me.
By Dallas Dawg
August 29, 2008 6:28 AM | Link to this
Oh boy, the circus is back in town.
Jeff you must have been educated in clayton county!
By we believe
August 29, 2008 7:08 AM | Link to this
don mclain is back and so is georgia..finlly ranked number one again…noticed not as many techies on our site so far ….gets they are savoring the big victory last night over jsu…they need not savor it too much…there should be more easy wins on the tech schedule with the athletically…challenged …conference games about to begin….as for the dawgs a tough schedule but a bye before tennessee and vandy in athens before going to baton rouge…dawgs won’t lose a game….buck belue begs to differ ….let him and loran smith go do hawaii games and hire one of munson’s relatives for life….go dawgs
By paddy-maxi
August 29, 2008 7:16 AM | Link to this
another tech nerd visiting our blogs….gentleman…fellow dawgs..is it not obvious when a techie takes a notion to talk football and their ignorance gives them away…..of course their savoring the win over jacksonville state because of ryan perileaux being from lsu…notice techie he is no longer with lsu and now is sentenced to a second tier program that plays the likes of georgia tech week in and week out…..tech should win out looking at their paddy schedule..take your maxi-pad out and put your tampoon in ….go to class and sip tea with your ugly girlfriend in buckhead tonight……stay off the football blogs though…please
By 82DAWG
August 29, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this
Agree with ajc hype, whoever you are. Most UGA fans are excited by the #1 ranking but believe its about 7 months late. As for this year, schedule and inexperienced O-line will = 3 losses. Sorry, that’s just the way it is. But I remember the Goff and Donnan years only too well and 9-3 ain’t so bad!!!
By SOUTHERN MAN
August 29, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this
The Eagles are there to win! We arent there for that chump change UGA gives us!
Once the EAGLES win on Saturday, we will see about that national championship.
GO EAGLES!! ITS THE HATCK ATTACK!
By 82DAWG
August 29, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
Ha! SOUTHERN MAN, you are funny! Thanks for that, I needed the smile. Ga Southern has as much chance of winning tomorrow as the other Georgians had of whipping the Russian Army.
By Fabb4eyes
August 29, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this
If Schultz is using Chinese Olympic Judges, then UGA goes 14-0. And Uga is 90 in dog years, and the UGA cheerleaders learned their dance steps from Clysdesdales, and Saddam Hussein met with Al Queda operatives at Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca.
UGA can win all their games. And I deserve the pulitzer prize. It’s coaching. UGA aint got it. Uga could design more succesful game plans, (and more discrete signals to the Qback).
By JoeFann
August 29, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
It’s always exciting to hear from the jealous nay-sayers and ne’er-do-wells. I also enjoy the sound bites lifted from “College Football Live” and other pundits quoting how Georgia won’t win the national championship. It’s a lot like the Democrats quoting the sound bites from an Obama speech—pretty catch phrases—but unless you listen to the entire text, you miss out on important details. For example, while they don’t think Georgia will win the NC because of the schedule, they all agree that Georgia has the best team. So, until someone knocks them off, they’ll remain No. 1. (At least until either USC or OSU mangles the other, in which case the swooning will begin anew in Bristol, NY and LA.) Will the Dawgs do it? Who knows? What I do know is that we of the Bulldog Nation have something GREAT to look forward to every single week! Strap it on, fellas. Let the fun begin!
(Don’t forget where you heard it first. Georgia vs. Oklahoma for the glass egg!)
By Gen Neyland
August 29, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Jeffy
I told you before you went to China, they call it chicken but it ain’t. I’m surprised they didn’t cane you just for the fun of it. Now that you’ve returned, let the beatings begin…You went 4-10 with the Vols last season. This year I predict you’ll go 2-12. That may be a stretch by ChiCom standards, yet in America, all things are possible.
UT 27 UCLA 17
By SOUTHERN MAN
August 29, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
The Eagles are there to win! We arent there for that chump change UGA gives us!
Once the EAGLES win on Saturday, we will see about that national championship.
Also, 82DAWG they said the same thing about App. State last year. If you dont lose tomorrow, you will down the road.
GO EAGLES!! ITS THE HATCK ATTACK ON 8/30!
By Red Clay Hound
August 29, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Spain couldn’t whip Vandy at home.
By srcdawgrome
August 29, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this
Hype, since when did ESPN and the AJC start playing football? OSU has been picked #1 or #2 by the same espn jokes for the past 3 years. they seem to be good until they play the big men of the SEC. they can get it done in the 2 team conference. but not against the mighty SEC!!!!!
By Herschworld
August 29, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Georgia enjoy it while it lasts, as a georgia southern fan I don’t expect to see my eagles pull off an App. St tomorrow, but I do expect to see a competitive game. As for your season there’s no way yall will go 14-0, your offensive line won’t allow it. Just don’t b*** when you win by 17 tomorrow I hate it when georgia fans are pretentious about winning. Who am I kidding you can’t ask a Georgia fan to not be pretentious!!
By Eric1
August 29, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
Funny stuff. La Mo last year and Clemson this week are among my favorite teams. War Eagle!!!
By GetOverIt
August 29, 2008 9:57 AM | Link to this
Over Macho Grande Ted? Go out there and win one for the Zipper!
By JSS
August 29, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
Welcome back to stupidity 101
Jeff Schultz and GA football fans, wow Darfur is looking better everyday!!!
GROW UP!!!
By timthebrave
August 29, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this
The only sure bet is……I bet I am going to get my buzz on and root on my dawgs….another sure bet is I will be watching football and eating wings all day. I love college football. Go Dawgs!!
By 2N4YEARS
August 29, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
“By Peter
August 28, 2008 9:34 PM | Link to this
Man, Hawaii UGA and UF back to back games. Murder…”
Peter, it won’t be that bad. They’ve had 8 months to heal.
By Jeff Is Bitter
August 29, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
Jeff, you ignorant slut. You are confusing UGA fans with U of F fans.. Dawg Nation realizes what a ridiculous schedule they have. We are all hoping for the best. By the way, what’s YOUR favorite school and are they being mentioned for a Nat’l Championship? Didn’t think so.. so don’t be bitter. No wonder AJC’s readership is declining. Jeff and TMoore are bitter old men with loser teams.
By TXDawg
August 29, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
Jeff,
I thought i was the only one left who remembers Phat Phil stabbing Johnny in the back!!!!!Thanks for the laugh.
By VegasDawg
August 29, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
Let them doubt the Dawgs! It only adds fuel to the fire baby! Prove IT
By VegasDawg
August 29, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this
Let them doubt the Dawgs! It only adds fuel to the fire baby! Prove IT
By VegasDawg
August 29, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Let them doubt the Dawgs! It only adds fuel to the fire baby! Prove IT
By VegasDawg
August 29, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Let them doubt the Dawgs! It only adds fuel to the fire baby! Prove IT
By AC in Boulder
August 29, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Very funny article Jeff. Good job once again. The only thing funnier was southern boy’s comments. The DAWGS will win by 40 on cruise control with starters resting by second half. Man, did poor little south carolina look pitiful last night too! Looks like three warm up games before we get into our real schedule. It’s good to be the king!!!
By GeorgiaSouthern
August 29, 2008 11:52 AM | Link to this
HEY JEFF…YOU SUCK! One day oh yes…one day the Eagles will peck the eyes of the bulldogs out and destroy them sending the bulldogs scampering off with their little nub tails in between their legs. If we don’t win, we’ll still be a better school academically. Yeah, that’s the whole point of going to college…to get an education. You morons from UGA wouldn’t know about that though. All you are there to do is skip your overcrowded class of 100 people and get wasted with your fellow frat boys.
By john cooper
August 29, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
What kind of prediction for the bama clemson game is that? You didnt even try to predict what was going to happen in the game you just metioned crap that has nothing to do with the game. AJC for ya!
By Elvis
August 29, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this
Jeff,
Glad to see this piece back. Good work. You crack me up.
By Really Georgia Southern?
August 29, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this
Georgia Southern better academically than Georgia? What kind of crack are you smoking in your trailer park down there in the Boro? There’s a reason why there’s a song called Statesboro Blues…the place is a sht hole and you’re a dumbass with sht for brains. Don’t be mad because you’re a simple minded creature and couldn’t get into Georgia. And even going further to talk smack about fraternity guys…wow. Have fun in Athens, maybe then you can get a glimpse of what a REAL university and a REAL football team looks like.
By physicsDawg
August 29, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
GeorgiaSouthern You’re nuts. GSU an Academic school ?? I’ve been there, and I know people who graduated from there. GaSo is a little redneck school where people go to party, who couldn’t get into UGA. Not there’s anything wrong with redneck, mind you. But, GaSo would be at the top of the party schools list EVERY year, except that list only counts MAJOR universities…
By joeblow
August 29, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
I am confused. Is Jeff Schultz tring to be funny, or stupid. If he is attempting to be stupid, he definitely succeeded. And is he that consumed with Nick Saban? Get some new material, and get someone with your humor. The only thing that’s funny is that you are a joke!
By joeblow
August 29, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
I am confused. Is Jeff Schultz tring to be funny, or stupid. If he is attempting to be stupid, he definitely succeeded. And is he that consumed with Nick Saban? Get some new material, and get someone with your humor. The only thing that’s funny is that you are a joke!
By joeblow
August 29, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
I am confused. Is Jeff Schultz tring to be funny, or stupid? If he is attempting to be stupid, he definitely succeeded. And is he that consumed with Nick Saban? Get some new material, and get someone with your humor. The only thing that’s funny is that you are a joke!
By Gen Neyland
August 29, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this
As in the game of Whodunit, we Volunteers didn’t care whether it was a knife, a candlestick or open heart surgery that did in Johnny. We’re just glad Johnny could go back to being jus’ Johnny and CPF is there. Why shucks. 11-5 agin UGA is reason enough to love the guy…or is it 12-5..?
By Zeb
August 29, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
Georgia Southern, your team always gives us a good game………..but…..I’ve got a better chance of taking the bronze in female gymnastics than you guys do beating the dawgs! Sorry…it is what it is.
By bama_12titles
August 29, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this
Is Jeff Schultz consumed with Bama and Nick Saban? I can see him picking Clemson as a lot of people would but what’s up with all the petty insults towards Saban? If all u can do is use your barrel of ink to hurl insults then at least make them funny. Or at least tell us why you think Clemson wins and covers rather than just doing some 6th grade hating. Or would that require too much in the way of thinking skills? Yeah. I thought so.
By GSU alumni
August 29, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
Mmmmmm….does anyone remember what happened in that Michigan and App. St.(from our conference) game last year? Could be an instant replay. Bulldog fans, even coach Richt said on radio yesterday morning show it won’t be easy.
By richtsupposed tosaythat
August 29, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this
gsu …alumni…what is richt supposed to say ,,,dooley has had some influence on him about building up the other school…dooley used to convince his teams that tech was great even though usually they wer 2-8 or 1-9 when ga. played them…gsu has a chance tomorrow…..but no snowballs in hell quite yet…good luck the rest of the season eagles and war eagles of auburn..seriously…like your teams all but one week…adam urbano is from my home town…he’ll be a star for ga. southern ..hope he scores tomorrow…but dawgs win..
By Herschworld
August 29, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this
Again I F*** hate pretentious Dawg fans…Southern is a great school with a damn good football program..We’re Princeton review and we can out party you..The same guy talkin s** about the Boro is s** hole and we’re a bunch of rednecks is probably a frat duche that wears a bass proshop hat and claims to redneckish when covenant…Well we may not win tomorrow remember Erk left yall for us…So quit trying to honnor him as your own..Suck it easy
By UGA ALUMNI
August 29, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Dear GSU alumni, We ain’t Michigan. And if I were you sir, I wouldn’t be holding my breath for lady luck to strike twice.
By major prediction shultz
August 29, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this
hey jeff, who’s going to win world war II the japanese or the united states, who won the civil war jeff, any more predictions just curious
By Really Georgia Southern
August 29, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
I F*hate dumbass GaSouthern fans. You are a skidmark on this great state acedemically and party wise. I won’t diss your football program because it took A UGA MAN to bring back your sorry a* football program from the dead. Is redneckish even a word? For someone so damn smart you sure talk stupid. But I guess you concrete cowboys from the Boro don’t know any better do you? And sorry to disappoint you I don’t pretend to be something I’m not, especially a redneck. But I will tell you what I am. A frat guy with a degree from The Univeristy of Georgia and your just a cracker with a degree I wouldn’t even whipe UGA’s a* with. Lick a taint.
By GSU alumni
August 29, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this
richsupposedtosaythat….you clearly missed the point about me saying, this ain’t all about Richt, the purpose of mentioning Michigan and App. St. game is comes down to knowing football, and being a former athlete, when you have two winning coaches (No. 17 vs. No. 1) anything can happen.
By who'snumber17
August 29, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
is gsu no. 17 in div. ia?
By Really Georgia Southern
August 29, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
Oh and one more thing “Herschworld.” I believe the word you were looking for was convenient, that right convenient when referring to us UGA “Frat Guys” pretending to be cracker. Oh I’m sorry redneck. Why don’t you do us all a favor and take a drink of water from the sewage ditch you call “Beautiful Eagle Creek.” Y’all are so damn stupid. If I may quote you, “Suck it easy.” Whatever the hell that means.
By GSU alumni
August 29, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this
You UGA fans are like the traffic around here, getting too emotional and stressed out. lol
By gsu alum response
August 29, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this
most of us on this blog regardless of our school of choice are still wondering what in the world you are trying to say? we doubt anyone is taking anyone lightly but ga. southern doesn’t have the depth to suspend 8 athletes and have a chance against georgia…appalachian state has an excellent program as does gsu…astate university played well and deserved to beat michigan..they should be congratulated and i loved it..and in no way did app. state look anything less than a powerhouse..just don’t think any chance ga. will fall prey to gsu….georgia is loaded and other fans better know that we are that good at every position or the college coaches wouldn’t have voted us there. the same team that totally dismantled hawaii will suit it up this year with several freshman that are grown men..enjoy the season…every game will be a game of solid focus …guaranteeed…richt has greatly matured as a coach and his time is now……he shows great class and humility many times… both in defeat or victory…sure the fla. deal was a controversy but it worked and will be talked about for all time…i’m sure some of these sanctimonious fans and coaches of the other schools can’t qualify to cast the first stone….
By GSU Faithfull
August 29, 2008 4:33 PM | Link to this
Well, I guess UGA fans are not very well informed. True, we are a small school trying to make its mark in academics and athletics. Here’s just a few people who have a “skidmark degree”(thanks reallygeorgiasouthern). Ya’ll like Chickfila & Zaxbys, well President of Chickfila and the founders of Zaxby’s. Director of the Kennedy Space Center, Casey Cagle and Charlie Norwood (you can look them up). Head coach of the Detroit Pistons. Hey, UGA has the love of most of GA and the history we can only dream of. But GSU is on its way.
By Reid in EAV
August 29, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe there’s actually a smack talk war going on here between UGA and GSU. Puh leeze. Let’s wait until the real games start, folks.
By stressed out
August 29, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this
not alot of traffic up here in north georgia, and not stressed,gsu will be no problem for the dawgs and the young pups will get alot of time..last time gsu scored 28 points …course we emptied the benched and played 86 players that game all whom would have started at gsu..this is not the ray goff era eagle fans and irk russell isn’t your coach ….i wish you luck and hope tomorrow’s game helps you prepare for the rest of the season…but we are not stressed trust me…
By gsu faithful response
August 29, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
supposedly this is a football blog but folks get off the subject, gsu is on the way in football…academics? ..great….there have been presidents,nobel peace winners, great business people,athletes and astronauts… that never even went to college so lets just talk football, we don’t watch college football to see players sat scores, whether they made the dean’s list etc., we watch college football to see the game, period. you are beginning to sound like a tech fan….the insects claim they are smarter than us georgia fans but i bet they wish they had a better football team..gsu faithful don’t act like a tech fan..i kinda like ga. southern
By gsu faithfull
August 29, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this
What a suprise. A dawg fan who cant stand hearing something positive about another school.
By gsu faithfull
August 29, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
Oh yea, GO EAGLES & GO JACKETS!!! For some reason, the name Paul Johnson sounds so familiar.
By sec fan
August 29, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this
What’s with all the nastiness from the UGA fans getting down on GSU? Has that No. 1 ranking just blown your heads wayyy out of proportion? Have some class towards GSU. Its a smaller school and hence a smaller classification of football and UGA should and will beat them. But for Pete’s sake get a grip. You’re not all that. You’re a team that hasn’t won a nat’l title in 28 years and only 2 secs since 82. It seems like you just don’t know how to handle a little bit of success and quite frankly u haven’t won anything yet. U just have a nice preseason ranking. And why do you beat down GSU? Its a program that has had far more success in their classification than UGA ever had or ever will in its classification. That is a fact. I don’t follow them closely but unless I’m mistaken I think they’ve either played for or have won numerous nat’l titles in their classification and several of them recently. Until you guys actually win something you should have a heck of a lot more humility. Your tradition pales in comparison to some of the heavyweight traditions in the SEC like Bama, Tennessee, or even LSU with 2 bsc titles in the last 5 years. Go win something before you start putting down other programs.
By NotaAtlantafan
August 29, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this
By UGA ALUMNI
August 29, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Dear GSU alumni, We ain’t Michigan. And if I were you sir, I wouldn’t be holding my breath for lady luck to strike twice.
UGA alumni you are correct you are not Michigan not even close. When you become Michigan…will never happen then let’s talk.
By Reggie
August 29, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this
Georgia is not going to do any better than 8-4 this year guys. I hate to bust your bubble, but Georgia isn’t that good as a team. Their offensive line is horrible. NEVER will you win any type of championship w/a suspect offensive line! Mark this down…Georgia will end up this year w/an 8-4 record and end up about #22 in the final polls. I just don’t see them doing much better. As for Auburn and their new offense…I think everyone is going to get a taste of the “Spread Eagle” offense and they aren’t going to like it one bit. Look for Auburn to win the SEC West and Tennessee(quiet sleeper) to win the SEC East. Tennessee just needs to find the right starting quarterback and they will be a more complete team than either Georgia or Florida. Also, Florida is probably even more overrated than Georgia. Their defense absolutely stinks!
By reggie jackson
August 29, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this
sorry guys just pulling your chains …i really could care less about football but can’t wait for the world series,,, forgot that quarterback position isn’t one you want to try to fill and win the sec east…and that bo jackson’s best sport was baseball… but i do like auburn for the simple reason that vince dooley went there..just playing the antagonist to see how some of our ga. fans would respond!
By WHAT?
August 29, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this
Auburn? Y’all better get a quarterback…And as for GSU, there is a reason we call y’all the “one semester school”…cause people go there for a semester to party, flunk out, and then come back to Atlanta w/ their tails between their legs, and an ugly GSU hat they wear to the bar to get black out drunk.
By gsu faithful response
August 29, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this
i knew it..i knew it..you are a tech fan…i knew it…hear that comrades for a minute there i thought he was halfway intelligent about football…not….now we all know he is a 9 year old who is dangerous on the computer but good with choo choo trains….good to have ya on our blog nerd welcome to the sec…….and sec fan…i like the sec too but my team is georgia …who is yours?…your not a closet tech fan too are you…come on techies come out the closet!
By by what, what
August 29, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this
we don’t wear an ugly gsu hat when we go into a bar, we wear an ugly gsu co-ed on our head thank you
By # 1 ranking
August 29, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this
great to start # 1 but it matters not unless we get to play for the national championship at years end and that is often decided in a screwed up way ,,chances are we will lose at least 2 games ..hopefully not…but we’ll need some luck and hopefully be 1 or 2 after the sec championship….the recognition by america’s college football coaches is great though…go dawgs…………………..good luck gsu the of the season …saturday won’t be one of our losses
By Huh? Reggie
August 29, 2008 6:57 PM | Link to this
Reggie, dude, you are an absolute moron. Finish #22???? Man, I thought we had that talk about you not smokin crack before 8pm. So are you an Auburn fan?? You need to worry about finding a quarterback young man. And you said “Georgia is not that good as a team” …….WTF does that even mean? You need to go somewhere else because we really only allow a certain amount of idiots on here, and you haven’t even earned sub-par idiot status yet.
By WOW
August 29, 2008 9:34 PM | Link to this
If I were a UGA fan, I would be ashamed at the lack of class your fans show towards any school, but particularly GSU in this case. The frat guy on here from UGA sounds p** off at life. Being a former college student athlete, I laughed at guys like him because they could only feel worthy by wearing greek letters on his chest. Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty of fraternity friends…….but athlete’s laugh at you guys because they get the girls you want. And speaking of Statesboro, if you think that place is full of trailer parks, well, that speaks measures for his intelligence on any subject. Statesboro is a great place to live for a lot of people, and is growing exponentially. As far as football goes, yes…….Georgia will probably beat GSU this year. But I can guarantee you the GSU football team will come up there and play their hearts out. As far as a joke of a program…….mr. frat boy is an idiot. Georgia Southern has one of the most storied programs in the state. Erk is rolling in his grave at this idiot. Although GSU has a slim chance, God has a funny way of humbling the arrogance so many UGA fans and alumni boast. It may not be with GSU, but UGA will lose at least 3 games this year. No way you will get out alive at LSU. Auburn will beat you, and Florida will knocked your heads off for the………yet again…….boasting your coach condoned in the end zone last year during that game. Your #1 status has already gone to your arrogant heads. I will root for any team that toes up against UGA.
By wow an athlete
August 29, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this
wow i was fortunate to play on the men’s golf team at georgia and the athletes actually enjoy the attention and stay focused on what their goals are. the georgia players and coaches appreciate the fans and could care less what former athletes like you think. what did you play at georgia southern, were you on the underwater knitting team ..you loser…get off the blog if you think we are worried about your 9-3 prediction ..i’m sure the players will play one game at a time and focus on the moment at hand…the dawgs have experience and good coaching…that said the sec is a mine field in every sport…and furthermore i have quite a few friends that played for ga. southern and i hope their team has a good year…urbano’s(adam) southern’s tailback from calhoun is a good kid and his brother blake can really hit a golf ball…best wishes
By To all of you
August 30, 2008 1:37 AM | Link to this
I am so glad that I am not any of you!
By Supe
August 30, 2008 2:31 AM | Link to this
Johnny Majors drank too much and talked too much around the wrong alumni. Phil ain’t that smart. But thank you Jeff for not calling us “Vowels” yet this ear..Fck __. (Thank you Vanna). I am so ready for football! Go SEC and anybody who plays Florida!
By Alabama Jack
August 30, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
Looked up stupid in the on-line dictionary. There he was:
Paddy-Maxi
Have a dawg kind of rotten disappointing day.
By paul
August 30, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this
ACane2Remember
Haha I find it funny ! ! ! That all these people still find time to talk about the Buckeyes. I personally think the BIG TEN is highly overrated. There style of football is still stuck in the 1940’s were you run the ball 40 - 50 times. Then throw a hail mary or a screen pass to try and throw opponents off. Which is laughible. Joe Pa is a good coach but the rest of his non contending league need to sorely come of age. An catch up to 20th century football. The SEC,PAC-10,BIG-12, ACC are to strong for these teams. The only team in the Big Ten who has any idea of a new offense is Michigan. Even though Michigan won there Bowl game last year. Does not mean there good. I hate the Big Ten. Teh Big Ten should be disbanded and just put in with the conference USA division. The Bucks coach and coaching staff always choke. When it comes to speed and talent Big Ten sorely lacks.
As for them Dawgs ! ! ! I won’t Sugar Coat it for you guys. You guys have a tough schedule. If you guys can keep your MLB’s from fighting flower pots in Downtown Athens you guys would be able to win the games your supposed too. That DE spot has been weak in preseason only due to plaguing injuries. Hamstring’s and turf toe’s…..Anywho don’t count them Dawgs out. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury I think the NCAA 08 - 09 SEASON is in for another topsy turvy year. Were top 10 schools get drilled. Believe it or not. The talent pool is not as deep as it once was back in the day. I think that The SEC is the strongest in the Nation.
Followed by the Big-12,Pac-10,ACC,BigEast,WAC,MAC,ConUSA, THEN THEN THE big 10….. Let me tell you a secret Dawgs.I honestly don’t think LSU is good as everyone says they are in the Media. No offense to those in Baton Rouge. You have 4 returning on offense 5 on defense and people are picking you to “possibly” run table in the SEC. Uhn Uh No No my friends in Athens. There saying that with all Big name defensive guys LSU lost last year there stll the best defense. I just dont believe it. An personally I think LSU will lose atleast 3 games. 1 coming courtesy of UGA and Lorans Best VII.
By Shannon
August 30, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this
Wrong as usual Jeff. The Dawgs looked rusty against a team that started 8 of 11 true freshmen. Yes, it is Georgia Southern (who may actually end up changing divisions in the next few years pending the results of the current study), but Georgia couldn’t crush GSU today. The Dawgs were more prone to injury as well, while GSU seemed much better conditioned despite their smaller size. I think that a lot of credit goes to GSU for making it a game after Lee Chapel entered in the second half.
By Phar71
August 30, 2008 10:06 PM | Link to this
Nice call on Bama/Tigers.
Tech fan here and I can not remember the last time Clemson won a big game, unless it was against daddy to keep his job alive.