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DEL.ICIO.USWhiney Dogs need to look in the mirror
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Terence Moore
Before we reach the section that should cause Georgia folks to bark, let’s make sure the Bulldog Nation doesn’t have amnesia: It wasn’t the BCS that lost to mediocre South Carolina at Sanford Stadium and then later to sputtering Tennessee in Knoxville.
It was Georgia.
So put a muzzle on this silly BCS bashing and save your anger for what the Bulldogs should have done regarding their national championship hopes. They should have taken control of their destiny. It’s a gaffe from the past that will do wonders for Georgia’s future, which we’ll discuss after a review of that gaffe.
If the Bulldogs beat South Carolina, Tennessee or both, they are preparing right now for a Superdome date on Monday night in the title game instead of whining after playing and prospering Tuesday night in New Orleans during the Sugar Bowl against overmatched Hawaii.
Take it from Asher Allen, Georgia’s splendid defensive back and return man, who already is among the team leaders at putting things in perspective as only a sophomore. “Especially in the SEC, you have to try your best to win most games that you play in, because with the BCS, if you lose just one game, it’s kind of hard to recover,” Allen said Wednesday. “In the Tennessee game [a 35-14 blowout], we had never played like that before, especially when they jumped on us early. But after that game, we just stopped being uptight and started having fun.”
Thus Georgia’s victory sprint of seven consecutive games, including a rare conquering of Florida, a bashing of rivals Auburn and Georgia Tech and a thorough dismantling of Hawaii to end the season with a 41-10 victory.
Remember, too, that Georgia did so with a youthful and inexperienced bunch. Not only were the Bulldogs without the significant likes of defensive ends Quentin Moses and Charles Johnson, both destined for NFL rosters after the 2006 season, but they were missing accomplished leaders.
Now the Bulldogs aren’t so youthful and inexperienced. They’ll have the full maturation of leaders such as Allen. They’ll return 17 of 22 starters from an 11-2 team that likely will finish among the nation’s top five. Mostly, they’ll have players who’ll remember this year’s gaffe and work to keep another “South Carolina” and “Tennessee” from happening.
They’ll also benefit from experiencing other stuff this season, so you may bark now.
“Through the wins and the losses, we stayed tight as a team, and we didn’t point fingers,” Allen said. “The seniors helped us to stay focused. That’s why the sky is the limit for what we can do. We showed this year that we had the ability to contend for it all with a bunch of underclassmen on both sides of the ball. Obviously, just from what we did against Hawaii, we learned that we can play with the best teams.”
That’s true. Except Hawaii isn’t one of the best teams. Hawaii beat only two opponents with winning records, but Georgia couldn’t control that. Hawaii nearly lost to shaky squads from Louisiana Tech, San Jose State, Nevada and Washington, but Georgia couldn’t control that. Hawaii hasn’t much depth, because of a recruiting budget that is $50,000 compared to the millions associated with most Division I-A programs, but Georgia couldn’t control that.
Hawaii also was a fraud at 12-0, with the historically flawed run-and-shoot offense and a slew of beefy but immobile linemen who couldn’t protect quarterback Colt Brennan and his famous arm. But Georgia couldn’t control that.
Georgia could control Georgia, and Georgia did so impressively against Hawaii. Courtesy of a flawless game plan by Mark Richt and his assistants, along with intensity from their players from start to finish, the Bulldogs took the Bob Knight philosophy to heart: You don’t play the opponent. You play the game.
If you’re Georgia, for instance, you play the game as well in September (South Carolina) and October (Tennessee) as you do in January (Hawaii), or you won’t play for a national championship.
End of controversy. Not that there even should be a controversy.
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By DT
January 3, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
I think that’s about right.
Nobody who loses to South Carolina can make a good argument that they’re the best team in the country.
I really can’t believe there’s been such a dustup.
By Quincy C.
January 3, 2008 8:12 AM | Link to this
I could not have said it any better…Dog Nation lets be grateful for the Sugar Bowl BCS Bid….If weu can’t win the SEC EAST….then we must quit whining…and pining…
By Terence's mom
January 3, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this
Son all that money we spent on your to go to school and this is the best you can do?
By Dee
January 3, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
Tell us something we didn’t already know, Moore. Dude, you’re too predictable. You should be fired. You don’t bring anything new to the table, unless its negative and redundant. 90 percent of the people knew what you were going to say right after the UGA game.
By Dee
January 3, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
Tell us something we didn’t already know, Moore. Dude, you’re too predictable. You should be fired. You don’t bring anything new to the table, unless its negative and redundant. 90 percent of the people knew what you were going to say right after the UGA game.
By Terence's mom
January 3, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
Son all that money we spent on you to go to school and this is the best you can do?
By CL
January 3, 2008 8:16 AM | Link to this
I’LL BE THE FIRST TO TELL T. MOORE TO SHUT THE HELL UP. DID U GRADUATE FROM TECH. MAYBE WE SHOULD DROP HIM OFF IN ATHENS AND SEE IF HE STILL TALKS B(C)S.
By TheJuice
January 3, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
Terence…Please go Green in 2008 and find a new career. You have killed enough trees in your so called career.
By buck
January 3, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this
Exactly who is whining? Other than Fox Sports trying to bait some of the coaches and players to say something about the rankings after the game Tuesday, I have heard little from the team or fans about this. You need to better substantiate the basis for today’s article.
By Chris
January 3, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this
Gee, Terence, what a surprise. I could’ve pretended to be you and written this column word for word. That’s how predictable you are.
By GA Girl
January 3, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this
It’s a new year, but you are still the same old Terrence. Why are you in Georgia? Was the AJC the only newspaper that would hire you? Did UGA reject your admission to journalism school? That must be it. You dislike everything about UGA. Your article is idiotic at best. You contend that UGA is whining about the BCS championship. However, the team in the BCS championship game has 2 losses also. Those 2 losses are to teams that UGA beat. UGA has a definite contention about the BS system. USC also has a great argument. If the writers and the coaches and whoever else votes in the BS did not believe that UGA should be in contention for a National Championship, then why put them at #4. That is the question of the year. In reality, the voters did not think that Missouri and West Virginia would blow their final game. They did not really think that UGA would ever be in that position. You are just as bad as the analysts on ESPN. Instead of giving credit to the Bulldogs for the dismantling of Hawaii, the claim is made that Hawaii did not deserve to be there. The entire month leading up to the Sugar Bowl, all you heard about was the incredible team that Hawaii developed and how the history of the team was so distinct. Then you heard about the quarterback and all of the adversity he faced throughout his career and how he would lead the Warriors to a huge upset of the mighty Bulldogs. Let’s be honest. The Warriors got their behinds whupped! There first 2 plays from scrimmage were penalties. That kind of set the tone for the entore evening. Yes, this was a statement game. Just as USC made a statement against Illinois. Those 2 teams let everybody know they blew it. A USA-UGA matchup would have been huge. I didn’t even watch the second half of the Rose Bowl. The Sugar Bowl was a joke. UGA was out there playing against a high school team. But of course, you being you, will make it out to be the fault of the Bulldogs. Please, I am begging you to leave. No one likes you. No one wants you here. Don’t you get tired of all the hate mail? Doesn’t it mess with your self-esteem to be hated by all of Atlanta? I guess not cause you are still here. I believe if you asked the people of Atlanta to contribute to a “Leave Atlanta Fund”, you would raise a great deal of money. I know I would contribute. Anything to get you out of town.
By PM
January 3, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
And it needs to be pointed out that the Rose Bowl committee (which is independent of the BCS people) chose NOT TO INVITE Georgia. Inviting Illinois was not a bright pick, but that’s their call. The BCS people are only responsible for the chaos that results in the #1 and #2.
By TW
January 3, 2008 8:19 AM | Link to this
Mr. Moore - your ‘talents’ are much better suited for covering GT’s new flag fottball offense, like you did yesterday. Please do not cover UGA anymore.
By droy
January 3, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
Moore, you are as full of s* as a south Georgia outhouse! Why don’t you take your stupid a$$ up north somewhere if you hate it down here so bad. I promise you, no one will miss your ignorant self!!! I notice you didn’t mention LSU’s two losses. Do they not count in your warped mind?
By Chris
January 3, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
One more thing…leave it to Terence Moore to try to pour water on the fire of our excitement at winning the Sugar Bowl so handily. Quit living in the past, Terence. Most Georgia fans have moved on and are living in this moment. Unlike you.
By Whitegoat
January 3, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this
Trumpet in a herd of elephants, crow in the company of Gamecocks, bleat in a flock of goats. The OBC will blister your mangey butts again when you Noshow baaaaaack to Columbia. MNC my butt!!! EM.
By hop
January 3, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this
terence, why don’t you do the same thing you are asking georgia fans to do and stop whinning about a few georgia fans who may be whining. most georgia fans are higher than a georgia pine with how the season ended with a total blow-out in the sugar bowl game and the prospects for next year.
terence, are you running out of topics write about, that must be the case because that is all your articles reference.
this whole subject is another example of your being so out of tune with the general populace in this state.
By U R A Tool
January 3, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this
Hey Terrence,
There is not a single real member of the Bulldawg nation that wants your patronizing praise, ever. You are a complete joke of a writer and do nothing more than try to stir the pot with every article. I’m really surprised you didn’t play the race card this time and bash the UGA fans for calling those poor, pitiful Hawaiians who traveled so far ‘overrated’. You have masked your animosity toward UGA and the UGA faithful this time in some smarmy compliments of Mark Richt and his team (whom you bashed all year so far for his ‘antics’) and I can tell you that you can take it and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. You are a stain on the pages of the AJC.
By Fiddyone
January 3, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this
So now your’e admitting the “whining” part? Well that’s the first step toward your recovery. Next step is to forget the pre-season over-hype and over-expectations. Steve Spurrier will take care of that fairly quickly.
By Real Football Fan
January 3, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
Moore, you could not have said it better. UGA still has not shown me they are a quality football team. Hawaii? Come on, yes UGA you looked good again against a unchallanged team. You beat the gators who lost to Michigan (which started out o and 2) Applachian St rules. I still dont see how UGA thinks they are the best. The best team out there played in the Rose Bowl…USC. I would love to see UGA try to keep up with USC. Better luck next year dogs. Win the games you are suppose to, then you might have a argument. For this year, you dont.
By U R A Tool
January 3, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
Hey Terrence,
There is not a single real member of the Bulldawg nation that wants your patronizing praise, ever. You are a complete joke of a writer and do nothing more than try to stir the pot with every article. I’m really surprised you didn’t play the race card this time and bash the UGA fans for calling those poor, pitiful Hawaiians who traveled so far ‘overrated’. You have masked your animosity toward UGA and the UGA faithful this time in some smarmy compliments of Mark Richt and his team (whom you bashed all year so far for his ‘antics’) and I can tell you that you can take it and shove it where the sun doesn’t shine. You are a stain on the pages of the AJC.
By Toby Miller
January 3, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
Surprisingly coherent and he actually uses facts and a thought process…..rare for a T-Moore column….I was disappointed as he did not blame whitey.
By Charles
January 3, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
LSU also lost 2 games, including Kentucky and Ohio State lost to a weak Illinois so your argument doesn’t fly.
By Vince L.
January 3, 2008 8:30 AM | Link to this
there’s no crying in football! stop worrying so much about dance moves, personal celebrations and fashion statements, stop believing that your team or any other team has a ‘birth right’ to be in the NC game and especially don’t start the season slow. do that and the Dogs can be in the NC next year.
By JPDawg
January 3, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this
WOW….you mean it wasn’t whitey’s fault this time. Terence? After all, just about everything in your peabrained little world is whitey’s fault. I’m just amazed that you didn’t throw the race card AGAIN. What a freakin moron.
Sic Em!
By Dawg12
January 3, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this
Wow…just…Wow! I have listened to enough BS from sports “analyst” over the course of this year to know one thing; UGA will NEVER come close to play in a NCG. It has ALWAYS been this way. “Analyst” said UGA should not have been ‘80 Champs. “Analyst” find fault. It would not matter if UGA DID win all their games as you like to spew each week - “Analyst” would find reason to discredit 1-3 UGA wins as being “close” (LSU had plenty this year!) or the opponents are nothing like the PAC10 etc.
You Terence, are NOT a “analyst” nor a “reporter”. (Just what do you get paid for?)
The AJC is just your forum to “smear UGA”. I wonder how long it would take to get a “smear T Moore” forum up and going?
By Two Dawgs
January 3, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this
Mr. Moore: The national championship should be determined by matching the two teams who are considered to be the best on the day of the championship game. Some teams mature during the season and are clearly better than they were at the first part of the season. The Dawgs do indeed deserve consideration. Are you just unable to grasp that basic concept?
By uga grad 92
January 3, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this
HEY MOORE YOU IDIOT…LSU LOST 2 AS WELL…..AND I DON’T HEAR BULLDOG NATION WHINING….WE ARE CELEBRATING A GREAT SEASON…..WHY DON’T YOU DO THE SAME, YOU WET-BLANKET LOSER….
By Donald
January 3, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this
Too many times recently I find myself agreeing with Terrence. This is another occasion. He’s right. The whining is pathetic. I’ll give Tennessee their due. It was their day. But folks, we lost to South Carolina. We did. In October, Georgia was a decent team…then we turned it all over to Knosheown, and now, we’re the best damned team in the country. Too bad we didn’t take care of business in September.
By BjohnDawg
January 3, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this
Terence you ignorant sl_t.
So LSU deserves to be in after losing to Kentucky and Arkansas at Home?and dont give me that in overtime crap.A loss is a loss.In 60 minutes or 600 minutes still a loss. By your theory of take care of your business and don’t lose they do not belong.Hell they were number #1 twice,all they had to do was win right?Or have writers like you say, they only lost in overtime, so they should go.
And you think Ohio State belongs in the NC. They lost to Illini(at home) next to last game and played a schedule that was weaker then Camden County’s region schedule.( By the way, I am from Camden and I know its weak).
And you think USC belongs after losing to Stanford? Of course they keep blaming injuries.Guess USC is the only team in the country that has injuries to key players.
The fact is that no team can lay a real claim that they “Belong” in the NC game. So Georgia fans have as much right to “whine” as does USC,Wva,Va Tech,Hawaii,Oklahoma, Missouri,Kansas,and anyone else( did I leave someone out).
Maybe you should find another occupation. You are a poor excuse for a sport writer.And located in the wrong part of the country to always rag on the dawgs.
By chazz
January 3, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this
UGA is not number one and I don’t care.
It was an incredible season. A bunch of high school kids were on the field against the Musty Ball Coach and the Great Pumpkin. A bunch of men took the W in Jax. It was great to watch this team, including the coaches, grow and gel.
But, T Moore is a putz. There is no doubt. The AJC is a joke concerned more about getting hits on this blog than reporting.
By dawg fan
January 3, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this
well said terence, but the same thing can be said about LSU and there two losses to Kentucky and Arkansas.
Question for you terence, if N. Dame would have completed there season 10 - 2 and ranked number 4 going into the last week with 1 and 2 losing. would they have moved up? Who would they have played in there championship game? Hmmmmmm
By chris
January 3, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this
Hmm,
Here we go again. I don’t actually believe that any team should make it to the national title game without winning their conference… even if there are some ‘BCS’ conferences that don’t even have a championship game. I also believe you should not get in if you do not schedule 2 of your OOC games against other BCS conference opponents.
However, those are NOT THE RULES! They should be, but they ARE NOT! The problem this year is that the BCS voters and the talking heads at ESPN completely sh*t themselves when the top two lost and they had already ranked UGA number 4. They essentially played the block card and said ‘we don’t care how good we said UGA was… we still won’t allow them to the title game… we screwed up…’. That is what makes the BCS and voting polls a joke. This year UGA should have made it, flawed system or not. Then next year they could change it.
That being said, a simple 8 team playoff would have sufficed to handle this idiocy and HI would never have been invited and they could have been saved their embarrassment and we would be watching UGA and USC battle it out for the NC - or someone else - but it would at least be fair.
Just like anything else in life you get what you incent people to give you - if you don’t want that result - CHANGE THE RULES. But you should not be allowed to bend the rules to your liking in the middle of a season.
By George
January 3, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
Mr Moore how much does the ACJ charge you to allow you to write you stupidy and have it printed. Where did you go to school??? You continue to do nothing but write about how bad the sports teams in Atlanta are so if you don’t like them leave. I will bet you can find more the enought people to help you pack to get out of town. In the mean time save you money because what your writing is not worth useing in the outhouse.
By Jason
January 3, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
Wake Up Terence it’s 2008 ..Do Your Research .. maybe the game ended too late for you but the guys speaking about the National Championship were ASKED about by the announcers.
By Brian
January 3, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this
I’m glad someone said it. U[sic]GA, you lost two games. Stop whining.
By Carroll Akers
January 3, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this
Yall seem to be forgetting one other thing Georgia didn’t do…win their conference…LSU did
By Dolemite
January 3, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
T.Mo., Me and your Mama, Hurricane Annie, are so proud of you keepin’ up the good work. You ain’t much of a writer when it comes to originality, but you sure can keep the people stirred up by spending about 10 minutes a day on another grade-school-quality essay. Because you obviously ain’t got the schoolin’ that your counterparts there at the big city newspaper have, you probably don’t make as much dough. But, if they finally wise up to you down there, maybe the Mayor’s kin will give you some work to do.
By Scott from Connecticut
January 3, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
All “qualified” teams lost a game or two that they weren’t supposed to, with the exception of Hawaii. Do you honestly think the “Ha’a contingent” deserves to be there? I bet Colt Brennan doesn’t. OU lost to Colorado. LSU to UK. USC to Stanford. Don’t insult Dawg fans for being passionate about their team. They have a legit argument to make and they should make it…LOUDLY!
By rmguy
January 3, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this
Yawn…..another save face column. Just another media type who tries to convince anyone who will listen that he is a “fooball expert”. Corso, Holtz, May and now Moore. Just go back and read what they said before the Sugar Bowl and what they say now. Tommy T of Auburn was right. Why would anyone listen to what they say? Do as I do. Read it for comedic relief.
By Monk
January 3, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this
My God, you are such a tool. I am a Dawg fan, I know scores of Dawg fans, and I even read the Dawgvent. I have seen almost NO ONE claim Georgia should be in the BCS game under its current format so I don’t know upon whom you are projecting this claim of “whining.” I do think that a lot us are very, very frustrated with a stupid bowl system that produces games like this year’s Rose and Sugar Bowls. I also think the vast majority of us (fans in general, not just Dawg fans) are sick of the Rose Bowl and its partners blocking it from happening. That’s not whining, that’s frustration.
I know it is your self-appointed role to irritate everyone who reads the paper, so I guess I have to say that you are good at that.
By BIG BOY BALL
January 3, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this
Funny how everybody is dissing Hawaii and Illinois saying they didn’t belong, but nobody layed a bigger egg that Oklahoma last night, so I guess they didn’t belong either. Oh wait..OU is a “big boy” school, whatever the hell that is. Let’s see how many people say they didn’t belong, as well.
By bill
January 3, 2008 8:52 AM | Link to this
Rember where Mr Moore is from, he also thinkd N.D should be a BCS Bowl every year. When you see him on ESPN you hope he is teling us he is taking a new job somewhere else, we can only hope
By TJ
January 3, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this
Hey Dawgs! Let’s stop responding to his trash and he will most likely get fired.
By Dan Cox
January 3, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this
Not a Georgia fan here but I will give them kudos. They are playing as well as anyone in the country right now. But the 2 losses they had not only kept them from winning the SEC title game, they did not even win their division. They should have played USC in the Rose. That would have been a great matchup. It is not Georgia’s fault that Hawaii sucks but unfortunately for them, their can be only two and they are not one of them. Win your division, but a great last half of the season. But please show a little class and give the ball to the ref.
By Plainspeak
January 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
Terrence; You should know by now, THUG-U fans have ALWAYS been whiners…..all they had to do was beat TN OR SC and they could have played LSU..and then there could be some argument. BUT, when you don’t WIN YOUR DIVISION, and WIN YOUR CONFERENCE, just SHUT UP!
By new writers please
January 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
The Georgia Bulldogs are by far the best sports team in the state of georgia. Without the dawgs the state of Georgia is complete $hit in the sports world. So for them to catch flak from the states biggest newpaper is pretty pathetic. All terrence moore is trying to do is incite the largest fan base in the state, mostly because he is incapable of writing something good. It’s his m.o. to write inflammatory columns, he is so bitter that his talents are to substandard to land him in a real job like at espn. Instead terrence works for one of the worst large city newpapers in the entire country. A no talent hack who only got a job thru affirmitive action. The AJC would probably like to fire him but can’t because they know he will sue them for racism. Yes ole terrence would surely use his favorite crutch- racism.
By Plainspeak
January 3, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this
Terrence; You should know by now, THUG-U fans have ALWAYS been whiners…..all they had to do was beat TN OR SC and they could have played LSU..and then there could be some argument. BUT, when you don’t WIN YOUR DIVISION, and WIN YOUR CONFERENCE, just SHUT UP!
By Doug
January 3, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this
Didn’t you write pretty much this exact same column a couple times around the first or second week in December? OK. WE GET IT. Now please, find some new material.
By Whitegoat
January 3, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Whiney dogs. Yeah buddy!! Why don’t you have a black out? Oh, where be that Soulja boy?
By Carl
January 3, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Terrence, most years your comments would be dead on; actually most years the discussion would have never even come up in the context of a two loss team. However, this was not most years. The turmoil in the polls this year clearly revealed no clear consciences as to who should be playing in the BCS championship game. Bulldog fans understand if we had won either the SC or TN game we would have played and likely beaten LSU in the SEC Championship game thus putting us in to the BCS championship game. The issue for many UGA fans is that by the end of the year GA was playing at a level that was clearly better than either LSU or Ohio State. Combine that with the overall turmoil with top ranked teams this year, a ranking system that actually had GA ranked 3 positions above LSU (4 to 7) after the regular season, and you can easily see why GA fans had legitimate grounds to make it an issue. Of course with all the whining you do with little legitimate argument it would be difficult for you to know a legitimate issue from a whine.
By Terrible Truth
January 3, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
Unlike you, Bigot Terence, the Dogs improved and matured over the course of the season. Over the decades, you haven’t improved one bit. Why don’t you move to the west coast and make Al Davis’ final days a little more comfortable?
By The Alpha Male
January 3, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this
Good points, Terrence…… but I wonder if your opinion would be the same if UGA had a black head coach?
By Jim 70
January 3, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
the teams that get screwed are the conference champion losers. uga benefited from not having to play in one. if uga played lsu, then the sec would have only had one team in the bcs - same for the big ten if osu play the illini.
the team that should be whining is mizzou - but maybe not after the licken wv put on okla last night.
there should be a playoff BUT take the six conference champions and two at large but from a pool of independents and mid-major conference champions. eight teams, which only adds two more games - with two team having two extra games and two other teams having one more game. if the first four are played new years day, the semi the week we now have the bcs champion game, it extends the season by only one week.
If you can’t win your conference - you’re done!
By Blackdawg
January 3, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
But Terrence (I bet he hates it when you spell his correctly), we beat the greatest team in history West of California coached by the legendary EX-Falcon Great JUNE JONES.
Man, you should have seen all the spooning going on in the locker room after that game. Matty and Cox, had the curtains closed. It was sooo precious…
GO DAWGS…….SPOON’EM!!!
By Newrandyt
January 3, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this
First let me say congrats to the Dawgs for an awesome performance against the WAC imposter. You represented the SEC well.
Now I must disagree with a lot of what is written in this blog. TM is paid to make calls as he sees them, not be a choirboy for the Dawgs like some of the other sports writers. I’m a Vol living in Atlanta, and TM is right. It may not be what you want to hear as a Dawg but there has been way to much talk (fostered by the AJC frankly) that GA should be in the NC game. The fact is five or six ‘two loss teams’ are making the same claim and their talk is just as lame.
When Jim Cooper was coach for Ohio State, every year he would lose to Michigan and someone else, then cry and moan and complain about how his team was not getting respect and should be considered for the NC. The plain truth was that he didn’t get the job done in the season.
It is the same with GA. You want consideration, then do the job ALL YEAR LONG, not just the last half of the year. Next year if my Vols beat you again (three of the last four years for all of you still thinking GA owns TN), then don’t go jumping on the sportswriters who tell you the truth at the end of the season.
Honestly, you may very well be the best team in the nation, but until you play the first half like the second half, you don’t deserve to get to the “show”.
By GaDawgs7
January 3, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this
YOU are the whiner, moron…Moore-on, it fits! I will never buy another paper, buy advertising, read classified, or support this paper in ANY way until you’re history. The Dawg Nation is not whining…they’re celebrating..talking about what could have been, but looking forward to next year…and of course, everyone knew this column was coming out by you…you are so predictable in your hatred of the Dawgs. How does it feel to be outclassed by every other writer on the AJC staff? You will NEVER be a Furman Bisher…never even be a Shultz..or a Bradley…YU are the loser, you Moore-on!
By hammerhead
January 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
Terence,
How can begin your column with the assumption that the polls and the BCS “got it right” (a title from one of your previous blogs) and then end the column by questioning the legitimacy of Hawai’i being in the Sugar Bowl? The BCS picked Georgia’s opponent, not Georgia, the NCAA, the SEC or any other legitimate entity.
The BCS is a fraud. Regardless of how Georgia fares this year or any year in the future. The BCS is not a system. It is a cruel joke and punishes the fans of college football by leaving the entire fan base hanging at the end of the year with an illegitimate “champion”. I will make the same statement if Georgia is lucky enough to be invited to play in Miami next year. hh
By king
January 3, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this
LSU won the conference, OSU won their conference, USC won their conference, OU won their conference. Why are we still having this argument? UGAis a good team but you did not win your conference OMG! Look at it this way, a child is Valedictorian because he had the better school career not becasue he started making good grades his junior year! If we had a playoff system then we would not have this conversation.
By Dawgcrzy
January 3, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
I wish Bill Hartman would b*** slap you next time you are on Sports Final.Just how long did it take you to come up with this article? Is this all you got?You probably think we should not be ranked top 25.You probably think we are a 8&4 team next year.You probably think you are an intelligent human being.Guess what? WRONG,WRONG and WRONG!!
By JDW
January 3, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
TM, your “article” is not worth any serious attempt at discussion. The only reason I take the time to post is to add another negative voice to those before and after me in the hopes that the AJC will send you on to a postion much more suited to your “talents”. Maybe then the space you consume in my morning paper could be used for worthwhile purposes once again.
By TM
January 3, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this
Terrence Moore is a POS, UGA hating fraud that only has a job at the AJC to fill minority gaps. What an idiot. Everything he writes is against UGA. What a joke.
By georgiagirl
January 3, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
But it’s Okay for BIG BAD LSU to lose 2 games and go to the NC. Terrance do us all a favor and go stick your head in a big hole somewhere and stay there. Please move away. And South Carolina fans starting to run their mouths early, we will see in 9 months who does what, don’t get to cocky yet. Nine months is a long time. Yes you did beat UGA, but what happen to your team. Four SEC games in a row and Vandy. Oh yea, that’s what the OBC said about UGA. But we got better as a team and if that team want to dance wear what ever color, that’s damn fine with the fans. So run your mouth all you like because I don’t give a damn what you say about the GEORGIA BULLDAWGS. It’s great tbe a GEORGIA BULLDOGS. Now clean up around your own door steps.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLACKOUT RED AND BLACK SIC-EM DANCE GLORY GLORY TO OLD GEORGIA HUNKER DOWN 2007 TURN OUT TO BE A GREAT YEAR.
By georgiagirl
January 3, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
But it’s Okay for BIG BAD LSU to lose 2 games and go to the NC. Terrance do us all a favor and go stick your head in a big hole somewhere and stay there. Please move away. And South Carolina fans starting to run their mouths early, we will see in 9 months who does what, don’t get to cocky yet. Nine months is a long time. Yes you did beat UGA, but what happen to your team. Four SEC games in a row and Vandy. Oh yea, that’s what the OBC said about UGA. But we got better as a team and if that team want to dance wear what ever color, that’s damn fine with the fans. So run your mouth all you like because I don’t give a damn what you say about the GEORGIA BULLDAWGS. It’s great tbe a GEORGIA BULLDOGS. Now clean up around your own door steps.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLACKOUT RED AND BLACK SIC-EM DANCE GLORY GLORY TO OLD GEORGIA HUNKER DOWN 2007 TURN OUT TO BE A GREAT YEAR.
By Brooks
January 3, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
Terrance Moore is a racist, biased piece of journalistic garbage that is the equivalent of Howard Stern in the sportswriting world. The shock and awe factor. WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK ? YOU ARE NOT AN AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING IN SPORTS. YOU’RE THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO STOP WHINING ABOUT RACISM IN SPORTS. You are a joke. Try writing about something that really matters to AJC readers not about a superior Georgia team or the 199? Braves and how they choked. I can’t believe they put you on television. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!
By bigshelly
January 3, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Hey, Real Football Fan ur Trojans was playing an overrated team also. U put Illinois and Hawaii on the same field and it’s a coin toss on who would win. That remark u said (I would like to see UGA keep up with USC) should be the other way. This is the reason why we need a playoff in DIVISION IA football.
By akd18
January 3, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this
Yeah guys, you’re right. A loss is a loss even in triple overtime. Just like a loss is a loss in the SEC east. Some point in elementary school (if you dawgs made it that far) you learn a few things, such as a heirarchy. How can you be playing for the NC if you aren’t even determined to be the best in the eastern part of the south east? There are conferences and championships for a reason, and you guys didn’t contend in either. Yeah, UGA is a great team, and would probably woop Ohio State right now (just as anyone would), but you have not had the best or second best SEASON this year. And whine all you want about “well they ranked us 4th knowing we wouldn’t be playing in the conference championship”. LSU was coming off of a loss and as you know, a win usually moves you up. They won a game that you weren’t even accomplished enough to play in. Get over it, you’ll be a preseason top 5 next year and then you’ll have zero excuses. Win the SEC east and then the SEC, and I gurantee you you’ll be in the NC.
By akd18
January 3, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
Yeah guys, you’re right. A loss is a loss even in triple overtime. Just like a loss is a loss in the SEC east. Some point in elementary school (if you dawgs made it that far) you learn a few things, such as a heirarchy. How can you be playing for the NC if you aren’t even determined to be the best in the eastern part of the south east? There are conferences and championships for a reason, and you guys didn’t contend in either. Yeah, UGA is a great team, and would probably woop Ohio State right now (just as anyone would), but you have not had the best or second best SEASON this year. And whine all you want about “well they ranked us 4th knowing we wouldn’t be playing in the conference championship”. LSU was coming off of a loss and as you know, a win usually moves you up. They won a game that you weren’t even accomplished enough to play in. Get over it, you’ll be a preseason top 5 next year and then you’ll have zero excuses. Win the SEC east and then the SEC, and I gurantee you you’ll be in the NC.
By Keith Strawn
January 3, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
Terrance Moore is so stupid, sometimes I think he actually believes that stuff he writes. Who’s whining at UGA? I haven’t heard any whining. I hear fans celebrating a great season, and wishing UGA had had a chance to play in the national title game. Is that whining? If Moore would read some of the national pundits — ESPN, CNNSI, etc., he’d hear some objective voices saying that Georgia was playing as well as anyone during bowl season. As far as having nobody to blame but themselves for losing to a “mediocre” South Carolina team, didn’t Southern lose to a bad Stanford team? Didn’t Ohio State lose to an Illinois team that just got embarrassed by Southern Cal? Didn’t LSU lose to an Arkansas team that had underperformed to the point its coach got fired the next day? In a season in which everyone lost to someone they weren’t supposed to lose to, only an imbecile like Moore would make a statement like that. Does he actually watch any college football? And what hypocrisy — Terrance Moore has been the Whiner-in-Chief for the AJC for years. For lack of anything intelligent or insightful to say, Moore whines in about 70 percent of his articles. Terrance Moore needs to go back to writing odes and love songs to his beloved Notre Dame.
By Chris
January 3, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
I don’t think most of us are upset that we’re not playing in the NC game, but that we were matched up against Hawaii instead of a worthy team. That IS the fault of the BCS and the bowls, not the Georgia Bulldogs.
Shutup Terence!
By GetOverIt
January 3, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Ok Dee,CL,TheJuice,Chris,GAGirl If Terrence is so bad, why do you keep reading him and better yet commenting on here about it? He has successfully done his job in getting readers and exposure and you all keep feeding the fire. I challenge you to come up with just one column, 1000 words and see how you do. I mean the way you bash Terrence for his poor performance, it should be a piece of cake for you. We’re waiting…….
By anti-TMoore
January 3, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this
Leave it to you Mr. Moore to make a great day into a bad one with your lack of ability to allow a Georgia team to enjoy just a day or two of bliss!! GET OUT OF GEORGIA if you hate the teams so much!! My gawd why in the world are you here?? Pack up and move elsewhere we would all be glad to pony up some money for an airline ticket!!!
NO MOORE!!
By G. Dawg
January 3, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this
Mr. Moore - You are speaking of the Dawgs earning a BCS title spot in the historical sense. Typically yes, no NCAA team with two losses to mediocre teams on its record should be considered. On that rule alone OSU or LSU are not worthy either. This year was anything but typical. The point that the Dawg nation and most other unbiased media members are trying to make is that the Dawgs should have been considered as a legitimate contender based on their performance for the year, and they were not. Please, if not to us, admit to yourself that the Dawg’s argument is just as sound as any other team’s and lets all move on.
P.S. While we are challenging you to introspectively analyze your biases…I can’t help but wonder, if the UGA’s head coach were African American, would you be insisting the Dawg’s were not considered because of his race?
By NCH Trojan
January 3, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
Hold your ground T, you are absolutely right.
Please tell me again why we don’t have a playoff system in college football?
And don’t forget, alot of smart, young people came out of Mt. Healthy…the smarter they were the younger they came out.
From your old neighbor south of you.
By jim
January 3, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
I DONT WANT A TITLE. IN THE END IF THE BCS WAS WORTH A DAMN UGA WOULD BE PLAYING USC IN THE ROSE BOWL TO SEE WHO IS RANKED NUMBER ONE PRESEASON IN 08’ THATS WHAT THE BULLDOG NATION WANTED. GIVE IT UP
By UGA V
January 3, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
Hey, Terence, how did Notre Dame do this year?
By July Jones
January 3, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
Right on Terrence !
The sense of entitlement in the Bulldog nation is a joke. Not only do you not win your conference, you don’t even win the division in your conference. But, because you beat Florida (which turned out not to be that great after all) and a Hawaii team half your size, all of a sudden you deserve the national championship.
Does anybody remember the slam dance on the 50 yard line at Vandy ? Or the ‘Overrated’ chant in the Sugar Bowl.
Sometimes I think GA needs to be ranked number 1 because their graduates can’t count any higher.
How proud you must be.
By Chris
January 3, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this
Terrance,
You don’t make any sense. UGA can argue just as much as USC. The fact is no team is perfect. The national champion is either going to be a team that lost to Illinois (who showed how great they were) or a team that had 2 losses (one against Kentucky and Arkansas).
College football needs to get over the tradition and let the teams start deciding who the real champion is in a small playoff system. And don’t give me the BS that the regular season is the playoffs… name me another sport where perfection is expected in its regular season?
By MikeJones
January 3, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this
This article and the accompanying headlines are both insulting and juvenile. They have no place in the media. If you would like to start a I hate UGA blog, I urge you to do so.
THIS is why the AJC is laughed upon as a joke of a newspaper.
By HS&P
January 3, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Congratulations Terrance, instead of praising a bunch of guys who worked their butts off to turn what could have been a tough season into a phenomenal one, you decide to tear them down.
That really says a lot about your character. You sold your soul a long time ago to make a buck and that’s too bad, especially in today’s society.
Just a “Congratulations Dawgs on a fine season” would have been enough, but not for you. Instead you want to tear them down. Just a disgrace to your family and the people of Georgia who see an opportunity to build up some young men who worked hard.
Congratulation Terrance!
By SEC Fan
January 3, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Don’t know about ya’ll but I am about tired of the whiny bulldog bark and that damn gator clap. GEEZ.
By sweet tea
January 3, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
I haven’t heard a single whine coming from Athens. It’s rabble rousers like Moore and Fox who are doing it. I’m proud of the Dogs dignity.
By rhmssi
January 3, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Don’t let this a hole put a wet blanket on our celebration. The only whinning I hear is TM because the dogs had a great year. If we had won National Championship, he would have found something negative to say.
Sour grapes. Who knows, maybe Tech will have a good year and he will have something positive to say.
But then again, Tech won’t have a good year because, well, they are Tech after all.
By Kevy D
January 3, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
There will always be controversy as long as we do not have a playoff system… LSU lost to Arkansas and Kentucky Ohio State lost to Illinois West Virginia lost to Pitt and South Florida Oklahoma lost to Colorado and Texas Tech and now West Virginia Southern Cal lost to Stanford and Oregon Georgia lost to South Carolina and Tennessee We have all had our moments this year and that is why no one can ever truly be considered the best without a playoff system…thus the reason college fans drink too much!
By Plainspeak
January 3, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
You LOST to SC, you LOST to TN (again, last 3 of 4, and series)…so shut up. Worst fans in College Football.
By dave345
January 3, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
WELL SAID. YOU GUYS ONLY BEAT AN OVERHYPED AND OVERRATED HAWAII JV SQUAD..CMON. NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN THE SEC AND YOU’RE HUFFING ABOUT BEING IN THE TITLE GAME??
By RU Kiddin'
January 3, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this
Great article! Too bad you simpletons can’t see that Moore is actually on your side.
After seeing WVU dismantle a truly bowl-worthy opponent (OK) last night, one thing is clear - they have a lot more right to whine about not playing in the NC game than does UGA.
By Wasting your breath
January 3, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this
Everyone is just feeding his career. The best thing that could happen would be for Terence to write an article have have not one post. Not one!
You are never going to change his mind. He does this just to get this kind of reaction. If you want him to go, let his managers see empty pages.
By ballou1024
January 3, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this
By the way the LSU team with 2 losses won their conference championship.The 2 loss Georgia team couldn’t win their division. Don’t count on winning it next year. Florida will be looking for revenge and they still own Georgia and the Dawgs record against Tennessee the last 15 games is 4 wins and 11 losses!
By John
January 3, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
TO: UGA FROM: an Auburn alum SUBJECT: Not winning your conference = no MNC for you
Let me remind folks: Auburn 2004 went 13-0, won their their division, won the SEC, and STILL didn’t go to the MNC game (the Orange Bowl). Passed over by Chokelahoma who were SOUNDLY beaten by USC. We won the Sugar Bowl….Do we have a right to call the BCS B.S.? YEP. We did all we could and STILL could not get in.
Now, UGA improved and recovered from USC and UT trashings. HOWEVER, you did not win your division, you did not win the SEC. As such, you do NOT, no matter how well you played at the end of the year, you still do not deserve to go. Why? Because you did NOT win all the games. I think it was Nebraska or Oklahoma a few years ago that did not win their conference (losing in the Big 12 game), and went to the MNC game. That was NOT fair (they got beat, whomever it was, badly).
Now, when you go 13-0, and get left out, THEN you have an argument. Right now, UGA, or any team for that matter, has no argument.
LSU, sure they have two loses…HOWEVER, they WON their division and WON the SEC. They DO deserve to go.
USC-Illinois: Rose- UGA deserved the Rose, not Ill-Noise…
Hopefully, the BCS games this year drew poor national rankings, and will continue to expose the BCS for what it is: PURE B.S.
It is time for a playoff, between conference winners ONLY.
By Ashley
January 3, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
LSU lost to 2 ranked, in-conference teams in triple overtime. Georgia lost to South Carolina (LSU beat) and to Tennessee (LSU beat for the SEC title). No one has said the BCS is the best system but it is the only system we have this season to determine a national title. Pull for the SEC to win the national title and next season the conference will have more strength to pull Georgia into another BCS bowl game. If UGA wins their conference, then the title game may be a possibility next season.
By Georgia Homepage
January 3, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
“We interrupt your euphoria”. Yes, TM, your article headline says it correctly. Don’t ever forget it. It’s ours, not yours. All you are is a miserable excuse for a human being and an OUTSIDER. I wish you would take your misery back to where you came from but I will settle for you remembering you are NOT a part of what is good about Georgia.
By Petey Wheatstraw
January 3, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
How can LSU legitimately jump Ga. to get into the Championship? Does anyone realize that they lost two games since Notre Dame last lost one? That in itself should knock them out of the top 10.
By tallreddawg97
January 3, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
Bulldawg nation, let us show the class that we ALL have and let this dummy do his job that he is so good at…..being an instigating Bulldog hater and quintessential JACKA. You sir will NOT make me upset with your TAUNTING. GO DAWWWWWWWGS….SIC MOORE A!!!!!!!!!!
By k martin
January 3, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this
at one point this season UGA had lost 6 straight games to SEC East opponents
and some of you are moaning about being screwed? Go back a few months when you were calling for Martinez’ head! And Mark Richt!
UGA is playing some good ball right now, but the victory against Hawaii proved very little. Georgia Southern could beat Hawaii.
Terence is right on with this one…
By DAWG75
January 3, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this
Who are all the UGA fans crying we did not get a National Championship? The only ones I hear say we got screwed out of a better bowl. Figures this piece of Trash would write this just to get a rise out of fans. He had nothing else to write. DT and Quincy, just a questions, so the two teams one that lost two games and one that lost to Ill on a weak schedule deserve to be there? July Jones eat a dic5, whose your team trash talker??? For you crybabies that heard overrated at the Sugar Bowl, you probably were not even there, Hawaii was chanting LSU first so shut the hell up and stop hating the DAWGS.
By CeeJay
January 3, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
My opinion….