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2008 really could be Georgia’s year

By Mark Bradley | Tuesday, January 8, 2008, 07:48 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Mark Bradley

New Orleans — Les Miles pretty much figured this would be LSU’s championship season, but we shouldn’t put great stock in that. “I’ve kind of been wrong,” he said Tuesday morning. “I thought the first two years [at LSU] would be as well, and it ended up I was wrong.”

Miles’ Tigers won the BCS title here Monday night. There’s a good chance Georgia, which finished No. 2 in the final Associated Press poll, will play for the national championship in Miami on Jan. 8, 2009. But as we move from the crazy season just completed to the one that commences in August, we need ask: How do you actually know when it’s your year?

Much of it, duh, has to do with players. LSU had 15 holdover starters but lost four NFL first-round draftees from the team that finished No. 3 in the rankings. Georgia is scheduled to have 17 starters back, which augurs nicely. But LSU had something Georgia won’t have.

Back when Florida State was a factor, Bobby Bowden used to say, “You can have a national-championship team but not a national-championship schedule.” (He pronounces it “SKED-jule.”) The Tigers had the requisite series of high-profile games, and four of what appeared to be their six toughest games were staged in Baton Rouge.

The Bulldogs, by way of contrast, must face South Carolina, Arizona State, LSU and Auburn on the road and Florida in Jacksonville. (They also have to go to Kentucky, which won’t be as formidable next season.) Only two or three of Georgia’s eight toughest games — Alabama, Tennessee and, depending on how well and how quickly Paul Johnson works, Georgia Tech — will be played in Sanford Stadium. That’s a really rutty road.

Georgia, however, might well be strong enough to negotiate it. It’s probably too much to ask that a team with such a schedule go undefeated, but LSU just proved that even two losses — provided they’re honorable and provided everybody else keeps losing, too — is no barrier to a national title. And the Bulldogs will have the same thing working for them that worked for the Tigers, and that’s the ever-expanding aura of the SEC.

This was Miles late Monday night, his team having thumped Ohio State: “The SEC isn’t a league where you’re just going to have dominant games week after week after week. You’re going to have to play competitively, play from behind and take risks. I think that puts the SEC champion in a game like this with some comfort. Down 10, there’s no panic in this team. Are you kidding me? We’ve been down 10 before. We understand how to play.”

As frustrating as LSU could be to watch — all those penalties! — there was an undeniable toughness about these Tigers, about Matt Flynn and Early Doucet and Ali Highsmith and Jacob Hester. And that, Miles concluded, was how he knew LSU’s time was at hand. “This team in this instance,” he said, “saw it as their year.”

Will Georgia develop that same tenacity? Will Knowshon Moreno and Matthew Stafford and Rennie Curran see a national championship as their manifest destiny and refuse to accept anything less? Will they play with the same verve as they did that transforming day in Jacksonville? Will they see all those road games not as banana peels but as launch platforms?

We can’t know that now, no more than Miles could know anything for sure five months ago. All that’s knowable today is that Georgia figures to enter the 2008 season no worse off than LSU entered 2007 — the Tigers were No. 2 in preseason behind Southern Cal — and that we’re assured of seeing the game next season we were denied this time.

Georgia and LSU will meet in Baton Rouge on Oct. 25 and perhaps again in the Georgia Dome on Dec. 6. The Bulldogs might or might not have been as strong as LSU this season. Next fall they’ll have ample chance to prove their point.

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By Herschel Talker

January 8, 2008 8:04 PM | Link to this

First!!!

With our impossible schedule, even 1 loss will put us in the title game, and maybe 2.

By tom

January 8, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

Really brutal schedule - Coach Richt is the best!

By tom

January 8, 2008 8:20 PM | Link to this

Really brutal schedule - Coach Richt is the best!

By quaildawg

January 8, 2008 8:39 PM | Link to this

From the latest poll released it looks like UGA will not only have to overcome their schedule but also the Coaches Poll. How pray tell does the #4 ranked team who dismantled the 10th ranked team and have the three teams above them lose get jumped by the #6th ranked team who beat the #13th ranked team by one more point???????????? That one point must have really been the icing!!!!

By Tony Tiger

January 8, 2008 8:41 PM | Link to this

UGA, learn how to beat TN and play some real non-conf games before you even think about #1. Pup nation thought the world ended after Fulmer kicked yours and thought Rome (Athens) was built in a day after barely beating Vandy. Will you be wearing silver jerseys and red pants when LSU beats you badly next year? It wont matter!!

By Beach Dawg

January 8, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

Let’s be careful crowning champs a year in advance because there are many potential bumps ahead — academic qualification, potential suspensions for misbehavior (how many last year), overconfidence, etc, etc. Having said that the Dawgs have the potential be be very, very good.

By famous_bt8

January 8, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

My thoughts exactly quaildawg…

By dawgsarejokes

January 8, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this

It’s amazing how all these Georgia writers can foresee the future and rank Georgia number one when they haven’t even taken the field yet. Can’t wait for Georgia’s first 3 losses so the whining can begin. I can see it now, huddles just like Ohio State, pointing fingers and crying on the sidelines. Maybe Markie boy can take them swimming again or let them run onto the field against the likes of powerhouses Georgia Southern or Central Michigan, even better the mighty Georgia Tech Flea Flickers. My what a “Brutal Schedule”. Maybe the cheerleaders can get involved into the running onto the field and the second string can practice running after them so it will toughen them up for next year. With all the whining about not being national champs this year did you think maybe you just ought to finish first in the conference? Oh that’s right, we’re Georgia we don’t have to earn anything we expect it to be handed to us. I can see it getting UGLY on the sidelines next year. P** Pups whining all over the place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By lakedawg

January 8, 2008 8:46 PM | Link to this

I don’t like all the talk about gettin’ in with 1 or 2 losses. Our attitude and the teams’ should be that we win ‘em all. Take no prisoners !

By Lowcountry Dawg

January 8, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

Well, here’s our chance…and, by far, we’ve got the toughest schedule in the country…

at Tempe, AZ against Ariz. St.

at Baton Rouge, LA against LSU

at Lexington, KY against Kentucky

Florida in Jacksonville

at Auburn

If we can make it through that…we WILL BE CHAMPS!!!

GOOOOOO DAWGS!!!

By Jim S.

January 8, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

I just hope the guys stay out of trouble, do their school work, and make it their mission to win this thing next year. This is truly a talented bunch and UGA will have some freshmen who will be able to come in and contribute. I hope the players know just how hard they’ll have to work, because it will be tough. I believe, however, that Coach Richt will have them ready for the run.

By Born n raised

January 8, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

TOUGH SCHEDULE BUT TOUGH DAWGS ALSO! THEY WILL ALL BE BATTLE TESTED AND HUNGRY!!!

By Bill

January 8, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this

San Dimas High School football rules!

By munsondawg

January 8, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this

Hey Tony the Tiger - you sir are an idiot.

By BigDawg17

January 8, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this

Just a couple quick facts.

USC played 13 games of which 5 of those teams had winning records. Eight did not. USC’s overall opponent records were a combined 77 wins and 82 loses. Voted number 2 they don’t belong in the top five.

OSU played 13 games of which 7 teams had winning records and overall opponent records were 86 wins 76 loses.

UGA played 13 games of which 9 teams had winning records and they had combined records of 92 wins 72 loses.

LSU played 14 games of which 9 teams had winning records and combined were 104 wins and 74 loses.

You do the math.

By boots

January 8, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

Like a lot of Georgia fans, I hated having years with .500 records. I even hate going to the Music City Bowl, the Peach Bowl or even the Outback. I want to be the SEC Champion every year and be in the conversation for the NC. But 10 years ago, we were far away from that point. Now we are approaching “the Promised Land,” and I am feeling good about our chances for crossing the Jordon River in to Miami next January. However, there will be challenges. Championship teams are determined as much by what happens off the field as what happens on it - hard work by coaches behind the scenes, putting egos aside, the early morning runs in the summer, decisions to study a little more or avoid tempting situations, and the hard work of many others who never get the attention they deserve. Getting to September is hard enough, and if these men work together and builds a team, I don’t think the schedule will look quite as difficult as it does now. Go Dawgs!

By stewart

January 8, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

Hey Tony Tiger! Are you not enjoying your LSWHO mythical National championship enough that you have to post something like this. After losing TWO games when #1 to mediocre SEC teams you were lucky that the pre-season voters and media did not want to look bad with their pre-season rankings. That my friend is the ONLY reason you played a HOME national championship game. TWO mythical championships in your backyard must be nice. However, it ends next year when the DAWGS come a calling down on the lifeless buyou! It would NOT of happened this year for you had Georgia met you in the SEC championship. You were very lucky. Lastly, how does it feel to hate on your coach and then kiss his batooty when he wins with Saben’s players. Hope it was fun while it lasted and if not for a national championship possibility the Michigan man would have been gone anyway. After the next five seasons, you’ll wished he would because he will have DAMN FINE FOOTBALL TEAMS and will be unable to coach them up. As for the DAWG nation stability will continue to reign! HAVE A NICE DAY! (as echoed by your military coach!) I will be looking for some boodan down there next season!!!!!!!

By munsondawg

January 8, 2008 9:04 PM | Link to this

dawgsarejokes:

Maybe one day your team will be able to have all the press the dawgs are getting - until then, you are not qualified to post. All you do is make a fool out of yourself.

By Hunk Erdown

January 8, 2008 9:08 PM | Link to this

Two years ago Florida went into the season with a similar schedule, everyone thought there was no way they could come out of the year without losing at least three, but they made it through and thrashed OSU like the scout team. This past year was like a Rocky movie… it came down to who could take a punch and get back up to stay in it. I hope UGA can take em one at a time and run the table, if we do, with our schedule, there will be no doubt or controversy. This is what we want, bring on all comers and lets get ready to rumble. No one will be able to point to our patsy schedule or say we backed into it. We will have a rough ride because folks want some revenge for our “get fired up tactics” from 2007, and I love it. We won’t be sneaking up on nobody, we’re going to be on the road for our toughest games and if we meet our goals it will be a slugfest, taking no prisoners. It will be tough but it sets up to be a road to the Championship. Florida will be ready. Auburn will be pi$$ed. Tennessee will feel a psychological advantage. LSU will have a NC banner from yesterday and an attitude to go with it. We will have a target on our backs and we will have to play like we never have. I absolutely love it. I hope the team will consider the amicable position we are in and stay out of trouble, preparing like they have never prepared before. I wish I could be the waterboy, just so I could experience the ride with them… It could be a very special year… No more “reloading” no more “rebuilding”, and no excuses.

Go you hairy Dawgs!!!

By Troy

January 8, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

Tough road and there will plenty of folks just waiting to pounce if we do stumble (that’s our own fault though for the boisterous fanbase). Next few years thought the Dawgs have the opportunity to be a USC (the real one) type program. I just hope Stafford learns to control the distractions of going to college in Athens. He does have a bit of Brett Favre in him in his propensity to party and chase tail (hard to fault him for that). Savior these years Dawgs, an era like this only comes along once in a lifetime.

By heeldawg

January 8, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

There will be haters and doubters and jealous folks all around—all of the Tech fans and Gamecock fans and others who wish their teams were in Georgia’s shoes, with a top-quality person as a coach, tons of returning talent and a phenomenal recruiting class to boot. People like “dogsarejokes” can spout their drivel all they want, but the reality of it all is that the Dawgs are NOT going to lose three games, and in all likelihood will not lose two. Georgia will be more talented than any team it faces, and while the schedule is very tough indeed—reminiscent of the Florida schedule of the 2006 season—it is surmountable. The Dawgs have the talent to win every game; there is little doubt of that. More importantly, they have a burning desire to fulfill what they feel is their destiny as a team. No one will leave the team early this season for one very good reason: they all see what is coming, the chance to be part of something special, something without precedent in Georgia football history: to be a part of the beginning of the new U.Ga. dynasty, a dynasty more sustainable than the 1980-1983 Herschel Walker years.

In head-to-head matchups against Arizona State, South Carolina, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Ga Tech, Vandy, LSU and others, Georgia will have the edge in experience and at least equal talent. But it is that desire—the desire to be the best—that will propel this team next season to unimagined heights.

Dawg fans, get ready. It’s starting.

By Mitzi Boyd

January 8, 2008 9:12 PM | Link to this

I have to respond to Dawgsarejokes comments. Does this person even know about college football? Is he or she even aware of the powerhouse of the SEC? Has the author ever been to a Georgia game? Or Jacksonville? Or a “Blackout”? Whining dawgs?! I don’t think so. Winning Dawgs. Georgia’s talent and class coach will speak for themselves next year. I just wish we could have played USC this week. It would have made for a much better game than Hawaii.GO DAWGS!!

By Najeh Davenpoop

January 8, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this

Maybe I’m just stupid (after all, I did once take a dump in my girlfriend’s closet)… but how exactly ARE you supposed to pronounce “schedule”? Surely you don’t mean the British way. What’s wrong with “SKED-jule”?

By Tom

January 8, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this

dawgsarejokes …..

Well now … munsondawg put you in your place didn’t he after all that BS you spewed!!!

By Jake

January 8, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

You have to remember who you are talking about. USC is the darling of the media. It really doesn’t matter because if the Dawgs come out next year and take care of business, we will be just fine. September can’t get here soon enough, that’s for sure.

By dawgsarejokes

January 8, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

munsondawg, You moron, are you so unqualified to post that you don’t realize it is only the Atlanta Constipation that has any interest in the dawwwwwwwwwwwgs? You lose to the likes of South Carolina, Tennessee when they are having a down year, you barely beat Florida you barely beat Alabama and wow way to score on Vanderbilt..that was all of 3 points I believe and Troy Oh My 44-34 what a game!!!!Then how can we forget the likes of Hawaii the Rainbows, goodness gracious such a convincing season. Maybe next year you will actually schedule a tough out of conference opponents. Oh wait….too late for that you already have that padded schedule, oh well maybe next year as Munson laments every year. I think the last NC was the 80’s is that correct??????????? That’s not exactly a dynasty’s there Georgia, I thought dawwwwgs ate bones, not lay eggs.

By hotrod

January 8, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

tough schedule next year,lets see how the first four games go before we talk orange bowl,if these kids read all this they might not work hard enough.CMR HAS A HARD JOB IN FRONT OF HIM,but I know he can do it.

By jimmy

January 8, 2008 9:25 PM | Link to this

hey dawgsarejokes…. your a douche bag!!! why don’t you go hang out on your tech maggot blog.

By dawgsarejokes

January 8, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this

Mitzi Boyd

Black out?????????????Sounds like pop warner stuff to me. Real teams just show up and play and leave the children’s stuff to the smaller leagues.

By uga grad 92

January 8, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

Hey Dawgsarejokes…..why don’t you go to your own blog and discuss how Paul Johnson and his triple-option are going to get you back to the Humanitarian bowl….YOU LOSER! GO DAWGS…..NC TALK AND HYPE IS WHAT WE NEED!!!

By TW

January 8, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this

Bradley - You gave us a bunch of crap for firing Donnan. Apologize or go cover flag-football at Tech.

By stewart

January 8, 2008 9:32 PM | Link to this

TO DAWGS ARE JOKES-

O.K. everyone, it is obvious this person is not a fan of an SEC team as what he said in the last post shows his ignorance about the FINEST conference in all of football. He is so proud of his team that he will NOT even share who that team is!

By Gator

January 8, 2008 9:32 PM | Link to this

Here we go again Mark Bradley jumping on the Wagon. You sports writers in Georiga are a joke! Evertime this football team has a decent season you guys curse it. We have been hearing about Georgia winning a national title for about the last what 25 years. I guess LSU and Florida are going to just lay down and give it to them, In Florida we never talk about National Champions ships untill the end of the season what a desperate bunch of sports writers.

By DickHead Dawgs

January 8, 2008 9:33 PM | Link to this

Did UGA play last night? No, so case closed. UGA can bark all it wants it has no bite to the NC crown. LSU won it. Celebrate with your fellow SEC bretheron and the fact that the DAWGS made a great showing in the Sugar Bowl. Then shut up about the 2008 season and just win. Then you don’t rely on any one else to take care of your business. For those of you that want to argue, the DAWGS can in second in the SEC East. Like it or not, LSU won the conference. The rules never changed from the start of the season. Win your division and go to the conference championship. That’s why the DAWGS had to pray to KY and Vandy to beat UT. UT had a streak and deserved to represent the EAST and don’t forget, like your could, they beat the snot out of the DAWGS for the second year in a row. Chew on that bone DAWG lovers.

By thogwummpy

January 8, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this

One of the quiet stories not really mentioned about UGA next year, is that when Moreno is resting, the Dawgs are going to have Caleb King (redshirted this year) getting tailback duties. And HE could be just as good as Moreno. Remember, it’s King that was touted as the next Herschel coming out of high school. Boy-o-boy-o-boy!!!

By jimmy

January 8, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this

hey dawgsarejokes…. just the ajc huh? well i guess espn is a bunch of morons too. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3186264

like i said…. your a douche bag!!!!

By Troy

January 8, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this

dogsarejokes apparently is (a) in seventh grade, (b) rode the short bus to school, (c) a Tech grad that got his lunch tray shoved in his lap everyday by the cool kids that eventually went to UGA when they graduated, (d) McLovin. Let the voting begin.

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

dawgsarejokes

Shhhhh. Look in the mirror!

By Hunk Erdown

January 8, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

Great post Heeldawg!

You are correct sir, the championship year for these Dawgs has already begun. The seeds that have been sowed are in deep, good soil. The work begins now, the harvest begins in August. During the Sugar bowl week I was able to see the team close up, there is a swagger among the guys that is not bred in overconfidence, but a look in their eyes that shows a hunger for their destiny to be fullfilled. Coach Richt has changed… He has realized and is living out a role that is different than the past. He has been liberated from the fetters that have tied him down and has delegated authority to men who are on the same page and have the confidence to lead their men into battle. We have suffered the past several years of having men in the trenches who were not quite up to the task… those days are history. We have big, strong, young men who have met the enemy and conquered them. They are very good, but have the potential and the leadership to be phenominal. We have a quarterback who is great but has not yet scratched the surface of his potential. We have backs and receivers who have unlimited ability. We have a very special group of red-shirts that are chomping at the bit. We have a new class of freshmen that are heralded as one of the best groups in the Nation. There is a brotherhood… almost spiritual in nature in the locker room that only comes together once in several lifetimes. There is a cohesiveness between team mates that will carry them deep into the bloody fourth quarters of battle with a twinkle in the eye that assures victory. This is going to be a very special next few years… No wonder Coach Richt is smiling like a full bellied possum.

My God, how I love my Dawgs!

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 9:45 PM | Link to this

Gator

“Champions ships ” never stepped onto the UF campus, huh. 12th grade, 14th grade?

By Gene

January 8, 2008 9:46 PM | Link to this

Please find something else to write about. Football is over, and speculation about next year is dangerous and a waste of time. In spite of what some high school drop outs think, this is not a UGA blog. Fans of other schools should be able to express their opinions without being threatened. Write something about a Georgia team with some class, like women’s gymnastics.

By stewart

January 8, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this

TO Gayturd- NO chomp this year OR next, sorry! Oh by the way after 18 years of spurrier…..still gotcha by 10 games overall….outch….!!!!That’s gptta hurt. You’ve only been around for a decade or so…..What about the other 80 some odd years of football. Before Spurrier you were another South Carolina!!! After Spurrier…you’ve been beaten by South Carolina and Spurrier!! Gator Bait…..think not anymore!!!!!

By Michael

January 8, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this

I like college football too but you all take this too seriously. Unless you have money on the games it’s just cheap entertainment and who gives a s*it. Oh yeah, GO DAWGS!

By Mr. Carlton

January 8, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

Talk about some high expectations. Granted, Georgia returns some talent, but the current system favors teams with weaker schedules(see USC, Ohio State). LSU, Tenn, Auburn, Florida, even South Carolina await.

By Slim Whitman

January 8, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

Miss Najeh Davenpoop, I love your blogs you are the best will you marry me? I am a Georgia grad and root for the SEC…I think OSU played hard and should be proud of a good effort…it isn’t always winners and losers its for the fellowship and love of competition we should be happy we have each other

By Gator

January 8, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this

Here we go again! Mark Bradley jumping on the wagon: You sports writers in Ga. are a joke all you do is curse this team year after year: How many good teams has Mark Richt had with great talent and no championships to show for it? I guess Florida and LSU are going to lay down and give it to Ga. The sportwriters in Florida dont start tallking championships untill the last game is played. You sports writers in Georgia are a despreate bunch.

By DCDAWG

January 8, 2008 10:00 PM | Link to this

Let’s wait until we’ve played a few games before we crown ourselves 2008/9 national champions. This is just the type of overconfidence that gets a Michigan beaten by App State. We’ll be good but we gotta be great and greatness is earned, not given.

By munsondawg

January 8, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this

dawgsarejokes:

It really is a b… being a loser and an idiot. Make sure mommy tucks your in tonight and dream about the dawgs. That is as close you will ever come to having a winning seaon.

What a putz!

By Hunk Erdown

January 8, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this

You are right DickHead, the LSU Tigers are the National Champions. UGA certainly lost to SC and Tennessee and did not outrightly win our division. We only went 11-2 for the year… we were picked to go 7-6 or 8-5 at best. There was no way all those freshmen linemen could grow up so fast that they could carry us to have a chance at greatness. We were supposed to finsh third in our division and be lucky if we could crack the top 25 in the final polls. And yet… We have secured the number 2 spot in the final polls and didn’t even win our division. Three AP voters were so dillusional as to pick us number 1 in the final poll, only one of the three is from Ga and he has been our toughest critic. I don’t think, nor have I advocated that UGA got ripped in the polls at any time this year, our loss to South Carolina was a stone in our path that made us undeserving of a number one ranking in my humble opinion. But anyone who can honestly say that we didn’t play our a*******es off and over achieve under the circumstances is either a moron or out-to-lunch in their capacity to understand football. Criticize us for looking forward to our next season with fervor and anticipation if you like but we are stacked, mon ami. We are ready to rumble, and anyone who can beat us will have a very special team. Our defensive ends will continue to set records with their uncanny ability to sack quaterbacks (see Tim Tebow for references or Young Mr. Colt, when he awakes from his coma and is able to speak without those depressing tears and a box of kleenex). Please excuse us for looking forward to 2008, but anyone with an ounce of football knowledge understands our anticipation. Continue in your bashing and poor mouthing, sir, but when the next kick off comes around please come back and be man enough to tell us how we were dillusional for beleiving in our team, okay?

By Ted

January 8, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this

Bill, that was a most excellent post!

By Slim Whitman

January 8, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

Gator, how many pairs of jean shorts does it take a florida redneck to make it thru the nascar season?

By Hunk Erdown

January 8, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

Okay, I’m done now…lol

I’ve probably jinxed the whole thing with my team spirit, huh? lol Have a great evening everyone. goodnight.

By shane #1

January 8, 2008 10:25 PM | Link to this

buckhead bulldog,14 grades in fl?having lived there all i can say is,it can’t hurt!maybe old gator can go back to class and get some class.the gators may wait untill the season is over to talk about winning it all,but then they never shut up!so gator,just SHUT UP!better yet,don’t lose to the big ten loser and make us all look bad.all the sec big boys came through but you guys.

By Hunk Erdown

January 8, 2008 10:26 PM | Link to this

I will have to sleep on the thought that somehow some Michighan fans posting their high hopes on a football blog caused App. State to come onto Michighan’s home field and upset the mighty Wolverines… seems like a tad bit of a stretch to me, but hey, what do I know?

By DeputyDawg

January 8, 2008 10:30 PM | Link to this

All of these polls are a joke especially the Coaches Poll. There’s no way the 6th ranked team beating the 13th ranked team should jump ahead of the 4th ranked who beat the 10th ranked team. USC beat Illinois be 32 while the Dawgs beat Hawaii by 31. Did that 1 point make the difference? By the way, isn’t USC and the PAC-10 in general responsible for not having a playoff system and being stuck with the BCS mess? Can someone please explain, cause I’m lost.

By One Shot

January 8, 2008 10:33 PM | Link to this

You can’t blog a comment on the “front page” stories…so I just wanted to ask a simple question….given the opportunity…how many would take One Shot at that a*$## that killed the young UGA graduate?

By Jason

January 8, 2008 10:34 PM | Link to this

Georgia can beat Lsu, in fact they beat the hell out of Lsu in the 2005 SEC Championship Game. They have the talent to beat anyone in the country, and from what I saw of Ohio State last night; Georgia would have handled them firmly also. They don’t have to go undefeated to win it all.

By Jason

January 8, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this

Georgia can beat Lsu, in fact they beat the hell out of Lsu in the 2005 SEC Championship Game. They have the talent to beat anyone in the country, and from what I saw of Ohio State last night; Georgia would have handled them firmly also. They don’t have to go undefeated to win it all.

By Darryl

January 8, 2008 10:36 PM | Link to this

All of this talk about Georgia winning the national championship next year is crazy. They could not even get to the SEC championship this year, what makes all of you redneck hillbillies think that you will win the whole thing next year? Seriously, every time I read a post by a Georgia fan, I am more and more amazed by their lack of intelligence. Georgia Fans, the most ignorant fans in all of football!

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 10:36 PM | Link to this

Gene

You are on THE sports page!!!! Ya idiot!

By chantheman

January 8, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

We need to adopt the Tech model. The last time the nerds finished #2 in the AP poll, they declared themselves national champions. Oh, wait a minute. We only claim championships that are unanimous. Stupid bees.

By Tony Tiger

January 8, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this

Hey Stewey, quit worrying about “what could be” and deal with “what is.” LSU is the #1 Football team in the land. Nothing mythical about our crystal football!

Will all of the sidewalk alum season ticket holders who went to GSU wear Eagle Gear or Walmart GA gear on 8/30? What an epic battle that will be. Better call for a BLACKOUT!!

Then come the Chippewas. Decisive victories in these 2 will impress the voters and set the table for a great championship run (not.)

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this

DickHead Dawgs

So you named yourself a d head as your post name. Smaaarrtt. I guess you are sandwich boy.

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 10:44 PM | Link to this

Darryl

Ok….then where would you rank them, El ding-o-ling?

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 10:53 PM | Link to this

You see that Darryl is a gay transvestite from Tech because he/she doesn’t know if he/she is a boy or girl. Just look at his name……confused!!!

By shane #1

January 8, 2008 10:55 PM | Link to this

darryl,not as dumb as the jerk with nothing better to do than get on a blog touting the bulldogs as possible champs just to put down bulldog fans.hey stupid,look in the mirrow and see a moron.congrats to lsu and tiger fans.i know you had a blowout in the french quarter last night!congrats to wesley,robin and sean who partied with us before the sugar bowl,especially you robin,if i were thirty years younger i would never have left n.o.!

By Slim Whitman

January 8, 2008 10:59 PM | Link to this

One shot Im with you what a sad story to bad they didn’t
kill the sob

By Bill

January 8, 2008 11:02 PM | Link to this

UGA hasn’t won back to back in Jax since before the first gulf war.You are telling me that they will do so after a week in Baton Rouge.Ha.

By Pago Pago

January 8, 2008 11:06 PM | Link to this

Don’t sell Central Michigan short!

By Buckhead Bulldog

January 8, 2008 11:11 PM | Link to this

Bill

LSU lost EVERYONE. Just a primer to kick the gators all over the field, AGAIN!

By kkjr

January 8, 2008 11:31 PM | Link to this

Hunk Erdown- Forget black shirts and dancing in the end zone. Your 9:42 post should be taped to the Dawgs locker room door. That should be all the inspiration they need in ‘08.

By Realist

January 8, 2008 11:40 PM | Link to this

Lets not put the cart before the horse—remember there are grades to be made, staying out of jail, staying healthy, depends on who is elected president, staying off Richt’s bad boy list and then Georgia Tech. The mighty dogs (small d)just might faulter to the lowly Jackets. You heard it here first.

By RealFan

January 8, 2008 11:42 PM | Link to this

UGA gets 3 votes (out of 65) for the top spot in the final AP poll, and it’s a lead story today on ajc.com Sports.

I also heard that there are a lot of fans in Gwinnett County and Hall County who swear that UGA is the best team out there. Can that be a news story too?

It is comical to observe the pandering that the AJC re: UGA football in an effort to woo attention from (and sell papers to) all the sidewalk alumni UGA fans in this state.

By Big Dawg

January 8, 2008 11:45 PM | Link to this

Lsu will lose players but a Championship team only draws more good ones.

More than likely it will be UGA and Lsu playing twice next year,Florida is the team I see falling back, WOW! they had a heisman winner, but thats all they had! 4 losses ,4 losses! They were no better than last years UGA team and from what Ive gathered ,nobody is dying to play there next year. Coach Richt left the Siminoles and they crumbled,I see a Florida team moving out and Miami taking the new role as the Elite Florida school again. Just look at recruiting and you can see the facts for yourselves!

By pertyboy

January 8, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

thUGA, thUGA, thUGA, thUGA, thUGA, thUGA!!

By wow

January 9, 2008 12:20 AM | Link to this

chantheman

We were #1 in the UPI actually, and were undefeated anyways. Maybe you should research a little bit better.

By eagledawg33

January 9, 2008 12:22 AM | Link to this

I love all these tech fans talking crap about how “dumb” and “ignorant” UGA fans are….I also love the fact that UGA has beaten them the past seven years ..ANYWAY with the BCS the way it is LSU deserves the national title as much as it pains me to say. However UGA will be a contender if they take care of business WATCH OUT FOR GA SOUTHERN

dawgsarejokes?? now i can understand that you are bitter because your team is not that good but that doesn’t mean you have to get your panties in a bunch! You seem so be whining a LITTLE bit more that the UGA fans that are just disappointed they diddn’t get a shot to play a decent team like USC to prove themselves BECAUSE they had those disappointing losses to SC and Tennessee.

And weak non-conference next schedule? is that all you have against them next year? quite an argument buddy…last time i checked arizona state is a pretty good team that has most of their starters returning. Ga Southern beat app state this year (the team that beat michigan just in case you didn’t know) That on top of the SEC conference schedule seems plenty tough to not only me but any college football fan with half a brain. So just CHILL OUT apply some vagasil and take a nap because you are cranky!

By crimsont

January 9, 2008 12:23 AM | Link to this

Why do dawg fans call GT fans nerds, because they’re an engineering school? Auburn is too, never hear them called that.

ROLL TIDE!!

By Jeff

January 9, 2008 12:37 AM | Link to this

YES! UGA will be number 1 in 2008. LSU is very lucky that they did’nt have to play the DAWGS in 07. UGA would be National Champs if they had played each other and Les boy Miles knows it. UGA is the one team they did not want to mess with.

By paul

January 9, 2008 1:46 AM | Link to this

As a Bulldog fan residing in Gator country, let’s keep things real. A: it’s WAY too early to pick anybody, and B: that schedule is just unreal. Plus, I mean, good grief—nobody goes undefeated in the SEC anymore. And while everybody is jumping on the UGA bandwagon, remember this: UF is probably going to be loaded next year, as well. LSU will re-load. Auburn’s always tough.

And another thing: just look back to ‘02 (I think). Auburn was supposed to be great, and they punk’d like a bunch of suburban white boys in the DeKalb lockup by USC, and it was all downhill from there. One good a*s-whuppin’ is all it takes sometimes. So they have to avoid that.

Plus, everybody’s got to stay in school and out of court/jail. No gimme there, based on past f**k-ups we have had in red and black.

Personally, I think pre-season polls are nonsense. They shouldn’t even rank anybody until the first of October. I think the Dawgs could be great, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves.

By paul

January 9, 2008 1:46 AM | Link to this

As a Bulldog fan residing in Gator country, let’s keep things real. A: it’s WAY too early to pick anybody, and B: that schedule is just unreal. Plus, I mean, good grief—nobody goes undefeated in the SEC anymore. And while everybody is jumping on the UGA bandwagon, remember this: UF is probably going to be loaded next year, as well. LSU will re-load. Auburn’s always tough.

And another thing: just look back to ‘02 (I think). Auburn was supposed to be great, and they punk’d like a bunch of suburban white boys in the DeKalb lockup by USC, and it was all downhill from there. One good a*s-whuppin’ is all it takes sometimes. So they have to avoid that.

Plus, everybody’s got to stay in school and out of court/jail. No gimme there, based on past f**k-ups we have had in red and black.

Personally, I think pre-season polls are nonsense. They shouldn’t even rank anybody until the first of October. I think the Dawgs could be great, but let’s not get too ahead of ourselves.

By FalconHeroZero

January 9, 2008 1:53 AM | Link to this

First, the actually have to return focused without “off-the-field entanglements”….

They must not “celebrate #2”.

They cannot become “Legends in their own Minds”—-like some local teams have.

They must eat healthy, and have a healthy lifestyle with less wasteful recreation and distractions.

They must be smarter at the skilled positions..

“All of the above” needs to happen, because opposing teams (starting with South Carolina) want to stop UGA’s best chance at a title very early next season.

If they struggle with South Carolina early-on, a win over Tennessee, LSU, Florida, and Auburn in one season cannot be expected. They must defeat the lesser teams with precision and focus—like USC.

It’s just going to take more than being “physically gifted”, and “returning a good amount of starters”.

By brenda

January 9, 2008 4:11 AM | Link to this

You Georgia hicks are really stupid! You retards are talking about 2008 Football season. You redneck hillbillys don’t have the class to play for the nc title and second the sports writers won’t vote for you either!Keep dreaming you morons cause TN,FL and LSU going to beat you leg humpers like a drum!! BANK ON IT!!

By UGA_SUCKS4 _28_YRS

January 9, 2008 4:19 AM | Link to this

Mark Bradley a joke just uga football! Keep counting your eggs b4 they hatch! Can’t wait to hear Bradley and UGA fans excuses!

By tony

January 9, 2008 5:18 AM | Link to this

dawgsarejokes, you will be eating your words for the next 4 years. When u do, I will be asking “where is dawgsarejokes now”?

By heeldawg

January 9, 2008 5:20 AM | Link to this

Hey Brenda, classy post. Wish I’d met you before I met my wife. We could go get a tattoo together, then go back to your trailer, have a few beers and watch NASCAR on the satellite. Or QVC, maybe.

I’m not sure what you felt your post accomplished, apart from affirming your own ignorance, but the purpose of Blogs such as this one is intelligent discussion. Given that you are obviously incapable of this sort of thing, why don’t you do us all a favor and go watch TV. Educate yourself. Maybe read a little, if you can. Then you could come back here and offer some fact-driven commentary, instead of calling folks a bunch of names and making empty statements devoid of factual content.

For the record, UT beat us badly this season, as they did last season. The principal architects of those two defeats, Eric Ainge and David Cutcliffe, are gone. Next year will be a revenge game for the Dawgs, and I’d be shocked to see a UT team without Cutcliffe beat a loaded Georgia team next year.

LSU deservedly won the national title this season. WE do play them in Baton Rouge, so it will be a war. Nothing is a given. But they lose a ton on defense, including Bo Pelini (their DC), and their starting QB and fullback (Hester) are leaving, as well. LSU will reload, but I don’t think they’ll beat a loaded Dawgs team during a year in which they are rebuilding. Note that Georgia has beaten good LSU teams badly the last two times we’ve played them.

Florida returns most of a good offensive team, and may have a better running game with the addition of Emmanuel Moody, but their problem is on defense. Their secondary is weak and their run defense not much better (especially with the loss of DE Derrick Harvey, arguably their best defensive player). I don’t see them stopping a Georgia offense that put 42 points on them any better next season. The Dawgs should win that game, as well.

You can hope and dream all you want, but the reality is that Georgia will probably be favored in all of the above games next season. The SEC (and likely the national) title will be theirs to lose.

Get your facts down before spewing out unsubstantiated crap. And try to remember some of the things your mama taught you. If my daughter posted the sort of garbage you did, she’d be abruptly reminded of how ladies (and gentlemen, for that matter) are supposed to act.

By Todd Green

January 9, 2008 5:51 AM | Link to this

Hey coaches!!! nothing we say will determine UGA’s success. Bash LSU [and I certainly want to]; Bash OSU [and I certainly want to]; Bash teh Gator’s [and I really, really want to]… the kids have to stay focused and just pay and not stumble, and hope the media give teh DAWGS the same benefit as LSU and OSU from them media :)

By Frank

January 9, 2008 6:35 AM | Link to this

GEORGIA before crowing yourself with the national championship DON’T forget you can win ALL the games next year and still NOT play for the championship. Don’t believe me asked AUBURN.

By Frank

January 9, 2008 6:36 AM | Link to this

GEORGIA before crowing yourself with the national championship DON’T forget you can win ALL the games next year and still NOT play for the championship. Don’t believe me asked AUBURN.

By George

January 9, 2008 6:40 AM | Link to this

For how long must we endure this discussion about what might happen many months in the future? Isn’t it time for basketball? And can baseball/spring training be far behind? Let’s move on.

By Matt

January 9, 2008 6:50 AM | Link to this

Nobody can say UGA’s schedule is weak this year, not with at ASU, at S. Car., at LSU, at Aub, UT, UF in JAX. There’s no way they get through it with less than one loss — you just have to hope there aren’t two undefeated teams from other conferences. So there you go, start looking at USC, OU, OSU, WV, etc., because those are the teams that will beat UGA out for the BCS Championship game if they go undefeated, and then let the whining begin in Athens (as if it ever stops). Just remember, you guys were a Vandy fumble away from being irrelevant this year. And only when you were on the verge of falling out of the top 25 and had nothing to lose did you play great football — how is the team going to react when they have something to play for? My guess with that schedule is about 9-3.

By Mitun

January 9, 2008 6:58 AM | Link to this

i am going to get p** if they screw us up again if we be a two lost team. if LSU can go to the title game with two lost team why can’t Georgia? we deserve it this year but those media didn’t want to see UGA goes to the title game or the Rose Bowl but they wanted to see us destroying Hawaii.

By Dawg4Life

January 9, 2008 6:59 AM | Link to this

Tony Tiger- I guess LSU’s first 2 games against North Texas and Troy are more impressive than UGA’s? I guess you might be a little upset because everyone considers LSU “paper champions”. I happen to not be one of those people, but I do think that USC, UGA, and Mizzou would offer LSU a much better game, if not win, than Ohio State did. You say for us to learn to beat TN and play some real nonconference opponents? Look in the mirror my friend. You learn to beat Kentucky and some real nonconference opponents! Mid TN, Tulane, La Tech????

Now, the preaseason #1 ranking thing does worry me a little. We see what happened this year with all of the #1 teams losing at some point(TONY TIGER). Granted, this year was somewhat of an anomaly. I think that they definitely have the talent and depth. I agree with “Gator” a little on this subject. I can’t believe I just wrote that. Let’s talk about this after we have about half the season under our belt next year. Preseason rankings are important, but it is all speculation at this point. GO DAWGS!!!!!!

By Dave In Tampa

January 9, 2008 7:30 AM | Link to this

Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Georgia faithful through and through, but I really do hate all this talk about “wait till next year.” Man, let’s just get through this spring and summer and pray that none of the players do anything stupid.

Pre-season polls mean nothing. They start to mean something by the 8th week of the season. Our schedule is tough next year. Everyone in our conference (East) will improve and not just us.

I guess I’m still worried about the “Let down, unemotional” games we tend to have about 3 of those per season to be a NC we have to play with the same emotion as we did against Florida & Auburn. If not, we cold lose 3 games with this talent next year.

Still, I admit, I’m stoked about the potential for next season. GO DAWGS

By knelson

January 9, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this

Toughest schedule ? Please ! There are 2 teams in the SEC alone with tougher schedules than Georgia. Look at the 2nd and 3rd games to open the season for Tennessee ! Look at tradition. Georgia traditionaly will lose to either Florida or Tennessee every year! All of us who do not wear the red colored glasses know that no matter what recruiting class uga has tat at the start of the season 20% will not be academicaly eligable and 3 to 5 others will be suspeded. That is the tradition @ Georgia. Look for Georgia to finish 2nd or 3rd in the SEC once again !

By NeuteredUGA

January 9, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this

There’s a lot of ifs to overcome. The first one being IF Bulldog fans start giving a damn about their team without gimmicks the team might have a chance.

By Mike

January 9, 2008 8:04 AM | Link to this

I guess Coah Richt will have all winter and summer to think up some new gimmicks for his team next year. After all, what do you do for an encore after the “let’s all run onto the field and break the rules” or let’s do a “blackout”…and the after all that let’s whine cause we didn’t get in the BCS Championship game…next year, why don’t you win you division first, then the conference and then worry about the BCS Championship…by the way…where was your so-called school president calling for a playoff in 2004 when a much more deserving team got shafted from the BCS Championship?

By George

January 9, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Georgia does not go to the national championship game with two losses (one of them to a team that did not even go to a bowl) and its president is acting as if the world is coming to an end and is calling for a playoff. Did the team who has the biggest gripe of all time (Auburn 04) do this? Nope because they have class. Fact is THE PUPS DONT EVEN COME CLOSE TO HAVING THE BIGGEST GRIPE IN THE BCS THIS YEAR. how bout Mizzou???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? UGA just continues to show and prove it is and will continue to be one of the most classless institutions in the entire country!

By UGA89

January 9, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

With a 2008 schedule that includes:

@ South Carolina, @ Arizona State, vs Alabama, vs Tennessee, @ LSU, vs Florida and @ Auburn —unless a four-loss team plays for the BCS chapionship next season, UGA can forget about a national title.

By knelson

January 9, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

Do you really want to watch Georgia basketball ?

By Pat

January 9, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

Michael Adams’ grandstanding is going to cost Georgia some votes in all of the polls next year. They will need to go undefeated to win the NC and that will be a tall order against that schedule. Four consecutive SEC games away from home down the stretch. Whoever approved that schedule ain’t too bright.

By 82DAWG

January 9, 2008 8:17 AM | Link to this

Sometimes the championship seasons have a way of sneaking up on you (1980, 2002). At the same time, when you think you are loaded and can’t miss (2004) an upset here and a bad bounce there and you are out. UGA is certainly set up to do great things in 2008, but so are several other universities; USC, Fla, LSU, Ga Tech (ha! just kidding), etc. There has to be an element of luck involved, too. We didn’t get that element last season (UK FG blocked against UT, Vandy missed FG against UT) or we would have been there. Everything has to come together.

By knelson

January 9, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

Did Georgia not play Troy as well? Did Troy not nearly beat Georgia? Dont use Troy as your excuse for a lame schedule.

By knelson

January 9, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

Jeff- Had Georgia played LSU they would have LOST ! Now , I hear your mama calling and she wants her little redneck back in bed !

By Jmarsh

January 9, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

As an LSU alum, I’d always considered Florida and Alabama fans the biggest whiners. Living in Atlanta for three years has instructed me that it’s really Georgia fans. Auburn didn’t whine like you guys did when they got stiffed.

By Blackdawg

January 9, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this

I think if we can get out Running Backs to spoon as tight as our QB’s, we’ll be in great shape. 2008 will be a great year for spooning.

By T

January 9, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

* I WOULD NOT forget about Florida* Georgia will lose to either Florida or LSU and one more team they should not lose not, possibly two. You heard it here first.

By PreyDawg

January 9, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

DAVE IN TAMPA

Your points are well made and I am not disagreeing with you. But there is nothing wrong with all of us in DAWGNATION getting fired up about finishing #2 in the AP and thinking about the 17 we have coming back. Yes there needs to be caution…but not right now. The season just ended brother. We had a GREAT one. We are finally getting some positive attention from the voters. There is absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying it between now and National Signing Day. That is when we can start to hunker down, get a little more careful, and think seriously about the reality of 2008.

For now this fanbase needs to go a little crazy. I travel 14 hours to games every year and I know first hand our fans needed a fire lit under their butts. Dont start dousing the flames just yet.

As to those of you that keep bringing up the “gimmicks” that is something CMR needed to do to help a very young team get their heads right. It wont be necessary next year and CMR knows that without you fans of other teams advising him. Worry about your own teams. We’ll let CMR and staff handle ours. Thanks so much for your unsolicited opinons.

By Learn Gramar

January 9, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

Wow, Jmarsh, hard to believe they didn’t teach you how to construct a sentence at LSU. You might do a better job of showing your superiority if you would learn grammar.

By Old Rooster

January 9, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

 Listen at them p-ss and moan, Georgia loaded to the hilt and the cry baby's can't stand it.Next year

they will be kicking butt and taking names.

   GO DAWGS

By Eric1

January 9, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

If you and the other sports writers who vote and the BCS decides that UGA will win the NC then they will…regardless of wins and losses. It happened this year. It can happen next year too.

By GW

January 9, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

82 Dawg said it best. It takes a lot of lucky bounces across the landscape of college football and some unbelievables like Pitt beating WVA to settle a NC. An 8 team playoff would eliminate most of that. Is that what we want?

By p

January 9, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Mark,

You’ll be the first to jump ship and ridicule UGA when they lose. 10 wins with that schedule would be an unbelievable year. no one will play at LSU, Florida, at Kentucky, and at Auburn in 4 weeks without an off week.

While the Big 10 works on ways to make the schedule easier, UGA has been handed a schedule that no one can run.

By NeuteredUGA

January 9, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

“Thanks so much for your unsolicited opinons.”

It’s a message board that is here for us to post our opinions. Thus our opinions are hardly unsolicited.

You must be embittered by the truth that next season your team won’t be as succesful as Pup nation hopes. That or you’re still unjustifiably upset that you didn’t go to the NC game.

By georgiagirl

January 9, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

Gator, dawgsarejokes, and tiger just dumb a@@es. Jmarsh, Living 25 miles from Auburn and having alot of Auburn fans around my home town. They did whine like little kittens when they got stiffed and some still whine, and they whined when LSU got to go this year. I hear alot of fans whining (ALA, FLA, TENN, SC, AU, TECH and UGA) living in the central part of Ga. So for any fan to say that they do not whine is just bulls!!t. I’m a Georgia fan no matter what. GO DAWGS!!!

By lovin the hype

January 9, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

Typical doggy talk; couldn’t beat Tennessee, but wanted in the title game.

Best thing about this Championship talk is that it ups the choke factor for Richt and the gang and there’s nowhere else to go but down….

By Jmarsh

January 9, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

Great strawman, Learn Gramar. I’m not touting my/our superiority, I’m merely complaining about UGA attitudes, press coverage, and excuse making.

By Jmarsh

January 9, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

I’m not defending Auburn fans very much; they trash their campus and have some of the most inconsiderate and trashy fans around. I’m sure the Georgia whining about this latest travesty will die down by March, when your administration will create another “family friendly” zone that no one uses. I really needed that laugher.

By warhorse

January 9, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

Poodles always are the best BEFORE the season commences. The rest of us will endure the flags on vehicles because of this eternal preseason confidence. The guys who used their poodle flags as carwash rags a year ago are back on the bandwagon, but in their hearts — they know that two straight wins in Jacksonville is IMPOSSIBLE.

By warhorse

January 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

Poodles always are the best BEFORE the season commences. The rest of us will endure the flags on vehicles because of this eternal preseason confidence. The guys who used their poodle flags as carwash rags a year ago are back on the bandwagon, but in their hearts — they know that two straight wins in Jacksonville is IMPOSSIBLE.

By gg

January 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

In addition to the regular season schedule don’t forget the SEC championship game presumably, and the national championship game. If you’re going to be the champion…prove it! So don’t fear this schedule…relish it!

The Dogs’ schedule in ‘08 gives them the chance to prove it on the field with no arguments, and that’s the way to win it. Tough opponents are opportunities, and Georgia’s schedule will make the players better and silence the naysayers.

Under the current system of crowning a champion I wouldn’t want it if you had to argue your worthiness after the season was over. This schedule is worthy of a national champion, and if the Dogs can negotiate it there will be no arguments. Go Dogs!

By NCdawg

January 9, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

As much as I’d like to see the DAWGS ranked #1 preseason. It really doesn’t matter until they take the field and prove that they are the best team. If next years team can remember how it felt this year to be four points way from playing in the title game and play every snap like the game depends on it, and not beat themselves then they have a great shot at the Nat’l Title.

By Trojan 4 life

January 9, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Let’s go UGA please run the table so I don’t have to travel far to see you get STOMPED in Miami by the Trojans!!

By Jmarsh

January 9, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

BTW, much of my incredulity is due to the fact that Georgia got three first place votes in the final poll. The USC vote is always expected, and the Kansas vote for #1 was cute. Three first place votes for a team that didn’t go to the conference championship? Hey, we beat VA Tech by 35+ points, which makes us the strongest team that week and obviously deserving of having the national championship awarded to us. Bleh.

By brokebackvol

January 9, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Sorry that Dawgnation is still complaining they were left out of the titlegame, but the Dawgs didn’t do what was required - they didn’t win the SEC East and go to the SEC Title game. Period. They didn’t beat the Vols. They beat up a VERY overrated WAC team. Next year may be very special, and finishing the year at #2 is quite an accomplishment, but it comes back to what happens on the field.

By SmellyDawg

January 9, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

I cant be the only one that has noticed that ‘08 is ‘80 backwards!

By PreyDawg

January 9, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

This board is about the Bulldogs and for the Bulldog fans. Therefore any comment by embittered fans of other teams that is delivered for the sold purpose of bashing our team is “unsolicited”.

Go post on your own blog with your fellow neutered friends.

By Dawgs

January 9, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Dawgsareajoke or what ever you call yourself state your team if your going to talk crap or go away. LSU won and deserved to go more than UGA did. The error was in the polls and how far they dropped LSU and how many teams jumped UGA. Beyond that UGA played in the right bowl against a Hawaii team that deserved to be allowed a shot. UGA proved that they are no Oklahoma. I honestly don’t think we deserve to be #1 but #2 is the right spot for us this year.

Back to all your comments about schedule and what not…

Who does your team play? The SEC is cycling through the PAC 10 and each team will play 1 home and 1 away game against a PAC 10 school. UGA pulled the Arizona State. who finished in the top 15 this year. They will likely be ranked in the top 25 when we head out there.

With a normal SEC schedule you shouldn’t have to play anyone else big. This next year we keep Bama on the schedule while adding LSU. Tell me again how week that is? I need another reason to laugh. We were ranked 44th this past season in Strength of schedule we will likely be ranked in the top 5 to 10 next year.

Should be fun.

Grats LSU your did the SEC proud! I just wish you had the same team next year so we could have a shot at ya.

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

I did not know that Kentucky,Auburn,South Carolina and ALabama were going to be good teams. All those team are losing senior QB’S. FLorida has does not have any defense. Why is this so tough again? If you have a good offensive and defensive coach you can win the SEC. Florida did it for years!

By Trojan 4 life

January 9, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Its official, Ohio St is the SEC’s b***. 2 straight losses in football plus a loss in basketball is a bad pattern. Even worse, it didn’t look like LSU was even playing hard. I hope the BCS officials are proud of all the blowouts we had to watch. USC/Illinois, Georgia/Hawaii, LSU/Ohio St, and even WVU/Oklahoma ended up 1 sided. I thought USC should have finished 2nd in the AP poll because they are a conference champion and Georgia is a 3rd place team. Georgia got KILLED by Tennessee and lost to a bad South Carolina team that ended the season with 5 straight losses. Beating an overrated Hawaii team doesn’t erase reality. I love reminding SEC fans that LSU is the worst team to ever win a title. It drives them nuts. That USC vs Ohio St game might have lost some of its luster for next year because OSU is in the same boat as Oklahoma now. They are going to have to earn their respect back. OSU just got their name crossed off the elite teams list. Tressell has gone from smart guy to baffoon. I still have yet to see ANY adjustments in either title game.

By FU

January 9, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

hey dawgsarejokes, FU!!, what is your problem? the Dawgs are good and u know it! Our schedule is tough next year and you know it! What the heck are you talking about. Don’t hate the player, hate the game fool!

By Techgrad

January 9, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

This comment is for “Troy”. In regards to your ridiculous statement to “dogsarejokes” slamming on Tech grads, you need to get a life. My Tech diploma has afforded me a very comfortable life. I am happy, successful, married to a fellow GT grad and living a blessed life. I would much rather be a nerd from GA Tech than a jerk from UGA. It is sad that you put so much time and effort dreaming about football. Tech may not beat you on the football field, but they always win on the field of life. Well, gotta go, time to fire that incompetent UGA grad hired by the last incompetent UGA grad I fired 2 weeks ago!

By brokebackvol is a Techie

January 9, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

Hey Moron, we “didn’t do what was required, winning the conference”? That isn’t required by the BCS you dumbsh!t. Here’s a thought, understand what you’re talking about before you come on here and pontificate about something you are clueless about. Hey, how was the smurfturf in Boise? Loser. Go back to your tickle pile.

By Hitman

January 9, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

I am the only one who looked at how UGA won their last seven games — lucky against Vandy, did not dominate Troy, struggled with Kentucky, got very lucky that things broke their way against Tech. Sure, they clobbered Hawaii… but it’s Hawaii; all UGA did was expose them as a poser. WVA should have been ranked abover UGA in the final polls, based on what they did to OU — a much tougher opponent, BTW, than HI. And, with all this talk about LSU playing for the NC with 2 losses, BEING NC with 2 losses, etc; why wasn’t Kansas ranked above UGA — they finished with only 1 loss — a loss to a much better team than South Carolina who had an abyssmal close to their season.

Now, UGA is the annointed NC before the season — I don’t get it.

Oh, I and like how Adams proposal addresses the current system that is “undercutting the sportsmanship and integrity of the game”. Who better than UGA to lead this charge — the team that intentionally ordered an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against UF. At UGA, if you ain’t cheatin’ in football, you ain’t tryin hard enuff.

By GeorgiaGrad

January 9, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Hey Tech”grad,” why is it that Techies always tout their education and “comfortable” life it has afforded them but…they always seem to drive Saturns and Kias. Wishful thinking. To be so superior to Georgia grads, yall sure do seem to work for a lot of them. Wishful thinking. Enjoy your (probably) ugly wife, your dead end job, and your efficiency apartment. Back to the cubicle. I want those TPS reports pronto.

By reserviorDAWG

January 9, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Don’t forget about Subarus and Volvo wagons!

By mark

January 9, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

ohiostatebuckey- you def. have no business talking about how tough a schedule is!!!!! You guys played NOBODY this year, just like every year! At best you have one tough game a year against Michigan!!!! You also don’t play a championship game!!!

If SEC teams coached by Tommy Tubberville, Nick Saban, and Steve Spurrier are looked at as gimme games on your schedule I’d say that’s one helluva schedule!!!!!! By the way; what’s your record against SEC teams in bowl games??? That’s what I thought!!!

By childhoodGTfan

January 9, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

The Dawgs are certainly primed. And forget about ASU being a stumbling block — UGA smacks ‘em big in Tempe. Only schedule concerns: LSU, UF and Allbarn.

Questions: with all the inherent advantages that Georgia’s program has, why has this opportunity taken so long to arrive? Do Dawg fans regret the whole Goff and Donnan eras?

By shane #1

January 9, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

childhoodgtfan,remember this and remember it well,as it comes from an older man that’s paid his share of dues.regrets are a waste of time.never look back,if there is a lesson to be learned from a mistake remember it,then move on.are you listening arthur blanc?hiring usc’s coach will certainly help the dogs next year,but not the falcons.please,no more college coaches,even if they did coach in the nfl ten years ago.

By Techgrad

January 9, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Hey GeorgiaGrad. It’s not touting, it’s fact. Saturns and Kias, I think not. More like 2008 Lexus LX570 given to this “ugly” wife by her husband for Christmas. Can you spell BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER? I think not. Jealuosy is an ugly monster. Eat your heart out!

By GE

January 9, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

The only regret I have is that we have to listen to all the Dawg barking until September.What will the Jawja fans do when they go 9 and 3 at best next year? Richt had better be prepared when the Dawg alumni starts to bite his legs.

By phil1935

January 9, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

Does anyone out there have an approximation to UGA’s financial return from their Sugar Bowl appearance and how that is split between the athletic program and the “university”, if at all?

By mark

January 9, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

FIRST WE HAVE OSU FANS ON HERE TRYING COMPLAIN ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF AN SEC SCHEDULE, NOW WE HAVE USC FANS ON HERE TALKING ABOUT BEATING OVERATED TEAMS????? WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TOO!!!!!! USC DESTROYS AN OVERATED ILLIOIS TEAM AND YA’LL ARE A POWERHOUSE, UGA THRASHES AN OVERATED HAWAII AND WE GET NO RESPECT!!!!!

NEWSFLASH: Ya’ll were supposed to destroy Illinois (who plays in the that joke of a conference). All everyone was talking about was the Messiah Cold Brennan and that high powered offense with their 4 NFL receivers!!! How many TD passes did he throw again???

By the way the Pac 10 isn’t much better than the Big 10 buddy! Once Oregon lost their QB who was their entire offense they sucked!!! Where did ASU end up??? Please, USC/OSU has no luster because it’s the battle of 2 of the most overated teams in college football (next to Notre Dame).

By UGA grad

January 9, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

Techgrad- You must have skipped all of your English classes! Nice spelling!!!

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

O.K. that is good! But we win our conference do you! We don’t make excuses! UGA did not beat a good team this year! By the way did UGA get trounce by FLorida last year, so that means you would have beaten the Buckeyes! How do you equate losing badly to the NC Champs that means you can beat the team also?

College football is down this past year and if anyone thinks it is not just go back and look at all these great teams losing to average or poor teams! The talent is decreasing because the coaching is weak!

Maimi and Florida still have the same players just bad coaching!

By matt

January 9, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

GE- I have an idea that may allow you to not hear the dawg barging till September…..STOP GETTING ON UGA BLOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Early80sDawg

January 9, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

This was the first year (in his seventh season!) that Richt actually conducted himself like a complete Head Coach, so maybe, just maybe, if he can keep Martinez’s asinine playcalling to a minimum (see ‘07 UT game), and he doesn’t meddle with Bobo’s far superior playcalling (compare ‘07 red zone production with ‘01-‘06), then they might get finally get into the National Championship game next year (after blowing three golden opportunities with some of the most talented teams ever to take an NCAA gridiron - ‘02, ‘05, ‘07 - due to his and his Defensive Coordinator’s boneheaded playcalling causing losses to inferior teams).

I still have serious doubts that Richt, even in his eighth season, has matured enough or is man enough to get them to the National Championship game, even with the most talented team in the country. We’ll see.

By TTUGrad

January 9, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

Georgia “grad”, Leave well enough alone. Being a “Tech” grad myself, you don’t want to get into a spitting match with Techgrad, she may eat you alive. This is about the neanderthal sport of football, not intelligence (or lack of from UGA).

By BigDawg

January 9, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

Ohio St Suckeyes, If you guys played in our confrence You would never win again, except to maybe vanderbilt and that would be a toss up! You lost…AGAIN and you have the nerve to talk trash on a winners blog? You must be out of your minds to even critisize the toughest schedule in the nation!! even those morons on Espn addmitt that IDIOT! 0-9 and you can talk trash? We will get our chance next year to clobber you! Wait,I forgot you play USC next year, you sissies might want to get that changed if you want to repeat in getting hammered by the SEC once more!

By gastr1

January 9, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

“UGA didn’t beat a good team this year.”

Oh. my. God. no. you. dinit!!!!!

Kentucky, Auburn, Florida, Oklahoma State, Alabama, Georgia Tech, “Hawaii.”

SEVEN BOWL TEAMS!!!!!

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 11:09 AM | Link to this

Trogan fan Let’s see can you say Stanford where they study and do not play real football! The Rose Bowl is a home game for you quit trying to act like The Trogans are a good team! GOOD TEAMS DO LOSE TO STANFORD!

UGA you are not LSU or Florida since when did all the SEC teams become the same team. When you lose and do not go to the NCG what will be the excuse! WE WIN OUR CONFERENCE WIN YOUR CONFERENCE! BEAT FLORIDA MORE THAN ONCE in a WHILE.

Hat’s Off to LSU they won the games they needed to win.

Watch out for Missouri and Kansas next year!

SEC is the better league by a slim margin due to the coaching right now!

By F Russo

January 9, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

EXCEPTIONS MUST BE MADE FOR THE SEC BECAUSE NO ONE WILL EVER WIN ALL THERE GAMES IN OUR CONFERENCE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS TO GOOD FOR ANY TEAM TO GO UNDEFETED.SO I COULD SEE A 2 LOSS TEAM GO TO A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. BUT THE A BIG TEN TEAM NEVER.

By mark

January 9, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

You play one less game than the SEC, ACC and Big 12. That’s one less opportunity to lose. We didn’t beat a good football team this year?? In the conference you’re 0-9 against?? I never said I thought UGA could beat you. My point was you discredit teams with VERY high profile coaches in a conference you can’t win against!

Who exactly did OSU beat this year that was good? You didn’t play a team in the top 30 for the first 8 games. You follow that up with 3 games against mediocre teams barely ranked in the top 25 and end your year with Michigan who lost to a 1-AA team this year therefore losing all their respect! So, exactly who did OSU beat this year?? It must be nice to play 8 or 9 practice games a year!!

By LSU Tiger

January 9, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Is this writer the same Mark Bradley that muffed a kick inside his 5 yard line playing for Oklahoma against USC, in the 2005 Orange Bowl?

By BigDawg

January 9, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

TTUgrad, That was too cute to even get mad at you.Goodluck with your education,but us UGA fans would rather gather guys off the pulpwood truck than to ever lose at football. You can be smart and have a good football team too.

By Trojan 4 life

January 9, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

hey Mark what respect were you looking for? You were supposed to rout Hawaii because you play in the almighty SEC. USC and UGA both had loses that they regret but UGA’s out of conference schedule does not compare to the one USC plays every year. You can’t struggle against a Troy. Then schedule a Georgia Southern to start off the next season and think you will NC love and consideration. Calling us overated is a mistake because UGA outside of Georgia and the SEC is not looked at as a powerhouse like USC buddy and that is a fact.

By LSU Tiger

January 9, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

I live in Baton Rouge and went to the Sugar Bowl AND the BCS Title Game, and didn’t see 1/8 of the sniping and crudeness that’s in this blog at the Title game. UGA fans in N.O. were full of themselves (and something else, too).

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Man someone mentioned Georgia Tech, Average Auburn and ALabama and Overrated Hawaii!

I see if one SEC team beat a Big Ten team then all SEC teams can beat that team Big Ten Team! That makes so much sense! Hey Trogan fan how does it feels to not have won a true national championship! UGA fans you have not even stiffed a NC Game is 2 decades! Nuff Said!

US Trogans with all that talent and hype no undisputed championship recently HUH!

By We've All Heard This Before

January 9, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

Congratulations to the Georgia Bulldogs……another National Title won in the AJC before the season begins.

By AZ Dawg

January 9, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

I’m excited, too. Next year should be fun to watch. The D should be amazing with all the rotation this year. My inly concern is the O-line. Next year we will have three sophomores and two freshmen. I hope Searles can keep it going. If nothing else, we should be able to run on the left side all day long. I’m not so sure about the pass protection though. I can’t wait for the season to get started. Maybe this year we won’t have any off season suspensions. I would be nice to have all of the starters actually start the first two games.

By BigDawg

January 9, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this

OK, let me remind everyone of these freaking morons, UGA won The confrence in 2002,lost to LSU in 2003,beat LSU 2004 but did not play in the championship in 2004, also beat florida that same year,then beat LSU again in 2005 to win the championship and went back to win the Sugar Bowl in 2007!! Thats pretty damn good dont you think,so get off the UGA sucks band wagon and look at the facts ! also UGA leads the series with FLA 46-37! Alabama is the only team with more confrence wins than the Dawgs! After this years win, LSU and UGA are tied for 2nd, so the smart a* with the we want beat Tenn,Fla,or Lsu needs to take a look at the facts! sorry ,but thts the way it is!

By TT

January 9, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Thanks BigDawg. You are absolutley correct. I know TechGrad and she is a beautiful, highly intellegent lady with great things going for her. She even has commom sense (unusual for those with high IQs). She is passionate about education and thinks our nation puts way too much emphasis on sports. Which, I’m sure, most of you can agree with. UGA is not known for its quality education, but it is getting there. Can you imagine how great our country would be if we could take an ounce of the passion fans have for their college teams and put it toward education?!? Watch out Japan! Support your team, don’t knock others for who they support and remember the big picture. Life is too short to get caught up in the hype. I am an ER doctor and have seen it close up.

By Trojan 4 life

January 9, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this

Ok LUCKEYEFAN if I remember correctly you got beat by Illinois which to me is a worse team than Stanford. Yes we got beat by Stanford and we will live but at least our National Titles are not won off of pass interference calls. Until you return that trophy to the rightful owners(Univ of Miami)SHUT THE HELL UP! Everything you said about USC applies to Ohio State too. Good teams don’t lose to Illinois and stop getting beat by the SEC in Title games in every major sport.

By Steve Spurrier

January 9, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

Dear Flea Bags,

In order to realize your silly dream of a national championship, you will have to defeat my team of roosters. Something you really seem to struggle with.

I look forward to seeing you in the fall and ruining your season again.

Love, Steve

By AltamahaDawg

January 9, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

Actually UGA beat Troy by double digits, playing 3 deep in our lineup at times in second half, and sitting on the ball late….if that is what you mean by Troy almost beating UGA, then good point.

By shane #1

January 9, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

early 80’s dog,i am even more old school than you.i have read all the posts by the volvo and lexus drivers and kept my mouth shut,but to say that richt is not”man enough”to win the nc is asinine!who the hell are you,pat dye?unless you are like dye and played on the line before visors and bird cage face mask,back before platoon football,you aren’t”man enough”to make that statement.how crooked is your nose?mark richt is more of a man,and a better man,than you are i will ever be,even if he never wins the nc.

By Trojan 4 life

January 9, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

Luckeyefan, how soon we forget going wire to wire in 2005 and destroying Oklahoma in the orange bowl. Plus when we play in title games we win. With the exception of Vince Young having the best game of his career on the biggest night of his life. But your title is not legit because it came on a blown call and you know it!

By Catfish Dawg

January 9, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

Trojan 4 Life Lets look at the powerful USC schedule

Idaho - 0-8, Stanford -3-6 (loss), ND-2-9, Washington 2-7, Washington St - 3-6, Oregon - 3-9.

What respect do want - USC is as overrated as Ohio St. You want respect for beating an other overrated Big 10 team.

As for Ohio State they should be banned from NC Game for at least 10 years - overrated big time what a joke school and football conference.

By LSU Tiger

January 9, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

OK, 2nd try. I’m serious, does anyone know if this writer is the same Mark Bradley that muffed a kick inside his 5 yard line playing for Oklahoma against USC, in the 2005 Orange Bowl?

By mark

January 9, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

Actually, we weren’t supposed to route Hawaii. A lot of people were saying to watch out for the upset with that high powered offense they supposedly have. I agree with you, they are very overrated with that joke of a schedule but it only matters what Herbstreit and the boys say.

This out of conference schedule strength you talk about. Do you mean the all mighty Idaho, the long deceased Nebraska, or the laughable Notre Dame that you feel gives you the edge over UGA?? You see, when you play the in conference schedule we do it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to go play you and Texas to start the season off.

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

Trojan 4 life, Need I remind you that 58% of America voted UGA the best team in the country! Not USC but UGA!ESPN this morning,Watch it. Just because those yuppies like you guys dosent make you a powerhouse either,Maybe we can find out when we play eachother next year in the NC game. UGA fans do not think they accomplished anything by killing Hawai! we were very dissapointed because we knew if we killed them we would get slack and if we lost we would get ridiculed! It was a no win situation really! Come on! you guys beat a pitiful Illi Team and they act as if yall beat the patriots! 10 years ago a 13th ranked team would never be considered for the Rose Bowl!! you had to be in the top 10 at least! that was rigged so USC could get an easy win, then the media blows it up like it was a true challenge! USC is a great football team but Illi has never had a good team! See ya in the NC next year!

By mark

January 9, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

YOu’re right though, UGA doesn’t get the respect USC does. Wanna know why? You guys are a good team in a weak a$$ conference. You beat the crap out of these weak a$$ schools every week and go nearly undefeated every year, therefore competing for NC every year.

UGA continues to play the gauntlet that is the SEC and goes somewhere around 10-2, goes to the Sugar Bowl and finishes the season with 10 or 11 wins. The media is stuck so far up USC,OSU,OU,Notre Dames a$$ that nobody cares about anybody else! Their are media darlings in sports, entertainment, and music. It doesn’t matter that the quality of the opponent you play is poor so long as you win big, and how could you not with those schedules. I mean, Notre Dame went 10-2 a couple of years ago. They beat all 3 service academies, unc, stanford, etc. They lost to the only 2 ranked teams they played against and they went to a BCS bowl!! You guys do the same thing. You’re a good team who plays no real competition, lookig good all the while because you’re in L.A. the land of the beautiful, and you compete for a NC because of this!! And that, buddy, is a fact!!

By D. Ellis

January 9, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

How about we just focus on winning the SEC before the BCS Championship game. Talk about overlooking what is most important

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

OK guys and gals, Let me remind these pac 10 and big overrated 10 teams of the facts, THE SEC WAS IN NINE BOWLS!! Theres only 12 teams in the confrence!!Since when has 9 of those petty 10 schools ever went to bowls in the same year????????NEVER!!! I rest my case girls!

By Plainspeak

January 9, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

Here we go again…..same ol’ crap every year…”best recruiting class”….”NC year is here”….same ol’ crash and burn!!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this

Good call D.Ellis, Let me remind everyone, UGA is good enough without a doubt to win the NC but we do play the hardest schedule ever next season. I just hope for another killer season really, since Richt took over theres really not much to complain about.I will say one thing though,UGA fans are never satisfied,we always strive for perfection but thats a good thing!

By shane #1

January 9, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

lsu tiger,i think the mark bradley you mention is playing wr for the bears.look at the picture on this blog again and tell me if you think this dude ever ran back a kick in his life!

By Trey

January 9, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

So here is how next year will go…..

  1. UGA wins first few games and then drops one to PAC10.
  2. UGA narrowly defeats USC, but loses to TN, FL, and LSU.
  3. Dawg fan’s dig out their favorite Mantra..(WUNY)Wait Until Next Year..our schedule was too tough…blah, blah, blah.
  4. Florida wins SEC and returns to NC game….again.
  5. AJC writes article describing how miserable the UGAy season was and how overhyped the thUGAs were. Sonny Perdue threatens to shut down the AJC.

Before you sanitation engineers start mouthing off, please look at your schedule vs. FL and TN over the last 20 years, both schools own you, and in the majority of those games by huge margins.

By Roll Tide

January 9, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this

It would not surprise me if UGA was ranked #3 right behind Notre Dame and USC. Damn those media darlings!

By gtt

January 9, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

Of course 2008 will be UGA’s year! Every year is according to the AJC! And every year, they just don’t quite make it do they?

By LSU Tiger

January 9, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

Thanks, Shane, hard to tell from just a small head shot.

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

Trogan fan did your basketball team go to the Championship? We are producing teams that WIN! Are you serious Stanford is better than Illinios! You must be kidding me!

THE PAC TEN ONLY HAD 5 TEAMS finished over .500 ARE YOU KIDDING ME! THE SEC IS THE BEST RIGHT NOW IT WILL CHANGE.

By the way doubting SEC FAN, Auburn went undefeated in the conference twice in this decade quit crying about no goin undefeated in the conference! What a bunch of wimps!

By GeorgiaGrad

January 9, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

gtt: How was Boise dipsh!t? A little chilly? Shouldn’t you be getting back to those TPS reports? I want those on my desk by 3pm. Get cracking.

By shane #1

January 9, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

lsu tiger,no problem,we enjoyed ya’ll so much before the sugar bowl.i guess the nc will be argued ad nauseum,but there is no doubt that lsu fans are world class partyers.thanks for pulling for us against the warriors,i will never forget the”sec”chant coming from the lsu fans and i was happy you beat the buckeyes.see you in baton rouge!

By dawg1

January 9, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

All these Tech nerds on here need to listen to Brad Paisley’s song “Online.” I’m convinced he visited Georgia Tech one day and was driven to write that song afterwards. Anybody who comes on here and makes references about how rich they are, or what kind of car they bought their “wife” for Christmas, or what they majored in, are more than likely lying. I come on here to read comments about football, that’s what I’m doing on this blog. You lying losers are trying to make others think you’re successful and wealthy, when in all reality, if you were you wouldn’t feel the need to brag about it on A FOOTBALL BLOG. What sad, sad lives you lead. I feel sorry for you. Oh, wait a minute, scratch that. You’re too successful to care what I think, right? Right. Back to your Dungeons and Dragons you dorks, and let the rest of us talk football.

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 1:26 PM | Link to this

Mark quit crying if you had a history of winning your conference you would get the respect also!

Just Win baby!

By Vandyhatt

January 9, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Georgia fans: Before you break your collective arms patting yourselves on the back for winning the national championship in 2008 you had better think back to the lasting effect that some of the highschool antics you provided in 2007 may have on some of your opponents in 2008. Running onto the field the”black out”taunting Auburn, stomping on the Vandy symbol in the center of their field are things that may just come back to haunt you. Your homecoming on October18 and the game agaist Auburn on November 15 may be games that will last in your memories for a long time. These teams as well as others have a long year to remember your disrespect and on game day will make the adrenalin gush!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By D. Ellis

January 9, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Dear Trey-UF WILL NOT MAKE IT THE NC GAME NEXT YEAR WITH THAT DEFENSE…WRITE IT DOWN…PUT IN BRONZE…..POST IT UP IN YOUR ROOM…YOU GUYS GOT MANHANDLED BY A TEAM THAT LOST TO A 1AA TEAM. YOU ALSO GOT MANHANDLED BY UGA. UF”S DEFENSE WAS DOWN RIGHT TERRIBLE THIS YEAR. Didn’t man up against LSU when it had to….didn’t man up and stop Michigan in the bowl game….didn’t man up and stop UGA….and didn’t man up and stop AU from the drive for the FG…DEFENSE WINS NC’S GAMES. Last year UF had a very good defense…they won it…this year UF’s defense was one of the worst in the SEC…they din’t win it. Don’t get me wrong…UF is a very very good program….VERY GOOD….but that defense this year was downright TERRIBLE….

By sobedawg

January 9, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

The game in Baton Rouge in 2009 should be a classic! SobeDawg

By Green Tea

January 9, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Seriously Mark… Do us all a favor and look over your cubicle wall or out of your office door and yell at Terrence Moore to read your column. Then tell him he couldn’t write a column this insightful if he had someone else write if for him. Glad there is at least 1 good sports writer at the AJC. Keep up the good work!

By ajcattorney

January 9, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

IN A PREPARED STATEMENT THE AJC HAD THIS TO SAY: We would like to apologize to all of the out of state, transient a*******holes who believe that we show an unfair bias towards the Georgia Bulldogs. How dare we, the largest in state paper, show favoritism towards the largest in state university and it’s football team. We should not expect or assume that only UGA fans would desire to read UGA articles and participate in UGA blogs. How unprofesional of us to be so unaware of the feelings of you, the few transient a*******holes who are not UGA fans. Not anymore.

We will now take society’s approach and allow the few to rule the masses. We will not ask you the few to be tolerant of us the majority. Instead, we will conform our paper and our reporting to cater to your needs and desires. How could we live with ourselves if we continue to upset so few of you. No more biased home town reporting. No more talking up the home team. No more getting the local fans excited about the upcoming season. NOPE! From now on it’s good, fair, evenly distributed reporting.

We will of course be careful not to take any sides so as to not upset any fewer people than we already have. Please accept our apology and we hope that the few of you transient, out of state A*******HOLES will continue to read the local sports pages and blogs instead of finding your hometown paper online and reading about your own team.

Sincerely, The AJC

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Funny UGA beat 3 teams with a 6 and 6 record!

Can anyone tell what is the SEC signature win outside of the conference!

By shane #1

January 9, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

d ellis,how true!to make it worse for the gators,harvey,you know,the de that was lining up in osu’s backfield last year,will turn pro.i am sure the buckeyes remember him.while they are at it the gators might try to recruit some fbs and a tb or two that know how to block,tes aren’t too bad either.just a thought before meyer signs 15 more all-star wrs that tebow can’t throw to because he is laying on his backside.BTW,i wonder if the incoming coach and”spread”expert gave michigan some pointers on defensing uf?hhhhhhmmmmmmmm

By BigDawg

January 9, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

The first thing that those idiots on ESPN said after LSU DESTROYED Osu they didnt believe LSU was the best team in the country! What more do they want? LSU played in the hardest confrence they could play! Sure, they lost 2 games,but anyone can lose to anyone on any given day in the SEC!I am A huge UGA fan,but noone deserved the title more than LSU! they more than proved they were the best this year by desroying that pathetic excuse for a football team in the NC and also by winning the SEC.

Maybe california gold didnt fall out of their butts like it does at USC but they were the best team! I do believe it was funny UGA was the 4th ranked team and LSU and Tenn were ranked lower and played in the championship game! Now thats freaking crazy! It should have still been UGA and LSU! I know Tenn beat us ,but they also lost to Alabama, and UGA beat them so that should have made a differance.

GOOOO OHIO ST SUCKEYES!!!!!! The basketball team and the football team are now in competition to see who can lose to the SEC the most(lost to gators in football and basketball!!) Talking bad about UGA takes the focus off of your pathetic program doesnt it? At least we do win bowls alot more than we lose, you sure cant say that!! Maybe you can get lucky and play the WAC next year in a bowl!You would likely get WACED by the WAC! GOOO SUCKEYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Hunk Erdown

January 9, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

The signature SEC win is not Ohio State, that has become a 9-0 patsy game.

By Ramblin' Wreck

January 9, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

As a avid tech fan, know that most of the ones bragging about being rich or having a better education are trash. Tech and UGA are two wholly different schools, remember not all GT fans are as arrogant as these morons.

About USC, they might not be tested, but they do have the best talent in the country. Southern Cal is oozing with HS athletes, and with the Trojans’ success they can recruit pretty much anywhere.

By uga born and bred

January 9, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

Ohiostbuckeye, UGA has won 12 confrence titles,more than anyone other than bama in our confrence. not to mention,2 national championships and 3 more where we shared the NC with another team! dont talk about stuff you dont have a clue about! thats a pretty good tradition of winning if you ask me!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

OK DUMMY, What awsome team did OSU( OSULOSTAGAIN) play? ILL? YOU lost to them dummy!! anyone you played that had any sort of name YOU LOST TO!! YOU didnt even play a ranked opponent all year!! And you have the nerve to talk about a team who plays nothing but ranked opponents!! How stupid are you Forest? Then you say something about Georgia not playing strong enough teams outside the confrence!! Hell, even UGA needs an easy win once in a while!! Hell, you guys get one every week so shut your butthole for a mouth!! Its obvious you cant be over 10?

By georgiagirl

January 9, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

ESPN loves USC and Ohio State, the he!! with them and Fox, they love to suck up to the Big Ten and Pac Ten.

And for a OHIOSTATEBUCKEYE to comment on any SEC team UGA or who ever. Take your whiney butt else where, 0-9 against the SEC. I really think you need to give up on the bowl games, but don’t worry ESPN AND FOX SPORTS will be there kissing your a@@es as always.

I like CBS and ABC better, you can keep gameday in OHIO STATE AND USC. Signature wins LSU BEATS OHIO STATE, FLA BEATS OHIO STATE. At least GEORGIA wins more bowls games.
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SEC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And Vandyhatt, I guess you forgot what your team did on our field in 2006, oh how you forget. Georgia and Auburn go way back in taunting so, before you start calling the kettle black, look in your own black pot. Boy you better go back and watch some past games and see the taunting going because UGA has been taunted many times. And wearing Black Jerseys is not taunting FOOL, if so you better tell your team to change colors. Last time I check Georgia colors were RED and BLACK and this team has wanted BLACK jerseys for a long time. ITS CALLED MOTIVATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s okay for other teams to do things to get their teams going, but let UGA do something and here comes a the a@@holes out of the wood work. I guess if was okay for FLA to do it UGA many times. Or Auburn turning the water system on UGA fans in Auburn. Would you like for me to start finding some other things. IT CALLED FOOTBALL AND ITS SUPPOSE TO BE FUN AND YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT BUT PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE IT HARD. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT JOB LSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By dc dawg

January 9, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Your article looks award-winning compared to TM’s article. Very nice.

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

YOU GO Georgia girl!!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

YOU GO Georgia girl!!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

YOU GO Georgia girl!!

By 3volpaul

January 9, 2008 3:15 PM | Link to this

congrats, Dawgs, good year.

By georgiagirl

January 9, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

CONGRATS TO THE SEC, GREAT YEAR AND GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s going to be a long 8 months.

By Trojan 4 life

January 9, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

I like the SEC really I do, but come on you guys. Stop bragging about all the conference titles you have won. The only thing that matters in NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS in any sport, not conf titles. You guys remind me of all the the Sacramento Kings fans I know bragging about divisions titles when the Lakers were winning CHAMPIONSHIPS. If you don’t have National Titles and an occasional Heisman winner keep quiet.

By OoltewahDawg

January 9, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

OSBuckey, the SEC signature win was the beatdown of your team by LSU. Had the nation been given the matchup everyone wanted (UGA vs USC in the Rose Bowl), that would have been it.

By Ed

January 9, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

UGA, learn how to beat TN and play some real non-conf games before you even think about #1.

Tony, UGA is 4-3 against Tennessee under Richt and plays at Arizona State next year, so put a check mark by both of those. We can now think about #1.

I agree with what was implied by your post, that Tech isn’t a “real” non-conference game. That ought to irritate some nerds.

By Catfish Dawg

January 9, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

Ohiostbuckeye

Tell the world of any signature win that OSU had this year let us lok at the tough (HA!HA!) schedule, Youngstown St., U of Akron, Kent St., U of Washington, Michigan St, Michigan (lost to App St.), Illinois (loss), LSU (loss) -

OSU could carry the water buckets in the SEC - OSU is so over rated - Your coaches get out coached Your players get out played PS - Even the OSU web page is slow!!!!

By the way,

January 9, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

With UGA’s brutal schedule, a 9-3 year would not be disastrous. In order to go 11-1 or 12-0, Mark Stafford is going to have to step up and throw with more accuracy and consistency. 2008 could be the year he goes from being merely a very good quarterback to becoming a truly GREAT quarterback. That’s what it will take.

By Hunk Erdown

January 9, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

I would like to say Congrats to Lloyd Carr and the Wolverines for sending him out with a big win. I don’t know if Florida will have a decent running back for ‘08-‘09 but it should be no secret that in ‘07 the path to victory over the Gators was to simply key on Harvin and Tebow. If you can manage to pressure Tebow and hold down his yds per carry plus negate Harvin you have conquered half their playbook. The problem is that negating Harvin is a man size job, that is one very talented young man. That’s not to say that Fla doesn’t have many more offensive weapons, but controlling the two main stars was the key this year. If the Gators don’t quit using Tebow as a battering ram they will continue to have the excuse of “the only reason you beat us was because Tebow was beat up”. Of course that is a pretty lame excuse when their defense gives up 40+ points. Anyway it was a great game and I’m happy for Coach Carr.

By Ohiostatebuckeye

January 9, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

Did you see that? A UGA fan states you have shared 3 national Championship! WOW the dishonesty runs rapid! OSU last to FLorida who owns Georgia and LSU. Once again who have you beaten that was good! Please say LSU in 05 when then sucked! They lost the bowl game that year also!

By JP

January 9, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

LSU’s gonna repeat. Go Tigers!

By Grandpa Frenchy

January 9, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

OoltewahDawg, apparently not “everyone” wanted the UGA v. USC matchup you fantasized about. If “everyone” had, wouldn’t they have voted Georgia as #1 or #2? Oh, I forgot — that was stolen from UGA. Too bad Margaret Mitchell’s not around to write more melodrama for you guys. You seem to wallow in it.

By Hitman

January 9, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

Ajcattorney —

This is not a UGA blog, it is a sports column blog written about UGA, as are most of the sports articles that show up in the (UG)Ajc. God fobid we actually have some opinions on here that approach being objective, vs. all the homer articles and delusional fan responses that show up here.

BTW, I’m a rare native Georgian living in ATL — not a transient A—hole — and I hate to see the obvious bias the (UG)Ajc exhibits towards that bastian of mediocrity and its “bubba” fan base. But I guess it keeps jerks like you who wouldn’t know an original thought if it bit you in the A— gainfully employed…

And regarding your references to the AJC and UGA being the largest paper and univ in the state, respectively — larger ain’t always better. Take, for example, the AJC and UGA.

By Hunk Erdown

January 9, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

By The Way-

I agree that Stafford has got loads of room for improvement and if he steps it up to his true potential we could have more than just a good chance at that perfect season. But even if he stays the same as he is now we will be hard to beat because of our running game and the progression of our O-Line. Moreno, Southerland, and who knows about Caleb King… He could wind up being better than Moreno, or he could end up being academically ineligible, or somewhere in between. If he stays eligible (sp), and he lives up to the hype and recruit ranking, CMR’s wife could play quarterback. If Stafford improves and the new flankers step up (Green and Troupe) in addition to guys like Tripp Chandler and the lanky kid from Dalton (sorry, his name escapes me) and the many other potential star recievers… geez, what an offense… I don’t think I have ever seen a more powerful and balanced attack anywhere, anytime. Plus, if Martinez can continue like he has with all the talent and depth on defense the next couple of years are going to be very special. Let’s not forget that backing up Stafford will be a pretty special kid named Logan Gray… They say that he could start for any team in the nation, and he wore the red-shirt last year, so it wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster if something happened to Stafford. I think that 9-3 would be a huge let down.

By The Big, Slooooww Ten

January 9, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

OhiostateBuckeye: LSU was ranked #3 when we kicked their teeth in at the Georgia dome 34-14. Oh, and they beat Miami (who was still good at that point) by 40 points in their bowl. You must be a Techie, because you both just make stuff up and hope the other person doesn’t know the answer. Either way, you’re an ignorant dumb@ss.

By Hey Ed

January 9, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Funny how we’re nerds, yet the nerds have more crystal than the mutts. Us ‘nerds’ also are pretty damn good on the hardwood too, pretty geeky, am I right?

By Hunk Erdown

January 9, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Buckeye-

What is the threshold for what you call “good”? Any team that would beat OSU? That covers the entire Southeastern Conference. Many said that Oklahoma State was good. I truly believe that Hawaii would have at least given OSU a good game and probably would have lit you up for 45 points.

By DawgGrad

January 9, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

“Hey Ed” - Yeah, yall were hell before facemasks were invented! And you’ve never even won a unanimous national championship, soooo…where’s this “crystal” you’re talking about? I mean, the last self-rewarded national “title” you bees gave yourselves you finished the year by winning the Citrus (lots of prestige there, huh) bowl and being ranked #2 in the AP poll. Wait a minute, that’s what Georgia finished the year at in the AP Poll. Guess we can claim a championship too, huh? Oh, and I love the basketball talk. After we beat you on the planks I’m sure you’ll talk about baseball, right? You idiots are so predictable. Have fun with your uglier-than-a-bowling-shoe football coach and his highschool offense. I mean, Johnson is going to fit in well with the “Star War Bar Scene” student body you geeks have accumulated. Let the good times roll!

By Catfish Dawg

January 9, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

Ohiostatebuckeye Here is the resent UGA bowl record against Big 10 schools. Look at 1993.

Name the last big school that OSU beat - please say Miami - the refs gave you that one. ESPN and Media bias has let OSU back into NC games and they get beat badly, they get out coached and outplayed.

You best be thankful OSU does not play in the SEC then they would just be a 7-4 team - we call that Vanderbilt.

*Outback Jan. 1, 2005 Wisconsin W, 24-21 *Capital One Jan. 1, 2004 Purdue W, 34-27 (OT) *Outback Jan. 1, 2000 Purdue W, 28-25 (OT) *Outback Jan. 1, 1998 Wisconsin W, 33-6 *Florida Citrus Jan. 1, 1993 Ohio St W, 21-14

By Catfish Dawg

January 9, 2008 4:55 PM | Link to this

OhiostateBuckeye The last good team UGA beat was Hawaii - the only undefeated team in the country until this years Sugar Bowl, oh Fla. State in 2005 Sugar Bowl, oh Virgina Tech yep beat them in a bowl game.

When was the last time OSU won a bowl game - oh the one the refs game them against Miami.

By Top Dawg

January 9, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

Mark May and the ESPN-Big Ten gang will never support the idea of a playoff system. The two biggest villains in the post-season debacle are the Big Ten and Pac Ten.

If we have a playoff then their stranglehold on the Rose and ultimately who plays for the title will be lost.

Can you imagine Ohio State going through 3 rounds of playoffs in 2002? UGA was better than them that year! For that matter I don’t know if even the greatest USC team could walk through multiple rounds.

It’s simple, the ESPN pundits aligned with the Rose committee and their respective conference leaders to stop a playoff at all costs because a league like the SEC is built for a playoff.

Their compromise would be to talk of a plus one or “p** one”. That way the ESPN Big Ten boys would have their spheres of influence on which two teams to place in that particular game. Guess who would go this year folks? Hint: It wouldn’t be the Dawgs and LSU.

With a plus one model we would have the old bowl set up where USC would’ve won the Rose, LSU the Sugar, UGA would’ve won their at large and VT, Okie, or West Virginia could’ve won the last “big bowl”. THE SAME SCENARIO DAWG FANS FACED AT THE BCS SELECTION WOULD HAPPEN AGAIN WHERE MAY, CORSO, HERBSREET, AND HOLTZ WOULD ALL DISMISS UGA AS UNDESERVING!

No thanks, P** One!

By Zach

January 9, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

DawgGrad, you know that GT was ranked #1 in the UPI poll, right? I guess you didn’t care to bring that up. The team we “shared” the title with won on a 5th down play, which should have given them 2 losses.

That citrus bowl win was over one of the best teams in the nation, that Nebraska squad. We dominated them.

When was your last nat’l champ season? 1980?

By The Truth

January 9, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Dear Leghumpers; We look forward to coming to Sanibowl this fall, and once again putting you in your proper place. We really enjoyed your visit to Knoxville last fall, you were “easy pickin’s”. By the way, you mutts like to talk “series record”, care to discuss.

          Love,
          Phillip Fulmer

By Dogs will Choke

January 9, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

Dogs being ranked # 2 is Comical and just goes to show that the BCS is a Joke! One thing right though, The DAWGS ARE # 2 which is SH%T!… Sorry dawgs but it will be very unlikely that the next NC will be a SEC team next year. Aint gonna happen! So come back down to earth you mutts. You lost to a pathetic SC team and got Manhandled at Tenn. and got a lucky lucky break at Vandy to reach the Sugar, Count your blessings! You think that your were a young team with a lot of freshman playing…. well wait next year when the sophomore jinxs hits the dawgs and the swelling heads of the pups wont be as good as they thought they would be……BTW Hawaii was a joke and if the dawgs would have hung a half a hundred on the warriors and also not allowed that last TD , the dawgs might have been ranked # 2 in both the USA Today and AP polls. CMR needs to understand that good teams must have a stingy defense and also score STYLE POINTS when they can. So Come back to EARTH Dawg Nation!!!!!

By The Truth

January 9, 2008 6:44 PM | Link to this

Dear “you’re just Georgia”; Really enjoyed the visit last fall to Sanibowl ballfield, it was nice to put you in your proper place with a win, even though it’s not like you’re a national powerhouse, just Georgia. While you were winning your bowl game against that Div II school you played, I was recruiting more players to, as usual, beat you with (I OWN you). So, I look forward to you coming to Columbia this fall, I’ve grown so accustomed to beating you. Hey! Here’s an idea…perhaps you could were GARNET colored jerseys! You know, like our colors? I know your coah likes goofy gimmicks like that. Hey, wait a minute…like I said when I was at FL, “I could beat Gawgja with their own players!” Look forward to another win for SC.

Love Always, Steve “I OWN you” Spurrier

By The Actual Truth

January 9, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

Yes, the gamehens won the battle; the Vowels finally won in Kneeling Stadium. BUT, which BCS bowl were you toads in? You may have won the battle but you clearly LOST the WAR. Superior was playing golf while we were playing in the BCS and the Vowels had to get up with the chickens to play its game. The end of the season is when the results count; otherwise, losing in routs to Cal and Fla would have clearly kept you out of any bowl! And, hens, was it 5 or 6 games in a row that you lost to end the season. I know, ….wait til next year. Same thing holtz said………

By Dawg4Life

January 9, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this

“Dogs will Choke”, you are a douche bag!…go back to your lame a$$ tech dorm room.

By Coarch "s"uperior

January 9, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

I regret that without the players I had at FLA, there is no magic in the OBC. I’ve found I can’t get it done in the NFL or in Columbia, so I’m taking the Howareya job. Plenty of golf courses…good place to retire without all this losing. I can’t stand it. So for now use the small “s” when referring to me as superior. Washington and SC have ruined me!!!! Best regards, lovable Steve.

By Jenny Craig

January 9, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

Fullup Filmer has asked me to advise that he will be “out of town” as he fills the rest of his buffet plat…I mean staff. You know he has three more vacancies so he may be gone a while…like about 150 pound…I mean days. Please don’t attempt to contact him during this vital search period. And please don’t be sending him pies, cakes, hamhocks, lard gravy, biscuits or twinkies. Thank you for respecting his wishes.
Jenny “Drop IT” Craig

By Dogs will Choke

January 9, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this

Dawg4life…… go outside and clean up your Double wide… Social services will come callin. BTW You need to tell your Daddy that its not ok for him to molest you.

By JD

January 9, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this

FYI…Nebraska finished ranked 24th (ap)and 18th (upi) respectively in 1990, hardly “one of the best teams in the nation.” It is really sad when you can’t just support your team and have to resort to going over to a blog regarding UGA to trash the Dawgs. Seriously, we have c** fans (lost their final 5 games this year), buckeyes (embarrassed by the SEC again 2 days ago), and tech of all people talking trash. Get a life and support your team, quit obsessing about UGA.

By Headlines NOT

January 9, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

Well we can be CERTAIN we won’t see these headlines: 2008 could be Tech’s year (substitute any of the following for “Tech’s”: South Carolina, Tennessee, Aubarn, Alabama, OMYo State,…and most other second and third tier programs.) Have a nice day.

By From the Top

January 9, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

The view from the top for LSU and Georgia looks GREAT. BTW, some of you are losing your hair, worrying about us, no doubt. Keep your chins up!!!!!!!! In the meantime, I’m LMAO at you perpetual pretenders. Jealousy can ruin your health, so be wary.

By From the Top

January 9, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

The view from the top for LSU and Georgia looks GREAT. BTW, some of you are losing your hair, worrying about us, no doubt. Keep your chins up!!!!!!!! In the meantime, I’m LMAO at you perpetual pretenders. Jealousy can ruin your health, so be wary.

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

Hey, OSU suckeye, look under Georgiadawgs.com and you will see our NC history you little terd burguler.Not that we owe you an excuse for anything, but you sure do for your teams consistant losing to the SEC over and over,losing and losing,Im so tired of looking at those horid silver helments with the rainbow bright stickers on them!

WE never play you guys and I cant stand you!

OH and hey phillip, just a thought, you guys lost to Alabama and we beat them so dont even go there,you lost to florida and we spanked them as well!! we are ranked #2 and you are 11th ok?

Whats up with the terd fans invading our blog?

I never go on OSU blogs because theres nothing for me to talk about, not unless I was just a pecker and wanted to be a trouble maker.Go find you a winning team to pull for and then you will know what its like to talk on your own blog,

We cant even enjoy discussing our team without having to deal with immature people like Osubuckeye who I really think is a tech nerd having fun at our cost. Sorry if Im wrong guys! But that just reaffirms the disrespect UGA fans recieve! I guess its to painful to look at the truth huh guys?Your team sucks ROYALY so hey, lets make everybodyelse miserable like us right!!!

By For the Record

January 9, 2008 7:22 PM | Link to this

Please update your records: It’s now “OMYo State Luckeyes”.

By Santa Claus

January 9, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this

Twas the preseason of the 2008 College Football Season and VISIONS of a NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIP danced through their heads. TOO BAD DAWG NATION ITS ONLY VISIONS!!!! SORRY!!!

By Dogs will Choke

January 9, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

Big Dawg….. I wonder if you need help with your Homophobic Comments. Do you come from a dysfunctional Family when you were a child? Did you inbred Daddy have visitation on the weekends and did he and his brother molest you? You.. Big Dawg can get counseling for that emotional trauma ………………. Mr Zeb McKluskey you need to go out and clean up around your double wide before social services comes pays a visit. I bet you missed last months mortgage installment because you been playing the power ball Lottery. BTW You need to stop molesting your 14 year old son even though he says its ok. Go TIGERS ROAR ROAR ROAR!!!!!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

OK chicken fans, hate to burst the sorriest team in the SECs bubble but the DAWGS are 47-17 against yalls poor excuse for a team!! you make the SEC look Bad and I cringe at the day yall joined the SEC! The SEC is for winners not a bunch of chicken Heads,crack heads or whatever you call yourselves! dont talk about your one win against us Thats a miserable joke. we beat yall a thousand games in a row before you ever got lucky and won a game! You were one of the few teams in the SEC not to even make a bowl!!YOU SUCK AND ALWAYS WILL!!! Im sure the rest of the country outside of the poorest educated state in the nation (S.C.)will agree! Go eat some chitlins and get off our blog Billy bob dumb a*! OH YEA, dogs will choke, Why do you type in the same crap on every blog? Did your mommy let you play on the computer again? Go fix you a pop tart and watch Barney You Freakin Loser! Did mommy pay your car payment this week? I sure hope so, Cause you probably done blown all your money on internet porn!! Dogs want choke but you might unless you take that suasage out of your mouth!! Just trying to look out for you there pecker wood

By Dogs will Choke

January 9, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this

BigDawg…… Calm Down all you have to do is tell your inbred Daddy NO! and Social Services WONT take you away. Does he give you a complex by calling you little boy come here?

By A Public Reminder

January 9, 2008 8:08 PM | Link to this

16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12 16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12! 16 - 12, 16 - 12,16 - 12,16 - 12!

By Little geek

January 9, 2008 8:16 PM | Link to this

Dogs will choke, Its obvious you have beef with everyone on this blog,Its also very obvious either you are 13 or younger.

Please go find another place to play games,ajc will block you if you continue to talk teenage crap instead of sports. You are the very reason people think Georgians are inbreds! Do you not hear how repulsive you sound? If you are over 13 then you are the dumbest redneck I have ever seen on this blog! Grow up little boy!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 8:30 PM | Link to this

Dogs will choke, Quit stealing my jokes, this all started the other night when I said you must be an inbred and molested! HA HA,It really bothered you didnt it? Get a life pipsqueek, you need to go to bed,its past your bed time there buddy boy! Get your barney doll and go to bed!

Anyone know who the last undefeated SEC team was and how long thats been? I think florida but not sure?

By scott

January 9, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this

PLEASE…PLEASE believe that you mutts will be the champs next year! Believe it ALL YEAR LONG. Please repost these idiotic posts after the 3rd loss for the Dawgs next year. Some AA non conference game, Kentucky, and Tennessee. I want to see the dumb looks on your face after your 3rd loss. Keep believing you dumb mutts.

By The Truth

January 9, 2008 10:38 PM | Link to this

Hey Big Dawg; Bet you won’t do it! You’re talking “series record” again——why don’t you state the “SERIES RECORD” for your mutts against ALA, AUB, TN, and LSU? Weeeeee’re waiting.

By The Truth

January 9, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this

Thought so Big Dawg, let me help,

Series Records: Against ALA 24-35-4 Against AUB 49-53-8 Against TN 15-19-2 Against LSU 11-14-1

And for good measure: Against Navy 0-2 HAHAHAHA!

By But still

January 9, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this

Against the gamehens, it remains 47-17. Have a nice day.

By AJC

January 9, 2008 11:01 PM | Link to this

Thanks to all the losers for joining DAWG fans in this blog. It adds some spice, even if not much accuracy. Ed.

By BigDawg

January 9, 2008 11:02 PM | Link to this

OH NO , for some reason I just developed amnesia. I think tenn has us 19-15 Lsu about the same and Auburn about 10 games and Alabama has the world beat. I know those teams had a lead on us why do you think I left them out! RATTS!!,FOILED AGAIN!How dare you remind me of those facts! GOOD CALL DUDE, I give credit where credit is due.

By Back to Reality

January 9, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

Thank you to our SEC brethren for joining in the discussion, but let’s get back to the team that lost in the ROADY’s HUMILIATION BOWL. The one, the only…GA Tech (GIT). Gave up 571 yards to Fresco State!

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 11:06 PM | Link to this

Alabama is still the only team with more confrence titles than us! LSU did tie us this year though. SO NA NA NA BOO BOO!

By P.S.

January 9, 2008 11:08 PM | Link to this

And counting tonight, who has NOT won a BASKETBALL game in Athens since 1976! 31 years! GIT.

By Big Dawg

January 9, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this

Also, Its so funny, The Falcons are about to take old pete from the Trojans!! OH what will the pete lovers at ESPN think about that? Pete a FALCON COACH? GOOD LUCK WITH THAT PETEY BOY! HAAAAAAAAAAAA!

By Art W

January 10, 2008 12:12 AM | Link to this

GO MOUNTAINEERS Oklahoma was a nonbeliever, Georgia was a nonbeliever, the nation was a nonbeliever…. West Virginia Football is alive ! See ya next year !

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