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By The True Dawg

January 9, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

I still cannot believe that AJC has not fired you. I have never in my life seen any-person that HATES the University of Georgia as much as you do. AJC needs to be very shameful of themselves for still having you as a staff member. It ok to hate UGA, but please go to another state and write your blog and your ill biased opinions about UGA; or maybe have a new year resolution to start writing something positive for once..

By alcoholic

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

nobody cares about academics! football makes colleges what they are. I cant wait to pack sanford stadium saturday for the decatholon. nobody cares.

By mickey

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

you are an idiot as usual!

By jon

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

you are the biggest excuse for garbage I’ve ever seen! I saw you on the Jim Rome show yesterday, thats fits you about perfect. You both are both awful speakers! Too bad you can’t fall back on writing! Terrence, I’m a freaking GA Tech fan and I can see the crap your trying so hard to stir up on here! Get a life loser!

By Matthew Sanders

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

Terrence: STFU. Stop writing sports articles. You are a moron. These kids, with the exception of a few, are not student-athletes. They’re athletes at a school.

The AJC should put you in the mailroom or something.

By Terence is a fool

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

Terence the championship needs to be settled on the field not with a bunch of computers why can’t you understand that!

By Jim

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

The only people to ever LOUDLY complain are those whose teams were shafted. You can go back to nearly every year and find a team or two or three or four or even five that had pretty legitimate gripes about not playing in the National Championship. The only team in my humble opinion that was the most shafted was Auburn when they were undefeated. They should have shared the title that year with USC. Adams needs to stop the madness. UGA did not do what they needed to so that they could play for the title. However, it would have been great to see them play USC or even West Virginia….

By Shaun

January 9, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

Basketball already runs over two semesters- and I’m certain they miss more school because of more games- and teams in the NCAA tourney definitely miss a lot of school.

Currently you can have a team play 14 games a year - a playoff might add one game. It would still be better for academics than the bball teams.

By sgdawg

January 9, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

Mr Moore is a tired act. He has no core beliefs and he thinks journalism is being argumentative in order to stir up “controversy”. He is not controversial or provocative, he’s just sad. Best cure for the Mr Moore types is just to ignore them.

By outofreverse

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

Terence, let’s be honest…you’re an a*******clown

By PeaDawg

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

ur such an idiot, geeze. i hate waking up and reading the ajc.com and seein ur stupid columns! go to florida or something if u hate us so much.

By ADAM

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

TEERANCE YOU STOP LYING…YOU STATED THAT HAWAII WAS A FARUD EXPOSED DURING THE SUGAR BOWL DUE TO THEIR WEAK SCHEDULE, BUT YOU WILL NOT ADMIT THE SAME THING ABOUT OSU AND THEIR WEAK SCHEDULE…YOU LIKE THE BIG TEN BECAUSE THEY MAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD INSIDE BECAUSE THEY’RE SLOW JUST AS YOU ARE…DIVISION 2 AND 3 HAVE A PLAY-OFF, SO ARE YOU SAYING THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THE STUDENT ATHLETE. yOU DON’T EITHER. YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT SECURING A SPOT FOR THE BIG TEN BECAUSE YOU’RE IN LOVE WITH THEM PANSY!

By SEC Fan

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

The thing that blows my mind is do you honestly believe the Big 10 and Big 12 don’t want a playoff because of the academic concerns? NO!! Why are you not griping about basketball as well, they miss much more class, they have a 3 weekend torunament that basically last for 5 days of each week and I don’t hear you saying that the NCAA is all concerned about “student athletes” during that time. The bottom line is all the presidents should be voicing this same opinion at least for a plus one game. I don’t think in a two team national championship game Georgia deserved to be in it but in a plus one game they probably would have made itand without a doubt in an 8 team playoff. You know as well as I do the SEC has the best conference and if they went to a playoff there is a good chance they would have two teams in it most every year. Give us the real reason you are against any type of playoff because the “student athlete” argument does not pass the test!!!

By Michael

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

Hey Moore! Here’s some advice! Shoe shine box and Marta railways.

By Mike

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

Wow. I do not always agree with what you write Terence, but I am more amazed by the responses (and their obvious lack of IQ) to your blog. What you rite about the SEC is, unfortunately, the truth. But, in these parts, it’s considered “our little secret”. Kinda like that member of the family who is mentally retarded or in prison (or whatever), folks in these parts just “don’t talk about it” and pretend it does not exist.

You broke the rule, Terence. You brought it out into the light. I would suggest you ignore the comments from the readers, unless you can view it is entertainment!

Meanwhile, the combination of redneck passions, and $$$, will continue to rule college athletics in the south.

Maybe we should eliminate ALL breaks for student-athletes (no exceptions on college entrance requirements, no tutors, no special help in getting through school) and actually treat them like students…then lower the fees for the resulting games…and see what ahppens.

By Apaul404

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

The bottom line is this needs to happen. I don’t care what motivated him he is finally doing the right thing.

By steve

January 9, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

Let’s behonest. If it weren’t for the athlete-athlete how would most colleges exist? Terrence, give up on your monotonous diatribe and retire..

By steve

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

Mike One suggestion..try reviewing your remedial English 101 as to spelling and grammar. And if you don’t like it down here, then Delta is ready when you are..

By SickofYou

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

I used to enjoy reading the AJC every morning, but you are killing that for me. It gets harder and harder to read an article with your name attached to it.I would sure like to know how many readers you have cost the AJC because it’s getting close to being one more.

By david baird

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

How absurd is the argument against a division 1 play-off on any grounds but especially on the grounds of the athlete-athlete vs. student- athlete. Division one college football is the only sport in all of college athletics that does not decide its champion by play-off. Are all the other athletes that compete in all other sports except D-1 football not emphasizing education Mr. Moore? Your argument has no grounds.

By Big Al

January 9, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

Man T, you have stirred up the Georgia folks. The idiot factor has really come out swinging about this article. You better start wearing a bullet proof vest.

By David

January 9, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

My goodness Mr Moore what hate and derision comes your way for expressions of your thoughts. I freely admit that I am outsider looking in after only 7 years in the state. As an outsider I am really astounded at such anger and almost hatred towards any sportswriter. I guess as an older feller I have more manners and respect for those I disagree with. Please continue your commentary whether I or others agree with you. Tsk Tsk to those other haters, please show southern manners at least.

By GW

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

BLOGGERS PLEASE! These are blogs, not journalism. Moore is doing what the AJC wants. Stirring the pot to get 250 responses. As for Adams, he’s just grandstanding to try to gain support from young UGA alumni. He lost the over 40 group forever. He could cure cancer and that would not change.

By Mike

January 9, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

So its ok to have playoffs at every level of sports, just not division 1-A? Is that what we’re supposed to believe, Terrence? Playoffs are fine at every level of football and in every sport known to man, just not 1-A football. No problem, Terrence. Makes perfect sense to me.

oh and Mike (the one up above me on this comment section): Grow up. College football is a very big business in this country, not just the south. Why don’t you take your little plan to big 10 country and see how it flies.

By Brian

January 9, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

terence i use to think people just hated on you to much. but all you do is just try to stir crap up, but it works, because your gettin responses out of people. otherwise people would give a crap about what you have to say..not like they do anyway. cmon ajc readers..just ignore him and dont respond

By Billy G

January 9, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

While to most of us the pure logic is to have a playoff, the NCAA’s logic is based on one thing, money. It is a business like anything else and if the bowl system provides them with a finacial gains, they will stick with it. The NCAA is not concerned with fans. Take basketball for instance. All season long, I have numerous choices of what channel to watch a game. But when the NCAA tournament starts, all games are on one network, with the network deciding, based on geography, what game I should watch. Unless you want to go to a sports bar, or have Directv and pay extra, you are out of luck. The NCAA does this because they make billions and who cares if the fan is out of luck. And then they wonder where the players get the idea that they should get some money as well.

By Charlie

January 9, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

I only decided to write this because I’m amazed at all the negative comments Mr. Moore has received over this column. I believe him to be spot on here. The president of a university has no business injecting himself into the college football playoff debate. His job is to educate students. He hires an AD to handle the athletics side of things.

If anyone wants a more eloquent explanation, please read Jason Whitlock’s latest column: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/columnists/jason_whitlock/story/436740.html

By sandy

January 9, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Terrence,

I do not like Adams one bit, but he has it right on this one. The time has come for a playoff system in Div 1-A football. The student athletes on the field should decide their fates by the scoreboard and not have them handed their fates by three idiots on ESPN or a hatemail lover trying to anger Dawg fans. The media should have no influence in college sports whatsoever. I know it might be hard for someone like Terrence to understand, but I don’t think that anyone whose occupation consists of writing stories qualifies as an expert on football or any other sport. Report the scores, keep your bias out of it, and let the coaches and players figure this stuff out.

For the record, Terrance just cannot understand how UGA gets so much love and respect and support from the fans. They EARNED it Terrence; why don’t you try it.

By Phildo

January 9, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

No doubt that many schools favor athlete-athletes vs student-athletes, as evidenced by their absurd admissions policies for these so-called vaunted athletes, but that is not really relevant to the lack of a D-1 (phony-baloney BCS, if you will) championship play-off, the ONLY NCAA sport and group not to have a true champion. It’s apparently OK to drag basketball on and on, but oh no, not football because this would rob the greedy bowls of their payola. What BS. If you have any true concern about student-athletes, why don’t you espouse admission standards for athletes that are at par (say, the median) for them as must be met for other applicants? It’s hilarious that a guy who can run a 4.3 40 (or whatever), but is a bottom-feeder student academically with a bare-bones SAT can get into a school like UGA or Florida, while a high achieving, 1200 SAT student is denied (and probably lost his/her space to that bottom-feeder). Academics, my rear end. What hypocrisy.

By Rog

January 9, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

Terrence Moore, thank you for being the honest columnist about UGA President Michael Adams football playoffs proposal. It’s too bad Adams has chosen to act as though he was an NFL franchise owner instead of the President of a University. Would a playoff add one more fan to the sold out UGA football games? Is Adams so greedy he wants one or two more games to the season to add to the University’s athletics riches? Is Adams crazy, or what?

By Pat

January 9, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

A playoff will put even more pressure on coaches. If an SEC coach goes two straight years without making the top 8 he will be on the hot seat. Many BB coaches are fired for not qualifying for at least 1 game of March Madness. Just think about it. Richt will catch heat in 08 for 1 loss, 2 losses will put the fans into a real bad mood. That’s a result of sky high expectations.

By voice of reason

January 9, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

Ohio State had a 50+ day layoff btwn their last game and the BCS championship. To say that there isnt enough time for an 8 team playoff is baloney!

By David Lee

January 9, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

Confirmed - Everyone hates Terence Moore. Everyone agrees TM is an idiot. 100% precints reporting. Amazing all Americans agree on something.

By John

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

!st of all to GW. Sir I am 50 which is definitely over 40 and I support Mr. Adams idea. So much for your thoughts that he lost the over 40 crowd. While I don’t agree with everything he has done, i.e. the handling of Vince Dooley, I do agree with his playoff idea. As far as Mike Slive he can be as pi**ed off as he wants about the timing. Who cares about LSU’s celebration????? Adams is right. We need and MUST have a playoff system.To say that having a playoff system is putting athletics above academics shows your pure STUPIDTY Mr. Moore.Are you trying to tell us that the other schools in Division AA don’t care about academics?????? I believe the presidents, professors, students, coaches and alumni from ALL of those schools would have your tail end for that thought. The Division 1-A schools have playoff system for basketball. Are you telling me that schools such as Duke don’t care about academics when it comes to their basketball players???? Once again, How Ignorant are You????????????????I was born in Ga., grew up in Atlanta. I have followed the Dawgs for as long as I can remember. Win or lose I have been ad avid Falcon/Braves Fan as long as I can remember. Sure, All teams go through down times but, if a person is a TRUE fan they don’t jump on and off the bandwagon. It is evident by your columns and appearances on ESPN that you agree with their Northeast biased view when it comes to collegiate athletics.Please move to Connecticut and be with your cronies at ESPN. I am also tired of hearing washed up old coaches such as Lou Holtz bad mouth the southern teams. He should go ahead and retire and get away from the limelight. The media is the MAIN reason that LSU was even in the BS Championship game. I know it is BCS, I left out the “C” on purpose. The game should have featured USC and UGA. They far and away were the BEST two teams in the country the last 1/4 of the season. And as Mark Richt said there is nothing in the rules that says you have to be your conference champion to be in the championship game. If you want it to be that way then make it a rule!!!!!!The Dawgs may not have beaten USC but, they were the 2 best teams and would have been a much better game to watch than OSU & LSU. I know you’re going to say UGA lost to Tenn and South Carolna. I agree they did that. Remember they only had 1 senior on the offensive line and they had to have time to gel which they did in the last 1/4 of the season. Also the powers that be going into the last week of the season had OSU ranked 3rd and UGA ranked 3rd. (LSU was ranked 7th). So they must have thought UGA had something going!!!!!!! Common sense and HISTORY tells you that if 1 & 2 lose then 3 & 4 move up. Not this year. 4 moves to 5 and 7 moves to 2. Go fugure?????? The only excuse is BIASED sports reporters. Did you listen to Holtz, Mark May and Kirk Herbstreit after that last weekend. All of a sudden UGA was NO GOOD at all. Great one week and crap a week later. Mr. Moore please pack you bags and move NORTH. That is where you belong without question!!!!!!!!!!!!

John

By Ed1

January 9, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

As I understand the basics of Dr. Adams plan:

1. The 12 game regular season for all teams in Division 1 would go back to 11 games versus 12.

2. The 4 BCS bowls would serve as quarterfinals.

3. After the 4 BCS bowls, 4 teams would play in semi finals and 2 in the finals.

Under this plan, 2 teams would play 1 more game than they currently do, 4 teams would play the same # of games as they would currently, and all other teams, regardless of whether they played in a bowl game or not, would play 1 less game than they currently do.

Would somebody please tell me how this hurts the student athlete overall? Terence, since you’re accusing Michael Adams of having an agenda (and we all know he does) what is your agenda? Your argument against any kind of playoff is lame and does not make sense.

Delta is ready when you are if you want to go work in Columbus or Detroit.

By field

January 9, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

There are many schools with acceptable grad rates and good athletes. Even Fla. has a 80% grad rate. It seems that CMR is using the FSU model of recruiting fast sub par students. The people who send their uneducated sons to UGA and ALA to play football must also believe in the lottery. Their sons have as much chance of future football or college success as they have in the lottery.

By MikeJones

January 9, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

Hang on hang on….. Terence Moore for Falcons GM!!??!?!?!?!??!?!!?!?!

BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

You kill me Terence.. you really do… Keep em coming….

By TERRY

January 9, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

TECH WHINED THE YEAR THEY SPLIT A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP…..GUESS YOU FORGOT ABOUT THAT…..

By TIM

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

MR. MOORE, YOU HAVE NEVER CRIED ABOUT THE STUDENT ATHLETE WHEN GA SOUTHERN ADVANCES TO THE PLAYOFFS EVERY SEASON OR WHEN VALDOSTA STATE WON THE NAT’L TITLE IN THEIR DIVISION THIS YEAR. THIS IS ABOUT MONEY NOT THE STUDENT. THATS WHY IT TAKES 15 GAMES (16 IN TEXAS, PENN, ETC) TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FOOTBALL. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IT ONLY TOOK 13 GAMES. TWO MORE MONEY GAMES.ALSO DIV 1 FOOTBALL USED TO HAVE A 10 GAME REG SEASON. NOW ITS 12 GAMES (MONEY,MONEY,MONEY) YOUR PREMISS OF PROTECTING THE STUDENT ATHLETE IS JUST A SMOKESCREEN FOR THE REAL REASON NOT TO HAVE A PLAYOFF. THE BOWLS ARE FEARFUL OF LOSING THEIR POWER (IE MONEY) EXPLAIN WHY COLLEGE ATHLETICS HAVE A PLAYOFF IN EVERY COLLEGIATE SPORT, IN ALL DIVISIONS, EXCEPT DIV 1 FOOTBALL. THAT IS A FACT. EVERY SPORT- EVERY DIVISION?

By Xplayer

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

Please think about what you write before you post it! Do you realize that football is played during the entire first semester, and not one university president is complaining about academics. Do you realize that the NC game was played on the first day of class for the second semester and only affected two schools nation wide and not one university president complained. Do you realsze that a playoff system would only extend the season by 5 days and still only affect 2 teams. The problem with playoff system has never been about academics. The problem is about greed. The university presidents (all of them) know the better the football program the larger the student body will be, and more money for the school. With the bowl system you have 23 bowl winner claiming their 15 minutes of fame, and many teams can lay claim that they were the best in the nation. Case in point LSU is named National Champs, but there’s Georgia, USC, West Virgina, Missiour, and Kanasas that will debate who is actual the better team. The only thing we do know is that OSU had no business being in that game. The playoff system leave no doubt, but is also leaves no room for other teams to claim their football program was really better. If academics had anything remotely to do with football, and if the university presidents really cared about the student athlete the national championship would be decided from a whole differnet group of colleges than they are today.

By marc

January 9, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

Terrance,Terrance,Terrance I am a brother and I even concur with all the things these people say about your work. I would be happy to see you write one positive thing about UGA. I don’t agree with your assessment of the Vick situation. I just have a hard time agreeing with most of the articles that you write. Brother!!!

By Ryder

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

I understand how they don’t want the season to run ONE EXTRA WEEK to determine a true champion, but some of the contrived excuses people come up with are horrible.

“We don’t want to run into spring semester” Idiots, under the playoff system the season would still end BEFORE the spring semester even starts.

“These kids don’t get paid and they play such a violent sport.” First of all, they are getting a FREE FULL scholarship while other kids will have to pay for college on student loans well into their 40’s. Also, if it’s so violent then go do gymnastics.

Finally, and this is the one that gets me, “we are concerned about the student first and the athlete second.” OH RLY? If that’s the case then why add not only a 12th game but a championship game? How does that benefit the student since those games usually fall around FINALS time?

The major reason they should have a playoff is simple: It makes no sense that a team like Ohio State takes almost 50 days between its last game and the National Championship to play. Could you imagine if the NFL players had to wait 50 days between the championship game and the Super Bowl? Wow, just wow!

The bodies have to readjust to playing at full speed and it does affect those players in timing and rhythm, no matter how much practice you may have.

Oh and one more thing, if they want the bowl games to still mean something, cut half of them. I’m so sick of watching sorry, no-account 6-6 teams go into a bowl game ok? You can have 32 teams in bowl games and for those 7-5 or 6-6 teams who don’t get in, better luck next year. That way the second tier games have meaning and the schools that got into a bowl game actually earn it.

By Bradley G

January 9, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this

I’ll give you that it’s suspicious that Michael Adams is the one pushing for the change, even with his position with the NCAA. But this playoff thing isn’t new to college athletics, and we all know that. If anything, the SEC would NOT want a playoff to better the chance of their team playing for the NC (case in point? LSU going from 7th to 2nd b/c they won the SEC).

Let’s argue the validity of a playoff system, but choose another point that makes sense. Going after Adams with an “athlete-athlete” argument when playoffs are all over college sports is just plain fishing for a story.

By polo4play

January 9, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

As usual, reading your hackneyed tripe left me with no feeling other than complete, unrelenting nausea.

From now on, if you could be so kind as to attach an air sickness bag to your articles, it would be most appreciated.

That is all.

By Eric

January 9, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

This is a joke! Georgia did not have the courtesy to allow LSU to enjoy their championship before they started whinning? All Georgia had to do was beat SC and not get blown out by Tenn. If those (2) things do not happen, we are not having this conversation with Georgia. The odd man out always wants a playoff.

What disturbs me about Georiga is that the media praises Richt every year for being a great coach and compiling all of this talent but the results are the same every year. No national championship! Not even an appearance in the BCS Game.

Georgia - Stop talking and whinning and just perform on the field. Let your results speak..or are your results speaking right now?

By robby

January 9, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

doesnt every other sanctioned ncaa sport have a playoff??? or tournament of some kind???

only four teams would continue past the traditional end date…by one week…and only two another week beyond that…

wow…thats throwin out the books and counting the number of caged animals who can run and hit…

terence…STOP taking the opinions of some that u dont like and readily assume all of think that way

By Rob

January 9, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Terrance, once again your stupidity outweights Adams’. Who cares if Adams is taking this position because of what happened in the bowls. He should.. especially after the fiasco that the BCS put on this year. His proposal is far from perfect but at least he’s moving in the right direction. How does this benefit Georgia so much? We missed any hope we had at playing for a National Championship this year? How are the players playing on a couple more Saturdays really hurting the ‘Student Athlete’ any more than the regular season does? Your accusing Adams of taking a position that benefits Georgia.. isnt’ that what he’s supposed to do? Adams’ bias toward UGA is nowhere near as bad as your bias against UGA as evidenced by your assinine column.

By coco rubio

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

EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT A COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WITH 8 TEAMS WOULD BE A HUGE SUCCESS…..COLLEGE PLAYOFFS ARE DONE IN ALL OTHER SPORTS & OTHER FOOTBALL DIVISIONS…..WHAT IS UP? THE TIME HAS COME TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AND SET UP A PLAYOFF WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE BOWL GAMES, FOR TRADITIONS SAKE…..BUT, LET’S SEE WHO REALLY IS THE BEST TEAM IN THE LAND…..THE BCS SYSTEM IS BROKEN……LET’S FIX IT!!!

By Puh-lease

January 9, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

“Student-Athletes”?!? Are we talking about all the guys who are majoring in interdisciplinary studies and sociology? You might accuse Adams of being insincere, but you’re the one that’s full of hot air. A giant chunk of college football players would never have gone to college without their athletic talent — to pretend that they are there to be scholars is beyond laughable.

By Playoff Supporter

January 9, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

Why can’t we have both a bowl system and an 8 team play-off? You have the NCAA BB tourny and the NIT at the same time. Also everyone of these 25+ bowls are meaningless as only the championship game matters but people still travel to party and watch their 7-4 or 9-2 teams(6-6 in some cases) play in Atlanta, Tampa, San Antonio etc. It’s fun!! With an 8 team playoff people could still travel to see their teams play in meaningless holiday bowls. Also the idea about bowls creating more money????? Under today’s system the 8 teams would play in a total of 4 bowl games THAT’S IT!! Under a playoff there would be the quater finals, semi finals and the Championship for a total of 7 games. That’s 3 more games than present plus all 7 of these games would be HUGE revenue producers as they all mater while under today’s bowl system only 1 game really matters. All the Bowls would take place between Dec 26-Jan 3/4 as they do today. After the first weekend of Dec when you have the conference championships, USC/UCLA and Army/Navy weekend there is a 2-3 week gap in between that weekend and the bowls so you could have the quarter and semi final games then followed by a week off then the championship on the first Monday after the bowls are complete. Also - If the Big 10 and Pac 10 are all concerned about wanting to meet in the Rose Bowl, great then their #2 teams could meet one another since the their winners would be in the playoffs. (The quarter and semi finals would be played at the colleges.) THAT’S HOW SIMPLE IT COULD BE!!

By Lets be honest Terrance

January 9, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

If there was a playoff media geeks like Terrance couldn’t speculate wildly about how there is no way Georgia is better than LSU, much like Terrance did in a column after the SECCG. Its real easy to talk out your backside about team A being better than team B when they don’t play each other Terrance. But that’s just the way you want it right? BE HONEST.

By MD Hammer

January 9, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this

Long ago Terence used a phrase I have to reluctantly admits fits Georgia perfectly right now…plantation mentality

Bring in the hired hands…get the job done, then turn them loose with no skills—or degree.

Adams should be burying his head in shame over the stat that Georgia had the worst graduation rate of all the bowl teams.

By Adams = academics

January 9, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

Retarded UGA fans unite!

By Todd Green

January 9, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

AJC, please run this guy, Terrance Moore, out of town. Not that I expect your writers to say all positive things about sportsa teams in teh State of Georgia, he NEVER has anything positive to say. From the Bravee to the Falcons, the Tech, the Hawks, UGA… Nothing is ever good enought. He always find negative. He’s just stupid. Terrance, please move to Utah, Hawaii or New York.

By Josh

January 9, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Mr. Moore,

You have quickly become my favorite columnist at the AJC (behind Mr. Bisher). Keep up the good work.

Josh

By jon

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

Athlete-athlete????? If I am not mistaken, President Adams caught a ton of flack a couple of years ago from this paper for his emphasis on the STUDENT more than the ATHLETE. Multple basketball players were dismissed because of UGA’s athlete academic policy. Football players were dismissed for two infractions of underage drinking, which was the university policy. An extra week or two into the second semester for a playoff does NOT affect the student athlete. Actually, i think this is the first time that I can remember Michael Adams doing something to support the athlete-athlete. But, you won’ read this. So, I guess this is just to all the other bloggers. You simply write your pithy little blog and politely go on your way. You are a dis-service to the AJC. I only hope they realize this sooner than later!

By James

January 9, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

I’m a huge Dawg fan who also happens to be a fan of Terence.I dont always agree with his opinions but I understand that he is not a UGA cheerleader.His job is to express his opinion.I just wish that you people that constantly call him an idiot yet read his colum everyday would just understand that you are the reason he still has a job.If you want him fired stop reading the Damn colum……..

By Billy

January 9, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

i think that the academic argument is ridiculous……the only reason that the big 10 and pac 10 are crying academics is that they have to come up with something to oppose the playoff…..the real reason they don’t want it because they would more and likely get beat year end and year out…..sec would probably have two teams in the playoff each year based on past….you see folks the pac 10 and big 10 have week schedules and conferences……under the the current systems,,,,they can have mediocre to good team and go undefeated and play for national championship based on win//loss……it is very hard to go undefeated in sec……and usually the 1st (if not invited to cmapionship),, 2nd and maybe third in sec could demolish undefeated pac 10///big 10 team and never get a chance to show……that’s all it is with the so—called academic argument with the pansy conferences……once again,,,an article by this moron makes no sense…..

By jon

January 9, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

MD Hammer… That was during the Donnan years. Through strategies put in place by CMR, President Adams, and Damon Evans, that is no longer the case. Yes they had the worst of all teams dating 2001; but, 2007 is a different story. Read up, MORON! Go bury your head in shame!

By Todd Green

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

GREAT IDEA - Boycott Terrance Moore’s Forums!!!!

By jim

January 9, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

Michael F. Adams, aka Michael Football Adams.

By T

January 9, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

* I have just finished reading some of the responses on this blog and am amazed at just how simple minded and stupid some of you seem to be. My God.. some of you need help.. I love athletics, but some of you forget that the purpose of the University of Georgia is to educate and prepare leaders… getting first downs and touchdowns are a derivative of it all.. wake up people*

By T

January 9, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

TOTALLY AGREE !! Great Article… Dont be fooled by Richt nor Adams, they could care less whether the guy ccould read or write, (Richt isnt the sharpest knife in the drawer anyway) they only care that they winn the game… most of Georgia’s fanbase couldnt tell you one thing about the school, but can tell you all the stats you want to know regarding the football team… its just a semi pro league today

By ben

January 9, 2008 1:48 PM | Link to this

The conference that gave us Maurice Clarett is crying academics? What a crock. Terence, surely you don’t really believe that college and athletics have anything in common, do you? You don’t really believe that Javaris Crittendon and Thaddeus Young ever gave any serious thought to pursuing an education. It’s too late for that noble argument, my friend. Like many things in America- its all about the money. If 80% of the players in the NCAA today actually applied as non-athletic students, there’s not an ice cubes chance in hell they would be admitted. I wish you still had small, slow, smart, running backs playing for Tech too. But, that was yesterday, and yesterday’s gone.

By Stillwagon

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

Adams is a crackpot, and is an embarrassment as a university president. It’s hard to take UGA seriously as a university with this guy as “top Dawg.”

By sonnyliv

January 9, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

i am glad i read this on the toilet, i ran out of tissue. it felt great, i will do this more often.

By FriDawg

January 9, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Terence,

You are a terrible sports writer. You never write a simply report of anything that is actually happening. Rather, you have to editorialize every issue in a negative light. Here’s my thought. Go to DC as Cynthia McKinney’s VP. Y’all deserve each other.

By ref

January 9, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

Adams idea is not new. This was proposed back when Auburn was left out to the championship game.

I like the idea, but where was Adams in 2004? I guess eventually enough schools will feel shafted to make it happen.

By GT Dave

January 9, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

Georgia Tech is the only school that stresses a student athlete. The majority of football players on the team will be engineers one day. I have pride that the tallest buildings and bridges in the United States will be built by our former football players. They show leadership on the field and the workplace.

By dave

January 9, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

It is funny to see the multitudes come down on a columnist for stating an opinion that is so obvious to everyone outside of the UGA fanbase. Adams was pretty self-serving in his timing.

By trey

January 9, 2008 2:21 PM | Link to this

why do you continue to write about georgia? please keep your opinion to yourself. if adams were black you would be applauding him for his effort. i think the jim rome show is calling, they need your crappy opinion.

By Memphis Dawg

January 9, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Terence it about time you find another profession. It seems like you simply try to take opposition to the UGA athletics on every issue. Your biased against UGA radiates in every article you write.

This is not an SEC issue. The same cries can be heard this week from fan bases of Missouri, USC, and WVU.

The academic arguement is a smokescreen protecting the dark side of college football - TV contracts, corporate sponsorships, and big money.

The current BCS system is keeping the athletes and fans from determining a true national champ. The system is flawed and any discussion or proposal that provokes needed changes should not be attacked by negative media outlets and those with conflicting financial interests (conference commissioners).

By PHIL

January 9, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

One thing to always keep in mind is that Michael Adams is looking out for Michael Adams and no one else, not the kids, not the school.

By mybulldawgs

January 9, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

Once again, Terence, you find a way to iritate everybody. I don’t know who is the bigger idiot - you or Adams. You (unfortuntely) transferred to Atlanta, so you don’t understand SEC football and its fans. Just don’t ask - you will never understand. I’m still not sold on a play-off system, possibly a one-plus format, but not convinced on play-offs just yet. We can still design a system to utilize the some 30-40 days between the last regular season game and the bowls. This is wasted time. Some compromise could be made. One thing is, though, the BCS is not the answer.

By jacxk

January 9, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this

I too believe there should be a playoff BUT the championship game should be January 1. Let’s get back in school and study!

By reserviorDAWG

January 9, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

Who called it yesterday that Terry would write this article? Of course the SEC wants a playoff after seeing teams like OSU, Mich. and Terry’s beloved ND start the season ranked way to high. Let’s have a playoff with the first poll being released the Monday after week five.

By BuckheadBill

January 9, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

GT Dave, The last GT player that had his picture in the paper building something was Calvin Johnson building outhouses in Brazil and they didn’t look too tall!!!

By Mom

January 9, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

Terrence,

You are an idiot and a disgrace.

Sincerely,

Mom

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

… its just a semi pro league today

Has been SINCE about the 1950’s.

By Price Blissit

January 9, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

The reason only SEC teams speak out is because they are the only ones that diserve it. They ARE the BEST football conference in the NCAA and the SEC Champion should have an AUTOMATIC BID into the National Championship Game, not the Sugar Bowl(that’s for the #2 SEC team). In the NFL, the reason they have a playoff situation is so no one can whine that they diserve the Championship. They play, they have the Super Bowl, someone wins, and that is it. No more whining (unless the Patriots use their special spy camera). But before you go off on UGA, why don’t you ask the PAC-10 why they won’t give up the Rose Bowl instead of letting the top 8 teams play in a bowl game? I’ll answer for them. They want their precious champion to be guarenteed a BCS Bowl Game for more money and an easy bowl win (anyway, there are no good teams in the Pac-10 anyway. USC is over-rated anyway). But with all this fus, the real problem is the BCS. It is a horrible ranking system where a team, who has the easiest schedule, goes 12-0 and since they are undefeated, they diserve a BCS bowl game. Then they get killed by Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. Hawaii did not diserve to be in the Sugar Bowl, like Ohio State did not diserve to be in the National Championship. While these teams are being killed, other teams, like Missouri who definitely diserved a BCS Bowl, are being looked over and have to play in the Cotton Bowl against UNRANKED Arkansas. Look, if you want to prove a point, pick any four non-SEC teams and rank them 1-4. Then put them up against the number 1-4 SEC teams. I will guarentee you all four SEC teams will win. What needs to happen with the BCS for now on is: 1. You keep your mouth shut 2. The BCS needs to get rid of these guarenteed bids for conference champions 3. The BCS needs to issue a playoff system so there is no more whining about who is #1 4. Keep Ohio State out of the playoffs

P.S. How much did you make for writing this article? I bet the AJC could have spent it more wisely than paying you to write this peice of crap.

By matt

January 9, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

I’m not sure how the arguments such as impeding on finals and diminish the importance of the regular season can be made. Div- 1 baseball goes through finals and every level of football goes through finals. How can you go from little league to pro football and have a playoff at every level except D-1A and make the argument that “it wouldn’t work”?

By dc dawg

January 9, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

You are a complete idiot. You act like these players will be playing through April. Under his proposal only the 2 teams to advance to the proposed championship would play any additional games. The 12th game would be dropped and the current bowls would stay the same. Of the eight teams in the playoff only 4 will play 13 games, which they already do now!! The other 2 in the championship would play 14!! He isnt proposing a 19 game schedule, he isnt proposing a November to March schedule that the NCAA basketball STUDENT-ATHLETES currently play that happens to take up 2 semesters. I guess you write this crap for attention and look its working. Terrance is moving up in the world, he was on Jim Rome is burning and he sounded like an idiot on there too. You think controversy is good and it brings money and ratings to the sport.

That sums it up. Terrance= Greed/Attention UGA Fans= Hunger for a True Champion.

Keep on writing your anti-SEC anti-UGA blogs in a SEC and UGA paper.

Absolute Moron

By Bob

January 9, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

UGA squeaks by the early season cupcakes, is embarassed by the only true early tests (South Carolina and Tennessee), wins 5 or 6 games in a row, watches as parity creates losses of most teams ranked ahead of them, and then howls when they are not selected for the championship game.

Then on the evening of the national championship, their top academic leader makes national news and deflects attention from the premier NCAA annual football event with a self-serving proposal, that has already been turned down by 11 SEC presidents (including himself when the circumstances were different, ie. UGA not competitive), to draw attention to UGA’s self-appointed “mistreatment”.

Now a sportswriter has questioned the motives of UGA and the SEC and its academic leader in a mildly worded article, and the Bulldog Nation, living in their make belief dream-world explodes!!

Congratulations dawgs- you’ve outdone yourselves this time. What class!

By moreland1

January 9, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

The Pac 10 and Big 10 play each other and the result is they inhale rapidly at bowl time because they’re schedule does not prepare them to play ANY SEC school. Michigan played their heart out for their coach and Florida just failed to show up. Arkansas caught an inspired Missouri team that felt shafted and should have. But, going 7-2 in the bowls should at least prove to anyone.. even a biased idiot like Terence Moore that the SEC is by far the best football conference in the country. OSU would not win 7 games playing UGA’s schedule much less win the last 7. Had USC been 4 and OSU been 3 guess who would have moved to 1 and 2. Yeah, we need a playoff! It would probably consist of 4 out of 8 schools being SEC. OSU is 0-9 against the SEC for a reason. USC slinks back to the Rose Bowl so they can pick their patsy. Send them to New Orleans and we will see how good they are.

By Jason

January 9, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

blah blah blah…Terrance you’ve got to do better than that.

By 3volpaul

January 9, 2008 2:50 PM | Link to this

By responding to Moore’s articles, you only secure his longevity. Totally ignore him and he’d be gone in a year. Congrats Dawgs on # 2.

By Biggerthanbigdawg

January 9, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Lets be honest, most student athletes that play football in the SEC are mainly athletes first and students second. I mean how often does a player have to miss a practice or a Thursday game because he has a class or an exam to study for. The answer is hardly ever and never when it comes to playing a game. Also, I would suggest that with all the upgraded facilities, the abundance of tudors, the plethera of tudors and the to the second schedule that these athlete students keep that there would be zero excuse to not be successful academically. I would also suggest that most players would want a playoff anyway and last time I checked the sub bowl alliance division (I-AA) have such a playoff. I pose the question…are the Div I-AA student athletes smarter? Why can they handle the longer season as opposed to the Div I-A athlete student? I would say many of these athletes are more student than athlete because if they were more athlete than student they would be in Div I-A. Bottom line the time for change has come. The BCS does not work and will never work. I mean where was all the fuss over the plight of the student athlete when the BCS was introduced back in 98? No one cared how it might affect the players back then and I would dare suggest that as long as there is a dollar to be made with the playoff system no one will care now. They will just have to “suck it up”

By 1eyedJack

January 9, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Will somebody out there please..please offer Terrance a job? The farther away the better.

By Bob

January 9, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

UGA squeaks by the early season cupcakes, is embarassed by the only true early tests (South Carolina and Tennessee), wins 5 or 6 games in a row, watches as parity creates losses of most teams ranked ahead of them, and then howls when they are not selected for the championship game.

Then on the evening of the national championship, their top academic leader makes national news and deflects attention from the premier NCAA annual football event with a self-serving proposal, that has already been turned down by 11 SEC presidents (including himself when the circumstances were different, ie. UGA not competitive), to draw attention to UGA’s self-appointed “mistreatment”.

Now a sportswriter has questioned the motives of UGA and the SEC and its academic leader in a mildly worded article, and the Bulldog Nation, living in their make belief dream-world explodes!!

Congratulations dawgs- you’ve outdone yourselves this time. What class!

By RUCRAZY

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

Mr. Moore,

It’s funny how you are a one trick pony…The only thing you can write about is controversy…How come you are not writing about other playoff collegiate sports…Like Basketball, Football, Baseball, they all have PLAYOFFS!!!!!!!!!!

But asking for a playoff is better than what we have now….USC is probably better than everyone right now…..(Just because they have more players with experience). But at least Georgia should of had a chance to play USC to see who was the hottest team in the country….

Controversy is what sells your Sports Column and that’s about it…So have fun playing up anything that seems controversial to you…and I mean TO YOU… I for one HATE Mike Adams and could care less if he fell off a cliff in the next few days…But at least he’s right on this issue…

Grow up Mr. Moore….

By docdog

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

Mr Moore: I notice you have criticized evryone at UGA except the AD and the basketball coach. Do you have a reason for not weighning on the ludicrous situation in the Georgia men’s program or is it against your editorial policy to give equal tre1atment to all coaching failures after five yarss in the tank, regardless of race,creed, or color?

By falcon

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

Ohio State should get on the playoff bandwagon IMO. The current system is not working too well for them. 0-9 versus SEC opponents? They should be willing to try something different.

By I'm just sayin'

January 9, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

I have a hard time believing Mr. Adams is only concerned about the fairness of the current BCS system. The inequities of today’s big time football in terms of the millions made from the efforts of these young men versus the value returned is unbelievably one sided. Yes, I know what an education costs and what the return is down the road but lets put that in a ledger and compare it to the revenue generated per player over a four year period at a BCS school. No comparison. It’s all about the money. The traditional Top Ten programs are the ones calling for a playoff system. Can you imagine the extra millions that would flow into a school’s and a conference’s coffers from going to two or potentially three bowl games in a single season? There’s the basis for Mr. Adam’s argument.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

The odd man out always wants a playoff.

According to latest poll figures about 90% of college football fans across the country wants a playoff system.Under the current system any given year what happen to Georgia could happen to any school.Ask Missouri. It’s evident that you are a Georgia hater.Just like the writer of this column.

By rondog

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

Not a fact in this story - just opinion. Then again, Moore has never let facts get in the way of his “reporting”.

By Billy

January 9, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

my view of adams has changed in recent years…..as a grad of uga and following uga football for 35 years,,,,i was extremely p** what he did to dooley…..mike adams,,,when he came on board,,,wanted to make uga to uva of the south…he did not want the school to be known for partying and sports (especially football)…..uga is in top 20 public schools on education front….also,,does very well in football….i think he is where he wants to be academia wise and understands that football is extremely important to university with recognition on national scale…also,,very important to boosters and fans and yes,,,brings money to the university as well as other universities across the country that have football teams===>just reality in todays world…i think that his thinking has changed from snubbing the football program altogether to working with them….i am impressed that he is sticking up for the playoff system as it is flawed and a true champion (most years) will not be crowned…..took him a while to understand this but finally gets it=====>hope he sticks with it….that will be the telling story…..there’s no way an extra couple of weeks will demise the educational goal or lack of goal for some(not just at uga)……i am sure terence moore has seen the proposed model saying that it would hurt the student athelete…..once gain,,,no proof but just hearsay to get the uga fans upset…..

By D S Alford

January 9, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

If their is a play off system the first criteria to get in should be a conference championship! I hope the conferences will hold out for that or not approve a play off. UGA played a soft touch in the bowl and now they think they got screwed! They could not have beaten USC, LSU, OSU, or UVA. Beating Hawaii was not much to brag about!

By docdog

January 9, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Mr Moore: You seem to be hypercritical of everyone at the University except the AD and the men’s basketball coach.. Is tthere some reason why these gentlemen who are obviously failing to produce a competitve team in this sport have escaped you poisonous pen?

By GatorFan4 Life

January 9, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

If you don’t think Adams has an agenda, please explain why he and 10 other presidents of the SEC schools stated that they were all opposed to any type of playoff system at the July SEC meeting in Destin. Perhaps when it looks like a playoff would help your cause, it looks more appealing. Just a thought though. BTW, I would love to see a playoff but you are only dreaming if you actually think any of us will see it happen.

By daniel

January 9, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this

SHUT UP

By Matt

January 9, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

THE BEST WAY TO SHOW MR. MOORE THAT HE’S AN IDIOT IS TO QUIT READING HIS STUPID COLUMNS. THEN MAYBE THE AJC WILL GET RID OF HIS SORRY BUTT. TERRACE, GO BACK TO WRITING ABOUT YOUR SECOND FAVORITE TOPIC-HOW MICHAEL VICK GOT SHAFTED BECAUSE HE IS BLACK, NOT BECAUSE HE MURDERED DOGS…….GIVE ME A BREAK…..

By Bob

January 9, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

Not being from around here, I’m just curious. Are any of you out there in the “Dawg Nation” embarrassed by the visceral and racist comments of your fellow Dawg supporters? Or do you all think this way?

By Matt

January 9, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

THE BEST WAY TO SHOW MR. MOORE THAT HE’S AN IDIOT IS TO QUIT READING HIS STUPID COLUMNS. THEN MAYBE THE AJC WILL GET RID OF HIS SORRY BUTT. TERRACE, GO BACK TO WRITING ABOUT YOUR SECOND FAVORITE TOPIC-HOW MICHAEL VICK GOT SHAFTED BECAUSE HE IS BLACK, NOT BECAUSE HE MURDERED DOGS…….GIVE ME A BREAK…..

By EasyCharlie

January 9, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

….And the current situation in college sports is FOR the benefit of the student athlete?

By Sharonda

January 9, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

I met T. one foggy night at Sambuca he humped my leg like a bulldawg in heat shouting passionately…”I am a mighty pen and you will be esconced in my ink”..we parted or should I say I ran away without my fee

By Bob

January 9, 2008 3:14 PM | Link to this

Not being from around here, I’m just curious. Are any of you out there in the “Dawg Nation” embarrassed by the visceral and racist comments of your fellow Dawg supporters? Or do you all think this way?

By elvisdawg

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

I’m only waiting for the proper time to tell you That it’s impossible to get along with you It’s hard to look you in the face when we are talking So it helps to have a mirror in the room

I’ve not been really looking forward to the performance But there’s my cue and there’s a question on your face Fortunately I have come across an answer Which is go away And do not leave a trace

By Braves Fan 79

January 9, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

THANK GOD…that everyone finially agrees with me that TM is a IDIOT! You were wrong on the Jim Rome show and looked like a freakin idiot for saying the system is fine as it is!
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS A JOKE!!

On to a REAL sport that actually has a CHAMP! College Basketball!
sucks GT dosent have a pt guard this year…but thell be back!

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

Bob, This is not a Georgia issue, the playoffs are for the good of college football,every sports besides this one has them.Adams did not propose something that gives Georgia a lock on getting named NC.They will have to earn the right to make the playoffs like everyone else.This is for the betterment of college football.Man wakeup and realize this is a good thing,if you can get past your obvious resentment of Georgia.Also Georgia did stumble against SC AND Tennessee,however have you ever heard the expression “that team got better as the season went on.”That’s what Georgia did,winning their last SEVEN in a row.SC nor Tennessee would have beat Georgia after November 1.

By Buddy McNeese

January 9, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this

Please, please. Go away. You are PRECISELY the reason that I refuse to purchase or advertise in the AJC.

Just once, I would like to see if you can un-slant yourself and write something positive about the South, Football, The University of Georgia, or anything for that matter.

You are a festering sore and my only hope is that I live longer than you so I can read the AJC without one of your slanted, ridiculous columns.

I have seen nicer articles about Georgia in the Florida Times Union.

By Mrhistory

January 9, 2008 3:27 PM | Link to this

You Ga fans kill me. The AJC is all “dawgs” all the time and you lose your minds when one article out of a thousand is negative. Get a life.

By Maryland Dawg

January 9, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

Wow, I feel like Mark May now has a column for the AJC!!!

By reserviorDAWG

January 9, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Be Honest? Teresa Moore is an imbecile that i have despised for years

By Daniel

January 9, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore, you should go to church.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

Beating Hawaii was not much to brag about!

Do you remember who we could have played instead of Hawaii?Why don’t you take time off this blog and go research that. Oh, I’ll save you the time.NOBODY! Georgia was not thrilled about having to play Hawaii. However the Rose got to pick FIRST and went with Illnois,so the Sugar took us,with HAwaii.They were undefeated and that’s better than whoever you follow.

By Bob

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

Mike T: Sorry that you read in that there was resentment of UGA specifically. There is not. I was just trying to point out the weakness of the Dawg argument. And yes, I do think it is a UGA thing. Others have been disappointed in the past; probably with far stronger reason to be disappointed. Only UGA has taken the steps that they have this year deflecting the attention from the BCSC with their academic leader leading the chorus. Others have handled their strong opinions with far more class and have tried to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. You must admit that it is at least a little curious that UGA had changed their official position only after their perceived “mistreatment”. Not that my opinion really matters, but I’m not clear that a playoff is the best thing. This year some argued that the best 2 teams weren’t in the BCSC. Next year with a playoff, someone will be arguing that the best 8 teams aren’t included. Or that the seeding was not proper and didn’t recognize the strongest teams in the seeding arrangement. So what would have changed?

One thing is clear. I don’t understand the emotional, banal, and racist comments from the UGA folks regarding Mr. Moore’s article.

By Mark Kelly

January 9, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

Anyone who tries to give a logical explanation against a playoff system isn’t playing with a full deck of cards.

Here’s the reality of college athletics:

First, every other division has a playoff system in every sport — including Division III, which is comprised of more academically inclinded students and does not give athletic scholarships.

Second, if academics is the core of Stanford’s reputation, then why does it always field onr of the better teams in Division I baseball … with regular season schedules and playoffs that stretch into tomorrow?

The same can be said for the ACC in basketball. Duke, UNC, UVAa, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and others are among some of the more elite academic universities in the country and they’re always willing to stretch their seasons for the glory of Conference and national titles.

Third, while the SEC is the best of Division I football conferences, it has also won more than its fair share of national titles in other sports, both major and minor. These sports take up as much, if not more, time as football.

And lastly, while I somewhat agree that money and winning have removed academic rationale from most university adminstrators’ minds, the disease is spreading rather than abating. Right now Georgia Southern is exploring whether to jump to Division I. And, despite the fact many Division I athletic programs lose money, more and more schools have joined the quest for riches with Troy, Arkansas State and Middle Tennessee making the leap. They’re all struggling to get their balance sheets float, with Middle Tennessee on the fence to maintain attendance numbers in order remain in Division I.

My primary point is this: university presidents and athletic directors of the upper tier Division I schools have a sweet deal going. If the pot is sweetened enough to make a playoff more appealing, they’d jump ship from the present system and try and gobble up more money.

The academic card is just a charade … follow the money. That’s your culprit!

By Pitbull

January 9, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore telling someone they need to be more honest is like Hitler telling people that they need to have a more compassionate heart.

By J. Sam

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

Can’t you write anything that does not trash UGA? You are truly a drag on this paper. Stick to writing your weekly Mike Vick column.

By reality check

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

So you aren’t from around here Bob?

Do yourself and everybody else a favor and go back wherever you are from.

By Braves Fan 79

January 9, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

Anyone whos a regular college student knows the idea of football players being so busy with studying not to have a playoff system is a JOKE!
They have so many tutors, and half the time have other pple writing essays/term papers for them!
Common pple..these arent rocket scientists were talking about here…these are the kids that take the easiest major possible to get by! Studies…. HAHA…. What a weak argument!

By Mike T.

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

You Ga fans kill me. The AJC is all “dawgs”

Just admit this is your first time coming to AJC website,because there is plenty of negative Georgia articles. Almost every article Terrence Moore writes is negative Georgia.

By C

January 9, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

**So let me get this straight Terrance, you are actually giving the guys from the SEC who are asking for a playoff a hard time because they field good teams and would fill out too much of the bracket and dominate the playoff?!?!

Are you for real? Honestly, you cannot possibly be stupid enough to put forth an argument like that can you??!?!

Hmm, I really think the ACC should not be allowed into the Tournament this year due to the fact that they tend to dominate it…

You are a complete joke.

PS. For those that are claiming this is just whining (there are not two n’s in the word by the way) by UGA - I will give you that the timing is off but to claim that the only time we hear a cry for a playoff is by the shafted team is plain wrong - UF president asked for one last year while his team went all the way.

Man Terrance, you really are a tool.**

By Bob

January 9, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

reality check:

Everyone has to be from somewhere. Thanks for your hospitality. Unfortunately, typical.

By EJ

January 9, 2008 3:48 PM | Link to this

MOORE YOU ARE A @$$HOLE!!!!!!!!!!

By Billy

January 9, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

as far as this being a uga thing===>i don’t think so….when this bcs thing was set up,,,,,had to be on a thoery basis….a thoery b/c of the unexpected variable of that one can never predict an outcome of a game 100% of the time…..for some ,,it takes longer for them to realize that the theory is flawed….just so happen that this year was nail in the coffin for adams…..he has been watching closely for a few years as he states but his actions,,, in no way,,,will crown uga the national champions this year….this is for future purposes….anyone out there that says the post season fiasco with rating///bowl picks wwasn’t flawed knows nothing about football….money maybe,,,but not football….

By sheryl king

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

Mr. Moore, It is absolutely ludicrous that you are employed by the sports department. Everything that you write is opinion. Why do you not request a transfer to the editorials section? You are apparently so low on the totem pole at the AJC that you can only write paltry pieces that have nothing to do with actual games, etc. For the record, I am a UGA alum who detests Michael Adams. Have you failed to do any research on this man? He is no friend to UGA athletics in any manner. ANYTHING that Mr. Adams does is related to a gain in the academic area. If you were any type of journalist, you would have researched his record - how he has changed the athletic department, student tickets, parking at athletic events, etc. There was nothing subtle about his actions, but so what? You are a pitiful excuse for a writer. I have no idea of your salary, but whatever it is, you are over-paid.

By C

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

**Hey ‘By D S Alford’ -

Requiring a participant in an 8 team playoff to win their championship first would cause as much confusion as you have now. There is a high probability that many years you would have two or even three teams in a single conference that could take care of another conference’s champion (I would put forth that UGA, LSU or even UT or UF could beat OSU this year). You are essentially giving the crappy conferences that don’t even have a conference championship game a free pass. If you do that then you have to have at least two at large bids with no criteria that they must come from more than one conference.**

By td

January 9, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

As an SEC Fan I would like to see the playoff due to the fact the SEC has to beat itself each year. But Georgia’s Pres. Adams is such an ahole for making the announcement when he did. Slive and two other Conference heads had announced a week ago they were going to push for no less than a plus 1. But Adams in his pompusness tried to spoil it for LSU. Well he didn’t and he looks like an A making my Georgia look that way. As I recall last year, if we had the playoff LSU would most likely have met florida and beat them badly. I wish Georgia and usc would have been in the Rose Bowl but honestly we’re too young defensively and although I had sc, I think we’d have played them better than most but lost.

Hey Adams, why not do your duty and take it to the NCAA. It’s you college presidents that have NOT allowed it to happen.

By td

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

As an SEC Fan I would like to see the playoff due to the fact the SEC has to beat itself each year. But Georgia’s Pres. Adams is such an ahole for making the announcement when he did. Slive and two other Conference heads had announced a week ago they were going to push for no less than a plus 1. But Adams in his pompusness tried to spoil it for LSU. Well he didn’t and he looks like an A making my Georgia look that way. As I recall last year, if we had the playoff LSU would most likely have met florida and beat them badly. I wish Georgia and usc would have been in the Rose Bowl but honestly we’re too young defensively and although I hate sc, I think we’d have played them better than most but lost.

Hey Adams, why not do your duty and take it to the NCAA. It’s you college presidents that have NOT allowed it to happen.

By td

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

As an SEC Fan I would like to see the playoff due to the fact the SEC has to beat itself each year. But Georgia’s Pres. Adams is such an ahole for making the announcement when he did. Slive and two other Conference heads had announced a week ago they were going to push for no less than a plus 1. But Adams in his pompusness tried to spoil it for LSU. Well he didn’t and he looks like an A making my Georgia look that way. As I recall last year, if we had the playoff LSU would most likely have met florida and beat them badly. I wish Georgia and usc would have been in the Rose Bowl but honestly we’re too young defensively and although I hate sc, I think we’d have played them better than most but lost.

Hey Adams, why not do your duty and take it to the NCAA. It’s you college presidents that have NOT allowed it to happen.

By Dirt Dawg

January 9, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

TM loves tickle piles

By Dr Morpheus

January 9, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

Terence,

I would like to thank you for opposing Dr. Michael Adams proposal for an 8 game post-season playoff. Your writing as if you know the true motivation behind Dr. Adams’ action should be quite helpful in getting the Bulldog Nation fanbase, whose citizens vilify Adams in spite of his leading UGA to financial, academic, and athletic prominence, to coalesce around a proposal that the majority of NCAA football fans of all stripes favor.

Yours truly,

Dr. M

PS Although I don’t claim to eavesdrop on Dr. Adams’ thoughts, my theory of the catalyst is that he became angry when BCS politics stopped UGA from playing Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl. Like most rational Dawgs, Dr. A admits that LSU most deserved the shot at Ohio State. IMO, the debacles in the Sugar and Rose Bowls were the mis-matches that started the fire.

By AC in Boulder

January 9, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

If you’ve ever seen Moore on Rome is Burning you’d know he isn’t the brightest guy around. He comes across as somewhat of a simpleton and is painful to watch. Point being, consider the source of articles like this one and take it with a grain of salt.

By td

January 9, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this

I wanted to resist this but after reading so many of these I couldn’t stop myself. Georgia fans are like Florida fans, like their Pres. Adams, pompus a__holes and rednecks. I love the SEC but seeing what inbreeding does in GA and FL is amazing. I thought Ark. and Tenn. was joked about but you guys put them way up the ladder. Racism, drunkeness and your sister’s your mama attitudes. I stick with my first post……

As an SEC Fan I would like to see the playoff due to the fact the SEC has to beat itself each year. But Georgia’s Pres. Adams is such an ahole for making the announcement when he did. Slive and two other Conference heads had announced a week ago they were going to push for no less than a plus 1. But Adams in his pompusness tried to spoil it for LSU. Well he didn’t and he looks like an A making my Georgia look that way. As I recall last year, if we had the playoff LSU would most likely have met florida and beat them badly. I wish Georgia and usc would have been in the Rose Bowl but honestly we’re too young defensively and although I hate sc, I think we’d have played them better than most but lost.

Hey Adams, why not do your duty and take it to the NCAA. It’s you college presidents that have NOT allowed it to happen.

By drew

January 9, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

Terry, why don’t you tell people what happend to you at a Falcon Camp one day when Chris Doleman had you cornered and you started crying. Yor a joke and the only reason you have a job is because if you get fired you scream the race card!

By B. Scott

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

Terrence: as my dear departed Mother used to say:, ” You make my a* want to take a drink of buttermilk”, and I don’t even like buttermilk. Please just shut the hell up. PLEASE!

By Get Real

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

Terence…are you serious? The only reason your blogs are worth 30 seconds of my day is to read everyone bash you. It’s hysterical. Keep up the sub-par work!

By Phil

January 9, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

Mr. Moore.

I challenge you to write something upbeat and positive about any of the local teams. Honestly, I don’t think you can do it.

By TM = BS

January 9, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

Hey tm why don’t you be honest… The only reason you don’t want a playoff system is because that means that NOTRE DAME WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO EARN ITS WAY INTO A BIG GAME. Hell if they had won 1 or 2 more games this year they probably would have gotten into the BCS just to get wiped off the field in a bowl game again. You are a joke. HYPOCRITE much?

By Chaz

January 9, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Mr. Adams - What happens the year that UGA finishes #9 in the BCS? Do you then propose a 16 team playoff?

Also what do you tell the poor Tech fans who have to give up their annual trip to Boise?

For me, the more games the better!!!!

By Dump Terrance

January 9, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

Terrance is a idiot. I think we can all agree with that. However we all keep reading his columns and as long as we do he will keep his employment. Its time to boycott the AJC. Cancel your subscription and tell them the reason is because of Terrance. Perhaps someone should come up with a Fire Terrance website? He is long past due and needs to go.

By Hitman

January 9, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this

Nice article Terrence. Wow, that’s like 2 or 3 in a row where I’ve agreed with you.

Your first few responses from bloggers really confirm that Georgia is sorely lacking in education (see article on today’s AJC).

Do you and Bradley flip a coin every morning to see who is the good cop and who is the bad cop w/r/t UGA? Seems like it’s been coming up tails for you the last several times. Oh well, it’s still nice to read an article grounded in reality; not UGA bias — those of us who do not see the sportsworld (and the entire world, for that matter) through red-and-black glasses appreciate it…

By Chris

January 9, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

Terence Moore should be fired.

I don’t expect him to be biased in favor of UGA, but at the very least, he shouldn’t be biased against them (or any other institution for that matter).

Moore has dropped all pretense of objectivity. Let him take his hate-filled editorials about Georgia fans/AJC readers somewhere else.

By Miles Turner

January 9, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

* GEORGIA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE TO PLAY FOR A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR, UNDER ANY OF THE SERIOUS PROPOSALS FOR A PLAYOFF SYSTEM. YOU HAVE TO WIN YOUR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND OF COURSE YOUR CONFERENCE DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL! TEAMS ARE RATED BASED ON THEIR ENTIRE BODY OF WORK FOR THE SEASON—-NOT THEIR LAST 7 GAMES. IT’S THE “2007-2008 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP”, NOT THE “LAST 7 GAMES OF THE SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP”. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COMMENTS IN THIS BLOG ARE FROM CRYBABIES! GET USED TO IT. LSU HAS WON 2 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITHIN THE PAST 5 YEARS. THAT IS 2 MORE THAN GEORGIA HAS WON IN THE LAST 25+ YEARS!*

MILES TURNER

By Clayton

January 9, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Dang Terence

nobody complains about the NCAA basketball tournament that is held Thurs and Fri for two weeks in a row

nobody complains about the DII or DIII football playoffs.

Get it together man, and stop hatin on UGA please

By VESAVERSA

January 9, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

BLA BLA BLA ANOTHER USELESS POST FROM A IDIOT AJC WRITER

By Jim

January 9, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

Moore, you are an IDIOT! Of course, it’s about money. What another waste of space in the AJC that could be used for something informative other than your useless rhetoric!

By MATTC

January 9, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

TERRANCE THE ONLY REASON YOU HAVE A JOB IS BECAUSE YOU STIR UP TROUBLE. YOU HAVE NO REAL TALLENT. IF EVERYONE DID NOT RESPOND TO YOUR FORUMS YOU WOULD BE UNEMPLOYED. EVERYONE GETS MAD AND SAYS THEY HATE YOU, BUT ALL THE WHILE THE PAPER IS MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT. DON’T YOU WANT TO GO SOMEWHERE WHERE THE JECKLE OF THIS NEWSPAPERS HYDE. COME ON MAN ASPIRE TO BE MORE. BUT IF YOUR GETTING PAID WHO CAN BLAME YOU. WRITE SOMEHTING THAT YOU WANT TO WRITE INSTEAD OF WHAT THE NEWSPAPER WANTS YOU TO. I KNOW YOU GO HOME EVERDAY PET YOUR ENGLISH BULLDOG AND WATCH THE SUGAR BOWL ON REPEAT. LETS GET REAL.

GO DAWGS!!!

IS IT SEPTEMBER YET

By TheItalianDawg

January 9, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

TM you are so biased, in previous years you were breaching playoff and very supportive of playoff system and criticize anyone against it, now because Georgia propose it you suddenly became against it! and beside the latest survey on ESPN showed that 96% in favor of a playoff. you are very negative, never had a good thing to say! screw you!

By TheItalianDawg

January 9, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

Miles Turner, you said “YOU HAVE TO WIN YOUR CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP” please show us smart a$$ where did you find this rule written!

By MisterT

January 9, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

WOW! The Tech people never even accused the AJC of as much as these uga fans do. You uga fans are hillarious. You guys get ALL the top billings regardless of what else goes on in the sports world. If these guys say one thing that is not what you want to hear you go completely ape5#!t.

I am more convinced than ever that the writers pay is somehow connected to how much buzz they get on their blogs. And they have found that the way to get the most reaction is to just p** off as many people as possible.

It is sort of like the TV News “if it bleeds it leads” sort of thinking. Nobody is going to respond to an article blowing sunshine up the dawg’s @$$.

As a Tech fan I have completely stopped reading Jeff Sucks…I mean Shultz. He was just too negative about the whole Tech coaching search. I don’t care if he is talking about the Hawks. I am not clicking his article.

By jokurone

January 9, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

another idiotic display of complete ignorance,last time i checked, fans are in complete support of a playoff system.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

TEAMS ARE RATED BASED ON THEIR ENTIRE BODY OF WORK FOR THE SEASON

Body of work for a season:

Georgia two losses, LSU two losses

Georgia’s two was in the tough division and one on LSU was too.(Kentucky)

By David

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

The only thing Adams did wrong was try and outdo what should have been a day of celebration of LSU, who represented the SEC well! How about this little fact. Game score 38 to 24 (14 point spread). LSU played 8 SEC games and only beat two teams by 14 points: Miss State and Mississippi. The other six teams were able to perform at a higher level than Slowhio. Go Dawgs and Fire Moore (the most negative human being on the planet)!

By new name

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

They need to change the name from atlanta journal to athens journal. All they ever talk about is uga football. Kinda sad.

By reality check

January 9, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Yeah, Bob, the way you criticize Georgia fans and our “cupcake” schedule I have no doubt my response was pretty typical.

Since you say you don’t understand, let me explain. Terence Moore gets the kind of visceral reaction you are seeing because he is almost always negative about something. He rarely if ever makes a positive statement and while this particular article wasn’t racist he frequently is. People don’t like negative and racist and tend to respond in kind. That is called human nature.

In this case he is continuing his long standing defense of the BCS, invariably stated in the same kind of inflammatory terms you used to describe Georgia fans. At the same time he is also trying to see if he can get Georgia fans to stick up for Adams, which is not likely to happen because Adams has proven time and again to have an arrogant and mean spirited streak - something else that hassn’t played well around here.

By Hector

January 9, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

There is no need for a playoff system because there is no need to identify a champion. Other than merchandising revenues, alumni donations, and bragging rights for people with questionable character or low self esteem, there is nothing to be gained. Football is supposed to be a game and those of you who don’t realize that should reassess your lives.

By mderaney

January 9, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

the reason the ajc hasn’t fired him is the 200+ posts he gets after every article. Boycot TM!

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

You guys get ALL the top billings regardless of what else goes on in the sports world

You have completely lost your mind.

Anti Georgia biased rages everywhere. Mark May,all of ESPN, it kills them to say anything pro Georgia, Its probably because were in the same state as you snobs.

By Hector

January 9, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

UGA fans believe they are superior to everyone else even if they lose.

By Dumb@ss Dawgs

January 9, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

When did UGA start making their semi-pro athletes (pronounced A-THA-LEETS in Athens) attend classes? Everyone knows they don’t attend UGA for an education (pronounced ED-UMA-CA-TION in Athens)…They sign up to play ball. Spell your name correctly and put on shoulder pads and you’re in at UGA.

And guess who’s STILL p!ssin & moanin about not being Nat’l Champs? Next Adams will be demanding that UGA be named Nat’l Champs regardless of the outcome of any games. What a WHINEY BUNCH OF DUMB@SS DAWGS!!! You can’t do what needs to be done ON THE FIELD so you b!tch & moan hoping everyone will just GIVE YOU a Nat’l Championship so you’ll just STFU and go away — Man…It must SUCK to be a Dawg because you people are NEVER HAPPY WITH ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By FLA DAWG

January 9, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

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By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

Shouting Miles Turner(if your not turn off caps key)

If you have to win your conference how come Oklahoma got to play for the NC in 2004 after losing the Big 12 Championship? There is nothing in the rules about having to win your conference championship game. This is something you Georgia haters wish was in there but is not,until your team is in the same situation.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

UGA fans believe they are superior to everyone else even if they lose.

It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldawg!

By Drew

January 9, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

Another column by Terence Moore…another pile of BS for AJC to scoop up. The only reason they haven’t fired you already is the threat the you will probably turn into a racial issue you big idiot!

By Drew

January 9, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

Another column by Terence Moore…another pile of BS for AJC to scoop up. The only reason they haven’t fired you already is the threat the you will probably turn into a racial issue you big idiot!

By tony

January 9, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

Moore you should become the chief sports writer for florida A%M. or Morehouse that is the institution you are suited for.

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

By Hector

There is no need for a playoff system because there is no need to identify a champion. Other than merchandising revenues, alumni donations, and bragging rights for people with questionable character or low self esteem,* there is nothing to be gained.* Football is supposed to be a game and those of you who don’t realize that should reassess your lives.

Then explain why all other sports in the world have a structured playoff system to determine a champion? Everything I know from pin pong to the NFL to World Cup soccer has a playoff system. High time for major college football also.

By ringgolddawg

January 9, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

The playoff is the mostly wanted by the SEC/Big 12 because it is most conceivable that a FLA/UGA/TN/OK/TX could be the #1 and #2 teams in the country and not get the chance to play for it all. These teams could get eliminated from contention by being in the SEC East or Big 12 South and only one can play for the title but be the legitimate #2 in the country. Only one could go and represent because of the current set up.

By jfergNCdawg

January 9, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

I think that you are right, Terrance, we should become Duke Univ and place the highest priority on grades and lose 75% of the University’s INCOME/REVENUE. Did you miss the article, written by one of your coworkers, about Coach Richt and the early enrollees? He explains how enrolling early really gives the guys a big shot at EARNING THEIR DEGREE. I’m pretty sure STUDENTS earn degrees.

My idea/solution for College Football bowls and playoffs:

Begin the bowl season the 2nd week of December so that teams have a maximum of 2 weeks layoff. Play all of the minor bowls first, leading up to the BCS bowls the weekend before Christmas. Use the 4 BCS bowls at quarter-finals with winners playing the semi-final games the weekend AFTER Christmas and the Finals the next week. This allows for a more continuous football season and less of a layoff for bowl eligible teams.

By reality check

January 9, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

Bob, I forgot to ask, what team do you support?

By cursive

January 9, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

TM,

Where you got the whole “athlete-athlete” thing from what Adams said I will never know. I guess that there hasn’t been enough negative press about UGA lately, so you decided to stir the pot. You are a sorry excuse for a journalist.

By Bob

January 9, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

Poor little bullpuppies - didn’t get your way, couldn’t win on the field, so demand they change the game! A classic Athens move.

Why not change the name to “The Perennial Second or Third Place Football School (And Sometimes A University) of Georgia” ?

Go duh-dogz, indeed!

PS When was your last championship? You know, the only reason for your feeble existence? Seems like you should close the school if you can’t win more often than every 30 years!!!

By elliott

January 9, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this

Please just have Terence go away.

By joshua smith

January 9, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

You idiot! You would be narrow minded enough to not explore the many options that a playoff system would have with respect to time. Ohio State didn’t play a game since 11/17/07 till the title game. All the regular season games are over by the first weekend of Dec. There are PLENTY of opportunities for games to happen without leading into the New Year more than a week as they are now. There are bowl games stretching for 4 weeks! Take the 4 BCS games, play them 2 weeks earlier and what do you know - we have a title game the same time as we do now…WOW!

Doesn’t take a genius to figure that one out, but you’re no genius Mr. Moore. The only thing you care about is defying UGA and everything it’s about. If not for UGA, well, you’d have nothing to complain about and would be reduced to critiquing high school football. It’s my vote that you should move on to another job. It’s obvious that the majority of people in this state do not like you or what you are about and only read your column to see what worthless crap you are posting, but don’t mistake me, NO ONE SUBSCRIBES to read your crap. It’s free on the internet.

In my opinion, the AJC is wasting their money on your paycheck. I don’t understand how your job could possibly be justified.

I’m sure Mr. Adams doesn’t like the slap in the face you just administered.

By Heeldawg

January 9, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

Mr. Moore:

You have a right to question President Adams’ motives. I am a Georgia graduate and even I think his timing is off on this.

HOWEVER, the basis for your argument (the idea that the student-athlete should take precedence over the athlete-athlete) is not valid when is comes to the idea of a Division I-A (FBS) playoff. An eight-game playoff, without the 4-6 week layoff that one has now, would not extend the college football season beyond New Year’s. One would simply use some of the current bowls to manage pitting the top eight teams in the current system against one another in a “BCS playoff.” The remaining bowls not involved in the playoff would be played out as usual. All of this would occur after final exams for Fall semester and would be over before Spring term would begin.

Is the current system ideal? No, in many respects. Big-time college football is a business, generating revenue for other collegiate sports (both men’s and women’s) and driving other revenue to the universities in the form of licensing fees, etc. The higher-profile programs also generate fan support which, in turn, leads to higher application numbers, enhanced alumni loyalty and a larger pot of charitable donations to the university. As a business, the universities “hire” the best athletes they can get so that their teams will be competitive. These kids all know the deal. They receive a free ride at a major educational institution in exchange for hours of hard work and a chance, albeit slim, at a shot at the NFL. The key is, all of the athletes can get something out of the deal. Most of Georgia’s football players would never get into the University were it not for their football prowess. As part of the bargain, they not only get admission; they get early registration, paid room and baord, and a chance to experience what it is like to be a local hero, even if they never make it to the big leagues. Who would not jump at that sort of chance? DJ Shockley has it made in the state of Georgia forever just by being the guy he was—the player who waited his turn and led the team to an SEC title. David Pollack is out of football, possibly forever, and he could walk into almost any business in the state and get a job just because he’s David Pollack. Herschel Walker could run for Senate, and likely would win, just based on his recognition in this state as the best player in Georgia hsitory. It’s not like the players are being used and thrown away. There’s a lifelong connection that lasts well beyond the four or more years they each spend playing football between the hedges. And many student-athletes who would have never gone to college end up as well-educated professionals as a result of their collegiate football experience (one such individual, a reknowned U.Ga. Chemistry professor, says that football was what got him on a collegiate campus in the first place. He obtained his Ph.D., and now he’s won a number of national awards).

Oh, and DS Alford—winning the conference championship means very little when the conferences are so unequal. Ohio State would have lost three or four games in either the SEC or the PAC-10. By contrast, Hawaii was the undefeated WAC champion, and you know what happened to them when they played Georgia. The SEC went 7-2 in their bowl games. The ACC went 2-6. The fact is that LSU versus Georgia would have been a better national title game than LSU-Ohio State (witness the final rankings). Teams should not be penalized just because they play in the same very strong conference. The ACC in basketball, with its legendary Duke-UNC rivalry, is a prime example of how this conference disparity should not be allowed to play a role in deciding which team is truly the best one at the end of the season. Should UNC and Duke be prohibited from palying one another in the NCAA title game because they came from the same conference? Of course not. Conference championships are irrelevant in that setting. They should be in college football.

And BTW, of the teams you mentioned, didn’t UVA and Ohio State both lose their bowl games? On what basis do you thibnk that either of those teams could beat Georgia? Don’t let the facts of an 11-2 SEC season stand in the way of your thinking here. Remember that every other NCAA 1-A team lost at least two games except one lost at least two games, the same as Georgia. The team that only lost one?

Hawaii. Who lost to Georgia.

And finally Bob, I don’t know what school you are a fan of, but if it isn’t LSU, your team is worse than the Bulldogs. So pack up your jealousy and go home.

By doggonegadawg

January 9, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

You say “a back-up plan just in case” one of the SEC schools are left out. Yeah, just like a 13-0 Auburn team got left out. The point is, Mr Moore, is the issue deserves to be settled on the field and not in some poll or media conglomerate who stuffs the ballot box or lobbies for one team or another. Even a blind man can see the injustice of even this past BCS process. What the rest of the sports world is scared to death of is the probability that two SEC schools would be the perennial contestants in the championship game. In your words, Terrance, “be honest.” Georgia is not one of your favorites. And since we’re talking honesty why don’t you start with yourself.

By Dr Morpheus

January 9, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

UGA has shown the determination to get athletes in line with the high academic standards applied to other students.

From Mark Shlabach of ESPN.com writing about the suspensions/dismissals of star bb players Mercer, Brown and Jackson.

“According to school officials, each of the three suspended players were academically eligible to compete. But the players were suspended for failing to meet Georgia’s stringent academic policies, which were put in place on Jan. 8. Under the new guidelines, a student-athlete is suspended from 10 percent of a team’s competition for a third unexcused absence from class. After the third absence, each subsequent absence results in an additional 10-percent suspension.

The requirements for attending mandatory study halls, tutoring sessions and academic advising appointments are as stringent. A second absence from any of the aforementioned appointments results in a $10 fine. Players are suspended from 10 percent of a team’s competition on the fifth absence, and, like the class attendance policy, each subsequent absence results in an additional 10-percent suspension.

Evans said he installed the new academic policy because he was alarmed by the number of classes and academic appointments being missed by student-athletes in all sports. Georgia ranked last among 12 SEC schools in graduation rates in men’s basketball and football, according to the most recent data released by the NCAA in October. Only 19 percent of Georgia basketball players who enrolled in school from 1997-2000 graduated within six years, according to NCAA data.

We lost two good players, but right now I think we’re a better team. Takais and Mike are good players, and they’re good at what they do. But there were times in games when we were stuck because guys were doing things that didn’t need to be done. Right now, all we have to focus on is basketball. We don’t have the distractions we normally had the last two years. —Sundiata Gaines “It was just mind boggling to me,” Evans said. “I was concerned about the mixed signals that were being sent in intercollegiate athletics. If a student-athlete misses a practice or meeting with the coach, there is going to be heck to pay. But if a student-athlete missed a class or an academic appointment, the consequences weren’t as severe. I don’t want to be in the business of exploiting student-athletes to win games. I believe we can be successful on the field and in the classroom.”

Georgia’s men’s basketball program struggled to meet the new requirements more than any of the school’s other teams. According to documents obtained by ESPN.com through state open records laws, the basketball players were first made aware of their suspensions during the spring and summer. One player was suspended on March 6, another on May 4 and the third on July 26. The university redacted the names of the players from correspondence to protect their identities.

By April, Felton had grown increasingly frustrated by his players’ unwillingness to do what they were required to do. In an April 3 memo to senior associate athletics director Carla Williams, Felton wrote: “I am losing sleep while I stress over these problems we have had and I suspect you are too. I have never put more energy and passion into this issue as I am now and the results seem to only diminish. … You should also know that I informed them that we will no longer be helping them wake up to get to study hall in the mornings. It’s on them. If they want to be Georgia Bulldogs they will do what it takes to be here.”

Sources with knowledge of the situation said the players weren’t suspended for missing classes. Each was suspended for repeatedly failing to attend appointments with tutors, academic advisers and mentors.

“Everyone wants to say the policy is tough, but we’re not asking you to do anything you’re not supposed to do,” Evans said. “If you have a class, go to class. If you have an academic appointment, go to the appointment. We’re not asking you to be Phi Beta Kappa. The appointments prepare you for classes and tests, like practices prepare you for games. If you’re supposed to be there, then you’d better be there.”

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=schlabach_mark&id=3155002

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

didn’t get your way, couldn’t win on the field, so demand they change the game!

it’s really amazing how all of a sudden a playff system is a Georgia idea,something to solely benefit us. Adam’s proposal is nothing new. Polls reveal that about 90% of college football fans would like a playoff system.

By juice

January 9, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Thank you for that wonderful insight Mr. Moore. Up until this moment I was not aware that the 65 universities in the NCAA basketball tournament IN MARCH cancelled school until their respective teams made it back home.

By Tdog

January 9, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Well MR Moore you have one point, both presidents were from the best confrance, the SEC and like fans of the most powerful confrance they have seen blowhard’s like you and the ESPN boy’s pollitick and use influence to lift up some teams that don’t deserve promotion, like OS.We have had it with BIAS, look what they did to AUB undefeted, no NCG

By Heeldawg

January 9, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

Sorry about the typos on my last post. I was typing pretty fast…

By Dr Morpheus

January 9, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

Not too shabby:

KIPLINGER’S 2008 BEST VALUE RANKINGS

(Rankings are based upon cost and academics) 1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2. University of Florida 3. University of Virginia 4. College of William and Mary 5. New College of Florida 6. State University of New York at Geneseo 7. University of Georgia 8. State University of New York at Binghamton 9. University of Washington 10. University of California at Los Angeles

source:http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2008/01/09/News/Univ-Ranked.Seventh.Best.Value.Of.National.Colleges-3147711.shtml

By Scooter

January 9, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

Don’t listen to these douchebags…go get em Terence

By Mike T.

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

Remember that every other NCAA 1-A team lost at least two games except one lost at least two games, the same as Georgia. The team that only lost one?

Hawaii. Who lost to Georgia.

Heeldawg, Mike T. here,I’m with you dude,however you made an oversight,understandable though. Kansa only had one loss.Kansas had a weak schedule.Go Dawgs!

By Cracker

January 9, 2008 5:57 PM | Link to this

Like the current BCS deal is about the students…come on….College football has not been about the students in a long time… the Big 10 and the Pac 10 don’t want a playoff cause it will cost them $$$… Playoffs will help the SEC win more Championships as currently jackass sports reporters like yourself can vote for the best team instead of letting it get done on the feild.

By herewegoagain

January 9, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

How do you keep a job? You are the most pessimistic and anti Georgia person I have ever seen. Above all, you are an idiot

By Dr Morpheus

January 9, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

The point of my recent posts is to dispute the recurring assertions on AJC sports blogs 1) that UGA has low academic standards and 2) that the academic performance of UGA athletes is a low priority. The positive changes in these areas of the past few years have come under the leadership of Michael Adams. The proposed playoff system will benefit all high echelon D-1 football teams equally, giving them a fair shot at winning the NC after performing during the regular season. But was the timing bad? Consider the viewpoint of New York Times correspondent William Rholen, who, for what it’s worth, is black. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/sports/ncaafootball/09rhoden.html?ref=sports

By Mike T.

January 9, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

Not too shabby:

You mean the North Ave Trade School didn’t make the list?

By Baunch Alae

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

I have never posted here, and it may be a bit late to say, but I can not stand reading your articles Mr. Bore. In fact, the only reason I read them is just to see how you decide to bash the University of Georgia next. Give the school a break. I agree with the first post in that the AJC should fire you, and you should go somewhere else to write your biased reviews. I agree in having a differing opinion than that of the majority, but EVERY TIME? I don’t even remember you giving UGA credit for being in the Sugar Bowl, despite whether or not ANYONE thinks we should’ve been in the BCS.

You are a disgrace, Mr. Moore. Do us all a favor, and right an article about something you are in favor for… If you are in favor of anything.

By 59bulldawg

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

Well besides your obvious fixation with bashing the University of Georgia at every opportunity … what’s your point TM? Trying to gig the Georgia faithful for another huge response? Trying to prove your blog comments are read by thousands in order to prove that you are relevant as a sports columnist? You’re the worst of Don Imus and Howard Stern combined … throwing as much crap against the wall as you can just to see what will stick! You’re completely laughable except for the fact that some poor soul will probably take your opinions as truth. I know you can’t be objective but can you actually write an article on any other topic but the University of Georgia. Maybe one day you will grow tired of being a wise guy and actually write a serious piece … with a little more journalistic integrity than just simply trying to p** off Georgia fans. But why work hard when this is so easy … and requires such little actual effort and ability? On the other hand though … maybe throwing the verbal equivalent of molotov cocktails at your audience is the best you can do! What a waste of a journalism degree!

By JPA

January 9, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this

MOORE, EAT SH— AND DIE YOU MOOREON.

By akddawg

January 9, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this

Have you ever written on damn positive article in you worthless life?

By Damn it AJC

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

Dear AJC,

Will you please fire this guy already? I am so sick of seeing his name and articles appear on ajc.com. He is poison to an otherwise good Georgia sports website.

I am disgusted by Moore’s arrogant, holier than though attitude and his cynical, pessimistic, and undeservedly critical articles related the the Univerisity of Georgia, its athletic Department, its coaches, its athletes, its alumni, and its fans.

Please fire him before next season. We could find thousands of people to write articles better than his attacking our fine insitution and people. I hope that is not a goal of the AJC, becuase by keeping him you’re tlling me and others supporters that it is a goal.

Read the blogs. This is a no-brainer.

By MisterT

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

Mike T,

My comment with regard to uga getting top billing was directed toward this paper…the AJC.

Southern teams in general suffer from bias on ESPN and all National sports departments.

uga does get preferential treatment over any other school in the AJC. That is absolute fact!

By Open Letter to T. Moore

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

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By Gene

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

Terrence, you got this one right. Mike Adams is about as slippery as Carl Rove. There is big, big money involved in college football, and Adams and other politician/educators have benefitted hugely from fat cat donations and other football revenues. A few years ago, Adams had a 73% no confidence vote from Arts and Sciences at UGA. If he had any character at all, he would have resigned. A decent governor would have run him off, but Adams and Governor Curley (as in Moe and Larry) are very thick, so Adams isn’t going anywhere. He micromanages every activity on campus and takes credit for things he doesn’t do and blames others, like Jim Harrick, for his own shortcomings. I am a Georgia graduate, and I am embarrassed by Adams and by the image of the football team. Many other grads feel the same way I do, but they get hooted down and threatened by those who want to win at any cost.

By Dawghead

January 9, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

Teri Mooore, the li’l sorority chick who adores football player meat just wants to excite the SEC players in hopes they might slip her the BIG ONE. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

By Dawgs

January 9, 2008 8:43 PM | Link to this

Why do you guys keep blogging on this racist idiots blogs? Stop reading his stuff and eventually the AJC will get rid of the fool.

Or don’t and just keep having to deal with it. This is the last Moore blog or column i will ever read.

By Dr Morpheus

January 9, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this

Sorry if I’m going overboard on this one, but Gene’s comments reflect only one segment of UGA alums. Like most, I did not like Adams forcing Vince Dooley to retire early. In retrospect, I think the move was warranted and effective in getting UGA athletics under control and on course. Obviously, Adams created the Herrick situation but AD Dooley mismanaged it. Disagree if you will; but, the main point here is that UGA is a first-rate institution and Adams is the type of strong leader who needs to step up if a playoff (at the risk of being repetitive, something most serious D-1 football fans want) is to have a chance. If you want it but have been persuaded by Stewart Mandel that there’s no hope for it to happen, get out of the way and let those who like to take on impossible tasks lead the way. Lots of sailors thought going West was a suicidal idea. Lots of colonists thought we could never overthrow the British monarch. Lots of former slaves thought they had better accept that Jim Crow was the Man. I can understand that. But very few worthwhile things hand themselves to you and I applaud Michael Adams for stepping up and taking some heat on behalf of UGA, UF, LSU, USC, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kansas, Boise State, and any other school that earns a shot at the NC by performing during the entire regular season.

The end.

By Dr Morpheus

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

Dawgs,

TM did the cause a favor by writing this one. We need to have the issue put out there in order to have a dialogue about how to improve the D-1 system. Naturally, many people will use the forum to ventilate uninformed feelings or will toss out cute little globs or bigoted silliness to see who gets offended. But, if you just ignore those posts, argue the issues, and back up your points with facts, you become a seller in the marketplace of ideas. Don’t bail on us; we need you.

Dr. M

By Dog in Tigerland

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

Terence Moore wrote:

“That’s SEC, as in Division I-A’s most powerful football conference.

“That’s SEC, as in a place dominated by fans obsessed with having their team win a national championship NO MATTER WHAT!

“That’s SEC, as in all of the above, and as in why Adams, Machen and other prominent folks in the conference want a playoff system as a backup plan - you know, just in case the Bowl Championship Series doesn’t put their team in the title game.”

QUESTION: WHAT WAS YOUR POINT?

By heeldawg

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

Mike T., thanks for the correction, and sorry for the oversight.

Hopefully, the point wasn’t lost.

By BT

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

What’s with all of this 2nd semester bunk?! Doesn’t basketball go for two semesters? Doesn’t high school football and the pros have 5 rounds and 4 rounds repectively while college ball has one bowl to play? It’s time for you and the other fools to “be honest” instead of defending your current corrupt pro north-pro west system.

By Bob

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

Mr. Moore.

I will always love the way you “stir the pot”. Carry on.

By Bob

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

Mr. Moore.

I will always love the way you “stir the pot”. Carry on.

By Bob

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

Mr. Moore.

I will always love the way you “stir the pot”. Carry on.

By Kevin

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

By Michael Rosenberg Detroit Free Press The other day, like millions of Americans, I watched college football’s national championship game. Alas, I must have been watching on a broken TV. I saw a team, Ohio State, outgain its opponent by two yards per play. I saw that same team lose anyway because its opponent, Louisiana State, played a much more disciplined, fundamentally sound game. I saw LSU commit only one turnover while Ohio State essentially committed four: three that were official and one on a roughing-the-punter penalty that allowed LSU to keep the ball. I saw a Buckeyes field-goal attempt blocked. I saw Ohio State commit five ? yes, five ? personal fouls. Based on all that, I had no doubt that LSU deserved to win. Now, two days later, I’m still annoyed by that stupid broken TV. Apparently, I didn’t see the same game as many of my colleagues around the country. They saw: 1. Conclusive proof that the Big Ten’s best teams do not have as much talent as the best Southeastern Conference teams. 2. Evidence that Ohio State, which got creamed by Florida in last year’s title game, does not belong in any championship game. The Buckeyes, they say, are an inferior team that steamrolls a weak conference every year, simply because the Buckeyes have almost learned to run on two feet while the rest of the Big Ten still crawls on all fours. Well now. Maybe they are right. The SEC, after all, is 11-4 in Bowl Championship Series games and the Big Ten is 8-9. But I don’t think they are right. I think they have all bought into the SEC Myth. Before I explain the SEC Myth, let me explain what the SEC Myth is not. If you think the SEC is usually the best conference in the country, that is not the SEC Myth. That’s a perfectly reasonable, rational opinion. No. The SEC Myth is the argument that the SEC is far superior to other conferences; that it is the best league in the country every year; that the best SEC teams are always better than the best Big Ten teams; and that the SEC is always deeper than the Big Ten. The SEC Myth states that Ohio State simply does not have the talent to beat teams like Florida and LSU. You probably know some SEC Mythologists. They are all over the place ? except, apparently, in the NFL. Since 2000, NFL teams have drafted 59 Ohio State Buckeyes. Twenty-eight of those 59 were first-day picks ? guys drafted in the first three rounds. No SEC team can match that. Not one. The top talent producer in the SEC (by draft picks) is Tennessee, which has had 50 players chosen and 27 on the first day. Since 2000, the 11 Big Ten teams have produced an average of 26.8 draft picks per school. The 12 SEC teams have produced 27.3 picks per school. That is half a player per school over an eight-year period. So it’s basically a wash. Over those eight years, the average SEC team has produced 12.6 first-day draft picks. The average Big Ten team has produced 10.6. In other words, the typical SEC team has produced one extra first-day pick every four years compared with a typical Big Ten counterpart. Does that sound like a huge talent gap? Did you know that Michigan State, a second-tier Big Ten team since 2000, has produced as many NFL draft picks (28) as SEC power Auburn? Hey, it surprised the heck out of me. But it’s true. (All draft stats are courtesy of the incredibly comprehensive drafthistory.com.) Propagators of the SEC Myth point out that Ohio State is 0-9 against the SEC but fail to mention that Michigan’s Lloyd Carr was 5-2 in bowls against SEC teams. (This lends a rock-paper-scissors quality to the discussion: The SEC beats Jim Tressel, Tressel beats Carr, and Carr beats the SEC.) SEC Mythologists don’t mention that the top three teams in the Big Ten all played road games this bowl season: Ohio State faced Louisiana State in Louisiana, Illinois faced Southern California in southern California, and Michigan faced Florida in Florida. The logic behind the SEC Myth is self-perpetuating. When Kentucky beats LSU, it is held up as proof of SEC depth. When Northwestern beats Michigan, people say the Big Ten is weak. If you believe in the SEC Myth, you believe that SEC teams face an unfair path to get to the national championship game because their conference is so demanding that it’s almost impossible to get through it unscathed. But if you believe that, you have to ignore this: The Big Ten and SEC play two bowl games against each other every year, in Orlando and Tampa. This is where the conferences send their top two non-BCS teams. If the SEC is really so much deeper, then that conference should dominate those two games. Yet in the BCS era, the Big Ten has won 11 of those games, the SEC nine. Remember: In that era, the Big Ten has sent 17 teams to BCS games, while the SEC has sent 15. Three times, the Big Ten sent its third- and fourth-place teams to Florida to play the second- and third-place teams from the SEC. The SEC only had to deal with that once. Anyway, congrats to Louisiana State, the 2007 BCS champion. And congrats to the SEC, which ? I mean this sincerely ? is probably the best conference in America, by a small margin.

By Bob

January 9, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

See my previous posts.

Wow! I guess all the Dawg Nation is united! What an elegant collection of opinions. heeldawg, I am a fan of college football, the whole scene, and enjoy spirited games, good sportsmanship, and balanced, friendly supporters. We travel all over the country to tailgate, enjoy some fellowship with other college football scene lovers, and chill. Fall is the highlight of our year. We have friends all over the country we have met from many of the top academic and athletic universities.

But, I have to admit, you guys are over the top. Even your academic leader is as irrational as most of your posts. And the amazing thing is that your fans have somehow found a way to make this racial. I’m familiar with Mr. Moore, and he certainly doesn’t deserve the treatment he has received on this board.

We have visited Athens two times on game days, and they were not good experiences. I chalked it up to bad luck- twice. However, based on what I have seen here, I guess it was just typical.

You guys really need to clean up your act. You are not representing UGA in a positive manner. Unfortunately, I guess most of you just don’t care.

By BCS Slave

January 9, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this

Bob,

This is a running feud between the fans and Moore. He knows the reaction he is going to get. He counts on it. That is the purpose of the blogs…to get fans involved. Unfortunately, hate is a powerful motivator. Unfortunately, instead of just reading and moving on, these folks have to post their hate.

You cannot judge a school by what the idiots here say. It’s impossible to be sure the number, but many of these so called, “UGA” fans are techies, vols, or gators. Perhaps you are too. Anyone who uses the drivel on this blog to judge a school or its fans must have their own agenda. It is not reality.

By BCS Slave

January 9, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this

Bob,

This is a running feud between the fans and Moore. He knows the reaction he is going to get. He counts on it. That is the purpose of the blogs…to get fans involved. Unfortunately, hate is a powerful motivator. Unfortunately, instead of just reading and moving on, these folks have to post their hate.

You cannot judge a school by what the idiots here say. It’s impossible to be sure the number, but many of these so called, “UGA” fans are techies, vols, or gators. Perhaps you are too. Anyone who uses the drivel on this blog to judge a school or its fans must have their own agenda. It is not reality.

By Jason

January 9, 2008 10:44 PM | Link to this

What did the five fingers say to the face?

SLAP!!

This article is disgraceful, irrational, immature, disrespectful, tasteless, ignorant, stupid, pointless, meaningless, spiteful, hateful, ugly, atrocious, disgusting, disjointed, horrible journalism… wait… it’s not even worth being call journalism. TM… it’s truly time for you to retire. Stop writing things simply to get attention and negative comments. You probably don’t mean anything you write here… you just say it to get this type of reaction. It is unethical, immature and totally unprofessional. You need to do sports fans around the South a favor and retire, step down and let someone else take your spot. It is about time. You have next to no respect around here because 99.9% of the things you write are mere crap. Please. Do us all a huge favor - retire. Tomorrow. Just pack your things and leave. Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

All Sports Fans in Atlanta.

By Scott

January 9, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this

Terence: Thank you for writing such a creative article. I have never heard of anyone from the media trying to discount UGA. Don’t you think the SEC has a beef? Of course the PAC 10 and Big 10 don’t want a playoff. Ohio State knows that they can play Akron, Youngstown State, Northwestern and Kent and can play in the BCS Title Game every year. USC knows on the other hand that they can lose to Stanford and be forgiven immediately by the media. How would you feel if you coached in the SEC and had to play one of the toughest schedules in the country every year and not even receive the due consideration and credit for it when it comes to the ranking process? Move to ESPN studios so that you and Mark May can scheme together every year….

By GT Dave blowing smoke

January 9, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

Good ole GT Dave. is just Blowing Smoke. I went to the Tech roster and there are only 9 or 10 football players at Tech majoring in engineering. But 60 playing in majoring in Mangement.

GT Dave do your reach before you write! Morron!

By tm

January 9, 2008 11:21 PM | Link to this

my name is terrence moore. I’m not smart enough to engage in real journalism so I try to come up with inflammatory things to write to get all you UGA folks fired up. If I could think of anything truly intelligent or even provacative, I would write it, but I’m just not capable. Its an easy formula for me, whenever a UGA coach, president, etc. makes a statement or takes some action, I simply attempt to shred them in my article. I learned this trick in 9th grade (which is where I maxed out my writing skills) and it has served me well. Believe me, if I had the skill or intelligence to do anything better, I would, but I’m just not smart enough to come up with ideas.

By Rob in Dallas

January 9, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this

Terence:

I wanted to drop you a note re: Lee Smith. I completely agree with your comment on the Jim Rome show that since Goose Gossage is now in the Hall of Fame, Smith should get in. Lee Smith was just as intimidating as Gossage, had a longer career and more saves. It’s unfortunate for Smith that Trevor Hoffman recently eclipsed his all-time saves mark, which as a pure reliever is the top stat by which to judge excellence (and shows how great Hoffman has been); and Lee wasn’t helped a lot by some of the poor teams he pitched for. But along with Gossage and Sutter, he was one of the premier closers of his era and he deserves to be in the Hall. I hope this note makes its way to you.

Rob Dallas, TX

By blowmeterrance

January 9, 2008 11:43 PM | Link to this

You “swinging richard” playoff would put the best on the field not the teams with the most sports writers (ie midwest). Just face the fact the SEC is overpowering!

2-1 ATL

By JacketFan

January 9, 2008 11:53 PM | Link to this

This has probably already been said, so I apologize for any redundancy in my post, but what I’m hearing is a lot of hypocracy on the part of Moore and other sports talking heads. So you don’t want to extend the football season into a second semester - that’s somehow taking advantage of student athletes - but you have no real problem with basketball covering two semesters? Yeah, that makes sense. And as a college professor, let me say this: those students who are playing basketball are missing a greater amount of classtime than those who are playing football. Those kids playing basketball, especially in Division I schools, are oftentimes travelling in the middle of the week, sometimes missing two class meetings a week. I’m usually not one for ad hominem attacks, but I agree with some of my “dawg” brethren in that Terrance Moore may be the most ignorant sports columnist in the nation. Are you even capable of critical thought? I applaud President Adams’ sincere examination of this problem and his voracity in developing a solution to what has been a serious flaw in Division I football since the BCS and before. Is his timing suspect? Sure. But, the fact that he’s just coming in as the head of the NCAA dissolves that suspicion. As far as we know, this is something he’s been working on and talking about with folks behind the scenes for a year. So, thanks but no thanks, Mr. Moore, we don’t need any more conspiracy theories in the world. Go sell crazy somewhere else.

By Gen Neyland

January 9, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

Opinions…Favorable ones get the masses rolling on the BCS dissing the Dawgs…Nonfavorable ones get their panties in a wad over the BCS dissing the Dawgs. It is what it is. Time will bring changes ( sorry it didn’t happen in a nano second for ya’ll ). From the coaches poll, to the writers poll to Sagarin Ratings, it seems whatever direction the wind blows is the mood of the day on these blog pages. With UGA’s schedule next year, make a statement week to week and see what the BCS Masters contrive. It could quiet the masses if UGA gets to the title game under the same rules that applied to OSU and LSU…Then it will be a hushed, ” We need a playoff, maybe..? ” Go Vols

By Bob

January 9, 2008 11:59 PM | Link to this

BCS Slave:

You are right and I am not judging the school by what is said here. However, what is said here is what it is and I assume it is primarily from Dawg fans. And as mentioned previously, the comments here are typical of what we experienced during our previous two visits to Athens.

Again you are correct. I do have an agenda. It is civil and friendly discussion of collegiate football among a diverse group of fans. Unfortunatly, it seems anyone with a slightly divergent opinion on this board is branded as an outsider unworthy of even possessing an opinion.

Also as mentioned earlier, I am familiar with Mr. Moore and his work. Despite the histrionics and vulgarities to the contrary, Mr. Moore does not deserve the treatment he is receiving on this board.

You and your fellow Dawg fans have much to be proud of. The campus and the city were beautiful during our previous visits. We enjoyed great meals after the games and enjoyed friendly conversation with fellow fans, mostly visiting, during our stay. The negative to our visit was the boorish behavior I atttributed to fans I thought were Dawg fans, mostly in red prior to, during, and after the game. And as I have already mentioned, that behavior was consistent with the comments on this board.

I understand it isn’t popular, but I can only encourage your fellow Dawg fans to clean up their act.

By Moore please retire

January 10, 2008 12:02 AM | Link to this

Mr. Moore would you please tell why college football can not have an eight team tournament in DECEMBER and JANUARY but basketball can have 64 teams in MARCH!!! Do all universities close up shop for March Madness? This tournament would primarily take place during the holiday break. There are no classes.

Plus, your previous argument that Div I AA players do not have the stress level of Div I A players is ridiculous. Stress is relative. There is no way to determine stress. Is a rich person less stressful than the poor? AA players manage to study and compete in a tournament. I am sure A players can do the same.

By An open letter to Bob, et al

January 10, 2008 12:16 AM | Link to this

FVCK YOU.

You’re part of the .01% who actually has respect for this jacka$s Moore. This Georgia grad says read the blog. People don’t hate for no reason. Moore created the hatred, let him live and die by it.

By Bob

January 10, 2008 12:18 AM | Link to this

BCS Slave:

You are right and I am not judging the school by what is said here. However, what is said here is what it is and I assume it is primarily from Dawg fans. And as mentioned previously, the comments here are typical of what we experienced during our previous two visits to Athens.

Again you are correct. I do have an agenda. It is civil and friendly discussion of collegiate football among a diverse group of fans. Unfortunatly, it seems anyone with a slightly divergent opinion on this board is branded as an outsider unworthy of even possessing an opinion.

Also as mentioned earlier, I am familiar with Mr. Moore and his work. Despite the histrionics and vulgarities to the contrary, Mr. Moore does not deserve the treatment he is receiving on this board.

You and your fellow Dawg fans have much to be proud of. The campus and the city were beautiful during our previous visits. We enjoyed great meals after the games and enjoyed friendly conversation with fellow fans, mostly visiting, during our stay. The negative to our visit was the boorish behavior I atttributed to fans I thought were Dawg fans, mostly in red prior to, during, and after the game. And as I have already mentioned, that behavior was consistent with the comments on this board.

I understand it isn’t popular, but I can only encourage your fellow Dawg fans to clean up their act.

By Bob

January 10, 2008 12:25 AM | Link to this

To: An open letter to Bob, et al

I guess you just helped make the case.

By It's so obvious...

January 10, 2008 12:30 AM | Link to this

Terence is a racist black man who is angry at the white man, and I mean ANGRY. There is no other reason to explan his behavior. These are veiled racist rants.

By Mark

January 10, 2008 12:43 AM | Link to this

It’s so obvious:

I’ve just gone back and read the Moore piece. Could you point out the words that you consider the “veiled racist rants”? I don’t see anything like that.

By An open letter to Bob, et al

January 10, 2008 12:47 AM | Link to this

Dawgs can smell sh1t, and you’re full of it.

Stick your patronizing comments up your a$s. We don’t need you telling us we “have much to be proud of.” Who the fvck you? We know our school is top notch, our campus is beautiful and Athens is the among the best college towns in America. Many of us graduated from Georgia, and those who didn’t live on campus during football weekends. Your arrogant as$ isn’t welcome on our great campus. You talk that crazy sh1t in Athens and you’ll get what you deserve, and I can guarntee you there will be nothing clean about it.

By Cedartown Bulldog

January 10, 2008 1:12 AM | Link to this

I’ll be honest ok ?David O’brien has readers because he’s talented and well informed.You have readers because you come up with one bs,lame-a* crock of nonsense after another.A playoff wouldn’t have any more bearing on a player’s school work than the present system.I believe you write these silly articles because you know they’re your only way to stand out.Honest enough for you ?

By godawgs

January 10, 2008 2:10 AM | Link to this

terence, i read a lot of sports articles and disagree with many of them. however, i still respect the writer because they make logical arguements. i have zero respect for you because you continuously put out complete crap with no substance and no logic.

By godawgs

January 10, 2008 2:10 AM | Link to this

terence, i read a lot of sports articles and disagree with many of them. however, i still respect the writer because they make logical arguements. i have zero respect for you because you continuously put out complete crap with no substance and no logic.

By TJ

January 10, 2008 5:01 AM | Link to this

Dawgs, we are our own worst enemy. We complain about what TM writes and fall right into the trap of encouraging the sports editors at AJC to want him to pour it on even more. Maybe we respond because we enjoy it. I don’t believe TM hates Ga. I do believe he is doing his job. If we don’t like what his job is, stop reading this trash and stop posting on this blog. Mr Moore will either change his MO or get fired. This is the last time I will read anything he writes.

By ICE

January 10, 2008 7:30 AM | Link to this

Mr. Moore,

Can I just ask why you have suddenly this year become such a bulldog hater? It is absurd that your last 5 articles have absolutely bashed the georgia bulldogs…I guess you grew up a Tech fan or something..because you definately are not being unbiased…I used to respect everything you wrote becasue it was honest hilarious good writing..now its just one sided and annoying…All good things come to an end I guess.

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January 10, 2008 7:45 AM | Link to this

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January 10, 2008 7:45 AM | Link to this

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By Andy in Ohio

January 10, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this

Yawn Is it the 2008 season yet?

By oldfaithfuldawg

January 10, 2008 7:53 AM | Link to this

It never ceases to amaze me that the old accademics argument applies to D-I football and nothing else. How about D-IA, D-II, D-III, and all basketball, baseball, track, etc. in every division. It’s a lopsided argument. I think there should be a playoff also, but they should start with only 4 universities. My concern is physical. There is a tremendous impact on the players’ bodies as we keep extending the season. 12-14 games is plenty, and the further you go, things can happen to tired bodies.

By Bulldog Nation

January 10, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

THE AJC WILL NOT FIRE HIM UNTIL NOBODY READS HIS ARTICLES. HE IS FEEDING OFF OF YOUR HATRED

THE AJC WILL NOT FIRE HIM UNTIL NOBODY READS HIS ARTICLES. HE IS FEEDING OFF OF YOUR HATRED

THE AJC WILL NOT FIRE HIM UNTIL NOBODY READS HIS ARTICLES. HE IS FEEDING OFF OF YOUR HATRED

By Dawgfan4Life

January 10, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Once again you’ve missed the point in order to try and create some controversy. The current systems is not going to satisfy the athletes, coaches, fans or even some of the media. A playoff system has existed in college basketball at this division for years and I don’t hear anyone complaining about it’s impact on academics. Despite President Adams controversial past I agree with him on this. Mr. Moore as usual you’ve met my low expectations.

By Rob HIcks

January 10, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

Terrence you ignorant slut..I bet if UGA had a black head coach you wouldn’t say squat about endzone celebrations or a play-off push. Oh and you get eaten alive on Rome everytime. Even Rome can’t believe the garbage you spew.

By Dalton Dawg

January 10, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

Uh-huh. The only thing Adams forgot to say was, “Go Dawgs.”

Uh Huh, Terrence…The only thing I have to say to you….”F%^&* YOUUUU

By reality check

January 10, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

Great post JacketFan.

Your perspective about student athletes from a professor’s perspective is helpful.

Basketball is recognized as a two semester sport, but for some reason college presidents think football is only one semester even though the players have organized workouts pretty much all year long.

By Adam

January 10, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

This is inflammatory journalism, and it is unsupported at that. You make bold claims about the playoff being “athlete-athlete” yet don’t say how or why or even anything substantive. The AJC needs to start performing more serious oversight of this journalist.

By Don Joel

January 10, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Mr. Moore, I live in the Los Angeles metro. I’ve been a DAWG lover all my life. I’ve recruited for Georgia and organized the SoCal Dawgs which is now an official alumni chapter of UGA.

I believe that we should not have played for the championship because we didn’t win OUR championship, the SEC. And the rules should be changed so that issue never arises again.

I think presidents Adams and Machen are in the forefront that is going to result in changes to the present system that uses computers and opinions run the BCS rather than championships. Absurd way to do things in my opinion.

No system is perfect. Every year alumni and fans carp about being excluded from the March Madness Tournament. The same will occur when there is an 8 team football tournament. Except the flack will be about the at-large selection since the first seven teams will be the champions of the respective FBS conferences. And under that system, Georgia would not have qualified for the tournament since it wasn’t the SEC champion.

Out here in California, the sports talk shows were full of advocates for a Rose Bowl contest between SC and the DAWGS. That would have been a great contest with great TV ratings to match.

Forget the personalities, namely the two presidents. Look at the jerry-built system for the mess that it is.

As long as their is subjectivity regarding the selection of the teams to play in the tournament and in what Bowls, there will be unfairness.

This year the selections for the National Championship was rigged. Ohio State had no business being there and LSU had to leap five places to be number two. Come on. Is that reasonable or fair? Absolutely not.

The word out here was that the BCS put inordinate pressure on the Rose Bowl selection committee to select Illinois instead of Georgia. Why? Because the BCS was concerned that such a contest (SC & UGA) would have produced the AP’s champion and a BCS champion the very thing that the BCS was supposed to end.

Conference champions plus an at large selection is where it should be. There’s a long way to go to get that done because neither the PAC 10 nor the Big 10 want their precious tradition tampered with. And neither of those conferences have playoffs, another inequity.

An 8-team playoff is an idea whose time has come. Get over it! The fans want it and it would produce a ton of money for the colleges and universities.

As to all the fuss being made because Adams is for and Dooley is against is disturbing to me. How long is that sandbox fight going to last? I guess until either one or both pass on to the next world. What a shame because everything is being looked at from the stand point of whether you for or against either person rather than the merits or lack thereof of the proposal. And that’s where the scrutiny should be.

Growup and get a life. I look forward to a new system devoid of computers and politicing for places in the sun. No other division in the NCAA has such a system, just the FBS. I wonder what the creators of that system know that we don’t?

By Mark

January 10, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

Do you care about equality or fairness? Seems like you should, but you obviously don’t in your writing. How is it fair to have multiple teams with one or 2 losses, and then decide which ones are the 2 best? For a guy that cries about equality and fairness, it appears you are on the wrong side of the argument. Very poor journalism and no integrity. Calling you a hack would be a compliment.

By Don Joel

January 10, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

What would you want president Adams to say Mr. Moore, Go Jackets or Roll Tide? Come now. What a ridiculous comment. You didn’t know how to end your column so you threw that in to do so.

By reality check

January 10, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

I’m through with this blog, but not without one last comment about Bob.

What we have learned is that Bob does not like Georgia fans and he doesn’t hesitate to say so. But Georgia fans are not supposed to take offense at that. We are supposed to “clean up our act”.

On the other hand Bob loves Terence Moore and says so.

He claims not to support any one team but rather travels across this country communing with tailgaters and wholesome, good spirited fans who represent the best in sportsmanship, intellect and good manners, but Athens disappoints him.

Bob, I seriously doubt you are telling the truth about traveling all over the country to football games, or your claim not to be a fan of any one team. You sound like a fan of a team Georgia whips regularly and you are too ashamed to admit it.

In any event you are a negative, opinionated little jerk who comes across as more than a little effeminate. Nobody cares what you think any more than we care what Terence Moore thinks. You and Terence Moore both would be better off keeping your opinions to yourself, but at least he gets paid to write stupid, inflammatory crap. You do it because you like being a negative, opinionated little jerk, probably because it is all you are capable of.

By enough is enough

January 10, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this

When will the AJC finally say: OK Terence, it’s time we part ways: find another job

By GE

January 10, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

Why do you Jawja yahoos always take issue with Terrence for telling the truth. The SEC is prestige crazy and only cares about fame and money. The college presidents,athletic directors, coaches and alumni could care less about the players unless they pad their greedy pockets.

I love football but this my-team-is -better-than-your-team crap sucks. The only thing I want to see is for the good players with talent to go to the NFL and get paid and leave the plantations before they get hurt.