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By mcdawg

March 13, 2007 4:16 PM | Link to this

we needed to beat UT to get in and that didn’t happen-would like to see more defense and less reliance on the three but all in all i think any dawg fan should be pleased with the season and hopefully a good showing in the NIT-don’t understand why the home games are not packed for every game-its a two hour diversion in the middle of the winter-i don’t know what tickets costs now but i think they pretty much gave them away for students when i was there in mid-80s-always a great time win or lose

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 13, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

Others are just happy that they’re going to have any kind of postseason at all, albeit the NIT.

I am one of the above. The program has come a long way. The losses you mentioned plus the losses to Ole Miss, KY and UT to wrap up the season prety much sealed the NIT bid. The blow out by Florida didn’t help and just showed us how much farther we need to go to be truly solid. As much as the program has improved there would have been a snow balls chance in hell of getting very far the way the team played down the stretch. Injuries and attitudes (Stukes).

Besides, what is the point of going to the big dance if you don’t stand a chance of winning.

By AlphaDawg

March 13, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

If you would have told me that UGA would make any kind of postseason tourney at all to begin the season I would have been happy. As the season progressed I had higher hopes - Gaines being out for GT and Clemson hurt early on. Tough losses at ‘Bama and Vandy hurt as did some late, ugly ones to UK and UT. I hope they play well in the NIT and it sets them up for an NCAA run in 2008. Any chance we could get Kareem come tutor Rashad for the summer??? He sure worked wonders for Bynum in LA.

By AltamahaDawg

March 13, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

Come on Chip, you have been in this thing long enough to recognize the lunitic fringe. Every fan of any school is “disappointed” if thier team doesnt win every game, but how many serious folks really said they were agry about missing the NCAA? A couple of nut jobs? Or posers more prabably? I’d prefer we didn’t give them credibility by assigning them a place in the scope of actual fans reactions.

Plus I would hope nobody would be such a glutton for sports punishment as to be all that disappointed that thier team, just a year removed from the absolute worst in the league, didn’t become one of the best all of a sudden.

Condrats Dawgs, on restoring interest, and winning records, and SECT advances, and post season appearances.

By Steve

March 13, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

As an employee of the UGA Athletic Department while a journalism student during the depressing end of the Harrick Era—when everything so good seemed to be completely falling apart—I’m just happy to see UGA basketball back on its feet and competing.

I’ll never forget how it felt after it all ended; when every game was a sellout, UGA beat Florida at home in Harrick’s last game, and one of the best UGA teams in history was poised for a deep run into the Tourney, and then it was all gone, just like that. I remember Jarvis, Jonas, and Damian Wilkins coming to a student rally in front of Adams’s office to protest the self-punishment and seeing how crushed they were at what was happening.

And then just like that, there were less than 10 scholarship players, the Steg was empty, and things looked bleak. I know it’s taken awhile, and they’re not there yet, but I was just so happy to see Felton restore some pride and respect to the program. He literally had to build from the ground up, from walk-ons to the NIT is a good first step.

Here’s to the next 5 years!

By AltamahaDawg

March 13, 2007 5:08 PM | Link to this

conGrats even.

By NewnanDawgCF

March 13, 2007 5:08 PM | Link to this

I, too, am one of the “happy we made any postseason play” types. The program has come a long way and we should have expected a couple of disappointing losses during the growing pains. I ordered my Fresno State tickets as soon as they went on sale and am disappointed to see how many tickets are still available. I think that the possibility of playing close to home for Yata if they make it that far will be a great motivator for this team. These guys love to play the game, and they have a better chance to do that more by being in the NIT, rather than a very low NCAA seed, so that should also motivate.

I am very excited about the senior leadership that Yata, Bliss, and even Takais will offer next year. I am very happy with the progress the program has made and look for a team that can make the NCAA next year. For those who don’t go to games, you don’t know what your missing. When we have a deeper bench back with injury recoveries and new recruits, we will get back to the fast pace that Felton coaches and it is a blast to watch!

Go Dawgs!

By Matthew at the SLC

March 13, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

Those of us with perspective are the ones who are happy, Chip. We see this as a stepping stone onto better years ahead under Coach Felton. I’m just mad that I’ll be in Florida and won’t be able to attend the game tomorrow. I know the rest of the Bulldog Nation will make me proud and give us a homecourt advantage just like in the Kentucky game. Chip, I think, especially with the incomming recruiting class, that the next couple of years in Athens are going to be fun for both the gridiron and the hardcourt.

By Hall

March 13, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this

Though I am very high on what Coach Felton is doing and the way he goes about doing it, “you are what your record says you are.” The record says that, at least for this year, Georgia is seeded appropriately as an NIT-quality team. Though the extended season represented by what we hope will be multiple games can go a long way in experience-building for underclassmen, I hardly view the NIT as a platform for up and coming teams. Two straight NIT championships appears to have done little to enhance South Carolina’s advancement to the next level.

By hawks are cursed for trading Nique.

March 13, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

Uga fans angry about not being in the NCAA’s?? please after loosing there best player there lucky to even BE in the NIT! Im not even shure they deserve the NIT.

By baloney

March 13, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

Chip I have been waiting patiently for us to “revisit” my making the prediction in early Feb. that UGA would be excluded from the NCAA. Lets go, man up and lets revisit.I’m sure you want to revisit if they had made it.

By Atlanta Gator

March 13, 2007 6:25 PM | Link to this

Hey, you Dawg fans! Looking back over the last five years of UGA basketball, remarkable progress has been made. Your guy Harrick (with help from others) dug a remarkably deep hole from which the program, its coach and its players have climbed.

Perhaps making the NCAA tournament in ‘07 was always a bit of a dream, one which the Dawgs did well to even come close, especially when you look at the other solid, big-time teams that got left out. There were virtually no teams that got NCAA at-large bids that didn’t have 20 or 21 Division I wins. Sheesh, I never thought that I would be saying “next year” to a bunch of Dawg fans, but I believe the UGA hoops team gets an unquestioned NCAA bid in ‘08. So, cheer up, guys, the NIT represents real progress.

FYI, as a Gator fan, I have an interest in seeing the Dawgs get better——it will help UF’s SOS and RPI, and I would like to go to a good game in Athens next year. In the mean time, good luck in the NIT. Really.

By Dawglover

March 13, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this

Who cares about bball. All I cah about is football. Let’s have some talk on spring practiss…

By Renegade

March 13, 2007 6:43 PM | Link to this

Reality check people…This Dawg team has come a very long way. Keep in mind, we were 15-15 last year, and 8-20 the year before that! 8-20! Georgia has really gained some respect this season, and brought some exitement back to the Steg. Felton is a great coach, and hopefully he will stick around for a while as long as the lunatics that want to fire Mark Richt don’t run him off first. Winning the right way is much better than winning the wrong way. You can thank Harrick’s sorry A$$ for that lesson.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 13, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this

You guys should be out here because we have a battle royal taking place. Chip, wish you would peruse the sport sections of the 2 newspapers. Jerry Brewer called the N.I.T. a LOW RENT TOURNAMENT…….i SENT HIM A KINDLY WORDED EMAIL MAKING A CORRECTION…….i’M GLAD WE MADE ANY TOURNAMENT BUT IMO THE ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT ALL YEAR WAS THAT THIS TEAM DIDN’T HAVE ANY KIND OF KILLER INSTINCT. iF WE COULD GET AHEAD SHOOTING 3S EVERYTHING WAS FINE BUT IF OTHER TEAMS DIDN’T QUITE WE DIDN’T “HOB NAIL BOOT’M”. GAMES WE SHOULD HAVE WON THE LACK OF A KILLER INSTINCT KILLED US. THE VOLS AND VANDY AT THE END OF THE SEASON ARE TWO PERFECT EXAMPLES. FRESNO ST. IS A GOOD BALL CLUB THAT PULLED OF A COUPLE OF UPSETS. i’M PULLING HARD FOR THE DAWGS TO GO A LONG WAY BUT THEY BETTER GET MEAN ON THAT FLOOR AND NOT THINK THEIR FINESSE WILL WIN A LOT OF GAMES. iT WON’T. i CAN’T ATTEND THE GAME BUT I’VE GOT SOME FRIENDS COMING OVER SO WE’LL SHAKE THE DRYWALL YELLING GOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!

By pj

March 13, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this

great post steve! I think you hit it right on the head, and you actually experienced it first hand.

Solid improvement is the name of the game. We have to go against the juggernauts that are UK and Florida every year, the resurgent UT program twice a year, and the always game Vandy team twice. To even compete for ANY tourney spot based on what we were left 3 years ago, speaks volumes about Dennis Felton and his players and staff.

By Chip Towers

March 13, 2007 7:36 PM | Link to this

Baloney,

I’m more than happy to revisit that. I think it’s quite clear that Georgia was an NCAA-caliber team this year and certainly seemed so in early February. After all, had Takais Brown, who was completely eligible at the time, not been benched his coach of high integrity for falling behind in his studies, the Dogs easily beat Western Kentucky. Had they not been robbed by Tom Lopes in Tuscaloosa, that’s two more wins they’d have. Then they lost their most athletic player, Mike Mercer, to a season-ending knee injury on Feb. 10. I’d say that’s three rather glaring reasons Georgia didn’t make it, yet it was still on the bubble into the conference tournament. It’s a significant turnaround from the previous two seasons no matter how you look at it and bodes very well for the future.

Nice revisiting with you, baloney.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 13, 2007 7:47 PM | Link to this

Good points.

By Andy

March 13, 2007 8:32 PM | Link to this

Since Felton inherited quite a mess at UGA, essentially he inherited a team that got a death type penalty; I think he has done a phenomenal job. Plus he does things the right way. I hope he stays for many years!!!…He also has gotten zero breaks and seemingly lukewarm administration support. That being said, my only criticism is that maybe Felton could court the Athens community(including Oconee County), the UGA faculty/staff, and the UGA student body better; visit all the fraternities and other student organizations, faculty-staff groups, and partner with local area organizations. He and his players could do a better job building ties with the community. He does not have to be as dramatic as Bruce Pearl, but he could do more to create interest. But again, I hope he stays at UGA for many years and does not bolt just because a “traditional basketball power” comes courting. He could be a King in Athens…ask Tubby about the perils of leaving for a “better” job.

By Allen

March 13, 2007 8:33 PM | Link to this

When Coach Felton learns how to take a team and teach/coach them how to close games and, especially, the end of the year out, the NCAA tournament will be a given.

By Matt

March 13, 2007 9:07 PM | Link to this

What team does “baloney” like?

By Chip Towers

March 13, 2007 9:16 PM | Link to this

Not expecting much of a home-court advantage for Georgia tomorrow night. The students are on spring break and they have really impacted attendance at The Steg this season. I’d say half-full (about 5,000) would be a pretty ambitious goal at this point.

FYI, tickets are $15 for adults ($4 for UGA students) and can be reserved by calling 706-542-1231.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 13, 2007 9:22 PM | Link to this

Chip, your question Is the NIT good enough? is really a good question. Out here, these people, fans teachers and Sports Writers really show their colors when they don’t get their entitlement. This is the way Jerry Brewer of the Seattle Times discribed the NIT since the Huskies didn’t make it………But in addition to individual improvement, these Huskies must find their predecessors’ edge this offseason. It should be easy. They are now the team the low-rent tournament wouldn’t even accept…….Chip, your opinion? Mine is that he just put down a lot of good people by using the term “low rent”. I think 2nd Tier would have been the correct term to use.

By Oddjob

March 13, 2007 9:36 PM | Link to this

Where did Bradley go to school?it seems like every article he writes is about the Gators.So who knows if he’s a Gator?Well maybe he is living vicariously or has a big old crush on Joekimm!

By Matthew at the SLC

March 13, 2007 9:49 PM | Link to this

I would have preferred a little less discipline and suspensions and more wins. I understand coach had a job to do, but winning should have taken priority over the petty offenses.

Let’s face it. These guys are never going to do anything outside of basketball, so why bother?

By RD

March 13, 2007 9:49 PM | Link to this

Chip, that is a fair assessment of georgia’s furtunes at this time. However, a little historical review is required in addition to any premature patting ourselves on the back for rising to the level of a NIT bid.

When Michael Adams and Vince Dooley hurriedly yanked the Bulldogs out of the SC and NCAA tourneys in a mindless and knee jerk response to their own bungled self investigation they predestined UGA to basketball wasteland for a decade. The fans that were filling the Steg are still mostly waiting for Michael Adams or his new gofer AD to once again snatch the rug from under the basketball program in yet another rush to judgement.

If Adams were hard pressed on the over reaction to Harricks much published mistakes I feel almost certain he would say he overreacted or at least that it was a huge mistake to pull the Dawgs out of the tournament for academic fraud…. with was first of all a flat out lie as there was no academic fraud. The NCAA was without fault though, as they simply punished what the mindless administrators in Athens thought was surely true.

To make a horriific situation even worse the incoming coach released every recruit that was committed to UGA and removed virtually every remaining player the door.

Which left us a nothing.

So here we are half a decade later and everyone is supposed to get pumped that we’re actually going to the NIT? I’m sorry, I’ll start to once again attend games and suport by beloved Bulldogs in Athens again when the administration shows me they are fully committed to basketball at the university. All I see so far is a lot of talking the talk and nothing more.

We cut our own throats and the entire nation believed that UGA was an out of control basketball program that cheated at every turn. They still do. They should believe it too because Adams and Dooley led them to that conclusion.

By Gordon

March 13, 2007 9:55 PM | Link to this

Don’t forget, Chip, that UGA also beat Arkansas and LSU with buzzer beaters. You can’t count all the close losses and ignore the close wins. Having said that, the Dawgs did have bad luck with the Mercer injury. There is no doubt they are on the right track. But next year, with a senior point guard and a lot of depth and talent, the talk about how far the program has come must end. Felton has done a great job, but the honeymoon is over starting now.

By Ft Worth Dawg

March 13, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this

Has the AJC published the NIT bracket in a prominent location yet? I’m sure I could go to NCAA.org and look at it but …

By Dawg

March 13, 2007 10:08 PM | Link to this

Who really cares??? Why are we even talking about this? We all know who the best basketball team in the entire state is and that is the UGA women’s team, why don’t we focus our attention on the only consistent winner in this state this time of year!

By NewnanDawg CF

March 13, 2007 10:39 PM | Link to this

RD said that he will attend when the administration shows a full commitment to basketball. Well, I know some of it has to be attributed to our outstanding Gymnastics program, but how far does the construction of state of the art facilities go toward commitment? I, personally, cannot stand Michael Adams (most arrogant God-complexed jerk I’ve ever met), but steps are being taken for the basketball program, as well as football. It is my understanding that the indoor practice facility for football is a given, only waiting on the appropriate location to be found and closed on. Enough on that…

Anyway, thanks to Felton for all he has done. Some say he was too hard on discipline and sacrificed wins…. well, he could not afford to take wins over discipline in the wake of the Harrick fiasco. He had to send a message to the NCAA that this is a new era in UGA basketball; if he didn’t, we would be under the microscope for even longer. He will be able to cut the kids a little slack in the future, but he has done the right thing for the program in it’s current state - you have to see the big picture. He has begun warming up to the fans, since there are some now, and will continue to learn and grow the program. IMO, Felton has the potential to become one of the greats in college b-ball. All great coaches learn in the first big jobs and grow from there - let’s hope Felton stays with UGA for a long time after that!

PLEASE, PLEASE, ANYONE THAT CAN GET THERE, GO TO THE GAME TOMORROW NIGHT!!!! SECTION D IS THE ONE BEHIND THE UGA BENCH. AT LEAST FILL THAT AND ANYTHING CLOSE TO IT, ALSO ACROSS FROM IT. GO TO GEORGIADOGS.COM, THEN THE TICKET HOMEPAGE. AT 1ST, IT IS CONFUSING, NOTHING ABOUT THE GAME… CLICK ON ORDER TICKETS IN AN OVAL; FROM THERE IT MAKES SENSE. YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR SECTION ON THE DIAGRAM.

GO DAWGS!

By baloney

March 13, 2007 10:49 PM | Link to this

Chip, thanks for the visit. I honest to goodness thought the SEC would get 6 teams. I thought UGA,State,Bama,and Ole Miss had a very good chance. I didn’t even think of Arkansas. But now that I think about it they did make it to theSEC finals and the too are on the upswing.Still, I’m a bit surprised UGA didn’tmake it.

By AltamahaDawg

March 13, 2007 11:22 PM | Link to this

RD, What exactly does (admin) showing real commitment mean anyway? Who’s all talk?

By K-9 Teeth

March 14, 2007 12:39 AM | Link to this

Rd,

I agree with a lot of what you are saying. I think the biggest thing that has always irked me about the whole Harrick fiasco was that the administration (Dooley, Adams)have never come out and apologized to the fan base for the whole situation. Someone hired the man and someone made the hasty decision to ultimately put the self-imposed death penalty on the program. Not once, did either one of these administration leaders come out and say “you know what, we were wrong, we made some bad decisions that have hurt the basketball program. We’ll make this thing right, just stick with us and we’ll prove it.” That’s really all it would have taken, at least for me. But that did not happen and of course never would happen because ultimately they don’t give a damn about the program. It was all a matter of seeing who(Dooley or Adams) could make the other look worse. Some would call it a pi$$ing contest. So, here we sit, 4 years later and while I am one of the biggest Dawg fans around I can’t help but wonder what the program would be like today, if anyone that “mattered” actually gave a crap about the program, back then and possibly now.

By Chris

March 14, 2007 1:56 AM | Link to this

I’m a little tired of how bad the Georgia basketball team has been the past few years. It’s time to turn things around.

By GayDAWG

March 14, 2007 7:00 AM | Link to this

Any chance to see those boys in their shorts again is good enough for me! GO DAWGS!

By 82DAWG

March 14, 2007 8:06 AM | Link to this

Its all about progress. Each of the past two years has shown progress. Next year, however, no more moral victories. Without the following tangible goals being met, then UGA is basketball will be where it usually is, all promise and no delivery: Winning SEC Record 20 win season NCAA bid

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 14, 2007 8:26 AM | Link to this

K-9 Teeth, Your are right regarding the apology. However, I don’t think Dooley did anything wrong. Harrick was Adams boy and forced him on Dooley. I don’t think there is any doubt about that. Over the years Dooley was AD how many liars, cheats and scoundrels did HE hire? Since I have been away I might have missed somebody but off the top of my head I can’t think of one.

By scooter11

March 14, 2007 9:35 AM | Link to this

It’s very simple: Win the games you’re supposed to win; get a break every now and then, and surprise somebody. This time of year is dichotomous: winners get in, whiners complain about disrespect for this, that and other reasons - and all at the same time that it’s supposed to be college basketball at its best. Poor Syracuse, Drexel (one and done in the NIT), FSU and anybody else, including Georgia, who didn’t get it done when it counted. If the NIT’ers can’t enjoy continued play and free practices, they are not competitors. Any team not giving its all will get what it deserves. And, baloney, who gives a rat’s a$$ if you predicted the Dawgs wouldn’t dance. How hard is that?

By jerrydog

March 14, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

Chip, any idea on possible opponents for next year- I know we have to go back to Western Kentucky, I am assuming we go to Wisconsin, and we get Tech at home, is Wake Forest coming to Athens? Aside from the cupcakes, any prominent teams on the rumor mill?

By Bobby Cremins

March 14, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this

Your program is back on it’s feet and moving in the right direction. Have some patience, and stick with Felton, and I am sure you will be in the big dance in the next 2-3 years.

I agree with the comment regarding Harrick digging a deep hole. Alot of progress has been made, but it is getting better.

By Marcus1974

March 14, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

I look for the Dawgs to bounce back tonight and get back in the win column. We need as much fan support as we can get! I hope any students or fans in the Athens/Atlanta area that have an opportunity to go, will. This team appreciates all the support it can get. So let’s root these guys on and show Fresno that we are the Bulldogs that will prevail.

By 83FinalFourteam

March 14, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

We need the 1983 Final four team to come back and show the young guys how it’s done.

GO DAWGS!!

By Smarterthanyou

March 14, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

There will be far more NITs than NCAAs for UGA if Felton remains the coach. Neither the school nor the coach has the allure to upgrade the talent beyond where it is now. And Felton has not the ability to coach it to a performance higher than you see now. Behind UT, UF and others is where UGA will remain. UGA needed to hire a general, but instead settled for a drill sergeant and that’s why the program will remain mediocre.

By Pitbull

March 14, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

I think UGA in the NIT is fine, considering that the NIT has some teams that are better than the NCAA 65 due to the current NCAA selection process. The best teams did make the NCAA (and that does not include Tech), but UGA would have won against Alabama if the ref had called the ibound file on the Tide with 1.7 seconds left and UGA winning. UGA would have won 2 more games if Gaines had been in the lineup and not out due to injury and disciplining. Mercer got hurt at the end and that did not help. We were a great team if there were no problems, but not quite there yet if there was a problem and a hurdle going into the game we had to overcome. The team will improve with time and Felton is a great coach. We are so blessed to have him and I hope we do not lose him to some basketball w******* school like Kentucky the way we lost Tubby. I would take Felton over Tubby any day, so I hope he will stay in Athens where he is appreciated.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 14, 2007 10:37 AM | Link to this

Jerry Brewer of the Seattle Times just said something I never thought I’d hear………Nah, I like low-rent better.

That’s just how I view the NIT, where UW got in or not. I wish they’d do away with the NIT, quite honestly.

I do understand your point, Price. But on some things, I’d rather not mince words.

Take care, Jerry

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 14, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

I guess Ala. and Drexel gound out how low rent the NIT. is.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 14, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

I do apoligize for mincing words. Didn’t realize I’d done that. Easy claim for Jerry to make after everything else he’s put on paper. Let’s go Dawgs and show these people on this side of the “Ditch” we can play. Win tonight and it’ll be Air Force. Coach better get on the plane and get out here ASAP so team can adjust to altitude.

By Marcus1974

March 14, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

Let’s take care of Fresno 1st, and then worry about making travel arrangements 2nd. Go Dawgs!

By michael

March 14, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

No NCAAs in 2008….then Felton has to go.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 14, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

Marcus1974, I think I said win tonight.

By JustMe

March 14, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this

The real question……

Is ugay good enough for the nit?

By Ramble ON!

March 14, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this

I thought you fleabags didn’t care about Basket ball?

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 14, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

Buck, I might have missed a post here or there but it sounds like that Jerry Brewer guy is upset that UW didn’t make the NIT? So that is why he called it low rent? If it is low rent and UW didn’t make it , what does that make UW’s program? Gov’t housing?

By FresnoDog

March 14, 2007 1:44 PM | Link to this

Howdy, y’all. A Fresno Bulldog fan here. This should be a good matchup. Hopefully, better than 1998.

These teams do seem to have alot in common. We are both rebuilding after problems with previous coaches. And we both are missing our “best” players - ours (Coleman) was dismissed from the team for “unspecified violations of athletic dept policy.”

Sounds like if we can contain Brown, and your outside shooters are cold, the west coast Dogs have a pretty good shot. We have some decent guys inside, Dominic McGuire is 5th in the NCAA’s in blocked shots, and we lead the WAC in defense.

By the way guys, thanks for destroying Boise on the gridiron a few years back - I really hate those guys and love seeing them lose. We did a pretty good job on them that year as well.

Anyway, best wishes for a good, clean game and if you guys, I mean y’all, win…best wishes the rest of the way.

Fresno Dog….out

By scooter11

March 14, 2007 1:52 PM | Link to this

Rumble on: If the Dawgs are there, we care. What we don’t care about is what you and JustMe have to say.

By SunDawg

March 14, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

It’s now called “attainable” housing.

From where the team was last year to where it is today, yep, I’ll take an NIT slot. Damn happy to have it.

GO DAWGS

By Scotty

March 14, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

The real dogs are coming to town. You Georgia fans can hope and dream all you want. But after tonight, this season will just be a memory for you. Fresno State is coming back! As an alumni and now a Georgian, I can tell you with out a doubt that Fresno will win this game. Fresno, unlike Georgia, is for real!!

By SunDawg

March 14, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this

Scotty, son, apparently Captain Kirk forgot to beam you dumba$$ back aboard the Enterprise. Let them play the game; come back tomorrow if you have anything to report.

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 14, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this

FresnoDog, thanks for the nice post. Should be a good game. Good luck to you guys too. May the best dog win.

By scooter11

March 14, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this

Fresno Dog: Glad to read your comments. Take Scotty under your wing for a class in class. Being a Georgian now, I wonder how many Fresno games he’s seen this year as support for his claims. Just because you’re an alum doesn’t make it a fact. If it did, I’d say UGA was at the dance.

By Buck Cochran in the NW

March 14, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Kalamazoo, we’ve been firing “live ammo” since the UW wasn’t picked. You have to understand that tne U-Dub(as they call it) think they are far superior to anyone in anything. The Huskies is their nickname but they call themsleves the DAWGS. As you can well imagine, I set a few people straight over that issue. He’s denying it now, but Jerry claimse as you read that the tournament is low rent and that it has nothing to do with the UW being left out. Normally you guys back east get to have all the fun but in this case, I’m the only Dawg at the water-cooler and it’s a blast. Fresno St. will win tonight if we don’t come to play and they do have some tall timber inside so Brown will need help. Last thought:I have never pulled for an SEC team to win like I’m pulling for the Hogs.You want believe what the PAC-10 folks are saying.

By Scotty

March 14, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this

Hey SunDog, Who needs tomorrow? I’m lookin forward to playing AF. They’re at least a decent team! You’ve been too long in the “Sun” “Dog”.

By Fred B.

March 14, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

I still think they had a good year. Would i have liked to have seen them in the big dance? ABSOULUTELY!!! But you have to keep things in perspective. We played in the number 1 conference by most pundits in the land and remember we are still only a couple of years removed form NCAA sanctions. So i think when you take everything that this team has gone through into consideration you have to say the Dawgs had a good year. But lookout next year because that’s when i think you’ll see major progress

By SunDawg

March 14, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

Beam-Boy, that’s DAWG to you.

You’ve got a good team but remember, Georgia didn’t miss the Big Dance by all that much. Should be a competitive game.

FresnoDog, good luck tonight; it will be Dawg eat Dog (or Dog eat Dawg)!

By gdawginkalamazoo

March 14, 2007 4:33 PM | Link to this

Thanks for the update Buck. Keep fighting the good for the real Dawgs.

By Mitchell

March 14, 2007 8:09 PM | Link to this

Only 2 posts on the techie blog. Wonder why?

Oh yeah I forgot it’s because the techies are on THIS blog.

Imagine that, an insect living on a dawg blog.

LOL LOL LOL

By Sundawg

March 15, 2007 7:22 AM | Link to this

Scotty, Looking passed your current opponent has its down side; which you just experienced. Good luck with your future as a sports writer. GO DAWGS

By FresnoDog

March 15, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

Hey, y’all:

Congratulations on a great game. I was a little bit disappointed in the crowd? 2,000 - pretty weak. Yeah, I know it is spring break, but still….weak. We would have had 10,000 minimum in Fresno. Then again, there isn’t a whole hell of a lot to do in Fresno besides support the Dogs.

But I digress…great game. You made that big run, and then we just couldn’t come back. Stukes had a great game, and you were getting great production from the bigs too. I think we gave y’all a great show though.

Good luck the rest of the way.

GO DAWGS AND GO DOGS!!

By FresnoDog

March 15, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this

Hey, y’all:

Congratulations on a great game. I was a little bit disappointed in the crowd? 2,000 - pretty weak. Yeah, I know it is spring break, but still….weak. We would have had 10,000 minimum in Fresno. Then again, there isn’t a whole hell of a lot to do in Fresno besides support the Dogs.

But I digress…great game. You made that big run, and then we just couldn’t come back. Stukes had a great game, and you were getting great production from the bigs too. I think we gave y’all a great show though.

Good luck the rest of the way.

GO DAWGS AND GO DOGS!!

By SunDawg

March 15, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

FresnoDog, we love you man! Good game on both sides. Sorry about the low attendance. I tried to get out of Fort Lauderdale to attend, but my boss just didn’t understand.

By FresnoDog

March 15, 2007 1:31 PM | Link to this

SunDawg, you’ve got a good bunch of fans here - diehards, and I love that.

As for showing up at the game, I can see that was a tough decision for ya, Sunny: Lauderdale or a trip to Athens for the NIT. LOL..sounds like you made the right call with the game on the Deuce and a few cold ones (I presume).

Later…y’all