UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
AJC > Sports > UGA > Blog > Archives > 2007 > November > 26
Monday, November 26, 2007
Do Dogs deserve ranking, big bowl berth?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
First of all, I need to go back and check and see how many of y’all predicted the Bulldogs would finish the season in the Top 4 of the BCS. Be honest now. I know I didn’t. I still don’t know if they belong there. In fact if I was pressed to say whether I thought Georgia was the fourth-best team in the nation this year I’m not sure that I could answer in the affirmative.
But No. 4 is where the Dogs are and, if they stay there through next weekend, they’re guaranteed a spot in one of the big-daddy bowls. Remember, there’s no guarantee Georgia will remain where it is after this Saturday’s games. But odds are it will and even if it doesn’t it won’t drop significantly. What we do know as that the Dogs should be in a major bowl somewhere.
Now obviously the Sugar Bowl is out of the question because the SEC Championship Game winner — Tennessee or LSU — will fill that slot. So that leaves the Rose, Orange and Fiesta bowls as options.
Those are my questions today: Do you believe Georgia is actually the fourth-best team in the country and which one of those three bowls would you prefer to see the Dogs get into? And this, too: Do the Dogs deserve all this love while not even representing their division in the conference championship game?
I know, I know; there are still scenarios that would put Georgia in the BCS Championship Game. But I don’t see West Virginia losing to Pitt. I DO see Missouri losing to Oklahoma, however, but the Dogs need both to go down to get into the biggest game and I just don’t see that happening.
But I’d say the Rose, Orange or Fiesta would be a pretty good consolation prize. Here’s some good and bad on each.
Rose: Good — Georgia hasn’t been there since Sinkwich and Trippi led the way on Jan. 1, 1943 and nobody does it better than the good folks of Pasadena as far as hospitality, or so I’m told. Bad — you may be playing a very hot Southern Cal team on their turf.
Fiesta: Good — The Dogs have never played there and the weather is always nice in Tempe. Plus, Georgia gets a preview of 2008 when it plays at Arizona State. Bad — I can’t really think of any except for the possibility of losing to Bob Stoops’ Oklahoma squad. Let’s just say Stoops comes up pretty low on the nice-guy totem pole.
Orange: Good — Georgia would be playing there for the first time since Jan. 1, 1960 and you’ve got to love the beach and the warm weather. Bad — There’s a good chance your opponent would be Virginia Tech, which you just played last year. Boston College and quarterback Matt Ryan would be a better matchup but neither has the appeal of the other bowls.
So have it. I’ll be chiming in throughout the day.
.JPG)
-1.JPG)
Services »
