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By AC in Boulder

December 3, 2007 5:37 PM | Link to this

georgia 52 hawaii 17

By Ed

December 3, 2007 5:47 PM | Link to this

If you told me at the beginning of the year we would be in a BCS game, I would have gladly accepted. I am proud to be a dawg fan and i am going to NO for the game. Come on dawgnation, support our team on a job well done. If Georgia plays to their ability, they will beat Hawaii easily. Just practice and think of the disrespect you have been given by ESPN and other announcers and prove to the world that we deserved a little more respect. Go dawgs!

By NASCARfan

December 3, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

Chip, I’m going. I’ve been saving for months. This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. How many Georgia students from the mid-80’s through Mark Richt’s first year can say they had the chance to watch their team, their alma mater in the sUGAr Bowl? I’m taking my chance now, and if they win the SEC next year and play in the sUGAr, or down in Miami for the Nat’l Championship, I’ll go there, too. I’ll eat Raman Noodles for a year to see it through. Yet another reason why students should receive the bulk of tickets like these.

I’m renting a car (there’s no way in HELL I’m bringing my car to crime-ridden NO). I’m getting a hotel room. And I’ll share the expense with some friends.

My only question is, where should I get the hotel room? I don’t know much about the ‘burbs around NO. I know to stick exclusively to the French Quarter and the Super Dome and to stray no other place, but where should I get the hotel room? I figure that a hotel in the FQ would be too expensive. So where do y’all recommend I look?

Any help would be great.

We WILL blackout the Dome, and I will ONLY be packing black clothes for the trip.

By T

December 3, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

Georgia 72 Hawaii 3

Da Dawgs

By DenverDawgFan

December 3, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

I like that we’re wearing black, but aside from that I’m not too excited about the matchup. We have absolutely nothing to gain by playing Hawaii. If we beat them by 50, we don’t come away looking any better than before. If we beat them by 3, then we look like we didn’t belong in the national championship. If we lose, then the media won’t shut up about it for an entire year just like they won’t stop reminding us about Boise State beating OU. We should be playing USC in the Rose. That’s a game everybody wants to see.

Go Dawgs!

By The Grinch

December 3, 2007 5:51 PM | Link to this

Georgia definitely needs to be prepared; they’re capable of throttling Hawaii but they’ll need to be focused to do it. Wish I could go, but it’s a little out of my Christmas budget.

By decatur dawg

December 3, 2007 5:52 PM | Link to this

Wouldn’t be able to make any bowl game this year due to family obligations, but If anyone balks at going to New Oleans is stupid! What a great town! Great Food, Great Music! Great vibe! And a chance to give back to a hard hit community! Especially if you were planning to go to the bowl game. What a joke!

Plus, UGA in NOLA is total tradition! You can’t spell Sugar without UGA!!! Remember those days!

Again, we better be ready for this game! I see a total let down coming! I was at the game in the dome when WVA jumped out on us, in our home state and home away from home!

Go Dawgs!

By Joseph

December 3, 2007 5:52 PM | Link to this

I think that most of us who are realistic are not as dissappointed in us being left out of the NC game as we are to be playing Hawaii. I understand that the Sugar bowls hands were pretty much tied due to the rule relating to having only two teams from a single conference in the BCS. Hopefully, we will take the disrespect that has been clearly shown towards UGA and turn it into the fire to make a statement against Hawaii that football in the SEC and specifically UGA cannot be compared to the WAC (Weak A* Conference). But I’m definitely concerned that we may not show up. If we don’t, it will be trouble. If I were Richt, I would be pushing the line to the team that they need to win this game in order to set up a top 5 preseason ranking. I also don’t have a big problem with LSU being in the NC game. I do however have a problem with Ohio State who are a weak team from a weak conference who played a weak schedule. Yet no one ever seemed to question putting them in the game even though they lost their next to last game against the only really tough team they played.

By jaxbeachdawg

December 3, 2007 5:54 PM | Link to this

I am still livid about this and I know that I should not be. Without a doubt this is a no win situation for Georgia. Had they gone to the BCS or the Rose Bowl then this would have been a perfect opportunity to show the rest of the country that UGA FLAT BELONGS! Now……..beat a mediocre Hawaii team and we won’t move in the final polls. LOSE to Hawaii and well you can only imagine what the naysayers will be saying about Richt and our boys!

By Make a statement

December 3, 2007 5:54 PM | Link to this

What is done is done…let’s move on and rip Hawaii to prove to everyone (especially the idiots at the Rose Bowl) that they made a mistake by passing on UGA!!!!

Go Dawgs!!!! Go LSU!!! Go USC (I hope they beat Ill by 50 in the first half so people will turn the game off!) Go McFadden!!!

Please fire Lou Holtz…what an idiot!

By cb

December 3, 2007 5:55 PM | Link to this

“end up like Oklahoma against Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl last year”…you mean getting beat by a better team?

By Joe

December 3, 2007 5:59 PM | Link to this

I have been to every bowl since 1997, with the exception of D*nnan’s last game in Hawaii.

I will not go to this one. I just cannot do it. I love CMR’s sentiment about traveling, but all we are doing is putting money in the hands of the people who just stabbed us in the back.

UGA has travelled well and will continue to travel well. We have consistenly been in the top 5 of apparel sales over the first 2/3’s of this decade. We are the 3rd most profitable program in the country.

Yet, we still get screwed time after time. For some reason, Auburn and UGA do not have the same cachet as LSU and UF. Maybe it is their garish colors? It certainly is not that they are known to travel better than UGA.

My apologies to the team. You have been fantastic, and I am so sorry that you got your fate decided by a bunch of crochety old bags who only care about their bottom line.

I hope that you use this travesty to fuel a fire that burns hot enough to smoke everything that gets in front of you between now and January 2009.

By Bob

December 3, 2007 6:00 PM | Link to this

Absolutely CHip. Darn right I am going and my old roomate from New York is coming down too. We will drive down and spend 3 nights. No one would have believed this on Oct 6th.

As for Hawaii, they are a good team and we had better be ready. Our opponent is rated higher than USC’s opponent and our opponent is rated just below Kansas and WVU. They are exciting to watch, but I hope they are spending a lot of time with their defense on the field.

Would I have rather gone to Pasadena, of course. But we are where we are and I am excited. If Georgia fans are not going because of the BCS and or the reputation of our opponents then shame on them.

Go Dawgs.

By Wozzo the Wonder Dog

December 3, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

Another year. Another Sugar Bowl. Maybe thay can rename it the Mark Richt Bowl. The fans saved the money from going to the SEC Championship so maybe it can be spent on Sugar Bowl tickets. I am curious as to how many tickets were allocated to students. I would encourage the students to go to the bowl game even if finances are iffie because you’ll remember it for a lifetime, and later in life you may find that you can afford it but you don’t always have the time. Go Dawgs

By CT

December 3, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

I’m going (driving) and would not miss it. This is a program clearly on the rise and a big win in this game sets us up well for 2008, including a nice pre-season ranking. I was in NOLA over the weekend and had a ball. They are excited about both games, but they know UGA travels well and the city is getting ready for a sea of Red and Black. Let’s support Coach Richt, the players, and NOLA and take over the Superdome on New Year’s day. This should be like a home game for us.

By 5thYearSenior

December 3, 2007 6:04 PM | Link to this

Here’s what it is: I had 25 friends lined up ready to purchase an old ACC Sheriff’s Dept “Short Bus”. We were going to gas it up and drive to the Rose Bowl in it. If it broke down along the way, we were going to say screw it and start our careers in whatever po-dunk town we landed in.

The Sugar Bowl is a consolation prize at best. It’s tainted for us because in the past we’ve at least had an SEC championship to show for it. Now, they throw the WAC champion at us, and albeit they’re undefeated, their defense is no better than a stiff wind when it comes to stopping the red and black.

I requested tickets to all 8 bowls we could’ve been too but we’ve been to New Orleans before. Our bowl game isn’t even the biggest game in New Orleans this year, which is why I’m choosing to spend New Year’s in Charleston, S.C. For some reason I just can’t get excited about us getting shafted and the fact that Ohio St. jumped 3 spots after being idle 2 weeks and we fell one spot after being idle 1 week. I think we would spank any team we played. Georgia ultimately got a slap in the face with this BCS bowl. We’ll be back next year when we beat the hell out of LSU in the regular season and probably Auburn/Alabama in the SEC Championship…for now cheers my fellow bulldawgs, I’m going to get a few beers at WOW Wings and relish what it would be like to be playing a meaningful game in New Orleans.. Georgia 45-Hawaii 21 Morneo-27 for 190 4 TDs Brennen-tries to make out with Coutu

Sic’ those Rainbow Warriors

By Mike

December 3, 2007 6:05 PM | Link to this

Bourbon Street is fun on New Year’s regardless of who we play. But I have supported UGA through contributions and season ticket purchases for over 25 years (this has turned into major bucks). My problem is where to put my ever-dwindling vacation dollar. The Rose Bowl? I’m outta here - once in a liftime opportunity to see the Dawgs in that venue. Sugar? The Sugar with no SEC Championship behind it and having had the Big Dance carrot dangled in front of us for a couple of weeks - I have to admit, it is a little bit of a letdown. Especially seeing once again the national sportswriter bias toward the Big 10. By the way, Ohio State is 0-8 against the SEC in bowls. They obviously learned nothing from the face-plant at the hands of Florida last year. What’s worse, the sports writers learned nothing either - OSU is still the darling of the headlines.

Also playing Hawaii. Not taking anything away from their great season, but this is not a good opponent. This is the biggest thing that has happened to the Warriors in the history of their program - and you can bet they will come in jacked! If we win big, well we should have - that’s what they all will say. If we lose - how could you, UGA is just a bunch of pretenders, they’ll say. If we win, no advance in the final polls since they were ranked behind us. This is a tough game against an unknown. UGA better bring the “A” game - just in case. Hell, I’ll probably go …

By Adam

December 3, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this

Not excited at all. My family and I were all prepared to go to any bowl outside of New Orleans. We’re just not excited about this game, nor the venue. Its a trap game, with UGA losing either way.

By 24/7 Dawg

December 3, 2007 6:09 PM | Link to this

I think Mark Richt showed class in his disappointment about the BCS. I think the Georgia football team showed class in the middle of the season in the way they changed the Georgia attitude. Please Dog fans - let’s be the ones to show class and support this team. Now, more than ever we should step up and be true fans. Let us make the other bowls, pollsters, and teams take notice at our support and perhaps fear coming to Athens or playing the Dogs next year!!

By morono

December 3, 2007 6:13 PM | Link to this

We don’t need a playoff-their is no resolution for life,love, faith, or football. We need the unknown of rankings like we need the mystery of God- sometimes when I see an Lsu fan I wonder if Lucifer himself is under all that ugly-Alabama girls should never be allowed to eat corn in public-Florida where wearing jean shorts is considered formal with a mullet and a 40

By uga fan

December 3, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

UGA 235 - Hawaii 3

By DawgHare

December 3, 2007 6:24 PM | Link to this

Let’s face facts- we didn’t get enough breaks this year. Last year if USC takes care of business and beats UCLA FU doesn’t play Ohio State for the BCS title, not to mention the close games the gators could have easily lost. This year everyone knows LSU caught A LOT of breaks, but, they did do their part and win the SEC. When UGA wins a NC they will need some breaks as well. That’s just the way it is. That said, UGA needs to come out on fire and annihilate Hawaii. No squeaker. Anything less than a blowout gains them nothing. As long as they win they should be ranked high next preseason, but they need to avoid the letdown and play with a huge chip on their shoulder. We don’t need another no-show like against WVa. (I admit, short of a Rose Bowl trip or a BCS title game bid, I was kind of hoping for another crack at the Mountainqueers. Oh well.)

By reality check

December 3, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

Everybody talks about Hawaii’s offense, but the thing that worries me is they are good on defense. They are not going to be a pushover. We should win, but we felt that way about West Virginia too.

People in the media and Dawg haters are all going to be talking about how Hawaii will upset us. I’m mad already. I just hope the team will be.

If and when we win we should finish number 2 or 3 depending on how convincing the win is. That goes well beyond reasonable preseason expectations for this team in a rebuilding year.

By Richard

December 3, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

Come on Dawg nation…Get out and support your team. The team still has to play whether or not you like who they play. You can get to and from New Orleans on Amtrak for less than $100. Support the players, coaches, managers, trainers and all the staff that have given their heart and souls to this team. They deserve the fans support. “don’t hate the players…hate the game”

By south carolina dog

December 3, 2007 6:27 PM | Link to this

Some of the bloggers obviously do not realize the meaning of fan. Teams need all true fans when a shaft like this occurs. If we do not support the team as they deserve, we will continue to get the shaft. Notice that the teams that are somewhat catered to - travel and make their stadium unreal with noise - LSU for one. The principle of the matter is ———if you are a dog fan, you show. Otherwise, do not bother blogging, whinning, asking people to sit down during games, etc. GO DOGS!!!

By A-ville Ranger

December 3, 2007 6:31 PM | Link to this

CMR should be careful not to go to the well too often.I think people who want to go to the Sugar Bowl for their own enjoyment should.Those who would rather spend their time and money on other things,a vacation,a childs education,etc, should feel no obligation to jump whenever coach Richt says to.

By Paul D

December 3, 2007 6:33 PM | Link to this

I’m totally jacked about going to this game with the chance to lay a loss on the only undefeated team in division I-A. When one objectively considers all the circumstances around this team - where we started and, now, where we’ve finished - one cannot help but appreciate the outstanding job the coaching staff and players pulled together. At the very least, we owe it to them to do our part to make the Superdome “Sanford South.” I’ll be there and I’ll be in black.

I hope that the team refuses to wallow in self-pity. I hope they look at this Sugar Bowl game as an opportunity to continue their excellent play over the last six games against a worthy opponent.

Coach Richt was on the mark when he made the call to go to the black again. If you didn’t get the message, he is basically calling out Georgia fans. Calling them out on the mat to finish the drill: stop whining, stop wallowing in self-pity, and stop worrying about what we can’t control. What we can do is be in NOLA and make it as hard as we can for Hawaii to gimmick their way past us.

So, yeah, I’m there. In black. And loud.

By 59bulldawg

December 3, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this

A big problem in all of this is the tie-ins that some bowls have with college football conferences. That still wouldn’t have helped our final BCS ranking but it may have helped us get to the Rose Bowl. But I agree … what’s done is done and nothing we can say that will change it. Our boys will have to just prove they belong by soundly beating Hawaii. WARNING: This will not be as easy as it sounds but we can do it. Colt and his receivers will test our secondary but I don’t think they have ever faced a defensive line the likes of what they will experience on January 1. But if the Dawgs haven’t learned anything else this year I hope they’ve learned that every game is important and that they must play hard every time they strap on that helmet. They cannot afford to take Hawaii lightly or we’ll all be eating crow until the cows come home. Georgia is on the brink of accomplishing some great things and if Richt can drive this lesson home this team can be the monster on the midway wreaking havoc in college football next season. They need to play with attitude and determination … with a “take no prisoners” approach. If they do and if Georgia fans black out the dome we can send a message to the BS system which so severely disrepected our team.

By jim

December 3, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this

To all you STUPID na-sayers putting down this Hawaii team I say SHUT your STUPID IDIOT MOUTH!!! Hawaii has nothing to lose and everything to gain by beating UGA. I case you missed it they are undefeated and have heard all year that they don’t play anybody. So if they come into the Sugar Bowl and beat a #5 BCS team then THEY have shone the powers to be like Lou Holtz and Mark May that they Really don’t know what they are talking about half the time. Hawaii throws to 9-12 different receivers a game and their QB can also run. DO NOT TAKE THEM LIGHTLY!!!! We will have to bring our A plus game on both sides of the ball. The real reason they are not in the national championship game is because it would show the BCS for what it really is when they won. Yes if I had my rathers UGA would be in the Nathinal Championship game, with the rose bowl my next choice. But it just wasn’t meant to be. So the sugar is where it’s at. We have no one to blame but our selves as the real killer was the whipping we took from TN. We are not the same team we were then but we can not go back and change it. We have a lot to build on for next year. Lets turn that sugar to honey, GOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!

By matt

December 3, 2007 6:36 PM | Link to this

I would rather save the black jerseys special games, such as the SEC Champ. and NC. I suppose the team deserves to wear them though. Go Dawgs!

By Blue Fox

December 3, 2007 6:37 PM | Link to this

UGA fans should be thankful for a great bowl game in warm, friendly New Orleans, we Tech fans are relegated to a third-rate bowl game led by an interim coach in the frigid tundra of Boise, Idaho on New Year’s Eve with absolutely NOTHING to do after the game. No wonder the AJC poll today showed a whopping 82% of the respondents having no interest in attending the game!!!

By Mt PDawg

December 3, 2007 6:48 PM | Link to this

You can say we got hosed but the fact is that the reason we aren’t in the NC isn’t because we lost to a descent UT team or that UT barely dodged several defeats….it’s solely because we lost to a pitiful SC team. We win that one….there would be no case against us playing on Jan 7. The more I think about this year’s BCS mess the more I believe this may be a blessing. If we take care of business on Jan 1st these young dawgs will enter next year starving for the recognition they didn’t get this year and we all know how mean a hungry dawg can be. See you in New Orleans.

By Is it so?

December 3, 2007 6:49 PM | Link to this

Can someone tell me that UGA will wear Black jerseys and is the home team? On the other blog rumours have suggested that Richt was in error and that Hawaii is the Home team. Can someone clarify this please???

By '88Dawg

December 3, 2007 6:51 PM | Link to this

You can tell from my graduation year that I didn’t get any chances to go to NOLA when I was in school. Georgia has been to the Big Easy exactly ONCE since I enrolled as a freshman, and I didn’t get to go then. Am I going? $#%#$^$ Yes!

This will be a very tough game. I hope our DBs will get over looking at passes with the backs of their helmets. If not, it could be a long night. I hope the team gets pumped up for it; lots of fans going and investing lots of time, money, and emotion.

Finally, I think we should unite (that’s right) with the Hawaii fans to tell ESPN exactly what we think of some of the people who have been downgrading both of our programs. It would need to be something that could be subtle enough to get on TV and still send a message.

You guys are creative… how ‘bout getting on that?

GATA!

By A-ville Ranger

December 3, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

I’m listening to a debate on Tim Tebow on ESPN (evil sports network).Think about this,UF was 9-3 on a team with as much talent around him as most any.They have a coach that has won a higher average % than this team won at for his career.How many games would UF have won with another QB ? I’m quessing at least 8 and maybe 9.Compare that to Missouri and Chase Daniels,I think without Daniels they lose 5 or more,with him they won 10.Meyer said many of the times Tebow ran the ball he’d rather he’d hand it off and that a back could have done as well or better.I’m not down on Tebow but there’s no doubt imo Daniels was more valuable to his team than Tim was.

By Sir Stealth

December 3, 2007 6:52 PM | Link to this

No person should need any kind of excuse (e.g. not abandoning one’s team) to spend any time in New Orleans. If you weren’t going to be able to attend a bowl game for financial or time conflict reasons, then fine. If you were set to support the Dawgs and now withdraw your support, shame on you. Many think Hawaii got screwed as badly as UGA for not getting any shot even in a year as screwed up this one with a 2 loss team in the title game. It’s a good team, and Georgia will in fact earn respect by beating them.

By Tommy Bow Wow Den

December 3, 2007 6:59 PM | Link to this

Im putting the SEC on notice! If I decide to coach at Razor PIG U… yall better play great because Ark. will be the Champs of the SEC for many years to come. I cant get it done in the tough ACC but I know I can do it in the overated SEC!!!!!!

By Bryan G.

December 3, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this

Folks, ya’ll need to get over the sour grapes and get excited about the Sugar bowl. The bottom line is that we didn’t deserve to go to the BCS title game.

We had a helluva year and are in one of the 5 biggest bowls. I’m disappointed, too. But let’s man up and show up in New Orleans in droves.

Would you have even given a damn how the year shook out if I told you on September 1 that we were going to the Sugar Bowl? I wouldn’t have cared one iota.

GO DAWGS!

By Dawgs2007

December 3, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this

I am looking forward to watching GENO ATKINS slap that smile off little pretty boy’s face.

After beating up on San Jose St and the other weak sisters of the West, they are going to be in for a rude surprise when our cornbread-eating southern boys are finished having their way with them.

By ga_tech_92

December 3, 2007 7:05 PM | Link to this

UGA will eat up Hawaii no problem. I suggest you hayseeds just kick back until the game, enjoy yourself, and have lots of extra cheese cake. That game is nothing special for you guys, as matt says above…so just relax and enjoy your free time.

zzzZZZZzzz sleeeeeepy zzzzZZZzzz

By Trained Seal

December 3, 2007 7:07 PM | Link to this

59bulldawg is right,take it from me.I know how to please my master,the BCS people control us there’s no reason to try to think past that.What we should do is perform,that means going to the Sugar in record numbers,wearing black as we’re instructed to and maybe our masters will throw us a fish more to our liking next year.After all we’re just powerless little creatures begging for scrapes.I don’t see why some people would demand a playoff system,we should think like Chip,it is as it is and all we can do is jump through the hoop when it’s held up and hope for the best…arr,arr,arr,

By Fort Worth Dawg

December 3, 2007 7:07 PM | Link to this

The University of Hawaii will start selling tickets to the general public on December 6 on its Website. Tickets will be on sale from December 6th through December 12th. The tickets first go on sale on the 6th at 8:00 a.m. (I didn’t bother to figure out what that means for East Coast time). Unless you are going to pick up the tickets in Hawaii they will be FedExed with signature required (USPS express mail with signature required for P.O. boxes).

By NativeDog

December 3, 2007 7:13 PM | Link to this

I’ll be in Ohio on business (oh joy), so won’t make it to NO.

I’ll try to keep this short. I’m full blooded dawg - born in Athens - never lived any further than 20 miles off campus my entire life. That said, in a year with so much parity, we should be thankful the year turned out like it did (i.e. 10-2).

I don’t know why, but Georgia didn’t leave everything on the field against the Vols. Had they have played all out, they could have played LSU in the SEC Championship game and answered a lot of questions. Namely, whether they or LSU should be playing in the championship game.

By ClassicCityDawg

December 3, 2007 7:14 PM | Link to this

Those of you who don’t plan on going because of the way things transpired with the BCS and the Rose Bowl committee need to get over it. Yes, we got screwed by a system that is flawed beyond repair, but you’re only punishing the players if you refuse to go to the sUGAr Bowl out of spite. Coach Richt and the boys had a great season, and we should show our support for them regardless of the location or the opponent.

By RoseBowlsAJoke

December 3, 2007 7:15 PM | Link to this

I was one of the pre-sells and have booked my flight and room. I am coming in on the 1st and leaving on the 3rd (hotels are cheaper without New Years Eve night and Delta had SkySaver flights available). Also, if you live in Atlanta and don’t want to pay $500 for airfare, the Birmingham airport is 2 hours 15 minutes away and Southwest flies direct to New Orleans for ~$200. Dawgs, support your team as they try to put a feather in their cap for this season and grab some momentum for next years run at the National Championship (although our schedule is BRUTAL)!

By A-ville Ranger

December 3, 2007 7:19 PM | Link to this

Have you seen Hawaii’s schedule ? we’d go 12-0 most every year playing those teams.If somebody decides not to go to the game to make a point about this bs,convoluted bowl system,I say good for them.The only way this will ever change is if we stop supporting it.Can you think of any where else in our market where buyers are refused what they want decade after decade ? the reason they don’t give the fans (customers) what we want is because they can always rely on logic like yours to keep us in line.

By Mark

December 3, 2007 7:27 PM | Link to this

If the Dawgs are playing, I am going!!! Period! Well, exclamation point!

These kids deserve our support for the way they have closed this season. They have given great effort along with the fans and we need to support them no matter who or where they are playing.

I understand there are other committments, but if at all possible please make the trip and cheer on the Dawgs!

By AC in Boulder

December 3, 2007 7:30 PM | Link to this

“is it so”: we are in fact the home team and will be wearing black, so don’t worry. I confirmed this on the georgia team site. Instead of being so angry with the slobbering moron that is Lou Holtz, maybe we should all pitch in a few cents and get him a shiny new drool bucket! I was just in N.O. two months ago and it is even more fun and vibrant than before Katrina. People are incredibly nice and giving and of course the food and night life is off the charts. Top all of this off with a night game in the superdome and you have one tremendous weekend to look forward to. Go you hairy DAWGS!!!

By newsflash

December 3, 2007 7:32 PM | Link to this

how exactly do you plan on showing people how well you travel if you plan on wearing the same color as the opposing team? the stadium looks the same whether its filled 50/50, all uga fans, or all HI fans. The whole point of getting everyone to wear one color is to differentiate your fans from the other team (ie. Penn state wearing white against ND, or UF wearing blue against TN). It seems the ‘blackout’ will have the opposite effect. good luck with that.

By Trained Seal

December 3, 2007 7:35 PM | Link to this

Mark arr,arr,arr,

By Is it so?

December 3, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this

AC in Boulder…. Thanks !!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!

By DWdawg

December 3, 2007 7:46 PM | Link to this

Lets just take it out on Hawaii-and we’d better. this is what is being said out there

“Most exciting game: Sugar Bowl, Hawaii vs. Georgia. Two offenses hitting their stride, and two quarterbacks — Hawaii’s Colt Brennan and Georgia’s Matt Stafford — who are going to make a ton of money in the NFL when their respective time comes. Georgia feels like it was snubbed by the BCS; Hawaii is elated to just be there.

“Georgia should simply overwhelm the Warriors — just like Oklahoma should’ve thumped Boise State in last year’s Fiesta Bowl.

“Bottom line: The Dawgs better figure out how to deal with those multiple option routes from those NFL receivers in the Warriors’ run-and-shoot offense, or this will be a fourth-quarter game with both teams in the high 30s.”

By Contra

December 3, 2007 7:49 PM | Link to this

I’m going to pick up my student ticket on Wednesday and I am pumped to be spending New Year’s down in New Orleans. My roomate and I will be driving down there and bringing a camper to alleviate some of the costs of flying/hotel/etc. You better believe we’ll be decked out in black and screaming our lungs off trying to make this feel like a home game for the Dawgs.

Of course it’s a disappointment not to be playing for the national championship, but being able to knock off the only remaining undefeated team in the country and command some respect (and yes, we do have something to gain in this one) in the national spotlight should be an opportunity we relish.

This game could end up just like the Boise St. shellacking in ‘05 when everyone was predicting upset.

By shane #1

December 3, 2007 8:00 PM | Link to this

17 million dollar payout.can you say”indoor practice field”? i thought you could! again we got no bump from beating tech. last year we beat #5 auburn,then beat acccg bound tech,yet we didn’t move into the top 25 untill we beat another ranked team{virginia tech}in the peach bowl. we should do our best to beat hawaii,and beat them soundly,this game will get a lot of national attention,and a win will boost our standing in the pre season polls.i will be there,IN BLACK.

By David

December 3, 2007 8:01 PM | Link to this

I wish I could go to New Orleans but I can`t. Am I excited about UGA playing Hawaii? NO! It is a loser game either way. But, if I could I would still go to the game. The reason? To SUPPORT MY TEAM! Just because UGA got screwed by the BCS is no reason for us fans to abandon ship. The ship is not sinking. UGA is 10-2 in a year that could be called a rebuilding year. GO DAWGS! Beat the pineapples!

By Michael Scharff

December 3, 2007 8:02 PM | Link to this

We’ll have eight of us at the Super Dome,and at least four of us will be in black, if not all eight. My Dad is giving the trip as our Holiday present to my brothers and I. We’re already booked in to Brennan’s for breakfast on Monday morning. GOOOO DAWGS!

By BAMADAWG

December 3, 2007 8:05 PM | Link to this

Hey man, it’s the DAWGS & It’s the f*cking Sugar Bowl,HELL YEAH I’m going. Come on Dawg fans , let’s go!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

December 3, 2007 8:11 PM | Link to this

Most people around the nation agree that the BCS is a joke. So now its time to move on and support our beloved Dawgs. Many people , myself included , wouldn’t have thought back in early Oct. that we would be 10 - 2 and be playing in The SUGAR BOWL. My Fellow dawg fans We have A DAMN GOOD FOOTBALL TEAM.I know they will take a very sound and remarkable Hawaii team seriously. I dont like Les Miles but I will pull for those Bayou Bengals in the um well NC game. We will deal with the Tigers next year in Baton Rouge. Lets bring a trophy home and keep that bowl record impressive with a convincing Victory. FANS will NEED TO BE LOUD I MEAN L O U D at the DOME. WE will NEED to intimidate those WARRIORS and show the nation that we are happy to be there. There will be no shame in our game GO DAWGS!!!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

December 3, 2007 8:15 PM | Link to this

YES! look at the Sugar falling from the sky!!!! Go ahead and pour some Sugar on ME!!!!!!

By Dark Corner Dawg

December 3, 2007 8:17 PM | Link to this

You cant spell sugar without UGA! BTW Pass me another Jack and Coke!!!!! IM READY GO DAWGS!!!!!

By BCS Slave

December 3, 2007 8:28 PM | Link to this

I have to say this…I want to support our team, but I am SO tired of the news media and the BCS “system”. If they can’t get a system that is at least consistent and fair, then I don’t care about supporting it. I am losing interest in this crap. The more you see good teams like Auburn, Michigan, and Georgia treated the way they have been the past few years, the more you think this whole thing is meaningless. Why support it? I’ll back the team in the SEC race. At least that is a competition based system and not a beauty contest.

By Dan

December 3, 2007 8:42 PM | Link to this

I am starting to relax again just a little. After listening to Herbgeek and Corko all weekend on how UGA did’nt win their conference…..wasnt herbstreet lobbying like no other last year on how Michigan after losing to Ohio St should definitely turn around and play them again in the BCS title game. Well, Michigan did not win their conference and you wanted them back in the big game. Those guys influence so much about the game that is wrong.

By Jake in Charleston

December 3, 2007 8:46 PM | Link to this

Not the least bit excited about the opponent, but I wouldn’t miss this opportunity for anything. A win is a win is a win, and Richt is right - if we can show the BCS folks that we will fill that dome, the program looks real good.

By BCS Slave

December 3, 2007 8:46 PM | Link to this

People say, “If we had beat UT or SC then we’d be playing for the NC.” I wouldn’t be so sure. Georgia fought its way up the polls only to be bump down a notch because a few schools won conference championships. Ohio State didn’t…but apparently that didn’t matter to voters. They won their conference based on record…not performance in a championship game. Oh well, they are THE Ohio State U.

People say, “If Georgia had won the SEC championship then they’d be playing for an NC” Don’t be so sure. It’s not really about winning a conference championship. Oklahoma lost their championship but lo and behold…they were voted into the NC. The confernce championship didn’t carry too much weight that year.

Looks to me like rankings just do not matter until the final ones come out before the bowls. Then if you were “pretty” enough to win the tiara, you get to play for the NC.

The BCS is meaningless…a chasing after the wind.

By bassndawg

December 3, 2007 8:47 PM | Link to this

Screw this…I aint goin no see us pla no WACky team ( aint that funy mann) ah done pawned th title to my doolie to pay fer a trip to th rose bole

By JJ

December 3, 2007 8:50 PM | Link to this

I’m a HUGH and LOYAL dawgs fan and I know we have the best team in college football!!!!!!!!!!. but I would like to warn my fellow fans, Hawaii is a tough team to deal with on offense and with colt brennen behind the wheel it’s going to be tough, this team gives all it can to alabama a few years back. I think it even beat um. I’ve seen them warriors play when I visted my brother in the army on oahu earlier this season. they are good. we need to stay focus and bring the dawg house to NO. I’m going and eveyone else should.

take them rainbows.

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Rod

December 3, 2007 8:51 PM | Link to this

This is going to be a great game Dawg fans. We have the chance to beat the last undefeated team in the country. Black the Superdome out and lets go Dawgs! Everybody in the nation will be watching and pulling for Hawaii. Lets show the Hawaii recievers how hard we can hit when they try and run those slants across the middle. Go Dawgs! This is the biggest game in Hawaii history. Lets make it the most painful for them too. Go Dawgs! Pack the Superdome Dawg Nation!!!!!!!

By tyyosh

December 3, 2007 8:53 PM | Link to this

We put in for 6 tickets to ALL the BCS bowls just in case (you only end up with the ones for the bowl that Georgia plays in), and it looks like all the UGA orders were filled 100%. Looks like we are going then. Not sure how sellable the other 4 tix will be, gulp.

Does anyone know a good place to stay around the Dome? Finding a vacancy may be another story, though…

By Dave

December 3, 2007 8:56 PM | Link to this

Show them the money he77!!

I’m sick and tired of the crappy BCS screwing teams for money.

I will NOT be watching any BCS game and I WILL NOT WATCH THE championship game

By Brian

December 3, 2007 8:58 PM | Link to this

They should drop Nokia as a sponsor and just name it the ” Whiny Over Ranked ” Sugar Bowl. Georgia is not good enough to be in a BCS game. They were not good enough to even compete for the SEC title.

By BCS Slave

December 3, 2007 8:58 PM | Link to this

I have one final thing to say about this disaster that is the BCS. I can’t stop supporting the team, but I can stop supporting ESPN and the rest of the media dogs. I’ll watch the games, but I won’t keep watching the endless pregames, post games and other shows that help feed their families. If we all did that, and kept filling the blogs, the forums, and email boxes with letters of disdain for them, perhaps the BCS powers that be will take notice.

By Jotcho

December 3, 2007 9:00 PM | Link to this

I would heed JJ’ warning. A little history lesson. Back in December 2001, BYU rolled into town for the last game of the season. They were undefeated and complainig that they were not invited to play in the championship game. Unranked Hawaii then proceeded to dismantle them 72-45. I’m loving reading all the diss on hawaii cause im feelin dejavu all over again!

By BCS sucx

December 3, 2007 9:04 PM | Link to this

ESPN sucks!! But not as good as the BCS.

By TheItalianDawg

December 3, 2007 9:04 PM | Link to this

it will be a hell of a game, and of course its an important game, I cant understand the fans logic when they say we have nothing to earn by beating Hawaii!! its really a stupid statement. I will be there in black. Go dawgs!

By Mike

December 3, 2007 9:04 PM | Link to this

Richt is so stupid. Hawaii’s colors are BLACK and green. It will look like all the fans are for Hawaii. Did’nt Richt say just a couple of weeks ago that he wanted to wear red jerseys so everyone will recongnize who Ga. is????

By BCS Slave

December 3, 2007 9:06 PM | Link to this

For the idiots who want to talk smack on here, the problem with the ranking system in College Football is bigger than biased team perspectives. What has happened to Auburn, Michigan and Georgia can happen to any team. Most teams don’t get the chance to be near enough the top of the rankings year in and year out, so this kind of thing lives with you. You hate to see a chance at a NC stolen from you.

By DC

December 3, 2007 9:22 PM | Link to this

Although not the bowl/opponent we wanted , it is far better than it looked in early Oct. This needs to be a statement game for us. We got screwed by the media because we are not perceived as a “National Power”( and they did not want to hear about not winning the conference again) We need to use this game to show we support and travel, we are passoniate, and the team needs to kick a** in order to get respect. The Sugar this yr is GA’s Nati0nal coming out game and a chance to stick to ESPN and the rest of the Media

By SamoanDawg

December 3, 2007 9:25 PM | Link to this

Aloha guys, well, so much for my planning to Pasadena. I guess the rose don’t want to play with the real big dawgs. IMO, Georgia is playing the best ball right now. USC is too. UGA and USC would’ve been a better match up than LSwho/OSwho. And we would’ve destroy LSwho or beat any team ahead of us. Oh well, it is what it is… there is nutn’ we can do about it.

Warriors will perform their HAKA. I’ll perform my DAWG-HAKA.

Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!

Tenei te tangata puhuru huru

Nana nei i tiki mai

Whakawhiti te ra

A upa … ne! ka upa … ne!

A upane kaupane whiti te ra!
Hi !!!

Hawai’i should be a good test for our secondary, especially the young guys. Warrior’s trio are fast/furious.. Bess, Crice and Rivers.

Chip, I guess it’s obvious we have to go with our nickle/dime defense 4-2-5 most of the game, unless Martinez is reving up that 3-3-6. We have to put pressure on Colt the whole game. Geno/Jeff/Kade should provide plenty of pressure up the middle. I’m also looking for Marcus Howard to have a big game.

Also, Chip,Will coach Ball let Lumpkin/Brown get majority of the carries because they’re senior. We all know what KnowShontime is capable of. Should Kaleb King be able to play in the bowl game without interfering with his redshirt since we’ll be well into ‘08? I know we don’t really need him, because of Lump/T.Brown are now healthy, but I like to get a taste of what’s to come of Kaleb/ShoTime in the up-coming season.

sic’em!

By GW

December 3, 2007 9:27 PM | Link to this

I’m going for the game only and avoid the quarter. I’ve been there 6 times. It stinks. The players get to legally keep the black jerseys so that’s enough reason to wear them. Now lets quit talking about the NC, BCS, and colors and get ready to support the team to a victory.

By Shane

December 3, 2007 9:30 PM | Link to this

Hawaii is the road team and therfore will wear white.

By BCS Slave

December 3, 2007 9:31 PM | Link to this

I don’t disrespect any team. Hawaii is a great team. With that said, a loss to Hawaii will make Georgia look weak. A win will say more about Hawaii…specifically, that the media dogs were right when they said Hawaii didn’t play anyone and didn’t deserve to be ranked higher than they were. Either way, neither Georgia nor Hawaii will earn a bit of respect from a biased media.

By ICE

December 3, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this

Im sorry but please tell Terrance Moore he is an idiot…I could not reply to his article so I figured you could tell him. He is absolutely wrong about his views of LSU who looked awful in the SEC championship and vulnerable the last half of the year. I am not sure what his problem is with UGA fans…but it sounds more personal than professional. Go dawgs!!!

By STephen- Dalton GA

December 3, 2007 9:59 PM | Link to this

Hawaii—undefeated, deserves a bowl.

LSU- SEC champ deserves a big bowl.

OK, WVU, USC, KANSAS, all deserving of a big bowl…..

heres my problem….if no one voted UNDEFEATED hawaii higher than 10th because of the Strength of schedule…wouldnt it be EASY to do the SAME THING to OHIO STATE who also DIDNT PLAY ANYONE!!!!

Simple, dont vote them HIGH and they wont go!!!!….ask UGA he knows

By AltamahaDawg

December 3, 2007 10:00 PM | Link to this

Brian, your feeble little attempt to put somebody down might not be so lame if you actually knew who sponsors the Sugar Bowl.

By Gary

December 3, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this

I’ll be there in black! Your brother is not “as big a Dogs fan as there is” if he isn’t there supporting the team in NOLA.Go Dawgs!

By georgiagirl

December 3, 2007 10:07 PM | Link to this

SUPPORT THE DAWGS AND THE HELL WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. This team will show up like a mad bunch of bulldogs that has been kicked around by the a@@es of ESPN and the rest of the a@@es.

So Dawgs fan wear BLACK and BE LOUD and show the country and the team that we are a great team and fan base.

And team you guys need to get mad as HELL and put it to them.

GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO BIG BLACK AND RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Patdawg

December 3, 2007 10:29 PM | Link to this

Chip,What do think?If Florida was in the same situation as Georgia was ranked #4 with 2 losses.ESPN and the media would have made every argument why a conference championship is not that important to get into NC game.No question Florida would have move up to #2.

By Double g Dawg

December 3, 2007 10:36 PM | Link to this

Following the UT game, ALL of us were disgusted, disappointed, and discouraged. And after Vandy, I think most were ready to pack it in, figuring the old mantra, “Wait’ll next year.” Florida, however, energized both the team and the fanbase. And the Blackout sealed the deal for a great number of fans.

Of course, we can’t re-bottle the genie that has already shown itself with black jersies, but the fanbase can carry on its renewed enthusiasm that brought us to the brink of playing for a MNC. I heard more discussion at church on Sunday of the dawgs, than I did this entire season. And they didn’t even play.

I bought 2 tickets, then added 2 more when the ticket office opened the opportunity to do so. I’ve got friends on the West Bank, and my wife and I will be ingratiating ourselves for the opportunity to stay (and offer him the extras as compensation).

We’ll go. We’ll wear black. And we’ll yell our collective rear ends off.

By Top Dawg

December 3, 2007 10:37 PM | Link to this

Here’s one you haven’t heard in awhile: YOU CAN’T SPELL SUGAR WITHOUT UGA.

By SickandTired

December 3, 2007 10:46 PM | Link to this

Dogs go to New Orleans and get embarrassed. The “crank dat” crew will get 4 or 5 locked up on Bourbon Street before the game and get sent home. Bank it.

By Bob

December 3, 2007 10:47 PM | Link to this

Its gonna be a scary game. Either were on our A game, or it could be a long nail bitting night. Im livid about the BCS, but when i think back to after the UT game, I would have never thought that we could go this far.

By rob

December 3, 2007 10:52 PM | Link to this

I’ll be there in black! Your brother is not “as big a Dogs fan as there is” if he isn’t there supporting the team in NOLA.Go Dawgs!

Exactly! Nawlins is where its at! I’m locked and loaded, and ready to come out for the action. I can’t friggin wait!

Woof! Woof! Woof!

By Chip Towers

December 3, 2007 11:05 PM | Link to this

Samoan: You can be certain Georgia will be in its nickel all night. And I’m sure Willie will stay in a zone and keep the Warriors underneath them. You’ll have to be patient with the Dogs because they’ll be giving up yards in exchange for slobber-knocking hits and, in theory, some takeaways… .

Also, I think you’ll see a good bit of Lumpkin. I could see the Dogs running ball upwards of 40 times in this game, which would mean plenty of totes for all and the more the merrier… .

By Great Quote

December 3, 2007 11:14 PM | Link to this

“The truth is, the SEC doesn’t play anybody of note. The conference has perpetuated this myth of invincibility by refusing to play anybody of note in the non-conference schedule, then living off the legend of being a tough conference. But the truth says otherwise when the SEC ventures outside the South, because they get beaten badly. Kind of like the Confederacy.”

— Adam Rank, aol.com’s The Fanhouse

By Utahdawg

December 3, 2007 11:29 PM | Link to this

NASCAR; Check out The Landmark Hotel in Metary. It is an older hotel a circular tower about 15 stories, but will most definately be clean and they will have free shuttles to the Dome. From the dome you can get a cab to the Quarter for a few bucks and then it’ll be abot 20 bucks from the Quarter to the hotel. You may also get the shuttle from the hotel to the Quarter, then a cab to the dome and a shuttle back to the hotel. Don’t wait….

By Dr Morpheus

December 3, 2007 11:37 PM | Link to this

I’m excited about the chance to play the most productive all-time passer and the only undefeated Div I team left. I’ll be there in a black #13 jersey. So don’t mistake me for Jake Scott- I’ve still got all my hair. Anyone want to stop by Baton Rouge and party before the game?

By The REAL NC GAME

December 3, 2007 11:39 PM | Link to this

UGA vs Hawaii —- The only undefeated team against the nation’s hottest team. This is the TRUE National Championship game folks. Start spreading the news!!

By Solja Boy

December 3, 2007 11:46 PM | Link to this

I think that Richt has been sharing the pipe with his crew.

By D_Dog

December 3, 2007 11:50 PM | Link to this

UGA 77 - 0. I’m not sure about the next three quarters.

By GaDawgs7

December 3, 2007 11:52 PM | Link to this

Terrance Moore keeps up his anti-Georgia crap, and now you can’t even respond to it…he’s a coward as well as an idiot…he can dish it out but isn’t man enough to take it. MOORE-ON

By I GOT FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

December 3, 2007 11:54 PM | Link to this

I’m not about to pay $150 per ticket to watch that circus on turf they call Hawaii. I don’t even care to watch this one on TV. We don’t have to show up to impress BC$ folks for possible future games down the road. Why are we being asked to “sell out seats and sell our souls” to the BC$ Gods who continue to screw the kids we pull for??? Last time I checked we have a very proud football program with the best loyal fans in the nation. I believe we should have turned down the invitation to play Hawaii. We will not gain any respect from the rest of the nation by beating Hawaii. WE HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN AND EVERYTHING TO LOSE. I’m selling my 4 tickets on EBAY next week & hope I can get my money back. Love my team, but I’m taking a stance on this one. SCREW THE BC$. I SAY HAVE A BLACKOUT. NOBOBY SHOW UP FOR THE GAME AND EVERYONE BE DRESSED AT THE AIRPORT WHEN THE KIDS RETURN HOME.

By dawgnation60

December 3, 2007 11:58 PM | Link to this

sUGAr Bowl will be the most watched bowl!!!

After Boise last year, Hawaii will have lots of curious interest from the media and the nation…

Dawgs will dominate and get showcased as a top team prove the pollsters are silly…

No one watches the Rose after half as USC is up by 5 TD’s - ratings plummet:)

NC game is lopsided as LSU runs up the score on OSU - ratings plummet also:)

Orange & Fiesta - who really cares?

Dawgamighty!!!

By ATLDawg272

December 4, 2007 12:00 AM | Link to this

I’ll be there to support my beloved Dawgs. It could be the Edmonton Eskimos in the game and I would still attend. I hope my Dawgs play with a chip on their shoulder and destroy the recent “credibility” the WAC has built. Let’s embarass them all the way back to the Aleutian Time Zone. GO DAWGS!!!*

By UGA Slobberknocker

December 4, 2007 12:14 AM | Link to this

HEY:I GOT FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

that has to be the most assinine ignorant comment ever to appear on this blog. I feel dumber just having read it. You havent got friends anywhere.

No way you are a real fan. I think you are a Tech spanker..maybe Mom can loan you the money to go to Boise…run downstairs and ask her.

By Most Exciting?

December 4, 2007 12:19 AM | Link to this

Barnhart must be out of his mind for trying to make the GA fans feel a little better. I don’t think GA-Hawaii is going to thrill the masses. Tony, give us a little more credit than that by writing that article immediately after getting slighted for the NC. Who named you Mr. College Football? Your Mom?

By Salt Dawg

December 4, 2007 12:23 AM | Link to this

You are so right Chip. The Dawg nation needs to show the guys support. Regardless what Bowl we were going to. These guys have come along way, and maybe this game can give us momentum into next season so that we can have the confidence that this team needs to run the table. Yeah you heard me right, RUN THE TABLE. B/c that’s the only way we can make it to the BCS title game and win with no questions asked. I believe the dawgs can really do it.

By Why You AREN'T In "THE GAME"

December 4, 2007 12:26 AM | Link to this

For all you poochies who still can’t believe that you weren’t VOTED “the BEST team” or “the HOTTEST team” in the country, let me clarify the situation for you…But I must WARN you, this may HURT!

Even Coach Richt COULDN’T (in good conscience) vote UGA as the #1 team in the country…Now how absolutely PATHETIC is that?!?!?

So before you go around telling everyone who’ll listen that “the Dawgs are still the BEST team in the country!” — Perhaps you should start right there in that Stinkhole Athens by trying to convince YOUR OWN COACH that your team is #1.

Is it rational to think others should vote your team #1 when YOUR HEAD COACH doesn’t even believe it?

WTF? You can bet Les Miles, Spurrier, Fulmer, Meyer, etc given the SAME situation would vote THEIR TEAM #1…Even if they didn’t believe it. How PITIFUL for Richt to not even believe his Dawgs are worthy of a #1 ranking…That says all that needs to be said on the subject.

By uncle drew

December 4, 2007 12:48 AM | Link to this

Truth is that we do have a lot to prove. Remember the WV game - we put them on the map. Dawgs need to make sure they are engaged in dismantling the high powered HI offense. We hang 35 and keep them to 14 or less we are top 5 for sure. Win out with our schedule next year, nat champs for sure—— holla!

By Rick

December 4, 2007 1:01 AM | Link to this

I am sure no one will comment on my writing here, and i just wanted to let everyone know i live in Fort Worth Texas. I was pulling for the “dawgs” as logic says 1 and 2 lose, 3 and 4 automatically move up, all the jousting in the world should not matter, however; the brains or lack thereof of the mighty BCS morons, it just didn’t happen. So you settle for the sugar bowl, not bad, but as you folks are saying, it is really a no win situation for you. I decided I would (even as a longhorn fan) take my family to NOLA and dawn the black in support of your team. The SEC has the hardest smash mouth football in the nation and i am glad we are in the big 12. Not to hard to say when it is true. I just wanted to let all you georgians know this is one TEXAN that will be there cheering you on! I wish you the best of luck and everyone should fear your dogs next season! On a final note, i read one of your blogs by a Mr Moore, how can you folks let him stay there as bad as he bad mouthed your team? Could never see any reporter in our papers here still employed if they bad mouthed any team! Really bad journalism in my opinion. Anyway happy holidays to you all!

By Johnny Danger Dawg

December 4, 2007 1:02 AM | Link to this

Anybody know if/how we can buy Sugar Bowl tickets from Hawaii’s athletic association?

By ryan

December 4, 2007 1:28 AM | Link to this

How can your team play for the championship when they can’t even win their own conference?? Let alone even play in the game. You bumpkins have to learn a little leason, get off your a* in the afternoon and win a game. Put someone decent on your schedule while your at it at you might not be in this situation.

By Tom

December 4, 2007 1:38 AM | Link to this

Fear breeds contempt

By jack

December 4, 2007 1:40 AM | Link to this

Luckily for me I live in New Orleans and I will definitely be at the game in black. I’ve lived here for 5 months and neither of our cars have been stolen.

If your looking for hotels, try the CBD (Central Business District, the warehouse district and the Garden District. Let’s take over this town.

Go Dawgs!

By Traci,

December 4, 2007 1:54 AM | Link to this

If Brad Pitt is still going to be there —- I’m there!

By Stop the Needless Butchery of Innocent Words

December 4, 2007 2:04 AM | Link to this

Since the ajc has disabled the comment feature on Terence Moore’s lastest missive, I will issue my remarks here:

People criticize Terence Moore because of his views. It is certainly true that he is nearly always completely incorrect, whether he writing his own name or trying to button his vest.

However, I come to you today to proclaim that even if I loved his sporting opinions, he would still be the most horrendously stinking writer in this language since my dog ate and failed to digest a crayon. Terence Moore carves out prose in a way that can only be compared to Charlie Manson on the loose in Sharon Tate’s home.

I submit for your approval these samples from his current essay, unhappily found in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This is, of course, his second attempt in as many days to taunt the Georgia fans for being left out of the BCS championship game. I challenge anyone to clearly understand this sentence upon first reading:

“So all of this wringing of hands right now around Southern Cal, Oklahoma and definitely between the hedges over the BCS placing Ohio State and LSU in the national championship game is substantiating a non-playoff system that always has been more heavenly than satanic.”

No writer who ever worked for me would ever submit such a tortured sentence and receive a second chance. Yet this scribe has worked for two decades or thereabouts in his present position. Are there no copy editors at the AJC? “More heavenly than satanic” is just horrendous composition. He is constantly using extreme, exaggerated terminology as a substitute for style.

And from the “What-the-hell ????” department?

“Just like those same Penn State folks could claim that, if Nixon were a dog instead of a human, he could have been a mascot instead of a president.”

If you understand anything about that sentence, we need to get you into detox. It may be reminiscent of the poetry of Ezra Pound, but you’re not supposed to achieve that accidentally.

Now for the taunting highlights. Terence, as most of us know, has been taunting the UGA football program and its fans ever since Coach Richt disappointed him by letting his players…um, taunt. Terence writes:

“Here’s why Georgia folks should kiss the hand of the BCS instead of spitting on it: Nobody ever can prove that Georgia isn’t better than LSU, which the Bulldogs aren’t.”

This the best ya got, Terry? A flat, talk-radio-style statement that goes undefended, and which fails to insult because every football pundit knows it is wrong? It’s pretty well established that we wouldn’t have lost to Arkansas a week ago. At least to those of us who can keep from getting Penn State, Richard Nixon, and dogs all tangled up in the same string of rhetoric.

More Terencian verbal flatulence:

“That’s why Georgia folks can feel good about themselves. They can whine forever over their perception of getting robbed of a national championship by the know-nothings involved with the BCS system.”

His alleged point in all this savage disembowelment of the English language: BCS controversy and confusion are GOOD things for everyone. The fact that Colorado and GT split the 1990 championship is a GOOD thing, in his addled mind, because it made both campuses happy, happy, happy!

This guy earns a salary. Sign me up. I should be good to go as, say, a brain surgeon.

By Toccoa

December 4, 2007 2:53 AM | Link to this

I stayed up and watched the Hawaii and Washington game because I’ve never seen Hawaii play. Hawaii has a very accurate quarterback and they have players that can catch the ball, but they do not have the size and speed to match any team in the SEC.

I’m still not over the hurtin’ the BCS put on our beloved Dawgs. So please allow me this observation.

The BCS is teaching our kids that if you get political power you can lie, cheat and steal and get away with it. Oh, I’m sure the BCS would argue publicly that that’s not the case, but despite all its arguments, political thuggery, manipulation and subterfuge is what the kids are learning.

Every year people yell about the need for a playoff but nothing happens. The problem is the BCS is not equitable — it’s not fair or just. The BCS has got to come to an end so collage football can have a fair and just playoff. A playoff that rewards the team, and players, that works the hardest to become National Champions. This is the lesson collage students need to be learning: You study hard, you practice hard, you work hard and you WIN the prize!

I’m tired of reading sports writers across the nation talking about how “we’ve all known for years” that the BCS is corrupt, and then end their columns by saying nothing is going to change because “the powers that be don’t want to change.” Well, I say take the power away from the BCS.

Equity can be proven in a court of law. So, in my opinion, some smart sports contract attorneys need to figure out how they are being cheated because their clients didn’t make the first round draft picks when the BCS screwed them out of a national title game — and then sue the BCS in federal court for not being an equitable organization. Hammer the BCS with multiple lawsuits and let them prove in a court of law they are fair. When it’s proven the BCS is not fair, then let us finally have a playoff system.

By Cali Dawg

December 4, 2007 3:08 AM | Link to this

Hawaii is not and does not play on the big island, they are on the island of Oahu. It’s a no win situation for the Dawgs…if they win they were supposed to and if they lose then everyone will say they weren’t that good. The Rose taking Illinios is completely political to keep the Big 10 ties. The Big 10 is the money life blood of that game.

By A Bit Too Much

December 4, 2007 4:08 AM | Link to this

God, sorry, I mean Coach Richt needs to concentrate on beating Tennessee & South Carolina or Vandy and Kentucky last year before he panders to Bulldog nation You beat all your opponents and get us into the BCS game and we will spend enough money to make you happy. PS., where is that fool Michael Adams hiding and what does he have to say about UGA academics versus sports now?

By agdawg

December 4, 2007 6:32 AM | Link to this

To stick to to your question, heck yes we are going. If I can sit through Western Carolina in 100 degree heat I certainly plan to support my dogs in New Orleans. We booked 6 rooms at the Iberville Suites Sunday night, just one block from Bourbon Street. There’s no place like New Orleans on New Year’s night to celebrate a Ga. WIN! Can’t wait for all the great food at places like the Acme Oyster Bar and a Hurricane at Pat O’Briens! We are true fans and will support our dogs any where any time!!!!!

By HM

December 4, 2007 7:21 AM | Link to this

Damn right we’re going! All in all, I think the Dawgs had a great season (with a couple of notable exceptions). We traveled to New Orleans the last time UGA played there and had the time of our lives. It’s time to “Paint It Black”! Go Dawgs!!

By Dave In Tampa

December 4, 2007 7:41 AM | Link to this

Don’t look past Hawaii. They are a very good team. We know how we play when we are no ready to play. Willie better have our DB’s and Safeties in top shape because they will try and make it a track race. This one makes me nervous. We can’t overlook these guys or WE will be the joke of the nation. True, it’s a no-win situation for us, but we have to take care of business.

If our D-line penetrates and stays in the backfield all game we will kill them. They are going to crap in their pants if our offense is in high gear. Let’s hope theirs is not.

Go Dawgs!

By Dawg in NC

December 4, 2007 8:04 AM | Link to this

I am behind my Dawgs anytime. However, I am not excited about the Sugar Bowl, should have been Rose. The Sugar is a no win situation against a good team, very dangerous. I will ever be that interested in going to New Orleans again unless it is for the National Championship. That place is a complete dump.

By alan

December 4, 2007 8:04 AM | Link to this

Did I miss something? If you win during the regular season then the big bowls call. Georgia did not get it done during the regular season and the national coaches, writers and even the computers put you in your proper ranking. Richt just wants to fill the Dome with Dog fans because he wants an edge in the game. Obviously he thinks he needs an edge against a pretty average
opponent.

By godawg

December 4, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this

All I need is an excuse to go to ‘Nawlins. Now I have one. I’ll be the loud, drunk, obnoxious guy in Georgia black bark’in at everybody. See ya there! WOOF!

By Bulldog Bill

December 4, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

What is it with some of you sore a*******es?????????? It’s the SUGAR BOWL , folks!! NOT THE CAP ONE, NOT THE OUTBACK, NOT THE CHICK FIL A!!! a SURE ENOUGH bcs GAME! Who’d a thought it possible after the debacle at Knoxville? Sure it’s a letdown to get jobbed out of the big game. But I’m personally thrilled to make it to NO again! It’s time for all the sour grapes to stop. Let’s

By Bulldog Bill

December 4, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

What is it with some of you sore a*******es?????????? It’s the SUGAR BOWL , folks!! NOT THE CAP ONE, NOT THE OUTBACK, NOT THE CHICK FIL A!!! a SURE ENOUGH bcs GAME! Who’d a thought it possible after the debacle at Knoxville? Sure it’s a letdown to get jobbed out of the big game. But I’m personally thrilled to make it to NO again! It’s time for all the sour grapes to stop. Let’s

By Bulldog Bill

December 4, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

What is it with some of you sore a*******es?????????? It’s the SUGAR BOWL , folks!! NOT THE CAP ONE, NOT THE OUTBACK, NOT THE CHICK FIL A!!! a SURE ENOUGH bcs GAME! Who’d a thought it possible after the debacle at Knoxville? Sure it’s a letdown to get jobbed out of the big game. But I’m personally thrilled to make it to NO again! It’s time for all the sour grapes to stop. Let’s

By Bulldog Bill

December 4, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

What is it with some of you sore a*******es?????????? It’s the SUGAR BOWL , folks!! NOT THE CAP ONE, NOT THE OUTBACK, NOT THE CHICK FIL A!!! a SURE ENOUGH bcs GAME! Who’d a thought it possible after the debacle at Knoxville? Sure it’s a letdown to get jobbed out of the big game. But I’m personally thrilled to make it to NO again! It’s time for all the sour grapes to stop. Let’s

By modawg77

December 4, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this

Remember, the rainbow warriors play Florida the first game in 2008. The Dawgs do not want to loose to this pansy team and then have Florida beat them next year.

By Bulldog Bill

December 4, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this

To continue, Stop the sour grapes Dawg Fans!! To do otherwise is doing our guys a huge disservice going into this game. This can be a great springboard into next season!

Get After Their Hawaiian A*******es!!!!!

By godawg

December 4, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this

A must read by Paul Westerdawg.

“Are you kidding me? Boycott the Sugar? That’s like saying that you’d boycott sex with Jennifer Aniston because Jessica Alba turned you down. It’s about half a step below retarded.”

By Dave in Kansas

December 4, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

I bought my tickets a month ago for this game under the assumption that LSU would be playing for the national title. As the weeks went on, I became concerned that I would have to go watch either LSU or TENN play. I’m looking forward to watching the DAWGS play, I just hope that they come out with the same emotion that they showed at the end of the season. Looking forward to seeing all the DAWG fans down in the French Quarter on New Years Eve. I think that UGA will win, but be careful of Hawaii, they have a very good football team that spreads the ball out, which may alleviate some of the pressure that we can get on Brennnan. Also, he has a quick release and his receivers are very good. That being said, UGA 45 Hawaii 28.

By TN-UGA-DOG

December 4, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

Since we got riped off twice in one night.By loseing the big one and losing the rose because the AP and the BCS’s baby USC is scaried well destory them.So Little Hawaii gets the wrath of our being riped off.I hope their QB can last at least two Quarters,without getting hurt.One more thing I glad CMR made his case and stood up for the team when no one esle in the media would.(Warriors come out and play ya) Go Dawgs

By TN-UGA-DOG

December 4, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this

Since we got riped off twice in one night.By loseing the big one and losing the rose because the AP and the BCS’s baby USC is scaried well destory them.So Little Hawaii gets the wrath of our being riped off.I hope their QB can last at least two Quarters,without getting hurt.One more thing I glad CMR made his case and stood up for the team when no one esle in the media would.(Warriors come out and play ya) Go Dawgs

By texasdawg

December 4, 2007 8:49 AM | Link to this

Some of you “dawg fans” make me sick.

“I love the Bulldogs, but since they got snubbed by the BCS, I won’t pay money to go to the BCS.”

“This is a trap game, I’m disappointed about not making it to the Rose or NC, so I’m not going”

“We don’t have anything to win, so it’s not worth it”

yadda yadda yadda

you are NOT a true fan if you use these reasons not to go. Georgia is in the freaking SUGAR BOWL. PERIOD. I don’t care who they’re playing or what they should have been playing in. It is the BCS. SUGAR. FREAKING. BOWL. I’ll be doing everything in my might to make it to this game. Hitchhike, camp out in the parking lot, buy a ticket with all my savings (I’m a student), ANYTHING TO GET MYSELF THERE TO SUPPORT MY TEAM.

You “fans” better do the same.

Go Dawgs! Wear black and be loud and proud!

By G8TRH8TR

December 4, 2007 8:51 AM | Link to this

Figures, the AJC won’t open T. Moore’s article for commenting. I guess he is tired of taking all of that abuse. What a steaming pile of horse $hi+

By george

December 4, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

complain is MOST CERTAINLY not too strong of a word. The puppy nation has just once again proved that it is the most whining worst group of fans in the entire country!!!!!!! The pups dont even come close to having the best argument this year and to say that the pups got screwed more than Auburn did in 04 is one of the most ludacrious statements I have ever heard in my entire life. The fact remains that the pups are indeed OVERRATED and will prove that to the nation when the warriors beat them Jan 1st. THE PUPS DID NOT GET JOBBED/SCREWED OR ANY OTHER WORD YOU CAN THINK OF!!!!!! THERE IS ABSOULUTEY NO ARGUMENT OTHERWISE!!!! JUST BE HAPPY WITH THE SUGAR BOWL YOU OVERRATED BUNCH OF WHINERS. Help out the state and go shed all your tears in Lake Lanier so the lake can fill back up!!

By EverGator

December 4, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this

The only way for UGA to show they were slighted is to annihlate the Rainbow Warriors….unfortunately, it’s gonna be the other way around, sports fans.

By UGADawg16

December 4, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

Terrance Moore is an idiot and he proves it on a regular basis.

NASCAR, there are still hotel rooms to be had in the FQ. If you are looking for an economic stay, then look for brands (Marriotts, Hiltons, etc.) outside of the FQ / Dome area - in 02/03 we stayed at a Residence Inn (Marriott) in Mettarie - it was 2 BR for $120 night. You can’t walk to the Dome or the FQ from Mettarie but it is a lot cheaper.

By tjs

December 4, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this

UGA should have never been 4th in the BCS poll from the start.Their two losses should have made them no better than 7th or 8th at best. If you support UGA you should fill up New Orleans, and enjoy the game. If the SEC stands for anything, you should be proud to honor the leagues Champion as being in the highest bowl, not a conference also-ran like UGA….I really don’t get all the anguish, I am sure if all the SEC presidents, and the other so called big 6 conference presidents decided on a playoff it would happen.The commercial interests could be worked into a playoff format, and everybody would be happy.This BCS is a b.s solution, and degrades college football.The rainbow warriors will fill the air with footballs, it should be fun & remember Boise St vs OU….Over confidence is deadly ask WVU.

By AltamahaDawg

December 4, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

Evergator, what about watching UGA and Hawaii play this year gives you the opinion that the Warriors will “annihlate” the Dawgs. HMMM. let me guess…..

By luvmydawgs

December 4, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

We will be there with bells, I mean black on! It isn’t a hard drive 7 hours we booked our hotel room during the BCS selection show and got it for a good deal, checked back today and it went up 100 dollars. Come on Dawg fans lets take over Burbon Street New Years Eve!

By Dawg in NC

December 4, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

Hey Gators, we won, you lost, shut your pieholes and go lose to a pathetic Michigan team. Dawg fans who are dogging other dawg fans, you can shut your holes too. THIS IS A F’ing MESSAGE BOARD. We are suppose to put our opinions here about the process and it isn’t whining or crying because all dawg fans will support the team no matter when, where or who they play. So stick your “holier than thou” attitude where it belongs.
Go Dawgs!

By Dawgone Poor

December 4, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

It is amazing to me how Coach Richt wants me to spend my money so he looks good and gets big raises. Coach, put your money where your mouth is. How about sending every ticket buyer $100 to help him on his trip to New Orleans. If we get 50,000 fans there, then that would still leave you over a million. Otherwise don’t tell me how to spend my money.

By AllmanDawg

December 4, 2007 9:35 AM | Link to this

Chip, you’re the silly c** who doubted Georgia’s deservingness last week to play in the BCS Title Game, aren’t you? Now you are doubting UGA fans will travel to the Sugar Bowl in a year in which that particular scenario is a slap in the face and the economy is down. It rather makes you look smug, now, doesn’t it?

By NC dawg

December 4, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

Terence Moore, you sir (I use this term loosely) are an idiot and now your even scared to have people respond to your dribble. You are pathetic.

By will

December 4, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

It could be worse fellow Dawgs, We could be the USC Lamecock Chickens, who aren’t even going bowling at all this year! What a pathetic bunch of losers they are!

By dawgfacedboy

December 4, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this

This is MRs and the players opportunity to get revenge for the last Sugar Bowl they were in. They took that team lightly and got beat. They better take this team seriously. If they do, there is no way they will lose this game or have it even be close. This is a great opportunity to let everyone know that the dawgs are for real. The media seems to think Hawaii is the real deal despite playing that laughable schedule. The only way to prove everyone wrong is to put a beat down on them!! I hope MR and the players will prepare their a*******es off for this game!!!

By mol-lester miles

December 4, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

Go Dawgs but rent a rv, bring your own food and then don your black. Don’t spend any money down in that dump and support the LSU $ham-ionship. Please CMR don’t hold back pile on the points..Anything less than a total domination and a fifty point drubbing is a validation of the hack BCS system.

By bulldog steve

December 4, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

It is what it is.Honor Georgia and Coach Richt spend money,wear black,and go Bulldogs.This is only a prelude of what is to happen in the coming years.It is a great time to be a Bulldog Fan.This time next year we will be playing USC for the National Championship.

By meansonny

December 4, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

For those who are disgruntled about the BCS, the title game, or the Bulldawgs opponent…

This trip to New Orleans will be a New Years to remember! You can budget it any way you like. But you will not want to miss the best way to kick off the New Year… What is more sweet than Sugar??? What a better way to say Thank You to our great Senior Class (Thomas Brown)???

The atmosphere will be kicking. The parties will be hardcore. Bourbon Street on New Years Eve? I wouldn’t want to be any other place.

Regarding the game, I don’t have a doubt that UGA will be prepared. Being prepared doesn’t guarantee a win. But I have a strong hunch that the Bulldawg Nation won’t be disappointed.

By Bob

December 4, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

I think that anyone who says beating Hawaii would not be much of an accomplishment is just not very knowledgeable about college football. Hawaii is a damn good team and the dawgs will do good to beat them.

By GA Dawg

December 4, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this

the price for the trip is pretty steep. I’m looking for the cash to make the trip, but I don’t know with ticket prices as high as i’ve seen. Most tickets are starting around $190- and for crap seats. I think if the price for ticket can be dropped there will be a better chance to fill the stadium. In reality they should have just played this game in Sanford stadium- save us some gas and hotel money. Hawaii ain’t showin up. I bet this is a sparce crowd.

By mutt hater

December 4, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

ha ha you all are gonna lose to Hawaii and show how overrated and lucky of a team you were this entire season…quit complaining

By RJ3

December 4, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

For a reasonable hotel try the Garden District. Stayed there last time UGA went to Sugar. Relatively safe. Older hotels but comfortable.

By RJ3

December 4, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this

For a reasonable hotel try the Garden District. Stayed there last time UGA went to Sugar. Relatively safe. Older hotels but comfortable.

By shane #1

December 4, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this

godawg,thanks for the link,great picture BTW,i’ll be looking at it every time i turn on my laptop!back to football,we really need to pile it on this team,first,to show the nation what kind of team we have,second to hold the warriors down.hawaii scores points in bunches,and scores in a hurry.no lead is a safe lead against this bunch.one more thing,run the damn ball!no qb can score from the bench.with lump healthy we can run the ball sixty times and still have fresh legs in the game.the warriors have not seen three rbs like moreno,brown and lump.make them keep 8 in the box,then burn them deep a few times.i don’t know much about their d,but everyone seems to score against them,we should too.

By ATLdawgfromFLA

December 4, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this

I will be there in black! GOOOO DAWGS! we are not fair weather fans or whiners like LSU and Wes Miles. We know we are the best team in the nation, which we will only further prove when we stomp Hawaii. Pre-season #1, here we come! P.S. Please fire Terrence Moore.

By scribe

December 4, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

let’s rock hawaii, new orleans and that ESPN hater Mark May, who is still holding a grudge for 1980 against Georgia

By MarkA

December 4, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

It’s unfortunate. It is just the way groups of people think. You could hear it in the ESPN guys’ voices: They simply dismissed us. It had nothing to do with anything factual like wins and losses, quality of opponent, quality of play, who’s playing best. We just weren’t a feel-good story to them (which baffles me to a degree). The excuse for dismissal? We weren’t conference champs (not even a requirement, plus beaten to the championship game by a team with a lesser won-loss record). That was an invented criterion to justify their desire to see a different team play.

You have to knock on the door a few times before you become “deserved.” That’s why few presidential candidates get elected their first time out. This year we’re building recognition. Next year we will sweep in (I hope), because we will be “deserved.” Coach Richt is right. We need to win this to make a statement. The best insurance for winning is a dome full of black.

In the meantime, we should do all we can to support this year’s players, who have overcome the longest odds and have grown so much.

By AltamahaDawg

December 4, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this

You guys are dead wrong to say this is a no-win game that nobody will care about. Hawaii WILL have the nations interest and prabably be the sentimental favorite. They have been on nation TV already 5 times. Any passive NCAA fan will at least be curious. They also open at Florida in 2008, so the comparisons will be made.

Or forget who it is, this game needs to be a statement for UGA. There is a lot to be said for living up to the expectations of being favored. Almost unexpected this year. I’m guessing deep down, there isnt a dawg fan out there that is convinced this is a easy win. And the media will convince the rest of the country its not before its over.

I just hope that the talking heads can GET OVER this whole crap of bashing Georgia for dare hoping for the thing that THEY created, and just bill the game as what it is. Anyone want to bet on how many times they mention Georgia being disappointed in the pregame?

Now that I have a couple of days to live with the BCS lineups, It seems as if this is at least more interesting than the Orange Bowl. Not real sure the Mid afternoon Rose Bowl USC-Illinios is going to be such a captivating game.

By Kevin

December 4, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

Delta needs to lower their ticket prices from the $600 plus it currently is. Ridiculous!

By ButlerDawg

December 4, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Richt needs to watch his players closely in the practices leading up to the Sugar Bowl. Any moping/bowed heads should be met with a slap to the side of the helmet. Richt must address this team and get them focused. If I were him I’d tell it to them straight: “Men, you’ve just been slapped in the face! No one gave you the respect you so rightfully deserved! We will use this as our rage! Seniors!?! This will be your last game as a Dawg. Lead these young men into war and help set the stage…This is the beginning of our rage! We will remember and we will take every team we face from here on out with the respect that was not honored to us! Make them believers! Make them feel your rage!”

By Jim V.

December 4, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this

By Jim: The best Bowl for the team and fans would’ve been the Granddaddy-the Rose. It would have pitted the hottest current teams and conferences-Georgia/Southern Cal and SEC/Pac 10. The Sugar is no-win for Georgia. If the Dogs win, it’ll be because Hawaii was a weak opponent with a schedule weaker than Ohio State. If Hawaii wins it’ll be “I told you Georgia didn’t deserve a BCS bowl!”

By AC in Boulder

December 4, 2007 11:17 AM | Link to this

How’s this for a reality show: Lou holtz, mark may, terrence moore, and kirk herbstreit get put on an island and well, that’s it, they just get put on an island and the country gets that much smarter. It’s addiction by subtraction island!!

By lucky

December 4, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

“Blacking Out” the Superdom sounds like Hurricane Katrina all over again!

By tjs

December 4, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

Why does hater Mark May hold a grudge for 1980 against UGA? He was on the 1980 11-1 Pitt team, and drafted in the first round as a Outland Trophy winner.His team mates beat UGA in the 1982 Sugar bowl , featuring H.Walker.I think he gave UGA their fair due, some of his other ESPN mates were a little over the top. They all liked Les Miles personality and his team.

By bubba

December 4, 2007 11:31 AM | Link to this

Hell yeah I’m goin. Like a lot of my dawg brethren, i will take a few toys back to help finance the trip. but excitin times like this call for extreme measures. i’ve figured out that i got just enuff money to get my tractor to biloxi. then i’m gonna pawn the tractor and play the nickel slots til i have enough to get to the big easy.

anyone know a good hotel, holiday inn express wouldn’t take me… said even they can’t help a UGA man

By RedandBlack

December 4, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this

Coach Richt and The Dogs should take this game very seriously. Hawaii is the ONLY undefeated team left in the country in Division 1A. No other team is playing an undefeated team like The University of Georgia is. The winner of this 2008 Sugar Bowl should outright declare themselves the rightful National Champion since every other team playing in the BcS Bowls have lost at least once or twice (LSU) since Georgia last lost.

Hawaii is no push over team. Their QB will throw it 50-60 times to his four receiver set. They have come back numerous times over the season after being down several points. The Dogs are going to be challenged and will need to show up prepared and ready to win.

A Bulldog victory over previous unbeaten Hawaii will stand up higher than any other team can boast about after it all is done. No other team will be able to say they defeated an undefeated team in their bowl game. Go Dogs!!!

By gdawg

December 4, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

I’m going to Hawaii and watch the game from there. Can’t reward the bowl system for their BS system. I traveled to 4 games this year and would’ve been happy to go to the Rose, or Fiesta but not at all interested in playing Va Tech in the Orange or hawaii in the sugar.

I’m pretty sure I won’t be missed as the BCS made it loud and clear that they do not care about the dawgs of their fans.

By jeremy

December 4, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

Considering UGA barely squeeked by Vandy and Troy, losing to SC at home, and getting killed at Tenn., I think fans and players should be happy with the Sugar Bowl. Its time to wake up and stop dreaming. All in all, this was a good season by Georgia and they will end up #3 at the end - cant really complain with that

By Pitbull

December 4, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this

I will be in New Orleans dressed in black and barking my head off. We have a chance to be Sugar Bowl Champions once again, go 11-2 and be a top 5 nationally ranked team. I will take that anytime. Anyone who does not think that is a great season is a fool. Thank goodnes we are not 7-5 and in Boise playing Fresno State on the blue rag.

By BooHoo

December 4, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this

If the SEC were so much against Georgia, then please explain to me why the SEC Championship Game is always played in the Georgia Dome?? It appears to me that the SEC bends over backwards to try to help the Bulldogs…its just that the Bulldogs won’t help themselves!

By Jason

December 4, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this

Man, you Georgia fans are so arrogant! Wait til the Hawaii Warriors show you how good they are and beat your team. I think you forgot how badly you lost to the Vols and barely beat Troy.

By RAMBLE ON!

December 4, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BUCK FOR THE NW?

He was the only fleabag on here that new a thing or two about football. I hope he’s OK.

By Kady

December 4, 2007 12:06 PM | Link to this

OK…Bulldog Nation…..fly out of B’ham or Nashville- less that $200.00…Hampton Inn downtown-$90.00 a night..ask for the Bulldog Special…I have been to New Orleans on business and pleasure 3 times in the last year…much nicer and safer than before…sUGAr is falling from the sky….

By Julia

December 4, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this

I am going. This is my last year as a student at UGA and I would not miss it for anything! The trip is my christmas gift from my dad. That was all I wanted for Christmas, to see the Dawgs in the Sugar Bowl!

By Brock

December 4, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

For all you whining dog(oh sorry) DAWG fans who think you should be in the NC game think about this. If Ga would have won the SEC title game and LSU, Florida or whoever you want to insert there from the SEC was 4th and did not even win their division jumped you to go to the the NC you would be pi$$ed.If you can’t admit that you wouldn’t be ticked you’re a liar. So shut your piehole and be glad you got into a great bowl. Jeez what bunch of homers.

By AltamahaDawg

December 4, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

Where does this barely squeeked by Troy business come from. 10 point victory playing 3 deep at times, right after the emotional J-ville trip, and Auburn heading into town.

By AltamahaDawg

December 4, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this

Jason, your insistance that the Warriors will win is so arrogant!

By robodog

December 4, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this

I would definitely go to the Sugar … if anyone wants to sponsor me! Bowl trips aren’t exactly in my budget.

I don’t think we can blame the BCS too much. We saw this coming. I say blame Tennessee. They won and lost all the wrong games. What exactly did they accomplish this season except keep the Dawgs from playing for the SEC, and if we won that the national title?

By Bearer of Bad Tidings

December 4, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

RAMBLE ON, Price “Buck” Cochran passed away the week of Thanksgiving. Chip Towers ran a tribute blog column to Buck that week; it should still be available on the back columns links. RPI, DGD.

By GetOverIt

December 4, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

If you guys hate these blogs and the AJC writers so much, why do you keep reading them and responding? They are obviously doing thier job by getting readers and discussions started. I challenge you to come up with 5 different articles to write over the next week and see how well you do. Youve got 7 days. Lets see what you got!

By RAMBLE ON!

December 4, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Julia what’s your record for keg stands?

By Ethan Ward

December 4, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

Lets just say I love the bulldogs more than anything else. I dont schedule anything on saturdays because I watch the Dawgs play. I was born and raised in Georgia and now the Army has stationed me in Hawaii. So needless to say I always wear my UGA gear and I get snide remarks all the time. I was upset at first that we pulled Hawaii as our opponent, but the sugar bowl is a really good bowl to be at. Im so excited to be wearing the black jerseys again. I just hope the Bulldogs realize not to go into this game thinking its a cake walk. We need to go in focused on winning and not be overconfident. I will be watching the game here in Hawaii representing the Bulldog nation. GO DAWGS!!!

By robodog

December 4, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

Hawaii’s QB and receivers are scary good. Our biggest weakness still seems to be pass defense (think Troy’s big output). Hopefully we can blow up the line of scrimmage and take away a good bit of their playbook. As long as we execute on offense we shouldn’t have trouble putting up points on them.

This is a good matchup. It just doesn’t have the “brand name” appeal of playing someone like USC, Oklahoma, or Ohio State.

We have a lot to build towards in this game. We may be meeting USC for the national title next year (winner of Georgia-Florida will have the inside track). A Sugar Bowl victory and top 5 finish sets us up nicely to make a run.

By Tville Dawg

December 4, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this

I was curious about Hawaii and the teams they played this year-so I did a little light research on the results of their opponents.

Hawaii plays in the WAC. In addition, they scheduled games against such powerhouses as Charleston Southern, Northern Colorado, Idaho, Utah State, and Washington. I do accept their assertion that being on the island creates tremendous scheduling problems. That’s not their fault.

Hawaii’s 12 opponents have a collective record of 53 wins and 92 losses. Only two teams (Fresno State and Boise State) have winning records. Nevada is even at 6-6. Only one team besides Hawaii is in the BCS Top 25 (Boise State No 24.)

I didn’t see Hawaii play much on the tube, but I did see them struggle against two pretty mediocre teams (Nevada and Washington)

I trying to guard against saying we’ve got another Boise State coming to town (the one we beat, not the bowl team). But the DAWGS should dominate this team. Come out with respect for the quarterback and his abilities and then bark at them with a little SEC football.

By Disgusting

December 4, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this

Richt telling the fans how to spend their money makes me sick. We don’t have anything to prove to anybody. Sounds as if he is trying to say that we won’t be picked for the BCS NC Game next year if we don’t spend a bunch of money in New Orleans. This is disgusting. If we had been matched up against a better opponent, then we would spend our money AND HE KNOWS IT. He wouldn’t even be sayging this sh1t if it were Georgia vs. USC or Georgia vs. Oklahoma. I’d was just waiting to go to the Rose or Firest, but I wouldn’t pay a dime to go see Georgia play Hawaii. I’ll pay my cable bill and watch it from home.

By DawgByte

December 4, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

Richt’s comments actually have me contemplating going to a game I’d otherwise dismiss. I’m now jacked up on Mountain Dew and believe 50K+ Bulldog fans should surround the Super Dome in a massive tailgate party!

On a more intelligent front - Richt’s FSU experience is beginning to come to the forefront. By handing over the Offensive responsibilities to Bobo he’s now moving into the role of Chief Marketing Officer of the entire program. Richt knows what it takes to build a winner and we’re just now beginning to realize his experience.

By michaelgee

December 4, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this

Yes, Black should be worn at your funeral. Hawaii will carve the doggies up and slice and dice them.

This will be the end of those ugly black jerseys.

UGA has no pass defense against the likes of Colt Brennan.

Hawaii 45-UGA 17

By unbelievable

December 4, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

Go LSU! beat Ohio State!

Go DAWGS! beat Hawaii!

Go UF! beat Michigan!

Go Arkansas! beat Mizzou!

Go Vols! beat Wisconsin!

Go Auburn! beat Clemson!

Go Kentucky! beat Fla. State!

Go Alabama! beat Colorado!

Go Mississippi State! beat UCF!

Go SEC!

GO DAWGS!

By cdawg

December 4, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this

Quit complaining Dawgs, if told we would be in Sugar at the beginning of the year we would jump for joy. From now on let’s beat FL,TN,SC every year and we won’t be disatisfied. We need to get our minds right(players) and the rest of us need to get down to the big easy to support them. This is the start of many good things to come!

By Tville Dawg

December 4, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this

Disgusting-

Come on. Lighten up.

I’m thankful that our football program is fan inclusive and CMR is reaching out to us to help the program be sucessful. I’ve heard many times the coach thanking the fans for their tremendous support, which creates an intangible to inspire the team.

Being from South GA, I got so sick of watching Gator flags all up and down the interstates on game day. Wherever those Gators were playing, their fans were going to be there.

Let’s support our team and quit grousing about who we drew in the game.

By Dan

December 4, 2007 1:05 PM | Link to this

Yes everyone wear black so it can look like everyone in the superdome is Hawaii fans.

By noyellowinthisblood

December 4, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

All of these people sound like the OK ST fans and the UF fans and the Boise fans and blah blah blah.

UGA 45 HI 31

By Tville Dawg

December 4, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

Dawgbyte-

Based on your post, a new desk nameplate might read:

     CMR - CMO

By Going

December 4, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

Myself and 12 friends are making the treck down to New Orleans. I hope the Bulldawg nation gets all the tickets still available and makes noise for our dawgs!!

By cdawg

December 4, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this

Oh, and I forgot about the black jerseys. Hopefully this will be the last time and a great gift to the players but I am ready for our RED jerseys to come back.

By G8TR

December 4, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this

Dawg Fans - Try to look at the bright side. You all have a lot of disposable income to spend in New Orleans since neither your team (or mine) made it to the SECCG this season. The difference us is we’re not delusional enough to think we deserve any more than we received in terms of our Bowl selection.

To my point, following is a quote the AJC is NOT reporting over in the “What They’re Saying About UGA” nationally article. When this paper panders so much to its Dawg fan base, it’s hard for you all to have any sense of reality. Enjoy….

FROM COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS (scout.com): “My favorite performance this season was from Georgia head coach Mark Richt, who knew he didn’t have a leg to stand on since his team couldn’t even win a tie-breaker to play for its own conference title, but he had to appease the fan base by trying to fight the good fight. He had a smirky look on his face that basically said, “I know you’re not buying this, but I’ll throw it at the wall and see if it sticks.” — By Pete Fiutak CollegeFootballNews.com

By Jeremy

December 4, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

Something that every UGA fan needs to remember when they claim that our team got shafted by the big bad BCS process…we earned this Sugar Bowl bid ourselves. Look, just stop and be honest for 1 second instead of making excuses like the youth of the team or injuries or whatever. If we don’t like getting sent to the Sugar Bowl to play a very dangerous Hawaii team with a helluva receiving corps and one of the quickest releasing QBs in Division 1 NCAA football…then we need to beat Tennessee. We also need to beat South Carolina…and Florida…and Auburn…and everyone else on our regular season schedule. We showed the world our flaws when we stayed home for Tennessee game and we also appeared weak against a VERY average 6-6 South Carolina team. Whether it’s early, middle, or late in the season…we have to show up every week and win every game or else we deserve to go to whichever bowl the process tells us to. I am saving for an engagement ring and paying my way through college so the Sugar Bowl is out of the question for me…but I’d go if I could afford it.

We as fans MUST stop playing this stupid game of denial and excuses for every game we lose. We lose games only as a result of our mistakes. And we win games that we play mistake-free. Our bowl destination is always up to us before it’s up to anyone else. If we take care of business during the regular season…then no “shafting” is even possible. I bleed red and black and LOVE the Dawgs for life…but please people, be real about all of this!

By JT

December 4, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

I’m going and I plan to spend, along with 7 others. We booked hotel rooms a month ago when we thought LSU would coast to Natl Champ game. Just purchased flights yesterday ($600). We plan to eat drink and gamble for 72 hours. Coach Richt will not be disappointed in our group.

By Gary

December 4, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this

I think the consensus among Dawg fans is that we are excited to be going to a BCS bowl and I don’t think most of us begrudge LSU in the title game. But having to play Hawaii instead of a BCS conference team means we will never know how good this team really is. We love the Sugar Bowl, but for the second trip in a row, we have to play a team that has nothing to lose and everything to gain. And just like with West Virginia two years ago, that is the recipe for an upset. I’m glad Richt is firing both the fans and team up because we’ll need everyone excited about the game to show Bowl committees in the future that the Dawgs need to be taken more seriously as a national power. With our prospects for the next few years looking very good, we need to make a statement now about what kind of football program Georgia has. We want those bowls fighting over who gets to invite the Dawgs to play in their bowl. They won’t if we’re seen as a bunch of whiners who won’t go see our team play if we don’t like where we wind up. We are representing the SEC in what is traditionally the conference’s showcase game. Let’s show them how tough our conference is when our 2-loss SEC team beats up on that undefeated WAC team. I know I’ll be watching New Year’s Day and I’d be willing to bet every other dawg fan will be watching too. Go Dawgs!

By rwcole

December 4, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this

Feed the monster that we all hate?? Are you kidding me? No, I will not be travelling to New Orleans. I may not even watch the game on television. College football fans should unite!!! That is the only message the “powers that be” (whoever that is, Mr Clive) will understand. Ya know what I’m saying? To spend thousands of dollars to watch an exhibition game in a crime ridden slum is no way to spend the holidays, even to watch my favorite team in my “once” favorite sport. I’m done with the BCS. And so should we all!!!!!!

By scramble dawg

December 4, 2007 1:50 PM | Link to this

Division I football…the only sport in the only division that does not have a playoff system..just to keep every one riled up…if you want to vent frustration/anger whatever vent to the BCS…the only way it will change is if enough people raise their voices…otherwise you get the same uproar every year.

By 59bulldawg

December 4, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

Three cheers for Texas! Longhorn Rick, thanks for the support and feel free to post here as often as you’d like. The Dawgs play ASU next season. Maybe you can give us some inside information on how to beat them after the Holiday Bowl. Hook ‘em Horns!

By Marvin

December 4, 2007 1:58 PM | Link to this

We’ll be there. The Sugar Bowl loves us - they’s much rather have us come for 3-4 days than LSU for 1. If you want to stay home for New Years, that’s your choice. And after the Tennessee game, I thought we’d be lucky to be in the Emerald Nut bowl. Besides, where else do we get to play a team with where the cheerleaders wear grass skirts?

By cdawg

December 4, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this

HI will bring their best, will we? Come on dawgs get fired up!

By unbelievable

December 4, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

Does anyone believe that the Heisman vote will be persuaded by the media, as was the bowl games?

By I-DOG

December 4, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

Chip,

I know this is a busy time of year for you. During bowl practice could you do a blog or article on the Redshirt Freshman and Sophmores who are not playing much this year, but might be counted on for big things next year:

Specifically: I bet Dawg fans would love to know about the development of:

Offense: Josh Davis, Kevin Perez, Chris Little, Justin Anderson, Caleb King, and Naderis Ward

Defense: Brandon Wood, Demarcus Dobbs, Daryl Gamble, and Vince Vance

By noyellowinthisblood

December 4, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

Pure Hilarity: Tech playing in the Truck Stop Bowl

By HotDawgette

December 4, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this

I’ve only missed one bowl game in 28 years - the one in Hawaii - and I won’t miss this another one. So, I’ll be in NO ready to cheer on the Dawgs. No, I’m not excited about playing Hawaii, but I do want the Dawgs to come out ready to play and fired up about making a statement to the world that we are a team to be reckoned with. I’ll be there in black ready to support my Dawgs! I’m proud of them, of our university and I want to black out that Superdome! Go Dawgs!!

By shane #1

December 4, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this

dawgfans,if you think about it,there were at least two bcs teams that got screwed worse than we did,if we really got screwed.ok won their conference,and is IMO a better team than lsu,but was left out of the nc game,and former # 1 mizzou was left completely out of the bcs bowls.the whole bcs system needs revamping,or should be scrapped entirely.i was glad to see richt lobbying for his team,too bad miles did a better job of kissing up to espn.if i remember correctly,coach tubby gave espn a lot of credit for au being left out of the 2004 nc game.i have a suggestion for all dog fans,FSN!i will be in the big easy to root for the dawgs,and i will be at the game in black,as for new years eve,it’s RED all the way!

By End Game

December 4, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Bulldog fans get a grip. You lost to South Carolina, got kicked by Tenneesse. You truly are the dumbest fans in sports period. Go get your GED and go figure it out.

By luvmydawgs

December 4, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

People come on!! There is no reason not to support the TEAM!!! They did NOTHING wrong! Show up Bark, yell, and cheer for them! Forget the BCS Bull and focus on our team! They did not choose to be in this bowl nor did we! We are lucky we are not in Nashville this year! Get off your butts and get to NO! Who gives a flip if it is LSU’s home state! They need the money in that city and I am HAPPY to give it to them; after that entire city is still rebuilding. And for everyone complaining about flights it is only a 7 hour car ride! Get in your car and DRIVE!!! If you are scared to take your car there take the train, take greyhound, or WALK! Just get your cry baby butts down there!

I am sick of Georgia fans on here saying they are not giving their money to NO or the BCS! Remember our team? The one that we thought was DEAD on Oct. 6? You know the one that has won 6 games in a row? That team? Remember them? They will remember the stand if they are not filled with Georgia Fans! They will remember their trip to NO for the sUGAr bowl and they will remember their fans that they believed loved them were not there when they needed them most! This is the last chance to see, Lumpkin, Brown, Bailey, Johnson, Coutu, Valasco, and others play!

Get your butts down there! There is NO EXCUSE!!!!!!

By luvmydawgs

December 4, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

People come on!! There is no reason not to support the TEAM!!! They did NOTHING wrong! Show up Bark, yell, and cheer for them! Forget the BCS Bull and focus on our team! They did not choose to be in this bowl nor did we! We are lucky we are not in Nashville this year! Get off your butts and get to NO! Who gives a flip if it is LSU’s home state! They need the money in that city and I am HAPPY to give it to them; after that entire city is still rebuilding. And for everyone complaining about flights it is only a 7 hour car ride! Get in your car and DRIVE!!! If you are scared to take your car there take the train, take greyhound, or WALK! Just get your cry baby butts down there!

I am sick of Georgia fans on here saying they are not giving their money to NO or the BCS! Remember our team? The one that we thought was DEAD on Oct. 6? You know the one that has won 6 games in a row? That team? Remember them? They will remember the stand if they are not filled with Georgia Fans! They will remember their trip to NO for the sUGAr bowl and they will remember their fans that they believed loved them were not there when they needed them most! This is the last chance to see, Lumpkin, Brown, Bailey, Johnson, Coutu, Valasco, and others play!

Get your butts down there! There is NO EXCUSE!!!!!!

By Listen to Yoursselves

December 4, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

The whinning and lack of desire to participate in the game against Hawaii makes to many of “our Southern Rednecks” sound like it the Civil War all over again! Step up and play ball. Then if you win the game against Hawii you can really “Bark” little puppies…..but you really better be prepared?

By Dawg19

December 4, 2007 4:17 PM | Link to this

I understand that it is not quite as exciting not to get the Rose or Fiesta Bowl bids, but it is no excuse to not support the ‘Dawgs. There is no choice made by the team as to which bowl game they go to, only whether or not to accept the invitation they are given. UGA played well this year. We had 2 early bumps in the road but overcame it and proved in the last 6 games what we are all about. Now lets prove to the country that we aren’t dilusional. Lets take 90% of the seats in the Super Dome and show what TRUE fan support is all about!!

By TWILB Dawg

December 4, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

UGA is in a BCS Bowl

OF COURSE I WILL BE THERE and so should you!!

We should all be excited to play in the sUGAr Bowl. We have no control over who the opponent is, and we should not penalize our team for it by not going to the game.

Look, up until 2002 we had not played in the sUGAr in 20 years. So go to the game, enjoy the atmosphere and let’s bring home another sUGAr Bowl trophy for Butts Mehre!

The way I see it, it is the last chance to see this set of Dawgs play. Plus, no more UGA football for 8+ months after this game! Yes, the next few years are promising, but this is a special group of players and this has been an unbelievable year!

SEE YOU IN NO!!

GO DAWGS!!!

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 4, 2007 4:34 PM | Link to this

Hey, If I still lived anywhere in the Southeast I would be there in a heartbeat. IT IS THE SUGAR BOWL. Forget the so called snubbing by the BCS. It didn’t happen. Most coaches aligned their vote with the type of conference they are in, i.e., conferences with championship games voted for those winners and independent leagues and leagues w/o championship game voted the opposite way. I think that the #4 ranking was a courtesy ranking to show CMR what they thought of the fantastic finish to the season. CMR said they knew we weren’t playing for our conf title when they voted us there. Well I also think they knew we wouldn’t be playing for the NC either but they voted us there as a sign of appreciation for a season that finished in high gear.

I don’t have a problem with not playing for the NC. I think it is important to take the SEC title with you to that game. Thing that does bother me is that if Notre Dame were #4 (okay don’t laugh it can happen) then they would be in there in a heartbeat.

Heart goes out to WVU coach Rich Rodriguez. Man that press conference was brutal to watch. You tell he was just emotionally beat down.

If a pumpkin could poop it would look like Tennesee’s uniforms Saturday night. Can anybody say pumpkin turds? Sorry about that analogy but those uni’s just annoyed me to no end.

By burrdog

December 4, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this

try a b&b instead of hotel in NOLA, they have some great ones.. www.dauphinehouse.com www.laufitteguesthouse.com www.lamaisonmarigny.com www.lanauxmansion.com

By Dawg

December 4, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

I have to admit, I would rather be going to the Rose or Orange Bowl, but I will be going to New Orleans. I was upset about the bowl for about 24 hours, but I made my reservation within minutes of learning that we were going to the Sugar Bowl. Coach Richt is right, we should support the team no matter what bowl we go to. I read where one fan was going to boycott the game and not even watch it on TV. All I can say to him is don’t bother coming to another UGA game. We don’t need fans like you. I was lucky enough to be at the Sugar Bowl when we beat Notre Dame for the National Championship and unlucky enough to suffer through the Goff era. I remember what it feels like not to go to a bowl and just hoping that one day we would beat Florida and go to good bowl like them. Well, two coaches later, that time has arrived and off we go. This is the most successful 10+ years of football in Georgia history. I believe the best is yet to come! Go Dawgs!

By jesse

December 4, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

Da Dawgs will have to change their whole defensive strategy because Hawaii is all pass and we are all run it might be a close game but UGA will come out on top.

GooooooOOOOO Dawgs
Sick’em woof woof woof woof woof

By rwcole

December 4, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this

Everyone rants and raves about the BCS and how horrible it is. Then you same people turn around and beg them to take your money. And we all know how to force the NCAA to form a playoff. Don’t give them your dollars. I love college football. I love UGA even more but enough is enough. I’m not whining because GA is going to the Sugar Bowl. I think the Dawgs are prob the 4th or 5th best team in the country. But WE let the likes of Bob Stoops, Steve Spurrier and some guy in Montana(who ranked us #10) dictate who plays for a championship. Why not call it the BCS pageant (it’s definitely not a championship) since this is no different than a beauty contest. What a joke. Anyone who goes to watch a bowl game has no right to b*** about the BCS.

By Fort Worth Dawg

December 4, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this

First of all, Hawaii is much further south than Georgia.

There were about a million blogs screaming about how irate everyone was that the Dawgs came out flat against Tennessee - how it seemed that the team just didn’t care. Now it is announced that we are going to the Sugar Bowl, and all the fans are saying that they won’t go, don’t care. In short, everyone who is not going to the Sugar Bowl without a valid excuse is a hypocrite. You are flatter than the Dawgs against Tennessee. It looks like the Sugar Bowl holds around 79,000 seats. Assuming Sanford Stadium has 10,000 visitors for a game then the Sugar Bowl has fewer seats than UGA fans occupy on game day. Shame on us if the Sugar Bowl is not 75% UGA fans. Hawaii opens up ticket sales on Thursday at 8:00 Hawaii time. I hope a bunch of people jumps on Hawaii’s Website and grabs ahold of this opportunity to see the Dawgs in a BCS bowl - www.etickethawaii.com

By BUBBA

December 4, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this

georgia hasn’t beaten hawaii yet!! maybe hawaii will plant 50 points on those little poodles from athens who cry like kittens

By rand mcnally

December 4, 2007 5:50 PM | Link to this

fyi…Oahu, where UH and Honolulu are located, is not the “big island”. That would be the island of Hawaii.

By BCS Slave

December 4, 2007 5:53 PM | Link to this

For all you who keep defending the BC$ by saying, “we should have beaten TN and SC”…Funny, but LSU didn’t have to worry about winning every game. You logic is LAME. The fact is that the BC$ ratings mean nothing if teams that are ranked 7 and 9 can jump over a 4th ranked team in the last week of the season just because they played an extra game. Conference championships are not a requirement for an NC bid…but the media has made it one.

Oh wait…it IS a requirement for the SEC teams, but apparently a team like Ohio State can be move into the number 1 spot WITHOUT playing a conference championship. Having the best record in a conference is not the same as winning a pressure packed championship game. Why is Ohio State in the big game? Record? Hmmm…Kansas, Hawaii have equal or better records. Strength of schedule? Ha! Ohio State has been criticized for their strength of schedule…and there’s that lack of the championship game to consider too.

Remember when Oklahoma got to play in the title game even when they LOST their conference?

I am happy Georgia’s season worked out the way it did. My gripe is that the BC$ has shafted Auburn, Michigan, and now Georgia. How many others?

This should unite all fans of college football. Next year it could be Florida, Georgia Tech, Tennesee…fill in the blank with your team…it could be your team who gets jumped. If the fans don’t do something to put pressure on their schools and the BC$ then we will be stuck with this crap forever. Many of us are losing interest in bowls because we know they are a sham. We want a fair system so that this won’t continue to be a beauty contest.

By dennis

December 4, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this

What gives me cause for concern is not so much whether Georgia deservrd to be in the title game but does lsu. for all of you who keep preaching about how georgia doesn’t deserve to play in no on january 7th. is lsu demonstrably superior to Georgia at this time of the year. i have my doubts. if the criteria is that you win conference or division or whatever then let it be made part of the rules and let us give the bcs the mercful end it so richly deserves. but for anybody that believes that you can correct the problems with the bcs by giving them increasingly larger paydays forget it. The politics of the situation will always win out over fairness and decency.

By A-ville Ranger

December 4, 2007 6:23 PM | Link to this

The all SEC team overlooked some good players from the UGA defense,here’s a list of some deserving of consideration…Marcus Howard,Kelin Johnson,Asher Allen,Rennie Curran and Geno Atkins.Of these I’d pick Howard first,he was a huge factor in most games we played this season.I’m not saying they got shafted,there are many top defensive players in our conference.I do think our defense is fairly uniformly strong and that could make it hard for voters to distinguish a standout.

By BCS Slave

December 4, 2007 6:55 PM | Link to this

Dennis,

I don’t think LSU is any better than Georgia. They barely beat TN and lost to KY. We lost to TN and beat KY. It doesn’t matter, as the stupid media turds harped on, if they lost in triple overtime or not. A loss is a loss. Losing in triple overtime doesn’t make you better than a team that loses a game by 20 points. Good grief.

LSU’s selection over other deserving teams just proves this “system” promotes chaos. It is just a beauty contest. I agree with someone else on here who said conference championships should be required to get into a BC$ bowl and the NC. Of course that would really be a mess because some conferences refuse to have a championship game. Some teams, like Notre Dame refuse to be in a conference. I can’t understand why the media turds keep saying you need to win one to get into the NC. Ohio State sure didn’t.

By Wozzo the Wonder Dog

December 4, 2007 7:06 PM | Link to this

Hawaii should be playing in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl. Not because of their record or their opponents but because if they want to sacrifice some virgins all they have to do is grab anyone off of Tech’s campus.

By War Eagle

December 4, 2007 8:43 PM | Link to this

Auburn fans reacted hard to core for their 12-0 team not play in the NC game, but dawg fans have gone wild, calm down Hawaii has a pretty good football team.

By MauiDawg

December 4, 2007 8:49 PM | Link to this

Aloha, I am the biggest Dawg Fan in the pacific lived in Hawaii(Maui) 7 years and by hook or crook follow Dawgs fathfully.It will be a long month for me ,as bummed as UGA fans are the Hawaii fans are crazy about the sugar bowl and giving me plenty of Grief already Second, Hawaii is not on the Big Island it is on Oahu. Third, please pretty please do not sleep on Hawaii especially in a dome. I have watched them all season and the offense is for real, what nobody talks about is thier o-line big mean samoan boyz, will give Colt Breenan time alot of these o-lineman will play on Sundays. defense is not great but they hit people. I hope UGA fans go because Hawaii is bringing more people then first thought. GO DAWGS or I will never hear the end of it. MauiDawg

By hilogreg

December 4, 2007 9:48 PM | Link to this

I’m one local haole boy from the Big Island but I’ve got family all through the South so I follow a lot of SEC games when I can. Your Dawgs are very very good, but don’t sell the Warriors short. They will show up ready to play. short. Hawaii hopefully will meet its ticket quota even though the packages are running over $3000 from the Islands. However there are a lot of displaced Islanders all over the mainland that are talking about heading to the Big Easy. And by the way some of the so called football pundits in certain newspapers and sports networks are saying that the Sugar Bowl maybe the best bowl game to watch.

By jake

December 4, 2007 10:25 PM | Link to this

if usc or oak. had been #4 instead of ga, do you think lsu would have jumped either of them?

By AlohaJJ

December 4, 2007 10:59 PM | Link to this

What spoiled puppies you are UGA

How can you call yourselves “Fans” and not want to support your team for any Post Season Play, because it is not a particular Bowl, Conference, or Team…

And how sad that your Coach, has to go public and state that “he hopes” you buy tickets and support your Team in the Sugar Bowl…

I could see some hesitation, if it was equal to the cost of bringing a Family from Hawaii to New Orleans …

Hawaii Fans supported their Team, period… because they still have the basic belief, that “it is all about the W”, no matter what the “Strength of Schedule”… remember, Michigan bailed out only to loss to Appalachian , anyway

By J-KEEZA

December 4, 2007 11:46 PM | Link to this

WAR EAGLE: You are right! We, team and fans, need to get ready for Hawii. I do not know why an auburn fan is almost supporting the Dawgs but I guess that is cool. NASCARfan: I do not know any hotels, but your dedication to Roman Noodles deserves a congrat. As a student, do you get ALL home game tickets? I think its crap all students cannot get tickets on the lower deck like most all other schools. Are any students trying to protest this BULL for next year??!!

By J-KEEZA

December 4, 2007 11:55 PM | Link to this

AlohaJJ, We are upset about the national championship game. FYI, we soldout our tickets only a few hours after the sUGAr bowl news. You will be amazed at the BLACK you will see in the NO, and you will be hearing WOOF WOOF WOOF all the way back to Hawii! Oh!you will also get to Knowshon!

By Gen Neyland

December 5, 2007 12:08 AM | Link to this

Enough

Beat UT or SC, then beat LSU and it’s in the bag…Get over yourselves. It’s beginning to get old real quick. The Sugar Bowl is a fantastic honor. From 8-4 to 10-2 and the general thought is that UGA got ripped. Win the ones you gotta win to get where you want to go…It’s that damn simple…UGA is going to where they deserve to go, playing who they deserve to play…LSU earned this shot and I, for one, am glad they did. It gives the SEC a chance at the NC, again… Had UT beat LSU, you still would be playing the Sugar at best…Some of you Dawgs are annoying with your self imposed superiority complex…CMR is already politicing for 2008 by asking you to show the Bowl Selectors how well UGA travels, so win the East, Win the SECCG and go from there…Like it or not, Champions get the Brass Ring, not runner ups…Sore losers come to mind with the whining…Winners don’t whine, and by dang Dawgs, ya’ll are winners. Grow the flip up…

By BCS Slave

December 5, 2007 12:39 AM | Link to this

LSU did not earn this shot. If the rankings mean anything…they were handed this shot. It’s a bunch of crap to say “win the ones you have to win”. Auburn did that, they thought, won them all, but got passed over. Oklahoma lost it’s conference championship game and got to play in the NC. The BC$ ranked Georgia higher than LSU knowing that Georgia was not going to the conference championship. Why? Because LSU didn’t “win the ones they needed to win.”

This is not about Georgia not going to the NC. It is about a crappy system that can burn any team…even TN. I think you Neyland need to grow up. Concrete, black and white thinking is a middle school aged level of development.

By Da General

December 5, 2007 1:09 AM | Link to this

Im dissappointed that we didn’t make the BCS title game because the entire BCS system is biased towards LSU, OSU, and USC…but anyhow, Im glad we got to a BCS bowl nonetheless. I will not be in NO, but you better believe I will be glued to some HDTV, in all black, at the local bar eating chicken wings and screaming for my Dawgs! I know Hawaii is a good team and we need to be focused, and I told my good friends in the Bulldog secondaty that they better show those boys from Honolulu how DB’s in the SEC play football. Asher, Kelin, C.J., Prince and Thomas need to have a great game against the Warriors. Go Dawgs!

By Alabama Dog

December 5, 2007 5:59 AM | Link to this

Why would anybody complain about the Sugar Bowl? After the Tennessee game, it looked as though the Dawgs were headed for a lower tier bowl if at all. Let’s back our team, Dawg fans, after all our coach ain’t getting paid 4 million dollars a year to take the team to the Independence Bowl!!!

By rwcole

December 5, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

After reading what everyone has to say and seeing how fast tickets are selling for the Sugar Bowl, I’m convinced that Holtz and Herbie and all the other know nothings are exactly right. There will never be a fair system in college football because YOU, the fan, obviously don’t want one. That’s so so so stupid. Drink your Koolaid and quit complaining about the BCS and the unfairness of it all. You are the ones that continue to LET college football screw us all out of what could be the greatest month of the year. The NCAA college football playoffs should be your goal. But it’s not. This game, when you think about it, means no more than the G-Day game. It’s a practice game. Period.

By FLA DAWG

December 5, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

Chip - I have a family of 4 - we will drive from Florida to N.O.. If you stay outside N.O. it’s a whole lot cheaper. You bet we’ll be in BLACK and barking like BULLDOGS!

UNCHAIN THE YARD DAWGS ‘N LET ‘EM EAT!!!!

By Leslie22h

December 5, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this

Dawg fans, what’s done is done - as far as this year’s BCS title game goes. Georgia’s would not have gone to the Championship game is Tennessee won the SEC. Oklahoma would have leapfrogged Georgia and we’d still be p** off right now.
The Sugar Bowl is a nice consolation prize for UGA and an absolute windfall for Hawaii.

I have had a soft spot for UH all year because I like Colt Brennan and June Jones (remember him, Falcons fans?). Those big, fast Samoan boys have developed quite a line on both sides of the ball and I was very impressed with their late-game defense against Washington and Boise State. Okay, I know these teams don’t measure up to our SEC caliber rivals, but this team has A LOT of heart and will be dangerous if Georgia fails to bring their A-game. Like Georgia, Hawaii is a 2nd half team. The Dawgs’ defense had better come early and bring their lunch, ‘cause it’ll be a long game - especially if they give up early points to the Warriors. Brennan is a dynamite pressure player. Even when he’s down by a couple scores he’s able to keep victory within his grasp. I think his release is low, but he throws a laser. The ‘Dogs will be the biggest and fastest defense Brennan has faced and they should overwhelm him at the line.

Dawg fans, don’t take this game for granted as an easy win. Hawaii has something to prove THIS year. Georgia has something to prove EVERY year.

Brennan will be moving on to the NFL and Jones won’t have another phenom QB. CMR and the Dawgs, on the other hand, appear to have finally hit their stride. The BCS and the polls may have given Georgia a black eye this year, but Georgia will not be ignored in the preseason rankings. Despite ESPN’s shunning of Georgia last weekend, the ‘Dogs have gotten everyone’s attention.

I can hardly wait for 2008. Go Dawgs!

By Gen Neyland

December 5, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

BCS Slave

From what I’ve read and heard from my Dawg friends and from CMR words between the lines during the BCS Selection Show, it’s ALL about feeling UGA got shafted…So tell me, BCS Slave, had UGA been given the nod to the BCSNCG, would this still be a ’ crappy system ’ or a righteously brilliant one..?

By AltamahaDawg

December 5, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

JJ, get over yourself. UGA fans have bought every ticket available for every game, regular and post season, LONG before Hawaii got hot and will long after you fade. Coach richt knows that and he isnt worried one tiny bit about support. Read this very article, his call to go and spend came AFTER preselling the entire allotment plus. His comments were more of a subtle “closure” to the ranking bebate and moving the discussion to something we all can control. He never “hopes” for any support, its a given.

So, spare us the speech. I would suspect a team’s fan who is going to its first big bowl does get excited. I think that’s great. I actually think its pretty cool if somebody outside the norm does get these chances. Hopefully the school can negotiate some kinda deals for your folks, so it doesnt take a bank note to get over here. But come game week, take a look around and you will see all the Dawg support you can stomach. This aint our first rodeo!

By AltamahaDawg

December 5, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this

well actually Gen, if Tn had beaten LSU, YOU would playing in the Sugar Bowl.

By willdave

December 5, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this

The BCS owes you Bulldog fans an apology for teasing you the way they did. They never should have placed UGA at number four ahead of LSU like they did. Maybe they were disappointed that LSU was upset after being ranked number one for a second time this season. At any rate, most observers knew that LSU would go to the national championship game if they won the SEC championship. Thus, the Bulldogs need to stop whining and complaining. They deserve the Sugar Bowl berth, and that’s what they got. Now they need to get fired up for Hawaii. You can bet the Warriors, who are very eager to prove they belong in a BCS bowl, will approach this game as a national championship. If the Dogs don’t go to New Orleans with that same intensity, look out for an upset on New Year’s night.

By austindog

December 5, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

If Georgia had gotten into the SEC title game and throttled LSU, like 28-7, I think Georgia still wouldn’t have played for the NC because LSU would have then become “the team that had already lost to KY and Arkansas and was lucky to win earlier games.” How was LSU’s win against TN an accomplishment and Georiga’s loss at Neyland so shameful?

But I also think that if Georgia had been chosen for the BCS title game, the Dawgs and the BCS would be getting trashed mercilessly for the next month.

By Dawgs97

December 5, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

Let me start off by adding my disappointment over not getting to the BCS Title game we had earned, or even the Rose or Fiesta Bowl, which would have been fun, different, and against other BCS schools. I agree with the sentiment that nothing is to be gained from playing Hawaii and we have to blow them out.

That being said, if I didn’t have a 3 week old baby at home, I would gladly go if I could. I don’t get to travel to too many games as I am based in the DC area, but I am a diehard Dawgs fan and did have the pleasure of going to the Peach Bowl last year and witnessing our nice comeback win over Virginia Tech in person.

(plus, flying back to DC, it was fun wearing my Georgia hat and annoying all the Va. Tech fans on the plane to National).

The bottomline is, no matter how we all feel and how screwed we got, we need to support Coach Richt and the guys - no matter what.

I feel personally vested in Dawg nation and I am so proud to be a Dawg. At the end of the day, screw you BCS and the Les Miles and Kirk Herbstreit’s and Lou Holtz’s and Jessie Palmer’s that all dissed Georgia. Mark Richt’s is the opinion that matters to me, especially since over & over again, Coach Richt has shown to be the classiest man in college football.

Plus, we have great kids (like Knowshon Moreno & Thomas Brown) who deserve our support, we have a fantastic A.D. in Damon Evans (and a true Dawg), the best fans in America, the best mascot in America, the best stadium in America, the best colors in America - so, let’s just give a collective middle finger to the ESPN and the BCS and all the idiots that don’t respect Dawg nation and support Coach Richt and our great kids.

Though I can’t come in person to N.O., I will be sitting in my black Georgia t-shirt with my black UGA hat in front of my High Def Television on the night of January 1st, showing my new baby firsthand what being a Dawg fan is all about.

GO DAWGS.

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 5, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this

Gen Neyland, I can’t believe my fellow dawg fans complaining. As I stated above I think the #4 ranking was just a complimentary vote for a season that wrapped up in great form. The voters knew we wouldn’t be playing for the SECC and they also knew that we would’nt be playing for the NC either. But I also think that WVU was going to beat PITT which would have closed any debate anyway.

I am very thankful that we are representing our conference in our conference BCS bowl game. It is an honor that any UGA fan should be proud of. After the 6th game of the season it didn’t appear likely we would go anywhere special. I didn’t care who we played but Hawaii will be an interesting game for sure. The Rose bowl would have been an excellent match-up and might have happened if UT could have pulled it out against LSU. I think Richt should save his tears for next year. We didn’t deserve it this year for the obvious reasons. The BCS didn’t shaft us this year plain and simple we shafted ourselves early in the season. Get over dawg fans and get to the Sugar Bowl to support your dawgs. You could’ve been heading to some Florida bowl or Music City. Stomp the Rainbows of UH and everything will be set up nicely for next year.

By 82DAWG

December 5, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this

Not dissappointed to be out of the NC game; I didn’t think that would happen. Very dissappointed to be playing Hawaii. As for going to the Sugar Bowl, I am a single parent and this trip is a little out of my price range. However, I am already making plans for the party at my house!

By Wozzo the Wonder Dog

December 5, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

I had a dream last night that Lou Holtz has his 3rd and 4th stroke and ESPN finally let him go. Then, ESPN hired Chan Gailey as a commentator to replace him and he spent all of his air time hating on UGA and the SEC. Unfortunately, Chan didn’t stand out among the others.

By mcdawg

December 5, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this

i’m over all this boo hooing-see ya in New Orleans

By Gen Neyland

December 5, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

AltDawg

I said, ” Had UT beat LSU, you would still be playing in the Sugar AT BEST “…Had UT beat LSU, would UGA’s lot have improved beyond that..? I say no…

zoo

I’m pleased as peaches UGA gets the Sugar. The flowers seem to go the way of the two conferences that refuse to play a Championship game on Championship Saturday. That baffles me in this day and time…

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 5, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this

BTW, anybody know which bowl South Carolina is going to? How did they end up this year, I thought maybe 2nd or 3rd in the east. Kinda lost track after they “whipped” us. Anybody got SOS’s phone number so we can call and ask?

By Tiger Torch

December 5, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

Hawaii could definitely beat South Carolina, and unlike UGA they would at least hang tough with Tennessee. You remember Tennessee, don’t you? The Tennesee that handed the Dawgs their doodads on a platter? The Tennessee that LSU DEFEATED in the SECC game that UGA couldn’t even make it to? Yeah, that Tennesee.

Hawaii 31 UGA 16

Hey, at least you guys beat Tech again this year! Woooo… Impressive!!

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 5, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

Tiger Torch, LSU kid on here talking smack? You are damn lucky you got to play UT. And UT wouldn’t have even been there if we hadn’t beat Florida. They say it takes some talent and a lot of luck to get to the NC game and you guys used a ton of luck. So instead of getting on here and talking smack against the dawgs maybe you should be thankful for your all of the luck thrown your way this season. BTW don’t use all your luck up in the NC game, you will need some for next season when you meet us.

And don’t forget we beat Kentucky by double digits in regulation, something your lucky arses couldn’t do. LMAO!

By Gen Neyland

December 5, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this

zoo

The South Carolina Gamechickens are playing the 7-8 year old, Fightin’ Foghorns, in the city championship.

Tiger Torch

My congrats to you and to LSU… Erik Ainge proved to be just as much a part of your offense as Perrilloux, both passing for LSU TD’s. Give Ainge credit. His TD pass for LSU came in the 4th quarter when y’all were looking like my wife’s toast…DONE…Beat OSU, or you’ll hear about how UF of 2006 was better than your 2007 squad…

By austindog

December 5, 2007 1:15 PM | Link to this

TigerTorch, talking a lot of trash about an LSU team that peaked in September. I posted earlier that if Georgia had beaten LSU in the SEC title game the win would have been devalued because LSU had already lost to KY and AK. Or at least that’s how the boys at ESPN would have spun it.

Not sure why you’re talking smack to the Dawg fans when 95% of us are rooting for you to win it.

By BCS Slave

December 5, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this

Gen Neyland:

The BC$ is a crappy system no matter who goes to the NC. I’m not a homer…I didn’t attend UGA nor did any of my family. I am just a fan of college football. If we are going to have a ranking system, then great. I’m for it. I enjoy watching ranked teams play. So if we are going to have a “system”, then I want it to be consistent at least. If conference championships are going to be the requirement to play in the big game, then maintain that requirement year after year. Don’t let Oklahoma play for the championship when they LOST their conference. Don’t let Ohio State play if they didn’t WIN a conference championship.

I could go on naming inconsistencies like times when SOS was ignored, etc., but long story short, If I’m going to make it a point to watch ranked teams play…I want the rankings to mean something.

Finally, I’m sick of the media ranking teams. They have their own agenda that influences their vote. They care about ratings over fairness or even common sense.

So again, I think this is a crappy system no matter who benefits from it.

By Marcus

December 5, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this

so worried about attire, what is this queer eye for the straight guy? why don’t all the bulldogs wear black with their pretty black matching pumps. if Bulldog fans only knew how silly they act.

By never a fair weather dawg

December 5, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

If UGA had gotten into the MNC game as a two loss team without a conference crown, it is my humble opinion that it would have broken the BCS’s back. I think there is enough support of the current system that certain people were influenced to vote a certain way for the final polls in order to maintain the slightest credibility. Now they (the powers that be) can say, ” Look little sheep, the big bad wolf won’t harm you. We’ve made sure of it!” The BCS had to do this as a means of self preservation. Would I have liked for UGA to be in the MNC game? More than anything. Two reasons; 1: UGA would win and 2: The BCS would die quickly and resolutely. As it stands now they can put up an air of righteousness and it will take five to ten years for the plague to run its course. It is a cursed arrangement and I wish to God I knew a way to fix it. We were close friends, so very close. Go Dawgs forever!!!

By A-ville Ranger

December 5, 2007 5:08 PM | Link to this

There is only one real problem in implementing a eight team playoff (other than the lack of a collective spine)the power of the bowl lobby.Here’s how it could work,the top eight teams (regardless of other considerations) would play in the four BCS bowls.There could be a stipulation that consideration would be given to historic tie ins but no monkeying with rankings would be allowed.The four winners would then play two and one for the title.The problems in doing this are really minimal if there’s a will to grow up from this silly idea that the appeal of college football is some pixie dust the bowls sprinkle around.The game would be at least as much fun with a playoff.Ask yourselves would you be more or less excited if we had a playoff ahead of us than you are now ? There are really only minor problems to work through it’s the archaic powers that be who feed us this bs to serve their own purpose,to retain power.So the real question is,do we have a collective spine ?

By jimmy

December 5, 2007 5:34 PM | Link to this

College football needs a playoff. I agree w/ you A-Ville, how many people would be excited now about say an 8 team playoff, versus what we have now-two teams playing in one game for the MNC, based on people voting, and 30 or whatever bowls there are that mean nothing. College football-the greatest regular season sport there is finished off by a horrible post season.

By Carolyn in Fortson

December 5, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this

Heck yeah, we’re going to New Orleans! Bringing back “Can’t spell SUGAR without UGA!” Blackout out the Dome - Blackout New Orleans (without the hurricane) Go, Dawgs!!! Back in Black in the Big Easy- sounds great!

By A-ville Ranger

December 5, 2007 7:39 PM | Link to this

Let me add this idea,the first two playoff games after the BCS bowls could be rotated among eight non-BCS bowl sites with the title game rotating among the four BCS sites.All the non-BSC bowls would still be played just as they are now.With this system twelve bowl sites would have extra games on a rotating basis every fourth year with no sites losing their bowl game any year.

By bubba

December 5, 2007 8:23 PM | Link to this

If Richt had used the black against South Carolina, we’d be playing a week later!

By ColumbusBulldawg

December 5, 2007 8:27 PM | Link to this

Hey, I just wanted to say that I am proud and excited about our team going to the Sugar Bowl to play Hawaii. We are traveling to New Orleans Dec 31, so we are pumped about the game. Yea, I was disappointed when we didn’t get a title shot, but a BCS bowl bid to the Sugar Bowl, I’ll gladly take this year. After the Tennessee game, who would of thought we would have ended up in a BCS bowl? In a so called “rebuilding year” I say this was pretty good. I think we will have an excellent chance for a run at the title game next year, but right now our team needs to focus on beating Hawaii and Hawaii only. Our fans need to forget about how we didn’t get selected for the title game and focus on beating Hawaii. Lets go Dawgs and the Dawg nation, you can spell SUGAR without UGA!!!!

By cooter11

December 5, 2007 8:32 PM | Link to this

how many years in a row can uga claim to be rebuilding?

By OH BOY !!

December 5, 2007 8:41 PM | Link to this

Carolyn meet Columbus,Columbus meet Carolyn.

By CapeCodDawg

December 5, 2007 8:56 PM | Link to this

I think these match-ups up would be a ratings bonanza.Thats BO-NAN-ZA !!

BCS championship:LSU vs Virginia Tech/Georgia vs Ohio State/West Virginia vs Missouri/USC vs Oklahoma/Kansas vs Hawaii/Florida vs Arizona State/Boston Coll. vs Tennessee/Illinois vs Texas/Clemson vs Oregon/Wisconsin vs Auburn.

whaddya think?

By Hawaii Fan

December 5, 2007 8:58 PM | Link to this

GO WARRIORS!!! You may be ashamed to play the Hawaii Warriors but lets not forget we are 12-0. Tickets are going fast, you better believe that half of that stadium will be wearing green. Georgia has the biggest Hawaiian Civic club in the Mainland and we will be there to represent!!! Do not under estimate the WARRIORS, we will keep fighting till the end.

By BCS Slave

December 5, 2007 10:36 PM | Link to this

I’d love to see a playoff of some kind. But one this this fiasco has proven is that rankings can’t be trusted. I think we need to find some new way to rank teams. Maybe we should let my wife do it. She’d rank the teams on how attractive their uniforms are. That would be as good as what we have now.

Seriously, we need a committee of unbiased people…not a bunch of coaches and media who have personal agendas. We probably shouldn’t rank teams until the midpoint in the season either. Five games in gives voters something to go on in making rankings. Keep the bowls but use the BC$ bowls as playoff games. Then do some format of plus one or three games to determine the champion.

By Eric C.

December 5, 2007 10:42 PM | Link to this

Hawaii Fan,

I’m a HUGE Dawg fan and I will admit I was disappointed initially with getting Hawaii in the Sugar…especially with sights set on the NC game. But I will tell you now…that I’m much more excited about this match-up and have nothing but respect for Hawaii since they are the only undefeated team… regardless of the schedule. I’m really looking forward to the game now and I was one of the most bitter fans when the polls came out.

AJC and Terence MOORE,

The whole “UGA got the shaft” thing can go to bed now!! Especially, the crap coming from you MR. MOORE. You are doing everything you possibly can to rub salt in healing wounds by claiming UGA is full of whiners and by disrespecting Hawaii in saying that UGA must smash the Warriors.

I do not agree with that all Moore… on the contrary, Boise State’s win over OU last year gives hope to those pulling for Hawaii. If UGA were to win close over an undefeated D-1 school, that would not be a bad thing. You are some kind of antagonist…sheesh.

By J-KEEZA

December 6, 2007 1:05 AM | Link to this

Marcus, YOU ARE AN IDIOT! We said we are having another blackout, that was it. Get use to us having blackouts and winning big in them. BTW, you must just be another fan who wishes your school could be as cool as UGA!

By LSU Tiger

December 6, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this

Seems like last time UGA faced an “unworthy” opponent in a bowl game, West Virginia hung 21 points on them before they had their cleats laced up.

By Darril

December 6, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this

Georgia fans complaining about not being in the NC game - what a laugh. You are lucky to be in a BCS game considering you have two losses and never even one your half of the SEC. If you had made it to the SEC championship game, you would now have three losses and would not even be going to a BCS game. That being said, you will have your third loss coming when the Warriors defeat you in a BIG way. Georgia will be lucky to stay within 2 touchdowns. My advice, start gathering all your soda cans, get together all your money, and place it on Hawai’i.

By Listen Up

December 6, 2007 9:28 AM | Link to this

Quote of the year:

“Hawaii should not be playing in the Sugar Bowl. They should be playing in a bowl where they belong.

“The BCS Championship Game… .

“The truth is, the SEC doesn’t play anybody of note. The conference has perpetuated this myth of invincibility by refusing to play anybody of note in the non-conference schedule, then living off the legend of being a tough conference. But the truth says otherwise when the SEC ventures outside the South, because they get beaten badly. Kind of like the Confederacy.”

— Adam Rank, aol.com’s The Fanhouse

By Tman

December 6, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this

It amazes me that fans refer Tennessee players as hillbillys The only white guy on the team is from Oregon(Ainge) and I have never seen a black hillbilly or redneck. SEC football is 90000 screaming white fans pulling for their black teams to beat each other The players dont get paid so it is almost like a plantation mentality

By Tman

December 6, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

It amazes me that fans refer Tennessee players as hillbillys The only white guy on the team is from Oregon(Ainge) and I have never seen a black hillbilly or redneck. SEC football is 90000 screaming white fans pulling for their black teams to beat each other The players dont get paid so it is almost like a plantation mentality

By Mooky

December 6, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

I appeal to Rev. Richt to keep his drunken thugs off the road. They have dyslexia concerning one-way streets.

By Tman

December 6, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this

I wanted to see USC run the ball down the dawgs backs, Next year it will be USC vs Oklahoma in BBS championship. The parity is so good There is no way an SEC team can go undefeated. Georgia will be very good but they will lose 2 games in that brutal scedule. Florida and Tennessee most likely or LSU

By DWG

December 6, 2007 10:23 AM | Link to this

The team that got the shaft was Kansas. OSU and Kansas: same record, weak schedule. Two differences. OSU has better pedigree and a REGULAR SEASON conference title. People keep bringing up the fact that UGA and Kansas didn’t even win their divisions. Neither did OSU! If the SEC and BIG 12 had no Championship game like the pac 10 and big 10, Kansas and UGA would have been Co-Champs this year in their respective conferences. This argument about winning your conference doesn’t fly unless everyone eligible is held to the same standard. I have no problem with LSU being in the game, I do have a problem with OSU.

By FLA DAWG

December 6, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Ok, my frustration over the double - standard used by the BCS is over (Neither Ohio State or UGA played a game, OSU moves up two spots and UGA moves down!?)

Now Dawgs - Let’s get real serious about these Hawaiian Warriors. I would respectfully suggest to all Dawg Fans that we stop the smack about how we’re going to run up the score on that team. Let’s root for our Dawgs and encourage the Dawgs to practice and play like they are going to work and execute every play like Pros. The rest should take care of itself.

UNCHAIN THE YARD DAWGS ‘N LET ‘EM EAT!!!!

By AltamahaDawg

December 6, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

Gen, so if TN is playing in the Sugar Bowl, then UGA would be playing in the Sugar Bowl at best, but not to include the Sugar Bowl????? good save…..just kidding ya.

Actually, I do think a TN victory would have opened up the Rose Bowl for the Dawgs. I think it’s really cute how the media guys are gushing all over the granddady of them all for sticking to tradition, when in fact, I think Illinois was really thier only option, after the Sugar Bowl most certainly wouldn’t have let UGA slip away. But however they can spin everything great about the left coast huh?

By Fort Worth Dawg

December 6, 2007 1:22 PM | Link to this

Just announced — Hawaii returned 4,000 Sugar Bowl tickets. They will not sell any to the general public. I believe Georgia fans have already accounted for the 4,000 returned tickets.

By Eric C.

December 6, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

I caught the end of a CMR interview on a Tim Brando talk radio show this afternoon…something about doing the +1 game in the BCS. Did anyone happen to hear the whole thing?

By Alabama Dog

December 6, 2007 7:47 PM | Link to this

Pvt. Neyland: It’s ME again!! Been a while, but I’m still here. Another year goes by, and still the SEC title drought contines. My hat goes off to your guys for beating mine, but how much longer are sub-standard seasons going to be the UT calling card??

By NJ Dawg

December 6, 2007 8:44 PM | Link to this

Absolutely going!!! We live in New Jersey now, and, despite the distance and expense, its a great opportunity to watch the DAWGS in a BCS game. Yes, its not the one we all hoped for, but its still a BCS game, something we didn’t expect after the two early season losses.

Go DAWGS …

By Gen Neyland

December 6, 2007 11:50 PM | Link to this

Alabama Dog

Good to hear from you. Work release or early parole..? Why on earth would we, SEC East Division Champs, consider 2007 subpar..? Any year we can beat the Dawgs, ( 11 or 12 out of Fulmer’s 16 or so ), is a good year. Granted, we are lagging behind in the quest for the SEC Title. That is a concern Atop Rocky, believe me you. So, as we begin to look forward to ANOTHER January Bowl Game, I wish you and the Dawgs a successful finale to a good year. 10-2 ain’t shabby and you do get to play in January…. As Munson would say if he called the Hawaii games, ” There’s pineapples falling from the sky. “….Good Luck, and don’t violate your parole…

By shane #1

December 7, 2007 12:41 AM | Link to this

as larry the cable guy would say”GOT’ER DONE”!we will be staying at the st charles hilton,look for the cute little lady with the big dumb redneck in the uga shirt.that should narrow it down some.new years eve in the big easy!i am stoked!GOOO DOOOOGS!!!!!!!!

By UGA SEAN

December 7, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this

Part of what makes playing Hawaii so weird is what to put on a sign. It isn’t nearly as fun as making fun of the WarTigerPlainsmen. I still haven’t figured out how to make fun of Hawaii. You use their real name “rainbow warriors” and it sounds like a slur…. you can’t quite make fun of the Polynesian heritage. Maybe a sign that says, “Good weather all year round isn’t all its cracked up to be!” or “Georgia, one of the original 13, Hawaii #50!” or “Georgia, the oldest public university in the united states, Hawaii, the most neglected public university in the United States.”

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 7, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

UGA SEAN, “Gilligan Lives Here!”

By GimmickGuy

December 7, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

What’s on the horizon for next year coach for gimmicks? Maybe ask the fans to wear polka dot underwear? Maybe ask all the female fans to braid their arm pit hair?

By A-ville Ranger

December 7, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

I posted my ideas for a playoff at 5:08 pm on the 5th on this blog.I did an add on at 7:39 that same day.I picked up my copy of SI mag from my po box yesterday.They have a chart of their proposed playoff.Where as mine would use the four BCS bowls in effect as the first round of an eight team tourny they have the first round as home and away with the second round using two of the BCS bowls and the title game at another leaving one BCS bowl out every year.My proposal would as I stated use the four BCS bowls for the first round with the two semi-finals rotating between eight non-BCS bowl sites and the final at one of the BCS sites.This would keep every bowl game we now have plus add an extra game (playoff) every fourth year between twelve bowl sites.This would incentivize eight more bowl sites with a playoff game than the four who get the title game on a rotating basis now.The problem with the SI idea is it has less incentive for the powers that be as it drops one bowl site every year from the playoffs,whereas mine brings in eight bowl sites who may like the extra game every fourth year at their site.The problem with my idea is since I doubt there would be a will to play the bowls before the hollidays the title game would be played in mid-jan.Still I think my idea makes more sense.I don’t expect anything to come of this as college football fans prove time and again to be too passive to stand up except to cheer.

By AltamahaDawg

December 7, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this

Well, one thing that will never require a gimmick is getting rivals like you to live your life in complete obsession with our football team.

By Dawgs will Lose

December 7, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this

Look at the weedeaters fallin from the sky! Oh wait a minute.. hmmm.. is that sugar? What a joke! Well I guess those Rainbow Boys will shred that suspect defense of the puppies . Will the dawgs fall way behind again for the 2nd time in a Bowl game? I smell an upset brewing. Cant wait to see all the L O N G faces of dawg fans. And to think you had a shot to play for the NC.. Bah! Go Rainbows and Beat the delusional DAWGIES!!!!!

By jake

December 7, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this

If oaklahoma or usc had been #4 instead of GA.,do you think LSU would have jumped both of those guys?

By A-ville Ranger

December 7, 2007 6:46 PM | Link to this

Jake I really don’t think there was prejudice against UGA by the voters.I do think the system sucks and this season would be the time to push for changes.There doesn’t seem to be a will by fans to make the push though and if we’ll buy the bs they’ll keep giving it to us.Back to my point about whether Oklahoma or USC would have gotten a better shake.The next to last week of the season the highest ranked one,two,three and four loss teams were all SEC teams.The only reason Oklahoma and USC might have stayed higher is they won their conferences.My real problem is with fans who won’t stand up for change.

By big fabric softena'

December 7, 2007 7:57 PM | Link to this

Pimp C represented ghetto life we lost a good soldier rip pimp

By JohnGTFan

December 7, 2007 9:01 PM | Link to this

First off, let me say Congrats to the Dawgs on a h&ll of a season. As you can all tell by my name, I’m a GaTech guy. But first and foremost…I’m a GEORGIA guy!!! So saying that..I hope the Dawgs destroy Hawaii!!!! Best of luck

By S.E. Dawg

December 7, 2007 10:06 PM | Link to this

I think there should be a Senate hearing on the BCS. Hey, not a bad idea. I would like to see some of those BCS officials on the firing line explaining how things are supposed to work in matching up to two best college teams.

By AltamahaDawg

December 7, 2007 10:23 PM | Link to this

A-ville, your personal example of standing up for change is?

By A-ville Ranger

December 7, 2007 11:02 PM | Link to this

Altamaha As with most of your post to me, aside from sarcasm your last one is empty of content.If your obtuse question is to ask my business…it’s none of yours.If you’re asking what action I’d recommend,if fans made it clear there is a price to pay by keeping this system there would be a real chance to get changes.As long as people feed it money it won’t change.I would not go to the Sugar bowl and I’d make it clear why I wasn’t.I wasn’t going this year anyway and I don’t pretend in these situations but if you can’t see the correlation of supply and demand I don’t think I can make you to.

By Gen Neyland

December 7, 2007 11:33 PM | Link to this

A-Vile

Whether you go or not ain’t gonna change a thing…It is rather odd so many people on this blog are bashing the system THIS year…AltDawg, I get your point. You are the master of few words making a statement…

Chip

Time to hit the refresh key…

By A-ville Ranger

December 8, 2007 12:12 AM | Link to this

Altamaha You’re one of the few guys he’s complimented who doesn’t share his ip address.

By Eric C.

December 8, 2007 3:25 AM | Link to this

Gen Ney, you say it is odd? What do you call this season? Look around… the whole nation is griping about the system more than usual because a 2-loss team made it to the NC game. It also happened to adversely affect the Dawgs as much as any other team this year.

By Don

December 8, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

Enough already…the bottom line with this BCS crap is this folks: If Mike Slive were a football coach, he’d be fired for his incompetence. I can’t believe Mike Adams has the clout among the university presidents and allow Slive to be commissioner of the SEC AND head of the BCS. If Dr. Adams wants to elevate his standing with the Bulldawg nation, he needs to demand the removal of Slive as commish and the institution of a playoff for the only NCAA sport that doesn’t HAVE one. Only then can a real champion be crowned. Let’s find out on the field of play who is the best team of the season, not on paper. Grow some ba11$.

By AltamahaDawg

December 8, 2007 9:11 AM | Link to this

Ge. are you ok with Phil’s Phat raise? I think it was pretty wise, he has done a pretty good job over time.

By Gen Neyland

December 8, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

AltamahaDawg

Sure. Fulmer overcame the skeptics ( me included ) and made the Ga Dome. Had Ainge not thrown for a LSU TD and the untimely interception later, UT may have squeaked it out…From a 1-2 start to the Dome was a good turn around…He lives to fight another day…

Eric C

My choice for the title game would be Oklahoma and LSU…Conference Champs that played the extra game and won out…I’d like to see UGA and Ohio State in the role of LSU-Notre Dame, 2006…USC-Illinois is fine…The Peach is a good bowl and has had some exciting games…We all asked for a playoff. What we got was the BCS. Like it or not, it’s a step in the right direction. Time will tweak the system further, but for now, it’s what we have…The logistics for a true playoff system are big and will take alot of agreeing to around the country…REMEMBER, we are dealing with student-athletes and that means the NCAA wants them to get an education, not prep for the Big Show…at least that’s what they say…

By Gen Neyland

December 8, 2007 11:50 AM | Link to this

At this juncture, the BCS being what the BCS is, I’d penalize the conferences that DON’T play a title game. That title game is a move in the right direction to a truer playoff system. Put not the Ohio States or USC’s in the BCSNCG…I see trying to force the non-complying conferences hand to move ahead, not lag in the comfort zone of the past…AAAHHH, but the human factor looms large…

By BCS Slave

December 8, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this

Yes, conference championships as a requirement to enter a top BCS game is a step in the right direction. Getting rid of coaches and media types in voting rank is another. Slot the conference champs using a bowl commission made up of conference comissioners, AD’s and former college atheltes who never played in Division 1A. They will rank the top 25 for the first time after the conf. championships.

By DrugDawg

December 8, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this

Looking back at the season, I am happy with the Sugar, especially after the way we finished the season well after the loss to UT. I was pretty low after that game. I don’t really have an opinion on the black jerseys for this game, except that if that is what the players want - then by all means do it - it worked for Allbarn. And for those of us who may think Hawaii doesn’t belong there: 1. I don’t know how good they are, but they lead the nation in several statistical categories, plus their QB is a Heisman candidate. That gets my attention right there. 2. They won their conference and are undefeated, and I am haunted by the way Boise State beat OU in the Fiesta last year. 3. I saw some of the Hawaii-Boise State game this year, and I thought they both play a prety good brand of football. I wouldn’t worry a whole lot about who Hawaii has/has not played, at this point. Because any team that makes it to this level of a bowl game can win the game. We won’t know how well we stack up until the game is played. 4. I would certainly not approach the game as if we were playing a nobody, that’s a formula for losing. 5. I hope I can make the game, not sure yet. As an aside, the BCS is busted, and I don’t see a fix for it. We need a playoff system.

By Big Dawg

December 8, 2007 6:31 PM | Link to this

I will be supporting my team come January 1st as I have game tickets, room reservations and will be wearing Black.

Go Dawgs

By Fire Richt!!!!!

December 8, 2007 8:48 PM | Link to this

I am a huge dawg fan but Mark Richt needs to grow up and get some class like a real head coach has. If we are going to black out every single game then it aints gonna be exciting no more.

By BuLLdawg

December 9, 2007 4:10 AM | Link to this

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2008 Schedule UGA : .

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8/30 Georgia Southern 7-4 beat Appalachian State 2xNC who beat Mich. .

9/6 Central Michigan 8-5 No. 68 BCS playing Purdue Motor City Bowl. .

9/13 at South Carolina 6-6 No. 48 BCS beat Georgia Kentucky Miss St. .

9/20 at Arizona State 10-2 No. 11 beat Or. St plays Texas Holiday Bowl. .

9/27 Alabama 6-6 No. 52 BCS beat Ark & vols play Colorado Ind Bowl. .

10/4 Open. .

10/11 Tennessee 9-4 No. 16 beat GA playing Wisconsin Outback Bowl. .

10/18 Vanderbilt 5-7 No. 66 BCS beat South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier. .

10/25 at LSU 11-2 No. 2 beat VT FL AU Ark play Oh St BCS N.C. G. .

11/1 Florida (JAX) 9-3 No. 12 BCS beat TN vols play No. 32 Michigan. .

11//8 at Kentucky 7-5 No. 38 BCS beat LSU play FSU Music City Bowl. .

11/15 at Auburn 8-4 No. 23 BCS beat FL play Peach Bowl vs Clemson. .

11/22 Open. .

11/29 Georgia Tech 7-5 No. 46 BCS beat Clemson play Fresno St Bowl. .

93 Wins 53 Losses Average 8-4 team every week. .

Play 5 teams Ranked in the Top 25: 2, 11,12,16, and No. 23. .

Play Arizona State at Arizona State. .

Play LSU at LSU. .

Play Florida at The Gator Bowl. .

Play Auburn at Auburn. .

Play the vols at Home this year. .

We lose 3 Starters on Offense : Big Cheese RT, Sean Bailey WR Fernando Velasco C. .

We lose 2 Starters on Defense : Kelin Johnson SS and Marcus Howard DE. .

We Lose Brandon Coutu K. .

We are 10-2 going to BCS Sugar Bowl vs. Top 10 Colt Brennan’s 12-0 Hawaii. .

We beat Auburn No. 23 Home and Florida No. 12 Away. .

We Lost to 6-6 South Carolina Home and 9-4 vols Away. .

We are No. 4 USA Today Coaches’ Poll No. 4 AP Poll. .

We will Start out No. 4 USA Today Coaches’ Poll and No. 4 AP Poll. . .

By Eric C.

December 9, 2007 6:25 AM | Link to this

Gen Neyland…

Sure the BCS is a small step in the right direction compared to the old UPI/AP days. I just don’t get the reluctance to throw a +1 game in the mix. Most fans would be exponentially happier with the top 4 teams going for the title! Every division in CFB has a playoff…why does adding an extra game make for such a logistical nightmare?

USC-Illinois is fine???? That is by far the worst “BCS” game match-up. I didn’t think so at first, but this year’s Sugar Bowl has to be the best match-up among “BCS” bowls.

By Gen Neyland

December 9, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Eric C

It’s fine with me because it’s an exclusive bunch that won’t come off their piddy pots to assist in bettering the system by expansion of some sort to include others outside their realm of inclusion and call for championship games from those two conferences to boot…If they had pulled UGA out there, I would call my statements a moot point…I don’t suffer through the Grandaddy Of Them All for the reasons above…

By Ewakai Hawaii

December 9, 2007 4:00 PM | Link to this

Hey Bulldogs, why y’all crying like Chihuahua’s. Forget the BCS and just come out and play. Well rather, be subject to our game. Warriors hunting the bulldogs. I’m not sure if your aware of this but there are many cultures in the Pacific and Asia that likes to eat dogs for breakfast. Don’t be one! Bring your A-game. See if you can stop our Offense from ripping apart your defense. Don’t worry, we also have a good running game. Though rarely used till now, don’t be surprise if we run a couple of running plays that nets us a 50 yard run touchdown. By the way, the most underestimated Defense in the nation is Hawaii’s D. That being said, watch out! Cause Hawaii likes to hunt ruthlessly.

By the way, if UGA is the home team and Hawaii’s road colors is Black, won’t your fans be unknowingly be supporting Hawaii? Oh yeah, have you heard, Hawaii does not peep a sound when calling and snapping the ball. And we like to confuse and fool our opponents by making some inaudible grunting sound. So, cheer as loud as you like until your voice become hoarse and gone. Stomp your feet as hard and loud as you like. It won’t affect Hawaii’s game. Will just play in stealth mode ;)

By Ewakai Hawaii

December 9, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

Hey Bulldogs, why y’all crying like Chihuahua’s. Forget the BCS and just come out and play. Well rather, be subject to our game. Warriors hunting the bulldogs. I’m not sure if your aware of this but there are many cultures in the Pacific and Asia that likes to eat dogs for breakfast. Don’t be one! Bring your A-game. See if you can stop our Offense from ripping apart your defense. Don’t worry, we also have a good running game. Though rarely used till now, don’t be surprise if we run a couple of running plays that nets us a 50 yard run touchdown. By the way, the most underestimated Defense in the nation is Hawaii’s D. That being said, watch out! Cause Hawaii likes to hunt ruthlessly.

By the way, if UGA is the home team and Hawaii’s road colors is Black, won’t your fans be unknowingly be supporting Hawaii? Oh yeah, have you heard, Hawaii does not peep a sound when calling and snapping the ball. And we like to confuse and fool our opponents by making some inaudible grunting sound. So, cheer as loud as you like until your voice become hoarse and gone. Stomp your feet as hard and loud as you like. It won’t affect Hawaii’s game. Will just play in stealth mode ;)

By bob

December 9, 2007 9:20 PM | Link to this

I love the job Mark Richt has done. His record speaks for itself as I wrote on www.bobfiscella.com

By Rdw

December 9, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this

i’m a uga alum living in boston and i’m flying down to new orleans for the game. pricey: yes. worth it: you’re damn right it is.

of course, no one is happy about the match up, but the system is flawed and this is the way things stacked up. not sure how i feel about the black jerseys so soon after the original blackout, but i’ll be dressed like johnny cash and making out with drunk girls on bourbon street like it’s my job. after that ut loss, i was just wondering if we’d even get a new years bowl, so this is sweeeeet.

side note: the superdome makes the best bloody marys i have ever had in my 30 years on this earth.

By Rdw

December 9, 2007 11:43 PM | Link to this

i’m a uga alum living in boston and i’m flying down to new orleans for the game. pricey: yes. worth it: you’re damn right it is.

of course, no one is happy about the match up, but the system is flawed and this is the way things stacked up. not sure how i feel about the black jerseys so soon after the original blackout, but i’ll be dressed like johnny cash and making out with drunk girls on bourbon street like it’s my job. after that ut loss, i was just wondering if we’d even get a new years bowl, so this is sweeeeet.

side note: the superdome makes the best bloody marys i have ever had in my 30 years on this earth.

By AltamahaDawg

December 10, 2007 12:15 AM | Link to this

Ewakai, kinda silly to say anyone is “underestimating” your defense. Estimates are early Sept. 12 games into the seasons I’m pretty sure its all based on actual observations at this point. It is what it is. I’d say our guys have a pretty good handle on that “good” running game of yours too.

BTW, why the silent count? Have you guys actualy played against anyone making noise this year? I read a couple of those teams you played didn’t even bring assistant coaches to the games.

By Eric C.

December 10, 2007 5:43 AM | Link to this

Ewakai Hawaii and Hawaii Fans,

Believe me…most fans and players are looking VERY hard to find ways UGA could lose to Hawaii…no one is underestimating Hawaii. Having said that, it is hard to take in the warrior kool-aid when looking at their opponents’ defensive rankings. Being a Falcons fan…I got to see plenty of June Jones offenses and know what they can do. But if you have the physical size and athletic ability to disrupt timing in such an offense…it can be slowed down, if not stopped altogether. Look for a few hard hits and turnovers by the UGA DBs to disrupt Hawaii’s rhythm.

Also, no one is talking much about what the UGA OL, Stafford, Moreno, and Brown can do to the warrior defense. I do not exaggerate when I say UGA could easily put up 500-600 yds of offense on Hawaii’s defense. UGA scored 45 on Auburn and 31 on GT (most allowed this year by two top defenses)…don’t see why they couldn’t put up 55+ on Hawaii.

By Leslie22h

December 10, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

I have noticed several non-ESPN sports analysts mention the Sugar Bowl matchup as one of if not the most intriguing games of the entire Bowl schedule. But like ESPN, they are all counting on UGA’s complacency to make for an exciting game.

There’s no way the players and coaches can aviod seeing that crap on tv. I just hope it makes them mad enough to put a first-class butt whoopin’ on the Warriors… kinda like, “Welcome to SEC football, Hawaii!”

By Leslie22h

December 10, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this

Fire Richt!!!!!:

Having 2 teams with black jerseys could be a brilliant move by CMR - Brennan does throw a lot of INTs (Stafford has improved this year) and he could be throwing a lot on New Years Day if he gets confused by all the black on the field. I have my doubts, however, that the Sugar Bowl folks will allow two teams on the field with the same color jerseys. I think you’ll either see UGA in their traditional red (I doubt it) or Hawaii in a white jersey.

By mart

December 10, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

Would someone tell that idiot Richt that we don’t need black jerseys “to make a statement.” Richt has all the class of Jerry Glanville.

By shane #1

December 10, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this

richt may be an idiot,but i am glad he is our idiot.taking a team with only six starting seniors and that played a total of 26 freshmen to a 10-2 record in the sec is a fantastic bit of coaching.only a fellow idiot would not recognize that fact.

By TonyUGA90

December 10, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

I suffered through the Goff era while at UGA, and up and down seasons with Donnan. I’m disappointed we didn’t make it to the title game, and had hoped we would play in the Rose. People are blaming the wrong bowl though. The SUGAR wanted Georgia. The Sugar has been tied to the SEC, and once LSU made it to the title game, the SUGAR made the deal for GA. I love my Dawgs and I am thankful for us having the opportunity to showcase the quality and class of our team in New Orleans. Let’s get over the disappointment of the bowl selection process because we owe it to the Dawgs to to turn our enegy to them. Gooooo Dawgs.

By AltamahaDawg

December 10, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

Hey man,WE are wearing BLACK, ONE OF our school colors, in this, our bowl. We don’t give a crap what you guys wear. How is black your road color anyway? Is the Wacky Conf, the only one where the Home team wears dark (if they choose) and the visitors HAVE to be in lighter jerseys?. Maybe those schools you guys play all year could only afford one set of Uniforms, so they stay whites.

By Jim Witkowski

December 12, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

Man oh man! I am excited about this match-up. When the Dawgs blow Hawaii out of the water they should get a piece of the national championship. I am not happy about hotel and ticket prices though. I got a room at a motel 6 outside of New Orleans and am carpooling in a minivan with 8 other Dawgs and still had to pawn off half my possessions to afford to go!

MAKE BOWL GAMES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR DAWGS!!!