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By No Dawgs Here

May 27, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

I think its great. Tech will win this region for sure. UGA should have NEVER been seeded!! Go Jackets!

By Denver Dawg

May 27, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this

I suppose your question heas ben answered: Nobody cares. Is football season here yet?

By Columbus Dawg

May 27, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

I don’t care either way. To be the man, you’ve got to beat the man. If both UGA and Georgia Tech are good enough to get to the top of the mountain, they’re going to have to face off at some point in the postseason. It might as well be early on. As a Georgia fan, I do like having them on our field as opposed to the neutral turf in Omaha. I didn’t feel the same, though, when we had to go to Russ Chandler for a Super Regional a few years ago. It worked out, though.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 27, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

It will be nice beating the fleabags in their back yard.

I’ve never heard of the school they’re playing. It’s like one of their out of conference football games.

By Rand McNally

May 27, 2008 6:16 PM | Link to this

“the Jackets got a tough draw having to come to Athens” Yeah, Lord knows Tech doesn’t want to play a team that just hit a buck sixty in it’s conference tournanment. 2 and out in Hoover, 2 and out in Athens.

By Hawkinsville Dawg

May 27, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this

I would like for both teams to play in separate Regionals, so both teams, would have opportunity to represent the state of Georgia in Omaha. However, if The University of Georgia needs to eliminate Georgia Tech for the Bulldogs to get to the CWS in Omaha, so be it.

By allenlaw

May 27, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this

It makes good sense and it is the same all over the country, so there is no way to claim it is unfair. Students travel shorter distances, fans can see the games, family members can see the games, and you play people you probably already know (which makes for better games) and you get rivalries.

It sure beats sending one of them to Timbuktu without fans, at the expense of the schools.

By Rabun Dawg

May 27, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this

Hey Ramble, you are showing your you know what! Georgia did not pick their opponent, the NCAA did that. And by the way, correct me if I am wrong, but did not you guys play Samford, and what about Jax State? Now that bunch is awesome to be sure! Why don’t you put your hate for the Dogs away for a while, and enjoy life. I think that you must really be hard up for something to do with your time, because all I ever read from you is some slander towards anything Red and Black. Get a life man!!

By Ocmulgee Dawg

May 27, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this

Dear Bulldog Faithful…Please attend all of the baseball games in Athens, and do not allow any tickets to be available for sale to the nerds. We have all worked hard to keep and preserve Athens as a nerd free environment. The nerds are not accustomed to seeing girls without mustaches, and might not know how to handle it.

By Madical

May 27, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this

Finally, Tech gets a chance (if they win) to see one of UGA’s elite pitchers for a change. Not knocking the midweek fill-ins but the weekenders are a different breed indeed. It must be really tough for the nerds this time every year. I’m sure they cringed when they didn’t get a regional, because they knew that fate would lead them down the road through Titletown.

And would somebody please get rid of that picture with the team’s coaches on the front page? They look so much alike they have the same double dimples. Scary!

By Mark

May 27, 2008 7:02 PM | Link to this

Ramble On, isn’t Tech one of the Dawgs’ out of conference opponents?

By Coyote

May 27, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

It’s a little tougher for both teams than if they had seeded the tourney without respect to geography. But I’m a big fan of the sport and want to see it grow. Therefore, whatever will bring more fan interest and media attention is good in the long run. Besides, to get to Omaha, either team would have to beat someone good. There’s no avoiding that reality so they might as well play each other.

By Coyote

May 27, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this

It’s a little tougher for both teams than if they had seeded the tourney without respect to geography. But I’m a big fan of the sport and want to see it grow. Therefore, whatever will bring more fan interest and media attention is good in the long run. Besides, to get to Omaha, either team would have to beat someone good. There’s no avoiding that reality so they might as well play each other.

By GT76

May 27, 2008 9:39 PM | Link to this

More pressure on UGA, less on Tech. Watch out for Lipscomb, they are actually a pretty good baseball school historically. If Tech can beat Louisville Friday I think they are in the drivers seat. I don’t understand how Arkansas (and Florida) for that matter get in the tourney with 34-22 records. Especially Arkansas. They did not even make the SEC tourney. SEC politics as usual I think.

By AltamahaDawg

May 27, 2008 11:23 PM | Link to this

Ramble on, I agree, but what can we do, it’s an in-state rivalry.

By KRB

May 28, 2008 12:14 AM | Link to this

Mark, RambleOn was just admitting what we all know to be truth. Tech football is pathetic. Enjoy your peewee option offense.

By KRB

May 28, 2008 12:26 AM | Link to this

Something tells me Louisville will win this regional anyway.

By Munson's Call

May 28, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

Ramble On, you mean like playing Jacksonville State and Gardner-Webb?

By Munson's Call

May 28, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Ramble On, you mean kinda like playing Jacksonville State and Gardner-Webb?

By Chip Towers

May 28, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Simple, legitimate question regarding the baseball regional and you guys let the conversation slide into that slimy canal of partiality again. Can’t you all have a mature discussion on point? This stuff about, “my team is great and yours stinks” is soooooo boring and childish. It gets old fast. Please refrain… .

I’m taking suggestions for summer-related, football topics you may want me to look into. Lemme hear from you.

By Zeb

May 28, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Chip you could do an article on global warming and it would turn into a ‘my dad can beat up your dad’ thing. That’s why it was so much better when it was a pay site. Any chance of bringing that back?

By KRB

May 28, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this

I think Louisville will have us all crying foul in a few days, but to the point that UGA and Tech continually run into one another before the CWS. It is so lazy that its becoming a joke. The same could be said for UF and FSU. Is it so hard to send Tech to the LSU, Coastal Carolina, or Rice regional and bring a Charlotte, UNC Wilmington, Elon, New Orleans, Virginia, East Carolina, Tulane, or Southern Miss to Athens. Why do St. John’s, UVA, and Arkansas have to travel across the map and Tech consistently has to walk 50 miles east to play its regional. It isn’t a matter of money either, when the SEC hosts a regional/super regional the fans come out in mass.

By Munson's Call

May 28, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Chip, they started it!

As for the topic at hand. I like that UGA and GT get to face off frequently during this point of the season. I think it makes the regional play that much more exciting when a rival is the opponent. Yes it may mean in some years only one deserving team may reach the CWS because they are knocking each other out but at least this way more fans have the opportunity to see the game in person with it being played in state versus Omaha. Plus isn’t it fun knowing one school will have the added pleasure of keeping its hated rival out of the CWS?

By shane #1

May 28, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this

Chip, fair or not You have to beat the man in front of You. That’s sports. Rambleon, I will trade you one Georgia Southern for two Samfords, since They are at least twice as good. Why doesn’t Tech play Southern sometimes and keep that big pay day in state?

By GARY

May 28, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this

GT WILL CHOKE AS USUAL AGAINST UGA AND LOSE

By ............................................BuLLdawg

May 28, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this

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Absolutely, UGA wants to play Georgia Tech’s heroin addicts, drop-outs, and misfits again.

UGA has a 50-game advantage over Georgia Tech in Baseball all-time, and Tech pitched their ACE pitcher against us all season long. He was 8-0 on the season. We kicked his butt at Turner Field where we have a 6-game advantage over Tech in Baseball. Now, he’s 8-1.

In the meantime, UGA pitched a make-shift line-up of pitchers all season long against Tech mid-week. Because we knew, if we Won the SEC Championship in Baseball which we did, that we would be a Top 8 National Seed.

Tech did what they did because they thought they could host a region if they beat us. They are 2-1 against UGA, and Coach Perno has already stated that Georgia Tech will NOT get the pitchers we pitched against them this season, saving our best pitchers for the weekend SEC games.

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By Marietta Dawg

May 28, 2008 8:52 PM | Link to this

I like the regional set up for college baseball, unlike college basketball. Even though UGA & Tech are in the same regional, I know that all of the games will be that much more exciting. I think the selection committee would’ve split the teams only if Tech was also hosting a regional. Chip, you can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe that the individual schools have to make a bid to host a regional and the NCAA probably did not want two regionals only 70 miles apart, assuming that Tech submitted a bid.

As far as a fun summer article how about the players and coaches favorite summer vacation spots or where they’d rather be than going through two-a-days in the hot Georgia sun.

By minookadawg

May 28, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this

CHIP I love it! Baseball is one of those sports that gt usually excells at. The Dawgs ain’t too shabby either. The fans of both schools HATE each others’ teams and often HATE each other! So bring it on! Both squads must take care of business before being in the same regional becomes relevant, but you already know that! (If nothing else, this format makes for an even more compelling story.)

As far as the haters go… for good to be greatly appreciated, the presence of evil must exist. For my fellow redneck rasslin fans out there…Without Flair and the Horseman, would Sting have become an icon? (I’ll probably get torched for that, but I couldn’t resist. I know it’s scripted and don’t follow the “sport” that much, now that I’m older.)

Sorry dude. Back on topic, I love this format, and hope to see the Dawgs win. Getting to face gt again (if they advance) would be awesome, but…for once, I don’t want to look ahead. Go DAWGS!

By minookadawg

May 28, 2008 10:09 PM | Link to this

CHIP why do CFB players get into so much trouble during the off season? Is it just the law of percentages, or perhaps the brutality of the sport? I believe a lot of the nonsense can be attributed to young men making unwise decisions…and not just the athletes. Given their celebrity type status, trouble sometimes tries to find the young athlete. When it comes DUIs or issues involving underage consumption of alcohol, etc…I’d be curious to know how the percentages differ between college athletes versus ALL college students. I know it makes the news because of their athletic stature, but is it also realistic to say that our athletes face media sensationalism when up against a scenario that offers the average college student anonmity?

Thanks for your time.

Go DAWGS…ALL of THEM!!!

By minookadawg

May 28, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

CHIP how do you spell anonymity? I probably just spelled it wrong twice!

Go DAWGS!

By ............................................BuLLdawg

May 29, 2008 3:52 AM | Link to this

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It has been well documented that UGA has a formal written policy for our student-athletes we give a scholarship to that there will be full disclosure to the media of any DUI, for example. We further upgraded this policy to include at least 10 percent suspension automatically - without appeal. And that a 3rd arrest, for example, of any kind results in at least a one year suspension. We are very serious about it at UGA. What do we have to show for it, as a result ? 45 football players, for example, have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Now, you ask about that compared to the general student body. I was not given an athletic scholarship to UGA. I was accepted on academic merit and requested none and was granted no financial support. This is because my dear ole dad’s modest financial support of UGA and to our athletic fund for his 2 season tickets he maintained every year. He also had an UGA van outfitted. And, he wanted me to attend UGA because it was and is an accredited business school. There is no formal policy regarding me.

I lived in Russell Hall. I loved it. Creswell and Brumby on both sides of us, with 1000 women each, with a basketball court between us. Baxter Street. See into the stadium. Close to classes. Meal ticket. We had a big time. My roommate also was a student-athlete, but he was on a track scholarship. He did not take his studies seriously. He goofed off, fell behind and crammed to keep up and squeak by.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

May 29, 2008 3:54 AM | Link to this

Compare this with the Georgia Institute of Technology, shall we ? At Tech, a student-athlete is covered up so as to have no negative media press. Say a football scholarship player at Tech gets a DUI or public intoxication. He is subject to only a counseling session. That’s it. 3 times ? He is not suspended for a year, and can revert right back to his past ways again and again and again and again.

Notice how the 2 schools handle each situation the AJ-C uncovers under the Georgia Open Records Act, which the AJ-C is a leader in creating for us.

UGA discusses it in a formal media press announcement.

Tech, only when directly asked of its athletic director, gets a no comment citing privacy privilege of the scholarship football player, for example.

If you really believe that goofing off, doing drugs, skipping classes, falling behind and having a worse APR at Georgia Tech for their football players is better for your kids than at UGA where it will not be covered up and not be tolerated, then Tech is the place for your kids. UGA would not be.

When I got my BBA degree, honored at the Foy Fine Arts Building in a wonderful formal presentation to those of us in the Top 5 Percent of the Graduating Class, our Parents and the Professors, I had 239 hours. I did it in 3 years by going every Summer too. I did not have an entire Summer paid for by athletic scholarship where I took no classes and had all the distractions everyone has in Athens.

So, I bought my season tickets on the 2nd row on the 20-yard line of the North Tower and a home when I graduated and had 3 big job offers from at&t IBM and Sperry Univac. As a walk-on, I wasn’t very good. I never played in 1 game. But, I practiced with the team, and ran track at 6 a.m. every day with my roommate in their morning practice. I could not run in the evening practice with them. I studied. I took classes from 7:50 a.m. until after noon. I went and ate, and then returned to my dorm room. I studied. It was quiet then.

By ............................................BuLLdawg

May 29, 2008 4:10 AM | Link to this

Today, I still do computers. I reported in detail when we have gone to the Bowl Games too. For example, that Michael Adam$ was booed loudly when his wife and he were introduced in the Sugar Bowl at the Georgia Dome, how we tail-gated with the LSU fans too in the SEC Championship Game. They were a lot of fun and their freely offered jambalaya was wonderful. LSU never expected us to beat them for the 2nd time in a row.

We’ve made many road trips. JAX, for example, 15 times. I have detailed all the games here on Access Atlanta and AJ-C blogs.

I make no excuses for the arrests and media attention when 1 of our student-athletes thinks this is Georgia Tech. And, by God, I give Tech and Auburn and fans of every other team Hell when they have it happen to them and come bouncing in here bubbling about how he really didn’t do it, and how it is really UGA student-athletes who do.

That’s because, by God Above, I know. Know, what do you know AltamahaDawg, coming in here saying none of this is true with nothing from you on the very same topic. Go ahead AltamahaDawg, tell us all. You are challenged, as you did me. You lied about me, didn’t you AltamahaDawg ? I Love UGA. It is my heritage, and not just me but my siblings as well. And, we made a lot better grades than you a*******whipe.

I don’t respect Georgia Tech, Auburn, the vols, Florida, etc. comparing their scholarship football players to our own and say so daily to them, as everyone knows. I can’t wait to beat Tech in baseball again.

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By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 7:40 AM | Link to this

Forced you to exhibit a small degree of humanity, so that’s not a bad day. Maybe that will be a new trend. I’m hoping. Much better than wading through the Pac 10 winning percentages in odd years verses former SWC teams. Now if we could just work on you not hating all the other Dawg fans, we could call that progress.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 29, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

……………………………………..BuLLdawg thinks it’s funny when a teenager dies of heroin. I guess “it” probably thought VT murders were funny too since it was an ACC school.

What at loser and a punk!

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

Yea, thats no near as funny as you making jokes about a pregnant woman getting killed, because some SEC player got involved.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 29, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

I guess I should know what you’re talking about AltamahaDawg.

Is that who Charles Grant murdered? If so, its the first time I’ve mentioned his name.

Are you talking about Randy McMichael beating his pregnant wife? I don’t think that’s funny, I think it’s disgusting.

By Zeb

May 29, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

Alt, now you’ve done it. You’ve woken up #39 dammit. Now we’re gonna hear about chess team stats out of the northern Seattle highschools.

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 21, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this

Congratulations on another Girly Sport National Championship Fleabags, but I heard that Charles Grant said he’d kill UT Coach if they won.

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

Yes, you should know, you said it.

FYI, simp,ly indicted with involuntary manslaughter (not proven) for being in a altercation in which a bystander got accidentally killed is not exactly “murder” is it sport?

By shane #1

May 29, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

Charles Grant didn’t kill anyone. He was involved in a fight outside of a nightclub in Blakely Ga, His hometown. Grant was stabbed in the neck during the melee. Notice how I avoided the “stabbed in the fracas” joke. Too easy! Unfortunately someone pulled a gun and opened fire, accidently hitting a pregnant woman, but Grant did not have a gun in His possesion and did not fire a weapon. All involved in the fight were considered to have contributed to the woman’s death and were thus charged. The man that actually pulled the trigger has been charged with murder and infanticide. We can say that Grant had no business at a trashy juke joint and should not have been fighting, but he is no killer. I expect His charges will be reduced.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 29, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

good research, I stand corrected on Charles Grant.

I didn’t know it was a pregant women he murdered. I’m sure he’s innocent in a Ray Lewis or OJ kind of way though.

By reservoirDAWG

May 29, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

my team is great and your’s stinks.

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Zeb, although I would never expect him to return the jesture, I thought that was a pretty gross misrepresentation of Bulldawgs comment and IMO if the hater rivals would spend less of thier time worried about what goes on in a Georgia blog, we would all spend more of our time talking sports.

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

That’s my point, you so casually refer to killing somebody, without know what the hell you are talking about, and then blast Bulldawg for his general comments on (drugs) by accusing him about thinking its funny some students got killed. Seems awfully hypocritical.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 29, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this

I’m sorry AltamahaDawg, you’re right. I never should have said that.

I took something too far, without knowing the facts.

shane#1 set me straight.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 29, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

“Absolutely, UGA wants to play Georgia Tech’s heroin addicts, drop-outs, and misfits again.”

general comments?

You sound like Chris Matthews talking about Obama

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Hey, I wouldnt go fishing with the guy, and personally, I would never have said that about tech students (and I dont blame you for responding to it), BUT thats still a looooooong way and from “prabably thought the VT murders were funny”?

How about that baseball?

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 29, 2008 3:56 PM | Link to this

I hope we get to play each other, but I don’t know if GT can get by Louisville. If they do, I don’t want to face that closer of yours, he can hum that ball.

But, to keep in the sprit of things, I see GT sweeping the fleabags, maybe even a no hitter.

By AltamahaDawg

May 29, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this

I guess part of me would rather play GT, for no other reason than familiarity. Lousville adds an element of unknown. I would hope we can get through the first part to even worry about it.

But if we do, the sweep will be because they called all the game on the little known “mercy” rule as we get up by 30 runs by the 5th inning.

By Rabun Dawg

May 29, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this

Guys, this trash talk about who’s involved in what, and the sick talk about the VT tragedy is really disgusting! Chip is right, cannot a topic about sports be brought up without all of this hateful bile spewed forth? Some of you really carry your passion to hate to extreme! The Regional should include both of the Georgia schools to keep the interest locally and show the rest of the country that good ball is played within our state.If either of our schools can advance, so be it, and good luck to whichever one does!

By dcdawg

May 30, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

Chip, This is somewhat off topic but why isn’t the ajc.com/uga page available on blackberry. Most of the other ajc pages are available and wanted to know if you could check into it. Thanks.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 30, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

now we’re talking, mercy rule and all.

By George

May 30, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

Hello Chip… Last time reader, first time blogger..

Will Blair Walsh be the only true freshman to get pt for UGA in the fall?