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DEL.ICIO.USDogs-Miami Saturday on ESPN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Good news for Georgia baseball fans. The NCAA and ESPN has slotted the Bulldogs’ game against No. 1-ranked Miami for the prime spot in the Saturday lineup — 7 p.m, Eastern time on ESPN.
And what’s not to like? The Bulldogs, one of the hottest offensive teams in the land, going against perennial college baseball powerhouse Miami (52-9). The Hurricanes, coached by for Georgia Tech coach Jim Morris, are making their 23rd appearance in the College World Series, compared to No. 6 for Georgia (40-23-1).
You could say it’s a tough draw for the Dogs, getting Miami. But the CWS doesn’t reshuffle the teams after they get to Omaha. So Georgia as the 8 seed gets Miami as the first. If there are upsets at the other spots — and Stanford over 5-seed Cal State Fullerton is the only one so far, so be it, they figure.
It sounds like a coach’s cliche but there really is no easy route in the CWS, one of the more raw competitive event you’ll ever see. The Dogs traditionally have drawn some powerhouses and they’ve come out OK. They’re 6-9 in the CWS with three two-and-outs and one national championship.
I was there when Georgia won it all in 1990. The Dogs beat Mississippi State 3-0 in the opening game and that was considered a tough draw. Then they got Stanford three times in a row, beating the great Mike Mussina two times. Finally they knocked off a powerful Oklahoma State squad 2-1 in the final. If I remember right, that was the first time the championship was decided without double-elimination, which the previously unbeaten Cowboys remind folks of often.
In 2001 Georgia lost to 2 seed Southern Cal and 8 seed Tennessee. In ‘04 the Dogs went 2-2 against 2 and 8 seeds Arizona and Texas and they got No. 1 Rice and No. 4 Oregon State in back-to-back in ‘06.
As coach David Perno said, “whoever you get out there is going to be difficult.” And he’s right. I can guarantee you Miami is saying that about drawing the Dogs.
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By Omaha Bound Dawg
June 10, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this
Once you get to the CWS, you can pretty much throw records out the window. As LSU most recently proved, college baseball is predicated on raw emotion that can shift at a moment’s notice. The Miami/UGA matchup should prove to be a good one - I don’t expect that the dawgs will be awestruck by the ‘Canes. GO DAWGS!!!
And by the way, FIRST!!
By Fort Worth Dawg
June 10, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
As I recall the CWS Final had been single elimination and was only changed to double elimination fairly recently. A quick summary of the 1990 CWS with links at the bottom for all years from ‘47 to ‘08. I thought the teams were re-seeded but I’m wrong. Are the regionals and super-regionals set up so that the CWS can end up with geographic diversity?
By DawginLex
June 10, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this
This team will play anybody, anywhere, anytime and make us proud win or lose.
Now the Tech folks have another 7 teams to cheer for after NC state and their vaunted pitching staff couldn’t get the job done and give the Techsters something to cheer about.
By Tobias "Toby" Tobin ESPN
June 10, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
We here at ESPN are delighted that UGA will finally face strong competition in the match up with the #1 Miami Hurricanes. Be aware that there may be another viewer alert, which could happen, if the game is out of hand early as happened this past weekend. Many Georgia contingent placed calls into our offices because our decision to switch to the LSU Super Regional. Some markets did however carried the Georgia regional which was not as compelling. Be that as it may, for all of you Georgia inbreds , please be aware if Miami is putting the dawgs away early there will be a switch in programing. Sincerely Tobias “Toby” Tobin , V.P. ESPN Marketing and Programing
By CarolinaJacket
June 10, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Congrats to the Dawgs, you are doing it when it counts. I do find it interesting, however, that it took only three blogs to get to an attack on Tech.
By Bill Lennon
June 10, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this
Best CWS in years! GO CANES beat Georgia! Wish I was going. Enjoy Omaha!
By PTC DAWG
June 10, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
Obviously a mistake was made. I don’t see GT anywhere in the Bracket. I hope they correct this mistake ASAP.
By PTC DAWG
June 10, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this
CarolinaJacket, I appreciate your comments, BUT if you had seen the blogs after UGA lost to Lipscomb, you would understand where much of this is coming from.
That said, UGA has a tough road to win this thing.
By Chip Towers
June 10, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ADDICTS ALERT: CSS SportsNite will air a segment reviewing Georgia’s 2007 season and previewing ‘08 on Friday night’s programs at 6 and 11 p.m… . There ya go, Matt!
By DawginLex
June 10, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
Carolinajacket, I said what I said because the Tech people ripped UGA apart after the loss to Lipscomb, planning to beat NCSU and planning to go to Omaha. Then when that failed, all the Tech talk centered on the great NCSU pitching staff and how UGA wouldn’t score any runs.
It’s ok for Tech folks to rip UGA but commenting back is not allowed ? Sounds like liberal logic to me…………………………
By CarolinaJacket
June 10, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this
PTC, I did see the comments after the UGA lose to Lipscomb. They were absolutely stupid, and as it turned out, (nasty) words to be eaten. I’ll be the first to agree, no school has a monopoly on stupidity and classless fans.
By No Dawgs Here
June 10, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this
Go Canes!!
By Thank you
June 10, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this
Mr. Toby at ESPN ….Thanks for making it clear for all these delusional Uga fans. What an easy path they had in their quest to Omaha. Go CANES!!!! ACC RULES!
By ronaald
June 10, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
you know it good that the Bulldog can do something special like this for Georgia all of Georgia but it sad that each and every year Georgia Tech always a bust I know how their fans fill and the people of Atlanta fill when you have dreams that someday it will happen it seem like it will never will for Georgia Tech make be they are not eating right
By NCDawg
June 10, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
DAWGS … sic ‘em !!!!!!
Beat Canes !!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Zeb
June 10, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this
Chip, I’ve asked you this before and reference it again in an above post. Is there any chance that you guys are going to bring back the paid subscription? If you don’t think it’s needed, just scroll back up and reread the stupidity.
By Dawg Fud
June 10, 2008 12:43 PM | Link to this
Sic ‘em Dawgs!
By Mike Bobo 17 INT
June 10, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
Chip
There is really not much to preview for 2008, 8-4 at best for the dogs in 2008. Dogs will fall to UT (again), USC (again), LSU (automatic in Baton Rouge) and AU.
Regarding baseball, the Dogs are playing solid baseball right now and deserve the trip to Omaha, however, they have a long way to go.
Everyone knows the Dogs can only win at home, which is the reason they had to host to get to Omaha. The SEC tournament proved the Dogs cannot win on the road, and Omaha will prove the same.
M-I-A-M-I Fight! Fight! Fight!! It’s over muts, so call it a day.
By Zeb
June 10, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this
Sorry Chip, it wasn’t this blog. It’s the one about recruiting that kid from Lovejoy.
By Pitbull
June 10, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
UGA wins the Sugar Bowl and has a final football ranking of number 2 in the nation. Tech loses the Humiliation Bowl.
UGA wins the SEC basketball tournament and goes to the NCAA tournament. Tech doesn’t even make the NIT and stays home.
UGA wins a NCAA National Championship in Men’s Tennis.
UGA wins a NCAA National Championship in Women’s Gymnastics.
UGA wins the SEC Baseball Championship for the regular season.
UGA beats Tech two straight by a combined score of 26-6 to win the NCAA Baseball Regional.
UGA beats NC State to win the NCAA Baseball Super Regional.
UGA is one of college baseball’s Elite Eight in the College World Series.
Tech stays home and watches the CWS on TV and curses the Dawgs, because Tech is incapable of doing anything else.
It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
It sucks to be a Tech Yellow Jacket.
By Vic
June 10, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
From a Miami fan
Congrats to the Dawgs…you deserve to be at the CWS…nobody handle it to you..you won it on the field..good luck and let the best team win… and by the way I love when you guys kick the gayturds a….!!
By reservoirDAWG
June 10, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
Pitbull, I concur.
By AltamahaDawg
June 10, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
Fort worth, I dont think it was ever a single elimination in the 2 brackets. It used to be a one game championship, and that changed a few years back to a best of 3.
By DawginLex
June 10, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
Mike Bobo 17Int,
Back out of hiding? Couldn’t find anything to howl about while the football team whipped Fla,Aubie and Tech and clobbered Haw in the Sugah Bowl ?
It must be miserable having to wait until something bad happens or waiting for enough time to go by before showing up on a blog.
How’s that Jenny Craig diet going ? Oh yeah, KK donuts aren’t on it so you just keep adding to the 400 lb frame.
Jealous nerd.
By dawgsrule
June 10, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
Thanks for the comment Vic. Miami will be a beast to handle but if the dawgs can keep scoring runs like they have been i think they have a great shot. The post season in college baseball comes down to who is the hottest, and georgia is in that category. Good luck to all the teams in the CWS this year.
GO DAWGS!!!
By AltamahaDawg
June 10, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
The only way we could win was to win so much we got to host a regional? That is pretty hard pressed for an insult.
By Dave
June 10, 2008 3:07 PM | Link to this
THE UGA DAWGS = AMERICA’s TEAM; TECH = NERDS
By D.Ellis
June 10, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
DEAR MIKE BOBO 17 INT-Last year you said 7-5 or 8-4 as well. You suck at predictions.
By Cuz
June 10, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this
Well now I know when to have the ribs ready on Saturday.
By D.Ellis
June 10, 2008 3:25 PM | Link to this
Cuz-I like the meat falling off the bone and extra sauce! GO DAWGS!!!!!!
By rerservoirDAWG
June 10, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this
That was a pretty lame insult, but what would you expect from a bug. As for the ribs, just a rub with a glaze before coming off the smoker.
By Barkin'Dog
June 10, 2008 3:53 PM | Link to this
Dogs weren’t supposed to beat NC State pitching either. Saturday will be a game for the ages. All teams are away from home now, and the hottest team wins it all. The Dogs were the hottest team in football at the end of the year, one of the hottest in basketball, and one of the hottest in baseball now. Let the hottest team win - GO DOGS!!
By Brooks
June 10, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this
The Dawgs are very dangerous right now and very capable of beating Miami. Miami struggled with unseeded Arizona. If the pitching shows up for us watch out. I expect a long stay in Omaha this year. Playing 2 high quality ACC teams in the last 2 rounds is good preparation. GO DAWGS
By shane#1
June 10, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
Cuz, what time will the ribs be ready? Do You have any beer? Not that I would crash a party or anything. Carolina Jacket, how about that, a Tech fan with some class, glad to have You on the blog. Goooooo Dawgs!!!!!
By Cuz
June 10, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this
shane if you are coming, guess I will schedule a beer truck to show up on Saturday also. I usually put the rub on the ribs first, then just a little dawbin sauce every now and then to keep them moist, and when they fall off the bone, they are done.
By Zeb
June 10, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this
Cuz, you gonna have any swampwater with the ribs? And Shane you’re right. Carolinia is the type of rival fan that actually has some sense and class. Welcome aboard Carolina!!
By CarolinaJacket
June 10, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this
So, do I get any ribs and beer?
By shane#1
June 10, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this
Cuz, call the Miller people{They all know Me}, and tell Them that We need a Miller Lite truck and two guys with hand carts. Be sure to tell Them that I want My discount! Zeb, Maybe We can get the Gen to send another load of Sippin’ Solvent. This reminds Me, Kenny “the Snake” Stabler got His third DUI the other day. I wonder what Today’s press would have done to Snake and Joe Willie at Bama, or Jake Scott and His cronys at UGA. Would We have seen those guys even have a chance to win Super Bowls? For that matter, what would the press in NYC do to the Yankees “dynasty”? Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford and Billy Martin would be destroyed in newspapers today. All this talk about “thugs” gripes My butt, because none of this stuff is new, it just wasn’t reported in the old days. Oh, if any of You holier than thou types want to call Snake a thug, feel free. If You have any guts You will call Him that to his face. I suggest You do this in a juke joint in Lower Alabama. We’ll see what You look like when His “Gulf Coast Cowboy” buddies get through with You.
By Cuz
June 10, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this
Sure Carolina, on the house. Believe it or don’t, I pull for Tech when they are not playing the Dawgs. It is another conference for Chrissakes. And yes, I have friends, not bosses who attended and graduated Tech. I only fire away when the whacko Dawg haters come on here. And speaking of whacko’s, I was prerusing a Tech blog to see what is going on with the Tech football program and saw that #39, bulldawg was hyperventing on your blog. Yeah we got a lot of classles acts also and #39 is front and center. Just skip over his overly long diatribes and move on.
Zeb, gotta check to see if the General’s new batch will be ready by Saturday game day. I finished the last jar last week. I wonder how I contact Jr. Johnson to see if he will make a run for me?
By CarolinaJacket
June 10, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this
And don’t forget Joe Pepitone.
By Lomax da man
June 10, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this
Im Gonnas watch de games from my jail cells. Go Dawgs gets crunk!
By I-DOG
June 10, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this
Dear Mr. Tobin (Toby):
If UGA is indeed routing Miami on Saturday evening… we will understand if you need to switch to more compelling programing.
By I-DOG
June 10, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this
Dear Mr. Tobin (Toby):
If UGA is indeed routing Miami on Saturday evening… we will understand if you need to switch to more compelling programing.
By NGA CANE
June 10, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
Skip..We know Morris coached at GT before the U. That was 15 years ago. The UGA football coach is a U grad and coached at FSU before. Just about everyone was somewhere else before. Why is this such a big deal with you writers. Get over it.
Any of these 8 teams could win it all. if the Canes go out, I pull for UGA next.
By Fort Worth Dawg
June 10, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this
AltamahaDawg — I wasn’t clear, but I meant to refer only to the final game. I was at UGA when the first team went to the CWS in ‘87. Some of the baseball players were in one of my classes. The coach had them measured for rings before the CWS and the guy I talked to thought that it was funny. I remember thinking that with that attitude they wouldn’t last long. Turns out I was right as that team, thanks to an electrical storm in Omaha, became the first team to lose two games in one day. Around 1994 or so I ended up working with a guy who played for the Stanford team - UGA’s 1st draw of the ‘87 CWS. I asked him if he remembered who he played in the first game and he remembered that it was UGA.
By AltamahaDawg
June 10, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this
FWD, you making a laugh a bit. I dont think I’ve ever heard of a championship game refered to as single elimination. I know what you meant though. That it would be.
By Zeb
June 10, 2008 8:36 PM | Link to this
Hey Alt and Cuz, I know I keep harping on this, but were you guys on here when it was a pay site? I don’t mean to beat a horse, but dam, I really enjoyed blogging with our own and rivals when you had to pay 9.99 a month to even log on to the AJC.com blog site. I can’t get Chip to give me an answer, so I just wanted some thoughts……….Let me know what all of you guys think.
By Taco Bell
June 10, 2008 8:54 PM | Link to this
Attention Dawgs! Prepare to be skewered. By the ACC.
By AltamahaDawg
June 10, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this
Taco Bell, from your comment we can ascertain one thing….your team has nothing to do with it.
By AltamahaDawg
June 10, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this
Cuz and I just learned about the internet a couple of months ago.
By Chip Towers
June 10, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this
Zeb: Geez brother. You’re really fixated on this aren’t. I’m sorry I haven’t responded before now but I can’t answer your question. My projection is we will not go back to being a pay site. That’s what separates us from those fan forums. What I’m trying to do is get more authority to police the site. You can bet there’d be a lot of banned IP addresses if I had anything to do with it. There are ongoing discussions to that end. But, for the moment, it’s a free and open space. That means if some people want to act like lunatics or little baby girls and boys, they’re free to do so.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 3:57 AM | Link to this
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No, they are NOT saying that about UGA at Miami of Florida.
They are saying that UGA has NO Starting Pitcher.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/564498.html
There are 296 Division 1 Baseball teams, and Georgia is Ranked Number 6.
Georgia is Number 6 in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s NCAA Division 1 Poll, Number 6 in NCBWA Division 1 Baseball Poll, and Number 7 in Baseball America Poll as of June 10, 2008.
There are no other Baseball Polls which are updated past May 26th, not wanting to appear totally stupid as no Top 8 Seed has won the CWS in 6 consecutive years.
This is primarily because they rank a couple of the ACC teams at the top of the polls, only to watch every year since 1955 no ACC team ever winning the College World Series Baseball National Championship.
This season, UGA is 6-4 against ACC teams Florida State (1-1), NC State (2-1) and Georgia Tech (3-2.) Now, we face Miami of Florida and should we get by them, Florida State again after that.
David Perno is in his 7th season as UGA Head Baseball Coach, and he has been to the CWS 3 of the last 5 years, bettered only by North Carolina who has been to 3 straight now. North Carolina is in the other bracket. So, win and basically The Georgia Diamond Dawgs would have to have beat every ACC Baseball team there is this season.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 4:01 AM | Link to this
Georgia doesn’t face bottom feeder ACC teams of which there are 6, half the stinking ACC Baseball Conference.
Tennessee was lousy in baseball this season, Auburn also was lousy, and you could throw in Alabama was maybe not up to par this season. The other 9 SEC teams were frankly very good.
Maryland absolutely was horrible at baseball this season, Virginia Tech was horrendous this season, Duke was pitiful this season, Boston College sucked, Weak Forest sucked, and the Climpson Farmers were no good this season either. That’s 6 ACC, half the conference, who were pitiful beyond measure this season. The entire ACC played the softest schedules of every team in the nation this season. Why ? Half the America’s Cupcake Conference were Cupcake City this season in Baseball. And, for good measure, you find teams like Miami of Florida (SoS 54) , Florida State (SoS 67), and North Carolina (SoS 64), played about half the Top 25 teams that Georgia (SoS 39) played this season. Miami of Florida, for example, played no out-of-conference game against any Top 25 team in the regular season. Couple that with the 6 bottom feeders in the ACC, and Miami of Florida has a 9-5 record against the Top 25 (3-1 NC State, 2-1 FSU, 1-2 NC, 1-0 Missouri and 2-1 Arizona.) This in no way measures up to what UGA has accomplished this year against the Top 25 with a 14-5-1 record against the Top 25 (1-1 Florida State, 1-2 Arizona, 3-0 South Carolina, 3-0 Kentucky, 2-0-1 LSU, 2-1 Vanderbilt, and 2-1 NC State.)
Which is better ?
14-5 UGA against Top 25.
9-5 Miami of Florida against Top 25.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 4:04 AM | Link to this
Miami of Florida Hurricanes under fine Coach Jim Morris are the ACC Champions, and The Georgia Diamond Dawgs under proven Coach David Perno are The SEC Champions.
Miami of Florida not only has a better Batting Average at .322 (UGA .309), but also has the better ERA at 3.93 (UGA 4.82.)
Duh.
Miami of Florida hasn’t faced the Schedule that UGA has. Supposedly, Miami of Florida will not only roll over us, but also everyone else and win the CWS. Only problem with that is that no ACC Baseball team has in 53 consecutive years.
Why should this season be any different ?
On paper, it looks as if the entire ACC played very soft schedules, are unproven, and have zero history as a conference to send their top teams to the CWS and win it for the ACC. This is because half the league can’t beat their way out of a wet paper bag in Baseball again this season, and because they prefer to play Cupcakes Out-of-Conference too.
But, Miami of Florida does something that UGA does not do. Coach Jim Morris knows baseball. If you look at Miami of Florida several areas stand out. They lead in SAC Bunts, lead in SAC flies, lead in Stolen Bases, and they don’t allow their Opponents to do these against them. They get them on, get them over, and get them in. Get ready to get Schooled in Baseball, if you watch Game 1.
A Study of the Georgia Baseball Team this season is similar to studying the ACC conference as a baseball conference because UGA has an infield hitting at the top of the order (except injured 2nd baseman out for the CWS) and our outfield is similar to the bottom half of the ACC conference. It’s very unusual. You will find the CWS teams have far more balance than UGA does, with lots of pop and high batting averages too in their outfield. We just don’t. Georgia has no outfielder like Miami of Florida’s Blake Tekotte, for example.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 4:07 AM | Link to this
We also don’t play small ball.
Stanford and Fresno State both played tougher Schedules than UGA this season. No other team in the College World Series 8-team line-up has played the Strength of Schedule Georgia has this season.
Georgia would be The SEC’s Top All-Sports Directors’ Cup SEC Champions again this season, were we to Win the CWS.
Will we ?
We have the hitting at the top of the order, and as they came through in the Regionals and Super Regionals, if the outfield and replacement 2nd basemen platoon come through in the CWS, yes. We have a fine fielding team, but if we go out there to Omaha and act like we haven’t been there with the most experienced team out there before and let the rickety old Rosenblatt Stadium High Winds blow the ball past us, no. They are building a new stadium, but we have to play this game against Number 1 Miami at this old stadium and it is notorious for home runs too that come no where near getting out of Foley Field in Athens Georgia. So, guys who don’t hit home runs, will. This gets us to our very disappointing starting staff in Rosenblatt Stadium. We have given up a ton of runs to only now have a 6-9 record at Rosenblatt Stadium. If our hitters hit, and they are hot; our fielders play great defense as they have and throw runners out on the base paths against speedy Miami of Florida, turn some double plays for the 1st time this season, and don’t give up runs every inning and in bunches; and, if our Starting Pitchers can get after it and keep the ball down and constantly keep the ball inside to get it to our Bullpen which is very good, then hell yeah The Georgia Diamond Dawgs can beat Miami of Florida.
After all, they are an overrated cupcake playing unproven America’s Cupcake Conference NEVER winning the CWS, team.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 4:09 AM | Link to this
You just have to want it. Last time, we lost this game and were dead in the water in the losers’ bracket. This time, we have to want it.
If you don’t want it, you have no hope of beating the top 8 teams in Omaha.
And, you have to know the Stadium.
It’s a queer little baseball field, in the middle of nowhere, with huge high winds all blowing out.
We’re actually more experienced than Miami of Florida. Coach David Perno is not Jim Morris (46-36 CWS). Jim Morris this season, more than any other season, has taught his players to get them on, get them over, get them in. I respect that. And, you are going to see that.
Then, again, Miami of Florida does not have an Academic All-America James Gordon Beckham hitting .401 against a far tougher SoS than any other hitter, and while Miami of Florida has Jim Morris who knows baseball and teaches it; The Georgia Diamond Dawgs have David Perno who Won the State Championship in Football in 1985 with Clarke Central over Warner Robins. Perno is a Bulldog who wants it; and his team is destined to be known for wanting it. And, Rosenblatt Stadium is built for this UGA baseball team to hit home runs, wind-aided. Miami of Florida says UGA does not have any good Starting Pitchers. I think we do. They haven’t played anyone. They will in the CWS, and they will not win as a result : They are an ACC team, and ACC baseball teams never win the CWS with just 1 ever and it in 1955. This year is no different.
Friday 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. CSS Channel 45 has review of 2007 UGA Football Season and Preview UGA 2008 Season including commentator DJ Shockley. And, UGA Football head coach Mark Richt (1982) and defensive coordinator Willie Martinez (1986) are both graduates of Miami of Florida, and I can assure you they wish they had both of them and Gordon Beckham.
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By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 5:08 AM | Link to this
By CarolinaJacket
June 10, 2008 12:00 PM
PTC, I did see the comments after the UGA lose to Lipscomb. They were absolutely stupid, and as it turned out, (nasty) words to be eaten. I’ll be the first to agree, no school has a monopoly on stupidity and classless fans.
By PTC DAWG
June 10, 2008 11:29 AM
Obviously a mistake was made. I don’t see GT anywhere in the Bracket. I hope they correct this mistake ASAP.
By PTC DAWG
June 10, 2008 11:32 AM
CarolinaJacket, I appreciate your comments, BUT if you had seen the blogs after UGA lost to Lipscomb, you would understand where much of this is coming from.
By DawginLex
June 10, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
Carolinajacket, I said what I said because the Tech people ripped UGA apart after the loss to Lipscomb, planning to beat NCSU and planning to go to Omaha. Then when that failed, all the Tech talk centered on the great NCSU pitching staff and how UGA wouldn’t score any runs.
It’s ok for Tech folks to rip UGA but commenting back is not allowed ? Sounds like liberal logic to me
By CarolinaJacket
June 10, 2008 10:38 AM
“Congrats to the Dawgs, you are doing it when it counts. I do find it interesting, however, that it took only three blogs to get to an attack on Tech. “
END QUOTES on Tech fans’ posts here.
Poor little whiny Tech nerds, you are so wronged in reply.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 5:09 AM | Link to this
Excuse me CarolinaJacket ?
You Georgia Tech fans absolutely dominate this UGA Fans’ Blog on UGA Sports bragging about how, not you, but some other team can do what you cannot against UGA in any sport.
I take so much of it. Then, I go to your blog and have my say. I’ve done that for 20 years on AJ-C. Get used to it. Georgia Tech fans are the dead last worst sports and biggest humiliation of any athletics department in the nation.
Skip past it all you want. You get what you dish out in spades. Go back over to your loser Tech blog, take your poor sports with you, and stay there forever.
It took us 3 blogs to respond in kind to the BS posted by Tech fans daily here ? B.S. We give it right back, and always have.
Tech fans dominate this blog. Their points are missing, but their insults never ending.
Don’t give me this crap CarolinaJacket that it took us 3 blogs to get to an attack on Georgia Tech.
Who the living hell is Georgia Tech in Baseball either, anyway ? We own you guys.
Tech has a horrible record in NCAA Tournament games, and always have had - especially to UGA. And, in the regular season, Tech is 46 games behind UGA.
Come into an UGA Blog about Baseball, and what do we read ?
Jealous nerds asking for it. Ask and you shall receive. Knock on the door in here in our blog, and the door shall be opened to you.
If you don’t like what we say in reply, stay the hell out of here like you tell me to do on your blog in reply only, and I will have no reason to tell you how sorry the Georgia Institute of Technology is in academics of your athletics department.
Now, Flame me again. Go ahead. It’s all you’re capable of in reply to the facts on Georgia Tech’s academics in your Athletics Department - and, you know it.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 11, 2008 5:28 AM | Link to this
It’s also all you are capable of discussing about the LACK of a DRUG POLICY at Georgia Tech.
A counseling session and NO SUSPENSION.
B.S.
By CarolinaJacket
June 11, 2008 7:55 AM | Link to this
My statement was that there were some Tech fans who made idiot and classless comments after UGA’s loss to lipscomb, thus showing that no school had a monopoly on such bloggers. Sorry this offended you so much, but I agree with others who would prefer to keep the blogs more factual and less “gutterish”. Sorry, again, if this offends you, but there are people who can pull for a team but do not have a need to trash everybody else in the process. I would have made the same statement if a Tech person had taken a cheap shot at UGA that was not related to the article. So be it.
By Belvedere
June 11, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this
I think ……..BuLLdawg just made your point about classlessness, Carolina Jacket. Get off your pedestal, man.
By Gen Neyland
June 11, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
Chip
How ironic is it as to what followed your 2210 post-reply to Zeb…
as I don’t have a Dawg in Omaha, I’ll say Good Luck to any and all SEC reps…
By AltamahaDawg
June 11, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this
CarolinaJacket, wasting your time bro.
By MikeBobo-Outback Bowl MVP
June 11, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this
I see my biggest fan is back. The girly man who wishes he had played any kind of sport at all anywhere anytime.
Must be a Wisconsin fan. How many passes in a row did I complete that day ??????????????????????
By Cuz
June 11, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this
Dittos Carolina.
By Cuz
June 11, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this
Carolina, just scroll past #39 like the rest of us. Or you could go argue with a brick wall, you would get better responses from the wall.
By shane #1
June 11, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this
Chip, You were saying………….?
By DWG
June 11, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
BuLLdawg ain’t right. Borderline Schitzo if you ask me. Up all night working on his dawg nation manifesto…
Let’s just say that we all have our good fans, our bad fans, and a minority of insane fans that usually leave every game with a police escort.
By AltamahaDawg
June 11, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this
That Ron Polk story is pretty odd. Sometimes you just have to know how to retire gracefully coach. You were an EMPLOYEE. Very popular, very respected, but still, employee. And not one paid for hiring advice.
By Zeb
June 11, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
Chip, thanks for responding. I appreciate the answer and it’s kinda what I figured. I know I started sounding like a broken record and I apologize. It just gets real frustrating dealing with some of the certain “types” of people on here.
By Cuz
June 11, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this
Chip, by the power vested in me as Past President and Rush Chairman of the Noble and Sacred Order of the FANS OF CHAN, I bestow upon you benevolent dictator powers. In other words, heck yeah you need to be the room monitor.
By Zeb
June 11, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this
Cuz, eloquent…………just eloquent. Man, you crack me up.
By Pewtus Gortsler 65
June 11, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this
Lazy Days Of Summer - It was hot and folks became bothered-some from the frenzied horse flies. I drank single barrel on my back porch until the last drop was no more. Folks exclaimed that it was hot in there and sweat stung their eyes. Global warming chatter continued and the Dawgs seem to be the consensus #1 pick for college football for the 08 campaign. Go Dawgs !!! PEWTUS GORTSLER 65
By BigNCDAWG
June 11, 2008 9:31 PM | Link to this
Chip I am with you on the policeing the site issue.
By Pappa Bobby
June 12, 2008 1:39 AM | Link to this
Ya’ll po-lice all You want, but leave that Pewtus boy alone, dadgummit! That boy can write some.
By shane #1
June 12, 2008 7:41 AM | Link to this
So long Johnny, another one of My Dad’s favorite players gone.
By AltamahaDawg
June 12, 2008 8:14 AM | Link to this
shane, I guess you read where Coach flat denied any internet rumors about sending Moreno home.
By CarolinaJacket
June 12, 2008 8:21 AM | Link to this
Condolences to our Georgia friends for the loss of Johnny Rauch. He was truly one of the all-time greats and contributed greatly to the game.
By shane #1
June 12, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this
Alt, I read that interview. I will take CMR at his word, as far as I know Moreno wasn’t “in trouble” anyway and should be present for fall practice.
By HomeDawg
June 12, 2008 8:35 AM | Link to this
Amen, cjacket. Just as one of yours is kickstarting his comeback at GSU. Do I smell an intracity rivalry brewing? Probably not, but he’s a solid guy. He was Richt before Richt was Richt.
By Jared
June 12, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
Mr. Toby Tobin,
At ESPN? Hardly! I’m sure a staffer of the venerable sports network wouldn’t write offensive comments that spewed ignorance. Mr. Tobin is likely a Georgia Tech Student who only uses the word sport (because he is so ashamed of Ga Tech sports programs) in “sporting a pocket protector.” It is also possible that Mr. Tobin is a Miami fan impersonating a sports personality. If that is the case, who can blame him for his imagination? After all, have you been to Miami, there are bars on all the windows, and the city has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country. In either case he clearly has an ACC bias, which is hard to understand given they are only primarily only a basketball conference, and even at that not nearly so dominant as they were in years past (read Pac 10’s UCLA, SEC’s Florida).
At UGA we have national champion Gym Dogs who regularly repeat, national champion tennis teams, fine golf teams who regularly compete, an excellent swim and dive team frequently, and a perrenial top 15 football team. The baseball team has made it to the college world series 6 times, and the basketball team can’t do anything but improve!
Which ACC school, and how many other schools in any other conference is as solid as Georgia all the way around?
If Mr. Tobin is actually who he purports to be, is it possible that his mother is his sister with a name like that, and he is actually an Alabama fan?
By AltamahaDawg
June 12, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this
shane I would never expect a coach to say “yea I sent him home” even if there was something to it, so that doesnt even clarify anything in my opinion. What does sent home even mean really. What I was pleased to see is that he recognized that it was out there, addressed it, and hopefully put it away where it belongs. I really dont care either way, if he did actually get on his butt, im sure that was helpful, if not, great. I can’t believe that any of those boys goes very long without some attitude ajustment required.
By Cuz
June 12, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
Alt, the sheer profundity of what you wrote just plumb overwhelmed me.
By Florida Cane
June 12, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
Wow, You dawgs like to talk! Both teams have good ballclubs who had great seasons. Both can put up double digit numbers, but can also be shut down. All these yaps about who played who are silly.
It will be a great week of baseball in Omaha. Grab a cold beverage (or several) and enjoy. Good luck!
By I-DOG
June 12, 2008 3:17 PM | Link to this
Florida Cane:
All those stats were from a single Georgia Fan. Miami is the Number 1 seed and earned it on the field this season. Both squads are capable of advancing, but Miami is the favorite. It should be great college baseball for fans of both schools.
By AltamahaDawg
June 12, 2008 4:58 PM | Link to this
Where the hell is my damn GPS? Oh sorry, wrong site. Thought I was on Ebay.
By shane #1
June 12, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this
Hey Alt, hittin’ that Sippin’ Solvent a little early ain’t-cha?
By Festus
June 12, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this
I caints belive youins been talkin bout poleleesin this heere blawgs. Ah shoot, youins dont wanna be lykes them thare fellars in Cali forn ny A or up thares in Massytwosetts. Them thare rascals wanna be thoughts czars. Youins orta be ashamed!
By shane #1
June 12, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this
Well, Tech has lost another one. Evans, slated to be a starter at rb in the new backfield, has left the team. Evans also was Tech’s leading kick returner. If I remember correctly Tech had only 54 scholarship athletes for the spring game, and at least two have left the team since that game. Scholarship penalties, defections, and a late start in recruiting due to the coaching change have left Tech extremely shorthanded. CPJ’s biggest problem may not be installing a new offense, it may be simply having enough warm bodies to suit up on Saturday. He had better pray that academic problems, off field problems, and the injury bug, stay away.
By AltamahaDawg
June 12, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this
I guess zeb got me all turned around with his talk about a pay site.
By Phans of PaPa Paul
June 12, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
You need not worry, be assured that Papa Paul will find a way! By the way, better worry about dawgs who speed and carry guns!
By CarolinaJacket
June 12, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this
Well, you can’t keep losing your top players. Especially, when you are not deep to start off with. Don’t know what the problems was but I do know that things had better settle down or the Ramblin Wreck is is in big trouble for a while to come. One thing about winning programs is that they have stability. Here’s hoping that Tech finally gets some.
By AltamahaDawg
June 12, 2008 9:39 PM | Link to this
Speights pulls a “billy”.
By shane #1
June 13, 2008 1:08 AM | Link to this
Carolina Jacket, Coach Johnson may be forced to play a lot of freshman to win a respectable number of games this year, but in the long run that could hurt Tech’s program. IMO, He should red shirt as many freshmen as possible, by keeping some of these guys around for five years Tech could fill out Their roster more quickly. He can always yank the “shirt” off a player later if necessary. In 2001 Jim Grobe bit the bullet and red shirted His whole freshmen class, in 2006 He took those seniors and won 11 games. The most in Wake’s history. I know it sounds crazy to take players off the field when You are short handed, like putting money in a savings account when You are struggling to pay Your bills, but putting aside for the future means You may HAVE a future. That would bring stability to the program.
By shane #1
June 13, 2008 1:37 AM | Link to this
Papa Paul, I am not worried about the young man in question, I have been known to speed and I carry a gun in my car. If You are one of those rare souls that has never driven too fast, then God bless You. I am not a Tech fan, so I am not worried about Papa Paul either, though I would like to see Tech do well. If I were a tech fan, then I would worry!
By CarolinaJacket
June 13, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this
Shane, you are right on target about the Wake Forest approach to redshirting. This is probably the only way that teams like Wake, Tech, Vandy, etc. can put out a real winner. Grobe is a hell of a coach.
By godawg
June 13, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this
I’m glad that CMR finally put and end to the Knonsense. Moreno has not been in trouble except for this excessive noise violation. He has already completed his punishment handed out by the UGA Conduct Review Board by writing this Excessive Noise Essay. A highly entertaining read. The entire incident was a little ridiculous and a whole lot of funny.
By shane #1
June 13, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this
Amen Carolina, and a heii of a Man. Any new HC that says “by the way, I am red shirting all My freshmen, it will probably cost Us some games” has brass ones. He will also build a program for You, if You are patient.There is one other thing about a coach that makes use of the red shirt rules, He plans to stick around. There’s no point in having 5 year seniors if You are awaiting Your next offer, right? Why save them for the next coach, use’m now and pad Your record! Alt, just read Your response to me, and I agree, if those guys don’t need an attitude adjustment now and then They are a heii of a lot better than I was. When I was in military college I majored in push ups, as in “drop and give Me 20, smart a$$!” I think I probably have some kind of High School football record too, for penalty laps!
By Zeb
June 13, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Alt, you kill me man. Shane, we might have gone to the same school. That one nestled in the mountains north of hot-lanta. I tell you what, running til you puke in the mountains at 5am will do wonders for your attitude. And I might rival you for records in high school football, I was the best on the team. Coach told me I was the best tacklin’ dummy he’d ever seen.
By AltamahaDawg
June 13, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
Cuz showed me a couple of “pay” sites that would have been embarassing to have mistaken for this.
By AltamahaDawg
June 13, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
godog thanks. Now I can show off my Moreno autograph:
to my good friend AltamahaDawg,
(cut, Knowshon Moren, paste)
By shane #1
June 13, 2008 3:58 PM | Link to this
Zeb, I know the school You are talking about, but I was in JuCo, doesn’t matter, They are all the same. The most laps I ever had to run was for blindsiding Our qb in practice, on a late hit at that. I was sick of those damn orange jerseys! They never tried me on the d line again!
By Cuz
June 13, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this
Driving the team bus was as close as I got to a football program in college, you guys got me beat. My grades might have been better if someone had made me do laps or pushups. I have the degree, but I could have done better in class. I wish they would hang a picture of Pulpwood Smith in the Athletic Dorm for motivation.
By AltamahaDawg
June 13, 2008 8:48 PM | Link to this
Yea Cuz, had you only studied in your Russell dorm every afternoon for your entire college career, you might have had a cubical waiting for you at IBM when you got out. Then again, you might have wanted to blow your brains out.
By shane #1
June 14, 2008 2:21 AM | Link to this
Cuz, 1- I played JuCo ball, driving the team bus at UGA got You closer to real college football than I ever got. 2- Pushups had nothing to do with football, They were given out by people that outranked Me. In My freshman year that was pretty much everybody. Pushups do not increase academic performance, they only make You better at doing pushups. I got very good at pushups, in fact, I condidered Myself an expert. Unfortunately, I have never found a market for this skill in the real world. 3- Running laps is not a good thing. Running laps is a reward for doing stupid stuff, the more stupid the act, the more laps. Running laps was also high school. My JuCo coach did not dole out penalty laps or pushups, He simply gave a man a warning, if that individual chose not to listen He pulled His Scholly and sent Him home, end of story. You are a good guy Cuz, be thankful for that, and may all You penalties be light ones.
By Hunk Erdown
June 14, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this
At 10:15 est the national weather service lifted all hurricane warnings for the Omaha area. However, local news is warning that some bulldogs are on the loose and it is not safe to be out on the streets until further notice.
By RxDawg
June 14, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this
Grats on the win Dawgs!! Way to go
By HomeDawg
June 14, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this
Love that acc. One goes home Monday.
By BigNCDAWG
June 14, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this
No one gave us a chance and we knock off no. 1. It is indeed great to be a DAWG. At age 65 I have never been so proud as I am after this great season of DAWG sports.
By Ol' Dawg
June 14, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this
They played us hard for 8 innings but they just didn’t count on that Bulldawg tenacity!
Congratulations, Diamond Dawgs!
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 14, 2008 11:37 PM | Link to this
Cupcake Elimination Game
Carter Strickland, you are an idiot again today calling the RPI the Strength of Schedule. The RPI is NOT the Strength of Schedule. Everyone knows that the Strength of Schedule of Every ACC Baseball team is horrible.
http://sebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1048&CID=271041
You have got to Love that Baseball Game on ESPN HD.
Cupcakes.
All day long Cupcakes.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 14, 2008 11:49 PM | Link to this
Those announcers were horrible not knowing the names of our players and calling us the entire game long, the Fresno State Bulldogs.
Jeez Louise.
And, while on the topic, those opening day NCAA Baseball “umpires” all day long were pitifully horrible.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 14, 2008 11:57 PM | Link to this
Stanford is a lot better baseball team than Miami of Florida.
To the AJ-C “sports-writers” :
To have a high RPI, call you have to do is to play top-ranked teams and lose; or, play weak opponents and beat them, then another cupcake-playing team playing different weak opponents plays them. As long as the weak opponents are different that each team beat, and then they play each other, the RPI will be very high as a direct result of the fact that the opponents’ part of the formula will duplicate the top-ranked team again and again and again and again, each time that team is played.
The discussion of RPI in Baseball could not more clear to anyone purporting to be reporting on College Baseball.
RPI calculates that if you for example hit 0 for 5 one day and then the next game hit 3 for 4, that your RPI “average” is 0 + .750 = .375 when any numbnuts knows that you were 3 for 9 at actually .333
RPI is strength of schedule. Now, I’ve heard it all Carter Strickland.
By Bradley G
June 15, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this
When the third-base ump called David Thoms out on that third “swing”, I was floored! That was the most obvious bad call of the night. However, it was good to see the baseball gods were smiling back at David in the 9th!
By tulsadog
June 15, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this
Just got back from Omaha, and it was an incredible game last night. Lots of GA fans in attendence, and a lot of the locals were getting behind the Dogs. The umpires made some bad call yesterday (and more today) but the Dogs kept their focus throughout and never let Miami get too far ahead. Just a great job by Coach Perno and his staff. Here’s hoping I’ll be up again next weekend.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 16, 2008 5:10 AM | Link to this
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Yes, that would be great if you could get back out there next weekend to watch more and report back to us all tulsadog.
Because that would mean that we beat No. 6 Stanford tonight at 7 p.m. ESPN2 Comcast Channel 847 HD and Channel 47 non-HD.
Were we to lose to Stanford, and it figures to be a great game tonight, we would face Elimination against either Florida State, whom we are 1-1 against this season, or Miami of Florida, whom we are 1-0 against this season, on Wednesday.
If we win tonight or Wednesday, tulsadog can go back to Omaha and watch us again this weekend.
I’ve been studying this Directors’ Cup All-Sports Trophy and I think Florida has won it for the SEC with their Track and Field finishes compared to ours; but, UGA is in the Top 10 now and could end up Number 8 if we keep winning in Baseball - the final Sport for the Final Release June 26.
We send Nick Montgomery to the mound tonight. Stanford is Number 6 in the Baseball America Poll last week and UGA Number 7. Stanford is Number 7 in the Collegiate Baseball Poll and UGA Number 6 and the same in the Writer’s Poll UGA Number 6 and Stanford Number 7.
Both figure to move up in the Rankings that will go out in the morning, one way up.
Stanford has played the toughest schedule in the nation this season, and is a fine ball club. Georgia has played the 3rd toughest schedule of all CWS teams.
Fresno State lost big in the other bracket. They are the bulldogs who are the Number 4 seed in their Regional and 1st 4 seed to make a CWS ever, not us ESPN.
By ............................................BuLLdawg
June 16, 2008 5:13 AM | Link to this
The ACC really took it on the chin this weekend, but LSU did fall into the losers bracket with the loss to NC, whom we haven’t played yet this season. UGA doesn’t have a losing record to any ACC team this season.
I like this new writer, Stan Awtrey, who showed up with the Bulldogs coverage of the CWS. I guess he took Chip Towers’ job.
I thought besides David Thoms being rung up for strike 3 in the biggest at-bat of his career when his bat never got to 20 degrees let alone 181 degrees (but the head of the bat was 17 inches in front of the plate), that the worst call all weekend was against Stanford when they hit a double to take the lead only to see Florida State given a foul ball call on a ball that had 4 ounces of chalk flying for everyone to see but the umpire.
The balls and strikes have been the most inconsistent, ever. And, I have always hated the 7 p.m. our time starts because of the shadows for half the game, and the positioning of Rosenblatt Stadium with regard to always playing balls out of the sun. Baseball games should not be decided by either and the cheap home runs have always been a problem to me too. You figure the wind will pick back up again for the rest of the Tournament, but again, this Georgia Diamond Dawg baseball team is built for Rosenblatt Stadium.
Go Diamond Dawgs !
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By HomeDawg
June 16, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this
BuLLdawg: Awtrey may be new to the Dawgs’ beat, but I’m pretty sure he learned at Furman’s knee. He’s been around the AJC for eons, most recently on the golf beat. Fine fellow, and, if he is the new Dawgman, all is good.
By Tarheel Bill
June 16, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Tarheels put it to the ole LSU Bayou Boys. ACC Ain’t so bad after all and the cream will rise to the top! Go Heels !
By Tarheel Bill
June 16, 2008 9:54 PM | Link to this
As a follow up, we are just dowm 3-2 in the seventh inning, and my favorite Gay sports site HABS INSIDE/OUT is taking naked pictures of our “Swingers at bat”.