UGA

By GTYJ

September 6, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

Impressive yes. Let’s see how they do when the competition steps it up a notch.

By Nodoginhunt

September 6, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Hey SOS… see ya’soon!

By LosAngelesDawg

September 6, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this

First?

Good game overall. Won’t jump in ratings though.

By angry puupy

September 6, 2008 7:30 PM | Link to this

Considering there’s only one spot higher, no big deal. BCS titles aren’t won in September but they sure can be lost. Just ask WVU. Go Dawgs!

By angry puppy

September 6, 2008 7:31 PM | Link to this

Considering there’s only one spot higher, no big deal. BCS titles aren’t won in September but they sure can be lost. Just ask WVU. Go Dawgs!

By Cuz

September 6, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

I think the Dawgs shoud drop to number two. They never struggled agains a lesser opponnet in Central Michigan, this game was over at the half. However, the mighty OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, overcame getting the fecal matter kicked out of them in the first half to pull out a narrow win over a far lesser opponnett. That is what championships are made of. Oh God please, let us play OSU in any bowl game, I want to kick the slobberknockers out of those guys. ESPN, where the firetruck is the love? Oh yeah, it is UGA, the hate brigade is charging. I tell you what, we play our game, win or lose, and screw the polls and ESPN.

By old dog fan

September 6, 2008 7:37 PM | Link to this

Outstanding game, and could have broke 60 if we hadn’t fumbled at the end. While CMU probably should be given more credit, it still is hard to take that they put the points on us as fast as they did during the mid-period area. TV was talking about Moreno being better than Hershal, while probably not better (at least at this point) he is right beside him and diffently as exciting. Diffently has him beat at leap frog. WOW!

By Cuz

September 6, 2008 7:38 PM | Link to this

When the competition steps up a notch, well it won’t be next weekend. The hens lose by over three touchdowns.

By NORTHGEORGIAFAN

September 6, 2008 7:39 PM | Link to this

GREAT GAME GO DOGS.NOW DO IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK.GO BULLDOGS.

By dawggirl

September 6, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

We don’t need to jump in the ratings. USC would have leapfrogged us anyway next win with their sure win over OSU. Still, I thought but for about 5 minutes total, we looked incredible. The tackling was much better this week for the most part. The penalties returned, hopefully those will go by the wayside starting next week.

We just need to be disciplined. The defense will get it together. And the offense is unstoppable.

By Knowshon knows

September 6, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this

Lets compair apples to apples. UGA and OSU both played MAC teams. I think we played the better of the two. So with their close game do they fall in the rankings? More than likely not because the talking heads at ESPN are in love with them and Southern Cal the “other USC”.
Go DAWGS!

By J Who?

September 6, 2008 7:43 PM | Link to this

Solid win but I’m not seeing the kind of pressure on defense that I would like. The D will have to improve to beat LSU and Florida. Hopefully they’ve been keeping it vanilla so as not to tip their hand.

By FLA DAWG

September 6, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this

Great Job Dawgs! Great opportunity to play the bench on O & D. Didn’t Samuel look great!? That kid can run and he’s not afraid to hit. He outperformed King - a surprise to me.

The Dawgs will beat South Carolina by 3 TD’s. The Gamecock D will play better than they did against Vandy but our O may be the best in the country. Balanced and physical.

Arizona State will be the first tough test of the season. We’ll win by 14.

By ATMDOG

September 6, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this

Still not one ounce of respect from any of the talking heads. Dawgs will have to win every game to have a shot a the title game. It’s so sad that the talking heads have so much influence over the voters.

By Don

September 6, 2008 7:55 PM | Link to this

Not many very impressive wins by top ranked teams today so far. Lets see what Florida does tonight. Look how bad Ohio State looked with their only running back on the side line. Very comforting that Georgia has three running backs that would all be starters on most teams plus a quality back-up QB like Joe Cox. Georgia is deep at every position and that may prove to be the one thing that propels them to a BCS Championship this year. What is Ohio State without Wells? What is Florida without Tebow? Nothing.

Go Dawgs!

By Cuz

September 6, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this

Who is next, oh yeah the Lamecocks. Can’t we schedule a real team for better points when the BCS mad computer rankings start?

By ATMDOG

September 6, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this

The talking heads on ABC said that he saw the GA O line during spring training and there is no way they will protect the QB when they play LSU, AU FL etc. Yea right…Go Dogs!

By jamey

September 6, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

Just announced! The USC/OSU game will be labeled teh national championship game rendering the rest of the season a moot point.

Hope we can be #3.

Great game Dawgs.

By jamey

September 6, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

Just announced! The USC/OSU game will be labeled the national championship game rendering the rest of the season a moot point.

Hope we can be #3.

Great game Dawgs.

By Cuz

September 6, 2008 8:03 PM | Link to this

Just win baby, just win. All else takes care of itself.

By uga95

September 6, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

Dawgs played extremely well!! Our offense is scary good!!

Our defense is good as well. But now everybody is running the spread offense, and with that tricked up offense, it is virtually impossible to shut someone out. The problem with the spread is that you need so many athletes to run it, that your defense suffers!!! So what it boils down to now is that you need to limit the other team’s offense, and score as many as you can when you have the ball. The dawgs will do that to perfection!!

I really like where our team is right now!!

Oh, and bye the way, where is Mr. “The Ohio State Buckeyes”? He’s been taunting us on these boards for weeks!! The suckeyes had to pull it out against Ohio!! Where are you now douchebag???

By uga95

September 6, 2008 8:05 PM | Link to this

Dawgs played extremely well!! Our offense is scary good!!

Our defense is good as well. But now everybody is running the spread offense, and with that tricked up offense, it is virtually impossible to shut someone out. The problem with the spread is that you need so many athletes to run it, that your defense suffers!!! So what it boils down to now is that you need to limit the other team’s offense, and score as many as you can when you have the ball. The dawgs will do that to perfection!!

I really like where our team is right now!!

Oh, and bye the way, where is Mr. “The Ohio State Buckeyes”? He’s been taunting us on these boards for weeks!! The suckeyes had to pull it out against Ohio!! Where are you now douchebag???

By Cuz

September 6, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

Don, I bet our starting second beats any other top ten school. We are deep and loaded.

By BullDawg Rick

September 6, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

Leaping UGA VII….

Just Win Baby!!!!

By Whine Whine

September 6, 2008 8:22 PM | Link to this

You guys sound like Sarah Palin and the Repubs….Blah…Blah..blah…Media Bias…Media Bias…Blah…Blah….

Obama/Biden 2008

By Meadows

September 6, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

I can’t wait to stomp little techies. That game will be joke, Parkview has a better chance of beating the Dawgs.

By BigGAdawg

September 6, 2008 8:24 PM | Link to this

Great Victory. I got a little fed up with hearing the too frequent comparisons with Knowshon and Herschel and the one moron saying over and over that Knowshon was better because of his ability to make lateral moves with such speed. NOT to take anything away from the Truly Amazing Knowshon but Herschel did not need to make lateral moves when he was running full speed—he just ran right over the defenders. Play after play he would pound through defenders with those extra powerful tree trunk sized legs. They are both great—there is NO NEED to try and pit one against the other in a who is best comparison.

By Cuz

September 6, 2008 8:34 PM | Link to this

Herschel and Moreno are two different backs, you cannot compare the two.

By DWBFalcon

September 6, 2008 8:40 PM | Link to this

Leave it to a racist Obama Bin-Laden supporter to ruin the blog…GO DAWGS!!!!!!

By Dawgs54

September 6, 2008 8:41 PM | Link to this

Great game today but we are going to have to get some discipline in the SEC games. We cannot let penalties bite us in the butt. I will let the celebration penalty slide though. Dobbs earned it!

By DWBFalcon

September 6, 2008 8:45 PM | Link to this

Mareno is no Hershel…and Hershel is no Mareno. Both are very special and game breaking. Either pancaked or hugging air, defenses face the same results. Also, Stafford is no Belue…Thank God!! BCSNC all the way. Bring on the wimpy Big-10 patsies.

By Denver Dawg

September 6, 2008 8:47 PM | Link to this

We’re seeing an extremely special player in Moreno. I’ve never seen a guy run like this before.

Georgia hasn’t been challened yet.

Our defense still concerns me.

It is so obvious that ESPN is biased AGAINST Georgia! Why???

By Go Obama!!!!!

September 6, 2008 8:55 PM | Link to this

Great Game Dawgs!!!!

Go DAWGS - GO OBAMA!!!!

By ohio state

September 6, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this

gentlemen, i have been telling you the ohio state fan was a techie..techies have to adopt a team that they think could beat the dawgs…funny the nerd picked ohio state the only dawgs they might could beat would be fresno state..course those dawgs beat tech just like we do..like a yard dawg

By Cohutta Dawgman

September 6, 2008 9:10 PM | Link to this

I Believe These DAWGS can HUNT

By uga95

September 6, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this

This is a UGA football blog…..please do not desecrate it with the word “Obama”.

By Salty Dawg

September 6, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

Our “D” is definitely a concern. The last two games were arguably the easiest on our schedule and the defense laid down during parts of both. Either they aren’t really taking these games seriously and they will toughen up as the opponent warrants or they just aren’t that good and will get smoked when we start conference play. I really hope they step up against SC.

By DOGGIE

September 6, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this

Well, those all powerful Gators have a grand total of 9 points against Miami - should be an interesting 2nd half. DOGGIES did what was expected of them today - bring on the LameCocks! GO DOGGIES!

By J-Mo

September 6, 2008 9:27 PM | Link to this

Is it possible the Defense has simply not tried to show everything ahead of the South Carolina game? i.e. play a little more vanilla.

The season definitely starts next week!!! Can’t wait!!!

By Hurdle'shon

September 6, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this

Aint nothin but a thang… If I can hurdle a Chippendale I should have no problem with a gayturd or a lamecock or maybe even a plainsmen…

By Mikey in the SAV

September 6, 2008 9:38 PM | Link to this

Faster than a speeding bullet- More powerful than a locomotive- Able to leap chippewas in a single bound-

Its Special K !!!

By Whine Whine

September 6, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

Blah…Blah..Conspiracy..Conspiracy..ESPN hates US…Blah..Blah…Media Bias..Media Bias…Blah..Blah.. We sound just like Sarah Palin. The media is mean to us.

Perhaps you should get Sean Hannity to take up your cause and defend you.

Obama 2008

By no real test

September 6, 2008 9:53 PM | Link to this

So Them Dawgs beat up on a glorified high school team —big deal? Get back to me when you defeat a conference foe on the road. I still say no better than 8-4 this year for Them Dawgs.

By Richie

September 6, 2008 9:55 PM | Link to this

On the radio post game show Eric Zier was explaining that the defense has been playing a basic vanilla scheme the last two games. They mixed it up and blitzed only a few times. All in all this week was an improvement over last week against a better team. Joe Cox looked good today which makes me feel a little more secure in case we need the backup qb.

By eddiedawg

September 6, 2008 10:02 PM | Link to this

hey no real test…..you are a moron…..if we had won by only 14, you would be criticizing that….if you are tech fan, you enjoy your little win over that powerhouse bc team today you loser…..DAWGS ROLL NEXT WEEK AND NEVER LOOK BACK…..

By Sean Hannity

September 6, 2008 10:03 PM | Link to this

Moreno was on fire today and Stafford threw rockets.I am also concerned about the D but I think that they are saving their best for SEC opponents. GO DAWGS!

McCain/Palin - Looking great for ‘08

By GAFTL

September 6, 2008 10:04 PM | Link to this

why is this guy talking about politics here? go away buddy. you have no understanding about what is going on in the real world anyway being an obama fan…

Georgia looked phenomenal today. I know when you hear Central Michigan, you do not immediatly think of a top tier team…but they are top tier in the MAC…which a certain #3 team had a harder time with today…interesting.

Once we get the wins, hopefully the analysts will make some more time for UGA. I do not know why they give so much attention to the “other” teams, seeing as the SEC has taken it to that conference 2 years in a row in the BCS championship…its like they forget what happened and revert back to their old ways of thinking every year. Ill tell you who doesn’t forget though…buckeyes fans.

oh what the hell…McCain 2008

By J-Mo

September 6, 2008 10:07 PM | Link to this

By the way … I actually heard Lou Holtz say something like … “In prior years, I’ve thought Georgia was overrated … NOT THIS YEAR.” That’s insane. Let’s see if Mark May jumps on the bandwagon!!

By Roswell Ed

September 6, 2008 10:15 PM | Link to this

Y’all I just dropped my sunglasses in one of them orange and blue porty johns. Had to put my hand in and pull them out. They left a blue mark on my forehead. Any one know if it tastes alright?

Roswell Ed

By Chip Towers

September 6, 2008 10:21 PM | Link to this

POSTGAME UPDATE

OK, I’ve filed all my stuff for the paper now. That’s always a flurry after games. Kind of exhausted at this point… .

Let’s break it down like this:

THE GOOD

Lots of it. Especially on offense… .

With 552 yards Saturday Georgia is averaging 543 yards and 50.5 ppg… .

QB Matthew Stafford warns not to make too much of it. “We understand we’re not playing LSU and South Carolina on defense,” he said. But he did say “we’re doing some good things,” in particular the balance in the run-pass distribution 36 rush for 263/33 pass (23 compl) for 289… .

Stafford was hilarious talking about Knowshon Moreno’s hurdle play. He was downfield trying to get in position to throw a block and ended up just kind of getting in the way. “I’m carrying out my fake and I saw it looked like he was breaking it. So I said here’s my chance to pop somebody. But then he cuts it up and jumps over somebody and I ended up just standing there looking dumb like I always do.” …

Moreno, as usual, didn’t have much to say about his highlight play. “I really don’t know what I was thinking,” he said. “Instinct just takes over.” Of course he’s done it before, in practice as a true freshman (over Donavon Baldwin) and he took that one to the house. But this one was better, Stafford said, “because he was going full tilt.” Said Corvey Irvin: “I’ve never seen anything like it. He might not even be human.” …

The defense actually controlled CMU’s high octane offense for 50 of the 60 minutes. The Chippewas got loose for a little while at the end of the first half to midway thru the third. Richt: “I certainly feel better after this game than I did last week. I thought we finished this time.” …

Demarcus Dobbs returned an interception 78 yards for a touchdown, tying for the eighth-longest defensive TB in Georgia history. Came has he hustled downfield on a pass, which was deflected by Prince Miller. …

Rennie Curran had 11 tackles, 2 TFLs and 1 sack… . Nine different receivers caught passes. None by the tight ends, oddly enough. …

THE BAD

Penalties: A week after being flagged 11 times for 70 yards, the Bulldogs were assessed nine penalties for another 70 yards against the Chippewas. “That’s the number one issue with me right now,” Georgia coach Mark Richt said. “Even a defensive offsides is not smart but you can understand it because you’re anxious to get off the ball. But we have to be more disciplined. The unsportsmanlike [penalties], that just can’t happen.”

Secondary breakdowns: CMU quarterback Dan LeFevour passed for 250 yards and most of it came in the aforementioned window. Prince Miller got beat deep early in the third quarter and then Chippewas did a lot of damage between the zones from 10-20 yards… .

Special teams: Dogs need to shore up kickoff coverage. CMU had 158 yards on seven returns. A lot of it has to do with inconsistent placement by PK Blair Walsh. Could be a change there this week… .

OFF THE STAT SHEET

Moreno 18-168, 3 TDs, 3 catches for 30 yards Samuel 8-45 C. King 7-28 Stafford 18-28-0, 213 yards, 2 TDs Cox 5-5-0, 76, 0 Massaquoi 5 rec.-79, 2 TDs M. Moore 5 rec.-64 A.J. Green 3-40 Curran 11 tackles LeFevour 23-43-1, 250 yards, 2 TDs

By tdog

September 6, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

The one thing i still worry about is the excessive celebration. I hope Richt can keep the boys in line and does not change shirts every game, or has them run on the field all the time. Keep them in check! It was only the Chippewas. Let’s not give Moreno the Heisman yet. If we can beat the old ball coach, and he has a good game, let’ start talking then. I keep seeing Mark on TV and hearing him on the radio. I hope he is not distacted by all the money. He needs to keep his head out of the clouds and just let the boys play football.

By otis

September 6, 2008 10:29 PM | Link to this

stupid people go to uga

By LifelongDawg

September 6, 2008 10:31 PM | Link to this

I fail to understand how UGA could be overrated in the past. The Dawgs routinely finish higher in the polls than they start. That kind of points to beiing underrated. But Holtz is a moron with an ax to grind.

By Sean Hannity

September 6, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

Tebow and the boys don’t look so good tonight. If they keep playing like that it’s going to be a long season for them. I agree with the errors in today’s game, that’s got to improve. Overall I like our chances this year. We have to keep playing with intensity all season long and run the table. GO DAWGS!

By Clos21

September 6, 2008 10:56 PM | Link to this

As A White Man, It is amaze me how we can accept the fact that UGA defense only have black players in a school mostly white. But you can’t accept a black president with the intellengence like Obama! “Go Dawgs, Go Obama”

By Clos21

September 6, 2008 10:56 PM | Link to this

As A White Man, It is amaze me how we can accept the fact that UGA defense only have black players in a school mostly white. But you can’t accept a black president with the intellengence like Obama! “Go Dawgs, Go Obama”

By Clell

September 6, 2008 11:00 PM | Link to this

For those worried about our D—I watched closely today and from what I could tell, we were running a basic high school defense most of the game. Coach M. has plenty and I mean PLENTY of D schemes yet to be unvieled. Ditto for the O. We only did what we had to (to barely squeak by reading some of these stupid comments).

Dawgs…celebrate and lets get ready for USC. Haters and Idiots, keep em coming.

Once a dawg, always a dawg….how sweet it is.

Next year, I’ll be there just like I was today—a fat and happy dawg.

By Todd A

September 6, 2008 11:02 PM | Link to this

It’s a shame we’re only likely to get a year and a half out of Moreno before he goes pro. Just think, he was sitting behind Ware, Brown, and lumpkin in ‘06, and wouldn’t have emerged last year without the injury to Lumpkin against Vandy. CMR is a good coach, but redshirting this guy was dumb.

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this

ESPuke didn’t pick up the Knowshon leap over a defender in a single bound. They like to talk about “Superman” in Florida, but our guy actually flies. Knowshon won’t get any heisman pub until he gains those yards against South Carolina and other SEC teams.

By P Dawg

September 6, 2008 11:04 PM | Link to this

Whine Whine, drink some more wine dumbass. Go vote for an unexperienced socialist idiot and keep hating the dawgs. We don’t need you and don’t want you. GO DAWGS and GO MCCAIN!!!

By irvin

September 6, 2008 11:05 PM | Link to this

Sean, don’t speak to soon. It looks like Florida is for real. Sometimes you play to the competition, just like the dogs have been guilty of plenty of times.

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:09 PM | Link to this

I just heard Brent Musburger say part of college football is a beauty contest. Finally, the media begins to own up to it.

Florida is getting cheap points in the 4th quarter to finally pull ahead of Miami. Urban Cryer likes to talk about how classless the Dogs are…watching his players taunt and not get flagged is a disgrace. Watching him try to run up the score on a team that is clearly beaten is a disgrace. Gator fans can NEVER criticize another team for being classless with any credibility.

By Phoneguy

September 6, 2008 11:14 PM | Link to this

My only gripe today was that “prevent” defense we ran when CMU scored. They dinked and dunked at will. If we do that against SEC teams ….”it won’t fly at all”. Hopefully it was a fluke and won’t be repeated. I’m still on the fence with coach Martinez.

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:17 PM | Link to this

The Dogs won this week’s NC. Now it is a new season. Next Saturday we play South Carolina for the NC. Dogs, they bragged all year about beating you last year. That loss has been thrown in your faces as the cause of missing the MNC game last year. You have a chip on your shoulder. Play to destroy USC east. Play with intensity. Ignore the polls, the biased media, and all the haters. Just give it your best and we’ll love you no matter what!

By Sean Hannity

September 6, 2008 11:17 PM | Link to this

Why is it that people think a vote for McCain is a vote against black people as a whole? Perhaps voters educate themselves on the issues and plan to vote for the candidate who will best serve our nation. In this case it is McCain. Enough about politics. I believe that UGA should be #1 and I would feel that way even if I wasn’t a fan. I wasn’t impressed by Florida tonight, they will have to toughen up before they play SEC opponents. I hope OSU beats up on USC. Not likely to happen but I can hope for an upset. That will be the best way for UGA to move back up. Obviously that win would leap frog OSU to #1 but they are certain to have at least 1 loss this season. GO DAWGS!

By Clell

September 6, 2008 11:22 PM | Link to this

Bulldogs for McCain. That’s all I see. I guess all the bulldogs for “nobama” stayed home today.

Idiots.

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:24 PM | Link to this

Watching the highlights…the stripes have had a few bad games today. In the Washington game, the stripes call changed the outcome of the game. In the Wake Forest win over Mississippi, a phantom pass interference call against Miss. affected the outcome of that game. In Florida, the stripes helped them pull ahead in the 4th qtr. Officiating is so inconsistent and often poor in all leagues. And this celebration rule is going to affect the outcome of a few games this season due to inconsistent calls.

By costa

September 6, 2008 11:25 PM | Link to this

Clos21, how could you possibly compare top notch athletes running a college football defense to a young inexperienced politician running a 1st world country… Stay Ignorant!!!

By Harrydawg

September 6, 2008 11:26 PM | Link to this

Agree with BCS slave 100%, Miami coach said “thats bulls*” I cant stand Florida. Its ok that they won because this game was a sign that they still have major issues in the running game.

By voiceofreason

September 6, 2008 11:28 PM | Link to this

I hate Ohio State! It is good that the OSU coach revealed that the officiating crew was paid off when he recognized the clip on the punt return that the whole world saw but, surprisingly, none of the thugs wearing zebra stripes. How coincidential. The phantom punt return fumble was also bogus! Suckeye never had full control possession in bounds. Tough for teams to veat OSU AND the officials, too!

By TampaGator

September 6, 2008 11:30 PM | Link to this

Slave, I just finished watching the Florida game. Miami’s players were late hitting Tebow and other Florida players all night. Not a single Florida player cheap hit a Miami player all night. Florida’s only cheap points were from the FG at the end of the game. What did you want Meyer to do, throw a TD or just run the ball up the middle? Florida showed class and sportsmanship all night long…are you kidding me. Some Georgia fans can’t see truth unless it hit them right in the face. Well, watching the fast, athletic, powerful, intense, and highly tuned Gator defense tonight, get ready for a hit in the face real soon!

By Phoneguy

September 6, 2008 11:33 PM | Link to this

“Lou Holtz is a moron and looks like Granny Clampett”.

By otis' daddy

September 6, 2008 11:33 PM | Link to this

Otis get to bed, you didn’t get into UGA. Uninformed or stupid people like Otis make baseless posts on blogs - what does that say for Otis?

Moreno looked great 6 tds so far…

Go Dawgs!

By Bahbaganoosh

September 6, 2008 11:36 PM | Link to this

I find it rather retarded that sportscenter reported every game other than UGA’s in the first 20 minutes…great reporting!!! This team is the more ridiculous than the giants winning the 07 super bowl!!! Go Dawgs!!!

By RonMur

September 6, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this

Just got back from the game.

I didn’t see the pressure on the QB that I would’ve liked. He had way too much time. And their receivers were getting seperated. It was like that the entire game. I thought they would’ve made the adjustment at halftime and played more pressure up front. The QB made some bad throws. Otherwise, it could’ve been a different game.

And what’s up with 9 penalties before the 4th quarter?

At times, I think they lacked focus and played sloppy. Not one of their best games, but good enough to whip the Chips!!

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this

The polls are nothing but a beauty contest. It takes network support to get into the NC, and the way many fans see it, ESPuke is disrespecting the Dogs. They show quick flashes of UGA highlights going into commercials, but then they show one or two plays when they report the game. The talking heads have little to say about the Dogs otherwise. ESPuke is pouting because Dog fans aren’t giving them the love. Their bias against the #2 team in nation is clear.

They report at length about Ohio State when they get their expected win. They show so much film on USC West that you’d think they were making a feature length film. But UGA gets 10 seconds of highlights. Crap, they show highlights of the lower ranked teams that blow out their opponent but will barely show the Dogs. ESPuke won’t get any love from me until they treat the top five teams with the same level of respect.

I know such statements from our fans will hurt the tender feelings of Mark May and Kirk Herbstreit…and they will continue to disrespect the team. That’s why I say forget the polls. Just root for the team to win the SEC championship. Let that be our NC. If we get to Miami, then that is just gravy. If we win that, we can put the tiara and the sash beside the SEC trophy. At least we’d have won the SEC based on competition on the field.

probably hurt the pride of the talking heads at ESPuke.

By Phoneguy

September 6, 2008 11:43 PM | Link to this

I’ve given it some thought and I don’t mind it that the ESPN talkin heads give the Dawgs no love. Maybe all the lack of respect is good.( No pats on the back. Noone telling you how great you are. We’re no competition for LSU, Fla.) We’ll be under the radar… The UnderDawgs,.. and all that cliche stuff. Ya’ know. Also I want to know the thoughts of everyone if Knowshon will stick around next year since he redshirted his freshman year.

By austindawg

September 6, 2008 11:45 PM | Link to this

Clell,

I am voting for Obama. Does that make you feel better?

Since Dawg fans cover the entire political spectrum, why would you allow a non-Dawg baiter to create infighting? Isn’t the smack talk from the heathens enough for y’all?

Go Dawgs!

By LifelongDawg

September 6, 2008 11:48 PM | Link to this

BCS Slave,

Something else the media is admitting: running up the score is given great consideration. Despite the BCS position of ignoring inflated scores against undermanned opponents, the media does just that under the guise of “adapting to a team’s performance on a week to week basis”. If they really follow that logic, it will be interesting to see what they do with THE Ohio State this week. Ditto for UF, Bama, and Auburn.

Would have loved to see the Dawgs hold Cent. Michigan to single digits. Nineteen points a game to them and Ga. Southern is not comforting. I know UGA hasn’t shown their full defensive package, but this doesn’t help garner positive media attention (necessary for BCS enhancement).

Offensively, we’ve got a juugernaut in these Dawgs. These guys are averaging 40+ points per game over their last eight. I don’t believe I’ve seen this kind of sustained output in my Bulldog life, and that goes back to 1969. IMO, there’s no reason to expect less as they go further into the season. It won’t happen every game, but scoring over 40 a game should occur consistently.

By TampaGator

September 6, 2008 11:48 PM | Link to this

Coach Shannon, it wasn’t BS that Florida’s defense kicked your offense all over the field all night. Meyer let his FG kicker kick the ball because the kid has never kicked a FG in a game before. He wanted the kid to get that out of his system before the big game with the Vols, when a FG might win the game. If Meyer had an experienced FG kicker, he would have run the ball. Shannon showed no class when he walked up to every one of his coaches and said that. Maybe he should walk up to them and tell them that their coaching is BS. Meyer is going to do what is best for his team, and not what is best for Shannon and his team. Shannon needs to grow up. And next time, just walk up to the other coach and shake his hand like a man who just got his butt kicked. Show some class. But that is probably expecting too much from the UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

By Babaganoosh

September 6, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this

Sportscenter finally reports game 30 minutes into broadcast, but no Knowshon hurdle highlight!!! Those guys are a bunch of minions!!! Go Dawgs!!!

By The Truth

September 6, 2008 11:50 PM | Link to this

F THE RANKINGS!!! F THE BCS!!!! F ESPN!!!! WE GET NO RESPECT!!!!!! AS LONG AS WE WIN THE SEC I DONT GIVE AN FFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!! I SAY THE SEC should SECede from the NCAA!!!!!!!!!!!GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

By OldGold

September 6, 2008 11:51 PM | Link to this

When will the church be finished so you guys can worship this guy? Wow.. he jumped over someone.. he’ll be stuffed when they get into SEC play. THWG.

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:53 PM | Link to this

Tampa,

Obviously you have on blue and orange colored glasses. Florida is known for a lack of sportsmanship. It was Urban Cryer who purposely called a timeout just when the ball was snapped to ice the kicker. Remember that controversy? I watched Florida players standing over Miami players shaking their heads after a hard tackle, clearly taunting. Tebow’s little skip and arm waving act is another form of taunting. Just like other teams in the SEC, including UGA, Florida has stomped on other teams logos, they have taken branches from the hedges, they have celebrated excessively…in short, they have shown poor sportsmanship for years.

By the way, I didn’t say they laid any cheap hits on anyone. I said they were getting cheap “points” and they were. Miami had no chance of winning when Florida went up three touchdowns in the mid way through the 4th qtr. Yet your team they kept playing their starters and they kept the offense wide open. Even the talking heads acknowledged that Florida was trying to impress voters and recruits. They said, “They are making a statement.” That was clear to everyone watching because the heads only state the obvious. You are the one who must be kidding.

By BCS Slave

September 6, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

Shannon is just reacting to the poor sportsmanship and classless approach of Urban Cryer. That’s why it s so hilarious to hear him whine about the Dogs celebration during the Cocktail party last year.

The only reason Cryer was upset about that celebration was that he didn’t think of it first!

By Lee

September 7, 2008 12:01 AM | Link to this

I think Moreno will only stick around if we don’t win the NC this season. If we win it all, then I can see him going early.

By ga./fla

September 7, 2008 12:04 AM | Link to this

that game will decide the national championship ..two talented and very deep football teams…this season will be a memorable one

By MDAWG24

September 7, 2008 12:05 AM | Link to this

Way to go Dawgs! Sitting here in New Orleans working Gustov and heading to Baton Rouge tomorrow. Had to listen to Larry and hear LSU folks in my ear all day and night. See you in October Tigers, this Dawg will be there guns blazing! One game at a time, beat ‘em down Dawgs!

By BCS Slave

September 7, 2008 12:07 AM | Link to this

We need a playoff system in college football. Every conference needs to play a championship game. Then and only then should we have rankings…and conference champs should be ranked at the top. Then the BC$ can have their bowl games with a plus one game to decide the NC.

At the very least, develop a voting criteria and hold voters to it. Require voters to justify their vote against the criteria and publish that each week. Should they violate the standards, replace them. At least that will be a little more consistent than what we get now.

By MDAWG24

September 7, 2008 12:10 AM | Link to this

Oops, and a shout out to my little Dawg Peyt. Daddy saw you on TV today all the way from New Orleans! Way to sport that 24 son! Always and forever, Go Dawgs!

By Denver Dawg

September 7, 2008 12:11 AM | Link to this

Instead of nealing down to run out the clock at the end of the game, the GATORS AND URBAN MEYER kick a field goal??!! Make all the excuses you want, that is as CLASSLESS as it gets.

By Phoneguy

September 7, 2008 12:12 AM | Link to this

Can you believe that Knowshons leap wasnt on ESPN’s so called best plays. UnFREAKINbelievable.

By BCS Slave

September 7, 2008 12:14 AM | Link to this

Old Gold,

Yeah, Moreno will be stuffed in SEC play. LOL. He got over 1300 yards last year playing in the SEC. He gained over 100 yards against five SEC opponents…188 against Florida.

Don’t come in here talking trash…you’ll just have to eat it.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 12:18 AM | Link to this

And Slave, you’re right about the inconsistency of the celebration rule. It happened one time that I know of last year, although the outcomes of the games were ot affected; against UF, when the Gator DB returned the INT against Georgia he dove into the end zone with no one around and didn’t receive a penalty, but against Auburn when a UGA player did the same thing he got the 15 yard celebation penalty.

Granted, the officials were pretty hot about the UGA’s party in the end zone against UF, and the carryover was obvious. Unfortunately it seems the Dawgs are still on a tight leash (pardon the pun).

The biases against Georgia are not some paranoid delusion. They have become so evident that even my best friend (a Buckeye) has noticed. By the way Cuz, I’d love to play Ohio State in a bowl game this year, too. Hopefully the BCSC. Those guys are again overrated.

The Dawgs will beat the Gamecocks by at least 3 TD’s this week. Revenge will come in a blowout. And Arizona State will lose by at least the same margin. The next tough game should be Bama. I just hope the defense improves.

By J

September 7, 2008 12:29 AM | Link to this

Dang ESPN can you make it any more obvious that you absolutely love the Suckeyes- spending 10 min on Sportcenter talking about a win over Ohio WOW! Its a shame that half the people on this blog were not able to see “The Hurdle” by Knowshon because you want to show some crappy college in Ohio.

By BCS Slave

September 7, 2008 12:29 AM | Link to this

Lifelong,

I agree that the bias has become obvious. I have a friend who is a Florida fan, and one who is an Auburn fan…and even they say we’re being punished for last year.

And you know the media bias at ESPuke is no paranoid delusion either when Knowshon’s leap doesn’t get any air time. You know they’ve got a vendetta when they show three minutes of highlights of the boring unranked Michigan game and about 30 seconds of UGA highlights.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 12:38 AM | Link to this

Slave,

I agree that there should be some sort of criteria for rankings, but the problem is that the voters will hide their subjective opinions under some other rationale. It’s just to easy to make contrary arguments either way. The computers, alas, are no better. They have to start with some initial prejudice simply because of the human input of whatever formula is programmed. Kind of like thechno-original sin.

A playoff system is the fairest solution even though it has warts, too. The lesser of two evils, so to speak.

By Phoneguy

September 7, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this

Man…Lou holtz reminds me of Mr. Burns on the Simpsons. The guy must be 147 yrs old… He is so delusional and out of touch with modern football its unreal. His bias on South Carolina and Notre Dame is so transparent. He also gives teams that have “no shot” a chance to win because of their PUNTERS and third string long snappers and crap. And that lisp drives me “inshane…sheriously”.

By Matthew

September 7, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

I wonder how ESPN is going to cover the BCS championship considering they hate to cover Georgia Football… and when they do, they have to throw in backhanded insults.

Lou Holtz and Mark May are worthless douchebags that need to be called out.

By Matthew

September 7, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

I wonder how ESPN is going to cover the BCS championship considering they hate to cover Georgia Football… and when they do, they have to throw in backhanded insults.

Lou Holtz and Mark May are worthless douchebags that need to be called out.

By Matthew

September 7, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

I wonder how ESPN is going to cover the BCS championship considering they hate to cover Georgia Football… and when they do, they have to throw in backhanded insults.

Lou Holtz and Mark May are worthless douchebags that need to be called out.

By Georgia Sucks

September 7, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

WOW UGAY hung 56 points or should say ran up the score on a high school team from michigan. when does UGAY football season start?

By ramblinrob

September 7, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

Knowshon should have done a hiesman pose when leaping the defender in a single bound! Dogs are good, real good! Put 60 on the banty roosters next week! Go dawgs!

By Meadows

September 7, 2008 12:46 AM | Link to this

A) We should run up the score, because that what people talk about. All great coaches do it, (Pete Carroll, Meyer, Saban, Stoops, Spurrier,) and thats why they play for national championships. Football is no longer about class, it’s politics and media. A head coach must campaign now.

B) So since USC played Virginia and won in week one this year and moved up in the polls, why didn’t LSU jump to number one last year when they beat top ten ranked VT? (ABC, ESPN bias towards PAC TEN, Big 12, who they have contracts with)

3) Why is the headlines on Espn football: Florida wins, East Carolina shocks, Oklahoma crushes Cincy, and buckeyes rally to beat Ohio…….WOW Georgia beat the Champion of the MAC and we get no love?

-Just my two cents

By Dan

September 7, 2008 12:50 AM | Link to this

Dawgs looked solid on offense. Even though Central Michigan was clearly overmatched, their QB was actually alright and played better in the second half. I think Lafever is better than both of the QB’s at South Carolina and I give him some credit for moving the ball on our defense. Knowshon looks great but I’m still a little worried about him cramping up. Stafford has really progressed as a QB: he’s making good decisions with the football instead of trying to force the big play and that’s going to help the Bulldogs later in the season. As for South Carolina, I think we’ll get their A game regardless of how they played against Vandy. The Dawgs definately shouldn’t underestimate them, but they shouldn’t overestimate them either. As long as they are patient and make plays on offense and keep things respectable on defense they should be fine.

By KJ

September 7, 2008 12:52 AM | Link to this

Good to see Penn Wagers is still blundering his way through games. Someone needs to ensure he “falls” down a flight of stairs before he’s assigned to a UGA game again.

I fail to understand how UGA could be overrated in the past. The Dawgs routinely finish higher in the polls than they start. That kind of points to beiing underrated. But Holtz is a moron with an ax to grind.

Yep. The following chart needs to be stapled to that babbling invalid’s bib:

http://preseason.stassen.com/over-under/teams.html

By MDAWG24

September 7, 2008 1:02 AM | Link to this

Piggy backing on Phoneguys’ comment, this past Thursday’s game with Vandy and South Carolina’s, Lou said, and I quote: ” South Carolina has the best defense in the country and Georgia will find that out next week.” This was before Vandy shredded the S.C. defense. Mark May asked him tonight about his comment and ‘Ole Doctor Lou had not much to say. I know that in the past we have struggled with SC. I don’t see them ( S.C.) stepping up and stopping Georgia’s passing and running game. Too much going on for them to be able to achieve any isolation on either play call. Evidently, the doctor is out!!! Go Dawgs!

By Matthew

September 7, 2008 1:14 AM | Link to this

Just to spite that old fart (Holtz) and to make him get full use out of his Depends, I hope Georgia hangs 60+ on darth visor and his chickens.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 1:29 AM | Link to this

I have the greatest respect for CMR and the program at the University, but it’s time to play according to the dictates of the polls and the BCS. I don’t take any particular pleasure in running the score up on overwhelmed foes (doing the same to conference teams and other BCS schools doesn’t bother me), but so be it. I’m not sure, though, that even that will get UGA over the hump with some media. As an example, Lou Holtz and Mark May have seemingly overlooked the Dawgs’ five top 10 finishes in the past six years. They seem to think Georgia came out of nowhere. Inane statements like the one Holtz made about UGA being overrated in the recent past seem to resonate well at ESPN, which in turn unduly influences the rest of the sports media. Never mind the absurd lack of logic this shows. How can it be that UGA, with it’s record and the 2 SEC Championships it has won since 2002, is overrated while their conference brethren are winning NC’s with essentially the same record? The media (and coaches) threw the Dawgs a bone with the preseason ranking, and promptly gave it to their pet pick after one game, which I believe was planned. After all, they are trying to set up a #1 vs. #2 matchup between USC and OSU. They didn’t count on the Buckeyes struggling against THE Ohio University. What do want to bet that OSU stays #3 despite their performance? The excuse for keeping them there will be that Beanie Wells sat out, so the Buckeyes shouldn’t be punished (ESPN was already trotting that one out today). Yet the loss of Geno Atkins was one of the many reasons cited for dropping UGA last week. Absolutely no consistency.

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

September 7, 2008 1:32 AM | Link to this

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How FAR is Ohio State going to DROP ?

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By wildman4uga

September 7, 2008 1:34 AM | Link to this

ohio state played poooorly today. do you think that they will be dropped a few spots. i don’t think so. espn has too much power in the rankings. GO DAWGS with the win today you played great, a total team effort.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 1:39 AM | Link to this

Thanks KJ,

that also points out how Michigan has lived on reputation alone for the past few years. Something has to be done to make the polls answerable to their own errors in judgement or this kind of crap will continue.

By UGA FAN

September 7, 2008 1:49 AM | Link to this

I PUT ON FOR MY CITY,ON,ON FOR MY CITY I PUT ON.HOW BOUT KNOSHAWN?IS HE THE NUMBER ONE PICK OR WHAT?

By UGA FAN

September 7, 2008 1:49 AM | Link to this

I PUT ON FOR MY CITY,ON,ON FOR MY CITY I PUT ON.HOW BOUT KNOSHAWN?IS HE THE NUMBER ONE PICK OR WHAT?

By bravesfan

September 7, 2008 1:50 AM | Link to this

Well put, LifelongDawg. The polls are a joke, but Chef and Grannie Clampett are the worst. They dictate the polls by themselves as they have a monopoly on the highlights that the coaches use to help them vote.

Interesting that Chip Towers says that Moreno’s leap will be all over highlight reels across the country. Curiously, I haven’t seen it ONE time on ESPN all the way through the Miami-Florida game, SportsCenter, or College Football Final. How in the world can that be? That was easily the best play of the day, and it was obviously left out of the highlight clips, as was Stafford to Mo Mass.

By reddawg

September 7, 2008 1:55 AM | Link to this

When will Georgia hire a Defensive Coach than realizes that the “Prevent Defense” only PREVENTS you from winning ………….. Great game all around; but damned letting a directional team score with less than 30 seconds on the clock. Slap ‘em back to where they came from and give up this prevent crapola.

By reddawg

September 7, 2008 2:00 AM | Link to this

Lou Holtz is a pariah ……….. everywhere he has been has been put on probation when he left. Word is he is a color analyst because of his “quick wit” to that I say ….. they are at least half right

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 2:04 AM | Link to this

You have to love this: Bama finishes with 172 yads of total offense, misses two FG attempts, scores no offensive TD’s, loses the time of possession battle by almost 13 minutes, and gives up 318 yards of total offense to Tulane, yet the ESPN headline on the College FB page is “No. 13 Bama Coasts”. The Headline for the Dawgs’ blowout? “Moreno’s TD’s lift No. 2 UGA”. Like it was close or something. This stuff is insidious.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 2:15 AM | Link to this

That was Central Michigan. It was also the GA Bulldog first team unit on defense. The SEC teams and anyone they might play in a BCS Bowl game will field an offense that is probably….let’s say ..four times better. Let’s do the math. 17 x 4 = 68. And let’s consider that the defense will be four times better. Let’s do the math again. 56 divided by 4 = 14. It looks like a highly competive SEC team or let’s say…..the USC Trojans would win by a score of 68-14. Not too good. Hopefully the offense and defense will improve so that the Dawgs will at least have some chance of sporting some kind of respectable showing. Who knows, if UGA improves on defense enough, they might not get embarassed by GA Tech. They might win a game or two more. Let’s say maybe againsst Vanderbilt or Kentucky; maybe not. Well a 68-14 loss isn’t that bad……unless you are talking about a nationally ranked team.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 2:31 AM | Link to this

This is a different rant, but it’s still about the media’s (particularly ESPN’s) influence. St. Nick just won his 100th, so I looked closely at his record. His 11 previous seasons as a college HC (including 1 year at, ahem, Toledo) have produced two .500 campaigns), seven with 4 or more losses, 4 bowl losses by double digits, 7 seasons out of the top 25, and a 67% winning percentage. And he’s a coaching deity. CMR, by contrast, has won 80% of his games, has two 4 loss seasons, lost his two bowls by a combined 7 points, and has had the Dawgs ranked every year since his first. And he’ll reach 100 wins 2 full seasons before Saban, barring unforseen circumstances.

ESPN has got to come clean about their misplaced idol worship of this man. They are responsible for this cultish devotion. There is less to Saban than there appears when you just look.

By guy

September 7, 2008 2:31 AM | Link to this

Moreno,King,Samuel= pound the football and wear the opponent down!! LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

By RxDawg

September 7, 2008 2:33 AM | Link to this

The lack of coverage is a little discouraging. Chip, what gives? There were highlights all in our game and ESPN spent absolutley no time covering it. I’ve seen the old joke that if your a die hard college fan, “ESPN is out to get your team”. But come on, no love from the northen media for our team is begining to look kinda fishy.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 2:41 AM | Link to this

OchreBugMan,

If you actually believe all those computations, then you’ve been living in your D&D world for too long. Realistically, the reasoning behind your math is ludicrous. Get back to your game, Dork. When GT beats a real BCS team (someone other than an ACC team or Notre Dame), you can come back.

By Reality

September 7, 2008 2:54 AM | Link to this

HEY REDNECKS…WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START YOUR SEASON ?…and QUIT BEATING UP ON HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS

By rick

September 7, 2008 3:16 AM | Link to this

Hey reality, when are you going to learn anything about football? We were not playing Tech,nor a pac 10 team, thus we were not playing a HS team. The way the Dawgs are playing, by the end of the season you will be saying we beat nothing but HS teams as we will coast. Hard schedule?, we will show everyone how easy it will be. Mark my words. You just only wish you were a redneck instead of a geek!

By the nerd made a joke!

September 7, 2008 3:16 AM | Link to this

Leave it to a yellowmaggot to do some math magic, hoping against hope there is a formula out there for beating those darn Dawgs!!! Geez, they just keep kicking sand in his face! Let’s say this season Georgia 68, Georgia Tech 14. That’s what you meant to say, right? And as for the Florida fans, I know you know deep down how bad your team is now. If you hurry Teblow, he gets frustrated, and that equals 9 points well into the fourth quarter. And don’t talk like Miami wasn’t moving the ball all over you. Georgia, as you could see today, has a much better offense than Miami. And you won’t be close enough in the game for your little zebra friends to help you out. I saw all over ESPN where they were saying his elbow was down, but if you watch that replay, that is the SHADOW of his arm on the turf, and his elbow does not actually touch the ground until he slams to the turf well into the white. But thanks for pulling it out so you can keep our strength of schedule up. Plus we wouldn’t want your season to be over before we faced you! We’re gonna do that for you. Right after we rough up your old boy this next weekend…. GameChickens, dead men walking….

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

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 3:18 AM | Link to this

LifelongDawg, Now..what exactly about the math troubles you so much? For the sake of argument, how many points could have…let’s say Florida, LSU, or USC scored today? What do you think and how many points do you think the Dawgs could have scored agains these teams? The math that was presented seemed to be fair, except that many more seasoned experts would probably believe that they are far too generous in Georgia’s favor. USC or Florida or LSU might even be five times better. By the way, how did you like the way the GA Tech Yellow Jackets played today? Most would honestly confess that it was a very impressive road victory against a pretty good team. I hope these math facts don’t disturb you too much as your games with these really difficult SEC teams loom. But, don’t worry too much, if Florida and LSU don’t let you score, perhaps the Yellow Jackets will let you score a field goal or a couple of first downs while they put up 50 against an very gentle and polite defense. Good Luck to you boys!!

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

September 7, 2008 3:23 AM | Link to this

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Georgia’s Offense is clicking on all 11 cylinders; our Defense is not. Neither is our Kickoff returning.

Prince Miller was torched today.

UGA VII was as cute as he could be with those 3 little girls, licking all their faces.

Knowshon Moreno is our Best Receiver. I’ve watched 50 years of UGA Football and I never saw a play like the one today jumping the defender leaving him grasping with both hands out only to not touch him. I never saw anything like it.

Rennie Curran is our Best Defender.

Demarcus Dobbs is our 2nd Best Defender so far.

Only Rennie Curran has more tackles this season that Demarcus Dobbs.

Energizing the fans and spurring us on to now average more than 50 points a game, Demarcus Dobbs’ interception on a tip ball drill and return diving into the end zone was awesome. He was still breathing hard, his chest going up and down 5 minutes after the 78-yard touchdown.

One of the other Best Plays of the Day today, was a punt to 3rd String Quarterback Logan Gray. The ball was punted hard, and he turned and over his shoulder made the decision to let the ball bounce. It did reach the end zone.

There were entirely too many penalties again today, dumb penalties and many were on the OL not staying set.

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

September 7, 2008 3:29 AM | Link to this

Joe Cox threw the ball wall, coming in at the 11 minute mark; but for the 2nd consecutive game, Joe Cox has once again fumbled the football, as he did against Georgia Southern when he flipped the ball very poorly to Richard Samuel last week. Today, Joe Cox fumbled the snap, picked up it, moved both of his feet several steps each, then fumbled the ball a 2nd time on the same play. This is no good at all. And, is why he must play more. Either he has to play a lot more to not do that, or he needs to just sit and let’s play Logan Gray. This fumbling bumbling handwork of Joe Cox has to come to an end right now. Draw a line in the sand. Joe Cox is having serious exchange issues, both with his center, himself, and to his running backs. I realize he is rusty, but it is intolerable. Our Opponents have not fumbled the football all season long, and here we are in Game 2, and he has 3 fumbles, 2 of which were Lost. Sorry Joe, I love you son, but I will not put up with that again.

Neither Caleb King, nor Richard Samuel, have yet caught a pass.

Knowshon Moreno now is averaging 3 Touchdowns per Game.

That’s 42 on the Season, at this pace.

Knowshon Moreno would hold the All-Time SEC Record in every single category, if he were to play here 4 seasons. Then, again, he might only play 2 because we foolishly Redshirted Knowshon Moreno. That is the single worst decision we have ever made as a Coaching Staff at UGA ever.

Are we only going to let Blair Walsh attempt field goals over 50 yards all season long ?

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

September 7, 2008 3:31 AM | Link to this

Asher Allen and Reshad Jones are both very capable punt returners. I can’t say I have ever seen a team on multiple occasions have two (2) Punt Returners Side-by-Side before. Logan Gray is an excellent punt returner too. Maybe we should put them all 3 back there at the same time. What the heck is that all about ?

We’ve now played 72 players the first two games, as Bruce Figgins and Clint Boling played today after sitting out Georgia Southern.

We really didn’t get any real pressure on their Quarterbacks today, until we were way up, and pinned our ears back.

Knowshon Moreno is now averaging 114 yards a game rushing, and 3 touchdowns rushing per game too. He also has 5 catches, and nearly had a fumble recovery for a TD today too.

14 Touchdowns through Game Two. Bring on Steve Spurrier. I want that whining crybaby little twit. The vols didn’t lose again this week; that’s good. Fulmer had kept his Suspensions for the UCLA loss quiet until just at kickoff, including several starters on Defense. Lousy Ole Miss nearly had the Lone ACC ranked team beat on the Road Beating Weak Forest on their own Field then with 57 seconds left kicked the ball off to Weak Forest and let them promptly drive the length of the field and make an easy field goal, only to lose. I told the Auburn fans that West Virginia was not any good without Steve Slayton; somehow I did not buy into this Noel Devine Hype Cool-Aid. Oklahoma gave up 26 points to a nobody football team. Miami of Florida just has absolutely sucked since the very day that they got out of that lousy Big East. Rich Rodriquez struggled again today, as Michigan should have lost to the other Miami up there in Ohio, whatever that is all about. Now, the Big 10 has Notre Dame hosting Michigan next week. I bet the ratings for that game will be zero.

Ohio State needed two punt return miscues by Ohio, whatever that is who hasn’t won a game all season long, and probably won’t, to eek out a win over a nothing of a football team.

How Far is Ohio State going to DROP ?

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By rick

September 7, 2008 3:34 AM | Link to this

Here again I say LEARN FOOTBALL, as a techie, you should know statistics, as a football statitician you should realize if you matched each player up to its counterpart of another team, you would realize not on paper anywhere does tech match up to the dawgs in size, power or speed, or even talent! Tech beat a pretty good team on the road??/ who the hell was that? Take your teams best players and their teams best combine them to form one team and we still roll over you. Get a clue! Thus to throw in your math, as we match up each player, and being nice will use only 11 as offense or defense negating special teams and subs, then that makes us 11 times better than you….need I say more….put your calculations to that test you moron!

By shane #1

September 7, 2008 3:38 AM | Link to this

Knowshon is the new “human highlite reel”!!!! Move over Wilkins! Holtz “South Carolina is the best defense in the Country”. I think He is right, after all, Who could stop the Vandy power running attack? I think Vandy would get 300 yds rushing against poor LSU, They have no defense, unlike the Columbia Chickens. I think The excessive celebration rules are a joke! A DE goes 72 yds for a pik-six and He is not supposed to celebrate? Then UW is penalized for a celebration that didn’t happen. What a joke! I hope the refs in that game are fired! Get rid of the celebration penalties now! The 15 yds for unsportsmanlike conduct is already on the books, that is enough! Neither the Dawgs nor the Huskies should have been penalized, if it isn’t unsporstmanlike it isn’t a foul! That rule and the new clock rule, or as I call it, the less football for Your money rule, need to be scrapped!

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 3:40 AM | Link to this

OchreBugMan,

As a matter of fact, congratulations on beating BC. Very good for the program. I like CPJ.

Now, if you can just understand that basing math on subjective reasoning is not conducive to logical results, we can agree on more than that.

By Wally

September 7, 2008 3:44 AM | Link to this

Knowshon is a pretty good running back. If he played at Florida, he might even get to play a snap or two. Percy Harvin problably has a good bit more speed. Knowshon would be the seventh fastest running back for our beloved Gators. It’s a good thing he plays for the Dawgs and gets a chance to play. However, he would probably make a good player for our kick-off team .

By oldawgman

September 7, 2008 3:48 AM | Link to this

well said rick!

By gablech

September 7, 2008 3:53 AM | Link to this

Ochre, your team put up 19 points on BOSTON COLLEGE. You are not going to score 50 points on Duke, much less Georgia. We, however, are going to hang 50+ on you boys, though, bet on that. Now run along and try to do some math that will get the Jack-ettes into the top 25. All your dreams are down the drain next weekend, then I’ll have fun reading the Tech blog about how they need to fire Johnson! My calculations say it’s 100% sure to happen!

By rick

September 7, 2008 3:54 AM | Link to this

just curious does tech or goober cryers have their own blog? Guess they are just envious of us and want to be here…

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 3:54 AM | Link to this

It seems that some football fans have quite a phobia with just the thought of a little polite math. Honestly, I didn’t intend to hurt anyone’s feelings by pointing out what seems to be so crystal clear. What’s more, the math that I presented was extremely simple that even a Bulldog fan could understand it.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 3:58 AM | Link to this

Well, that 7th fastest player schooled your beloved Gators’ D last year as a Freshman, Wally. I would say “get used to it”, but Knowshon’s talents are so lacking that he’ll probably have to go to the NFL early to improve. So you’ll only get one more lesson from him. “A snap or two.”? Get real…

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 4:04 AM | Link to this

Don’t you have some maiden to save or some dragon to slay, OchreBugMan? I’m sure your buddies are missing you on their interactive D&D game. Go ahead and play. Or maybe Star Trek: The Next Generation is having a marathon. Watch that. We’ll be okay without you here.

By ochre=hilarious

September 7, 2008 4:11 AM | Link to this

Here are some simple equations a Tech fan HAS to know, they’re so smart: 7+1=8 (victories in a row this November!), 7+7+3=17(how much we beat you by last year!), 52-7=45(points we’re gonna beat you by this year. just like a few years back in Athens!) 0 = The chance in hades you have of even getting ranked this year. Go get amped for your first loss (of many this season!) next weekend. See ya for Thanksgiving, turkey!

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 4:13 AM | Link to this

The overrated #2 Bulldogs are a very average team. I noticed that, like all average teams, the players on defense were too lazy to get their hands up in the face and pathway of the Chippewas QB. Authenic, high ranked teams usually have enough good coaching, player intelligence, good habits, and motivation to obstruct the vision of the opposing QB as much as possible. I noticed that those players who were representing the Bulldogs on defense either lacked these habits or were too lazy to practice them. I wonder if this could be a reason that the Chippewas QB was able to score three touchdowns against an SEC superpower as Georgia? You would almost think that if UGA really were truly an SEC superpower, that a little ole team like the Chippewas wouldn’t even score at all.

By Wally

September 7, 2008 4:40 AM | Link to this

Now tell me if I am mistaken; Did not Knowshon Moreno receive redshirt status his freshman year. It is said sometimes that players who are redshirted are told that they are being ‘saved for later’, when in fact they lack the talent to play at the time. For instance, Percy Harvin played his freshman season and was not given redshirt status because he was obviously talented enough to play his first year. As a freshman, he even helped our beloved Gators win a national Championship. It might be worth noting that Knowshon was not quite the calibre of player as Percy, being that Percy played as a true freshman and Knowshon did not. It is not probable that Knowshown will leave early. However, there have been others with even less talent than Knowshon who, in fact, did. Now you take a player as talented as Percy and you would be able to see a really outstanding prospect who would likely be chosen in the early first round and who would actually play his first year in the NFL.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 4:49 AM | Link to this

Goodnight to all you wonderful football fans who possess such an imagination regarding football talent. It is really nice that none of you are partisan or biased regarding your team. At any rate,the comments are always in good fun and this blogger really does wish you all the luck in the world. Adios!

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 5:38 AM | Link to this

Look here, you got Percy. Great for y’all. We got Knowshon. Even better for us. I don’t care if Knowshon redshirted or why. Neither should you. Percy is 1-1 against UGA as a player. Knowshon is 1-0 against UF. Percy got a NC in 2006 and may again this year. Knowshon may get a NC this year or next.

What I’m saying, Wally, is that you’re happy and we’re happy, so we don’t care where he Knowshon in with your beloved Gators. We certainly don’t wonder about where Percy might fit in with the Dawgs.

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

September 7, 2008 7:12 AM | Link to this

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By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 2:15 AM

“The SEC teams and anyone UGA might play in a BCS Bowl game will field an offense that is probably….let’s say ..four times better.”

“Let’s do the math. 17 x 4 = 68.”

And let’s consider that the defense will be four times better. Let’s do the math again. 56 divided by 4 = 14. It looks like a highly competive [SIC] SEC team would win by a score of 68-14.”

“Not too good.”

“Who knows, if UGA improves on defense enough, they might not get embarassed [SIC] by GA Tech. They might win a game or two more. Let’s say maybe againsst [SIC] Vanderbilt or Kentucky; maybe not. Well a 68-14 loss isn’t that bad……”

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You have got to be kidding me that a Tech fan, comes in The UGA Blog and calls himself a BUG and we are to believe this is a Tech fan ?

Then, he says that Georgia Tech will beat UGA by a 68-14 score, **and refers to this as “MATH” - yeah, right that’s math. The kind of math they teach at Georgia Tech.

Tech is in a Conference who has 1 ranked team in the whole stinky America’s Cupcake conference. The Non-BCS Conferences have three times as many ranked teams as the entire ACC combined.

You admit that UGA is going to play in a BCS Bowl Game AGAIN.

And, then make the determination upon which everything else is based that another team would score 4 times as many points as UGA did today. That’s your quote exactly dimwit, when no football team has ever scored 224 points in a game. Ever.

However, it is not that far-fetched that UGA could score 4 times as many points in a game as Georgia Tech can without a Quarterback and without a single solitary receiver on your entire friqin’ roster.

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

September 7, 2008 7:15 AM | Link to this

I guess that Jeff Sagarin’s BCS Poll is just hogwash having Georgia Tech Ranked Number 57.

I guess that Kenneth Massey BCS Poll is just hogwash having Georgia Tech Ranked Number 55.

I guess that “Richard Billingsley BCS Poll is just hogwash having Georgia Tech Ranked Number 50.**

I guess that the AP Poll is just hogwash having Georgia Tech with not 1 single solitary vote.

But, based upon the fallacy that Georgia Tech would score 4 times as many points as the 56 pasted on Central Michigan, 224 points, Georgia Tech would beat UGA by 68-14.

Never mind the fact that Georgia Tech has NEVER SCORED 68 POINTS ON UGA.

It’s not your MATH but your brain or lack thereof, that is the problem. It is the single biggest fallacy in logic that one bases his entire future outcome prediction on that which has NEVER OCCURRED. Ever.

Coach Richt has coached UGA for 8 Years now this season, and NOT ONCE HAS AN ACC TEAM EVER BEAT HIM.

But, based upon not your math, but your logic, Georgia Tech will beat Coach Richt by 68-14.

You have spent too much time down there in the slums of Atlanta where your campus is located and are doing the same drugs that killed Michael Hutts of Georgia Tech this year, that found little Joey Hamilton fired from his job after one paycheck from Bobby Johnson this year, finds Jerrard Tarrant Starting Cornerback this season kicked off your Football Team by Bobby Johnson for RAPE , found Reuben Houston playing against us after he admitted that he was setting up a drug deal on your campus at Georgia Tech of 93 lbs. of drugs, and has led to your previous 7 in a row games against Coach Richt to all 7 be Losses. Yeah, I believe you are a Tech student. Your brain is fried.

Yeah, that follows then that Tech will beat UGA by 68-14.

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By Mike

September 7, 2008 7:29 AM | Link to this

UGA should be Number 1. In Division II.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 7:50 AM | Link to this

Hey Mike,

That’s not funny. Seriously. Be funny or make a point. You did neither. Try again.

By Cheerwino

September 7, 2008 7:52 AM | Link to this

Will everyone on our schedule we haven’t played yet please stop losing!

By michael

September 7, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

That color ncommentator on FSN is absolutely the worst I’ve ever heard.

By LOL

September 7, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

Florida has beaten 2 real teams. Isn’t it about time to stop playing teams just a little better than high school team?

By JaxDawg

September 7, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

Wally- Stick to what you know which is obviously very little about UGA Football. Anyone who follows GA knows that the coaches agonized over playing Knowshon as a true freshman, but we had Thomas Brown, Danny Ware and Kreg Lumpkin 3 solid experienced RB’s that were jr’s. We were already having trouble keeping them happy. 2nd The ability to redshirt players is a sign of solid recruiting and depth. When your program is in a position that you can get top talent, AND redshirt it puts you in a position to reload rather than rebuild. Percy Harvin is a top talent, but Florida had no choice they had to play him unlike AJ Green, who we are playing due to his amazing ability more than a need to. We are deep enough at WR that CMR could have redshirted him if he wanted. You really should THINK before you speak! GO DAWGS!!

By TampaGator

September 7, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

So, Sleve, if your team is up 16-7 mid-way through the 4th guarter, you are required to send in your reserves and stop playing hard or the coach is classless. If you don’t you are running up the score. That is about as stupid a comment as I have ever read. (At exactly what point in your epic truggle agaist C. Michigan did Richt put his reseves into the game? Certainly not after the Bulldogs were up by more than 1-1/2 scores. Please take off those red and black glasses, would you! Concerning someone’s comment that Miami moved the ball “up and down the field on the Gators” all night…yeah, for a total of 11 first downs and a total of 149 yards…that’s TOTAL YARDS. And that’s even after Miami consistently got the ball around their own 40 yard line all night. The Gator D was totally dominate last night. And I guess non of you noticed Carlos Dunlap running down QBs, RBs, WRs, etc from behind all night. He is a monster of a DE. 6’7 and 290 and faster than most people on the field. Yeah, Tebow was also terribe…only 267 yards passing and 2 tds against an outstanding (and very fast) Miami defense. Oh, he also added over 50 yards rushing. The Gators should bench him. He is terrible.

By C'Mon

September 7, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

You guys are thumping your chests while playing nobody. Beat a Div. 1 team and let’s talk.

Dawgs are so over-rated.

By no uga fan

September 7, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

What a joke…you boys are a joke!!! When you start playing teams in YOUR division & WIN, maybe you should be ranked..until then, for GOD’s sake, sit down & shut up!! Oh yeah, & when you can keep your players (thugs) out of jail for rpae, drugs & public drunk then you can step up to the plate & say we are the better team. Never liked this team & for this very reason, never will. They are thugs & punks who think they are above the law.Their coach was raised by the best to handle thugs like uga…remember where he came from? FSU! Bobby Bowden knows first hand how to handle, recruit & pamper thugs & punks.

By uga95

September 7, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

I wouldn’t trade Knowshon for two Percy Harvin’s!!!

By PAUL3084

September 7, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

For the most part I thing UGA looked good (especially the running game). However, would like to see a little more continuity out of the passing game. Once, this happens along with a little more push up front from the D-line great things could happen against really tough opponets and ya’ll know who I’m talking about. Hopefully the coaching staff has been calling the plays a little “vanilla” saving the best we have for conference play, I guess we’ll find out soon enough. No chance ESPN might give UGA a little credit (congradulations USC on another National Championship 2 weeks into the season and having only played one game and congrats to Chris “Beanie” Wells on the Heisman trophy after playing one game and missing one game this season. HA HA!!!) How about last night when Lou Holtz finally came clean and said “every year I have Georgia UNDERRATED but they do have a very good football team”. Man it killed him to say that. Go DAWGS get better every week and make the media hate you that much more.

By Dnice

September 7, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

Well let me clear this up for Wally. Percy played as a true freshman because you lacked talent on your team. Not to make light of Percy because he is a good college player but tell me what is his position? He is not a RB and too small to be a WR. CMR redshirted Moreno because the 3RB’s ahead of him are all in the NFL (Lumpkin, Ware, Brown). Can you tell me the last player from your offense at UF to be in the NFL? While Knowshon is extremely talented he gained a lot of knowledge from watching the Thomas Brown, Danny Ware’s, and Kregg Lumpkin’s, his 1st year not to mention the strength he gained. Next time you compare our future Heisman winner to your player just ask yourself where would Percy play at UGA or the NFL.

By devildawgNC

September 7, 2008 9:12 AM | Link to this

LOL wrote:

“Florida has beaten 2 real teams. Isn’t it about time to stop playing teams just a little better than high school team?”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…right…

Goood point: UF opened against Hawaii, who returned their star quarterback, coach, top receivers, etc. from a season the previous year where they played 5 ranked teams during their regular season.

I will point out that there are still many more stories on ESPN about LeFevour than about UGA. But surely, that’s no indication of either the quality of the team we beat, nor of the hatorade from ESPN.

By It's Over

September 7, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

Dawg fans enjoy this win because Paul Johnson and Tech will be kicking your butt for years to come.

The sleeping giant has been revived.

By Bradley G

September 7, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

To me, the greatest part of his game yesterday was the moments before his big run. Vince Vance was just called for a false start that left the Dawgs with a 3rd and 19. Moreno jumped in his face and told him to get in the game. That was the most impressive thing he did, with “the leap” a close second.

By TampaGator

September 7, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

UG95…I wouldn’t trade two Percy Harvin’s for one Knowshon Mareno. Nor would I take 2 Marenos for 1 Harvin. Both are great players. They just do different things fantastically. No one is shiftier and hits a hole better that Mareno. No one has a quicker first step and blinding speed like Harvin. Stop thinking one is better than the other. They are different types of players doing different and wonderful things on a football field. Mareno is the best RB in the country. Harvin is the best WR/RB in the country. Period. Neither Florida or Georgia would be nearly as good as they are without either player.

By TampaGator

September 7, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

Hawaii’s team would crush C. Michigan. And Miami is just a little bit better than C. Michigan and Georgia Southern (the players on this year’s Miami will be playing for the NC in a year or two…they are that talented). Georgia had two puffcakes to start their season. But there is nothing wrong with that for any SEC team. But I would not be getting too “puffed up” about why my team isn’t #1 after beating up on them…or trying to make my RB the Heisman winner after running all over a horribly slow and untalented C. Michigan defense. Georgia and Mareno will have plenty of time and teams to prove themselves as #1. Go undefeated with your schedule, and no doubt you will be ranked #1 and in the NC game.

By Dnice

September 7, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Directly from ESPN.com

ATHENS, Ga. — Knowshon Moreno would have been a hit at the Bird’s Nest.

He sure looked like an Olympic hurdler between the hedges.

Georgia’s dynamic sophomore rushed for 168 yards and tied his career high with three touchdowns as the No. 2 Bulldogs responded to a ratings snub by pounding Central Michigan 56-17 on Saturday.

Fast Facts

• Georgia has won nine straight games dating back to last season, the second longest streak in the nation (BYU has won 12 straight).

• Since Mark Richt became head coach, Georgia is 22-0 between the hedges against teams outside the SEC.

• Central Michigan is 0-7 all-time against SEC schools, being outscored 273-111 in those meetings.

— ESPN Research But the play that had everyone talking didn’t result in a touchdown.

Late in the third quarter, Moreno got loose in the Chippewas’ secondary. Vince Agnew came in low, looking to take him down at the knees, but the Georgia back simply leaped over the would-be tackler and kept on going for a 29-yard gain.

“That was crazy,” teammate Asher Allen said. “He’s done it in practice before. I think he’s been keeping that in his back pocket.”

By pam

September 7, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

espn has their pets for years it was auburn. last year it was lsu and this year well it will be osu.

By P Dawg

September 7, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

devildawgNC, Hawai’i didn’t return their star quarterback or receivers or even half of the sugar bowl team that UGA crushed.

By jason

September 7, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

I have yet to see the Knowhon hurdle on any highlight on Espn. That play alone should throw his name into the heisman discussion bet hasn’t even been mentioned. Yeah it was Central michigan but that was an amazing physical display that should get tons of coverage. Ohio State is getting more coverage for barely beating a team that Central Michigan would destroy.

By JB

September 7, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

I’m looking for coverage of a few other games that were played yesterday and all I can find is a stupid box score spreadsheet. Have all the layoffs at AJC made covering the games (U of FL must have their own writer) economically un-feasable? Glad I don’t pay for this crap.

JB

By ray

September 7, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

Did anyone else notice that announcer Dave Rowe seemed to not care for Herschel Walker….seemed like every back on the field was beter than Walker was…don’t get me wrong I think Moreno is outstanding but given the choice,,,I would take Herschel any day of the week

By LT DAWG

September 7, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

Pam, Auburn has never been the darling of ESPN. Alabama has been given more love than Auburn the past few years.

By kj

September 7, 2008 11:05 AM | Link to this

Why are “DAWG” fans so concered with USC, Ohio State, and the polls in only the second week of the season? Noone has won anything yet “DAWG” fans including your mighty “DAWGS”, yes I do believe Ga. is a very very good football team and could win the BCS Championship but remember you have to do it on the field and you’re not gonna win it in Sept. Take care of what you need to and you won’t have to worry about USE, Ohio State, GT, Fla, the polls or anyone else. For a fan base than claims to be in the upper class of college football you sure can’t handle what happens ever other year to the USC’s and Ohio State’s….no why? Bevuse UGA is not in the upper class of college football!!!! you havn’t won in 25 years. come on…..GET A LIFE!!!!

By Kendawg

September 7, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

I wouldn’t fret too much about our defense. Martinez was undoubtedly playing a “vanilla” defense against two overmatched opponents. Central Michigan is not as easy an opponent as many bloggers have stated. They’ve won the MAC two years in a row and they have an excellent QB. They simply don’t have the other players to match up against UGA. It will be interesting to see how the Dawgs perform against “the best defense in the SEC”, as Lou Holtz would say. Why does ESPN continue to employ such an idiot?

By Grim

September 7, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

SEC 18-4 PAC 10 11-7 Enough said!!!

By ochre's coach

September 7, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

Ochre, my man… i don’t post on here much but techies not knowing football is killing me. If you watched the game, do you honestly think that UGA defense used all of their stunts, blitz’s, etc. That’s a negative. Just like our offense didn’t show our playbook, neither did the defense. As was said in a couple of post game interviews, it was a “vanilla” scheme for our defense. So use your math skills all you want to grade our D. That got you into GT, but as far as your football logic, you have the equivalent of getting into North Georgia Technical College.

By Fools Gold

September 7, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Ken Dawg….. Playing Vanilla defense? lol that is a good one. Why don’t you just take off those rose colored glasses. Uga plays a chicken sh1t wait and react defense. Plus, looks like teams are really putting points on rhe boards when playing lesser opponents too!Fla. St 69 - 0 Oregon over 60 as well. UGa should have hung over 70 on those clowns. The defense will have problems when it faces real competition. The offense will have moments of greatness but will have times of sputtering like it always has under Richt. So wake up dawg fans, the jury is still out. Willie’s defense is a joke. That spread offense can be shut down too, just ask Alabama what they did to Clemson. No cushion on receivers and manhandled both offensive and defensive lines . Thus no offensive TDs were generated by the Tigers. I bet Chickens upset the overrated puppies this week!

By Festus

September 7, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Oh my gawd, Eaist Caroliner beat my Waste Virginny boys?. I guess ole Coach Lou thinks his boy Skipper could beat them doagies too. Yeah maybe a good maitch up in the Poulan Weedeater bowal is in the horizon and I bets Eaist Caroliner beats the pupps.

By voiceofreason

September 7, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Ever notice how ESPN college football coverage immediately disappears, much quicker than usual, AFTER an SEC-Southern team (name any one) massacres the Ohio State Suckeyes in the national championship mismatch? Just a thought. Hey, even the OSU coach honed up to the blatant clip on the game-clinching punt return for a TD. Good old A&&hole Hiltz was quick to defend, “No flag, no penalty.” What a F^^^^^G putz!

By PJ will beat Dawgs

September 7, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

Yeah Now PJ has beat Boston College, a team that CMR and Dooley couldn’t beat. The year of the Yellowjackets is here!!!!

By Tommy Bow Wow den

September 7, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

56 is that all? 56? My Tigers put 70 on that Jr. college team with ease last year.. Oh yeah don’t give me that Bamma Crap either cause they will destroy UGA too when they play in Athens. I bet the Dawgs will get a big scare this weekend so y’all will need to have the Pepto ready at the chicken coop. UGA defense sux too!

By diamond dawg

September 7, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

Fact#1:

ESPN obviously has a UGA bias.

If Beanie Wells would have had the same day Knowshon did yesterday, he would have been on every highlight reel, top ten list, etc. throughout the day and into next week! OSU looked like a big pile of crap against an Ohio team that can’t even hold Cent. Mich.’s jock.

It’s disappointing as a UGA and college football fan to see the media pick and choose their darlings and vault them towards post season hardware.

FACT #2:

ESPN and ABC were hoping and praying that OSU would demolish their opponent and UGA would look less than spectacular so they could jump OSU to the 2 spot for a 1 vs 2 matchup Saturday. So much for that losers…

FACT #3:

GA TECH fans that are talking smack on this board are psychotic and need treatment.

FACT#4:

Spurrier circles ONE game each year and it’s coming up this Saturday. They looked past Vandy and will give us all they got, maybe even come out with a W, and then fold like a tent.

Skip Holtz will be the USC head coach in 2009.

Spurrier will be playing golf.

By Chris

September 7, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

Who cares? The Heisman is the silliest award in all of athleticism. It doesn’t go to the ‘best college football player’. It goes to the best offensive skill set player on a winning team in a BCS conference that gets a lot of playing time. SEC titles, championships are all that matter.

By Barbie Doolies

September 7, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

Hi Dawg Fans… just to let you know we have extra shipments and large quantities of Pepto Bismol coming to the UGA Bookstore this week for next Saturdays Game against Spurrier’s Gamecocks. I will be there this week passing out the new Suicide Watch hot line phone number as well. Please hurry while quantities last. CYA there!…Barbie

By Kendawg

September 7, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

I’m as worried about the “best defense in the SEC” as Vandy was. Gee, they held Vandy to 24 points. Horrors!!!!!

By The 'Ole Ball Coach

September 7, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

Charlie Weis and I have a little side wager going. I got a hundred bucks that says he gets fired first…

By Ed

September 7, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

It’s disappointing as a UGA and college football fan to see the media pick and choose their darlings and vault them towards post season hardware.

They pick and choose their favorite politicians (Democrats), so why wouldn’t they do the same with athletes? The media still thinks that the Big 10 and Notre Dame are on top.

By Ed

September 7, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

It’s disappointing as a UGA and college football fan to see the media pick and choose their darlings and vault them towards post season hardware.

They pick and choose their favorite politicians (Democrats), so why wouldn’t they do the same with athletes? The media still thinks that the Big 10 and Notre Dame are on top.

By Skip to my Lou

September 7, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Ugas Defense suxs, plain and simple, and its crystal clear. Defense wins championships so UGA wont win one. Like Daddy says Uga will face a different test come Saturday. Go Pirates!!!!!!!oh yeah we beat West Virginia a team ole Willie boy got schooled by a few years ago!

By Steve in DC

September 7, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Hey, i don’t mind much with the drop to #2, but I was completely taken aback when I watched both sportscenters last night, both editions of the college wrapup show (game day post game, and CFB tonight) on ESPN, and never saw Moreno’s leap. Not in the top 10, not in the GA highlight, not in anything.

I couldn’t watch the game, but my brother sent me a message when it happened, and I saw the photos. I couldn’t believe that didn’t even warrant a mention in the GA highlight. When going to an earlier commercial, the CFB show teased to the Georgia highlights, and showed more plays (3-4) than the actual highlight did. (One).

You’d think that a heisman contender on the #2 team having a career day and making a silly crazy leap over a defender would at least get played with the too-short highlight…

Ridiculous.

By P Dawg

September 7, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

They’ll never fire Spurrier because even though they are on the low end of mediocre, that’s the best they’ve ever been. Spurrier loses BIG this week. Can’t wait to keep gamecock henry quiet!

By S.E. Dawg

September 7, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

To be a really good football team we need better run blocking, Period. If that improves we will be almost unstoppable. I know we put up some good run stats but you can put those numbers on the backs and not the O-line. Just my thoughts.

By Oledawg

September 7, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

Chip-Everyone has reminded you of the expected UGA highlights(Dobbs, Moreno, Stafford, Curran, The Receivers, etc..) with Moreno’s Leap not being even in the top10 highlights on ESPN. A week ago I wrote about ESPN with specific evidence of partiality shown to other than the Dawgs and especially for osu. Last Tues. when CSS pulled away from Coach Richt’s press conference to go to Tenn’s press conference(nonexistent because they had’nt returned from UCLA trip) and didn’t return to UGA, I flipped to ESPN only to see Tressel giving his press conference LIVE on national tv. Wha’ tha’ hell!! And they are going to be under contract to the SEC? Slive had best check for the word “objectivity” in that contract. “Fairness in reporting” would be a nice clause as well. Now that a lot of fans have been alerted and are measuring ESPN’s words this would be a good time for boycott or a factual, recorded littany of events that show national prejudice for teams ranked under others while simultaneously against teams ranked higher and the highest in the SEC. But as you noticed last night, they will lobby for another SEC team to be ranked higher than UGA.

If you didn’t notice last night, the lizards were touted for their “great depth” that supposedly appeared last night and had nothing to do with quality of play by their subs. Cornelius Ingram is not mentioned as a loss along with five players with ACL injury. They lost a couple more last night. IN the meantime UGA’s depth (that is greater in number and play better than the lizard’s “depth”) is ignored in the voting and some of the media. Last year at this time I blogged about UGA being under the radar and was hoping no one caught on until after we kicked the lizard’s butt and was rewarded by the Dawgs kicking the reigning NC’s orange and blue-hooey in the teeth. Our Dawgs convinced me last year that they aren’t listening to any of ESPN and FU’s hype and are quietly confident of taking care of business. I can feel that same Dawg confidence this year, except moreso. Maybe this media nonlove will translate lower on the radar again and we can make ESPN look like the prejudiced yellow journalists again. They were the ones who touted Hawaii up to be our fodder, but that was to prevent UGA from going to the Rose Bowl as well as NC game. So they helped lobby an Illinois team in since most of the writers represent big10 teams. In their zeal last year and this year to push a big10 agenda, they screwed over one of their own, Wisconsin. They come off as being the media’s step-sister, so watch for yourself who is winning and getting less love than osu and the chicken turtle heads. Conclusion: ESPN and the big 10 eat their own. Most of their opinions don’t hold factual water. You should check anything you read from them for facts. I’m not blaming anything that our team does or does’nt do on them, but sure don’t think that any media should excercise prejudice against my school that has laboriously attained the heights in college football and don’t deserve to be undermined by narcissistic hacks that have lost all objectivity. They now seem to have the attitude of “What are you going to do about it?”. How about a few suggestions from the fans?

The Kings, Samuels, Dobbs, Green and other young starters are beginning to shape our Dawgs as a 44-player First Team, interchangeable and inspired to a man. That leaves our second team loaded with impact players who may never see a start, but hopefully will play at their positions this year, eg; Logan Gray. I’m convinced that this guy comes close to LeFevour in talented running and passing. He is going to be the bridge between Championship Year Teams for The Dawgs. I compare him favorably to DJ.

LeFevour’s passing is sniper accurate and he is the best college passer I’ve ever seen. He was nervous the first half and didn’t run much, but we saw in the second half that he can run as well. So can Logan. The Dawg D stood up and played strong enough to beat all other teams I have seen on tv. If their mistakes were taken advantage by the best college QB out there and only resulted in 2 TDs, then We should see some spread offenses mowed down this year by a confident Defense that will make the difference in any game we play. We have almost gelled into the team that finished last year.

UgaVII, I’m going to send your handler some chip bag freshness clips to be used to keep your sagging jowls from falling on the ground. It will put a smiley face on you that will last through the NC game. Imagine that mug on SI covers with a big grin on your face! And think of the b*** that will leap up and down and pee when they walk by the newsstand. It will look like Henson is nearby! OK, Bubba,get out in the Savannah Parks and start your pushups. Your swagger has been termed a “wobble” by Seiler, your owner. Hello! Hello! Wake up!! We have to get in shape for the Gameycocks this weekend and that means you! Hup, Tooo, Treee, Four! Hup, Tooo, Treee, Four!

By FinanceBuzz

September 7, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

Why doesn’t the AJC just go ahead and make the name Red & Black Atlanta Bureau official? So a leap makes a guy a Heisman candidate? Why don’t we wait and see what he does when UGA gets to the meet of their schedule. As for being all over the national highlights, not so much. I am out of town this weekend and only had access to national coverage of college football. The first I saw or heard of this leap was right here in the Red & Black Atlanta Bureau.

By Bob

September 7, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

I have no idea what will happen next weekend, BUT South Carolina is not a good team right now. If they keep playing like this it will be a struggle for them to finish 4th in the East. The offense is flat out horrible and not even worth talking about. The defense is overrated. The starters are good but there is no one backing them up. They have no depth. They started to get worn down against VANDY for god’s sake in only the second game of the season. That is not good. It is going to be a very long season for the Cocks in my opinion.

By Sick of Crybaby Tech Fans

September 7, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

“So a leap makes a guy a Heisman candidate? Why don’t we wait and see what he does when UGA gets to the meet of their schedule.”

Running for 1,300 yards as a freshmen makes someone a Heisman candidate genius. Why don’t you take your jealous b!tching and moaning over to your own blog Techie. I think there is a Wake Forest fan over there talking smack. This is SEC territory. You’re out of your league.

By AZDawg5

September 7, 2008 2:12 PM | Link to this

I finally got to see the Dawgs this weekend and feel as though they are bit overated…the typical swiss cheese D of the past and minimal intensity…O looked pretty good….I am so sick of watching and hearing about the HAC-10 and have been waitng 12 years for Sept 20 o arrive. If we do not destroy the Devils I will be forced to move back to Atlanta!! Here is the deal, if CMR doesn’t blitz Rudy 2 of every 4 downs we could get drilled by the pass attack! Rudy has a big mouth and needs to be hit hard and looking out of his ear hole every other play…once you raddle him it is game over…Can anyone get this message to CMR? Also if Bobo can not adjust on the fly we will have alot of trouble. The Devils are a pretty decent Team. I was there when LSU won at Sun Devil Stadium on the last play…a true hail mary!! I hope that we are ready to roll because the heat and the travel is brutal…this game scares me way more than the lamecocks!! For those of you traveling to the game you will laugh at the fans and the pregame festivities…what a joke!!!

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

Ok, Ok, Dawg fans. Finally, It is perfectly clear that none of you can be cured of neither your math phobia nor your mass psychotic ideation that the Dawgs are a national super power. Just dismiss the two very average, lower echelon teams that the Dawgs somehow defeated and lets pretend, just for your amusement and ego, that both of these two teams were really better than FLorida, LSU, or the USC Trojans. Wow, what a football team you guys have! How did you guys ever defeat such monumental opponents save for the absolutely enormous talent that you have. Probably nobody in the history of college football could have done that. Hail to the very best football team in the history of the game!!….Now,….Did that help a little with the psychosis? …No? Well,…did it at least help you to feel better. Ok…maybe not yet. How about this? The Georgia Bulldogs deserve to be #1 in the national collegiate football polls. Now pretend you are reading the polls when they come out on Tuesday.. 1. Georgia 2. USC 3. Florida 4. Oklahoma 2. Ohio State…….Now, how is that? Does that help even more? If not, next time I will have to share my comments with a fan base that is less phobic to math and more likely to benefit from psychoanalytic help…like Vanderbilt. Now they are an intelligent fan base and realize, rightfully so, that they have just an alsorand football team. Georgia Bulldog fans should take note of their more reasonable and practical behavior.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

Sick of Crybaby Tech Fans, A reasonable person would think that a genius would have a considerable advantage over the average person with regard to rational and sensible remarks. Although it is true that students and fans of Ga Tech are superior and smarter than UGA students and fans, it is not necessarily true that the moniker, ‘genius’ should be applied as it may well be true that such a label would represent the most grotesque understatement of Ga Tech ablilites. And that would not be very nice. Let’s all be nice when we blog. It would be very impolite to be petty and shallow in resorting to name-calling.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

A Footbal Dialogue after the GA-SouthCarolina Game

Dawg fan #1: “I knew we didn’t have a national championship team. How could our defense have allowed 54 points to be scored?”

SouthCarolina fan: “Spurrier loves to put up a lot of points, especially on average teams.”

Dawg fan: ” But we weren’t average! We were ranked #1 in the polls in preseason.”

South Carolina fan: “Yeah, but a lot of the football experts on ESPN tried to alert you to the fact that you really were not, but you guys just wouldn’t listen.”

Dawg Fan: “But wouldn’t you think with players like Stafford and Moreno, we would have outscored a good team?”

SouthCarolina fan: ” That would only be true if you had a good defense. Your defense could hardly stop GA Southern and Central Michigan. Nearly everyone knew that it would never be able to stop a team like South Carolina…that is except rabid Dawg fans who were in denial”

Dawg fan: “But what if we had won?” What would all the experts have said then?”

South Carolina fan: ” Luck”…what it always takes for the Dawgs to win.”

By devildawgNC

September 7, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

P Dawg:

Hawaii also didn’t play 5 ranked teams in their regular season…its called sarcasm, buddy.

And whoever said that Hawaii would slaughter CMU: I’m glad you can state that with such confidence. I’m not saying the opposite would happen, certainly not saying it with confidence. What I can say with confidence is that your presumption signals that you, sir, are a fool.

ESPN just won’t show that play? Will Moreno get mentioned in Heisman watch this week?

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

Maybe if we ignore OchreBugMan he’ll go away. Anything is worth a try to get rid of him.

Good to see OSU take a tumble. Now maybe the polls can explain how, since they adapt to team performances on a week to week basis, USC solidified its hold on #1 despite not playing. What a joke.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

And UF’s week one opponent, Hawaii, came from behind to beat Weber St. this week. That’s some powerhouse the Gators played to open the season.

By Oledawg

September 7, 2008 3:39 PM | Link to this

Paranoid! B*** and moaning. That’s us. Just because we are paranoid about ESPN doesn’t mean they aren’t out to get us! Let’s pick up the complaining until someone hears the cacophony. OSU finally got some of what they deserved, but on the same day ESPN dissed us again. Looks like AP and the Coaches poll doesn’t feel they should have the warped love for a mediocre team at best. Have you ever looked at the end of year coaches poll publication to see the ranking done by Tressel and some of the other big10 coaches(not all of them)? Blatantly anti SEC in line with ESPN. While most coaches were ranking us #4(at one point) last year, Tressel put us between 12-14.

This crud has been going on for several years, but I couldn’t succumb to the paranoia right away. I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Dumb on my part. They are blatantly anti UGA and SEC. Sporting News will get my read, but unfortunately they don’t have umpteen channels on tv and my cable only carries ESPN. If it wasn’t for CSS, I wouldn’t get anything on the Dawgs.

By Fools Gold

September 7, 2008 3:42 PM | Link to this

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha…. UGa still cant put away patsy teams and score 60 to 70 points on them and USC stays home and is still ranked #1. Everybody Knows UGA is OVERRATED except there delusional fans. My Grandmother could have hurdled Both GSU and Central Mich. combined! Big deal for Moreno. Particularly when a fat overweight lineman runs an interception back for a 78 yard TD. How Comical, Wow The Chippewas are a big scary team. Clemson showed us last year that Central Mich. was a joke. Yep UGA is #2 and we all know what #2 is which is sh1t!

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this

Oledawg,

The only way to get some change is to do what you said: raise hell until there is some accountability for the way the polls are voted. That FSU is close to a top 25 ranking and hasn’t shown itself deserving is disturbing. Is there some rule that says a conference must have a top 25 team? Looks like they’re propping the ‘Noles up in case Wake stumbles.

And the Big Least is showing their true colors, too. Their top teams struggled mightily against supposedly inferior teams. Maybe Syracuse can get in the top 25 if their other schools falter.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

Now, now, Lifelong Dawg, Wishing that someone would go away is much like wishing that reality will slso go away. If it were not me, then it would be someone else to keep you in contact with reality. You should be very careful that you monitor that persistent neurotic behavior of blaming others for the mean old reality of life.

By Coach Smith

September 7, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

How in the #!@$@ does Georgia LOSE VOTES this week in the polls to a team that is not playing??

USC was ONE that is 1 first place vote ahead of UGA going into this weekend in the AP poll…..

NOW USC is 10 votes ahead!!??

USC was 3 votes ahead in the USA TODAY poll now THEY ARE 16!!!!!!!!!

Excuse me?

UGA beats a MAC champ 56-17 and USC sits at home and somehow they are pulling away in the votes?

This bias is getting a little out of hand

By Not TOO GOOOOOD FLOYD

September 7, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

NOT TOOOOO GOOOOOOD FLOYD” Still too many penalties (nine), including a couple of offsides calls on the defensive front and false starts on the offense. … While the Dawgs looked extremely sharp on most of their drives, the offensive line at times didn’t assert itself, most notably when it took three tries to punch it in from the 1-yard line ” …on a patsy team.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

Fools Gold,

Who is your favorite team? It really doesn’t matter, I guess. Whoever it was, I’m sure UGA beat them recently. And 56 isn’t “60 to 70” points, moron. Who taught you math- OchreBugMan? Also, “fat” and “overweight” mean the same thing, so use one adjective or the other- not both. It’s called redundancy when you use both. Anyway, my bet is you wouldn’t want that lineman chasing you.

I guess the Dawgs should schedule your Grandmother as soon as possible since she’s so much better than their other opponents.

By TexasDawg

September 7, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

We shall see next week! SC defense looks strong. Next three game will tell us alot about our DAWGS! Hope we as good a team as I think we are! No let downs till after the NC game. Alabama and Auburn scare me more now than FLA does!

By Gen Neyland

September 7, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Dear Commodores,

Cograts on being atop the SEC East in this, the second week of game. And thanks for shoving Coach Steve’s words right back down his throat.

Respectfully,

Gen Neyland

By Fools Gold

September 7, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

Hey Lifelong Delusional Dawg….. How about “Fat and SLOOOOOOOOW”. Yeah go ahead and schedule my Grandma. Who said 56 points is 60 to 70 points? I said Uga couldn’t score 60 to 70 points idiot. Maybe if UGA would schedule Granny then they could punch the ball in from the one in only TWO tries. Possibly Granny wont get a first down if Lomax the gun toting thug wont jump offsides. Dawgs defense sux and the offense will be exposed when its not playing patsies.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

In regard to rankings and overrated teams, with thanks to KJ I’ll repost a site he posted earlier. The usual suspects are indeed the most overrated. Unlike Ochrewhatever, these numbers didn’t just pop out of a retard’s head. They are based on actual rankings.

http://preseason.stassen.com/over-under/teams.html

Now everybody can spout off all they want about how these teams deserve their ranking, but these stats don’t lie.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 5:28 PM | Link to this

My favorite teams are the ones who prove that they are capable of winning national championships …..like the Georgia Bulldogs of 1980. Most recently, Oklahoma, USC,Texas,Florida, and LSU have made that list. Now, these are teams that enjoy the rightful ownership of the highest placements in the polls. Apart from these, there are really no teams that deserve the highest spots in the polls. Well,…there might be a team or two that think they belong there, but more reasonable minds of football realize that they have not proven that they do, except in the dreamworld of fan mania. Most of the time the media simply ignores the pleas of these mania-based fans, but does politely include them so that they remain minimally connected. Oddly, the colors red and black offer up the most frequencies of this phenomena. One fan of a red and black team is so desperate for a win of any kind that he has suggested his team play a grandmother. For his team, given such an opponent, it is entirely possible that this opponent would lose to the red and black; ……………….or not.

By AltamahaDawg

September 7, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Did you fellow ever not notice before that ESPN doesnt really show a lot of highlight from games NOT on one of their networks?

Coach Smith, USC picked up those votes from other team, mostly OSU. UGA didnt lose votes to them, in fact we picked up more votes this week.

I’m still puzzled the assessment of carolina’s strong defence. I havent seen it. Average at best for 2 games.

By Big Dawg

September 7, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

Fellow Dawgs ESPN/ABC and the media is doing us a Very Big Favor in disrespecting us that way. Even though we are # 2 right now, all these so called experts expect us to lose so they can say I told you so. As this season goes along and the Dawgs continue to be mad with a chip on their shoulders because of this disrespect and they take it one game at a time. It will the loyal Dawgs Fans who have the last laugh and we will get to tell the Lee Corsos, Kirk Herbstreets, Mark Mays, Lou Holtzs and others that they are biased idiots.

Go Dawgs **”EARN IT”

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Fool,

How many teams do score 60 to 70 points on these patsy teams, you imbecile? Very few programs are that classless. And Ochre, I figured you for a fair weather fan from the get-go. Incapable as you are of forming an independent thought, you let the polls lead you by the nose. Never mind their historic lack of credibility. You guys are pathetic, and this is my last waste of time with you. You’re not worth insulting.

By BCS Slave

September 7, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

Tampa,

When we talk about showing class and not running up the score…that doesn’t mean you don’t play hard idiot. It is classless when the coach chooses plays designed to score more touchdowns when none are necessary. And it is classless (and stupid) to keep playing starters when the game is in hand. I actually like Tebow and I hope he has a long playing career. But Urban Cryer, as I said over and over last year, is going to get Tebow a career ending injury by letting him play even during junk time. When you keep playing the heart and soul of your team when there is no need, risking injury, that is bad coaching and classless.

Tampa, you are the only one on this blog, well, you and your lizard friends, who won’t admit what everyone in the nation sees. Urban Cryer is a classless jerk both during the game and in interviews. He puts his players at risk and he angers opposing coaches with his lack of professional courtesy.

By BCS Slave

September 7, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

The credibility of college football is at stake the longer the college presidents suckle at the BC$ teat. If they can’t institute some standards for voters to abide by in ranking teams, then abolish polls all together. Let teams play for their conference championship and drop the beauty contest.

We want competition on the field to decide the best team if that is what we’re doing. We need a playoff. Poll voters, especially coaches, are so biased that rankings and the NC are both essentially meaningless.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

Hey guys, I’m so gay I just can’t stand it. I like to come on here and pretend that I know football, but I only know teabag ball. I apoligize to everyone cause I’m such a loser; this is all I can do. I live in my mom’s basement and look at my life size pictures of Leaf Garrett and Jon Bon Jovi. But I’m the coolest.

By TybeeDawg

September 7, 2008 6:00 PM | Link to this

TampaGator, I agree your defense looked very good…but then again I’m not sure that Miami’s offense was very good…maybe due to your defense…maybe not.

I also agree that leading 16-7 midway through the 4th quarter is not running up the score when you are still throwing with all your first teamers. HOWEVER, leading 23-7 with 2 1/2 minutes IS!

Personally, it doesn’t bother me too much…but I think it does show some lack of class in my opinion. MORE IMPORTANTLY however, if I were a Gator fan, I would be livid with Meyer for leaving my Heisman QB and my other big time players in the game that late with the game decided subjecting them to possible injury and ruining your season! To me, that is just stupid coaching! Put your backups in and let them throw and get the experience. I guarentee you at some point UM’s decision making is going to bite him in the butt for leaving those guys in long after the game has been decided IMHO.

By Fools Gold

September 7, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this

Lifelong Delusional Dawg….. Wake up son and read the sport pages and you will see a lot of teams like Penn State ,Oregon, and Fla. State just to name a few scoring some points. Even Clemson scored 70 points on those Clowns UGA played yesterday. UGA fans try to make the argument that Style points don’t count. Well wake up people if you want to get in the MNC game because the Dawgs better score and score often and the defense better stop people as well and do it impressively. Yeah go ahead and fool yourself when other teams will look impressive and UGA plays ho hum and win, then you will see UGA get leaped frogged in the polls. Fact is UGA Cant score style points like they think they can. Remember the DAWGS ARE FOOLS GOLD THIS

By Jim

September 7, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

Chip I also noted the lack of any mention of UGA by the ESPN crowd. We all know Lou Holtz can’t see pas USC, ND, and now East Carolina has risen to the top so that’s all we will hear from him from here out. A game to keep an eye on this coming week will be Central Michigan and Ohio. It should give us somewhat of a measure as Ohio gave Ohio State a pretty good run for their money. I think Ohio State and Florida should have fell from the top five this week. Florida was getting more than they bargained for from a team made up of a lot of freshmen. Superman didn’t look so tuff and was lucky to come out with a win. The boys at ESPN seem to forget that UGA sacked ol Superman 6 times last year and that Knowshon ran for 188 against them.

Please don’t tell me that you think this South Carolina team is so great. If you think so, you either had blinders on for both of their games or have bought into Lou Holtz’s bull about them. If we focus on each game as they come. We have yet put a full game together. Sitting at #2 is not a bad thing and we are loaded with skill players as never before. Joe Cox has looked good and I have a feeling Gray will be better if ever needed. AJ Green is the real deal and Mo-Mass is showing what we knew he had all-a-long. The O line is coming together and Matt has looked sharpe. The D line took a hit with Jeff Owens going down but we have the tallent to fill in. The picks and sacks will come. On another note. It’s good thing that South Carolina pays Spurrier so much because they are over their equipment budget now and may go broke replacing the headsets he will destory during the Georgia game alone.

By Fred G. Sanford

September 7, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

The G stands for Goober Heads you big Dummy

By Red and Black

September 7, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this

by whine whine-i suppose you havent heard the latest news that your pet obama was involved with a terrorist group while living in chicago,its being investigated behind closed doors as we speak.You and obama are big P O S’s as well as the the uf team you love,hiding behind a tech front.If the democrats represent the poor how come the dem’s raised more money than the republicans?GO DAWGS & McCAIN.sic em.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

There’s an interesting ditorial about the polls bias against the SEC at secsportsfan.com. It calls into question the fairness of a system that continually rewards a team like Ohio State for playing such a weak schedule (no games against a top 15 team in 2007).

While Ohio State can’t help that the Big 10 is terrible, neither should that fact be ignored, especially when determining who plays for the national title.

By 2Dawgs

September 7, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

Lou Holtz still has a bad taste after his Hunchbacks lost to Walker & Company.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this

Fool,

I’m not your son. “Some points” isn’t 70. Clemson? Class program there. Now shut up.

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Now, now, Lifelong Dawg, Let’s be civil and polite and not resort to name-calling even if you are resigned to remaining psychotic and neurotic regarding your team mania. It should be understood by a reasonable person that these blogs are all in good fun and are not to be taken otherwise. I am confident that you are a loyal fan…. perhaps biased, partisan, and emotionally rapt in these opinions, but nonetheless hopelessly devoted. A really nice, kind person, like myself, does understand your situation and takes into account these considerations when irrational and vituperative replies appear on the blog. It is difficult enough to deal with USC Trojans, LSU Tigers, Florida Gators, Texas Longhorns, and Olkahoma Sooners when they insist on being mean and overly distraught from seemly little criticism when there teams perhaps deserve a bit more respect than other fans give them; but for Dawg fans who haven’t won a national championship in over 25 years, it seems to be a bit overdone to get all rattled and overworked over so little a matter. Please do have a very nice day. Try not to let the criticism by other fans dismantle your usual personality. Remember that these comments are only opinions and it just might be that they could be wrong. And to think that you would get all mad over such a minor little thing….why it would cast a pall over your good character. And who knows, with an awful lot of luck and the most majestic miracle, Georgia could….and I say could only as a possibliity……win a national championship this year. And just think how horrible you would feel if such an unlikely event occured and you remembered these ill-willed thoughts toward such a fine fan as one who would support an in-state rival.

By LifelongDawg

September 7, 2008 6:49 PM | Link to this

Hope you had fun with that post, Ochre. All that psychobabble means nothing in the face of reality. You are more than welcome to your delusions as long as they don’t become violent toward others. And you’re right, opinions matter for little. So if I think you’re retarded it’s okay. It doesn’t mean I’m overreacting or getting upset, all right? It means I think you’re retarded.

By 7Bullets

September 7, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

Folks,

I could not agree more with the comments on the blatant lack of coverage and disrespect for UGA. However, you have it wrong about what DR. LOU said last night. What he actually said was that he was one of the many guilty of UNDER-RATING UGA for the past few years.

Lets keep moving forward, one game at a time, and the respect will come. I kind of like the fact that we do not get as much hype. For those of you that remember the Donnan Era, Hype didnt do us much good then. Additionally, our performance at the end of last season was based on the teams desire to prove something as they felt slighted.

Let’s pray ESPN Gameday stays away from Athens this year, that hoopla has always been a curse for our DAWGS.

Focus on USC Cocks this week and lets make it 3-0. GO DAWGS!!!!!

By Red and Black

September 7, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this

ochrebugboy,you spend an hour or more between posts.I guess your mom is doing all your posting which includes grammer,math and logic checks for you.That explains the feminine twist of thinkingthat we are reading between the lines.Tell your mom to go back to editing that mag us guys love to read-Hookers R Us.Tell her to quit sneaking her nude pic in as the cobwebs and dust are making us sick to our tummies.By the way techies, we are going to have to brand your butts with a hot dawgs bran after the game.GO DAWGS>

By BCS Slave

September 7, 2008 7:15 PM | Link to this

It is a funny thing about media criticism. It is rarely about objectivity. I am a Braves fan and I remember the big knock on the team was that they go to the big dance every year but never win. The media would drone on…”this won’t be considered a great team until they win the big one.” Then finally, blessedly, they win the WS. What does the media say? “The Braves can’t be considered a great team because they’ve LOST so many WS.”

The bottom line is that we expect national media types to be objective and report the news. Those days are gone. Now most networks are tabloid journalism. Bias is clear and they don’t care so long as we continue to watch, read, and listen. Their job is to get a rise and start a discussion…not to report or be fair.

I’ve adjusted to this…that’s why we should scream for a playoff. We should attack the credibility of college presidents and of college football and refuse to give the stupid polls any credit. This would eventually render the BC$ irrelevant. The only thing that matters is conference championships. I’d rather see us go back to the system before polls. Just let the teams play and the bowls extend their invitations.

GIVE US A PLAYOFF

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this

Isn’t football just a fleeting seasonal set of events with yearlong recruiting implications? What is wrong with being #11? That places a team in the top decile of competion and isn’t that pretty good? Oh…who really cares about the top spot. It’s too difficult to get there and entirely too difficult to remain there; so what’s the point of worrying about being #1 anyway. Most people, if they were honest, and they are not, would gladly accept the notion of simply being among the top ten or so teams. What’s the big deal about being #1 anyway? And if a team is close to being there, but not quite, too many of its fans waste too much time in blogs trying to verbally banter their way to a national championship. And in the end, it doesn’t work because ESPN has no intention of giving credence to such unleveraged opinions. It is best to choose a team that is good, but not that good, to root for during the season….one that is really not likely to win it all but will deservedly receive an occasional compliment, but won’t quite make it otherwise. Now that would be the kind of team that a reasonable fan would choose to support. In that regard, the Georgia Bulldogs would be the best team for an intelligent fan to support.

By Red and Black

September 7, 2008 7:25 PM | Link to this

Tampagater-are you so dumb as to not realize that uf would have been ranked better and played better last year had meyer not left t-boy in the games so long and exposed to all the hazards he endured.Meyer should have put a 2-3rd string qb in therehalf way through the 4th qtr to save him for another game such as with a ranked team.If or when T-boy goes down this year what are your thoughts going to be spec.if UF falls out of the top twenty?

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 7:40 PM | Link to this

OMG!!! My name is so cool and I love to flaunt the fact that everyone out there is inferior to me. I love football because of all of those big guys in tight uniforms!! Actually, I hate football but love to tell all you neocons to just stop being so conservative and join my tree hugging farm.

By Red and Black

September 7, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this

Foolsgold-you predicted gsu was going to whip GA,now you say that usc is going to whip GA,truth is GT cant do the job so you hope and pray some other team will pull off what GT can never do.Ga just gets closer and closer to the day when Ga pulls down GT’s diapers in front off the whole country and burns a big DAWGS brand emblem into yall’s bare butts.ESPN will show this act for months to come.GT never put more than 48 points on the board when playing GA.Foolsgold go back to sleeping with your sister.Maybe one day your inbred children canpull off a win against the mighty dawgs,untill then shut the f* up lil boy. BOOK IT SON.GO DAWGS.

By Fools Gold

September 7, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

Lifelong Delusional Dawg….. Well Boy we see eye to eye on Clemson Ha. That pathetic program hung 70 on those Chippers last year. Just says that the Chipperwas program ain’t all that. Yep Clemson caught the pundits eyes last year so they put the Tigers at #9 in pre season. Now Clemson has flopped but rightly so because they faced a real good team in Alabama and Saban. UGa will flop soon Both UGA and Clemson programs live in the years of 1980 and 1981. BTW… 60 to 70 IS scoring some points in my book.

By Toccoa

September 7, 2008 7:54 PM | Link to this

A sad Larry fan

“Back in the good ol’ days,” after we all returned home from the war (Vietnam), Saturday mornings, on Game Days, we’d set up camp 4 miles deep inside a friend’s plantation in South Ga. down the road from Tville. Next to an isolated fishing pond with pecan groves halfway around, we’d light Smudge Pots (large Teaky torches) to beat back the gnats and mosquitoes, fire-up the grill and ice down the beer. It was a perfect place for us to stay out of trouble, cause “da boyz do get a little rowdy,” and, nobody really wanted to draw attention to themselves by destroying someone elses personal property. Our friend’s daddy (Dawg fan - Bird Colonel - WWII vet) said that our only requirement was to clean up the camp and not to throw bottles or beer cans into the pound — for that reason the clean-up crew normally spent the night.

In them days, the only way to enjoy the Dawgs, from a remote location, was to listen to Larry Munson - “The Voice of Georgia Football.” “The Dawg Camp” (that what we call oursleves) chipped in and bought one of those big AM FM Emergency Utility Radios hooked up to a pack of 12v batteries and 4 huge speakers. When we cranked it up, you could hear Larry’s play-by-play clearly a hundred yards away. Man, we had some good times back then. Even today, like most of you, I’ll watch the game on TV, turn down the sound and listen to the game on the radio.

A situation came up yesterday were I had to listen to part of the game in the car, and that’s when I realized Larry’s play-by-play is slipping a little bit, and people are not getting “The Picture” like we used to. Today, I called around to talk to the boyz from “The Dawg Camp” to see if they too noticed the change. The consensus seemed to be that Larry’s about to step back. Larry’s been telling us what “The Picture” looks like all of our lives — and that’s reason why I’m sad.

Dawgs look stout. Can’t hardly wait to see what the D has in store for SC.

GO DAWGS!

By Fools Gold

September 7, 2008 7:56 PM | Link to this

Red and Black…. I said GSU would score 21 on the mutts and they did. Now get back to the cash register at Wal-mart the line is growing and people are getting pi$$ed

By Christian

September 7, 2008 7:58 PM | Link to this

Everyone who reads this should email ESPN and their Ombudsman about the horrible travesty that was leaving knowshon’s run off of their coverage of our game. And off of the top 10. Calling might not hurt either…

By OchreBugMan

September 7, 2008 8:27 PM | Link to this

REALITY CHECK TOP 25 COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL POLL This is a fair and balanced poll with no bias. (just opinion)

1. USC
2. Oklahoma
3. Florida
4. Missouri
5. Kansas
6. LSU
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin
9. Ohio State
10. Auburn
11. Texas Tech
12. Georgia
13. East Carolina
14. Alabama
15. Arizona State
16. Oregon
17. California
18. Penn State
19. Utah
20. UCLA 21 Fresno State
21. Brigham Young
22. South Florida
23. Georgia Tech
24. Wake Forest

By Wally

September 7, 2008 8:49 PM | Link to this

Perhaps ESPN doesn’t care to dote on every single accomplishment that UGA fans enjoy embellishing. It is possible that those who watch college football with enough frequency have seen countless hurdles that are no different than the one that UGA fans purport that Knowshon Moreno executed. It does not seem to be the huge deal that fans make of it even if a UGA fan believes it belongs on the highlight reel. Obviously, ESPN does not! It is possible that UGA fans can get over a single play performed by a single player in a single game and not be so single-minded about it. Indeed, it is possible that Knowshon is a talented athlete and that he made an impressive run against an unimpressive opponent. Big Deal! So we all now know what he did. It is quite possible that many UGA fans will completely wear out their DVD players and TVs watching this remarkable, but not unheard of leap. It will not be the last time that a collegiate athlete does something remarkable. It will happen again. TV audiences across the nation see would be tacklers being hurdled with unrare frequency. Perhaps ESPN was being kind in not forcing the rest of the nation to indulge in viewing it for the dozenth or so times that it was probably shown prior to their program. There is no need to exagerate its importance or significance like UGA fans love to do. The rest of the nation knows that Georgia is not seceding from the Union and that it will continue to be there. It certainly does not need all this self-driven attention.

By impeich

September 7, 2008 9:18 PM | Link to this

I am impressed that so much is made of Moreno & the bulldawgs when they have played no one worth getting excited about. Georgia Southern is great within their league, but they are no Appalachian State as far as upsetting a big school like Georgia! And Central Michigan? Who knew they even had a football team? Let’s wait and see how they do against the big boys in the SEC like Florida & Auburn! I think the gators will remember the Miami Hurricane-ish (remember where Richt rode pine during college) act that Georgia pulled last year after the first TD and there will be retribution! I am certainly not a gator fan either. I live in Georgia but get tired of all the publicity that UGA gets from the media. It is as if there are no other schools that play football in the state. And most of the rabid fans have no real connection to UGA other than their parents or other relative was a fan and now they are! Most of the UGA graduates are not as obnoxious! By the my school’s football team, Berry Vikings, are still undefeated! Go VIKES!!!!!

By Mike J

September 7, 2008 9:54 PM | Link to this

How does a team that does not even play remain at #1, im confused. I say lets play them know and end this.

By diamond dawg

September 7, 2008 10:28 PM | Link to this

impeich… this is not a blog about ultimate frisbee at a hippy, tree hugging, pot smoking, obama loving, granola eating, liberal arts college. Now go and do everyone a favor and take a bath.

By gogatorssss

September 7, 2008 10:41 PM | Link to this

all i have to say is that #22 for georgia richard samuel is something to watch out for!!!

By gogatorssss

September 7, 2008 10:42 PM | Link to this

all i have to say is that #22 for georgia richard samuel is something to watch out for!!!

By bill

September 8, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this

HE JUMPED OVER A GUY THAT WAS BENDING DOWN..MY GRANDMA CAN DO THAT. GEORGIA BLOWS….

By TED

September 8, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

BUNCH OF CLASSLESS IDIOTS AT GEORGIA. I WILL NEVER CHEER FOR THEM. SEE WHAT YOU GET WITH LOTS OF MONEY, A BUNCH OF DUMB FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND RETARDED FANS WHO HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO COLLEGE.

By CMU

September 8, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

CENTRAL MICHIGAN SCORED THREE TIMES AGAINST GEORGIA…DAWGS CAN BE BEAT BY OTHER TEAMS. IF CENTRAL HAD SETTLED DOWN THEY COULD HAVE MADE THIS MATCH! GO CHIPS!

By GOT

September 8, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

YEAH, WE HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM. AND SOME CLASS. NOT UGA. BUNCH OF HILLBILLY LOSERS. LOOK WHAT MONEY CAN BUY, AN ALL BLACK TEAM! WOW!! NOW, LET’S SEE YOU GET YOUR A* KICKED.

By bud

September 8, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

hey, lefevour has sniper accuracy when he settled down to pass. this should have been a closer game. georgia is more hype by it’s fans than anything. georgia will get a reality check soon.

By sid

September 8, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

yeah, the guy was bent over. no big deal.

By BIGDAWGFAN

September 8, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

The reason Moreno’s hurdle was not on ESPN is that they had to save 20 minutes for lou holtz to brag about his son winning a game[two in a row - WOW ], and that he hates our Dawgs. They kicked his butt when he was at Carolina.He is more arrogant than Spurrier.

By TomDawg

September 8, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

OK, so the Dawgs are not getting the respect from the media (ESPN especially). I was shocked and a little bit p** they did not talk about the No. 2 team in the country a little bit more. Yes, I guess I am a tad biased, however, I do believe in giving a team their due. USC did not even play and they got more air time than the Dawgs. Yeah, yeah, I know, they are the No. 1 team. I know they really clobbered a mighty (hehe) ACC team in Virginia. But to me it’s funny, ESPN was so hell bent on showcasing Central Michigan’s QB (Lefoure) and saying how dangerous he could be to the Dawgs and then when Georgia shuts him down ….nothing, not so much as a peep. Having said this, I think the disrespect can actually make Georgia a stronger team. 1st of all by not getting much media exposure the Georgia players don’t have to sit around and hear the talking heads say how great they are. This will help to keep the team from getting swelled heads and lose focus. 2nd, the snubs should keep the fire burning in each and every player. As CMR says, let your play speak for themselves. And finally to the players at Georgia, play each game like its your last. Run over and through every team, big or small. Focus on each game 1 @ a time. Believe in yourselves as we believe in you. Make us proud to say we are part of the Dawg nation. GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!!!!!!!

By NC_DAWG82

September 8, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

So many haters on this board. I love it! All that jealousy and envy makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. See you on Saturday Mr. Spurrier…

By guff

September 8, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

jealousy? not quite. grow up georgia fans.

By tim Rupert

September 8, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

If the hurdle had ben done by a USC,Fla RB or Beenie Wells ESPN would not have missed it. BIAS? If USC lives up to the hype they will blow this TOSU team completly out of the water, if they don’t then they deffinatly don’t won’t any of the DAWGS.

By BILL

September 8, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

THE HURDLE WAS OVER A LOWERED CMU PLAYER…IT WAS NO BIGGIE. HE DIDN’T JUMP VERY FAR OR HIGH….LOSERS….GET OVER IT…NOT IMPRESSIVE

By THUD

September 8, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

dawgs suck. hard. hurdle? hardly! bent over guy…that’s why it aint on tv. boring…..bunch of hillbillys cheering for their bought and paid for team. boring…

By Joel in ATL

September 8, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this

Tougher schedule is ahead but it’s gonna be very hard to outplay all of the depth that Georgia has. I don’t care how you line it up when a play needs to be made Georgia has PLENTY of people that can make a play. Depth and coaching is what is going to take this team to new heights!!! Bring on the scheudle, quite frankly can we swap Georgia Tech out for Missouri. To be the BEST you have to BEAT the BEST!!! Georgia is on their way!!!

By Joel in ATL

September 8, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

To BILL and THUD,

when is the last time you saw a RB at FULL SPEED. Oh and to Dummy BILL, ” a lowered CMU Player, was a player that was “squared-up” to make tackle the way he has been taught. And to THUD let me see you jump over a defender lying on the ground. You don’t have to liek the Bulldogs but you gotta respect the game and that was a part of the game you have never seen at FULL SPEED in the open field. IT ain’t on TV because of the ESPN bias. Hillbilly’s we are huh then you muand BILL must be Central Michigan Grads…please the Hurdle was the beast and you and ESPN “Know” it!!!!

By Whine Whine

September 8, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

You UGA fans are such lemmings. You followed me right into the political discussion while at the same time telling me this was football only blog. Which is it, lemmings? And now the McCain rednecks UGA fans are trashing the smart Obama supporting fans. Shouldn’t you just ignore me or can you? There is no conspiracy.

Oh and remember you bulldogs are a very good team and have gotten to where you are through hard work and practice and not as the result of any super natural being.

Obama/Biden 2008

The media is so mean to us.” Bulldogs and Sarah Palin

By DawgsBoycottESPN

September 8, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

ESPN’s coverage of the Dawgs is a joke. Not only taking into account all of the years ESPN has considered the Bulldogs a non-entity in the football world all you have to do is look back at their coverage of the College World Series - it crosses all sports. On Saturday I stayed up to watch Sports Center to see another replay of Knowshon’s hurdle - only to have to wait 45 minutes through two segments on both OSU and E. Carolina and two segments on MLB baseball. Really?!! The number 2 team in the nation is not worthy of a mention until 45 minutes into the program? Then when we did get mentioned they didn’t show Knowshon’s hurdle? Really?!! And the segment lasted maybe one minute? It took Dobbs longer to run back the 78 yd interception for a TD!! It is time to support our boys in Red and Black! Bulldog Nation it is time for us to stand together and BOYCOTT ESPN. The self-named Worldwide Leader in Sports may want to rethink their tag line - maybe change it to “The Worldwide Leader of bias and the bottom-line!” Maybe when ESPN’s contract with the SEC comes in to play UGA will get the respect we deserve. GOOOOOOOO DAWGS - SIC EM!

By OchreBugMan

September 8, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

When UGA competes against a very competive contender in the top 25, they will receive the attention that they deserve from ESPN and other national media. ESPN did give UGA all the attention that it deserved these past two weeks; little. Some bloggers have scorned and even ridiculed UGA fans for complaining about this matter, but it should be remembered that we do live in a free society and whining is permitted under the present rules. Let’s not forget this. Whining is permitted under the present rules.

By Dawgbyte

September 8, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

If they checked IDs, current rabies shots, and IQs(room temp minimum), this blog would be doable.

By MVP

September 8, 2008 5:41 PM | Link to this

No clip on ESPN Sports Center? UGA played a Michigan High School team.Get over it girls.

CHOKE….THE OFFICAL DRINK OG THE GEORGIA BULLDAWGS!

By Dawgbyte

September 8, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

Most Vocal Putz?

By ARdawg

September 8, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

Toccoa

I was fortunate enough to hear Munson for the first time in years call the GSU game. Being a transplant to AR I can no longer get the GA Sports network. I wasn’t able to attend the game but did get Larry on the radio. I was disappointed. There was no Munson of old. He sounded tired and unenthusiastic.

Growing up I remember many Saturday afternoons in South Ga where the highlight of the weekend was hearing Larry’s description of the game and it was just like being there.

It really didn’t sound to me like his heart was in it. I wonder if he is still calling games to appease some he’s loyal to?

By johnjoe

September 8, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

central michigan is a great school. they don’t have all the money that uga has to recruit all these players who dont have a brain.

By OchreBugMan

September 8, 2008 7:11 PM | Link to this

I don’t enjoy being #1 so much; it involves far too much effort and emotion. I prefer the emotional commitment of maybe a 9-3 season. With those limited expectations, one doesn’t have to worry about suffering through inevitable losses and having to apply a maximum effort at defending their team on the blogs. Having said that, one has to wonder what team such a fan would likely support given these undeniable inevitablilities. It should be obvious to most, but in case a subtle hint is necessary, here is a bit of help: THE GEORGIA BULLDOGS. Did you guess the Georgia Bulldogs? If you did, you are correct. This question was somewhat unfair as it favored fans who are most unlikely to be biased. It is certain that some blog-readers found the hint to be entirely unnecessary.

By Red and Black

September 8, 2008 9:50 PM | Link to this

Fools Gold-sums it up,Clempson last year, this year,or next year aint S**T,never will amount to nothing.Clempson aint even ranked now lil boy.Get a way frum this har marine befor i sends you home to yar mom a cryin.watch out i might burry you up to your neck in the woods behind your house and poor sap your face AND WATCH THEM ANTS EAT YOUR LIPS off your face.Better go to Walmart to hide from me lil boy.This is a mans blog.So get.

By Red and Black

September 8, 2008 10:00 PM | Link to this

TampaGater-You know that is pure b****** your kicker was making pats all night.Like 2 more yards was going to help your kicker out.He should be practicing 52 yard field goals like our kicker we got from fort lauderdale>Thats the town right next to miami.Near the team that almost pulled off an upset against the lowely gaters.Even the FLORIDA papers SAID the Gaters Had Some Bite.IE-NO BITE UNTILL THE 4th QTR.UF HAS A LONG WAY TO GO.I LIVE NEAR TAMPA SO DONT LIE TO ME,I READ THE LOCAL PAPERS{tampa and Lakeland} and GAINESVILLE SUN.Go DAWGS.

By ga.wolf

September 8, 2008 10:13 PM | Link to this

Bug man I know you guys are so much smarter than us dawgs bug but what i don’t get is why the gnats can’t learn how to play some football and beat us. May be you should stop doing math on your toes and watch a few Ga. games and at least try to imitate. Or you could hire Lou and cheat. Just a suggestion.

By BCS Slave

September 8, 2008 10:39 PM | Link to this

I’m so sick of ESPN’s arrogance that I’ve started tuning out Gameday. I can’t tune out the games…I’ll go into withdrawals…but I can tune out their highlight shows and pregame shows. Frankly, I love college football but I’m tired of the farce of rankings and national championships. I’d rather focus on the SEC championship and let the bowls shake out good matchups in the post season…without an NC.

The best option is a playoff. If we can’t get that there is a compromise system.

Require all teams who want to play for the NC to have won a conf. championship game.

Rankings should begin after the last conference championship game is played. Some combination of human and computer polls should be used to get a composite ranking like the BCS.

Develop a voting criteria to bring a measure of consistency to rankings. Media and coaches should be required to use the criteria in voting and they should justify their votes by publishing them weekly on a poll website maintained by the NCAA.

Two bowls, on a rotating basis, would be required to slot the top four teams in the rankings to play each other.

The winners among the top four teams would advance to a national championship game.

I realize this still uses voters who could be biased, but rigid, well defined criteria and transparent voting would at least help the NCAA and the fans serve as watchdogs against bias. If we establish a selection criteria for voters, such as using coaches from lower division schools (who do not compete in the BCS), then we can eliminate a little more bias. No system will legislate it all out…but it would be better than we have now.

College presidents…reform. GIVE US A PLAYOFF

By OchreBugMan

September 9, 2008 3:17 AM | Link to this

A Likely Post-BCS Championship Conversation

USC fan: ” We’re #1! “

Big 10 fan: “Ok everyone was right about you guys; you are #1, but please stop bragging.”

USC fan: ” But we have a right to brag, we just beat Oklahoma in the BCS championship game and we are the national champions of college football for the 3rd time this decade.”

West Virginia fan: ” Big Deal! What’s so great about that?”

USC fan: ” We’ve won as many national championship games this decade as all of the SEC teams combined.”

GA fan: ” So what, we’ve come in second place in the SEC east more times than anybody in the eastern division, placed first in the eastern division and we’ve actually won the SEC championship twice this decade.”

Clemson fan: ” Yes, but you haven’t won the national championship.”

Georgia fan: “We don’t really care about that because in our own minds we think we are the national champs even though we were only ranked #7 in the final poll.”

Florida fan: “But how in the world could you possible think that when you choked in the LSU game and the game with us and slso,when you played Auburn for the conference championship game and barely won against BYU in the Holiday Bowl.”

GA fan: “Look everyone is entitled to their own opinion when it comes to being #1 and regardless of the facts or results, we always consider ourselves the best team.”

USC fan, Florida fan, Clemson fan in unison: ” Yea, we kinda noticed that!”

By OchreBugMan

September 9, 2008 3:36 AM | Link to this

ga wolf,

If we imitated you guys we would choke and lose big games; if we hired Lou, he wouldn’t let us cheat. Both of those ideas require far more trouble than is necessary since we don’t really care too much about winning the football games. We just enjoy being smarter. It’s fun watching you devote vast amounts of energy to being second or third in the SEC eastern division. Not particulary efficient, but we sure enjoy observing your distant finishes in the SEC east. Every now and then Florida and Tennesse gives way to a measure of generosity and let’s you prevail. Too bad the other opponents from the rest of the country aren’t as magnanimous.

By really?

September 9, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this

OchreBugMan- you embarass GT fans. That “Post BCS Conversation” was not even remotely funny, and sounded as if a 7 year old wrote it. We don’t really care too much about winning the football games?? You can’t be a real GT fan then. We care just as much as anyone about winning all of our games (especially that one in late November).

What am I saying, you are on a 3:15am. Surely you have no life, and if you actually go to GT, then your DDR tournament must have just finished, and you came on here to try and be funny.

By Red and Black

September 9, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

Ochre bug BOY as in GT punk.UF has only been ranked 17 times in 104 years and wouldnt jack about football if it wasnt for steve spurrier.He the one who got them a NT and 5 sec titles.Clempson might have one and three acc titles, nt in a hundred years.USC the team thats about to lose their latest NT title and Bush his heisman due to giving Bush and his family a house to live in free.GT punk shut your inbred mouth up son afores i put my 13 boot in your mouth,were tired of your mom posting for you and were going to tell the police your moms a hooker.BOOK IT SON.