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By WTF???

December 19, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Tim, come on dude….

By Mikey

December 19, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

Texas sure thinks it’s time…

2004 Auburn wants one too…

By GT #1

December 19, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

First. Ha-Ha. Wow, I can’t believe I’m first to add to this blog. He-He.

By KC in Athens

December 19, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

Yeah, he is preaching to the choir, but anytime a public figure makes that statement it’s positive. Thanks Richt.

By Ruthless One

December 19, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Should we have a playoff? Should people have food and shelter? I am so tired of this question. A playoff system should have been put in place years ago. People are stupid when they claim it takes away from the regular season games. It doesn’t make NFL games any less exciting.

I agree that at the very least a 4 team playoff should be used. Hell, how many times have wee seen a team that deserves to be in the NC game and they get screwed?(ugghumm Texas)

By So what

December 19, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

You’d still have to win your conference to be selected in the 4 team playoff… Then there is the issue of the number of conferences vs the number of playoff spots.

By Smokey

December 19, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Yeah, GT#1, you would be first if two others weren’t ahead of you.

Ding bat.

By WTF???

December 19, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this

GT#1, you know a techie will never be first at anything other than first in line to the D&D convention…

By Glenn

December 19, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

I like comparing the NFL playoffs to college since that will be used most often. In the NFL there are 32 teams and 12 teams make so basically 37.5% of the total. In college there are over 110 teams and only 4 or 8 will make it. I don’t think it will ever be considered fair unless you cap the teams in Division 1 and they all play amoungst themselves in the regular season. Otherwise a Utah will edge out a 2nd place team in the SEC, ACC, Big 12, etc,… Otherwise you will get lousy regular season schedules and your favorite team will not play after November 30th.

By Focus

December 19, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

CMR should focus on winning the conference, instead of alternate ways to reach the BCS.

By GT#1 is an idiot

December 19, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

GT#1 you were not first we learn at UGA that 9:19 comes before 9:24. I guess you were to busy learning the eqautional differental of the amount that you suck to figure it out.

By fetservalve

December 19, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this

GT #1: even here on the boards, thought you were 1st and wound up 3rd. so typical of techies. always the bridesmaid, never the bride

By YoungDawg

December 19, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

AMEN!!! Let’s make it happen!

By Bobby

December 19, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

Merry Christmas, Dawgs!

45-42

By add14jazz

December 19, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

You mean those selfish, greedy and boorish major college officials are actually considering a playoff?? LOL!! About freakin’ time!!

The present bowl system is completely unfair to those who don’t play in a major conference, but who have just as much of a right to play for a national championship as any other Division I playing school should every year. If these second-tier, one-loss or undefeated teams prove to be flukes, then they would get blown out in a first round game. But they should at least have the opportunity. Ask Boise State….

As for this present system, only a limited number of schools get to play the big game for the big money. Unfair! The way it is now, no school would ever get to increase their visibility or fan base either. The historically big schools are trying to keep all that, the glory and the money, to themselves. That’s selfish and unfair. And this comes from a very proud alum of a national championship winning SEC school…

By Denver dog

December 19, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

GT # 1

You idiot you can not even count, but it looks like Tech math Number 3 is really # 1. Check your slide rule you pencil necked geek. You really have a life if all you do is sit in your mothers basement, waiting for stories to be published on the UGA blog and then try to be first to post.

Anyway, I’m glad to see a real coach, like CMR come out for a playoff. I really don’t hear much from little Charlie Wies, CPJ that is.

By randy

December 19, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

A playoff is long overdue.. All other levels of college football have one, as do the other major sports in Division 1. It’s all about money and politics. We need a playoff system. Just SHUT UP and do your talking on the field.

By guy.

December 19, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

dear mark richt.

i dont think filibuster means what you think it means.

love smart people

By Jim

December 19, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

A 16 team playoff is needed. It would start the week after all of the conference championship games, usually the 2nd week of December. Take the 11 conference champions and 5 at large teams. This way no team can say they do not have a shot at the national championship. Let the 4 major bowls host the national championship game, the two semi-final games, and one of the quarter-final games in a rotating basis. Then have other bowls host the rest of the games. This keeps the bowls interesting and meaningful and gives every team a shot at the national title.

By P

December 19, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

GT#1 is a UGA graduate!

By Really?

December 19, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

Richt should be making sure the defense is learning to tackle instead of giving interviews about a playoff that is at best 5 years off…and even then it will only happen if Herbstreit and Corso decide it should be so. Those two clowns have way to much impact on College Football.

By GTMike

December 19, 2008 9:48 AM | Link to this

GT#1-you’re an idiot. Who cares who responds first in a blog, anyway?

GT#1 is an idiot-you’re an idiot too. Just what in blazes in an “eqautional differental”?

I think you two fonts just tied for most idiotic statement today.

By Spence

December 19, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this

The problem with an 8 team playoff is that 6 of the spots will have to be taken up by conference champs. So Va Tech and whoever the heck won the Big East this year would bump out potentially the number three or four team in the country. If an 8 team playoff was done by BCS rankings only, the conference presidents would not sign on.

So we can talk about an 8 team playoff in magical terms all we want, but in reality it’s not going to work, and folks will start calling for an expansion as soon as the perennial ACC loser keeps getting it’s a** kicked in the playoffs and the Utah’s keep getting left out.

For example, this year the BCS conference champs were (with BCS rankings)

1. Oklahoma
2. Florida
3. USC
4. Penn State
5. Cincinatti
6. Va Tech

Assuming the other two spots would go to Texas and Bama via BCS rankings, you’re looking at a playoff that leaves out

1. Utah (undefeated)
2. Texas Tech (one loss to #1 team)

So, again, Tim don’t get your hopes all lined up on an 8 team playoff to solve everyone’s problems. It’s not going to happen, and it’s not going to work if it does. It’ll be 16 before you know it and the regular season will be just about meaningless.

By FlyDownTheField

December 19, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

“Having to live through last year and feeling like you’ve got to have this big filibuster or whatever you want to call it to go out there and try to convince people to vote for your team - I mean, it shouldn’t be that way in sports, especially in major-college football.”

Ahem.. Memo to Mark Richt:

Try winning a) your division, b) the conference, and then you can whine about having to lobby; until then, you should not be lobbying, much less whining. A legitimate playoff should not include major conference non-champions anyway, regardless of what they’re ranked in some beauty contest sportswriter or coaches poll. Win it on the field or go home.

By KDawg

December 19, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

One win in 8 years and the pocket protector crowd is cocky….

By HawkDaddy

December 19, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

Coach needs to worry about winning his games and not about convincing other people to vote for his team.

By tiger7_88

December 19, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

It’s all fun and games until your own ox gets gored, ain’t it Saint Mark? How convenient. Weird how I didn’t hear your pro-playoff statements before you and your idiot dawgies placed a huge chip on your own shoulders.

By SEC

December 19, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

They should just cut out the NC game anyway and give the title to whoever wins the SEC. The rest can have their little cupcake National Championship.

By Howard

December 19, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

Sir…a few years ago Sports Illustrated, which is a major proponent for an 8-team playoff, ran a feature on how to implement one. It made sense, was fair to conferences and even at-large teams…and preserved the status of the major bowls. They emphasized, and I do not remember all the reasons, that the biggest obstacle to a playoff system were the good folks in Pasadena and the Rose Bowl. Two big reasons that do stick in my mind were what else? Money and power! SI concluded that until the Rose Bowl people got behind it, it would never fly. And that is disgusting!! I didn’t vote for Obama, but I know a way he could garnish even more votes would be to sign a Presidential exec order mandating a Division I playoff by the start of the 2009 or 2010 season!! It’s no more absurd than our government bailing out the auto makers or the banks…is it?? Look at what is going to get us…at least a decree mandating a playoff system would give pleasure to a great deal of folks in this country…something we need right now!!!

By Damon

December 19, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

First off I think we do need a playoff and there is an easy way to set it up.

1. All conferences must have a conference championship game. No conference championship game, no playing for a national title ala Ohio State.
2. To have a championship by NCAA regs you have to have 12 teams. Looks like the PAC-10, Big-10 and all those other conferences better find some teams.
3. Winners of the conference championships get top seed status, losers get the other spots, then you have a wildcard so to speak based on points scored, points allowed etc to fill the other spots.
4. ALL CONFERENCES who have a conference championship game can compete. Gone will be the days of teams getting in by votes.

By GW

December 19, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

If a playoff comes I hope the alumni and fans who support the schools are not left out. No other sport depends on “donations” from supporters like major college football does and if those supporters are relegated to staying home and watching on TV then I hope they don’t have one. With a one game bowl championship like we have now more fans can afford the time and money to go. A series of playoff games will leave the most loyal suporters at home in favor of big money corporate tycoons. Think of who gets in to watch the Final 4 in basketball. A four team playoff will be enough.

By AltamahaDawg

December 19, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this

How funny to see the rivals jump in here to insult Coach Richt, when they actually agree with everything he said. That’s really wanting to be a jerk.

By guy

December 19, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

damon: why bother having a conference championship game if both the winners and losers get in?

By timthebrave

December 19, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Spence, It would leave off Utah. So what’s your point? It’s still better than what we got. I would like an 8 team playoff, but even 4 is better than a 2 team playoff

By reebok

December 19, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

High school football has playoffs. All college divisions - except for the highest one - have playoffs. The pros have playoffs. There is nothing magical about this one particular division that renders it magically immune to settling the championship on the field.

And Mark Richt doesn’t understand what ‘filibuster’ means.

By Gordon

December 19, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

One win in 8 years and the pocket protector crowd is cocky

One loss in 8 years and the redneck crowd is overly sensitive.

My 2 cents on the playoff:

1) 4 team national championship playoff. 6 bowls rotating 3 in every two years. Within each group of 3, rotate which one gets the championship game.

2) Teams ranked 1 and 4 play in the semifinal bowl that is closet to the #1 ranked team’s school. The semifinals are played on or around December 20th. The championship is the last game played, on or around January 4th.

2) More computer, less polls to determine the rankings.

3) Only two types of wins are considered by the computer: over 21 points, and 21 and under points. Winning by 22 is the same as winning by 50.

4) No automatic berths for conference champions in the final 4. The conference championship game is considered as just another game, but does not guarantee anything.

By dogsrcrazy!

December 19, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

2 things: 1- Everyone here knows that a playoff won’t happen for a LONG time.. There’s too much money involved in the bowls, it’s that simple.

2- I have respect for Richt as a coach, but who does he think he is? He comes out wanting a playoff system, (which to me means the thinks the dogs are a national championship contender), when he finished his season 9-3 and ranked 16th in the BCS! On top of that, the 3 loses were to all 3 of their major rivalries!! He lost the 3 biggest games he played!

Coach! Try winning the SEC first! You don’t have a championship caliber team!!

So much for a pre-season #1 ranking…. GO GATORS!

By What do you mean...

December 19, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

…it makes the regular season meaningless? It already is meaningless when teams like TX and TT get left out of the conference championship equations! And, until ALL conferences (including the Big 11 and the PAC 10) have championship games, everything is NOT equal.

That brings me to the conclusion that all 119 teams need to be included. I have posted in the past how this would work, while still guaranteeing the BCS schools at leat 12 games, but not extending the season past the current time frame or number of games that the NAIA, DIII, DII and 1AA schools already use in determining their TRUE national champion!

By Dawg Fud

December 19, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

The SEC should secede from the BCS. You could play all eleven other schools in the SEC plus one more team of your choosing. ie, UGA could still play Tech.

then we could have the SEC World Championship. we would give exclusive television rights to one provider and black everyone else out.

By George Burdell

December 19, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

Playoff or no playoff, it’s not going to help UGA win a NC, Mark. You’re just not that good.

By add14jazz

December 19, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

I want to see a 16 team playoff — and not just one made up of major conference schools! Eight, and definitely not four, would still not do the trick.

By Joe M

December 19, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

I’d simply like to see Richt and Georgia do what it takes to in under the current system…how bout that?!

How bout not getting your teeth kicked in three times in a season, twice at HOME…how bout that?!

Maybe Richt should focus on the things he can (or should be able to) control; multiple defensive and special tems breakdowns this year, rather than on a system he can’t control…how bout that?!

I am sick and tired of hearing from Richt and anyone in that program right now. Just shut up and try to get better!

BTW, Martinez is on w/ Buck and Kincade today…that should be fun!

By CUtigers

December 19, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

All 6 BCS conferences must have 12 teams and a title game. Those 6 winners get automatic bids. 2 at large bids go either to undefeated teams (like a Utah or, don’t laugh, Notre Dame) or teams from a BCS conference. An 11-1 Notre Dame team wouldn’t qualify, so maybe that would persuade them to join the Big East.

If D1-AA can do a 16 team playoff, D1-A can do an 8 team.

By Preseason #1

December 19, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Uh, Coach, better hope it’s a 64 team playoff. That’s the only way you’re smelly team gets in.

By Blackberry Cobbler

December 19, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

Surely, CMR has more to worry about than playoffs, making Ford commercials, and preparing for Sunday School.

He and his staff and players better get their minds focused on the Capital One Bowl.

After such a dissappointing year and ticked-off fan base, CMR better get his act together or after next season he can go stand in the unemployment line with Tuberville and Fulmer.

By What he meant was

December 19, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

What GT#1 was trying to say is that he would be first ahead of the Dawgs because if there is ever a real Div 1 college playoff then Tech will get there “first” ahead of the “between the hind 2 leg’s lickers”.

By too tough44

December 19, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

The Bowl politics are disgusting. No Bowls are special anymore. I understand the cities make a little money. Just like Jacksonville with gators and Dawgs. Needs to be home and home series.Remember, Bama and Auburn @ Birmingham, done away with…and, A playoff system needs to be implemented. Some of these bowls are really grasping to break even, Orange bowl tickets $2….come Take the political quid pro quo bowls out and add a play off system before it is too late!

By larry

December 19, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

A 32 team playoff would let all of the existing bowls have games so they don’t get left out, plus they would be getting more meaningful games. 16 games, 8 games, 4 games, 2 games, 1 game give 31 bowls games to put on. It could be put on in the same time frame that bowls now occupy.

By mcdawg

December 19, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

to be done right it would have to be at least 8 or 16 teams-who gets left out if its 4

USC, Alabama, Utah, Texas Tech, Penn State????

By Mac

December 19, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

A 16-team playoff. Lose the conference championship games. D1-AA does 16 teams and is done by Christmas. The championship teams play 15 games. It’s doable because it’s being done.

By ramblin gamblin

December 19, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

I’m surprised Coach Richt and the UGA president haven’t come out saying that UGA should be playing for the National Championship. Last year Richt and his president thought the Dawgs should have been in the NC game even though they didn’t even win their division and lost to two unranked teams in Tennessee and South Carolina. This year they have a better case, they’ve improved, this year they lost to 3 ranked teams in Bama, Fla. and GT. Going by last year’s Richt logic, UGA should really have been this year’s NC game. Is it true that Coach Richt wants the SEC to realign the two SEC divisions and have 10 teams in one division and have only Georgia and Vanderbilt in the other division?

By WTF???

December 19, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

59-39-5 = UGA owns Tech

By Michael G.

December 19, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

Be pretty much the same around here. Either Florida or Bama would be representing the SEC…

By Reality

December 19, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

It’s all about the hardware, puppies. 1990 NC. Beat a ranked team and we’ll talk. Also, haranguing someone for thinking he’s first on a post with a five minute delay is bush-league at best. But if the shoe fits….

By gwatl

December 19, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

Think that given his 2008 performance, Mr. Richt would do well just to keep quite. He is a long way from even qualifying for a ‘playoff’! Not sure any longer that Mark Richt has the temperment or deep desire for winning. Fear that he likes to be ‘liked by all’ too well. Still can’t get over the Tech debacle!!

By Jim

December 19, 2008 10:53 AM | Link to this

A 16 team playoff would not make the regular season meaningless. You would still have to win your conference to be guaranteed a spot in the playoff and have a great season to be considered for an at large. This year the at large teams would be Texas Tech, Texas, Alabama, Ohio State, and TCU. Again, a sixteen team playoff would not diminsh the regular season meaning and it would give every team a shot at the title.

By Really

December 19, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

Altamaha…I am a die hard dawgs fan and the fact that our defense can not tackle is a fact. It was not meant as an insult to Coach. As a fan I reserve the right to question his priorites when stupid articles like this one come out after a disappointing season.

By David

December 19, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

I find Mark to rarely be sincere about anything. With Mark and his wife, everything is about self promotion. He knows the system will not allow a playoff system. He is just trying to make the news. Mark, how about kissing your wife on the side lines 2 minutes before a kickoff on national TV? Do these guys love the camera or what? What is it about Florida that he feels the need to do publicity stunts?

By HONESTY

December 19, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Richt has pretty much let people know what he’s concentrating on: pontificating on playoffs, not teaching his team how to tackle.

When UGA loses to Michigan State, will heads roll?

By Doc 54

December 19, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

I am not a UGA fan, but thanks Coach Richt for speaking out about the playoff that is long overdue. However, any conversation about a play-off must omit the insane guarantees given to Notre Dame under the current system. The Irish are irrelevant to modern college football, and the NCAA needs to grow a spine and recognize this fact. Notre Dame should have to earn their spot just like everyone else, and then we can put a playoff system into place.

By db

December 19, 2008 11:01 AM | Link to this

I recommend a 9 team playoff. The top 8 teams between the coaches poll as well as the top Cinderella. the way it would work is let the top 2 cenderella teams play. ie. Utah and Boisie St. and the winner wait a week and play the top ranked team left after week one.. so the non BCS schools get a chance and 7 total games

By ramblin gamblin

December 19, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

Hey WTF???, UGA owns Tech with another record and it’s shutout. UGA 11 players arrested this season and Tech 0.

By shawn

December 19, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

Sad times down here in Columbus for the bulldawg nation. Former bulldawg Jasper Sanks’s twin brother was shot and killed Wed night. Arrested in connection of the crime was former bulldawg Suquorey”Nicky” Pitts.

By J

December 19, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

I wonder if God said this to Mark ?

Bottom line is, uga just can’t get it done because they are not a top team. In a very bad year for the SEC, uga nutted up in their only two real games of the year. LSU got it done last year and UF got it done this year.

By shawn

December 19, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

Sadly another former bulldawg was arrested here in Columbus. Suquorey “Nicky” Pitts was picked up as a person of intrest in the murder of Jarvis Sanks, twin brother of former bulldawg Jasper Sanks. Very sad day for the nation.

By rolltide

December 19, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

haha richt thinks is team prolly should be in the playoff too huh? what a joke! UGA is the most consistently overrated teams year in year out, and richt is a dbag..

By CMR

December 19, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

Hey coach Butt cut…I wold be worrying about 45-42 if I was you

By bank walker

December 19, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

playoffs!!! playoffs!! you want to talk about playoffs?

By Brian VanGorder

December 19, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

I’d rather hear “I’m ready for a defense” from Richt. Get rid of that loser Willie Martinez and hire proven winner John Chavis NOW-ripe and ready for the implementation.

By Red Clay Hound

December 19, 2008 11:32 AM | Link to this

 Public relations and marketing have no business in determining a true NCAA champion. It does not happen in any other sport, and it should not happen here.
 Sports Information Departments have become panders to their teams and have changed their identity from the noble to the notorious. Releasing probation and police reports is not the mission of a true academic institution.
 We should randomly choose five players from each team, multiply the team's number of points in each game by that random GPA average, and then determine the winner. Arrest reports mean the points are reduced by 10 percent for each situation.
 Then, we'd get only the intercollegiate and academic teams into the playoff.

By thrashyou

December 19, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

take all the conf. champs (11 in all) SEC- florida ACC- va tech BIG 10- penn st BIG 12- oklaTEXAStech PAC 10- usc big east- cincinnati wac- boise st mt west- utah sun- troy mid am- buffalo c-usa- tulsa

add 5 at large (computer rankings) alabama texas ohio st texas tech tcu

seed the teams by computer rankings, here is what the first round would look like.

troy vs. oklahoma buffalo vs. florida tulsa vs. texas va tech vs. alabama cinn vs. usc tcu vs. utah ohio st vs. texas tech boise st vs. penn st

By jc_atl

December 19, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

CMR Translation: No way with my poor game day preparation and player discipline skills can my team ever go undefeated so if I ever want a chance to win a NC it will only happen by getting lucky in some sort of playoff system.

By WTF???

December 19, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

ramblin gamblin, who gives a f#ck? I don’t. You never got in trouble in college? Must of been one of those nerds that wasn’t ever getting any p#ssy with the rest of the freaks & geeks..

By dogs would watch at home

December 19, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

if the playoff began anytime soon!

By Nick

December 19, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

CMR is making a huge mistake. Georgia does better when they don’t have to play games.

By Nick

December 19, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! You mutts weren’t complaining about the BCS when you were #1 preseason.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! We want a playoff system. BOO HOO HOO!

P.S. 45-42

By GTgirl2012

December 19, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this

GT#1: Seriously, no one cares who got first.

Everyone else that called GT#1 stupid: “There will be a delay of up to 5 minutes before your comment appears.” You should see that whenever you post a comment. The two comments before GT#1 probably weren’t visible when GT#1 posted his, therefore assuming that he’s first. Dont be stupid to try to find something to poke fun at GT fans. It only shows how desperate you guys are.

45-42

Merry Christmas to all Jackets and Dawgs.

By Georgia Fan

December 19, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

My IQ dropped about 50 points reading all of the mindlessly retarded posts on this blog. Thanks guys.

By BG

December 19, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

Why does college football need a playoff? What difference does it make whether U of X gets “hot” at the end of the season? Big-time college sports make a mockery of the purpose of college, and the college presidents should be ashamed of themselves.

By Ben

December 19, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

Off subject, but am I the only one who checks ‘Sports on TV’ from AJC.com? It’s 2 days behind now. Come on.

By j

December 19, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

UGAY Fans,

Who the hell cares what this worthless coach thinks? 1 national championship in school history? Your school is a joke. GT has 4!!! Enjoy that losers!

By GatorHater

December 19, 2008 12:07 PM | Link to this

Play offs make no sense, unless we are selecting who is hottest and luckiest team at the end of the season. Maybe we should have a 4-week “regular” season then let all division 1 teams play in the tournament format - you loose, end of the season. Maybe some of the football players can spend some more time actually studying and get degrees.

By P-man

December 19, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this

A 16 team playoff would be best. The 11 conference champions would be automatic qualifiers, andthe other 5 spots would be filled by at-large teams chosen by a committee (like for basketball). Every team has a chance to win! Win your conference and you’re in.

By Chris

December 19, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt should worry about winning the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP for the next few years!

By Forrest Gump

December 19, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this

Since Richt and Adams are not concerned with academics and graduation rates, playoffs going into February would make perfect sense to them and bring in more dollars for Roman-like junkets for Sonny Perdue and Adams’ cronies in the legislature.

By Jim

December 19, 2008 12:24 PM | Link to this

Stick to the subject. This is about a bowl system NOT that GT finally won a game against UGA. One win in eight years. I really don’t blame you for gloating because you don’t get to do it often. GT freshmen were in 5th grade the last time you won. Merry Christmas should be directed to you. Regarding the subject, every sport at any level, from pound ball to the pros, has a play-off. Championships should be decided on the field NOT on a calculator.

By Sautee Dawg

December 19, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

Tim,

Playoffs would really confuse voters about which 8 teams to choose and making sure their favorite team or coach was included in those 8 teams. Still be lots of whinning from fans because team didn’t make the playoffs. Go back to AP and UPI and do away with the BCS it’s what’s a joke!

By gtguy142000

December 19, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

To all the DOG fans talking about 1 in 8 years. The Chan Gailey Error is over! That is who you beat for seven years. This is the Paul Johnson ERA and he is undefeated against you! So STFU about your little streak. We still own the streak at eight games and hopefully we will beat our own streak. Have a happy holiday everyone!!

45-42 THWG Go Jackets!

By jim

December 19, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

Not concerned with academics or graduation rates?? Your idiot is showing Forrest. As for playoffs going into February, why would it go any longer than it does for all other divisions? Bowl teams currently sit idle for 3 to 6 weeks before they play. A 16 team playoff would only take 4 weeks and would occur over the Christmas break and would NOT interfere with any classes.

By atlantan

December 19, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

I am amazed and laughing at some of the ridiculous play-off scenarios being proposed here. Any 4 team, 8 team, 16 team play-off still presents the same problem…how do you choose who plays? It wouls still come down to polls and computers. I also don’t know why Richt cares, since I don’t see uga ever getting there anyway.

Here is my “play-off” system:

If, at the end of the bowl season, there are two undefeated teams from BCS Conferences, then they would play the next week for the NC…if there aren’t two undefeateds, there is no title game that year and polls/computers can decide NC.

BCS Conferences would be Big 10, SEC, ACC, Big 12,, PAC 10. This would avoid unbeaten teams from weak conferences like Big East, Mountain West,Mid America, etc.,,landing in the NC game without playing anyone. These lower tier conferences, plus independents like Navy, Notre Dame, etc can play their own non-BCS championship game (such as NIT in BB).

By It CONTINUES

December 19, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

People…

Coach Richt was simply answering a question. It took all of 10 seconds. Get a grip.

BTW little techies…

YOUR

INFERIORITY

COMPLEX

IS

SHOWING!!!!

By Atlanta Gator

December 19, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

My vote: an 8-team playoff, but with no set-aside bids for any conference champions. Bids would be given to the eight highest ranked teams, if two were from the SEC, three from the Big XII, 1 from the Pact-10 and Big Ten, and none from the ACC or Big East, so be it. Those rankings would have been earned on the field, during the regular season, in twelve games.

The SEC champion would virtually always be represented, and most years a second SEC team would be invited. In rare years, 3 SEC teams. This would work fine for the SEC schools, and would still leave room for non-BCS schools to be invited (e.g. Utah this year).

This would not that hard to design, but it will be difficult to get all of the special interests (the bowl committees & the BCS conferences) to release their historically protected little fiefdoms.

By doug mccollum

December 19, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

It is time for a playoff and stop those ESPN so called experts each week pushing for teams they want instead of having the top 4 or 8 teams having a playoff. This BCS is political and teams like texas and when auburn was undefeated got left out. and last year when lsu jumped from 12 to no 2 and played in BCS title game. so it is time now coach richt please get a DEFENSIVE CORD. or get smarter players if you can.

By jim

December 19, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this

Coaches and AP voting are as much a joke as anything else. Coaches and reporters vote for teams in their conferences and teams they see. Keep tweaking the BCS formula and let continue to rank teams based on record and strength of schedule. Conference champs should get an automatic bid and the rest would be decided based on their BCS ranking. Earn your way in should be the goal. Weaker conferences would need to schedule stronger out of conference games to level their “cup cake” schedules.

By bank walker

December 19, 2008 12:51 PM | Link to this

Ok, enough bashing CMR. He’s our coach and just because he had a bad year everyone wants to kick him while he’s down. In all actuality, we could come out with a 10 win season, and it was a bad year for us. UF was 9-4 last year, bama was 7-6 whoa, and cant remember GT overall record from their lackluster campaign. We will be back next year, in full force, and were kicking everyone’s a$$!! GO DAWGS!!

By athensdawg

December 19, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

I, like everyone else, am ready for a playoff. Take all the conference champions and then some wild cards based on BCS standings and have a 16 team playoff starting the week after the championship games. Everyone else with a winning record who can’t make it goes to a bowl game…just like the NIT. Now everyone is happy.

But, the real problem is that the BCS school presidents dont want to share the money. That’s the real problem here.

So, until that group of idiots gets its act together, we are all held hostage to this yearly beauty contest and lame excuses about why they can’t have a playoff.

finally, CMR needs to focus on beating michigan state instead of worrying about a playoff.

Dawg fans need to toughen up and learn to take some heat when our teams overachieve. i have been seeing too much whining about other folks “not having class,” etc. Toughen up dawgs…..our team sucked this year and that is the price we must pay.

The fans I have been reading in these ajc blogs are about as big a p*ys as the georgia defense is when it tries to make a tackle.

By Tech Fan

December 19, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this

Georgia Fan you can’t lose more IQ than you actually have.

By the real Old Gold

December 19, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

Simple: After bowls, BCS 1 vs. BCS4; BCS 2 vs. BCS 3. Then, BCS title game in Jan. End of story.

p.s. Richt only wants a playoff because his teams end up choking just enough every year to finish 2, 3, 4 etc…

By Ray Ramono

December 19, 2008 1:08 PM | Link to this

Nobody seems to give a flip about Georgia’s horrible graduation rate for football players—including coach clean cut.

Just keep that thug pipeline going coach and you’ll win 9 or 10 games every year.

By Pago Flyer

December 19, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

So why is he concerned about a “playoff” system? Pretty funny…

By Mike

December 19, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

I don’t believe there is a UGA fan that doesn’t agree we underachieved, but to say we sucked is rediculous. Our 3 losses were to No.1 and No.2 teams at the end of the regular season, as well as a loss to a very good GT team. These are kids. They don’t always play to their level. If you consider a possible 10-3 season as sucking, you must be the most successful person on the face of the earth.

By Rebecca

December 19, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

Dogsrcrazy: On top of that, the 3 loses were to all 3 of their major rivalries!!

That’s not correct. UGA lost to two of its three major rivalries. The third is Auburn, not Alabama.

By WTF???

December 19, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

Good point Rebecca, just goes to show you how little these idiots know about UGA….

By Gratfuldawghead

December 19, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

How come you can find Tech fans on the UGA blog, but you can’t find them in thier stadium??????

By Frank Barone

December 19, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this

Funny how you want to bring up graduation rates when GT is 51% for football and 40% for basketball. That’s a real “pipeline” of academic achievers you got going there yourself. “Everybody Loves Idiots”

By Loyal Dog Fan

December 19, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

Sorry, fellow alums and fans, but we sucked this year. To go from Number 1 in the country to 9-3 is a major letdown. Let’s just hope it’s not 9-4.

By Interested fan

December 19, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

I can’t believe Searels will give up the chance to coach the line with all the pieces there. But, if not, almost anyone will be able to coach them.

By DawginLex

December 19, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

I agree with a playoff. UGA would have been in the mix in 2002, 2005 and 2007 and maybe even 2003 and 4.

Tech hasn’t sniffed anything close to being considered. There greatest year in 18 years resulted in playing in the Chicken bowl, where UGA went in 2006, a rebuilding year that ended at 9 wins.

Hence, the difference between the 2 programs.

bite that RAMBLEON

By PBR=America in a can

December 19, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

HEY J Georgia has 2 and Tech has 3.5 national championships. Co-National Championships don’t count. When was the last time Tech won the pitiful ACC. Yall win one game in 8 years by 3 points and you are football excellence. Goooooooooo Tigers

By tim

December 19, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Although I am a playoff proponent, I buy into none of Richt’s apparent desires for one. He indicated in this article he wants one, in part, on the merits of his team last year? What he really meant to say was, “i can’t seem to do better then two losses and second in my SEC division so I need a playoff to get to the big game. Please help me ncaa.” He should try winning his division and maybe even his conference, seems to consistently work for Florida…

By Charlie

December 19, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this

I love the fans that are railing on GT#1 saying that Tech fans have no idea what it means to be first. Right now, Tech fans are #1 in the state of Georgia, 45-42. Go cry with your coach who is crying about a playoff system that his team wouldn’t be a part of.

By DawginLex

December 19, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

Tim,

Coach Richt just called. He wants you to research who won the SEC in 2002 and 2005 ?

By Glenn

December 19, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

When the president of Ohio State says he’s ready for a playoff system wake me up .

By Dean

December 19, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Georgia Tech is and always will be number 2 in the state in the hearts of Georgians. One win in 8 years and 4 in the last 18 years. I’d celebrate too if I were you. but don’t be so dillusional. Behind Georgia forevermore!

By Scot

December 19, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Why a playoff, Richt? So we can choke in the first round like every other big game?

Extremely disappointing season this year. We have an NFL quarterback, the most exciting RB in college football, but zero team discipline and no passion for big games. This is a coaching problem. As much as we can all appreciate having a “nice Christian man” as our head coach, this is football.

UGA doesn’t need a playoff, we just need to play to our ability and win.

By Dean

December 19, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

And for all you “UGA” fans on here who are just on the bandwagon jump off now with all yoruquestioning of Richt and Willie Martinez. I’m quite sure he knows alot more about football than any of you do. You guys would be more appropriate to go ahead and switch your alleginaces to Tech or Florida.

By ButtCutMutt

December 19, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

Hey WTF ???-

how bad is your penis envy now. Even when the dogs had beaten us 7 in a row they still wanted to be us. 4 national titles and a media darling..as opposed to a national joke that always chokes in big games and never lives up to the hype. now we have a better coach and are about to rebuild our program to where it should be (did i mention we have 4 titles).

I can imagine how difficult this must be for you.

By Coach Gill

December 19, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

The Auburn fans are still cross regarding the coaching situation. They’ll be burning up if Signing Day turns into another bust. However, once Spring Practice begins expect the Auburn faithful to rally. Some fans will, of course, only provide clandestine support.

By Kendawg

December 19, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

Methinks CMR should concentrate on improving our defense and beating Michigan State. Nothing else matters at this time.

By wreckmaniac

December 19, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

Dog Fud: You nailed it. The SEC should leave the NCAA, form its own league, require no academic credentials, require no academic progress and allow any player to leave for the NFL at any time. It could really be the farm league for the NFL and accept special financial assistance from the NFL. The NFL could then have another TV product to market. Makes a lot of sense.

By Dean

December 19, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

Dawg fans never really think about Tech except on the Saturday that we play them. You have to beat us a little more often in order to garner our respect. Enjoy your victory this year. Things will return to normal next year. And yes, you have avery good coach right now. So good that I bet he won’t be there in 5 years.

By Dave In Tampa

December 19, 2008 2:22 PM | Link to this

People busting on CMR totally cracks me up. He was asked a question by the media and he answered it. It’s the same as you people coming on here and giving your 2 cents about a playoff.

Techies, keep up the great posts. You guys are cracking me up as well. By the way, they don’t ask your coach about a playoff system because you guys have not won your overall conference in how long??? True, UGA was just an average team this year. I’ll take my lumps on that. You guys won a good game this year no doubt. Hey, one win over an average team does not make you guys world beaters.

Again, I’ll take 7 out of 8 any time! (Sure beats 1 out of 8 huh Techies)

By wreckmaniac

December 19, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

To borrow a phrase from the great Bum Phillips: ” UGA is America’s team, Tech is Georgia’s team “

By Hey ramblin gamblin

December 19, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

Really, no arrests for GT?

Do you remember a scumbag named Jerrard Tarrant?

Here, let me remind you:

http://www.ajc.com/cherokee/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/06/30/georgiatechtarrant_rape.html

I guess that is another category you owned UGA in-Number of rapes: GT 1-UGA 0.

By shane#1

December 19, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

The list of coaches calling for a playoff continues to grow. Once JoePa was a voice crying in the wilderness, in 2004 Tubbs joined him, then Pete Caroll and Mack Brown, now Richt. We are starting to get a who’s who of the coaching ranks backing a playoff system. I think there will be some form of playoff system put in place in 2014 when the new ESPN BCS Bowl contract expires. College football among BCS schools is about money, pure and simple. When ESPN dangles that big check a playoff system will magically appear.

By Dave In Tampa

December 19, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

shane#1

That was perfectly put sir!

By WTF???

December 19, 2008 3:00 PM | Link to this

ROFL!!!! Penis envy.. you better ax yo momma boy

By Nick

December 19, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Let’s go to a 64 team playoff just like in basketball. Now that would be interesting!!!

By Tech dweebs have inferiority complex

December 19, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this

Hey ramblin gamblin, j and jt guy. When is the last time you losers won an ACC championship? I believe the answer is never Georgia ownes the series, ownes the last 7 out of 8 games and basically gave the game this year to you. No one who is accustomed to winning gets as excited as you guys over one win. It has been a long dry spell for you guys and you just can’t contain your immaturity. Only a dweeb from Tech would whack off over a football game.But we understand since you certainly can’t get a date. 45-42 was a nice wake up call. Get ready to start losing again

By Hey... BUTTMUTTCUT

December 19, 2008 3:23 PM | Link to this

cute name.

techies are so obsessed with UGA they even put it in their fight song…

Enough news about tech, what are the Dawgs doing???

Forget our coaching woes lets make fun of Richt…

UGA is a bunch of drunks, hey get the techie band to play “Budweiser” again…

If UGA does a BLACKOUT, lets do a WHITEOUT!! PLEASE wear your trashbags…

UGA has bandwagon fans…PLEASE!!! You could not PAY someone to claim to be a techie 12 months ago.

Enjoy little bugs..no GOOD coach has EVER stayed at little techy more than 4 years.

As always…

YOUR

INFERIORITY

COMPLEX

IS

SHOWING!!!!!

By College Football Fan

December 19, 2008 3:24 PM | Link to this

I watched a replay of the 1979 Alabama - Penn State game on TV yesterday. It reminded me of how much more fun college football was in those days before the BCS or calls for nc playoffs.

College football today reminds me of little league baseball. Kids would get together in the neighborhood and play ball after school or on the weekend. Then some parents decided to get them “organized.” It went to crap after that.

I would like to scrap the BCS and playoff talk. Just let bowls invite teams that can either accept or decline. There were great bowl matchups before the BCS and remember:

The body that matters - the NCAA - does not recognize the BCS champion as a champion. It is still just a load of crap. Just play the games and some bowls and have some fun.

For those to young to remember, Notre Dame had a policy of not accepting bowl invitations until they finally relented in 1973 I think and played Alabama in the Sugar Bowl in probably the best bowl game ever played. That policy didn’t hurt Notre Dame from 1890 whatever until 1973 when they started accepting bowl invitations. But they had a better image then than now.

By Jason

December 19, 2008 3:36 PM | Link to this

An 8 team playoff would be awesome. Just seed the conference champ from the 6 major conferences in, then take the 2 remaining spots and those are the “at large” spots that go to the highest ranked non-major conference champs.(This year Texas and Alabama would have gotten in, but in other years Utah might).

If you force every majro conference to have 12 teams, so they all have a playoff, then you could even consider the conference championship game as round 1, and it would actually be a 14 team playoff.

By Jim Mora

December 19, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

Playoffs ?

Playoffs ?

Don’t talk to me about… Playoffs ?

I just hope we can win a game…

By Sam P

December 19, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

You are idiots if you think people can travel on short notice to possibly 3 away games in a row, across the country.

Keep the bowls as right now they 100% of them are meaningless anyway. Take your top 4 teams (eventually expanding to 8, 12, and then 16) based on the BCS rankings. The higher seed gets the home game. Then for the championship rotate between the 4 major bowls as the national championship site.

The regular season is just as important as you need to finish high to make the extra revenue for the home games and to make the playoffs. It works fine for all levels of college football except FBS and every other NCAA sponsored sport, 81 I believe.

By ga72

December 19, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt: The Water Girl wants to know, “would we have to beat those really good teams to be in the playoff”?

By ...

December 19, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

looks like UsicGA is running out of ways to make fun of tech.

second in academics and in sports. ouch. that must hurt.

By The Voice

December 19, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Scrap the bowls and go to a 32 team playoff or reduce the number of bowls and make them all meaningful and have no playoff.

By BartBuzz

December 19, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

An 8-team playoff will at least have 6 less teams complaining that they didn’t make the championship game. Any playoff scheme will depend on how the money gets spread around. There is an easy format to have a playoff if it was about crowning a true champion instead of filling the coffers.

By randy

December 19, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

WHY DON’T YOU IDIOT TECH FANS GO PLAY WITH YOUR SELF, AND GET OFF THIS BLOG!

By BartBuzz

December 19, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

Randy…I forgot. T H W G !

By bb

December 19, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

Spence,

You say that the 6 BCS conference champs being in the 8-team field like that would be a bad thing.

I say ONLY let conference champs in. Take the 6 BCS conference champs and the 2 highest rated teams for the remaining conference champs or independent teams.

This year that would/should be: Oklahoma Florida USC Penn State Virginia Tech Cincinnati Utah Boise State

That would make the regular season even more important than it is now. Why should a team that didn’t/couldn’t win it’s conference championship have a shot at the national championship. Win your conference or shut up.

No at-large teams allowed. Sure Alabama and Texas are most likely better teams than Utah, Fresno State, VT and/or Cincinnati, but they had their shot to win their conference (on the field) and didn’t do it. Give teams like Utah and Fresno State a chance to prove themselves, on the field.

By Gen Neyland

December 19, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

A Sagarin-type system could set the playoff teams if college football goes this route. We’re talking 200 plus programs, over 20 conferences vs a 32 team, 8 division shakedown in the pros. See Sagarin 2008..Of course Notre Dame will have to be included year in, year out no matter their record…

By bigguy

December 19, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Note to M.R. - You would have to QUALIFY for the prospective playoff during the REGULAR SEASON, so a playoff would be a moot point for you.

By dd

December 19, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Does anyone know the all time series record in football between UGA & GT?

Please post if you have that info.

Thanks

By razerGT

December 19, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Richt is preaching to the choir, unfortunately. It’s all about the money for the BCS and the bowl system, not about what the fans, players, or coaches want.

By T

December 19, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

If this is the only significant news coming out of Athens… just close the place

By Letard

December 19, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

I know why GT fans are so excited about beating UGA by 3 pts in the past what 6 years? It reminds them of what its like to get laid. Tech beat UGA by 3 points and they think they are back? Complete nonsense. They even gave their coach a raise! high hopes, we’ve got high hopes!!! Good luck next year, everybody screws a fat chick once in a while. That aint getting laid. That’s pity.

Did anyone notice how few people were at the ACC championship game? I counted 39 people.

As for the playoff….really? We’re talking about that again? It is a group of flat out PIGS who are keeping it down. There should be one no matter who starts the conversation. The matter is quite simply the stupidest issue in America. #1 hands down. Also, how would it make the regular season meaningless? You still have to win a crapload of games. You can lose once tops. How is that meaningless?

UGA would have played in it, if it were a top 8 team playoff for the past how many years? As for winning your conference, all of you ragging on UGA, did OU really win theirs?

By Stinger

December 19, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this

If we have a 4 team playoff, #5 will gripe; with 8 teams, #9 will cry, with 16 teams, #17 will whine - and so on. We will still have the same issue we have now. Who decides who gets to go and who gets left out? Voters and/or computers.

By Ed

December 19, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

I’m not part of the choir. I liked the old pre-BCS days, where there were no conference championship games and teams went to whatever bowl there conference had a tie-in with. I also liked it when there were ties, because the decision to go for the tie or go for two or a touchdown instead of a field goal, etc. created some of the most exciting moments in college football. Coaches really had to earn their pay then (think Bobby Bowden’s gutsy fake punt against Clemson to avoid a tie in the early 80s - NEVER would happen today - Nebrasksa going for two instead of the extra point and a tie in the ‘84 Orange Bowl - we’ll never see that again)

The powers that be are screwing up college football beyond all recognition. The BCS system has resulted in the loss of the glorious Cotton Bowl as a major bowl game. Each year we’re treated to a boring BCS bowl that no one wants to see. Half of the “New Year’s” bowls are played after Jan. 1, conference championship games have given us several 5-3 conference champs (usually after they upset the 8-0 or 7-1 team on the other side), and now many coaches are reacting to a bad BCS system by demanding a playoff that would make early season college games as boring and in some cases as meaningless as early season NFL games.

And don’t get me started on taking away the tees for placekicks. I guess those 60 plus yard field goal attempts (Kevin Butler against Clemson in ‘84) were too boring. Just leave the game alone while it is still recognizable, please.

By Jay

December 19, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this

You Tech fans win one in eight and you act like fools. Try acting like you have been there before, and understand that your only chance of winning an OUTRIGHT title is to have a playoff system. And, to the ignorant Dawg fans that say that Richt should worry about winning his own conference should really shut up. You sound as dumb as a Tech fan bragging about 1 win. Richt has won plenty and is considered as one of the best coaches in college football right now. I would think that his opinion counts. BTW, 4 or 8, no matter who gets left out, is better than nothing.

By Dana X. Bible

December 19, 2008 7:09 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt, you are a good man, and I was speaking up for you, a week or ten days ago, when some weirdos were hollering for your scalp, because of the Tech loss. But this call for a college playoff is crazy. It would make the possibility of a national championship more remote than ever.

By Dana X. Bible

December 19, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

PBR=America in a can, if you’re a Tiger, what are you doing on this blog? UGA has won just one NC, 1980, but we’re proud of that one. Auburn’s won just one, also - right?

By BravesFan79

December 19, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this

As a GT AND GT fan…. it would be beneficial to both schools to have a playoff system!!

There is currently 32? or so bowls…. i bet that because of the economy alot of these sponsors start pulling out, and alot of the fans just dont show up at the Meaningless bowl games!

Could the ECONOMY force a playoff faster than expected?? possibly so…..

College Football Fan: pple like you are the reason college football is the JOKE it is today!!

GO Braves, Falcons, Jets! The NFL is where REAL football is played!!

By Kirby

December 19, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this

why is Richt so worried about having a playoff this year? Georgia wouldnt even be in it

By Pago Flyer

December 19, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

Real football is the NFL? Now that’s funny. Let’s see, a commercial every 2 mins. No tailgating, no bands, just one big tv studio (indoor football!)

By Terrorist Roommate

December 19, 2008 10:05 PM | Link to this

Go tech! Tickle Piles galore!

By Obeone

December 19, 2008 10:54 PM | Link to this

Mighty funny Richt defends Martinez, yet nobody offers him a job interview!!! As for Richt wanting a playoff. I guess he does, with Fla beating him every year and now Saban he won’t ever get to play for the NC except if someone else beats these teams……. I still say Richt is going to lose his job because of Martinez.

By macrotech

December 20, 2008 2:11 AM | Link to this

GT #1, at LEAST you fooled all those uga fans into believing that you were a Tech fan! Couldn’t be MORE obvious that you’re a dawg! I completely echo the thoughts of CMR! GT #1, you DID come up third on this blog, but TECH came in first in the state THIS year! ;0)

By macrotech

December 20, 2008 2:14 AM | Link to this

KDawg, one loss and you turd eaters are ready to fire everyone?

By macrotech

December 20, 2008 2:27 AM | Link to this

Letard, by your statement, are you suggesting that uga is that fat chic? Congrats on being able to count to 39, though! What an accomplishment! If you’d have gone to a real school, you would have been able to continue your count! I’ll throw you a bone; 40 is the next number! GO TECH! We’ll get off your blog when you get of ours! But, then again, isn’t this a hoot?! GT

By Ryan

December 20, 2008 4:50 AM | Link to this

The only ones against it are the sportsbooks. The top 25 system perpetuates some insane mythology about one’s favorite team that contributes to people making really insanely stupid bets based on nothing but ranking. Simple as that. Put in a playoff system and you shake up that longshot algorhythm that makes the game balanced.

By Ed

December 20, 2008 6:55 AM | Link to this

I’m so glad these dumba$$ GT fans have something to cheer about this year. I got tired of listening to their bellyaching for seven years straight. But they know as well as I do, that they still suck and the dawgs will begin another winning streak next year. Enjoy this, because 1 out of 8 ain’t bad.

By dUmB dAWg

December 20, 2008 7:01 AM | Link to this

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By A-ville Ranger

December 20, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

Tim,I hadn’t seen an update on graduation rates so after seeing only 11 current players graduate this week I did a Google search.

One site listed all 2007 bowl teams and their grad rates.UGA was in the middle for white players at 68 %.

For black players the listed rate was 29 %that’s DEAD LAST among the listed bowl teams.

I’m a huge UGA homer but if after 7 years of Richt we’re dead last among competitive teams at graduating black athletes,there’s a serious institutional problem.

If this is accurate it’s nothing short of shameful.Do you know if these numbers are correct ? If so would you care to comment ?

By MC

December 20, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this

First things first. If your defense cannot run across the field to tackle,you are not going to beat Georgia Tech. And if you cannot beat Georgia Tech you are probably not going to a playoff or even win one if you make it. What ever happened to the Georgia team that used to hit and make plays?——————Oh yea, that is in the past. Good luck anyway Coach Richt,but you need to get some tougher coaches and players. Congratulations on the wins you got this year. One more issue——if you are going to get penalized please hit somebody and make it count—don’t just touch em and then act like it did not happen. Hit somebody—and then let the ambulance deal with it please!!!! Come on folks this is Football not Tennis.

By helluvaengineer

December 20, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this

Title “Richt realizes he will never win the last game of the regular season again and therefore can’t finish ranked 1 or 2 in any polls”

Or maybe Richt realizes he needs something to distract the mutt nation until UGA is ranked preseason #1 again.

By THE Ohio State Buckeye

December 20, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

I’m ready for some Amen’s from the dog nation!

Who’s playing arguably the best team in the NCAA in a $17 million BCS Bowl and who’s playing the number 4 team from the Big Ten in the $3 million Citrus Bowl? LOL

How many yards is Michigan State going to rush for against the.georgia.bulldog’s mighty defense? (LOL. Last years number 2 ranked team who returned every single starter on defense. LOL).

How many yards is Michigan State going to pass for against the.georgia.bulldogs mighty secondary? (LOL. Last years number 2 ranked team who returned every single starter on defense. LOL).

Who will have-half-a-hundred-hung on them by the Big 10 in THIS YEAR’S Citrus Bowl? LOL.

Who has the second best recruiting class for 2009 and who has the 12th best? LOL.

How many recruits you will lose when 4 players (and 2 coaches) exit early THIS YEAR because of you obnoxious, putrid, boisterous, ignorant a* fans? LOL.

LOL. Guess who will think twice the next time they speak disrespectfully to THE…….Ohio…….State…….Buckeye!!!!!!! I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW Mountain dawg, Supes, Krusty buger, Villa Rica Dawg, Fl Dawg, etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., LOL!

By Buzz man

December 20, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

A-ville Ranger,

Many of them leave school early so they can play on practice squads of the NFL teams and others car hop across the street at the Varsity.

By p

December 20, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

PLAYOFFS??? PLAYOFFS??????

What a joke. Hey Coach, you need to hire a defensive coordinator before thinking about playoffs.

By THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye

December 20, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Almost forgot one

Who beat their National rival on National TV by a score of 42-7 (Michigan) and who lost to their state rival 45-42 (Georgia Tech) on regional TV?

I’m searching for some apologies from some of you Dog bloggers.

The morons that gave me grief throughout the season. Some of you need to know WHOM you are talking to. I’m one that never bought into speed and southern football is king. I am THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye…….. and I know where real football is played. You guys need to stick to mythical high school national championships (and grits). LOL.

By B dawg

December 20, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Keep Coach Searels in Athens!

Let him be the defensive coordinator AND offensive line coach next year. Put Martinez back with defensive backs (where he belongs) and let him answer to Searels. I guarantee you Martinez won’t show up a fellow coach again on the side lines if you do.

By Truman Capote

December 20, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

WOW, dead last in graduation rate for black athletes!

If ever there was a subject for an in depth AJC column or series, that would be it.

That would look too much like actual journalism I guess.

By A-ville Ranger

December 20, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

Buzz Man, UGA grads support the program.Tech grads need their cash for candy bars and used video games.

By A-ville Ranger

December 20, 2008 12:04 PM | Link to this

Buzz,I just checked Tech’s grad rate for black football players last year.Of the 62 bowl teams Tech was 58th with 34 %.Granted, it’s better than UGA’s 29 % and 62nd out of 62.Fact is both schools should be alarmed and ashamed of those results.

By Atlanta Dawg

December 20, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this

To Damon Evans,

We will likely lose Matthew Stafford and Knowshon Moreno to the NFL Draft. I hope they return but certainly wish them all the best if they opt out early. The same goes for Jeff Owens, Asher Allen, and Reshad Jones if they chose to do the same. All will have solid professional careers with appropriate coaching.

But what if we lose Coach Searels who in my opinion is one of the finest OL coaches in the NCAA. What college, or NFL coach for that matter, could have done what he did the past two seasons? Everywhere the guy goes he wins! Everywhere he goes he leaves a legacy of top notch OL units! And in losing Searels, what could stop one or more of his recruits Chris Burnette (Lagrange) Dallas Lee (Buford) Austin Long (Memphis) Derrick Lott (Kennesaw), not to mention his targets- Bobbie Massie (Virginia), Marlon Brown (Memphis), from wanting to go to Auburn?

And what if we lose Coach Gardner who in my opinion is one of the finest DL coaches AND recruiters in the NCAA? What a blessing he has been to the Richt program! And in losing Gardner, what could stop one or more of his recruits Toby Jackson (Virginia) Abry Jones (Warner Robbins) not to mention his targets Branden Smith (Atlanta) Dre Kirkpatrick (Gadsden) from following him to Auburn?

My advice would be for you to leave 50 people off the travel list for the capitol One Bowl and put it in escrow for Searels and Gardner (and do something similar each and every year). This is two guys UGA can NOT live without if it wants to consistently compete with the best teams in the nation.

By macrotech

December 20, 2008 12:17 PM | Link to this

Am I the only one that pictures THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye character in his underoos with a towel for a cape and a wooden spoon as his mighty sceptor, standing on the edge of his couch bellowing, “I am THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye…….. and I know where real football is played” ? Wasn’t it just a few short years ago that your little buckeyes got smacked down on NATIONAL t.v. by one of these silly little southern schools?!

By BCS Slave

December 20, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

Finally…some sign of a shift in sentiment to a playoff among coaches. We might be getting somewhere.

The current system is too subjective to be meaningful.

A playoff would not cheapen the regular season. While the NFL is a different animal, each and every game matters. They don’t care if you win by one point or 30…a win is a win. There is no SUBJECTIVITY in deciding the quality of a win. That takes away one bad element of the BCS.

Polling is subjective. Actually, it is ridiculous for the most part. A playoff system would render polls irrelevant until after a CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP game is played. Then and only then should subjectivity come into play. The BCS polls could be used to seed conference champions in the playoff. That would minimize a second layer of subjectivity.

As for the lengthening of the season…get rid of non-conference games. Period. Play only in your conference and only in your division. Then the season would not be lengthened that much.

College presidents need to make a stand for integrity. Right now, they are supporting a money system that makes a minority of teams richer and networks like ESPuke even richer. Their greed cheapens their institutions and college football.

Give us a playoff.

A playoff

By PU

December 20, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

An Ohio State person running his mouth on this blog. That’s funny. You went on for so long on your post because you are on your knees thanking God that you don’t have to play another SEC team….. 0-9 right? Yes UGA was very average this year. We’ll be back next year. At least we are not O-fer against a conference. OSU stinks against the southern teams and always will. Now go back up to the rock you crawled out from and keep quiet!

By ga_tech_92

December 20, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

Yes, almost everyone wants a playoff except the greedy sobs who profit from the current system.

By THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye……...knows

December 20, 2008 2:33 PM | Link to this

I want to hear some apologies from the 20 somethuing dog a***** that smacked me on this blog all season long. You know exactly who you are!!!WHO’S RIGHT NOW?!?!? LOL. I knew in the end that you a***** would be silent. I knew I would never get the satisfaction of smacking you back with I TOLD YOU SO’s. I knew it all along. LOL

Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy December 29th bowl game or whenever the Citrus is played.

By Interested fan

December 20, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

This blog is an assembly of the least-funny, least-original, and least-informed dumb-azzes in the entire cyberkingdom. Consequently, I have lost my interest and my name. Bye babies.

By THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeye……

December 20, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

Dude,

It doesn’t surprise me in the least that you “lost your name” because THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeye……WILL hold you accountable. And, it doesn’t surprise me that you “lost your interest” here either, because I was right about THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes and you were wrong about the.georgia.bulldogs and the truth DOES hurt sometimes.

Merry Christmas you “uninformed” smuck

By THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye

December 20, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

Hey interested fan,

FYATDYRIO!

THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye

By Joe

December 20, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

FIRE FELTON NOW!

What a pathetic, garbage coach he is. We actually have some decent talent on the team now. A decent coach could come in and win 20 games next year and go .500 in the SEC.

I appreciate Coach Felton for taking the job when he did, but he sucks at coaching.

UGA is a sleeping giant in hoops and it is time for Damon Evans to find someone to make us a winner. Felton has had SIX (6) YEARS to be decent. He has yet to do that, except for one magical 3 day span that now looks like lipstick on a pig.

I am definitely not opposed to a mid-season firing in this case. He is done.

By macrotech

December 20, 2008 4:17 PM | Link to this

THE……..Ohio……..State…….Buckeye, you need a hug or something?

By shane#1

December 20, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

God, I am bored! Not a bowl game on tv that I care about and the season almost over. The post season blues are starting early this year. I hope recruiting heats up soon! Now We have a Buckeye talking smack on a UGA{SEC}blog. It seems that losing your last 9 bowl games to the SEC would be enough to keep your his mouth shut. Not only that, but the OSU fan doesn’t have the facts. UGA lost 2 starters to graduation on the D that come to mind immediately, Kelin Johnson, starting safety and D backfield leader, and Howard, DE and pass rush specialist. Howard led the team in sacks. Also Jeff Owens, all SEC DT, missed the whole season due to injury. All the starters on D were back, huh? There are three that did not play. Given time I am sure I could think of more, but what’s the point? You lost your last nine games against the SEC. You have lost to LSU, UF, UGA, and even South Carolina, TWICE!!! The only southern team the Buckeyes have beaten in over twenty years was Miami in 2001, congrats on the NC for that one, but really! I think You should play Vandy at home, OSU would have a decent chance of beating a SEC team and Vandy could use a big payday. Go home yankee boy, they play big boy football in the south. BTW, UGA’s bowl game is on Jan 1, don’t you read the papers? Have fun with Colt McCoy, he may be the best college QB I have ever seen and was my pick for the Heisman. It seems that OSU is in for another beatdown.

By BILLY JACK

December 20, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Ohio State guy talking smack is hilarious.Any time you play a team from the south you get in a fetal position.Most teams from the north have northern football players which does not really translate when you are matched up with teams from the south.Texas is a southern team and will stomp you to death like all teams from the south do to teams from the north.Its a different of football-speed-toughness.I will be glad when we dont have any tie ins with the big 10-they have been embarrased enough.TEXAS63 OHIO STATE28

By BackWoodsBamaBoy

December 20, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Mark Richt has the prettiest smile I ever seen. Sure would love to go huntin with that boy.

By ga72

December 20, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Dawg Think about the number of top tier teams that lose their recruiters and OL coaches and still win. Garner recruits well for one reason; and a little research will give you the answer. Unfortunately, many of his pups don’t produce for the very reason he is so “successful”. If a coach can accomplish the acknowledgements that Coach Searels has, why not let him coach his own team? We are not going to be much better than we are now without some serious changes to our system.

By Keep Searels in Athens

December 20, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

It’s probably not about the money with Coach Searels, but if it is, double his pay and ask Stafford to make up the difference with some of the interest he makes off his likely $75 million contract next April.

By Cuz

December 20, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

shane, I concour. The Ohio State University will get hammered so hard they will have a hard time finding their way back to the airport. And fans claim we are delusional about our team. I think that guy got some of that bad acid that was going around Woodstock.

How about that awesome job of our QB recruit Murray coming back from a broken leg in October and leading his team to the Florida state title. Man I can’t wait to see this kid in red and black. The most anticipated QB since the “Golden Child” Matthew Stafford. Kick in the Big and Rich, “He is coming to your city!”

GO TELL THE SPARTANS, THE BIG DAWG IS COMING AND HE IS READY TO EAT!!

By ga72

December 20, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

Cuz Got a lot of love for you man…but, we’re not going to better against MSU than we did against Tech. The game is 4 quarters and we usually can only deal with 2 or 3.

I hope that Murray has better championship numbers at GA than some of the “blue chippers” (Stafford) that we have signed in the past.

Go dawgs!

By Cuz

December 20, 2008 11:46 PM | Link to this

72, I am waiting for that four quarter game. Hey why not start at the Krpaptal One Bowl. I was fine till the Tech game. Rolling over and playing dead is not my idea of a defensive scheme.

I think Murray will do just fine. Time will tell. Heck I am old, hope I got enough time left to watch the kid.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE, WHETHER YOU LOVE OR HATE ME AND THE DAWGS, DONT CARE, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS ANYWAY.

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

December 21, 2008 3:28 AM | Link to this

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Tim Tucker Do you even stop and think about what you are saying ?

Good Lord.

Yesterday, you run in here and name 24 players who “missed the season” for UGA like that is accurate or that by just listing the names without saying that their “missed season” consisted of just only 1 game they missed (bowl game) or that by naming 24 when it was really just five (5) who actually missed the season and that only 1 of the 5 were at a position that UGA did not have the Starter ahead of him on the Depth Chart play well - so that in fact we really missed only Quentin Banks.

Like that is some excuse for UGA having played only 3 teams ranked today and having given up runs of 31 to nothing, 26 unanswered and 49-3 against the only 3 ranked teams we played.

Now, today, you come running back in here a day removed from running in here telling us you figured out why UGA could not come close to playing football against the only 3 ranked teams we played - your trumped up list of 24 which really was only 5 - while the 1 of the 5 would have had zero effect on the 3 big huge losses this season again.

And, you tell us Coach Richt wants a playoff.

Good Lord.

We cannot beat our way out a wet paper bag against any Top 25 team in any Poll at all.

And, you want to tell us the coach wants a playoff of 4 or even 8.

He got killed by the Top 4 or 8.

He had zero hope with this “coaching staff” of his he is standing pat with against any team in the Top 25.

Do you even stop and think what you write about Tim Tucker ?

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By from an old Tech fan to an old dogs fan

December 21, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

Merry Christmas, Cuz.

ps………………..when you say BuLL, you’ve said it all!

By Gen Neyland

December 21, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

Merry Christmas, BuLLscrooge

By Blade

December 21, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

Coach Richt needs to quit whining about the way system as it is right now. He cried like a baby last year about being left out the championship game, eventhought they did not win their conference championship, like this year. Keep the system as it is and do a better job at coaching. You lose, you’re out the hunt. Go Gators!

By shane#1

December 21, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

Merry Christmas Cuz and Gen, Cuz, as one old Dawg to another, I agree with you, should be a great season coming up. Merry Christmas Techies, I hope Santa leaves a brand new slide rule under the tree just for you. Man, I dated myself there didn’t I! Does anyone even make slide rules anymore? How about a brand new pocket protecter? Anyway, I hope Tech wins their bowl game and it’s a merry Christmas in Nerd-dom. Good luck to the Gators and the Tide, see you next year Gators!

By Tim

December 21, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

Playoff? YES! Thanks, Mark Richt!

By ga72

December 21, 2008 7:26 PM | Link to this

Coach BVG comes through again!

By ga72

December 21, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

CBVG comes through again!

By BCS Slave

December 21, 2008 8:21 PM | Link to this

I can’t say I know all Gator fans, but the ones on this blog sure are idiotic. Richt wasn’t “whining” about the system. He was not playing politics for the Dawgs. He knows you have to win the conference championship to get a shot to play in the MNC. Don’t worry Gator bloggers, your team is so good you’ll be playing for the NC every year. You don’t have to act so insecure.

The system is too loaded with bias. The weekly polls are a sham, but they have a psychological and motivational effect on teams and individual players. Polls warp the season and make a farce of college football. Give us a playoff between conference champs. Give teams something meaningful to play for and fans something meaningful to watch.

I support my team win or lose. If they can’t hang in a playoff, so be it. At least we won’t have to deal with pompous, biased people voting for teams and deciding their fate. Teams success or failure will be decided on the field of play.

College money grubbing presidents…GIVE US A PLAYOFF

By Cuz

December 21, 2008 10:14 PM | Link to this

shane, the Colorado State-Fresno game was fun watching, they reminded me of the Dawgs, no defense.

In the spirit of the season and SEC harmony, go Bama, UF and especially the Ole Miss Rebels. Also, I hope Tech gets a win in their stocking. They got a winner in Paul Johnson. Dogs walking on me at the Varsity.

C’mon, my other catch phrases got lamed out at the middle of the season. I kinda like, GO TELL THE SPARTANS, THE BIG DAWG IS COMING AND HE IS READY TO EAT!! Heck it is the only show in town right now.

Man I am channeling Buck Cochran about this Murray kid. Can’t wait to see him behind center in the Red and Black.

By AltamahaDawg

December 21, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this

Blade, he cried like a baby last year? Come on man, do you even care if anyone takes you serious? He lobbied for his football program when they stuck a camera in his face and asked. I suppose you dont know any coaches who might lobby for their team, when given a chance huh? Cried like a baby……rrrright.

I guess you missed the interviews where he said he thought they aught to make it an official rule that you needed to win the conference to be considered in the NC game, but since they keep voting that down so many times, they need to define the criteria?

Yea, what a jerk, wants some clarity in the voting or better yet, a playoff.

Stick to making up crap about your own coach.I’m surprised a gator fan would even bring up crying.

By carmatter

December 22, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Dude, take a chill. He didn’t say he thought UGA would be in it this year. He just said he thought it was time for a playoff. Seems like it would have a little more impact from someone who’s not complaining about this year (like Texas or Utah).

Did somebody up above say UGA didn’t miss Trinton Sturdivant or Jeff Owens this year?

Do you think having one good player back (even if they only went out in the Tech game) could have made a difference in the Tech game (lost by what, 3 points)?

By Playoffs?!?

December 22, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Nice use of the English language idiot:

Why he fit in well at FSU and UGA…

Mark Richt has become an outspoken advocate for a college football playoff. Listen to him from a couple of days ago: “For the longest, I was like, ‘I like it the way it is. I’m fine with it.’ I’m not that way any more. I’m ready. I’m ready for a playoff. I’m ready for a four- or eight-team playoff. Having to live through last year and feeling like you’ve got to have this big filibuster or whatever you want to call it to go out there and try to convince people to vote for your team - I mean, it shouldn’t be that way in sports, especially in major-college football. And [there’s] the effect it has on the nation, which loves college football and probably deserves a better way of doing it.” Richt went on to say that he senses sentiment shifting among coaches and even college presidents toward a playoff. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

By Playoffs?!?

December 22, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

Go win you another “Filibuster”

What an A$$ clown!

By tjs

December 22, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

CMR makes me laugh, win the SEC playoff then you can talk “smack” other wise bask in pre-seaon press announcements of UGA being # 1….With Moreno and Stafford gone, he will be lucky to be 8-4….I’m still laughing…

By blade

December 22, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Listen you Dawg fans, CMR was whining because if there were a playoffs system in place, the voters would have found a way to get UGA in the thick of it (love affair w/CMR). All Spring/Summer long, I had to endure how UGA had the toughest schedule in the FCS: Arizona St(lol), Central Michigan(lol), Ga Southern(lol).

If everyone want to be serious about this current system, for the next five years, have the so called powerhouses i.e., USC,UGA,UF, Michigan(?), Texas, OK, OSU, Penn St, Bama, LSU, VATech, GATech(?), Tenn(?), Clemson(?), Texas Tech(?), Miami(?), FSU(?), and any other team someone thinks is should be in this category. These teams must play two of the opponents in their out of conference games. After this there should not be any question at the end of the year, who’s number 1. This should take care of the end of the season bickering who should be playing for the Title.
Also, this could be played out in the bowl games as well. The bowl connections should be cut out also.

By Go Gators

December 22, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

You mean it’s like the way UGA thinks and Acts about Florida? Pot…Kettle…Black?

By Go Gators

December 22, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

like the one you have for Florida

By Go Gators

December 22, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

You have something to say to me Ohio State Buckeye?? You guys have the WORST mascot in the history of the universe, A student population of 55,000 and still can’t muster a team that can hold Florida’s jock football or basketball. As for UGA fans don’t tell GT people about how pathetic they are bragging about 1 in 8 years, it’s the same thing you guys do about Florida. Nice try though UF is your DADDY mutts…

By AltamahaDawg

December 22, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

All summer long you had to endure diddly squat. Stop hanging out in UGA blogs and you wont have to in the future. Richt is sayingn EXACTLY what you Univ. president has been saying. I’m sure you told him to stop whining, whatever the hell thats suppose to mean. BTW, check out your own schedule recently and in the furture before you start “lol”ing too much.

But thanks for the info that the media/voters have a love affair with UGA, cause that is a quite the revelation to the rest of us.

By Poor Gators

December 22, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

Why do the Gator fans post on a Georgia blog? Are there no blogs decidated to jorts and the Gator Nation? Not one?

By Anonymous

December 22, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

Poor Gators

I cut and pasted this quote from a post by “Atlanta Gator ” on Mr. College Football’s blog:

There are many of us bloggers who enjoy trading perspectives on the best sport in the world with the fans of our rival institutions. Sometimes, rival fans see what we do not, and that makes it more interesting for those fans who actually care about the X’s and O’s. In order for that to happen, a certain amount of civility must exist in the blogs and among the bloggers. If you could elevate the level of your own commentary from insults and name-calling to pointed questions and factually-supported contrary opinions, you too could be part of the solution, rather than part of the nastiness. Please consider it.

I can’t say I speak for all “enemy” bloggers, but AG’s quote sums up this Tennessee grad’s reasons for visiting this UGA blogsite. Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Merry Christmas.

By who cares?

December 22, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Whoe cares what richt thinks or says? I certainly don’t!

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 22, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

who cares? Obviously you care enough to come on here, read the blog, make up a name, log on and post that you don’t care. Want to try again.

By Jonathan Grizzell

December 22, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

If the Big 10 would get off the BCS bandwagon, and have a conference championship game, then the conference champions can have a playoff system. Then we would finally have something close to what every other sport has… a true champion, not a beauty contest.

By AltamahaDawg

December 22, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

Anonomous, I know Atlanta Gator, Blogged with Atlanta Gator, and 95% of the “enemy blogers” in here…….are no Atlanta Gator.

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 22, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

Jonathan, that would be the Big Ten and Pac Ten that need a conference championship game. Look at this year. USC 11-1, Penn State 11-1. Oklahoma 12-1 and Florida 12-1. That extra game against a tough opponent on the week when USC and Penn State are sitting watching does affect what the poll voters do. Besides 12-1 is a better record than 11-1 isn’t it?

By Atlanta Gator

December 22, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Alta~Dawg——That was intended in only the nicest possible way, right? I certainly hope so. LOL

Merry Christmas, you old Dawg!

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 22, 2008 4:35 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator, Happy Holidays! Any chance you can teach Go Gator some class? He pretty much has the crass down pat.

By AltamahaDawg

December 22, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Yes AG, if only the rest of the rivals were as level as you. Or some of these “supposed” to be Dawg fans too, for that matter.

BTW, I am still undecided as to if I can force a pull for UF. That I even consider it, is a pretty big step, and only out of pure respect for what they have done this year. Without question, the best team out there, and they deserve to be in the big game.

By bulldawgincarolina

December 22, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

auburn 2004, georgia 2007, texas 2008….nuff said

By THE.....Ohio.....State.....Buckeye.....

December 22, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this

Mr or Ms Go gators,

LOL. I have ALOT to say to you AND every one that lives in your trailer park. YOUR mascot is better? LOL. Guess what, your entire STATE smells like p**. THE…Ohio…State…Buckeye’s football AND basketball players major in business, not “eligibility” like your SWAMP MEAT morons. I bet half of your team would misspell Ohio in a spelling bee. I bet two thirds would say EIEIO instead.

b-aa-hhhAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

FYATGYRIO!

By Bubba Dawg

December 22, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

Ouch!

By AltamahaDawg

December 22, 2008 8:11 PM | Link to this

Why would the state of Florida smell like urine? That doesn’t make any sence. Are you talking about the smell of the ocean? Tell your dad to take you to the beach every few years. Or maybe for a senior trip.

By AltamahaDawg

December 22, 2008 8:18 PM | Link to this

Also they won’t have spelling bees in anymore once you get out of your high school.

By D dawg

December 22, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this

Gay Gator:

As of 12-22-08, Georgia leads the series 45-38-2.

By Longhorn foghorn

December 22, 2008 9:19 PM | Link to this

That Ohio St. fan is hilarious. My alma mater, THE University of Texas will stomp a mudhole in those buckeyes, and he’d still be talking smack.

He knows better than to talk smack to me though, as the saying goes, “Son, don’t mess with Texas!”

By .....THE.....Ohio.....State.....Buckeye

December 22, 2008 9:29 PM | Link to this

Go Gator,

You outplayed us in one game but guess what, college football is a marathon not a sprint dude. Read these numbers and weep little man.

All time record: 808–305–53 (THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes) 498-521-11 (FU)

Heisman Trophy Winners: 7 (THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes) 3 (FU)

National Titles 7 (THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes) 2 (FU)

Mascots Brutus Buckeye (THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes) Albert and Alberta (FU)

Stadium capacity 103,000 (THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes) 90,000 (FU)

Don’t make me print the graduation rates among Football and Basketball players. LOL.

By Bubba Dawg

December 22, 2008 9:30 PM | Link to this

Double ouch!

By THE……….Ohio……….State……….Buckeyes..........

December 22, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Go Gators: “You have something to say to me Ohio State Buckeye??”

Ha-yeah? Read above. That’s about it for the evening. LOL. Sorry the dial up in your trailer park is taking so long little man. You’re the monkey and I’m the organ grinder. FU!

THE……….Ohio……….State……….Buckeyes!!!!!!!!!!

By Longhorn foghorn

December 22, 2008 10:32 PM | Link to this

ha ha, that’s right son. Buckeye carpetbagger boy knows better than to talk smack back to a Longhorn from THE University of Texas. He, just like his team, fears even being in my, and my teams, presence.

Hook em’

By Atlanta Gator

December 23, 2008 1:03 AM | Link to this

“THE Ohio State Buckeye”——Whoa, fella. I’m not sure if you’re just making this stuff up, or whether you’re actually looking at another university’s stats (it’s the University of Florida, not “Florida University,” a.k.a. “FU”).

Florida’s all-time win-loss record is 640-373-40 (.6318), not the losing record reported by you above. Furthermore, as reported in the last two weeks, the University of Florida’s graduation rate for football players is 68%; Ohio State’s is graduation rate is 52% (the NCAA rates Florida’s Academic Progress Rate (a.k.a. “APR”) is 962; Ohio’s State’s APR is 942.

Of course, the biggest difference between the Gators’ and Buckeyes’ respective histories is that the Buckeyes have been playing football for 17 more seasons than the Gators (starting in 1889 vs. 1906). As a result, the Buckeyes have played 148 more football games than the Gators, racking up 81 pre-1906 wins against traditional football powerhouses such as Case Institute of Technology, Denison, Kenyon, Muskingum, Oberlin, Ohio Medical (!), Ohio Wesleyan, Otterbein, Western Reserve, Wittenburg and Wooster.

As for MNCs in football, most publications acknowledge that Ohio State has 5 (not 7) consensus national championships (1942, 1954, 1957, 1968 and 2002). That’s respectable enough, so there’s no need for you to pad OSU’s stats with some obscure publications’ “championships” that no one else recognizes.

In sports other than football, Ohio State can’t even begin to compete with the University of Florida’s stretch of excellence. Florida is one of only a handful of universities to rank in the top-10 Division I athletic programs in the country every year for the last 20 years. Ohio State? Well, not so much.

US News and World report lists Florida as the 17th best public university in America; Ohio State is 19th. As you know, that 19th-place ranking is a big improvement——OSU is now actually ranked ahead of Miami University and Ohio University, both of whom have been traditionally better thought-of academic institutions than OSU.

Oh, by the way, for all all of you Dawg fans who are rolling your eyes by now, here’s a great website for looking at college football program history, including the University of Georgia’s:

College Football Data Warehouse

By P. Burdell

December 23, 2008 4:36 AM | Link to this

Wow, is this blog full of idiotic rednecks or what?

…anyways, with that aside,

Most here seem to think a 4, 8 or 16 team playoff would be fair in choosing the NC. But how would these teams be chosen? Oh yea, by that same damn system everyone is complaining about now.

Plus, the bowls are all about money and tradition. I mean, could you imagine what college football would be like without any bowl games? It would be blasphemy! If you open up the door to even a 4 team bracket, what’s stopping it from expanding it to 64 teams, thus getting out of hand? And on the money side, teams, cities, sponsors and quite possibly our nation needs these bowls; who wouldn’t want an influx of money poured into their economy? If a bracket system would generate more money, we would be discussing if anyone remembered a time when there where bowl games.

And before last year, I remember Coach Richt being one of the stronger advocates/ supporters of the BCS system. I suppose the shoe is on the other foot now, huh? At least CPJ has the enough common sense to keep his mouth shut when asked the same question.

Also, for all the idiots out there, here is a quick fact all should learn:

The NCAA does not recognize a NC in Division 1 football. It is only the press that does. This is the reason why both Nebraska and Michigan hang 1997 NC banners in their stadium, GT and Colorado both claim the title in 1990, Miami and Washington in ‘91, …….

By joe

December 23, 2008 7:39 AM | Link to this

Richt can talk ALL he wants about a playoff. Georgia will BEVER be part of the mix except on that rare year when Georgia gets lucky.

Georgia is NOT in the top level of college football schools—only 5-6 & Georgia is not one.

In fact, Georgia never will be until Richt leaves & Georgia gets a Meyer or Saban clone.

And if you think I am a Georgia hater—think again—I have 3 degrees from there & taught there so I am NOT a Techie—I love Georgia.

By Jason

December 23, 2008 7:54 AM | Link to this

Ask non-BCS teams such as Utah or Boise if they think a playoff is good? It seems like the only way they’d have a legitimate shot at winning a national title.

By AltamahaDawg

December 23, 2008 8:20 AM | Link to this

Except that UGA would have made the 8 team playoffs 4 times in Richts eight years. And a 4 team playoff twice. Would not call that “rare lucky”.

By Go Gators

December 23, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

anything else buckeye? I am always game for some more stupid stats…

By Go Gators

December 23, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Oh 1 more thing OSU kid, your greatest coach ever Woody, What happened to him? Oh yeah he was fired because he punched a Clemson player for intercepting the ball. NOW THATS CLASS!!!!

By Blade

December 23, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Great work ATL Gator!! You put a cork in that mouth.
D-Dawg, re-check your stat in about 7 years and see what the all time record would be.
For the talk about being on the dawg blog, you know the saying, “Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.” UGA fans, you’re upset with your year, think how lucky you’re really are. You should have lost the against S.Carolina(3 fumbles inside the 10yd line by USC), Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Auburn, instead of 9-3, you should be 5-7.
You’re very very lucky.

Go Gators!

By alabamadon

December 23, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this

blade….in the words of the great BEAR…i’d helluva lot rather be lucky than good…….ROLL TIDE!!!

By wakeforestwiley

December 23, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

the SEC is way overrated…i forgot the last time we lost to one of your “bowl teams”….ACC winner could take “run up the score” gators!!!i think oklahoma is going to lay it on them!!!

By gdawginkalamazoo

December 23, 2008 12:50 PM | Link to this

Burdell,

At least CPJ has the enough common sense to keep his mouth shut when asked the same question.

Why comment on something you are never going to be in the discussion for anyway?

By AltamahaDawg

December 23, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

Blade if you are going to be pulling the lucky rug out from under us, YOUR team needs to be collecting a few trophies and returning them to thier rightful owners as well. Where would I even start in that list?

So lets get this, UGA is: Lucky, The Media Darling, we have a weak OOC schedule, and our coach is a crybaby…….are you sure you aren’t looking in the proverbial mirror there sport?

By P. Burdell

December 23, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

nice grammar gdawginkalamazoo,

…and when Tech IS in the discussion, at least PJ wont look like a stupid hypocrite like some.

:)

By P. Burdell

December 23, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

nice grammar gdawginkalamazoo,

…and when Tech IS in the discussion, at least PJ wont look like a stupid hypocrite like some.

:)

By Anonymous

December 24, 2008 12:22 AM | Link to this

P. Burdell

“Stupid hypocrite?” That’s a little harsh, don’t you think? A coach’s thinking isn’t allowed to evolve a little bit over time? Joe Paterno was against a playoff, now he’s in favor. Does that make Joe Pa a hypocrite? How about Urban Myer? Pete Carroll? Bob Stoops? Or is it only coaches who were against the playoffs, are now in favor, AND also coach UGA?

Calling Richt a “stupid hypocrite” is overkill. In spirit of the holidays, try saying something clever in response to Dawg fans, not something exaggeratedly nasty about their coach.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

December 24, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

MERRY CHRISTMAS FLEABAGS gdawginkalamazoo, DEllis, Shane#1, Sautee Dawg, AltamahaDawg, Modawg, and yes even you dawginlex. If I’ve forgotten or left anyone off my Xmas list, I apologize.

…and a happy holiday to you Anonymous (whoever you are).

By THE.....(and I hope you can hear me).....Ohio.....State.....Buckeyes.....

December 24, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

Go Gators,

Know the difference between a tornado and a divorce? Doesn’t matter, either way you’re going to lose that single wide.

Merry Christmas you low life SMUCK!

By THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYE

December 24, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Merry Christmas to all you Georgia pricks that never replied to my posts after week 8 OR changed your screen name because you couldn’t man up to the fact that ……THE……Ohio……State…..Buckeye…… was right about thegeorgiabulldogs and right about the season’s final polls AND bowls.

By Anonymous

December 24, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYE

That’s “schmuck,” not “smuck,” you putz..

By Go Gators

December 24, 2008 2:15 PM | Link to this

Hey OSU kid, after Atlanta Gator crushed your little world I hoped you learned your lesson. I was wrong. I hate the Big Ten more than UGA. i am man enought to respond to your posts anytime

By Go Gators

December 24, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

And what OSU kid no comment on the great Woody’s antics???

By MWC

December 24, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

just more sour grapes from UGA… Whats new???

By TexasDawg

December 24, 2008 4:09 PM | Link to this

be soooooooo careful what you wish for. You will hate a playoff the first time we’re lining up to play Auburn, we’re a no loss or one loss team, and the conversation is about how we can still lose to Auburn and make the tournament. Do or die every saturday is what makes college football special from every other sport…if we get a playoff format, i guarantee many of us will grow to regret it…

By Longhorn foghorn

December 24, 2008 4:25 PM | Link to this

Heh, and yet carpetbagger boy has still yet to acknowledge my existance on this blog. Get ready son, your team’s day is a comin.

By Reality

December 24, 2008 6:23 PM | Link to this

Hey coach, worry about winning your division before worrying about playing for the national title.

Also, Richt should be more concerned with his team losing discipline than a playoff. UGA is nowhere close to being a national title contender.

Saban and Meyer will dominate the SEC until good ole boys like Richt move on.

Tuberville, Croom, and Fulmer just learned that the hard way.

By theodoris gibbs

December 24, 2008 8:59 PM | Link to this

Larry you are right. If 1-AA , D-II, D-III, NAIA, and High Schools can have football playoffs I am certain D-I football can handle a 32 team playoff. NCAA sports such as baseball, fast pitch, hockey, lacrosse, basketball, soccer,volley ball decide champions through playoffs (tournaments). A playoff system for NCAA 1-A football is long over due. T. Gibbs

By Panom P Disatham

December 24, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this

NO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR A FINAL AS LONG AS YOU KEEP SAME DC,

By Reality

December 25, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

Wow, Notre Dame beat up on Hawaii bad. Maybe Charlie Weiss should ramp up the talk and they could be number 2 this year.

By THE.....Ohio.....State .....Buckeyes

December 25, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

To all the fearless bloggers down south (lol):

Anonymous -Check your driver’s license to spell schmuck, smuck? LOLOLOL.

Go Gators -Woody Hayes was desperately trying to motivate his troops (they weren’t very good that year). Pretty sure that forearm he delivered to the Clemson linebacker hurt him a lot worse than it hurt coach Hayes. LOL. And YOU absolutely have not earned the right to refer to him by his first name. Go back in your trailer before lighting strikes you dead.

Atlanta Gator -The stats I got were from a trusted friend. I’m not a student like you a*****. I WORK and can’t Google up everything in my dorm room like you. Obviously my friend didn’t do his homework.

And…(drum roll)…..THE……………….. Ohio……………….. State……………….. Buckeyes……………….. WILL play Texas a lot closer game than everyone thinks. I’d take them and the points if I were you. That’s how I plan to pay for Christmas.

Anyone want to wager OSU finishes ahead of UGA in every final poll? LOL. Didn’t think so. LOL. Better luck next year. Oh wait, next year OSU will probably start out at number 2 AGAIN. How about you smuck dogs? LOLOLOLOLOL. 22 maybe. LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Merry Christmas to the entire confederacy! LOL. LOL.

By THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYE

December 25, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this

THE…..(drum roll in the background)…..Ohio…..…..State…..(I hope you can hear me now)…..Buckeyes…..:

Good luck in the Skoal Bowl boys!

Baahhh-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……..(GASP FOR AIR,AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

By THE.....Superior.....Ohio.....State.....Buckeyes

December 25, 2008 10:51 AM | Link to this

Hey Florida guys:

FU (and the crocodile you rode in on).

THE…….Ohio…….State…….Buckeyes count every season in its history, not just some during the last 20.

By THE...Ohio...State...(CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?).....Buckeyes

December 25, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this

Merry Christmas to the entire southern confederacy! LOL. LOL.

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid down there so you won’t feel like the second-class folk most of you truly are.

And be sure to watch OUR real Bowl game and learn a new saying-“Don’t mess with Buckeyes”).

Merry Christmas and a Happy Pre-New Year’s Bowl game.

From ………THE…..(with a capital T. H. & E.)…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes…..AND Family)

By THE Ohio State Buckeye

December 25, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

SKOAL POLL (Final-12-25-08)

1. Florida 2. Alabama 3. Mississippi 4. Georgia Tech 5. Georgia 6. Virginia Tech 7. North Carolina 8. LSU 9. Wake Forest 10. West Virginia 11.East Carolina 12. South Carolina 13. Troy State14. Kentucky 15. Arkansas 16. Miami (FL) 17. Virginia 18. Clemson 19.Florida St. 20. Louisville 21. Southern Miss 22. Bowling Green23. Tennessee 24. Florida Atlantic 25. LA Lafayette26. Middle Tenn. St. 27. N.C. State 28. South Florida 29. Auburn 30. Arkansas St. 31. Florida Intl. 32. LA Monroe 33. Mississippi St. 34.Memphis 35. Marshall 36.UCF 37.West. Kentucky 38. UAB 39. Tulane 40. Tie-Every other NCAA team

By SEC Fan

December 25, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this

Richt:

Georgia Can’t win it’s confernece, Conference division, or state. May be you should set your sight on starting with your state, then your division, then your conference. Then, you can look a a national event.

By simplythetruth

December 25, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

What kind of school has a seed for a mascot?

By THE.....Ohio.....State .....Buckeyes

December 25, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

To all the fearless bloggers down south (lol):

Anonymous -Check your driver’s license to spell schmuck, smuck? LOLOLOL.

Go Gators -Woody Hayes was desperately trying to motivate his troops (they weren’t very good that year). Pretty sure that forearm he delivered to the Clemson linebacker hurt him a lot worse than it hurt coach Hayes. LOL-NOT. And YOU absolutely have not earned the right to refer to Coach Hayes by his first name. Go back in your trailer before lighting strikes you dead.

Atlanta Gator -The stats I got were from a trusted friend. I’m not a student like you a*. I WORK and can’t Google up everything in my dorm room like you. Obviously my friend didn’t do his homework.

And…(drum roll)…..THE……………….. Ohio……………….. State……………….. Buckeyes……………….. WILL play Texas a lot closer game than everyone thinks. I’d take them and the points if I were you. That’s how I plan to pay for Christmas.

Anyone want to wager OSU finishes ahead of UGA in every final poll? LOL. LOL. Didn’t think so. Better luck next year. Oh wait, next year OSU will probably start out at number 2 AGAIN. How about you smuck dogs? LOLOLOLOLOL. 22 maybe. LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

Merry Christmas to the entire southern confederacy! LOL. LOL.

By THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYE

December 25, 2008 7:49 PM | Link to this

THE…..(drum roll in the background)…..Ohio…..…..State…..(I hope you can hear me now)…..Buckeyes…..:

Good luck in the Skoal Bowl boys!

Baahhh-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA……..(GASP FOR AIR,AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

By THE.....(Superior).....Ohio.....State.....Buckeyes

December 25, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this

Hey Florida guys:

FU (and the crocodile you rode in on).

THE…….Ohio…….State…….Buckeyes count every season in its history, not just some during the last 20.

By THE...Ohio...State...(CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?).....Buckeyes

December 25, 2008 7:51 PM | Link to this

Merry Christmas to the entire southern confederacy! LOL. LOL.

Keep drinking the Kool-Aid down there so you won’t feel like the second-class folk most of you truly are.

And be sure to watch OUR real Bowl game and learn a new saying-“Don’t mess with Buckeyes”).

Merry Christmas and a Happy Pre-New Year’s Bowl game.

From ………THE…..(with a capital T. H. & E.)…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes…..AND Family)

By THE Ohio State Buckeye

December 25, 2008 7:52 PM | Link to this

FINAL SKOAL POLL (12-25-08)

One: Florida 2. Alabama 3. Mississippi 4. Georgia Tech 5. Georgia 6. Virginia Tech 7. North Carolina 8. LSU 9. Wake Forest 10. West Virginia 11.East Carolina 12. South Carolina 13. Troy State14. Kentucky 15. Arkansas 16. Miami (FL) 17. Virginia 18. Clemson 19.Florida St. 20. Louisville 21. Southern Miss 22. Bowling Green23. Tennessee 24. Florida Atlantic 25. LA Lafayette26. Middle Tenn. St. 27. N.C. State 28. South Florida 29. Auburn 30. Arkansas St. 31. Florida Intl. 32. LA Monroe 33. Mississippi St. 34.Memphis 35. Marshall 36.UCF 37.West. Kentucky 38. UAB 39. Tulane 40. Tie-Every other NCAA team. LOL

By Go Gators

December 25, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this

LOL Got smokeed OSU boy and how do you spell class again, Woody is a bit!ch and doesn’t have the set to throw on a Gator, oh yeah he is dead, LOL your greatest coach ever came straight from the trailer park. WOW What class, and 60 yr old man attacked a 19 yr old kid. See ya in a couple a weeks after Texas kills ya and yes Atl Gator crushed you. Oh and yes you haven’t said a word to the Texas guys on here. Maybe you are a mutt just hiding as a OSU turd.

By Go Gators

December 25, 2008 10:49 PM | Link to this

LOL Got smokeed OSU boy and how do you spell class again, Woody is a bit!ch and doesn’t have the set to throw on a Gator, oh yeah he is dead, LOL your greatest coach ever came straight from the trailer park. WOW What class, and 60 yr old man attacked a 19 yr old kid. See ya in a couple a weeks after Texas kills ya and yes Atl Gator crushed you. Oh and yes you haven’t said a word to the Texas guys on here. Maybe you are a mutt just hiding as a OSU turd.

By Florida Dawg

December 26, 2008 12:08 AM | Link to this

HOW LONG IS THIS BLOG GOING TO CONTINUE?…is there not something else to write about? I mean it’s been posted since 12-19??????

By THE.....Ohio.....State.....Buckeye

December 26, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Go Gator & Florida Dog,

“HOW LONG IS THIS BLOG GOING TO CONTINUE?”

Truth hurts don’t it?

LOL

By Florida Dawg

December 26, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

ohio state is THE joke of NCAA football. I “think” the last time Georgia played the ohio state…you had your “arse” handed to ya! Was that in 1992??? I’ve almost forgot about ‘06 and ‘07…you wanta continue the blog???

By Go Gators

December 26, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

What the truth that Woody had no class or that OSU can’t handle anyone outside the Big Ten??

By QUESTION

December 26, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

If you cannot win your division to get into the 2007 SEC championship game, why would you even think you were robbed?

By Oledawg

December 26, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

It was a tie, dumbbutt. We tied Tenn. who lost to LSU who kicked OSU in the crotch.

By THE Ohio State Buckeyes

December 26, 2008 6:34 PM | Link to this

Hey Florida dawg,

“ohio state is THE joke of NCAA football”.

Dude……….THE……….Ohio……….State……….Buckeyes………. are ranked 8th in the NCAA and playing in a BCS Bowl. Where are the dawgs?

“you wanta continue the blog”???

Not with you, you village (trailer park) idiot.

By THE...Ohio...State...Buckeye

December 26, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

Go Gators and take the Florida Dawg with you. Frankly I am tired of you both.

SMD!

By Go Gators

December 27, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

Face it OSU trash your team and the Big Ten sucks, take that fact and shove it where the sun don’t shine.

By THE (I hope you can hear me now go gators) Ohio State Buckeye

December 27, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

Go Gators,

Face this:

I’M not the one who lives in a single wide trailer in some God foresaken rural backwood Florida town that smells like p** 24/7/365. You are!

Secondly, the Big 10 is the most prestigious conference in the NCAA (closely followed by the Pac-10).

Thirdly,…THE…Ohio…State…Buckeyes… are the winningest college football team in the NCAA!!!!! (NOT JUST THE SOUTH-LOL) over the last 20 AND 30 AND 40 AND 50 years!

Now, little man, put that in your Lynard Skynard pipe and smoke it.

By THE..........Ohio..........State..........Buckeye..........

December 27, 2008 1:09 PM | Link to this

http://www.fotosearch.com/RBL008/b11831/

Didn’t think I knew who you were did you Mr. Go Gator?

I’ve got some pics of your wife too. And If you criticize THE…..Ohio…..State…..Buckeyes…..one more time I’ll post them.

Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it along with that koolaid you’ve been drinking.

By Bluffton Dawg

December 27, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Ouch!

By GreeneCo Dawg

December 27, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Hey Go Gators. I believe you just got called out man. I for one would like to see some pictures of your wife.

By THE....Ohio....State....Buckeye

December 27, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

Come on Go Gator,

Say something bad about THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES or THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYE so I can post a picture I took of your wife a while back. She looks awesome in JORTS!

By Atlanta Gator

December 27, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

Good grief. Definitely time for a change of UGA/SEC blog topic. From today’s AJC sports page:

“How Georgia kept coach from Auburn

“Georgia won’t lose its highly regarded offensive line coach, Stacy Searels, to Auburn. Searels, who was being pursued by his alma mater for a position on new coach Gene Chizik’s staff, has decided to stay in his current job, Georgia coach Mark Richt said Friday night. Richt indicated that Searels will receive a salary increase, although he wouldn’t provide specifics.

“‘You always want to let people know how you feel about them,” Richt said. ‘We let him know.’ Searels’ current salary is $235,400 annually, fourth highest among Richt’s assistants. ‘Everybody is going to get a boost,’ Richt said.”

How do you Dawg fans feel about that? Richt kept Coach Searels, and is giving Searels and all of the other assistants a pay raise. Worth the money, or not? Does your defensive coordinator deserve a raise?

By Atlanta Gator

December 27, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

“Go Gator”——Let it go, man. You’re being baited by an Ohio State fan who makes up statistics, and taunts Dawgs, Gators and other SEC fans, notwithstanding the Buckeyes’ history of failure against SEC teams.

In one of his more memorable quotes, Winston Churchill defined a “fanatic” as a person “who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” That pretty much sums up our little Buckeye friend.

Notwithstanding Ohio State’s all-time bowl record of 0 wins and 9 losses against Alabama (0-2), Auburn (0-1), Florida (0-1), Georgia (0-1), LSU (0-1), South Carolina (0-2) and Tennessee (0-1), this guy is trying to tell you his favorite team is better than anyone in the SEC. For the record, all 9 of the Buckeyes’ bowl losses to SEC teams happened in the last 30 years (1978-2008). Furthermore, those 9 bowl losses include two consecutive losses to SEC teams in the BCS title game.

For the sake of completeness, I must say that Ohio State does have an all-time record of 7-11-2 against the SEC, including 11 regular season games in addition to the 9 bowl losses. But, let’s see what those 11 regular season games included:

0-1 vs. Alabama (1986)

0-0-1 vs. Auburn (1917)

3-0 vs. Kentucky (1895, 1919 & 1935)

1-0-1 vs LSU (1986 & 1987)

3-1 vs. Vanderbilt (1908, 1909, 1931& 1933)

Ohio State has played all 12 SEC, and has a losing record against 9 of the 12 SEC members. Looked at another way, since 1935, Ohio State has 1 win, 1 tie, and 10 losses vs. SEC teams. That’s quite a record of achievement upon which to base one’s smack talk: 1-10-1 since 1935. From my perspective, this is a bit like Albania taunting the United States about its war record.

So, please just ignore him, “Go Gators,” and perhaps he will move on to taunting Pac-10 fans about their Rose Bowl record against the Big Ten. LOL

By shane#1

December 27, 2008 7:44 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator, You gave advice worthy of one of your academic standing. When someone will not listen to reason it is better to ignore them. I am glad CSS is returning to UGA, I consider him and Randy Gardner to be keys to future success for the Bulldogs. Gardner as much for his recruiting ability as for his considerable coaching skills. I look forward to seeing what a veteran, well coached O line will mean to the Dawgs.

By bob

December 27, 2008 11:49 PM | Link to this

No Rookie Salary cap. That is the word from Roger Goodell. And that should be good news for Georgia fans. Very good news.

By THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYE

December 28, 2008 12:06 AM | Link to this

Sorry Go Gator. I counldn’t resist

http://www.surfersam.com/Funny-Redneck-Jokes-Humor_files/image15.jpg

By Atlanta Gator

December 28, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

shane——So, keeping Gardner is key for the Dawgs’ recruiting, and Searels is the key to building the O-line for Stafford (or Cox). How do you feel about every other assistant (including Bobo and Martinez) getting a slaray bump? Pay for performance?

No NFL rookie salary cap, according to media reports. Do Stafford and Moreno stay or go?

By dogboy32

December 28, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Stafford and Moreno, to stay or to go, will not affect the east.As much as I hate it,dawgs will not beat the gators with or with out them!!!

By Columbus Dawg

December 28, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

I have a feeling that they both stay, possibly based on defensive improvement in the bowl game. I have heard Mark Richt in the past make statements about what has had to be done, so to speak about other issues in the past. Whether it be the OL woes of 2003 when the OL gave up 47 sacks in one season, or the linebacker depth troubles we have had in the past. Coach Richt addressed these problems, and others in his time here. I have never seen him challenged when he did not respond, so I have no reason to doubt him now. I do think that the defense will not only show up for “The Ringer Show”, but I think they will respond wholeheartedly for the challenge. I do believe this will show Stafford and Moreno that they are committed to improving into the defense they should be, and also seeing Coach Searels turn down a chance to return to his alma mater to coach, may just in the end prompt them to stay. Stafford may not get any higher in the 2010 draft by staying, but many believe that he will benefit greatly from playing his senior year. As for Moreno, staying at least through his junior season would more than likely boost his status in the 2010 draft. UGA is likely to get several players back that will boost the 2009 squad. Owens and Sturdivant are obvious standouts, but also the return of Quintin Banks could be huge. He is supposed to be a big hitter, and maybe even that spoiled clown Rashad Jones could even learn something from”Q”. I have to admit I was pretty p#%*ed off when I heared about Asher Allen’s broken hand. That was pretty selfish of him to hide it like that. Maybe he learned something from this ordeal, and will be committed to learning the rest of what he needs to know about becoming a lock down corner without the penalties. Another name comes to mind that could certainly give the run defense a boost, Marcus Washington. He is a stump kind of like Tony Taylor was. Also UGA always has unknowns to step up from year to year. I would honestly say that I think the Dawg Nation has a lot more to look forward to in ‘09 than it may think. Now as for the Gaytors, I personlly think that they will win, whether any Dawgs pull for them or not, but that being said, I will predict a large loss of team chemistry on that Florida team for ‘09.

By falcon willie

December 28, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

columbus, you got my attention! Why do gaytors lose team chemistry in 09?

By Columbus Dawg

December 28, 2008 11:41 AM | Link to this

I think with the loss of Mullen, the loss of two senior OT’s, and CUM’s Notre Dame talk, that if indeed they beat the Sooners, I just do not think the fire will be nearly as stoked for the ‘09 campaign. Do not underestimate the revenge power that UF brought to the Gator Bowl this year. They even said that beating Georgia was first and foremost on the minds of all Gators. I’ll even go so far as to say that the lack of focus in the Ole Miss game could be attributed to looking at the Georgia game. Personally I wish Richt would keep his silly cheerleading ploys away from gameday. I have lived around plenty of good ole Alabama fans long enough to know how they think over there. Believe me they are not Auburn. I don’t care how many times Auburn beats Alabama in a row, Auburn just is not the proud powerhouse program that Alabama is, and little jersey color ploys are best left at home against a team like Alabama. These remaining Tide seniors had never beaten UGA either, but they were determined to right that ship this year as well. I really think CMR learned someting from all this as well. Florida will as it seems will retain most all of it’s players true, but I don’t think the fire of ‘08 will be with them. As far as Saban goes, as unlikely as this would have seemed before this year, he will miss JPW very much. It took nearly four years and a much better OL for it to happen, but he actually became a very solid field general for the Tide, and will not be easily replaced. I don’t have one specific reason why I feel this way about UF, but something in my gut just tells me that it will not be the same for them in ‘09.

By falcon willie

December 28, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

I hope you are close on that call.I must have missed CUM”s ND talk,what did he say?

By Columbus Dawg

December 28, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this

Meyer made headlines last week when he said that Notre Dame was still his “dream job”. Speculation is that Weiss will be given one more year to turn things around for the Irish, and that Meyer would be willing to leave Florida to go there if called. I don’t think the whuppin’ the Leprichan put on hapless Hawaii is any indication that Weiss has turned things around, but we will see.

By doug

December 28, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Kinda shocked that CMR mentioned and 8 team playoff.Richt could never keep his team focused through an eight team playoff.

By Cuz

December 28, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this

Urban may get the Spurrier itch. If he scratchs it, goes to Touchdown Jesus and fails, where will he go then.

If he is smart, take the Bobby Bowden route. Get your dream job and stay till they kick you out.

By shane#1

December 28, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this

Atlanta Gator, I have no problem with Richt’s handling of his staff. CWM made what I thought were some bad decisions, especially in the Tech game. I did not think sticking with the four and five man D lines was a good idea. But I did not have access to all the info that Coach Willie had on hand. I do know that UGA was short of LBs because of injury problems, if there were other injuries that I am unaware of CWM might have thought he didn’t have the proper personel to use eight and nine men on the line. Hopefully CMR is much more familiar with UGA’s situation than I am, so whatever he decides is fine with me. Not that it matters, Richt doesn’t read this blog and if he is smart he won’t listen to the fans. You know the old saying amoung coaches, “listen to the fans and you wind up sitting with the fans”. I have no problem with Bobo. He has learned well and is a fine OC and quarterback coach. He has done a great job with Stafford, compare Matt’s stats from his fresman and junior yars.

By Big Dawg

December 28, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

Shane and Atlanta Gator,

I do have a problem with arrogant Willie Martinez and Jon Fabris getting raises. Both of these guys, especially Willie Martinez cost the team big time this year and WM the last several years with his stupid schemes, inadequacies in recruiting, and lack of being able to make in game adjustments. I have inside information that other coaches have tried to talk to him but he has blown them off because he knows better. In this instance Coach Richt continues to make excuses for Martinez i.e. blaming it on the injuries, while the Dawgs did have an inordinate amount of injuries this year, most of the defensive breakdowns were due to poor schemes, poor tackling, poor conditioning and lack of discipline which falls on the Coaches and as the defensive coordinator the lions share falls on him. Also we are very fortunate that Coach Garner and Searels didn’t leave because (inside information) is that they were extremely disapointed and expressed their disatisfaction with Coach Richt about CWM and his arrogance.

As for Coach Bobo there was marked improvement, but they still haven’t gotten Stafford’s mechanics straightened out i.e. propensity to throw off his back foot.

With having said this I still bleed red and black and will pull for my Dawgs no matter what.

Go Dawgs

By Longhorn foghorn

December 28, 2008 9:16 PM | Link to this

“Inside information” huh? That’s pretty funny. What was it, your brothers sisters cousins great uncle was a valet for CWM at the local country club?? What a joke.

Let the coaches coach.

What I need is an “insider” for this blog to let me know exactly how “The Ohio State Buckeye” got pictures of my wife!(Gotta love those ‘cupholders’)

Ohio State Buckeye, your day is comin son.

By j sutter

December 29, 2008 5:44 AM | Link to this

Let’s see … 54 - 42 makes GT 1 in 8 or 3 in 10 ? A good decade !

By THE.....Ohio.....State.....Buckeye

December 29, 2008 5:48 AM | Link to this

Go Gator and Florida Dog either didn’t pay their dial up bill, don’t have wireless in the trailer park or have succumbed to the rebuke of………………………………………. ………….…..THE…………….….Ohio…………….….State………….…….Buckeye.

By Go Gators

December 29, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this

I’ll be back to play when I get done here in Toronto little fella,It will be in plenty of time for your beat down.

By Longhorn foghorn

December 29, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this

‘Go Gators,’ You go about your business. Win a NC for the SEC and more importantly the SOUTH. Leave the Yuckeye fan(and carpet bagger Yankees) for me, and my team, which will be on a mission to destroy OSWHO!

By ..............................THE..............................OHIO..............................STA

December 30, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this

Go Gators

LOL. Little man, your wife told me last night at dinner, that she wished you would just stay up there in Canada. I took her to Burger King again. http://www.surfersam.com/Funny-Redneck-Jokes-Humor_files/image15.jpg

By ………………………………………………………………………………………………THE………………………………………………………………………………………….OHIO…………………………………………………………

December 30, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

Has left the building (I mean trailer park).