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DEL.ICIO.USOh, Hot Diggity Dog!
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Maybe it’s the combination of lifelong Georgia Bulldogs fan and career newspaperman in me, but some of my favorite memories involving UGA football victories involve newspaper headlines.
Long before I ever wrote headlines for a living, I had some Bulldog-related banner heads emblazoned in my memory. Or even emblazoned on a set of glasses, as in the 1980 National Championship commemorative glasses featuring the front pages of The Atlanta Constitution and The Atlanta Journal (R.I.P.) from Jan. 2, 1981. The Constitution’s banner headline: “Dawgs ARE No. 1.” Also on that front page was a column by nationally known humorist and Bulldog partisan Lewis Grizzard with the headline, “For Fans, ‘This One Is Forever’.” (Grizzard, you might recall, certified his UGA immortality by coming up with the phrase, “Let the big Dawg eat!”) Knowing my own partisan ways, someone in the composing room left the rolled up negative of that Constitution front page on my desk the next morning.
Even better, though, was the one stretched across the front page of the afternoon Journal’s “souvenir” edition: “Unbeaten, untied and unbelievable!”
As sweet as those National Championship headlines were, my favorites are the unabashed hometown cheering section headlines that used to grace the front of Sunday editions of the now defunct Athens Daily News back in the mid-’60s. “The People Paper,” as it dubbed itself, was started on a shoestring budget in 1965 (among those on the paper’s tiny sports staff was that same Lewis Grizzard, then a 19-year-old UGA journalism student) but soon captured Athenians’ devotion with its local emphasis and enthusiasm, and its colorful headlines. (Grizzard once told the story that the paper’s editor, Glenn Vaughn, prepared a mock front page in case the “Second Coming” took place in Athens, including a picture of Jesus and the headline: “HE’S BACK!”)
The Daily News was especially enthusiastic about the University of Georgia, even incorporating the school’s famous arch into its masthead. The paper used to devote its front page on game days to a giant red-and-black cartoon by local ad man Don Smith that featured a “Harry Dog” character (who looked a lot like today’s on-the-field Hairy Dawg) abusing the mascot of UGA’s intended victim.
But it was the Sunday headlines after a Georgia victory that gave the Athens Daily News a special place in Bulldog Country (as we used to refer to what’s now called the Bulldog Nation). After the big upset over the Wolverines, the Oct. 3, 1965, headline thundered: “Big Michigan Comes Down!” A week later, after the win over Clemson, it was: “Bulldogs Cook Tiger Stew.” And after Vince Dooley’s second straight win over the Yellow Jackets, the Daily News front on Nov. 28, 1965, declared: “Georgia Clobbers Tech; Dooley for President!!!”
(What a schedule that season! Our nonconference opponents: Michigan, FSU, Clemson and UNC in addition to Tech.)
The next season, the Oct. 30, 1966, Daily News front got alliterative after a victory over North Carolina with: “Kent, Kohn Klobber Karolina Klan, 28-3.” A week later, after a win over Florida in Jacksonville, the paper’s headline read: “Hallelujah! Greatest Bulldogs Skin Sixth-Ranked ‘Super’ Gators 27-10.” After the Bulldogs wrapped up the SEC championship with a victory over Auburn, Daily News readers were greeted on Nov. 13, 1966, with: “Great Bulldogs Reign in Tough SEC and the Whole Town Goes Wild.”
The all-time best was yet to come, though. After Georgia beat Tech yet again, 23-14, the Athens Daily News came up with probably the most memorable college football game headline ever. In 96-point type, the banner head written by veteran Daily News reporter Larry Young screamed: “Oh, Hot Diggity Dog, Mr. Dooley, You Have Wrecked Ole Tech Again!”
I recently asked Coach Dooley how he felt after seeing that on the front page of the Daily News. “It was a great headline,” Dooley said, “even greater today! [But] at the time I was somewhere between pleased and embarrassed!”
They don’t write ’em like that any more. But fans who were around Athens in those days can still recite that “Hot Diggity Dog” headline from memory verbatim. Which I guess puts it on a level with “Dewey Beats Truman” and “Ford to City: Drop Dead.”
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Comments
By dumb dogs
June 10, 2007 11:35 PM | Link to this
GOOD LORD, YOU’RE STUPID.
By Stan Nolte
June 11, 2007 12:47 AM | Link to this
Bill, instead of going back in the sixties for positive headlines; how about admiring the kind of headline produced the most under your beloved CMR IE: Todays headline “Two more Bulldogs Arrested”…How many is that this year Bill, I’m waiting…Mark Richt is a dirty, religous fraud, win at all cost Bobby Bowden clone…
By Buck Cochran in the NW
June 11, 2007 1:11 AM | Link to this
Stan Nolte, remember one thing. When you post on a blog you have a chance to show your ignorance. Stan you will receive an “A” for posting “IGNORANCE” and didn’t have to attend one class.
By Stan Nolte
June 11, 2007 1:47 AM | Link to this
Buck
What in the hell are you talking about ?….Why dont you tell me how many players have been arrested this calendar year, I’ll be waiting…Did you happen to notice that the NFL kicked OTHUG Thurman out of the league for a year; guess what, CMR never did…
By Trailer Park Dawg
June 11, 2007 4:22 AM | Link to this
My favorite is “Two More Dawg recruits don’t have the grades to get into college”
By Nikki
June 11, 2007 5:47 AM | Link to this
Unfortunately, the only headline that I can remember was in the AJC was after a loss —- to Florida I think. It read, ” Roll Over, Uga!” with a picture of the Uga the mascot on his back with all four legs sticking straight up in the air. It was a heartbreaking loss. To see the mascot lying helplessly on his back as if he were dead really made me feel worse than I already had. You’re the newspaper man, Bill King. I’m sure you remember that headline.
By Kendall
June 11, 2007 6:27 AM | Link to this
Stan, you are such a silly little person. The only reason that the papers even cover things like this are because people like you want to see it. What shock. Lets make up a shocker headline here. College student arrested for drinking!!! Wait a second. Is that a shocker? Grow up and shut up. We all try to act like its a horrible, horrible thing. I graduated in 1985. Guess what? Kids were drinking then too. My father graduated in 1968. Guess what? Kids were drinking then too. At least these two werent carrying around trash bags full of pot like they do at tech.
By SECCoachnDallas
June 11, 2007 7:06 AM | Link to this
Stan Nolte, We Forgove You.
By Paladin
June 11, 2007 7:40 AM | Link to this
Eo these weirdos stay up all night so they can be the first to spew their puss and passion all over the rest of us? Back in your box, Nolte, or I’ll show you a cross.
By 82DAWG
June 11, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this
Hey, any way to edit off all the crap that is posted to this blog by psychos like Stan & Trailor above? The only way to discourage it is to remove it.
By D.E.
June 11, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this
Nolte….your a bum….bashing CMR and then bashing UGA players cause they got caught drinking…..you have nothing better to do at 1AM…what a joke you are…your pathetic.
By RFP
June 11, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this
It is unfortunate that two UGA players were caught drinking. However, most normal college students do drink.
You don’t hear of many Tech students getting arrested because it still isn’t a crime to play dungeons and dragons in an all male dorm for the entire weekend.
By homeless dog
June 11, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this
another good one…After 16 attempts, UG hopeful finally “passes” SAT!
By Don Imus
June 11, 2007 9:10 AM | Link to this
If only my problems could have been swept under the rug like UGA football…I would still have a job. Oh sorry, I have to go, my drug dealer is here.
By LifeLongVol
June 11, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this
How about: “UGA is put in it’s place”
By Gen Neyland
June 11, 2007 9:26 AM | Link to this
82DAWG
Stan and Trailer are protected by the Federal Dumba##es Rights Act of 1978. The legislation was slipped in during the public’s concern over the long gas lines and high interest rates of the era.
By pvbeachdog
June 11, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this
Hey LifeLongVol,
How about “Richt undefeated at Neyland field”? It’s such an intimidating place. I’ve heard it gets really loud there.
By Bottoms Up!
June 11, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this
Having been in Athens many a Saturday I have seen Athens Finest up close. Could it be that we just have better police in Athens than Atlanta? Or could it be that Atlanta police are chasing down murderers, rapists and thieves and could care less if a couple of players at Tech drink one too many wine coolers? If you are an Athens cop then maybe, just maybe, the only hard decision you have to make is picking out which drunk you want to arrest on a Saturday night. Why not pick the biggest son of a gun at the party? Let’s face, arresting college kids who drink is like shooting fish in a barrel. If UGA was located in downtown Atlanta, I doubt you would see very many arrests.
By pvbeachdog
June 11, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this
HeyLifeLongVol,
How about “Richt UNDEFEATED at Neyland field”. It’s such an intimidating place. Heard it gets really loud there.
By EATME
June 11, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this
How ‘bout “Vols Suck Donkey Dicks!”
By Brian
June 11, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this
Your top colleges and Universities in Athletics are the ones that are going to be talked about and targeted to show their weaknesses. Sure, UGA has weaknesses. Sure their kids drink! The reason you don’t hear about Gnats getting arrested or players from Bama or Kentucky, etc. is because they are not nationally recognized as athletic powerhouses and are not scrutinized no where near as much. FSU, UGA, Auburn, Tennessee, Florida, and anybody like that is going to be scrutinized more because they are in contention every year for SEC, ACC, and National titles in every sport. My beef with the AJC is if you want to publicize arrests publicize them all!
By Kendall
June 11, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this
Tennessee…how bout VH in your stupid looking checkerboard wearing a hob nail boot. Or how bout this just in…no player at ut has EVER won a Heisman…film at 11
By Gen Neyland
June 11, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this
EATME
You kinfolk to Stan and Trailer? To paraphase, ” Weak minds think alike “…I reckon your opinion of a pigskin comes in a cellophane bag smothered with hot sauce. You must of been Jeff Foxwothy’s inspiration to his, You might be a redneck IF routine. Now go pop a Pabst for breakfast. It’s the way deep thinkers of your ilk start their day…
By SunDawg
June 11, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
If you want to know what’s happening regarding the arrest of college athletes, the good folks at EDSBS are maintaining the Fulmer Cup. This program assigns points for various legal infractions and includes a Scoreboard similar to the one used at Augusta National.
Due to the shortcomings of UGA athletes, meaning their inability to be caught breaking and entering, assaulting girlfriends (theirs and others), discharging firearms and shoplifting, Georgia, to date, is not even at the Honorable Mention level.
Sorry haters, but if you’re looking for programs with issues, check the Fulmer Cup Scoreboard. It’s simple. Even YOU can do it.
By Gen Neyland
June 11, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
SunDawg
With all due respect, why point a finger around the SEC or the country after the fact of being caught in violation of the law ? It’s like a child stating, ” Johnny did it,too “…It matters not. There are no pure of heart programs out there because programs are made up of people and people have faults. If you’ve ever read my responses in regard to punishment for student athletes, I tend to stand on the side of discipline. When programs anywhere fail to discharge their responsibility of punishing these young adults, the message becomes Mike Vickish of nature. The business of Coach and institution is to uphold the promises made to the athletes parents. That being the ” We’ll watch over them and take care of them as if they were our own “…Yeah, there have been and will be again crimes against humanity worse than indulging in adult beverages under age. UGA has had one or two more serious infractions of behaviorial misdeeds from it’s student-athletes and in defense of UGA and it’s policies, have handled them well…I agree there are programs weak in dealing with it’s student-athletes errant ways, but no way would I want my program to lower it’s standards to follow suit. I admire the stand taken that says, ” My way or the highway ” in dealing with student-athletes…and also to praise UGA’s stance, it hasn’t detered many a Blue Chip recruit from seeking other avenues. They know what to expect coming in…
By gdawginkalamazoo
June 11, 2007 12:21 PM | Link to this
Gen Neyland, Well said, I couldn’t agree more.
By Dawg Hater#1
June 11, 2007 12:30 PM | Link to this
UGA House of thugs. Never talk nobody else teams! Two more bites the dust at UGA!
By Vince the Prince
June 11, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this
What else is new at TH UGA….Players arrested, a program in the tank and players who can barely pass the SAT or ACT.
UGA is nothing more than a medioce farm football program for the NFL. This program is a loser and downright pathetic. Period.
By Dawg Hater #2
June 11, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this
The UGA program is a self-centered/narrow minded program who thinks God’s gift to football is the UGA and the SEC.
Well I have news for you there are other programs in the Pac-10 and Big 12 that have many more titles than your sorry #$# school in Athens, or even your SEC (Soft and Easy Conference).
Look outside the box once in awhile and get out of that double-wide.
By Bob
June 11, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
I see that Sporting News is picking Georgia 14th and to play in the Capital One Bowl against the Nittany Lions. At the same time they pick us to lose to Okie State, Vandy and Tech in upsets. Since they pick us to finish second to Florida in the east that must assume at least another loss to Florida or UT. If that were true, how would we ever be ranked 14th with 4 losses and I cannot imagine us going to the Capital One Bowl with 4 losses. Does anyone think before they make up these predictions?
By Paladin
June 11, 2007 4:06 PM | Link to this
One of Lewis’ best lines—football wise—was when we were having one of our mini-wars with Lybia. Lewis wrote: “Hell, Lybia couldn’t even beat Vanderbilt.” ‘Course in those days, we could.
By Paladin
June 11, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this
Lewis could spell “Libya”. Obviously, I can’t.
By mdbatl
June 11, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this
Georgia losing to Vandy again?! Does anyone thing Mark Richt is going to let that happen? Or the players?
Otherwise, I see the logic behind picking OK State. They are a good team with talented players. However, Boise State was as well (practically the same team won the Fiesta Bowl), and they came into Athens a trendy underdogs pick and got trounced. I think we’ll be ready- so long as we have enough players to field a team.
By Cuz
June 11, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this
My favorite Grizzard line was in the fourth quarter of a UGA-Tech game with the Dawgs having their way with Tech like a Senior having their way with a drunk freshman sorority girl, Tech would start up the cheer, “We’ll get jobs. We’ll get jobs.”
“Not playing football.”, saith St. Lewis to his apostle, Dorsey Hill.
By Paladin
June 11, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this
Let’s don’t get excited about what those yahoos at Sporting News put into print this time of year. They have to print something. Yet, our predictions here, are just as reliable as their’s. I’m predicting that at worse we lose one of those games and it won’t be to Tech!
By Bugsy Siegel
June 11, 2007 5:30 PM | Link to this
OK, what’s up with these Dawgs getting arrested? I spent plenty of time getting drunk while at UGA, at times before it was legal for me to do so, but never got within a mile of getting arrested. What’s up with these knuckleheads? Are we on an every other year schedule of stupidity by players? I love to see these types of headines coming out of Knoxville, but not Athens. Get your crap together guys.
Oh, and another thing, this phenomenon of people writing CMR drives me nuts. Why is it done? Does it stand for coach Mark Richt? Wouldn’t it be more clear just to write Richt and eliminate any doubt? It reminds me of something the little girl on the TV commercial would do. OMGINBD (Oh my God, it’s no big deal.) Are you men and women, or are you little girls?
By Bob
June 11, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this
Guys, I was not saying that I agree with Sporting News on the upsets. My only point was that I cannot understand the logic of picking a team to wind up 14th in the country and go to the top rated Non BCS Bowl while simultaneously picking them to lose at least 4 games. That is simply illogical. I would think that whoever they have making their rankings would be the same one who is predicting the upsets.
Frankly, I would just as soon they not rank us at all and give us no chance to beat anyone.
By mexdawg
June 11, 2007 6:10 PM | Link to this
hey bill lewis didn’t come up with the famous LET THE BIG DAWG EAT slogan.that honor belongs to cousin Lee Marsha who painted it on the wall behind the KA house after a great keg party.just thought you might want to know.
By Observation Dawg
June 11, 2007 11:06 PM | Link to this
The amount of DAWG envy typed on this blog is simply amazing. If it weren’t true, you’d be on your own team’s blog. End of story. Phlegm at 11.
By AnnistonBoy
June 12, 2007 1:25 PM | Link to this
Bugsy Siegel,
Laws are much more stringent than when your old a* was in its prime. People usually weren’t even given DUIs or arrested for public drunken behavior unless they were light years more intoxicated than one needs to be now.
Having said that, most football players are stupid f’wits. They aren’t expected to be bright and can’t be expected to exercise good judgement.
By AnnistonBoy
June 12, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this
I don’t know which is worse, Bammer with its “Ramma Jamma Belly Hamma” crap or Georgia with its “Hunker Down You Hairy Dawgs” crap.
Long live Auburn and Georgia Tech. At least they aren’t so corny.
By AnnistonBoy
June 12, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this
I don’t know which is worse, Bammer with its “Ramma Jamma Belly Hamma” crap or Georgia with its “Hunker Down You Hairy Dawgs” crap.
Long live Auburn and Georgia Tech. At least they aren’t so corny.
By bigncdawg
June 12, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this
Fellow DAWGS don’t pay any attention to the DAWG haters that come on the blog. I don’t even read or answer them.
Bill, A few of my business school buddies and I almost drove to Mich. to the game in 65. I stayed in Athens, however and have never seen such a celibration after a game. Traffic came to a complete stop on Lumpkin street for hours after the game. I believe sports illustrated gave the game the front cover in their next issue. GigJie Smaha was on the team at that time. I am not sure I spelled his name correctly.
By BC
June 12, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
oops, UF. Here’s a nice headline. At least UGA’s didn’t make ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2902082
By I-DOG
June 12, 2007 7:03 PM | Link to this
General Neyland:
That is easy to say when your program (TN) doesn’t suspend players for drinking alcohol.
When I read the article that shows that a real TN player (not some walk on)missed two games because of having an open container and you support the punishment, then I will give you credit for erring on the side of discipline.
It is easy to talk about disciplined programs when Fulmer lets just about anything go.
Thats kind of like a fan of Coach Spurrier talking about how important humility is… it just rings hollow.
By 2N4YEARS
June 12, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this
LifeLongVol , yeah that was a good one for ya. Maybe I should start subscribing to the Knoxville News, just to read the Headlines after every game UGA plays there. I’m sure they’ve had some good Headlines since Tennessee hasn’t beat UGA there ..oh..let’s see…since Tee Martin was there??!! Most recruits these days probably don’t even know who Tee Martin is; the Vols haven’t won a home game against UGA this decade. lol
By 2N4YEARS
June 12, 2007 7:22 PM | Link to this
AnnistonBoy , you think UGA is ‘corny’?? HA! That’s Funny!! Seems Auburn can’t figure out whether they want to be a Tiger or a War Eagle, and GaTech is still trying to chose between a Bee & and an Old Car. What gives???
By Bugsy Siegel
June 13, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this
Hey Anniston Boy your girlfriend didn’t think I was so old when I was making her scream last night. And, this morning.
By Gen Neyland
June 14, 2007 12:36 AM | Link to this
I-Dog
I don’t set the rules. But if I did, they would strike fear. If you feel better accusing me of something beyond my control, go for it. As Ali told Frasier,” The strike zones above the belt “…If you wish to associate my feelings on discipline toward student-athletes with yours, then do so using the context in which I write, not as Fulmer or others do…I don’t walk lockstep with my team’s rules, but by Gawd, they are my team…So say you..?
By I-DOG
June 14, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this
General Neyland:
I understand you don’t set the rules for the Volunteer program. You are saying tha tif you did, it would be a tight ship. Are you denouncing Fulmer and the way he runs his program?
If so, then your credibility is completely restored in my book. I have to respect that.
By shane
June 14, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this
general,thanks for your comments,i know that you would like to see college athletes behave like ladies and gentlemen, no matter what school they attend.i feel the same way,i hate to see any young person in trouble.you don’t engage in trash talk and your comments on this sight are always gentlemanly and respectful.i hope my fellow dawg fans appreciate you the way i do.i had a bad experence with some ut fans once at knoxville and was guilty of tarring all ut fans with a broad brush,you personally changed my view of ut fans with the way you conduct yourself on this site.i hope you don’t let a few trash-talkers mar your conception of uga fans.it is a shame the gator fans and some of the tech fans on this site can’t be more like you.
By I-DOG
June 14, 2007 5:13 PM | Link to this
Shane,
I too think that the General has been a good fan on these blogs. As long as we all agree that at TN, they let just about anything go and they are willing to sweep things under the rug to win.
At UGA, we are now suspending players (as soon at it announced) for holding a cup of beer in public which is unlike any D-1 school in the nation.
I respect the fact that General Neyland likes our code of discipline, I really do. As long as we all understand that this is not what is happening on Rocky Top.
I would like to hear the General denounce Fulmer and the way he runs his program since he is for such strict discipline of all football players.
By jason
June 14, 2007 7:18 PM | Link to this
UGA fans will continue to be the most moronic fans in the entire country and I LOVE their stupidity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad they you idiots wont be seeing any national championship headlines for a LONG LONG time. But hey every year yall will continue to be ” a year or two a way” There is nothing wrong having peach bowl champions as your headlines every year
By jason
June 14, 2007 7:21 PM | Link to this
oh and I hope that the DAWGIES continue to recruit straight from the Clarke county Jail and other jails throughout the country. That will help the rest of the conference tremendously!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
By Gen Neyland
June 14, 2007 11:49 PM | Link to this
shane
Thank you for the kind words. Hommey fans can be idiots. Except at Vanderbilt.
No I-Dog, I will not denounce Fulmer nor will I accuse the UT Athletic Dept’s rules governing their program. All I will say is that I appreciate a tight ship no matter where that ship’s afloat. The brunt of my point is that student-athletes are on the cutting age of mental maturity, and if a program fails to reach them with rational discipline measures, then they fail. See Leo Little, see Odell, see too many others…but no, I will not denounce the Great Orange Pumpkin on this matter. That’s for the rest of the SEC to do…I tend to praise the programs that stand their ground and if that appears to you as a cop-out, so be it. All I can say is I offer my sincere apologies if I can’t appease your sense of judgement on this subject…
By shane
June 15, 2007 1:46 AM | Link to this
general,sir i assure you my words were not merely idle chatter,but from the heart,as one gentleman to another. i had the honor and the privilidge to be served by my coutry as an officer and gentleman in the us army.general,i don’t know if you were in the service,but you, sir are a gentleman.i say that i was served by my country because everything i have and have become is due to the army and to football.i learned from both that a lack of respect for one’s opponent is folly.i do not expect you to denounce your coach or school,such a lack of loyalty would be beneath any man.keep posting general,and carry on.
By shane
June 15, 2007 2:12 AM | Link to this
i am sorry for any errors in my last post.some old friends and i enjoyed grouper filets,steaks,and a bushel of oysters by my pond tonight.not to mention some cold beer.tomorrow we will celebrate being out of high school forty years.the air is off and the windows open at the cabin,so i will go to bed and let the frogs and crickets sing me to sleep.life is good.
By AltamahaDawg
June 15, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this
jason, how many times are you going to cut and paste all the insults? Jr. High much? At least come up with something new, repeating the exact same thing you read from the other hater 3 days ago really is a bit………well………typical for you.
By Gen Neyland
June 15, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this
shane
Whatever I’ve accomplished as an individual isn’t nearly as important to me as what I haven’t. Like others, I live with successes and failures. It’s the failures that keep me up at night…
By I-DOG
June 15, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this
Shane and General Neyland:
I believe it is OK to criticize your coach or your program when it is warranted. I am on record as a Dawg fan that believes that Richt will go down as the greatest coach in UGA history. I have posted that numerous times.
He has been a coach we can be proud of by running a clean program and handing out more severe punishment for behavior infractions than any other coach in the SEC and to my knowlege, he is right up there with any in D-1 in that regard.
I have been critical of his handling of Odell Thurman. I think Richt himself would tell you that he made a mistake in not taking a harder line with young Mr. Thurman. While it is diffult to suspend such a superstar as Odell, it didn’t do the young man any favors by going too lightly on him.
If your a fan of a tight disciplined ship, then you have to be concerned with the way Fulmer runs things on Rocky Top. You can’t have it both ways.
It is OK, to want your team to win and to be loyal to it. It is also OK, to be critical of certain aspects of the program or a certain decision by the coach.
One example is that I wish that UGA would not run the sprint draw as much as we do. I don’t want any other coach, I don’t know anywhere near as much as Richt about football and coaching, but I still have my opinion on the frequency with which we run that particular play. It doesn’t make me any less of a loyal dawg.
I also think we are going too far in suspending guys for having a cup of beer (one was 21). That doesn’t mean they shouldn’t be punished, but think game suspensions are going to far.
I’m concerned the trend is such that we will be suspending guys for chewing tobacco or littering in the near future and I don’t think that will be good for the program overall.
By jason
June 15, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this
well altamahadawg I believe it is you and all of the DAWG fans that continue to repeat yourselfs in here day after day just making excuses of why Georgia never lives up to its expectations year after year. I am just simply pointing out facts the facts plain and simple.
By Gen Neyland
June 15, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this
shane…Thank you for your service.
I-DOG…I have been critical of Fulmer within these blogs concerning certain items, mostly game day blunders. Pesonally, I believe his days are numbered atop Rocky. But I will not be prodded into agreeing or disagreeing the point of what is right or wrong regarding the disciplinary aspects of Coach Fulmer’s tenure. As I said earlier, that’s for the rest of the SEC to decide, just like I have toward CMR’s disciplinary tactics…But I respect your views…Next question…
By shane
June 15, 2007 1:57 PM | Link to this
i-dog…i think dr.adams’ well-meaning attempt to curb student drinking is behind the problems our athletes are having.i don’t think kids mind strict disciplin if it is consistant and fairly administered.much of the punishment that has been handed down lately is a matter of school policy,therefore out of the coaches hands.as to the general,this is a uga site,i would not go on a ut site and be critical of our program,i do not expect the general to denounce fulmer here.as tony soprano says,keep it in the family.
By BC
June 15, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this
I just hope the haters on the board are Southern Cal, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio State or LSU fans. Otherwise, they just sound bitter. Because there aren’t too many other programs enjoying the overall success that UGA is since MR has been head coach.
By AltamahaDawg
June 15, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this
jason, point out one fact to back up your point that we make excuses, please. Excuses for what? You havent read a single post from any of us if you think we are in here overblowing our chances of winning the BCS beauty contest. Stating something as “fact” when its purely a slanted opinion is as old as calling somebody a “moron” for being a fan of a college football program. Oh check that, the MOST moronic in the entire country. Yea back that up with clear facts would you? If you want to talk facts, how about UGA is among one of the very top program to finish higher than the preseason expectations? If you want to talk fact, how about Coach Richt having one of the very best winning percentages of any active coach right now, and actually amoung the elite all time? 10 wins, top 10, conference championships, any of that ringing a bell? Wouldnt that be considered a reason that UGA alum, friends, and fans would like to be obtimistic about the current state of the football program? If thats not, what on earth would it take for you. And we are idiots huh? Please point out which years you are refering to that ALL of us dawg fans made excuses for not living up to the expectations. If you can state those years (after years) when that was true, then it might be “fact clear and simple. Other wise its just you talking crap with no merit. So which is it, you talking out of your butt, or do you have some years in particular? And ligitamate reason we should have done better, and excuses we made?
By the way, its been a long understood practise in this blog to declare what school you are afflilited with and why their football program is better than UGA. I notice you have not done so. Otherwise you just come across as a punk, trying to act cute by denoucing the home town team.
By shane
June 15, 2007 11:21 PM | Link to this
hey a-dawg,why waste so much space and time on an idiot?when are we going to have something new on this blog?ajc keeps old topics on this site forever ie,the paul oliver blog.i would rather have info on asher allen.
By AnnistonBoy
June 16, 2007 12:51 AM | Link to this
Altamaha Dawg (Jesus Christ!),
What “hometown team”???
Georgia Tech is my hometown team as long as I live in this dump/until I graduate (in December ‘07 with honors I might add).
If I move to Nashville and go to Vanderbilt for grad school, Vanderbilt will be my hometown team.
WTF are you talking about? Moron.
By jason
June 16, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
altamahdawg you just dont get it. Most programs measure success by national championships not 10 win seasons. To compare MR with some of the best coaches of all time is one of the most idiotic comments of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If he were to retire right now people would be REAL impressed with 0 I repeat 0 National championships. You are just an idiot and every time you write on here you prove my point even more. BC to your point there are actually 13 teams not 5 that have better records than UGA during MR time at UGA. You are just another uninformed dawg fan trying to argue who does not know what the hell he is talking about.
By uGA aKEDemiks
June 16, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this
How many goals are on a basketball court? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
How many players are allowed to play at one time on any one team in a regulation game? a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
In what league to (sic) the Georgia Bulldogs compete? a. ACC b. Big Ten c. SEC d. Pac 10
What is the name of the coliseum where the Georgia Bulldogs play? a. Cameron Indoor Arena b. Stegeman Coliseum c. Carrier Dome d. Pauley Pavilion
How many halves are in a college basketball game? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
How many quarters are in a high school basketball game? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
How many points does one field goal account for in a Basketball Game? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
How many officials referee a college basketball game? a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 3
How many teams are in the NCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship Tournament? a. 48 b. 64 c. 65 d. 32
What is the name of the exam which all high school seniors in the State of Georgia must pass? a. Eye Exam b. How Do The Grits Taste Exam c. Bug Control Exam d. Georgia Exit Exam
What basic color are the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs wear in home games? a. White b. Red c. Black d. Silver
What basic color are the uniforms the Georgia Bulldogs wear in away games? a. Pink b. Blue c. Orange d. Red
How many minutes are played in a college basketball contest? a. 20 b. 40 c. 60 d. 90
How many minutes are played in a high school basketball game? a. 15 b. 30 c. 32 d. 45
Diagram the 3-point line.
Diagram the half-court line.
How many fouls is a player allowed to have in one Basketball game before fouling out in that game? a. 3 b. 5 c. 7 d. 0
If you go on to become a huge coaching success, to whom will you tribute (sic) the credit? a. Mike Krzyzewski b. Bobby Knight c. John Wooden d. Jim Harrick Jr.
In your opinion, who is the best Division I assistant coach in the country?
a. Ron Jursa (sic) b. John Pelphrey c. Jim Harrick Jr. d. Steve Wojciechowski
By John
By AltamahaDawg
June 16, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this
annistonBoy, since this is the UGA Bulldawg blog, I will stick to who is considered the hometown team in this forum. Also to mention, I was not talking to YOU, so whats it really matter who you consiser hometown? I suppose somebody from California will jump me next. You assume that I live in Atlanta too I guess, I do not. You assume that Jason lives in Atlanta appearantly. I guess your idea is that where the home office of the company that publishes this online edition dictates every and all references to where somebody identifies thier base?????? FYI there is also a tech blog, that I beleive you would fit right into. And again with the “moron” , clever. honors for that.
thank you shane you are correct. failed to get a direct factual responce 3 times is enough.
By jason
June 16, 2007 2:22 PM | Link to this
Great post altamadawg.You are right I did not put any facts. I must be wrong MR must have won 2 or 3 national championships while I was not looking. Go back to your f*** shanty and enjoy your average football team again this year. IDIOT
By AnnistonBoy
June 16, 2007 5:53 PM | Link to this
A word to the wise (if there are any in Athens):
As redneck as you are, Tuscaloosa’s got you beat! (If that’s possible.)
Be careful out there if you go to the game in September! They will beat the f out of you. Not in the game (though they think they are going to win the national championship with that new coach they “done hired”), but in the parking lot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD1Gxrl4tLs
By Race Face
June 17, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
It never changes with you “dawg nation” folks, does it? I swear, by listening to you guys, you’d think you were Southern Cal fans or something like that(or any other football program with a logn line of success). One day you will finally realize that the American College football does not revolve around Athens, Ga, and that the UGA football program is simply above average in the SEC. Then, some of you have the nerve to talk about academics at UGA being sooo Grand!! Give me a break here, before the Hope Grant come into effect, you could get into UGA,simply with a pulse. Get real would you please?? The “Dawg Nation” is, year in and year out, the most gullible and unrealistic fan base in the entire country!!!
By AltamahaDawg
June 17, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
Really, this isnt a dawg forum for dawg fans? our bad. To think all we talk about is UGA in here, and how much we think of them.
That has to be the same guy just changin his nic every now and then, because I swear I could pull that same post up verbatin 8 time in the past month.
I miss the WV responces in here, at least that had original thoughts.
By jason
June 17, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this
could not have said it better race face!!
By I-DOG
June 18, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this
Race Face:
So we shouldn’t get excited about and support our beloved Dawgs because there are 5 or 6 college football programs that have won more games since Richt arrived?
I think 99% of DAWG fans acknowledge that UGA is a top 10 program under Richt, but there are a few programs that have more talent and have accomplished more (very few).
At UGA, we backed our team during the dark days of Goff when we KNEW we would be killed by the really good teams we played but we stuck with our team each and every year, each and every game (Sanford stadium had 90,000 plus in attendance). Dawg fans are not front running bandwagon jumpers (like USC fans).
Now that we are a top 10 program under Richt (wins, SEC championships) who has only suffered double digit losses TWICE in his entire tenure (to eventual SEC and National Champ LSU in the SECCG and to TN last year when we had 5 turnovers).
In every other game, it is has come down to the last drive or UGA has blown out their opponent. (see dismantlings of LSU, Georgia Tech, Auburn, and TN)three of which are also top notch programs.
You said UGA is “simply an above average team in the SEC”. You are flat out wrong when you look at actual facts. Since 2000, no SEC team has more wins, SEC championship game appearances or SEC Championships than UGA.
In Fact, UGA has more wins and conference titles since Richt than: Florida, TN, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, Vandy, Ole Miss, Arkansas, and Miss State.
Did I miss it when the SEC expanded to 30 teams?
You could make a case that UGA is the 2nd best program in the SEC behind LSU based on reality, but that is a far cry from simply above average.
Academics:
You could get into UGA before the Hope Grant with a pulse? The average SAT is now over 1200. Race Face, that means for every person walking around with a “lowly” 1100, there is someone with a 1300. What was your SAT score?
before the Hope Grant the average was more like 1050 or 1100 and I agree that the Hope has made it MUCH harder to get in to UGA, but that is hardly having only a pulse.
Feel free to come back and post when you have some actual facts behind you to support your crazy statements.
By AltamahaDawg
June 18, 2007 2:05 PM | Link to this
I-Dog, I tried all that earlier and I am going to take a wild guess and say, the responce will be riddled with “stupidity”, “moron” “year after year”. As you know, I can tend to get into logical arguments with these obviously (hopefully they are just young), trying to be cute, have no affiliation, but think its cool to insult Dad’s contemporaries, repeat the insults I heard last week, change my nic on occation, poster. Thankfully, usually, somebody is kind enough to point out what a waste of time that is to me.
Here is what really amazes me: That somebody truly beleives that posting in a blog about UGA addressed to folks who obviously feel pretty strongly about the subject is going to somehow score points or convince the patrons how wrong they are. Oh man, I’m a multi decade fan and alum of UGA, but some kid tells me I am a moron for being upbeat, and thats going to do …………..what? What exactly is the point to these haters? I assume they are either just obsessed with the dawgs for whatever the reason or either its really just a reflection of thier insecure personalities.
By Jason
June 18, 2007 10:43 PM | Link to this
Idog you just prove my point completel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You just come in here trying to spit all of these facts and they are simply not true. Before you try to start arguing how bout you know what the f*** you are talking about. Like how bout Auburn having more wins than UGA in the last 5 years and as far as double digit losses I guess you are just forgetting about the 2004 24-6 loss against Auburn. I was not a math major but last I checked that is double digits. But hey you did go to U GAY so I guess you did not learn how to subtract 6 from 24
By Jason
June 19, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this
My bad guys…I am an idiot…I really have no clue what I am talking about. I am an Auburn fan lost on the Internet. I am very sad to say that the school and team I root for only has one National Championship in 1953. Also, Georgia DOES have the better record since 2000 in all of the SEC with a 69-21 record to Auburn’s 66-23 record. Another fact I am not too proud of is that we lost to Tech twice…Georgia has not lost to a legitimate Tech team in 16 years.
I am sorry for the trouble I caused…please don’t be mad.
By Jason
June 20, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this
AltamahDawg Thank you for being a p*** and putting my name on the last post.You might want to go back and check your facts there buddy because in your short little post there are three things that you say are facts that are simply NOT true. I will let you do some more research and figure those out. Till we meet again. Jason.
By charles
June 20, 2007 1:46 PM | Link to this
I am sorry altamadawg but I have to agree with Jason on this one. UGA beating Tech 16 straight years?????????????????????? I am a HUGE dawgs fan but I am not going to try to distort the facts to make our team look better than they are like you are. In my opinion yall are both just being childish.
By Aaron
June 20, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this
Actually…the guy impersonating Jason has it right. Those records are legit and factual records of UGA and Auburn since 2000. Also, Georgia won from 1991-1997 and 2000-2006. In between those streaks are three years of ineligibility on Tech as they had to vacate those “wins” because they were using players who were supposed to be flunked out. So in the statement “Georgia has not lost to a legitimate Tech team in 16 years” is true. The three years we “lost” to them they were NOT legit. Do the math Jason…it’s not that hard for UGA grads…but I guess it is for Auburn grads.
He did mess up…Auburn’s only National Championship was in 1957…close…
By Jason
June 20, 2007 6:03 PM | Link to this
well this is the last time I will ever come in this blog because Yall have just proven That UGA fans just simply dont get it. I dont know what UGA websites you go on to get your “facts” but that website should not be in buisness bc your record facts just simply are not correct. I am honestly not 100% sure about the Tech thing so if you are correct congrats on beating a middle of the road ACC team. Maybe now yall can concentrate on beating two of the worst teams in the SEC this year in VANDY and Kentucky. UGA fans are starting to stoop to the level of BAMA fans who still claim to have 12 National championships like in 1941 when the AP ranked them 20th and there were 14 teams with better records yet somehow this is a year that Bama fans still claim as one of their 12 national championships. Georgia fans are not far behind in there stupidity!!!!!!!!!!!
By Aaron
June 21, 2007 9:24 AM | Link to this
Jason…for your viewing pleasure…here are the records for each school since 2000…then YOU sir can do the math. This is pulled DIRECTLY from ncaa.org.
Georgia 2000 - 8-4 2001 - 8-4 2002 - 13-1 2003 - 11-3 2004 - 10-2 2005 - 10-3 2006 - 9-4
Total - 69-21
Auburn 2000 - 9-4 2001 - 7-5 2002 - 9-4 2003 - 8-5 2004 - 13-0 2005 - 9-3 2006 - 11-2
Total - 66-23
Can’t dispute facts…Georgia has won more games than Auburn since 2000.
Tech thing is factual…look that up as well…they beat UGA from 1998-2000, but unfortunate for them was that they played with multiple athletes who were ineligible per the NCAA. This is reported as they have had to “vacate” those wins officially. It does not mean UGA gets the win, it just means that the game does not exist. So if you add the time we won before at 7 years…plus the 3 years of ineligibility…plus the 6 year streak we have on them now…a LEGITIMATE Tech team has NOT beaten UGA in 16 years!!
By Nolan
June 23, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this
A 9-4 record and Peach-fil-A win in a rebuilding year is acceptable, despite the bittersweet thoughts of what might (and probably would) have been had our placekicker not gotten hurt (two fewer losses, that’s for sure; probably a BCS bowl, too). I was going through some of the old blogs and read the above was right out of an article directly after the VA tech game. This just goes to prove how damn idiotic UGA fans are. A kicker would have saved yall two games and gotten you idiots to a BCS Bowl??????????????????????????????????? I You are right Dawg fans it was a good year. 5 losses yes I said 5 bc Ole miss was a loss in my book considering a UGA faculty member was the ref. Only 2 of those losses were on the road and three were to the bottom ten percent of the SEC. On top of all that yall got blind a* lucky to beat VA TECH and even more lucky to beat a team who had lost 12 games in a row. Not to mention that game was AT HOME. I can not wait until September 8th when the dawgies are either 1-1 or 0-2 to start hearing it all over again how this again is a rebuilding year and how the dawgs are a year or two away. It has been the same old story for coming up on 30 years now and it gets more comical every year.