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DEL.ICIO.USWho looks the most dangerous?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
It’s been kind of a crazy week, what with Fred Munzenmaier flagging down a cop car thinking it’s a taxi, Suzanne Yoculan trying to pink-out the Steg, and the latest installment in “Where in the World Is Brian Van Gorder?”
You know Steve “No Bowl” Superior has got to be plenty peeved at Van Gorder’s latest career lurch and, as has been discussed elsewhere on the site, that might make this year’s trip by the Dawgs to Columbia a little less complicated.
They can use all the help they can get, because the 2008 schedule, with 10 teams that were bowl-eligible this year, is going to be one of the toughest (if not the toughest) in the nation. The late-season stretch of consecutive games away from Athens (meeting defending national champion LSU in Baton Rouge, Heisman winner Tim Tebow and Florida in Jacksonville, a probably less dangerous Kentucky in Lexington and a new spread offense at Auburn) looks like a real Murderer’s Row.
One thing in the Dawgs’ favor is that the past couple of years they’ve tended to finish strong, so running that late-season gauntlet doesn’t look undoable.
But early in the season if Georgia doesn’t maintain the head of steam they had at the end of this past season, there are other potential stumbling blocks.
Which game in the first half of the schedule looks the most dangerous?
Barring a Michigan-like lapse against a 1AA team, Georgia Southern shouldn’t be one of them. Central Michigan (where Mark Richt got some of his original coaching staff) was the MAC champ, but the Chippewas got hammered by Clemson. They did push Purdue in the Motor City Bowl before falling 51-48, though, so the Dawgs certainly need to take them seriously.
Then there’s South Carolina. Ah, the Gamecocks and Spurrier. The Bulldog fan’s lament is that but for a couple of dropped passes in the 2007 game, the Dawgs would have been playing a week later in New Orleans earlier this month. Both teams looked pretty awful on offense last year but the Gamecocks defense was the difference. This year? Never underestimate the Prince of Darkness, but considering how the respective teams finished the 2007 season, if UGA doesn’t lay a major whuppin’ on the Cocks, a lot of us will be very disappointed. And surprised.
After that comes the road trip out West to Arizona State, which shocked a lot of folks this past season under new coach Dennis Erickson and got as high as No. 6 in the rankings before collapsing late in the season. Assuming the Dawgs have taken care of business up to this point and aren’t caught looking ahead, it should be an early-season statement game for Georgia.
Then comes a visit to Athens by Alabama and St. Nick, who will be looking to avenge last year’s OT loss and make their own statement. Despite a great recruiting year, it’s likely the Tide is still at least another year away from a return to greatness.
After an off week we get the game that many Georgia fans are circling in red: Tennessee in Athens. The Vols have embarrassed UGA two years in a row (and I’ve still heard no credible explanation for Georgia’s total lack of performance this past season in Knoxville), so this is a game you know the Dawgs want badly. And Erik Ainge is gone (thank goodness). After that, we get Vandy, which upset Georgia two years ago and gave us a scare last year in Nashville before the Dawgs turned things around. It shouldn’t be that close this year.
And then that Murder’s Row before another off week, and then we wind up in Athens with the Yellow Jackets. The main question: Will Georgia fans love the much-hyped Paul Johnson as much as they did Chan Gailey?
At this point, the odds against Georgia making it through all of that without a stumble or two look long. But if the Dawgs can do it, there shouldn’t be any question about who’s the No. 1 team in the land.
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Comments
By 3 Rivers jacket
January 25, 2008 11:35 AM | Link to this
Really. is it that simple. Georgia fans are right to be hyped up. This sleepy little regional program is trying to be one of the big boys. But it is hard to do> Realistically another 10-2 would be good. You are still wannabes I think but this is your chance. The Goergia fan base while good has never gotten the idea like a lot of SEC schools that they were better than they were. They accepted their place and ate in the kitchen content as long as they were in contention in the SEC east and beat Tech. Getting on the big stage is hard. It is not a given. You cant recruit yourself to a NC. At some point there will have to be some caoching done and Rciht has not proven he is up there with the Sabans, Meyers, and Miles.
By Gutrake
January 25, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
I’m not an unreasonable Dawg fan. I’ve always been able to call them what they were, regardless of what our lunatics saw them as. That being said, if UGA goes through that schedule undefeated, they will be looked upon as the greatest UGA team ever, and quite possibly, one of the best in modern NCAA history. Just not sure if they can get through without a stumble. The best bet is a loss or two.
By Gutrake
January 25, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this
Man, that first post is retarded. Sport, have you seen Richt’s record? Do you know how to interpret the numbers you see? Do you even know what constitutes a great coach? What grade did you get through in school? Did you skip spelling class for a crack pipe or was that the class with the bully that wanted to whip your butt?
By mayretta
January 25, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
Hey 3 Rivers, I understand Tech is looking for another opponent next season. Can we play you twice? That would soften up our schedule a bit.
By Blackdawg
January 25, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
The season is very tough, but, if we stay together and spoon together, we’ll win another National Championship.
By James
January 25, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this
3 Rivers,didnt coach Richt beat both Saban and Meyer this past season? What in your opinion does he need to do besides win to “up there with them”?
By Caul Dawg
January 25, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this
It will be tough, very tough, but the good thing is with this NASTY schedule at least we control our own destiny.
By JP
January 25, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
As a Gator fan, I really think UGA can run the table. At least the talent is there. A lot of good things have to happen to go undefeated in the SEC these days. Still, I think if UGA can get by with only 1 loss, they’ll still be in the NC game. How does 2009 look for UGA? I have to think they’ll be bringing back a ton of people then too….
By what
January 25, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this
does 3 rivers have a brain. the dawgs ranked #2 in the final polls. that means that there is only one other team in the nation that equals “the big boys.” i hope your new coach can help tech compete with the big boys, you are hurting our sos ranking.
By george
January 25, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this
8-4 peach bowl and the “we are a year away” chants will start again. HO DAMN HUM
By 3 Rivers jacket
January 25, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
Tech is better than Georgia and always has been. Everyone here knows it. Georgia Tech is a top tear program that always gets the best recruits, like Reggie Ball. We’re in a dominant conference and our stadiums rocks it out for every game. That place is always rockin at 50,000 strong. So take that Georgia. Nothing changes the fact that Georgia Tech is the most dominant program in the state, in the southeast, and a top 5 program in the country.
By rayskee
January 25, 2008 12:42 PM | Link to this
I believe if the Dawgs come out with that swagger they dished out at the end of the season, they’ll make it through. The running game is there, and if the passing improve and be more consistant, UGA #1 at the end
By MarkyMark
January 25, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Rivers Jacket, you are a DA. Let’s see your Jackets win the ACC once and a while and you do you can talk trash about our coach. The last time those jackets even played for the ACC title they played Georgia and got beat by a lower ranked team. Then they went and played in the ACC before a stadium that was not close to being sold out and couldn’t even beat WEAK Forest. Good one, go take another hit on the bongpipe. You and your Jackets are second rate, even the AJC likes the dawgs more than the Yellow Insects. Georgia finishes 10-2 next year they should get a chance at the title. Yellow Jackets have nothing better to do then read about Georgia. They wish they were like us instead they are the kids that are picked last.
By Brian P.
January 25, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
3 Rivers; Your comments are laughable and unworthy of response. I’d have to bet you never played a down of football in your life with that type of insight.
By XXXX
January 25, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
When you’ve got a top 5 recrutin’ class for the past 10 years, Mark Richt, Stafford, Moreno, the nat champ is in the bag, right ?
By SECisFootball
January 25, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
James…Yes Richt’s team did beat Saban’s and Meyer’s teams. The difference is, these 2 coaches have won NC’s and Richt has not. To get in that same mention, UGA needs to do that as they have as good a chance as anyone next year. I dont look too deeply into other teams but as long as there are not too many holes to fill, it should be a great year. The schedule is BRUTAL though. I would think it will be the toughest schedule in the conference. I am not much for talk so we just need to see what they do on the field next year. UGA will be good but so will its competition.
By noel malone
January 25, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
butt-lickers go 6-6 - go to independence bowl. lose to tech.
By JimmyG
January 25, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this
And the negativity starts already with brother bill, who like most of you predicted a 6-6 finish this past season. Good call Bill and how exactly are you qualified to predict college football? And if you people cant figure out that 3 Rivers Jacket is really a Georgia fan being funny then yall are dumber than Bill
By Gutrake
January 25, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
I apologize, 3 Rivers. I was trying to be mean to you. I never thought that you truly were retarded. I was just kidding, O.K.? I’ve always needed to be kinder to you people than I was. Not everyone can grow up normal. I know that you can’t help that the best part of you ran down your Mom’s leg. I promise to be nicer from here on out, O.K.? Don’t forget to keep hairdryers away from the bathtubs, O.K.?
By Baunch Alae
January 25, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
I think that all it will take is a win over in Tempe to solidify our season. If we win there, we’re good. I we lose there, we won’t lose again.
I don’t care if we go 2-9. I’m a dawg. Bulldawg born, bulldawg bred and when I die I’ll be bulldawg dead.
Just beat those ruler readers. Only a Tech athlete could win gold in the olympics and bring the medal home and have it bronzed.
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 25, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
3 RiversJacket, so how is “our next victim”, I mean your new coach doing over there? Matter of fact things have been so good in Athens that instead of using HC as the acronym for your headcoach we will start using ONV (our next victim) when dicussing Tech “football”.
By Dave In Tampa
January 25, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this
My guess is that the 2nd, 3 Rivers Jacket post was not the same person as the 1st.
It will be tough to run the table even with our talent. LSU through UK(span of 4 games) is going to be tough, tough, tough. The AJC still, needs to stop all the hype of UGA playing for a NC. You have to play the games 1st. Look how many awesome Braves team we had in the 90’s.
Hey, I want to see happen just as much as the next Dawg, but we need to stop running the mouth and let our players do the talking on the field.
By FLA DAWG
January 25, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
The schedule is one of the toughest in the country. But The Dawgs are playing with deeper talent in more positions and with greater CONFIDENCE than I have ever seen.
With all due respect to the Dawg Teams of ‘80, ‘81 and ‘82, I believe this Dawg Team is more complete, more balanced.
Bama will be the controlled scrimmage for the LSU game. It’s going to be the BIG ONE next season. The UT game between will be tragic for the Vols.
We’ll smack the Gators 7 days later. The new Auburn offense was not impressive in their bowl game. The Dawgs could go undefeated but even with 1 loss I also think The Dawgs will play for all the marbles.
By 3 Rivers jacket
January 25, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this
I’m a Tech fan through and through. I’m such a big Tech fan that I’m thinking about moving to Boise so I can catch our bowl game every year.
Really, you Georgia people have no idea what true football is. Imagine 45,000 plus on a Thursday night in mid-September…a Tech-NC State game. Throw in a half-time concert with Big Boi. Man, that’s as good as it gets.
You Georgia people are clueless. I’ll say it again. Georgia Tech is one of the most preeminent programs in the country. Top 5, no doubt.
By D. Ellis
January 25, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this
BILL-Quit going back on what would have happened this year….IF WE CATCH THOSE PASSES AGAINST SC..>WE STILL HAVE TO PLAY THE NC..LSU IN THE SEC TITLE GAME….JUST CAUSE YOU WIN THE SC GAME DOESN”T MEAN WE PLAY FOR NC……anyway schedule is the toughest hands down…would like to see a tougher one of anyone can find one and post it….would like to make a good comparison. Should be one outstanding and on the edge of your seat season for the DAWGS in 08’GOOOOO DAWGS!!!!
By Dr Morpheus
January 25, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this
Against Tennessee last year we were outplayed and outcoached. We were flat and they were sharp. We were unfocused and they were highly motivated. Our C game encountered their A game. Eric Ainge, a very fine and seasoned QB had time to throw. Is any of that credible?
By Dr Morpheus
January 25, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this
I like having a brutal schedule. If we lose no more than one, no one can say we aren’t legit. Consider all the teams who played weak schedules last year and lost two or less.
By ihateuga
January 25, 2008 1:49 PM | Link to this
Screw UGAG!!! You bunch of arrogant, obnoxious, inbred, redneck, cheating, a*****, i hope you lose every game.
By born 2 bark
January 25, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
The schedule is fierce, but this team has everything it needs. I think the circle is finally complete for the Dawgs. 17 returning starters who know how to win. Mature and stronger o line. Two lethal RBs and 3 talented RB recruits. Stafford has matured and the pressure if off him now with the run established. MoMASS, AJ Green, and Walter Hill should be a nasty trio. With the addition of Hebron this will be our fastest LB core that I can remember. I could go on and on, I think I will! Not to mention Richt completing his growth into a GREAT coach. Martinez and Bobo got even better as the year progressed too, so all in all I’d say we can win the NC! Go DAWGS!
By Bart King
January 25, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this
Two points. First I want UGA to beat the living crud out of UT. I want them scattered, smothered and stomped. Four times – for the entirety of each quarter.
Secondly, if UGA can tackle all season like they did in the Sugar Bowl, holy cow, they can be good. Scary good.
By Foster Keats
January 25, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
If they win them all, they deserve it. If not, see you in the Muzak City Bowl vs West Virginia…
What I can’t understand is the fact that UGA’a barely made a skidmark on the underpants of college football history, but all the fans & hack writers act like they’ve won 20 national championships…
And the next pseudo-yuppie want-to-be UGA red neck who names their dog “Munson” is gonna get slapped…
By Ron Roberts
January 25, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this
3 Rivers Jacket had one thing right… Tech is indeed a top T E A R program. Plenty of TEARS shed each and ever fall!!! HAHAHA.
Get spell-check and a thesaurus, you moron.
By amelia island mike
January 25, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this
This is the 3rd year I have gotten a great deal of laughs out of you techies and gay turds. The gators dissapeared for a while till T- bo quit crying and choked back the croc tears. Who out there did not see TWO heisman candidates physically cry on national TV . Urban——YOUR next. I want to see you cry through another interview and I dont care who it is that beats you. Techies— Lets see —you were going to beat us again —-rrrriiiiggghhhttt. Teblow here comes Rennie and the boys . Get ready to need some Shout for that uni cuz your going to be flat of your a* several times. Urbans going to get you hurt.
By daledog
January 25, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
This year’s Georgia team will be the greatest team ever fielded in football history. College or pro.
By Volman
January 25, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
gdawginkalamazoo, please don’t use the term “we” went talking about UGA. You aren’t associated with them.
UGA will always be below the ranks of Tennessee and Florida. Always.
Dolt.
By Volman
January 25, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this
gdawginkalamazoo, please don’t use the term “we” when talking about UGA. You aren’t associated with them.
UGA will always be below the ranks of Tennessee and Florida. Always.
Dolt.
By reality check
January 25, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this
The schedule is really tough, no question of it. There are three things that make me think we have a realistic chance of winning all our games.
One is that, schedule aside, Georgia has a stronger program this year than the ones we play. Florida doesn’t have an off week before they play us and their problems at defensive tickle and running back are still question marks for them.
Also, we have two off weeks at strategic times. That can really help make it through a tough schedule.
Third, I don’t remember ever seeing a Georgia team with this much depth. We seem to have quality backups at every position who are getting significant playing time, which also can help offset the grind of the tough schedule.
Who knows what sort of injury misfortune we might have, but with our coaching staff, talent, experience and depth, we have every right to be optimistic.
By Vince
January 25, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this
It would be great if we are Deep enough to give some guys a week off during before the Wicked Stretch
By mark
January 25, 2008 2:46 PM | Link to this
I think it’s awesom that we’ll play a lot of big games this season!! Although, wouldn’t you just rather have some panzy a** schedule like Ohio St. and then play for NC??
By jeff
January 25, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this
I’m a UF grad but if UGA can navigate the schedule undefeated they shouldn’t even have to play in a bowl game. Just give the national title based on the regular season.
By Villa Rica DAWG
January 25, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
I am so depressed that football season is over that it is ridculous.
Keep the stories coming Bill. This is the equalivalent to methadone to my having a crack habit I am trying to beat. I just need a “fix.”
I have actually found myself watching college basketball over the past few weeks, which normally doesn’t occur until I have registered my brackets and turned over $20 in March.
GO DAWGS!
By reserviorDAWG
January 25, 2008 2:56 PM | Link to this
Wellihate why are you on the dawg blawg. Just hit home at the top of your screen and you should be at another site.dumba$$
By Pat
January 25, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this
Brutal schedule and 4 SEC road games in a row is terrible. I like 2 games before South Carolina instead of the usual one. As usual, Jacksonville will be the key.
By Bill
January 25, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this
Sorry but Dawgs don’t get out of Columbia alive. SOS defense is sick loaded. Dawgs couldn’t score a TD at their own place they will find similar results in Columbia.
By dawgfacedboy
January 25, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this
Let’s just be honest here boys. If we get through that schedule undefeated I doubt I will be the only one that is surprised. I’m figuring we’ll drop at least 1, maybe 2. I don’t mean to be a pessimist at all but there is about a 5 week stretch that is probably the toughest I’ve ever seen. To get through that schedule with 10 wins and and a BCS bowl??? U kidding me?? I’d be damn proud of those boys for that!!
By bulldogborn
January 25, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
hey 3 rivers jacket…
The Sabans, Meyers, and Miles won NC’s with another coaches players. Guess they didn’t get a chance to recruit their way to a NC. And I am tired of hearing how great Nick Satan is! He has what 2 ten win season? Maybe 3…Ray Goff could have won a NC with the talent that any of these three guys. And since the head guys is no better than his assistants, maybe I could have coached those teams to a NC. These guys are just coaches who happen to have had a ton of talent.
By Doc Dawg
January 25, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Next season will determine whether we will break into the top echelon of college football or not. It is the culmination of the Richt hire, multiple top 5 recruiting classes, and the balance of power swinging away from the Gators and pumpkins. It is honestly now or never for national respect. As much as we want to think we have it, we don’t yet.
We are entering a unique period of opportunity. The Florida teams have gotten diluted by the addition of UCF, USF and the lesser Division 1 teams down there. We can still cherry pick South Carolina recruits away from Clemson and the evil genius. Tennessee has a ceiling in the form of one Phillip Fulmer. The Tech program is in shambles. There is no reason we can not strongly recruit throughout the southeast but also pick up a few national players here and there. A championship will only help in that regard, especially as offensive skill position people see Richt as a good NFL stepping stone. As good as we have been at QB, we can get better.
By SECisFootball
January 25, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this
FLA DAWG…with all due respect, BAMA gave UGA all it could handle this year and they will be a much better team next year. Your arrogance in calling it a controlled scrimmage is quite surprising. BAMA lost way too many games this year but were never blown out by anyone. I think it will be a much better game than you expect. I certainly hope your team has the same expectations of the game as you do as a fan.
By Fort Worth Dawg
January 25, 2008 3:29 PM | Link to this
LSU had the talent to have an undefeated season. I guess I’m still not sold on Les Miles, but he did appear to coach extremely well against Florida. LSU and Florida have obviously recruited well, and Florida looks to have picked up some seriously needed defense. Barring suspensions and injuries, it’s crazy not to pick LSU and Florida as the two biggest obstacles on the regular season. I think I might spend my extra tax refund this year and fly to Arizona State for the UGA game — or should I hold out for Orange Bowl tickets?
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 25, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this
Volman, don’t use the term “man” in your name (because you aren’t one)and we can call it even. Damn I wasn’t going to waste my time responding to your dumba$$ anymore. My bad. Won’t happen again.
By Mark May
January 25, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this
Me and my ESPN cronies are all in agreement- If UGA runs the table and we are faced with a 2 loss Ohio State and a one loss USC, we are leaving UGA out of the NC game.
Take that !!
By gatoray
January 25, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
The “murderous” 08 sec schedule you are so apprehensive about is the same one UF had in 06 and we did fairly well with it-lost only to Aub on a very questionable call on one play when we were inside the aub 10-but thats football. Oh I forgot you have to play UF and we only had to play UGA. So before you win the NC remember you have to win the SEC East AND the SEC title. LOL
By reserviorDAWG
January 25, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this
Unfortunetly Mark May you are probably right and if I saw Lou Holtz on the street I’d probably bit@# slap him.
By Hightower
January 25, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
ten of the tweleve games are to be considered tough. UGa Southern and the Central Mich. Chippers shouldn’t be.
uGa is loaded with depth talent, will it finally translate?
it is a tougher schedule than we have seen in Athens in a number of years. this is true, but not like we used to see a tenessee or miami play in the 90’s.
have an excellent head coach
5 it has been how many years since a national title? 27 - now 28 yrs.
saban won his 1st NC with his players, your dead wrong there.
clemson is recruting better than S.C.A.R. right now, but that has nothing to do with Uga in 08, nor it’s schedule.
it is no tougher than any other sec teams schedule is outside of vandy. but adding azz state shows promise. every sec team except for one or two can say this too.
tennessee, florida, alabama, auburn, and s.c.a.r. are the issue.
there is no reason this cant be the year in athens. an undefeated season could happen. but one loss will stil get richt in the game. he has an opportunity in 08.
it was a good article on schedules, not all of this other stuff posted that has nothing to do with what was said.
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this
Everyone seems so worried about the road games. Look at Richts record on the road. Better yet look at his road record against ranked opponents. The man is unbelievable! Don’t fret because everybody else has a hard time playing on the road because UGA definitely doesn’t. Yes it will be a monumental task to go undefeated. It’s difficult for all SEC teams because we are the best and most competitive conference-BY FAR-in the country. But I’m really sensing something special about the team we are bringing out in ‘08. And I’m also excited about the recruiting that’s been going on and the addition of Coach Lilly who was recruiting coordinator of all those great FSU classes will just make things better. Get ready for the best years dawg fans. It’s going to be a LOOOOOOOOONG offseason!!!
By Gamecock Henry
January 25, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this
The dawgs aint gonna lay no major whuppin on the Gamecocks. Spurrier will have the team ready and Dawg fans disappointment should already be setting in. Gamecocks will have no injury bugs to cause them to lose like it did down the stretch this past year. The Dawgs better worry that ole Markie wont have in more players to suspend for this game as well cause we dont wannna hear any excuses because of a Victory by the Gamecocks!
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 25, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this
Hightower , when has $aban ever stayed at one place long enough to win with his players?
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
To answer yor question Bill, nobody on our schedule looks tougher than us. I believe that if UGA comes to play EVERY week with the same emotion that they played with the second half of ‘07, there’s not a team in the land that can touch us. The only question is - can we get up for ALL the games? And as for gatoray, we might have a similar SEC schedule(to UF’s ‘06) but I don’t remember UF playing a top 5 team on the road outside of the conference to go along with that SEC schedule. So shut it!
By gdawginkalamazoo
January 25, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this
Just beat the hell out of Central Michigan. I don’t need to here any crap from those people.
By GT Fan
January 25, 2008 4:22 PM | Link to this
3 River Jacket,
Do us a favor and just shut up. Really shut up. You’re making real GT fans look like ignorant morons.
By Munson's Call
January 25, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this
3 Rivers Jacket…you know what the difference between Saban, Miles, Meyer, and Richt is? LUCK! Not getting a lucky break in a game during a Nat’l Championship season but luck in the BCS. Richt went 13-1 in 2002 while winning the SEC but didn’t get to play for the BCS Title. Meyer had the same record in ‘07 and made it to the BCSCG, Saban had the same record in 2003 and made it to the BCSCG, and Miles made it this year with 2 loses! Auburn went undefeated in 2004 and didn’t get to play in the BSCCG. Coaching acumen is not what seperates Richt and Tubberville from Meyer, Miles, and Saban. Luck of the BCS draw is.
By AltamahaDawg
January 25, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this
I think it’s working out perfectly. If ever you were going to play the most difficult schedule in many years, no better time than when your team is playing as well as it has in many years.
Henry , just can’t get enough talking about UGA today huh? Hey, I know, why not dazzle us with your vast knowledge and tell us how, exactly, players, positions, strengths, your team will disappoint ours.
By Wow
January 25, 2008 4:31 PM | Link to this
I just came from the Tech boards, they are really pumped about some sorry a$$ 2 star CB and some lineman that backed out of his committment from Iowa State. He is a “diamond in the rough” Those gnats get really offended when UGA fans come on to their sacred blogs. Ironically the guy that told me to leave, RAMBLE ON seems to spend more time on the Georgia boards that he does on the Tech boards. Go Dogs, 7 in a row. Can’t wait for 8.
By Joe
January 25, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this
The QB from Central Michigan dwarfed Tebow statistically last year. He threw for over 3000 yards and rushed for over 1000. I know that Clemson beat them 70-14, but they will still be a challenge.
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this
I really hope that when UGA wins their next NC it will be unblemished. UF let Auburn beat them and still managed to get in and LSU needed the craziest year in the history of college football to get there with two losses. Glad they both beat OSU though! UGA in ‘08 baby! 14-0 national champions!!!
By Braves Fan 79
January 25, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this
Im telling everyone….ONCE again a PAC10 and BIG TEN team will go undefeated and will go to the championship game over a SEC team.
Face it fans….. college football SUCKS!! The System will NEVER change until everyone stops supporting such a JOKE of a sport!
UGA will be the best team in the nation next year…its a shame they ONCE AGAIN wont have a chance to prove it!!
By Gamecock Henry
January 25, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this
Altamaha Dawg….. I’ll leave the the Xs and Os to Mr Spurrier who is much better at that than you and I and oh yes ole Markie boy. See you in Columbia if you dare!
By Jim Mora
January 25, 2008 5:16 PM | Link to this
Champioships? Are you Kidding? Champioships? Championships? You people need to look at the Schedule and beat teams like Vandy And South Carolina decisively before you can even think about CHAMPIONSHIPS!
By Obnoxious Georgia Fan
January 25, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this
Looking at it purely from an entertainment perspective the schedule is freaking awesome. Big game after big game. I hate having a big game and then having to wait 3 weeks for the next one. There will be none of that this year. Gary Danielson might even acknowledge that there are other teams in the league besides LSU and Florida, but that might be a stretch.
By BullDawg Rick
January 25, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
UGA should pull an 11 - 1 season & play for the Natty…
Have to love the fact that CMR has given up the O-Coord position & now sees the “big picture”…
Go Dawgs…
(gotta love - feel sorry for - the UGA Yech losers that post drivel towards UGA.. What has it been now?? 7 years STRAIGHT - going on 8!)
By baloney
January 25, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this
Has UGA decided if they are going to have a parade yet? If so can you provide the route so we can get set up early? I think this years season ticket mailing should provide an option for the best spots along the route they choose.
By zone1atl/borngator
January 25, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
no xcuses garbage dawgs! u wanna b champs, get it done on da field and not through your presidents mouth!!!!!!!!!
By Gator Lou
January 25, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry….. I think the ole ball coach will pull it off and send the head swollen puppies back to Athens with their tails tucked between their legs. There is no reason he cant do it 2 years in a row and rememeber Vandy almost pulled it off if not for that lucky fumble! I see the Dawgs to lose 4 SEC games - Cocks, Tenn,LSU and the Mighty Gators!!!!
By larry flynt
January 25, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this
don’t recruit in lawrenceville,ga they mean sumbitches
By biggest patsy of the year
January 25, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this
…not just one but TWO! Yall need two this year so your naughty boys can rest and not be missed.
That really is the way to impress ESPN…playing patsys first.
By Pewtus Gortsler 65
January 25, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
Dusk approached and the cool damp air suppressed the smoke of burning leaves from billowing upward. Blue- gray smoke rolled throughout the country side and into the town of Gird. Neighbors took notice and became pi$$ed.
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
Jim Mora needs to come up with something new today.
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this
biggest patsy of the year, how many patsy’s does your team play this year? Also, let us know if your teams “strength of schedule” compares to UGA’s. Until then shut it!
By Larry Munson
January 25, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this
Oh you Pewtus Gortsler 65!
By zinoDawg
January 25, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this
Dawgs rule! Do you Knowshon?
Nothin finer in the land than a drunk obnoxious Georgia fan! go dawgs
By Stuck at Home
January 25, 2008 6:39 PM | Link to this
Damn that Gas Price too high. Lake down too. Dont likes anyone for Presidence either. Go Hoop Dawgs!
By NC Tiger
January 25, 2008 7:23 PM | Link to this
I am so happy that everyone is thinking LSU will not be good next year and when they put that whipping on UGA everyone will be shocked. What UGA doesn’t understand is they will be better next year. We had alot of players that got hurt and others(freshmen) just stepped in and took over. Our second string QB beat Tenn something your starting QB couldn’t. I hope all the puppy dogs keep barking because it will be so sweet to send you back with your TAILS between your legs. Geaux Tigers
By LOWCOUNTRYDAWG
January 25, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this
NC TIGER DO YOU NOT THINK WE’RE BRINGING IN MORE REDSHIRTS???? IDIOT
By GT GRAD
January 25, 2008 7:57 PM | Link to this
“3 Rivers jacket” is obviously a UGA fan who is posting ridiculous comments in an attempt to make GT fans look ignorant. He needs to get a life…….probably the same idiot that is obsessed with tickle piles.
I am a GT Grad (1990) who married a UGA Grad. I pull for UGA unless they are playing GT. Good luck in 2008 (except for the last game on your schedule of course!).
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this
Now, now NC Tiger. You KNOW that UGA isn’t scared of LSU at all. Glad you guys beat OSU but if Kentucky had won that overtime game against UT, we had something for yall’s a$$ and you know it! I am looking forward to those two weeks against LSU and UF this year. There will be no question after that. It’s finally Georgia’s turn! GOOOOO DAWGS!!!
By savannah dawg
January 25, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this
It really feels good to be a cocky and arrogant BULLDAWG. All of you Tigers, Gators, Vols, Cocks, and Techies might as well get use to it,because for the next ten years we are going to dominate the SEC and college football. GO DAWGS111
By NC TIGER
January 25, 2008 8:13 PM | Link to this
LOWCOUNTRYDOG(LEGHUMMPER) As for as an IDIOT you names says it all. Keep barking like uga has for the last.. help me with this because I wasn’t born when they were National Champs. FACTS;;; SEC RECORD THE LAST SIX SEASONS record. bowls. sec champs. N CHAMPS UGA64-15. 6 2 0 LSU64-15. 6 3 2 Sorry I didn’t have the info on how many championships uga”s swim team has won.
By dawg for life
January 25, 2008 8:33 PM | Link to this
Dawg fans, ignore 3rivers. He is obviously a setup.
By biggest patsy of the year
January 25, 2008 8:58 PM | Link to this
serious…dogs are loaded this year so get it while you can…your QB and reno will probably have $$$$ and you may watch on Sunday.
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 9:00 PM | Link to this
I feel sorry for Tech fans. We should play you guys at the beginning of the season for a tune up game. Get off the UGA blogs. You are not worthy!
By P Dawg
January 25, 2008 9:03 PM | Link to this
GT GRAD, my last statement was not directed at you.
By 3 Rivers jacket
January 25, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this
I am so gay! Tech rocks, and I love all of the male foreign exchange students!
By AltamahaDawg
January 25, 2008 9:47 PM | Link to this
Henry, I’m not trying to compete with the great Steve Spurrier. We’ll just both agree we pale in comparison to his vast knowledge, ok. But I don’t see him anywhere. What I see is YOU talking big. I’m saying lets YOU and I, as little as we know, discuss how specifically which football team is more likely to win a contest, as WE know it. Simple, easy. You’ve been clucking all day long, braggin and predicting. I just assumed you knew something about your team besides the name of your head coach. Do you?
By U.R. Totally Gay
January 25, 2008 10:20 PM | Link to this
Hey u fellas hear about the new jean shorts Urban’s breaking out…they come with a pair of kneepads
By Dr Morpheus
January 25, 2008 11:19 PM | Link to this
This season shows that you can’t take anyone for granted anymore. The biggest games I see come back-to-back- LSU and UF. I’m more concerned about beating LSU in TIger Stadium. But should we lose there and then beat the heck out of Tebow FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, in all likelihood we will get a second shot at the Tigers in the SEC championship game. I would like our chances under that scenario. Sure, we could win ‘em all and that would be grand, but one loss does not take us out of the NC game. Even the ESPN gurus (or goo-goos, as the case may be) acknowledge that the SEC rules. One loss or less and we play for the ‘ship. So let it be written, so let Lou Holtz be slapped upside the head.
By FLA DAWG
January 26, 2008 12:15 AM | Link to this
SECisFootball,
I have always had respect for Bama and Auburn - along with The Dawgs we make up the backbone and tradition of the SEC. True we only won by 3 points but any objective viewer of the game would admit The Dawgs beat The Tide much more than the score would indicate.
I’m not a Saban hater either - I think he will win at Bama. I’d like to see The Tide get back to the prestige they had for so long. But next year ain’t gonna be it for ‘em. Bama really struggled this year and even toward the end of their season. The Dawgs are incredibly strong going into this next season. Bama cannot matchup my friend.
By soldier-over-seas
January 26, 2008 4:57 AM | Link to this
did any body explain the 3 rivers jacked that the 50,000 in atlanta doesn’t compare to the 90,000 give or take in athens every saturday??????? that guy is a friggin idiot
By heeldawg
January 26, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry:
Uh, yeah. We went over this yesterday. The Gamecocks have no history, no tradition (except the tradition of mediocrity), and the odds of them beating Georgia next season are someplace close to zero.
If you take your Haldol as prescribed, it will really help with the delusional thinking. Honest.
And Gator Lou, it is much more likely that your beloved Swamp Lizards will lose four games than it is that Georgia will. With that sieve that you call a defense, I suspect that the Jacksonville game will be yet another long, painful day for the Gator nation. Be prepared to watch the SECCG on TV again. You’ll move up this year, though—you’ll probably be second in the SEC East. Hey, it’s a start…
Oh, and for ALL of the Tech posters, your last bastion of defense—the old, tired (and inaccurate) academic argument, is eroding away as we speak. The latest Kiplinger’s rankings of the best values in public college education (high academics/low cost) came out, and Georgia is ranked ninth in the nation.
Tech’s ranking?
Twelfth. Three spots below Georgia.
You guys suck at everything.
By jdawg
January 26, 2008 8:01 AM | Link to this
For you uf history buffs. UGA 46 gators 37 and 2 ties. Thats the record.
By Jim
January 26, 2008 8:11 AM | Link to this
UGA 46 gators 37 and 2 ties.
By Dawgs
January 26, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this
3 rivers,
No offense but Miles isn’t a great coach. He has balls of steel but he isn’t a great coach.
Saben might be a great coach. Let’s see what he can do over the next 3 years but honestly after this year and losing the way he did at the end of the season yeah… not so much.
Meyer… The urban myth has not yet reached that status no matter what anyone says. He won at Utah which honestly isn’t in a stud conference (see Hawaii) He has won at Florida where Mr. Potato Head could win 10 games. He was out coached in his bowl game this year by someone who can’t beat Ohio State to save his life.
I would put Richt up there with ANYONE in the sec. Yes even Darth Visor since the poor guy can’t figure out how to win consistantly at USC-East.
The only coaches I see better are all retired or dead. Bobby B 10 years ago but seems like he has lost his steam since he lost Richt and a few others to other programs.
By Gamecock Henry
January 26, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
Heeldawg …. Im talking about whats gonna happen this year. You can talk all about your inflated self recognized National Champioships inwhich UGA only has 1 1980 uh 28 years ago which is becoming ancient. History is History!…. Yes even the Gamecocks Victorious 16 - 12 win in Athensis now history. You Can also Clamour about tradition all you want but tradition dont win football games, players and coaching win football games. Uga fans have talked about winning a National Champioship for years with all this supposedly talent they have had. But the fact is you fans are just like Clemson and UGA just simply quite cant get there. You need to get there first then you can bragg. Until then Uga must convince the football world that can get it done and without the help of other teams helping you make a champioship game just like ole Stevie and the Mighty Gamecocks did a few years back.Then UGA waltzed into the Sugar Bowl and that little State of West Virgina embarrassed the Dawgs. So heeldawg I’ll see you in Columbia this September if you Dare!
By Gamecock Henry
January 26, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this
AltamahaDawg….. I’ll give you a little insight about our team after Spring practice . Gamecocks do have some impact players coming in which makes it exciting. BTW AltamahaDawg I do KNOW that the dawgs will not win The National Champioship this year and we can even throw out the Dawgs past history of not getting over the hump!! Since you dawgs fans like to point to past traditions and history. Like I said before AltamahaDawg ….See You In Columbia If You DARE!!!!
By Britney Shears
January 26, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
If UGA wins the National Championship in fottball I’ll shave my head! I promise!!!!!!
By AltamahaDawg
January 26, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
I’ll give you credit for one thing, you can mask your total lack of anything substantial, with fluff, as well as anyone.
“Heeldawg …. I’m talking about whats gonna happen this year.”
OK, lets have it sport, Come on! What and who is going to do what? Oh, I know, your head football coach is going to be named Steve? You got that part memorized, huh?
“I’ll give you some details after all the spring practice articles tell me something” huh?
Save your breath, I can read, and then I will know exactly as much about your SC Gamecocks, as you do.
Tell you what, I’ll see your “impact players coming in” (as if you could name any) and multiply that by 5 down here. Shall we compare?
If I dare? What are you, 12 ?
By U.R. Totally Gay
January 26, 2008 12:12 PM | Link to this
According to “Iceman” ie Val Kilmer, “Maverick” is the most dangerous..ie Tom Cruise who believes only he can prevent forrest fires go mustangs
By Cuz
January 26, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry, I got news for you. You lose one of the fabulous Brinkley boys on defense. And one is the loneliest number that you ever knew.
I like making the trip to Columbia, good fans, good sportsmanship usually. And it is even closer to my house than Athens and I live in Georgia. I could do without the cockadoodle-do though, but I guess that is part of the ambiance. I hope to see you at the fairgrounds.
By AltamahaDawg
January 26, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
Cuz, the first thing you need to do is tell Henry who that even is.
By War Eagle
January 26, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this
Bill, “next year before Bama returns to greatness”, I thought you were a good football mind, but credibility lacking now on a USELESS comment. They have to learn to beat LSU, Miss State and Auburn don`t they? UGA will be 11-1 with only loss to Auburn in Orange jerseys, 33-32 on last minute FG by Byrum…If dawgs beat LSU at Baton Rouge it will be all uphill toward SEC title.
By Heeldawg
January 26, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry:
Good Lord! Do they not teach English at South Carolina?
Okay, tradition (or the lack thereof, in Carolina’s case) aside, your basis for saying that Carolina is going to beat Georgia is what? Returning starters? We return more than you do on offense and defense. Talent? Our depth was better than yours last year—that’s why the injuries that you blame the Gamecock’s late-season collapse aren’t an issue with the Bulldogs. Everybody in football has injuries, but depth helps one overcome them. Recruiting? Our incoming class is once again in the top 10. Yours isn’t even on the radar screen. Coaching? I’d put Richt 2008 against Spurrier 2008 any day of the week. It’s not 1994 anymore. That Spurrier’s ghost still haunts the Swamp to this day. The one you have throwing his visor around on the sidelines in Columbia looks like Spurrier, but in reality is simply a zombie version of SOS biding his time and drawing a paycheck in the South Carolina Graveyard of Coaches.
History? Made that argument already, and you even conceded it.
Tradition? Ditto.
Motivation?
You don’t think the Dawgs are going to forget the game that cost them a shot at the SEC and BCS National titles, do you?
Face it, dude, you’ve got no hope. There’s not one objective piece of data that supports your contention that the Lamecocks will even be competitive with the Dawgs next season. All you have is emotion and blind, unsubstantiated faith—the same poison Kool-Aid that Gamecock fans have been drinking for decades. Blind faith works in church, but this ain’t church, buddy. It’s SEC football. And you’ve got to have more substance to compete in the SEC. The Gamecocks don’t have it. Moreover, I’ll go out on a limb and say that they never will. You may make fun of how long it’s been since Georgia won a national title, but we’ve at least won one (or two,or five). Your team has never even been close enough to sniff it. We’ve won more National titles than you’ve won SEC titles, and we’ve won more SEC titles than the number of bowl games you’ve PLAYED in. We’ve won in the Sugar Bowl alone more than you’ve won in all bowl games COMBINED. And you’ve NEVER played in a BCS bowl. Ever.
You want to talk about the future, Gamecock Henry? Fine. Here it is:
You won’t beat Georgia next year, or the year after that. In fact, it won’t even be close.
You’ll never win the SEC title. EVER.
You’ll never win the National Title. EVER.
THAT’S the real future, not the Kool-Aid-drinking, delirious, jealous, wanna-be-a-contender Gamecock version. So either pick a new team or be happy with your lot as an occasional spoiler. But stop polluting the Georgia Blog with your overly grandiose, delusional, grammatically inept garbage. No matter how much you wish it, it’s just not gonna happen. That sort of crap only works in fairy tales, and this is real life.
Deal with it.
By P Dawg
January 26, 2008 4:05 PM | Link to this
War Eagle, UGA’s has beaten you guys quite handily two years in a row and we’re going to be MUCH better this year. I appreciate the respect and all but with all due respect to you and the oldest and the closest rivalry in the south, do you REALLY think you guys have a shot at us this year?
By P Dawg
January 26, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
If Auburn has an “Orange Out” and we have another “Black Out”, it’s gonna look like halloween came two weeks late.
By P Dawg
January 26, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this
Does anyone know the best place to get team schedules for ‘08. UT’s website sux and I would like to know if they get a week off before they play us. Thanks in advance.
By FLA DAWG
January 26, 2008 7:11 PM | Link to this
P Dawg,
They play No Ill. - so yeah, it’s a week off in effect.
By Gamecock Henry
January 26, 2008 7:25 PM | Link to this
Heeldawg…. Gamecocks had a very good recruiting class last year and our defense will be very good. On Offense, Stephen Garcia will be the Gamecocks answer to the ok and average QB Mathew Stafford.. Remember that name! As far as recruiting rankings go , they dont mean a hill of beans. Both Uga And Fla. State is a prime example of underachieving even with all of this supposedly great talent that they have had these past few years. Gamecocks always hangs tough with UGA even if the Gamecocks lacks #s in depth. In this decade UGA leads 5 - 3 . It will be 5 - 4 after 9/13/08. Heeldawg…. let me ask you a question on how the dawgs are gonna put a supposedly butt kickin on the Gamecocks? Seems to me that UGA has a difficult time in scoring TDS against the Mighty Gamecocks???? BTW Heeldawg….The Dawgs have only 1 National Championship in football that is recognized by the NCAA… Just Google it if you dont belive it!
By DOGGIE
January 26, 2008 8:26 PM | Link to this
HEELDOG - dang man,you are making me feel sorry for Gamecock Henry - one of the best responses I have ever read - you hit the nail on the head!
By D Gelbart
January 26, 2008 8:37 PM | Link to this
Dear Gamecock Henry, You are lame. The odds of South Carolina going to the SEC Championship are not this upcoming season or the season after that…not in 500 years. The odds of the Gamecocks going to the National Championship are close to zero until pigs fly (or 5000 years whichever comes first). Steve Spurrier will be kicked out after two more mediocre years. South Carolina has no trandition (except the trandition of being mediocre in the SEC). The odds of the Gamecocks beating Georgia again in the next 5 years are close to zero. Sincerely, D Gelbart PS: Heeldawg is really putting you back in place so do you really want to get embarrassed!?
By Vince
January 26, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this
What do you guys think of the O-line next year. We will have Vance, Sturdivant, Boling, Chris Davis with good experience, yet even them only 1 year of experience and still young.
Then we will be adding Justin Anderson, Josh Davis, Kiante Tripp, Chris Little, Ben Harden, Ben Jones, the new Glenn player from Atlanta, and several other very talented people.
I am wondering already how they will do and what they can do in the Spring and Summer to get ready under the expert guidance of Coach Searels, who did such a great job this year.
What are your thoughts? Maybe the depth will help alot in those long stretches of games with solid opponents.
Vince
By Pewtus Gortsler 65
January 26, 2008 9:36 PM | Link to this
Water collected on the window pane in the early morning as I stood and watched. I suddenly pressed my lips on the cool glass and smelled my morning breath that reeked of onion. I drew a smliley face on that pane!
By Gator Lou
January 26, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this
Vince…… Those guys sound like a bunch of puds to me. Better hope they stay clear of the Police Dept. and avoid suspensions! Better call a cab too!
By AltamahaDawg
January 26, 2008 11:29 PM | Link to this
Henry way to stand up. Really took it to Heeldawg. That nana nana boo boo in the end….I think that set him back a bit.
I don’t think he will ever be able to spell out exactly how UGA would go about winning in Columbia.
Of cource, if someone were to ask you the same question……say 6 times like I did……..
By AltamahaDawg
January 26, 2008 11:34 PM | Link to this
Gator Lou, did the local UF paper read “Gators beaten by Puds”?
Maybe your guys can teach ours how to tangle with the police department and STILL avoid suspensions?
By Lydell Horton
January 27, 2008 12:52 AM | Link to this
Looks like the Vols are going for another sweep this year - another rout in Knoxville tonight. Last year we won the football game, the two basketball games, and the three baseball games, and we’ve already got the football game and one of the basketball games (I doubt you’ll win the other one, either, don’t you?). When will the Dogs win one?
By Jesus is a Dawg
January 27, 2008 1:40 AM | Link to this
Lydell, life would really suck if Dawgs didn’t finsh the only season that matters with 11 wins. Basket-what? Base-what? If it ain’t GA FB, it don’t mean a d@%$ thing and next year, if God really does exist, my Dawgs will “win one” versus your vols. BTW, Lydell=cool name, but poor affiliation.
By heeldawg
January 27, 2008 5:06 AM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry, I’ll have to give it to you, you don’t let those little pesky things called facts get in the way of your fantasy…
Stephen Garcia—yeah, I remember the name already. He’s the drunk who was arrested for keying a professor’s car during his second underage public drinking offense. Spurrier suspended him for a practice or two during his redshirt year. Some disciplinarian that Ole Ball Coach is!
You say recruiting doesn’t mean anything, then you say your recruiting class is a good one. So does it mean anything or not? You’ve got to make up your mind here. Your argument doesn’t make much sense if you try to have it both ways.
You have yet to tell me how the Gamecock have an edge next year. I asked you for specifics and you responded with the same statements of blind faith that Gamecock fans always use. Garcia? Whatever. You’re 3-5 this decade against us? Okay, fine—but you’re 1-5 in the last six meetings, and 2-5 against Mark Richt. And in terms of national titles, yeah, we’ve got one consensus national title. I said that in my last post. But that’s one more than the number of SEC titles South Carolina has, and it’s the same as the number of 10-plus win seasons the Gamecocks have all-time (we’ve had five this decade, since we’re counting things in this decade now). But again, are we talking about history or the future? Make up your mind. If it’s all about the future, show me something concrete. Give me data about why you’re going to beat us, not some sad-sack, pie-in-the-sky platitudes about how you have some redshirt alcoholic dude who is going to come in and pass our experienced secondary silly. You say your defense will be “very good.” Fine. We should expect that to change from this year’s bunch because of what? The (second) new DC? The lack of injuries (as if you have a crystal ball and can predict what the next few months will bring)? What specifics? I’m dying to know.
Seems to me you’re flailing. If you can’t win a battle of wits without looking like a fool, you’d be better off not humiliating yourself by coming back for more. But I welcome any intelligent commentary. That would be a nice change from the drivel you’ve been posting thus far.
Oh, and stop challenging people to come to Columbia. It sucks, I admit, but if you can get past the lack of any cultural offerings and the sucky restaurants, it’s not THAT bad. And it does have a zoo, which offsets the negative aspects of having the University of South Crackolina there somewhat. Don’t worry—we’ll be there in droves. The Georgia fans will be those people sitting in the stands in the fourth quarter after everyone in garnet and black has driven home in disgust.
One last word: grammar. Look it up. Use it.
By AltamahaDawg
January 27, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
Heeldawg, In all fairness, when you build your stadium out in the industial zone, the parking is abundant.
By Gamecock Henry
January 27, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
Heeldawg….. I said recruiting RANKINGS does not mean a hill of beans. So Im not having it both ways as you have stated. I simply said Carolina had a good recruiting class last year and as a matter of opinion, the Gamecocks are filling their needs with this years class. Scout and Rivals just cater to their subscribers to inflate the fans hopes and to sell a subscription to their web site. It’s just like those pre season magzines people run out and spend $7.00 to $10.00 bucks a pop which is usually garbage and people beleive its the sacred truth. In regards to UGA fans that put down Steve Spurrier , he is a winner and a competitor. He also has a winning record at Carolina. Since he has been at Carolina ,he has beaten Fla, Tenn. and UGA. So there are some facts if you want facts Heeldawg! Like I stated before, the Gamecocks are a WIP and can play with the big boys. Now whats your excuse heeldawg? Don’t even comeback with that lame bowl victory over that lame Hawaii team that you think will catapult UGA to a National Championship.
By War Eagle
January 27, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
PDawg, does Auburn have a chance against UGA 2008? No, but SEC is tough league with injuries etc. Brandon Cox is a good example, after his injury against LSU in 2006, never the same…hate to say this and he won big games at Auburn, but I am glad he is gone, great person..I like your Halloween satire…
By heeldawg
January 27, 2008 8:00 PM | Link to this
Gamecock Henry:
Okay, we agree about something—the Rivals and Scout guys have a racket going. No argument there. Sometimes I can’t believe I pay attention to that garbage.
SOS is a competitor, and he was a winner at Florida. But that was then and this is now. And, like it or not, South Carolina ain’t Florida. The two are not comparable. As long as you are comfortable being a perpetual work in progress, that’s okay. But don’t expect miracles. That’s the Gamecock fan’s perpetual curse—the curse of high expectations, or what I like to term “delusions of adequacy.” IMHO, Spurrier’s a has-been. No one is scared of him anymore. He has been consigned to the proverbial dustbin of history. And, to top it all off, he’s a self-serving, vindictive @$$hole. Again, I’d take Richt over him any day of the week.
And BTW, I don’t have anything to make “excuses” for. Georgia went 11-2 this season. Only one team in the country was ranked higher at the end of the season, and we have everybody coming back. The Gamecocks beat us in Athens, it’s true, but I’d rather be 11-2 and #2 in the nation than a victor in the “Chicken Bowl” and 6-6, with a five game season-ending losing skid.
Hey, but look at the bright side: your writing’s improving. And we found some common ground with the recruiting thing. So life isn’t all bad…
By Stafford>Tebow
January 28, 2008 12:53 AM | Link to this
I think the ASU game is HUGE. for confidence alone, that game is gonna be huge. ASU’s defense looked pretty weak near the end of the season but they can put points on the board most of the time. if our defense shows up to play as usual, we should win by 2 scores. if it turns into a shootout then we might be in trouble. the key will be for bobo to keep calling knowshon’s number and chew up clock to keep rudy carpenter off the field.
alabama shouldnt win more than 8 games next season. they lose 2 or 3 senior receivers, JP wilson is still JP wilson, and saban is still trying to get recruits in to fit his 3-4 scheme on D. shouldnt be as close as it was last year now that it will be in athens.
By Gamecock Henry
January 28, 2008 3:14 AM | Link to this
heeldawg….. Yes Life isn’t all bad and the Gamecocks are improving too! Wow its 3:10am on a Monday morning morning and havin a little fun with UGA fans . Yes I admit the Dawgs have a class act in CMR . I also can understamd why the Dawg fans were upset about the BCS Bowl shaft. I told some of my friends that it should have been LSU and UGA for the National Champioship. Well I guess we all have a few more months to have a little fun and talk a little smack . heeldawg…. go have a beer on me sometime but dont get too confident about your dawgs against my Gamecocks! Henry
By Gamecock Henry
January 28, 2008 3:33 AM | Link to this
Damn…. sorry about those typos!
By daman
January 28, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this
It’s gonna be a great season this year…………..WATCHING ALL YOU PUPPY FANS CRY AFTER EVERY LOSS!!!!!!!
BWAAAA HAAAA HAAAA HAAAAAA HAAA
By AltamahaDawg
January 28, 2008 3:06 PM | Link to this
Daman, If your enjoyment of the football season boils down to nothing more than how many games UGA might lose, you my friend are in serious need of a new team. You obviously couldn’t care less about the one you do follow.
By Palmetto State Dawg
January 28, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this
Hey Gamecock Henry, does your boss at Wal-Mart know that you’re using his computer to talk smack to UGA fans on the internet? Shouldn’t you be counting inventory or something in the lawn & garden section? Seriously bub, you’re like the biggest rube on this blog. Do you even have a high school education, or have you ever even played a down of football?? Comparing UGA-USC in football is like comparing the US military to the Iraqi National Guard. I live in Columbia, and this football program is a freakin’ joke. Yeah, you beat us 16-12 last year in Athens. I was there! But what’s that old saying that you rednecks use? “Even a blind squirrel can find a nut”. For the record, your spelling & grammer is atrocious. Now, run along to Huddle House, and git u sumpin to eat, boy!
By Bill
January 30, 2008 6:17 AM | Link to this
UGA fans are talking a lot of smack about the USC game. Out for revenge, eh? Well revenge rarely works. If it did you would have prevented Spurrier from winning 12 out of 13 when he was at FL! The USC defense is loaded this year with Jasper and Peppers returning. For the first time they have genuine SEC 2 deep. The game will not get out of the 20’s for either side. UGA may very well win but an upset by USC would not be surprising.
As long as Stafford-hype is throwing the ball and Bobo is calling the plays, Spurrier has a chance.
By georgiagirl
January 31, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
ihateuga, Bill, Gamecock Henry, and Gator Lou
Really stop drinking so much and really go to another blog. You have no life and you damn sure can not know who’s going to win the football games that are 8 months away. I guess Spurrier had to eat those words about UGA last year. When he said It’s not like we play a power team they lost to UK and Vandy beat them and they lost 4 SEC games in a round. Oh wait a minute the Gamecocks lost to Vandy and that makes it 5 SEC teams that the Gamescocks lost too. DAMN. As far as any of you calling the UGA players Thugs. I think that you better go back and clean up around your own school, before you come our way. TENN and FLA lead the way in arrest. Garica keys prof. cars. and I do remember some USC players that broke into the computer lab and stole computers, so go back and clean your own S!!t up. We got ours and as far as being a redneck, I live in South Caroina and you have us beat in the redneck department. SEE YA IN 8 MONTHS GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By Pitbull
January 31, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
Play them one at a time. The most important game you play is the next one.