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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So this is how it feels.
All the off-season speculation is over now and the coaches have made it official. Georgia is the pre-season No. 1 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
It’s a new experience for the Bulldog Nation. This is the first time the Dawgs have been ranked on top in a major pre-season poll and the first time they’ve been ranked No. 1 since the end of the 1982 season in the Herschel era. UGA’s sports publicity folks say the Dawgs’ previous highest pre-season rankings by major polls were in 1942 (2nd by AP), 2004 (3rd by AP, 4th by the coaches) and 1967 (6th, AP).
Of course, the AP writers’ poll is still to come, but it isn’t part of the BCS formula like the USA Today poll is.
Holding on to the top spot will be tough, probably the toughest challenge any Georgia football team has ever faced. They’ll have to overcome a tough schedule, some question marks in the offensive line and kicking game, and the mind games that big expectations can play with college kids, as well as avoiding major injuries. Luck always plays a part in it, too.
What counts, of course, is who ends up No. 1 and No. 2 at the end of the season and playing in the championship game. But a high pre-season ranking is a major advantage and gives the Dawgs some wiggle room as the season unfolds. Ask LSU about that.
Bottom line: The nation’s coaches think that, at this point before the first game is played, Georgia is the best team in the country.
Damn, that feels good.
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By Dorsey Hill
August 1, 2008 10:45 AM | Link to this
Bill,
I feel like I just plagiarized you on Chip’s blog but I swear I read this after my post. Anyway…ditto!!!
By BADDAWG
August 1, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
Sorry, if I offended anyone in previous blogs and just want to clear the air. It is just a game, and it is silly for a grown man (well, I am really a little girl hee) to threaten to whip anyone’s a## on a blog. I was a little upset because our beloved mascot died being owned by the Gators. Also, I actually love GT when they aren’t playing UGA and not sure I could really whip any a** anyway, hee :).
Go Dawgs, Gators, and Jackets!
By Blogfather
August 1, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this
Without a running game, the Bulldogs will be number 50.
Run, bulldogs run. The key to any football victory is the line of scrimmage. Good blocking always trumps everything else. A running game opens up a passing attack too. it eats up the clock. It’s frustrates the opposing offense, and keeps it on the bench.
I always laugh when the draft always picks big shot Qbacks or runners or receivers.
I’d stay with the best linemen. With good linemen, you dont need a Joe Montanna or an OJ. , you only need a good quarterbacks and fullbacks and recievers. They only have to be good. Give any good quarterback time, and he’ll pass for TDs. Give any good running back room and he’ll run for TDs.
It’s the line of scrimmage. That’s where I’d spend all my money. The men on the line have to be GREAT, or you cant win consistently.
Great lineman. Period. Winning football.
By copdawg
August 1, 2008 1:34 PM | Link to this
man, i wish someone could monitor these blogs!!
By SHANE IS AWESOME!
August 1, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
Shut up nerd.
By shane's #2
August 1, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
How did u make ur writin all dark and stuf? U must be so good with the confangld interweb! I is impresd! And I laff when u says NERD! thats so funnie! i use to says that when I was 7 at all the kids wit glasses on! Nerd! Haha that is just so funnie and clevr! Then i pooped in my britches, and Zeb cleaned me up with his bear hands! That be how wes met!
By Jeff Patton
August 1, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this
If Tech Loved the Jackets as much as they Hated the DAWGS than maybe they could: Fill there stadium, Finally Beat FSU, Stop yelling “to hell with Georgia when they play Clemson’
TUCK FECK
By LT
August 1, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this
BADDAWG’s post just made me throw up a little bit inside my mouth. Please do not call your self BADDAWG if your going to show love for tech or florida. Have a little back bone too. Try not to pee your pants when random internet poster who does not know you, or where you live, threaten to beat you. Have a little fun, trash talk, and move on.
By War Eagle
August 1, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
This is my annual SEC prediction, last year, got both East and West correct…LSU-Tenn. 2008, West- LSU,Auburn, Ole Miss. East- Florida, UGA, Tenn SEC title game FLORIDA. The reason for not selecting UGA is one word>SCHEDULE. If LSU QB situation is not potent, Auburn will win West and lose to Florida..Hopefully Auburn-UGA plays twice, but its notin the books this year..
By Silver Britches 24
August 1, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this
Shane #1 sounds like he loves wieners. Thats typical for tech fan.
By Mikey in Sav
August 1, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this
War Eagle, You may have gotten it right last year, but not so fast my friend… Schedule is tough, so freaking what. Line up up and the Dawgs will mow them down !
woof woof
By richbrave
August 1, 2008 4:34 PM | Link to this
HEY UGA fans:
You better learn how to play some MEAN defense. DAVE CLAWSON’s TENNESSEE offense is coming to a stadium near you and soon.
By Bob
August 1, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this
Florida always has an easier schedule than Georgia, and the rest of the SEC for that matter. This is nothing new. I have no idea how it happens, but when the conference schedule is drawn up Florida sure does seem to get a pretty good draw relative to the rest of the SEC. Not that any SEC schedule is easy, but as far as timing and off weeks Florida gets the breaks. Most SEC teams have had to play 8 or 9 games in a row the past few years at some point. Not Florida. They always have a convenient off week slap dab in the middle of the season, usually before the Georgia game of course. And they almost never play more than two consecutive road games. Do not make me laugh by claiming the Georgia game is a road game for Florida. Georgia does it almost every year. And do not make me laugh by claiming the Florida game is NOT a road game for Georgia.
I’m no conspiracy theorist. This is just an observation and I think the facts are there to support it. Florida always gets a very favorable SEC draw. I’m surprised more has been written on this quite frankly.
As for 2008, it will be particularly humiliating for the paper Gators when they fail to win the East this year. After all, they had the easier schedule.
By Great Times
August 1, 2008 5:06 PM | Link to this
It is a long season, but I’m glad the DAWGS are considered to be among the elite programs in the USA. EXCITING!
By Position Envy
August 1, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this
Something you never hear about GIT or GIT fans: On Top!
By Schedule
August 1, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this
The #1 DAWGS play the second and third best football teams in Georgia, to open and close the regular season, RESPECTIVELY!
By An American
August 1, 2008 5:23 PM | Link to this
Learn all you can about Obam@ before November. If he is elected, the American free market system and ethic of personal responsibility/accountability will be severely damaged. These are among the many attributes that make America great! Obam@ = socialism. NOW is the time to learn these lessons!
By dawgforlife
August 1, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this
Hey, American
Wrong blog.
Great, long article on Richt and the Dawgs in Friday’s USA Today!
By Georgia Gator
August 1, 2008 7:59 PM | Link to this
Hey Bob, you sound like a big cry baby. The last time I checked Jacksonville is the same distance from Athens as it was when Dooley coached. I never heard any Georgia fans complaining about the site of the game when Dooley and the Dawgs were consistently beating Florida. You all kicked our butt last year because GA had the better team, end of conversation. Dry up and quit the whining.
By dawgforlife
August 1, 2008 8:14 PM | Link to this
Hey, American
Wrong blog.
Great, long article on Richt and the Dawgs in Friday’s USA Today!
By War Eagle
August 1, 2008 8:53 PM | Link to this
Hey Bob, maybe Florida AD is on top of schedules more than UGA AD. I remember blogs about Stafford vs Tebow before each one set foot on campus. UGA poster”Stafford will dominate Tebow” and visa versa, well vice versa won…Tebow is great and deserving Hiesman winner,. Stafford has done very good, but hes not a Tebow.and will probably never win a NC..If not Auburn, Im UGA, just don`t see it in either team this year.. cuz, Buck would still be proud of Stafford, especially after last years # 2 season.
By RoystonDawg
August 1, 2008 9:22 PM | Link to this
We have to perform up to our talent this year, or we’ll never get the respect we deserve. No matter how many games CMR has won, UGA will not be relevant to many until we bring home the NC.
By War Eagle
August 1, 2008 9:37 PM | Link to this
RoysterDawg, you are 100% CORRECT, Recruiting has been too good not to win a NC. CMR is a great coach, but he put himself in this position when he went into homes of 4-5 star athletes.and they came to Athens.
By 3 Rivers jacket
August 1, 2008 9:42 PM | Link to this
Will someone do something about the vulgar things on this blog which I guess is a Georgia site. Does not make the dawgs or anyone lookgood. One thing that has upset the Dawgs voer the last 2 years is that they thought they had the great QB in Stafford and so far he has been mediocre at best while Tebow is one the way to being the best QB in college football history. Stafford will be fine this year but he is minor league when compared to Tebow and that for some reason really iritates the DAWGS.
By Cuz
August 1, 2008 11:02 PM | Link to this
Hey you scumbag who are posing as shane. Us regulars know trash when we see it. You are not worthy of cleaning out septic tanks. It takes a really pathetic, piece of fecal matter to rob someone else’s name and post gibberish. Am I talking too intelectual for you, let me tone it down. You are scum. Scum so low that a worm could crawl over you. You are so lower than Whale krap on the bottom of the ocean. You are so pathetic that you cannot come up with an argument, you have to pretend to be someone else. You are a loser, case closed. Book’em Dano.
All regular bloggers. Nuclear option number one is now operational. Have fun.
By Cuz
August 1, 2008 11:15 PM | Link to this
Fake shane, I know shane. shane is a real man. You are a pathetic, repeat, pathetic piece of trash. Ever had a girl friend or is Anime the closest you have ever been to a girl. Go back to your dungeons and dragons before you get your feelings hurt, wimp.
Be a man or get the he11 off our blog.
By mike
August 1, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this
Pre-season rankings are based on pure spectulation and should not be taken to seriously!! The bullpups have a not so easy schedule ahead of them. That first trip out west to face an Arizona team will be a big disappointment for them after they lose!!!
By Cuz
August 2, 2008 12:21 AM | Link to this
Mike keep on taking that peyote, It will help after we put a total eclipse on the Sun Devils. In case you did not know it, it gets hot in Georgia also. 97 in Augusta this week with aroung 90% humidity. That gives a heat factor over 107. Yeah we are scared of the heat in Arizona, and if a fly carried a shotgun, frogs would not mess with them. ASU is not LSU. Get the picture.
By shane #1
August 2, 2008 1:33 AM | Link to this
Cuz, You are too kind, both to Me and the scumbag, yellowbellied piece of garbage that is stealing My name.
By sec fan
August 2, 2008 2:07 AM | Link to this
WE dont know who the actually best team in the country ins till january but il glad 2 see the coaches gave the sec respect UGA will have ttrouble holding on to that ranking with a tough schedule and a unprovem QB. I believe that because i havent seen stafford be the diffenerence in the game, and will any receivers emerge as the SEC elite such as a meachem or early doucett. They also will have to beat Florida Tennessee and south caralina to win the east.
By Exley DAWG
August 2, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
ITS GREAT TO BE A GA BULLDAWG! SAY ITS GREAT TO BE A GA BULLDAWG! SAY ITS GREAT TO BE A GA BULLDAWG! SAY ITS GREAT TO BE A GA BULLDAWG!
By The New Rugby
August 2, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this
Football 101: To the Coaches
The Game of Football is as close to war that any game can come without actually harming anyone, scratch that, without actually maiming anyone, scratch that, without actually killing anyone, okay, football is war with cheerleaders. Fine. R U happy?
Like war, the most successful way to win is a siege, with trenches dug into the turf in a series of parallel lines growing ever closer to the enemy’s lines until your starve them out, (shut out), hurl dead animals at them (three points or one point), or simply enter their lines (six points), which we call a touchdown. Get enough touchdowns and you win so handily that you get to make off with the enemy’s cheerleaders, or their horses, which is why football was invented in the first place. *See Joe Namath and Roy Rogers.
To form a successful seige, then, you must have the strongest front line.
Without the strongest front line, you cannot win, no matter how good your horsemen are or no matter how accurate your artillery is. War is won in the trenches.
Now, the best play is the quarterback sneak, where all your lineman move forward smushed up against each other without locking arms, and their combined weight can easily get two or three yards just because of the laws of physics. If you did that every play, you would win every game, but nobody would watch. (And we’d call it rugby). However, you cannot win unless the rugby play is a constant threat, and causes the defense to delay just that instant to see if you’re going up the middle again. That’s the only sure way to introduce artillery or the long bomb, which is also essential for success, because if the defense has to delay to make sure it’s not the rugby play again, then that’s the margin a receiver needs to get open fifty yards downfield.
People have totally forgotten the fundamentals of football. The mud. The head down forward rush. The mob rule. The bone crushing crunch of the masses. The vigilantism after the game when you’ve lost and you burn down people’s barns and laugh about it later. Did I type that out loud?
The pass was an afterthought to increase ratings. Passing is for ratings. Ratings R Football 2.
Football is a game of what if. What if the receiver goes straight down the field at full speed? What if he button hooks at twenty yards? What if the receivers on the left run over to the right, and the receivers on the right run over to the left, (you’re quite mad, you know)…..add that to what if they rugby again, and you’ve got a confounding problem for the air defense.
Critical to the defense are the linemen. Your front line should have four men at all times, sometimes five, depending on the score, the quarter, the last few possesions, and the momentum of the game. But never put less than four men on the defensive line. Never. A three man rush is no rush at all. you need four rushers. On every play, the four front lineman should always be going all out toward the backfield to penetrate, interfere and destroy. Every play. That’s why the linemen must be the best, and all resources should go to drafting or buying them. It’s the little known secret of football.
Stay tuned for part two of Football 101: The Play you should never use, it stinks so bad, and I’ve only seen it work once or twice in twenty years, yet it is used ten times a game by both sides. (actually there are two plays that dont ever work and R used insufferably and have ruined football forever and need to be elimintated forever).
By N. C. Dawg
August 2, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this
Being #1 right now really means nothing to me, except we get some national exposure. The season is so long, schedule, injuries and luck all play a factor. Being #1 right now is really meaningless with so much football to be played.
By Cuz
August 2, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this
I agree NC, just a good place to start. Time for CMR to put up some signs in the lockeroom with the words EARN IT! It aint over till it’s over. But it should be a fun ride this year.
By The New Rugby
August 2, 2008 11:18 AM | Link to this
Being #1 is a stupid concept: Opinion of loser coaches and hack sports writers who dont know what the H they’re talking about. Just because you coach a team, doesn’t mean you understand football. Just because you write about a team, doesn’t mean you know squat diddle poo. I love the way most football pundits know the roster and the numbers and the stats, but cant deliberate strategy worth a tinkle.
There’s too many teams to ever really determine who’s number one. The playoffs would go on forever and we’d never have to talk to our wives……(what am I saying, lets do it).
Just win all your games, and you’re number one in the local fan’s eyes.
If you dont win all your games, you dont belong in the bowls. Period. I dont care how the team’s season evolved. too bad, you lost. no bowl. flush.
If no team is undefeated then dont have any bowls. There’s teams that have lost twice or three times in the bowls. Why? I think notre dame made it to the rose bowl in 1922 with a 6-8 record and a coaching scandal that had Knute Rockne beating up the Gipper for dropping one in the end zone, (and it wasn’t a football….ew).
When football goes wrong: Woody Hayes tackling that guy during a live play. WTF? This is what I’m talkin’ ‘bout.
Lets get back to football. I think Jim Mora is the worst coach in the history of football and if he wins more than four games this year, I will eat a cheerleader, on Uboob, and that’s a guarantee. (Okay, I’d eat a cheerleader anyway no matter how Jim Mora fares this year).
Word up + out!
By Zeb
August 2, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
Cuz, thanks for backing up our boy shane. And shane, you should feel proud that someone took their time to be you. The idiot doesn’t know it, but he just gave you kudo’s by proxy.
By Y morons always get outed
August 2, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this
Hey Zeb, by Proxy do you mean the way you give the mailman BJ’s when you kiss your wife?
bwa haw.
what a fall guy.
By Paddy
August 2, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this
Saw where Oklahoma recruit Jarboe from Cedar Grove HS was kicked off team. Promoting gun violance in some rap thing. That was after getting kicked out of HS for bringing a gun to his HS. Glad we lost that recruiting war. Next headline will be constant offender from Cedar Grove gets 30 years in state pen for being stupid. I will bet the folks at his HS are proud of this stand up guy. Hope they retire his uniform number. ENOUGH ALREADY WITH THESE THUGS EVERY WEEK IN THE NEWS.
By Cuz
August 2, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this
Moron, you got your name right. Can you even discuss football, or has the iron paint you ate as a child destroyed your ability to reason. And get a writer if you want to have a chance at humor, your standup would be great, drooling is always funny. Put it this way, talk football, or be prepared to be assulted verbally far beyond your limited intellect. Don’t go away mad, just go away.
Zeb is a far better man than you would ever hope to be, beyotch. I can understand the jealousy, just not the idiocy. Oh yeah forgot, the lead paint ingestion.
By Paddy
August 2, 2008 6:22 PM | Link to this
shane #1 you need to see a professional, or get your GED. Keep your smut targeted towards family members. you are embarrasing. Uneducated should never be unsupervised.
By PBR is best served cold
August 2, 2008 6:48 PM | Link to this
Is Tebow a better quarterback than Stafford? A better question is, would you rather have a heisman winning quarterback or have the four games that you lost last year? Fact is, UGA will need to step up and they cant start off slow as they usually do. With help in the backfield from King and Richard Samuel it will be EXTREMELY difficult to handle UGAs offense and the defense only got better. All the questions could have been answered if UGA and USC had played and Colt Brennan played Ga Tech at the Poulan Bowl.
By Cuz
August 2, 2008 8:02 PM | Link to this
Paddy, eat me. If you don’t understand the war beteween the posers and the real bloggers, I don’t care. Just take your happy Paddy a* and go away. Nuclear option number one is now in force. You are either with us or against us. The AJC may rue the day they did not take my and others advice and police this blog. It is now, open warfare. To the victor, goes the spoils.
We few, we happy few. For whoever sheds his blood with me this day, shall be my brother.
By Patsy_Schedule
August 2, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this
Cuz,I’ve watched your posts for several years now, and have decided you’re one individual in need of another life. Regards, Patsy.
By Big Dawg
August 2, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this
Mike ,
You posted “Pre-season rankings are based on pure spectulation and should not be taken to seriously!! The bullpups have a not so easy schedule ahead of them. That first trip out west to face an Arizona team will be a big disappointment for them after they lose!!!”
While I agree we have a difficult schedule, but you have to realize all 12 teams in the SEC have a difficult schedule. Its just so happens we have the horses this year to play with anybody and I expect that Arizona State will be no different. Matter of fact I expect that we will beat the Sundevils.
War Eagle we will beat Florida again this year and win the SEC East. My friend at Florida told me that his defense has improved but they have serious depth issues on both the OL and DL at Florida and football games are won in the trenches. Anyway this preseason ranking stuff means very little as you still have to prove it on the field, but having said that in looking at history the coaches usually have a good handle on who the top teams are. Also history has shown the higher in the polls you are at the beginning of the season the more leeway you have in being able to recover if you lose a game.
Go Dawgs
By Baseball Wrap
August 2, 2008 9:58 PM | Link to this
Part Two: Plays that should be obsolete.
The quarterback drop back draw to a fullback who’s just standing there. This is a gift to the defense, and the most easily defensed play in the history of football. Dont use it more than once every four games. It’s stupid.
The end sweep. This is another gift to the defense. it’s easy to spot, and easy to foil. The goal line is not toward the out of bounds. Turn right. (or left)
Football is in America’s blood. We’ve all grown up with nothing but football. We were well into our twenties before we realized that football wasn’t the most important thing in our lives. We had to get married and have kids and careers too.
Most Americans think they’re football savants. All of us are experts at calling plays, and designing defenses. We all feel that the people actually employed in those positions are idiots, fools, jackals, and losers. They must have known somebody to get their jobs. They couldn’t possibly know what they’re doing. But we do. This is a common trait of all americans and an easy tell if you’re a spy.
By kool$kat
August 3, 2008 12:43 AM | Link to this
too many violations, its a disgrace to the rest of the state…shut down football at UGA for a season!
By Cuz
August 3, 2008 12:57 AM | Link to this
Patsy, what you don’t understand is that a group of posers took mine and other regulars names and used them to run us off the blog. We left. Then we decided that when August came we would nuke the posers. You are witnessing nuclear option number one.
I have another life, just can’t figure if I am Batman or Zorro.
By HE15MAN
August 3, 2008 4:17 AM | Link to this
Only 2 teams in the history of college football have won the national championship with the number 1 strength of schedule. Those 2 teams are the 1996 Florida Gators and the 2006 Florida Gators. If you have any doubt about this, then by all means look it up yourself. Someone mentioned earlier that UF traditionally plays a weaker schedule than UGA. If you can point to a year other than this year in the past 10 seasons where that is true, then I will point back at you and say “liar”. Good luck with the gauntlet UGA. Playing LSU,Florida and Auburn in less than a months time will prove to be your undoing. Don’t get mad about this, no one can beat those teams in the order you guys play them. Best of Luck and we will see you in Jville. It is going to be one hell of a show!
By Patsy_Schedule
August 3, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this
Okay, Cuz, I understand now. Good luck with that nuclear option. And I’ve always been partial to Batman.
By CarolinaJacket
August 3, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this
It’s a crying shame that these kids don’t realize that they are risking being kicked off the team that well could end up number one in the nation. As Deputy Fife said, “we’ve got to nip it at the bud.” In this instance, I think it should include penalties for even going to bars. And I mean this for all schools. This problem is far too wide spread. This may seem harsh to some, but, perhaps, the players will have to accept that with the scholarship comes some very strict regulations. Just MHO.
By bob
August 3, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
Girlie(15)Man: Nobody disputes your claim because the data you point to is useless in determining anything but the growing realization that you’re a beer hat.
Cuz scuz: The real bloggers? You? You may blog, but you not real. Just make the sandwiches for the soap opera your wife and her bridge club is watching (instead of the gator’s game), and pick up a broom. You aint watchin sh!t, and you know it. Your wife wont allow it.
Maybe you can root for the FLorida Henpecks.
bwa
By Chris
August 3, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this
CMR doing that DISCIPLINE thing so well. Your team ain’t even #1 for a day and your punks get stupid, acting like they had already done something. Get a pair of balls CMR and get your team under control. The Florida Game showed the little brats are really in charge and CMR is a joke. UGA will not be #1-#5 by week 7 because the kids can’t stay out of trouble.
By Neil and Bob
August 3, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this
Y-y-yeah! CMR is a j-j-joke! UGA wont be # nuthin cause the k-k-kids cant stay out of tr-tr-trouble!
By secondguesser
August 3, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
Bob, Bob, Bob, when the lizards prick that balloon of euphoria you mutts are suckin on, you and your team are gonna plunge right back in the abyss of the nineties and the nightmare of 15 out of 17 losses. Say goodbye to the dream season. Go ahead and set the appointment with the shrink for the first monday in November. That week is gonna be a rough one.
By Dan
August 3, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this
I’m a Bulldog fan, but there’s a part of me that thinks we’re about a year away. I still think the Dawgs will have a good season, winning 11 games or more, and anyone that’s predicting an 8-4 season is idiotic. UGA has only finished 8-4 twice under Mark Richt, in 2001 during his first season when the team handn’t learned to win yet and in 2006 when the team was battling inexperience and injuries on offense. Everyone is making a big deal about the Dawgs road schedule, but the Dawgs have only lost on the road 4 TIMES in the last 7 years under Richt. Under Richt they are 3-0 in Columbia( sorry Cocks but we’re not scared of Columbia!), 2-1 in Auburn, 2-1 in Lexington, all of which they will play at this year. They are 0-1 at LSU but that was in 2003 when LSU won the National Title. If UGA is going to lose, it will be on a neutral site or at home. I think the Alabama game is dangerous. Bama’s not very good, but they have enough talent to pull of an upset and this is the kind of game that the Dawgs might overlook. And we might lose to the Gators this year this we’ll be beat up from playing in LSU the week before. So I’m thinking 11-1 or 10-2 this season, and if they prove me wrong then so be it.
By War Eagle
August 3, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this
Sorry to hear about Coach Stalling son, John Mark death. He was a great inspiration to Bama and all SEC fans when Coach Stalling was at Alabama. I remember the special ESPN show his duties as manager, clubhouse and water boy.. he lived a good life and died at 46 in Paris Texas ambulance being rush to hospital…
By Joe
August 3, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this
NCAA RULES PROHIBIT : any coach from having contact with his players before his practice starts. ……….YOU CANNOT BLAME Coach M.R. FOR THIS. HE TELLS THEM, TEACHES THEM. HE IS NOT ALLOWED TO PUT THEM ON LOCK DOWN (the Bear Bryant rule). IF YOUR COACH DOES THEN THEY SHOULD TAKE SCHOLLIES AWAY FROM YOUR SCHOOL!!!!!!!
a lot of the people on here don’t have a clue how things work in CFB. Starting with the prejudice SOB Terrence moore !!
By AltamahaDawg
August 3, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this
Nice to see an article in today’s paper getting reactions to the #1 ranking from somebody besides an incoming Tech freshman.
By The old professor
August 3, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this
I have lost count of the number of UGa team members who have showed up in the headlines. It’s an embarrassment to the players, the team and the University. Coach Richt is first rate and a straight arrow kind of guy. BUT…what we have is a failure of leadership. President Adams ought to call Evans and Richt into his office and ask what they intend to do to stop this nonsense. “The Culture” has puffed up the egos of too many of these young men to the point where taking responsibility is the last thing they care about. Meanwhile, off in Iraq and Afghanistan, young men (and women) their age are in harm’s way so these athletes can act like three-year-olds.
By Chris
August 3, 2008 7:07 PM | Link to this
I am not saying CRM has to break rules and put the guys on lock down in the off season. It is easy to take scholarships and kick kids off the team for legal problems. Make a RULE and it is across the board and written in stone then stick to it no matter the player involved.
By Mark Richt is a Hypocrite
August 3, 2008 8:09 PM | Link to this
More Thugs arrested.Enjoy your preseason ranking that don’t mean $hit. Voters won’t give your mutts #1 ranking again this season except at how many mutts are in the Athens Clark County jail. It’s great to be a UGA Mutt.
By Dawg Fud
August 4, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
i think that no polls should come out until the 4th week of the season. of course, there is no money or hype in that.
By LawDawg
August 4, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this
I find it truly hilarious that any CFB fan can knock UGA players for getting in trouble with the law in the off-season. This crap goes on at EVERY college campus in the USA. It is publicized more than it should be with our local media. They jump on a story and and treat it like it is a murder rap or something. Coaches can only do so much to “baby-sit”. The players in ANY legal trouble at UGA are disciplind accordingly. If you think players should get dismissed from programs for being drunk or riding the wrong way on a one way street on a moped, you are insane. CMR handles discipline in a very frank and asserting manner. bGayturd players have been caught stealing cars from impound lots and firing guns in crowds and have not been punished as severly as a UGA player skipping class (shame on Urban Myth Crier). The Nerds even reinstated an accused drug felon after 2 weeks time. Every school has problems with their “kids” during the off season, so don’t act vlike it is an isolated thing happening in Athens only…. On being #1 preseason-
I really like the Dawgs chances if we survive the first 4-5 weeks. What I mean is we need to be firing on all cylanders early in the season. I know that we would beat the Cocks 19 out of 20 times, but the debacle of dropped passes and missed assignments like last year could be deadly. Arizona State could be a trap with Bama coming up next and the newancy of playing out West for the first time in 60 years. (BTW, I will be going to this game…how many others?). I have been looking forward to this season since ‘06, when Stafford signed and knew it could be a very special season. On paper, when you look at over-all talent and depth at EVERY position, we will be tough to beat. If we play up to capabilities, UGA WILL be in the BCS championship game even with 1 or 2 losses. I’m thinking we get thru unscathed. To all you jealous fans of other teams- get ready for the BIG DAWG to eat…..if you don’t like it, get the he11 of our blog!
By PBR is best served cold
August 4, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this
Well, I guess everyone would shut up about UGA players if they started using credit cards of dead players dead girlfriends (UF) or traffic drugs across campus(GT), or hell even sell crack (ALA), stealing cars(UF), firing automatic weapons(UF)and not forget Teblow and his roomate kissing. I agree with you lawdawg. Oh yeah, Gaytor fans, dont be jealous because we whipped you A$$ with a heisman trophy quarterback. How is Teblow doing with all the circumsisions?
By PBR make UF girls look better
August 4, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this
HE15MAN….Nice stats. Guess your one of those fans that brag about Teblow and the heisman and forget your crappy season. Your visit to Jville will have same result as last year due to Gaytors inability to block. Oh yeah, I really hope Teblow doesnt end up being the next Prothro.
By hmmm
August 4, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this
I think that Cuz is proably a 15 or 16 year old marching band kid who desperately wants to be a football player. His constant “nuclear option # 1” is obviously some catch phrase he has picked up playing silly video games. He should practice his tuba, piccolo, or whatever he plays in the band and stay off sports blogs where his lack of any kind of sports knowledge is apparent. His constant threats agains anonymous bloggers is really wearing thin. Maybe he can go around the state and beat up everyone in order to get the person who bruised his ego.
By Patsy_Schedule
August 4, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
I have to take up for Cuz here, hmmm. I’ve known him thru these blogs for a while and he’s a pretty astute guy; witty, definitely not a kid, but a kid at-heart. I’ve gotten on to him in the past for being a UGA at-all-costs guy, but that’s really a true fan for you. He’s having fun and he should have that right as much as anyone.
By Patsy_Schedule
August 4, 2008 6:44 PM | Link to this
Forgot to mention, hmmm. I liked your post. But I think you’re being a little tough on Cuz. Sometimes, if we just drop in from time-to-time we don’t get the whole gist of things. FWIW, if I’m not mistaken, he’s from Dis-gusta.
By Buford
August 4, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this
Bill K, how is that view today?
By War Eagle
August 4, 2008 10:36 PM | Link to this
If UGA wins as they are predicted, this summer antic will be forgotten and gone, if 8-4, 9-3 or even 10-2 pops up, it could cost some CMR damage control…luck luck except Auburn, where I see a 31-17 win at Auburn…
By Coach Spurrier
August 5, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this
You fellas bring your #1 ranking to Columbia. You will leave with an “L”.
Love,
Steve
By BLACKDAWG
August 5, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
I THINK MATTHEW LIKES THIS VIEW BETTER!!! http://bp1.blogger.com/_aBun-fJmULo/Rjn63vBwcsI/AAAAAAAAAII/3dZKDBhm2Nc/s1600-h/Pic3Stafford_and_Cox__of_course_Cox_is_on_the_ground_.jpg
By Bob Boran
August 5, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this
You mean there is already a movie about this year’s Class of the SEC? You mean the #1 Dawgs have already been featured in a movie? Well what is it Bubba? Is it Remember the Titans?? Noo Rudy?? Noo Very inspirational movies!
I give up…what is the movie??
THE LONGEST YARD its a movie about a bunch of convicts that were former football players playing against the prison guards! Ohhhhh now that is INSPIRATIONAL!!!
I’m gettin teary-eyed.
GOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSS. THE CLASS OF THE National College Football scene! Show the rest of the nation how we all behave down yonda!!!! Wait to go Coach Richt for building a CLASS TEAM!! I’m gonna start calling Coach Richt…”WARDEN”!!!
By Cuz'n Billy Bubba
August 5, 2008 9:59 PM | Link to this
Is it me or does the SI Cover look like Matt Stafford is unloading the UGA helmet into the toilet? I think the sun got to me….it was hot and humid and I’ve been holding the STOP sign all day on I-85.
Wonder if Richt thinks this is how the season will go…..in the toilet? 1/2 the team is in jail….we haven’t begun practice……WOW! CLASS ACT!
By Skip's
August 6, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this
Police now say that Skip Caray died in his backyard at his birdfeeder, with the Orioles, the Cardinals, and the Bluejays…..
By TampaGator
August 6, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this
Bob…what are you drinking. Have you even bothered to look at Florida’s SEC scedule? Every team gets a off week eventually during the season. Georgia had a off week last year before they played Florida (I guess that is why you beat Florida…not) last year. The Gators, in fact, had the toughest schedule in the nation when they won the NC. They played the 5th toughest last year. This year’s schedule is brutal as well. No less brutal than Georgia. I guess you will be claiming the schedule (or the off week) cost you to get globbered by Florida this year. Already making excuses, Bob? Well, you will need them because Florida’s defense is looking very good in practice so far (the team is bigger, faster, deeper, and much more experienced on the D-side). Bad news for everyone in the SEC, I am afraid.
By red and black
August 6, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this
tampa gater-spelled loser backwards.part 2 and 3 azz wooping for uf coming your way. uf is not consistent.1 good grade- top ten in urban criers 4 years is not consistent enough to qualify yall as a contender.3/5/6/7/2{ga}do.mich-uf were the same in 06 and 07 same amount of wins vs loses.both are cream puff teams.
By Tom
August 8, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
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By Post Haste
August 8, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this
Police now say that Skip Caray died in his backyard at his birdfeeder, with the Orioles, the Cardinals, and the Bluejays…
By Atlanta is a down-low city
August 8, 2008 10:18 PM | Link to this
FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS
By Post Haste
August 9, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this
Part Two: Plays that should be obsolete.
The quarterback drop back draw to a fullback who’s just standing there. This is a gift to the defense, and the most easily defensed play in the history of football. Dont use it more than once every four games. It’s stupid.
The end sweep. This is another gift to the defense. it’s easy to spot, and easy to foil. The goal line is not toward the out of bounds. Turn right. (or left)
Football is in America’s blood. We’ve all grown up with nothing but football. We were well into our twenties before we realized that football wasn’t the most important thing in our lives. We had to get married and have kids and careers too.
Most Americans think they’re football savants. All of us are experts at calling plays, and designing defenses. We all feel that the people actually employed in those positions are idiots, fools, jackals, and losers. They must have known somebody to get their jobs. They couldn’t possibly know what they’re doing. But we do. This is a common trait of all americans and an easy tell if you’re a spy.
Stay tuned for part 3: Mime Football. Excerpt: “The Huddle is the most important part of any play. Perfect silence must attend any huddle. Always huddle far enough away from the opponents cheerleaders, so nobody gets pinched leaning over….”
By vince dooley#1
August 10, 2008 11:09 PM | Link to this
hey man,
them dawgs is gonna dun winn it all this year. i’m more proud of them dawgs than when i got hired as a tirewasher at UPS.
i tell ya, them dawgs is a gonna do good and stuff. GO DAWGS and I AM THE ORIGINAL GATER HATER!
By cindy gaffney
August 11, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
Why was Herschel Walker not at the Vince Dooley roast Saturday night?
By Jackson
August 11, 2008 5:29 PM | Link to this
CALLING ALL DAWGS!!! WE’RE WORKING TO PUT THE BULLDOG NATION OUT IN FRONT!!! IF YOU OR IF YOU KNOW A BULLDOG FAN HEADING TO NEW YORK—-OR LA OR DAWGS WHO LIVE THERE—-WE’R TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY FANS DRESSES IN DAWG GEAR WE CAN GET ON CAMERA OUTSIDE THE TODAY SHOW. GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS MORNING SHOW—DON’T FORGET WEEKEND SHOWS TOO! ALSO LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS—-WHERE YOUR RED AND BLACK..RUPERT JEE ON LETTERMAN HAS ALREADY SIGNED ON TO WEAR A UGA T-SHIRT THIS SEASON!!! SPREAD THE WORD—-LET’S GO #1 DOGS—G-E-O-R-G-I-A!!!
By Jackson
August 11, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
CALLING ALL DAWGS!!! WE’RE WORKING TO PUT THE BULLDOG NATION OUT IN FRONT!!! IF YOU OR IF YOU KNOW A BULLDOG FAN HEADING TO NEW YORK—-OR LA OR DAWGS WHO LIVE THERE—-WE’R TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY FANS DRESSED IN DAWG GEAR WE CAN GET ON CAMERA OUTSIDE THE TODAY SHOW. GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS MORNING SHOW—DON’T FORGET WEEKEND SHOWS TOO! ALSO LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS—-WEAR YOUR RED AND BLACK..RUPERT JEE ON LETTERMAN HAS ALREADY SIGNED ON TO WEAR A UGA T-SHIRT THIS SEASON!!! SPREAD THE WORD—-LET’S GO #1 DOGS—G-E-O-R-G-I-A!!!
By Jackson
August 11, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
CALLING ALL DAWGS!!! WE’RE WORKING TO PUT THE BULLDOG NATION OUT IN FRONT!!! IF YOU OR IF YOU KNOW A BULLDOG FAN HEADING TO NEW YORK—-OR LA OR DAWGS WHO LIVE THERE—-WE’R TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY FANS DRESSED IN DAWG GEAR WE CAN GET ON CAMERA OUTSIDE THE TODAY SHOW. GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS MORNING SHOW—DON’T FORGET WEEKEND SHOWS TOO! ALSO LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS—-WEAR YOUR RED AND BLACK..RUPERT JEE ON LETTERMAN HAS ALREADY SIGNED ON TO WEAR A UGA T-SHIRT THIS SEASON!!! SPREAD THE WORD—-LET’S GO #1 DOGS—G-E-O-R-G-I-A!!!
By Jackson
August 11, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
CALLING ALL DAWGS!!! WE’RE WORKING TO PUT THE BULLDOG NATION OUT IN FRONT!!! IF YOU OR IF YOU KNOW A BULLDOG FAN HEADING TO NEW YORK—-OR LA OR DAWGS WHO LIVE THERE—-WE’R TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY FANS DRESSED IN DAWG GEAR WE CAN GET ON CAMERA OUTSIDE THE TODAY SHOW. GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS MORNING SHOW—DON’T FORGET WEEKEND SHOWS TOO! ALSO LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS—-WEAR YOUR RED AND BLACK..RUPERT JEE ON LETTERMAN HAS ALREADY SIGNED ON TO WEAR A UGA T-SHIRT THIS SEASON!!! SPREAD THE WORD—-LET’S GO #1 DOGS—G-E-O-R-G-I-A!!!
By Jackson
August 11, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this
CALLING ALL DAWGS!!! WE’RE WORKING TO PUT THE BULLDOG NATION OUT IN FRONT!!! IF YOU OR IF YOU KNOW A BULLDOG FAN HEADING TO NEW YORK—-OR LA OR DAWGS WHO LIVE THERE—-WE’R TRYING TO SEE HOW MANY FANS DRESSED IN DAWG GEAR WE CAN GET ON CAMERA OUTSIDE THE TODAY SHOW. GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CBS MORNING SHOW—DON’T FORGET WEEKEND SHOWS TOO! ALSO LATE NIGHT TALK SHOWS—-WEAR YOUR RED AND BLACK..RUPERT JEE ON LETTERMAN HAS ALREADY SIGNED ON TO WEAR A UGA T-SHIRT THIS SEASON!!! SPREAD THE WORD—-LET’S GO #1 DOGS—G-E-O-R-G-I-A!!!
By PBR=America in a can
August 12, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this
Hey Bill the season is about to start…why don’t you put out a new post………………………………………………………………
By dawgeatvol
August 14, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this
Bill, I can understand taking a little time off during the summer…but come on man! Three posts since June 28th on Georgia football is unacceptable. Two weeks out from the regular season and nothing but silence. Give us something or give it up and pass the torch to someone else.
By 82DAWG
August 14, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
Bill, its time to pass the torch to someone else for the fan blog. You are just not getting the job done. I am sorry, we are going to have to let you go.
By WHO CARES
August 16, 2008 2:11 AM | Link to this
HALF A HUNDRED PART II…
JUST CLICK ON IT…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEYFRLbvWoo
By Matt
August 16, 2008 8:56 PM | Link to this
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT WE DO - WHOEVER WINS THE USC - OSU GAME IN WEEK THREE WILL BE NUMBER ONE, SO WE’D BEST ENJOY BEING #1 FOR NOW.
By LavoniaDawg
August 17, 2008 2:09 AM | Link to this
Son, only 2 things come from Texas and you don’t look like no steer to me!!!!
By red and black
August 17, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Tampa Gater-Even urban crier is not sure how good his d-line is.It was posted this week in the gainsville sun.Looks like part 2 and 3 of uf’s a** whooping will continue.T-boned will end up like spurrier with a 1-3 against the dawgs.Book it son.