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By andrew

January 17, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Florida does not have a bye week before they play UGA. They play Kentucky. This goes to show how biased some people can be. They reward a Oklahoma and a Florida team for losing their bowl games to teams they should have beat. I’s still wondering why Florida will be ranked higher than UGA? They have a brutal schedule as well, and their defense is still horrible! But he only has one vote!

By Gutrake

January 17, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

He’s got a point. It maybe on top of his head, but he’s got a point.

By GooDawg

January 17, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

So this article tells me that because Danielson thinks that UGA has a tough schedule he is going to go ahead and play the season out in his own mind. Obviously giving UGA some losses. O’ to be a jouralist and be given the gift …

Never mind that UGA ended the season ranked higher than all but one (or two - which ever poll you look at), is losing less players than all of them and is looking to bring in more talent than all on them on signing day.

Reason means nothing … just pick your fav’s and pat yourself on the back Gary …

By Blackdawg

January 17, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

I think Gary is just afraid to spoon, or maybe he’s never spooned at all.

By Big Ed

January 17, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

LET THE WHINING BEGIN.

By WadeDawg

January 17, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

Can I ask a question? Is the point of “pre-season polls” to guess who “finishes” the year in the TOP 5, or to rank the 25 BEST TEAMS prior to the season, based on how they finished, who is coming back, etc…

Why would anyone’s schedule have to do with their team’s “preseason rank? IMO - shouldn’t that only factor into where they “finish” the season….based on who they beat, etc..

Please enlighten me.

By GT76

January 17, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Give it a rest AJC. You are going to wear the poor dawgies out by August.

By ThunderNoodle

January 17, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

My thought? Who cares! We need to QUIT worrying about polls, and focus on business for next year. With the strength of our schedule, we just need to WIN … the polling stuff will then take care of itself.

By JB

January 17, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

AS I’ve said before on this blog……. We will get NO love……IT will have to be done on the Field, AS IT SHOULD. All I heard AFTER we beat the Gators last year WAS EXCUSES FOR FLA., NOT HOW GOOD WE PLAYED…. ALONG WITH USC and OHIO STATE they get all the raves. WE are going to have to beat every ones BUTT to get any respect. They ARE googoo over Tebow and see nothing else. But this no respect thing may just be what the coach’s need to keep out guys hungry. GO DAWGS…….

By Exley DAWG

January 17, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

In a way I hope he is right. It easier to motivate the team when you are gunning for the top, not sitting at the top. USC starts a new QB, we play FLA, Ohio State is Ohio State, Mizzou and Oklahoma play each other (maybe twice). D@#n I cant wait!

By C'mon peeps

January 17, 2008 9:07 AM | Link to this

The lower the better in my book. The further from number one the kids are all offseason, the more motivated they’ll be. So, by all accounts Ga haters, keep doing what you do and adding fuel to the fire.

By BuzzFactor

January 17, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

Is it really that big of a deal, as long as you start somewhere in the top 10? If you win out, you’ll be in the BCS Title game, so quit whining. It’s better not to start off as number one, and this year number 2 was a high turnover spot as well…

By TheItalianDawg

January 17, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

Yes he is correct about Georgia’s schedule is really tough. However if Georgia approaches the tough games with no major injuries, Georgia will be tough to beat.BESIDE FLORIDA HAS NO OPEN DATE BEFORE GEORGIA GAME, FLORIDA WILL HAVE AN OPEN DATE BEFORE PLAYING KENTUCKY AT HOME COMING AND THEN PLAY GEORGIA IN JAX.

By Tigah

January 17, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

No biggie, but UF doesn’t have the bye before UGA. Their entire defense returns, which sucks, minus their best player on D, Harvey.

More importantly, the Gators were 2-4 against SEC bowl teams this year and in their bowl game. I just don’t get the hype.

By Halsey

January 17, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

It’s so cowardly to rank teams based on thier schedule. Teams should be ranked based on how good they really are, not how pretty thier record will look at the end of the season. That’s why Ohio State keeps getting ranked #1 during the season even though it’s clear they aren’t the best team.

By gadog1942

January 17, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

Rankings don’t matter! Winning, however, does! All Georgia needs to do is take it a week at a time and just make sure to win. Everything else will take care of itself.

By quaildawg

January 17, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

Hey, He’s entitled to his opinion but for all the hoopla over UF’s talent If you can’t stop the other team what does it matter?! UF goes 8-4 this year with Heisman Trophy winner and they didn’t beat a single Top 20 team (save for UT early). Who did they beat that they weren’t supposed to??? PS. With Harvey leaving early they lost their best D player. Given UF’s lack of production this year there seems to be a crack in the myth that Meyer is this “great motivator”. 8-4 In Gainesville will send you to IL Urban!!!

By pvb

January 17, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

You can spot the UF homers in the media rather easily, and Danielson has always been one. Hence, the quote about not being fooled by the loss to Michigan. The media gator lovers constantly make excuses for their losses.

By Whatever

January 17, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

Georgia doesn’t have a bye week before the Florida game, either. So, neither team has the bye week advantage, as in years past.

By B. Thenet

January 17, 2008 9:33 AM | Link to this

I guess Gary takes off the SEC homer glasses in the offseason.

Don’t worry UGA fans, good old Gary will say you are the best team in college football whenever you guys are on CBS…then again he says that about every SEC team when they are on CBS.

By Rod

January 17, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

I don’t understand. He says, “They have a tough, tough, tough schedule.” So that’s the reason he has them ranked 6? Am I missing something here?

By resevoirDAWG

January 17, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

Who cares what Gary thinks. Blackdawg you obviously have some issues with your constant spooning comments. Maybe you’re still mad about the closing of Backstreet.

By gdawginkalamazoo

January 17, 2008 10:05 AM | Link to this

So this is a “pre-season” how they will finish poll? Just win baby, just win.

By Britt

January 17, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

Uh, you rank teams based on how well they ended the season, who they have returning and how they recruited. NOT BY HOW THEIR SCHEDULE LOOKS NEXT YEAR. This guy is such a tool. UGA finishes second, is 3rd overall in recruiting and returns 17 of 22 starters. You do not have to be a sports writer to know that is a top 5 team.

By Hal

January 17, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

This is not a pre-season ranking based on relative quality of the teams — this is a predicted order of finish based on strength of schedule. That’s fine - but just call it what it is.

By BUSHWACKER

January 17, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

WHAT THE HECK DOES THE SCHEDULE HAVE TO DO WITH THE PRESEASON RANKINGS.

YES THEY HAVE A TOUGH SCHEDULE BUT THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED THE GAMES YET AND FRANKLY I THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ON THE SCHEDULE,

DOES THAT MEAN THEY WILL WIN EVERY GAME, NO, BUT THATS WHY THE RANKINGS CHANGE EVERY WEEK “AFTER” YOU PLAY THE GAMES.

By JohninJax

January 17, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Thats fine with me. The National media does not respect the Dawgs…Its not like we needed anymore motivation but if UGA takes care of business on the field… WE will play for the National Championship!

By gdawginkalamazoo

January 17, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

The only unfavorable thing on Florida’s schedule is Georgia.

By Mr. NCAA

January 17, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Georgia is getting a national reputation for thuggish and unsportsmanlike behavior, and that appearance will undoubtedly affect subjective voting in the future as it has already. In addition to the garden-variety arrests of UGA players, I believe that academics are going to jump up and bite Richt in they same way these issues bit his mentor at FSU.

By Bob

January 17, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this

Only Florida can lose 4 games and be ranked #2 in the next years rankings. They have not improved their defense and they lose Harvey. Urban must have cried to this guy to vote them this high. Wow.

By HWATSON

January 17, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this

i can not believe anyone in their right mind can rank ohio state above any SEC team

By Jason

January 17, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Who cares? All this speculation means ZERO.

By JC

January 17, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Somehow this myth has started that Florida has an off week the week before they play UGA. They don’t. They have Kentucky at home for their homecoming game. No, it’s not traveling to Red Stick for a road battle against the former BCSNCs, but it’s not an off week.

By brandon

January 17, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Gary is a die hard gator fan. What else would one expect from him?

By bill_in_atl

January 17, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

Hey Mr.NCAA, did being “thuggish” hurt Miami’s reputation and rankings during their run at the top? No.

Did it hurt FSU’s? No.

On the flip side of that, did Penn State’s choir boy reputation help them in their glory years? No. Just the opposite.

So, the point is that being a little thuggish apparently HELPS your reputation and ranking.

Go Georgia ThugDawgs! (Sarcasm)

By richtfan

January 17, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

I really thought Gary was smarter than that. UGA should be either #1 or #2. No way they’re lower than that.

By lee

January 17, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

florida is a little to high. ?s at running back and a suspect defense. without a consistent running game, tebow will likely continue to play injured.

By DawgNLville

January 17, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

I only have two problems with what Danielson rated/wrote:

and 2. What the heck should a team’s schedule have to do with their preseason ranking? Because the Dawgs play a brutal schedule they should not be in the top 5….?? Preseason rankings should be about talent returning, not FUTURE opponents… I don’t get it!

All of that being said, as a Dawg fan I welcome not being ranked at the top in the preseason. It doesn’t mean crap anyway. There shouldn’t be any rankings until the 1st of October at the earliest.

We’ll just let the Dawgs play their brutal schedule out on the field and see where we are in December. That’s what matters.

Go Dawgs!

DnL

By chris

January 17, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

DOGS SUX! They can’t bet us and Tenn in the same year EVER!!!!

By William

January 17, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this

HWATSON = I can not believe anyone in their right mind can rank ohio state above any SEC team.

You are soooo right!! But everyone remember that USC, Ohio St, Michigan, and OK play high school teams all year and get their play routines down to perfect. Gary Danielson is probably a graduate of a northern school and all his life heard how great these teams are. Plus we all know the Rose Bowl may be the granddaddy of them all but its also the most inconsequential
bowl in determining who is NC. I say dont worry about who is nr 1 or nr 6 but complain that Ohio ST, USC, OK, and Michigan do not play enough ranked teams during the season to be considered in the top ten. If you remember Ohio ST is 0-9 against SEC and the last NC game Ohio won was a gift by a referee who called a passing interferrence call in the inzone and after a review the guy was never touched and the game should have been over and Miami wins. But we did not have reviews then! Is this the reason we have the reviews now? In my opinion Ohio St, USC, and OK are jokes until they play ranked teams.

By AlberteatsBD

January 17, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Florida will have a running back playing this coming season - the USC top recruit transfer, (All American) Emmanual Moody. Ahhh…some rest for Tebow and a challenge to Moreno… Should be fun!

By Halberstram

January 17, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

As has been pointed out, he’s incorrect about Florida having a bye week before the game in Jax. They play Kentucky, which while isn’t as tough as LSU in Baton Rouge (not much is), will hopefully be tough for them.

I understand him ranking UGA as sixth if this is supposed to be a poll for the end of the year. UGA does has an extremely tough schedule that will be very difficult to navigate. However, if the purpose of this poll is to rank teams at the start of the season I don’t see how UGA can be out of the top 3 or 4.

Also, note on Urban Meyer using the bowl game as motivation, I don’t see it. I think Urban will be using the UGA, LSU and Auburn games for motivation before the Michigan game.

Go Dawgs!

By tj

January 17, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

sorry, he just dumb!!!!!!!!!!!!

By Rick

January 17, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

With what Kentucky lost from this year’s team, playing them at home the week before the UGA game is about as close as you can get to a bye week for the Gators.

By Hello

January 17, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

The SEC is not strong, quit relying on your conference to come with reasons as to why your team loses games, it makes you look weak.

By Hello

January 17, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

The SEC is not strong, quit relying on your conference to come with reasons as to why your team loses games, it makes you look weak.

By SF Dawg

January 17, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

Wow,

I always thought preseason rankings were supposed to be about the quality of the team not the strength of the schedule. If that was the case Hawaii would have been preseason #1 last year. Rank the teams based on how good you think they are not based on where you think the will end up at the end of the year because they have a tough schedule.

By CBGator

January 17, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this

We HAVE a running back, Dawgs. His name is Emmanuel Moody, and you will get very acquainted with him as he makes his way into the end zone several times this coming November.

Danielson has a point about the schedule. If Georgia runs that gauntlet, then give ‘em the trophy.

By Dawgs

January 17, 2008 11:34 AM | Link to this

Does it matter if the Gators have a Bye or not their defense still sucks

By Dawgs

January 17, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

CBGator your defense still sucks-You can have all the running backs you want you need defensive players

By Dawgs

January 17, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this

CBGator your defense still sucks-You can have all the running backs you want you need defensive players

By Will

January 17, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Oscar Meyer is the most overrated coach in college football! He won the NC with another coaches players and the next year with his players he loses 4 games. The turds will lose another 4 in 08’and the spoiled, restless fans down in loserville will call for the school to taze Meyer. That will be fun to watch.

By Dave

January 17, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

All we have to do is win and everything else will take care of itself. Oh wait, we’re still stuck with the BCS. Nevermind.

By Lovein

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

But Ohio St. has all those returning starters! The same ones who got their a$$’s kicked two years in a row, so now they are going to be better? Excuse me while I puke.

By Zach

January 17, 2008 12:26 PM | Link to this

I just want to remind all these pollsters that if they say we have a “brutal” schedule, then remember that at the end of the year. We still won’t get any love, even if we go undefeated. They will come up with an excuse to put USC and Ohio State in CG

By 3volpaul

January 17, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

Dawgs should be best in conference with returning material.

LSU will be good for awhile with Periloux, but should stumble. Tenn a question mark with new OC, but if Phil leaves him alone, may challenge. Gators should have another 4 loss year. Chavis is under gun for sub-standard d-line play. We’ll see.

Congrats, Dawgs on a great recruiting class.

By The Truth

January 17, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

What many fail to realize is that pre- season rankings are exactly that. One has no obligation or purpose when looking at a teams’ schedule. Any real sports journalists— not an old washed up QB— will look at the make up of the team to determine who is the best before a snap is played. Not, however, make a post season predication. Otherwise, we’re almost giving the team with the weakest schedule the easiest road. Anyway, this guy doesn’t know what he is talking about— my rankings:

1)Georgia 2)Oklahoma 3)USC 4)Florida 5) wide open— WVU, LSU, OSU, MIZZ

By dawgman

January 17, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

Danielson’s an Urban Meyer suckup and UF homer—-UGA will beat UF easily next year, with Stafford and Moreno putting up big points on their bad defense. UGA will play USC for the national title, and UGA wins it by 13. It’s the year of the dawg. UF will lose 3-4 games and head to a minor bowl, again.

By Ron Elgin

January 17, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

He is very right about the schedule, but you have to rank the dogs in the top five at least. He does not like the dogs anyway. He is a Purdue and Big Ten guy.

By shane #1

January 17, 2008 12:58 PM | Link to this

meyer made the same mistake richt did as a young hc in the sec.going after the glamour players at the expense of the”big uglys”as keith jackson called them.with harvey leaving uf will have a major problem with teams,like uga,that can run the old power I.teams that have good tes and big old fbs and a couple of tbs that can pound you all day.i hear the gators have a tough rb coming and that’s good for them,but what about the blocking?so many teams are going to the spread,and it’s a good play to use now and then,but not to rely on.the balance between offense and defense shifts from time to time,but always evens out.the wishbone was the be all and end all for a while,but like all”gimmick”offenses,the dcs figured it out.the secret to defeating the spread,imo,is presure on the qb.tall fast des that can get in the qbs face.like uga did to messers tebow,wodson,and brennan.i saw troy,uf and the warriors in person,all run the spread pretty well,but all three qbs for these teams took a beating from uga,and all three LOST!you better believe other teams,michigan for instance,watched films of the uf-au game and the uf-uga game and will adjust their defenses when they play the gators.these dcs aren’t dummys and they know uf will be a force to in the sec.they are watching film now looking for weak spots so they can work on them in april.uga’s offense seeks balance between the run and pass,taking what the d gives.this type o is harder to prepare for.

By Carefree

January 17, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this

I was under the impression that when or if you lost early in the season that it wasn’t as bad as losing at the end of the season. I guess I was wrong.

By MD Dawg

January 17, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this

Wait a second. Maybe I am naive, but I thought the purpose of the preseason rankings was to try and pick the best team at the start of the season. Every analyst that puts the Dawgs low (and the Trojans high I might add) blames the difficulty of schedule, thus seem to be hedging their bets on the END of next season. This has to change. The end of the season is COMPLETELY unpredictable. Give the better team the higher ranking and make them loose it. Don’t leave the possibility open to get through the brutal schedule unscathed and still be left out of the big game!

By shane #1

January 17, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

pre-season ratings are usually wrong,remember that usc was supposed to win it all last year.like every year?therefore,i would rather be rated a little lower.number one and number two lost every other week last year,six suits me just fine!

By Carefree

January 17, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

I agree MD Dawg. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if we went undefeated and still got overlooked to play in the NCG.

By TALLYDAWG

January 17, 2008 1:35 PM | Link to this

THE PLAYERS JUST NEED TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, CONDITION, LIFT WEIGHTS AND MOST IMPORTANT DONT LISTEN TO THE MEDIA. OUR SCHEDULE IS TOUGH NEXT YEAR, BUT THATS OK EVERY YEAR IS TOUGH IN THE SEC. THE ONE THING THAT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BOTHER ME ABOUT GEORGIAS SCHEDULE IS THAT THE OFF WEEKS NEVER COME AT A GOOD TIME. THEY SEEM TO FALL BEFORE OR AFTER GAMES THAT ARE NOT MUCH OF A CONTEST. IT IRRITATES ME TO NO END. ANYWAY, GO DAWGS

I WORK AT FSU AND THE WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT LILLY IS REALLY INTERESTED IN GEORGIA IF THE OFFER IS THERE.

By Wes

January 17, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

I could care less about preseason ranking, personally. However, Danielson’s reasoning is flawed. The rankings should reflect who has the best team. UGA, cleary, is a better team then anyone in the country. Hawai’i should have been a preseaon top 5 last year if schedule was important in the rankings. IMO, you put the best teams in the rankings and let the schedule playout.

By KneeJerk

January 17, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

This is so comical. Why all the whining about “gettin no love”? Who cares? It’s a preseason poll. SOME UGA fans are like the old lady sitting in the front row flipping off the Iron Sheik. So easily manipulated

By hop

January 17, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this

gary danileson was a horrible qb and it appears his evaluation of college is not much better.

florida has problems on the d/line and tebow will be worn out by UGA game as he was this past year. oklahoma plays in a weak conference ,but it really shows up in bowl games that they usually lose.

it is clear that this national love florida,usc and oklahoma.

By AC

January 17, 2008 2:03 PM | Link to this

He is a knucklehead anyway. It will be fun proving him wrong this year. CBS can do better in the way of announcers and I wish they would.

By Paula

January 17, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

Same old Big Ten blabber. Picking teams based on easy schedules is a copout. Why does he think Fla. is better than Georgia? Wasn’t he paying attention in class this year?

By hello

January 17, 2008 2:13 PM | Link to this

hop - oklahoma in a weak conference? Do you even know what conference they are in? Probably not, you are a typical SEC fan that knows nothing of college football.

By CrazyDawg

January 17, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

Danielson’s way off. With UGA’s talent on the o-line, RB and at QB, they will dominate the SEC this year. No team can match up with them. The only team close to UGA’s talent is either Oklahoma or Southern Cal, and UGA could beat either team on talent alone.

By resevoirDAWG

January 17, 2008 2:24 PM | Link to this

I other news: GT recruiting class ranks 47.

By Mike the Tiger

January 17, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

All of this whining and posturing by Mike Adams and Georgia fans is going to end up on every bulletin board in the SEC and will provide great motivation for THUGGA opponents next fall. To the Georgia fans who thinks that thuggish behavior is good for college football, ask Bad Newz Mike, Brother Marcus, PacMan, and Odell where their thuggish behavior got them.

By Dennis

January 17, 2008 2:38 PM | Link to this

Ohio State ahead of UGA! Have these idiots not learned their lesson the past 2 seasons. Ohio St. would have to play a lower tier team in the SEC to win!

By P Dawg

January 17, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Dennis, you’re exactly right! How many times does OSU have to get humiliated for these idiots to realize that OSU does not play anything even remotely close to an SEC schedule and that’s why they get BEAT DOWN every time they play one of us in a bowl game. Maybe one day they’ll get their heads out of their a*******es and see that beating one or two pretty good teams does not mean that they can compete with the likes of UGA, UF, LSU, and co. And as for Mike the tigger, shut up and quit making excuses for why UGA will kick the @#$% out of you guys in ‘08 and beyond (don’t know if you are LSU or Auburn, but it really doesn’t matter). Anyway, why are you on a GA blog in the first place? Go cry on another blog b@#$%!

By National Champs

January 17, 2008 3:08 PM | Link to this

OK Girls preseason ranking means nothing! I can’t wait till all you sissy ugay fans start making excuses why TN, BAMA, GATORS and LSU whips your overrated mutts!

By John in Tampa, FLA

January 17, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this

Who cares about rankings BEFORE the first game is even played. The time to care about rankings is AFTER all the games have been played. Polls don’t mean squat…just ask Barrack Obama about polls, he will tell you.

You Dawg fans are the most optimistic group I have ever seen. It’s great how you can keep such a positive and upbeat attitude after so many years of being out of the running.

By Diehard Dawg Fan

January 17, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

We’re #6…We’re #6. Whoooopee…We’re #6.

By Dave In Tampa

January 17, 2008 3:22 PM | Link to this

Who cares about the rankings for next year. They mean squat. Come see me week 8 of the season then we will see what’s going on.

Oh “National Champs” do you recall the last TWO times we played you guys. If not we’ll remind you this coming season on your home turf!

Go Dawgs!

By Call it Like it is

January 17, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

Notice that you do not hear from the UGA fans until they have a little success.

I mean, have they won a National Championship since 1980?

They are always whinning about not being ranked ahead of FL or any other team for that matter.

Just because you beat FL last year, does not give UGA the right to proclaim anything!

Big deal, you won a bowl game with a team that should not have been there with you in the 1st place. However, you can not make any claims until you win the big one, & to be honest, I do not see you there anytime soon.

Keep hanging on to your same ole slogan “NEXT YEAR!!! LOL

Bottom Line!

U DID NOT WIN YOUR DIVISION OR YOUR CONFERENCE!!!

Finally, for the tasteless prank that you pulled off in the FL game, enjoy it while you can because that lack of sportsmanship will come back to haunt you three fold in 2008!

Enough Said!

By John in Tampa, FLA

January 17, 2008 3:37 PM | Link to this

Have Dave. Those Dawg fans. Tee hee, what a joke.

By Don in Cumming

January 17, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

I know it’s a hard schedule,but they are asking who should be in the top 5 at the begining,not at the end. I consider the source.He has a OU team in there that can’t even win a their bowl game. Let’s wait to see what happens.

By dewayne

January 17, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this

I think these early rankings are funny!!! USC is always picked #1 no matter what kind of season they have!! They have a QB that played not much and the recievers arent the quality of the recievers before them, but hey ESPN and all of the rest of these “experts” are on their knees for USC!! OKlahoma and OSU the two bowl “chokers” good choices there hahaha. Missouri had one good season and now they are a top 5 team but to be honest they deserve to be there more than Florida. I’m not a gator hater but how can you be ranked that high when you lost 4 games? I might not see the “talent” everyone is talking about, but hey thats why they play the games!!! Go Dogs!!!

By JP

January 17, 2008 4:19 PM | Link to this

As a Gator fan I think UGA should be ranked no worse than #3 and definitely ahead of UF. No way should UF be in the top 5. It’s way too early for rankings and such. Bottom line is that UGA just needs to take care of business and they’ll be in good shape. The SEC East ought to be fun to watch next year.

By shane #1

January 17, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

john in tampa,you are right!i was in jacksonville and we all enjoyed the joke.all the dawgs were laughing,tee hee.the gators were quiet,as a matter of fact,you guys left early!

By The Honorable Rudy Giuliani

January 17, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

Pardon me Shane, when were you last #1? Was it in 2006?, 2005?, 2004?, 2003?, 2002?,2001?, 2000?, 1999? 1998?, 1997?, 1996? 1995?, 1994?, 1993?, 1992?, 1991?, 1990?, 1989?, 1988?, 1987?, 1986?, 1985?, 1984? 1983?, 1982?, 1981?…oh yeah, 1980…probably before you were born. You hang in there son, you may get to celebrate being number 1 in your lifetime, if you live long enough.

By Big Boy

January 17, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

I guess if you go by strength of schedule like Danielson then we can expect Ohio State to be playing for the National Championship again!!!!!!!!!

By Moonshine Dawg

January 17, 2008 5:12 PM | Link to this

Just another reason the media doesn’t deserve a vote in the rankings. Leave it to the coaches.

As demonstrated on CBS, it goes to show you that Danielson knows as much about College Football as he does about quarterbacking a winning team.

By John in Tampa, FLA

January 17, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Crap Rudy, you beat me to the punch. Even you are ranked higher in the polls than the Dawgs.

By shane #1

January 17, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

your honor,how is the campaign going?are you and old fred still jockeying for last place?i guess it’s like the gators last year in the east,though i think you did sneak by vandy!i must seem younger than i am,which is not a bad thing.i well remember 1980,hell i remember when that young punk named dooley took over at uga.i remember how he owned the gators too.my dad started taking me to games in athens when i was about eight,that was fifty years ago,during the end of the wally butts regime.so i have seen a lot of bulldogs come and go.i think this is the most talented bunch of players that i have ever seen in athens,and they are deep at every posistion.i cannot promise a nc,excuse me,a bcs championship,because there is too much luck involved,but this team will be heard from.i can assure you that sir!

By National_Champs

January 17, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

Hey Dave In Tampa when last time your overrated mutts won a National title or The Heisman? That what I tought you said” I can’t remember..I wasn’t born when they won their last title”…

By brenda_koller

January 17, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

Shane #1 UGAG Retard 3 out out of 18! SAY IT! It’s killing you UGAG Fans! Ever time THE NATIONAL CHAMPS GATORS Takes your OVER-RATED Mutts to the woodshead in Jax, you can’t find 1 UGAY Fan after the game is over! If you do it’s the same broken record they whine “wait till next year”! Go Take a loan out on your double wide, buy a ticket and COME ON BACK TO JAX AND TAKE THAT BUTT WHIPPING AGAIN! EVERYBODY KNOW GEORGIA SUCKS!!

By eagleman

January 17, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

I love the way the UGA fans forget. Do you really think it matters where you are ranked in the polls or the recruiting? Lets take a look at he past and do we see a NC? 2004 was 6th in recruiting. 2005 was 4th in recruiting. 2006 was 4th in recruiting. Do they have a NC. NOPE maybe its the coaching. UGA can get all 5 stars players they can find and they still will not win a NC. Need a real coach first!!!

By USC TROJANS

January 17, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

I must say you Georgia fans are bout the dumest people around.Hollywood got you people right…dumb,marring your kin ecta. The 08 season hasn’t started and people with common sense(not ga fans)knows preseason means what? NOTHING! ZIP! ZERO! Anything can happen during the season. You act like you have won the nc! Please! When was the last time your program done any thing? ohhhh yeah, your girls gym team! yeah baby!! you guys are tough!

By Florida=hyped up joke

January 17, 2008 6:15 PM | Link to this

Congratulations Florida. You are once again the most overrated team in college football. It didn’t take long to regain the title. 4 losses. Girly man defense. No running back. If that’s preseason top 5 material then I’m Elvis Presley. Then again, I guess that’s what preseason polls are anyway. A big myth, just like you’re 2006 national title. UCLA is still waiting on the thank you note.

And before I let you go I have just one simple yes or no question. Did Tebow have a boo boo on his shoulder during your loss to 8-4 Michigan?

By Kevin

January 17, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

Who cares what GD says? Thanks AJC for taking another negative dig at UGA. I thought newspapers were suppose to SUPPORT their local teams not drag them through the wringer every chance they get.

By Eagleman

January 17, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

I don’t remember Tebow crying after the Michigan game but I do remember the leghumppers and their cry baby coach cry after Tenn whipped them.

By P Dawg

January 17, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

USC Rubbers, I mean condoms, I mean Trojans, when you learn how to spell, come back and tell us how dumb (yes, that’s dumb with a “b”) we are. And by the way, the last time our team “done anything” was almost every year since 80’. Wish your beloved condoms wren’t so far away so you could join a real conference and see how an SEC schedule would treat you. It has been way too long since UGA won the nc, but our time is coming and I really hope we walk the dog on USC’s a$$ when we win it! We should have beaten the hell out of you geeks this year, but got stuck playing Hawaii because the Rose wanted to hand you guys an easy one. So keep dreaming b@#$% and hope to see ya soon.

By Carefree

January 17, 2008 6:30 PM | Link to this

Whew!!!* Tough crowd tonight!!! I can not wait till the 2008 season starts!! Yet again it will be up to the Dawgs to take care of business on the field and take it straight to the nay-sayers and show, not say, that we are a great team and one to be reckoned with. Of course, then, everyone will say that we got there because the teams we played that were **supposed to be good really weren’t.Anyways, it sure would be nice to hear from the DAWG FANS on the UGA blog!!!!!

By Dee

January 17, 2008 7:03 PM | Link to this

Who cares about preseason rankings? I know I don’t and the Dawgs shouldn’t either. They know they have a good team. Just prove it on the field. Once they do that, the rankings will come.

By He's a Fvcking Idiot...

January 17, 2008 7:18 PM | Link to this

Not #1, but at least Top 3.

So now a “brutal schedule” determines ones preseason rank? Not how good the team is? What a idiot.

Here we go getting penalized for adding tough opponents to our schedule.

I’d lik to b1tch slap this jackas$.

By Can we leave the SEC?

January 17, 2008 7:24 PM | Link to this

Can we and maybe Western Michigan join the Big Ten, making it the Tubby Twelve, so that we can be ranked ahead of Ohio State?

I just CANNOT BELIEVE ANYONE would rank Ohio State ahead of Georgia for 2008. His head is up his butt.

By Hey Dee

January 17, 2008 7:27 PM | Link to this

Dee:

At 13-0 Auburn who cares about preseason rankinks? If 3 teams go undefeated, two ranked ahead of Gerogia in the PRESEASON POLLS, then the Dawgs will get left out of the National Championship game. So, you and me and all of Dawg Nation will care about preseaosn ranking if something like that, as unlikely as it may seem, but if something like that happens.

By Jeff

January 17, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

Well his is right about the toughest schedule in the country.”It is what it is”. This is the reason Georgia will be the Undisputed National Champion!!!!! in 2008. Read it and weep all of you jealous wannabees.HAHAHA

By John C.

January 17, 2008 7:33 PM | Link to this

This is for USC Trojan,

As soon as you guys have to forfeit all your wins and NC during the Bush years, you’ll be left with nothing of recent. At least our players are doing it on the field without getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars while coaches ignore it. Your whole program is corrupt. Pete Carrol is an arrogant NFL wannabe who is going to drive your program into the dirt.

By Jeff

January 17, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this

Who is Gary anyway? Does his vote actually really count? It shows that he is not that smart. He is right about the schedule though. We will make believer’s out of the whole country when it is all said and done. GO DAWGS!!!!

By Jeff

January 17, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

We get all the love from Colon Cowherd on 680 the fan. He always mentions the Dawgs in a possitive way.

By Villa Rica DAWG

January 17, 2008 7:50 PM | Link to this

This is awesome!

I don’t know about everyone else, but as far as I am concerned, I don’t really want the #1 ranking.

What gets teams fired up the most? DISRESPECT!

What is better than cruising through a season as number 1 and winning the National Championship? BEATING THE HE11 OUT OF A #1 OR #2 RANKED FLORIDA TEAM TO ROB THEM OF A SHOT ON OUR WAY TO WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

By Jeff

January 17, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

Gayturds, have a horrendous defense if you want to call it a defense. It’s more like a offense pretending to be a defense. It’s simply PATHETIC! Score on us at will…we can’t stop you…we’ll even cheer you on…please don’t hurt us…you guys play too physical…it’s our turn to get the ball… our superman will have his way with you…we have the heisman trophy boy and the urban lyer…hehehe

By Bobby

January 17, 2008 10:08 PM | Link to this

Gerry Danielson doesn’t know anything anyway. Why should I even concern myself with his lack of knowledge?

By Dave

January 17, 2008 11:38 PM | Link to this

Would someone tell me how a uneducated, moronic high school dropout got a job in the media. Oh wait, Danielson works for ESPN right??

By shane #1

January 18, 2008 12:31 AM | Link to this

national champs.you must be an lsu fan,because lsu is the bcs champs,not national champs.who was lsu’s last heisman winner,billy cannon?i have an idea by your heisman reference you must be a gator,just too dumb to realize that you aren’t bcs champs anymore.tebow desreved a heisman about like i do.9-4,huh?crying on the sidelines after getting his tail kicked by uga,huh?stomped by the second tier michigan d,huh?stomped by the auburn d,huh?reggie bush,bcs champ and damn fine house!vince young,bcs champ!ole matt at usc,good nfl qb,bcs champ!tebow,five yds and a cloud of dust,beaten in a non-bcs bowl,crying on the sideline,huh?i want the gators to be number one when they meet the dawgs in jax.i want the whole ga team to run out on the field after a td again,the one that puts us ahead by twenty at the end of the game!i would realy prefer to score sixty against the gators,if we have to play the first string for four quarters.possibly that would shut up the gator fans on this blog,the rudest,most arrogant,worst fans in the world.gator fans make british soccer hooligans look like polished english gentlemen.oh by the way gators,thanks to suburban liar and the pansys on your team for letting the sec down against michigan!the only real man on that so-called team is leaving early,that’s harvey,and i don’t blame him.see if suburban can sign another wr to take his place.

By digger

January 18, 2008 5:50 AM | Link to this

This discussion need to stop. We need to wait until august to see how many recruits qualify and how many players stay out of trouble, you guys know there are always a knuckle head ot two that will get suspended we do have the worse schedule in the SEC its stupid to say we are going to be at the top THINK PEOPLE

By Dawg4Life

January 18, 2008 6:54 AM | Link to this

Who cares???????? The preaseason top 5 will always be the same LSU, Oklahoma, Florida, USC, Ohio State. Not in any particular order. I am almost glad that they aren’t preseason #1. It will prevent complacency. Georgia has a tough schedule next year, but it will definitely be fun to watch.

P.S- To all you people saying “You didn’t win your conference, or your own division”, take a look at the final AP poll and quit hating. Everyone knows that UGA and USC were the 2 hottest teams at the end of the year. I guarantee LSU is thankful they didn’t have to play either one of those teams. Mr. “Call it like it is”- you say that Georgia has no sportsmanship because of what they pulled against your precious little Gaytors. I seem to remember an incident before the Toilet Bowl that you were in against Michigan. Do I need to refresh your memory? Your little team ran out to midfield BEFORE the game and started talking smack. Then they, that would be Florida, proceeded to get their @$$e$ stomped just like when they played Georgia HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! At least Georgia can back up what they start. Your poor little Tebow didn’t have an answer that day did he? Heisman Trophy, what a joke……

By Bud

January 18, 2008 7:32 AM | Link to this

This guy is a moron. The rankings aren’t based on the teams’ schedule. They’re based on wins and losses and their potential for wins and losses. By his rationale, the harder the schedule, the lower you should be ranked. This guy should have his vote taken away.

By Bud

January 18, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this

They need to get rid of preseason polls and wait until they’ve played a few games and tell ESPN to shut up and quit trying to make USC #1 like they do every year all year long.

By Call it Like it is

January 18, 2008 7:38 AM | Link to this

Dawg4Life

U are A MORON!

I never condon trash talking (like you are doing).

Tebow by far was the best player in the country & deserved the Heisman. His numbers supported it!!

Georgia got owned by a average Tenn Team and BEATEN at home by SC.

I’m just tired of UGAY’s trash talking..

And yes, LSU would have owned you!!!

All I gotta say is I can’t wait to see what happens this year.

The good news is that UGAY will not be the National Champion.

You are the JOKE!!!

By Eahunt

January 18, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

Who cares what people say. I for one am not paying attention to this crap. It is getting to the point that the media is so strong, that next thing you know they will be electing our president using CBS sports writers perdictions. What crap. We were the biggest shock this year and we will be again next year. The problem is the three week stint before the Florida game.

In addition, everyone is predicting UF to have a great recruiting year, well, let them have it. CMR has slowly building his Champion Team and if it doesn’t happen because of a tough schedule, then it will happen the following year. I am just proud of UGA and the way the Coaches and players have put passion back into the game

By Jack

January 18, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

the only reason i see why florida is on top of us is becuase we all know Gary loathes,obsesses and loves tebow like he did last year wit Glenn Dorsey too he goes into detail about ever move from bragging how tebow made a 3 yrd run and makin it seem like a 60 yrder to if tebow is on the sideline watchin like”how about tebow watchi nthis game”/ so heisman like and exciting ooo he moved his eyes!oo he moved his arm! i am i nthe presence of greatness watchin g this how exciting. he even started bragging about thim duing the GA AUB game this year i wanted to slap him i nthe face sayin shut up!

By DawgPound

January 18, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

Bottom line: Georgia has the best talent returning next year in college football—no comparison. Plus, Mark Richt is probably the best or second best coach in the country. Add those together—-easy national title next year, undefeated season. UGA will blow out USC in the title game—mark it down.

By TechiesWet The Bed

January 18, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

Who cares about a poll taken less than 1 month after the reg. season by a man who probably thought tOSU deserved to play in the NC. OSU should be banned from the NC for at least 3 years for their performances the past two years. Or possibly, schedule at least 1 top tier SEC team to show ESPN that they don’t deserve it.

P.S. I love the UF and GT fans that get on this to moan and whine. At least fake that you are a Tenn or SC fan. You know, someone who beat us! Otherwise, you really don’t have much to say until we play next season.

By 1967 GTO

January 18, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

We’ll take 6th. Let’s face it. You keep putting USC and Ohio State up there for them to fall every year. You really can’t start those teams in the back because they would never catch up. Their losses in a weak schedule only proves thay can’t play with the big boys. So if you’re scared….say you’re scared!

By BC$ Slave

January 18, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

Wait…a media person is ranking UGA 6th based on what…having the TOUGHEST schedule? I thought having a tough schedule was a good thing. I thought that meant getting more consideration for a higher ranking. Hmmm…sounds like more of the same old media bias to me.

And guess what…Oklahoma and Ohio State are ranked higher based on their weak schedules and their poor performances in BC$ bowls ANNUALLY.

Makes sense. The BC$ is garbage. The media and coaches have bias. If we can’t have a playoff…at least get them out of the voting.

By BC$ Slave

January 18, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

For those who say UGA will be fine if they win all their games… that’s total BS. If they are ranked anywhere but first, then winning all the games doesn’t matter if there is bias in the voting. USC could be ranked 7th at the end of the season and be vaulted into the top spot because of biased voting. For UGA to be number one then all the teams ahead of them would have to lose a game. UGA would have to not only win every game, but win pretty to be assured a top spot.

Those who say winning is all that matters must have your head in the sand. All that matters is who the media and coaches crown the winner of the beauty contest. That’s it. This is the way “national champions” are crowned. They have to win the popularity contest.

We need to rid ourselves of media and coaches from the voting. For those who do vote, we need criteria such as, “must win a conference championship GAME” and “must consider strength of schedule” and “cannot vote a team number one or two if you are an alum” etc.

They say there is an education crisis in this country. That is evident in the general intelligence of University presidents and chancellors. They should have enough intelligence to come up with a better plan than the BC$. They should see that fans are getting TIRED of this crap. If we stop going to the games, where would that leave their school’s bottom line? It would diminish the quality of the liberal arts education experience. Schools would lose prominence because they certainly can’t churn out scholars. The Presidents are not smart enough to figure out how to end this controversy. They can’t see how much this system is hurting fans and can hurt the people who work the games and the communities that need the income from games. They are so intellectually slow that I’m sure they can’t hire the right people under them to ensure a quality education. And if the Presidents are that dumb, then the boards of these schools must be dumber.

Dumb and dumber…that’s what we get from our University staff and from the BC$.

By Call it Like it is

January 18, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this

FL & GT Fans do not moan and whine.

GA does enough of that for all Division 1.

Let’s see, in the last eighteen years,

FL 15 Wins

GA 3

You do not have a lot to brag about!!

If you ever win another National Championship, then, let us know.

By anti-ESPN

January 18, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

Who does Danielson work for: that is all you need to know - ESPN loves The Gaytors - they love traveling to Florida and getting smoozed… they are P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-E-D… don’t you understand? They always pull for the GAYTORS and the COWERING IRISH and THE TROJAN CONDOMS and the OKIE HOMOS and the OHIO BUCKTEETH…. year in and year out that these are ESPN’S “HOME” teams and that is who they want to win… they think it brings in higher ratings, more money and they like to travel there and most of the announcers and higher ups are from the NORTH EAST (BUCKTEETH territory & COWERING IRISH) or they are from the LAND OF FRUITS AND NUTS (TROJAN CONDOMS territory) - plus these schools pay more UNDER the table…. who do you expect them to rate high… BIAS PLAIN AND SIMPLE!!!!!

By ARdawg

January 18, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

Danielson is a pretty decent announcer but he is certainly no Einstein. It’s his OPINION and he is allowed to have one. Just like you crying NATS and Gators. As for my fellow Dawg fans who seem to think it’s a bad thing to be ranked 6th on Danielson’s list. ITS NOT. His list means exactly Dick. The same can be said for any preseason poll. I for one am confident the Dawgs will prove it on the field. Nobody on that “most difficult schedule in the country” will be coming close to beating them. LSU, you’re going down, SC, FLORIDA, TENN down down down. Theres a new sheriff in town and it’s the GEORGIA BULLDOGS

By Call it Like it is

January 18, 2008 1:57 PM | Link to this

ARdawg,

Stop smoking crack.

UGAY had a decent year, & you can’t see the forest for the trees.

When you win National Championships in two different sports, maybe ESPN and other networks will should you some love.

Until then, suck it and shut it up!!!

By DawgBone

January 18, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

If we are going on schedules, Heck put Hawaii in the #1 spot. It is important that UGA start in the top 3. We have seen how biased the system is. They shouldn’t even release any rankings until the 5th week of the season. UGA has a tough schedule sure, but if they win out on that schedule and say USC and Ohio St and OK are ranked higher and 2 of the 3 go undefeated, UGA will not jump them regardless of the fact that we will have probably the toughest schedule in the country next year.

By ARdawg

January 18, 2008 3:12 PM | Link to this

Call it like

You are a stupid S.O.B and one seriously ignorant individual. The Jorts national championships are now history. Enjoy them, relish in them because it’s going to be a long time before you mullet wearing, trailer trash rift rafts get another one. You’ll have to go through Georgia first and well, that just ain’t going to happen. Enjoy your life as the SEC east cellar dweller

By TW

January 18, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

How about those analysts who called Bret Favre ‘washed up’ back in August?

By crdawg69

January 18, 2008 6:42 PM | Link to this

Pre-season rankings actually do matter. The pollsters pick teams based on where they think they’ll finish. A tough schedule may work against you if you lose or in your favor if you win. Danielson only has one vote but if everyone voted UGA 6 then we have 5 teams in front of us that have to lose for us to move up. The flaw with polls is the media doesn’t want to be wrong….so they will do their best to keep the polls the same unless a team eliminates themselves. They base rankings on where the team will end up and teams like USC and Ohio State have a huge advantage based on how easy the schedules are. It’s to our advantage to be ranked in the top 2. That way if we win out, there will be no controversy.