How rowdy can it REALLY get in Stillwater?
Five burning questions as we head into the first weekend of college football for 2009:
1. Oklahoma State is going to be rowdy, but is it going to be any rowdier than Knoxville or Baton Rouge? A lot is being made of the fact that this is probably the biggest home opener ever for Oklahoma State. Thanks to Mr. Pickens’ generosity, they’ve spruced up their stadium and the folks in Stillwater are anticipating the best season in school history. That’s really cool.
Sounds like a regular-season game in the SEC to me. I don’t doubt that the crowd at Boone Pickens Stadium will be rowdy. But it will be 60,000. That’s capacity. And how could it be any rowdier than the 92,000-plus at LSU or the 107,000 who show up at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville when Georgia comes to town. Those folks certainly don’t wish the Bulldogs well.
If Georgia loses on Saturday it won’t be because of the crowd. One thing you do learn in the SEC is how to focus on the road. Because if you don’t learn how to block out the crowd you don’t survive. Mark Richt’s teams are 30-4 in opponents’ stadiums. They are 10-2 against ranked teams when they play in the other guy’s ballpark.
2. Is the Head Ball Coach in trouble tonight in Raleigh? He very well could be. South Carolina handled N.C. State (34-0) last year in Columbia. But N.C. State has improved significantly since then and I’m not sure that South Carolina has. The Wolfpack is better at quarterback, better at running back, and better at wide receiver. N.C. State starts four seniors on the defensive line while South Carolina’s offensive line continues to struggle for what seems like the 45th consecutive year. But then there is this: Steve Spurrier is 18-1 in season opening games as a head coach. In fact, the only season opener he has ever lost came in 1989 when he was the head coach at Duke. He lost the season opener to South Carolina (27-21 at Columbia) but then went on to win the ACC championship.
3. Can the Alabama O-Line handle the Virginia Tech D-Line? Alabama will have three new starters on the offensive line Saturday night when the Crimson Tide meets Virginia Tech at the Georgia Dome. Virginia Tech returns three of four starters on a defensive front that led the Hokies to a No. 7 finish in total defense last season. You can bet that Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster is going to come up with a few wrinkles hoping to get past the Alabama offensive line and turn up the pressure on new quarterback Greg McElroy. Rebuilt offensive lines usually need a couple of games to jell as a unit. This is a pretty good opening test for the guys at Alabama. Will they pass it?
4. Is Florida going to cover the 73 against Charleston Southern? And tell me again: Why is Florida playing Charleston Southern? I don’t normally pay a lot of attention to point spreads but when Danny Sheridan put that one out there it got my attention. The short answer is “no” because I don’t think Florida will be of a mind to score that many points. They want to get this game over with as quickly as possible in order to make sure that nobody gets hurt. They’ll have a pretty decent test the following week against Troy State, who will be fielding their best team in Larry Blakeney’s 18 years at the school. Then, of course, there is Tennessee on Sept. 19. By the way, there were preliminary discussions about the possibility of replacing Charleston Southern with Utah as Florida’s opening game this season. In fact, Florida told ESPN that they would move Charleston Southern to another year if the Worldwide Leader could put together the deal. But a little bird told me that Utah want $1 million to come to Gainesville. The deal did not get done.
5. How much of the Georgia Tech offense are we really going to see against Jacksonville State? I’m guessing not very much. Jax State quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is suspended for the game. Georgia Tech will host Clemson on Thursday night, just five days later. Why put anything on tape for Clemson to see? Keep it vanilla, get QB Josh Nesbitt out as soon as you can, and get some work for Tevin Washington, the backup.
Draddy Trophy Named for William V. Campbell: This is not a burning question, but this is something you should know about if you’re a college football fan. Each December the Draddy Trophy goes to the top scholar-athlete in all of college football. It is known as the “Academic Heisman.” Among the previous winners are Florida’s Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tennessee’s Peyton Manning (1997) and Georgia’s Matt Stinchcomb (1998). This is really big deal.
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced this week that the Draddy Trophy will be renamed for William V. Campbell, chairman of the software company Intuit, and a former player and coach at Columbia. Campbell played on an Ivy League championship team in 1961 and at the age of 39 changed careers and became an advertising executive. He became one of the leaders in high tech. He gave millions to charities, including a $10 million donation to the Columbia athletics department.
He used the lessons learned in football at Columbia and translated those into an incredible career in business. To learn more about Bill Campbell and his incredible story go to the National Football Foundation website at:
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Saint Simons
September 3rd, 2009
8:05 am
(((((45-42)))))hahaha and then we had a Tickle Pile on their campus!!!!
johnny
September 3rd, 2009
8:13 am
Oklahoma State is awfully tough whenever they are up for a game, and they WILL be up for Georgia. I still look for the Dawgs to take a close one. GO DAWGS!!!
MiltonDawg
September 3rd, 2009
8:23 am
Nothing compares to an opponent’s SEC stadium- just way too much hostility so the OK ST crowd won’t be a factor. NC ST will win tonight. UF’s schedule is pathetic..2 Nat’l titles in 4 years..yet they play such pansy teams. Way to man up Gators. After CSU, they have Troy and the Fla Int’l at the end. Lame.
m
September 3rd, 2009
8:23 am
The sec gets exposed this weekend….most overrated overhyped conference in history.
But unfortunately for the sec goobers on here, the games have to be played…and that’s when the sec gets exposed for the fraud conference that it is.
The ACC went 6-4 against the sec last year in the regular season. This year there are 7 games scheduled between the sec and the acc. Acc wins the majority easily….putting to rest this sec hype.
45-42….glad it still hurts so bad….and it is only the beginning.
Leon "Pooch-Kick" Trotsky
September 3rd, 2009
8:27 am
Tony,
Florida’s game with Agnes Scott College was cancelled at the last moment by Agnes Scott’s AD. An agreement with West Georgia College fell through so Charleston Southern was the only option.
Cuz
September 3rd, 2009
8:27 am
I think the Dawgs come home with a win at Slim Pickens Stadium. I just hope the team is not as overconfident as I am. 60,000 screaming fans should not intimidate the Dawgs.
GeoffDawg
September 3rd, 2009
8:28 am
I think one of the biggest questions for Okie State is if they can still focus going into this game. Not only do they have the pressure of hosting their biggest opening season game ever, but they have a number of other distractions with player arrests, QB internet rumors, season ending injuries, and players abruptly leaving the team. Even a seasoned program like Georgia’s didn’t fare as well as expected last year under similar conditions. How will the pokes handle it?
MiltonDawg
September 3rd, 2009
8:29 am
m you’re such a tool man. come up with something more original instead of spewing the same childish banter.
Cuz
September 3rd, 2009
8:29 am
m, it does not hurt. But if you want to continue to play your game, fine. Have a great time at Dragon Con this weekend.
Spike
September 3rd, 2009
8:31 am
30-4 road record in opponents home stadiums. Most if not all are in the SEC. Okie State ain’t nothin”.. Nuff said.
Reality Check
September 3rd, 2009
8:35 am
Thank you Tony. I am just about sick of hearing how UGA will have to deal with their crowd. Are you kidding me? I don’t doubt that they may be loud at times but this just another road game. In fact I would say other than Tech and Vandy, this will be the least rowdy of any of our road games this year.
I hope SC and the ole ball coach can pull it out tonight but unfortunately I think they are in trouble.
I think Alabama’s OL will be fine. I don’t think they will be dominating on Saturday but they have some very solid guys.
m
September 3rd, 2009
8:36 am
ugag couldn’t even win with Stafford and No-show moreno…how are they going to win with this scrub team they have this year?
TommyGator
September 3rd, 2009
8:37 am
I thought Utah was anxious to claim some fame from the Big Boys! $1,000,000 smackers negates a lot of cheap smack talk….and even a Congressional foray into :fairness.”
When it came right down to “put up or shut up”, things got quiet in Mormon land…..I guess it really is about the money.
Large Orange
September 3rd, 2009
8:40 am
Charleston Southern? I guess Sprayberry High School could not make the trip to Gainesville. Gimme a big old Gator break here. I love the SEC but would love to see Troy spank the Gators next week. That would have Little Timmy crying on TV again and offering free circumcisions if they lose another game. I fully expect the Vols to give them a run for the money this year. But then again, I have been wrong before. Goooo SEC!!
Furrdaddy
September 3rd, 2009
8:41 am
m:
SEC…most overrated, overhyped conference in history.
You have got to be a Georgia Tech fan so obviously you know nothing about real football being that your team equals most high school’s JV squads.
One win in the last 7 years and you goobers are still talking about it today because you still can’t believe that you actually won. I am looking forward to the GT smackdown as much as any game on the schedule so that we can shut you annoying little b.tches up for another 7 years.
Dooley's Cardiologist
September 3rd, 2009
8:46 am
Did a UGA fan really take a shot at Florida’s schedule. Don’t act like you haven’t played Western Kentucky, Georgia Southern and Arkansas State in the past. That is an argument that holds no water. UGA is known for usually having two laughable out of conference games a year. I bet the OK State game for this year was scheduled in a year in which they had a 5-6 record.
Dog in TN
September 3rd, 2009
8:46 am
Just watch and learn, m. The games will be played, then we talk.
Porty
September 3rd, 2009
8:48 am
Why do you leave the annual Florida beatdown off of Coach Helen Hunt’s road record?
Clay
September 3rd, 2009
8:49 am
Not only does the Ok State stadium only hold a Tech-like crowd of 60,000, I understand it’s not going to even be full. I read something in Oklahoma about a week ago that said as many as 10,000 tickets still remained. I know UGA still has tickets available. I’m sure there will not be 10,000 empty seats, but the crowd will not be a factor.
Got 12?
September 3rd, 2009
8:50 am
Bama will mix in shotgun formations and screen passes to take advantage of VaTech’s rush. McElroy will surprise a lot of people with his accuracy and arm strength. Bama wins by 14 totalling more passing yards than rushing yards.
S. Carolina loses tonight.
LOL @ 60K screaming fans. I have changed my UGA prediction: OK State is still the better team but they choke on Saturday.
Nachos
September 3rd, 2009
8:51 am
Is the Auburn game on TV Saturday?
Why do you UGA guys...
September 3rd, 2009
8:52 am
…continue to respond to m and Saint Simons? It’s not like they have said anything new in the past 9 months.
Reality Check
September 3rd, 2009
8:53 am
M – Whatever helps you sleep at night. You and about 20 other Tech fans are the only ones that think the acc is even in the sec’s class. I guarntee you we could pair up the teams to make it 11 and 1 or 10 and 2 for the sec against the acc. Why don’t you try seeding them and then see what the match-ups would look like. Like Tech playing Miss St., Vandy and UGA this year. Of course you should win at least two out of three. So does that make the acc better because one of their top teams beats two of our bottom teams?
GeoffDawg
September 3rd, 2009
8:53 am
Dooley’s Cardiologist – I’m of the opinion that playing an SEC schedule is tough enough and should be viewed as such by the pollsters but Georgia has been lining up quality OOC opponents (besides tech) for years now. i.e. Colorado, Ok St., Az St., Clemson,. Even when we do play the “patsies”, they’re still a notch above the patsies’ patsy in Charleston Southern. Gator players may be subject to assault and battery charges following this game.
tchance
September 3rd, 2009
8:53 am
to m and that idiot miss simons, count your blessings that by the time UGA played the insects, we had lost 29 scholarship players to injury including the entire offensive line except one. If Moreno and Stafford had the luxury of a healthy O line, things would have been ugly. So enjoy your one victory cause its going to be awhiile before you see another. Overrated conference? Just shows you are either extremly ignorant or blinded by jealousy fueled hate. We have owned other conferences in head to head and bowl games. While the SEC has the occasional upset, look at the overall numbers ust in the last 10 years…..scary!!!!
tim
September 3rd, 2009
8:53 am
My gator friends think I’m delusional, but Troy State is a really good team and they can beat UF..they should have beat LSU last year
Saint Simons
September 3rd, 2009
8:56 am
just a reminder, 45 – 42 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahaha
Saint Simons
September 3rd, 2009
8:58 am
Don’t burn my burger tchance !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
GeoffDawg
September 3rd, 2009
9:03 am
I wonder if an objective psycho-therapist would reach the conclusion that St. Simons is certifiably insane. Or at the very least, suffering from extremem OCD.
GeoffDawg
September 3rd, 2009
9:06 am
Come to think of it, an analyst/therapist would probably do him some good. We should all pitch in to send St. Simons to a qualified analrapist.
Luke Duke
September 3rd, 2009
9:13 am
Troy State actually dropped the state several years ago. Maybe someone will get that when they upset Florida next week. Remember, this team was up by about 150 against LSU on the road last year and blew it in the 4th quarter.
Eric
September 3rd, 2009
9:14 am
One thing about these “burning questions”, nobody has the answers. We’ll all get them at the same time. WDE.
Nautidawg
September 3rd, 2009
9:20 am
m, how pathetic to you have to be to have special rings made up for a regular season win. What the ?#@! is that all about? Had your head up your a$$ against LSU, right! That’s what an early celebration will get you- “no class”. See you in Atlanta later this year and then we won’t have to hear from your or Saint Simons for a long time, again. WOOF! WOOF!
Kid Ray
September 3rd, 2009
9:21 am
Neither here nor there TB, but the UF spread is -63. The -73 is/was a typo.
RxDawg
September 3rd, 2009
9:24 am
I’m not much of a gambler….but Georgia +5.5 seems like the biggest sure thing (if there is such a thing) there is.
Phoque oSu
September 3rd, 2009
9:24 am
1. It will be rowdy, but come on….it’s 60,000 people. UGA plays against 80,000 or more on a regular basis, except whenever they play Vandy in Nashville. It will be about like playing Tech at Bobby Dodd……except that oSu will probably have the stadium full, and GT never does.
2. Google “This is South Carolina Football” and read to your heart’s content. I quote the paragraph that says the following, and this probably isn’t verbatim, but you get the gist of the idea: “3 coaches have won national championships elsewhere, only to have posterity scribble a moustache and horns on their legacies after they dared to believe that that could change South Carolina football”.
Yeah, I would say that the wailing and gnashing of teeth is beginning. Only 5 Carolina coaches have lasted more than 5 seasons. Spurrier may be the 6th to last longer, but it won’t be much longer after this year. Their fans are delusional, but the rest of the country sees them for what they are.
3. Yes, they can, but defense is likely going to rule the day in this game.
4. If Corch Urban Meyers CAN cover the 73, make no error….he WILL cover the 73. That’s the Corch Meyers we….and Corrine Brown (D) Florida….all know and love.
5. Very little. If the run is clicking, very little of the pass will be seen. Just the nature of men who coach the Option. I know. I’ve been around men who coach the option all my life.
Otto
September 3rd, 2009
9:27 am
Last I heard Auburn was on ESPNU at 7:30
Fletch
September 3rd, 2009
9:29 am
m is right, the ACC is much more superior than the SEC, this picture of the ACC championship game proves it
http://nittanywhiteout.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/acc_championship_game_crowd_view_2007_empty_stadium_jacksonville_altel_acc_sucks_sux1.jpg
Fletch
September 3rd, 2009
9:31 am
and the next year’s ACC championship game…
http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/images/articles/SBJ200812010701-01.jpg
absolutely pathetic
im4bama
September 3rd, 2009
9:36 am
COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS FINALLY HERE!!!!! THANK GOD!
My gut says OSU will beat UGA. The Dawgs do have an impressive road record but I think you add another loss to the road column. Of course I’ll be pulling for my SEC brothers in this one, so hopefully I’m wrong.
NC State beats USC. Spurrier should retire after this year. He’s had the worst luck in QB’s and they are going backwards as a team. He should have never left Gainsville in the first place. Don’t you know he wishes he didn’t.
Bama’s O-line will hold their own against Bud Foster’s D just fine.
Mikey
September 3rd, 2009
9:37 am
M, compare your W-2 to Matt Staffords and Knowshon’s, then shut the F up!
Denver Dog
September 3rd, 2009
9:38 am
Good thoughts Tony,
To all of you out there, quit paying attention to the idiots from Tech. Even the Tech people despise them. m built the parking garage that just fell in downtown Atlanta, and St Simons runs the terrorist training facility in the back woods of Camden County.
Tony there are some great games for opening weekend. I’d call the Ole ball coach sly enough to make us all think he can’t win. Bama will not roll. The dogs will rule. Tech and Fla will win big over not so big opponents. One of the great games will be Ill vs Mizzou in St Louis.
Next weekend in Athens, a classic SEC barn burner. Visor man will have his usual hatred for UGA at an all time high, and UGA will be tired after such a short turn on the game. Spurrier gets two extra days, again. He uses it wisely.
GO dogs.
Phoque the ACC
September 3rd, 2009
9:40 am
Love those pics of the ever-popular ACC title game. Now, why don’t you put some pics up there to show the delusional ACC fans what the attendance for a REAL conference championship game looks like? Pics from any SEC title game or Big-12 title game will do.
Pulpwood Smith
September 3rd, 2009
9:43 am
SEC overrated? I guess winning the National Championship the last 3 seasons in a row makes the SEC overrated?? So the ACC went 6-4 against the SEC….big deal…..2 off those wins were against Vanderbilt, who ought to be in the ACC, and one was against Mississippi State, who doesn’t have a pulse. Tech beat Georgia for the first time in 8 years, and the gloating among Tech people has been unprecedented. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and then buddy. The ACC’s hired guns, Miami and Florida State, are both extremely pedestrian now, and from top to bottom the conference just isn’t that impressive. You don’t win National Championships, don’t compete for them, and aren’t even mentioned in discussions about them. 25,000 people attend your championship game. Nice. And Tech people are supposed to be smart? Nice perspective, goof.
Fletch
September 3rd, 2009
9:43 am
certainly….
http://www.secsportsfan.com/images/arkansas_florida_2006_sec_championship_game.jpg
Bull Gator
September 3rd, 2009
9:44 am
Hey MiltonDawg…already laying the ground work to be able to whine when UF wins it all this year? UF had the most difficult schedule in the nation when they won the BCS in 2006, and again when they won the BCS in 2008. It’s not our fault that we rotated off AL and Ole Miss this year, and that FSU has fallen from being a team that always finishes in the top 10 to a mediocre ACC squad.
DMW45
September 3rd, 2009
9:45 am
Tony, please – it’s the Old Ball Coach, not the Head Ball Coach. Please say it right.
Brae Bryant is GONE, Bammers!
September 3rd, 2009
9:46 am
im4Bama, Guess what? My gut tells me that VT is gonna stomp a mudhole in Bama’s a$$ and walk it dry, too. However, I am gonna stick with the SEC and show a united front against the ACC homers and go with Bama. Maybe you should show a little conference loyalty and do the same, huh?
Spike
September 3rd, 2009
9:46 am
Fletch.. Great job. A picture is worth a thousand words. M, take a look.
Bear Bryant is GONE, Bammers!
September 3rd, 2009
9:46 am
Sorry, I meant BEAR Bryant is gone, Bammers!
Phoque the Ol Ball Coach.
September 3rd, 2009
9:48 am
DMW45, we prefer to call him the Ol Ball Sack.
Fleischman in Chattanooga
September 3rd, 2009
9:50 am
Bear Bryant is GONE, Bammers! – Hows that Auburn offense lookin’ this year buddy??
WDE eh ?
Phoque the ACC
September 3rd, 2009
9:53 am
Good job, Fletch…..but I was actually hoping to see the UGA/LSU game from 05, or the UGA/Ar-kansas game from 02. When it comes down to it, though, it really doesn’t matter.
Bear Bryant is GONE, Bammers!
September 3rd, 2009
9:55 am
Fleishman in ‘Nooga, I wouldn’t know, because I am definitely NOT an Auburn fan. WDE??? WTF is more like it.
Maxwell Snark
September 3rd, 2009
9:58 am
They have a girlie, Georgia Tech-type stadium. Bunch of sissies.
GeoffDawg
September 3rd, 2009
10:01 am
I’m disappointed no one’s picked up on the Arrested Development joke about St. Simons earlier.
I miss that show. It made me rofl.
Dawg Fud
September 3rd, 2009
10:02 am
I thought Florida picked up Charleston Southern because South Florida bailed on them?
GeoffDawg
September 3rd, 2009
10:03 am
Love the pics Fletch. What do you really expect from a basketball conference?
Bear Bryant is GONE, Bammers!!
September 3rd, 2009
10:04 am
What’s with all the abreviated crap? WDE, RTR, WTF? It’s like looking at a teenager’s text messages. Of course, we ARE talking about the AU and Bammer people, though…….where all 6 comic books were destroyed when the libraries for those respective schools were destroyed by natural disasters. You know, like a riot on either campus over who drank the last jug of moonshine, or who slept with the only barnyard animal within a 10-mile radius.
dan
September 3rd, 2009
10:04 am
I think the Dawgs need an Al Pacino speech to get them fired up for the big game in Stillwater.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFUAf-LoHZg
P.S. Great Posts Fletch. The ACC is pathetic.
StillABiasedAward
September 3rd, 2009
10:09 am
Great Award that should have its own night on ESPN! But it is as flawed and biased as any award based on factors other than merit. What was it Stinchcomb majored in? Wasn’t it marketing? Not to disrespect his overall achievement…he did terrific in his chosen field. But that is a far easier major than say Economics, most any science or engineering field and others. A lower GPA in a harder field should win the award over majors that are simply easier to attain and maintain while playing collegiate athletics. Pre-Med, Vet school, shoot even nursing are harder majors that are offered at UGA much less at more elite academic schools.
Pleading poverty in Gatorland « Get The Picture
September 3rd, 2009
10:12 am
[...] Tony Barnhart mentions the Utah-was-this-close-to-playing-Florida-this-year story, and gives us a reason it never came to fruition. … By the way, there were preliminary discussions about the [...]
WHAAAAT??!!
September 3rd, 2009
10:13 am
What the hell are you talking about, StillABiasedAward? This is football, not academics. Let’s stick to the sublect matter at hand, shall we?
RxDawg
September 3rd, 2009
10:16 am
Lol Geoffdawg. Thats a good one.
TUCK FECH
September 3rd, 2009
10:16 am
ACC = All Coast Clear
I hear Jacksonville State will have more fans in Atlanta than Tech.
Got 12?
September 3rd, 2009
10:19 am
If you cannot spell “Bear,” you are definitely not a college graduate either.
RAMBLE ON!!!
September 3rd, 2009
10:22 am
9-13-09,
ACC 2-SEC 0
tchance
September 3rd, 2009
10:22 am
burgers?? you are whacked simons. great pics Fletch, hell even Vandy playing Miss State has more fans than the ACC championship game. I’d be embarrased to brag about the ACC with that photo
Miami Dawg
September 3rd, 2009
10:28 am
Oklahoma St. is going to find out rather rudely that it takes more than throwing around some $$$ from a billionaire to become a top tier program. They are still a step-child to OU in their own state and have a steep hill to climb in the Big 12 South.
I don’t think the Dawgs are concerned about the noise, they have faced worse. Not to mention it’s not even a night game…
http://collegefootballsaturday.blogspot.com/
Trade School Junkie
September 3rd, 2009
10:31 am
Folks, you’ll never hear sec/uga homer ask a question like this, until AFTER it becomes too obvious to ignore.
Why did CMR choose to play Stafford, rather than Cox, for the bowl game vs. MichSt?
What was REALLY to be accomplished by playing Stafford the entire game, rather than give playing to Cox or others? Joe Cox got ZERO playing time. CMR SHOULD have been giving playing time to Cox or others.
Does CMR have some kind of “bonus clause” in his contract for getting to 10 wins each season?
In the big picture, the CapOne bowl really meant nothing. It would have been the wiser choice to sit Stafford, and give Cox (or others) playing time.
Why ask the question? Cause on Saturday, mutts are gonna discover just how big that mistake was.
When mutts start 1-2 with losses to OKST & Ark, that decision
by CMR will be looked back on as a MAJOR mistake.
But hey, who am I to argue with that.
shards1967
September 3rd, 2009
10:33 am
Tech stadium? Oh, geeeeeeeez, I grew up here and i thought that that itty, bitty stadium on N. Avenue that only seats 44, 000 belonged to old O’Keefe HS.
LOLand 1-9 coming up fast.
Harry Dog 73
GratefulDawghead
September 3rd, 2009
10:35 am
OSU just put 250 million into thier stadium, they are ranked in the top 10, and they are worried about a handshake?
GO DAWGS SIC’EM!!!
Yellow Fuzz
September 3rd, 2009
10:38 am
Oklahoma State 45 Georgia 42
Just be glad your azzholes are not playing the real Oklahoma.
Fletch
September 3rd, 2009
10:46 am
Trade school moron, maybe bowl games mean nothing to the nerds (and their recent record in bowl games certainly proves it, 0 and 4 in the last 4), but real programs prefer to will bowl games. Nice argument
Paul's Johnson
September 3rd, 2009
10:47 am
YellowJizz is really an eleven year old Korean schoolgirl.
Spike
September 3rd, 2009
10:50 am
Yellow Fuzz.. At least we are playing a varsity team.
OrangeCowboy
September 3rd, 2009
10:53 am
Dawgs-I think more of your own fans and people outside of OSU have more of the stadium noise than actual OSU fans have. The deal with our stadium is that the stands are really close to the field and the east end is basically a brick wall (it’s the west side of our basketball arena) so you get a lot of echo and reverberations. So, our 60,000 might sound like closer to maybe 80,000 in other stadiums. Since UGA has obviously played and won in many stadiums that size, I don’t look for the noise to be a factor.
Gametime temps are forecast to be in the low 80’s, so that shouldn’t be a factor either. I think hotter would have been to UGA’s advantage due to depth issues. I don’t see either team having any big advantage due to factors that are out of their control. In other words, the best team should win. Let’s hope for a good game and no injuries for either team. No matter the outcome, I will wish you guys the best the rest of the season. Two days to go!
tchance
September 3rd, 2009
10:57 am
yellow fuzz, we would love to get our hands on the no defense ou team. i think ole miss shutting down texas tech and the gators shutting down ou would be signal enough the big 12 cant score against real teams but then that is sort of obvious to all but the engineers who design collapsing parking garages
how2fish
September 3rd, 2009
11:01 am
Heck I’m going to a party with about 20 Dawg fans to watch the game..we can put out as much volume as that bunch at T.Bone stadium.. Go Dawgs..
Trade School Junkie
September 3rd, 2009
11:03 am
By “real” programs, you mean like Bama.
Was Bama a MUCH better team than Utah? Yep.
Seriously, did Bama players…REALLY…give a damn about playing Utah in the Sugar Bowl, after missing their BCS NC shot by losing to UF? Nope.
A Bama team that steamrolled 99% of the SEC, couldnt handle Utah?
I’d say the Bama players proved they really didnt give crap about that game.
If Joe Cox’ upcoming performance(s) shows he wasnt ready for
a “live-fire” exercise, then a lot of uga fingers are gonna be pointing at CMR for that mistake.
CMR may have won CapOne bowl, but mutts will soon find out what the cost of that was.
Camden Mark
September 3rd, 2009
11:04 am
1)no
2)no
3)yes
4-5)No one cares
Darindawg
September 3rd, 2009
11:05 am
It’s funny how another season is starting and Tech fans are still on here gloating about the score of last seasons game against UGA. During the 7 years winning stretch against Tech, I don’t remember UGA fans on here every single post yelling out the score for a whole freakin YEAR as if it’s the greatest thing to ever happen to UGA football. Listen carefully Tech fans….We beat you 7 years in a row. It was no big deal. It was a big deal when we beat Florida two seasons ago, because the Gators are an honest-to-goodness elite program and they are a real rivalry to us. I understand that you are still excited about finally winning against us, but gees…act like you’ve won against a real, elite team before (and I don’t mean FSU and Miami), I mean a REAL elite team that actually wins 10 or more games and their bowl games every season. You have one a big game or two over the years haven’t you? A new season has started and it’s time to move on. Last season means nothing now.
EW
September 3rd, 2009
11:17 am
Can’t wait to see how much red is in the OSU stadium. Dawg fans travel well.
EW
September 3rd, 2009
11:19 am
Trade School Junkie…If Bama couldn’t strap it on and man up to beat Utah, they weren’t the team you claim they were, regardless of the talent.
observor
September 3rd, 2009
11:20 am
Saint Simons -
Your foreman called, he needs you to redo the shoddy dry wall job you just finished.
Corrine Brown
September 3rd, 2009
11:20 am
If tech will advertise in the Greenville/Spartanburg paper it will be a sell-out
TigerMike
September 3rd, 2009
11:22 am
Jacksonville State?? Geez Tech, man up already.
Geaux Tigers!
KC in Athens
September 3rd, 2009
11:23 am
EW, “Strap it on” and “Man up” are two incredibly gay back to back statements. Sorry to bear the bad news but I did you a favor by pointing that out. Also try and avoid stuff like “ball handling skills”
how2fish
September 3rd, 2009
11:25 am
OrangeCowboy good post…nice points you made and without any of the normal bile we see so often on these blogs… are you lost?? LOL Good luck to you and the Pokes..starting Sept 12th !
Anonymous
September 3rd, 2009
11:30 am
Not to be too picky, but don’t offensive lines need a couple of games to GEL?
Sanford Drive
September 3rd, 2009
11:33 am
All-time SEC vs ACC is 730-576-52.
The ACC isn’t even a participant in the battle of who is the best conference. So, go argue with the Big Ten.
Lunchtime Grab Bag | MrSEC.com
September 3rd, 2009
11:35 am
[...] he Trojans’ third-stringer.Finally, Tony Barnhart of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has five burning questions for you, but alas only four are SEC-related:1. Will Stillwater seem any rowdier to Georgia players than [...]
Doggie dog
September 3rd, 2009
11:36 am
The sec is made up of 4 teams, uf, lsu, ut and bama. Everyone else is lunch meat!!
masivatack
September 3rd, 2009
11:36 am
Well put Orange Cowboy. Thanks for talking about something other than the juvenile ACC vs. SEC (cough) rivalry and our loss to GT last year. I certainly hope we win this one, but I really have no clue what to expect. Youre right, this game should really let us each know what kind of chances we have this year and what kind of team we are working with. I really hope one of our RBs really steps up as well as a DE to get pressure on Zac. If that doesn’t happen, then your crowd will certainly be heard from early and often. Good luck!
William H. Ballard
September 3rd, 2009
11:39 am
Another great article from the most overpaid sportswriter for the south’s crappiest newspaper…. unbiased reporting tony… but here’s my bias… 45-42 were some great numbers last year, and this year it’s gonna be even more spread. THWG!
30-4 road record under Richt? Aint buying it!
September 3rd, 2009
11:43 am
Dawg fans love to talk that BS about being 30-4 on the road under Richt. What they conveniently ignore is the fact that all those losses to Florida don’t count as road losses since they are technically on a neutral field. If ever there was a total BS stat that dawg fans like to talk smack about then this is it. Sorry but I am not impressed.
GT
September 3rd, 2009
11:43 am
Georgia does this all the time. They are not playing USC or Penn State or even Ohio State, they are playing Ok. State and making it sound like a real game. They will rip these guys a new one because OSU is about as good as a TCU or one of those above average but not prime time teams and come back to Athens like Georgia just beat Russia. Then they go into the SEC schedule and nearly get beat by Spurrier and every once in a while don’t wake up from the press clipping spell to even beat this team or the next. Then they are a wounded bear that will beat a Alabama or a Auburn in its prime, because they are playing for pride now. And the Gerogia fans will say they were robbed of a national championship game, not mentioning the fact they lost to some nobody in the early season. The real truth is they robbed the other SEC team of a chance to go and they rob themselves by playing below their ability and it all starts with a over hyped team like Ok.State or the opener last year when they were number one in the country and already overhyped.
Otto
September 3rd, 2009
11:52 am
GT, The media is making a big deal out of Okie St. most SEC fans see eat as another mid level Big 12 Team. UGA beats S. Car. far more times than not and UGA goes on to twin their bowls most of the time unlike the other Ga. school which thankfully excused itself from the SEC.
Mark
September 3rd, 2009
11:52 am
Hey Tony what is Richt’s record in Jacksonville? I love how UGA homers always omit this.
Got 12?
September 3rd, 2009
11:56 am
30-4,
I agree. And another BS stat is the ACC’s record against the SEC last year. First, when presented by an ACC fan, the stat doesn’t include bowl games. Second, most of the ACC’s wins came against Miss St. and Vandy. Tech went 3-1 against the SEC last year but I can only give them credit for beating UGA.
Using an ACC fan’s logic: Bama plays Duke next year. This game will decide the whole ACC v SEC debate, once and for all.