Georgia is just lucky to have No. 8
What we learned over the weekend:
1. Georgia is really lucky to have No. 8: I knew the Georgia-Arizona State game was going to be ugly. After three straight tough games and with LSU coming to Athens this week, there was no way that Georgia was going to be sharp. The Bulldogs could have had an easier night, however, but the old problems of turnovers and penalties just killed them again. At the end of the evening, Georgia won the game because it had A.J. Green and Arizona State didn’t. Bill Parcels always said that football is about players making plays. Green is a great player and he made the plays that Georgia needed to win. Georgia is 3-1 and 2-0 in the SEC. That’s not a bad place to be. But there is no way the Bulldogs win Saturday if they turn it over three times.
2. Ole Miss was overrated: Don’t get me wrong. Ole Miss has a good team and will have a good season. But the Rebels simply did not look like a Top 10 team to me in the preseason. I wasn’t surprised Ole Miss lost at South Carolina. But I was surprised at how poorly Houston Nutt’s team played. Quarterback Jevan Snead looked confused for most of the game. You have to give a lot of the credit to the South Carolina defense, which has played lights out except for the game with Georgia. And here is an early tip. Ole Miss does not have a walkover this week when it goes to Vanderbilt. The Commodores beat the Rebels last year in Oxford. But this is a game Ole Miss has to win with Alabama coming to Oxford on Oct. 10.
3.Tim Tebow is lucky that he wasn’t seriously injured: A normal human being would have been hurt pretty badly with the shot that Tebow took in the Kentucky game. But Tebow, who is a beast in the weight room, is not a normal human being and “just” came away with a concussion. Florida can be second-guessed for having Tebow in the game throwing the ball with a 31-7 lead. But the truth is that what Florida did is consistent with what they’ve done with Tebow his entire career. ESPN can be second-guessed (and should) for showing shots of Tebow throwing up into a bag. I’m just not sure that was necessary. The ambulance shots were a little over the top as well. I spoke to several people at Florida close to the situation on Sunday and they are cautiously optimistic that Tebow will be able to play on Oct. 10, when Florida plays its next game at LSU. The next 48 hours, I was told, will be crucial in determining how long Tebow will need to rest. But even if Tebow can’t go in Baton Rouge, Florida can still win as long as its defense keeps playing like it did against Kentucky.
4. Paul Johnson really knows how to coach. When a team is struggling the way Georgia Tech struggled against Miami, a coach has to do one of two things. He has to coach his players more. Or, he has to coach them less. Good coaches know which one to do based on the team. Paul Johnson realized that he and his staff were coaching Georgia Tech’s players too much after the Miami game. The players had too much to think about instead of just taking advantage of their talent. So Georgia Tech simplified the defense, demanded better execution on offense, and the result was a very impressive 24-7 win over North Carolina. All good coaches make adjustments. The really good coaches know when to turn up the heat and when to back off.
5. All the one-loss teams are back in the national championship race: With four Top 10 teams—Ole Miss, Miami, Penn State, and California—all losing last week you have to say that all of the one-loss teams like Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, and Southern California are back in the hunt. Look, if Alabama/Florida/L SU and Texas go undefeated, life is going to be pretty simple. An undefeated SEC champ will play an undefeated Big 12 champ.
But two of the three SEC teams in the top four have to lose because Florida plays LSU on Oct. 10 and LSU plays at Alabama on Nov. 7. And the way the first month of the season has gone (7 of the AP preseason Top 10 have already lost), you would have to says that the odds are against having two undefeated teams from the major conferences at the end of the regular season.
Yes, Boise State could go 13-0. I’ll talk about the No. 5 Broncos and their chances of getting into the big game on Tuesday. But here’s a hint: Look at the Boise State schedule and tell me if they should get in if the Broncos are the only undefeated team in the country.
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310 comments Add your comment
brian
September 28th, 2009
7:18 am
what about 1 loss Ohio State?
FloridaDawg
September 28th, 2009
7:26 am
Ohio State has a good band.
bigdawg01
September 28th, 2009
7:26 am
I have a bad feeling that UGA will start to unravel in the next month. Piss poor coaching and consistent turnovers are going to kill the dawgs. LSU, TN, VAND, then FL….could go 1-3 in that stretch. Coaches have to be held accountable.
#2 BAMA FAN
September 28th, 2009
7:27 am
Georgia’s defense played better but turnovers and penalties are going to get you beat and AJ Green is
the MVP of the SEC so far. Bama losing Hightower is going to hurt and hope he comes back strong next year. Tim Tebow was sick and played like a million dollars before he got hurt and hope he will be
ok for the rest of the season, ROLL TIDE!!
bigdawg01
September 28th, 2009
7:29 am
Meyer’s ego would not take Tebow out. Dont ever want to see a kid get hurt, but he never should have been in the game at that point, period. That was a brutal hit which NO FL fan would have ever seen coming especially from KY.
Tom M
September 28th, 2009
7:30 am
Boise doesn’t deserve to be in ANY conversation for a NC shot- they don’t play enough big names teams to justify it. Sorry mid-majors are mid-majors for a reason- and yes I think the Big East is a mid-major too…
DA
September 28th, 2009
7:31 am
You didnt include Miami and the fabulous Jacoby Harris in your national championship picture. Thats right because they played a real team and got CRUSHED!!!! Sports journalism remains the cushiest job in the world. You dont ever have to be right and you still get paid. Nice work if you can get it.
Jeff
September 28th, 2009
7:33 am
and here you go Gaytor Boys…..one stupid play. If I am a UF fan I am mad as H at Urban for even having Tebow in the game at that point. This is squarly on his shoulders. If not for his ego and desire to run up scores when he can, Tebow would have been out and the backup would have been playing. I HATE to see Tebow hurt- any player- but maybe just maybe Urban will think about it and get rid of his “i am god” like ego.
TB
September 28th, 2009
7:33 am
Brian,
Ohio State?! Are you kidding me? Haven’t they proven the last three years they are a paper tiger and the Big 10 is weak? Please…..go away Ohio State, beat someone of substance and then maybe you can enter BCS talk. Ohio State….I really needed a good laugh to start the week off with. Thanks Brian!
UGASlobberknocker
September 28th, 2009
7:35 am
Hey Tony if you need any tips on this weeks picks let me know. If you check your Friday blog i disagreed with you on two picks..I chose TCU and VA Techi. I also said Tech would win easily and called the Ole Miss loss to SC three weeks ago in your “Trap game” blog.
Im not braggin, im just sayin, it;s tough being so darned smart,
Joe
September 28th, 2009
7:38 am
Ahh Gators….you better hope Tebow gets well and your idiotic coach changes his mindset or your season just went up in smoke! I Wish Tebow a speedy recovery and my prayers are with him and his family- but it could not have happened to a better coach and team! Let’s see if Urban will name the score now???? Maybe he will think long and hard about things.
Joe
September 28th, 2009
7:41 am
BigDaw01- unravel????? what game were you watching you idiot?????? Defense won this one. Held AZ state at 20….blocked Field goal……WE WON!!!!Geeez…so sick and tired of lame people who call themselves fans- whineing and crying….blah blah..blah. oh were going to get killed by LSU…be lucky to win i of next 3….YOU’RE NO FAN- LOSER!
Sautee Dawg
September 28th, 2009
7:43 am
1. You are right again, no way can UGA have the turnovers it’s had this season and win against LSU.
Listened to Kevin Butler on the post game show and he stated how he was pleased his son Drew didn’t take part in the dance routine at Sanford Stadium on saturday. If your up a couple of touchdowns then ok. But when your tied 17 all it just don’t seem like a time for celebration, but a time to focus on your assignments. Dancing on the sidelines maybe on the opposite side of the field on saturday if our team turns the ball over 3 times.
2. Don’t think Ole miss was overrated Tony, just another example of Ellis Johnson’s defense coupled with playing in Columbia at night. Always a tough place to win a game.
3.Hopefully Tebow will be back in pratice this week and wil be fine. Meyer should be questioned for keeping him in the game to run up the score, although he could have just as easily gotten hurt on the 1st play of the game.
Nothing is suprising when it comes to ESPN Tony.
4.Once again Ga. Tech beats a basketball school.
5 Alabama is for real. LSU will have a hard time knocking them off the ball, same with the Gators if they meet in the Ga. Dome,
reebok
September 28th, 2009
7:44 am
Florida can and probably will beat LSU with their backup QB. IMHO, of course…
Joe
September 28th, 2009
7:46 am
Just like I told you last week, Tony, USC will find their way back to the top of the polls.
After beating pretenders like Oregon and Cal, the pollsters will decide that USC only lost to U-Dub because Barkley was not there.
It is pathetic.
Tom, Resident Georgia Fan
September 28th, 2009
7:52 am
Brian, What comedy clubs do you perform at? We all needed a good laugh now and then and you sure gave us one. BTW, ever noticed just how much Tressel resembles Mr. Rogers? His team plays like Mr. Rogers too. Haha … yes how about Ohio State plays Boise State in some minor blows and gets smoked by the Broncos.
Mikey
September 28th, 2009
7:58 am
Things that make you wonder…..
Why was the flag was picked up after the AZ ST linebacker drilled the Umpire ?
Why WAS Tebow still in the game…AND throwing a pass at that point?
Why did Bobo have a meltdown with his playcalling ? Seriously…could UGA not gain a yard when it was needed? Fullback dives are good for goal line stands only.
Logan Gray = running play and 100% of the world knows it. Try an option pass for pete’s sake. be creative…
I wonder what will happen Saturday if UGA turns the ball over 3 times?
bamafan
September 28th, 2009
8:00 am
Coaches who play guys late in the game after the result is no longer in doubt should be fired. Mike Shula cost Brodie Croyle almost all of the 2004 season when he hurt his knee in second half of game leading Western Carolina big. Tyrone Prothro broke his leg against Florida in the second half of the 2005 when tBama was up 31-3. Neither player should have been in the game. Prothro required multiple surgeries just to be able to walk. Tebow should not have been in the game. If Florida’s back-up QB is so good, don’t you think he needs some game time to stay sharp?
By the way, did anyone hear that idiot Spencer Tillman predict in the pre-game that Ryan Mallett was gonna “light up” Alabama?? What a doofus!
UGA’s post-game celebration was overdone. UGA just barely eked out a win…….yet they were acting like it was the national championship.
Ed-Covington
September 28th, 2009
8:00 am
Why do two of the top SEC schools HAVE to lose? If LSU loses both those games the Tide and Gators are still undefeated. May not be so, but the two games you mentioned don’t prove your point.
Jean Shorts
September 28th, 2009
8:03 am
1.Meyer had Tebow in because he is all that FL has on offense…2.Meyer was embarrased that they only scored 23 on TN. Couldn’t have been his fault…3.Guess its time for another speech with tears…i.e Meyer after LSU\Tebow after Ole Miss…
I will give Tebow all of the credit on the field…maybe best ever…but I am sick and tired of all of the off field crap….
Ed-Covington
September 28th, 2009
8:07 am
If you had mentioned the SEC Championship game, then your point is well taken. The Tide and Gators will probably meet again and the winner (who knows who?) will go to the NC game.
SatchelBuzz
September 28th, 2009
8:08 am
Sautee,….Ole Miss was WAY overrated. USC east is an average team,..nothing more. And to the loser wearing the ugag shirt and VT hat at Bobby Dodd on Saturday,…glad you were able to witness the dominating performance by the Jackets. Owned.
THWG!!!
Ed-Covington
September 28th, 2009
8:08 am
Also thought the ambulance scenes were too much.
saddawg
September 28th, 2009
8:08 am
Do college players have to be officially cleared from a concussion like the nfl before playing again?
Yes the Georgia defense did play a lot better this past weekend, but they are a broken record, same story different verse. If they play like they have so far, they will lose to lsu.
Peadawg
September 28th, 2009
8:08 am
“what about 1 loss Ohio State?” AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Who wants to see Ohio State Blackeyes get beat by 20 points in the BSCS championship game again? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
m
September 28th, 2009
8:10 am
Tony, what a crock blog. Why don’t you point out how idiotic the polls are week after week after week??
They are not even really upsets…just games that show how stupid the polls are.
And you keep it up hook, line and sinker.
We need a 16 team playoff and we need it now.
And we don’t need idiots like Tony telling us (wrongly) who is good and who isn’t. Only the results ON THE FIELD should matter.
Not what the IDIOTIC pollsters think.
David
September 28th, 2009
8:13 am
Forget about Boise State… look at Houston. I’d put Houston in before Boise State due to their wins over Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, and possibly Miss St next week if they run the table.
GW
September 28th, 2009
8:16 am
I hope media coverage of Tebow’s concussion does not turn into the Michael Jackson funeral. I wonder if Meyer would have stayed at the hospital if it were a 2nd string left guard with a concussion.
Cuzzin Vinnie
September 28th, 2009
8:17 am
BigDawg01 – you should probably take Joe to the woodshed for talking to you like that. He’s the one that a loser.
m
September 28th, 2009
8:21 am
Tony,
The ACC went 6-4 against the SEC last year.
Florida State outplayed South Florida.
Clemson should have beaten TCU.
Maryland beat Jimmy Madison.
Thank God & Greyhound we do not play Willian & Mary.
Mark
September 28th, 2009
8:26 am
Enter your comments here
Green is a really good receiver, but you have to wonder why the refs did not call offensive interferrence on the catch at the end of the gave. Green was pushing the db off for the last 10 yards, yet no flag. Should have not been a catch and gone to overtime – it was a gift.
Mark
September 28th, 2009
8:28 am
Enter your comments here
And another thing – the classy UGA fans were cheering when Tebow went down with the injury. Pitiful.
Eric
September 28th, 2009
8:33 am
Polls are like beauty contests, you can vote for anyone you like. If you’re friendly with the head coach, vote for his team! If the brain tumors decide they want Boise St in the game, they’ll be there. m finally made a valid point. WDE!!!
Gen Neyland
September 28th, 2009
8:34 am
For the most part, a third of the season is behind us. While there is still a lot of football to play the fuzzy picture is getting clearer around the edges. Most of us made predictions that have have gone either north or south on the ‘I know what I’m talking about’ scale. Being a man of honor from the great state of Tennessee, here are two of the ones I’ve been sacked on TO DATE : “UGA won’t have the luxury of an offense that can outscore their defense in 2009 like they had in 2008″…”Alabama’s gonna miss John Bubba Parker Wilson”…Least I can do is fess up.
12 & 21
September 28th, 2009
8:36 am
Where are all those clowns that thought Ark would put up a lot of points on Bama? Just remember ladies that waswn’t the bulldawg D that Mallet was facing. It was a real team that plays big boy football every week!!
athensdawg
September 28th, 2009
8:38 am
Tony Barnhart says…
“Good coaches know which one to do based on the team. All good coaches make adjustments. The really good coaches know when to turn up the heat and when to back off.”
Mark Richt says….
“I have an infallable system. If the players execute my system and gameplan we will win. If not, we will lose – and we will just continue with the system because in the end, we win more games than we lose, and therefore, it must be working
Lane
September 28th, 2009
8:44 am
Wait until “Crazy Ed’s”, recruits are no longer in the Ole Miss system – people will realize that Nutt is average @ best!!!
Excusez-moi
September 28th, 2009
8:44 am
The basketball school was ranked one spot behind UGA. Did UGA actually beat a ranked team this year so far?Thought so. Go Jackets!
bamafan
September 28th, 2009
8:45 am
M – lay off the “ACC was 6-4 against the SEC last year.” You have already been told that this stat is meaningless for this year. Appears that it is the only decent stat you know. Poor ACC red headed stepchildren.
joe
September 28th, 2009
8:49 am
and Urban “isn’t playing to impress the pollsters” or so he said after the TN game. he continues to abuse Tebow and continues to risk this guys career. One person, even as strong and gifted as Tebow, cannot be rode this hard. Urban should get hammered by the press.
Jeff
September 28th, 2009
8:52 am
Tony- sleep with your LSU/FLA/Bama Tamdum- I would not count out some other SEC teams as well that can hand your “favorites” a loss as well. Like I said when it all started- plenty of sportswriters will have crow shoved down their throats by the end of the season……and I for one will be LMAO! Sneak peek last weekend- you see all it takes is Urban’s Ego of trying to run up scores and one simple play for UF’s season to go up in smoke.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 28th, 2009
8:53 am
I hope Tebow has a speedy recovery. Prays out to him and his family. The thing with concussions is that they tend to come about easier the 2nd and 3rd time around. Ask Troy Aikman. I don’t think Tebow can come back and take (and give) the pounding like he has been. This isn’t like a sore shoulder or twisted ankle etc this injury is a lot more serious than that.
God bless A J Green. Also, Drew Butler and Blair Walsh. It appears that we do have a couple great kickers for the next two and 1/2 years.
Congrats to Matt Stafford on a great game Sunday. Hope he continues to adjust and find his groove (and Calvin).
mightyKC
September 28th, 2009
8:55 am
heard comments from tons of folks in different places (atlanta, tallahassee) that fans were LOUDLY CHEERING and high fiving when Tebow went down and didn’t get up. overheard: “oh, looks like he’s human afterall!”, “i hope he never gets up!”, etc.
stay classy dawgs and noles!
Tony, I think your point about tebow being in is very debateable…easy to say from behind a typewriter, but FL had not scored in over a quarter and a half, and if brantley stalls on that drive, UK has a chance to cut it to 17 w/ still a quarter and a half left, ON THE ROAD.
case in point, UT game. Tebow fumbles, Tenn drives down the field, its now a 10 pt game (instead of a 24 pt game). i know it’s easy especially for rival fans, to try to blame meyer here, but NO TEAM would have pulled it’s starter that early…one more score, and then yes, in all liklihood most teams would have.
Jeff
September 28th, 2009
9:01 am
Mark- your comments about UGA fans cheering when Tebow went down- not sure what fans you are referring to orr who you hang with but I can assure you the large group I was around did no cheering nor would any true fan of college football no matter what team. Bottom line- this is on Urbans shoulders- he was exposed this weekend for trying to run the score up and it cost a guy for it. Who know what problems Tebow will have down the line in life because of that concussion. Urban Meyer should be taken to task by the true UF fans and media. Thank God my son does not play for a jerk like him.
Andre "Pulpwood" Smith
September 28th, 2009
9:01 am
Oh Tony, please stop with the “Tebow is Superman” nonsense. I’ll bet that any doctor would tell you that Tebow’s work in the weight room had absolutely nothing to do whether he wasseriously injured by the hit on Saturday. Are you seriously saying that hard work in the weight room reduces the chances of a concussion?
Jeff
September 28th, 2009
9:06 am
Mighty KC- funny that you only call out “fans in Atlanta and Tally” as cheering- tell me, were you there- both places? Hmmm…sounds like crap from a UF fan to me. Lets be very clear. NO ONE who is a true college football fan would EVER cheer a player from ANY school laying on the field after a hit like that. Screw the rivalrys. Some of us have kids that play this game JUST like Mr. and Mrs. Tebow do. How narrow minded of you to lump all into whatever idiots you are talking about. I can assure you that our thoughts and prayers were with Tim Tebow and his parents from that moment on.
CharlotteGator
September 28th, 2009
9:07 am
I tend to agree with mightyKC. Tebow being in the game wasn’t that egregious to me. Typically in games like that against SEC schools, the Gators pull starters at the beginning of the 4th. I wanna say there were 4 minutes or so left in the third and it was the Gators 2nd or 3rd possession of the half. It didn’t seem very blatant to me. Other schools leave kids in like that all the time and nothing is mentioned.
As far as ‘running Tebow to death’ it wasn’t like they were running bull rush dives play after play. On the option running plays (which is a lot of what was run), UK employed the UT strategy of take away the pitch man and give Tebow 5-10 yards as opposed to Demps or Rainey getting 30-40. You could see Tebow and Demps smiling at each other and talking about how they kept taking Demps away. Almost as if Tebow felt bad he couldn’t get him the pitch. I’d guess Tebow averaged 6-7 yards a carry given the longer gains he was getting in the option plays. Also, the injury happened when he fell into his lineman’s knee. The sack hit was a good one, but nothing different than what LSU, Bama, or UGA deliver. Hindsight is 20/20 but he didn’t get hurt on a run. It was an unlucky injury that he’ll hopefully not suffer long term with.
That said, I will be disappointed if he’s rushed back to early. I’d rather take an LSU loss than risk playing the kid too early.
Also a little disappointed in some of the reaction. To many friends/rival fans reveling in the injury and doing the whole “I’m know a UK fan” song and dance. Sad to say the least…
Gravy Train
September 28th, 2009
9:09 am
For all of you Tech fans calling S Carolina average and talking of results on the field, just what in blazes do you think your team is? What do results on the field say about your league?
Your team is a mirror image of your league, average or worse and lucky to have any ranked teams. VaTech has been carrying the ACC for as long as they’ve been members and even they have trouble being more than above average.
Go play a night game in Columbia and see how it ends up. You couldn’t even win in Miami against a very mediocre, overhyped Miami team.
If your players are so darn smart, then why are the coaches having to simplify things for them?
Jeff Greissinger
September 28th, 2009
9:15 am
Was it just me or was the coverage of Tebow’s “hit” equivalant to the coverage of say…the President getting shot?! I mean, come on! You can’t tell me that if some lineman suffers the same kind of injury that Urban Meyer would be in the stands talking to the lineman’s parents! Tebow is a great talent, but why does the press fall over themselves to cover him?
rok dawg
September 28th, 2009
9:15 am
Tony:
Why was Tebow still in the game? Shouldn’t Meyer have been getting Brantley ready for next year? I know Meyer wants the kid to win the trophy again, but I think he showed a shocking lack of judgement.
Also, unless Florida has a brain lifting machine, how does being a “beast in the weight room” help Tebow avoid brain damage?
Let’s be honest – the kid, and his coach, were lucky. Hopefully Meyer learned a valuable lesson.
Saint Simons
September 28th, 2009
9:22 am
UGA !!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
djawjuh
September 28th, 2009
9:23 am
Mr. Football, eh? Who says? Barnyard is a blow hard who is a very average writer. Ever seen him on DirecTV’s CBS whatever? Listening to him and his cast is like watching paint dry. Enough already. I don’t know who IS Mr. Football but Tony, you aren’t.
JB
September 28th, 2009
9:28 am
speaking of coach’s coaching more, where was the Georgia staff when early fourth Quarter during a TV time out with game TIED a lot of Our players WERE STANDING ON THE BENCH “DANCING”……………….Has is come to this. Does Florida and Bama do that. Maybe I am out of touch………. Maybe they were 3rd-4th team players who were bored. I’m concerned.
Dawg Tired
September 28th, 2009
9:32 am
Tony – Obviously Georgia is fortunate to have A.J. Green on the team. Plus, you’re right that we probably lose to a medicre ASU team without him. Now, to the important questions: Why is Georgia so inconsistent? Why do we continue to turn the ball over? Why do we continue to get too many penalties? Why does the offense seem to go away any time we get an early lead?
Any thoughts you have would be appreciated (even if unexpected).
Gator Fan
September 28th, 2009
9:37 am
Probably already been said, but LSU and Bama can’t both go undefeated…they play each other.
EW
September 28th, 2009
9:40 am
With the way UGA has played, 3-1 is a blessing…AJ Green showed us why he’s worth the hype. Hands down better than WHOlio Jones at Bama. JJ scored for the first time in 12 games last week. AJ had that many TD’s taken away from him against ASU on a blown offcial video review.
UGA defense looked great against ASU. Our offense gave up seven of those and Caleb Kings unsure hands gave up another 7. Interesting, no Willie Martinez chopping block campaigns today??
IMHO I think that the only way to silence the BCS critics is to let an undefeated Boise into the NC game. When they get dismatled we can put this whole thing to rest but they are gonna get their shot eventually and this really could be the year if the chips fall right for them
Gen Neyland
September 28th, 2009
9:41 am
I’ll avoid the Tebow commentary other then to say in the case of his diagnosis he’ll be back. Unlike Tennessee starting MLB, Nick Reveiz, who blew out a knee Saturday and is done for the season.
StuDawg
September 28th, 2009
9:41 am
Hey Mark/ Hater, even if AJ Green pushed off at the end of the game, the refs probably didnt call itbecause they KNEW THEY STOLE A TOUCHDOWN FROM HIM EARLIER AND WERE TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR IT!. They even reviewed the damn thing and it was a textbook catch, but they didnt have the balls to overturn it. It should have been 21-17 at that point anyway.
JB
September 28th, 2009
9:41 am
After watching Bama play Arkansas, I’m a little worried. I know know, different Saturday, different field, different MoJo…..yada, yada, yada…….but, They made it look pretty easy and I’m trying to come up with some like comparable’s. We have a pretty good team IF all parts will ever work together.
EW
September 28th, 2009
9:43 am
And yes JB I am also not a big fan of our bench players “Swag Surfin” in a tie game in the fourth. But what do you expect, last year it was the Soulja Boy during timeouts. At least then we were taking it to Auburn and had a reason to celebrate.
Dan
September 28th, 2009
9:46 am
So it’s just luck that we have AJ? Recruiting is all luck tony? Gee tell that to the recuriters who put in countless hours to bring that kind of talent. Luck is being in the right place at the right time to block a field goal. Having a player on your team is NOT luck. It’s called work.
Cuzzin Vinnie
September 28th, 2009
9:47 am
Gravy Train – go drink another gallon or two of gravy.
ESPNU has terrible commercials
September 28th, 2009
9:52 am
AJ for HEISMAN!!!!
dawgman
September 28th, 2009
9:52 am
Yeah, Tim Tebow is really superman. Now maybe the media will quit annoiting him as the second coming of Jesus Christ. He is just another player and he will suck in the NFL. He is alot like the Russian in Rocky IV, once you see he can bleed and realize he is not a machine, you can kick his little homeschooled, overhyped, media driven, look at me, one speech too many, gay, corched by Urban Meyers, played with the gustsy Percy Harvey, go gator, 1 and 1 vs. UGA, future professional wrestler butt!!!!
gdawginkalamazoo
September 28th, 2009
9:53 am
I like one of the post from this weekend. I forget who the poster was but they said Lucky 3, Unlucky 1. And I’ll take lucky anyday.
228-179. Can anybody on here figure out what those numbers represent from the UK-UF game?
I have to say I did enjoy Tebow getting
September 28th, 2009
9:53 am
his lunch knocked out of him. Him laying there on the field was not a pretty picture I have to admit.
However, I am not surprised it did not happen sooner. Big QB running consistently up the middle celebrating after each run while rubbibg it the defenses face. If you value your QB you need to protect him. The guy is not a fullback and some of the collisions these days are ugly. These guy are big fast and strong on defense.
As far as Florida whining about other fans cheering Tebow getting his bell rung, I don’t think anyone really cares what you think. I just hope UGA can do the same.
The first Florida game that I ever attended was in 1993. Florida hit the Miss State QB and tore his ACL. The old fat dude in Blue in Orange polyester next to me shouted “one down 10 to go”!
That Kentucky play on Tebow was clean, and simply put.. yo boy Tebow has the dodo knocked out of him… Clean hit. Stop whining.
Get over it!
Zzggyy
September 28th, 2009
9:53 am
UGA will beat LSU.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 28th, 2009
9:54 am
Or should I put it this way. Riddle me this, riddle me that, 228-179 is the stat.
Matt
September 28th, 2009
9:56 am
Why does being a realist equal “not being a true fan”. The reality is that we can’t keep committing turnovers and penalties the way we have and continue to win against UT, LSU, FLa. AUburn, and GT. Yeah we won, great job everybody. You squeaked out a sloppy win at home against an unranked out of conference opponent (after going up 14-3 early). GREAT JOB!! Can you imagine how could we might be if we didn’t play careless and undisciplined????
bamafan
September 28th, 2009
9:57 am
EW – no Bama fan resents the success AJ Green is having. No Bama fan knows for certain that Julio Jones is better. True that he scored for the first time in 12 games but he was injured and missed a couple of games…..he also had John “Sarah Jessica Parker” Wilson throwing to him for 8 of those games. We can only wonder why McElroy didn’t play last year. Julio is also having to share the wealth with a bunch of other good receivers – McElroy is distributing the ball to everyone
(He completed passes to NINE different receivers against Arkansas.
But if it makes you feel better, you can continue your comparisons of individual effort. As for UGA’s defense playing well, your best offensive player had to come in and block the ASU field goal. Congrats to AJ and UGA on the win. Like you, I agree that UGA is lucky to be 3-1 with the way you have played.
brian
September 28th, 2009
9:57 am
OSU’s problem is we only lose to top 5 teams…my bad – Florida’s losses are much classier. Oklahoma, what success!!!! Last years loss to Texas, PSU and USC….boy, I’m embarresed…wouldn’t want to get lose to Mississippi!
Fletch
September 28th, 2009
9:58 am
I’m with you guys on the players dancing early in the 4th (it was the starting D btw), BUT, they didn’t get scored on after that so if that is what it takes I guess I can live with it.
Matt
September 28th, 2009
9:59 am
Oh and by the way did anyone else thing that ESPN over did the Tebow injury thing?? You would’ve thought he was shot and in critcal condition. He got a concussion and was taken to the hospital like they do for every concussion. Geez, he’ll be fine, he’s got a ways to go before he becomes Steve Young.
Chris
September 28th, 2009
10:00 am
JB,
You’re right. Alabama looks like the most fundamentally sound football team at this time in the nation. That’s just a serious group.
If you would have told me in August this GA team would be 3-1, I would have been happy (begrudgingly). With that schedule, I would have thought it meant this team showed great promise. And now I’m just baffled. I have never been so perplexed by any Richt coached team ever.
I can see us focused and waxing LSU this Saturday and then losing on the road the week after to UT.
One blogger posited that this team plays to the level of it’s competition and that may have some merit. Once GA was up 14-3, instead of ratcheting up the intensity and stepping on their throat, they seemed to relax.
And Studawg’s comment is right..go ahead and call the pushing off penalty but get the touchdown right after review in the first place and it’s a wash.
des
September 28th, 2009
10:00 am
No one in my section at the uga game cheered or responded with anything but concern when Ishowed the video of the tebow hit from my blackberry. Get a clue. Our prayers are with him.
CHeck that
September 28th, 2009
10:01 am
Brian- you only play 2 ranked teams a year and you lose to both, once in the regular season and once in your bowl game.
84 dawg
September 28th, 2009
10:02 am
Funny that anyone would be shocked that Tebow is in the game. With the idiotic polls determining everything, of course you run the score up as high as possible. Meyer is a sanctimonious gasbag, but he plays the NCAA popularity contest as well as anyone.
DawginLex
September 28th, 2009
10:05 am
228-179 is the answer.
The question is, what were the rushing yards for Florida compared to UK’s total yards?
TrueCrimson
September 28th, 2009
10:08 am
I never see any of these gridiron geniuses complaining about a first string player playing all four quarters of a game — unless one of them happens to get hurt. Then, by God, they knew all along that it was going to happen and the idiot Head Coach should have known it too.
I guess Nick Saban should have pulled Hightower before the end of the first quarter. Then he wouldn’t have gotten his knee destroyed. And Bama won the game without him anyway, thereby proving what a stupid coaching move that was. Yep… it’s just too bad that some of these geniuses aren’t out there coaching instead of know-nothing doofuses like Urban Meyer, Mike Shula and Nick Saban.
And Tony, I know that you feel like you have to throw every crumb that you can to the Jacket fans, but come on. Evil genius coach coaches less to win more? How about this instead: Tarheels suck. I mean really, this is a team that eked out a 12-10 win over the mighty Connecticut Huskies. Who would have thought that they weren’t headed for the BCS Championship?
Mississippi State beat Vandy last week, proving that they are the 11th best team in the SEC. If Tech can beat them next week, then they’ll really have something to brag about — for an ACC team.
Will
September 28th, 2009
10:09 am
Big Tone, you were dead-on your prediction about our dawgs Sat night. I thought we would look great and I was dead-on wrong. I suck! We were flat and and we were not ready to play. Unbelievable to me how poorly coached we are with the talent we have roaming the sidelines. If we had 11 AJ Green’s we would be in damn good shape.
I am sure CMR will say how the Willie Defense saved the day and they did play better. But the overall tackling was hideous and it took 3 quarters for Willie to pick up on the sprint draw to the left side that consistently got them 8 or 9 yards. Justin Houston is going to be good but we still don’t have much of a push and I fear a big O line like Tenn or LSU is going to abuse us and give their qb all day to pick us apart.
Can anyone tell me when the last game UGA played when we had under say 5 or 6 penalties? And the fact that the fans gave a standing O after Bacari got the INT was really sad to see. It was like the movie Bad News Bears when Ahmad caught the fly ball that somehow fell in his glove at the fence. Shocking our defense has gone down this far that the stadium and announcers are stunned when we can catch one.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 28th, 2009
10:14 am
DawginLex, not quite the answer. No but if you need another hint I will provide one.
EW
September 28th, 2009
10:15 am
bamafan..no disrespect intended to JJ…But when we are squeaking out wins against lowly unranked out of conference opponents and celebrating at midfield like you just won the NC, you have to focus on the good stuff. JJ is a super talent and plays in a offense that, like you said, isn’t exploiting his full talents. Mcleroy looks good though so maybe JJ will get the ball more, and as long as it’s not against UGA I enjoy watching him succeed.
Gator
September 28th, 2009
10:19 am
Tim Tebow is probably the best player ever, that’s why he was in the game. Like Georgia didn’t play Hershal when he was a little sick or hurting??? Meyer isn’t going to risk a kid’s life to win, in football you can still play when you have a little pain. I do question ESPN trying to stick the camera down the kid’s throat however.
EW
September 28th, 2009
10:20 am
And for those who say they were glad to see Tebow get destroyed should be ashamed. If you call yourself a football fan then you know the worst part of the game is when a player gets hurt. When someone goes down, especially like that, even the opposing team prays for him because they have enough sense to realize there are some things that are bigger than the game.
ugajersey.com
September 28th, 2009
10:21 am
Number 8 would be lucky to have a Replica Uga VII jersey for his dog, if he has one. Green head over to http://www.UgaJersey.com to get yours today. I’d give you one, but that would be a violation of NCAA rules.
murfdawg
September 28th, 2009
10:22 am
Tony,
What is up with the lame SEC officials? #7 Burfict from AZST pushed the umpire in the game Sat night and they did not have the guts to throw a flag. Evidently, the defense was not in a position to stop the 4th down play UGA was getting ready to run. I cannot imagine what would happen if a Dawg did something like that.Call your buddy Mike Slive and ask”WWPWD”. You know What Would Penn Wagers Do?
Sam Houston
September 28th, 2009
10:25 am
For the most part SEC teams are rated too high in
the polls just because they are in the SEC. Then when mediocre SC beats a Ole Miss team {that is rated way too high} it’s just the SEC beating each other up. Then when a mediocre Miss. State had a great opportunity to beat LSU, but couldn’t pull it off, LSU moves up in the polls.
Does anybody ever stop to thing that the SEC probably has two great teams, but top to bottom are not nearly as strong as the voters think. The problem is the voters {polls} help decide the national champion. Nobody has ever WON a championship, they have been voted in.
im4bama
September 28th, 2009
10:26 am
I just want to say Roll Tide! Bama should be ranked ranked #1 or at the very least, ahead of Texas. C’mon, we dominated VT, killed the cupcakes and shutdown Arkansas’ suppossed high powered offense. What has Texas or Florida done really to keep them ahead?
I’m just looking forward to a rematch with Florida in Atlanta; for the real National Championship game. Rammer Jammer, give’em hell Alabama!
mightyKC
September 28th, 2009
10:27 am
“228-179. Can anybody on here figure out what those numbers represent from the UK-UF game?”
actually, FL had 362 yards rushing, not 228…but thanks for playing.
to those that say they are surprised tebow hasn’t been injured before like that due to his many runs, do you realize that it was a pass play? in fact, QBs are often more defenseless when they are sitting still in the pocket. tebow would do the ‘injurin’ when he is running.
re: the comments about fans from opposing schools cheering, no, i was not in two places, but heard from fans that were in both towns. i do realize that every fan base has a few bad apples, and i’m sure most fans from any school were not behaving in such a manner. but to those that were, that’s sick. fans in tally were cheering last year when harvin was injured in the stadium, so i doubt any FSU fans will get on here and try to say it didn’t happen….they know their fans.
MattInSTL
September 28th, 2009
10:27 am
“But two of the three SEC teams in the top four have to lose because Florida plays LSU on Oct. 10 and LSU plays at Alabama on Nov. 7.” — No, LSU will lose both.
Mike
September 28th, 2009
10:28 am
Boise State doesn’t belong in the NC game let alone being part of the discussion- and I am a fan and season ticket holder. Their schedule is just too weak. BCS game? Sure. As long as they win out. I have a feeling when the first BCS ranking come out a few weeks from now that they will be at/near #10.
bull-gator
September 28th, 2009
10:29 am
A kid gets a scholarship to play college football. So, if he has earned the right to be a starter and busted his butt all week in practice to maintain his starting position, he should be allowed to play at least three quarters against a conference foe even in a blow out. Having bored everyone with that rambling statement, Tebow deserved to play well into the 3rd quarter. Meyer is not an idiot, he’s a football coach that needs to keep his players motivated and competitive. Remember all you football fans, Monday morning qb’s are always right, kinda like a broken clock is correct twice daily.
dbc
September 28th, 2009
10:31 am
Richt should discipline the players that were dancing, plain and simple. But he won’t. The fact that they were dancing at all with a tie score tells you all you need to know about this year’s version of the DAWGs.
As for ESPN and the Tebow thing, it was way over the top. I thought Musberger and Herbie were actually going to rush to the hospital to stand vigil. As it stood, viewers were subjected to their 30 minute verbal sponge bath of the guy. Hate to see anyone hurt, but is this guy’s 15 minutes up yet?
m
September 28th, 2009
10:33 am
Obviously, the “m” at 8:21am is a silly imposter…obvious except to bamafan, who must be an idiot.
I repeat, the polls suck. The preseason polls suck. Every weeks polls so far have sucked. Every poll for the rest of the season will suck. And whoever chosen to play in the BSbcs will be bogus because it will be bassed on polls that suck.
And any journalist(sic) that keeps writing about the polls also sucks.
We need a 16 team playoff. We need to eliminate the polls altogether. Let only results ON THE FIELD count…..no opinions whatsoever. And have a real national champion like EVERY OTHER SPORT.
TrueCrimson
September 28th, 2009
10:34 am
There is a very good reason why so many SEC teams receive high positions in pre-season polls. Pre-season polls are always based primarily on last year’s performance. Right now, there are probably 2 championship caliber teams in the SEC, and there are 10 other teams that could beat either of those 2 teams on any given Saturday (or Thursday).
Explain why USC moved up in the polls. More often than not, the National Champion is not questionable. In some years, the outcome is more dubious. The same would be true if there were a single elimination playoff system.
Sean
September 28th, 2009
10:35 am
Tony: I don’t think Boise gets to the title game, though the Oregon win looks a lot better now. The real question is what happens if Cincinnati is the only undefeated team for a BCS conference?
Gen Neyland
September 28th, 2009
10:39 am
zoo : 228 represents the number of people on the front row and 179 represents how many teeth they had, collectively speaking..? I know, old joke.
im4bama
September 28th, 2009
10:40 am
dbc,
I liked your take and the “verbal sponge bath” was a perfect way to put it and gave me a good laugh.
gdawginkalamazoo
September 28th, 2009
10:41 am
mightyKC, correct but do you know what those number represent?
Acually guys I goofed the number should have been 226-179. Not the 228. Close enough though.
bamafan
September 28th, 2009
10:47 am
M – thanks for your kind words labelling me as an idiot. My wife frequently would agree with you. Surprise – the polls do suck. Bigger surprise – the BCS is based on the polls and it sucks. Playoff sounds good until you figure out how to seed the 8 or 16 teams and then whoever is left out at # 9 or # 17 will whine. But last year’s conference records remain irrelevant to every discussion occurring on this blog.
Bull Gator – Coach Meyer needs to keep the interest of the folks sitting on the bench also. He might need them when the starters are hurt.