Saban: Bama will not use scheduling issue as “an excuse”
It’s Friday which means that the floor is totally open to you. We can discuss spring football, the NFL Draft, conference expansion, politics, television (I’m still waiting impatiently for Mad Men to start its next season). Just keep it clean. Here are a few topics to get the party started:
The SEC had its end of spring practice conference call yesterday. Here are but a few tidbits that caught my attention:
**–It is well known by now that due to a scheduling quirk, Alabama’s last six SEC opponents in 2010 all have a bye week before they play the Crimson Tide. The SEC is trying to give Alabama some relief but its options are limited if other SEC schools don’t want to move games. And by now most of them don’t.
Alabama head coach Nick Saban said he was most concerned about the game with Auburn on Friday, Nov. 26, the day after Thanksgiving. Auburn has an open date on Nov. 20 while Alabama plays Georgia State in Tuscaloosa.
“The thing I’m concerned about is playing Auburn on a short week,” Saban said. “Sometimes a bye is an advantage and sometimes it’s not. It’s not going to be an excuse for us.”
Ironically, the key to getting Alabama some relief may be Bill Curry’s new program at Georgia State. If that game could be moved and Alabama could shift its open date from Oct. 30 to Nov. 20, then Saban would get the relief he seeks.
But here is why moving games at this late date is so hard:
**–Georgia State has an open date on Nov. 13 and might be willing to move its Alabama game at that date.
**–But Alabama has a game with Mississippi State on Nov. 13. Coach Dan Mullen said he might be willing to move that game to his open date, which is Nov. 6. Alabama can’t play that date because it has a game with LSU.
**–Alabama and Mississippi State could move to Oct. 30, Alabama’s old open date. But the Bulldogs have a date with Kentucky.
And so it goes. The process is complicated by the fact that there are only 13 Saturdays between the first Saturday of the season (Sept. 4) and the first Saturday in December. Some years there are 14 Saturdays which provide much more flexibility in scheduling.
**–In case you missed it last week, the Head Ball Coach at South Carolina turned 65 years old and, thanks to a workout regimen that would have younger men gasping for air, Steve Spurrier remains in great shape. “If you look at all the magazines you know that it’s got nothing to do with how old you are but how you take care of yourself,” said Spurrier. “I never thought I would coach until I was 60 but all of a sudden it gets here and you feel as good as you did 20 years ago.”
Spurrier said he is proud that he has never been fired as a college head coach and plans to keep it that way. “Hopefully I can coach another 4-5 years and be able to hang it up on my own.”
**–Florida center Maurkice Pouncey was the No. 18 pick in the NFL Draft by Pittsburgh. His brother, Mike, will take over the center spot this season at Florida. Maurkice Pouncey left school early and was a first-round pick. Mike stayed behind because he wanted to play one more year of college football. It is the first time since about the fifth grade that the two twins have been apart. Expect Mike Pouncey to be a first-round choice in the 2011 NFL Draft. “There is no reason he can’t do the same thing,” said interim head coach Steve Addazio, who is also Florida’s offensive coordinator. “I think Mike is the best offensive lineman in the country.”
Head coach Urban Meyer was not on the conference call and Addazio said he was not certain when Meyer would return to his office.
**–Derek Dooley, the new head coach at Tennessee, said that during his first meeting with the Volunteer players he did not ask for them to trust him. “That is something you have to earn over time,” said Dooley, Tennessee’s third head coach in as many seasons. “Trust is built with the consistency of how we treat them and coach them. It’s our job to get them to trust us, not to demand that they trust us.”
Dooley said he does not expect his father, Hall of Fame coach Vince Dooley, to be in Sanford Stadium when Tennessee comes to Georgia on Oct. 9. Vince Dooley told me a couple of weeks ago that he will watch the game from his home in Athens.
“He has a love for Georgia like none other but he also knows that his son will be playing,” said Derek Dooley. “Blood is thicker than water. He may not be wearing orange but at least I hope he’s thinking orange.”
Here are a few other notes before we break for the weekend:
**–Auburn’s Ben Tate and Tennessee’s Montario Hardesty were the No. 5 and No. 6 running backs taken in the NFL Draft. They were the first two running backs from the SEC to be selected. What else do they have in common? They were both coached by Eddie Gran, who was the running backs coach at Auburn in 2008 and the Tennessee running backs coach in 2009. Gran decided to join Jimbo Fisher at Florida State when Lane Kiffin bolted for USC in January. This continues a run of good backs for Gran, who is considered one of the best recruiters in the business. He has coached four first round choices: John Avery (Ole Miss), Duece McAllister (Ole Miss), Carnell Williams (Auburn), and Ronnie Brown (Auburn). He has four second round draft choices: Tate, Hardesty, Kenny Irons (Auburn), Brandon Jacobs (Auburn). Just found that interesting.
**–My 790 The Zone buddies Sandra Golden and Mike Bell are starting a new show at noon on Monday on CSS. “The Sports Gig” is being billed as a sports/infotainment show. It looks like they will the sports equivalent of “Regis and Kelly.” Check them out.
A FINAL PROGRAMMING NOTE: Starting Monday and continuing through next Friday, we will do our Spring football wrap-up for 2010. Here is the schedule:
Monday: SEC East
Tuesday: SEC West
Wednesday: ACC Atlantic
Thursday: ACC Coastal
Friday: Post-Spring Top 25
Have a great weekend.
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Dawg Dab It
April 30th, 2010
8:53 am
First
EW
April 30th, 2010
9:04 am
If Bama’s not going to use the schedule as an excuse, then why all the scrambling to change it???
Jim Mora Jr.
April 30th, 2010
9:05 am
Good. I guess everyone that’s crying about this schedule would also like the NCAA to go ahead and give Alabama the National Championship in April while they’re at it, too. Go out and play your schedule, and we’ll see where you are when it’s BCS time.
And seriously…isn’t playing Georgia State in their inaugural year really like a week off?
gdawginkalamazoo
April 30th, 2010
9:07 am
I would think Georgia State could count as an open week. Really. Bama should be able to play its third string the entire game and win easily. So since we are not using the competitor open dates as an excuse for anything we shouldn’t have to hear about them anymore. It is what it is.
JB
April 30th, 2010
9:10 am
Went to hear Mark Richt at the Augusta Spring visit last night…..He’s really pumped about what he saw in the spring on defense. Said the defensive backfield will be fast and very sound and deep.Told the crowd he’d gotten several calls this week from QB’s around the country to walk on or transfer.
McDawg
April 30th, 2010
9:11 am
and i’m sure we will be reminded all year long that the incredibly onerous difficult demanding unfair schedule absolutley positively will NOT be used as an excuse
JB
April 30th, 2010
9:13 am
Georgia State…hum…… I guess the Mississippi prison team was busy that week…Geez.
7th
April 30th, 2010
9:13 am
Me.
Can You Dig It
April 30th, 2010
9:28 am
Why does Alabama deserve everyone trying to bend over backwards to help them with thier schedule?……does anyone honestly think that Saban would change anything if the shoe was on the other foot?….I don’t think so…..but rest assured if Bama loses to some of those teams during their last six games the Bama fans will be the first one’s to cry like a baby….and so will Saban. Can You Dig It!
BAMA STAN
April 30th, 2010
9:33 am
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
Georgia State? Are you kidding me? We should use this game to work on fundlementals – and play depth. The schedule is what the schedule is – let’s go play football!!!
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!
RipperIII
April 30th, 2010
9:34 am
All you clowns who are deriding BAMA for attempting to right a seriously flawed schedule, remember this,…BAMA had the same situation last season…bet you guys would be singing the blues if BAMA had an off week before each of your schools…not that it would matter in the least.
Ted
April 30th, 2010
9:35 am
EW,
Since when did trying to change some thing that is entirely not fair and making an excuse become the same thing? I sure if your college team had 6 opponets with open weeks before they were scheduled to play you you would be very happy. But I would like to hear your excuse on why you’re so ignorant?
Bottom-line I dont see anything changing but what goes around comes around in this conference.
Teddy
Ted
April 30th, 2010
9:36 am
Can you dig it…can you spell?
RipperIII
April 30th, 2010
9:38 am
Georgia State was scheduled as a Favor to Bill Curry and Georgia State’s football program,…no other program in the Country could bring as much National exposure to the Georgia State program than BAMA…especially not UGA.
RipperIII
April 30th, 2010
9:41 am
“Can you dig it?” ….why does BAMA deserve everyone trying to” bend over backwards to help them with their schedule…” you said it yourself…BAMA earned it…your chump school did not…
bo
April 30th, 2010
9:43 am
1. too late, AL has already used it as an excuse
2. I am sick of the Dooley love affair. GA fans better have no illusions about where this kid’s potential success lies
MMA is stupid
April 30th, 2010
9:47 am
Please, a game against Georgia State??!?!?!?!?! Give me a break. Bama could play their thrid string and with only 7 on the field and still win. Cant wait to hear all the excuses.
Can You Dig It
April 30th, 2010
9:49 am
Hey Ted …I can spell a lot better than you can put a grammatically correct sentence together.
Ripperhill…show me where I said Alabama earned the right for everyone to help them with their schedule.You are really fooling yourself if you think Saban would change his schedule if another school had the sme problem….what a tool you are…..Can You Dig It!
Crystal Ball
April 30th, 2010
9:50 am
Don’t knock GA State, there is a reason GA State started a football program at the same time the SEC is talking conference expansion. How about it Mr. College Football? GState gives the SEC an anchor in the ATL.
Miles
April 30th, 2010
9:53 am
Not to worry…Roll Tide…to hell with the bye week issue…the Nick Saban “no excuse” approach is the way to go….the Tide will meet Ohio State in the National Championship…
Dooley’s got his hands full at UT…what a mess Kiffin left at Rocky Top…
Nobody is talking about Florida right now…interestingly, they’re the second best team in the SEC…plenty of talent…an upset in Tuscaloosa will put them at #1 in the country…
Happy Friday everyone…
JB
April 30th, 2010
9:57 am
Georgia State and the SEC…really…..I guess Obama is gonna park Air Force One and start taking Greyhound..LOL…………..Being in the SEC is an honor and historical event every Saturday in the Fall.
An Urban School with used equipment is NOT on their radar.
Football Fan
April 30th, 2010
10:03 am
Your article indicates that Eddie Gran went to FSU rather than following Lane Kiffin to USC. Actually Jimbo Fisher had hired Eddie Gran away from Lane Kiffin well in advance of Lane taking the USC job.
SecIsFootball
April 30th, 2010
10:11 am
gdawginkalamazoo …. I dont think is so much who we play as much as it is the shorter amount of prep time we will have in implementing the game plan against the cow college.
The schedule will ultimately not be an excuse as we played 5 teams last year who had a bye week before they played us and 5 or 6 the year before. The biggest thing is making the schedule fair. After the 2010 season, BAMA will have played 3 times as many teams who had a bye week prior to their game with us than any other SEC school. Regardless of anyone’s opinion of UA, something is wrong with that.
SecIsFootball
April 30th, 2010
10:15 am
Can You Dig It….This should have never happened to begin with as far as the schedule goes. It should not be up to the coaches or AD’s to say whether they will or not make this right. The SEC needs to do it but at this point there is little that can be done.
help, I live in Ga
April 30th, 2010
10:16 am
TB–Mad Men? Should have guessed. You’re old school. Good show.
Dooley will need two years to build. Rest easy Dawg fans–for two years anyway. Year three will be the one to worry about. If Coach DD can find some O-line, he will have a very potent passing game and be dangerous.
College football writers. Mad Men. I guess I can see that.
Kirby Smart
April 30th, 2010
10:18 am
Saban is going to crush the Barners come November in T-town.
rocketide
April 30th, 2010
10:27 am
WITH THE AL
with the talent and more importantly player development the schedule really doesn’t matter for Alabama
Schedule wise SC has the only true advantage
I just wish we could play GA again before Richt is fired
McDawg
April 30th, 2010
10:32 am
If V. Dooley wears orange or roots for UT against UGA he should shave his head and leave town
G8R GRAD
April 30th, 2010
10:33 am
Crimeny!
Coach Fisher’s staff are studs!
Looks like ol’ half-a$$-U will be back sooner, rather than later.
So the Thanksgiving regular season finale returns to its former prominence.
C’est la vie!
gdawginkalamazoo
April 30th, 2010
10:34 am
Good post Bama Stan.
Reptiles Rule
April 30th, 2010
10:34 am
Bama will get NO sympathy in regards to their schedule this year. That’s just the way it is when you are on top. And I wouldn’t expect teams to try to adjust their schedules to accomidate them either. It is what it is. With that being said, I still see Bama rolling into the SECCG at 11-1 vs a 10-2 Florida.
Otto
April 30th, 2010
10:35 am
Ga. St isn’t SEC material but they could be in the Big East giving Northeast schools exposure to SEC talent and turning on Southeast TV sets take a look at USF.
Gen Neyland
April 30th, 2010
10:36 am
Miles, et al : You (all) may want to invest 5 minutes or less in the below recap on the Orange and White game before you consider Kiffin’s errant ways. LK did some rebuilding before he went west :
http://www.secrivals.com/sec-east/tennessee/tennessee-volunteers-orange-and-white-game-2010.html
CNS is doing the right and honorable thing in minimizing the scheduling issues. It will be as tough a year as last for all Alabama’s opponents and with Alabama’s depth, they’ll be ok. The players looking to next level will appreciate the grind. for in the NFL there really aren’t too many cupcake weeks to lay back and relax…
Coach Vince will be wearing a White G polo shirt, Silver britches and tennis shoes when UT goes to Athens. Barbara will make him put on White socks and Orange Under Armour. I’m hoping I can get tickets to the game, but please, don’t spit on me or hit me with a beer bottle. That goes for the fans, too…
Kennesaw Dawg
April 30th, 2010
10:37 am
Saban would not change a thing for anyone else for sure. So deal with it. But it does give the over the top Bama fans an excuse to fall back on. Georgia had a number of key games after the opposition had a bye last year, and it just was what it was. We lost because we couldn’t play fundementally sound football on either side of the ball, not because of the bye weeks. We will right that wrong this year, for sure. If Bama plays like they did last year, and has a couple of lucky breaks like they did last year (Tennessee game), then they will win those games. If they don’t they won’t. It is called SEC football. Go big or go home.
Otto
April 30th, 2010
10:38 am
Bama should have been looking at this several seasons ago but they didn’t. As Stan said lets play ball.
EW: If Bama’s not going to use the schedule as an excuse, then why all the scrambling to change it???
Lame…. Classic coach speak. Of course Saban will lobby for an easier schedule and if they drop a game no coach will blame it on the schedule.
Charles
April 30th, 2010
10:40 am
The Georgia State game is an off-week. I’ve never heard so much griping about a schedule. Man up and play it.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 30th, 2010
10:42 am
SecIsFootball, you use the pratice time for the GSU game on your second string. Put your first string praticing and game planing for Auburn for two weeks. I would think the physical defense that Bama’s second string could play would be more than enough to clean the clocks of GSU. Have the first string O put up two or three quick scores then focus on Auburn while the second team gets some reps.
McDawg
April 30th, 2010
10:48 am
NO EXCUSES
5IML
April 30th, 2010
10:50 am
BAMA is not making a big deal of the schedule.
The media is making a big deal of it because we are the BCS champions and SEC champions and own a 14-game winning streak and have the current Heisman winner and appeared on the cover of SI four times last year and will be pre-season #1 and several other reasons.
I’m not sure why the media would do such a thing. Judging by the number of BAMA-related posts on this story, noone has any interest in BAMA. lol
1eyedJack
April 30th, 2010
10:52 am
rocketide
Be careful what you wish for.
Reptiles Rule
April 30th, 2010
10:54 am
Neyland, I think UT really struggles this year and probably next just to become bowl eligible. In spite of all of his crowing, Kiffin’s initial recruiting class was not very fruitful when you consider that the two most highly regarded prospects, Bryce Brown and Nu’keese Richardson, are no longer with the program. Kiffin left scars and blemishes on that program that will take years to heal (good luck recruiting some of the most furtile grounds in Fla for awhile). However, I DO think the guy up there now can bring them back if given the necessary time (5 years) to do it.
John
April 30th, 2010
10:55 am
If Alabama wanted an open date the week before Auburn, then Alabama should never have scheduled Georgia State that week to begin with. Auburn was perfectly content to play Alabama the Saturday before Thanksgiving as it had for the last 15 years until the SEC decreed that no school could have an open date the Saturday before the SEC championship game. Alabama’s scheduling problems are totally the fault of Alabama.
SecIsFootball
April 30th, 2010
11:01 am
gdawginkalamazoo….completely understandy your logic there and would agree 100% had we not lost to ULM 3 years ago! LOL
KR
April 30th, 2010
11:04 am
I really don’t think the schedule (in regards to bye weeks) is as bad a some Bama fans are portraying it. After all, these same fans are the ones who suggest that the Tide is in a league all by themselves when it comes to talent and depth. I could be wrong, but I don’t think it’s going to have much impact on their season.
Frankly, I have to wonder whether Auburn has taken a more difficult approach. They play 11 straight games, take the bye week, then finish up the regular season against Bama on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Around weeks 9, 10 & 11, they will probably be pretty beat up and tired and really ready for a week off.
Typical Gator Fan
April 30th, 2010
11:05 am
Expectations of being number 1, a tough schedule and players looking towards the NFL can be tough. Ask Coach Meyer about how much of a toll last year took on him.
JB
April 30th, 2010
11:06 am
The mess Fulmer and Kiffin left in Knoxville will be a long faded memory after DD goes say 10-14 his first two years. The hillbilly’s will be screaming we’ve hired the wrong guy.etc….look what Saban did in two years at Bama they’ll say yada yada and his firing will set them back another 3-4 years. Tennessee needs to remember that 3 or 4 recognizable names turned that job down because they knew what was in store and losing big there for two years could taint their career.
Good luck to the Vols, but they need to be patient. No offensive line and it takes a couple of years to mature one. lot’s of holes on that team
Otto
April 30th, 2010
11:16 am
JB agreed, and Shula is not thanked enough for giving Saban a jump with some quality talent on campus, much more than DD has to work with.
Bryant
April 30th, 2010
11:17 am
We will be OK. I think it is quite a compliment that so many teams want an open date before they play us. Two regular seasons in a row 0 losses dont hate the player hate the game!!
Reptiles Rule
April 30th, 2010
11:21 am
Typical Gator Fan…that was all part of it for sure, but the biggest factor was the unbelievable week to week drama that unfolded during the season and it never stopped. The Lane Liffin game build-up, the Tim Tebow concussion, the referee thing and SEC fine, the Spikes eye-gouge incident, the Dunlap arrest, the shocking letdown (and stellar Bama play) in the SECCG game…it was one thing after another. By the time it came to play a tremendous Bama team in Atlanta, the Gators just seemed like they had run out of gas. And I think that’s what happened to Urban…there was nothing left in the tank. But with a month off and the pressure off, Florida played one of the finest bowl games in its history, even when you consider the competition (sorry Cincy). And that was the spark for the renewal and resurgence and a direct catalyst for the recruiting class that was yet to come.
DP
April 30th, 2010
11:27 am
No John, Alabama’s scheduling problems relate to 6 SEC opponents having open dates before playing Alabama. That’s not Alabama’s fault, it is the fault of the SEC which puts together the league schedule that gave so many teams an open week before Alabama. 6 of the teams chose to keep that date open and schedule their nonconference opponents for their other open dates. I don’t blame the other SEC schools for taking advantage of that opportunity or for not being willing to change their schedule to accomodate Alabama, I blame the SEC for being asleep at the switch when they put together the schedule.
If Alabama had scheduled Georgia State or somebody else on their current open date of October 31, they would still be playing their last 6 SEC games against teams coming off open dates. Alabama and LSU are both open before their November 6 game, so Alabama would go from a preparation disadvantage against Auburn to one against LSU.
Tony, when you went through all those potential moves that would allow Alabama to move the Georgia State game a week earlier, you stopped one step short of a solution. If Alabama-Ga State was moved to November 13 and Mississippi State was willing to move the MSU-Alabama game to November 6, Alabama-LSU could be moved from November 6 to October 31 since both are idle that week.
If I was Saban I’d rather leave it like it is and take the bye week in midseason rather than before Auburn. Alabama should be able to spend the week of the Georgia State game planning for Auburn and shouldn’t need to play the starters for more than a half, if that much.
For anybody who thinks having an open week is no big deal, look at the winning percentage for SEC teams in conference games after a bye week, and consider how LSU and Iowa used the extra time they had before their bowl games with Georgia Tech figuring out how to stuff Paul Johnson’s offense that gave defenses so much trouble during the regular season when they only had a week to prepare for it.
5IML
April 30th, 2010
11:27 am
The departures of Mullen, Harvin, and Murphy are what happened to the Gators last year. Because of these changes, the Gators were inconsistent all season.
SaintsLSU
April 30th, 2010
11:33 am
Hey Bama fans, at least you have a bye week before at LSU. You will need it, as that will be the toughest game of your schedule. You got the Gators and the Barn at BDS. As for the article, I have too much respect for Saban to think he would use that as an excuse. It’s just bad luck, not a conspiracy. And hey, you guys got a lot of breaks last year, so what goes around comes around. Good luck to all of our SEC brothers this season!
Agent
April 30th, 2010
11:35 am
How many times do I have to apologize for the party I threw Monday before the SEC Championship game? Let it go already.
Gator88
April 30th, 2010
11:36 am
Suck it up and play it on a short week. They could roll out the 3rd string and beat those guys.
Wow-you gotta give Jimbo some credit for higher some coaching talent at FSU. It’s a little scary……but I am still not sure of his coaching ability. Time will tell…..FSU is on the upswing that’s for sure…
SEC Joke
April 30th, 2010
11:38 am
Jim Mora Jr.
April 30th, 2010
9:05 am….And seriously…isn’t playing Georgia State in their inaugural year really like a week off?…. YES
But they would probibly rather play a local HS varsity squad. Here it is.
GAMES AGAINST DIV 1AA (FCS) SHOULD NOT COUNT AS DIV 1A (FBS) WINS. SCHEDULE REAL GAMES NOT TAMS 1 STEP ABOVE A GOOD JC.
SEC Joke
April 30th, 2010
11:39 am
*TEAMS
Reptiles Rule
April 30th, 2010
11:39 am
5IML…The loss of Mullen and Harvin were factors but don’t forget that UF still went undefeated in the regular season, which they hadn’t the year before. Also, Harvin was not someone they necessarily missed in the one game they DID lose, the SECCG, because he was injured and did not play in Atlanta against Bama the year before. They still had the talent and coaching to accomplish their goals last year, but when you threw a few ” monkey wrenches” into the equation, it became too big of a mountain. And that mountains name was Alabama.
djgator
April 30th, 2010
11:40 am
The GATORS dont have a bye week before they play bama. I wonder what thier excuse will be after they lose to the Gators. GO GATORS!!!!!
djgator's spelling skills
April 30th, 2010
11:44 am
What’s my excuse when I don’t how their is spelled? Work em, Silly Gators!!!
Spell check
April 30th, 2010
11:45 am
Please use me dj, I’m free.
jumbeauxtiger
April 30th, 2010
11:46 am
5IML, I agree that the media is making a bigger deal out of the schedule than Saban is. Saban doesn’t like distractions and won’t discuss this once the season starts if not before.
Bama had a open date before playing LSU last November and the Tigers didn’t. I’m not complaining as that’s just the way it is. Both have an open date the week before playing each other this year.
JB:
“Went to hear Mark Richt at the Augusta Spring visit last night…..He’s really pumped about what he saw in the spring on defense. Said the defensive backfield will be fast and very sound and deep.”
No flame intended but Miles said last night in Lafayette on his tour junket that the Tigers’ offense will be much improved. Like the Dawgs’ D, I’ll believe it when I see it.
These tours by coaches are to gain support and contributions among fans as well as to publicize their programs for recruiting. I think most coaches are going to be very positive and are going to say things the crowd wants to hear.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
TONE
April 30th, 2010
11:48 am
I expect Alabama will get by Florida in the sec championship game again , and even if they only slip up once they will land in the title game so really bama does have 1 game to play with this year . I am a DAWG fan but I don’t see the DAWGS unseating florida this year they have too much talent, and i would much rather see bama win than the gators .
Reptiles Rule
April 30th, 2010
11:53 am
djgator…wish I had your optimism but that’s gonna be a mighty tuff night game at “The Tusk” (get it? Tuscaloosa + elephants horns). Oh well, at least I thought it was clever. Anyway, that, and I think Tally are gonna be a couple of land mines for us this year.
SOGADOG
April 30th, 2010
12:17 pm
If Vince Dooley is like me, he will be pulling for his son’s team to win in Athens on October 6. There is just no way I could pull against my boy. If Vince dresses in puke Orange and sings Rocky Top at the top of his lungs, I wont like it, but I will forgive him and not think any less of him. Vince is truly a great man.
Alphar
April 30th, 2010
12:22 pm
If Vince roots for his son during the upcoming GA-TN game, will you UGA fans change your mind about Adams firing him a few years ago?
5IML
April 30th, 2010
12:27 pm
Of course V. Dooley will pull for D. Dooley in that game. It’s not like that one game will make a big difference in UGA’s season. Win or lose, UGA will finish second in the East and play on New Year’s Day.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 30th, 2010
12:27 pm
SecIsFootball, with the recent success, those things (ULM) should be easily forgotten.
Dorsey Hill
April 30th, 2010
12:46 pm
First, UGA will win the East this season. Count on it.
Second, why can’t Barbara and Vince pull for Derek to go 11-1? My brother is a football coach and if he coached against Georgia I’m wearing Red and Black. If my wife bet everything I own against Georgia, I’d be looking for a bridge to live under. Doing otherwise would be like pulling for the Germans in 1942 because you had family there. Anyway, that’s how I see it.
Third, is playing Georgia State really a disadvantage? Seems like an opportunity to build depth and give Auburn about 100 new and different things to worry about on a short week to me. I’d run about 15 different trick plays and show new coverages and new blitzes, all of which will likely work against an vastly inferior opponent and keep Chizik and crew up late at night.
Fourth, and this is for you Mr. Barnhart, isn’t the 2010 UGA v. USC game perhaps the biggest in the series since 1980? It may be USC’s last chance to be taken seriously as a real East contender under SOS and it is the first, and perhaps the last, chance for CMR to show that the program is not on the decline. If USC loses, then they will confirmed as the perennial pretender and if UGA loses, unfairly or not, it may be a tipping point in CMR’s career at Georgia. IMHO we’re going to thrash them, but that game probably has more importance than any other game on either teams schedule right now and may have more profound implications than any other SEC football game next season.
DZ
April 30th, 2010
12:46 pm
It is ironic that you Dawgs fans ride Bama for playing Georgia State when UGA has scheduled the mighty 1-AA Bengals of Idaho State who went 1-10 last year and 1-11 in 2008.
gcs
April 30th, 2010
12:49 pm
Tony,
What is going on with the NCAA vs. Southern Cal?
I saw that Reggie Bush settled out of court with the guy who allegedly gave him and his parents the free home & benefits while at USC. To me this is an admission of guilt but…
poopdawg
April 30th, 2010
1:14 pm
DZ , ironic? What was GA ST record last year and in 2008? Oh yeah thats right its their 1st year ever. Poor Bama.
Spike
April 30th, 2010
1:15 pm
We Dolphin fans still think Saban is a liar. And an unsuccesful liar at that in the NFL.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 30th, 2010
1:42 pm
DZ, I’m not riding Bama for scheduling GSU. Somebody had to. Plus Curry was former Bama coach which might be fun for some of the Curry Bama fans. They are an upstart so I don’t think you Bama fans have much to worry about preparing for Auburn and GSU in the two weeks.
gdawginkalamazoo
April 30th, 2010
1:44 pm
DZ, plus these newer programs and smaller schools could use the revenue.
Mike Bell..... Mike Bell ?
April 30th, 2010
1:49 pm
Are you kidding me? Talk about “arrested development” !! He is pathetic
G8R GRAD
April 30th, 2010
1:52 pm
coach Chizik just named Cameron Newton his starting QB.
This guy’s a STUD (and a UF transfer, mind you)!
UA needs to give AU a respectable berth.
With Cam’s arm and their receiving corps, . . . .
G8R GRAD
April 30th, 2010
1:54 pm
I’m not sayin’, I’m just sayin’
5IML
April 30th, 2010
2:14 pm
As hard as it his to listen to Mike Bell, it’s even harder to watch Sandra Golden.
As an AT&T Uverse customer, I’ve always regretted not having CSS. Suddenly, I don’t feel nearly as bad.
Gen Neyland
April 30th, 2010
2:25 pm
No Reptiles, brown and Nuke weren’t the cream of Kiffin’s crop. That would be Bray, Milton and James to name a few on the O side. Bryce Brown, Oklahoma recruit, right..?. Alot of hype but I’m wasn’t sold on the next Reggie Bushspeak. Recruiting is a national project. They come from near, they come from far but I’ll guarantee you, they will come…
Delbert D.
April 30th, 2010
2:32 pm
Bill Curry doing Alabama a favor? Surely you jest!
SOGADOG
April 30th, 2010
2:40 pm
Even if Vince Dooley pulls for his son’s Tennessee team over UGA on October 6, I will always disagree with Mike Adams decision to fire him. Vince Dooley was a long time loyal servant of the University of Georgia and not allowing him to finish his career on his terms was a disgrace. I will never forget the fact Vince could have returned to his alma mater Auburn right before the National Championship game, but he remained a loyal Bulldawg. If he wants to pull for his son, (after being forced out by UGA) then more power to him.
Dorsey Hill
April 30th, 2010
2:43 pm
DZ,
I think “inconsistent” is a more appropriate word than “ironic.” Everyone schedules patsies. Your patsy just happens to be of particular note and while I don’t denigrate them for their scheduling choice, Bama whining about a game that is scheduled where they scheduled it is a bit much for me. Its not like they didn’t know when the Auburn game was going to be played when they agreed to play GSU. Further, while they complain about playing 6 games vs. teams coming off of byes, what they don’t say is that in 2 of those games Bama also has a bye and in a 3rd they play GSU which may be easier than practice, so its not like they are that really that disagvantaged. I don’t recall any Bammers forgiving UGA for coming out flat in the Blackout game when Bama had a bye week leading up to it and we had just played in Tempe and Columbia, two of the hottest games you can imagine, nor do I recall us whining about it or making excuses or trying to get the schedule we created modified before the season to mollify our complaints of unfairness, but I guess you have to be a Bammer to understand victimization. While I respect Alabama and all of its accomplishments, the fact is that Bammers have an inherent sense of entitlement that makes them bristle at any circumstance wherein they are treated just like anybody else. Bammers expect special treatment. Even when caught cheating the Bammers felt that their perceived value to the world of college football should protect them from punishment. In fact, in the wake of the two seperate NCCAA investigations I heard more than one Bammer say that Bama should threaten to leave the NCAA. Why? Because the NCAA needed Bama more than Bama needed the NCAA. That’s your fan bases mentality. Its sad and patheic but very true.
jumbeauxtiger
April 30th, 2010
2:52 pm
SOGADOG
EEen if Vince Dooley pulls for his son’s Tennessee team over UGA on October 6, I will always disagree with Mike Adams decision to fire him. Vince Dooley was a long time loyal servant of the University of Georgia and not allowing him to finish his career on his terms was a disgrace.”
I agree. Adams had no chance to be the new NCAA boss as he stepped on too many toes with his arrogance.
It’s really a blessing as if he had his way he probably would have tried to do away with tailgating.
Bulldog59
April 30th, 2010
2:52 pm
Alabama’s game on 11/20 against Georgia State is the equivalent of a pre-season NFL game, and an early pre-season game at that. Give your starters two series to get 14 points on the board, and then get the backups plenty of work, all the way down the depth chart.
Saban is probably more concerned with a freak injury to a starter and only a week to heal. He’ll need to be 100% against Auburn on 11/27.
DP
April 30th, 2010
2:53 pm
Dorsey Hill, Alabama didn’t have a bye the week before delivering a beatdown to the Dawgs in the “blackout” game of 2008. They beat Arkansas 49-14 on the road the week prior to going to Athens. You don’t remember any whining about it because it didn’t happen.
Please, we don’t need any delusional Dawg fans disparaging the mentality of any other fan base.
5IML
April 30th, 2010
3:19 pm
Dorsey,
I think I can speak for Coach Saban, Mal Moore, and President Witt when I say that BAMA will never waste a bye week preceding a UGA game. UGA is just not that important. I bet you think UGA is a national brand.
Lobo
April 30th, 2010
3:55 pm
Well let’s just say what most people think about the University of Alabama. Its football pursuits seem to validate and justify its identity with an uneducated backward population and a symbolic link to the Lost Cause. It is truly ironic that the exploitation of a less-powerful racial group serves to inoculate the U of Alabama from pressure to improve the state or to stimulate change. Football “success” has stalled its transformation into a modern university with intellectual, aesthetic or humanistic concerns. The state of Alabama may be last in a lot of things but Bama fans can cite to the world that it is first in football.
Also the University of Alabama’s misplaced priorities (football fluff over economic substance) harm the state’s growth and development as the Crimson Tide football team is outlet for the lunatic fringe and a venue for them to be recognized. Too often though the holy crusade of Bama football acts as an umbrella under which the range of political and social opinion is from Y to Z. Thus when a university simply reflects the attitudes of its football fans….. It is no longer a university in the true meaning of the word.
The NCAA would actually be doing the University of Alabama a favor by handing down a ‘Death Penalty’ for its football team. It will be only then that its faculty, alumni and students will appreciate the scholarship and learning that mark a university with intellectual fiber and integrity. Until then Auburn will have to carry the burden alone of feeding, clothing, housing, protecting and healing the citizens of Alabama.
Thank God for Auburn!
Steve Spurrier
April 30th, 2010
3:59 pm
I’ve got me some players now and am ready to dole out some misery. Dawgs, you got next. Hee hee. What happens to all that talent when they go to UGA?
Steeledawg
April 30th, 2010
4:00 pm
Tony,
I feel the same way as you regarding Mad Men. I don’t think it is back until late July, but another great show Friday Night Lights is back a week from tonight.
Beast from the East
April 30th, 2010
4:00 pm
Lobo, where you denied acceptance or could you just not make the cheerleading squad thus harboring bitter resentment for the rest of your lonely days?
Dorsey Hill
April 30th, 2010
4:24 pm
5IML,
I’m quite certain that 1-3 vs. the Dawgs in the 2000’s was sufficient to satisfy the Bammers not to have any special arrangements made for the game.
YELLOW HAMMER
April 30th, 2010
4:34 pm
saintslsu- the tide doesn’t lose in baton rouge ,check your stats
LOL at Lobo
April 30th, 2010
4:37 pm
Lobo,
Glad to see that sociology degree is working out for you, just like Cadillac “you know” Williams.
DP
April 30th, 2010
4:40 pm
Hey Dorsey, tell us some more about how Georgia playing in the heat the previous 2 weeks and that Alabama bye week caused the 2008 blackout beatdown in Athens.
Alabama would like to play Georgia more often but you guys don’t make it to the SEC championship game very often. Alabama has been there in 7 of the 18 championship games and every time the opponent has been Florida.
SEC Joke
April 30th, 2010
4:52 pm
gcs
April 30th, 2010
12:49 pm
Tony,
What is going on with the NCAA vs. Southern Cal?
I saw that Reggie Bush settled out of court with the guy who allegedly gave him and his parents the free home & benefits while at USC. To me this is an admission of guilt but…
But what, your an idiot?
They (NCAA) have taken this long because they have no proof that the University knew or had any thing to do with any wrong doing committed by Bush’s family. Where did you get your JD, not UGA. The out of court settlement IS NOT an admission of guilt; and if it was, it still would not be evidence against the University.
SEC Joke
April 30th, 2010
4:57 pm
Gosh, I just don’t know the difference between “you’re” and “your”. Looks like I’m the idiot.
Tide Rising
April 30th, 2010
7:13 pm
Dorsey Hill,
Why do you consistently just make up lies regarding Alabama football?
Lie no. 1.
First of all Bama didn’t have a bye before playing Georgia in the blackout game. Google 2008 sec football grid and you will see that we played Ark the week before.
Lie no. 2
You stated that while Bama plays 6 teams coming off of byes this year that we also have a bye preceding 2 of those games. This season everyone has only one bye. Nobody has 2 byes so what you are saying is obviously a lie. We use our one bye this year against LSU which also is using their bye against us so its equal.
lie no. 3
You stated Alabama is whining about a game where we scheduled it. The whole point of the article is that the SEC makes the schedule so your idea that we knowingly scheduled games this way is absurd. And yet again for what seems like the 4th year in a row Alabama probably leads the nation in the number of opponents taking their bye before playing us.
Along that same line is the absurdity of some of the other fans on here mostly dog fans who were insinuating last year that Bama and Florida were being given all kinds of breaks last year by SEC officials during games to make sure they both met undefeated for the sec title. My question to all those morons is how does that make any sense if the same SEC was scheduling 4-5 sec teams using their open date against Bama last year also putting us at a distinct disadvantage last year? Doesn’t make much sense from some of you conspiracy geniuses out there. Better yet I’ld like to see the SEC looked into for allowing one team to be put at such a distinct disadvantage in scheduling and not just for 1 year. This has been going on since 2007.
The odds were stacked against us the last 2 seasons and yet we completed back to back perfect regular seasons. We’re not complaining. We’re simply saying what any rational and fair minded person can obviously see: That the schedule is inherently unfair and is stacked against us for the 4th year in a row. Its way out of whack for one sec team to be playing 6 other teams who have the advantage of an extra week of rest and preparation.
Last of all please dog fans quit preaching about the Georgia state game being a week off. This coming from a team who plays double AA Idaho state which went 1-11 and 1-10 over the last 2 years.
We’re playing GSU as a favor to Bill Curry because he wanted the game and it will help remove some of the bad feelings regarding his coaching days at Bama. It will give GSU national exposure even if the game is lopsided and more importantly it will give them a much needed cash infusion of 450k to put into their program. That’s a lot of cash for a 1st year program that really needs it. Well, at least we play a historical powerhouse in Penn State ooc.
Dorsey do you play a Penn State caliber national name out of conference this year?
Tide Rising
April 30th, 2010
7:21 pm
Kennesaw Dawg
April 30th, 2010
10:37 am
“Saban would not change a thing for anyone else for sure. So deal with it. But it does give the over the top Bama fans an excuse to fall back on. Georgia had a number of key games after the opposition had a bye last year, and it just was what it was.”
Kennesaw Dawg, Really? Georgia had a number of “key” games after the opposition had a bye last year? “It just was what it was” ? Really? You must come from the Dorsey Hill school of making stuff up as you go along.
FACT of the matter is only one sec team took a bye before playing Georgia and that was Arkansas which is hardly a key game since its not a divison game. It was also early in the season and was only the 2nd game for Ark and the 3rd for UGA. Its not as if you were worn down after the long grind of what was up to that point a 2 game season before you played Ark. I guess you, like Dorsey, never let the facts get in the way of your argument.
BIRDDAWGONE
April 30th, 2010
8:08 pm
If Vegas isn’t affraid of Alabama, why should Saban be affraid? I just hope UGA gets to play Alabama this year.
#2 BAMA FAN
April 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
Georgia would get beat by 2 or 3 touchdowns by Alabama so really don’t the dawgs could beat the crimson tide, but you never no. Bama should use the solution about getting a bye week by playing with a chip on its shoulder and destroy the SEC WEST and than take the gators to the woodshed again like 09 SEC CG. RTR
Charlie Bama
April 30th, 2010
8:37 pm
“Use as an excuse”?? An excuse for what? Don’t need no stinkin’ excuses! Bama was 14-0 and National Champs last year. They may well do it again this season. Or maybe they’ll only settle for a 13-1 record–Yeah, who would want that? Only that? Sheesh. Roll Tide. [Hot Tip: Orange Hillbillies will be 4-7 this season--you heard it here first]
SEC Observer
April 30th, 2010
8:56 pm
It’s the annual rite of some UGA fans. Delusional and making excuses but then Fall gets here and reality sets in.
It’s no wonder many opposing fans hope you guys never win a BCS Championship; we would never hear the end of how the Dawgs are the greatest team of all time.
One distinction you do have: tops in problems with players. Name one college team with more arrests in the last 3 years. I’m waiting….
Its a gator world
April 30th, 2010
9:44 pm
I guess the bammers didn’t need any excuses the last 2 years in their regular season. Lookin at some of these posts you gotta wonder how delusional dawg fans are. A couple of em got busted talkin bout all Georgia’s opponents bye weeks and it turns out they only had Arkansas use their against the dogs. Ya had the impression that the dawgs had everybody takin their bye before playing the fearful 7-5 dogs. Last year they took their bye before us and we still whupped em bad as usual 41-17
Neutral observor we’ve had our problems with arrests but it seems the dogs probably are the team with more arrests in the last 3 years than anyone. If there is anyone with more arrests over the last 3 years than the dogs than I would be shocked.
Tim E
April 30th, 2010
9:53 pm
If Alabama only had Georgia on their schedule next year it would give them a little more breathing room mentally considering this current situations with so many good teams having bye weeks before they play Alabama. Playing Georgia would almost be like playing Georgia State….easy!
Paul The Vol
April 30th, 2010
10:41 pm
Think I’ll post this link about Bama begging for relief from its schedule over on VolQuest. It should get some interesting comments.
gcs
April 30th, 2010
10:44 pm
Hot off the presses: Georgia Tech postpones the 2013 and 2014 games vs. Alabama.
CHICKENS!
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Gil Yard
April 30th, 2010
10:46 pm
I would bet that Georgia State could beat Idaho State this year.
MikeP
April 30th, 2010
11:45 pm
Newsflash: Bammer scheduled their game a week before the Iron Bowl. Nobody forced that on them, they scheduled it themselves.
If $aban doesn’t want to play a game the week before the Auburn game, he shouldn’t have scheduled one. Grow up, bamzos, the world owes you nothing.
Stuart
April 30th, 2010
11:58 pm
Tony, this isn’t a quirk, this is a bunch of scared snivenly (sic) cowards of football coaches and A.D.’s that who know the only way to beat Bama is to HOPE that a week off will help their pansy ass teams get ready to play.
BOO HOO BAMA ...not
May 1st, 2010
12:54 am
poor bama having to play Ga State before the Auburn game..gee I am surprised you redneck backwoods imbeciles haven’t driven to Atlanta to throw a brick thru Curry’s window about that one
$hit for brains
May 1st, 2010
12:55 am
hey gcs, funny I do not see UGAY scheduling games with FSU, VT or Clemson
Bama fan
May 1st, 2010
9:20 am
Paul the vol,
Bama begs for nothing. Bama does demand a little basic fairness in scheduling so that 6 sec foes don’t have a built in advantage against us. One or two would be fine. But 6? As far as begging UT will be doing plenty of that when you’re begging Saban to pull back the reins on the imminent beatdown coming in October.
MikeP,
Son are you just stupid or what? The sec schedules the games. Alabama had to pick up a noncon pansy somewhere and there is only one open week available and we used that for LSU which also has an open week before playing us. Otherwise we had to play GSU somewhere and the available spot was the week before the cow college game you dolt. And while the world owes us nothing rival punks like you do. You owe us awe. Now get down on your knees and polish my bcs crystal trophy for me.
Sec Fan First
May 1st, 2010
10:13 am
All of this SEC bashing of one another is truly sad. The SEC Assistant Commissioner sets the Conference Schedules on 4 year rotations and 2 year rotations for alternating teams.
The SEC school then sets their own out of conference schedule. The SEC Bylaws state that no school shall be given advantages over any other SEC school while scheduling non conference and open dates. The SEC office approves every schedule. Mike Slive admitted that the SEC and Officers did not manage the Football schedules with due diligence as required in the Bylaws.
Now moving on…..
The EAST is going to be a wide open race…no matter how bad some fans are and think their team is too talented..well not in the EAST….
Florida is talented but the losses in coaches and too many first rounders in the Draft..Tebow was 60 percent of their offense…..possible losses…Alabama, S.C., UGA…FSU…
S.C….can the old ball coach get some consistency on offense, while maintaing his tough defense.
UGA…..new quarterback….a good one but new…..lack of defensive players and depth will still haunt the dawgs in 2010…but they will still be better than in 2009…possible losses…UF, S.C. G.T., Auburn…
Tennessee….new coach…..lack of depth…three best players from 09 are gone…..possible losses…
UF, UGA, Kentucky, S.C…Alabama,
Kentucky….new coach….good talent returning….can be a suprise with a few breaks..still too many questions…possible losses……UF, UGA, AL, S.C.
Vanderbilt…WILL be better in 2010……
West
Alabama….loses 9 defensive starters…but returns a boat load of players who played and back ups were as good as some starters…need DB’s….Offense will be good…..
Possible losses….UF….
LSU…where do we start……coaches are questionable….quarterback is inconsistent…lacking in leadership…but the talent that is on that roster is second to none…..
WILL lose 3 games due to coaching mistakes…..
Auburn…..Malzahn will run his back yard style offense and hope the defense can make a stop or two…but the Defense at Auburn is non existent as displayed in the spring game…..
Mississippi State….better better better..will surprise many teams …
Ole Miss…..too many losses on both sides….has Houston Nutts magic worn off .?
Arkansas…this is the unknown team in the SEC….may provide a few shockers or could be a big dissappointment…..
gcs
May 1st, 2010
10:41 am
Dear SEC Joke,
This is a quote from your eloquent post: “But what, your an idiot?”
Before you go around calling someone an “idiot”, maybe you should learn some grammar.
For example: “You’re an idiot because you don’t know the difference between ‘your’ and ‘you’re’.”
Next quote: “Where did you get your JD, not UGA.”
That is a question and a fragmented sentence in the SAME sentence. Bravo.
Next time, try this: “Where did you get your GED? It was not Alabama. They would not accept an illiterate moron like you.”
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$hit for brains
May 1st, 2010
12:04 pm
dear gcs, I do not see UGAY playing Alabama the next two years either, so why you running your mouth about GT? In fact, your not even playing LSU. What a bunch of wussies with a capital P. Good luck vs Idaho St, surely that will get you in the top 10.
Watch out for GSU!
May 1st, 2010
12:52 pm
Hellooo, has anyone noticed the fact that GSU is getting a boatload of SEC and ACC transfers? They already got Bailey Woods from Auburn, Joseph Gilbert and Clyde Yandell from GA Tech. There are even rumors that Logan Gray from UGA is considering GSU as an option. This is not your typical start-up, and Curry is not your typical coach!
Bama Rolls!
May 1st, 2010
4:09 pm
This 2010 Bama team will be the best in the SEC, by far. They are loaded on O, have tons of new talent coming in on D and with Saban’s genius, should easily win the SEC and go to the BCS title game again. Title #14—it sounds good!!!
fire the AJC editors
May 1st, 2010
4:22 pm
No “eXcuses”. This is front page news for crying out loud.
Cutless
May 1st, 2010
4:31 pm
Bama’s a non-player in 2010. Lost too many defensive players, and has to play 6 games against teams coming off a bye weak. Defense gave up over 90 points in last 2 spring games. Saban isn’t a back to back kind of guy, and there hasn’t been a repeat back to back winner in a long time in the SEC.
Cutless
May 1st, 2010
4:38 pm
Defense wins championships in the SEC, and Bama lost evertybody. I predicted their defense would give up 40-50+ points a game in the Spring scrimmages, and I was right. I don’t care if you can play offense, Ark was #1 last year in offense and went 7-5. It’s the D in the SEC, and Bama ain’t bringin’ it this year folks. Saban’s satisified with multiple National Championships, doesn’t seem hungry anymore, playing too much golf, like Spurrier.
Gonna be Georgia, SC, or LSU, defense wins championships in the SEC.
Jason
May 1st, 2010
5:14 pm
The game against Georgia State is to Alabama’s advantage. While other teams are limited in how many practices they can have per week, the GSU game will give Alabama the equivalent of a full scrimmage of any players they want to put in the game. They won’t have to risk any of the top players but will be able to work on depth positions.
Alabama also did it because they want Georgia State to start keeping at home many of the players from Georgia who are recruited by Auburn. A strong GSU hurts Auburn’s ability to recruit from Georgia, especially those who would be second or third string at Auburn but will get to start at GSU.
KJ
May 1st, 2010
6:47 pm
“One distinction you do have: tops in problems with players. Name one college team with more arrests in the last 3 years. I’m waiting….”
Since losers like you always like to crow about this “fact”, why don’t YOU give a source for this? And underage drinking and moving violations don’t count.
Also, new rule: when you’re the reigning national champions, you don’t get to complain about anything. ANYTHING.
Let's Do it Again
May 1st, 2010
6:57 pm
When I say ROLL, you say TIDE.
ROLL….
D2
May 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Tony, appreciate the updates. Thought the article was good, but I do have to point out one thing. Tate and Hardesty were not the first two SEC backs taken in the draft; they were actually the second and third. Dexter McCluster was taken with the 4th pick of the 2nd Round, 22 picks before Tate was taken. Not a huge oversight, but McCluster deserves the recognition. All-in-All, nice article.
Nick Saban
May 1st, 2010
7:35 pm
On second thought, I think every team we play should have a bye week. Maybe then they’ll STFU.
We’re that good. Bring it on pansies.
Hairy Dawg
May 1st, 2010
8:36 pm
Bammers is always excusing when they catched them in the cookie jar by the NCAA. But got to hand it to Bammers in palying to win championships. Dawgs got to compete to mash Sabans team and we got to gets Adams+Evans getting serious about football instead of school. Then we beat Bama like the chumpy state they are. We got recruits in GA and Bama dont, but we got bums in Adams+Evans not priority for football instead a school.
Nachos
May 1st, 2010
11:14 pm
23 time NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
13 time SEC CHAMPIONS
2009 UNDEFEATED SEC CHAMPIONS
2009 UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2009 Heisman Trophy Winner Recipient
Choke on that haters
Can You Dig It
May 2nd, 2010
10:51 am
I’m laughing at all the Bama fans blogs. What a bunch of pompous asses…..I’ll tell you what why don’t we just appoint Bama as National Champs this year and let everyone else play for second. What a bunch of redneck country bumpkins…..Your team finally comes out of hibernation after 10-12 years and you think that your sh_t doesn’t stink….Please spare us all the bullsh_t ….we don’t need it or care about how you feel or what you think of everyone elses team…..Go ask Saban if he wants to play Florida or Georgia this year….I don’t think so. Your school ought to be embarressed for scheduling Ga. State. Why not schedule a high school team…or the ladies team at the local YMCA? Have fun while you can because history has shown everyone that Bama will eventually cheat to stay ahead or their players and fans will cheat because they think their entitled to….but please don’t come on this blog and start telling everyone how great you are… the majority of us really don’t give a sh_t….Can You Dig It!
Bama fan
May 2nd, 2010
11:48 am
Can you dig it,
You’re not very bright are you? Ask Saban if he wants to play Florida or Georgia this year? Uh, excuse me. We do play Florida this year. As for Georgia does you feeble mind actually believe the 14-0 defending national champions would fear an 8-5 Georgia team breaking in a freshman qb? You can’t possibly be serious? Can you?
Hairy dawg,
Georgia fans like you amuse me. You call us rednecks but when an Alabama fan like myself looks at a post like yours I’m in utter disbelief. Could a dawg fan write a post with more bad spelling and poor grammar? Flat out unbelievable. And to think that you guys call us ignorant rednecks,etc.Unfreakingbelievable!
Bama fan
May 2nd, 2010
11:52 am
Excuse me. Your not you. I have to correct myself before I start sounding like one of those inbred Georgia rednecks. You know. The ones that are depicted in the book and movie deliverance about man raping hillbillies. Or in Gone with the Wind with all the inter marrying cousins. Those Georgia rednecks.
Gman
May 2nd, 2010
1:01 pm
Bama/Saban not going to use their schedule as an excuse??
Too late for that. Tons of blubbering from the Bamers already.
Bama fan
May 2nd, 2010
1:47 pm
Gman,
Sorry dude but we don’t need no stinking excuses. Did we need excuses the last 2 years when we rolled through 2 regular seasons undefeated. Uh,that would be a no! Excuses are for losers like you.
Tdawg
May 2nd, 2010
4:14 pm
Wow gators and elephants being attacked on this site. I guess the dawgs are not the only ones that don’t get a pass on this blog.
Dorsey Hill, dang right. I don’t care who my son was coaching, if he ain’t on the Georgia sideline then at least for that day he ain’t no son of mine. I cannon for the life of me see pappa Dooly puling for Tennessee no mstter who their coach is. If he does then he is mud to me.
Mike Adams is an a-h@!e.
SEC Joke you are obviously not very bright. If you can’t see what every person in the country can see then I have a solid gold lead brick that I would like to sell you. Not sure if the Universty knew but you can be rest assured that Pete Carroll knew and the last time I heard, he was a part of the universty at the time.
SEC Observor no more delusional than you. If you think that UGA is the only school with a underaged drinking problem then you are more delusional than most. We in Georgia unlike in Flordia take our underage drinkers to the tank. We don’t release back onto the roads like the University of Flordia does.
Bama Fan and Tim B. can you say 1 and 3. It’s easy. Just say the dawgs have beaten us 3 of the past 4 meetings. By the time we play you guys again you will be on probation again. There is an outside chande that we may play this year, but sense Georgia might not make it to the dome thia year and Alabama most definitely won’t be there it probably won’t happen. 1 and 3.
Stuart already making excuses I see.
Dick Nixon
May 2nd, 2010
7:30 pm
Is Bama on probation yet?
Dick Nixon
May 2nd, 2010
7:34 pm
Bryant cheated and confessed. Stallings, Dubose got caught. Price wife caught him. With Curry and Shula you see what Bama would be withouy cheating, losing to directional schools from Loseranna
obomaisaclown
May 2nd, 2010
11:44 pm
Why is Auburn beating bama so badly in the state of Alabama.If you arecoming off a NC you would think you would own the state . Is bama check book running low?
bully11
May 3rd, 2010
2:14 am
Bama shouldn’t receive any relief. When was the last time Bama got a holding penalty? Bama cheats and the refs help them any way possible. In reference to an earlier post, the Mississippi prison team would destroy the Georgia prison team in football.
Thank goodness that Coach Satan left the Dolphins!!
bully11
May 3rd, 2010
2:19 am
Bama running back wins the Heisman and fininshed second in the SEC in rushing behind Anthony Dixon of Mississippi State. Every team loaded up to stop Dixon because of a no-passing game for MSU and he still out rushed your Heisman trophy winner. That right there ought to tell you something about Bama.
Ron Mexico
May 3rd, 2010
9:29 am
What a joke. Georgia State is a virtual open date, is Auburn complaining about having to play Alabama with an open date before their game? The sad thing is, the Tide players are so worried about late season games against schools after their open dates that they’ll choke one away in the early part of the schedule against Arkansas.
GSU Panther Fan
May 3rd, 2010
8:35 pm
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Vick=Dog killing thug
May 4th, 2010
9:29 am
Let’s just give Saban the trophy now and excuse Bama from playing. I’m sure it’s hard on Nick and the boys to work their schedules to play all those games anyway. Glad we got that settled…
Bye Week Blues | LouisvilleBlogs.com
May 4th, 2010
7:03 pm
[...] It’s now a well-known fact that some quirky shuffling from the SEC offices has left the Alabama Crimson Tide a scheduling SNAFU for this coming season as it’s last SIX conference opponents all have a bye week before their game with the Tide. How this happened is anyone’s guess, but I’ll be first to go on the record on this blog to say it isn’t fair. Some remedies are being offered, but with six teams in question with 12 games each in 13 weeks, you’re better off laying down this week’s paycheck on Powerball than you’d be to expect much of anything to be worked out at the last minute. There’s little doubt that Alabama is getting a little bit of shaft, but if there’s now a team in the conference that could put on their big boy pants and suck it up it’s probably them. [...]
BAMA STAN
May 5th, 2010
5:21 pm
Looks like the Tide will lose 4 or 5 games this year with our schedule,much like UGA schedule in 2009 playing all the teams with a buy week.Hope the red necks in Bammer understand and will not start throwing bricks in Saban’s office.
Bye Week Blues » College Football Daily News - Get all your football news at one site
August 3rd, 2010
4:03 am
[...] It’s now a well-known fact that some quirky shuffling from the SEC offices has left the Alabama Crimson Tide a scheduling SNAFU for this coming season as it’s last SIX conference opponents all have a bye week before their game with the Tide. How this happened is anyone’s guess, but I’ll be first to go on the record on this blog to say it isn’t fair. Some remedies are being offered, but with six teams in question with 12 games each in 13 weeks, you’re better off laying down this week’s paycheck on Powerball than you’d be to expect much of anything to be worked out at the last minute. There’s little doubt that Alabama is getting a little bit of shaft, but if there’s now a team in the conference that could put on their big boy pants and suck it up it’s probably them. [...]