UGA’s “Dream Team” recruiting pitch gets mixed reviews from state’s top football prospects — Is it a dream? Or reality?
Georgia’s “Dream Team” recruiting approach is getting mixed reviews from the state’s top uncommitted football prospects.
Loading ...The “Dream Team” is the phrase borrowed by Georgia coach Mark Richt for his in-state recruiting efforts. It will be another strong year for talent among the state’s top rising high school seniors, with more than 200 expected to sign major-college scholarships in February.
Richt and his assistant have been using the “Dream Team” sales pitch since early spring, telling the state’s elite that if they join together and sign with Georgia next February, the Bulldogs will contend for future SEC and national championships.
“Georgia has a dream in recruiting, but it may not be my dream, too,” said Thomas County Central defensive tackle Ray Drew, who is considering the Bulldogs among his 27 scholarship offers.
“I’m not saying that for people to read too much into it, either way. It’s just that the dream of [Carver-Columbus tailback] Isaiah Crowell may be different than Georgia’s dream, or the same thing with Valdosta [tight end] Jay Rome.
“What I’m saying is that, in the end, I have to do what’s best for me and my family, like every recruit. If I sign with Georgia, it would be because it was the best fit for me … and not to be part of the ‘Dream Team.’”
Georgia has 11 early commitments for its 2011 recruiting class, including 10 from the state. East Hall defensive end Sterling Bailey, North Clayton linebacker Amarlo Herrera and Mitchell County wide receiver Justin Scott-Wesley are considered among the state’s best prospects at their respective positions.
Bailey said he is using the “Dream Team” approach with several uncommitted prospects, including Crowell and Dalton offensive lineman Watts Dantzler, who will announce between Georgia and Auburn on Sunday.
Mark Richt (left) has 11 UGA commitments for 2011 recruiting class, including 10 from state (AJC)
“When I talked to other guys, I am like come on and hop aboard the ‘Dream Team’ — we’re going to make this the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation,” Bailey said. “This is going to be the class that gets Georgia back up to the top where it needs to be.”
When Bailey was asked if the “Dream Team” idea lured him to the Bulldogs, he said, “I committed to Georgia because it was best for me. It was close to home, and then Coach Richt and [defensive coordinator Todd Grantham] said some things that made everything very clear to me.
“I like the ‘Dream Team’ thing, though. It’s a cool name. Besides, who wouldn’t want to be part of a ‘Dream Team?’”
The “Dream Team” concept is nothing new in recruiting, where every school tries to develop an innovative sales pitch. Drew has heard most of them during his travels.
“Auburn talks about family, that’s what they use to try to get their players,” he said. “With Florida, they have a pretty good record at home. They talked about ‘Protect this house, protect this house.’ Everybody has their own little slogan that they try to sell you on.”
Dantzler said he first learned about the “Dream Team” when Georgia’s coaches visited his school in the spring. They pulled out big piece of paper that had the map of Georgia on it, with around 10 stars denoting the team’s top targets. Monroe Area defensive end Stephon Tuitt, who lists Georgia Tech and Miami as his favorites, said Georgia coaches “showed me around 10 or 12 guys on iPad.”
However, neither Dantzler nor Truitt, along with Bailey and Drew, could remember all the prospects on the “Dream Team.” NCAA rules prevent Georgia from commenting on prospective-student athletes.
The Bulldogs could land two more in-state prospects this week who said they were told they were on Georgia’s “Dream Team” — Dantzler and Tucker linebacker James Vaughters. Vaughters will choose between Georgia and Georgia Tech, among three others, at 11 a.m. Thursday.
“James likes what he has heard about it the ‘Dream Team’ and I think it positively affects his decision,” said his father, Jonathan Vaughters. “But I don’t know if it is the sole criteria he uses when evaluating his top five schools and, ultimately, his final one.”
UPDATE: Dantzler committed to UGA, while Vaughters selected Stanford
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cattle dawg
June 16th, 2010
7:27 pm
uno
cattle dawg
June 16th, 2010
7:29 pm
I havent been first in a while. Maybe my luck is changing
Herschel Talker
June 16th, 2010
7:53 pm
Winning SEC titles would speak for itself. How ’bout we get back to that and stop with the fluff. Blackouts. Dream Teams. It’s all baloney without the wins.
dawg mane
June 16th, 2010
7:56 pm
first, down south.. dawgs will destroy florida or anyone else, sick of losing, tired of willie martinez and his excuses, all the issues are in the past. The dawgs will be the best team in the SEC for years to come. screw ga tech.
PeachJam
June 16th, 2010
7:57 pm
The Dantzler family is a class act. Hopefully Watts will follow in the steps of his father, Danny.
Tech Phd '85
June 16th, 2010
7:59 pm
IT IS JUST A DREAM. Vaughters and Rome (Clemson) are going elsewhere. Keep dreaming, unlike Georgia Tech, the 2009 ACC Champions! Where is your BCS ring, pups? lololol
RedandBlack
June 16th, 2010
7:59 pm
It sounds like there is a little more bite in the bark of the Georgia Bulldogs right now. Go Dogs go. Get ‘em one game at a time. Go Dogs!!
GTax
June 16th, 2010
8:01 pm
Meh…I think it’s little league and ultimately holds as much water as a thimble when being evaluated by a recruit. When growing up and playing 11-12 baseball we called ourselves a “dream team” but that was when I was a kid.
Something like family and protecting the house is much more mature.
It still isn’t going to have any effect on a recruit though. If it does, then that recruit is either a) naive or b) immature.
But hey, what else does UGA have to pitch this year? Sucking hind tit to the Gators and going to the weed whacker bowl? Not very promising.
DDPO
June 16th, 2010
8:02 pm
For once, I agree with H. Talker.
2 Conference Titles in 28 years does not constitute any kind of dynasty.
poopdawg
June 16th, 2010
8:02 pm
What career is James Vaughters planning on after football? You know a kid that smart has some ideas.
Spike
June 16th, 2010
8:04 pm
Herschel Talker is right. Enough of this dream team stuff already. We need to beat the Gators and at least get to the SEC championship game before we start woofin’. More action, less talk.
What??
June 16th, 2010
8:05 pm
Dream Team is a reality!!
If the top GA kids were to stay home, Bama, Fla, Aub, and LSU would not stand a chance!
What??
June 16th, 2010
8:06 pm
Spike
You are an idiot!
Spike
June 16th, 2010
8:08 pm
TechPhD.. Don’t forget. UGA-30. ACC Champs-24. Eight out of nine and counting. We own you.
GTax
June 16th, 2010
8:09 pm
What?? You’re an idiot if you think Florida doesn’t have recruits as good as Georgia. Go look at your last years class and notice how many players CMR got/was trying to get out of Florida.
Hunkerdown
June 16th, 2010
8:10 pm
Certainly hope James chooses the Dawgs tomorrow. Yep, Danzler and Vaughters would be huge if they jumped aboard this week. Best wishes to both no matter how it winds up.
Preston
June 16th, 2010
8:13 pm
OK tech dud 85, UGA plays in a REAL league where, when we win it, we really did something special. Your bugs win the ACC for the first time in ages and you guys get an automatic bid to a BCS game. Pretty slack. Especially considering that you can’t win a bowl game to save your lives! Like I’ve said many times, be very glad you’re in the ACC where you can feel like something special because, in a real league, you’re mediocre at best and NEVER in a BCS bowl. LOLOLOLOL!!! Oh yeah….who played in the ACC CG game last year? That’s right, two teams that were beaten by their in state rivals from the SEC the week before. LOLOLOL!!!!!
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
8:15 pm
Using anything with a “team” concept is smart, because that’s what it takes to win a championship. This will turn off Terrell Owens “me” types, but will appeal to “we” oriented players.
I’d say if you recruit the guys that put team/we 1st “team”, AND have a lot of talent and are from the state of Georgia and playing for Georgia is their “dream”, like Pollack & Green, then yes, you’ll have a better chance to win a championship.
It’s important to recruit from the state of Georgia. All SEC Championships for georgia have been led by QB’s form the state of Georgia, like Green.
When playing for Georgia fulfills a players dream, and that player has better than average talent, great head coach, and if they’re team oriented, good combo.
Guys from out of state arn’t loyal and don’t care as much about Georgia (Stafford.Moreno).
Look at DJ, loyal to the end, NFL level talent, sitting the bench, but stayed, to fulfill HIS dream.
Dawg '94
June 16th, 2010
8:16 pm
I see the nerds have to get on here because their recruiting news is so poor. The Dawgs are ACC Champs & would have beat Iowa by 14 points. I sure hope the BIG OT picks Georgia over
Auburnt Sunday. 30-24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Preston
June 16th, 2010
8:16 pm
BTW, UGA has a few shiny BCS bowl rings compared to that one you got last year for losing to a sorry ass Iowa team. UGA in an off year beats their ass! LMAO at you losers!!! WE OWN THIS STATE!
What??
June 16th, 2010
8:17 pm
Spike
Are you UGA??
If not, go away, now!
Hmmmmmmmm!
June 16th, 2010
8:20 pm
the real dream is that who ever they recruit would finally stay out of trouble.
Thus…….The Dream Team
wiley
June 16th, 2010
8:23 pm
I’m indifferent for once.
Spike
June 16th, 2010
8:26 pm
What?? It seemed perfect for you. Yes, you boob, I see that each school has a pitch. All I am saying is we need to start winning big games more than we have lately. Have you seen any of the Gator games the last twenty years? How abou the last two years? And if this dream team doesn’t manage to get it done in the next couple of years, all this talk will make us look really stupid.
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
8:27 pm
Really critical that your core leaders/players (Green/Pollack) are from the state of Georgia.
this year, Aaron Murray, from Florida, having a passion for Georgia? Don’t see it.
DJ & Green were both from the state of Georgia.
Hersel Walker grew up in Georgia.
Johnny DangerDawg
June 16th, 2010
8:28 pm
The “Dream Team” is a silly gimmick, yes. But there are a few players out there who will be swayed by gimmicks. There’s more than one school with great facilities, a great fan base, and the possibility of championships. So sometimes a stupid gimmick is the deciding factor. Look, we all saw how Lane Kiffin’s trash-talking comments grabbed lots of media attention and, ultimately, helped him get some big names to commit to Tennessee. The “Dream Team” sales pitch is a gimmick too, but it’s not going to pi$$ off other coaches or the SEC commissioner. If even one talented 18-year-old is swayed by this gimmick, it’s worth it.
Adonisdaking
June 16th, 2010
8:33 pm
Whomever Posted This Article Must Be A UGA Hater Because U Dont See Major Newspapers Bashing Football Programs The Thing Is If It Works To Get ELITE Prospects To Georgia Then Go For It…Its Really A DREAM TEAM Look At All The Talent That Is Brought Up In Georgia and How Many Actually Stay ? I Say Whatever UGA Wants To Use To Get Kids To Stay In-State Use It! The State Of Georgia Is HOUNDED Every Year For Its Prospects and It Hurts Georgia That It Borders The States Of Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee The Biggest Of Our Rivals…If UGA Gets and Keeps Kids In State They Will Win A NC…Eric Berry (UT), Jermain Cunningham (UF), Jabari Davis (UT)….Lorenzo Washington (UA)….Jamal Lewis…(UT)….Greg Reid (FSU)…We Have BEEFED UP Our IN-STATE RECRUITING and ARE GOING AFTER THE BEST ASSISTANTS AVAILABLE AS WELL AS THE BEST RECRUITS…What CMR Has Brought Is A INCREASE IN OUT OF STATE RECRUITS THO…AJ GREEN (SC)…MATTHEW STAFFORD(TX)….
KNOWSHOWN MORENO (NJ)..MOHAMED MASSAQUOI (NC) MAX JEAN-GILES(MIAMI, FLA)…Just To Name A FEW……
Dixie Clear
June 16th, 2010
8:39 pm
tards…..
Doc
June 16th, 2010
8:39 pm
Florida is recruiting a player at ML King and no other SEC school has contacted the player,
kerryb
June 16th, 2010
8:52 pm
Tech people have a dream too. A dream of being relevant.
YellerSkeeters are PeterEaters!
June 16th, 2010
8:53 pm
UGA’s DREAM is always going to be a nightmare for the North Ave. Nancy Boys!!
Johnny DangerDawg
June 16th, 2010
8:53 pm
Pacer,
Charley Trippi (of Pennsylvanis), Frank Sinkwich (of Pennsylvania), and Richard Seymour (of South Carolina) are examples of guys who gave Georgia everything they had. I’d rather not bash the prima donnas FROM the state of Georgia who cared more about themselves than about the team.
Would AJ Green be playing harder if he’d stayed in his home state of South Carolina? No, he CHOSE to be a Dawg.
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
8:53 pm
Rather have a whole team of 3 star Georgia guys who have dreamed of playing for Georgia.
In basketball, you see some coaches selling the dream team concept, get the best 5 players, start immediatey, then go pro.
You get a lot of turnover with that approach, and little loyalty. But, you do get the best talent.
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
8:54 pm
AJ won;t stick around his senior year, watch and see.
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
8:56 pm
Name 1 QB for Georgia, in the history of Georgia football, who won an SEC Champ[ionship for Georgia, and didn’t play high school football in the state of Georgia.
None.
Mays Ride
June 16th, 2010
8:58 pm
I have yet to see a article on brian randolph who just committed to tennesee
BD
June 16th, 2010
9:03 pm
Dream Team?
One final desperate try at staying with Florida, Alabama, and LSU.
Those teams don’t hae to use gimmicks to win.
DrewDawg
June 16th, 2010
9:05 pm
Enter your comments here
Johnny DangerDawg
June 16th, 2010
9:05 pm
Pacer,
Oh and by the way, Herschel Walker, the greatest Dawg of all time, left UGA with a year of eligibility remaining. He also ran track at UGA and competed in karate tournaments on Sundays, despite Vince Dooley’s fear that Herschel might become severely fatigued or injured. Was that because he didn’t care about Georgia football? Or was that because Herschel was constantly in search of the next challenge and wanted to push himself to work as hard as he could to win at the highest level?
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
9:06 pm
If Richt’s selling a National Championship dream, ain’t nobody buying that, considering his track record at Georgia, no cred there, at all. Bunch of hot air.
That would be a better one for Urban Meyer to pitch.
Richt should be selling the LONG TERM dream:
1)playing in the NFL
2)winning a lot of games
3)QB mentoring
4)Graduation/academics getting ready for post college career back up plan
Richt’s consistently the best coach in the SEC around in those areas.
DrewDawg
June 16th, 2010
9:07 pm
These recruits are stupid they don’t understand what the Dream Team means maybe CMR and his staff needs to explain it better b/c there seems to be some confusion!
Delbert D.
June 16th, 2010
9:17 pm
Pitch it as “Dreamality.” That’ll get ‘em.
Johnny DangerDawg
June 16th, 2010
9:18 pm
Pacer,
In the old days, UGA didn’t use true quarterbacks, but Trippi and Sinkwich (both halfbacks) threw the ball and were leaders. Both attended high school in Pennsylvania. If you want to talk about more recent teams, Quincy Carter was from the state of Georgia, and that’s all I need to say about Quincy.
You say that AJ will leave early, and that’s probably true. But you’re the one who brought up Herschel as the right kind of Dawg, and HERSCHEL BOLTED for the pros.
Delbert D.
June 16th, 2010
9:20 pm
Zeke Bratkowski?
Delbert D.
June 16th, 2010
9:29 pm
Wrong again, not Zeke.
Jonnie 5
June 16th, 2010
9:30 pm
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAH …. Dream Team turns in always mediocre team. Good luck with being irrelavent in football Georgia.
JoD
June 16th, 2010
9:31 pm
Green is gone this year, aint no question about it.
Vol1
June 16th, 2010
9:38 pm
Dream Team is appropriate – they’re definitely dreaming!! It’s encouraging to see that not everybody is falling for this stupid line.
Vol1
June 16th, 2010
9:40 pm
Dream Team is appropriate – they’re definitely dreaming!! It’s encouraging to see that not all their recruiting targets are falling for this stupid line.
NSWR Eagles
June 16th, 2010
9:42 pm
Look at some Georgia best football player,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Y9vrxeg3Y
track dawg
June 16th, 2010
9:54 pm
BD stop hating
Dr. Dave
June 16th, 2010
9:56 pm
What all of you Dawg bashers don’t get is that CMR and his staff are letting all of the top recruits in the state know that if they stay in state, the team should be able to compete with anyone. GTax, you are the last person to be talking smack, when UGA has essentially owned Tech for the past 10 years. Vol1, let’s recall that Lane Kiffen was feeding a bunch of garbage to your recruits, and had call girls escorting recruits around before he jumped ship to another NCAA violator.
DAWG07
June 16th, 2010
10:04 pm
Some of the most significant accomplishments in life start with someones dream. A significant part of this dream is to emphasis reaching out to our local talent. Certainly there are other factors to consider but the fact we are talking about the dream team validates the point.
AltamahaDawg
June 16th, 2010
10:07 pm
I believe you were thinking about Brat Zekowski.
AltamahaDawg
June 16th, 2010
10:14 pm
Yea, falling for a recruiting slogan takes a pure idiot compared to boys who really looked deep inside themselves before opting for the down home straight talk from that rock solid Kiffin.
tenn.DAWG
June 16th, 2010
10:17 pm
Looks like alot of nervous rival fans on this site.You hillbillys should know this kind of marketing works.The bare chested “Wild Boyz” picked up Brown,the no.1 prospect in the nation.Of course you lost him to k.state or some other soon to be former Big 12 team.
Bullgator
June 16th, 2010
10:29 pm
I wonder how many dream players will sign after a 4 loss season? Typical dogs dreams in June.
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
10:31 pm
You have to recruit some guys like Tom Brady who love team and can’t stand losing.
CrackDaddy
June 16th, 2010
10:33 pm
And the UGa ego grows even larger. As does form over substance.
Soulja Boy
June 16th, 2010
10:36 pm
The “dream team” is just another gimmick, like blackouts and end-zone dancing, by a coach who is not very smart. Richt has never had any trouble getting good athletes to UGA. He has a great deal of trouble keeping them out of jail. Perhaps Richt should dream about not leading the country in penalties and arrests.
JRW7
June 16th, 2010
10:38 pm
I thought this was a UGA blog. Do you UT, GT, UF, fans have a website u can go to. Good bye. GO DOGS!!!!!!!!!
cpj
June 16th, 2010
10:41 pm
recruiting slogan from north avenue:
“you’ll never beat georgia but you can always beat your me@t!”
Scott
June 16th, 2010
10:55 pm
Most of these guys want to know the head coach will be there for the long haul.
Urban Meyer and Nick Saban have never stayed at the same school more than 5 or 6 years.
Richt’s a long haul guy. 16 years at FSU, already 9 at Georgia, the most loyal coach to his university in the country in the SEC. His extended family lives in Athens. He’s all in for the long haul.
I’d be driving that home all day long, Meyer & Saban have Championships, but lack any loyalty to friends, family, or university.
Here today, gone tomorrow. That’s Meyer & Saban.
Richt’s gonna be around at Georgia for the long haul. Saban & Meyer won’t be at Alabama or Florida for the long haul, they never are, they always split for the greener grass on the other side of the septic tank.
Meyer might quit before the season ever starts, you never really know with that guy.
Here today, here tomorrow, that’s Richt.
GTax
June 16th, 2010
11:01 pm
GT was ranked at the end of last year and was top 10 for a good part of the season…
The dawgs barely sniffed being ranked…well….they weren’t ranked at all to end the year so….nationally….the Dawgs were pretty irrelevant last year.
You guys hold on to your superbowl season saving win against GT…we like that we give you the feeling.
Timmy Dog
June 16th, 2010
11:05 pm
I’m getting the feeling this Dream Team thing is starting to backfire. And it sounds very, very stupid.
Pacer
June 16th, 2010
11:20 pm
Richt’s sent more guys to the NFL than any other SEC coach.
UGA = NFL PIPELINE.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
June 16th, 2010
11:24 pm
Deegan- Bama has only been good since Saban came back a couple of years ago and UGA beat them in Saban’s first year so don’t act Bama has been dominating the last 10-15 years because UGA has had a much better record during that time.
Flo-Ri-Duh!
June 16th, 2010
11:26 pm
Gtax – UGA soundly whipped Tech last year so don’t relate Tech with UGA when talking about relevancy…. this showed the sueriority of the SEC over the “better” ACC teams.
AlpharettaBulldog
June 16th, 2010
11:29 pm
GTax you’re a joke. You play in the ACC, which is also a joke. You run a Wing-T, which worked at Southern for a while and it worked at Tech for a year. That is also a joke that everyone has figured out. Our down year last year and we beat you at home HAD to be sickening to you. I will be the first to admit that I would like a couple more wins every year but we are consistent and Richt runs a solid program. You are always going to have a few bad eggs and when something happens other than alcohol related (college kids) he boots them.
You guys had rings made after you beat Georgia at home two years ago. That could be your new recruiting slogan: “Beat UGA once a decade and get a shiny ring.” Total joke.
AlpharettaBulldog
June 16th, 2010
11:31 pm
Deegan you do you pull for?
AlpharettaBulldog
June 16th, 2010
11:31 pm
Who*
Whopper Dawg
June 16th, 2010
11:39 pm
It is just a slogan, like the ones other teams use. Unfortunately, ours is being publicized and that can swing both ways. I don’t think that anyone expects kids to commit to UGA based on a slogan. It is just part of the pitch.
kb
June 16th, 2010
11:40 pm
Tech phd , do they give a ring to losers of the bowl game? If they do ,only a loser would wear it. 15 wins in 50 years.
Dumb Dream
June 16th, 2010
11:41 pm
Let’s call our recruits the dream team and maybe let’s wear all black for one game next year. I’m Saint Richt and I’m an idea man. Hey wait, maybe I’ll hire a new DC. Who would my fifth choice be?? Maybe only 3 scholly QB’s is a bad position to be in. It’s OK, do you think the red shoes look good with the silver pants?
Dumb Dream
June 16th, 2010
11:44 pm
The football fans of the state enjoyed UGA down year last year, but we realize it’s the new norm for you. Only you don’t get it, yet! Tailgating at the Sheveport Shoney’s is what we’re all about.
AlpharettaBulldog
June 16th, 2010
11:49 pm
Dumb Dream…total tool. One bad year for us. Who do you like so I can torch you.
Top Dawg
June 16th, 2010
11:56 pm
Hey Gtax, hate all you want but it doesn’t change a thing. UGA worst team in 20 years beat gt best team in 20 years.
(((30-24))) Still hurts? And it really wasn’t that close!
9 out of 10 – Ouch!
How did that BCS Bowl work out for gt? LOL
RED DOG 77
June 16th, 2010
11:56 pm
Oh Hell yes it’s working, ” Dream Team ” that is…………..Just look who has already decided they want to be a part of this UGA earthquake !!!!!………….CMR, is no doubt the smartest Xs and Os head coach in the country……….Now, with the addition of Todd Grantham and co. you have some real fire burning in Athens !!! No more smoke, there is a fire burning out of control in Athens, Georgia and it is called the GEEEEOOOOOORRRRGIA BULLDOGS !!!! SIC’ ‘EM WOOF……..WOOF……….WOOF !!!!!!!!!
tampadawg
June 16th, 2010
11:59 pm
i read somewhere that arron murray said he fell in love with georgia the first time he stepped on campus. im sure this kid is gonna give uga everything hes got weather hes from ga or fla!!
DP
June 17th, 2010
12:39 am
I don’t blame Richt and UGA for the Dream Team gimmick. It goes along with other gimmicks like Blackouts and the whole team storming on to the field after the first touchdown and black helmets and black britches. But I do blame the AJC reporters who constantly reference the term as if they’re part of UGA’s marketing department instead of journalists.
I suspect some recruits don’t like the concept because it’s like an implied loyalty oath, if they decide to go somewhere else it’s some kind of betrayal. If that loyalty runs in both directions, why did Mark Richt recruit Christian LeMay over the top high school QB in Georgia?
Gators!
June 17th, 2010
1:12 am
Well, after UGA’s disappointing last season and sup-par recruiting, I think they needed to come up with something. Bama and Florida have been recruiting like gangbusters and I’m sure the UGA coaching staff can just see the train leaving the station. They seem to be putting alot more emphasis on recruiting Georgia instead of spending so many resources trying to go into Florida etc. They got stung on that last year as many talented Georgia players went elsewhere. There is so much talent in Georgia nowadays and I think that’s a smart strategy and the “Dream Team’ concept is probably all about trying to keep those in state players.
1dawgfan
June 17th, 2010
1:14 am
It is what it is. It’s a pitch to try to have the best in state talent stay home and play for the Dawgs. CTG and Richt are right. If the best Ga has to offer stays home, we win. Did I read GTax asking where are BCS rings are? Guarantee that they don’t have a silly score stamped on them. And that GT likes giving us the feeling of a win over them? Really? please stay off the blogs, GTax. Better yet, read your posts and you probably wouldn’t post at all.
1dawgfan
June 17th, 2010
1:16 am
Thanks AJC for putting a negative spin on this concept. Thanks alot.
ReddJonn68
June 17th, 2010
1:48 am
Who cares what they call it as long as we keep our talent in state. All these guys from Tech & UGA keep bashing each on the blog, just take a look at Florida & Alabama rosters. Recruiters raid this state every year & most of those players end up being impact players. Call them in-bred, hillbilly, or whatever you like. The bottom line is that if either school can land our top recuits in mass numbers somebody’s gonna bring home a Sear’s Trophy !!!!!!!!
GaDawgsdominatewreckandalltherest
June 17th, 2010
2:06 am
God blessed us to be Americans, by God’s grace we are Georgians, by the free will our God gave us we are Georgia Bulldawgs, The “G”, The Go Dawgs Nation!! This Dream Team theme is nothing new. True Dawg fans know we want and attempt to sign the 20 to 25 best Georgia athletes each and every year. If Georgia athletes were loyal to their state and by free will choose to join our Dawgs Nation, Dawg fans with 100% confidence say, “Georgia will play anybody, anywhere, anytime. Bring Your Best and We Dawgs will whip you, Period…. Georgia High Schoolers I am calling all Good Georgians to wear The “G” and with pride, play hard and mount up the victories and the titles. Georgia Bulldawgs have not, are not now, and never will fear any of our competitors. We are in The SEC, SEC East, the toughest conference and division in the world. We are a great Athletic Institution. Our Athletics program is second to none. Coach Richt is the best role model Football Coach on the planet. The Nation has faith in our coach and coaches. Coach Fox proved he can outcoach our opponents’ coaches last year. If The Best 3 to 5 Georgia players put The “G” on their chest each year, Titles will be there to be cherished. At Georgia we take on all comers in any sport you want to name. Thanks to our Softball program for a great year. Next year we bring home The Trophy. All the other teams know it, just go out and do it. May God bless us all and bring us Godly Men and Women to wear our honored “G”. Dawgs Let’s Do It.
GaDawgsdominatewreck/rest
June 17th, 2010
2:20 am
I met Danny Ford in Sam’s one day. I told him he had 45 check it out, 45 Georgians on the 1981 championship team.. Coach Ford said diplomatically he was proud of them and they were all great young men. I pressed him on the issue and he admitted Clemson had to get Georgia players to be successful. I never met Coach Jerk from Tennessee, but the vols won the championship with 4 Georgia All Americans and 1st rounders to NFL. I am sure they had more than 4 on the team. Put a fence around Georgia and all our competition suffers, as we stay strong. Dawgs Let’s Do It!
Froggy the Gremlin
June 17th, 2010
2:36 am
“The Dream Team”.
Haw Haw Haw Heh Heh Heh. Delusional!
How about “League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”?
And then for 2013, “Jesus & the 24 Disciples”?
Does the fun ever stop?
The Doctor
June 17th, 2010
4:00 am
Perhaps Georgia should start with some type of “Dream Coaching” slogan? According to Scout Georgia has had (since 2005) the #4, #4, #17, #5, #4, and #21 ranked recruiting classes. Over that period Georgia is one of the top-3 recruiters in the SEC and had only one year where they were even competitive (2007). Of course that year involved an idiotic losses to USC(fake) and Tennessee. UT went on to play in a great SECCG game. I bet Georgia fans thought so too, watching it from home.
Georgia is always going to be a good to mediocre program but it just isn’t an elite program and it never has been. The competition in the SEC has become much more difficult than in the mediocre years when Georgia was actually able to win something.
Cut the bible study and start some film study.
hi there
June 17th, 2010
4:31 am
people keep mentioning black outs………….we are 2-1 in blackouts…………Auburn W, Hawaii, W ALA L (but richt is 3-1 against ALA they were bound to win one sooner or later.
turkeycaller
June 17th, 2010
4:49 am
Will be anxious to see what the defensive coaches instill and do for us. I hope we are headhunters and gritty up and down the line. Not trying to find fault but Richt let too many things run amuck without correction or response during the season last year. Now that some very apparent concerns have been addressed ,this team should be ready to meet the challenges ahead. I like it when a head coach takes control and knows the pulse of the team from week to week. Not saying Richt won’t. I hope he sees things differently than before. CEO be damned, a head coach can be an effective promo if they actually coach. Let some of the AD bunch earn their keep if they want to run everything like a business and boys that is what they are trying to run it like. I understand that college football equates money and the harborings that follow but grooming young men to be a responsible part of society and become a top flight college team demand a lot of a head coaches attention.
76-Dawg
June 17th, 2010
5:15 am
Dream Team , family, home wins or whatever gimmicks being used in recruiting are lame and dumb. If this would get a recruit to come here over somewhere else by all means use it but I hope most of the recruits that pick UGA will do it for same reason I did in the early 70’s which was after walking the entire campus you just know you are home. That when you leave, you feel empty and that you are forgetting something. I want these recruits to love being here. Tim Tebo stayed at Florida an extra year because money meant nothing to him, he just hated leaving Florida that bad.A lot of the top schools have kids who leave early and being truthful , I can’t blame them. But, it is great when a recruit comes to UGA because it would break their heart to imagine going anywhere else and you have to run them out of town when they no longer are eligible they love being here so much.
DAWGFOOD FEVER
June 17th, 2010
6:28 am
ONCE AGAIN WITH THE UGLY SPIN ON SOMETHING COMPLETELY HARMLESS ! THANKS MC AND AJC………THANKS FOR NOT SUPPORTING US DAWG FANS !
Carroll Dawg
June 17th, 2010
6:31 am
Pacer, to ease your mind a little bit about a Georgia boy quarterbacking the Dawgs to an SEC Championship you have to look ALL the way back to —2005. Come on man, how in the world could you forget about D.J. Shockley? He was a great football player and a better person. And while we are at it Pacer, Greene was from Georgia as well. So know your Georgia football before getting on here and spouting off at the mouth about something you have no clue about
Spike
June 17th, 2010
7:06 am
Carroll Dawg.. GATA!!
Fast Eddie
June 17th, 2010
7:14 am
Dawg mane @ 7:56 p.m. on 6/16, you misspelled your name. Shouldn’t it be Dawg Manure?
Steve Spurrier
June 17th, 2010
7:24 am
But Sept. 11 it will be a nightmare.
Paddy
June 17th, 2010
7:26 am
Spike and H. Talker got it right. Win something then talk, not the other way around. Thats ole school and it still rings true. Go Dawgs and keep your mouth shut!
Fast Eddie
June 17th, 2010
7:35 am
Scott @1055 pm, UF, UA, and UGA are all “destination” jobs. Where couild Meyer, Saban, or Richt go that would be a better opportunity to be successful than their current location? Personally, I think both Meyer and Saban are better coaches than Richt. Your attempt to make Richt a better coach because he started at UGA before Meyer and Saban started at UF and US is laughable. The ones who win it on the field, not those with a little more longevity at his current school, are the best!
Fast Eddie
June 17th, 2010
7:36 am
Sorry. I meant “UA” and not “US”.
GA Soldier
June 17th, 2010
8:11 am
Michael Carvell you are wrong for this article, getting down on the Dawgs! This is the Atlanta’s newspaper, and your talking down on the home team for doing a good job??? Must be a GA Tech graduate and your jealous!
D
June 17th, 2010
8:14 am
Nightmare Team is more like it. How many of these guys will be arrested and suspended or won’t even meet UGA’s low academic standards?
Get used to going to places like Shreveport.
mcdaviddawg
June 17th, 2010
8:24 am
It’s the black helmets in Jacksonville all over again. We’ve already lost the best wr in the state to Clemson and it looks like the top running back out of Columbus is likely going to Bama, how do you get a dream team out of that. What we need out of Richt and company is some old fashion work not junk stuff.
NoGaGator
June 17th, 2010
8:29 am
Fast Eddie -
I think Scott is channeling Patrick.
UGA, no doubt, has made a good start in getting commitments – for what they are worth (see Da’Rick and others from last year’s commitments).
It’s June and LOI’s don’t get signed until February – 7 months from now. A lot will change between now and then. These are 17 yr old kids with a lot of growing up yet to do (see Champ LeMay). There will be a lot of changes while they enjoy their moment (and hat-switching drama).
See if the dream comes true in 2/11.
booker T
June 17th, 2010
8:33 am
THIS IS ANOTHER ARTICLE MEANT AS A NEGATIVE TOWARDS THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. THIS GUY CARVILLE HAS A HARD ON FOR UGA AND HAS TO BE AS NEGATIVE AS POSSIBLE. ALL DAWGS; STOP RESPONDING TO HIS ARTICLES AND MAYBE HE WILL MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE.
Kevin
June 17th, 2010
8:36 am
Once again we see what happens when THuga tries to follow someone else’s original idea and come up with something of their own. Utter stupidity!!! Wanting desperately to have something to pitch recruits who hear longstanding traditional phrases at other schools like Auburn (the AU family), THuga contrives this pathetic drivel of dream team. Some dream…..LOSERS!
joe
June 17th, 2010
8:37 am
Wasn’t the team with Stafford, Moreno, etc supposed to be UG’s dream team when they were ranked #1 preseason? Gimmicky nicknames will only get a team so far…
Long Gator
June 17th, 2010
8:41 am
Dawgs will need a “Dream Team” for the annual nightmare
in Jacksonville … LOL !!!!
jay
June 17th, 2010
8:45 am
Its just a pitch to get kids to come to UGA every school does It. sure does seem like its working ask GT about nick marshall he must of liked the dream team pitch. Suck it bugs! GO DAWGS!
Dawghater
June 17th, 2010
8:49 am
CMR would “dream” refer to the #1 ranking in 2008 or would “dream” refer to another SEC championship or “dream” refer to the ed u ma ca tion the football players get at UGA. Dream team sounds appropriate!
Bazooka Joe
June 17th, 2010
8:50 am
Hey GTax – put the pipe down and back away from the table my friend….. what you Techmites fail to realize is the Dawgs dont give a flip about you – you arent on our radar, we dont care – we have bigger fish to fry. You are an afterthought, kind of like Ga. Southern (I actually have more respect for them than Tech) or West Georgia. The sooner they tear down that ghetto you call a campus and turn it into a park for Coke employees, the better off Atlanta will be.
Hows it going to feel when you are upstaged by Georgia State in football ?
Urban Meyer
June 17th, 2010
8:57 am
Funny thing, you can sign up for Georgia’s (Richts) “Dream” or come to Florida and live the “Dream.” Your choice recruits? Just an FYI, you’re not gonna beat the Bama’s, USC’s, Longhorns of the world with a “Dream”, I can assure you. Remember the “BLACKOUT?”
Urban Meyer
June 17th, 2010
8:57 am
Urban Meyer
June 17th, 2010
8:57 am
Funny thing, you can sign up for Georgia’s (Richts) “Dream” or come to Florida and live the “Dream.” Your choice recruits? Just an FYI, you’re not gonna beat the Bama’s, USC’s, Longhorns of the world with a “Dream”, I can assure you. Remember the “BLACKOUT?”
Yoda
June 17th, 2010
8:59 am
After ten years of me griping about Richt recruiting FLA and other states harder than Georgia; all of a sudden UGA decides that this state has some football players and maybe if UGA got the great majority of the Georgia kids, then maybe, just maybe they could actually become real contenders and not pretenders. God, it’s sad but Donnan and Gomer Goff but understood this simple idea…about time Richt.
DAWGS LICK BALLS!
June 17th, 2010
9:00 am
Seriously? Dream team? Stafford…….Moreno…….Green……etc. etc. UGA produces some of the best recruits, and first round draft picks. The only problem is you have never had a coach that can coach these great athletes to their potential and actually win something in college. But as a GATOR fan I love to hear the UGA fans get excited every year about their upcoming season only to get their hopes up year after year! Congrats!
Writings on the Wall for Richt!
June 17th, 2010
9:01 am
“Dream Team”, next they’ll be changing uniforms or learning a new dance move, signed WRITING ON THE WALL!
» SEC links: Tennessee wants to erase memory John Clay’s Sidelines
June 17th, 2010
9:03 am
[...] Georgia’s dream team recruiting pitch is getting a mixed review, reports Michael Carvell of the AJC. [...]
1980 was so long ago
June 17th, 2010
9:05 am
All that fuss 4 decades ago for a bowl game victory over a Notre Dame team – a team that had to come from behind to defeat a Georgia Tech squad that had only one win that same year. Gimmee a break. In today’s bowl scenario, ND would have been in a Shreveport bowl in 1980.
Interesting how uga has the “top” recruiting classes each year, but these young men are coached to the level to be on a par with Tech the last two years, and looking at he tail lights of the UF and UT programs pulling away.
1980 is getting further away every day.
UGA Tools
June 17th, 2010
9:08 am
HAHA, nice “DREAM TEAM” Mark Richt is such a tool, again having to use stupid marketing ploys similar to the infamous black jerseys against Bama – how did that turn out? Wow, you guys are turning into a crappier USC. “Douche Team” is more like it.
Wooten
June 17th, 2010
9:13 am
The Dream Team Concept obviously worked for Nick Marshall who would rather play defensive back in Athens than be the starting QB for Georgia Tech.
David
June 17th, 2010
9:16 am
I needed a good laugh to start my morning. Thanks Mark, let’s get the gimmicks going. Time for NC talk. Damn that guy is predictable.
Paddy
June 17th, 2010
9:19 am
You must admit, the “dream team” concept has some allure even though I don’t particularly like it. If a kid is on the fence between UGA and another school, joining a great recruiting class may be the aspect that turns him toward the Dawgs. It’s fun, but the bottom line for me is win then talk!
thomas
June 17th, 2010
9:27 am
I like it. Georgia can sell dream team, Auburn can sell family, but Alabama will sell championships. Come to Alabama, win a National Championship, and position yourself to make it to the league. Alabama doesnt need a sales pitch, the players know if they want to succeed, Tuscaloosa is the place to be.
AlumniDawg
June 17th, 2010
9:30 am
I’m one of the most rabid and diehard Dawg fans around, but I have to admit the “Dream Team” slogan is pretty gay. That is something corny and cheap I would expect from Yech and coach PeeWee Johnson. I’m ecstatic at our success in recruiting thus far, but please, for the love of all that is cool and non-toolish, please drop the “Dream Team” crap!!!
BigTimeTECHFan
June 17th, 2010
9:34 am
Dream team okay, can’t hurt, may help. Best to get current signed players to buy in and help recruit like LeMay’s doing. One of the best thing you can do is build chemistry among the recruiting class.
That’s what happen when Tech signed Dwyer, Burnett, Morgan, Nesbitt, etc
The formed bond as recruits and it carried over to the playing field. What was great about that class is they all did it on their own, but if school can find way to may that bond work it’s all for the better.
DawgFan
June 17th, 2010
9:45 am
GTax, At least we won our bowl game, insignificant or not. How long has it been since Tech won any bowl, even on a blue field?
Just remember, UGA has won more BCS Bowls than the ENTIRE acc (lower case letters intended) combined!
HeBe
June 17th, 2010
10:01 am
Yep, a dream team alright. Same old **** & song. Bottom line is, you all crow this is the year & how great the recruits are, but yet have nothing to show for it.
PMC
June 17th, 2010
10:02 am
Marketing works, no matter how lame and campy it might seem. Auburn used it effectively last year. It’s just part of the game.
HeBe
June 17th, 2010
10:03 am
BTW, To Hell With georgia(lower case letters intended).
AfghanHound
June 17th, 2010
10:06 am
The guys who served along side me were the only real dream team members. The rest are simply “dreamers”.
TampaGator
June 17th, 2010
10:21 am
The real “Dream Teams” are the Florida Gators, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Texas Longhorns, the LSU Bengal Tigers, and the Ohio State Buckeyes (not necessarily in that order). Everyone else is currently just a “want-to-be” and just currently “dreaming”….unfortunately for most Bulldawg fans…that dream has lasted for 30 plus years. Are you about to wake up? Not as long as Alabama, LSU, and Florida are in the SEC. One will get you every year. Or maybe it will be Kentucky or Vandy…ouch!!!
Adonisdaking
June 17th, 2010
10:24 am
I Must Agree Whats Up With This ARTICLE? Like Seriously ! Hating On The Harmless Slogan From A Newspaper That Heavily Covers The DAWGS? I Can See This Being Printed In Alabama, Florida, Tennessee or South Carolina But ATLANTA?…WOW…and BD LSU ? Wow Talking About A BLOWN CALL AWAY!…UGA Will BEAT LSU….Time In and Time Out…
Larry Bird
June 17th, 2010
10:29 am
Love the gimmicks suntanned Helen Hunt Look a like. First it was a blackout, whoops that doesn’t work against quality teams, then last year it was the Grambling State Uniforms which didn’t fool Tebow, now it’s the Dream Team. What til Charles Barkley find out about this. He will laugh his ass off on TNT!
Adonisdaking
June 17th, 2010
10:41 am
UGA Is Stacking Up ELITE TALENT and Getting The DEFENSE BACK TOGETHER…DEFENSE BRINGS CHAMPIONSHIPS!…and OUR DEFENSE WILL VASTLY IMPROVE…LOOK AT THE OTHER NFL ASSISTANTS THAT HAVE MADE THERE WAY BACK TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL…FOR ALL THE HATERS THAT SAY TODD GRANTHAM WAS FIRED IN CLEVELAND I GOT A QUESTION FOR U HOW DID NICK SABAN DO IN MIAMI ? OR HAVE U ALL FORGOT ???? SILENCE….SILENCE I THOUGHT SO AND IF U ANTI GEORGIA STAY OFF OUR BLOGS GO AND GET ON YOUR OWN…LAMES I TELL U…3-4 DEFENSE….EXCELLENT SECONDARY COACH…CHECK THE RESUME OF CONNECTICUT’S PASS DEFENSE WITH THE LIMITED TALENT THEY HAD…ROD GARNER STILL RECRUITING THE BEST PLAYERS…OUR 3-4 DEFENSE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO LOOK LIKE THIS…OLB STERLING BAILEY….ILB JARVIS JONES….ILB ARMALO HERRERA OLB RAY DREW…….WOW SPEED OFF THE EDGE!
Tech Sucks
June 17th, 2010
10:42 am
Nerds stop voting.
GTax = Moron
June 17th, 2010
10:47 am
GTax: Why do you care so much about our dawgs? If you are a Tech fan…why not go to the Tech blog and comment there with the rest of the idiots?
If “the Dream Team” is immature…as you suggest, how exactly would you classify trolling a rival’s blog just to talk trash and stir up trouble?
Tech Sucks
June 17th, 2010
10:56 am
Because there is nothing to talk about on the Tech boards. That’s why all the nerds infest our blog day in and day out.
Let’s go Vaughters. DAWGS.
gbal
June 17th, 2010
11:24 am
Michael – I am disapointed in you. Your are showing signs of joining you buddies with the negative spin UGA garbage. Don’t do it.
prospero
June 17th, 2010
11:43 am
Seriously? Protect this house? Man, that is way lame.
General Neyland
June 17th, 2010
12:03 pm
How lame and totally unoriginal. Atleast Auburn had the idea of magnets on limos.
these kids....
June 17th, 2010
12:12 pm
First of all, you fellas arent getting the point! CMR is clearly stating that our great state of GEORGIA, has a great group of talented football players! Of coures, one has to do whats best for himself and family…if you are looking to make it to the NFL…UGA has quite a list of WEALTHY NFL players….want a good education? UGA affords you the opportunity for a great eduacation, thus, give UGA much consdieration. UGA is a fantastic setting for football, great coaches and you wouldnt regret being a part of the Bulldawg Nation! Woof Woof!!
Alphare
June 17th, 2010
1:00 pm
Nothing wrong with a slogan. A dream may lead you to the promised land.
Tell coach Richt if you have a better idea, I am sure he will thank you for it.
Tom Selleck
June 17th, 2010
1:05 pm
I’m not sure how this Dream Team sppech is going to inspire kids when there are so many more uniform gimmicks out there. How about some of those diamond plate motif jerseys for the South Carolina game?
DP
June 17th, 2010
1:06 pm
Yeah, Richt is telling the kids in Georgia that there are a lot of great players in the state and any of them he wants at UGA should go there, but if there’s an out of state kid like Matt Stafford, Aaron Murray or Christian LeMay that he thinks is better than the in state kids at the same position, the in state kids should go somewhere else. Loyalty that runs in one direction. That’s quite a pitch.
NCAAStatistician
June 17th, 2010
1:12 pm
When has UGA ever had a dream team? There only National Title was 1980 when they had arguably the best collegiate player ever. Even in that year they only defeated three teams with winning records during the season. Two teams that finished 8-4 and another that finished 7-5. There only big win was against Notre Dame…a team that tied winless Georgia Tech that same season. In Georgia, UGA rules the roost. But nationally they are considered a perenial top 25 team but not really a threat to win anything significant. As an Oklahoma alum that lives in Gainesville…it really is hilarious to us outsiders at how overinflated UGA’s ego is considering they have won nothing of note. Shoot even Georgia Tech has more national championships. LOL
hi there
June 17th, 2010
1:24 pm
NCAAStatistician
June 17th, 2010
1:12 pm
When has UGA ever had a dream team? There only National Title was 1980 when they had arguably the best collegiate player ever. Even in that year they only defeated three teams with winning records during the season. Two teams that finished 8-4 and another that finished 7-5. There only big win was against Notre Dame…a team that tied winless Georgia Tech that same season. In Georgia, UGA rules the roost. But nationally they are considered a perenial top 25 team but not really a threat to win anything significant. As an Oklahoma alum that lives in Gainesville…it really is hilarious to us outsiders at how overinflated UGA’s ego is considering they have won nothing of note. Shoot even Georgia Tech has more national championships. LOL
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1. they are perennial top ten (6 of last 9)
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2. Ga Tech does not have a national championship…they have a national POLL championship.
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3. Won nothing of note
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a. 90 wins in nine years (only LSU 91 has more over last 9 years
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b 13 str8 bowls games winning nine (only LSU and ALA have ever matched that in history)
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c. they are 6th all time in bowl winning percentage
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d. 11th all time in wins
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e. ranked as the 13th best team all time
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f. you are an idiot
hi there
June 17th, 2010
1:25 pm
correction on b. 13 str8 bowls winning 11
Jethro
June 17th, 2010
2:15 pm
Dream Team is a catchy slogan. I wonder what Florida’s incoming class with 16 All Americans and Bama’s incoming class with 13 All Americans are called? Probably just The Class of 2010.
Ric Flair
June 17th, 2010
2:16 pm
The last dream team in Georgia was the Four Horsemen! Richt needs to stick to black outs, white outs, dancin in the end zone, etc… Another lame idea. Embarrassing.
“To be the Man, you have to beat the Man” Woo!
destin dawg
June 17th, 2010
2:47 pm
this is an article about UGA Bull dawgs by a Tech fan (??) in a Georgia newspaper…. why are Florida & Alabama folks making comments ????? Get a life !!! Need a job or a girl friend or just a hobby/sport of your own ???
ed
June 17th, 2010
2:58 pm
you know, a 72 degree sunny day will get mixed reviews also.
Evansdawg
June 17th, 2010
4:54 pm
Tech fans coming here to spew their jealousy fueled rage should put their heads in the sand. If UGA gave rings for beating Tech, that would be the height of embarrassment for me as a fan. Of course, our coaches would need to either grow more fingers or put many of them in a drawer. We would collect these rings mighty fast! There would be so many, so fast, we would HAVE to sell them on ebay.
H-Town Dawg
June 18th, 2010
4:33 am
This article lacks credibility since it’s obvious that Carvell deliberately avoided mentioning Nick Marshall, whom the Dawgs took away from the Nerds and the Criminoles. He also is considered the best in the state at his position, even though he’ll be on defense for the Dawgs. It’s also clear from the way that Ray Drew answered that the questions put to him were designed to elicit negative answers. But I think Ray will eventually discover that UGA is the best place for him to be a student athlete.
Dawgforlife
June 18th, 2010
7:18 am
the reason everyone is bashing on the “dream team” idea is the other schools are all sitting there saying, “what if it happens?” what if they get Drew, Crowell, Rome, Swain, Dantsler, Wright…along with a few others?…they are sitting there fretting…what if they actually pull it off?
Writings on the Wall!
June 18th, 2010
7:27 am
The Dawgs beating the likes of Bama, USC, Florida, Texas, sounds like a “dream team” to me. News flash recruits, dancing, uniform changing & pretty new facilities ain’t going to beat those programs, your just dreaming.
Michael Carvell
June 18th, 2010
7:30 am
@H-Town, Ray Drew is considering UGA as strongly as all his other schools. What he was saying, if you had the chance to read the story, was that he was going to make the best decision for him, and not be swayed by any recruiting pitches. And there’s nothing wrong with UGA’s “Dream Team” approach. It’s creative, even if borrowed. These days, kids’ attention spans are soooo short that you have to give them something simple to remember that stands out. “Dream Team” does the trick.
“Besides, who wouldn’t want to be part of a ‘Dream Team?’” « Get The Picture
June 19th, 2010
8:12 am
[...] Mark Richt latched on to the concept of selling the in state school hard to top in state recruits, referring to the class he’s trying to assemble as a “Dream Team” capable of chasing national titles. … The “Dream Team” is the phrase borrowed by Georgia coach Mark Richt for his in-state recruiting efforts. It will be another strong year for talent among the state’s top rising high school seniors, with more than 200 expected to sign major-college scholarships in February. [...]
Barkin'Dog
June 19th, 2010
10:29 am
Georgia Dudes… wake up! All of these anti-UGA fans are having their say here and now because:
1. They haven’t got a blog anywhere in the country they’d rather be than a GEORGIA DAWG BLOG. Try to find one…
2. Most of them aren’t even grads of their favorite teams. Not that it matters… I’m not. But I don’t go ripping other teams on their blogs (if they had one).
3. And this is the most important… let them have their say. Because THEY KNOW, and we Dawg Fans know, this may be the last time they will be able to tease us. After this season, and many more to follow, the Dawgs will be at or near the top of the polls… with the Titles they can no longer tout we don’t have.
Suffice it to say, until the Dawgs actually win those titles, the ‘floggers’ will come to play. But, there’s a real feeling in the Dawg Nation, that the push for championships gets under way this year.
YOU HEARD IT HERE! Woof-woof!
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June 21st, 2010
7:42 am
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silly
June 21st, 2010
10:05 am
Another gimmick by the dawgs – this could backfire just like the touchdown celebration and the uni changes. Georgia needs to show some class for a change and talk about education and characted instead of stupid gimmicks. But maybe they shouldn’t, I kind of like this loser approach.
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June 21st, 2010
12:24 pm
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