Dogs fans, what’s your preference: Shreveport or nothing?
I listened to Mark Richt’s teleconference with media members Sunday night and had to chuckle (quietly) when somebody asked the Georgia coach about the bowl picture. “I’m not sure where [we're going],” Richt said, “but I can promise you we will be thankful anywhere we get to go.”
It wasn’t just what he said but the way he said it, as in: “We’ll take anything.”
A question for you: Would you prefer anything or nothing? Because the “anything” is not going to be very good.
The SEC bowl tie-ins are: 1.) BCS bowl(s); 2.) Capital One; 3.) Outback; 4.) Chick-fil-A; 5.) Cotton; 6 and 7.) Liberty and Music City; 8.) Independence; 9.) Papajohns.com.
It’s looking more and more like Georgia is ticketed for one of the bottom two bowls, either the Independence in Shreveport, La., Dec. 28, or the Papajohns.com in Birmingham, Dec. 29. ESPN.com projections have them playing Connecticut (Papajohns.com) or Iowa State (Independence). CBSSports.com has Georgia playing Florida State in the Music City Bowl in Nashville, Dec. 27.
If the Dogs lose to Georgia Tech, they will finish the regular season 6-6 (one of those wins coming over Tennessee Tech). Would you look forward to one of the lower-tier bowls, or has the season left you too upset to even want to watch or attend?
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toga
November 23rd, 2009
1:55 pm
Not one word about FOOTBALL
For your viewing pleasure…
November 23rd, 2009
1:55 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHzxEKEQle0&feature=related
Scoob
November 23rd, 2009
1:55 pm
Kentucky beats Tennessee
LSU beats Arkansas
Bama beats Auburn
Clemson beats SC
Dawgs beat Jackets
….UGA has the best SEC and overall record outside of Bama, Fla, LSU, Miss, and Kentucky. To the Chick Fil A Bowl!
Gotta have something to root for this weekend fellow Dawg fans.
CPJ's memo
November 23rd, 2009
1:56 pm
Dawgfan – We are well rested and focus on UGA. Nothing but UGA. UGA only.
NC Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
1:56 pm
I say definitely play the bowl game, it’s good for the young players. Also, can we PLEASE play Aaron Murray and give the kid some experience since he is the QB of the future? Or at least Logan Gray. PLEASE, stop playing Cox.
Ricky
November 23rd, 2009
1:56 pm
Nothing…………..
uuughh...
November 23rd, 2009
1:57 pm
Does the coaching staff deserve to go to a bowl game? Nope. Then again all the coaches got raises for their awful showing last year. If that holds this year, a Shreveport appearance just might be worth a million dollar bonus!
Does the team? No.
Will I go? Not a chance.
Will I watch it on TV? If it is televised.
Does the team need to go to a bowl game? Absolutely. They get 15 additional days of practice. Those clowns damn well better take advantage of that time. They need it.
I am wondering why the team isn’t still running after the embarassing performance on Saturday.
Sid
November 23rd, 2009
1:57 pm
Stay home-get in the books and the weight room and come back in the spring for a tough,no-nonsense spring practice with at least 3 new coaches.
jacketyellow
November 23rd, 2009
1:58 pm
umm, maybe not the right time, but nice article in the Macon Telegraph about Josh Nesbitt..UGA wanted him to play safety…Nesbitt by far is the MVP on the GT team, thank you UGA
UGA and Clempson are Twins
November 23rd, 2009
2:00 pm
seniors on any football team deserve to go to a bowl team, not sure what there is to do in Shreveport, but at Boise you could try skiing…U Miami team tried it
Nocumentum
November 23rd, 2009
2:00 pm
I prefer nothing; 6-loss teams shouldn’t be playing in bowl games, anyway (Period). It’s total BCS BS. Besides, as a Dog fan, I’m just not interested in another disappointing, waste-of-time TV experience — GT will be all I can stand.
Jeff
November 23rd, 2009
2:01 pm
1974….Miami of OHIO 21 UGA 10. Everyone wanted Dooley fired.
This year: UConn 28 UGA 9…………………..
SaintSimonsMentorIsJohnBasedow
November 23rd, 2009
2:02 pm
If I was as big of loser as Saint Simons I would have to end it all. That guy hasn’t been laid ever!
Dawgomite
November 23rd, 2009
2:04 pm
Go to anybowl you we can, and then use the money to refund the season ticket holder’s money.
Ludicrous
November 23rd, 2009
2:06 pm
What about the Gangsta Bowl in the Detroit Silver Dome?
AugustaJacket
November 23rd, 2009
2:08 pm
Questions from an interested Tech Fan – True things have been tough for UGA this year. However – it seems that a significant part of the UGA problem is the schedule. To be realistic, virtually no one (including UF, Bama, Texas, Penn State, Boise St. …) played as tough a schedule as UGA. Everyone knows that you have to have cream puffs mixed in so you can to heal up and get ready for the big ones. However, UGA played mostly tough teams week after week starting from week 1. It’s not just being in the SEC either – UGA has talent to deal with the SEC. It’s that out of conference UGA played teams that were too tough – leaving no time for healing up and recovery.
So, here’s my questions:
1. Who makes your schedule and when? Shouldn’t they be to blame too?
2. Is there any way to correct this in the future? Even with a good coaching change you could still have a schedule that sets you up for another rough year.
And I don’t want to hear what score your strength of schedule got. Just realistically look at the schedule – it’s too much for ANY team (including UF, Bama, and Texas) who want to have a great end of season record and play for a national title.
Eric
November 23rd, 2009
2:08 pm
It doesn’t matter what the fans want. If they get an invitation they’ll go.
DFWTX Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
2:09 pm
I’ve heard that Mark Richt and the UGA coaching staff has proudly accepted an invitation to play Holmes County High School in the inaugural Possum Bowl which will be held every Dec 01 in Bonifay, Florida. I’ve already got my tickets and booked my hotel reservations on Panama City Beach. Vegas has UGA picked to win by 5 right now. If I was a gambling man, I wouldn’t put any $ down. It could go either way.
dean
November 23rd, 2009
2:09 pm
You simply can’t look past what Richt did for our program this decade. He deserves the chance to fix this. So, all those saying he needs to be fired now, go follow another team please. You’re doing nothing to help the situation. Now, he needs to be able to see the truth of what is wrong with his program. I don’t know what it is. It appears a lack of discipline on the field is the first problem. Please Coach Richt fix it or these nutjobs will run you out of town. You’re our coach and I personally stand behind you and our team. But for goodness sakes get it together and teach these young men how to behave on the field.
toga
November 23rd, 2009
2:09 pm
DOG FANS – NOT ONE WORD ABOUT FOOTBALL. YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. ROLL TIDE!!!!!!Richt was hired as head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs before the 2001 season, replacing Jim Donnan. Richt recounted the moments leading up to being named UGA’s head coach in an interview, saying:
In December 2000, [the University of Georgia's] President Michael Adams and then Athletic Director Coach Vince Dooley came to Tallahassee and interviewed me for the position of Head Coach of the UGA Bulldogs. After many hours of prayer, Coach Dooley called me and I accepted the position. We moved to Athens in January 2001 and have truly been blessed. We have a great church, an outstanding school for the children and a wonderful staff. Throughout all of life I try to live according to COLOSSIANS 3:23 – “And whatever you do, do heartily, as to the LORD and not to men.[2]
red goat
November 23rd, 2009
2:09 pm
No bowl. I understand there’s a month of practice time that would be great for the younger players, but I can’t stomach the thought of them being coached-up by the imbeciles on Richt’s staff. We haven’t improved over the course of the season. What difference is a few weeks going to make?
ParrisIslandawg
November 23rd, 2009
2:09 pm
Al Groh will be looking for work after next week. Not much of a HC but a helluva DC and recruiter. Richt needs to give a look. Also, Ralph Friedgen may be feeling some heat. Give the guy half a million and turn the offense over to him. The guy can put together a game plan like few others. Let these two guys begin putting their systems in in Dec and build for next spring. GATA
john
November 23rd, 2009
2:10 pm
P-man is right. We need the time to practice. No doubt the season is what the season was………but look at the list of guys coming back for more than one year. Stick a QB in there that can do a respectable job and your days of “dawg bashing” will be short in number. What are there……6 coaches in the country over the last eight years that have a better record than CMR. He will get things turned around……..Now, what are you going to do about your deficiencies???????????????? Just handle it with your New Year’s resolution!!
EmbarrassedDawg
November 23rd, 2009
2:12 pm
The worst part of us going to a bowl is ……… who can we beat? We’ve already played Vandy and Tenn Tech. A bowl will guarantee a losing record this year……..
Bisher Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
2:14 pm
We should go to a bowl just because of the extra practices allowed. However, losing the bowl means we finish the season with a losing record (6-7), assuming we lose to Tech before that. Not a big stretch, either. Having a 6-7 record with perennial “Top 10″ recruiting classes is inexcusable. Richt’s a wonderful person. But he’s not an SEC-level motivatiang football coach, I’m sorry to say. What a season we’ve had, and I don’t see things getting any better under him.
beachdog
November 23rd, 2009
2:14 pm
The Papajohns bowl will be played on Jan 2 2010.
Al Beeski
November 23rd, 2009
2:15 pm
Jeff,
I can’t quite remember, but this is very similar to Pitino turning down a NIT invitation, (can’t remember if it were Louisville or Ky) but CMR SHOULD establish some sort of precedent for the program and decline the invitation to show he is NOT gonna put up with this crap
Frank E.
November 23rd, 2009
2:15 pm
If the DAWGS lose to Tech. They should stay home. If they win go for the 8 win season.
julio
November 23rd, 2009
2:15 pm
Richt should do the honorable thing. Say his team is not bowl worthy and stay home.
Scoob
November 23rd, 2009
2:16 pm
Kentucky beats Tennessee
LSU beats Arkansas
Bama beats Auburn
Clemson beats SC
Dawgs beat Jackets
….UGA has the best SEC and overall record outside of Bama, Fla, LSU, Miss, and Kentucky. To the Chick Fil A Bowl!
Gotta have something to root for this weekend fellow Dawg fans
prediction
November 23rd, 2009
2:19 pm
Bama- BCS Championship
Florida – Sugar Bowl
Ole Miss- Capital One
LSU- Outback
after those 4 teams the rest of the teams are about the same and since they’ll figure they’ll draw a better crowd from UGA than the other teams the Chick Fil A bowl will invite the Dawgs to play
VOLicity
November 23rd, 2009
2:19 pm
Charges have been dropped on Jackson so he should suited up for the KY – notch up another TN win…..
BulldogHeaven
November 23rd, 2009
2:20 pm
I love how these Tech fans say that we deserve to go to Boise when just a few short years ago they were annual attendee.
Embarrased Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
2:20 pm
If we dump this absurdly bad coaching staff it will all be worth while. I personally want it to be the entire bunch of them and that means Richt too. He’s still running the same offense he brought with him from Fla St. and it’s gotten flat and isn’t working any more. And don’t get me talking about the blithering idiot Martinez and the way he under prepares his squad.
The people leaving and the boos were for the incompetent coaching crew not the players.
With all the 4 and 5 star talent on this team a real coach could be looking at the National championship not the bottom of the barrel. We pay like the big boys so lets get a big boy coach!!!
EmbarrassedDawg
November 23rd, 2009
2:20 pm
Thanks, AugustaJacket, but we lost to a mediocre UT by 30 points and mediocre LSU and UK at home!! There’s no excuse for those losses…
Scoob
November 23rd, 2009
2:21 pm
Prediction – LSU will be invited to Cotton before Outback
Jim Mora Jr.
November 23rd, 2009
2:21 pm
6-6 is enough for me to see. NOT going to a bowl is the honorable thing to do, conference pool $ be damned. Like the SEC needs another dime in their pockets, especially if it’s to pay inept officials. It also sends a message to the NCAA that there are entirely too many bowl games. Seriously- how many UGA fans are gonna buy tickets to a game in Shreveport? You’d have an easier time selling tickets to any Tech game.
Alabama Jack
November 23rd, 2009
2:21 pm
Respect All, Fear None
Pound the Puppies Saturday
Then on Tampa and
Get ‘er done.
Michael
November 23rd, 2009
2:22 pm
Anything but playing Florida State. That was a neat thought about 10 years ago. Iowa State or Connecticut would at least be something we haven’t overdone in the past 15 years. The payout is the same since the conference splits it, so just give UGA an interesting opponent.
I think some fans need to chill. I’m all for Martinez being shown the door since he’s the DC and the defense has stunk the past TWO years. But Richt? Give me a break. Are we really going to turn into some school where if you don’t win 10 games, you fire the coach? Georgia was unlucky to not be in the national title game in 2002 and was really close in 2007 (had Tenn. lost to Kentucky, who knows what the SEC title game holds). Don’t forget that in this time span, Auburn went 13-0 and didn’t get to play for a national title.
Yes, losing to Florida stinks. Getting killed by Tenn. stinks. But Richt is the best man for the job. If he starts going 6-6 three years in a row, then come talk to me. Don’t forget this team was about 30 seconds from topping LSU and has third third-toughest schedule in the nation. Would the team have been any better playing FIU instead of Oklahoma State?
gdawginkalamzoo
November 23rd, 2009
2:25 pm
Ludicrous, the name was changed to the “Motor City Meth Bowl” a couple years back.
Go to the bowl. I can’t image that Joe Cox and Co. are happy with the season one bit. We have had one bad year that is for sure. Focusing on the defense for next year is the key. In the SEC you need a stout well prepared ever changing D to base your team on. Even if your offense is down a little a stout D makes up for it.
The discipline thing I say should be a TEAM thing. Make the offender lay back and relax in a recliner while the ENTIRE TEAM runs sprints, stadiums and guts. You think for one minute they will be happy with that guy at the end of practice. You think they will want to keep being his friend after commiting several dumba$$ penalties? I think not. Nothing like peer pressure to make you think before doing something stupid on the field.
U-no
November 23rd, 2009
2:26 pm
It use to be that a bowl game was a reward for a well played season and winning. Now it has become an exercise in corporate advertising and payoffs to schools so they can pay for the expenses of the atheletic program. Teams with records that in the past would have no reason to celebrate are being rewarded for mediocracy and being average.
Has UGA played up to its potential all year? Have they demonstrated that they deserve to be rewarded for a consistently hard and winning effort game in and game out? Does the product deserve to be put on display in a showcase because it is exceptional in its success? I don’t think so.
Any more that I thought that Tech should have gone to some of the bowls they went to in past years. It was ridiculous and their play in some of those “Who Gives A Rip” bowls confirmed they had no business playing after the regular season.
Sometimes a bowl game, particularly one of the lesser bowls, is a slap in the face rather than a reward. When you haven’t played up to your potential, have been beaten by teams that you should have won easily over, and the mistake columns Like penalties and turnovers are well supplied with stats indicating no discipline or poor coaching, why go and showcase your lack of success?
Sure the money is nice to have and the benefits of sightseeing is a novelty for the players, but crap, sometimes it is best to just end the season and get a new piece of paper out and start working on next year.
If the Pups go to a bowl, I hope they play well enough to represent the state of Georgia in a good way rather than have another venture into embarrassment.
Jack
November 23rd, 2009
2:28 pm
Swampchomper,,, I have just 4 words to say to you ,,,,,, Al …A,,,, Bam,,, A,,,,,,,Like it or not,,you guys are not getting past the Tide,,, and I don’t even like the Tide,,but they are gonna do some whuppin up on you guys,,,then it will be your turn to complain about which bowl you’re stuck in !
Common Era
November 23rd, 2009
2:28 pm
toga, if what you quoted is true i can not imagine a coach from a secular institution who would want to work for this person
U-no
November 23rd, 2009
2:29 pm
Bowl games should be for rewarding success. What success has the Pups had that warrants a bowl game to recognize it? It is a good team that has underachieved to a new level, both players and coaches. I guess if you want to go somewhere, Birmingham would be a short enough trip that if you lost you wouldn’t have far to go to get back to the pen.
Buster
November 23rd, 2009
2:30 pm
How ’bout they go to the Punched “in the mouth” Bowl. It would be appropriate. Play another team that just sat there all season and took it. Hey, maybe the non-Fighting Irish…..
Gopups
November 23rd, 2009
2:30 pm
A top program and the fans don’t want them to go to a bowl? Sad. The ship is sinking up in Athens. Send your cards and gift baskets down to Gainesville, Florida in appreciation of a superior program and their impressive 21 game winning streak.
Common Era
November 23rd, 2009
2:30 pm
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Dawghater
November 23rd, 2009
2:32 pm
UGA VII passed away just at the thought of this bowl trip!
And we were told Boise was a bowl game bust. It’s a much nicer place than Shreveport!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Fan
November 23rd, 2009
2:33 pm
“Welcome to the Independence Bowl and lovely Shrevesport, football fans.”
Click.
gdawginkalamzoo
November 23rd, 2009
2:33 pm
Looking back at the season at least we weren’t expected to win anything. Not like last year. But with a new direction on D we will be on our way.
I think playing UCONN would be a great match up. That game Saturday they played against Notre Dame was great. Or FSU. You give Bobby another win.