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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Bill
November 23rd, 2009
4:48 pm
Georgia stinks!! When you stink like they do, UGA should stay in Athens and learn how to catch and hold onto the football. They do not deserve a bowl game in 2009.
Florida Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
4:49 pm
if the bowl game is profitable, uga will be there. i will not.
BJohnDawg
November 23rd, 2009
4:50 pm
I see UGA upsetting Tech.I think the Dawgs match up better to Tech then some people think. But willie m and Fabris and some of the others need to be dropped off at the next bus stop after the bowl game.Adios.
Go to the bowl. Get the extra practice time.They need it.
Dylan
November 23rd, 2009
4:51 pm
UGA does not deserve a bowl. Whatever bowl commitee picks Georgia is just rewarding mediocrity. That’s why I hate having so many bowls. Lots of teams that go to bowl games don’t deserve it.
Peter Frankenschmidt
November 23rd, 2009
4:53 pm
Those appear to be ranked in order of picks/prestige, with the exception of the Cotton bowl. How do you figure that’s not above or even with the Capital One bowl?
Dylan
November 23rd, 2009
4:53 pm
UGA doesn’t deserve a bowl. Whatever bowl picks UGA to play in it is just rewarding mediocrity.
turfgrass
November 23rd, 2009
4:53 pm
To Braves #17 Fan, Alabama fans might get confused when we hold up our toilet paper rolls at the toilet bowl. Winner takes home a porcelain trophy.
Joe Cox
November 23rd, 2009
4:53 pm
when tech beats georgia by 35+ they will limp into the independence bowl and beat kansas by 3 points.
Pi$$onaDawg
November 23rd, 2009
4:53 pm
My bro-in-law and my niece are huge UGA fans. I don’t hate the University or the students per say. I have little respect for fans that WALK OUT on THEIR TEAM. Be mad a some of the coaches but the KIDS playing the game are doing their best. I think COX was not the best choice, but he is doing the best he can and the coaches should have known he didn’t have what it takes. 12 ganes to find out Joe ain’t Joe Montana should have never happened. Cox should have been pulled after the 3rd or 4th game and UGA should have been playing the young QB part of the games. HONESTLY could the season have been any worse? Now UGA has to look at next year with a bad learning curve with a new QB.
FL Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
4:55 pm
Our real bowl game is the state championship this weekend against the Bees. Hoping for a miracle.
Hawk n the Ham
November 23rd, 2009
4:57 pm
Since I live in Birmingham, I hope they go to the Papa John Bowl. Just saying
king gator
November 23rd, 2009
4:59 pm
I’m thinking that bowl in St Pete FL v. Notre Dame.. which team will try to lose harder.. awful.
Cali Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
5:00 pm
This year the roles are reversed…Saturday IS our Bowl game.
Allen
November 23rd, 2009
5:00 pm
The “Poorly-Coached Turnover Bowl”
Cali Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
5:00 pm
This year the roles are reversed…Saturday IS our Bowl game.
Oakwood Dawg
November 23rd, 2009
5:00 pm
If there was a toilet bowl and we went we would get wiped out. Don’t call me a fair weather fan. I’ve been a dawg fan since 1950, graduated there in 1962 and have listened to or watched every game since 1950. I love the dawgs and always will but this years team is, in my opinion, as bad or worst than the teams Johnny Griffith fielded in ‘61,’62 and ‘63. Come on guys–do you really think we deserve to go to a bowl?
LifelongDawg
November 23rd, 2009
5:00 pm
Way to win the Game for Uga VII. Oh, that’s right. They didn’t.
If that was a real battlefield Joe Cox would have summarily court-martialed and executed. Talk about treason.
old dawg
November 23rd, 2009
5:01 pm
should stay home, but they won’t. get the extra practices for the younger players. focus on changes for the future.
start all the seniors in the bowl games and anyone talking about leaving early. let them show off for their families and fill their scrap books with the resulting press.
focus now on changes for the future.
don’t worry about recruiting. just sell them on “see, we need help now and you can play now”
by the way, gt will beat the dawgs by 3 td’s at least.
don’t worry folks cwm will be part of the program next year. best case is his role may change.
king gator
November 23rd, 2009
5:05 pm
How about the Dancing on the Field when you haven’t done anything bowl? Has a ring to it.. or the 15 Yard Penalty Bowl is looking for a reason to flag the Dawgs too
DAWG
November 23rd, 2009
5:06 pm
“PENALTY BOWL”
Sweet Home Alabama
November 23rd, 2009
5:07 pm
I would recommend the Taliban Bowl,but please be careful.those people dont mess around,so you better put on a good show.
Joe Coxs' shadow
November 23rd, 2009
5:08 pm
Catsfly….you don’t know jack….our fans are the greatest….the fans that were leaving saturday were going to coach Richts house for a prayer meeting, then on to Willies house for a game of charade, he is good at that game…..kinda like the defense we…..bless ya’ll
DawggieBlues
November 23rd, 2009
5:08 pm
What’s wrong with the Dawgs?? Yep, it’s the coaching & that coaching has been influenced by the Grand Pubah Michael Adams. He could give a rat’s a$$ less if the football program sucks. That’s why he got rid of Vince so he could use Damon as his yes man. We also need to go to a “creampuff” schedule like the Gators & we could go undefeated also……..
king gator
November 23rd, 2009
5:10 pm
Creampuff schedule?? Come on – FIU, Charlston Southern, UGA and Troy aren’t really all that bad of football teams… yea your right.. worry about Kentucky,Tenn, and UF … you can’t take them off the schedule…. Hey, and thanks for hurting our strength of schedule too. Go Gators!
Big Dawg 97
November 23rd, 2009
5:10 pm
The players deserve a Bowl!
Enough said !!!
Bert Lawson
November 23rd, 2009
5:12 pm
Even a bottom Bowl is still worth over a Million Dollars. You can’t turn that down.
DuluthSwim
November 23rd, 2009
5:12 pm
How about The Rooms To Go Bowl…make sure you stick Richt in one of them before it leaves…
Big Dawg 97
November 23rd, 2009
5:12 pm
After the Dawgs DESTROY the Jackets 49-7 on Saturday…they will get a bowl invite.
Meanwhile, the Jackets will lose to Clemson and whatever bowl they are invited.
bigdaddyj
November 23rd, 2009
5:13 pm
No Bowl. That means it will be another 4 weeks until Richt fires martinez and fabris. They need to be gone so they aren’t involved in the recruiting process as the time closes in.
Alan
November 23rd, 2009
5:14 pm
If UGA loses to Tech, the Dawgs should salvage any bit of dignity they have left and decline any bowl bid that they may receive.
king gator
November 23rd, 2009
5:15 pm
Shreevport, LA in December is not a reward!
Fan
November 23rd, 2009
5:19 pm
We are going to the Adam Lambert Bowl in Pink Helmets and tight pants
Duke
November 23rd, 2009
5:19 pm
No bowl! We don’t need the embarrassment.
Ric Spratlin
November 23rd, 2009
5:20 pm
The only bowl for Dawgs is the one they lick water from… C’mon 6 and 6 and you get a bowl. After the Jackets kick their ass Saturday, they should stay in town and watch two REAL SEC teams play.
Saluki Mike
November 23rd, 2009
5:20 pm
UGA deserves squat. The only thing they deserve is watching teams with less talent compete on the big screen. Heck, maybe they can learn something!
Nothing
November 23rd, 2009
5:21 pm
Fire Martinez and use the bowl season as a recruiting trip for new defensive and offensive coordinators. Shreveport is more embarassing than staying home.
Al
November 23rd, 2009
5:24 pm
At this point, I am hoping for the Liberty Bowl because at least Memphis would be a fun destination with Beale Street and a top-notch music scene. Eating some amazing BBQ and listening to some Blues would at least be a fun way to lament our season of blues. Plus, I’ve heard they have a great New Years celebration and the best casino gaming outside Las Vegas is nearby.
Jefferson
November 23rd, 2009
5:25 pm
UGA is not having a very good year, GT on the other hand is having another good year.
Seymore
November 23rd, 2009
5:30 pm
5 pages of posts. I hope all you posters, like me, are financial supporters. Well, effective today, my checks stop, until changes are made in the coaching staff, from the top down. Anyone who supports CMR is and belongs in the tank with him and Willie and the boys.
Not only am I not going to watch the beat down in Atlanta, I won’t turn on the TV for a bowl game we play in.
Call me a fair weather fan if you like, but I know imcompetence when I see it.
Taylor
November 23rd, 2009
5:32 pm
UGA doesn’t deserve a bowl and as previously been said should decline one if offered.
Mary Wanna
November 23rd, 2009
5:35 pm
Why pass up another chance for a loss to reinforce the decision to FIRE MARK RICHT?
reality
November 23rd, 2009
5:37 pm
in the 1970’s, Vince Dooley won 45 games—-and lost 38. Based on everybody’s comments here I guess we can all agree on the fact that he should have been fired in 1979 after going 6 and 5. Agreed?
EmbarassedDawg
November 23rd, 2009
5:39 pm
welcome to downtown Shreveport. What the fudge is in Shreveport? Who is the moron that created this bowl? If you think the stands emptied on Saturday you should see what the stands will look like in Shreveport. crickets crickets crickets
Greyhown
November 23rd, 2009
5:40 pm
As an aged UGA alumnus, I am embarrassed at the attitude in which players representing UGA are allowed to continue displaying on the field. If the DAWGS win or lose, I’m willing to accept, but I really would like to minimize the exposure of these thugs. Change the coaches, refuse the bowl and send a signal that the University of Georgia does not accept what these coaches and players represent.
Fools Gold
November 23rd, 2009
5:40 pm
UGA’s fixing to fall?
But speaking just for me
and some people from AJC,
we got a thing or two to tell you all.
This Dawg may have stumbled
but he ain’t never fell.
And if the Techies don’t believe that
they can all go straight to hell.
We’re gonna put UGA’s feet
on the path of a Winning streak
and then God bless UGA nation again.
And you never did think that it ever would happen again.
In Georgia, did you?
You never did think that we’d ever get together again.
Well we damn sure fooled you.
We’re walking real proud and we’re talking real loud again
In UGA Nation.
You never did think that it ever would happen again.
NOW WE MAY HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES,
BUT YOU OUTSIDE PEOPLE BEST LEAVE US ALONE.
Cause we’ll all stick together
and you can take that to the bank.
That’s the Gators and the Jackets and the rebels and the yanks.
You just go and lay your hand on a Georgia BULLDAWG fan
and I think you’re gonna finally understand.
And you never did think that it ever would happen again.
In Georgia, did you?
You never did think that we’d ever get together again.
Well we damn sure fooled you.
We’re walking real proud and we’re talking real loud again
In UGA Nation.
You never did think that it ever would happen again.
Thank you Charlie
boots
November 23rd, 2009
5:43 pm
You go to the bowl to get more practices and time with the players. Coaching changes would not likely happen before the end of the season for other teams anyway, so there is no downside to going to the bowl. If we are a 6-6 team, then not going to a bowl is not going to disguise it or fool anyone. Fact is, it might wake up the team to realize they have to leave it all on the field every Saturday, and they might as well leave a few coaches in Shreveport while they are there.
Bad year, good coach
November 23rd, 2009
5:43 pm
Hey Reality, I think you need to check your math on that. He won 75 games. But yes, he did have some bad years, all teams do. 5 and 5 two years in a row. What would today’s reaction be to that?
stan
November 23rd, 2009
5:47 pm
UGA Fans, Are NOT.!
Disrespect All!,Boo The Kids, trash the campus,leave early and
Blame any team and Coach, GOo, Dawgs!
dunwoody1
November 23rd, 2009
5:48 pm
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Our fans are unbelievable sometimes
November 23rd, 2009
5:49 pm
Jeff… I can assure you that I am neither thrilled about the Dawgs playing in the Poulan Weedwacker Bowl, or whatever less than scenic destination they have in store for the Holidays.
However, I want to the Dawgs to go to a bowl for one simple reason: 2010. We obviously need the practice and should be spending time on the working on the fundamentals. And the bowl practice is fundamental to keep the guys training and working.