Rankings prove Georgia has lost benefit of doubt

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Actually, Athlon is the most accurate, and has Georgia at #14. Phil Steele is also accurate, and has Georgia at #18.

Both prove Georgia is still considered one of the best teams in the country.

Pre-season rankings form people who have no accurate track record are meaningless (ESPN/SI/etc.)

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Jeff-

One poll ranked Georgia pre-seaosn #3. That proves Georgia’s better than Tech.

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Maybe Ga. should be given rings if they beat the Tech mites and finish higher in the polls.I am sorry that’s what the Tech mites wound do if they finished higher than the Dawgs.

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I think that the 8-0 start you’re predicting for Teck will be more like 6-2. I expect UGA to be 7-1 heading into Jax. I don’t personally care if they are ranked ahead of us in the preseason polls. Preseason polls are completely meaningless. Especially the AP which doesn’t count for anything anyway.

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no bama no lsu and still no respect..mouthing off about GT…jealous and sad, GT got rings because they tied coastal division for 1st place in 08 and won acc in 09, J E A L O U S not our problem

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well i had a bourbon. sorry, jeff don’t be so touchy.

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Since 1950, the AP got the #1 team right 12 times.

They got it wrong 80& of the time.

Thier inaccuracy is the reaosn they are not a part of the BCS rankings formula anymore.

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When pre-season rankings actually add something to the win or loss column – like a handicap or something – then I’ll start caring.

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Jeff-

Scout, ran by Fox Sports, has Georgia pre-seaosn #3, here’s the link. Proves they’re top 3 team in the nation.

http://cfn.scout.com/2/990840.html

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Next time when the weather is bad CMR should have his players lifting weights instead of his players playing Rubber Ducky at the pool.

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The only way that perception plays a role in this debate is the “perception” that you can be a mediocre team and roll through the ACC. UNC is constantly one of the most overrated teams in America, and Clemson just lost a lot with Ford, Spiller, and Palmer on offense.

The biggest problem that I forsee with Tech is do you really expect that they will ever be able to win a bowl game? In 2 years it has become obvious that if you give a team a month to prepare, they can stop the triple option offense. Hence the 17 points in 2 bowl games.

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Collegefootballnews.com had UGA #3. Way too high coming from a UGA fan. They could end up there though!

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Preseason polls are stupid, but they do provide good discussions.

As a UGA fan, I have no problem with where we are ranked. After a horrible season last year, and a lot of question marks to start the season, it seems fair. If we make it through Ark and SC with wins, I could easily see us shoot up the polls, and possibly leap GT. At the end of the day, only 1 poll matters, and it’s the last one. The best way to change perception… WIN!!!

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Jeff you must be behind on your VW payment so you have to create a blog that will get a million hits from the UGA fans sniping at the Bugs over rankings in order to generate some additional revenue for you.

The reason UGA ranked low in the polls last year at the end was due to how many losses they had.

The reason UGA is ranked low in the polls to start the season off is because they have a Freshman untested QB, a true freshman QB behind him, a Jr QB behind him who has pitiful accuracy, and a brand new defensive scheme. The defense is a big question mark as a result and the offense, in spite of their overall experience, is still an unsure bunch due to the QB.

And lastly, everybody — except for a few blind kool aide drinkers — know that BooBoo should’ve been fired last year too. So in totality, when you look as his goofy offensive schemes coupled with the untested QB, the whole offensive unit is a question mark.

But I think your idea of pitting UGA against the Bugs by trying to claim the program is on the slide and that the taliban program is on the rise, is the better approach since that generates many more blog hits.

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I don’t know if the rankings are fair, but agree that UGA has lost the benefit of the doubt. 2.5 of the past 3 seasons have been mediocre. If not for a red-hot second half of the ‘07 season, Richt’s hot seat status heading into ‘10 would not even be open to debate.

I agree with Bulldog and am also tired of excuses and delusional fans. Richt hasn’t shown much as a coach since the ‘05 SEC Championship game. Starting with the Sugar Bowl against W. Va., Georgia has been a different team – soft, sloppy, uninspired and undisciplined. If things don’t improve this year, then send Richt packing. There are lots of hungry assistants who will be mediocre for much less money.

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Reality trumps perception every time!

http://blog.al.com/keepingscore/2010/08/georgia_piles_up_wins.html

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UGA might very well be the surprise team of the year in the SEC. As mentioned if they get by USC and Arkansas they could be undefeated going to Jacksonville. That’s also assuming they get by my Vols, who for some reason the Dawgs haven’t shown up for recently.
Even if they lose to the Gators they could still win the East as unlike UF, UT and USC they don’t play Alabama. I don’t think the Gators can beat UA in Tuscaloosa, so UGA starts the season almost with a 1 game lead in the East.

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Logically? U R dummer than Paul, Jeff. Bees lost to the dawgs last year.

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I’d like to see thUGA beat Kentucky this year.

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I know it’s too much to ask for thUGA to beat Florida.

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correction – 3.5 out of the last 4 seasons have been mediocre: 2006, half of 2007, 2008 and 2009.

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these rankings are ridiculous. the ACC is awful, the BIG 10 is awful, everybody knows, even the pollsters, but they can’t print that or they’d be called bias by all the other conference fans.

The worst Bulldog team in a decade routed the best Yellow Jacket team in a decade last year, yet UGA is still not ahead of them in preseason polls? on top of that, that amazing Yellow Jacket team went on to get beat by IOWA in a BCS game.

i get that UGA isn’t the best team in the country, and i get that UGA isn’t the best SEC team in the country, but we are certainly better than almost half the teams ranked ahead of us without question! it’s the SEC curve in play, it’s the best conference by far, and even the 3rd, 4th, or 5th place teams in the SEC are better than other conferences 2nd or 3rd place teams, and in some cases their 1st place teams.

we all know it.

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Um…. Larry, do you happen to recall where NE was ranked, back in then??? If memory serves, I don’t think they were. I also know that Yech wanted no part of CO. Had they played, reality would have set in and it would have been a serious whoopin’, BY the Buffs.

HBTD!!!

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Jeff-

It’s not as complicated as making all those improvements you listed.

Comes down to 1 thing:
Get a 100 yard rusher and Richt’s record is 40-3.

It’s that simple.

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Oops! I was off by one spot. NE was ranked 19th. Yeah, 19th.

HBTD!!!

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You see what happens when you dont get impressive wins over SC ,Vandy and then lose to Kentucky at home. Not to mention the enduring beatdowns by Tennessee and the Gators.

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Jeff

Does UGA has something to prove this year? absolutely. When we play S.Car., Tenn and Fla. We will find out if 2008 was an aberration or a trend.
Do we have anything to prove to Tech? Hell no. Richt 8-1 and our worst team this century beat their best team in 20 years in that little piece of crap high school stadium they call home down in the projects of ATL lat November.

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“We won more games than they did last year.”

Hey Paul “bigger fish” Johnson:

1) You’re in the ACC (Weak schedule play Uga’s schedule & what your record would be)

2) Tech didn’t win THE GAME … UGA 30-24

3) Tech has lost to UGA 9 out of the last 10 years (Trends don’t lie)

Georgia beat Tech, so a 5 loss Uga was better than Tech last year. Georgia has more returning starters than Tech this Year so I see no change in the results. By the end of the season my name will be 10 outta 11.

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yes man…. those sales are generated through Walmart from all of those fans in the mobile home park clubs.

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You got tied by NC, you squeaked by CU, UVA and VT. Ooooh, there was a team that out the fear of god in folks.

NE, on the other hand, who lost 2 of their last 3, ended their season by getting WAXED by an unranked OU team, 45-10.

Spare me your revisionist history. And to say I’m the one that’s clueless… Sheeesh!

Usual yellow maggot buffoonery! Guess I should consider the source.

HBTD!!!

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CFN

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It seems preseason polls are only interesting and accurate when the dogz are highly ranked.

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I’m an Auburn fan, and even though I hate Georgia, I respect them. They have great talent on that team and being ranked where they are is a slap in the face. Sure they are going to start a Reshirt freshman QB but he won’t have to do too much with Ealey and King running the ball. They may stumble a few times…..hopefully at Auburn….but to think they will lose 4 or 5 games is ludicrous.
While I prefer Tech to UGA, realistically the Dawgs still pound the bees. They just have way too much talent and Richt flat out wins on the road and the SEC….I hate him…but its true.

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The Dawgs will have losses this year to SC, ARK, UK, AUB and UF and Richt will be in serious trouble by a new AD who has learned not to tolerate the mediocrity that has been UGA football which included the worst job of coaching in Staffords and Mareno’s last year. They easily had the best talent and UNDERACHIEVED! He learned at the foot of the master, sit back and coast.

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I see your logic JB: Have the best record in the nation. Beat the #1 team in a primetime shoot out with two of the best QB’s in college going at it. Have one of the NCAA most clutch kickers ever winning games for you. Have one of the best coaches in the nation, who had NFL teams throwing millions at him. Yes, we did tie UNC on the road playing through the driving rain storm of hurricane Dawn.

1990 National Champs, best record in the NCAA in 1990!

JB – you are one ignorant dawgtard!

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All of you dawgturds get your heads out of the sand or wherever you have them stuck and start worrying about the number one problem with UGAy. At the rate your athlete-thugs are being arrested, you’ll be lucky to have any football and basketball teams by this year’s season openers.

UGAy has made the state a laughingstock with its reputation as one big party school with copious job opportunities for lawyers and bail bondsman, and decent people are fed up with this. Get rid of the illiterate, undisciplined drunks and felons that Mark Richt recruits, and get rid of Richt too. Even with these illiterate jerkoffs, he can’t even win the division, much less the SEC, so what’s the point.

So while you sit there in your delapidated single wide, deciding if the beer will last until the next unemployment check comes in, think about this.

And don’t forget the red panties. They make great pacifiers to suck on.

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A little dog with a painted a$$ should never get in a dispute with the fans but elite programs don’t go to Shreveport and paint a little dog’s a$$ while they are down there. We stayed at the best hotel in town . . . the Econo Lodge over by the Dollar Store and I think that Dollar Store is where they bought the paint. They had some RayBans knock-offs that look a lot like the ones Coach Richt wears but they wouldn’t look good on a little dog.

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JB – It’s hard to run when I’m laughing at the sh*t you’re making up. Not one fact correct in your post, Jim Harrick JR would grade your post a B+, but hey, Tony Cole got an A-.

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Dawgtards will be lucky if they equal that record this year.

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You can’t put any confidence in the AP.

Since 1950, wrong on #1 pick 52 times out of 64 tries.

Off about 80% of the time.

Don’t know if any poll is less accurate than the AP pre-season.

20% accuracy doesn’t “prove” anything except the AP poll is inaccurate 80% of the time.

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Termigator underachieved last year We beat a mudhole in the ACC “champs” asses you best hope we don’t play to our potential this year..and I’m happier at 23 this year than I was at 1 in 08..we weren’t a real good team last year and don’t deserve a top 15 ranking but we were better than anyone in the ACC…I mean we beat the best team in the ACC correct?

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The final polls after the BCS Championship Game:

The coaches involved in the polling are bound by agreement with ESPN/USA Today and the BCS to vote the winner #1.

The Associated Press has no such restriction.

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No how2, you underachieved Staffords and Mareno’s last year. Read dude.

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of course UGA has lost the benefit of the doubt. truth be told they probably hung on to that benefit a couple of years longer than they should. i have said it repeatedly, the expectations of 2008 were the apex for the mark richt-era georgia bulldogs, and the hard fall of the 2008 season, coupled with the 2009 season, will prove to be the downward slope of the mark richt-ara georgia bulldogs. time for a change in athens, anyone with any sense would know that. still there are those UGA fans who pop up every year, and you can read some of them right here in this blog, that think this year will be the year, low expectations, surprise team, blah blah blah. no sir, not anymore.

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How2, just think; two teams that DID NOT win the SEC East, beat the two contenders in the ACC Championship game. How funny is that?

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On one hand, UGA has lost the benefit of the doubt with pollsters and I believe it has more to do with the way the Dawgs played the last few years than with win loss records. The atrocious turn over ratio, lack of sound fundamentals such as poor blocking and tackling, soft defense and the numerous bone headed penalties have hurt the Dawg’s reputation with the pollsters. However, these issues stem from coaching and they are correctable. We will see if Grantham and company can turn these problems around.

On the other hand, the Dawgs kicked Tech’s three letter word last year, so you can’t say the Dawgs have fallen below Tech. I would have to say the Dawgs were the better team last year since they beat Tech head to head and had a much more difficult schedule. Although UGA went 8-5 compared to Tech’s 11-3, UGA played more challenging SEC competition and non conference foes such as OK State and Az State. Given the strenth of schedule (SEC vs ACC) and the fact the Dawgs whipped Tech, I would say the Dawgs were the better program last year.

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dawgfan

Care to open with USC or OU on the road…..that’s right, I think not. Also, both of these programs have a zillion national titles as compared to your one 1980 title.

All UGA fans can do is criticize other programs, instead of their own program. “We have met the enemy and it is us.”

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UGA folks can brag all you want to about beating Tech in football most years, and that’s perfectly fair. What’s also fair is to point out that with a history of Jan Kemp (Vince Dooley days), Jim Harrick, and now Damon Evans, UGA is truly “The Cesspool of the South,” and is richly deserving of that title. No one outside of Georgia has any respect for UGA or its athletic department, and that is a fact. It has been said many times: “Tech people are proud of their school, Georgia people are proud of their team.” What a legacy to be proud of!

And watching those red panties falling from the sky, always a good time-killer for thUGA dawgtards.  :-)  :-)  :-)

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Hey scorekeeper did you keep score last year?

How bout this score

30-24 9 outta 10
30-24 9 outta 10
30-24 9 outta 10
30-24 9 outta 10
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30-24 9 outta 10

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Tech vs UGA will be settled on the field not by a bunch childish fans. I hate to admit it but this is a fair article by Schultz. I agree with Tim winning will help UGA’s perception.

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Termigator I always wonder how we did as well as we did in 08 no excuses but we did have 15+ season ending injuries to players half of them starters and won 10 games ..really how many programs could have done that in 08 outside the Gators,and maybe Texas and Ohio State

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9 outta 10 – It’s actually 8 out of 12, 1998 – 2009.

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I took a front row seat at the college mascot’s meeting and was asked to move back to the Shreveport Section. I am pretty small and it was hard to see over Buzz and some of those other mascots up front. Having this painted a$$ only makes things worse.

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UGA is setting low goals when they brag about beating GT. If GT begins to dominate your program, which they probably will, because they have a better head coach, then that is like Texas getting drilled by TCU year after year.

Look, UGA has never received any respect from teh polls or professional media outlets, and never will. Why? Because, your mouths are bigger than your brains and you cannot back it up. You have had a load of talent the past 10 years and di nothing with it. Exhibit “A” your honor.

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Tai you worthless coward..you spew that drivel and can’t even do it under the same name twice…please go walk in traffic.

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UGA is ranked way too high, and there is rumor that adjustments are coming down the pipe.

Anyone seen my Oakleys, blue jean shorts, tank top, goatie trimmer, white socks, black tennis shoes and Big G hat? I need it for the UGA opener against Agnes Scott in Sanford Stadium.

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Mike Bobo 17 int…… Those items you speak of are on sale at the local Walmart.

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Hey Delbert D.

Oooooooooh 8 outta 12 sounds soooooo much better

how far you wanna go back? How bout:

15 outta 20

22 outta 30

No matter how far you go back it ain’t good for Tech. Uga leads series 60-37-5

That’s domination, my friend

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59bulldawg, you got a hell of an AD. He actually worries me though because he learned from the best in Foley. I’ll bet you after he gets his feet set, all of the Head Coaches will feel some heat.

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We’ll get it handed to us by SC and Ark, and finish out of the top 30. Then we can thank our fine disciplinarian joke we call a coach for another crappy year!

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Jeff, you wrote: “He logically concluded, ‘We won more games than they did last year’.” Might I suggest that is not very logical if the idea behind a poll is to rank teams in order of how good they are. The best “logical’ indication of that would be the result of the game between the two teams themselves. Strength of schedule should also be relevant. I assume almost every reasonable person, much less a sports journalist, would agree the SEC is a stronger conference than the ACC. I could go on, but why when some one who supposedly makes his living keeping tract of things in the sports world thinks what CPJ said is actually logical. Ability to think analytically is apparently more difficult than I thought. I’m going with the team winning the game being the best team most of the time, unless something weird or wacky happens that skews the end result.

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I cant wait and see how long will it take our new AD to crack his whip and no longer settle for a football program that is underachieving.

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We Bulldogs run this state and we’ll see you larvae in Nov. Bring it on….make sure and pass a lot in the 4th. That allows us to bark more at game’s end to celebrate another W.

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Hey tai, just why do you think you have to bf your rant about Georgia? You think you’ve got to shout in order to have people pay attention to you? Georgia’s reputation is doing just fine thank you, regardless of Mr. Evan’s journey into ‘Tigerland’ – namely, thinking you can do no wrong. As for Ms. Kemp, she took exception to Georgia’s use of it’s ‘remedial’ program to keep ballplayers eligible longer than perhaps they should have been – a practice still being used at many other schools by the way. Of course our friends at Tech take a little different tact…like using the Atlanta University Center group – like Morehouse and Spellman – to have it’s players take difficult courses so that they can remain eligible too, or even to bury the records that would show that whole groups of players aren’t eligible even though they were still playing. By the way, did any of those guys actually lose any eligibility, or did all that get discovered ‘after’ they had used theirs up? Tell us tai, is that the kind of things Tech people are so proud of?

Trust me, we’re very proud of our ’school’, as I’m sure Tech people are – I mean you’d have to be proud if you’re willing to paint yourself yaller and wear diapers and fright wigs for you’re Mommas and Daddies to see you on TV – of course you probably figure that they won’t recognize you.

As for Georgia’s losing ‘the benefit of the doubt’. Suppose your right Schultz, we lost that ‘right’ a couple of years ago when our success from the year before caused us to be ‘inaccurately’ rated at the top going in…that, along with a lot of injuries, questionable calls and poor tackling…resulted in our falling out of the top ten by the end of the year. So what if we’re rated behind Tech going in. As Johnson said, they won more games and they won the ACC…then again, we know who the better team of the two was because we were there that Saturday night after Thanksgiving last November. A fact that hasn’t escaped Mr. Johnson and that will be born out again this year.

As for you Mr. Schultz, we can also count on you to never miss a chance to get the fight started with us…a fact that we won’t forget when it comes to who gets a gatorade bath if you should happen to venture near the team’s locker room following a game one day…ala Dion Sanders and Tim McCarver…maybe even two.

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when did s. car and ark become touch teams?

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Frankly, what tells me most about the direction these two programs are going is that too many of UGA’s coverage concerns things happening off the field of play, while Georgia Tech’s mostly concern things happening on the field. “Prison Lite” doth not a football program make…..

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the truth hurts, people.

i will admit, i was a typical delusional georgia fan.

then we were ranked #1 in preseason and ended up playing michigan state in orlando.
then i started to think back about how every year we have great expectations but never live up to them.

or, how we have no expectations and appear to have a great season underway and have one brain fart game against South Carolina, Auburn, and or Tennessee. Then, we sit around and talk about ‘what if..’…when we aren’t making excuses for why we get our butts handed to us every year in jacksonville.

Now, I have no delusions. I am thankful this year that we started the preseason ranked.

I have no faith in Mike Bobo’s play calling. The pass play on 3rd and short with 300+ yards rushing and the game on the line vs GT eroded whatever faith I had left.

We have a new quarterback, and we have an untested defensive coordinator.

We were supposed to have a ‘dominating’ offensive line for the last, oh….10 years of Mark Richt’s tenure, but somehow, injuries occur and we end up with nothing.

Wake up georgia fans…..this is a watershed year for our program….and the whole country is watching.

You can talk all the smack you want but until you do something on the field, it is just talk.

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How2flush – good to see you’re still delusional!

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Who cares about pre-season polls? All fo you rading this blog and writing about it. Funny for someone to be reading a blog about pre-season rankings, and then typing about it, and then say they don’t mean anything.

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Athens Dawg, you nailed it better than I. Thanks!!

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More student arrests for drinking in Athens. Go GEORGIA. You are #1.

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The Scout/fox Sports Poll has Georgia at #3 pre-season, and Georgia Tech at #40.

Looks about right.

Proves Georgia Tech has lost the benefit of the doubt, and Georgia is still perceived as a top 3 program.

http://cfn.scout.com/2/990835.html

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Wow Jeff-this blog went south quickly but then the UGA/GT ones usually do…anyway completely agree with you on this one. GT did lose some big names but they had a better record and went to a BCS. UGA lost some of their cachet and I think the current ranking is about right.

Termigator I actually agree with you. I have alot of respect for CMR but I think he grew a bit comfortable. Maybe McGarity will light the fire a wee bit. I for one am not happy with “just” beating the ACC champ.

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Note:
Athlon or Steele doesn’t rank Georgia Tech in top 25 either, these are some of the most accurate.

Both rank Georgia in top 20.

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9 outta 10 – I don’t think 8 out of 12 is relevant. That was just in response to your 9 out of 10, which is meaningless. Whatever. In the current era, it is 1-1, CPJ vs. CMR. Gailey, Donnan, O’Leary…those guys are gone, checked out.

1-1, Georgia has the bragging rights.

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Good job, Jeff. Only an idiot would call you an idiot. “GO JACKETS”

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Good article Jeff.

The voters have a short memory and if UGA starts off 3-0 they will be in the top 15 very quickly.

That said, beating SC and Ark will be tough but the Dawgs have the potential to win both. UGA is like LSU, SC, Auburn and Arkansas. Any of them could be anywhere from 6-6 to 10-2. This is going to be a wild year in the SEC.

Geaux Tigers
Go SEC

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I can see why the Scout poll had UGA at #3. If you look at the kind of seaosn Coach Richt had in 2009, it was a lot like the kind of seasons he had in 2001, and again, in 2006. Those were bad seasons, by Coach Richt’s standards.

But, in 2002, and again in 2007, Coach Richt showed his mental toughness by rebounding with a #3 finish in 2002, then a #2 finish in 2007.

So, yes, by Coach Richt’s standards, 2009 wasn’t a good season, but we know for sure how he always responds, with a run at the National Championship the next season.

So, in this case, the Scout poll putting UGA at #3 got it right.

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If Georgia BLOWS OUT South Carolina & Arkansas, you’ll have to launch them into the top 10. It’s important Georgia doesn’t just win, but DOMINATES South Carolina, Arkansas, and Florida and wins by 20 points or more.

This Georgia offense is the best ot ever play in the SEC. This Georgia offense will average 40+ points a game, and go for over 500 yards a game average. It’s going to be a sight to behold.

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athensdawg

You have my utmost respect and remind of the 70’s during the Dooley era. Dogs were respected, admired and won, plain and simple.

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Yeah we had a lousy 2009 season, obviously UF has dominated the season longer than I would like to remember, but for anyone to think a team that has lost to the Dawgs 9 out of the last 10 games, is the superior program truly is an idiot.

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UGA doesn’t deserve a top pre-season ranking. When they can prove it on the field again, they’ll get the respect they deserve. I don’t really care where they are ranked in the pre-season poll. If they go undefeated this year, they will be in contention for the national title. It’s the Ws that count, not talk.

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Its hard to get the benefit of doubt when your QB’s last start was for Plant HS,FLorida and your DC was wig wagging sets to Dallas Cowboy linebackers-Dawgs are Top Ten!

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Hey Delbert… It’s actually 15 out of 19…1991-2009….

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Mark only has two problems, and their names are Nick and Urban. He is about to have a third problem named Gene. If he coached in the ACC he would win 10 games every year, and if GT played in the SEC they would be lucky to be 6 and 6 every year (they are about equal to Mississippi State). That is why Tech can “win more games” than Georgia and be consistently beaten by them.

But this is all moot, kickoff is coming soon!

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Ha, so now Uga bases a season success on beating tech. I guess they turned into gt.

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Jeff, The pre-season rankings mean nothing right now. Tech has lost to UGA 9 out of the last 10 times and will again this year. You will know when Tech has passed UGA when UGA starts giving out special rings for the accomplishment. Its expected to beat the Nerds every year. Kinda like the sun coming up every morning. And 11-0-1, when Tech can win a bowl game and put a winning streak of more than one againt UGA, the you can talk. Anyone can win the ACC. Kinda like finishing 3rd or 4th in one of the SEC divisions. Should be renamed Little Sisters of the Poor Conference.

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You nailed it. Doesn’t matter what the locals think. They will contend UGA is deserving of top 10 annual ranking, no matter what. People who look at the program objectively have no reason to rank it high, year after year. If you look closely at recent history, UGA’s best seasons occurred when Florida, Alabama and Tennessee were having down years. I like Richt, nice man, but I don’t see the consistency of the other major SEC programs. The dawg crowd loves to beat their chests about beating GT and how much better they are. GT should not be their measuring stick. They should beat GT every year given their recruiting, facilities, friendly curriculum, etc…. If they are truly a big boy program, they should compare themselves to the Gators, Alabama, etc…. Those large state schools are more apples and apples, not a small engineering school.

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Heywood xxxxx – Did you see any of those games about 50 years ago? I did. We used to go over to Sanford stadium and get in for $1, high school admission. Saw Tarkenton, Namath, Pat Dye, “General” Patton, Lothridge, those guys. One thing I learned early on is that the past doesn’t count for much, bragging rights are good for 1 year.

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DentalDawg-

Wow, you think Jeff stinks as a journalist? What? Couldn’t DISAGREE more wiht you on that one.

Jeff’s a top 10 journalist you egghead. Just because he writes something you disagree with, doesn’t mean he’s a bad journalist.

I consider Jeff to be one of the more talented sports writers in the country. Always thought provoking, always good strong writing.

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Shultz………….i dont have time to read all the posts. So forgive me if i repeat some of the samethings that might have already been said.

UGA had a down year last year….and even in a down year, we still BEAT tech!! I could really care less about Tech til Thanksgiving. UGA will be much improved over last year. You want to talk about perceptions??????????? Once we roll into Columbia and put a beatdown on USC….all or you nonbelievers perceptions will change about the Dawgs!! Thats all it will take is for us to beat the COCKS and all this crap will be put to rest. Thank goodness we have TG!! That will be the difference for us. DEFENSE!!!!!!!!

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When its all said and done, dawgs still suck.

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Jeff, why doesn’t Coach Richt have a potato chip commercial? Every SEC coach eventually talks potato chips on television but I am thinking Coach Richt will be talking broccoli. Not many people know this but he is afraid of dogs and sometimes I will growl a little when he is around. He’s always wearing RayBans but I know he’s watching me.

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You know what the polls really show JS….that our point is stupid/irrelevant…What else is new?

If the polls were really reliable to show things accurately, then the following wouldn’t be true. Why do Auburn, Arkansas and Yech get the benefit of the doubt when all 3 of them lost to Georgia last year (a year which so called by JS…”removed the benefit of the doubt”?

Not only that but Georgia has defeated Auburn 4 times in a row, Arkansas has never beaten Georgia in SEC play, and Yech has lost 8 out of 9 to the team that “no longer has the benefit of the doubt”. So you see your points null and void simply for 2 reasons…the polls are never reliable/meaningfull and you’re never right about anything concerning UGA.

But you do show your true colors again….you just hate CMR because he stood up to you. Its obvious that it still sticks in your craw. BTW…still waiting for the rebuke that I called for a longtime ago in how Tenn.’s Dooley really isn’t changing the culture there.

They get in trouble too and his handling of the most recent incidents (suspensions lifted…but suspension from what?..not game playing time) should have been criticized as you did CMR’s handling of discpline. At least players lose what they want most at UGA…playing time! What did the Vols offenders lose? Once again it shows a bias…you are so transparent!

Hang it up or then again Shut IT!

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Jeff, this column is about nothing except the blathering pontifications of Captain Obvious. The preseason pollsters are, in general, brainless. They look at last year’s won/loss record, look at the big names that left and the big names that are staying, and take a stab at a ranking. It’s inherently unscientific, which is why no one should take much stock in preseason polls. Coach Johnson’s right–Tech’s ranked higher because they won 11 games last season. Georgia won eight. Tech lost a few horses and dropped a few notches from last year’s end-of-season rankings; Georgia gained a few new coaches and went up from where they ended up a season ago (which was, as you have remarked, unranked). Where was Tech last preseason? Where did they end up? That’s what really matters.

In preseason polls, perception is more than half of reality. And my perception of this column is that it’s a bunch of fluff.

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I love UGa-absolutely hate GT. But previous posts about 1990 NC and that GT wanted no part of Colorado is just plain crazy. That GT team was one of the fastest and most athletic teams to ever play college football. They destroyed Nebraska and would have done the same to Colorado. Don’t let your hate for the bees impair your judgement fellow Dawg fans.

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Pollsters believe Georgia Tech has
passed Georgia on the football field

So do I.

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To me the UGA/Tech rivalry is like Tennessee/Vandy. UGA will win 85% of the time for the same reason, those pesky academic standards at their “rival”. True rivalries are between in-state equals: Alabama/Auburn, USC/Clemson, MSU/Ole Miss, Florida/FSU, etc. This UGA/Tech thing is just the older bigger brother picking on his smaller, smarter little brother.

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Unless winning 90 games in the lat nine years, 6 top ten finishes, 2 SEC Championships, 8 of 9 over the bugs and winning records vs al SEC opponents except Florida…. then you are right UGA has nothing to remember

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Jeff, you seem logic challenged in this article. Yech lost to UGA, lost their best D players, their only WR, their RB, and they have passed UGA?
Being champions of the All Cupcake Conference = 4th in the SEC East.

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I believe this will be a special season for Georgia Tech.

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Ahhh, for the old days of Gizzard, Bisher et al. Schultz and Bradley just don’t cut the mustard.

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If you play in the ACC then you are not being truly tested as being the best of the best. A winning percentage due to weak scheduling year after year doesn’t equate to becoming a legacy program or qualify you for a #1 spot. Play in the SEC or the Big 12 season after season to be tested and see how you measure up as a team. With that said, the Dawgs have an opportunity to move up into the top ten if they prove themselves by dominating opponents on both sides of the ball. We must win and win big to have a shot of making it to the SECCG and redeeming ourselves as a top tier program. GT, well they can only garner respect when they dominate opponents outside of their crappy conference. It hasn’t happened yet and frankly I don’t see a change in that trend.

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The AP pre-season ranking is significant.

Only 16 teams since 1950, won a National Championship, that were not ranked top 10 pre-season AP.

So, 75% chance Georgia or Georgia Tech will not win a National Championship in 2010.

However, of the 16 teams that did it, 15 went undefeated. If you have 1 loss, and start outside the AP top 10, you’re not going to get invited to the National Championship.

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Going to be an interesting year in both Athens and Atlanta. [...personally, and I know I'm nuttier than a squirrel terd for even thinking this, but I think both teams will play in their conference title games. Georgia is going to beat Florida this year in the SEC East.]

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The margin for error for Georgia in particular, starting so far back in the AP poll, is slim to none. If they lose a game, they’re out of the National Championship picture.

The AP poll, while not accurate in the slightest at predicting eventual champions, is really important, because it influences all the other polls that make up the BCS formula.

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UGA fans would do well to buy a condo in Shreveport, a home away from home for the holidays. Omar Hunter, the Gator DT from Buford has trimmed down 30 pounds and will feast on the midget QB from Athens.

All the debate by poodles with Jacket fans is meaningless to the real goal of getting back to Atlanta in early December. 3-17 is the real figure that counts in life for the poodles.

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This shows that the AP has no respect for the ACC-since we all know GA was last year’s ACC champion.

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I like that Schultz highlights whenever someone calls him an idiot as great debate skills, but never bothers answering the numerous eloquent counterarguments to every dumb post he makes.

It’s more of a testament to how overrated the ACC is that they have so many ranked teams. Lest we forget the week before the ACC championship game, both division winners lost to their (unranked) SEC opponents.

I don’t see how Tech improves on either side of the ball this year. If that’s good enough for #13, that’s all it’ll ever be good for.

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Mrs Johnson: ” Paul, honey, see if my d-cup will fit you. You look so uncomfortable in that c-cup!

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Hey Sam, Dawg fan. Lay off the “cool-aid”. You are getting way too delirious this early in the evening!

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We’ll take the responsibility to lock our women and children away in December. But y’all leave our dogs and cattle alone. See you in December, Dawgs.

P.S. We have jails down here too.

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Some on here wanting to get rid of Coach Richt. And that is ridiculous. Other than the MNC he has a better record than Coach Dooley had in less time. So what do some of you suggest doing just go out to the ole Head Coach tree and pluck one of bring him home ? A high caliber coach to head a program the size and anticipations of UGA is hard to find. And if you got a new head coach how long do you give him to produce ? Coach Richt has made the right hires now to win, recruiting has picked up with the Dream Team concept. Look at the quality recruits we have picked up this year. Come on people we have a brand new defensive scheme and a freshman QB. I still think we will do better even with that this year. And Ray Goff was a nice guy but NO head coach. Must be a bunch of young guys here. I can remember when we would have been glad for 8-4 under Goff. It can be worse MUCH worse !! Give Richt this year and 2011 and we will return to our winning ways. Give me a class guy like Coach Richt over urbie meyer and day !! Any weather Dawg fan here !!

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Jeff this is sort of rehashing the same articles that you and Mark were writing last year… how great Tech is and the sky is falling in Athens…got anything new? I’d say the only thing that matters between Tech and Georgia is who one the last game and last I checked that was Georgia.

One preseason poll does not make a trend can…. preseason polls are fun for the fans, but in the end mean absoultely nothing (see Georgia 2008 and Ole Miss 2009). I’d say both Tech and Georgia are getting the benefit of the doubt. Some have argued that Georgia shouldn’t even be ranked given how last season went and all the question marks coming into this season. Tech is getting the ranking because they won the ACC last year… had they acutally won their bowl game they would likely be ranked even higher preseason.

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Coach Richt better record than Coach Dooley in less time with exception of MNC. He now has the right coaching staff in place, Recruiting is getting back on track with the Dream Team concept that’s already showing in the recruits we’ve picked up. 2010 we will be better. 2011 is when the pieces come together and we are back to our winning ways. Those of you calling for Coach Richt’s head must be young and don’t remember Coach Goff. No fair weather Dawg fan here !! Coach Richt is a class coach and class man. I’m proud he’s at UGA.

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The Nerds on the Flats are ranked higher because the ACC is the SEC’s junior varsity!! The Dawgs will whip Tech & make it 10 out of the last 11. Tech has only beat Georgia 12 times since 1964. The LOVE fest with FAT BACK Johnson will be over in a couple of years. GO DAWGS!!!

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Is Tech really getting the benefit of the doubt? Preseason is mostly based on how you finished last year with a slight emphasis on returning starters. Tech finished the season ranked 13th and are ranked 17th preseason. Georiga finished the season NR and is ranked 21. You tell me again who is getting the benefit of the doubt? Cincinnati is the only team to play in a BCS bowl game last year that is ranked below Tech and they lost their coach. Every other defending BCS conference champion is ranked higher. When you actually look at the numbers it is Tech the pollsters don’t have as much respect for.

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*beating

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Big Sweat….hope you are not a Dawg fan. You are embarrassing!

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Great article, Schultz!

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Wonder how many more underachieving seasons richt can weather?

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Some interesting comments on this blog but many people seem to have missed the point of Schultz’ article. He has said nothing about whether HE thinks GT is better than UGA.
The just released, preseason AP poll has GT ranked above UGA and JS writes a column that there is a perception that UGA has fallen back. Where’s the controversy there? Isn’t the poll all about the perception of the voters? If UGA is ranked behind GT in a preseason poll for the first time in the CMR era isn’t that a demonstration that UGA is perceived to have fallen back?

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The real question should be why is Tech ranked so high. Even if the offense continues to perform, a power running game will overwhelm Tech’s defense. LSU proved it two years ago, Georgia and Iowa proved it last year. Until Tech can stop a determined running game, they will not be able to compete with most top-20 teams.

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CMR has always been perceived to be a better recruiter than coach. His success came when coaches like Gailey, Zook, and Shula were coaching his rivals. He has attempted to compensate for his inadequate coaching abilities with gimmicks like black shirts and intentional personal foul penalties.

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If Coach Al Groh is half as good as advertised, and with Coach Paul Johnson’s offense rolling GT should be in the hunt for national titles for years to come. The state of the program at uga was exposed when they couldn’t get anyone to coach their defense and had to settle on the LB coach from Dallas.

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Georgia has never really gotten the benefit of the doubt, well, except for 2008. Even when we were getting decent preseason rankings, teams like Oklahoma, LSU, Ohio State and others were still defaulting into top 5 preseason rankings. Of course, those programs have won a NC in recent memory, so it is what it is. Richt needs to get it done soon or move on.

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BTW, those teams I mentioned in my previous post are usually your top ten in recruiting. Question. Which one of them HAS NOT won a NC with all that talent? Ahahahaha!!!!

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GT has 4 NCs. Ugay has one fluke play to hang their hat on in over one hundred years. They are right there with South Carolina. There was a big sports write up about it.

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Agreed, we need to more with the talent we get. And therein lies the benefit of the doubt – even if Ohio State and others have a freshman QB or inexperienced D-line, pollsters know that the talent will be coached-up, hence the default top 5 preseason rankings.

If Bama can win a NC with half the in-state talent base (divided by Auburn, so actually 1/4th the talent base), the Richt needs to get it done with his top recruits. (And yes, Tech does NOT dilute UGA’s take of the top in-state talent. Says a lot – or very little – about what in-staters think about Tech football.)

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If I were the AD at UGA I would prefer underachieving teams with fans that will accept anything than to have super-demanding fans. UGA has never had a problem with super-demanding fans.

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No problem with the article other than the implication that GT has more to smile about than UGA. I’ll admit UGA has been stinking it up now for longer than I care to remember, but UGA’s team will still beat GT in November and will be ranked higher than GT in January.

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4ncs…, Tech needs to win a bowl game before they can start dreaming about a NC.

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GT has CPJ and CAG to smile about. Did you end the year ranked higher than GT last year? Oh that’s right, YOU WEREN’T RANKED AT ALL!

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Even though voters throughout the country regard Tech as a higher caliber program than UGA, dawg fans will never let facts get in the way of their fantasy.

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It is interesting that even though Georgia, while playing a relatively benign schedule, plays Tech in Athens this year, Tech is ranked higher in pre-season. One would think that the home field would give Georgia the nod in relative rankings….

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Dawgs, if you don’t finish higher than Gt this time, maybe you can sue the AP. You know, like you were going to sue the NCAA for not putting you in the NC game the year you couldn’t even win your half of the conference! THAT is SOOOOOO FUNNY!!!

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GR82BAG8R, same reason Toledo and SAN diego st should not play for the mythical national championship game.

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Hairy Dawg graduated top of his class at Ugay!!!!

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Hairy Dog, with Georgia’s recruiting advantage, the Bulldogs should have a fistful of NCs by now. Tech simply cannot compete in a state that is rabid about high school football and provides the means for any football to reach his potential. Until Tech changes its academic requirements (they have the highest SAT scores of any public university football team), Georgia will always be able to nab the five star athletes that would never be accepted into Tech. Florida does not have that issue with Florida State. Of the major college programs in states blessed with high school football excellence, Georgia has a virtual monopoly on picking and choosing the best talent.

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Yechie nerds we talking football not schools and gradauting is nothing to doing football. Pestky bugs is worst in football in nation and embareassment to state for having no talent in football and loosers.

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Hairy Dog, have you been drinking?

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I am trying to figure out how Auburn is ranked ahead of us in the AP poll that bothers me more than tech being ranked ahead of us..lol.

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Jeff, you are NOT an idiot. Period. Actually, if you went UGA back then, you would be the smartest azz in Athens.

I agree with you 100%. You absolutely nail it. Usually, UGA recruiting ranks higher than its pre-season poll, and its pre-season poll ranks higher than post-season poll. If you discount recruiting ranking, FL/BAMA prove otherwise. Just when it comes to UGA, people may have doubt.

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Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s going on now.
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And now, the moment of silence…

Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.

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Hairy Dog, the reason you beat Tech so often lately is that overall, your athletes are so much better than Tech’s. There is no comparison. Tech simply cannot recruit like Georgia can.

The reason Florida has beaten Georgia so much lately (17 out of 20), is Florida has a much better program overall, with better coaching.

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Hairy Dog, you should plead the 5th, rather than drink it.

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Ugakev, Richt’s coaching gem last year was the Tech game, when he decided to use his talent advantage via a power running game to overwhelm Tech. If he does it again this year, he will win again.

He will need more than a running game, however, in the SEC where talent is equivalent.

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Exactly Kev. Coach Richt is best for Dawgs and more Christain to get recruits for winning in SEC. He just needs help from fans to get on refs and gets Adams to quit stopping best talent recruits we need for winning. We got Evans out of way for not supporting Coach Richt in standing up to Adams in recruiting and now we got to fix Adams. Us fan’s also got to make refs and league pay for fixing games against Dawgs.

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this is such a dumb article…

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Try to find a ticket scalper at a Tech game. That’s perception.

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Jeff — You have really become a boring caricature. These types of columns used to be stimulating because they were different, not all that grounded in facts, but because they were so counter intuitive they got some notice. However, you kept rehasing the same illogical themes and it has become farcical. The last thing a columnist or writer wants is to be considered is a bore, but I hate to let you know that is what you have become.

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Richt needs to spend less time in the pool with the boys and more time on the practice field instilling some discipline.

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It is never to early to complain about the sorry BC$ system. It doesn’t matter how good you are or if you “deserve” to be ranked. What matters in the end is perception. The BC$ is about money and power.

It is nothing more than a beauty contest.
We need a playoff system.

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Dawgs don’t really deserve a whole lotta respect. This is a team that has suffered a number of 20-30 pt blowout losses with regularity in the last few years.

3 blowout losses to UT, 2 blowout losses to UF, the halftime blowout to bama in the blackout game. Great teams like UF, Bama have lost games the last few years.

But how many 20-30 pt blowouts has florida suffered under Urban Meyer? Only 2 and those were to Bama. How many 20-30 pt blowouts has bama suffered since Saban came to town? None. A 14 pt loss to Utah and an 11 pt loss to UF and that’s it. His losses in 07 with his initial bama team were all 7 pts or less.

Great programs do not get blown out on a consistent basis and this is what currently separates bama and UF from Georgia.

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Won’t comment much on the Tech part other than say if they have that perception fine – we’ll just keep beating them (kind of like Florida says to us every time we think we are back up)….But I actually would argue the perception of Georgia is still pretty strong given: coming off the worst year in many years, starting a new QB (and oh by the way the back up has no experience either), several new coaches…yet we are still in the pre-season poll…We also play 4 of the teams ranked higher than us (and a 5th if we somehow beat the 1st four) so we could easily move up…But here is my quesiton Schultz – lets go to dream world – lets say UGA and Tech go into final game both undefeated – who would be ranked higher? I’d bet UGA would be the higher ranked team – even though starting the season 7 spots lower….because as you talk of perception, perception (and reality) is the SEC is stronger than the ACC…Now for those that can’t read, I am not predicting either of the teams to go undefeated, it is a hypothetical what if.

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With our recruiting talent there is no way we should ever be ranked out of the top 10. Richt was great 3 years ago but the SEC and yes even Yech has upgraded. We have remained stagnant. If we fail to win at least 10 games in a weakened SEC East and a schedule that avoids both Bama and LSU plus no out of conference games to truly threaten us…he should be fired. Great man but only an OK coach in the current SEC.

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NOBODY thinks Tech is better than Georgia. Stories like this simply make the Nerds feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Georgia absolutely owns Georgia Tech and everyone knows it, including every single voter in the AP. Polls aren’t reflections of how good teams are. They’re reflections of how well someone thinks a team will fare. Keep stirring, Jeff.

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Simple Formula for ranking Tech higher…It’s called playing in the ACC!!!
Best Tech team in 20+ years and those “lost benefit of doubt-Shreveport bound” Dawgs SMACKED Tech @ home and did it the old fashioned way…RAN THE BALL DOWN THEIR THROATS!!!
But none of that matters to you Jeff because you still can’t get over Richt not placating to your juvenile, petty attitude and stupid questions you ask in pressers. Do us all a favor and go smoke another cigar with Paul Johnson and revel over that lone Tech victory in the past 10 years.

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Perception? What about the beating Georgia gave GT on the field last year?

Perception? Americans think the President is Muslim?????

Maybe the same people are voting for football teams that expect to see Obama in a mosque?

Jeff: You know Georgia is ranked too low and so does Georgia Tech.

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David a patten…you do know georgia state is NOT tech right

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Georgia never has the benefit of the doubt. No one in college football outside of the name brand programs get the benefit of the doubt. Why else is Oklahoma ranked in the top 10 after posting the same record as Georgia last year? Lets not forget they have gotten pantsed in their last 4 BCS ball games. Still…there they are. Nebraska finishes in the rankings for the first time in years…top 10 preseason ranking. Alabama ranked #1 after losing their entire defense. Florida top 5 after losing almost everything including their DC.

College football rankings are a beauty contest and a joke.

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I admit I have never been a Richt fan and in all honesty never will. I don’t believe he is as staunch and solid as he tries to purvey. That is my perception and I would like for the man to prove me wrong. I saw more stupidity and failure to even be involved last year than I can remember in almost 50 years of being a fan. Both sides of the ball had problems and until the Tech game I didn’t feel the coaching staff had much control over it’s destiny much less the squad in general. Alot of Dawg fans see the same things I can’t tolerate much more of. Things such as players dancing and rapping during games, several of which we were gettting our asses beat. Hitting players out of bounds and always having to perform some stupid celebration and ensuing penalty for making even a routine play. A no reaction defensive stance much of the season and absolute stupidity in the kickoff game. Why didn’t Richt react in correcting some of this long before the post season? How much control and actual vision did the staff actually possess? The solidity of basic college football was missing in a whole lot of areas and in a whole lot of games. I didn’t feel Richt really got involved during a game until we played Tech. Folks I’m not talking sour grapes and suggesting that we should win the NC every year but we will have to clean up and move forward in numerous areas to be a really solid team. Maybe enough heat hit him to make him wake up but Richt should be held accountable to correct multiple glaring weaknesses of his own leadership. The support and money are there and this previous lack of control shouldn’t garner more excuses. We won’t win them all the time but I do wish we could show some aptitude in correcting apparent blunders along the way. Some changes have been made and I hope they help. Ever think about how smart it might have been to let your up and coming qb”s take a few snaps during the season instead of being thrown into our present situation? It has happened more seasons than not. There is no reason for Richt to even try to warrant any trust to the faithful when he apparently can’t see the forest for the trees.

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for what it is worth :I think the ranking is more about tech winning the ACC than about georgia.
the dawgs won the annual battle last year which should count for something,except of course when a team wins a conference championship that trumps everything.
once again jeff is in never-never land again and he misses the point once again.

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RANKING PROVES………….NOTHING

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It’s real simple…GT is ranked ahead of UGA because they will probably be the better team.

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Wow, you’d think that the “also rans” would have thicker skin…nothing to see here, move along to September. Go Gators!

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“When last season ended in Shreveport, the Bulldogs were not ranked in the final Associated Press poll for the first time since 1996″.

GET USED TO IT

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[...] Jump to Comments Can’t say that I quibble much with Jeff Schultz’ premise in this post… If preseason polls are more about perceptions than reality, so be it. But perceptions are [...]

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poop

Not sure how he did as that was way before my time. BUT, I am sure he took it.

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poop

Did you take it? How many of your players have to take it?

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poop

Tech athletes are incredibly smart. Even the Business degrees require a full year of Calculus here.

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It’s curious that ol’ Schultz conveniently failed to mention the outcome of last year’s game. He just mentioned Georgia’s final record but forgot about win #7… Tech’s problem is that stupid articles like this provide NO PROTECTION for the Jackets when they actually take the field against the Dawgs. When they can no longer hide behind the skirts of “experts” like Schultz the results are uniformly disastrous for Atlanta’s trade school.

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The last time Tech was ranked ahead of Georgia in the pre-season (2001) the Dawgs won that one, too: 31-17. Because of unquestioned Dawg dominance over Tech, Jeff Schultz is forced to write this article in the virtual world of “perception” rather than reality. May the force be with you…nerds.

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The Techies have gotten a lot of bogus mileage out of a 3-point win in 2008. But they forget that the person most responsible for Georgia’s defensive collapse in the 2nd half of that game has been replaced. But even Willie Martinez couldn’t stop the Dawgs from once again beating the higher-ranked Techies. It’s that pesky “reality” thing coming into play again… I’m sure Johnson “expected to win” last November, too. lol

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Wow! Two seasons of gimmick football and Tech has passed UGA. UGA gift-wrapped one for Tech in ‘08 and two backs ran for 7+ yds/carry for 300+ yds last year in a beatdown and Tech has passed UGA? You are better at narketing (selling papaers) than you are at writing Jeff. Passed UGA – that’s a good one. They’re ranked ahead of UGA because they have a senior QB and UGA a freshman. I have to admit this is good stuff because I never read your balther. You got me this time.

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I agree with others that the fan base at uga are some of the dumbest gullible idiots on the planet. They think they will have some major year, some even saying a nat champ, with a freshman qb? HELLO idiots. Freshman don’t win 10 games. Even Colt Mccoy as a fresh at texas lost 3 games and that was a year after their nat champ game so they had a lot of talent the next year. Are you that talented? Hell no. So shut up and quick making yourselves look so ignorant. It really is head shaking how so many of you are so clueless.

At worst you’ll lose 6-7 games. At best you lose only 3. Most likely is you lose 4 or 5. No different than cox last year. Your time, if you still have star players will be in 2012. Not this year and probalby not next year with AJ leaving. So quit making everyone laugh at you. You look stupid when you think you will win with a no experience freshman. I don’t care about your off line. That excuse was given even 2 years ago with stafford.

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Yellow Fuzz, proud for you that you “get” to take a full year of Calculus. Too bad they don’t require you to take a full year of English and Writing too. And what the h311 does Calculus have to do with football? Plenty of high school kids running that offense who are not taking Calculus. You remind me of the Nerd in the Zombie video. Creaming over class.

Attention silly nerds! Paul Johnson is NOT a God! More like a meteorite. And this is the year he crashes back to North Ave and burns up. North Carolina, Clemson, VaTech, Miami all have a good shot at beating you and the Big Fish, Georgia awaits at the end to punch you in the face. At least three and possibly five losses.

As for my Dawgs, what I don’t want to see is Soulja Boy dancing, rediculous personal foul penalties, arm tackles, ten yard cushions, sitting on 14 point leads, a loss to Tennessee or Kentucky and black helmets.

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Pre-season Tech is ranked ahead of UGA? Yawn. They were ranked #7 last year,also ahead of UGA. UGA-30. ACC Champs-24. How did that ranking work out for you dorks? I see the Tech insect mascot did not make the top ten. Imagine that.

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ACC Champions ranked 13th. NOW THAT’S RESPECT!!!

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Well, I see the delusional idiots are force. Stomping a mudhole in you for a SIX point win, how2fish?
How about 41-17, THAT’S A MUDHOLE STOMPING SO STFU ABOUT MUDHOLE STOMPINGS,
LOSER!

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Yellow Fuzz, stand up straight and quit dragging your knuckles!

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You remind me of that kid in the GT zombie video, creaming over Calculus class.

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How does five bowl losses in a row add up?

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Who’s not getting the benefit of the doubt?

Tech won their confernce championship and went to the Orange Bowl. Georgia went 8-5 with a win over a .500 A&M team in the Indepence Bowl, and Tech is ranked a full 7 spots ahead of the Dawgs in the mid-teens.

I don’t think it is Georgia who isn’t getting the respect.

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Fuzz I am charge of keeping record of the number of bowl losses for Tech football and the losse that keep stacking up against UGA this decade. Math is not my forte, can you help me out because the numbers are staggering?

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Jarvis: georgia fans are getting exactly what they deserve. Great to hear them pounding their chest about their Shreveport Bowl victory (over that what, 82nd ranked Texas A & M power house?) while we battled a great Iowa team (who is ranked 6-9th again) in a REAL bowl.

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Man, this got the tards all lathered up!

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proves nothing. Proves we had a down yr. We whipped Techs ass last yr. 08 was a fluke.

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Aj isn’t #1

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1116030

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It’s a shame that you have to resort to such absurdity to get some comments on you column. Tech has passed UGA? Since when does being ranked ahead of another team in a preseason poll mean that program has passed the other. Has Arkansas passed UGA? how about North Carolina? Auburn, whom we have beaten 4 straight? Anxious to see your explanation.

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Just picked up a great buy on some eggs. Recall? Ain’t nothing wrong with them eggs. They look fine. You dawgs get down here soon. I’m putting them in the cooler till December.

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The refs? The NCAA? FSU (for getting Wilder)? The AP? Who you gonna sue, cry babies????

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If you finish #2 in the SEC East are you gonna sue the NCAA for not putting you in the NC game????

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You can sense the frustration in the Mutt fans posts! It is comical the only retort they have is “Well we beat them last year.” You went to Shreveport. We went to the BCS. The entire season, not one OoC game speaks to the quality of a program. And the Mutts know this but they have all these doubts about Richt that they don’t speak about openly. I will take a loss to UGAg every year if we are in the BCS because those are the programs the college football world talks about. News flash to UGAg fans: the world does not revolve around the state of Georgia. In Montana no one even took note of UGA last year and do not know nor care that you beat Tech. But you can bet a lot of people say us because we were in one of the most storied bowls in college football.

As for all this posturing about finishing the Top 5 this year, never say never. But when Richt bounced back in 2002 and 2007, he had an experienced quarterback. This year, like last year, you have an inexperienced guy – a rookie this time – under center. The last two times you had that, you stumbled to five loss seasons. That is a more like barometer to your potential this year than the previous year’s record. And that fact alone shows that UGA has NOT lost the benefit of the doubt. The only reason they are ranked at all given those challenges and history is that they are UGA and the recipients of the SEC curve. When Murray and company get humbled by Vandy or Kentucky that ranking will vanish like UGA’s importance on the national scene last year.

Keep the faith Dogs. You might beat us this year, but we have a better chance at the last laugh as a BCS contender again while, if you work really hard, you might get to go to Nashville for the holidays. Yep, there is a new sheriff in town named Paul Johnson and, “We Run this State” irrelevancies aside, it is killing you to admit it to yourself privately!

BRACE FOR IMPACT!

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Yellow Fuzz — Mature response. You are clearly an adolescent with too much time on his hands and think it cute to post uner multiple handles so as to portray a vast multitude of Tech enthusiast. If there were 1/2 the number of fans in Bobby Dudd who troll under multiple AJC blog screen names, then there would be perpetual sell outs.

Yellow Fuzz = 4 ncs are better than 1 = Shreveport Waffle House Cook

We get it that you guys feel inferior. It hurts really bad to be on the losing end of such a lopsided in-state rivlarly (sic). Not much comfort I can provide for you other than to just to tell you to deal with it. It is not likely to get any better in your life time.

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Like the dude I saw on FS on Sat. evening who paints the bulldog on his pate before each UGa game, “just like hid daddy did” (and like his son will do when he is gone), there ain’t a higher calling than sitting in the stands after a UGa game, just waiting another week until the next game. Life don’t get any better (unless you don’t know any better).

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The current top 25 rankings proove that UGA is an unknown at QB and that the new D scheme and D coaching staff are unproven and are therefore, unknowns ………till they play two or three games.

That is all. To me, the amazing thing is that UGA is even rated in the Top 25 after losing 5 games. To me, that shows the bloodlines ( UGA and SEC ) are good enough to STILL get any ranking. Take GT, now if they lost 5 games ( like usually) they would not make Top 50.

Bottom line: Come Monday 9/6, the rankings will change anyway. BY mid October, we ought to have a good handle on where most of the teams are …………. this has been true since I was in college ………..but in my day ( 60s/70s) we were only concerned with a Top 10 ……….all the rest mattered not. This Top 25 thing is another dumbing down of standards ………like public schools have done. This way everybody can be happy and feel good about themsevles.

Go Dogs.

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Yellow Fuzz, just for thre record, you claim Reggie Ball got a degree from Tech? What was it in and when did he get it? I’m calling you out on that one. If he has I stand corrected.

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Yellow Fuzz — Again, another mature response. Well done. The only one I have ripped is you, because you are talking in circles about GT athletes and academics. You spoke about Reggie Ball being a scholar and then 2 posts later you talk about him still working on his degree — 7 years later.

Please provide the link where I have ripped Reggie Ball, Jasper Sanks, Quincy Carter or Ray Goff. I will hang up and listen.

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13 days

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Attempted to post something like this yesterday and, somehow, it never made it. Don’t know if it’s because I was defending UGA, criticizing Tech, or calling Shultzee out for his penchant for sticking a needle in Georgia every chance he gets. Specifically, I was put off by the posting(s) of one ‘tai’ (wonder if that’s pronounced ‘ty-eee’ – likely). The young person suggested that Georgia was the ‘cesspool of the south’ and that nothing but dumba$$ peckerwoods (my characterization) liked it…that we couldn’t possibly be proud of the ’school’ like Tech people are. Ty-eee went on to say that episodes like Jan Kemp, and Jim Harrick and Damon Evans were evidence of just how bad we were. My comment to that is that Ms. Kemp, at least a half-bubble shy of level, exposed the fact that Georgia had been using it’s ‘remedial’ program to keep kids eligible to play ball. Georgia, unlike all the other places that had been and continued to, ended the practice…Jim Harrick’s problem is that he wanted to win so badly that he was willing to admit, and to convince the powers that be too, certain athletes that never should have been (as if Tech never did that)…and Damon Evans, who got a touch of the ‘Tiger-syndrome’ – found out, like Tiger, that nobody’s ‘too big to fail’. The point is Georgia has moved on from those events and is the better for it. Unlike Tech who uses the Atlanta University Center (Morehouse and Spellman) to hide some of it’s players on the, so-called, tough courses they claim all their people have to take…or that they ‘notoriously’ didn’t bother to keep track of the eligibility of any number of ballplayers who managed to complete their eligibility to play even while they were way behind and deficient in their grades. Is that the kind of thing you people are so proud of Ty-eee’?

Point is we’re just as proud of our school as Tech people are proud of theirs…athletics or academics we take no back seat to anybody.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-lionsstafford081910

Follow Dan Wetzel on Twitter at @DanWetzel

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Matthew Stafford(notes) was flat on his back, surrounded on the sideline by the Detroit Lions’ medical staff. This was last November, the Lions with just one win on the season and down six to the Cleveland Browns. There was no time on the clock, but still one chance: The Browns had been called for end-zone interference on a Stafford mini-Hail Mary that the quarterback had released just before getting blasted.

That’s when Stafford heard the words he wanted to hear.

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More NFL Videos More From Dan WetzelFavre faces age-old questions Aug 17, 2010 It wasn’t the doctors saying his separated shoulder was good enough to return to action – Stafford didn’t care about their opinion. If he could grip the ball, he was playing. By being taken off the field due to injury though, he wasn’t eligible to return.

Then the Ford Field public address announcer declared Cleveland had taken a time-out.

“Hey,” Stafford yelled to the doctors, “that’s a time-out. I can play.”

He battled to his feet and immediately got in the face of head coach Jim Schwartz. “I can throw it if you need it,” he said. He repeated that to his offensive coordinator. Soon enough, Stafford was whipping a game-winner to tight end Brandon Pettigrew(notes) and then celebrating with his arm hanging low and a grimace on his face.

[Photos: See the Detroit Lions’ Matthew Stafford in action.]

And with that, a budding quarterbacking legend was born in Detroit. Even better, Stafford was miked up that game by the NFL, and the footage became an instant classic among long-suffering Lions fans.

Here was a young quarterback with the guts to match his obvious skill. Here was a guy who was as desperate to win – even if it was just the second victory of another lost season – as the fans.

“He earned a lot of stripes with this city with that Cleveland game,” Schwartz said this week at Lions training camp. “[I’m] buried in here [working] but I still go to Target. I still stop at too many fast food restaurants. I talk with the fans and they talk about him.

“I think the city respects that [play]. It respects that he isn’t a prima donna and isn’t a guy who shies away from the physical nature of the quarterback position.

“They’re excited about having a quarterback that No. 1 is a good player, but No. 2 is a guy that they can relate to.”

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Stafford threw 20 interceptions last season and just 13 touchdowns. His quarterback rating was an anemic 61.0. The team went 2-14. Yet there aren’t many fan bases more confident and excited about their QB than Detroit.

To be a Lions fan is to expect the worst. This is the only continuously operating original franchise to never appear in a Super Bowl. It’s had just one playoff victory since 1957. It once let Matt Millen make all the draft picks, an experiment that culminated in the league’s only 0-16 season. This year is the first time since 2000 that the Lions team returned the same head coach and both coordinators.

Hotshot rookies have breezed in and out for decades. Some couldn’t play. Some wouldn’t stop smoking pot. Some were just overwhelmed by the culture of losing. Some never connected with the city or the fans. After years and years of supposed-saviors, Stafford’s arrival was met with caution. He was expected to prove himself.

Amazingly he did. If nothing else he took over a horrible team and kept smiling and acting positive. Everyone could see that a sieve of an offensive line and a lack of a running game was half of the on-field problems. The two-win season was bad, but considering recent history, it was improvement.

Matthew Stafford practices with rookie cornerback Aaron Berry at training camp.

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And then there was the Cleveland game, the take-notice performance of the season.

So now, for the first time since Barry Sanders retired early rather than continue with this woebegone franchise, there’s a potential star to believe in. To judge the level of fan desperation, Stafford’s 8-of-11, one-TD preseason performance against Pittsburgh last week left radio-show callers breathless – not that anyone is predicting more than six wins.

Then there’s the likeability factor. Stafford hails from suburban Dallas, played college ball at Georgia and owns a $41.7 million contract, yet he’s connected with this blue-collar Midwestern town.

He didn’t move into a gated community in a tony suburb. Stafford, 22, bought a condo in downtown Royal Oak, a popular spot for guys his age. He’s seen in restaurants and stores all over. He wants to be around people. He doesn’t want to just work here. He wants to live here.

“The people here, they probably see me out more than maybe some other guys,” Stafford said. “Everybody has their own way of handling that kind of stuff. I’d prefer to keep living like a normal person.”

Matthew Stafford can hobnob with Hollywood stars like Hilary Swank. But he’s lauded by teammates for having an average man approach to work.

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Then there are the testimonials from the locker room. His teammates saw a high-profile, filthy rich quarterback arrive and immediately impress them with a common-guy attitude and the work ethic of a training-camp invitee.

“When a guy gets a contract like that there’s kind of two ways to take it,” said veteran lineman Jon Jansen(notes). “One is, ‘Hey, I’ve arrived, I’m good, I just need to go out and play.’ Or, ‘Hey, I want to go out and prove I’m not just worth this, I’m worth more.’ And he is trying to make everyone know he’s worth what the Lions are spending.”

Offensive lineman Dominic Raiola(notes) tells another story. Stafford heard that one of the free-agent tight ends who was just trying to make the team didn’t have a car for training camp. So Stafford loaned him one of his dealer comp cars.

“He respects everybody in this locker room,” Raiola said. “He comes in every day and comes to work. You’ve got to respect that. The amount of money he’s getting paid, the position he’s in, it’s hard to find these days.”

Stafford understands this about the quarterback position – in the end you get judged on wins and losses. He already has all the money he needs. He’s here to rack up wins. And if your teammates aren’t with you, that statistic is going to suffer.

“There are a lot of guys with a lot of talent in this league, which, for whatever reason, may not play as well as people expect them to,” Stafford said. “And there are a lot of guys who people may say don’t have as much talent, who wind up playing well and getting teams to win. That leadership quality and just knowing how to play the game of football [will] get you a long way.”

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No one inside the Lions organization was surprised Stafford took that final snap against Cleveland, despite having a separated shoulder. They’d come to expect it.

“The most telling thing about that wasn’t that he got off the ground and went back in the game,” Schwartz said. “A lot of guys have done that. But he was off his feet with a separated shoulder and had the presence of mind to hear the public address announcer say, ‘There’s a time-out, Cleveland.’ And the first thing that popped into his mind is, ‘I can go back into the game.’ ”

Everyone outside the franchise suddenly had the proof they needed. The Lions wouldn’t win another game, but it hardly mattered. Another high draft pick netted man-eating defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh(notes). Speedy tailback Jahvid Best(notes) came later in the first round. The offensive line was bulked up.

There’s some talent in Detroit. There’s some optimism. Fans feel they can believe. In perhaps the ultimate stamp of local approval, at a local concert this month, Kid Rock had some Lions highlights appear on the video screen during one of his songs. The image of Stafford earned a wild ovation.

“Really?” Stafford said when told of it. “That’s pretty sweet.”

It’s a new season in Detroit. And they’ve got themselves a quarterback to believe in.

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this is what perplexes me, the dawgs beat tech last year!! were the acc champions because we beat the acc champions, yet paul johnson is still boasting about the number of games. i dont care if they only lost one game, that one game was still to uga, and we dropped 339 yards on them on the ground, so luck had nothing to do with it.

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Jeff – Thanks for the response.

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“carries” no weight. Duh

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Dawgs lose 5 more games this season.

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Yeah, pretty interesting that we are any where from preseason #3 to #64 (that conceivably bias paper in FL) so that sums up in my mind how accurate and accountable preseason polls can be.

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As long as we keep whipping gtu’s arse, what does it matter what cpj or jeff s thinks???

THWGT!!!!!

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Fuzzy.. I will save you the trouble. I just checked myself. Ball never got a degree from Tech. You are just so full of bs you big blowhard. “B” in calculus indeed. You have beeen exposed Yellow Fuzz. HAHHAHA

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I can see thUGA in the rear view mirror, right where they belong!

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Listen up, GTard…
Get used to it…you’re sissyfied program will always be second-class in this state! ALWAYS.

Stop embarassing yourself with inane comments on a blog you shouldn’t even be on.

Broadcast your idiocy on your own time and space, will ya?

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And Sports Illustrated only gave them that out of fear of a lawsuit!!!!

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Bring up these facts and the dawgs STFU every time!!!

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Perception didn’t matter last year in ATL vs. the mighty yellow flackjackets.

WE RUN THIS STATE!!!

30-24…Reality is perception…UGA DOMINATES YECH!!!!

8 out of 9 confirms it!

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4 ncs are better than 1….60-39-4 Is a fact Yechmites cannot make go away. Yech wil never dominate this series such as this or even as the 8 out of 9 that UGA has won recently. “4 ncs” cannot disguise the fact that Yech is far inferior to UGA. Can’t defend it or explain it away. If the best you can do i talk about things that happen 70 years ago, then you have no facts to say that UGA is not better than Yech. The past is past…UGA Dominates Yech in football…live with it…deal with it…it will never change and you know it!

Proof…one of Georgia’s more average teams in 2009 still dominated a supposedly good Yech team. A Yech team that won a vastly overrated/average AC and went to the Orange Bowl. And yet UGA whacks them on their own field before their legion of delusional fans who think one victory in 2008 somehow erases or equals the Dawgs complete domination of the series.

Now go ahead and try to answer me “4 ncs is better than 1″ but do it with being insulting. You will not be able to do it. When an inferior opponent is challenged and given indisputable facts, they will then turn to insults and meaningless opinions. Opinions don’t count here…

WE RUN THIS STATE!!!!!!!!!!

30-24 and 8 out of 9!!!!!!!

Really alot of Yech recent wins have been vacated due to using ineligble players. UGA has never had to vacate wins vs Yech. We use actual UGA student-athletes not those who cheated to pass classes!

You’re done 4ncs..now go away!

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4 ncs – cuts em’to the bone – are you serious? My math tells me UGA 60 wins GT 39 wins – your bones have been picked clean.

Win a freaking bowl game then we will talk – until then you will always be our little sister.

Check this out Techies

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/292942-setting-the-georgia-georgia-tech-rivalry-straight

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Dawgs, play in a major bowl game then we will talk. LMFAO

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Did you get that rash cleared up?

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are you really better off with Richt than Donnen? If so, please explain…I don’t see it…

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This question will draw all of you GT fans out into the light of day.

At season’s end would you still want to be rated # 17 or # 18? If so, then great. If not, then why is that rating today worth anything? Hmmmmmmmm?

My take is this: GT fans feel slighted, slapped hard in their faces and frankly, humiliated for only being ranked in the Top 17 or 18 After …………….AFTER ……………AFTER their ACC title year. They know that the real TAKE on all of this is not about UGA. No, heck no. It IS ABOUT the LACK of any repsect for GT and only ranking therm in the Top 17.

UGA? We all know that they lost 5 games and they are STILL just behind GT ………..now, either UGA IS getting a great deal of respect ………..Or GT is being greatly disrespected. I believe that it is the latter. Is GT sitting with Kings or is GT sitting with homeless folks right now??? “UGA stinks”, we all know this to be correct? Then, um, ah, why are they ranked so closely???? Hmmmmmmmm???

GT fans …………be pround come December of your Top 17 or 21 ratings.It will STILL BE great won’t it??

Be truthful …………you will be happy in December rated # 17??? That means the Blue Carpet. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

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Tek loses 4 maybe 5 this year. Talk about delusional……

They took advantage of a down year for VT, almost lost to Weak Forrest, lost to the worst UGA team in 13 years and got hummiliated by Iowa… What exactly makes them think they have arrived? No matter What tek is over rated… for sure.

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Georgia has landed a commitment from its first defensive lineman for its 2011 recruiting class.

Chris Mayes from Spalding High School in Griffin told Georgia coaches of his decision on Saturday, he told both Scout.com and Rivals.com

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THWG

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HOW2FISH, I hope you play up to your potential in Nov., cause it is not near as high as last year.

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What ? This is like saying the pole than ranked UGA #1 was reflective of the season. You did succeed in stirring the pot of emotions which you are paid to do. You are nowhere near as good as Neal Boortz though or you would actually rank as a sports writer.

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You write well Jeff and you writers at the AJC tell it like it is! Georgia has lost their MOJO in recent years. 8-4 last year and Independence Bowl champions. Tennessee and Florida torched Georgia for more than 70 points. Rich is 20-12 in the SEC the last four years. Georgia has lost 17 out of the last 20 games to Florida.

Richt has not been to the SEC Title game in 5 years. Georgia has not won a National Championship in 30 years. Four coaches “Rejected” the D coordinators position including Georgia’s own, Kirby Smart. He chose to reject Richt and stay with a Championship program & Nick Saban. Georgia is not a Championship calibur football team. Tons of great talent leaves the state.

If Richt doesn’t win The SEC Title it is time for Richt to go!

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You hit on one important point and it is an important one- no one outside of Georgia really respects the Georgia football program. They just don’t. Ask someone up north about southern football’s powers today and they think of Florida and Alabama and LSU to a lesser extent since they won 2 bcs titles this decade. Tennessee would have been included in that group up until just a couple years ago also.

On a historical or traditional basis they think solely of Alabama and Tennessee because the 2 have been playing huge home and home games outside the immediate southeast for the past 50 years. They are nationally respected. Georgia was too scared for 50 years to play regular season home and homes with other nationally prominent names and hence they just aren’t a national brand.

Last, in the bcs era all the teams mentioned above have won a bcs title. Georgia not only has not won a bcs title they haven’t even played in 1 which means they could never finish the regular season as the #2 team let alone being no. 1. At least make it to the big game but they can’t even do that. This program is the child of a lesser football god.

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Jeff, just because most polls show Tech ahead of UGA, dosen’t mean you should point it out. You’re supposed to drink CMR Kookaid and ignor it like all good doggie fans do. And if UGA loses a game this year, don’t write about. Just pretend they won. If they don’t win the SEC championship don’t write about it. Just pretend they did. How dare you tell the truth !!

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i am so thankful that the ajc has quit delivery to the mts. that way i don`t have to look at the horrible picture of jeff schultz. the only things is i don`t have any news paper to wrap my catfish in. that is about the only thing the ajc is good for. jeff have you ever had a decent job? i have no idea what you would be fitted for. you are just plain STUPID alone with the rest of the fish wrappers club..

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(((((30-24))))) hahahahahahhahahaha – how many head to head games has GT won over the last 9 years? For you losers at the trade school, the answer is 1.

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Who you gonna sue this year, cry babies?

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How many 5 stars you gonna waste this year, cry babies?

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GT grads wear neckties, Ugay fans wear insurance collars!

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Yellow Fuzz You have been called out on Reggie Ball and his “degree” and “B” in calculas .

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so the nerds lose to UGA and Iowa in their last two games.,..they come into this year with momentum and are the team to beat.

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Georgia Football! hahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahh. Get it!

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Pre-season talk…… just talk. Reality hits in September. Go Dawgs!

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These pointy heading Yechies win one flulkey game in a decade and they smacking talk like nothinbhg elses. We setting them staright this year with another unloading of whooping can. Then we smacking some more with talking. We gots the Christain coaches and Willie hit road. With talents we dominates states and SEC now to. And that makes Dawgs best teams for winning and being Big Dawgs!

Go Dawgs!

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By the way, no one says Les Miles, Nick Saban or Urban Meyer is a great guy, a nice guy, a Christian – or ANY OTHER EXCUSE.

They have ALL been BETTER than Coach Richt.

So have a HOST of others such as Jim Tressel, Mack Brown, Bob Stoops, Pete Carroll, Urban Meyer, Les Miles, Nick Sabin, hell even the current head coach at Boise damn State Chris Peterson who has Won 2 Paul Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Awards for WINNING not for being a nice guy, and NONE of these guys finds 18 teams they do NOT have more wins than over the last 4 years, either.

Do NOT give me this B.S. that Coach Richt is the # 3 best coach in America, or the # 7.

Do NOT try to tell me that Coach Richt is BETTER than Florida’s 2 coaches at 2-7, Ron Zook he was 1-3 and Urban Meyer now 1-4. Coach Richt has NOTHING but gimmicks against Florida. Nothing.

Do not even begin to compare Coach Richt to some list that does not include Nick Saban.

Do not tell me I cannot compare Coach Richt’s 27 losses to previous eras and then you compare him on wins with previous eras NONE of which were in fact 14-game seasons as Coach Richt could have faced 7 of his 9 years here to-date.

Do not even try to compare Nick Saban at Alabama to Coach Richt here over the same timeframe as you have attempted above.

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No Respect! quote above :

August 22nd, 2010 10:21 pm

“UGA is getting no respect from the dawg-hating media. Richt and the dawgs will remember that when they start with an early blowout of South carolina, rout tennessee, beat florida by 10 and then take tech apart in athens. Dawgs: 11-1—-mark it down! This dawg team is loaded and on a mission.”

11-1 ? What the hell is that ?

It is a 14-game season and you wanna-be Christians ALWAYS stop SHORT of The SEC Championship Game we have NOT even BEEN to since 2005 and before we beat ANOTHER NOBODY team in our bowl game as we have done EVERY YEAR beating ZERO Top 10 Final AP Poll teams in ANY BOWL GAME all 9 years of this regime. You list us beating Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia tek. Never mind who you think we lose to No Respect!, after Florida, Where are the ONLY 2 IMPORTANT GAMES of the whole entire SEASON ?

I love how everyone disregards the last 4 years upon which this ranking as # 6 in The SEC is based, and ACTS LIKE the last 2 games of the Year on the National Stage against Top 10 Final AP Poll teams are also NOT PART OF THEIR DISCUSSION, ever.

Excuse me : That, is the whole entire point.

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3 years Josh Nesbitt averages 4 yards per carry

3 years Josh Nesbitt averages 44 percent completion rate

3 years Josh Nesbitt averages 72 yards a game passing

3 years Josh Nesbitt 13 TD passes & 12 interceptions total

# 116 Passing Offense Georgia tek last year

# 75 Total Offense Josh Nesbitt last year

And, with ZERO HEISMAN TROPHY EVER, Georgia tek fans (both of you) come running in here DAILY to tell that Josh Nesbitt is winning the Heisman Trophy

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Oh that’s just great JD

Come running in here to tell us that Georgia tek who has not won a Major Bowl Game since 1955 is not as good a football program as UGA

I live to be better than Georgia tek

yeah, right

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Go ahead UGA fans, keep obsessing about GT. You are going to be very upset in November when Tech beats UGA in Athens.

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Jeff– Let’s be accurate here. The only real test of whether Tech has passed UGA or not is on the field one-on-one. The last time I checked, Tech won in 2008 (after what 8 or 9 years of losing) then UGA won last year. I don’t think Tech is anywhere close to being better than UGA and we’ll prove that in November.

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The memory of that “big” bowl win over Hawaii is beginning to fade. Meanwhile, recent blowouts at Tennessee and losses to Kentucky and Vanderbilt are more fresh in national media’s memory…Hawaii??

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Pre-season rankings, Jeff? Have you lost your bloody mind? Job in doubt, Jeff?

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Dawgs winning cause Coach Richt is more Chritsians and good coaching. Someone needs blaming any loosing on Adams-Evans for no supporting of all recruiting of players that play with SEC speed and talents. With Evans out McG goning to man up and straihten school boy Adams out to get all talent from state and dominatring SEC and national for wins.

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Jeffrey, this article blows. Let’s not forget we beat GT last year in Atlanta after losing 5 games previously in the season. How does that make you feel?! We are the 2009 ACC Champs, but ofcourse that’s not saying much.

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I’m pulling for Da Preacha Man this year to lead the Dawgs to a memorable season. If he does not, however, we have to let him go–period. The trend is not good…

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Yes, it’s all just speculation at this point with preseason polls, but… So many variables factor in to a truly successful SEC season for the Dawgs.

#1 The defense – the 3-4 must hit the ground running and finally stop some teams. I hope this new DC is the real deal and the players grasp the system quickly. The last DC made me want to run out in traffic.

#2 Aaron Murray stays healthy because there is no depth at QB. I was a Mettenberger fan – sad to see that story transpire.

#3 The OL stays healthy – can pass block and live up to expectations. There have been big things expected before with the OL and injuries and unexpectedly poor play resulted.

#4 Mark Richt… This is such a quandry for me… I like the guy. When you look at the numbers (wins/losses/consecutive this and that) on paper it looks all rosy. Truth is, I don’t think he’ll ever win a NC at UGA. He just doesn’t have “It”. Whatever “It” is… I’ll eat my words if proven wrong. He went to the CEO style coaching – made really poor choices for coordinators and things have gone downhill ever since. I still think Bobo should have been canned with all the rest at the end of last season, but I guess that was too much for the program to bear all in one year.

#5 The discipline problem… the arrests off the field and the trash undisciplined play on the field. I am hoping this new DC stops that crap, at least on the defensive side of the ball. The stuff off the field, I don’t know if that is a result of the quality of players being recruited or lax discipline by the coaching staff or both… Kids will be kids, but good grief.

#6 Injuries… you just never know…could be AJ Green again…could be Ealey or Murray…could be the LT on the OL. UGA seems snake bit with injuries.

All that being said…Go Dawgs!

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Buford_Dawg……why don’t you put your application in for head coach??? you seem to have the answers!! Another example of a guy who probably never even played two hand touch in the back yard……Go Dawgs…for real!!!!

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Georgia football. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. The joke of the year

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This is hilarious. Its obvious that Jeff got a BJ from a 200 Lb Tech girl (probably homecoming queen) in exchange for this story. This is terrible. I would expect more from a guy who writes for the AJC. Oh well, these are the same people that hired that goon Terrence Moore. UGA runs this state and always will.

Remember, Georgia plays in the SEC, Tech plays in the ACC. Let them switch places and Georgia wins 5 straight ACC titles while GT finishes 4th in the East year after year.

9 out of 10. Until Tech pulls off 2 or 3 in a row vs Ga, could you all please STFU.

Maybe you guys are smoking the same crap that killed that baseball player at Tech.

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Hey, I hear Sarah Palin’s a Moose-lim.

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