Georgia will go 9-3 this season, and here’s how
Georgia coach Mark Richt faces a tough start to this season. (Brant Sanderlin/AJC)
(This appears in the AJC’s college football section on Sunday.)
(Click here to read here how and why things spun out of control for Georgia Tech last season)
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Sept. 3, Boise State (Ga. Dome), 8 p.m.
No. 5 Boise State has been outscored 121-40 in its past three games against SEC teams: Georgia (48-13 in 2005), South Carolina (41-14 in 2002) and Arkansas (32-13 in 2001). I like the Broncos anyway. I’m not sure Georgia’s defense has an answer for quarterback Kellen Moore (left), and as terrific as Aaron Murray is, I suspect it will take a little while to get used to life without A.J. Green. The Dogs’ cast of running backs is obviously thin (and Carlton Thomas is suspended for this game). If freshman Isaiah Crowell comes out like a wrecking ball, all bets are off. But I’m betting not.
Prediction: Bulldogs lose.
Sept. 10, South Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
Marcus Lattimore rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns in the Gamecocks’ 17-6 win over Georgia in Columbia last season. On paper, No. 12 South Carolina should repeat as SEC East champions if Stephen Garcia doesn’t mess things up. But he very well might. The Dogs should be a little more comfortable in Athens than in the Georgia Dome. They’ll also feel a bit desperate after the opening loss to Boise State. The defense steps up just enough, and Murray will make one more play than Garcia in the end.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Sept. 17, Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
If the Dogs are 0-2 going into this game, Sanford Stadium is going to look like Tombstone, Ariz., post-shootout at the OK Corral. Either way, this one is a gimme. Coastal Carolina is an FCS (formerly Division I-AA) school that plays in a 9,000-seat stadium. The Chanticleers play these games for the paycheck — and to strike fear in their health insurance company.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Sept. 24, at Mississippi
The Rebels finished 4-8 last season after going 19-8 in coach Houston Nutt’s first two years, and they’ll be no better this year. Strange, considering the coach annually signs like 7,000 players for 20 spots in recruiting every year. Not much is expected from the Ole Miss defensive front, so this is a good chance for the Dogs’ offensive line and Crowell to get rolling.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Oct. 1, Mississippi State
Notwithstanding the losses to South Carolina and Arkansas that preceded it, Georgia’s 2010 season really fell apart with its 24-12 loss in Starkville (its first loss to Mississippi State since 1974). At 0-3 in the SEC, the season was over. That won’t be the case this time. No. 20 MSU lost some guys along the defensive front, and winning in Athens is something they’ve done only twice (1914 and 1956, with Georgia winning nine straight at home since).
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Oct. 8, at Tennessee
So things are rolling now, right? Four consecutive wins since the loss to Boise State and 3-0 in the SEC? Now comes trouble. I know. It’s Tennessee. But freshman quarterback Tyler Bray won four of his five starts down the stretch (16 touchdowns, seven interceptions), and coach Derek Dooley (left) gets his players to play hard, if not always smart. Mark Richt’s Dogs have been shellacked in their past two trips to Knoxville (combined score: 80-33). And I don’t believe Georgia will win every game it’s supposed to.
Prediction: Bulldogs lose.
Oct. 15, at Vanderbilt
Vandy ranked 110th in the nation in offense last season, and the wonder is that there were 10 teams worse. The Commodores scored 96 points in eight SEC games. Auburn scored 306. But at least Vandy beat Ole Miss. If the Dogs’ defense doesn’t smack Vandy, coordinator Todd Grantham may not want to board the bus afterward.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Oct. 29, Florida (Jacksonville), 3:30 p.m.
A game against Vandy and a bye week is about as good a setup as Georgia can have against its annual tormentors. But last year it had Vandy and Kentucky leading into Florida Week and still lost to a Gators team that had lost three straight (including 10-7 at home to Mississippi State). Florida won’t be great this season. But the offensive resume of new assistant Charlie Weis tells us that he’ll probably make something of quarterback John Brantley.
Prediction: Bulldogs lose.
Nov. 5, New Mexico State
Here’s your reach for positive karma. The last time Georgia played New Mexico State was in 2002, when Richt won his first SEC title in Athens. The Aggies are dreadful. They lost games last year by scores of 42-10, 42-16, 59-0, 52-6 and 59-24. Another walkover.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Nov. 12, Auburn
That guy at quarterback for No. 23 Auburn is gone. So is half of the defense. All together, 18 starters are gone from the BCS title team. You can’t take anything away from a coach who goes undefeated through the SEC and wins a national championship, but we’re about to find out how good Gene Chizik really is. Expect the Tigers to run the ball a lot with Michael Dyer, but he won’t be enough.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Nov. 19, Kentucky
Coach Joker Phillips said, “I expect us to be in the title race longer than we have been.” I’m not sure what that means. Five minutes? But Georgia can’t laugh too much. This used to be one of those automatic wins, but not anymore. The Dogs are only 3-2 in the past five meetings, and there have been way too many chaotic moments against Big Blue.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Nov. 26, at Georgia Tech
Since Tech upset Georgia and ripped off pieces of the Sanford Stadium hedges in Paul Johnson’s first season, the Dogs have won the past two meetings. The Jackets probably won’t be as bad this season as some forecast. But it’s difficult to know how far along Tevin Washington and/or Synjyn Days will be at quarterback, and we can be fairly certain Murray will be very good for Georgia.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
No. 5 Boise State has been outscored 121-40 in its past three games against SEC teams: Georgia (48-13 in 2005), South Carolina (41-14 in 2002) and Arkansas (32-13 in 2001). I like the Broncos anyway. I’m not sure Georgia’s defense has an answer for quarterback Kellen Moore (left), and as terrific as Aaron Murray is, I suspect it will take a little while to get used to life without A.J. Green. The Dogs’ cast of running backs is obviously thin (and Carlton Thomas is suspended for this game). If freshman Isaiah Crowell comes out like a wrecking ball, all bets are off. But I’m betting not.
Prediction: Bulldogs lose.
Sept. 10, South Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
Marcus Lattimore rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns in the Gamecocks’ 17-6 win over Georgia in Columbia last season. On paper, No. 12 South Carolina should repeat as SEC East champions if Stephen Garcia doesn’t mess things up. But he very well might. The Dogs should be a little more comfortable in Athens than in the Georgia Dome. They’ll also feel a bit desperate after the opening loss to Boise State. The defense steps up just enough, and Murray will make one more play than Garcia in the end.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Sept. 17, Coastal Carolina, 1 p.m.
If the Dogs are 0-2 going into this game, Sanford Stadium is going to look like Tombstone, Ariz., post-shootout at the OK Corral. Either way, this one is a gimme. Coastal Carolina is an FCS (formerly Division I-AA) school that plays in a 9,000-seat stadium. The Chanticleers play these games for the paycheck.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Sept. 24, at Mississippi
The Rebels finished 4-8 last season after going 19-8 in coach Houston Nutt’s first two years, and they’ll be no better this year. Strange, considering the coach annually signs like 7,000 players for 20 spots in recruiting every year. Not much is expected from the Ole Miss defensive front, so this is a good chance for the Dogs’ offensive line and Crowell to get rolling.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Oct. 1, Mississippi State
Notwithstanding the losses to South Carolina and Arkansas that preceded it, Georgia’s 2010 season really fell apart with its 24-12 loss in Starkville (its first loss to Mississippi State since 1974). At 0-3 in the SEC, the season was over. That won’t be the case this time. No. 20 MSU lost some guys along the defensive front, and winning in Athens is something they’ve done only twice (1914 and 1956, with Georgia winning nine straight at home since).
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Oct. 8, at Tennessee
So things are rolling now, right? Four consecutive wins since the loss to Boise State and 3-0 in the SEC? Now comes trouble. I know. It’s Tennessee. But freshman quarterback Tyler Bray won four of his five starts down the stretch (16 touchdowns, seven interceptions), and coach Derek Dooley (left) gets his players to play hard, if not always smart. Mark Richt’s Dogs have been shellacked in their past two trips to Knoxville (combined score: 80-33). And I don’t believe Georgia will win every game it’s supposed to.
Prediction: Bulldogs lose.
Oct. 15, at Vanderbilt
Vandy ranked 110th in the nation in offense last season, and the wonder is that there were 10 teams worse. The Commodores scored 96 points in eight SEC games. Auburn scored 306. But at least Vandy beat Ole Miss. If the Dogs’ defense doesn’t smack Vandy, coordinator Todd Grantham may not want to board the bus afterward.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Oct. 29, Florida (Jacksonville), 3:30 p.m.
A game against Vandy and a bye week is about as good a setup as Georgia can have against its annual tormentors. But last year it had Vandy and Kentucky leading into Florida Week and still lost to a Gators team that had lost three straight (including 10-7 at home to Mississippi State). Florida won’t be great this season. But the offensive resume of new assistant Charlie Weis tells us that he’ll probably make something of quarterback John Brantley.
Prediction: Bulldogs lose.
Nov. 5, New Mexico State
Here’s your reach for positive karma. The last time Georgia played New Mexico State was in 2002, when Richt won his first SEC title in Athens. The Aggies are dreadful. They lost games last year by scores of 42-10, 42-16, 59-0, 52-6 and 59-24. Another walkover.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Nov. 12, Auburn
That guy at quarterback for No. 23 Auburn is gone. So is half of the defense. All together, 18 starters are gone from the BCS title team. You can’t take anything away from a coach who goes undefeated through the SEC and wins a national championship, but we’re about to find out how good Gene Chizik really is. Expect the Tigers to run the ball a lot with Michael Dyer, but he won’t be enough.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Nov. 19, Kentucky
Coach Joker Phillips said, “I expect us to be in the title race longer than we have been.” I’m not sure what that means. Five minutes? But Georgia can’t laugh too much. This used to be one of those automatic wins, but not anymore. The Dogs are only 3-2 in the past five meetings, and there have been way too many chaotic moments against Big Blue.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
Nov. 26, at Georgia Tech
Since Tech upset Georgia and ripped off pieces of the Sanford Stadium hedges in Paul Johnson’s first season, the Dogs have won the past two meetings. The Jackets probably won’t be as bad this season as some forecast. But it’s difficult to know how far along Tevin Washington and/or Synjyn Days will be at quarterback, and we can be fairly certain Murray will be very good for Georgia.
Prediction: Bulldogs win.
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StevoDeg
August 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
I just dont see us losing to florida or tennessee. neither of them are looking any better than us. i know theyre both emotional games, but whatever.
And also, the countdown on ajc has the boise st game starting at 9 ET, but everywhere else i check has the game starting at 8 ET. 8 ET is just coverage right?
Cuz
August 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
Undefeated baby. Dawgs roll.
me
August 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
1st
Cuz
August 27th, 2011
8:04 pm
Well, we are undefeated now.
Cuz
August 27th, 2011
8:07 pm
What is a Chanticleer? Will Ortho keep them out of the lawn?
Melissa
August 27th, 2011
8:08 pm
I don’t agree with GT/UGA prediction. lalalalalalala
Prison Mike
August 27th, 2011
8:10 pm
Agreed on the predicted loss Florida, that’s pretty much a given from here on out until we actually show up. Just don’t think we will roll over a third straight time against Tennessee. They are still extremely young at almost every position and may have to start as many as 4 freshmen on defense. Never a good sign, so because we have a veteran QB and a defensive coordinator that knows how to make adjustments, I don’t think we lose to UT.
Worm
August 27th, 2011
8:11 pm
10-2..Agree except for tenn.
Richie
August 27th, 2011
8:14 pm
IF Uga wins their first two games and that’s a big IF, they have a good chance to run the table the rest of the way
country boy
August 27th, 2011
8:15 pm
I just don’t see us whipping SC Jeffey boy. They are more talented and MUCH better coached. Ballsy pick on your part in the FLA game.
Cuz
August 27th, 2011
8:17 pm
The flipside is if we stomp Boise we will be overconfident when the Ol Ball Coach comes to town. I think we split the two. Lose to Florida, I won’t predict a win until the week of the game, part of the JAX Convention I signed in 2002 with Gator the Dawg Catcher. Beat the rest, some closer than others. Then lose to Bama in the SECC.
It is August. The time of year that a Dawg fan dreams of great things. Then the season starts and dashes our hopes. Insert sad smiley face here.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
8:28 pm
We’ll see how this Boise State prediction works out next week. No more talking. I’m tired of predictions, and talking, and the hype. Let’s just strap it up and go.
Glenn
August 27th, 2011
8:32 pm
Jeff your wrong again, Dawgs go 12-0 unless they get a trip somewhere and that is easy to do. They lose to Alabama unless they get luck. Saban is the best football coach in the NCAA or top three anyway.
Glenn
August 27th, 2011
8:33 pm
Alabama in the Title Game
buzzDawg
August 27th, 2011
8:46 pm
Dome to Dome in 2011.
Dawg48
August 27th, 2011
8:50 pm
Jeff if you can predict the future this well can you email me the winning loto numbers and don’t forget the power ball number also! Thanks! If it happens their may be a little something extra in your check next week!
NRBQ
August 27th, 2011
8:51 pm
A little more research would serve you well before pontificating on a subject most dear to your readers, Jeff.
Please check out the teams “down the stretch” that Bray put up his good numbers.
Jeff.. you are wrong..
August 27th, 2011
8:54 pm
Georgia will not beat South Carolina
Georgia will beat Tennessee
Georgia will not beat Florida
Georgia will not beat Georgia Tech
Post it on your wall … Georgia finishes 8-4 this year. (possibly 7-5, not so sure they beat MSU)
WALLY
August 27th, 2011
9:02 pm
I READ THIS ARTICLE, BECAUSE I WAS HUNTING SOMETHING TO READ. I HAVE FOLLOWED COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOR ABOUT FORTY AND NOW I HAVE JUST ABOUT LOST INTEREST. COLLEGE PLAYERS ARE JUST A BUNCH OF SPOILED BRATS WHO THINK THE WORLD OWES THE A LIVING. GUA SHOULD HAVE FIRED COACH RICHT LAST YEAR. HE IS NOT IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS SPURRIER, SABON, MILES.ETC.
Hit Someone
August 27th, 2011
9:03 pm
Is every reporterin Atlanta a Georgia homer? How does a 6-7 team who lost their best players warrant such praise. Murray didn’t beat a team last year with a winning record. Garcia meanwhile did something that Ga. appears incapable of, beating Fl.
Potter
August 27th, 2011
9:06 pm
The inferiority complex exhibited by the nerds from ga tek is absolutely a joy to watch/read.
Dawgs- 45
tek- 24
Potter
August 27th, 2011
9:08 pm
hit someone,
you obviously do not follow UGA sports if your reason for UGA being bad this year is based on what they did last year.
but i am glad you feel that way, so you can get angry when UGA wins games. Quit obsessing over teams that own you.
smyrnabob
August 27th, 2011
9:10 pm
7 days until this prediction goes south.
Joe
August 27th, 2011
9:10 pm
I gotta say this makes me feel pretty good. If this prediction was given by someone that actually knew what he was talking about, I’d be upset. Given it’s being given by a guy that has zero in terms of football IQ and writes solely for shock value, I’ll go with my prediction of 11-1.
Dawg Man
August 27th, 2011
9:11 pm
National Champs this year and the next 5, we are loaded, Murray will be Heisman, Boise might even forfeit, rather than be run off the field by the Dawgs!!!!!. I heard S.C., Tennesee, Florida, Auburn and GT are trembling at the thought of playing us, look for one or more to forfeit, instead of being run off the field by the dawgs!!!! Get the scrubs ready for alot of playing time against our championship team!!!!
wild one 13
August 27th, 2011
9:12 pm
CMR will be at the SEC Championship game! I just don’t think the team will be with him.
tony
August 27th, 2011
9:15 pm
I watched the replay of the Miss St, SC and Ark games 4 times each. Had Ga ran the ball more in those games the outcome would of been different. The defense played better than what the record indicate.
If Crowell gets 20 to 25 carries a game, I believe we will go undefeated. If Murray pass on 1st and 2nd downs like he did last season, I think they will lose 2 games. The SEC won 5 straight NC because those teams had a good running game and a dominate defense.
thedawgbone
August 27th, 2011
9:16 pm
If you are sick of the ajc, and clowns like Jeff Schultz and Mark Bradley, go get your Dawg news at http://www.thedawgbone.com
Links you to EVERY piece of dawg news from several outlets, and includes links to countless blogs, updated hourly.
Get away from the immature rift raft that takes place in these comments.
Coach Grohbo
August 27th, 2011
9:17 pm
Georgia loses the three games you mentioned, plus South Carolina (again), at Ole Miss, Mississippi State (again), at a vastly improved Vanderbilt, Auburn (again), and at Georgia Tech.
Dome to Done.
1eyedJack
August 27th, 2011
9:18 pm
Jeff, tell us again how you did in the “Sack Schultz” contest last year.
Howard
August 27th, 2011
9:18 pm
Jeff…agree with most of predictions…I like Boise State and like you, think Kellen Moore will pick apart the UGA secondary. They also have a super running back, a solid offensive line and one of the nation’s best defensive lines. They will be a load for Georgia…I’m wondering why UGA agreed to this game in the Dome. I’m telling you…Boise State on grass in the Georgia heat would have made this a seven pt. spread. Boise State on artificial turf is no fun. Oh, saw the famed blue turf a few years ago when we were there…it is freaky how dark blue it really is. Bet you didn’t know that blue artificial turf supposedly holds heat better than green…seriously I read in a Sports Illus. when they did an article on the changes in artificial turf since the old astroturf days…go figure.
dale morphy
August 27th, 2011
9:21 pm
It all comes down to defense. Richt and Bobo have shown their hand: they run a vanilla pro-style scheme and hope to win on special teams and talent. That plan works with a shut down defense; it is suspect with a mediocre defense and a disaster with a bad one. Georgia is weak at linebacker and unproven in the secondary. 8-4 and the head coach search begins.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
9:22 pm
Howard, how you think Kellen Moore gonna pick UGA apart? They have most of their starters returning and those windows will be a lot tighter than Moore is used to in the WAC. The DBs are faster in the SEC than in the WAC. I bet Kellen throws at least 2 picks.
Somewhere in time
August 27th, 2011
9:23 pm
9-3? Whoa, looks like Schultz has been hitting the Kool-Aid pretty hard. But he’s on the money about the losses to Boise State and Florida. Those will be humiliating beatdowns for the red panties team.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
9:23 pm
UNPROVEN IN THE SECONDARY??!!! Do you know what your talking about DALE?! Brandon Boykin isn’t proven? Sanders Commings isn’t proven? Bacarri Rambo isn’t proven? What?! We’ll see in a week though. I bet everybody on here looks stupid.
wild one 13
August 27th, 2011
9:24 pm
The Dawgs had to take the Boise game to help put a stop to other SEC schools coming in Ga and using the game to recruit Georgia’s best high sdhool players.
Potter
August 27th, 2011
9:28 pm
Kellen Moore can pass, but so can 85% of every QB the Dawgs have faced the last few seasons.
Boise State lost Austin Pettis and Titus Young, who accommodated for about 90% of Kellen Moore’s passing last year.
The dawgs are a better team with AJ Greene, but without him we will be utilizing our stable of TEs and other VERY good WRs more.
If we have ANY success running the ball early, then spread the receivers out… Boise’s D will have NO CLUE what hit them.
We are Georgia. We are NOT Idaho, Nevada State, or Wyoming
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
9:29 pm
I wanna know why Boise is obviously the HEAVY favorite? I just don’t get it. I heard the same crap about Hawaii. Same crap. WAC and SEC is just not the same! But if you guys don’t want to see it that way, you’ll see it next Saturday. I swear you will. Georgia is hungrier than ever, the players want it bad and if this game comes down to who wants it more, UGA wins by a mile.
I think everyone believe Georgia will win but just don’t want to admit it. That’s called a hater. They know UGA will win but they wouldn’t dare come on a UGA blog and admit that. I think it’s funny. LOSERS!
Coach Grohbo
August 27th, 2011
9:30 pm
I agree Georgia has a proven secondary.
They have proven they can not tackle or cover on third down.
TampaGator
August 27th, 2011
9:33 pm
Here is solid Dawg logic for you:
Georgia is better than Florida this year. Reasons to support this:
1. Georgia lost a couple of key players off last year’s team. Florida also lost a couple of key players off their team. Therefore, Georgia will be better.
2. Georgia lost both of their starting RBs’ and a freshmen will carry the team this year. Florida has their 3 best RBs returning (Rainey, Demps, Burton). Therefore, Georgia will be better.
3. Georgia lost their all-world receiver to the NFL and has no one to replace him except a freshman that runs fast in 7 on 7 drills in the summer. Florida returns all of their receivers and has added a redshirt freshman (Dunbar) who woulld have started last year if he had not been injured. Therefore, Georgia is better.
4. Georgia has little depth and a couple of talented starters returning on the OL. Florida has little depth and a couple of talented starters returning on the OL. Therefore, Georgia is better.
5. Georgia lost its best DL to the NFL and returns the players who didn’t so much last year and their savior at NG can’t stand the summer heat. Florida returns its best DL (Jaye Howard) and their two 5-star DL (Floyd and Easley). Therefore, Georgia will be better.
Georgia moved their strong safety to ILB for on the job training. Florida has a preseason all-SEC ILB (Bostic) in the same postion. Therefore, Georgia will be better.
Georgia has a CB who runs very fast that can’t cover anyone. They have another one that is very good….then very little proven talent beyond that. Florida has two steady CBs (Brown and Riggs) and a lot of depth behind them, including a future star in Marcus Robertson (who can cover superman). Therefore, Georgia is better.
Georgia has a strong safety who, well, know one has really heard of. Florida has Matt Elam who has made many preseason watch lists at SS and was a highly recruited 5-star player out of HS and trained behind Ahmad Black last year…who is now playing in the NFL. Therefore, Georgia is better.
Georgia has Murrary at QB, who has never beaten a quality SEC team, and has Bobo as his OC. Florida has Brantley, who has never beaten a quality SEC team, and has the best OC in the country teaching him how to play QB well in the pro style offense that best fits his talents. Therefore, Georgia will be a lot better.
Georgia has two All American type kickers and an excellent return specialist. Florida has an excllent place kicker and a very good punter and several, really fast rerturn specialists. Therefore, Georgia is much better.
Finally…..Georgia has the remarkable HC that could not motivate his team to beat a horrible Florida team last year…with an OC that most Dawg fans hate with a passion. Georgia has a new coach who can motivate a turtle to run faster than a rabbit….and a OC that has 3 Super Bowl rings while serving as the Patriots OC….and who turn Brady into an All-World QB from a low round draft choice and 3rd string under the previous OC……also turned a struggling QB into an excellent QB at KC last year. And is working with John Brantley and the Gator offense now. Therefore, Georgia will be a lot better.
18 out of 21 and counting.
Herschel Talker
August 27th, 2011
9:33 pm
Schultzie:
9-3 with yet another loss to Florida spells the end of Richt’s coaching career in Athens. Mark it down.
HT
dale morphy
August 27th, 2011
9:34 pm
Athens: There were still missed assigments galore in the secondary last season and I don’t see any dramatic upgrades. Unless the defensive line is vastly improved the dawgs will not be able to put enough pressure on the qbs to bail out the secondary. Go back and watch the Tennessee or Arkansas games from last year. The linebackers are so weak it is going to be near impossible to incorporate alot of bliztes, so you are right back to relying on the secondary to blanket their men for 8 to 10 seconds. No secondary can do that in the SEC. You’re right, we’ve got the studs in the secondary, they just haven’t yet performed up to expectations.
Coach Grohbo
August 27th, 2011
9:36 pm
Boise is a heavy favorite because they are 26-1 over the last two seasons.
What is Georgia? 14-12?
TampaGator
August 27th, 2011
9:38 pm
that should be…….Florida has a new head coach who can motive a turtle to run faster than a rabbit.
Sorry…..but I think a lot of people are seriously underestimating the talent on Florida’s team….that is being seriously coached up this summer.
But time will tell…..one week to kick off.
JUST BEAT BOISE and SOUTH CAROLINA. Then come to JAX undefeated, please.
Mike
August 27th, 2011
9:38 pm
Im not agreeing with this. Yes UGA should look at this schedule and say 10 win season, but the defense has to show up this year to do that. If not, every single one of these games can be a loss, not just the Cocktail party and a trip to UT (where the defense missed the bus). UGA has had a good enough offense over the last 3 years to be an SEC contender. The running game struggled last year, but they put the points up to win several games they lost.
The defense under Richt between from 01-07 gave up 30+ points on a handful of times total (maybe 4 I think). From 08 on, they have been giving that up and more on an annual basis. If Grantham’s D does not deliver this year and get the teeth back it needs to keep opposing offenses out of the end zone, then every one of these games outside of Coastal Carolina and New Mexico St. should be considered toss ups.
wild one 13
August 27th, 2011
9:40 pm
@ Tampa Gator, you are just as wrong as you can be,
about the kickers!
Mike
August 27th, 2011
9:41 pm
UGA will go nowhere without a better defense. If its not back to 07 and prior form, every game on this list other than Coastal Carolina and New Mexico St. is a toss up. 01-07 UGA gives up 30+ points 4-5 times total. Since 08, they’ve been doing that and more on an annual basis.
LakeDawg
August 27th, 2011
9:41 pm
Must beat Florida! grrrrr
Bus Drivers Dawg
August 27th, 2011
9:43 pm
Joe sure knows how to pick em!
Thank Goodness for UGA Sports.com—I’m sure glad this Rag isnt our only access to news on the Dawgs!—Everything here is OLD, not News !
wild one 13
August 27th, 2011
9:43 pm
I only wished the rest of the team played as well as special teams does for the Dawgs.
mdc
August 27th, 2011
9:47 pm
hard to believe some of these writers at the AJC get paid…..Shultz and that clown bill king
wild one 13
August 27th, 2011
9:51 pm
The Gators sure have been very quiet since they hired their new staff.
They will be a force to deal with come the first weekend in October.
Big L
August 27th, 2011
10:02 pm
This team is too good to have a losing record. So the season can go one of three ways. If they lose the first two, they will iether be 8-4 or 7-5. Split the first two, 9which is what I believe will happen0, they end up 9-3 or 10-2. If they win the first two, and tey are talented enough, they can easily run the table. The defense , I think , is gonna be a beast this year. With Kwame and Alec plugging the run, Jarvis creating pressure and Boykin and Smith being top notch on the corners, the offense will have to prove itself. If the line holds up and the running game can be consistent enough to keep opposing defenses honest, Murray is gonna pick teams apart. My honest opinion though, 10-2 with losses to South Carolina and one other team I just can’t pick right now. Florida is NOT as good as us, but I would not bet money on that game.It just always makes fools of us.
Jim (Ponzi) Dunnan
August 27th, 2011
10:28 pm
I want some of what buzzDawg & DawgMan are smoking! Talk about delusional-about like I was when I waited 55 years to coach a team like this & then we wet the bed in Columbia.
Moonshine
August 27th, 2011
10:34 pm
“The defense steps up just enough, and Murray will make one more play than Garcia in the end.”………….Gotta disagree with you on that one Mr. Shultz. I think Garcia shows up drunk and still wins this one for the Cocks.
JJ
August 27th, 2011
10:39 pm
LOL Another idiot thinking murray will have a great season because last year he was so stellar. Idiots like schultz said the same thing about jason Heyward entering this season. Murray had I think 8 int’s last year. Look for 12-14 this year. You idiots pump this guys ego up and make him think he’s favre. Gonna be a 5-6 loss season. And I wouldn’t discount tech at all considering they outplayed ga last year and lost because of badly timed fumbled and a missed pat. Add in uga with no aj or durham and their top 2 rushers gone, well it will be a long season in athens. Wait til the crowell hype vanishes after week 2. But yeah, he;s the next herschel. Only been hearing that for 2 decades.
Steve
August 27th, 2011
10:45 pm
What on earth makes people think this season will be any better than last??? The two receivers are gone and drafted into the NFL. The O-line is thin and suspect. Will the defense be improved at all? It all starts on the line of scrimmage. We have fast raw athletes, but are they good smart football players? We know the team from the blue field has real football players. Sorry, I know this is very pessimistic outlook and I hope I’m wrong. Just a season ago, we got pushed around and I mean seriously manhandled by a bad Colorado team, Miss. State and, umm UCF!
Rumbo
August 27th, 2011
10:48 pm
History shows that when Spurrier has equal or more talent than Georgia, he wins. It’s amazing Schultz doesn’t remember stuff like that. South Carolina will beat Georgia and Florida rather easily and face Bama in the SECCG.
aladawg
August 27th, 2011
10:59 pm
Wally, Wally, apparently dementia has already set in and you don’t even know the time of day. Make sure you stay close to the person who takes care of you.
SEC Fact Finder
August 27th, 2011
10:59 pm
As bad as the UGA family wants to see 9 wins, the first two games of the season will go a very long way in determining the fate of this 2011 version of the UGA bulldogs. Do the freshmen play like upperclassmen? Does the Offensive lineman protect Murray? Will a WR pick up their game to make some catches? Does the Defense play like a SEC division winner plays?
Who know the answers and the final result. Just looking at the initial outlay and schedule, it seems like a 9-3 or 8-4 season is possible. It also has the appearance of a 7-5 or 6-6 record. That is just how crazy this game is when placing so much on freshmen and sophmores.
I think UGA splits with Boise and USC, either way, but if UGA had a choice of losing one it would be to Boise. I just see MSU as a team that is going to be much better than folks think and they are huge on both sides of the ball. UF is always going to be good and that game will mean a great deal to Muschamp in his first season.
It is going to be a fun season and wishing all of your teams good luck and healthy seasons.
Pete
August 27th, 2011
11:03 pm
Boise is favored because Boise beats teams better than UGA every year.
Also, Vegas wouldn’t even have put a spread on Colorado and UCF if they were playing Boise. They know Boise would have de-stroid those teams.
BSU 51-14
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:03 pm
I wanna know the last time Boise beat an SEC team. I also wanna know the last time SC beat Georgia in back to back years. Also, what was SC record last year? 9-5? Why are they on a pedestal?
All this talking WILL END come next week and I can’t wait to see the look on you guys’ faces when it does. Your talking lots, and lots of crap but next week I bet you won’t. You guys really don’t think you can be wrong and look stupid do you? What if UGA comes out smokin and just throttles Boise. I mean throttle. It could happen. What would you do then?
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:03 pm
I don’t get you uga homers. You lost 7 games last year. You lost to us and with the best rb and wr in the sec playing at our school, you think you will win? I think it will be close until late in the 3rd quarter. Sorry but this is SS best team by far and we know what he does when he has great play makers. Your best playmaker is in the nfl. And don’t forget that sophmore slump. I agree with others that the media here has inflated your qb’s head with so much hype, even my head is spinning. How you lose 75% of your offense from last year and you get better by 3 wins is beyond me.
SC 33 Ga 24
SC 10 wins
ga 7
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:04 pm
Pete, Toledo is better than Georgia? Wyoming better than UGA? Fresno State better than UGA? Tulsa better than UGA? Get a grip man. You stupid idiot.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 27th, 2011
11:05 pm
If you are a UGA fan and visited the Tech site to moch them after the Jarvis incident then I have no use for you. I would like to think that we could show a little class but I have seen several fans show there tails. I think UGA fans should show some respect for themselves along with the university.
aladawg
August 27th, 2011
11:05 pm
Dawg Man, what in the heck are you drinking or smoking. You live in a dream world. I hope you are right but I live in the sane part of Georgia.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:06 pm
That’s all I hear…LAST YEAR. Why not this year? Isn’t it a new year. My goodness people it’s not like SC ran the table. They went 9-5 with back to back losses to end their season. When is the last time SC had a 10 win season? I bet SC has went longer than UGA has without a 10 win season.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:09 pm
Hey athens idiot–what would your record have been last year if you had played alabama and auburn twice. Get a clue idiot.
Sean
August 27th, 2011
11:09 pm
I disagree with the predicted losses to FL and TN. I see a loss to SC and possibly Miss. State. I think that the Dawgs have the UF game circled on the calendar and will have something to prove after last year’s disappointing loss. They will also have enough games under their belt to prepare for that game and the bye will help. Not sure about Boise, out of conference teams tend to be overrated when facing SEC teams so we will see next Sat. Here’s hoping for a good season. GO DAWGS!
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:10 pm
Murray scored 6 points against us last year. No aj again this year. I think you might get 10 this year. Losers. You can’t stand the fact another sec east team is the king of the hill.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:10 pm
I heard the same crap from Hawaii
I heard the same thing in 2005
Wait until 9/3 and the haters will leave
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:15 pm
King of the hill with 9 wins? Ok
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:16 pm
Also Columbia, how many SEC titles does your team have?
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:16 pm
Kings of the hill don’t lose SEC championship games 56-17…just sayin
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:17 pm
Yeah athens idiot, we ended our season with losses to the National Champions and Fsu who is ranked in the top 5 this season. You lost UGLY to Central Fla. Get a clue moron
Jason
August 27th, 2011
11:19 pm
We were a good team in 2005 Athens. Not so much anymore
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:21 pm
Columbia is that an excuse? Losing 56-17? Oh but we lost to the national champions? AND?!
Jason
August 27th, 2011
11:21 pm
This isn’t 2005 anymore. Boise, tcu et al have proven they are not flukes anymore. If we lose Saturday, it could get ugly fast when you rely on freshman
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:22 pm
We shall see Jason. You guys hate to see Georgia getting good press so you bad mouth them. You can’t stand to see UGA staying out of trouble and actually being focused.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:25 pm
17-6 loser.
I live in the here and now. Not what happened a decade or 30 years ago like you do. Btw, how many td’s did you score against that awesome central fla team?
Gen Neyland
August 27th, 2011
11:26 pm
First things first, Jeffey : You can’t go back to a time when none of the current roster for Boise St was even on campus in comparing scoring vs SEC teams. That’s like saying, ” In 1945, Army won the NC so they must be a team to be reckoned with in 2011…” Be that as it may, I’m in agreement with the final assessment (albeit, Good luck UGA. If it puts me back from winning a trip to Diamond Head, so be it). The rest is all subjective, as is Boise ST…as for the Tennessee game, well, you da man…
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:27 pm
How many teams did you beat last year with a winning record? When you figure that out, get back to me.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:28 pm
None. But that doesn’t mean we won’t this season.
GA Sandlapper
August 27th, 2011
11:28 pm
Just Spot the Ball! This is going to be the longest week ever!!!
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:28 pm
We’ll see what your team is all about in 2 weeks
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:30 pm
What’s Richt’s record vs. SC in his time in Athens? Has SC ever beaten UGA back to back while Richt has been here? Richt is 7-3 vs. SC in his tenure and SC has NEVER beaten UGA back to back while Richt has been here. Look out.
Gen Neyland
August 27th, 2011
11:31 pm
…and btw, at this point of the season-nonseason, UGA beats Florida…
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:32 pm
You just make sure Garcia isn’t drunk ok Columbia?
Garcia goes to his locker to grab a pint of liquor….
QB Coach: Garcia what are you doing son? We have a game!
Garcia: I’m easing the pain coach, just easing the pain by drinking.
QB Coach: You can’t do that! Put that down! It’s not worth it!
Garcia: What can you tell me coach?! Your a freakin drunk yourself!
QB Coach: ………gotta point there
GA Sandlapper
August 27th, 2011
11:33 pm
SC has not beaten many of the BIG GUYS in its history… We did beat UGA, TN, Alabama, UF & Clemson last year. Maybe we have started a new tradition.
GF
August 27th, 2011
11:33 pm
Bet you could go back to last year and see the same predictions about uga for 2010. Amazing how people never learn. I’ll take a senior qb coached by spurrier over a sophmore by richt. And I’ll take alshon and marcus over whatever scrubs you throw in, one being a freshman. Advantage SC by a country mile.
Dawg Whisperer
August 27th, 2011
11:33 pm
TampaGator, first, you’re right that UGA is better than UF based on the logic of dawg fans. Second, UGA is better than UF based on objective opinions of some national prognosticators. Third, who cares what you think about dawg fans’ opinions? I don’t care what your opinion is but I respect the fact that you can express it without trying to suppress it.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:34 pm
Excuse me GF, what class was Lattimore last season? I’m confused
GA Sandlapper
August 27th, 2011
11:34 pm
or maybe not..we did lose to Kentucky last year! SC could possibly beat UGA but UGA still win the East. Tougher schedule.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:35 pm
Oh and GF, would you take Stafford’s magical sophomore season? Or Garcia’s bumpy road in his career at SC? Garcia is a DRUNK and can’t win a game if you ask him to.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:36 pm
Like you said, it’s a new season! Duh! I like our chances a heck of a lot more than yours sans aj.You couldn’t even score a td last year and you talk smack about years past. Get a life.
GF
August 27th, 2011
11:37 pm
Funny I recall a stafford lifting a keg over his head while at uga. But yeah, your guys never do dumb things.
Fair and Balanced
August 27th, 2011
11:37 pm
8-4 is the best Ga can do.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:37 pm
Can’t win a game? He won 3 more than your guy last year, including beating you!! Wow are you a delusional moron.
GA Sandlapper
August 27th, 2011
11:37 pm
Yeah, Garcia has his moments..See Alabama game last year..then see the Bowl game against FSU! Never know who is going to show up. Hopefully Shaw will be a little better this year so Spurrier can pull Garcia early, if need be!
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:38 pm
@ Columbia, your an SC fan on a UGA Blog…you get a life
Gen Neyland
August 27th, 2011
11:38 pm
Athens Dawg : Garcia WAS in the Dome in December last year. That accounts for something…Now, I’m no Garcia fan unless it’s Jerry, but Spurious won’t sit him for being stupid…Have a great evening. I’m in the sack.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:39 pm
Shaw will be better lapper. Ga is one injury away from being a 4 win team at several key positions. Losing Mettenburger was big.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:41 pm
This is NOT a uga blog idiot. It’s a sports blog which focuses on uga. This is NOT chip’s or junkyards. Again, get a life.
17-6 Couldn’t even put the ball in the end zone and you talk smack
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:43 pm
What team is this about? UGA…I can honestly say I’ve NEVER been to an SC blog because quite frankly I don’t give a crap about that team. If you don’t care about UGA, then WHY ARE YOU HERE!?
Charles K
August 27th, 2011
11:43 pm
(5) Boise State 8:00 pm — Loss
Sat, Sep 10 (12) South Carolina 4:30 pm — Loss
Sat, Sep 17 Coastal Carolina 1:00 pm — Win
Sat, Sep 24 at Mississippi TBA — Loss
Sat, Oct 1 (20) Mississippi State TBA — Win
Sat, Oct 8 at Tennessee TBA — Loss
Sat, Oct 15 at Vanderbilt TBA — Win
Sat, Oct 29 (22) Florida 3:30 pm — Loss
Sat, Nov 5 New Mexico State TBA — Win
Sat, Nov 12 (23) Auburn TBA — Loss
Sat, Nov 19 Kentucky TBA — Loss
Sat, Nov 26 at Georgia Tech TBA — Win
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:45 pm
@ Columbia…if you guys lose Lattimore, how many wins do you get? Hell, you only got 9 WITH him last season. EVERY TEAM has players they can’t afford to lose. Don’t make it seem like UGA is the only team.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:45 pm
Well I am here because I enjoy discussing college football. You are here because you are a delusional idiot who doesn’t have a clue about college football. You’ve proven that several times tonight.
Gen Neyland
August 27th, 2011
11:46 pm
Athens Dawg : Relax…It’s a loooong season…g’nite
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:47 pm
How many wins did you have again? 6!! We beat that by 50%!
We played by far a much harder schedule than you. And you still talk crap. they need to create an ignore feature on this blog because your posts are worthless and idiotic
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:48 pm
@ Gen, I’m relaxed.
@ Columbia, but why come on here when it has something to do about UGA? There are more places to talk about CFB than a “sports blog talking about UGA.” according to you.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:49 pm
@ Columbia, I’m an idiot? Really? I know what I’m talking about. Trust me
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:50 pm
I get it…we had “6 wins” doofy. We all know that. What we DON’T KNOW is what’ll happen this season. So get a life, STFU, and enjoy yelling GO CAWKS as they run onto the field!
Goodnight and GO DAWGS! 7 days! Well 6
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:50 pm
Funny you mock us for 9 wins when you had 6 and schultz predicts you will have 9 this year and that’s awesome!! You might be the dumbest fan I have ever come across on these blogs.
Athens Dawg
August 27th, 2011
11:50 pm
I get it…we had “6 wins” doofy. We all know that. What we DON’T KNOW is what’ll happen this season. So get a life, STFU, and enjoy yelling GO CAWKS as they run onto the field!
Goodnight and GO DAWGS! 7 days! Well 6
GA Sandlapper
August 27th, 2011
11:51 pm
I think Athens is just ready for some football!! One more week man!
Coaching Staff
August 27th, 2011
11:53 pm
Coach Grohbo are you going to actually compare Georgia’s Schedule to Boise State? Let me give you a little insight from someone who know’s a little bit about the Georgia Football Program. We do not whine about losing players like A.J. Green, we simply develop new ones. The 48 point lashing from 2005 will seem merciful if Coach Richt decides to step on the gas. Coming from within close staff members, Coach has admited himself the need to “go for the kill” and this year will see the emergence of a less conservative Mark Richt. No team will be spared, nor will the oppurtunity to hang an embarrassing score on their schedule. This year will be the biggest push for a National Title since the 1980’s. Aaron Murray will lead the way, as well as his often over looked 5 star back up Hutson Mason. You may say I’m gloating, and yeah I am gloating, this team is special. My prediction is Georgia will go into the Florida game undefeated, and ranked atleast 7th, if not in the top 5 in the nation. The Boise game will suggest it, the South Carolina will broadcast it, and the Auburn game will confirm it. Prepare for the year of the Dawg.
Columbia
August 27th, 2011
11:57 pm
Hope you can beat boise because it will help our ranking when we spank you again.
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
12:04 am
I swear people really don’t want to try me on this board. I can stand my ground and I’ll fight representing UGA. I love them that much. I know we’ve had disappointing seasons the past 2 years and hopefully it’s behind us and the best is ahead. Crowell might burst onto the scene next week. NOBODY knows. Not even the genius Columbia. I’d let him tote it about 20-25 times and I bet he’d have 150 yards at least.
@ Columbia…buck off and go find an SC blog and chat with people who like your kind.
Coaching Staff
August 28th, 2011
12:28 am
@ Columbia, Marcus Lattimore will will certainly have to have a career game in Athens this year to ring up the Bulldogs 2 years in a row. The truth about the SEC this year is that not one time is a sure lock to run away with it. It would be foolish to think that Marcus Lattimore can carry the Gamecocks to the SEC Championship Game. South Carolina has a blaring weakness at Quarterback, Garcia is terrible and compared to Murray, his stats are awful. The returning defensive starters for the Gamecocks are impressive and if the game was about running backs and the front 4, it might turn out to be another less than 2 touchdown contest. The secondary will cost SC the game on that side of the ball and Georgia’s Special Team will offer a more adept play this year than ever before. The media has already set the Gamecocks on top of the SEC East, with everyone coming to play as hard as they can to knock them off. The Georgia game will be no different. I do think South Carolina has a very good football team though and trade Garcia for Murray, I would give them a chance at running the tables…
MattDawg
August 28th, 2011
12:30 am
Why is everyone picking us losing to Tennessee? We are better this year and even if they are two we killed them last year.
CHUCK UGA
August 28th, 2011
12:39 am
Wrong again, Jeff. I’ll bet anything you want….ANYTHING…that UGA does not lose to UT anf Florida. Send me an e-mail and let’s get it on.
P.S. UGA will blow Tennessee out of their own stadium. They’ve done it before. UT has nothing to offer on the D-Line….NOTHING. UGA’s D will also be too much for the UT O-Line. Other than that, I think Richt will beat Florida also, the first time UGA defeats UT and UF in the same season since 1988. One more point, if UGA defeats SC in Athens, they will win the SEC East. It’s that simple.
c3033
August 28th, 2011
12:44 am
Pups are pre-season #1 every year, including this one! Lets go ahead and predict that they will be 12-0….
Boise State will slap them back into reality in about a week…..8-4 at best this year.
tampagatorhater
August 28th, 2011
1:07 am
you are brilliant mr tampa gator, we unloaded a bunch of dead weight from last year….therefore we are better as a team….All our talk falls on non-believers who are that with just cause, Us Dawg fans are waiting for a breakthrough year and god help everybody if we get it, i have been demorilized since 2005 at every turn, give me a championship and i don’t know if i can be as obnoxious as a bama fan, but i will damn sure try.
Columbus
August 28th, 2011
2:41 am
Can you say 10-2? 10-2. One more time 10-2. AT LEAST.
UGA WILL SCORE AT LEAAST 40 AGAINST BOISE. MAYBE 50. What will the score be Schultz? I guess I will see next week.
UGA IS better this year, OK. Better then Boise because Boise wont stop us as much as we will stop them, especially in the 2nd half. Game 2 is the scary one. UT will be hard but it is winnable and UGA is the better team and also are hungry and stronger. We may have a pass rush this year too that is better than last years.
Maybe 11-1. UGA will not lose to Florida. UGA will not turn the ball over 4 times to them this year. It took UF overtime to beat us on our own mistake even with the 4 turnovers and UGA could have STILL won in regulation. Brantley will be better(how could he be worse?) but UGA will not gift them 4 turnovers this year Schultz. You missed this one.
UGA might lose 1 of the first 2 and one other one along the way. I think we will beat Tenn this year in Knoxville, it is due and we are more mentally tough this year than last year.
9-3 at worst
10-2 is more likely.
11-1 is possible.
12- 0 is also possible.
UGA is not as strong as when we played Boise before, especially not the 1st game of this season, nor as strong as the other teams were when they played them BUT…we dont have to be as strong to win the game. If we do not turn the ball over, this can be easily won in the 2nd half. You think UGA does not have a good defense? Cant stop the pass? Not fast enough to cover their receivers and/or put pressure on their QB? I say we man-handle their line most of the game and create some turnovers and win the game. Maybe win it easily by 10-15 points. At minimun, it will be a close game, very close game but even on the turf we win. It is going to be so LOUD in their Boise will get behind and panic.
The South Carolina game will be the toughest of the season without a doubt. Rivalry game. UGA is at home and that should help, but with the rivalry and Spurrier coaching and South Carolina’s players and all the players who are from GA and SC on the other team and then being recruited hard to play at UGA and all the other factors, it will be even all the way unless one team screws up. They seem to play harder here than anywhere and Spurrier will be ready. He is probably ready now! Has his plays ready to go. Big plays will decide the game and the least mistakes. UGA can win if they do not make mistakes and we can run the ball well. We could have won last year without Green but the late fumble on the goal line. it was hard fought and our defense was up to the task. If we play that good or better, we can win it this year for sure. Our D should be better too in the 2nd year with Grantham and with our guys in the middle to pressure. I think we make some picks that will help us and we get a fumble too because our defense is not about reacting but dictating to the other team and we will be stronger and hit harder than the last few years. If we have a pass rush up the middle that is effective and we run the ball well, UGA wins. It could go either way though. Hopefully the players are bitter from last year and after playing Boise the first game instead of a pushover, that usually makes for a better game the next week. More prepared to face a good team than when after playing SW Louisiana or somebody. It will be a GREAT game. Hopefully UGA at home, running game and DEFENSE wins.
10-2, 11-1, 12-0. Take your pick Schultz. Afraid to pick the Boise-UGA score? UGA will score 42 at least. AT LEAST.
NunSuch
August 28th, 2011
3:32 am
The idea of making any predictions at all before the season has begun and without the benefit of observation and analysis of the teams playing is quite silly and preposterous. Now…if one recognizes that such ’speculating, hypothesizing, supposing and guessing are silly but wishes to do so regardless, then one can argue that’s it’s just about being a little silly and having a little fun. It would be beyond wise to resist the temptation to place any bets on any game at this juncture either.
But especially for games in which the talent is reasonable close, One might as well flip a coin and go with the results. For some games, the reliance upon history might well be more helpful as when two teams of very unequal talent play. In such a case, the coin toss is to be avoided. One can easily guess the few games that Georgia will play this year that can probablly be prognosticated without the use of the coin; the others where the talent is balanced are definitely coin-toss games. As the season moves along, observation and analysis eventually overtake the ‘coin toss’ as the more reliable manner of making predictions, but as a rule of thumb the coin toss is as reliable as any when it comes to games where the teams are equally talented and coached. Home field advantage does hold some sway…but not really that much. It’s the play on the field and luck that determine outcomes more than any other factors. The polls are nearly worthless until the beginning of October and that means all the amateurish guessing as well. But..what the heck, being silly and having a little fun is what makes college football a good bit of fun. So ..my own silliness is going as far as flipping a coin with UGA getting heads and Boise State gettting tails. The coin lands on heads and as with my silliness, I am saying UGA will defeat Boise State on Sept. 3rd by virtue of silly chance. The coin toss does not offer a score and neither will I.
blueboy
August 28th, 2011
3:55 am
Pups lose to Boise, USCe, Tennessee,Florida and Miss. St. go 7 -5, CMR shown the door!
" HOT " seat
August 28th, 2011
4:07 am
……… gotta beat boise state in the GEORGIA dome.
Purgatory
August 28th, 2011
4:19 am
The very offensive resume of Charlie Weis
got him fired at Notre Dame.
something special season
August 28th, 2011
4:56 am
The polls and predictions are fun, but worthless.
Dawgbreath
August 28th, 2011
5:10 am
LOL at beating USC. No way.
Stinger2
August 28th, 2011
5:17 am
Schultz: UGA will not lose to Tennessee. They will go 10-2 not 9-3. Get with the program. Yes, I am a GT fan. I also believe UGA has a very good team.
georgiakim
August 28th, 2011
5:29 am
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Gsa
August 28th, 2011
5:55 am
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Gator
August 28th, 2011
6:01 am
Wrong. I think the Dogs lose to SC but beat UF…I saw our spring game and we did not look good….new coach, new system, and John Brantley.
Hit REAL Hard
August 28th, 2011
6:44 am
You mean to tell me the Dawgs are going to let a team from Boise, Idaho
come whip up on em’ in the Georgia Dome?
Buckeye
August 28th, 2011
7:19 am
No dogs in dome in December
0-2 out of the gate
It's A Sorry World
August 28th, 2011
7:47 am
The bad thing about winning the east is having to play Bama
5-7 Baby!!!!
August 28th, 2011
7:58 am
UGA loses to Boise, USC, Missy State, Tenn, FL, AU and GT.
1eyedJack
August 28th, 2011
8:01 am
There is no bad thing about winning the east.
Dawg Fan
August 28th, 2011
8:11 am
Mississippi State You got it right ,, Bulldogs WIn, Mullen know how to Beat Georgia.
Joey
August 28th, 2011
8:13 am
Losing Mettenburger was big, Columbia?
I think we have a better backup QB with Mett GONE. You’ll see if Murray goes down or is ineffective. Hutson Mason is really good, and would be starting for a lot of teams.
BAMA dude
August 28th, 2011
8:13 am
Well, Schultz, we know one of your predictions is accurate. The Bulldogs will win October 1 in Athens, guaranteed.
bubba4dawgs
August 28th, 2011
8:15 am
I like your forecast, Schultzy! I think it should be posted on the DAWGS locker room, then I would like to see you eat crow at the end of the season! Oh, and while you’re at it, would you mind apologizing to the DAWGS for a wonderful season? Never mess with a hungry dog, especially when there’s food right before him!!
realisticdawg
August 28th, 2011
8:22 am
I love Dawg fans! Always at this time of the year they think they are in the running for the national championship. But usually that is the ONLY time they are tied for 1st place and undefeated. They bitch about the media giving no respect to the program but when has UGA earned that respect? Yes, ESPN is sceptical in regards to UGA but that has been well-founded over the years. This will be another typical UGA year; 7-5 with a mediocre bowl game and omg, let’s hope we remember UCF!
Paul N Destin
August 28th, 2011
8:25 am
How much will Richt’s buyout be at the end of this season? That is the only question we need to know. If less than 3 million then he will be fired otherwise you’re stuck with the dude. Football is a serious game…too bad for Mark Richt and worse for a lot of great UGA fans. That’s all I got to say about that.
yog
August 28th, 2011
8:25 am
lollollollol How can a dog fan not see losing to the gators.lollollol
Paddy
August 28th, 2011
8:36 am
Jeff, you are correct in all but Boise State. UGA wins by 2 td’s.
Bama Mike
August 28th, 2011
8:40 am
Dawgs will go 10-2 with two devastating losses to Miss State and Tennessee, two sleeper teams that are going to catch some teams unprepared. It still could be enough to get them back in the dome.
improvement because. . ..
August 28th, 2011
8:40 am
Offense: upgrade at RB, still good WR – better than touted with Brown to step up big, then Charles.
O-line is good, just thin.
Defense: huge improvement. Incredible LB group, nose tackle massive improvement
9-3.
Dan
August 28th, 2011
8:40 am
I really hope UGA makes it to the Dome in December. If they do, Alabama will crush them by about 3 TD’s. Richt’s teams lack any discipline and are soft as a baby’s behind. I’m afraid that if the Dawgs lose to Boise the wheels will come off and they’ll be forced to get rid of Richt by the end of the season. I’d hate for them to get a real hard nosed coach.
Roll Tide
John
August 28th, 2011
8:45 am
It will be the same results as last year except by larger margin Gamecocks 24 Dogs 10
Paddy
August 28th, 2011
8:45 am
Columbia…..losing Mettenburger was not hugh. He would be 2nd string at UGA this year. Maybe even 3rd string. He is 3rd string at LSU also this year. I wish him well but his departure never gave the UGA faithful a moments pause.
NoGaGator
August 28th, 2011
8:51 am
UGA has a very winnable schedule this year, not having to play any of the 3 best in the SEC West. I think they go 9-3 but start off 0-2. I think they beat UT and lose another 1 along the way.
UF may surprise but the odds are against that. New staff, new systems and murderous schedule. They’ll be improved over last year but the record might not show it. They should be up for the top in 2013 however.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
8:56 am
Tampagatorhater…….
When and if you win a national championship, and since you have not won one since 1980, you will have the right to be as obnoxious as you want to be at that time. But since Alabama has a lot of those, you can therefore understand their right for obnoxious behavior……behavior you obviously would love to exhibit for just cause. Until then, you will just have to deal with those who have recently experienced what it is like to be a fan of a national champion. And, until then, you will just have to settle for being highly jealous of us……..and HATE us for being fans of championship programs. And good luck with that.
Rev Ignatowski
August 28th, 2011
9:00 am
AJC Sports are such “homers”. Seems like every year UGA fans are the last to realize they aren’t as good as they imagined, and the AJC Sports dept. has a lot to do with those unrealistic expectations. Your SC game forecast is a good example of the wishful thinking that fluffs up your coverage.
Come November, when UGA fans are sitting around wondering what went wrong, they should pull up this column for reference. UGA goes 8-4, or possibly even 7-5 this year. They have no realistic chance in the SEC and will go bowling in some place like Shreveport.
Nothing against the Bulldogs, but you should shoot straight in your analysis.
gadawgs
August 28th, 2011
9:03 am
Yep, just like Zabrowski was gonna tear us apart in 05′ how’d that work out for him. The only two games that truly concern me are SC & FL. Lattimore will not go for 182 this year. Double Jeffrey on the outside and make Garcia beat you (I don’t think he can, Dawgs win). FL on the other hand I cannot and will not predict any victories here (because, well everyone knows why.Dawgs lose). Therefore, 11-1.
buzzDawg
August 28th, 2011
9:22 am
Dawgs win Dome to Dome in 2011.
LHarding Dawg
August 28th, 2011
9:24 am
Schultz, you went on vacation to come up with that list of loses. Boise and Tennessee, you must still be drunk.
4th place hype
August 28th, 2011
9:26 am
Alabama was 4th in the SEC West last year.
doomsayer
August 28th, 2011
9:28 am
The Dawgs will have to beat either Kentucky or GA Tech to become bowl eligible this year.
LHarding Dawg
August 28th, 2011
9:31 am
Hey TampaGator, the University of Georgia will never be jealous of the University of Florida. I don’t care if you win a hundred straight. Just walk the two schools, no comparison. Our day will return, hopefully sooner than later.
BullDogMike
August 28th, 2011
9:48 am
Florida has come back to rest of the field now. No Tebow anymore. And no excuse to lose to them on any kind of regular basis. They have all world recruiting down there, so they will always be strong, but like Tiger Woods in golf, they have lost the intimidation factor. If the coaches we have cannot get this game turned around now, I say clean house with them !
Steve
August 28th, 2011
9:52 am
athens dumb dog. this is not a uga blog. do you see the words south carolina mentioned for the second game. i do. your a wacko
Brian
August 28th, 2011
10:01 am
I think we’re a lot more likely to lose to Mississippi State than Tennessee. Unfortunately, I have to agree with you on the Florida game. Until we prove we otherwise, I see us losing to them again, but in another close game.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
10:04 am
@Rev Ignatowski,
You bash the AJC for predicting a 9-3 record for UGA but your first prediction was 8-4? So the AJC is one game off of your prediction but yet you are critical?
@Steve,
Essentially this is a UGA blog. When the blog predicts how UGA season will unfold I think it pretty much makes it a UGA blog. Just because SC was mentioned in the 2nd line does not make it a Carolina blog.
poopdawg
August 28th, 2011
10:07 am
Tampagator , so YOU have won a National Championship or you are a FAN of a team that has? Thats a lot of POOP talk for being a fan . I know your proud of your team but your too OLD to be trash talking. Or should i say more mature. Good luck SEC teams its almost here.
Brian
August 28th, 2011
10:10 am
Here’s how I look at this season- Georgia’s defense should be a lot better and Murray will have a very good season. Our running game will struggle early, but get much better as the year goes on. I believe the reason Georgia did so good earlier in Richt’s coaching career was because of the quarterbacks they had. You need a good quarterback to win in the SEC and Greene was the reason we won a lot of our games. I expect Murray to carry us to some big wins this season. Go Dawgs!
RTR all year long!
August 28th, 2011
10:12 am
Murray is a heck of a player, I’ll give him that. Seems like a good guy, too. I hope he beats Florida, but I know Alabama will! It’s gonna be 3 in a row! RTR!
Big L
August 28th, 2011
10:14 am
Can someone explain why, if Boise is so confident that they can beat anyone, why they let other schools like TCU and Utah make moves to AQ conferences and they didn’t. Taking the easy rout I see.
miss st
August 28th, 2011
10:32 am
Miss St are also the bulldogs. so who wins? you are a dummy, one would figure a sports writer would catch that..
Beast from the East
August 28th, 2011
10:33 am
“Florida is NOT as good as us, but I would not bet money on that game.It just always makes fools of us.”
Big L,
Silliest comment of the year so far. 18 of the last 21. #1 recruiting class in 2010. Worst UF team in years at 8-5 while UGA went 6-7 with losses to all teams with a pulse. Yeah, UGA’s much better than UF. I hope the players think the same thing when they come to Jax. If they do, it won’t even be close.
AceDawg
August 28th, 2011
10:35 am
UGA will have the right personnel needed to win each game on their schedule, but as they haven’t gone undefeated in decades, it takes some real wishful thinking from us Dawgs fans to think we’ll be a title contender. However, I’m thinking wishfully.
Floyd
August 28th, 2011
10:38 am
Something to consider, Schultz…statistically speaking, Aaron Murray has already experienced a season without AJ Green. He missed the first four games and was a total non-factor in three others. Not trying to nitpick and there are many legitimate reasons to think Georgia won’t win more than nine games this year (personally, I think they’ll only win eight). But losing AJ Green will be the least of many factors. The biggest concern I see is that Georgia lacks any depth at all where it matters most…RB and OL. We’re paper thin at the two positions most prone to injuries. That’s trouble in the SEC. In the unlikely event Georgia can avoid the injury bug, however, the schedule shapes up quite nicely this year.
Beast from the East
August 28th, 2011
10:45 am
UGA goes 8-4 with losses to SC, UT, MSU and UF. I’ve said it all year. They’ll be battling UF for second place in the East.
Bob
August 28th, 2011
10:45 am
Jeff, if you’re correct, the Tenn loss will be the nail in Richt’s coffin and another loss to UF will be the hammer. Personally, I think we’ll beat Tenn; however, the MS game will be a toss-up.
JackDennis
August 28th, 2011
10:46 am
Abandon ship! Richt and Dawgs slip under the waves, stern first. Bwahahaha
Numberwang
August 28th, 2011
10:49 am
We were two plays away from beating Florida. I think we get over the hump this year and beat the Gators. I know my glasses are rosy, but hey it’s August!
pragmatic
August 28th, 2011
10:54 am
Wtih this schedule what kind of ranking does a 10-2 or 9-3 season get us?
Justified!
August 28th, 2011
10:56 am
4th place hype
August 28th, 2011
9:26 am
Alabama was 4th in the SEC West last year.
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You forgot to add. Finished No. 10 in the final BCS rankings. While playing 7 teams with open weeks prior to playing Alabama. That is what is called respect. All the while a UGA team is 6-7 unless you are reading plaques that said 7-6. Either way, it was a horrible record for UGA.
Add to that the UF Gators had the worst team they have had in over 8 years and still beat a NFL caliber team at UGA. But yet after 30 years I guess the Bulldawg nation rates their success on how much merchandise is sold to its fan base. If that is the case…welcome to 6th nationally. Do they give out trophies for merchandising?
Justified!
August 28th, 2011
11:01 am
If UGA does not win this year with this cupcake schedule..then it will not happen for several more years…here is what your 2012 schedule looks like.
2012 Georgia Football Schedule
•09/01 – Buffalo
•09/08 – at South Carolina
•09/15 – Florida Atlantic
•09/22 – Vanderbilt
•09/29 – Tennessee
•10/06 – at Alabama
•10/13 – at Kentucky
•10/20 – Off
•10/27 – Florida (at Jacksonville, FL)
•11/03 – Ole Miss
•11/10 – at Auburn
•11/17 – Georgia Southern
•11/24 – Georgia Tech
•12/01 – SEC Championship
Beast from the East
August 28th, 2011
11:04 am
Justified,
That schedule doesn’t look too much harder than this year’s. Ole Miss is weaker than MSU. UT at home. Bama on the road is the only major difference, but when you take BSU out of the equation it’s about a wash.
Homepage | MrSEC.com
August 28th, 2011
11:05 am
[...] Boise State will beat Georgia in the opener and other predictions on the Bulldogs [...]
Justified!
August 28th, 2011
11:06 am
Conference wise? On the road to USC, BAMA, Kentucky and Auburn…..those are 4 tough places to play.
Beast from the East
August 28th, 2011
11:09 am
Kentucky? I don’t think so. UGA has actually don better on the road against Auburn. No doubt that SC and Bama will be tough for anyone.
Eat and tweet
August 28th, 2011
11:12 am
Sorry shultzie but dawgs will lose to SC too and go 8 – 4.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 28th, 2011
11:13 am
I think we beat Boise, but it is a toss up at best against S.C. I don’t think we lose to Florida this year, but by the time the game rolls around, we will have a pretty good idea of how this team will play. I think our D will handle Tenn. OPf course the tech. fans are on here mouthing off like they are even relevant, but chalk that up as a win for UGA. I think the MSU and Auburn games will be tougher than some predict but if the DAWGS are ready and play with intensity, they can pull out wins. I see UGA losing three games this year, but still having a pretty good year, even with the inexperience UGA has.
GO DAWGS and GATA
Justified!
August 28th, 2011
11:14 am
Playing at USC early, Alabama and Kentucky middle and back to back, Florida and Auburn late is a difficult stretch. The good thing about it is outside the O line the experience UGA will get this year will aid in their improvement. However if the Team fails this year, contrary to what is being written, the coaching stafff will change and with change we all seem to either stay neutral or back up a little.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
August 28th, 2011
11:15 am
@Country Boy: So SC is better coached than UGA. Why don’t you check out the Richt vs Spurrier record and tell me how many times each has won the SEC Championship. Richt has jettisoned his problem children but Spurrier can’t bring himself to boot problem child Garcia. Perhaps Spurrier is in some way related or lost a bet, No single college player has had more suspensions and various other rabblerousing activities than Garcia. Had Spurrier booted SG 2 years ago he probably would have a little less talented QB but he could relax at night occasionally. SG will stumble again before the season ends. Even Joe Don Looney(Oklahoma) could/did not match Garcia’s activities.
Can it be true?
August 28th, 2011
11:19 am
Split the first 2 games. Not sure which. Then lose one along the way. MSU or FLA etc.. and finish 10-2. go DAWGS!
Here’s hoping we win them all and have a Dream Season!
Tracy
August 28th, 2011
11:19 am
I’m a huge dogs fan and sorry, but I see a 7-5 season at best. We’ll lose the first two and probably lose each pretty bad.
We’ll lose to Auburn and South Carolina.
Justified!
August 28th, 2011
11:21 am
There is little chance that UGA loses to Tennessee. The Vol defense is dismantled and young. That has a chance to be a very high scoring game on both sides of the ball. MSU is really loaded and for those who saw them in Jacksonville on January 1 saw Mullen play a ton of youngster who have a full grasp of his system. His system does work. MSU changed defensive staffs but they are still returning 18 starters and a great deal of beef on both sides of the ball. They are athletic.
Auburn is just young and Malzahn and his misdirection will keep them in many many games, but that defense is going to get lit up. It will be a long season for Auburn and one can expect the quarterback situation to be very fluid for them all year.
Now at UGA, the one major key that no one is mentioning is the fact that Georgia goes as Murray goes. If the O line cannot keep him injury free it may be a very hard act for UGA to spread the field and keep teams off balanced. UGA’s defense will be better if they can get a great deal of 3 and outs, if not the depth will make it very hard for UGA to win some of those tight games.
Justified!
August 28th, 2011
11:33 am
2013 UGA schedule…is not pretty…LSU and Clemson on the road, USC, Alabama, Auburn at home, and UF in Jacksonville. App. State at home….
Open the season on road at Clemson, at home verse Vandy, home verse USC, two cupcakes,
LSU on road, Tennessee on road, Alabama , open date, Kentucky, UF, App state and Auburn then GT…These dream teamers will be juniors or redshirt sophmores…time for some puppies to become dogs…
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
11:34 am
Beast from the East…..
I think Georgia loses to Boise but then upsets SC…..then loses to Florida (because Florida has a better team and better coaches)…..but still wins the East because of their, in relative terms, easy SEC schedule. Florida loses to LSU down there at night, loses to Bama in a close game in THE SWAMP (although I think there will be a possibility of an upset at night), and SC in Columbia…..and finishes 3rd in the East because of their very difficult SEC schedule. Then, in 2012, Florida goes undefeated in the SEC with Driskell and Brissett at the helm…..and once again contends to the NC title.
Better to post after you have had your coffee.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
11:36 am
Justified……
That is why Richt and the Dawgs better win the East this year!
War Dang Dawg
August 28th, 2011
11:40 am
If Richt drops his 9th game out of 11 against UF, fire him. If we can’t beat them when they’re average, then when?
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
11:41 am
I think both Georgia and Florida are going to have their hands full with the Vols this year. Dooley is a great coach…..and probably will be hunted by the Georgia administration to be the next Georgia HC if Richt, once again, falls flat this year. Come to think of it, I am not sure if Georgia fans should not be wishing for that this year. Dooley vs. Richt as your head coach……duh Dooley is the type of head coach that could take you to the promised land….and out of dreamland.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
11:44 am
War Dang Dawg…..
Keep on thinking Florida is “average” and you will lose the “9 out of 11.” Florida’s talent and coaches are far from “average.” Wake up from your dream world. Go to any football site and look at Florida’s roster. It is loaded and ready to Chomp. It is all about Brantley this year…….but Driskell is already looking polished for the Gators….and he will push Brantley this year….and is ready to step in if needed.
Russ---Once Again the Temporary Mascot (can't keep those replacements alive)
August 28th, 2011
11:47 am
Well, fans, you’ll be seeing my new look soon. Yep, Ol’ Russ will be wearing white side pads, because he expects to be kicked a lot by his own team when they lose to Boise State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Mississippi State, Auburn, and Florida. I may even wear a pad over my butt to keep the painters away. I’ve seen these boys practice, and it’s only an even bet they can find the commode when they have to go.
You heard it here first: Richt becomes a full-time missionary after this season, no little Bulldog fans will be born nine months from the end of the season, and Ol’ Russ gets permanent, forced retirement in the Savannah area, while the Georgia Bull Dogs take on a new mascot, The Rented Mule—as in beat like . . .
I'm just saying
August 28th, 2011
11:49 am
9-3….ROTFLMFAO
D man
August 28th, 2011
11:55 am
8&4 at best. They won’t beat SC and I think they will lose one or two more and Richt will get fired.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
August 28th, 2011
12:00 pm
Tampa Gator: Tell us more about your new OC/QB coach who can turn water into BEER but failed(and was fired) to inspire anything positive coming out of South Bend football-wise in a decade of coaching at one of the MOST prominent colleges in Division 1 Football while having a lot of talent on his teams. What your new OC needs is a new batch ot QB’s to choose from since everybody on UF’s team except a few freshmen played a little at the QB position last year..You probably need to replace all your ink cartriges by the way. You managed to say, in only 1634 words what it would take most folks at least 34 words. UGA may lose to UF but it will have little to do with OLE HEAVY’s contributions. Hope y’all ain’t paying HEAVY by the pound. If Meyers couldn’t find a real QB out of the crowd he went through I’m doubting that HEAVY can. Meyers is a better coach than HEAVY and I am thankful he has moved on
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:01 pm
You will win the National Title this year…..just like Big John Jenkins was going to come in this summer and dominate the college football world……can you s-p-e-l-l…..backup?
Georgia Tech has something to prove this season | Jeff Schultz
August 28th, 2011
12:02 pm
[...] Georgia will go 9-3 this season, and here’s how | Jeff Schultz [...]
H-Town Dawg
August 28th, 2011
12:11 pm
Sorry Jeff, the Dawgs do no worse than 10-2. And Florida will be made to realize that they’re headed back to Zook-like mediocrity. Dawgs roll in Jacksonville and party like it’s 2007! lol
GO DAWGS!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
August 28th, 2011
12:13 pm
Tampa Gator: After reading your 11:34 AM post I apologize for my “raggedy a$$ post. I not only like what you had to say, it pretty well expresses my HOPES. Thanks for the upbeat opinion of UGA’s 2011.
Brainiac(Dawg for life)
August 28th, 2011
12:19 pm
Jeff: Your article stated that in the Miss. State/UGA game that “Bulldawgs win”. That is a given unless Miss. State changes their mascot.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:20 pm
Brainiac (??????)
1. Weis did not coach for a decade at ND.
2. He had a terriffic offense at ND….but no defense. And they did not have great talent there. They had average talent. Florida has and will have great talent for him to work with….on offense.
3. Weis won some bowl games at ND….something they had not been doing…..that is something postiive (and sent players to the NFL…another thing they had not been doing)….now that is positive.
4. New batch of talent at QB? What in the heck do you call Jeff Driskell, Jacoby Brissett, and Tyler Murphy…..all talented freshmen QBs at Florida? Driskell and Brissett were two of the top QBs coming out of HS last year.,…and Murphy was a top duel threat QB coming out of the East two years ago.
5. You just fell a few words short of my word post with your post….by the way. Better check your ink….although, the last time I checked, posting did not require a connection to a printer.
6. Florida is paying Weis a lot….and it has nothing to do with his weight, which is gene and medical related and not food related (and Weis has lost a lot of weight working with Florida’s S&C coach already. And he is worth every dollar they are paying him. Bobo vs., Weis? Are you kidding!!!
7. If Florida beats Georgia this year, it will have everything to do with how Weis coaches up one, John Brantley, and the backup freshmen QBs this year….and the entire offense for that matter…..because Florida has a terriffic D this year. And remember, Florida beat Georgia with Addazio as its OC….and no OC was worse than Addazio last year….not even Bobo.
8. It is Meyer…..not Meyers……and Meyer….not Meyers….and he was not the OC at Florida….he was the head coach. Addazio was the OC…..and I am certainly glad he is now at Temple and Weis is at Florida.
9. And most Florida fans….based on the effort Meyer put into being the head coach last year….feel the same way you do about Meyer….glad he is with ESPN and Muschamp and company are in Gainesville.
10. Unfortunately, Georgia and SEC fans will soon not be glad Muschamp and company are now in Gainesville and Meyer is with ESPN (and he won’t be there long…..Ohio State next year…unless they go 11-1 and win the Big Ten this year).
Next time you post…….post so I cannot come back so strong at you!
still a dawg fan
August 28th, 2011
12:25 pm
I read in the Idaho Statesman Newspaper this morning that they are reporting that B. Boykin is texting their head coach Chris Petersen & daring him to kick to him.If it is true what are our guys doing texting the other teams head coach for & then taunting him Come on Coach M.R. I thought you had changed the culture.Put a stop to it
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TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:26 pm
Brainiac….
I rarely post through emotion……and try to be real. Read my above post to see. The quality of talent between Florida and Georgia has never been that different….as it is this year. The difference has always been coaching….as I think it will be this year. Unfortunately, for Florida this year, it will also have something to do with Georgia’s SEC schedule and Florida’s SEC schedule. Georgia wins because of that and their upset of SC in game two. But you better win this year…..because Florida returns to a normal SEC schedule and will be extremely talented next year….and extremely well coached….in year two under Muschamp and Weis.
Dawgman
August 28th, 2011
12:27 pm
The only way CMR survives a 9-3 record is if the record is good enough to get to Atlanta in December. 9-3 and no trip to Atlanta in December will more than likely be the end for him in Athens.
The schedule is favorable and the last 2 years have been awful. The East is down for the most part, UT and UF will not be down forever. WE DO NOT FACE THE BIG BOYS FROM THE WEST. This year is it for CMR, its Atlanta or bust.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:28 pm
still a dawg fan….\
Richt will put an end to it…..if it is true……and if it is true, Boykin is a dumb a……….
But I have a hard time believing such a story.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:33 pm
Dawgman….
No way the current AD at Georgia fires Richt with any kind of 9-3 record. But I could see it with a 8-4 or 7-5 record and a loss to SC and Florida. But no way with 9-3 and a bowl trip. You don’t fire coaches with that….or you are a bad AD. Plus, he would have improved from 6-7 to 9-3 and just came of two good recruiting classes. No way.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:35 pm
Dawgman……
Florida is not down…..but keep on thinking that. They are loaded with talent…..and have big time coaching going on again…..something that did not exist last year in Gainesville when Meyer took the year off.
whatever
August 28th, 2011
12:36 pm
With Georgia’s cupcake schedule after the BS game (which UGA will win – BS lost too many key players in DBacks and Receivers) – UGA SHOULD easily go 10-2 without much of a sweat. Dawg fans CAN NOT complain about the schedule this year.
Dawgman
August 28th, 2011
12:42 pm
TampaGator,
After last year, yes, you are down until you prove otherwise. I agree that UF is loaded with talent but hold onto your judgements until at least halfway through the season. We heard the same crap last year.
“Brantley will step right in for Tebow.”
“Brantley for Heisman.”
UF and UGA are in the same boat, eventhough you beat us last year, you have just as much to prove this year as we do. Chill out with the arrogance.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:44 pm
still a dawg fan….
Boykin used Twitter for the post….and did not text the coach directly. Muschamp has made a rule against Florida players using Facebook and Twitter…..for a reason….at Florida. Richt should do the same. But the Boise coach had a good come back…..that they are not afraid of kicking to him….and playing well to the challenge of a good team is what you are supposed to do. You better hope Boykin backs up his Twit….and stops doing it.
Dawgman
August 28th, 2011
12:45 pm
Tampa Gator,
9-3 with no trip to Atlanta should get CMR fired.
Bama, LSU, Arky, and the Chickens are the top teams in the SEC right now and we only play one of them. The schedule sets up nicely to make a run. IF not this year, then when?
buckheaddawg
August 28th, 2011
12:45 pm
the best move georgia made this offseason was starting sanders commings at S and telling rambo to sit the f down
Giggyloo
August 28th, 2011
12:50 pm
UGA will miss Caleb King & W.Ealey. They try to downplay the loss of these two but it will result in LOSS for UGA !
Amos
August 28th, 2011
12:51 pm
UGA will not win 9 games ?
kerryb
August 28th, 2011
12:53 pm
All of you columnist are predictable every year. Georgia will NOT lose to Florida this year. Reason: new coach, new offense they don’t have the players to run, lost their best defensive players. Georgia will NOT lose to Tenn. Don’t see any athletes at Tenn yet that will compare to Georgia’s. Georgia is also going to beat the most over hyped team that doesn’t play anyone like an SEC team to start the year. What happened to Boise State in 2005 will happen this year. They were hyped to beat us in our own house and see what happened to them then 48-13.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
12:55 pm
Dawgman……
In the same boat…….?????
In the same boat………..6-7 last year and only returning 7 starters vs. 8-5 and losing only three major players (Pouncey, Gilbert, and Jenkins)?
In the same boat…….
A roster filled with 3 straight top 10 classes (I think) vs. a roster filled with 3 straight top 10 classes…but ranked higher every year than Georgia until last year (I think)
In the same boat…….Liberty Bowl loss to UCF and scored only 7 points against them vs. Outback Bowl (New Year’s Day Bowl by the way) win over Penn State and scored over 30 points.
In the same boat……Florida beat Georgia the year Meyer took the entire year off and Addazio was the OC the entire year…..and the year Florida had a terrible DC who had the Martinez bend but do not break approach to D…..and still beat the Dawgs….because they did not break somehow.
In the same boat……..ESPN was also touting Brantley as a potential Heisman candidate and future NFL star last summer based on his play in spring and summer practice last summer….just like me….and we were wrong.
In the same boat…….You still have Bobo as your OC and Florida has Weis at its OC. Like comparing a canoe vs. a Steamboat….both is size of body and stenght of football mind.
BETTER GO BACK AND CHECK THE SIZE OF THAT SAME BOAT AGAIN.
kerryb
August 28th, 2011
1:06 pm
Tampa Gator, Florida kicked it’s best cover corner off the team. Several of those players in those top 10 teams have transferred. You are now running a pro style offense with no established FB scat backs who can’t run between the tackles, shorthanded at experienced WR’s, and no TE to speak of. You have also an experienced offensive line in a new offense. Florida has more problems that you will admit.
kerryb
August 28th, 2011
1:08 pm
I should have said an inexperienced o-line in a new offense.
kerryb
August 28th, 2011
1:10 pm
Florida will lose 5 games this year but these unoriginal columnist will still pick them to beat us. Look at it on paper not what has happened in the past.
Dawgman
August 28th, 2011
1:10 pm
Tampa Gator,
Let me say it one more time for you.
Yes, you are in the same boat.
Anotherseason
August 28th, 2011
1:14 pm
IF it is true that Boykin used Twitter to post to any Boise personnel – then CMR should set the precedence and bench Boykin for this game – but of course we all know CMR won’t do this – he only distills discipline for games that don’t really matter – when UGA should easily win.
Dawgman
August 28th, 2011
1:14 pm
Weis is such a great coach that ND fans wanted him fired 2 years before he was actually fired.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
1:20 pm
keery B……
1. Deonte Thompson at WR fits the pro style better than the spread style and is thriving in the new offense.
2. Quinton Dunbar (redshirt fr) will probably be on the all-freshmen SEC team at WR this year and fits the pro style offense perfectly with his good size (6′1 and 190), great hands (reportedly has not dropped a single ball in practice this spring or summer), and terrffic speed (4.3).
3. Jordan Reed at 6′5 and 255 will fit perfectly at tight end in the pro style offense….great speed, stength, and hands.
4. Chris Rainey ran out of the I-formation in high school and has been thriving running out of it this summer…..along with Jon Demps as a speed change of pace…..and Trey Burton (6′3 and 235) as the bruising back in the I-form on short yardage situations).
5. Burton will also be hard to deal with running out of the H-back postion, mainly catching the ball out of the backfield and blocking for Rainey, Demps, and Brown.
6. The OL is raving about playing in the pro style vs. the spread. “We get to knock people down now….and Matt Patchan is finally healthy and is a beast at RT.
7. The pro style best fits the skills of John Brantley…..and all reports are that he is thriving in it this summer…..and so is Jeff Driskell.
“Lost their best defensive players”
Florida lost only two very good players in Janoris Jenkins and Ahmad Black. Jenkins will be difficult to replace…..but Marcus Robertson may start as a freshman and has the same skill sets as Jenkins…and is bigger and faster…and a very talented Cody Riggs will be there as well….and is currently the starter…but may be a little too small and probably fits better in as the nickel back. Matt Elam will replace Black and will be even better than Black…..this year.
They lost two DE’s…..Trattou and Lemmens…..both of which will not be missed much and will be replaced by better players….Sharieff Floyd and Ronald Powell….soon to be SEC stars.
They also lost Will Hill at FS……who was don’t want to go to class, lazy jerk, did not play well, left school early….was not drafted or signed as a FA by the NFL……..and will not be missed…..and was replaced by Josh Evans at the end of the year. Josh will still be there and he is being pushed hard by an outstanding freshmen, Pop Saunders….both are better than Hill right now.
If you beat Florida this year……it will be because Brantley did not develop and Florida was forced to play a freshman at QB (like you guys last year)….and he will probably throw a key interception at the end of the game to cost the Gators the game…..like for you guys last year. That will be the only reason…..and maybe Florida being down from losing close games to Bama and LSU in previous weeks.
JD
August 28th, 2011
1:27 pm
Now that we know how the season will go since Jeff has spoken, can we get the final BCS standings and move on to March madness. (or should we play the games?). Can you imagine predicting the SEC Championship game before any games are played and season ending injuries happen?
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
1:27 pm
Dawgman……
Weis is not the head coach at Florida or at ND anymore, dude. What he did at ND as HC has nothing to do with what he is going to do at Florida….apples and oranges….or what he has done as OC at New England and Kansas CIty (last year) in the NFL. He is the OC at Florida now…..and Weis….believe it or not…..is one of the top offensive minds in ALL of football. Burry your head all you want. Weis will have a huge, postive impact at Florida….this year and for several years to come. He is a great offensive mind and coach. And, yes, he is overweight. But that does not impair his coaching mind at all…..especially when he is watching film and teaching eager offensive minds at Florida.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
1:30 pm
Dawgman……
Same boat? Again? But….again….just words based on emotion and loyalty….not facts to justify same words again….but that is the easy way out, isn’t it?
artoris
August 28th, 2011
1:41 pm
Until Georgia proves they can win I predict another year of mediocrity. This article is just another preseason hype that happens every year and then amounts to nothing.
ATL XMAN
August 28th, 2011
1:46 pm
tampagator…the offense that weiss will be running is not as simple as you may think. its mostly about timing and knowing your assignments( knowing who to block on blitzing linebackers and reading def secondary that brantly or anny player on the fla offense is used to) as far as runnnig the ball and you guys really dont have a back that is ready to handle the pro style offense. it will take time for your offense to click and really be albel to use all that talent. your defense will be good for sure but still young enough to make some mistakes that i think uga will take advantage off. the problem was not our offense last year but our defense in the 4th qt. just didnt finish out the game like they should have. i think you underestimate the pro style offense learning curve. its not simple and brantly confidence is a little shook right now.
OldFan
August 28th, 2011
1:47 pm
9-3. Absolutely ridiculous! 7-5. And, remember, that’s a better record than last year.
ATL XMAN
August 28th, 2011
1:49 pm
uga did prove they could win…they have gone 96 and 30 something since richt has been the coach and just 3 years agao won 10 games. no reason not to think they will start winning 10 plus a year again. a good mix of talent and experience on this years squad will make the difference on defense.
ATL XMAN
August 28th, 2011
1:51 pm
rainy and demps are not pro style running backs and you are kidding yourself if you think they are. way too small and will most likley be hurt by the time they play uga. they are not built to take the pounding that a pro style running back will take over the season.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
1:56 pm
kerryB…..
None of the players who transferred were going to play much at Florida…..and one….Chris Martin….would not go to class or stop smoking pot. Not exactly Muschamp’s type of player. The other, Jenkins, would not stop smoking pot either. Let him do it at a small college in Alabama now.
No TE? Weis will disagree. Jordan Reed will be playing TE in the pros soon…..he is another Aaron Hernandez type player….but is bigger and faster….same great hands. You might remember him….so talented that he ran over your players in the wildcat formation last year. \
Shorthanded at WR and inexperienced at WR?
Deonte Thompson…..4th year starting at WR…and caught a key pass near the endzone against Georgia last year.
Chris Hammond – 3rd year starting at WR….and maybe the most consistent WR on the team.
Omaris Hines – 3rd year playing WR and caught two key passes against Georgia last year.
Andre Debose – the #1 WR coming out of HS a couple of years ago….and starting to play to his potential both as a WR deep threat and as a kick returner (two for TDs last year)
Solomon Patton…..another 5-star recruit starting to get it and make an impact both as a WR and on special treams.
and….probably the best of all……
Quinton Dunbar…..reshirt freshman who would have started last year if he had not sustained an injury the last week of summer practice. He will make the freshman all-SEC team this year.
I think you meant….”inexperienced OL”
LT – Xavier Nixon, Jr – former freshman all-SEC player and played hurt a lot last year.
LG – Kyle Kohane, Soph – not that experienced but Weis says he has a future in the NFL at guard.
OC – Jon Harrison, Soph – yes, not experienced, but is very good.
RG – Jon Halipio – Jr. – very experience and very good….as the guy who lined up against him in the Georgia-Florida game last year…..burried him and Trey Burton and Jordan Reed ran to the right side all day long.
RT – Matt Patchan – Jr. – experienced, but hurt a lot at Florida…healthy now and a beast of a RT.
Key back up….Chaz Green….the RT your coach wanted so badly, but is having a difficult time beating out Nixon and Patchan because they are so good. They also have the Weiner kid as a backup, and he was a starter at ND for 3 years in the Weis offense.
Think again.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
2:01 pm
X-Man…….
Chirs Rainey has never been hurt for more than one game at Florida…..and he has taken a lot of pounding in his three years in the SEC. And you have to touch him to pound him….and Rainey is not easy to touch or catch running out of the I-formation.
Joh Demps is 5′8 and 195 pounds…..and all muscle. He ha been running up the middle for three years at Florida. He hurt his foot last year whr. By the way, the foot has completely healed and he is still running a 4.2……much of it straight up the middle
Trey Burton is 6′3 and 235 and takes pounding just find….if you can catchi him,,,,which none of the Georgia players could last year.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
2:03 pm
…..that would be…..Demps hurt his foot when it was stepped on in a game last year and suffered a severe high ankle sprain……that could happen to any sized back.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
2:08 pm
X-Man…..
According to Weis and the Florida players……..Brantley’s confidence has never been highter than it is right now…..and Weis says he complelely understands the offense (so much that Weis is letting him call all the audibles on the field)….and Weis has stated that he has full confidence….based on Brantley executing the offense in practice….for him to do that in games. Weis is also saying Driskell is almost ready to do the same. In the Weis offense, the QB has to be able to effectively read the defensive sets at the line of scrimmage and be able to execute the called play or audible to another to take advantage of the set. Weis says Brantley is doing that in practice at a high level. He just has to do it on Saturdays.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
2:10 pm
Well….the wife says it is time to go for our walk on the beach…….have a nice day.
Lilburn Dawg
August 28th, 2011
2:23 pm
Your predictions are close, but I differ in that we’ll lose to Boise, lost to SC, lose to Auburn instead of Tennessee, and lose to Florida.
Just gonna say it!
August 28th, 2011
2:32 pm
Got to love a homer Florida fan who last year spoke so far out of his rear that he predicted Florida would be just as good and repeated the fact that UF would be in the SECCG, beat Everyone, and all those freshmen signed to the best recruiting class 2009 would contribute and be great players. When in reality the upperclassmen had to slap those youngster around, the quarterback had a very hard time doing anything. UF slipped by Ohio, barely beat USF, and got spanked by MSU, Al, FSU, LSU, and had to hang on to beat Tennessee. However they did beat Georgia as they annually do.
Saying all that, they were and still are better than the UGA team that is one year removed from winning only one trophy. The Fulmer Cup. The losses to Colorado, USC, MSU, UCF all stand out as embarrassing. And now this dream team is going to save the program. What a laugher.
In the end, Florida is better than UGA, has a ton of deeper talent, and will once again beat UGA only to have the DC at UGA give the choke sign to himself and the entire UGA football squad.
One word of advice to tampagator…do not let your mouth over load the gator bite. It did not work out to well for you last year….did it?
Just gonna say it!
August 28th, 2011
2:35 pm
Anyone that loses to Auburn at home is pretty pathetic. That bunch is going to be horrible. No matter how you spell it, the program is rebuilding and will need two years of payroll to get back in the hunt of the SEC.
Just gonna say it!
August 28th, 2011
2:37 pm
USC should win the East, lose to LSU or Alabama in the SECCG…
UF will finish second
UGA will finish third
UT/UK tied for 4th
Vandy winds up better than most folks think.
LSU/Ala
MSU
Ark
Auburn
Ole Miss
It may be not be good enough to get a SEC team in the NCG….
Bob
August 28th, 2011
2:48 pm
@Tampa…thanks for your posts. I enjoy reading them and appreciate your insight. You certainly support your team, too, but I have to recpectfully disagree about Derek Dooley. While he’s a fine man and a solid recruiter, I can’t see him at UGA. He may even be a better coach right now than Richt, but that’s not saying much. Our game with UF will be interesting…just don’t party too much on Dale Mabry afterwards trying to get over a loss.
playmeortrademe
August 28th, 2011
2:55 pm
Well, three losses in the five biggest games of the year, that would probably be it for the Mark Richt era at UGA.
The only way the boosters and alums remain happy is if UGA somehow backs into the SECCG at 6-2 and then upsets the west rep and goes to the Sugar Bowl. If not, UGA will be 2 for 5 or 2 for 6 in big games and relegated to either the Chick-Fil-A or Capital One Bowl. Not a successful season for a school that wants to be an annual BCS contender.
And Florida is a must. Lose to UT and UF and you are 5-3 and 4-2 in the SEC and probably staring at 3rd place. Sanford Stadium will be 2/3 full vs NMSU and UK. Check the message boards and radio call-in shows if that scenario play outs.
Bill Grogan
August 28th, 2011
3:00 pm
Dogs will not know if IC can run AB (after Boise) because they will get behind early and have to pass often just to try to catch up.
The author missed on his second pick.
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
3:08 pm
I like Boykin’s confidence and swagger. ” I DARE you to kick to me.” I love it. Oh and he can back it up and if you want to argue with me I’ll post videos of him returning kicks for touchdowns. I know you believe me, so I won’t have to go there will I?
SEC West
August 28th, 2011
3:09 pm
I can’t believe Mark thinks Georgia beats Miss. State. Lets take a look at his logic- “winning in Athens is something they’ve done only twice (1914 and 1956, with Georgia winning nine straight at home since).”. Yeah and ?? And what do games in decades ago have to do with a game in 2011? Or with the price of tea in China?
Dan Mullen Has MSU clicking and if not 4 losses- all to top 15 sec west teams AU, Ark, AL, and LSU last year MSU would have gone unbeaten in the east. This is a very good team that just happens to be overshadowed by even greater teams in the west.
Expect the real bulldogs from Starkville to lay a beatdown on the paper bulldogs from Athens.
Rolo
August 28th, 2011
3:19 pm
7-5, Losses to BSU, USC, MSU, UT, FLA.
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
3:19 pm
Well I’ll be…now we have an MSU fan talking crap?
playmeortrademe
August 28th, 2011
3:29 pm
I think Richt will have to go 11-1, 7-1 and win te SEC East to keep the boosters and alums happy. He can ONLY lose at UT in a close game, not the beatdowns of the last few trips to Knoxville.
Lose to Boise in the red jammies in your home state, in prime time? unacceptable
Lose to USC at home, again, with the division in the balance? unacceptable
Lose to UF, again, with a new coach and give said coach a signature win? unacceptable
Lose to Auburn, at home, with all the people they lost? unacceptable
Lose to Tech, under any circumstances? unacceptable.
It’s a defining season for Georgia. Schedule breaks well, and they should be favored in every game after Boise should they win that one. Three losses equals an underachieving season.
monkey on Richts back
August 28th, 2011
3:31 pm
Its not talking crap when they beat us! Dan Mullen has not lost to us but once at either school.
Dumb Dawg
August 28th, 2011
3:33 pm
I think we can afford going 9-3, if a win includes Florida, and SC. But that’s the problem, if we beat FL and SC that means we would have lost to someone we have no business losing to (Kentucky, GT, Ole Miss, etc). My prediction is 10-2 losing to Coastal Carolina and New Mexico State.
Big Dummie
August 28th, 2011
3:36 pm
Georgia finished 6-7 last season, that guarantees them to lose every game this season by at least 30 points. They can’t play football. They went 6-7 last season for crying out loud! Surely they can’t turn it around this season. You just can’t. Nobody has ever had a down season before and rebound the next season. SC has always been a team to be reckoned with, GT has beaten UGA at least once. Get my drift? UGA should not even play the games this season since they went 6-7 last season.
DawgVoiceofReason
August 28th, 2011
3:45 pm
For goodness sakes folks, “loose” is not the same word as “lose” and “dominate” is not the same as “dominant”. Here’s an example of how to use both words properly, “Dominant teams seldom lose games.” If you don’t know the difference, you sure don’t need to be commenting on a public web site devoted to sports!!!
Snoop Dawg
August 28th, 2011
3:50 pm
Snoop Dawg’s heart says Dawgs go undefeated this year with the easiest schedule in history.
Snoop Dawg’s head, however, says Dawgs go 5-7 this year with more of the same in the areas of incompetent coaching, lack of focus, and lack of discipline.
This is most likely Richt’s last year in the SEC…
playmeortrademe
August 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
5-7? Boise, USC, MSU, UT, UF, Auburn, and Tech? I don’t think Richt would even make it to the Tech game at that point, but if he did, that certainly would make it The Pink Slip Bowl.
dawgfan75
August 28th, 2011
3:57 pm
UGA beats Fla. so bad they dismantle their football program. Their fans throw away all of their gator regalia and send Will and Charlie packing. The entire Fla. team tries to transfer to UGA and are rejected. UGA finishes the season undefeated after the NC game is called at half-time because the other team would not come out of the locker room. Entire team(including scout team) makes all-america squad. Mark Richt is fired because fans wanted more.
Big Dummie
August 28th, 2011
4:02 pm
UGA will lose to Boise so bad, they’ll decide to let UGA switch with Boise from the SEC to the MWC.
D'oh
August 28th, 2011
4:04 pm
9-3 my butt…. more like 5-7… or if they are lucky (as they usually are) 6-6…. Hey the Gators just scored again.
Dawg Tell
August 28th, 2011
4:10 pm
8 and 4 or 9 and 3 with some breaks.We will lose to USCe and Gators no matter what out record reflects at the end of the season.Bowl game will be the Outback.Wish I could be more positive,but I see improvement but not OMG improvement.Go DAWGS and prove me wrong!Let’s get it started and GATA.
Evelyn Waugh
August 28th, 2011
4:21 pm
Schultz missed the first one for sure. It’s Boise State by at least twenty points.
GTBob
August 28th, 2011
4:21 pm
A quote from an espn article this weekend:
“We’re here, as usual, to help. Overrated? That’s Georgia, a team that welcomes back just 12 starters from a 6-7 team that lost at Colorado last season yet is somehow ranked 19th in the AP poll. ”
I tend to agree. I see UGA going 8-4 at the very best and more then likely 7-5. Although worse then that wouldn’t surprise me either. All of you dreamers who think a 6-7 team can lose most of their offensive firepower and come back and be 9-3 are delusional.
Evelyn Waugh
August 28th, 2011
4:23 pm
“All of you dreamers who think a 6-7 team can lose most of their offensive firepower and come back and be 9-3 are delusional.”
Amen. They’re been hitting the Kool-Aid pretty hard.
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
4:33 pm
6-6 like we usually do? Hmmm, I don’t think we USUALLY go 6-6. As a matter of fact, last season was our WORST since 1996. Richt is the 4th most winningest active coach in FBS. Don’t think we usually go 6-7.
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
4:34 pm
So many trolls and haters. Hating the fact that we might actually turn this thing around. Boykin has already shown the swagger than our team needs. You can talk all you want, we’ll see in 6 days whose right and whose wrong.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
4:34 pm
@……Just gonna say it……
You said….”UF slipped by Ohio, barely beat USF, and got spanked by MSU, Al, FSU, LSU, and had to hang on to beat Tennessee. However they did beat Georgia as they annually do.”
Actually,
1. UF beat a 10 win Miami of Ohio team (not Ohio U) 34-12 despite 7 snaps over the QB’s head during the game.
2. UF “barely beat” an 8 win USF team 38-14, the same team that beat the Canes of Miami during the regular season and then beat Clemson in a bowl game
3. UF got totally “spanked” by MSU by the total runaway score of 10 to 7….a real spanking….more like an exhibit of total offensive stupidity by then Florida OC, coach Adazzio during the game.
4. LSU totally “spanked” Florida by the lopsided score of 33-29 by scoring late and then stopping a last second drive by Florida, with Florida’s punter missing a potential game winning FG because the FG kicker was injured (which didn’t happen in the Georgia game).
5. And Florida had to “hang on” to beat Tennessee by the closest of scores……31-17….even though Florida totally dominated the game in every facet of the game.
But…..you somewhat correct.
Bama did spank Florida, as did FSU…….and Florida did beat Georgia.
Next time……do some research before posting your opinions and not facts……….and yes, just like most preseason polls and all the talking heads at ESPN, I did say and think Florida would do well last year….as well as Brantley. But I didn’t count on Meyer not doing much coaching last year and Addazio taking Florida’s offense back into the 1960s. Fortunately, Meyer realized he had lost his desire to continue coaching at this time……and Addazio is better suited running that 1960s offense up at Temple as their head coach….and the Gators now have a highly motivated head coach and perhaps the best offensive mind in football calling plays in Gainesville.
P.S……..not a nice day to be on a Florida beach…..very hot, very windy.
TampaGator
August 28th, 2011
4:40 pm
I am sitting here watching the LL World Series between Japan and California…….and am thinking…..sports as it should be……and also thinking…..one more day closer to Saturday and kick off. Does anyone play this Thursday?
NOBODYYOUKNOW
August 28th, 2011
4:54 pm
Here we go with the fire CMR crap again. As I said in an earlier post days ago, I’m gonna stay positive. If these guys get fired up they can whip Boise and UFLA. They got some talent on this team. They need to learn fast, play hard, and play mistake free football. And go UGA, remember, PRIDE, TRADITION, CHAMPIONSHIPS
classy
August 28th, 2011
4:57 pm
Stay Classy Georgia! Is it team rules for a player to contact the opposing coach and taunt him? It should be a rule for the whole team to do that then. Boise fans get ready for a some of the worst behaviour you’ll ever see at a football game or anywhere for that matter. Can’t wait to see the dejected doggies after the game. The pups will want to blame everyone but themselves for the loss then they’ll start the “fire Richt mantra” again. Go Gators!!!
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
5:00 pm
Brandon Boykin is ready and I’m willing to bet he’s going to run one back before the game is over.
Calhoundawg
August 28th, 2011
5:11 pm
Jeff, your premise for the Dawgs losing is that their defense will not be good enough, but that if IC has a big game then “all bets are off.” What kind of skewed logic is that?
Calhoundawg
August 28th, 2011
5:12 pm
… the Boise game, anyway. I quit reading after that. SOS
classy
August 28th, 2011
5:15 pm
I thought Richt had changed the culture at UGA? I guess not, after all it’s impossible to change something thats part of your being. What a classy bunch of people. Don’t go changing, you would not want anyone to start thinking UGA is a nice school with great fans. LMAO! GO GATORS!!!
David C
August 28th, 2011
5:18 pm
This sounds about right. Except I see Georgia losing to South Carolina and not Tennessee.
classy
August 28th, 2011
5:28 pm
Shultz, you got it wrong. UGA goes undefeated, they do not allow a score all season, they beat everyone by at least 50 points and win the national championship by at least 50 points. There UGA fans, feel better now? Don’t get upset and go home. You can stay as long as you stop pouting and whining. It will be alright, there’s always next year. GO GATORS!!!
Dennis
August 28th, 2011
5:29 pm
Murray is Hoodini with a G on his helmet. He dissapears in big moments.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
5:33 pm
If you are a Florida fan and do not like what is said on these blogs by UGA fans why do you consistently come back? Tampa Gator must be a 50-60 year old Gator fan who remembers what it was like pre 1990 and all the pain he felt at getting owned by UGA. Now thank goodness for the internet he now has a place to act like a tool and vent all those years of frustration out. This is the only logical conclusion I can come up with, because why would you troll a blog every day of an opponent you have beaten 18 out 21 times unless you have a deep routed memory of how it felt back in the day when we where your Yankees to your Pedro Martinez. Befuddling to say the least, as if UGA fans give two cents what your thoughts are or any other none UGA supporter of how you think our season will go.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
5:36 pm
Same goes for the guy blogging under the name “classy”. You are really representing yourself and the university well by your rant. Stay classy Gainesville…
Brooksdawg
August 28th, 2011
5:40 pm
Your attitude determines your altitude…This years version of The Georgia Bulldawgs has a new attitude to go along with a FIRE in the Belly…I have to say that if Bosie can stop—-Figgins opening up holes for Samuel & Crowell….King on the deep route….and Charles over the middle then my hat is off to them and they deserve the game. I know Moore can place the ball where needed, but I just can’t see him having the time to hit ‘em….Grantham has a special unit this year. Speed + Size =WIN Now let the BIG DAWG EAT SATURDAY
SEC Fact Finder
August 28th, 2011
5:47 pm
Tampa Gator,
Good to see you are alive and well. Had some pretty good storms up here in Westchase early. Cleared off and took a dip in the pool, now in ft$ lauderdale for my real job.
I have USC and E Carolina this weekend. I think I have the Gators in week two.
Looking forward to your analysis this season.
Good luck to your gators.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
5:55 pm
UGA will lose two out of the following three: SCAR, AU and MST. UGA will enter the Gt game 6 & 5 hoping to for a wining season.
Willi
August 28th, 2011
5:56 pm
They are going to win 7.
classy
August 28th, 2011
5:57 pm
Lowcountry, what handle do you use on other school’s blogs? Don’t try and preach to me. I could bring up UGA fans using their school as a toilet or the vast number of players breaking the law or team rules (I’m not sure if Georgia has any) but why? LMAO…Anyway, the fact you don’t address the actions of Boykin speaks volumes about the dogs and their fans. Be sure to drink yourself into oblivion Saturday and pee in every cranny of the dome. Just don’t drive! That goes for all you other Georgia fans. Plan now so you have a designated driver. And PLEASE try not to make a fool of yourself in front of people you don’t even know. My apologies upfront Boise fans for the spectacle you are about to see. Don’t take the kids, it will be nasty. GO GATORS!!!
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
5:58 pm
And UGA fans please don’t shiz in our campus or in the buildings when you come in November. You ain’t in Athens anymore.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:01 pm
I have aTech undergrad degree and a masters from UF. So I’m looking for a double win this season.
Magnolia, Tx Dawg
August 28th, 2011
6:02 pm
Bulldodgs 0-12. Bulldogs 12-0. You and the rest of the ilk sportswriters have no clue how many the Bulldogs will win or lose. I think the Dawgs will surprise all. Go you Hairy Dawgs. Kick Ass.
Dawg Time Now
August 28th, 2011
6:05 pm
Ga wins 10—beats florida. Book it. This Dawg D will be the best in the SEC.
Donald
August 28th, 2011
6:08 pm
boise a fg fav in what is a home game for uga. if uga loses, sc will be favored too.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:08 pm
“Your attitude determines your altitude” Great UGA opens new area of philosophical thought. I thought your drugs determined your altitude. This is the same crap from last year. “We are going to turn it around this year” followed by “wait until next year.” UGA high water mark was pre-season 2008 ranked #1. It has all be downhill ever since. But wait: “We are going to turn it around this year.”
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
6:10 pm
So since other UGA fans do it then that justifies your ability to visit a opposing teams blog. Nice, well lets just hope you never befriend a crack addict. Imagine if he was doing it then by your reasoning you would be a crack head. O well, go ahead and continue your rants about UGA. I should know better than to engage Trolls in any conversation. Let me tell you though, go look at my post on the Tech blog Friday night. I don’t change my name. I rarely read rivals blogs. I am not consumed by my rivals to troll. Stay classy…
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:10 pm
Dawg Time Now: Man you know nothing if you believe the crap someone has fed you. Best D in the SEC? UGA?
Let the "BIG" Dawg eat!!
August 28th, 2011
6:13 pm
Tampa Gator is an idiot. Just for your information, UGA moved their 5 star safety to L.B. so he would be closer to the line of scrimmage, and he is already preseason all-sec. Your guy has played 2 years and he is finally preseason all conference pick. So that tells you all you need to know about who is the better player. And the 2 corners you talked about for Fl. haven’t made a big play yet. Riggs was a freshman last year, and didn’t make any big plays, and the other guy nobody has ever heard of him. As for your allworld freshman that you think can cover anyone, he was behind the best cover corner in the country that UGA signed, who happens to be playing some wide receiver, and Swann was the #3 corner in the country, so dont think your guy is better than either of UGA’s freshman. But that is the way most fl. fans always think. As for your all world 5 star d.l. Neither one of them did anything last year, and UGA has a 5 star D.E. that had to play noseguard last year, that will be a force at his natural position now. Also, Geathers is a 350 lb. nose that Florida has no one on campus that can block especially your pathetic center. You had better hope one of the Pouncey boys comes back to play, because that will be a mismatch. As for your all world tackles, i would take Abry Jones and Tyson anyday against these guys. As for your great linebackers, Jarvis Jones was one guy that Meyer died to get, but he went to USC, now he is a force at UGA, he is better than anyone FL has on it’s roster, if you don’t believe me ask old Urban.Both O.L’s are lacking depth, but UGA has 3 starter that are seniors that will play on Sundays. Don’t think FL. has but maybe one O.L that you can say the same thing about. If you don’t believe me, check out Mel Kipper’s #1 senior O.L, and you might find out it is Cordy Glenn. Also, Jones the center is on the Remmington list of best O.L,and Bean Anderson is a 340 lb. mauler at the other tackle. Good luck with comparing your bunch of O.L’s with UGA’s. But neither team has any depth, so if someone gets hurt. Both teams will be in trouble. So i noticed you didn’t compare the tightend position, and can’t say i blame you, because that is a mismatch. Florida has no one to compare to Charles, or Aaron White, and throw in Jay Rome and it is a total mismatch. As far as w.r’s, neither team has a big time play maker, and this guy you keep talking about Dunbar, never heard of him, and probably never will. He will never be better than our 5 star freshman Mitchell. So go wish all you want about dunbar. LOL!! Then we come down to Q.B, and you are hanging your hat on Charlie Weiss, that is funny. He might be a good O.C., but there is and old saying you might want to get accustomed to hearing, you can’t make chicken soup out of chicken shit. And that is what you have a q.b., while we have the best freshman Q.B. in the country returning who also is all-sec preseason. So your analysis is pretty pathetic, have another drink of that orange cool-aid. Even you with your baked brain should understand this.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:14 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg: Your veracity leaves much to desire. Hey, get off the Tech blogs and we will get off yours!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
6:17 pm
My truthfulness leaves much to be desired? Tech fans do disagree with factual information I did forget that.
BroncoBlue
August 28th, 2011
6:22 pm
At least the sports writers in the ATL are not as delusional as the BooDawg fans. Hope ther’re serving alcohol at the Dome on Saturday because the Dawg fans are gonna need some self-medicating to get through this thrashin’
classy
August 28th, 2011
6:23 pm
What tradition does UGA have? Student/ATHLETES that can’t read or write before college and after college? A degree that specializes in working the deep fryer? Is it the lazy dog on a pack of ice? Oh yeah, it’s the shrubbery on the field. Got to have tradition! GO RAY GOFF!
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:24 pm
That makes about as much sense as your ramblings about the days when UGA “owned” UF. Well that is long gone and the Gators do own UGA now. I see you on Tech blogs most every day under this or other names. Remember your place: lower tier SEC team living in the past. But when you move up a notch in academics the wins are harder to come by. Now try ten more notches and see what Tech deals with.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
6:28 pm
@Tech Fan- obviously you do not know the meaning of veracity if that did not make any sense to you. Might wanna look that one up. Also I never post on Tech blogs. Sorry to disappoint you.
@Classy- Go Charlie Pell. I dare say UF has made some bad hires also. Might wanna rethink the aspect of bringing student athlete and transgressions. UF has had some dandys over the years.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:28 pm
BroncoBlue: Great comment! Classy: Nice one! One of my best UGA memories is looking up and seeing a plane pulling a banner that said “Fire Goof Now” at the UGA Tech game in Athens.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
6:29 pm
Also Tech fan
UF owns UGA like we own you. Sorry to disappoint you again.
classy
August 28th, 2011
6:30 pm
Lowcountry, do you have a bunch of experience with crack and crack heads? Hey, that could be a UGA tradition. As for the other stuff you mention, I’d say you troll on other schools blogs all the time. Get over yourself. And don’t forget to stay classy!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 28th, 2011
6:30 pm
Already good night girls, off to go fire the grill up. Enjoy making fun of UGA the rest of the evening.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:31 pm
Lowcountry Bulldawg: “You doth protest too much.” But nobody cares! Get back to UGA Football and tell us how a loser UGA team is “going to turn it around this year” just like last year.
Tech Fan
August 28th, 2011
6:33 pm
Dam! We ran off Lowcountry Bulldawg! Truth hurts. But he is not gone just lurking. But he was fun while he lasted.
Johnny Vaught
August 28th, 2011
6:39 pm
I don’t know whether you are just stupid – or you’re just feeding the kool-aid to your arrogant Bulldog fans.
classy
August 28th, 2011
6:43 pm
Thanks Tech Fan. BroncoBlue-UGA fans will already be self medicated before the game starts. They will proceed to pee and poop all over the place because they can’t wait in a line like normal people. They’ll wake up sometime in the fourth quarter wondering what happened. Then the crying and blaming start. It’s pathetic but we’ve got use to it.GO JIM DONNAN!!! He’s been waiting his whole life for a team like this!!!
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
7:00 pm
Tech fan…your calling us losers? What was your record last season and what is your record vs. UGA in the past 10 years?
The Nature Boy
August 28th, 2011
7:04 pm
I got to jump in…Lowcountry Bulldawg bleeds red and black..he’s a DGD…Classy,I don’t hate Donnan..(wish he could beatn Tech more) and I loved his big over the Gators….but he’s “crooked” as my daddy would say….if you file bankruptcy making the $$ he was making…you’re a crook, plain and simple
Big L
August 28th, 2011
7:05 pm
So, let me get tbis straight. I’m supposed to be impressed by a Boise team that beat Virginia Tech, narrowly. That team the blue ponies beat then turns around and loses to a D-2 William and Mary team. Then Boise beats , frikkin Idaho in a gymnasium. Then they lose to a Nevada team because the kicker soils himself on ESPN Thursday night. Not one game last year, did UGA lose badly. They were in every game. Including three losses to the representatives in the SEC championship. Hell, we lead by two touchdowns over Auburn until Fairly pulled his shiv. One loss to the SEC representative in the Sugar Bowl. The Broncs will only impress me when they play a real schedule. Beating ONE good team out of twelve does not get a sniff from me.
Big L
August 28th, 2011
7:09 pm
I realize that there are only two reps in the SEC championship game. I just forgot wording etiquette when I wanted to refer to South Carolina, Auburn and Arkansas. So you proper English snobs and blog typo nazis can calm down.
SJ
August 28th, 2011
7:16 pm
The last time we saw Richt, his team was losing to UCF in the Liberty Bowl. Unacceptable. And Bulldogs fans can’t like his 2-8 mark against Florida. Richt is a great guy, but things are trending down in Athens. In the past two seasons, Georgia is 14-12 overall and 7-9 in the SEC; Richt’s predecessor, Jim Donnan, was fired after consecutive 8-4 finishes in 1999 and 2000.
TJ
August 28th, 2011
7:20 pm
Yes dumb L you should be impressed. The same way most logical fans realize how sad uga football is in losing to colorado, miss st and ucf last year. I guess you think you would beat VT last year if you played them. Ha! Only a uga homer would think they will get better after losing 75% of your offense which included the best wr in the game. A thin o line with holes and 5 new starters on defense that includes a very suspect secondary. Yep uga will win them all!!
USC GAMEC0CK
August 28th, 2011
7:24 pm
Shultz prediction regarding the USC game is rediculous and does not deserve a response by the gamecock nation….what a ditzoid.
classy
August 28th, 2011
7:25 pm
I knew Donnan was crooked before Georgia hired him. This season seems similar to Donnan’s last year with Georgia. Richt is a different person though, and I would not want him to lose his job. We’ll see what Georgia does against Boise State. As usual Georgia fans expect a NC. Won’t know until they play. Good night
Filly
August 28th, 2011
7:28 pm
4 out of 5 yahoo sport guys think boise beats uga
Nomobama
August 28th, 2011
7:31 pm
7-5, losses to boise, usc, ms st, tn & fl
Big L
August 28th, 2011
7:31 pm
I simply stated facts about UGA not being as bad and Boise not being as good. Why ya think Boise let TCU and Utah go to AQ conferences and stayed behind? Easier rout to a BCS game? Hey TJ, you keep name calling from a keyboard bubba. Can’t converse like big boys, huh?
Real IC
August 28th, 2011
7:51 pm
With crowell lighting it up big against boise, the Dawgs win easy—and then beat SC by 10 in Athens. These Dawgs are for real—-SEC east, 2011!!!!!!
Jake Scott's Ghost
August 28th, 2011
7:57 pm
If Boise beats UGA will Richt/UGA start recruiting players that look like me again? I did win a SuperBowl MVP award and was a fairly good safety at UGA….why the discrimination now?
Big L
August 28th, 2011
8:05 pm
@Real- If these Dawgs win the first two, the East is just a heur duvre, LOL. How would you like to go into the SECCG with the QB with the most game experience.
Athens Dawg
August 28th, 2011
8:15 pm
If we start 2-0 (it’s possible) then we have a monstrous season. Better than Richt has had probably. I can’t wait until Saturday. Boise’s gonna get it. All UGA has heard is how Boise is coming to Georgia and beat them in front of their home crowd, how fast Boise is, their record, (but funny, nowhere have I seen Boise’s record vs. the SEC mentioned.) UGA is tired of hearing it. They’ll be fired up and they might get an unsportsmanlike penalty early on. I hope not, but if they do, so be it. I want us to get in Kellen Moore’s head early and make him 2nd guess what he’s doing whether that’s hitting him extremely hard, or picking off a pass early.
Russ---Once Again the Temporary Mascot (can't keep those replacements alive)
August 28th, 2011
8:39 pm
two, the East is just a heur duvre
Must be a UGA graduate. They don’t do French up there.
Sir Dawg
August 28th, 2011
8:40 pm
The loss in Jacksonville will ultimately cost Richt his job.
huffsleeper
August 28th, 2011
8:58 pm
Bobo, if a play works don’t turn around and immediately call the same play again. Stupid….
dawgtricks
August 28th, 2011
9:24 pm
I think our chances with boise are better than what we have with SC. Theres know way Boise is asgood as a top sec school. Its hard to run the table but I like our chances in every game.
Sharkman
August 28th, 2011
9:57 pm
Whatever Schultz, we’re gonna win ‘em all dude!
Scott Woerner's Ghost
August 28th, 2011
10:00 pm
@Jake Scott….I don’t get the whole recruiting thing either. I sealed the deal on our last national championship with an interception against Notre Dame…but I wouldn’t be recruited by Mark Richt today…what’s up with that?
Scott Woerner's Ghost
August 28th, 2011
10:03 pm
@Scott Woerner: Yeah, and I was pretty good too. Vince Dooley said that I was “the best defensive player I’ve ever coached and maybe the best one I’ve ever seen.” I finished 5th in the voting for the Heisman Trophy in 1983….but Mark Richt would never recruit me today…doesn’t make sense. I would probably be coming back to Georgia to play UGA in the Dome because Boise was the only school that recruited me.
BG
August 28th, 2011
10:08 pm
UGA 34 Boise 28!
Mac
August 28th, 2011
10:13 pm
Boise State has repeatedy stomped the ‘Ducks’, demollished the ‘Beavers’, licked the Horned Frogs and derailed the ‘Sooner Schooner.’ The ‘Dawgs’ are good, but don’t stand a chance against a stampede of Broncos. Look for an 18 to 21-point BSU win.
Ga boy
August 28th, 2011
10:41 pm
Coach loses to first year newby head coach at UF, he will be fired period. I agree on south car. And Boise.
But I see only one loss, then maybe tenn. Bites us.
wastedyears
August 28th, 2011
11:41 pm
ok heres how it will go case ur wondering ,we will be sky high 4 potatoe farmers bad 4 them 1-0 next wk when it matters …. flat 1-1 then 2-1 ..then ole piss 3-1 tenn …4-1 vandy…5-1 miss st 6-1 new mex state 7-1 kenyucky…8-1 fla …8-2…auburn …9-2 ….tech ….10-2 …sec champ….Lsu …10-3…chick-fil a bowl…virginia tech ….11-3 …mark richt…new contract the misery continues…..dawg nation…no nat champs ever again under current regime…….enuff said
Thomas Brown
August 28th, 2011
11:46 pm
11-3.
The vols don’t beat UGA and neither does little Boise State; they don’t have the talent UGA has, neither of them. At some point, the players at UGA have to win the games they are supposed to win. These are 2 such games. So, too, would be Missy State and Auburn. As for South Carolina, who lost 5 games last season, when they are the measure of our UGA football program, our program is in serious need of review. I do see Alabama CLOCKING us. I do see us playing yet again, another, really sorry football team in a bowl game, again.
7576DAWG
August 29th, 2011
12:14 am
My system might not be able to go from no college football to 8 to 12 hours next Saturday. Can one O.D. on too much college football?
Thomas Brown
August 29th, 2011
1:25 am
Not when it is Boise State smurfs and their BS that somehow the best win they ever have ever had is winning over 3-loss football team. Way too much at stake for Mark Richt and his “coaching staff.” Nothing to gain and everything to lose. I also am looking forward to being right about Oregon, whom I see much like I see Boise State. Both football programs go on NCAA PROBATION. Both teams have 1 win over a team who finished in the AP Poll Top 25 every year, if that. Both run their mouths. Both have blogs where only positive stuff can be said about their teams.
So, no.
January 1 is college football OD however; as we haven’t even been one of the 10 games that day. Monday now and Saturday we and LSU play. Both will win. Zach Mettenberger might see the field, if not that game, certainly the next one or so. I know he got shot at; and what he did in Valdosta town center. I still would like to see him do well in a football game to validate my own opinion on him, just like I would have loved to see DJ Shockley not having been injured his 1st year here on Atlanta Falcons. In fact, it will be quite a story what happens with former players who might have played vs Boise State, all 26, who will not but will be playing football however.
Here’s to you Boise State smurfs. Never have I so wanted to win a game than this one. That’s not OD; it’s just plain and simply a direct answer to some football team who thinks beating 3-loss football teams is the real true measure of how great they are. Those are just Top 25 teams, with 3 losses; and Mark Richt has beat 17 of those type wins in just the last 10 years.
A lot at stake, for us. We cannot afford to lose to the likes of Boise State – not again, after what we have been doing against such CUPCAKES.
Sanjay
August 29th, 2011
1:34 am
Do you ever feel embarassed by how useless your opinions are, Schultz? You are the quintessential cliche of sports columnists – two bit opinions, predictions not analysis, and you wouldn’t know the first thing about the X’s and O’s of any of the sports you ‘cover’ which is just sad. Otherwise, keep up the good work.
gotta beat boise state in the Georgia dome
August 29th, 2011
7:29 am
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Word is that Isaiah Crowell is coming out like a wrecking ball,
all bets are on.
Jingle Dingle
August 29th, 2011
7:51 am
South Carolina wins by 20. C’mon Schultzie, I figured you’d have that one pegged. Also, look for UK to pull the upset in Athens (maybe). Nedless to say the Dawgs don’t get out with less than 4 losses.
And oh yeah, look out for that Coastal Carolina match-up. It’ll be a barn burner.
Escaped from Email Purgatory
August 29th, 2011
7:56 am
Tampa Gator – who are you?
How do you know so much about everything that’s anything to do with UF football? If you’re not a member of the coaching staff – or hold a position in the Athletic Department, you must be a groupie or a stalker.
Isn’t it about time for you to paint your body orange and blue and sit buck naked, howling at the moon, in the back 40 at your brother’s ranch [which is right next door to Charlie Weiss' new house?].
Who are you?
I admit you are a guilty pleasure of mine. Can’t look at a blog at a blog about UGA football without scanning the posts for the contributions of the dreaded ‘”Tampa Gator”. You rarely disappoint.
I think you’re on retainer for both Bradley and Schultz. You should be. After what they write, your words are the next I look for.
Oh, by the way, how’s your 50 foot high, granite monument to Tim Tebow coming? Have you hired a sculptor? Did you get approval from the local zoning commission yet? First things first.
I hear the design for the statue is yours. It’s all hush-hush, but word has it that the statue will have kind of combination of Norse god and Washington crossing the Delaware motif.
Good luck with that.
GDAWG
August 29th, 2011
8:03 am
All you Murray haters need to know one thing, he didn’t lose the games to winning record teams, he had good numbers, The difference in most of those games was the Defense, Yes he had a terrible game against FLA but they still had a chance to win, this all comes down to the OC calling the plays, not Murray. GA wins against Boise, SC is another story, lets see how GA plays the first game.
big whoop...
August 29th, 2011
8:06 am
what a creampuff schedule this must be if we are as mediocre as you portray and still will be 9-3….embarrassing….
bully11
August 29th, 2011
8:22 am
Your prediction was right when UGA plays Mississippi State. The Bulldogs will win but it will be the Bulldogs from MSU. The only remedy is MORE Cowbell!!!!!!!!!
Buckeye
August 29th, 2011
8:27 am
Down here at St. Simons……picture this (witnessed an hour ago on Demere)
Old rusty pick-up truck, no muffler, fat chick driving and a huge “G” in the back window,
Just about sums it up, eh dogs?
dog daze
August 29th, 2011
8:30 am
Who was that Boise QB? I thought that guy graduated last year!
Cockofthewalk
August 29th, 2011
8:34 am
Delusional. UGA will not beat SC. Spurrier loves to beat UGA and has a far superior team. Murray is not Andrew Luck. He had a nice freshman year with AJ Green, Kris Durham and Orson Charles. Now he just has Orson Charles and no running game or should I say a running game pinning its hopes on a 180 pound true freshman.
Only 2 more weeks until reality sets in. This will be the last Monday UGA can claim its going undefeated.
Gator Mike
August 29th, 2011
8:55 am
It is good to see everyone getting fired up. Good luck to all.
Grind'n between the hedges
August 29th, 2011
9:06 am
9-3 is a bit rediculous. It’s also sort of unfair to build up everyone’s hopes in the midst of a rebuilding year. But I know you have to sell papers.
I think UGA has made a few bad decisions in the past that will continue to haunt them this season. Namely not replacing Bobo and hiring Grantham instead of Manny Diaz. Diaz was a wunderkind at State and now is at Texas. That guy is a future head coach at a big time program, book it. They finally rid themselves of a strength and conditioning coach who obviously had phoned it in the last few years. But I’m dubious of hiring a green horn to come in and really be effective while learning on the job. Either way one off season is probably too short to truly change the culture of a team. Lest ye be reminded of the pictures of UGA players partying down popping up on facebook only an hour after their flight returned from Boulder last year.
Regardless the Real Bulldogs from the SEC West will enjoy a long awaited victory in Sanford Stadium. However it must be noted that prior to conference expansion Ms State and Georgia were not regular opponents. Therefore the time period of last win in Athens is a bit misleading (by a whole lot).
Masta Dawg
August 29th, 2011
9:14 am
Georgia loses 2 (Florida and Boise State) but beats tennessee, auburn and tech easy. 10-2, Capital One Bowl==bet the house.
Here are your best-case scenarios for Georgia, Georgia Tech | Jeff Schultz
August 29th, 2011
9:38 am
[...] Bulldogs can manage even a split of their first two games against Boise State and South Carolina, the schedule becomes their friend. They don’t play Alabama, LSU or Arkansas from the SEC West, and they should be even or [...]
Call it like it is
August 29th, 2011
9:43 am
UGA will not lose to Tenn. UT has at least 1 to 2 more years before Dooley gets them back in the hunt. Its Georgia’s game to lose.
PonGT
August 29th, 2011
9:53 am
Your predictions are very close … but wrong. UGA goes 10-2, losing to UT and GT … gotta hate that!
chris
August 29th, 2011
10:01 am
Jeff……The people saying Georgia will go undefeated have lost their marbles. However, I do disagree with you 1st two picks. I think they should be reversed. I think all the emotion and having something to prove on Saturday night carries the Dawgs through against Boise. I think Boise gets beat in the “Neutral” site game and we don’t have to hear about them the rest of the season. However, I think S. Carolina has too much and beat Georgia in week 2 BUT Georgia still wins the East because S. Carolina does their traditional late season fade.
Josh
August 29th, 2011
12:08 pm
UGA fans are awfully confident that they can beat UT in Knoxville. Need I remind them 35-14 and 45-19? Good luck with the disappointment.
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August 29th, 2011
1:16 pm
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Watcher-in-the-Wood
August 29th, 2011
2:22 pm
I see a Georgia team with immense talent. I hope the coaching staff can instill some willingness as well as ability to use the talent to play Georgia football. I did not observe that in a single game last year and it was seriously frustrating.
Oleander5
August 29th, 2011
4:20 pm
Wow, 9 games? That owuld mean beating at least 2 ranked teams in 1 year right? Considering we were 0-6 against winning teams last year, let’s lower the bar, how about 7-6 for starters and 1 win against a winning team?
cody
August 30th, 2011
12:37 am
The defense is now comfortable with new scheme, the reason it hurt when aj was gone is because the playbook revolved around him but now we have depth at reciever, we have depth in defense, we have an experienced qb and number 1 rb and samuels and thomas.
The only team on the schedule that I see that is even in competition with uga is south carolina. Florida will be down, Boise is good but not as good as some might think, tennessee is nothing special, gt is way down, auburn lost half its team. If we do lose it will only be to south carolina.
cody
August 30th, 2011
12:38 am
not to mention best special teams in the nation.
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August 30th, 2011
5:40 am
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August 30th, 2011
7:08 am
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BIGDAWG37
August 30th, 2011
4:31 pm
Tech fans are the biggest dorks!!! Go put on your Yella’ sweater vest and get back to your Robot Monthly newsletter! Go Dawgs!!!
katrinafogg
August 31st, 2011
3:25 am
I do watch every game and enjoy every minute watching Boise State Football. http://bit.ly/p5kP0u
secTigers
August 31st, 2011
3:18 pm
Georgia goes 9-3, and Uga IX dies again
John
August 31st, 2011
3:50 pm
Come on now, UGA players haven’t even started getting their 2011/2012 season arrests. You can expect a couple of rapes and assaults as usual.
GoBig
September 1st, 2011
12:49 pm
IMO, richt could stand a loss to FL and/or SC but NOT a combination of TN, FL and or SC.. My reasoning is that there is just too much talent in Athens and too much youth and 2nd year staff in Knoxville. A win over the smurfs would be huge especially while dressed like Transformers/85 IROC Z Camaro but it won’t fix those rival losses.. So, here in Roswell, we’re pulling for the dogs to beat both SC an FL so richt can stick around a bit longer while the Dooley’s gets comfy in Big Orange Country..
DMill
September 1st, 2011
2:06 pm
Oct 1: Bulldogs Win.
…Of course they do
Jason
September 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
Dawg Man I doubt Tennesssee, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, etc are trembling at the thought of playing the Georgia Bulldogs. The Georgia Bulldogs last year could not beat the Colorado Buffaloes before Hawkins a head coach with 0 winning seasons at Colorado was fired, and they lost to UCF and were unable to score even one td. Only Six points With UCF getting their first bowl game win.
I’m not saying the UG Dawgs will be crap but I would be really surprised for the Dawgs to be one of the best teams in the SEC East.
Jason
September 1st, 2011
2:38 pm
Also Cody the Vols have Tyler Bray can throw the ball, Poole is a terrific running back, plus Hunter. 2011 with Bray starting the Vols offense could score more than 21 points in each game. Also the I know it’s Tennessee the UG Dawgs have not owned the Vols while the Tide, Gators, LSU TIgers have.