Richt, Johnson score high on rankings, not Chizik, Muschamp
Sporting News has Mark Richt (14) just ahead of Paul Johnson (19) among 124 FBS coaches.
The problem with most “rankings” in sports is that there’s a large degree of knee jerk thinking in the thought process. Somebody wins, they deserve a stature. Somebody loses, they’re road kill. A coach wins a BCS title, he’s a sudden visionary.
But The Sporting News just ranked 124 FBS (Division I) coaches in college football and in my view the publication pretty much nailed it. Not so much because Nick Saban of Alabama is No. 1 or Charley Molnar of Massachusetts is No. 124 (UMass has a football team?) but because of the placement of so many others. A few examples:
– Boise State’s Chris Peterson (No. 2) and Texas Christian’s Gary Patterson (No. 7) both received lofty rankings for their success in actual games, not on national signing day. Winning games really is what coaching is all about, is it not?
– Auburn’s Gene Chizik was ranked only 36th nationally and seventh among 14 SEC coaches, despite winning a national championship two years ago. The reason: He has yet to prove he can accomplish something without Cam Newton.
– High rankings were given to often overlooked coaches in the SEC and ACC, specifically Vanderbilt’s James Franklin (fifth in the SEC, 25th overall) and Wake Forest’s Jim Grobe (fourth in the ACC, 31st overall).
As for Georgia’s Mark Richt and Tech’s Paul Johnson, both fared well. Richt ranked fourth among SEC coaches — behind only Saban, Les Miles and Steve Spurrier, all of whom have won BCS titles — and 14th in the nation.
Here’s The Sporting News on Richt:
A crossroads season at Georgia resulted in 10 wins—but nothing the ‘Dawgs weren’t supposed to do. In fact, all four losses were against the four best teams on the schedule, and left everyone wanting more despite another double-digit win season (his seventh in 11 years). Richt signed a contract extension after last season through 2016—hard to argue 4-0 vs. your rivals (Florida, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Auburn)—so UGA is committed to his process.
Johnson ranked second in the SEC behind only Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer and 19th overall.
Here’s The Sporting News on Johnson:
The best way to describe Johnson’s triple-option offense in the ACC: It works. The Yellow Jackets have led the conference—and ranked in the top four nationally—in rushing in all four of Johnson’s seasons in Atlanta, and in each of the past two years have topped 300 yards per game on the ground. The 2009 league title still looks good, as does Johnson’s 6-0 record vs. Army when he was at Navy.
Among those getting pounded: Florida’s Will Muschamp was ranked only 59th nationally (10th among SEC coaches) and Tennessee’s Derek Dooley finished 99th overall (worst in the SEC, even behind No. 90 Joker Phillips of Kentucky).
Also noteworthy: Among former Falcons head coaches June Jones, now of SMU, ranked 22nd overall and far ahead of Jim Mora, now of UCLA, at 68th.
TSN on Mora:
Mora, who led the Atlanta Falcons to 11 wins and a berth in the NFC championship game, is back at the college level for the first time since 1984, when he was a graduate assistant at Washington. He’s off to a pretty good start at UCLA, having signed a well-regarded initial recruiting class. But we don’t have the sense that he’s suddenly on the road to glory. He could struggle with the adjustment from the pro game.
One flaw in the article: The Sporting News states that Big 12 coaches have the best average ranking (27.2), far ahead of No. 2 SEC (43.3). The problem with that statistic, which TSN admits, is the Big 12 goes only 10 teams deep and the SEC now goes 14 deep.
Here’s a link to the entire list (in four parts).
But here’s a breakdown of SEC and ACC coaches and the overall top 10:
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Top 10 1. Nick Saban (Alabama) 2. Chris Peterson (Boise State) 3. Urban Meyer (Ohio State) 4. Les Miles (LSU) 5. Bob Stoops (Oklahoma) 6. Chip Kelly (Oregon) 7. Gary Patterson (TCU) 8. Steve Spurrier (South Carolina) 9. Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) 10. Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State) •SEC coaches 1. Nick Saban (Alabama) 4. Les Miles (LSU) 8. Steve Spurrier (South Carolina) 14. Mark Richt (Georgia) 25. James Franklin (Vanderbilt) 26. Gary Pinkel (Missouri) 36. Gene Chizik (Auburn) 46. Dan Mullen (Mississippi State) 47. Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M) 59. Will Muschamp (Florida) 74. John L. Smith (Arkansas) 77. Hugh Freeze (Mississippi) 90. Joker Phillips (Kentucky) 99. Derek Dooley (Tennessee) •
ACC coaches 9. Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech) 19. Paul Johnson (Georgia Tech) 27. Dabo Swinney (Clemson) 31. Jim Grobe (Wake Forest) 34. Al Golden (Miami) 38. Jimbo Fisher (FSU) 45. Mike London (Virginia) 49. Tom O’Brien (North Carolina State) 53. Larry Fedora (North Carolina) 65. Randy Edsall (Maryland) 67. David Cutcliffe (Duke) 110. Frank Spaziani (Boston College)
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RiffRaff
May 10th, 2012
11:28 am
Sounds about right….
JPM
May 10th, 2012
11:30 am
Depending on the outcome of the 2012 season, this list could look very different next year.
REALLY?
May 10th, 2012
11:36 am
Where is Bobo on the O-cord list??
Danny O
May 10th, 2012
11:40 am
Is Fedora ranked 53? If so, he should be higher in the ACC rankings.
brian
May 10th, 2012
11:41 am
Jeff…change the SEC to ACC. Right now u got VT and GT in SEC, according to your article.
PMC
May 10th, 2012
11:44 am
Chizik is too low, Randy Edsall IS WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY too high.
rduck
May 10th, 2012
11:47 am
Both GT and UGA have really good coaches that the fans should be happy to have.
tiger7_88
May 10th, 2012
11:49 am
Love how everybody INSISTS that Chizik “has yet to prove he can win anything without Cam Newton”, yet always conveniently forget that Auburn, in 2009 and 2011 (the non-Cam Newton years) was predicted by “experts” (like Schultzie here) and fans across the country to win maybe 4 or 5 games in both of those years.
Yet they win 8 games in both of those years on top of winning an Outback Bowl in 2009 and a Chick-Fil-A Bowl in 2011.
Yeah, that Chizik sure must suck to take what EVERYONE considers to be inferior talent in 2009 and 2011, win 8 games, and win two of the better bowl games available to SEC teams.
How did Richt do in 2010 with a roster full of the best talent in the country (according to yearly recruiting rankings) again?
JacketFanMarcus
May 10th, 2012
11:49 am
This listing is meaningless.
After the top 20 or 30, it’s really really hard to discern if someone is 45 best or 50 best…
My ratings would be: Great, Good, OK, and Bad for each coach
GTJoe
May 10th, 2012
11:56 am
JacketFan – kind of like the “hot seat” rankings…..once you get past the top 20 or so, the rest are pretty safe, barring something horrible happening.
Burning Hot, Hot, Warm, Cold……
UGA Insider
May 10th, 2012
11:59 am
I still think that Peterson will be the next head coach at UGA if McGarity stays. Probably 2014.
NorthGANole
May 10th, 2012
12:01 pm
Jimbo at 38th. That’s laughable. Behind Al Golden? Simply hilarious. Don’t mind the fact that Al hasn’t beaten Jimbo yet but he can’t even hold onto top recruits in South Florida. Didn’t Jimbo & co. beat South Carolina too??
insider huh?
May 10th, 2012
12:03 pm
UGA insider: except for the fact Richt just signed an extension through the 2016 season. That “inside” info is pretty in-accurate.
Bryan G.
May 10th, 2012
12:04 pm
What 2009 league title? The one that didn’t happen according to the NCAA?
DDPO
May 10th, 2012
12:06 pm
Auburn’s Gene Chizik was ranked only 36th nationally and seventh among 14 SEC coaches, despite winning a national championship two years ago. The reason: He has yet to prove he can accomplish something without Cam Newton.
You mean like Vince Dooley/Herschel Walker (aka Sybil) at UGA? And they want to rename the stadium after him! (Against the Sanford’s wishes… That’s SANFORD.)
Bryan G.
May 10th, 2012
12:09 pm
DDPO – Except Dooley won 3 SECs without Herschel and went to many other big time bowls. Chizik hasn’t finished in the top 20 without Cam.
UGA 11
May 10th, 2012
12:12 pm
Look at the Auburn (tiger7_88) fan building these straw men! When you can’t win, just make it up right?
Nobody was predicting Auburn to win 4 or 5 games — nobody. Most were saying 7-8. And most were saying 9-3 and 2nd in the SEC East for UGA last year. I guess that’s called overachieving right?!
Columbus Dawg
May 10th, 2012
12:16 pm
These Auburn idiots kill me. Richt has owned Auburn no matter who the coach in the barn is .
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
12:17 pm
Too bad The Ole Ball Coach is stuck in Hell or he’d be ranked higher!!!
Frustrated, Inc.
May 10th, 2012
12:18 pm
If you are going to take away credit for Chizik winning the BCS with Cam Newton, then you must give back the same credit for winning 8 games with Chris Todd in 2009 and Barrett Trotter/Clint Mosely in 2011.
How Chizik can rank behind Richt, Pinkel and Franklin is an absolute joke.
Cam Newton was a "1 and done"...
May 10th, 2012
12:19 pm
…so why does the coach take such a hit? Shouldn’t he get credit for recruiting him as a QB (unlike some coach ranked higher who wanted him as TE, or another coach, also ranked higher, who would not play him since he already had a pretty good QB, though he did have him as 3rd or 4th stringer) and then not screwing him up? Maybe the comment should read that Chizik should prove himself as a good coach without Gus as his OC…
1eyedJack
May 10th, 2012
12:21 pm
“The 2009 league title still looks good, as does Johnson’s 6-0 record vs. Army when he was at Navy.”
They must not have gotten the memo from the NCAA about the 2009 league title. How’s Johnson’s record against Air Force?
74. John L. Smith (Arkansas). Has he even coached a down yet?
Bryan G.
May 10th, 2012
12:22 pm
Wow, a lot of Auburn folks supporting Chizik. The guy had a great 2010 year, but he’s never had anything better than an average year other than that. I have no idea if he’s a good coach or not because he’s never won more than 8 games without the guy who had the greatest season ever in college football. Even Baylor won 10 games with RG3. That doesn’t make their coach Nick Saban either.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:25 pm
GT softball Jackets hit a 2 run homer in the 1st at bat to lead UVa 2-0.
fg924181088
May 10th, 2012
12:25 pm
Who is you copy editor? He missed a few things. “Johnson ranked second in the SEC behind only Virginia Tech’s Frank Beamer and 19th overall.” Last time I checked Johnson and Beamer coached at ACC schools.
Frustrated, Inc.
May 10th, 2012
12:25 pm
Columbus Dawg – Question for you…so if it is head to head record then does that mean that Ron Zook is a better coach than Saint Richt? Just askin’…
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:26 pm
1eyedjack…….he has been coaching at other schools. His ranking is not based on his time at Arkansas but other schools and with the Arkansas talent he should do well.
Hey, DDPO...
May 10th, 2012
12:27 pm
…you must be an Auburn grad “”Against the Sanford’s wishes… That’s SANFORD.)” English 101 determines that when showing POSSESSION of something, you use an apostrophe to show said possession, as in “Mr. Sanford’s wishes” – yet you are correct that the stadium at UGA is SANFORD Stadium…
Don’t you just hate it when you try to be a smart arse and you end up being a dumb arse…
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:28 pm
1eyedjack as cood as Richt’s record against UCF
Columbus Dawg
May 10th, 2012
12:28 pm
Hey Auburn moron, Coach Mark Richt has won 106 games in eleven seasons in the Southeastern Conference, and has outlasted ALL other SEC coaches in that same time period. He has two conference championships, and four eastern division championships. He also finished #2 in nation in 2007 without having won a championship. He will win a mnc before he’s done, and will not have cheated to do so. Auburn folks problem is they are proud of being the school that figured out best way to hide money trails from NCAA. But then they have been working on perfecting that craft since they were caught way back in 1957. What a joke of a school, and fan base.
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
12:31 pm
Hate to say this, But if Spurrier had UGAs talent and Coach Richt had S.C.s talent, Richt would never beat Spurrier again. Stevie has a better gameplan, but Richt has more talent. I don’t like Coach Spurrier and I really like Coach Richt, but I am trying to be honest and realistic…
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
12:34 pm
5150
Hell of an ending to that Ga. G.T. baseball game last night!…
What about Petrino?
May 10th, 2012
12:35 pm
Oh, right.
Columbus Dawg
May 10th, 2012
12:35 pm
I know you are FRUSTRATED, but I am not the one who came up with coach rankings, and do not see the need for them in the first place, and on the field in Jacksonville, Zook WAS the better coach. What I am screaming is that Mark Richt has accomplished MUCH more over all than Cheesedick has, and probably always will. To the frustration of all you Aubies. How does it go now? WEEGLE WEEGLE WAR DAMN EAGLE KICKEM’ IN THE BUTT BIG BLUE! That has to be the most all time stupid cheer known to college football.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:36 pm
kingDaddy that is THE ISSUE at UGa. All the TALENT in the world and nothing to show for it for 32 years no matter WHO the coach is. If Johnson had Richt’s talent it would have UGa fans killing themselves after the Thanksgiving meal every year.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:37 pm
kingDaddy it did get more exciting in the last 2 at bats for UGa.
tiger7_88
May 10th, 2012
12:40 pm
UGA 11, you’re fictional history is quite amusing. NOBODY was saying Auburn would win 7 or 8 games in 2009, after a 5-7 season in 2008 and hiring a coach widely (and incorrectly) derided as a “loser” because of his lack of wins at Iowa State. Auburn was predicted by most to win 4-5 games that year AT THE MOST. Many thought that they would take a step BACKWARD from the Tuberville years.
And in 2011, after losing a starting QB, two starting WR, four out of five starting OL, three out of four starting DL, two out of three starting LB, and three out of four starting DB, NOBODY was saying Auburn was going to win 7 or 8 games. Again, they were widely expected to take a HUGE step back and win about 5 games.
The only people who had any expectations like you proclaim were you… conveniently altered after the fact to fit your theory.
Again, Auburn has surpassed team expectations and accomplishments EVERY year that Gene Chizik has been the head coach. How many years out of Richt’s 11 in Athens has he surpassed expectations again? Richt is the hugest UNDERachiever in the SEC since the year 2000.
DawginSewer
May 10th, 2012
12:40 pm
WEss winesss ites allses thsese yers. Beats alerbame byes 500 Ruffs Ruffs
Yeasss RERicshts andes Chaowsks
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
12:40 pm
That they’re last game this year unless they meet in playoffs???
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:41 pm
Columbus Dawg……….how does the UGa cheer go?
Girls free liquor and plenty of beds to pass out in go Dwags Woof Woof Woof!
Please translate, DawginSewer...
May 10th, 2012
12:42 pm
…please…
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:42 pm
Yes KingDaddy and there is SLIM at best chance both make the NCAAs
Hey, UOAD...
May 10th, 2012
12:44 pm
…lthat sounds better than Tech’s motto of “4 Hotdogs, 4 cokes, Free Tickets, and a 38 special for protection”…
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
12:44 pm
Too bad…
Ostrich Racer
May 10th, 2012
12:45 pm
That high-pitched screech you hear is Barbara Dooley, going nuts on someone’s call-in program about Derek’s ranking.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
12:50 pm
4 Hotdogs, 4 cokes is almost as OLD as the UGa National Championship. At UGa the Criminals are the Students, but at Tech, Ga State, Emory, Morris Brown and Clark Atlanta the Students are the victims.
Frustrated, Inc.
May 10th, 2012
12:51 pm
Columbus Dawg – wow, just wow. You are some kind of internet tough guy aren’t you? I guess when your “facts” lack credibility then it is time to push on to plan B in the internet tough guy hand book. Cue the personal attacks. Why don’t you drive those 45 miles down the road to AU and take a look at that crystal football. That is as close as you’ll ever get to one. Hurts doesn’t it?
kingdaddy
May 10th, 2012
12:53 pm
Enter your comments here
DePort
May 10th, 2012
12:55 pm
Some of the names in the top ten do not make sense to me… Like Oklahoma state .. What in the world have they done?
Steve
May 10th, 2012
12:56 pm
Come on guys, remember 5150 UOAD has that jealousy problem. I mean have you seen Tech’s campus? The crime? The stadium? The fans? The coach? The women? If I were 5150 UOAD, I would probably go ahead and kill myself.
Hey, UOAD...
May 10th, 2012
1:01 pm
“At UGa the Criminals are the Students, but at Tech, Ga State, Emory, Morris Brown and Clark Atlanta the Students are the victims.”
Wasn’t Reuben Houston a “student” at Tech, or was he just a “playa”…
DC
May 10th, 2012
1:02 pm
I agree with Tiger…Nobody was saying AU would have a 9-3 record..everyone was saying they would only have max 6 wins..and many were saying 5 wins..Mark may bashed them all year…like the poster said..Jeff bashed AU and Mark bashed them even more…
I commend the AU staff and what they did with the YOUNG men they had starting that season…just a bunch of freshmen and sopho folks!
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:06 pm
Reuben wasn’t dealing on campus to students like the UGa students. He was Transporting for somebody else. He broke the law and has to pay for it. He wasn’t not committing crimes against OTHER tech students or the school. Can you say that about UGa players and students?
Steve
May 10th, 2012
1:12 pm
I think 5150 UOAD needs a hug. And a clue. Plenty of places in Midtown for you little man.
DC
May 10th, 2012
1:12 pm
Also..if i was a UGA fan..I would not be claiming “columbus dawg” as one of “our” own…that guy has a screw loose…surprised he didn’t write a 10 page paper on this article how AU has weapons of mass destruction..
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:12 pm
STEVE turn on the GT softball game and tell me again that Tech doesn’t have some very pretty girls. You havn’t been on campus in a long time if you think there are no pretty girls. I guess the only thing you think is pretty is a Fake Blonde Drunk White girl.
trooper
May 10th, 2012
1:17 pm
why Wake is ranked 4th in the ACC is beyond me too funny. But I liked it that Schultz said Johnson and GT were in the SEC, great projection…
1eyedJack
May 10th, 2012
1:19 pm
Get a couple of hundred girls on campus and you’re bound to have 3 or 4 pretty ones. You might have more than that if you could actually see their faces.
Buzz2011
May 10th, 2012
1:20 pm
Go Jackets… Good for CPJ…
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:22 pm
What do you mean if you could see their faces?
There are plenty but not as many as UGa because of the enrollment numbers.
GTBob
May 10th, 2012
1:23 pm
Im not really sure how to interpret this list. If it is all about wins and losses then I guess it makes sense. Nobody really knows how Chris Peterson would do at a major program, or how Mark Richt or Les Miles would do without incredible talent at every position. Les Miles was 28-21 at Ok St. He goes to LSU and they hardly ever lose. Does that mean he is a great coach or does it mean that Saban built a great program for him?
Say What?
May 10th, 2012
1:24 pm
Somebody wins, they deserve a stature. Statue?
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:24 pm
1eyedJack…I don’t know who many UGa girls faces you can see. They are many times Pillow biting or face down puking in a toilet.
Buckeye
May 10th, 2012
1:25 pm
Urban sends his regards!
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:28 pm
The List can’t be just about wins. Some coaches are better than their won loss record. Some coaches are not as good as their won loss record.
Hamilton Did What?
May 10th, 2012
1:36 pm
Not trying to pile on Coach Dooley but how in the heck does a HC with a losing record at Louisiana Tech, coming off of a losing season get the HC job at Tennessee? That has to be the worst hire ever.
TechBaby
May 10th, 2012
1:37 pm
Actually Steve, Tech’s campus is pretty cool. #1 Engineering school in the nation. (UGA has an engineering school lol what a joke!)
Yea they got crime but what school doesn’t deal with that?
The Stadium? What about it. The oldest in all of College Football and looks great under the lights with the city in the background.
The fans are great. We are passionate just like any team’s fan base, just not as obnoxious.
The women aren’t too shabby. I know
Why kill yourself? Enjoy the life God gave you
Go Jackets!
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:38 pm
Another GT Home Run 3-0 over UVa Go Lady Jackets
Bobby Dodd Son
May 10th, 2012
1:40 pm
@ Hey, UOAD… Do you seriously want to compare the Thugs at UGA that have gotten in trouble over the years with a handful of Tech athletes that have missed up? C’MON MAN, apples and oranges.
Bobby Dodd Son
May 10th, 2012
1:41 pm
Messed up. Typo :/
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:48 pm
Lady Jackets 5 UVa 0 in the 6th inning.
AU in Vestavia
May 10th, 2012
1:54 pm
Chizik wins 30 games in the 3 years and a NC…I am glad my school has him as our coach..Richt has a state of 10 million people, UGA is basically the only state school and in 10 years has not sniffed a BSC title..James Franklin? WTH?
No. 1 Braves Fan
May 10th, 2012
1:57 pm
1eyedJack: Paul Johnson and the GT team DID win an ACC Championship. It happens that it was unjustly taken away from they. No one can deny they won it on the field.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
1:59 pm
Lady Jackets with the 3rd Homerun and leads 6-0 in the bottom of the 6th.
Technically Speaking
May 10th, 2012
2:00 pm
CPJ should be top 5, no worse than 3rd IMHO. Here’s why:
A. Under CPJ, Tech challenges for the Coastal Div crown
2. Under CPJ, Tech owns its in-state rival (from the supposedly superior SEC)
d. He coaches at the most rigorous educational institute in the world. Our guys spend M-F taking advanced math, etc. while thUGA is doing chair stacking
Stinger2
May 10th, 2012
2:01 pm
1eyedJack:
You are wrong. CPJ and the GT Team did win an ACC Championship on the playing field. It was unjustly taken away rom them by the NCAA.
Stinger2
May 10th, 2012
2:02 pm
Enter your comments here
Who Cares?
May 10th, 2012
2:02 pm
5150 UOAD, I’d rather hear updates on the Pro Bowler’s Tour, give us a break.
godawg
May 10th, 2012
2:09 pm
Smith and Freeze ranked ahead of Joker and SOD when they haven’t coached their first game yet….interesting….
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:11 pm
Who Cares?……….Softball is HUGE in this state. It is better than women’s basketball IMO.
UVa with a Home Run to get on the board GT 6- UVa 1
I know you don’t care UGa type fans think the ONLY sport is Football.
I there and was astonished at the number of G fans who left early. When I say early I mean like the fifth inning. The ones who did stay to the end just shrugged off all the Tech celebration by pointing to football. Every one of them was yelling stuff like “at least we own yall at football!” That’s the most insecure thing you could do in defeat. If you pay the money and make the drive to our stadium to watch the series clincher in baseball you’re publicly saying it means something to you. Next time just say “man, we need to get better at baseball, because I hate losing to Tech.”
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:12 pm
GT lady Jackets 3 out away and just gave up another Home Run. UVa 2 – GT 6 needing 3 outs to Advance.
what of it?
May 10th, 2012
2:13 pm
As a dogs fan it kills me to say this, but what are you talking about with Chizik:
first of all he won a national championship one year ago, not two.
second he lost his offensive and defensive coordinators as well as a lot of seniors without any rebuilding year and still finished 8-5. Richt has had 12 years and hasn’t even competed in a NC game. In fact, when has Richt ever won a game in which he was not favored?
godawg
May 10th, 2012
2:17 pm
As a Georgian and UGA grad, I’m proud to have such a fine engineering school in our Great State. That said, face it guys, your football program is a steaming turd. Now that Georgia State has a program in the Atlanta area, stop embarrassing yourselves and just give up the sport altogether…..put another Varsity at the Joke and make the real estate productive…that way you can concentrate on inventing cool new gizmos for us to break…and you’ll all have jobs fixing them. Thank you!
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:18 pm
godawg……..Smith was a coach and he is getting credit for his other Head Coaching job + Arkansas Talent I guess.
Head coaching record
Idaho: 53–20
Utah State: 16–18
Louisville: 41–21
Michigan State: 22–26
Total: 132–86
Pandering to the Leg Humpers and Buzzers
May 10th, 2012
2:22 pm
Would be a credible article until they ranked Turkey Neck #19 in the country.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:24 pm
godawg wouldn’t that be nice. no GT to compete with (abet it a little) would make the redneck mutts think they are gods.
Pandering to the Leg Humpers and Buzzers
May 10th, 2012
2:24 pm
If Richt had Vandy’s talent and Franklin had Richts; score Franklin 45 Richt 17.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:25 pm
UVa 4 GT 6
1 out and runners on 2nd & 3rd
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:29 pm
Lady Jacket 6 UVa 4 to advance.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
2:37 pm
HURRY Bradley has another PRO-UGA blog. Well except for Murray’s ranking.
DC
May 10th, 2012
2:39 pm
Thank you “what of it” glad to have an objective UGA fan/grad chime in on AU.
Trojan
May 10th, 2012
2:47 pm
I love CMR. He is a Dawg. He has character.
Weird...
May 10th, 2012
3:06 pm
Weird, Urban Meyer doesn’t coach at UF anymore and isn’t on UGA’s schedule to kick their tails in every year so the SAME foolish UGA posters who went on rant after rant trying to claim Richt > Meyer a few years ago are conspiculously mute about Meyer being ranked far ahead of Richt. It’s fairly obvious their bias was only due to who the team was the guy coached and not the quality of the coaching being done.
Steve
May 10th, 2012
3:07 pm
5150, wow what a loser. Giving us Tech Softball score updates.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:09 pm
SPORTING NEWS!!! HAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!
Ritch scores high? LOLOL
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:16 pm
“Auburn’s Gene Chizik was ranked only 36th nationally and seventh among 14 SEC coaches, despite winning a national championship two years ago. The reason: He has yet to prove he can accomplish something without Cam Newton.”
He accomplished more in one year than UGA has in 32.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:18 pm
” Richt ranked fourth among SEC coaches — behind only Saban, Les Miles and Steve Spurrier, all of whom have won BCS titles — and 14th in the nation.”
Someone needs a proofreader ASAP. Richt has never won a title. Ever. Spurrier last won one when? When Clinton was getting his knob slobbed in the White House.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
3:18 pm
Steve you would care if it was GYM DWAGS or Softball if UGa was playing and beating TECH. Well, you wouldn’t CARE but you would run your mouth about UGa winning.
Johnny DangerDawg
May 10th, 2012
3:19 pm
The Sporting News published the infamous article about how Urban Meyer’s actions left Gator Football in ruins. And now they name him the 3rd best coach in the country. What???
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:19 pm
“These Auburn idiots kill me. Richt has owned Auburn no matter who the coach in the barn is .”
And yet, Richt has nothing to show for it.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:20 pm
It took an Auburn grad to get UGA it’s last championship 32 years ago.
Richt is a second tier coach.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:21 pm
“Urban sends his regards!”
Turban could never beat Auburn but he owned UGA. UGA is owned by UCF as well.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:22 pm
1. Nick Saban (Alabama)
2. Chris Peterson (Boise State)
3. Urban Meyer (Ohio State)
4. Les Miles (LSU)
5. Bob Stoops (Oklahoma)
6. Chip Kelly (Oregon)
7. Gary Patterson (TCU)
8. Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
9. Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
10. Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State)
What’s funny is that only 4 of those coaches have won a national championship.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
3:23 pm
Steve will you watch UGa v Kentucky at 5pm? No?
UGa the Girls College of Georgia that wins CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Boys at UGa not so much. Is there a Bong Hits Championship?
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:24 pm
“Richt signed a contract extension after last season through 2016—hard to argue 4-0 vs. your rivals (Florida, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Auburn)”
And only one of those teams was ranked. Auburn lost 33 players due to draft/graduation. I guess facts don’t matter to buffoons who write for a mag that no one cares about.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:25 pm
“1. Nick Saban (Alabama)
4. Les Miles (LSU)
8. Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
14. Mark Richt (Georgia)
25. James Franklin (Vanderbilt)
26. Gary Pinkel (Missouri)
36. Gene Chizik (Auburn)
46. Dan Mullen (Mississippi State)
47. Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M)
59. Will Muschamp (Florida)
74. John L. Smith (Arkansas)
77. Hugh Freeze (Mississippi)
90. Joker Phillips (Kentucky)
99. Derek Dooley (Tennessee)”
Steve Spurrier hasn’t done one single thing at USC East. Got his a$$ handed to him by Auburn in the SEC Championship game. Missouri?????? What in the world have they done?
JAMES FRANKLIN??? HAHAHAAHAHAHHAAH
Steve Spurrier hasn’t been relevant since the 90s. This is too much fun.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:27 pm
“Look at the Auburn (tiger7_88) fan building these straw men! When you can’t win, just make it up right?”
I would buy you a DVD of UGA’s championship season but I could only find it on VHS at the local gas station.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:28 pm
“Hey Auburn moron, Coach Mark Richt has won 106 games in eleven seasons in the Southeastern Conference, and has outlasted ALL other SEC coaches in that same time period.”
HAHAHAAHAHAH!!!!!!!!! A UGAG fan talking trash about another teams coach. PRICELESS!!
Hey Gump, let us all know when UGA actually wins a bowl game. It’s been what, 3-4 years now?
bo
May 10th, 2012
3:47 pm
In fact, Richt should be higher. 1. Excellent coach with one of the best records among active coaches. 2. Impeccable character. A coach that will not, does not embarass UGA and is a man of his word. 3. Quality assistants around him. With all of the flack that Bobo gets–in fact he is considered as a top assistant in line to be a head coach somewhere. Only those most ignorant of college football see it differently.
LHarding Dawg
May 10th, 2012
3:49 pm
As long as we beat Auburn, who cares about a bowl game.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
May 10th, 2012
3:53 pm
Well there you have it sports fans……Nick Saban #1…I have to agree and I know you do as well.
Cheezestraw will be gone after this year and either Houston (Text me baby) Nutt or Bobby (hold on baby) Petrino will be the HC after this losing year. Auburn fired Gus and he was the reason (along with Cam) for their NC. I bet Lowder is going crazy knowing he has both Houston and Bobby to select from but can’t until after this season.
DawgMan
May 10th, 2012
4:02 pm
I would’ve agreed about Spurrier’s relevance before the last 2 seasons. 20-7 with recruiting really picking up has changed that. USC is more relevant now than they’ve been in the program’s history. We’ll see if he can keep it going, but don’t think you can say that Carolina is irrelevant in the SEC right now.
GTBob
May 10th, 2012
4:07 pm
In fact, Richt should be higher.
If I told you that a team consistently has top 10 recruiting classes, and plays in the best conference in the country, yet hasn’t beaten a team that ended the year ranked in 2 years, would you say the coach should be considered one of the best in the business?
Chris
May 10th, 2012
4:12 pm
Not trying to be a complete homer, but almost every time I see articles grading coaches, I see Al Golden above Jimbo Fisher. Not saying Jimbo isn’t ranked right about where he should be, but I’m not seeing the great appeal of Al Golden. He’s not a bad coach, but he did inherit a good bit of talent in his first year at Miami, and did virtually nothing with it. It’s not going to get any easier for him, but if he can continue with 6 or 7 win seasons, I guess he will have accomplished a lot.
Randy Edsall in the top 65? You’ve gotta be friggin’ kidding me. If a HC’s ego, control issues, denial of reality and possible psychiatric conditions single-handedly dismantle a half-way decent program, following a nine-win season from the previous coach who was their conference coach of the year with a two-win season, and cause what has to be some kind of record in transfers, shouldn’t they plummet in the rankings? Hell, Spaziani can win two games.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
4:18 pm
Richt
1st 4 years………….41-10
2nd 4 years………..40-12
3rd 4 years?……….24-11
Getting BETTER every year.
Last 4 complete season
34-19
Paul Johnson
34-19
reebok
May 10th, 2012
4:20 pm
The list looks pretty good to me. As a Tech fan, I don’t begrudge acknowledging that Richt is a very good football coach.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
4:22 pm
“As long as we beat Auburn, who cares about a bowl game.”
Mediocrity is what UGAG fans live for.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
4:24 pm
“1. Excellent coach with one of the best records among active coaches.”
ZERO national championships. 0-2 in bowl games in the last two years.
” 2. Impeccable character. A coach that will not, does not embarass UGA and is a man of his word. ”
Fulmer Cup Champs in 2010. Red Panties. 12 players arrested in one year. Nope, no embarrassment there.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
4:25 pm
“Cheezestraw will be gone after this year ”
Coachers who win national championships don’t get fired that easily, UGAGer.
“Auburn fired Gus and he was the reason (along with Cam) for their NC. I bet Lowder is going crazy knowing he has both Houston and Bobby to select from but can’t until after this season.”
HAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a MORON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LHarding Dawg
May 10th, 2012
4:26 pm
DD = Dumbazz
Delbert D.
May 10th, 2012
4:26 pm
The SI ranking includes performance at previous schools. Al Golden accomplished a near-impossible job in rebuilding Temple’s program. Hugh Freeze is getting a lot of credit as a head coach for 2 years at Lambuth and 1 at Arkansas State.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
4:26 pm
“As a Tech fan, I don’t begrudge acknowledging that Richt is a very good football coach.”
UGA has the easiest schedule in the SEC. Richt can beat teams as long as they are not ranked.
SteveO
May 10th, 2012
4:28 pm
Sounds about right except for Beamer and Gundy?? Gundy plays in a weak conference and Beamer is nothing but an ACC whiner that can’t beat much of anybody outside of the ACC….neither would fair well playing an SEC schedule every year….there are better coaches than these 2….year in and year out I would rate Tom O’Brien and David Cutcliffe better than Beamer or Gundy….
Big Crimson 75
May 10th, 2012
4:38 pm
It doesn’t suck being the Best!!
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
4:39 pm
Cutcliffe over Beamer? How? Cutcliffe was in the ACC and didn’t scare Beamer.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
4:40 pm
Well Bi Cri 75 unless you are the Best at Sucking! Just ask Linda Lovelace.
Big Crimson 75
May 10th, 2012
4:44 pm
72 is awfully low for the drunken Irishman!!!
I see lots of Coaches on that list ranked higher that couldn’t hold ol’ resumes Guinness!!!
Big Crimson 75
May 10th, 2012
4:45 pm
Hey-Now!!!!
Forget Mark Felt — Mrs. Lovelace is the Real D.T.!!!!
PMC
May 10th, 2012
4:47 pm
The thing with Chizik and CO. How can you not give him credit for Cam? Cam was not that player coming TO Auburn. He was a pariah. He left as a heisman winner and national champion.
Houston Nutt tried that same act and fell flat on his face.
Like or hate the Auburn staff. That team went from decent when they began the season (struggling to beat auburn) to spectacular beating Alabama and then on to the National Championship game.
and I don’t even care for Auburn.
PMC
May 10th, 2012
4:48 pm
struggling to beat Clemson sorry.
Paul in NH
May 10th, 2012
4:57 pm
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
3:22 pm
1. Nick Saban (Alabama)
2. Chris Peterson (Boise State)
3. Urban Meyer (Ohio State)
4. Les Miles (LSU)
5. Bob Stoops (Oklahoma)
6. Chip Kelly (Oregon)
7. Gary Patterson (TCU)
8. Steve Spurrier (South Carolina)
9. Frank Beamer (Virginia Tech)
10. Mike Gundy (Oklahoma State)
What’s funny is that only 4 of those coaches have won a national championship.
—–
There are 5 coaches on the list with MNCs
Pitbull
May 10th, 2012
5:02 pm
Steve Spurrier should have been voted No.1 simply for agreeing to coach football over in that cesspool named Columbia, SC. He must have wanted to get back into the SEC really badly.
As for Auburn ie the Barn, everyone know that the Georgia kids that go there who arn’t on athletic scholarship do so because their parents have money to pay the out of state tuition and the kids did not qualify for acceptance to either Tech or Georgia.
Thus the second class education in a town who’s social structure is based around two trees that may be dying – but I hope not for the trees’ sake. We need trees in this world.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:05 pm
“There are 5 coaches on the list with MNCs”
1 of them hasn’t won since Clinton was getting a BJ.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:07 pm
“As for Auburn ie the Barn, everyone know that the Georgia kids that go there who arn’t on athletic scholarship do so because their parents have money to pay the out of state tuition and the kids did not qualify for acceptance to either Tech or Georgia.”
Next time you fly on a commercial airline, thank a pilot for going to Auburn. Next time you buy an Apple product, thank the CEO who went to Auburn.
I love how dawg fans, not grads, say that Auburn is an easy school to get into when we ALL know most of the kids that go to UGA are dirt poor and have to have the HOPE scholarship to get in.
Where does the state of GA rank with other states in the US.
At the bottom.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:09 pm
“The thing with Chizik and CO. How can you not give him credit for Cam? Cam was not that player coming TO Auburn. He was a pariah. He left as a heisman winner and national champion.”
Chizik recruited Cam, Fairly etc. It was HIS class that won that title. Tubberville left it in shambles. Auburn has had 3 top 10 recruiting classes in a row and just brought in the best offensive line class in the nation. Auburn has 2 really really good QB’s that are fighting for the starting job. EVERY single player from last year, except for a couple that went to the NFL, will be back.
Pitbull
May 10th, 2012
5:09 pm
I am so glad that Mark Richt is our coach. Take an objective look:
Mark Richt has graduated 222 players in 11 years which is pretty much an entire recruiting class each year and won 106 games during that same period of time.
Mark may not have won a NC and that is OK. We have been in the SECCG 5 times since he came to Athens and won it twice. We never went to the SECCG before he got here.
I believe your bowl record is 8-3.
You have run a clean winning program, have never embarrassed us, and we have never been placed on probation during your tenure, unlike the dirty program over on North Avenue which just ended one four year probation and is beginning another four year probation after forfeiting an ACC championship.
Oh and lets never forget that the reason Tech folks hate you is that you are 10-1 against Tech.
Pitbull
May 10th, 2012
5:12 pm
Question: Where does the state of GA rank with other states in the US?
Answer: Right above Alabama
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:13 pm
You have to place Saban at the top of the list, then any of the active head coaches who have WON a BCS title, then the ones who actually played in the game in the last 10 years…then the also rans based one winning a conference title, a division title, a major bowl game, and on and on, and on..
I guess if you included recruiting, and winning games against poor opponents while losing to the BIG BOYS you play one could add Mark Richt’s name to the list, but he has yet to prove he is a big game coach, while still living off of the great players his predecessor had brought in….
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:17 pm
Pitbull
May 10th, 2012
5:12 pm
Question: Where does the state of GA rank with other states in the US?
Answer: Right above Alabama
Pitbull, I also always find it amusing to see who is the one who actually ranks these states, the internal bias in these rankings whether it be education, income etc…all those so called “indexed” rankings are full of subjective opinions and biased input.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
” We have been in the SECCG 5 times since he came to Athens and won it twice.”
So he’s 2-3 in the SECCCG. That is horrible.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
One more thing, without Tebow we see Meyer in the same light as The Chiz without Preacher son’s boy. Urban has yet to prove anything without Tebow in the huddle…I will keep my rankings on him a great deal lowere until I see him do Anything at OSU.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:20 pm
“You have run a clean winning program, have never embarrassed us”
Fulmer Cup Champs
12 players arrested in one year.
Red panties…
Nope, no embarrassment there.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:21 pm
“Urban has yet to prove anything without Tebow in the huddle’
Guess you missed the 2006 season when Chris Leak led the Gators to the national championships.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:22 pm
“One more thing, without Tebow we see Meyer in the same light as The Chiz without Preacher son’s boy.”
UGA without Herschell. USC without Bush.
Keep on talking, UGAGER.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:26 pm
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:21 pm
“Urban has yet to prove anything without Tebow in the huddle’
Guess you missed the 2006 season when Chris Leak led the Gators to the national championships.
THose players were GUYS that Spurrier and Zook left stockpiled…..we saw what kind of talent he brought in, Theives, crooks, druggies, special priviledged and convicts…living off other coaches players and as bad as a coach as zook was, he was a great recruiter and left Urban a ton of talent.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:27 pm
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:22 pm
“One more thing, without Tebow we see Meyer in the same light as The Chiz without Preacher son’s boy.”
UGA without Herschell. USC without Bush.
Keep on talking, UGAGER.
Just to set the record straight…..ROLL TIDE is more my speed…
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
5:27 pm
pitbull………..I want a LINK to the list of those 222 players that GRADUATED. I also know many took the JOKE Majors but where is the List of the 222 players that Graduated. 222/11=20.18 players/year. I am pretty sure UGa had many Jr.s go and Sr.s never finish their degrees.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
“THose players were GUYS that Spurrier and Zook left stockpiled”
Contradict much?
” Theives, crooks, druggies, special priviledged and convicts”
SEE:UGA
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
We all know that without HW…Dooley would have left UGA without a National Title on his resume…
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
“Just to set the record straight…..ROLL TIDE is more my speed…”
As is getting tea bagged by your fellow troglodyte fans.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
As for USC…they were loaded even without Bush….
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
5:29 pm
pitbull…..you said that is almost a RECRUITING class so ELIMINATE Walk-on/ non-scholarship players from that list.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:30 pm
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:28 pm
“THose players were GUYS that Spurrier and Zook left stockpiled”
Contradict much?
” Theives, crooks, druggies, special priviledged and convicts”
SEE:UGA
I am typing this SLOWER so you can read it……The player URBAN MEYER brought in were THEIVES, CROOKS, DRUGGIES, and special priviledged and convicts…..
NO CONTRADICTION THERE………..
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:33 pm
“As for USC…they were loaded even without Bush”
As was Auburn and Florida when they won it.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:33 pm
I think if you read my post, you would see that I am NOT any form of UGA fan, I laugh at the morons who think UGA is a “PREMIER” program and anyone who knows football can see that under Richt their win totals have fallen, their conference record against winning teams have fallen, their arrest rate is three times greater, their drug failure rate leads the conference, and their graduation rates have fallen…
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:34 pm
“I am typing this SLOWER so you can read it……The player URBAN MEYER brought in were THEIVES, CROOKS, DRUGGIES, and special priviledged and convicts…..”
You should use spell check, ma’am. It would help your argument if you could actually spell simple words correctly.
“NO CONTRADICTION THERE”
Sure there is.
Dumb Dawgs
May 10th, 2012
5:35 pm
Sloppy Track Slogger
My apologies. I’m used to getting attacked by UGAG fans and figured you to be another brainless UGAG fan.
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
Auburn….but without Newton they do not win the BCS, and UF does not win their second title without Tebow. Two great players. However USC could have won without Bush, Texas could not have won without Young, LSU was a team effort, Alabama was a team effort, at UF and AU, their qb’s carried them. Well UF did have HH..to take some pressure off Tebow…..but on 3rd down they both relied on their QB to get them the next first down without much help from anyone else even in long down and distance situations.
DawgMan
May 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
Ah, criticizing spelling on a blog. The stock in trade of the witless.
Paul in NH
May 10th, 2012
5:42 pm
I don’t understand the comments of “without superstar player so and so, State U would never have won the MNC”.
Guess what – great teams usually have some great players on them.
Ray Goof's Hat
May 10th, 2012
5:47 pm
Percy Harvin, Maurkice Pouncey, Mike Pouncey, Brandon Spikes, Joe Haden, David Nelson, Louis Murphy, Aaron Hernandez, Carlos Dunlap, Marcus Gilbert – and that’s just off the top of my head. Look at how productive those guys have been already in the NFL. That team was much more than just Tebow.
St. Bernard
May 10th, 2012
6:17 pm
Looking at the national top ten, those guys (maybe with the exception of Beamer) all have a killer instinct and are innovators. I love Richt and I’m proud he’s our coach, but he does lack an edge both emotionally and mentaly compared to those guys ahead of him.
Ghost
May 10th, 2012
7:43 pm
Pj @ #19 is way too high. # 2 coach in ACC ?
Ghost
May 10th, 2012
7:53 pm
Just in the ACC in no particular order, Beamer , Fedora, Golden,Fisher, Grobe,London then possibly Johnson.
Nativebird
May 10th, 2012
8:47 pm
CPJ at number 19 is a joke. This guy has relegated my Jackets to irrelevancy in college football….and will until we get a system that can win at the big time level and a coach that can recruit at the big time level. Till then…middle of the pack as far as the eye can see.
JB
May 10th, 2012
9:08 pm
I’ve done my share of bitching about Richt over the last 2-3 years, but if fired, he could pick from several job offers that would come his way. 10 wins and a sunny bowl is a dream for a lot of schools.
JB
May 10th, 2012
9:14 pm
I wouldn’t be to hard on Johnson. If he was at a school that had the athletes of say Georgia on defense, he would be almost unbeatable. Tech’s defense under him is really really bad. It’s an equalizer for whoever Tech plays.
5150 UOAD
May 10th, 2012
9:23 pm
JB but do you think Richt will walk into a situation like he did at UGa? Hell NO he will not. He will not Out talent 80% of the teams he will face if he isn’t at UGa. I can’t see Richt being a 10 win coach at a FBS school.
JB
May 10th, 2012
9:24 pm
5150………..sadly, I agree
Harvester Welle
May 10th, 2012
9:34 pm
With Tech winning the Football-Basketball-Baseball wars 3-2, there’s no doubt that UGA is Tech’s b*tch this year. Nothing to be ashamed of, just relax and enjoy it.
Dawgs!
May 10th, 2012
9:47 pm
chizik won his fluke title only after paying big money to get cam newton. He’ll be stuck in the middle of the SEC west from now on. Muschamp? He can’t coach a lick–Richt will own him for years. Dogs–win the SEC east again in 2012–book it!
Gene
May 10th, 2012
9:51 pm
Richt remains #1 in player arrests and dope suspensions.
P. Bull Terrier
May 10th, 2012
11:19 pm
I don’t understand why so many media types talk about UGA’s 10 wins last season like that is a good thing, then turn around and point out that UGA lost to the 4 best teams on it’s schedule like it’s a bad thing. Obviously you want to win them all, but if you are going to lose a few games, isn’t it better to lose to a good team than a bad team?
If Georgia beat South Carolina last season, but lost to Kentucky, would that somehow make the 10 – 4 record better? The only way I can see that kind of logic making any sense is if Georgia traded a loss against an out of confrence team for a win against LSU in the SEC championship, but otherwise 10-4 is 10-4.
aarh
May 10th, 2012
11:23 pm
I’m A uga fan, & I do think that Chizik is probably a pretty good coach, but he really did only have one really good season so far. Richt was considered to be one of hte very best coaches in the business just a few yrs. back…before they hit that stretch where they underachieved one yr., & then had a couple of bad seasons. Then people talked like they wanted to run him out of town, & like he didn’t know how to coach. I also wouldn’t say that AU hasn’t had talent, bc Chizik has been the only AU coach that I know of that seems to always land one of the top recruiting classes in the nation for as long as I remember. All I’m saying is that lets see how Chizik does over the next few yrs. If he keeps having mediocre or bad seasons, then people will suddenly say that Chizik won w/ Telletubbies talent, & can’t win w/ his. I don’t know if that’s going to happen, but I’m just saying that it can. Just look at T. Bowden. Everyone talked about how great he was when he came in & won at AU in his first yr., but his record got a little worse ea. yr. There really wasn’t much of a chance to improve on perfect. Then when he didn’t win…everyone said that he couldn’t win w/ his own talent, bc he went undefeated w/ Pat Dye’s recruits. One thing about Richt is that at least he’s been at UGA a lot longer, so it’s impossible to know how Chizik will fair over that same time period…at least as of yet.
aarh
May 10th, 2012
11:25 pm
Gene- Yeah, but part of that is bc of UGA having a lot tougher policy when it comes to punishing players on their first offense for violating the drug policy. Don’t think it only happens at UGA. Most schools sweep it under the rug on first offenses.
Randawg
May 11th, 2012
12:00 am
-Sometimes when I am ranting about Richt and Bobo my friends say”well,who would you get in his place?”….My answer is always the same…Chris Peterson,Boise State,the same guy that kicked our butt last year
RED DOG 77
May 11th, 2012
12:28 am
I don’t give a hoot what Steve Spurrier did when he was at Florida………..And you agree Nick Saban at #1 ?………….You’ve got to be kidding me…………For his knowledge of the game, his decentcy, and his loyalty to young men………….Coach Mark Richt not being in the top 5 makes me wonder where people’s heads are at?
Sloppy Track Slogger
May 11th, 2012
12:59 am
RED DOG 77
May 11th, 2012
12:28 am
I don’t give a hoot what Steve Spurrier did when he was at Florida………..And you agree Nick Saban at #1 ?………….You’ve got to be kidding me…………For his knowledge of the game, his decentcy, and his loyalty to young men………….Coach Mark Richt not being in the top 5 makes me wonder where people’s heads are at?
You answered your own question. Not winning the big one is the only variable. Typical UGA logic …good christian man, honest and still losing the big contest…
Score Check
May 11th, 2012
1:13 am
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Tweak your knee and he leaves you twisting in the wind
He ranks 124th in morality
5150 UOAD
May 11th, 2012
1:25 am
Score Check…………..hahahaha you keep score like the 5-6 year old baseball league. In other words you just make up the score.
Tell us about Ealey and how he was demoted and basically run out of Athens for Crowell.
Year of the Dawg
May 11th, 2012
6:44 am
kingdaddy I like watching you on that show mudcats !!!!!
Scott Brantley
May 11th, 2012
6:58 am
Thank God that Tim Tebow didn’t sign with Bama. If Mike Shula would have gotten Tebow, he would probably still be our coach. Roll Tide!
14 Titles!!!
May 11th, 2012
7:03 am
Nick’s got another loaded roster, #1 class, going for title #15 in 2012! Top coach in America!!! RTR!!!!
DawgSinceBirth
May 11th, 2012
7:17 am
Columbus Dawg: AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!! I grew up in Columbus (left in 1986)….You have HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD when it comes to Auburn’s fan base and their obvious disregard for FACTS about their program….Glad another Dawg fan KNOWS what I know and have known for years…Don’t let the facts get in the way of a good story….Still mesmerizes me that some “Georgia fans” won’t acknowledge the HATRED toward Auburn they do for some others….Must not have followed the Dawgs very long…or THEY WOULD!!!!! WOW!!!!
Go Dawgs!
GT
May 11th, 2012
8:19 am
Tenn and Florida will get new coaches after this season. Franklin is better than 5th and I bet he ends up at one of these two schools which would be bad news for Richt. Georgia should be a top ten school every year. Watch how many players leave the state this year to play somewhere else. Steve Spurrior as old as he is is 8th in the country, at South Carolina. What a brilliant move to hire him there.
Johnson gets his due somewhere! I think the ACC has got some of the best coaches they have had for a while. Golden at Miami is better than that ranking, and very well may end up at Florida or Tenn. He and Franklin are maybe the best newcomers I see on the east coast and watch Mike London, he may make some noise too. Unlike the SEC good coaching in the ACC does not always equal wins. Wake may have the best coach per pound in the country, being in big cities attack good coaching. Also the ACC gives it’s coaches a margin of error not enjoyed in the SEC, except in Athens.
Buckeye
May 11th, 2012
8:34 am
Is “Win With” RIcht for Gay marriage?
Buckeye
May 11th, 2012
8:35 am
Did Isaiah, The Annointed One II, cut his dreds?
AuburnCreed
May 11th, 2012
8:49 am
Gene Chizik is so bad he has 3 undefeated seasons and two national titles under his belt. We’ll keep Chizik and you guys can keep Saint Mark. We love the Chiz!!!!
Larry Drew
May 11th, 2012
8:57 am
Hey Schultzie,
When are you sending me that raise you talked about?
I will be at home for the next several weeks so let me know if you want to come by.
Thanks
gatorphil
May 11th, 2012
9:10 am
Who knows where Muschamp belongs? 59 could be way too low or even way too high. I’m a teacher and he would get an incomplete from me. Coaches with less than 3 years of head coaching experience shouldn’t be considered, yet. After two years on the job, Larry Coker at Miami looked like the second coming of Knute Rockne and we all know how that turned out.
chazzo
May 11th, 2012
9:11 am
I am not a Richt hater. I am not a down in the mouth fan and don’t bash players.
But, given the history if I had to bet on a prediction at this point:
I wouldn’t be surprised if UGA loses to Missouri and SC early on and drops one to UF, AU, or Tech. Going to ATL would once again be based on SC blowing it. PLEASE prove me wrong, Dawgs!
I’m not saying it’s going to go down that way; I’m saying that I wouldn’t be surprised if it did. Anything but an undefeated regular season and a trip back to ATL is settling for mediocrity. The reporter on Richt’s last season left SC off the list of rivals. I very much want to see the Dawgs beat Spurrier and the Gamecocks.
Gator Mike
May 11th, 2012
9:12 am
I wonder what the list will look like in Feb 2013. What are the credentials of those who make up this silly list?
No argument with Saban at #1 until proven otherwise.
Muschamp will move up the ladder as if he really cares. All he wants to do is win at UF which is what the other coaches want to do at their respective schools.
Is is a bull's eye that G
May 11th, 2012
9:20 am
Obiously, as a UGA grad, I am 100% biased. However, all of that aside, the red jersies and that red helmet with that G is a BRAND KNOWN ALL OVER the USA. Like it or not, that BRAND will inspire teams to play their best.
UGA has a fine program and if we do not win that MNC again ………………..fine with me, cause I love my Dogs, win or tie.
UGA class of 71 & 73
Kelly
May 11th, 2012
9:22 am
Some of these comments are, uh, amusing. But the rankings aren’t tarded, necessarily, just incredibly subjective and therefore incredibly, ahem, flawed. Not on you Jeff, but this obviously filler .
robodawg
May 11th, 2012
9:23 am
List looks about right. Glad to see them giving credit to those coaches who do more with less like June Jones.
Richard
May 11th, 2012
9:24 am
Not sure I have many gripes although I’d probably rank Cutcliffe higher.
GTFan
May 11th, 2012
9:25 am
Mr. Schultz, you might do some proofreading and spell checking regarding SEC for ACC and Stature for Statue.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
9:55 am
“Richt will own him for years. Dogs–win the SEC east again in 2012–book it!”
Same lame prediction, different delusional dawg fan.
FLASHBACK to 2008: DAWGS GONE WIN DA NATIONAL TITLE CUZ DAY WUZ PRESEASON CHAMPS!!!!! WOOF WOOF
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
9:56 am
“I’m A uga fan, & I do think that Chizik is probably a pretty good coach, but he really did only have one really good season so far.”
He’s been there for 3 seasons now. How long has CMR been at UGAG? Oh yeah, over 10 years.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
9:58 am
“Coach Mark Richt not being in the top 5 makes me wonder where people’s heads are at?”
Yeah, imagine that! A coach like Saban who has won 2 national titles at Bama and CMR not winning any. Yeah, lets put CMR ahead of Saban.
Geez, it’s amazing how stupid some dawg fans really are. Other schools are winning titles and all UGAG fans can do is mock and talk about how those other coaches aren’t any good.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
9:59 am
“Gene Chizik is so bad he has 3 undefeated seasons and two national titles under his belt. We’ll keep Chizik and you guys can keep Saint Mark. We love the Chiz!!!!”
EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chizik has brought in THREE top ten recruiting classes in a row. He brought in the best college football player in the HISTORY of college football while CMR wanted him as a tight end.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
10:00 am
“He ranks 124th in morality”
And the dawg fans sink to a new level.
npgator
May 11th, 2012
10:56 am
Richt has never won anything in all the time he has been at UGA and don’t expect that to change.
Who REALLY Cares?
May 11th, 2012
12:25 pm
Having said that, I obviously care enough to comment. I would put Miss. St.’s Mullen in front of Chizik despite the NC for Chizik. He just hasn’t shown me much, and Mullen has shown he can coach his guys up.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
12:41 pm
“He just hasn’t shown me much, and Mullen has shown he can coach his guys up.”
Mullen had a losing record last year. Chizik has had three winning seasons in a row.
Ghost
May 11th, 2012
12:42 pm
NP gator , SEC championships don’t count anymore? Richt has 2 the same number as Fla. has over the past 11 years. 106 wins in 2nd in sec over the past 11 years only behind LSU.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
12:44 pm
“Mullen has shown he can coach his guys up.”
Miss St was 2-6 in the SEC.
Miss St. was 7-6 last year.
Charles
May 11th, 2012
12:46 pm
You UGA fans are so stupid. Like other posters have pointed out, Chizik has overachieved his first three years. In 2009 and 2011 we were picked to win 4-5 games each year, ended up winning 8 both times. Saying something like “If you take away Cam Newton”….uhh yeah, why would we do that? Because Richt was dumb enough to think he was a tight end? No thanks. We will keep that year. And spare me the money garbage. If we did pay him, which there is no evidence we did, so what, we got away with it, get over it. If you really want to feed this line of garbage a UGA players has never been paid for his football services you are smoking crack. How about you join the real world?
UGA fans are just mad because they are now stuck in a spot they once criticized Auburn for, which is not winning a NT in many years…so how does it feels chumps? They have to resoirt to head to head wins vs Auburn to feel better and so on…things teams without championships do…focus on petty stuff. These rankings are ridiculous. Chizk is 3-0 v Spurrier and embarrassed him the SEC Title game. The man has not won anything in the SEC in 12 years. Give me a break. I have not seen any evidence he can coach players up more than Lou Holtz did at SC. Dan Mullen better than Chiz? Youve got to be kidding. That dude has one more year and if he doesn’t win 8 games this year he is hot seat bound. Watch. Richt? Face it, if he was going to win one he would have done it by now. He may salvage a decent season because of that weak schedule, but lets face it, he won’t be winning the SEC because he won’t beat the West champ. So, I guess get ready for another 9-10 wins with nothing to show for it. Perhaps you can win your bowl game this year and stop making the SEC look bad. Congrats, you are in last place. UGA (only team of the power 6 to not win a BCS Championship. Must Suck).
Charles
May 11th, 2012
12:47 pm
You UGA fans are so stupid. Like other posters have pointed out, Chizik has overachieved his first three years. In 2009 and 2011 we were picked to win 4-5 games each year, ended up winning 8 both times. Saying something like “If you take away Cam Newton”….uhh yeah, why would we do that? Because Richt was dumb enough to think he was a tight end? No thanks. We will keep that year. And spare me the money garbage. If we did pay him, which there is no evidence we did, so what, we got away with it, get over it. If you really want to feed this line of garbage a UGA players has never been paid for his football services you are smoking crack. How about you join the real world?
UGA fans are just mad because they are now stuck in a spot they once criticized Auburn for, which is not winning a NT in many years…so how does it feels chumps? They have to resoirt to head to head wins vs Auburn to feel better and so on…things teams without championships do…focus on petty stuff. These rankings are ridiculous. Chizk is 3-0 v Spurrier and embarrassed him the SEC Title game. The man has not won anything in the SEC in 12 years. Give me a break. I have not seen any evidence he can coach players up more than Lou Holtz did at SC. Dan Mullen better than Chiz? Youve got to be kidding. That dude has one more year and if he doesn’t win 8 games this year he is hot seat bound. Watch. Richt? Face it, if he was going to win one he would have done it by now. He may salvage a decent season because of that weak schedule, but lets face it, he won’t be winning the SEC because he won’t beat the West champ. So, I guess get ready for another 9-10 wins with nothing to show for it. Perhaps you can win your bowl game this year and stop making the SEC look bad. Congrats, you are in last place. UGA (only team of the power 6 to not win a BCS Championship. Must Stink).
furmanuga
May 11th, 2012
12:50 pm
I understand Auburn fans standing behind their man but I think if you take yourself out of the chair as a fan of the school you’d see what the rest of us see. A coach whose only proven he can win with an unbelievable talent on the team. He stunk up Iowa State and the two years sandwiching the Cam years were not typical auburn standards. He is getting the recruiting kids he needs so we will see soon what he does with his own kids. I don’t think anyone outside of the Auburn fan base has seen much to prove otherwise.
Charles
May 11th, 2012
12:50 pm
You UGA fans are so stupid. Like other posters have pointed out, Chizik has overachieved his first three years. In 2009 and 2011 we were picked to win 4-5 games each year, ended up winning 8 both times. Saying something like “If you take away Cam Newton”….uhh yeah, why would we do that? Because Richt was dumb enough to think he was a tight end? No thanks. We will keep that year. And spare me the money garbage. If we did pay him, which there is no evidence we did, so what, we got away with it, get over it. If you really want to feed this line of garbage a UGA player has never been paid for his football services you are smoking crack. How about you join the real world?
UGA fans are just mad because they are now stuck in a spot they once criticized Auburn for, which is not winning a NT in many years…so how does it feels chumps? They have to resort to head to head wins vs Auburn to feel better and so on…things teams without championships do…focus on petty stuff. These rankings are ridiculous. Chizik is 3-0 v Spurrier and embarrassed him in the SEC Title game. The man has not won anything in the SEC in 12 years. Give me a break. I have not seen any evidence he can coach players up more than Lou Holtz did at SC. Dan Mullen better than Chiz? You’ve got to be kidding. That dude has one more year and if he doesn’t win 8 games this year he is hot seat bound. Watch. Richt? Face it, if he was going to win one he would have done it by now. He may salvage a decent season because of that weak schedule, but lets face it, he won’t be winning the SEC because he won’t beat the West champ. So, I guess get ready for another 9-10 wins with nothing to show for it. Perhaps you can win your bowl game this year and stop making the SEC look bad. Congrats, you are in last place. UGA (only team of the power 6 to not win a BCS Championship. Must Stink).
5150 UOAD
May 11th, 2012
12:52 pm
furmanuga…………PLEASE do the same thing as a UGa fan when looking at Richt and Bobo.
fred smith
May 11th, 2012
1:25 pm
Mark Richt is the biggest phony on the planet! He tells everyone who will listen that hes is this God fearing Christian man, but then he recruits thugs and looks the other way when they commit multiple crimes. If there is any discipline it is for a half against St Mary’s school for the blind.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
1:26 pm
“A coach whose only proven he can win with an unbelievable talent on the team.”
And he recruited him. Who was it that tried to recruit Cam as a tight end?
“He stunk up Iowa State and the two years sandwiching the Cam years were not typical auburn standards. ”
And that has WHAT to do with Auburn?
” I don’t think anyone outside of the Auburn fan base has seen much to prove otherwise.”
National Championship says differently, little girl.
Dumb Dawgs
May 11th, 2012
1:27 pm
furmanuga
If Chizik is so bad and Richt is so good, why hasn’t Richt won a national title in his 10+ years at UGAG?
Dawgs for Life
May 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
Hey Score Check, there is a cleanup in aisle 5, so get back to work! Let the adults comment on this blog.
joe
May 11th, 2012
1:40 pm
When you have an article written by a UF grad, crap is what you get…
Ghost
May 11th, 2012
4:19 pm
Dumb Dawgs, How’s Auburn fared against Richt ? 1-5 since 2006.Think you should find another coach to pick on, this one seems to have Auburns Number.
Snoop Dawg
May 11th, 2012
4:44 pm
Even though Richt is the darling of the media, he has proven to be stupid yet sly and cunning. He bears considerable watching as he leads UGA to another mediocre season with lots of suspensions and excuses.
Ksdawg
May 11th, 2012
4:54 pm
Dooley at Tennessee has had a rough job
for any coach to take on I being a Georgia fan even would give him better than 99 hell its tough when your playing with one of the youngest programs in the sec and you lose your best quarterback
UGACDS
May 11th, 2012
5:56 pm
As a UGA fan, I’m really tired of Richt.As a person, you couldn’t ask for better, but at a coach he’s just not taking UGA to National Championship. We can’t even win a bowl game. He doesn’t have it in him. He also hasn’t had the strength to fire Bobo! I would like to see us start over with a new coach. It would be easy to find a good one since we’re in the SEC.
UGACDS
May 11th, 2012
6:00 pm
To the Auburn fans… Cam Newton could of won a national championship at any SEC school. Your coach didn’t do sh** but to ride cam to the BCS while he pissed himself.
BamaRTR
May 11th, 2012
8:49 pm
cam newton was on the auburn campus only a few months after getting big money to show up—after he left, the team sucked again. chizik–he can’t coach a lick. Bama will rule the SEC for years with Nick–best coach in the U.S!!!!
Snoop Dawg
May 13th, 2012
8:33 am
I have concluded that AJC is part of the problem. They prop up Richt just like NBC and CNN prop up Obama. Why is that?
Whoever rates Richt highly as a coach is a certified idiot needing professional help.
I can’t really think of any coach in the SEC who is as bad as, or worse than Richt.
He is taking the Bulldog Nation down into the mire.
Laughing all the way to the bank.
People say, “Who could we get to replace him?”
I say, “Anybody!”
Anybody but Bobo, that is…
TexMar
May 14th, 2012
10:21 am
Where the hell is Mack Brown! I believe he’s a far better coach than coach “I’m a man” Mike Gundy.
Common Sense
May 14th, 2012
5:09 pm
An engineering question to the recently created school of engineering at UGA. What value does a 3rd Column have in supporting an arch?
Jimbutt Fisher is a whacko
May 14th, 2012
6:24 pm
Johnson 19? and June Jones 22? No Way….Way too high.
Harvey Updyke
May 14th, 2012
6:26 pm
Bamalama sold their souls years ago.
Rob P.
May 16th, 2012
10:38 am
Its funny that you say that Chizik should be ranked low for doing nothing without Cam. You then go to say it makes since that Saben, Miles, and Spurrier deserve to be ahead of Richt for winning a national championship. I guess I would ask why would you think Spurrier is anything other than Chizik. He has done nothing since taking over at S.C. Just good’ol UGA bias. We have the greatest coach we just can’t get the job done on the field. For the talent UGA gas had half the coaches in teh SEC would have won a national championship. UGA will never win a championship with Richt. Want to know why. He is good. Good gets you second at most in the SEC. Many more years of UGA fans whining about why they should have could have to come.
Irving
May 16th, 2012
12:23 pm
Mark richt does the least with good talaent.At least auburn has won a national championship, can uga say that, oh I forgot 1980 but I was on 5 years old then so that is why I don’t remember that. Richt has been at uga more than 10 years and has not even played in the BCS championship game, not to even mention win one. Coach chizic won the nat champ in 2010 not you can put any kinda spin on that you want but come to auburn’s athletic dept and you will ses a brand new shiny crystal football uga fans, something you guys dream about. Richt has set very low standards for the bulldog nation, yall just want to win a sec championship because you know that a nat championship is not in your reach, thats for aubuarn, alabama lsu and UF. You guys just are luck to make to the sec championship game because UF and UT are no longer good team and you get to go and meet the sec west champ such as LSU and get demolished! Loosers! War Eagle!
Au Tig
May 16th, 2012
12:49 pm
Hey uga fans, let me put the comparison betwee chizic and richt in perspective, Chizik has been at auburn only 3 season, so lest compare what has been accomplished by these coaches the last 3 years.
Chizik record is 30-10
Richt is 24-14.
Chizik has won 1 sec championship.
Richt: 1 appearance, 42-10 Lost to LSU.
Chizik is 3-0 in his bowl games.
Richt is 1-2
Chizik has won the National Championship of College Football.
Richt: GIVE ME A BREAK! LOL!
WHO HAS ACCOMPLISHED MORE? Face it guys, richt is only good for getting cats out of the trees and helping old ladies across the street.
A.B. Normal
May 16th, 2012
4:04 pm
Bobby “Ditch Rider” Petrino would’ve come in 69th place.
Just Sayin
May 16th, 2012
7:14 pm
I love the way idiots like to pick CMR’s worse 3 years for comparisons.
Just Sayin
May 16th, 2012
7:16 pm
Au Tig……I’m talking about YOU!!!
Just Sayin
May 16th, 2012
7:20 pm
AuTig……you forgot to mention CMR is 2-1 vs Auburn in the last 3 years…..a convenient omission!!!
Just Sayin
May 16th, 2012
7:22 pm
And CMR beat the defending National Champions in 2011 by 6 TDs…….and pulled the starters at halftime, but who’s counting?!?!
tolivr
May 17th, 2012
12:42 pm
No doubt why Saban is #1. A 48-6 record over the last 2 years and 2 BCS titles to add to the other title he won at LSU in 2003. Bryant had 6 unanimous All Americas in 20 seasons (1961-1980); Saban has already had 6 unanimous All Americas in only 4 seasons (2008-2011). And, of course, one #1 recruiting class after another with monotonous regularity. Who knows how many more titles he will win at Alabama..two more, three?
As for Chizik, no doubt he captured lightening in a bottle in 2010 with the greatest QB, during one season of college football, in all of college football history. No one can expect that again. Chizik’s one consistency: poor defense. 2011 was AU’s worst defense in its long history. 3 years at AU and not one defense in the top 50. Malzahn’s gone, and with him the offense may be gone as well. That was the ONLY thing saving AU from a losing season last year (Malzahn’s offense won the Utah State and Miss St games). Chizik will win 7 or maybe 8 again in 2012, but he’ll lose to the big boys–Alabama, LSU, Georgia, and perhaps Arkansas as well. Even Clemson is far from a definite win. Then the season gets bad in 2013 with road games against the tougher teams, with the exception of Alabama. Likely another 7 or 8 win season. Consequently, after 7/8 win seasons in 11, 12, and 13, and 3 consecutive losses to Alabama, look for Chizik to be gone by 2014. Tough I know, but that’s just how it looks.