Weekend Predictions: No sacrifices, but Falcons, LSU win
Welcome back to Weekend Predictions, where we may fool you into taking one of our Just Kidding Picks once a while — Georgia over South Carolina? Just kidding — but we would never pimp out our abused young pawns to the highest bidder for the sake of a case of footballs, new carpeting and a dozen legal pads. Because then, we would be no better than a financially desperate athletic director.
And speaking of Georgia State. What next? Maybe lease out 20 or 30 players to the Atlanta Police Department for Taser practice? That would clear $100,000.
In another attempt to provide a thoroughly enriching college football experience — go with it — Georgia State athletic director Cheryl Levick has brokered deals to throw her fledgling program’s abused slabs of meat into the center of the Roman Coliseum against Alabama and West Virginia next season and Oregon in 2015.
Wait, I thought Cheryl Levick had blonde hair?
For these three sacrifices, GSU will make $2.15 million, less medical expenses that the HMO won’t cover. Players will receive a free second trip to the soft-food bar in the cafeteria.
The Panthers are 0-6 this season. They’ve been outscored 236-71. Two more routs, and they qualify for FEMA funding. And yet, the school jumped from the Colonial to the Sun Belt for financial reasons, ensuring more dismemberings in 2013. Now there’s the non-conference schedule, direct from The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (circa 1967).
I don’t know. Maybe Levick is bucking for the Savannah State job (first two games this season: losses to Oklahoma State and Florida State by a combined 139-0). I’d be fine with these deals if the school president agreed to play left tackle and the athletic director played quarterback. But that would be too, oh, I don’t know, courageous?
Feh.
Meanwhile, back to real football:
South Carolina didn’t have to pay Georgia anything for last week’s body slam. Now it tries to keep it going against LSU. Bad timing. The Roosters are coming off an emotional high. The Tigers are coming off a loss to Florida. The game is in Baton Rouge (where LSU has won 21 straight).
Not overly confident about this pick (obviously). Just a feeling: LSU over South Carolina (and the 2½ is covered).
SCHOOL DAZE
Uga needed a week to sleep off last week's game.
Georgia: Off. Coaches searched for the idiots who egged players houses, but followed their game plan and ended up in Spartanburg.
Georgia Tech: Off. No, really this time.
Auburn at Mississippi: The Tigers are 6-point underdogs to Ole Miss, triggering a clause in Gene Chizik’s contract that reads, “The locksmith will be arriving on Tuesday.” Take Auburn and 6 (but Rebels win).
Florida at Vanderbilt: Great story from Will Muschamp about how when he got the job at Florida, “There were only three things left in a very barren office, and that was three national championship trophies. I think our athletic director left them on purpose.” Nothing like sending a message. Gators cover 8.
Missouri players break from a team meeting.
Alabama at Missouri: Five Mizzou players were suspended for marijuana last week. Gary Pinkel must be making recruiting in-roads in Georgia. Alabama covers 21½.
Kentucky at Arkansas: Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson was in an accident. But he was in a car, not on a motorcycle, and his sociology professor wasn’t a passenger — so when you think about, the program is making tremendous progress. Piggies cover 17.
Tennessee at Ms. State: The others Dogs are 5-0, but their wins have come over Jackson State, Auburn, Troy, South Alabama, Kentucky and … wait, did I leave out the Connecticut School of Broadcasting? Grab the 3, but Tennessee wins straight up.
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Weekend Predictions salutes “Mongo” (in memory of Alex Karras)
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NFL SIX PACK
It looks like "Fatbeard"and the Raiders are setting up the run.
Raiders at Falcons: The Falcons are 5-0, but there are two things they haven’t done well: 1) Run the ball (21st in NFL); 2) Stop the run (27th). But given that the Raiders rank 32nd in rushing, just ahead of UTEP and comatose, I don’t see this being an issue. Birds cover 9.
Vikings at Redskins: Robert Griffin III was fine after getting hit by Sean Weatherspoon last week, except for the fact he thought he was Thurston Howell III. Seriously, the dude had no idea where he was, but suddenly the Redskins claim he has been medically “cleared” to practice? By who, Dr. Seuss? I call Bolshoi. Take the Vikings straight up and the gift 2.
Lions at Eagles: Ndamukong Suh is upset that two unnamed NFL executives in a Pro Football Weekly story said the Lions are overrated and “Suh belongs on the All-Hype team.” Question: When you’re 1-3, shouldn’t you just shut up? Eagles cover 4½.
Packers at Texans: I’m not a big stats guy, but Aaron Rodgers already has been sacked 21 times this season. That’s a season pace of 67, give or take a spleen. But there’s a hole in Houston’s defense where Brian Cushing used to be. Take the 3½ and the Pack on the road.
Broncos at Chargers: Wonder if Peyton Manning (2-3) expected to have a worse record than Andrew Luck (2-2) at this point? Take the 2, but Denver wins straight up.
Cowboys at Ravens: Jerry Jones’ birth certificate says he turns 70 on Saturday, but of course he has grandkids older than his face. (I know. Cheap and easy.) Ravens cover 3½.
When I hear Ndamukong Suh, I think of Lesley Gore
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TIME TO SETTLE UP
Or, as my Russian friend from “Rounders” would say…
Last week: 7-4 straight up, 6-5 against the spread.
So far, so good: 50-16 straight up, 38-26-2 against the spread.
Sack Schultz update: Went 10-5 last week, not great. Our overall leader is still “KarlaMoshe” of Kansas with 73 wins.
Lilly’s pick of the week: She’s 3-3 and in danger of being placed on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. (See what I did there?) This week, she took the cheese: South Carolina over LSU.
Lilly is going against me this week. She is taking the Gamecocks over Tigers.
By Jeff Schultz
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146 comments Add your comment
Tokyo Tom
October 11th, 2012
12:01 pm
The Raiders couldn’t beat the Falcons even if Mongo knocked out Freddie Falcon!
Hanky Panky
October 11th, 2012
12:06 pm
UGA: HIRE JON GRUDEN FOR UGA HEAD COACH.
DRAFT JON GRUDEN. MAKE THE CALL. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
DAWG NATION: START THE MOVEMENT. JON GRUDEN FOR UGA HEAD COACH.
USMC
October 11th, 2012
12:08 pm
Jeff,
I believe your “LSU WINS” prediction will not come through because LSU is very limited on offense this year and while the defense is great, they are not playing at the level they did last year in order to compensate for a weak offense. We will see.
I see South Carolina beating LSU AND Florida… and BEATING Alabama in the SEC CG.
Joe
October 11th, 2012
12:09 pm
sad that the expectations and the message from OUR AD isnt like that of the Fla AD….thought he might have learned something in 19 years….I guess it still rings true…..I just dont know what happens to those ADs when they get to Georgia!
Tokyo Tom
October 11th, 2012
12:11 pm
What is going on at GSU? I still don’t understand the need for a college football program there, let alone a FBS program. The payoffs from Bama, WVA, & Oregon still won’t cover the expenses of the program and won’t help draw more than 10,000 to the Dome. They should have stuck with building their basketball program with local talent who could consistently take the team to the NCAA tournament (I feel Coach Hunter is the right person for the job)
USMC
October 11th, 2012
12:12 pm
UGA needs to hire Bobby Petrino.
He has done his “I repent” tour since his mishap in Arkansas.
He is the BEST college football coach available, and the SEC team(AUB, UT, UK) that hires him for next season will FAR surpass UGA in the next two years.
Mark Richt has done a great job for UGA, but is showing signs of stagnation and complacency.
dougmo2
October 11th, 2012
12:12 pm
You were wrong last week picking against Gamecocks. You will be wrong again. Mettenburger is not as good a quarterback as he seems. Carolina wins and wins again next week.
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
12:14 pm
Jeff, good call on the LSU game I think. People regularly underestimate having to play two emotional games in a row in CFB. I dont believe UGA would have beat South Carolina, but I do think UGA playing Tennessee the week before factored into that awful first quarter. Meanwhile South Carolina was playing Kentucky. LSU did also lose to UF, but that was on the road against a UF team that was coming off a bye week. UGA will get some payback in their favor at the end of the month. They play UF after a bye week and Kentucky. Meanwhile, UF must travel to Vandy and play South Carolina.
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
12:15 pm
That picture of the Missouri team meeting is priceless! lol
DIT
October 11th, 2012
12:16 pm
The only was LSU beats sc is if sc has a total meltdown and forgets how to play. That game they played last week boosted their confidence. Sc by 10.
USMC
October 11th, 2012
12:18 pm
“I just dont know what happens to those ADs when they get to Georgia!”
I wouldn’t fall into that trap… You better believe McGarity will make the change when the time & circumstances are right.
He tactfully put Mark Richt on notice before last season and structured his contract accordingly.
Watch.
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
12:19 pm
One thing that always cracks me up when I hear people talk about the CFB regular season as a playoff…rarely do teams play back to back games against top opponents. When it does happen, it usually doesnt go as expected. That’s what would happen in a real playoff. There are no bye weeks, paycheck games, or conference bottom feeders in between playoff games. Everyone expects SC to beat LSU and UF on the road in consecutive weeks just because they ambushed UGA at home the week after UGA played a very emotional game against UT. I’m betting we see something very different.
Umm
October 11th, 2012
12:20 pm
“Back to real football” Sure, like that Wing-T that GT runs. Got it! Or that fraud of a football team in Athens. Look out, South Carolina just scored again.
Sonny Clusters
October 11th, 2012
12:21 pm
Deer 2 Buck Commanders 0
UF Rox
October 11th, 2012
12:28 pm
Nope.
S.Car. wins, no question, but UF, looking to next week’s matchup wth the Cocks, plays a classic trap game in Nashville.
At least we host Spurrier in the Swamp!
Good Lord
October 11th, 2012
12:33 pm
Ole Miss 42
Auburn 17
HUH???? continues to insult anyone who mentions that Auburn is not any good and the coach is on the hot seat while bashing UGA and telling everyone that he is smarter than them(HINT: He is not)
LSU 20
SC 17
Spurrier cries and whines about how he is playing LSU
Missed something Jeff
October 11th, 2012
12:33 pm
Lock of the week: Master
Sidslid
October 11th, 2012
12:35 pm
Don’t know if West Virginia will be able to maintain the “don’t score 100″ etiquette of college football against Georgia State
If it weren't for Lilly...
October 11th, 2012
12:39 pm
Schultz would not have any friends
arrowhead1959
October 11th, 2012
12:41 pm
All we heard all summer was about Georgia’s “easy” schedule, but no mention that Alabama doesn’t play Ga, South Carolina or Fla? I guess Les Miles is no Steve Superior…
dick whiskey
October 11th, 2012
12:46 pm
just give me some weekend predictions! and jeff i told you the chihuahua’s were going down last week, and scarolina’s going down this week
It's Almost Friday
October 11th, 2012
12:47 pm
Jeff – Is Lilly available for the defensive coordinator’s job at Tech? We’ll take her.
dtanner
October 11th, 2012
12:53 pm
one thing GSU will have going for it next year, will be minus the legendary? HC bill curry
DB
October 11th, 2012
12:53 pm
USMC – Suprrier has never had an undefeated team. Even when he had better teams than he has now at USCe. USCe loses to both LSU & UF.
SimpleDawg
October 11th, 2012
12:57 pm
I believe the Gamecocks are for real….
…which means that they have a serious chance to run the table. The BIG Table.
Can you imagine Spurrier’s Ego if they do? They will have to play the BCS NC game outdoors….
…he wouldn’t be able to get it out of an indoor stadium without a retractable roof.
Chuck
October 11th, 2012
12:59 pm
Keep picking against South Carolina, Jeff. You picked Georgia to beat them for the last three years in a row, and missed all three. Carolina fans will let you keeping picking against the Gamecocks, and USC will go all the way to the BCS Title game at that rate.
Flat Tire on I95 in Jacksonville
October 11th, 2012
1:13 pm
SC will lose bad!
Jeff Schultz
October 11th, 2012
1:17 pm
USMC — Agree that LSU is limited on offense. Still think they win a low-scoring game.
Jeff Schultz
October 11th, 2012
1:18 pm
Mike S — Agree. Emotions and home field always huge, especially in SEC.
Jeff Schultz
October 11th, 2012
1:19 pm
Missed Something Jeff — Next week I’ll try to get in two locks. Or lox. See what I did there?
Jeff Schultz
October 11th, 2012
1:20 pm
“If it weren’t for Lilly … Schultz would not have any friends”
<<< Still puts me one ahead of you.
Jeff Schultz spelled backwards is Ffej Ztluhcs
October 11th, 2012
1:21 pm
I believe if Mr. Schultz made a prediction on the braves we might have won that game on Friday
Jeff Schultz
October 11th, 2012
1:22 pm
It’s Almost Friday — Lilly likes her sleep too much. But I’ll bring the offer to her and let you know.
Glsjunior
October 11th, 2012
1:26 pm
Paul Giamatti doesn’t like GSU…I suppose we should fold the program now,,,
If it weren't for Lilly...
October 11th, 2012
1:31 pm
Yea Jeff you are still #1 in my book
Red Stick
October 11th, 2012
1:33 pm
No smack talk intended here but I just don’t see SC playing lights out 2 weeks in a row. Plus it’s a night game in Tiger Stadium. Trust me, as a 30 year season ticket holder, there is a huge difference in day and night games at LSU.
The crowd will be fired up and I can tell you Shaw will be using hand signals when they are deep on both ends of the field. No place is louder than a big-time night game in Baton Rouge.
I would be very nervous if I was a Gamecock fan. That said I hope our visitors have a good time and a safe trip.
j t keene
October 11th, 2012
1:33 pm
Yeah, you were so cool on that UGA over S.C. pick, and a long way from being right. Like Bear Bryant once said “all that rah-rah stuff is good but when you line up to kick off you better have some players”. Granted, LSU has players but so does S.C. and they are playing head and shoulders above LSU. They must love you in Vegas.
SecGuy
October 11th, 2012
1:37 pm
Glsjunior…that was a good one.
Clem13
October 11th, 2012
1:37 pm
I expect South Carolina to lose at LSU. South Carolina is good, but overrated. South Carolina wanted to beat Georgia way more than Georgia wanted to win. After all, it is just South Carolina. South Carolina has never won any championship and has one or two good years and think they are elite and they are still in the bottom tier of the SEC. Spurrier will retire within two years so they will be back to being lowly South Carolina.
Hankie Aron
October 11th, 2012
1:39 pm
Jeff- Thanks for the weekend predictions. Always nice on a normally boring Thursday for me.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
October 11th, 2012
1:46 pm
I think USC beats LSU.
UGA plays who?
Falcons lose in a close one.
Panthers
October 11th, 2012
1:46 pm
Panthers are terrible this year clearly no argument, but they did manage to score 13 against Tennessee where Savannah State was shut out by FSU and OSU and GSU beat Savannah State on their 6th game during their inaugural season so I’m not sure the Savannah State comparison is relevant, but this kind of comparison is what Schultz is know for.
HUH?????
October 11th, 2012
1:47 pm
“HUH???? continues to insult anyone who mentions that Auburn is not any good and the coach is on the hot seat while bashing UGA and telling everyone that he is smarter than them(HINT: He is not)”
I see I have a cult following. Looks like I scared some folks.
HUH?????
October 11th, 2012
1:49 pm
“HIRE JON GRUDEN FOR UGA HEAD COACH.”
Why? All he did was win a Super Bowl with Tony Dungee’s players. Notice how NO ONE in the NFL has ever wanted him as a head coach.
DawgNole
October 11th, 2012
1:57 pm
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
12:14 pm
Jeff, good call on the LSU game I think. People regularly underestimate having to play two emotional games in a row in CFB. I dont believe UGA would have beat South Carolina, but I do think UGA playing Tennessee the week before factored into that awful first quarter. Meanwhile South Carolina was playing Kentucky. LSU did also lose to UF, but that was on the road against a UF team that was coming off a bye week. UGA will get some payback in their favor at the end of the month. They play UF after a bye week and Kentucky. Meanwhile, UF must travel to Vandy and play South Carolina.
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Agree with your stance on consecutive emotional games. But you’re incorrect about UGA playing UF after a bye week. Wish you were right, because that rare two-week rest ahead of the gators has helped the Dawgs some in the past.
GSU Panthers
October 11th, 2012
2:02 pm
That was completely unnecessary, Schultz. At least GSU schedules tough opponents, and that’s commendable for a small fish trying to build a program in a big pond. Screw you.
Mary's nasty mouth scores $85K
October 11th, 2012
2:09 pm
What’s the spread on the falcons this weekend. I got a few extra dollars to bet.
Pat Dye
October 11th, 2012
2:47 pm
Auburn’s not man enough to cover the 6
gdawginkalamzoo
October 11th, 2012
2:57 pm
LSU defense just isn’t the same without the Stoney Badger back there. I think SC beats them. SC didn’t have to work too hard last weekend so they are rested and healthy.
AngryClemsonFan
October 11th, 2012
3:02 pm
You got Dabo’d last week. He punched in that last TD just to beat the spread and give you a big “L” in your pick column.
GSU_MEX_ALUM
October 11th, 2012
3:41 pm
Kick us while we are down Schultz… You had nothing better to do?
Snake Doc
October 11th, 2012
3:58 pm
Everyone knows a dog is way smarter then schultz could ever hope to be.
Matt "CHOKE" Ryan
October 11th, 2012
4:06 pm
The Falcants 1st 6 opponents combined 2011 record (42-54).
I thought Cream Puffs was a snack food……
HA HA
charles
October 11th, 2012
4:12 pm
Does anyone else feel the college football is really topsy turvy this year? I mean Duke is 5-1,the USC with the best football team is in Carolina,a team gave up 63 points and WON-oh wait ok Alabama is still no.1 and Florida State still cant run the table!
SSIgator
October 11th, 2012
4:17 pm
Usually don’t bet on college football games, but I feel pretty sure that UGA will not lose this weekend. I see that Vegas has them at -28. Does that have anything to do with points scored in the game or is it their ranking at the end of the year?
Buckshot
October 11th, 2012
4:19 pm
Gamecocks looked pretty solid last week. Their defense will decide this game.
Answer This
October 11th, 2012
4:23 pm
The Mad Hater will not lose two in a row……good call. USC used all that hyped up energy last week to tame the puppies…….LSU rolls in a big one, will make people say that USC win over UGA was a fluke! Hard to beat LSU down in the Bayou especially when the Mad Hater has his back against the wall knowing he cant lose two and have even a shot to make the Alabama game relevant! Do they play Bama this year?
Delbert D.
October 11th, 2012
4:24 pm
Christopher Lee gave me nightmares when I was a kid. If LSU could get him to play QB, they might score on South Carolina.
dale in newnan
October 11th, 2012
4:25 pm
Nice Kenny KGB shout out.
SSIgator
October 11th, 2012
4:31 pm
“Coaches searched for the idiots who egged players houses but followed their game plan and ended up in Spartanburg.”
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That is not totally accurate Jeff. A witness reported it was actually Murray that threw some of the eggs, but the police that investigated the incident could not find any evidence of that being the case. The witness told the police that they were looking in the wrong place – Murray (as usual) had overthrown his own house and hit the one next door. The next door neighbor did not want to press charges, but did ask the police to call St. Markus Rectumus and request that he play a backup QB in the next game as Murray’s punishment.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 11th, 2012
4:38 pm
Jeff, I am a UGA fan, South Carolina is the real deal on both sides of the ball. They will spank LSU. Mettenberg(LSU QB is less mobile and does not throw as well as Murray), see what they did to us. Those two DE’s could be in the NFL right now, they are that good. Connor Shaw is as good a college QB is there is this year. I look for them to go undefeated and then the big game with ALABAMA. Who knows what will happen then?
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
4:41 pm
@DawgNole – yeah I said they play UF after a bye week and Kentucky, meaning they are off this week, then Kentucky the next week, then UF the week after that.
Hankie Aron
October 11th, 2012
4:49 pm
Tom- Past games aren’t always indications of future play. That was an emotional game for the Cocks and every game is different based on home field advantage, health, emotional highs and lows, gameplan. Those type things are consistent week to week.
Hankie Aron
October 11th, 2012
4:50 pm
It made sense to me Mike S.
Hankie Aron
October 11th, 2012
4:51 pm
Those type things are not always consistent week to week. Sorry
dawgfan
October 11th, 2012
4:55 pm
South Carolina v. LSU will be a wild one but I think South Carolina gets it done. Their game against us was not that “emotional” at all as far as I could tell. It was a pretty boring game. An emotional game is where you go in to overtime or the game comes down to a field goal or something like that. This was just a trouncing. They almost looked bored and far from emotional.
Thanks.
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
4:57 pm
@USMC – McGarity may have put Richt on a bit of a notice, but he’s also not stupid. Unless you have an Urban Meyer or Nick Saban lined up, your odds of stepping up from a record like Mark Richt’s is pretty slim. Your far more likely to see the program backslide like in Tennessee or not really get any better like in Auburn (minus Cam Newton) or FSU.
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
4:58 pm
For as long as Richt has been in the SEC, his record is fantastic. Yeah he has lost some games to ranked teams the last few years, but most of which are against SEC teams no one else is beating either. In fact, you put this UGA program anywhere else, and Richt likely would have the same type of resume Stoops, Carroll, Tressel, and Beamer have enjoyed. If you want to win the SEC, you have to beat the national champion. How do you hold that over Richt when Stoops, Tressel, and the rest cant beat these teams either?
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 11th, 2012
5:04 pm
Hankie – We will see?
dawgfan
October 11th, 2012
5:04 pm
“In fact, you put this UGA program anywhere else, and Richt likely would have the same type of resume Stoops, Carroll, Tressel, and Beamer have enjoyed.”
LOL. And if a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump its azz when it hopped. Who gives a flying crap how UGA would do in other leagues? I don’t want to be in another league. The SEC rocks. Its the best of the best. What kind of weak crap is that? 4 seperate SEC teams have won national titles just in the past 5 years. There is absolutely no reason why we can’t be one of them. The only thing holding us back is fans like you and your acceptance of mediocrity.
DawgNole
October 11th, 2012
5:48 pm
Mike S.
October 11th, 2012
4:41 pm
@DawgNole – yeah I said they play UF after a bye week and Kentucky, meaning they are off this week, then Kentucky the next week, then UF the week after that.
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Got it. Truth be told, Ky is about like a bye week–the way they’ve been playing. Of course, they usually give the Dawgs trouble up there.
Paul in NH
October 11th, 2012
6:05 pm
LSU over SC in a close one. It’s tough to beat the Tigers in a night game in BR. SC is good but not as good as they looked against UGA.
UF big over Vandy.
ALA big over Mizzou – Spicoli has pizza delivered to the bench before the half.to fight the munchies
Other Bulldogs win.
Argentina over Uruguay in Montivedeo as Messi runs rampant.
Magic City
October 11th, 2012
6:18 pm
If the Gamecocks lose to LSU and Florida,
can the Dawgs make a comeback?
Good Lord
October 11th, 2012
6:41 pm
SSIGator
All indications are your mother beats the sheet out of your daddy every time your name is mentioned
The One After 909
October 11th, 2012
6:49 pm
So who is going to be the next Tech head coach when Tech drops 4 of the next 6?
Will Tech drink the kool aid and go for Petrino?
We Run The East
October 11th, 2012
7:14 pm
909- Petrino at Tech? Sounds freaky and a bad fit. Petrino’s name is mud in Atlanta. What a snake but great college coach. Not in Atl, not anywhere in state, not Petrino. He will catch on over in the old SWC or a cotton bowl team, something like that. Or maybe tennessee…
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
October 11th, 2012
7:23 pm
Word on the street, Georgia State wouldn’t play UGA, they want some competition and will play Bama. Sad.
Dr. Phill
October 11th, 2012
7:42 pm
Thank the former president of GSU for football. Faculty and students were against it. It’s not working, and it won’t work, even if you hire Saban.
Dog Island Gator
October 11th, 2012
8:19 pm
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Dog Island Gator
October 11th, 2012
8:22 pm
Maybe UGA should play the all girls school from Savannah. Wait, they do. Every year…twice
William
October 11th, 2012
8:51 pm
Let’s let the season play out before we pass judgement on CMR. Give him a chance to right the ship. One loss does not a bad season make. This weak schedule has turned into a tough one. Kentucky at night. Let’s not forget the 17-7 lead at the half on SC. Florida is tough, Ole Miss is tough, Auburn will be looking for redemption and GT is always tough on Georgia. I don’t think LSU can beat SC even at night in the Tiger’s lair. The Falcons will probably be flat this Sunday after a superb start. Take Oakland and the points.
GFY
October 11th, 2012
9:06 pm
Gamechickens have no offense…..just because you put 35 on UGA does not mean you will against LSU…..LSU is going to show you some big boy offense and defensive lines and not let you run wild. Lock of the year for LSU to beat down the fowl low country bumpkins…..
Flo-Ri-Duh
October 11th, 2012
9:15 pm
Stoned Badger was much better on kick returns than on pass coverage. LSU has better CBs now than Stoned Badger. Mettenbubba is the weak link. If he can just complete 50% of his passes with no picks LSU will win.
JSS
October 11th, 2012
9:16 pm
Wake us up when all of the crazy D-1 football talk ends…
Lilly, demand more food and better hardwood conditions…
Beast from the East
October 11th, 2012
9:53 pm
Gotta go with LSU in a close one. Tough place to play…especially at night. It wil be LOUD!
Gators over Vandy 31-13. Close until the 4th quarter. My Gators own the 4th quarter!
Ole Miss over the Barn. What a dumpster fire they are this year.
Bama by 21+ over Mizzou “why I’d we come here?” Tigers
Arky wins easily over the Mildcats
Dooley and Bray manage to throw away yet another game at the end to the only undefeated Bulldogs in the SEC…Mississippi State.
GarnetMoonshine
October 11th, 2012
9:54 pm
That dog(Lilly), is on to something………
JSS
October 12th, 2012
12:59 am
That horse should have gotten an Oscar! Still not the best part of ‘Blazin Saddles’ but close! Finally Alex Karras can get some peace…
Thomas Brown
October 12th, 2012
1:49 am
Georgia State University’s football program’s abused slabs of meat are being thrown into the center of the Roman Coliseum ?
Mark Richt has played 10 straight games against SEC teams who put-up a winning SEC record that season, and lost all 10 including Saturday South Carolina you mention, Jeff.
Mark Richt has played 8 straight games against teams who made the Top 10, and lost all 8 including Saturday South Carolina you mention, Jeff.
Mark Richt has played 17 straight games against teams who made the Top 10 in his entire 12-year Mark Richt era, and won only 3, which did not include winning Saturday against South Carolina you mention, Jeff.
Mark Richt has played 18 straight games against teams who made the AP Poll Top 25 – the most respected poll by far, so much so, that they quit allowing their poll to be associated with the old 2-team Play-Off BCS National Championship series. Of those 18 games, Mark Richt only won in that horrible season 2008 for us 5 seasons ago in a bowl game against Michigan State 2008 who by the way barely made the AP Poll Top 25 and did so beating not 1 team themselves who made Top 25. The only other win this current 5-Year Period starting 2008 over a team who made the AP Poll Top 25 is that horrid season 2009 where we did not even get ranked ourselves but beat-up on that perennial door-mat ACC, a Georgie tek team who had to VACATE their lone title because of NCAA PROBATION back-to-back Repeat Offenders of the NCAA Major Infractions Database. In other words, if we had not of beat them, they would have had to VACATE that win anyway.
Eric C.
October 12th, 2012
2:17 am
I’m really disappointed in the SC fans…they accuse the Dawg fans of being delusional and now look at them.
Let’s not forget the shoddy road efforts by the Gamecocks…nearly losing at Vandy and trailing Kentucky by 10 pts at half time (????). As good as they looked at home against Mizzou and UGA, they looked as bad on the road. I know LSU’s offense is anemic, but they just do not lose consecutive games…especially when the second game is at night in Baton Rouge.
I’m predicting that LSU’s defense will outscore SC’s defense 14-7 and that LSU scores a TD on a fake FG. Final score LSU 21 SC 16.
Having said all of that, if SC can actually pull it out at Baton Rouge and then win at UF, I’d say that they should be #1.
Thomas Brown
October 12th, 2012
2:39 am
Which is it ? South Carolina isn’t a good team, or they beat us 35 to nothing before Steve Spurrier needed a lesson from Mark Richt and emptied his bench at the 10:45 mark, still requiring only Aaron Murray at QB which took until then the 1:55 mark before we got a meaningless score handed to us on a silver-platter ?
Stinger2
October 12th, 2012
2:59 am
Thomas Brown: Your comments @2:17 are pitiful and not worth any response.
Go back to bed.
Thomas Brown
October 12th, 2012
3:42 am
Maybe a more appropriate comment would be since Georgie tek has beat our current coach only 1-time in 11-years and counting, that Georgie tek throws your sorry NCAA PROBATION 2012 in FOOTBALL program’s abused slabs of meat out there into the center of the Roman Coliseum against us.
Are your posts any good, this one you just posted or any other post such as :
Stinger2 March 2nd, 2012 4:37 am
“UGA fans continue to gloat over their dominace of GT in football. Then a few say they want to continue the series so that they are assured of a win. o.k. with me as a GT fan. The good news for us is there will be another win at some point. Since its now 10 of 11 for UGA its got to be soner than later. Until when it happens, relax GT fans, the sun will continue to rise in the east.”
Thomas Brown
October 12th, 2012
3:59 am
Are you a Georgie tek student or grad, who doesn’t even know twice so it’s not a typo, that it is is a contraction it’s.
Cortez"
October 12th, 2012
6:09 am
Bama is young and I keep looking for them to slip up, but they haven’t I would like to see them play the Gamecocks in Atlanta not the DAWGS eventhough I am a die heart DAWGS fan we;re not ready and as bad as I hate to say it if you don’t beat Bama this year you have no shot the next couple of years. Its scary what Nick has built and still building. GO DAWGS!!!!!
Thomas Brown
October 12th, 2012
6:39 am
Alabama might be young 2012, but Mark Richt’s team certainly is not. We lose our entire defense after this season and both of our wide receivers, while many of our fans wished we were losing our quarterback too. And of course, Mark Richt faces Alabama 2013 – although just who Mark Richt plays who makes any Top 25 doesn’t even matter anymore – losing to all of them everytime for 5 seasons in a row now and counting.
Thomas Brown
October 12th, 2012
7:24 am
If ever there was a chance for Mark Richt to beat a team the current 5-year period who did make the Top 25, this was the 1-year window 2012. There is no measure of the amount of heat Mark Richt in his 13th season here 2013 will get having to play a team who’s any good at all. And, if he has 66 scholarship recruits 2013 like he has had both of the current 2-year periods, again 2013, we can expect the Richt-0-Philes to come out in Force telling us how they are a better fan of him than we are. Then, we will go look-up some of their own quotes on the subject here, and find they the very ones to be the ones who all everyone of them have said every word we have.
Cortez” I wouldn’t worry too much about saying you, as a Ardent Bulldogs’ Fan, want to see South Carolina face Alabama, rather than us again – as Out-Of-Control in All Phases of our Top 10 All-Time Football Program as we have been this current 5-year period. The only game we played well in all season long, is Vandie for Heavens’ Sake.
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Back to running up the stats vs cupcakes a week from Saturday
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5 Seasons in a Row not beating Top 25 teams at all, losing them all.
Bobby
October 12th, 2012
7:45 am
I suspect Schultz picked LSU more because of his UGA bias than sports analysis. I’m sure he is praying for an LSU victory as are all other UGA fans.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 12th, 2012
8:08 am
Why is it please that all other UGA fans are praying for an LSU victory against Florida ? So that LSU can do this season that which we cannot do for ourselves, again ?
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 12th, 2012
8:10 am
Why is it please that all other UGA fans are praying for an LSU victory over South Carolina this weekend, either ? So that LSU can do this season that which we cannot do for ourselves, again ?
I’d just as soon admit we haven’t beat ranked teams 5 years in a Row Currently and stay out of the conversation.
We’re not involved.
Rodster
October 12th, 2012
8:46 am
Hilarious stuff Jeff. Loved the Thurston Howell III reference!
Tech Engineer
October 12th, 2012
8:55 am
South Carolina wins.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 12th, 2012
9:44 am
I would not bet on that. Every team who is any good beats us like a drum for 5 years now.
teedub
October 12th, 2012
9:54 am
Go Hawks!!!!
ljm
October 12th, 2012
9:55 am
Bradley again you are off in predicting an LSU win. You saw what South Carolina defense did to UGA offensive line. LSU OL is beaten up and will have a redshirt freshman trying to stop Clowney. Why don’t you just get on the band wagon and realize South Carolina is for real this year and get with the program.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 12th, 2012
10:03 am
Every team who is for real for 5 years now has beat us. That’s no measure, especially with little Aaron Murray back there wetting his legs.
Rodster
October 12th, 2012
10:32 am
By the way they stomped a mudhole with UGA, I would think that SC is for real. But… then again, I’ve thought that before about them in the past then they turn around and look terrible. SC’s QB might turn back into a pumpkin against LSU.
Thornton Road Exit Dawg
October 12th, 2012
10:53 am
I heard during the bye Jarvis Jones is starring in a play at the 14th Street Playhouse in a production of “The Invisible Man”- a ha ha ha ha God i crack myself up… Invisible Man- get it? Invisible Man- back to the middle Dawg fans you had your chance- time for the big boys to play now.. Invisible Man……..oh wait Gurshall? 76 yards combined yards! a ha ha ha ha a ha ha ha ha a ha ha ha ha
Rodster
October 12th, 2012
10:56 am
Invisible man. Now that’s funny!
Sherrill
October 12th, 2012
11:08 am
McGarity came back “home” to retire; he doesn’t need or want any controversy. Mark Richt will win enough games to satisfy the AD and all his pantywaist fans. The team has his personality and will continue to mealy-mouth their way thru the season. Look for a blowout at Jacksonville.
Thornton Road Exit Dawg
October 12th, 2012
11:11 am
Thank you all be here all ze week-
Thornton Road Exit Dawg
October 12th, 2012
11:14 am
No! Don’t mention Panties on a Dawg blog! Especiallly Red Panties! No!! AAAHH!!!!!! Is this a dawg blog? God I’m bored on Friday- Fire Mark Richt!
PreyDawg
October 12th, 2012
11:35 am
Enjoy these Jeff. Very funny! I hope you are right about the Packers. Would love to be the only unbeaten team in the NFL. Maybe for ONE freekin week we would get some love from NFL Network or ESPN.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
October 12th, 2012
11:36 am
Actually LSWho may give USC a pretty good game. UGA should not over look UK either.
TexGT
October 12th, 2012
11:50 am
I would be surprised if LSU lost. Their offense is terrible, but they still have an incredibly stout D, and at LSU at night is a nightmare for any road team, no matter how good they may be.
Will F
October 12th, 2012
12:26 pm
LSUs offensive line is damaged . A negative.possibly.
LSU plays at home. A positive.
USC has a strong defense. A positive
USC’s offense is untested against a team of LSU’s caliber.
The Atlanta papers opinion counts for nada pasanada.
Home cooking Atlanta
OkieDawg
October 12th, 2012
12:53 pm
I’m not on-board with LSU. They squeak by Auburn and look weak against Florida. Their O-line is depleted by injuries. And I’m sure Baton Rouge at night is worth 10 points but even that won’t be enough. And Florida has plenty of weaknesses also.
Georgia Gamecock
October 12th, 2012
1:01 pm
Clem13,
You are such a homer! Clemson fans always makes comments about Spurrier leaving. Thank God the cocks don’t have a country bump like a Dabo!
lol
October 12th, 2012
1:11 pm
@ the few, misguided GSU fans who think it’s such a great thing to “earn” these guarantee games…
See what kind of publicity comes with it?
Doesn’t smell like roses.
OkieDawg
October 12th, 2012
1:17 pm
Given the choice of playing football for Georgia State or paying tuition, I’d opt for the latter. Its better to be in debt than to be sacrificed for a fistful of dollars.
Alphare
October 12th, 2012
1:27 pm
LSU cannot score. They will score even less with Clownley in the field. That’s how USC will win.
GetReal
October 12th, 2012
1:27 pm
Bulldogs just pawn in game of life. rest in peace Alex.
dagnabit
October 12th, 2012
2:01 pm
I’m thinking there may be something to this McGarity thing. Maybe Mark should be feeling uncomfortable.
Jake 7
October 12th, 2012
2:23 pm
As much as I hate to say …….Carolina’s year.
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DawgNole
October 12th, 2012
7:23 pm
ljm
October 12th, 2012
9:55 am
Bradley again you are off in predicting an LSU win. You saw what South Carolina defense did to UGA offensive line. LSU OL is beaten up and will have a redshirt freshman trying to stop Clowney. Why don’t you just get on the band wagon and realize South Carolina is for real this year and get with the program.
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Maybe he won’t “just get on the bandwagon” because you called him Bradley. His name is Schultz.
evil genius
October 12th, 2012
11:53 pm
Truly study the game of football, the trends, and what’s goin’ on.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 13th, 2012
1:11 am
Stephen A. Dawg: I keep saying it : ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ! October 7th, 2012 11:32 pm
“Richt proclaimed the SC debacle a “team loss” and he has forgiven the team for its failings. He never told the truth and admitted he and his entire staff did a poor job and were outcoached in all phases of the game. UGA will regroup and reel off meaningless wins against lesser opponents and yet get routed again in the”big game” against Florida. UGA goes 10-2 and ends back in Orlando yet again to lose if the Big 10 opponent is ranked. It’s an unacceptable pattern in Athens under Richt ! Another 10-3 season with wins over lesser opponent and losses to every ranked opponent. Spurrier and Saban will continue to raid the state of Georgia for top athletes while Richt runs to Florida and ACC country to stock UGA with his kind of players in his finesse, outdated, and soft FSU 90s heydey system. Only Richt defeatists like Brainiac, Dawg in Lex, Columbus Dawg, and Kingdaddy are dumb enough to keep drinking kryptonite kool-aid in denial that Richt won’t ever win another big game as long as he remains. He lacks the primary element to be a championship coach in the SEC and that is intensity. This element is fundamental in big games. Richt was content with the porous O-line & special teams play, Murray’s poor play & poor OC play calls and a defense that got repeatedly punched in the mouth. Thus the line it’s a team loss. Memo to Richt and his apologists there won’t be many more “team losses” in the big games in the future. Time is running out on mediocre Richt show at UGA.”
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2 Wins in 18 games Current 5-Year Period vs teams who made Top 25
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Eric C.
October 13th, 2012
3:32 am
Curious what the thoughts are on the Andre Carter vs Tyson Clabo match-up? Any chance Carter will pull a “Charles Johnson” on the Falcons?
Eric C.
October 13th, 2012
3:37 am
Said it before and I’ll say it again…it will take a herculean effort for SC to beat LSU and UF next two weeks. If they do it, believe they should be #1. However, if SC loses these next two games, then UGA has a golden opportunity to save their best game of the year for UF and move back into the drivers seat.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 13th, 2012
5:59 am
I will say it differently Eric C. Florida is no good and loses because it cannot pass the football. 4 or 5 losses on the season 2012 for Will Mushcamp because not only can Florida not pass the football a lick, but they also cannot return punts or kick-offs, and cannot either prevent the sack nor make a sack. They can punt and they can run the football, along with having a very good defense. The best team they have played is LSU, and they the only team; and all that was evident in that game too – although LSU too just doesn’t pass the football.
I hope that South Carolina gets to play Alabama and not Georgia. I am fed-up with us losing 16 of 18 games the Current 5-Year Period against teams making the Top 25.
I am also fed-up with us losing 14 of 17 games the entire Mark Richt era against teams making the Top 10.
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Mark Richt cannot beat the top teams and should not be allowed to back-into SEC Championship Game, where we will be throttled again anyway.
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Eric C., why sit there and beg and pray for everything to work for us to get our butts beat by Alabama ?
Let South Carolina have that right. Look who they are playing while we run up our little Aaron Murray stats against cupcakes.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 13th, 2012
6:26 am
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2 wins out of 18 games vs teams making top 25 current 5-year Period
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3 wins out of 17 games vs teams making top 10 entire Mark Richt era.
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Far Rockaway Beach Dawg
October 13th, 2012
7:52 am
The dawgs’ season will be over after SC puts a slam dunk on LSU tonight.
Just to seal the deal, Florida will steamroll Georgia with a serious beating.
The only hope for UGA is to run Mark Richt out of town on a rail. McGarity, are you listening?
DawgNole
October 13th, 2012
10:42 am
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 13th, 2012
1:11 am
UGA will regroup and reel off meaningless wins against lesser opponents and yet get routed again in the”big game” against Florida.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 13th, 2012
5:59 am
Florida is no good and loses because it cannot pass the football. 4 or 5 losses on the season 2012 for Will Mushcamp because not only can Florida not pass the football a lick, but they also cannot return punts or kick-offs, and cannot either prevent the sack nor make a sack.
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Well, which is it–a “big game” or “Florida is no good”?
“4 or 5 losses” for fla this year? Yeah, right. That’s a good example of why it’s so easy to dismiss your nonsensical rambligs.
Eric C.
October 14th, 2012
3:02 am
Thomas Brown…I’m just telling the SC fans like it is. I’m a huge Dawg fan for sure, but I try to be a realist. Anything can happen in one game and you are a fool not to pull your team to get there.
Perhaps the defense will have visions of egg white dripping off their helmets and take it out on UK, UF, UM, and Auburn. Whether or not UF or UT beats SC remains to be seen…but I’m going to pull for the Dawgs until the hopefully not so bitter end.
Eric C.
October 14th, 2012
3:06 am
In any case, every week proves a given team is never as good or as bad as they look…the exception being Alabama of course.
Eric C.
October 14th, 2012
3:08 am
The Falcons need to get back to scoring on that first drive…really need to make a statement and not let Oakland hang around.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 14th, 2012
3:19 am
A fool is someone, Eric C. sir, who looks at Mark Richt 2 wins 18 games vs teams who made the top 25 and who looks at Mark Richt all 12 years 3 wins 14 losses vs teams who made the top 10 and roots for us to get to play Alabama when Mark Richt NEVER beats the top teams.
NEVER.
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 14th, 2012
3:21 am
A person who roots for Mark Richt to get to play Alabama when Mark Richt the current 5-year period has 2 wins in 18 games vs teams who made the top 25 and when Mark Richt all 12 years here has 3 wins in 17 games vs teams who made the top 10, is what exactly ?
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 14th, 2012
3:21 am
A person who roots for Mark Richt to get to play Alabama
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 14th, 2012
3:22 am
A person
Thomas Brown 5 yrs of losing every ranked team 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
October 14th, 2012
3:22 am
A person who wants Mark Richt to get to play Alabama when Mark Richt the current 5-year period has 2 wins in 18 games vs teams who made the top 25 and when Mark Richt all 12 years here has 3 wins in 17 games vs teams who made the top 10, is what exactly ?
Eric C.
October 14th, 2012
6:39 am
Thomas Brown, If you saw Penn St. beat Miami in the first ever Fiesta Bowl, then you know that anything can happen in a championship game…I would relish that opportunity.
bubba4dawgs
October 14th, 2012
8:52 am
Everybody keeps sucking eggs about hiring Petrino……the co-eds at UGA are much prettier than at Arkansas and he’d be after them to ride on his new motorcycle. He’s not good as his word!
I just saw LSU have their way with SC. They literally whipped their butts in the trenches. It was fun watching Darth Visor grimace coming close to explosion on the sideline. Now we gotta pull for Flori-duh which will be a tough one for the gators but I think they can do it. The DAWGS can come back but I still give it a long shot. Whoever wins the East will be no match for Bama.
Such high expectations with such low results!
JSS
October 14th, 2012
9:44 am
“Eric C.
October 14th, 2012
6:39 am
Thomas Brown, If you saw Penn St. beat Miami in the first ever Fiesta Bowl, then you know that anything can happen in a championship game…I would relish that opportunity.”
Point of accuracy…
They’d been playing the Fiesta Bowl since 1971…
oc steve
October 14th, 2012
10:28 am
Is Darren McFadden a bust or is it the Raiders system that has them last in rushing?
Barbara Jones
October 16th, 2012
3:09 am
Even out of this analysis and prediction they’ll still need to play the game to have the result that they wanted to have and there could be a lot of things that might happen during the game that many of us wasn’t expecting…
http://www.notepadsyourway.com/
MsBully
October 16th, 2012
5:40 pm
I guess Tennessee and MS. State are still playing. The last score I saw after the 4th quarter was Mississippi State 41 Tennessee 31!! Hail State!!!!!!!!!!!