Georgia’s new reality: From on the brink to BCS possibility

GT will bring the house to us. They have to be prepared to play disciplined football. I’m glad we got the warm up for the TO. They should be focused on Tech, and only Tech. Thoughts of Bama and beyond should not even enter into their consciousness, although I know that’s unrealistic.

Simply put, one game at a time. Beat GT!

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no way I am first. not possible

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Hey the Dawgs control their own destiny with one regular season game to go. Who could ask for more? There are 120 other teams that would kill to be in this position. I have always thought this team has national championship talent but just never played at that level as a team until recently. They have a shot and that is all you can ask for.

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It’s the ability to run the ball this year that has made all the difference.

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Given all the doom and gloom after the Bulldogs lost to South Carolina who’d a thunk? Just shows what an easy schedule can do for you.

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Now, I’m worried…Looks like we got to face the real SEC West…And I think that we’d be only the fourth best team there… Behind Alabama, LSU and A&M….Damn schedule… How can we be the National Champ if we have to play the SEC West….Oh well, fourth best ain’t all bad…..Go Dwags

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Well we have a shot at a title. That’s all you can ask for is a shot. No way UGA lets GT, a hate rival, come into Athens and ruin that. I just don’t see it happening. I know Tech’s option offense can be tricky but we just faced it. So we’ll be ready to go. Especially now since this has happened. Tech’s defense has no shot vs. Murray, Gurley and crew. Dawgs win by 20.

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GT will try to spoil it, but not by winning the game. That won’t happen. They’ll try to injure our players. That’s just how dirty they’ll play. They’ll try to provoke us to fight and try to get some players suspended for the Bama game. Tech doesn’t have anything to play for, but UGA does clearly. Players must be disciplined and honed in on the task at hand.

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Defeating tech has become even easier under fish fry….because of his style. Dawgs start fast…jump to early lead and it is over

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We now know how to beat Bama:
1- Mobile QB at T A& M was more than they could handle–look for Murray to run and scramble to keep plays alive, a la Big Ben Rothlesberger
2- Pass on their defense like Mettenberger did so well, just short passes when they blitz, burn their corners, and their lb’s, especially on 3rd down
3- Force AJ to pass and throw picks, hopefully from way behind score wise, AJ tends to panic there
4- Win the turnover battle, like Florida, Bama relies on luck(turnovers) to win games, win the turnover battle, and they become an average team.

Alabama’s offense is 1 dimensional, they are 73rd in passing, and havn’t repped it enough this year.
Alabama, like Florida, relies too much on turnovers. Beat them at their own game and they lose.
Alabama’s defense is weak against the pass and mobile running qb’s.

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Murray is the #2 QB in passer rating in the nation. If Bama thought Mettenberger was a nightmare, wait until they meet the 2012 Murray.

And Murray is MUCH more mobile than Mettenberger, not as mobile as Johnny football, but very creative, and can keep drives and plays alive with his legs, that will drive Bama nuts.

And the UGA defense will win the turnover battle, just like the Florida game.

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UGA should beat Bama with “Operation Offensive Chaos”.
1- Let Murray be Murray, and run around like Tarkenton.
2- have the UGA WR’s vary scramble rules, sometimes go deep, sometimes break to sidelines, sometimes run comeback routes.
3- Sometimes throw 5 plays in a row, sometimes run 5 plays in a row.
4- Throw it on 4th down, Murray is VERY good throwing on 4th down, ask Florida about 2011
5- Run the hurry up at warp speed without substitution, Saban hates it
6- The backs should do a lot of cutbacks, spins, and stop moves.
7- run a LOAD of trick plays, which UGA has NEVER ran before
8- Spread out the defense with 5 wr’s and run the ball
9- 50% go against tendancies, 50% go with tendencies, keep Bama’s defense uncertain
10- run formations they havn’t seen on film

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To the Georgia Dome the dawgs will go
The score will go to and fro
But in the end, Bama wins
And for the dawgs it’s No, No, No!

BURMA SHAVE

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The players know what is at stake. They will be focused on the task at hand…beat the NATS for th 4th straight year, and 11 out of the last 12.

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Give the Dawgs their due1 They did not lose a single game in which they were favored by 10+.KSU and Oregon now can’t say that! And wasn’t Bammer favored by ten or more against A&M?

I don’t even pay much attention to the South Carolina loss anymore! Everybody in Columbia was juiced that night (figuratively, I THINK).One thing the Chickens should take away from their season is that it does no good to pour all your emotional eggs in one game. That’s a good way for a team to burnout. A few weeks later the Chickens were burnt to a crisp (and they still look burnt out)

UGA vs. Notre Dame for the NC this season! UGA vs Urban Crier for the NC in 2014! If the Dawgs remain steady and focused this WILL occur. And they will beat ND!

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Squash the BUGS!

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RollDawgs

I have a funny feeling Bergamot might be a Bug that needs to be squashed. Can’t be a Bammer fan. His entry would clearly be the pot calling the kettle black if he were a Bammer!

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You Dawg fans are delusional. You aren’t even the second best team in your own division (Florida had six turnovers–three of which were unforced–and still could have won the game with two minutes to go; and South Carolina destroyed you).

Bama will absolutely crush the Dawgs, not least with superior coaching and game planning.

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Losing a LOT of players to the NFL after this season. Better get it done this year!

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UGA is in the hunt. If your school des that often, you have a team. Had we defeated LSU last year in the Dome, UGA would have been near the top 4 or 5 programs.

UGA is a good second tier program and this level is where 75-100 schools WOUD DO ANYTHING to. replicate with CMR’s consistency. Saturday night, ask any GT alumnus.

UGA class of 71&73

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Preston

It’s called reloading! More than enough talent to replace the NFL-bound! And Murray isn’t exactly 6 foot 5, so he may NOT be NFL-bound! If Murray, ‘Tree, and Geathers have enough sense to not test the NFL waters, there will be NO big holes to fill!

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Georgia beats bama, just like i did!

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Dawgs are too SOFT to beat Tech or beat Alabama!

now that i have added fuel to the fire GATA you dirty hairy stinking dawgs! it’s all on you now!

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Bama fans here seem incredibly, mind-bogglingly dense. No way Bama can lose??? Really. Here’s a headline for you: Everybody can lose. And like it or not, GA has the athletes to compete with AL. Maybe they’ll win, maybe not, but no one will have an easy time of it. Of course, you’re free to enjoy your delusions. Better focus on AU first.

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I’m not ashamed of my Dawgs! Just saying that I wished we were undefeated right now. SC isn’t better than us. They were just better prepared that night and that falls on the coaches. I’m very proud of the way we’re playing right now. Kinda hoping Murray goes ahead and leaves so Mason can come on in. Murray nearly cost us the Florida game and he seems to always throw stupid picks against the better teams. Hopefully he can cut that silly crap out and become the player he was expected to be.

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Some jackass on a bleacher report blog talking smack about the Pac-12 being better than the SEC. Unbelievable! Some people are really delusional!

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Oh so correct on the Chickens, Preston! Sure enough we were out coached that night!

As for Murray, I haven’t seen a more productive QB since the 2nd half of the Gator game. Dare say if Murray had played that well the entire season, guess who would have won the Heisman? BUT!!! What if Murray leads the Dawgs to a steamrolling of Tech and Bammer? In that scenario who would deserve the Heisman more?

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Atlanta, UGA has enjoyed a favorable schedule this year and last year but it’s not like that every year. I remember UF winning a NC several years ago with a similar schedule as well. The Eastern division of the SEC isn’t quite as stout as the West right now but UGA can’t help that. They play whomever the league tells them to play in the conference and I really don’t blame them for taking some patsies on in the OOC schedule. UGA has played some tough OOC games over the years just to watch Oklahoma, USC, Texas, etc. win national championships after only playing a couple of good teams along the way. The SEC is by far the toughest conference in the country and the winner of the SEC should always play for all the marbles.

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Matt Ryan’s fourth pick of the day is an omen to the day Murray will have against the real SEC! SEC!

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Murray is the key to all our hopes. If he can keep his composure, he’s as good as anyone. If he doesnt, then he will turn the ball over too many times for us to have a chance. We DO have the best team. It’s all up to Murray and perhaps how well he is protected. to be honest, he’s never shown he can be composed in a big game. Except for the second half against FL this year and I wouldn’t exactly call that composed. Malcomb Mitchell made that TD with his legs, but I was hopeful because Murray did seem to settle down a little. atleast he didn’t turn the ball over again. I wished I could say that Richt and Bobo are helping Murray on that, but after watching our receivers drop passes for many years when Richt first arrived and Blair Walsh have his problems last year with any hint of help except “we think he’ll work it out” I don’t know whether CMR and Bobo are helping Aaron fix that problem. None of them ever address the issue, so how is one supposed to have confidence that they are working on it? I’m gonna be praying 4 the offense line and the D to have a lights out game. But, Murray, I wish you the best and hope you throw for 500 yards. Oh, and I hope an errant pass hits Spurrier smack in his big mouth.

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ATL

The assessment of the conferences is not my mere opinion: it is a consensus! And that’s why the SEC has won the NC the last 6 years going on 7! And some of those teams schedule’s were not hard (ON PAPER) the year they won! But consensus opinion is a .. you-know-what to SEC haters!

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I love the BS from the teams who have NO chance this year. Not often does a team have a chance to get in the BigGame, without help from somebody else.

But it’s right here in front of the Dawgs. We need no help from anybody. Forget the schedules, the recruiting, the assistant coaches, etc, etc, etc. Win 3 games, and we get the prize.

I don’t care if we only beat Tech by 1 point, just don’t let them spoil this.

UGA vs Bama. Semi-final game for the BCSCG. Long shot, I know, but then a rematch, from eons ago, with Notre Dame.

This ain’t koolaid drinking now – come on Mark Richt, it’s close enough to touch . . .

Go Dawgs!

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“I do not want to hear that your in the tough SEC when you do not play Alabama,…”
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Hey big dog doofus,

We play Alabama in 2 weeks.

Keep up . . .

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What about my hero..Paul Johnson the genius!

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And you would have thought the dawgs invented football. From what I see, you give no respect to Alabama. Not good, hope you are not left eating humble pie.

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So if the SEC is so great…
why are you lovers not screaming for this year’s supremacy of football quality as dictated by…
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tennessee
Auburn
Ole Miss
Missouri
Vandy

Half the SEC is really, really bad.

The SEC Rankings should be seen as this (listed in order of best teams in SEC)
SEC

Alabama
Texas A&M
Florida
LSU
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi State
Vandy
Missouri
Ole Miss
Arkansas
Tennessee
Auburn
Kentucky

UGA is not even in the Top 5 of the best SEC teams.

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Joey,
I am UGA grad and a realist. UGA is 9-1. You got that right.
Did we play anyone this year that was really good? Not really.
Blown out by Gamecocks.
Stupid ugly game that we won versus UF.
I take no credit in besting GaSouthern and we did not play the typical SEC heavyweights.

Plus, debt and deficits are a mixed bag… big wars, wall street bailouts.. cannot really throw that smack down on one party or call someone a fool.

As UGA alums we have to agree that there is some SEC circular logic out there… the SEC did win several national champs… but the SEC did not win it… Bama, UF, Auburn and LSU did. I don’t think USC, KY, Ole Miss, etc. share in the trophy.

Just sayin’

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@sammy….you must be kidding if you believe Murray is in the same league as Johnny Football as far as scrambling! Both Bama and UGA has work to get done this Saturday. One of these two teams will have a glass ball come early Jan! We can make room for another and Lord knows you have nothing in your trophy case but that one dusty deal.

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@ wet wille,

glad you think bama is so good that you can just throw your helmet on the field and win. Trust me, Bama aint all that… And ESPN agrees too.

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Festus,

At least mark Richt has some gonads, unlike you……. Get a life

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Dogs are on a roll and are really peaking at the right time. We gonnna wreck tech and slam bama.. Look out south Florida, the hounds are Miami bound

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Turn around from What????They have not played anybody worth a crap.

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#3 in the Nation!!! Love it

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Don’t worry, Alabama will nip that in the bud Barney.

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Give that man a raise when Dawgs win it all

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Got to hand it to GA. They are really playing good ball right now. Im proud of them

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Glad you dawg fans think that Tech and Bama have no chance. You’re arrogance speaks volumes when you’ve had nothing to crow about since 1980.

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I agree about Bobo. I know a lot people who complain about him though. They either say he is too predictable or that he doesn’t stick with what is working. Murray leads the NCAA in QB rating and the dawgs average 36.9 points a game. I think Bobo is doing a pretty good job…

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So please tell me why do dawgs lick themselves between the legs? I wonder…………

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I thought it was because they can!LOL

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Mark this down–these Dogs are on a mission and will beat alabama, get in the BCS against Notre Dame and pull the upset! 1980 rematch!!! Dogs 26 ND 20! BCS champions!

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Richt OWNS Will Muschamp

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I’m tired of Saban.

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Remarkable? One of the softest schedules in the SEC. dismantled by Gamecocks and Gators hurt themselves. The yawn teams Dawgs played have a combined winning percentage of just over 30%. Come on!!!!

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Dont hate GA cause they are no. 3. It is what it is.
WIN IT ALL DAWGS!!!

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Go ahead. Look past the bugs. They are way overdue and no one gives them a chance. It’s gonna feel great plucking the heart from the mutt’s chest!! Bees 51 UGA 48

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Truth where you watching the championship game ? You know the one with Ga. and Bama not SC

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The Babe,

No way that both of these happen.

Saban loses a 2nd game this season and Richt beats a real top 10 team. FL is a joke and FINALLY the ROCK has come back to Atlanta. Wait, I mean finally the pollsters drop FL in the polls for their pathetic play. LSU too.

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Don’t worry dWag fans it will still be “Wait til Next Year” in Athens at Christmas time.

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Hmmmm… I get the feeling that a lot of these Bama posters are really Bug fans painfully aware of their imminent thumping this week.

Go Dawgs!

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Just a note to Bergamont: It is on record that the state of Ala has mor trailers (not double wides) per registration than any other state in the union. The even surpass Alaska. So I would expect you to know about trailer trash. If it weren’t for Bummer you wouldn,t have anything to do but watch old George Wallace replays on tv with Bear Bryant Golden Flake commercials. Always living in the past.

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First word I have herd from a good friend in Knoxville is the job is Kirby Smarts if he wants it. He levered Bama for more money when the UGA DC came open so the only way to get a raise is to become a HC. Time will tell but he is due.

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There are a lot of idiot haters on these blogs today. Some of them even believe that Tech won a national championship in 1991. Forget about schedules. UGA has a chance to be National champs if they run the table. If they do, they will have beaten two #2’s and one #1. National Champions! And well deserved. Go Dawgs!

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Football Top Fan and football fans nationwide anxiously look forward to the (BCS) Bowl Championship Series games.

May the best college football team win.

We would like to see a consensus National Champion !!!

We love college football.

FootballTopFan@Yahoo.com

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Forget schedules. Yeah, right. Stick your head and in sand. Here comes Santa Clause, here come Santa Clause.

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Let’s see now Coaching changes. Kirby Smart to Tenn.; Bobby Paterino to KY; Lane Kiffin to Auburn; Urban Myers to Ark. and Nick Saban to the Dallas Cowboys. Some jokes ……some possibilities.

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LSU 42, GA 10 and I bet 90% of you idiot rednecks thought GA had a chance before the game. A chance even a 1 pt win.

Please give to the United Negro College Fund. The mind is a terrible thing to waste.

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Next victim for UGA is the highly over rated bumbling bees. I would love to see the dawgs win by a 55-7 score. But Richt will have the 3rd string playing by the 3rd quarter. Gotta save our players for the National Championship game! Time for the annual butt kicking! Go Dawgs!

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Hey WHAT A JOKE “YOUR GUY GOT ALL THE NOSE CANDY AT HALF TIME IT’S REALLY HARD TO TACKLE A GUY THAT IS FLYING SO HIGH.

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NEWS FLASH HONEY BOO BOO GIRL FLUNKS OUT OF BAMA

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I wonder if Richt gets routed for the second time this year if you clowns will finally bail on him. Nah, ain’t gonna happen. Pathetic is and pathetic does.

I can just see his usual demeanor after the SEC championship. No sweat off my back, I am worth millions and Adams loves me. Actually Adams agenda is education and he loves that Richt sucks.

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Just read your comment from first page of blog, your an idiot.

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I loved our prep for the TO this past week… I think CMR and CTG rest the Boys some more this week so we have fresh legs against the Bugs….That’s all that matters this week….GO DAWGS!!!!

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Oh all the jealous hate of the Nerds. Suckit Nerds and enjoy Boise

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Two best teams in the SEC are playing and that is the way it should be. Oregon, Notre Dame or Kansas St. would not have only one loss or be undefeated if they played in the SEC.

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What a great opportunity for Tech ! Based on UGAs history I thought this game would never have national implications. Besides Tech has the huge benefit of being considered a “mail-it-in” gimme.

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# 3 AP Poll
# 3 USA Today Coaches’ Poll
# 3 Harris Poll
# 3 BCS Poll

Play # 2 BCS Poll a week from Saturday, at 4pm at the Georgia Dome, whom we have done better against than any opponent Alabama has ever played with Bama winning 36 of the 63 games.

# 1 ? Well, Notre Dame, of course. And, while they have beat no team, UGA has already beat # 4 BCS Florida. And, face-off against # 2 BCS Alabama.

Lame Kitten ends his 5-Loss Season this Saturday against Notre Dame, who has beat no one.

Southern California stated the season ranked # 1, but ends their regular season with 5-Losses and unranked.

Of all teams, Alabama wants to play us the least. And, to this poster, I ask :

Lucinda November 18th, 2012 8:26 am

“Georgia Tech has the nation’s highest average SAT score for football players, and also the highest average high school GPA.”
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Georgie tek, # 36 nation’s university, # 38 in wins in college football starting 1957, 0 Major Bowl Games won starting 1957, NCAA Probation in Football back-to-back 2012 again; and so Lucinda, I point out to you only that Georgie tek’s the nation’s dead last worst at graduating your highest GPA and highest SAT football players.

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The bad thing about next week is the Koolaid-induced drunkeness that will declare from the backwoods of Screven that “them dawgs is # 1″

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As JS said, “GA got pounded by SC”, so in reality and fairness (yes, I am a DAWG fan) why should Oregon after a slim OT loss to Stanford fall behind GA? Will be glad when this BCS mess is done with, it has no consistency and is so not fair to all teams.

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Rambo returned to the game. I assume that means he is fine…

Dum Bass, Sometimes it is when you lose. Everybody hates the system.

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CMR is nogotiating with the AD that after the Tech game, he will get a new, no-cut, 15 year contract that will double his salary and require a 25 % per year increase.

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Tom in Atl. Thanks for explaning that the South Carolina game was just a fluke and should never have happened. By the way, where do you buy your Koolaid ?

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It’s notre dame’s year. Deal with it.
I want the SEC in the title game. That way, we’d have beaten every conference.

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read the article, but not any of the posts yet.

I thought Richt was done when we went 0-2 following a nightmare season with losses to CU and Central Florida. I give him a lot of credit for keeping the team together last year through that and making their way to the SEC Title game.

This was Georgia’s best shot at a national title because of the unique combination of historically weak schedule and one of Georgia’s stronger rosters in the lat 20 years. It looked like the USC debacle was going to cost the Dawgs big, but it turns out it has no bearing on winning the SEC or National Championship titles. Like a mulligan in golf, that tee shot didn’t count. It has no bearing on Georgia’s chances to win it all.

There is certainly some luck in that. OSU is on probation, so their undefeated team doesn’t count. Baylor helped us (yes BAYLOR) by being the FIRST team to have a losing record, but beat a #1 BCS team in the last month of the season. Oregon lost a nail biter and had 3-4 chances to win that game. I thought Bama losing would hurt Georgia because IF UGA wins, they no longer beat the #1 team which certainly looks good in the beauty contest.

Last, whichever SEC teams comes out of Atlanta with the title will likely play Notre Dame. While they are a good team (better than many think), they aren’t the juggernaut that one expects to play in the national title game. THIS IS THE YEAR TO DO IT and it within the Dawgs will get the chance.

3 more wins!

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woops, sorry for double post.

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Ohio State, in the 1 poll they are eligible for :

# 4 Ohio State
# 3 UGA

Of course, 19-24 in bowl games with 0 wins ever in their entire stinking history in bowl games over any SEC team, Ohio State is not ranked in the Coaches’ Poll, nor the Harris Poll, nor the BCS Rankings Poll coming out in one hour.

Ohio State is LOOKING UP at The Georgia Bulldogs in EVERY poll.

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While The SEC has 6 teams in the Top 10,

Notre Dame has not beat a single team who is in the Top 10 of either the AP Poll nor the Coaches’ Poll.

How good Notre Dame is, will be determined when they play a team from The SEC.

Notre Dame states that they have beat every conference, but they have played 0 of the 6 SEC teams in the Top 10.

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The reason why The SEC is # 2 # 3 and # 4 in the BCS Poll is because 10-1 in The SEC is better than any undefeated team who has not played any of the 6 Top 10 SEC teams. South Carolina has dropped in the polls tonight outside the Top 10 but the other 5 SEC teams are top 10 in every single poll, and South Carolina minus my hero Marcus Lattimore (Anyone heard any news?) faces off at Clempsum Farmers this Saturday 7 pm ESPN. Maybe they will give us an update on fine young man Marcus Lattimore ?

Clempsum Farmers have beat NO TEAM RANKED IN ANY POLL WHATSOEVER.

South Carolina certainly beat # 3 in the BCS Georgia (UGA is also # 3 in every other poll bar none.)

Georgia would wipe the floors with Clempsum Farmers.

Stands to reason that (1) South Carolina even without Marcus Lattimore will beat Clempsum Farmers, who have not beat a ranked team all 2012. (2) Since Clempsum Farmers LOST to Florida State, who have not beat a ranked team all 2012 except for Clempsum Farmers, that Florida will wipe the floor with FSU at Florida State 3:30 pm ET this Saturday. ACC please. This will put the ACC where it belongs with not 1 single Top 10 team again for the ACC in 2012. If Florida QB Jeff Driskel cannot play, they still beat Florida State who beat no team ranked in any poll all 2012 whatsoever except for the Clempsum Farmers who beat no team who is any top 25 poll.

ACC CHUMPionship Game ? 7 pm Saturday week. That is AFTER The SEC Championship Game is over and features 6-5 Georgie tek, Miami of Florida conceding their berth to Georgie tek. How ironic is that ? Both Miami of Florida and Georgie tek BOTH on NCAA Probation in Football and yet Georgie tek with 1 Conference Championship starting 1957 will take over the ACC CHUMPionship berth either way the 6-5 Duke and 6-5 Miami of Florida turns out this Saturday.

How anti-climactic that AFTER # 3 UGA and # 2 Alabama face-off, we will have the ACC CHUMPionship game. Just all 3 teams, forfeit your rights to play in the ACC Dr. Pepper CHUMPionship game. Put us out of our misery having to even hear the score.

ACC what a joke. Thanks for the laughs today ACC.

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“I have yet to look at all scenarios… any chance we win out and do not make the BCS title game? I can’t think of a realistic situation where that would be possible.”
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No, it’s not possible Discount DoubleDawg. We’re # 3 in BCS and play # 2 in BCS while Notre Dame brags they have every conference, yet has faced 0 of The 6 Top-ranked SEC teams, 5 in the top 10 – soon to be 6 again Saturday.

Guaranteed.

There are no other scenarios since every conference has a loss now with # 2 and # 3 facing off 4pm Saturday week, while UNRANKED previously # 1 ranked Southern California loses game # 5 2012 regular season to Notre Dame without Matt Barkley having shoulder surgery. And, he gave up his top 10 NFL Draft Pick 2011 for this, his Heisman Trophy down the drain 5-Loss season.

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BDK
November 18th, 2012
6:45 pm

You struggled with Duke!!! We just played a team with the same high school offense as yours and you know the outcome.
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When did Tech Struggle with Duke….I must have missed that game.

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UGA has a chance to play for the BCS Championship? Please correct me if I’m wrong, but the only win they have over a Top 25 team is UF! I would hope even the most arduous UGA supporter would recognize that a fortuitous schedule is the reason they are in this position. Better hope they make it this year, cause schedules like this will not be the normal.

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Put in Timeout November 18th, 2012 8:30 pm

“When did Tech Struggle with Duke….I must have missed that game.”
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Georgie tek has beat Duke 48 times and lost to Duke 30 times, and you think Georgie tek has never struggled with lowly Duke in football ? Excuse me, you’ve lost to Duke 30 times.

Georgia is undefeated against Duke, and this is what you want to discuss tonight ?

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Herbstreit must be crapping his pants.

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“UGA has a chance to play for the BCS Championship? Please correct me if I’m wrong, but the only win they have over a Top 25 team is UF! I”
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Excuse me, the Clempsum Farmers are # 9 in the AP Poll and they have not beat ANY team in the top 25 all season long. You’re complaining because UGA beat # 4 Florida ?

Huh ?

# 4 Florida beat # 7 LSU # 8 Texas A and M and # 12 South Carolina.

There is no team with a chance to play in the BCS Championship Game who has a win better than UGA’s win over # 4 Florida.

Quit calling Florida a Top 25 team when they are # 4.

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oh boy, Thomas Brown is back…

How about compare UGA’s record since 2009 to Bama’s since 2009?

How about compare UGA’s record against teams that finish the season in the top 25 vs Bama’s?

How about compare UGA’s QB to Bama’s QB… against ranked teams?

How about compare UGA’s loss to Bama’s lone loss? Let me help you on this, we’re mad we lost to the 9th ranked team in the country with the soon to be Heisman trophy winner by 5, UGA is trying to convince everyone that losing 35-0 (for 58 minutes) to the 12th ranked team is no big deal and means nothing.

Riiiiight. I just hope you guys don’t concentrate so much on us that you lose to GT. Because while that’d be funny, crushing your nonsensical BCS hopes and dreams in Atlanta would be so much better.

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NO one is better at padding their stats against inferior competition than Aaron Murray! GO DAWGS!!

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Alabama has a win over # 7 LSU.

Georgia has a win over # 4 Florida.

Alabama and Georgia have played 63 times in football. Alabama has won 36.

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Georgia has played UCF once. UCF has won one time. GO DAWGS!

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Thomas Brown, Arkansas was beaten by ohio state in a bowl game last year (or the year before) to end their winless streak vs SEC competition in bowls.

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Aaron Murray has a Signature Win over # 4 Florida, the best win in the Mark Richt era. He took the ball to begin the game and game managed us in for a TD. In the 4th quarter, time running out on the clock, Florida trying to tie the score, Aaron Murray again tried to game manage us in for the TD, but Todd Gurley could not run against the Florida defense, so Aaron Murray took the game over. He put the team on his considerable shoulders and threw the 45-yard TD Pass to Malcolm Mitchell with a key block downfield by TE Artie Lynch.

For the game UGA had 123 yards rushing against Florida, who had 75 yards rushing against us, giving UGA more total yards against Florida than Florida had against us.

3rd Down Conversions ? In 2002, UGA was 0-11 including the over-throw by David Greene to a wide open Terrence Edwards, which would have won the game and sent us to the BCS NC Title Game. In 2012, Aaron Murray CONVERTED the 3rd Down opportunity for the 45-yard TD Pass, game on the line, time running down on the clock, when Aaron Murray the nation’s leading quarterback and soon to be the quarterback who sets all the touchdown records in The SEC All-Time, lead Mark Richt’s team to his 8th season of 10-Wins in 12 years.

This is NOT padding stats vs cupcakes; instead, this is the VERY ESSENCE of being a GREAT QUARTERBACK, and far better than AJ McCarron. Who is Alabama’s leading running back ? We have Todd Gurley 1000-yard rusher in The SEC, who had 118 yards rushing against # 4 Florida including a TD running on a day when Florida scored 0 TD. Todd Gurley also had 2 catches for 23 yards vs Florida. These are not running up stats on cupcakes.

These represent the best win by any BCS Championship Game contender over # 4 Florida.

There is NO OTHER TEAM WHO HELD FLORIDA TO 0 TOUCHDOWNS, thanks to Alec Ogletree and Jarvis Jones. Who has Alabama got to compare with them, either ?

I would not think that Alabama would want their rabid fans on our blog bragging what you’re going to be doing to UGA 2 weeks from now when you’ve only beat us 36 of 63 previous games, for the best record of any opponent against Alabama.

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To all the UGA haters that are whining about our schedule this year, just remember that we still have to play and beat Alabama to get to a NCG so shut up already. You won’t be able to say we’re undeserving if we beat Bama. Look back at some of the former NC’s schedules and compare. I know darn well UF has had some cakewalks to the big game before as well as ALL of the non SEC champs. SoCal, Oklahoma, and Texas are prime examples. They had very little trouble with their weak conferences but still got all the love from the pollsters. So get off UGA’s back. Beat tech and Bama and go play for all the marbles!

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I love it. GO DAWGS!

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The BCS, if forced to take a one loss team, and if it isn’t Bama, will take a one loss FSU team over anyone else. GO DAWGS!!!

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Georgia has scored more TD 2012 than any previous Georgia team when Georgia only played 11-game seasons in 1942 and in fact until 1979. And we only played 12-game seasons 1980 through 2001. These are 14-game seasons nowadays.

UGA 50 Georgie tek 9.

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We run this state.

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The winner of the #2 Bama vs #3 UGA game will play for the crystal because of the high rankings between the two. And deservingly so. I just watched the BCS show on ESPN and FSU was like 9th or 10th. How could they move all the way to number 2 without literally everyone ahead of them losing?

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u gotta love that post , i don’t care who you are.. . when uga holds up the bcs trophy it will be because they stole it.

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Because Preston, no one outside Georgia cares about Georgia football. They are aware of UGA’s big-game choke history. See SC this season, 05 WVU, Blackout game for details. GO DAWGS!!

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Who is your team, you are afraid to put in your handle ?
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What does it matter? What if he said West Georgia? or Tennessee State? IT DOESN”T MATTER! The subject matter is Georgia. GO DAWGS!

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uh… i didn’t know ellijay has the internet now. good for you guys.

but am i wrong? didn’t someone point out that against ranked teams murray is 1 td and 5 interceptions and a 74 passer rating? how does that beat alabama who didn’t even let lsu get past the 50 yard line and lsu scored how much against GA in the sec championship game? i don’t know but looks as if Alabama gets two weeks to prepare whereas GA will have only one.

i hate bama, that me, but they are still the best team by far and their one loss is a lot different than GAs drubbing.

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FSU has national appeal. Bama has national appeal. LSU has national appeal. Oregon has national appeal. UGA doesn’t. No one cares about Georgia. GO DAWGS!!

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If nobody cares about UGA football outside of the state, how is it that we are in the top 5 nationally in merchandising sales? I’ve seen UGA plates, hats, shirts, etc. from here to California.

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Georgia has a lot MORE national appeal than Florida State. We have a lot more national appeal than Oregon.

And, anyway, none of them are in a play-in game for the BCS NC Title Game.

Neither is LSU.

Alabama has more national appeal than UGA; but that has nothing to do with the BCS Title Game and how it is awarded.

It is awarded in this case, by Alabama beating us for the 37th time in 64 games. True Alabama fans want to play UGA less than anyone knowing how tough UGA always has been for Alabama. I know. I’ve been to the games.

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I’m sure you have Preston. Mostly on truck drivers and white trash hitch hikers on the interstate. GO DAWGS!

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LSU LOST to Florida whom we BEAT.

LSU also LOST to Alabama, who has only beat us 36 times in 63 games to-date.

LSU has LOST to Alabama 47 times in 76 games to-date.

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LSU 42% of their schedule against top 25. UGA 17% of their schedule against top 25. Yeah, they deserve to be a NC contender. GO DAWGS!

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LSU 42 UGA 10 GO DAWGS!

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yeah I’d say your defense is bad when you play good teams and is padded against bad ones. south Carolina rushed all over you, hapless ut b o asted your defense and even florida matched your total yards even after six or so turnovers.

what’s crazy is i just looked at your signature win stats… more penalty yards than you had rushing yards, and 1-10 on third down? signature win or biggest gift ever? there were nine turnovers? that’s insane.

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@Thomas Not Concise Brown

Please don’t confuse us with facts. GO DAWGS!

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here’s the question, if you had a thousand floats to bet on sec championship, went would you bet on Georgia over Alabama? u can’t think of one good reason unless bama loses its QB against Auburn.

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Thomas, your 10:08 post was even dumber than your 9:15 masterpiece. You do have a gift for really dumb posts. GO DAWGS!

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isn’t uga like 1-9 recently against ranked teams?

and i think there is a strong consensus outside of uga land that Florida is overrated.

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I’m pretty certain Georgia tech won a share of the national championship more recent than ge i e gia. and Clemson too.

here is a question, how man bcs national championships has Georgia won? how about Heismans in the last the decades?

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Nope. GO DAWGS!

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If UGA wins the nat champ this year, coaches all over the nation will start changing their scheduling schemes. No one has ever won a nat champ with such a pansy schedule. Lesson: Schedule pansies and win the nat champ. Easy.

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meant three decades. the sliding keypad is neat on the droid, but just like the sliding grade scale that Georgia schools run on, its not that good.

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it is a weak schedule. may not be their fault that a lot of SEC schools are bad this year, but the out of conference is a joke.

still 1-9 over several years against ranked teams is awful.

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Only in the All Crap Conference can you go 6-6 and make it to the title game. BCS rankings are out; three of the top five teams are in the SEC. Suck on it, Nerds!

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The other 13 SEC school’s pray UGA won’t be our representative in the BCS. History says UGA will again disgrace the conference with another choke job.

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Can anyone explain how Bama or Uga is ranked above UF?
Bama 1 win over a top 10 team this year.. LSU
UGA 1 win over a top 10 team this year … UF
UF 2 wins over top 10 teams this year and a win over a top 15 team (USCe).
These polls are a freaking joke. Bama gets by playing a cupcake schedule that they can’t even run the table on.

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.592? wow!

that’s pretty darn impressive.

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actually, I don’t see why Florida is even ranked in the top eight. they had a six turnover game against a team who couldn’t get a first down and had 130 yards in penalties. sure they almost still won but they looked horrible fumbling and bumbling around.

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Turtle90… are you that dense? The Dawgs BEAT UF straight up. They had their chance and blew it. That’s how.

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Florida is grossly overrated. So is Georgia. GO DAWGS!

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NCDawg… you are 1-1 against ranked opponents this year. You beat your first ranked opponent in 3 years this year.
UF is 3-1 against ranked teams this year.
Your resume is shiite. Just think if you had to play LSU or aTm instead of your cupcake schedule.
And UF gifted you that game with 6 turnovers.

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Thomas …. 6 turnovers and still almost won against UGA….
Isn’t that a rather damning indictment against how pathetic UGA is?

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I’m a GA Fan… How is UF grossly overrated?
Name a single team in college football that has beat 2 teams in the top 10 and another (USCe) in the top 15?
Is there another team in college football that has played and won on a schedule like that?

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Same record Turtle90… Florida had the opportunity to control their own destiny and blew it. They got WHIPPED… beaten at their own game. The Dawgs deserve to be ranked above them. So what if we lost one game to a ranked opponent… so did UF. If the Dawgs beat Bama that will make 2 #2 teams they will have beaten. That is called EARNING the right to be in the BCS championship game. If they win that game… assuming that ND remains unbeaten… they will have beaten the #1 team and the #2 team 2X… 3-1 against ranked opponents. No one else can come close to that resume. DUH!

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NCDawg… what a stupid comment.. you must have really gone to UGA
So you need to play 3 more games to try to match the win total over ranked teams that UF has TODAY?!?
You’re intellect is so overpowering you must be smashing atoms with your mind.

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The following is the most intelligent post ESPN’s Heather Dinich has ever posted:

Who programmed “overrated” into the computers this year? There’s no way Georgia and Florida are THAT much better than the ACC’s top two teams — if they even are better at all. Florida State has a chance to prove that this weekend, when the Noles host the rival Gators in the final game of the regular season. On second thought, Florida’s unwarranted ascension in the BCS standings might be the best thing to happen to FSU because if they win on Saturday, it will carry even more significance.

A shakeup in the standings was expected this weekend after Oregon and Kansas State both lost, but the rapid promotion of the SEC East comes as a surprise while the ACC maintained its status quo. Florida beat Jacksonville State. FSU won on the road to clinch the ACC’s Atlantic Division. Georgia overcame a slow start to beat Georgia Southern, not to be confused with Georgia Tech.

The SEC is rewarded for beating up on the little guys while the ACC is penalized for it.

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I meant Oklahoma, and TX

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The seething jealously and hatred is oozing from the Nerd trolls. Suckit Nerds and pray you make it to Boise if Shalala is feeling charitable. You can find The Dawg Nation in Miami bring home the 7th straight BCS crystal to the SEC

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ERMA…Exit Stage Left! Wins are wins and #3 is #3.

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If Coach can talk with such intensity and can act like a weirdo after the incredible victory over Ole Miss the Tide can surely beat Aub and the Dawgs!

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Who foreseen it?!! I forseen it and was saying this BEFORE the 2011 season began…..The Dawg has turned. I told you young ignorant fans this JANUARY 2011 AFTER the bowl loss and the 6-7 season. I told you all that you were missing the big picture and that all was well and the prior 2 seasons understandable. EASILY understandable. A little worse than expected by a game or 2 but still not unexpected. BUT you were all spoiled by al the winning and the almost winning it all you couldnt take the EXPECTED down years…..I told you IMMEDIATLEY AFTER THE 2010 SEASON WHEN YOU WERE ALL, INCLUDING SCHULTZ AND BRADLEY, CALLING FOR RICHTS HEAD AND I HAVE SUPPORTED HIM SINCE THEN BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THIS PROGRAM FOR 33 YEARS. I HAVE SEEN UPS AND DOWNS AND I KNOW WHAT WE GOT IN COACH MARK RICHT. WE HAVE A FOUNDATION AND STABILITY AND A TRADITION OF CONSISTENT WINNING HAS BEEN BUILT. HE WEATHERED THE STORM AS I STATED HE WOULD AND UGA IS IN A BETTER PLACE FOR IT. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. UGA IS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE FROM EVEN MY WISE PREDICTIONS. THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE SEC CHAMP UNTIL THIS YEAR, NOT LAST YEAR. BUT THAT WILL GET THEM THE W OVER BAMA THIS YEAR AND INTO THE NC. AND WHEN UGA BRINGS THE TROPHY HOME….PLEASE ALL YOU RICHT HATERS, DO NOT CELEBRATE ONE TIME. NOT ONE TIME. UNTIL YOU COME ON HERE AND PUBLICLY ADMIT HOW WRONG YOU WERE.

THE NEXT 10 YEARS ARE GOING TO BE THE BEST IN UGA HISTORY. EVEN IF WE HAVE A COUPLE DOWN ONES. AND WHEN WE DO I HOPE YOU MATURED DURING THIS PROCESS AND WILL NOT FREAK OUT WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN…BEAR BRYANT HAD MANY MORE LOSING SEASONS THAN MARK RICHT…..INCLUDING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE WINNING BACK-TO-BACK NC’S. INCLUDING DOOLEY THE YEAR BEFORE HE WON IT. WELL HERSCHEL WON IT. UGA MIGHT NOT WIN IT THIS YEAR AND NEITHER WERE THEY “EXPECTED” TO. NOR WERE THEY EXPECTED WO WIN THE SEC EVEN. SO IF IT DONT HAPPEN, DONT FREAK OUT. BE HAPPY YOU HAVE A GREAT COACH WHO HAS BUILT A GREAT PROGRAM WITH A FOUNDATION. UNLIKE AT AUBURN, TENN, FLA, ARK, MISS, MISS ST, VANDY, KENT, GT, ETC. ONLY A SELECT FEW ARE CONSISTENTLY IN THE TOP 10 IN THIS NATION AND UGA IS IN THE SEC….THE BEST IS YET TO COME. AND YOU WANTED THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE OF THIS JOURNEY FIRED. AND YOU AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE AJC WERE…..WRONG. DONT MATTER IF UGA WINS OR LOSES ITS LAST 2 GAMES OR NOT. WE WERENT SUPPOSED TO WIN IT ALLTHIS YEAR ANYWAY. ON THE FLIPSIDE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LOSE IN 2009 AND 2010. I LOBBIED AND TRIED TO TALK SENSE INTO THE IGNORANTS. THEY THINK THEY ARE WISE AND KNOW SO MUCH BUT THEY ARE JUST YOUNG, EMOTIONAL AND DUMB. LISTEN TO YOUR ELDERS AND KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT. YOU WONT HAVE TO SWALLOW SO MUCH CROW AND CAN ACTUALLY ENJOY WHEN THE DAGS WIN BIG WITH RICHT. YOU MIGHT AS WELL SUPPORT HIM AS COACH HARDHEADS….HES NOT GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL HE WANTS TO GO. YOU BETTER START WORRYING ABOUT THAT. PLENTY OF SCHOOLS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM.

ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE UGA HAS A SPECIAL TEAM AND WINS IT ALL. ONLY A MATTER OF TIME. THAT TIME COULD BE HERE SOONER THAN WE EXPECTED…IF I AM SAYING ITS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE,

ALL OF YOU RICHT HATERS YOU MUST BE IN SEVERE SHOCK!!! WHAT IGMOS. TOLD YOU THAT AFTER 2010 BOWL GAME… IT WAS ALL GOOD. THE DAWG HAD TURNED AFTER 2 EXPECTED DOWN YEARS…MAYBE YOU WILL LISTEN NOW…THE BEST IS YET TO COME

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Does anything else need to be said of the number one league,conference in the country 2-3-4 (my gators the #4 team in the country? not really) The SEC will once again be playing for a NC a 7th straight by the way. All the other conferences line up for second place.

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ShadeTree, why is that you’ve NEVER written 1 post ever here, and now pick on me that you’re some guru in college football talking about NFL Draft Picks by different coaches during the Mark Richt era because you reference that joke of a group of sorry writers, The Bleacher Report, with 2 guys who posted replies to every Bleacher Report ever, always talking with themselves ?

Excuse me the Bleacher Report you gave us the URL Link to doesn’t even have that. No replies from anyone in America to the story you reference. Strong blog there Bubba.

I hardly think that Mack Brown, coaching for 27 years has sent more players into the NFL that Mark Richt has in the Mark Richt era.

Steve Spurrier, coaching for 25 years, has been a college football head coach starting 1987.

Mack Brown has been a college football head coach starting 1983.

Mark Richt didn’t even graduate from college until 1982 and has been head coach since 2001, less than half the number of years of either. And, you run in here with a URL Link to a Bleacher Report when I have never read a Bleacher Report yet which has EVER been correct in their facts. Not ever. Not 1.

If you look at the NFL Drafts, not some Bleacher Report written by someone afraid to have his posts scrutinized and replied to, especially 1 no one replied to, you will find that indeed Mark Richt has done far better than Mack Brown and Steve Spurrier, head-to-head. That’s because he recruits better than they do. Steve Spurrier at South Carolina is # 12 in the BCS Poll today, and Mack Brown at Texas is # 16 in the BCS Poll today, while Mark Richt is # 3 in every poll today including most especially the BCS Poll. This is despite the fact that Mark Richt coaches in The SEC with 5 Top 10 teams in every poll today, while Mack Brown plays in what’s left of the Big XII with 4 top teams who just up and quit the Big XII. The Big XII has 1 team in the BCS Top 10, and that one team is ranked WORSE than Georgia and a total of 3 SEC teams are all 3 higher ranked than the 1 Big XII in the top 10 of the BCS Poll. The Big XII lost # 8 Texas A and M and # 14 Nebraska, both of whom up and quit the Big XII. Winning games in the Big XII is easy. And, it is easier now without all these teams who just up and quit the conference because Texas is allowed to keep more of their revenues in the Big XII than any other member. It’s totally unfair. Obviously.

The Bleacher Report with no replies from anyone ever, you reference says Mark Richt has only 57 NFL Draft Picks.

College – Alabama – Florida – LSU – UGA
2012.…….8..…………2.…….5.…….7
2011.…….5.………….4.…….6.…….6
2010.…….7.………….9.…….6.…….5
2009.…….4.………….3.…….6.…….6
2008.…….0.………….2.…….7.…….4
2007.…….3.………….9.…….5.…….5
2006.…….5.………….3.…….7.…….7
2005.…….4.………….3.…….3.…….6
2004.…….4.………….5.…….0.…….4
2003.…….5.………….8.…….4.…….7
2002.…….4.………….8.…….5.…….8
2001.…….3.………….4.…….3.…….7
Total…….52.….……60.…….57……72

In fact, that is how many LSU has in the Mark Richt era, 57.

72 NFL Draft Picks is how many Mark Richt actually has being a head coach starting 2001.

You didn’t really expect to compare the only 2 other coaches you can find, one who started as a college football head coach 18 years before Mark Richt started being a head coach, and one who started as a college football head coach 14 years before Mark Richt started being a head coach, and try to compare those number of NFL Draft Picks with Mark Richt starting 2001 – the Mark Richt era in question.

Did you ?

Mack Brown has 68 NFL Draft Picks in the last 15 years.

Mark Richt has 72 NFL Draft Picks in the last 12 years.

Who has done better ShadeTree ?

Steve Spurrier is a jerk who said just this month that Alabama could beat an NFL team, and then Texas A and M as I guaranteed on this blog since the day we beat # 4 Florida at the stadium where the Gator Bowl is held every year, beat Alabama. Texas A and M lost to Florida, who preferred Ron Zook to Steve Spurrier as their coach. South Carolina lost to Florida 11-44 losing by 33 whom Mark Richt beat 17-9. So, while Mark Richt beat Florida by 8 points, Steve Spurrier lost by 33 to his alma mater who would not hire him back there no matter what and sent him to South Carolina instead. Texas A and M also lost to LSU who Florida also beat, while Mark Richt beat Florida by 8 points.

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Nothing could be better from our point of view to match us up with Florida again than to play Notre Dame who has beat NO ONE. Notre Dame claims to have beat EVERY CONFERENCE but Notre Dame has not beat any of The SEC teams who make up 5 of the Top 10 in the BCS Poll. In fact, Notre Dame has not beat any team in the Top 10 of any Poll today.

64-37 South Carolina Steve Spurrier starting 2005
74-29 Georgia Mark Richt starting when Spurrier got to USCe 2005

Mark Richt has consistently out-recruited Steve Spurrier and Steve Spurrier does not have a winning record against Mark Richt head-to-head.

In the NFL Draft starting 2005 when Steve Spurrier began coaching South Carolina, South Carolina has had 22 NFL Draft selections. You are not seriously comparing Steve Spurrier’s NFL Draft Picks with Mark Richt, now are you ShadeTree ?

I don’t have to mention any of your specifics trying to refute :

# 20 Total Defense UGA 2012
# 18 Scoring Defense UGA 2012

when your specifics are included in the totals. The facts are that UGA’s 2012 Defense on the topic of your blog has 11 NFL Draft Selections coming from it.

There is NO WAY you can say that UGA’s Defense 2012 is no bloody good ShadeTree.

Why don’t you put your team in your handle ShadeTree, or are you afraid to for obvious reasons ?

(1) Your post is a joke comparing 14 and 18 years more coaching than Mark Richt
(2) Your point is to say UGA’s defense is no good 2012
(3) Your post says Spurrier & Brown put more in NFL Draft than Mark Richt
(4) Mark Richt’s UGA Defense 2012 will have 11 NFL selections alone
(5) Your Bleacher Report URL Link is utterly incorrect, isn’t it ?
(6) 57 NFL Draft Selections Mark Richt since 2001 or 72 ?
(7) Which is it ShadeTree ?
(8) What eats at you ShadeTree is that you are afraid to tell us your team in your handle for obvious reasons while UGA has beat # 4 Florida for the best win of any BCS Contender.

Mark Richt is well-loved by the kids today, and has been all 12 years he has been here. His Fortë is recruiting. Since 2001 when he started coaching, Mark Richt has averaged the # 7 recruiting ranking averaging both Scout.com and Rivals. Mark Richt has therefore averaged better than every school in the United States in recruiting rankings except for Southern California, and Mark Richt will have had more NFL Draft Selections than Southern California after the GREAT 2012 UGA DEFENSE is drafted in the up-coming NFL Draft.

Southern California has had 74 NFL Draft Selections 2001 through 2012
Mark Richt has had 72 NFL Draft Selections 2001 through 2012.

Mark Richt will have 11 NFL Draft Selections from this National Championship Contender 2012 alone, while Southern California under Lame Kitten has 4 Losses already and a 5th Loss Saturday with UGA # 3 in every poll while Southern California is UNRANKED in every poll. Southern California started 2012 ranked # 1 ahead of Mark Richt but ends the season unranked with 7-Losses while Mark Richt plays for a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2012. With Matt Barkley and Robert Woods both of USC QB and WR both dropping a ton in the NFL Draft 2013, USC will have to have 10 NFL Draft Selections to catch Georgia over the 12-year Mark Richt era.

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The kids LOVE Mark Richt. He is a fine man whom the kids want to play for, and he does a BETTER JOB OF PUTTING PLAYERS INTO THE NFL THAN ANY COACH IN AMERICA.

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Now, who is your team in here trying to say otherwise and being wrong about it,

ShadeTree ?

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tom brown,

You are a legend in your own mind.

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UGA does not deservet the #3 spot. Oregon should be ahead of them. UGA doesn’t stand a chance against Bama.

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JWing,

WORD

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tom brown,

It’s Monday. Is today your take a bath day?

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SEC East Champions next National Champions – the World belongs to us. WE RUN THIS WORLD.

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From USATODAY

For potential pandemonium, try this zany scenario:

– USC beats Notre Dame.

– Georgia Tech beats Georgia, which beats Alabama.

– Florida State beats Florida.

– Oregon State beats Oregon.

Who goes to Miami then?

And to complete the fun, Ohio State — remember the unbeaten Buckeyes? — beats Michigan.

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dog!

Nice spelling. You must not be from ’round here.

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And Murray has played excellent against ranked teams! Big money QB!

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The so-called NC GAME has pretty much, always been a debate in November. Why should this year be any different. You can’t hang your hat on a program for having won it any more than you can dispose of a program for not winning it. It’s not necessarily something in a coach’s control.

That being said. I found it interesting that this is only the 20th “10 WIN” season in UGA’s history and CMR has 8 of them. And this is the coach you want to fire????

Bobo’s offense has broken a touchdown/season mark. And you want to fire him?????

Either, the poster’s calling for these guys heads over the last couple of years don’t know a thing about football or they are not DAWG fans and are just trying to stir the pot.

I told all of you a couple of years ago that UGA hasn’t had a team this complete since the late ’70’s-early ’80’s and to just be patient and let Richt do his thing. We are about to witness a special time in UGA history. They may or may not win the NC. It is far more important to win the SEC TITLE. Go DAWGS!!!!!!!

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UGA beats Georgie tek 50-9

UGA beats Alabama about 27-24.

What if Notre Dame gets beat by 4-Loss unranked any poll, Southern California ?

That is all it takes.

UGA then gets re-match UGA vs Florida, this time not at the stadium where the Gator Bowl is played every year, but at the Georgia Dome where at least half the games should be played anyway.

# 4 Florida would move up to # 2
# 3 UGA would move up to # 1

UGA would win the re-match since we have BOTH an OFFENSE and a Defense.

Neither Notre Dame, nor Alabama, nor Florida have anything close to an Aaron Murray.

Neither Notre Dame, nor Alabama, nor Florida have anything close to a Jarvis Jones.

Neither Notre Dame, nor Alabama, nor Florida have anything close to an Alec Ogletree.

Neither Notre Dame, nor Alabama, nor Florida have anything close to a Todd Gurley.

Our talent is NOT inferior; it is CLEARLY succinctly, better.

These are the ONLY 4 teams involved.

Notre Dame
Alabama
Florida
Georgia

Well, Southern California unranked with 4-Losses, could beat Notre Dame; but, if they don’t

# 4 Florida
# 3 UGA
# 2 Alabama

Are ALL licking our chops to have the chance to play them.

If Notre Dame LOSES to lowly unranked previously # 1 Southern California with 4-Losses already, then the winner of The SEC Championship Game gets 1-slot and Florida at # 4 would move up past the loser of The SEC Championship Game and above then a 1-loss Notre Dame who has beat no team in the top 10 with their 3 great wins this season over # 7 LSU # 8 Texas A and M and # 12 today South Carolina who will BEAT Clempsum Farmers who have beat no one in any top 25 poll all season long.

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GA TOOK BALL AWAY FROM FL 8 TIMES, BEATING THEM TO 6 OF 8
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And, Florida still has NO Aaron Murray – neither does AL FL & most especially Notre Dame.

4 teams : NC either (1) Notre Dame (2) AL (3) UGA (4) FL

There is NO OTHER SCENARIO.

UGA could beat Florida 2 times for the NC 2012.

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tom brown,

Neither Alabama, Notre Dame or Florida fan bases have anything close to tom brown

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BIG MIKE, DID YOU WRITE THIS A MONTH AGO, SIR ?
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BIG MIKE October 6th, 2012 11:28 pm

“What lost the game?????

Inexperienced and underdeveloped youth in the offensive line. Can’t run or pass without it. Period. They were playing against the best defensive front in the country and it showed.

Defense had a piss poor game plan. Nobody had containment and Jarvis Jones was taking shallow angles toward the running back while no one accounted for QB. Defensive line played well. Not much yardage given up in the power running game and fair penetration throughout the night, which forced shaw out of the pocket and eventually down the field cause nobody was accounting for him on the edges.

Why didn’t the coaching staff see this coming and plan for it? Why run #3 and #4 up the middle with 6 of the best D-LINE in the country waiting for him and no push at all from the O-LINE.

I defended CMR and Staff for years for a very good reason, but what happened tonite is inexcusable. The coaching staff was caught with their pants down. As far as I’m concerned, if CMR and company don’t win the SEC this year or at least look competitive in the game…then it’s time to clean house. They’ve got NFL grade talent on both sides of the ball. Other teams win with a lesser O-LINE than UGA has by gameplanning and not relying heavily on the line (i.e., quick release passes, sprint outs, QB running plays, sweeps, etc.). I saw very little of that tonite. When we did see it, it was relatively successful.

NO GAME PLAN!!!!!!!!!!”
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Just asking BIG MIKE in view of this post, just now by you ?

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tom brown,

Tell us, who did put a bee ( Ha! No pun intended – pinky swear) in your bonnet?

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tom brown,

Who is going to help Murray not be Murray in big games Murray?

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Thomas,

I have posted here before and my post is not a joke. I responded to YOUR previous post exactly the way you presented it. Now, you have to go back and talk about how many years in coaching…etc. Go back and read your own post…you said “Mark has sent more to the NFL than any coach”…again, I answered it the way YOU wrote it.

As far as picking on you, not even close, just some friendly sports banter showing how easy it is to present one side and make it sound sensational. Like this talking heads at ESPN, wasn’t it just last week how great KSU and Oregon was?

You said how Notre Dame hasn’t played anybody…okay, so Notre Dame beating a now 9-2 Stanford team that beat the Oregon Ducks on their home turf isn’t impressive…so how about beating Oklahoma on the road 30-13 isn’t impressive either? A place where Bob Stoops was 79-4? So what if the Irish don’t win 40-14 every time. A win is a win and they have held 5 of their 11 opponents without a touchdown. Impressive no matter who you play.

You keep suggesting Florida as Georgia’s huge win, but even they needed a blocked punt to beat Louisiana-Lafayette. Thats the beauty of college football…you never know and you won’t until you play the game.

Your posts are thought provoking, PLEASE, JUST BE FAIR…regardless how much you love your Dawgs. I never once said anything negative about the Dawgs and I did not say their defense was bad, as you suggest in your last post. They are actually playing great football right now and not a moment too soon as Alabama awaits.

I’m a fan of college football Thomas

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Take NASCAR last night for example ShadeTree ? There were 2 possible guys who could win the $5,662,800 for winning NASCAR Sprint Cup 2012. Do you watch NASCAR ? Did you root for Brad Keselowski or for Jimmy Johnson, who came in 3rd behind also Clint Bower ?

You’re purposely dodging the question, as you obscure the facts that what Mark Richt has done has not been matched by any other coach because the KIDS TODAY LOVE MARK RICHT and have all 12 years.

It is not a hyperpole to say that Mark Richt has recruited better and sent more to the NFL than anyone.

I like a good college football banter as well as anyone ShadeTree; only I do insist that those whom I carry on such banter on the Internet have posted before, answer direct questions, and address this point.

My posts are thought-provoking because I research what I post before I post. And, because I hit on the issue of the moment in my hobby, college football.

I have other hobbies and interests, too. One hones the skills for the others.

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No mystery, it’s pointless thats all. You attack and then write 11 paragraph defending your school.

Guess its true what others have said about you on this board, but I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Do yourself a favor and pull your head out of UGA’s a** long enough to breath sir.

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Saban knows the SEC champ game is for the National Championship. Notre Dame will be a cup cake in comparison to UGA. He also knows Bummer is vulnerable to the passing game. UGA needs to find some way to ignore the media this week and concentrate on TECH. UGA by 14.

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dawgs lose to bama. notre dame loses to usc. gators upset fsu. gators vs bama for natl title.
not a likely scenario, but a reality.
other unlikely, but possible scenario. all above the same, except ga upsets bama, and plays a rematch against gators in natl title game. Talk about a sellout of mammoth proportions!!
gators might even bring SPURRIER down on the sidelines to instill a little FEAR in thos puppies

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sweetest revenge for all gator fans is to see disingenuous urban “got health issues” myer with an undefeated ohio state team sitting at home watching tv. Maybe you and lame kiffin can catch up over the holidays and watch it together. Couldn’t think of two better chums that ought to be together

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Bama beat # 7 LSU
Dogs beat # 4 Florida

No one else in consideration has a win as good as either, already – other than Florida who has beat already # 7 LSU, # 8 Texas A and M and # 12 South Carolina.

Pitt is 4-6 and Notre Dame called itself a team of Destiny because it beat them in triple OT.

Georgia, Florida and Alabama are all 3 dominant teams, but only 1 has an Aaron Murray, a Jarvis Jones, a Todd Gurley and an Alec Ogletree. Alabama has all these freshmen at key positions 2012. Florida has they say Jeff Driskel for Florida State, but on his best day, he is no Aaron Murray, either.

4 teams in the discussion and no one has beat a better team than # 3 UGA beating # 4 Florida. # 2 Alabama beat # 7 LSU. # 1 Notre Dame beat # 8 Stanford but Stanford also lost to 4-Loss Washington or they would be 5-Loss Washington. Florida beat # 7 LSU too, and # 9 Texas A and M and # 12 South Carolina, but lost to # 3 Georgia.

I love The SEC; it’s always fun looking at the details of The SEC compared to podunk nothings of a football team every year running onto this blog and bragging how great their team is that year and how badly The SEC has done this year compared to their own pitiful records.

There is a reason why The SEC is # 2 # 3 and # 4 in the polls.

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IT IS SO THAT 1, IF NOT 2, SEC TEAMS PLAY TITLE GAME
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Of course, the only way I can think of 2 SEC teams again in the Title Game, would be for UGA to beat Alabama like 27-24 and previously # 1 now unranked in any poll, 4-Loss Southern California beating Notre Dame, which would then result in :

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Florida vs UGA 2012 BCS NC TITLE GAME
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Florida WITH Jeff Driskel and WITHOUT Aaron Murray.

Aaron Murray is the difference in UGA and Alabama, UGA and Florida, and in UGA – and Notre Dame probably most glaringly of all.

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Spurrier is # 12, nowhere as good a recruiter or NFL Draft producer either as Mark Richt, who is # 3, playing for the national championship play-in game. What would Spurrier be doing in our heads ? Good Lord.

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hey thomas brown….do you see big john jenkins having a good game vs the pathetic nerds

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@THOMAS BROWN
I did indeed wrote it and stand by it. UGA got caught with their pants down. It happens, otherwise we would have 60 undefeated teams in 1A FBS. As it stands there is only one and not sure they will stay that way.

It doesn’t mean I would fire the lot of them. They responded the way I would expect a first class coaching staff to respond. That being said….I was right all along.

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BTW THOMAS BROWN
They still have 3 games remaining and hold the record at the 11 game mark. No UGA team within reach has played less games

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I realize that at the 11-game mark too BIG MIKE. But, 8 seasons of 10-Wins in 12 years is during 14-game seasons, and that most clearly is NOT a proper comparison to 11 or even 12-game seasons, now is it ? Honestly ?

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Hey Jeff – Who foresees this? History does. Go back and see what kind of seasons Dooley had in 1979 and then in 1980. Look at Auburn 2009 and 2010. Look at ‘Bama 2007 and 2008.

Believe it or not, good years frequently (and INEVITABLY) follow bad ones.

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Thomas Brown
How many 10 win seasons has UGA had in the 12-14 Game schedule era????? And who was the coach???

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no worries–bama wins this game easy. The Bama D will shut down Ga’s O and the bama running game puts up huge #s. Bama 30 dogs 20

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