Georgia earns respect in defeat, but loss not easy to take
Kenarious Gates drops to a knee as Georgia lost SEC title on game's final play. (Curtis Compton/AJC)
This was the day when representatives from every other conference, when every critic weary of the SEC’s six-year-plus rule in college football, should have come to the realization, “Oh. So that’s why they’re the best.”
Georgia and Alabama looked like the two best teams from the two best conference, if not the two best teams in the nation, and they just played a conference championship that saw four lead changes in the second half and the game not decided until the game’s final play.
What would happen if Georgia and Alabama played 10 times?
“It probably would look like that every game,” Bulldogs wide receiver Tavarres King said. “And there would be several different outcomes.”
Georgia doesn’t have that luxury. The Dogs lost the SEC championship game 32-28 at the Georgia Dome. They came that close to playing for a national championship.
They had a chance at the end, with quarterback Aaron Murray having driven the team from its own 28 to the Alabama 8 with 15 seconds left. At that point, we can debate whether Murray should have spiked the ball to reset the offense. But suffice to say, the game ended with a tipped pass that was caught at Tide’s 5, the final seconds ticked off and one team celebrated its impending berth in the BCS championship game while the other collapsed in exhaustion, uncertain of its bowl status.
The irony here was that Georgia probably gained more respect in defeat than in any of its 11 victories. The Dogs were criticized for a perceived soft schedule, for the way they were physically hammered be South Carolina, for the hiccups at Kentucky.
Yet on Saturday, even the opposing coach, Nick Saban, was moved to comment: “I think it’s a crying shame if Georgia doesn’t get to go to a BCS bowl game. That game came down to the last play. It’s ridiculous. Some teams are 7-5 and talking about winning their conference and going to a BCS bowl game? Something’s not right here.”
So yes, the Dogs proved their worthiness on this day.
Coach Mark Richt has made the program relevant again in the SEC, and therefore on the national scale.
Afterward, Richt said, “I told them I was disappointed. But I wasn’t disappointed in them.”
That said, Georgia lost to a better team.
Alabama was the superior team physically. The Tide rushed for 350 yards, led by Eddie Lacy (187) and T.J. Yeldon (154). The physical domination started with the Tide’s offensive line taking over the game in the second half, blowing open holes in Georgia’s defensive front. It continued with the Dogs, clearly worn down and drained, began to miss tackles.
“[The defense] got tired of being run against — I could figure that one out,” Richt said. “We just got knocked off the ball.”
At some point, it figured Alabama would try to get Georgia to bite on play-action, and that’s exactly what happened. With the Dogs leading 28-25, Alabama had a first down at the Georgia 45 when quarterback A.J. McCarron faked a handoff, stepped back and hit wide receiver Amari Cooper streaking down the left sideline, behind cornerback Damian Swann. The touchdown put Alabama, which once trailed 21-10, up 32-28 with just over three minutes left.
The Dogs had two more chances. They went three-and-out on one possession and quickly had to punt. They used their last two time outs during Alabama’s possession but forced the Tide to give up the ball one more time. They got the ball back with 1:08 remaining.
“We’ve had plenty of one-minute drives during the season so it’s not like guys were freaking out or anything,” Murray said later. “We were just like, ‘Let’s play ball.”
On the fourth play of the drive, Murray had a pass tipped and intercepted at midfield. But he and the team got a reprieve when the play was reversed by replay, which showed the ball hitting the ground. The quarterback then completed consecutive passes to Arthur Lynch, King and Lynch again. The ball was now at the eight with about 15 seconds remaining.
Richt decided to keep going and not have Murray spike the ball to stop the clock. “Even spiking the ball takes time,” Richt said. “We had a play called.”
The play was fade route to Malcolm Mitchell at the back of the end zone. But there were only nine seconds left when the ball was snapped, Murray’s pass was tipped at the line and Chris Conley caught it in traffic at the five (first instinct). He was buried and time ran out.
Richt: “In that play you want a touchdown or an incomplete pass.”
In between is trouble. In between ended the game. Georgia was that close going to the national championship game. That’s something they will have to live with.
By Jeff Schultz
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754 comments Add your comment
HUH?????
December 3rd, 2012
9:24 am
“His overall record speaks for itself.
I’ll take the one championship season over anything UGA has done in the last three decades.
beanster
December 3rd, 2012
9:32 am
As is quite obvious with no Cam, no coordinators his record is an embarrassment to the SEC.
I am amazed Auburn fans can say anything to UGA fans. Your program, currently, is a total joke. AU has beaten UGA once in the past seven tries including recent beatdowns of 38-0 and 45-7. Sit there and talk smack about Mark Richt all you want, buddy. He owns you.
DONNAN OF A NEW ERA
December 3rd, 2012
9:41 am
beanster
Auburn is in a bad place right now but it will get better. A coach will be announced soon and recruits will come back. If Kirby Smart is hired, you will see recruits leave other schools to come play for him.
Oh, and Auburn can actually win the SEC title unlike UGA.
Sucks for you.
Au in ATL
December 3rd, 2012
10:14 am
I’m not saying that Chizik was a great coach nor that he had a good year. After seeing T Brown’s list of UGA quality wins going back to 02, I realized the irony. Two fired coaches at AU have significantly more quality wins than CMR in a lot less time. I’m guessing that so does Saban and Miles. Maybe even Urban in the few years at UF.
HUH @ 9:07 makes it more clear. Just in 04 Tuberville has 7. Tubbs had few 9 + wins seasons, I’m sure he beat at least 2 or 3 ranked opponents in every one of those seasons.
Typical
December 3rd, 2012
10:22 am
At least Auburn made its one win over UGA count by getting a NC. UGA, Braves, Hawks, and Falcons all have the same problem- they don’t capitalize on key moments and opportunities. That’s why UGA has not competed for a NC since 82′, Braves won just one WS title in a 15 year run of dominance, Hawks have never gone to even the Conference finals, and it took Falcons 40+ years just to have back to back winning seasons. If you want more, add the Thrashers not winning a single playoff game the entire time they were here.
Georgia sports teams are too soft and their fans don’t demand the most out of them. As long as this remains the norm, the only national/world titles this state will see will be from its little league world series teams.
Au in ATL
December 3rd, 2012
10:28 am
Beanster:
Last 8 years:
AU 2 undefeated seasons. UGA: 0
AU: 2 SEC Champs UGA:1 (05)
AU: 1 NC UGA: 0
AU: Lopsided more quality wins than UGA since 2002. Too many to list.
UGA’s best claim: recent wins over AU. AU has more wins over Bama, UF last few years. I can’t say AU is a better program than Bama or UF.
Auburn has great, good, bad and flat out ugly years. UGA is bland. Not too bad. Good at times (with right schedule), but never great. Good enough to back into a good position. Like this year. The truth is in the numbers.
HUH?????
December 3rd, 2012
10:29 am
Au in ATL
I never thought Chizik was a bad coach but he did let the program slip over the last year. I laugh when people say that Cam was the only reason they won. I guess Fairley, Lutz, Dyer, Fannin, Mccalleb, Blake, Adams etc were all non-existent in that title run. It took Chizik to bring in some of those guys including Cam. A lot of UGA fans are angry because they see Auburn as an inferior football program even though Auburn has a great football history. Are we Bama? Nope, but we sure aren’t Miss St either. We had one awful year and things will get better after the new head coach is announced.
HUH?????
December 3rd, 2012
10:33 am
“Your program, currently, is a total joke. AU has beaten UGA once in the past seven tries including recent beatdowns of 38-0 and 45-7. Sit there and talk smack about Mark Richt all you want, buddy. He owns you.”
And this is why UGA fans are mocked. Instead of wanting/demanding greatness, they can only throw out insults like “we own you.” Yes, UGA has beaten up on Auburn recently but I’d still take that crystal trophy over your empty trophy case any day of the week.
beanster
December 3rd, 2012
10:43 am
You are worse than Mississippi State. How many recruits have you lost already? Y’all think whoever takes the job is going to get you beyond where Mullen is in their first year? Ha.
38-0 was a gift from Mark Richt. It could have been 70-0. You boys could shine his shoes if you’re lucky.
KSUAlum
December 3rd, 2012
10:45 am
Another year or so before my Kennesaw State Owls will have a football team of losers I can cheer for so I can stop wasting my time with the Dawgs.
I still say Richt should go. I’m also hoping that Aaron Murray moves on. Maybe Hutson Mason can actually beat a decent team when he needs to…
HUH?????
December 3rd, 2012
11:21 am
beanster
At least Auburn can actually win the the SEC championship/national championship.
After further review
December 3rd, 2012
11:23 am
Bit of a flip-flop, there, Thomas?
Before the Alabama game:
“Thomas Brown November 26th, 2012
9:42 am
Alabama has played UGA 63 games, 38 of them HOME games for Alabama, and beat us 36 of the 63 games.
AJ McCarron is NOT as good as Aaron Murray. Alabama has no Todd Gurley, either. Alabama beat # 7 LSU and we beat # 4 Florida, who beat # 9 Texas A & M who beat Alabama. SEC West is NOT better than SEC East 2012, not at anything – yet. Alec Ogletree, Alabama has no 1 to compare. Jarvis Jones Alabama has no 1 to compare. Bacarri Rambo, Alabama has no 1 to compare. Malcolm Mitchell and Chris Conley, Alabama has no 1 to compare. John Jenkins and Kwame Geathers Alabama has no 1 to compare.
Alabama is not scoring any 38 points on UGA’s Defense.
Aaron Murray drove the field and scored 2 TD on Florida, to their – 0 – TD on our defense, and Florida would WIPE THE FLOOR WITH ALABAMA. Aaron Murray WILLED US TO THE WIN over # 4 Florida, when he tried to have Todd Gurley run us to win the game – game in balance, Florida losing by 1-point, 4th quarter time winding down. Florida was not going to let Todd Gurley run then.
Aaron Murray at that point, TOOK OVER THE FOOTBALL GAME.
That’s what happened.
Aaron Murray is going to DESTROY Alabama because of Todd Gurley, and because our Defense is better than Alabama’s. Alabama is # 1 Defense Florida # 5 Defense but Florida played toughest schedule, while only win by Alabama is over # 7 LSU.
Quoite a few good things to be said about the Bulldog defense azt that point. And what’s he saying now?
“Thomas Brown 2012
8:56 am
Our Defense was the problem all year 2012. When you finish a 13-game season before your bowl game and are # 79 in the nation in Run Defense, you have a Defensive problem. It cost us the game vs Alabama, and well could loom large, as Mark Richt points out against Nebraska in our New Year’s Day Bowl Game in Orlando. How in the hell can you sit there and try to say our Defense is not a problem with the # 79 in the nation Run Defense ?”
So what, exactly,caused you to change your mind on the qualitiy of your defense?
WDE
December 3rd, 2012
11:26 am
We played our hearts out and came up short, the coaches and players should be proud as every member of Bull Dog Nation should be. We hold our heads up best the Huskers and start training for next year. Go Dogs and best of luck to the Tide in the NC game.
Buckeye
December 3rd, 2012
11:43 am
wde
Stay classy wde.
I’m thankful for your example and hope it can change my heart
whatfor
December 3rd, 2012
12:21 pm
So – GA “earns” respect for the way they played Alabama (and STILL Lost)?? Well then, where is the ‘love” and “respect” for Texas A&M, who BEAT Alabama?? A&M really got the shaft for the bowl season. And why are very few people talking about this – that UGA played ONLY 2 relevant teams during the regular season – SC (which beat your puppies doggie style) and FL – a WAY overranked team. The REST of UGA schedule was pathetic. Once again, UGA, CMR, and Murray couldn’t win the BIG ONE.
WDE
December 3rd, 2012
12:31 pm
whatfor really if I remember we beat UF who beat A&M…that is how your reasoning goes its a given we would have beat A&M if we played them also. We won the East two years running no one can take that away from us and played our schedule and won 11 out of twelve and went toe to toe with the defending NC’s if that’s not a good season to you…your never going to enjoy many seasons of college football seasons and I feel sorry for you.
Boo Boo
December 3rd, 2012
12:41 pm
Wow! Georgia has only played 16 Top 25 teams since 2001? That is 12 years, for an average of 1.33 a year, or 1 a year and 2 every third year. What does that say about the SEC? Georgia plays a SEC schedule every year and if the SEC is so great, that number should be much higher. You also listed Hawaii, Clemson, GaTech, and other non-SEC teams. Man oh man, what a weak schedule Georgia plays. Maybe when Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Auburn, and the Mississippi schools get back to national prominence, then Georgia can claim to play a true National Champion schedule. Until then … pretty pathetic.
Boo Boo
December 3rd, 2012
12:45 pm
Of course, you could list ALL top 25 teams Georgia played in the Richt years, and then note the ones Georgia actually beat. That would be a better reflection of the schedule and the results.
Ford Truck Buyer
December 3rd, 2012
12:45 pm
Georgia Saturdays…Can’t Beat Saban and now Crappy Bowl Selection, again.
DDPO
December 3rd, 2012
12:46 pm
UGA needed to win this game to be considered as one of the SEC’s power programs. They played a great game and have more talent than Bama.
After further review
December 3rd, 2012
1:17 pm
whatfor – Florida is decidely not overranked, given their 11-1 record, and the strength of the schedulde they faced this year. Yes they did miss Alabama, but that means they still played four teams from the BCS top 10 and they beat three of them.
I agree that Texas A&M probably got shaftged by the two schools rule for BCS bowls, Ironically, they might have fared better if they hadn’t jumped to the SEC.
CR
December 3rd, 2012
2:00 pm
The record books will not list the game results as almost. It will show that Alabama defeated Georgia 32-28 for the SEC championship and earned the Tide a spot in the national title game. The bulldogs played a good hard fought game. However, their fans should not be basking in any kind of “we almost won” moments. They had opportunities before the final series and they failed.
drew
December 3rd, 2012
2:01 pm
I’m a Tech fan, and it always amazes that the biggest haters on UGA blogs are the idiot fans who think UGA should be winning championships every freakin’ year. And they’re the first to point fingers and lay the blame, usually on their own coaches and players. What a bunch a retards.
1. UGA didn’t lose because of coaching, or Aaron Murray, or their decision not to spike the ball; they lost because, in the end, they couldn’t stop bama’s O-line and running game.
2. Like other’s have said, if the fade to Mitchell isn’t tipped and becomes a TD, Mark Richt’s a genius. If the pass isn’t tipped, I think UGA gets a TD or at least a pass inteference call.
3. Great effort against a superior opponent. The only thing UGA has to be ashamed of is their ignorant fan base (see numerous examples above).
mgdawg
December 3rd, 2012
2:09 pm
As far as the last play, the ball was tipped. It could of been tipped on the next play if they would’ve spiked it with the same outcome. UGA was moving the ball and in rhythm, they had a play that would’ve worked if the ball wasn’t tipped.
I know it’s the unpopular thing, but the officials were awful this game and acted like bama could do nothing wrong. The missed call when they cheapshotted murray, continual pass interference missed calls, holding, and when alabama scored on a run from the 1/2 yard line the center had already scored. He was hiking the ball from the goal line.
RunninWithTheDawgs
December 3rd, 2012
2:25 pm
Bama’s offensive linemen had big handfuls of our defensive linemen’s jerseys with the refs standing right there yet no flags for holding = mega yardage by freshman runningback.
CDAWG
December 3rd, 2012
3:23 pm
I am amazed at any criticism of UGA from the SECCG; they played their hearts out and came oh so close to winning. I couldn’t be more proud of the DAWGS. Richt already had the play called so if it was missed we had time to run another play. He didn’t want Bama having time to substitute. Bama has more depth than UGA. Richt has earned some criticism in the past and deservedly so but not this game. Those guys were confident, well prepared had a great game plan but just came up a little short. Those young players need to be reading how proud you are of this effort not criticism from you Monday morning QB’s who probably never played or coached a down of football. I would like to see some of you genius’ call an offense during a game. When you have 25 seconds from when the ball is spotted to look at your play book try to guess what their D is going to do then get the right play in is pretty demanding. It is a pressure cooker.
NYCdog
December 3rd, 2012
9:02 pm
Best SECCG ever! UGA played their hearts out and left it all on the field. Bama has the best O line in the country and it showed. The two Alabama running backs were unstoppable. UGA is developing the same type of running game. The SEC is THE football conference no doubt. Unreal to have 6 of the top 10 teams in the BCS. Too bad about the current bowl system but such is life.
DawgNole
December 3rd, 2012
9:44 pm
big gator
December 2nd, 2012
9:30 am
Now the puppies are crying that gators dont deserve sugar, hey puppies you beat us by 4 do we get a moral victory for that?
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So the puppies beat you by 4, eh? Let’s see now, 17-9=4, right, big dumb gator?
DawgNole
December 3rd, 2012
9:59 pm
Honey boy
December 2nd, 2012
10:27 am
PAGING THOMAS BROWN, PAGING THOMAS BROWN!!!!
WHERE ARE YOU, YOU SELF RIGHTEOUS SNOT?
WHERE IS YOUR PONTIFICATING NOW.
YOU GUTLESS POS
YOU SIT ON THEZE BLOGS FROM YOUR SELF APPOINTED PERCH, LOOKING DOWN ON U.S LITTLE PEOPLE, WHILE YOU TELL EVERYONE HOW STUPID WE ARE!
IT’S JUDGEMENT DAY AND YOU’RE A NO SHOW!!!!
I THINK I SPEAK FOR MANY ON THIS BOARD…..
BUCKEYE ON OF THEM….
WHERE ARE YOU NOW BIG MOUTH????
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Thanks, HB. You speak for many of us. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Even us UGA fans are ashamed to admit that slimeball associates himself with the Dawgs.
DawgNole
December 3rd, 2012
10:06 pm
Lord Saban
December 2nd, 2012
11:10 am
And lets not forget Michigan state putting it on the dawgs last year. Dawgs have no right to be talking smack about other conferences. Especially after MSU put it on them last year.
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Is losing to MSU worse than losing to Utah–and to LA-Monroe?
Columbus
December 4th, 2012
4:37 am
All you immature haters and should not be able to voice your opinion or open your mouth in public until you little girls grow up and prove you have a brain.
UGA just came ONE play from beating the BEST defense in the nation and the defending and 2 out of the last 3 years national champion EVEN after giving up all those rushing yards due to a lack of depth on defense. The defense got TIRED and it showed against what Bama does best…run behind the BEST OLine in the nation….and you bitch and moan like little whiny spoiled immature brats….disgrace to the human race.
Thomas Brown
December 4th, 2012
6:43 am
Lose after the season :
D-1-Sanders Commings
D-2-Michael Gilliard
D-3-John Jenkins
D-4-Abry Jones
D-5-Bacarri Rambo
D-6-Christian Robinson
D-7-Branden Smith
D-8-Cornelius Washington
D-9-Shawn Williams
O-10-Tavarres King
O-11-Marlon Brown
O-12-Richard Samuel IV
S-13-Ty Frix
JR-14-Jarvis Jones
JR-15-Alec Ogletree
20* Won who made AP Poll Top 25:
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# 4 Tennessee 2001
# 24 Georgia Tech 2001
# 11 Alabama 2002
# 14 Auburn 2002
# 21 FSU 2002
# 15 Tennessee 2003
# 18 Purdue 2003
# 22 Clemson 2003
# 17 Wisconsin 2004
# 16 LSU 2004
# 6 LSU in 2005 SEC Championship
# 19 Virginia Tech in 2006
# 9 Auburn 2006
# 13 Florida 2007
# 15 Auburn in 2007
# 19 Hawai’i in 2007
# 13 Georgia Tech in 2009
# 4 Florida 2012
# 27 Vanderbilt 2012 in top 25 with bowl win*
# 23 Nebraska probably drops out of Top 25 when beat them*
28 Lost who made AP Poll Top 25:
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# 3 Florida 2001
# 13 South Carolina 2001
# 21 Boston College 2001
# 3 LSU 2003
# 3 LSU 2003
# 2 Auburn 2004
# 13 Tennessee 2004
# 5 West Virginia 2005
# 12 Florida 2005
# 14 Auburn 2005
# 1 Florida 2006
# 25 Tennessee 2006
# 12 Tennessee 2007
# 1 Florida 2008
# 6 Alabama 2008
# 22 Georgia Tech 2008
# 3 Florida 2009
# 17 LSU 2009
# 1 Auburn 2010
# 12 Arkansas 2010
# 15 Mississippi State 2010
# 21 Central Florida 2010
# 22 South Carolina 2010
# 2 LSU 2011
# 8 Boise State 2011
# 11 Michigan State 2011
# 11 South Carolina 2012
# 2 Alabama 2012
There are other wins & losses vs teams not making AP Top 25
University of Georgia AP Poll Rankings :
# 22 UGA 2001
# 3 UGA 2002
# 7 UGA 2003
# 7 UGA 2004
# 10 UGA 2005
# 23 UGA 2006
# 2 UGA 2007
# 13 UGA AP, # 10 Coaches’ Poll 2008
# 19 UGA 2011
# 6 UGA 2012*
BCS has done more harm than good to Bowl Games. The BCS has picked all these years only what they say are the top 2 teams in their 2-team National Championship Title Game, and they have thrown this term out there BCS Bowl Games, which have ALL other than the Title Game, never been the next best teams. It is part of the BCS conspiracy that if you are # 4 Florida in the Polls, you will play # 22 Louisville. The # 4 team in the old Bowl System before the BCS, always got to play like # 5 Oregon or # 6 Kansas State. Louisville # 22 is the automatic qualifier from the Big East and plays # 4 Florida in the Sugar Bowl. # 16 Northern Illinois plays # 13 Florida State FSU in the Orange Bowl. Never in the old bowl system before the BCS, would FSU play Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl. It would never happen.
BCS Rose Bowl has unranked Wisconsin playing # 8 Stanford. This has been going on since prior to the BCS, that the Rose Bowl loves them a match-up of the “top” Big 10 team vs the “top” PAC-12 team. Stanford in 2012 does not deserve to have to play an unranked opponent 2012 season. # 8 Stanford should be playing # 9 LSU or # 10 Texas A & M, or # 11 South Carolina. # 11 South Carolina is having to play # 19 Michigan.
The BCS Title Game pays out $ 22 million each and Notre Dame has special stipulations by the BCS how they are paid. The whole BCS process has to go.
I am not a proponent of the BCS. Making a “BCS Bowl” game is nothing. They lump them all together in the BCS Package and payout on all the BCS Bowl Games is $ 18 million dollars each team because they bid for the package of all games together. Is # 8 Stanford having to play unranked Wisconsin in a bcs bowl game worth 18 million for unranked Wisconsin ? No. Is # 4 Florida having to play # 22 Louisville worth 18 million for # 22 Louisville ? No.
But, you asked me to see if all the wins are listed over teams making the AP Poll Top 25. I looked them up for you this morning. Seems like you could have done that yourself. Too lazy ? Care ? Don’t care ? If you don’t care, why ask me to do it ? If you do care, why don’t you look it up yourself ? I presumed since you are asking me to make sure all The Bulldogs’ Wins over teams making the AP Poll Top 25 are listed for the entire Mark Richt era, that you also wanted all the losses to teams who made the AP Poll Top 25. I listed with asterisk the hoped-for results of 3 teams Georgia, Vanderbilt and CapitalOne BS opponent for # 6 Georgia of a team who lost to unranked Wisconsin 70-31 last week, Nebraska # 23.
Tomás Broun
December 4th, 2012
6:59 am
When you see words like “moral victory” and “pride” over and over to describe the UGA fans’ feelings about the outcome of the game, it’s a clear sign than they’ve accepted mediocrity and irrelevance.
So, let’s get the Kool-Aid flowing again and start rebuilding the annual myth that CMR will win championships in Athens!
Thomas Brown
December 4th, 2012
7:20 am
Mark Richt has averaged the # 7 ranking 2001-2013 avg Scout and Rivals and has 72 NFL Draft Picks, fixing to go up by 11 maybe after this season to put him at # 1 in the nation 2001-2013 in NFL Draft Picks with maybe 83. We have lots of good talent to watch and to follow and to beat your team with. Since you won’t say who your team is, I presume it’s Georgia Tech whom he’s beat 11 of 12 seasons and counting. It’s very small of posters to attempt to hide whom it is their team is, because they do not want the comparison of your team and our team for obvious reasons. Mark Richt has also not been on NCAA Probation any of his dozen years, unlike your team either. The kids love our coach. I’m sorry you do not. No, he is not the best coach in America. He’s better than the myriad of coaches your team has had. And, that is a fact.
Mark Richt may have 20 wins over teams who made the AP Poll Top 25 after 2012 season. How many does your team have ?
Mark Richt will be ranked in the AP Poll Top 25 after this season 10 of the 12 seasons.
Mark Richt will be ranked in the AP Poll Top 10 after this season 6 of the 12 seasons.
Mark Richt will be ranked in either AP or Coaches’ Top 10 after season 7 of 12 seasons
It is not mediocre when you’re # 2 in 2007, # 3 in 2002, and # 6 in 2012 with 2 more # 7 in 2003 and # 7 in 2004 and # 10 in 2005, and # 10 in the Coaches’ Poll in 2008.
How many times has your team been ranked ? Oh, you’d rather duck that question for obvious reasons, right ?
shack
December 4th, 2012
9:57 am
Go get ‘em next year Thomas! Since the little pups choked again (as expected by unbiased observers) and are planning trip to disney world, you will have to win for them on this blog. Go spend all night digging up stats and contort your statistics however you like. You are the only hope for georgia to win the battle of the blogs. Keeping drudging up 50 year old data, maybe you can convince the readers that they didnt see what happened on Saturday night. A way over ranked georgia team, got doors blown off by a Bama team, that is not near the team it was last year when they flogged lsu.
Now back to work… I’m sure the is some obscure factoid from 1980 that will get you to the top of the bcs blogging world.
After further review
December 4th, 2012
10:56 am
So Thomas – when are you going to address my comments on your apparent flip-flop on the Georgia defense. Before the Alabama game you were singing their praises “Beter than Alabama’s defense”. After the Alabama game it was “What did you expect, our defense has been crummy against the run all year.”
As far as the BCS goes, no the system isn’t perfect, but it does at least try to get the two best teams together in a national championship game. The BCS bowls – Rose, Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta – all had conference tie-ins before the BCS was formed, and because of that you rarely got to see a 1 vs.. 2 matchup in one of the bowl games to settle the national championship on the field.
Buckeye
December 4th, 2012
11:50 am
tom brown,
I told you last week to be brief. Let’s review:
Be brief tom brown
DawgNole
December 4th, 2012
1:30 pm
Au in ATL
December 3rd, 2012
9:01 am
Hey Tom Brown,
I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help myself. Saw your “list” of good teams UGA has beat going back to 2002. Do you realize that fired Gene Chizik has over half that number of ranked wins in 4 years, 2/3 maybe? I don’t have enough time to do math and list all of Tuberville’s wins over top 10 teams. I’m guessing several more than CMR in less time.
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No apologies required. He’s always posting BS in one form or another. Keep calling him on it; many others on here are. He’s an embarrassment to true Dawg fans.
DawgNole
December 4th, 2012
1:49 pm
After further review
December 3rd, 2012
11:23 am
Bit of a flip-flop, there, Thomas? . . .
So what, exactly,caused you to change your mind on the qualitiy of your defense?
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“Flip-flop” is putting it nicely. Liar and hypocrite would be more accurate. And his complete lack of integrity is exemplified by the way he changes the original posts of others to substantiate his perverted views.
DawgNole
December 4th, 2012
2:22 pm
After further review
December 4th, 2012
10:56 am
So Thomas – when are you going to address my comments on your apparent flip-flop on the Georgia defense. Before the Alabama game you were singing their praises “Beter than Alabama’s defense”. After the Alabama game it was “What did you expect, our defense has been crummy against the run all year.”
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Don’t hold your breath. He’s never been one to respond to honest, legitimate questions that expose him as the fraud that he is.
BigDawg
December 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
First off JEFF I take GREAT exception to YOUR COMMENT the Dawgs lost to the better team as that is not the case here- while Alabama is a great team, they clearly were and are not a better team than the Dawgs. If the officials had called an even game Georgia would have been way ahead and it would not have come down to a final tipped pass. Alabama was penalized twice in this entire game yet I can show 10 clear cut plays where offensive holding should have been called that weren’t, next the officials were spotting the ball forward for Bama which resulted in over 80 additional yards of offense while spotting the ball back on Georgia. Next they misspotted the ball when they penalized Georgia for the tacky block in back after Georgia had gotten a first down when they actually penalized them 14 yards instead of 10 yards from the spot of the foul. So get your facts straight.
Coach Richt and his assistants did a hellava job getting this team ready to play, were there mistakes yes but the TERRIBLE OFFICIATING decided the outcome of this game. So Fellow Dawgs instead of crying about what could have been why aren’t you flooding Mike Slive’s inbox, voice mail with disdain for the terrible officiating. I personally do not want Georgia getting blown calls in their favor but when it is so obvious that the Dawgs were hosed by these officials people should be screaming.
Thomas Brown
December 4th, 2012
4:05 pm
The same time you address my comments to you. Not before. Got it ? Like for example, what the hell is the name of your damn team doing so much better than UGA ?
Thomas Brown
December 4th, 2012
4:20 pm
Your team 1 of these 9 ?
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Top 10 College Football Programs in Wins All-Time :
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# 1 Michigan
# 2 Texas
# 3 Notre Dame
# 4 Nebraska
# 5 Ohio State
# 6 Oklahoma
# 7 Alabama
# 8 Tennessee
# 9 Southern California
# 10 Georgia 758 Wins All-Time
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Mark Richt Era 2001-2012 all teams:
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# 1 with 136 wins Boise State
# 2 with 129 wins Oklahoma
# 3 with 125 wins LSU
# 4 with 122 wins Texas
# 5 with 117 wins Georgia Mark Richt era
Your team 1 of ehse 4 ?
I did not think so.
After further review
December 4th, 2012
5:28 pm
Thomas -
I told yo my alma mater was division three, and has won three conference titles in a row, five of the last six. What difference does it make to you who that team is? Do you need to know so you will be able to look up obscure facts and mock me?
I understand division three football is not as exciting, or anywhere near as good, as SEC football. I freely admitted that the conference my school plays in is fairly weak at the moment in football. But competition is relative, and my school’s accomplishments can, and should, only be judged when compared to other schools of a similar size and circumstance. If you go by conference titles won, then I suppose you could say we’ve had a better run than UGA in the last 6 years. However, they haven’t faced the competetion UGA has faced, and I never claimed that they have.
To directly answer your question: no, I did not attend any of the schools in your top 10 all time list, nor on any of your other lists. What sort of silly person asks if someone who has already said he went to a division three school asks wherther the top 10 all-time FBS schools is his alma mater?
DawgNole
December 4th, 2012
5:57 pm
After further review
December 4th, 2012
5:28 pm
Thomas -
I told yo my alma mater was division three, and has won three conference titles in a row, five of the last six. What difference does it make to you who that team is? Do you need to know so you will be able to look up obscure facts and mock me? . . .
To directly answer your question: no, I did not attend any of the schools in your top 10 all time list, nor on any of your other lists. What sort of silly person asks if someone who has already said he went to a division three school asks wherther the top 10 all-time FBS schools is his alma mater?
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“Silly person”? Again, you’re far too kind. Arrogant, condescending, demented, mean-spirited, dishonest, self-centered, immoral, etc., would be more appropriate.
Of course, the most important thing is that he continues to be exposed on here. You’ve contributed significantly to that exposure–a fact no doubt appreciated by many on the blog.
rd
December 4th, 2012
6:17 pm
Jeff. I would have respect if two things had happened. One is our offensive players or at least a lineman or two would have put Dial in the hospital eating out of a straw right now after he hit Murray. Nothing. No side line anger. No retaliation. Crap man. Secondly, Murray should have spiked the damn ball regardless of the call from the side line. He looked over and clearly was indicating spiking the ball. Murray knew that he should be spiking the ball. Alabama wasn’t the better team Saturday, better coached and better prepared.
After further review
December 4th, 2012
7:36 pm
What I can’t figure out about Thomas is why he’s so worried about which school I attended. My main point is that, although the Bulldogs have done well by getting to the SEC championship game two years in a row, they aren’t the only team capable of doing so against like competition. Is the conference in which my school plays as big and bad as the SEC? No, of course not. Only a real fool would claim otherwise, and I haven’t .
But, unlike Thomas (and some of the others here), I recognize that the expolits of a team of young men on what a comedian once descried as “a pretty little green cowpasture with white lines on it” or at least something close to that, while they might be a source of pride for us alums, don’t really mean much in the overall scheme of things. Don’tget me wrong, when I am cheering on a team I support, especially in an important game, I can be as passionate as the next guy. Just ask my wife, who usually finds a reason to leave the house at gametime. A win always feels good, a loss always hurts, and a close one can be areal roller coaster ride. But at the end of the day, the outcome is far less important than some seem tho think.
Old Dog Class of 80
December 4th, 2012
7:49 pm
“Alabama wasn’t the better team Saturday, (just)better coached and better prepared.”
That is a correct statement.
Fort Worth Dawg
December 4th, 2012
7:57 pm
Everyone go to the Lincoln Journal Star Website and sign up for a free account so you can post comments between now and the bowl game.
After further review
December 4th, 2012
7:57 pm
“The # 4 team in the old Bowl System before the BCS, always got to play like # 5 Oregon or # 6 Kansas State. Louisville # 22 is the automatic qualifier from the Big East and plays # 4 Florida in the Sugar Bowl. # 16 Northern Illinois plays # 13 Florida State FSU in the Orange Bowl. Never in the old bowl system before the BCS, would FSU play Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl. It would never happen.”
Clearly, Thomas , you weren’t paying too much attention to the days before the BCS. The Rose Bowl, pre-BCS was the PAC-10 champion vs. the Big 10 champion, Period. The SEC Champion went to the Sugar Bowl. Period. The Orange and Fiesta Bowls also had conference tie-ins (ACC and Big 12, respectively). Because of that it was rare for number one and number two to square off in a bowl to settle once and for all who the national champion was. Schools that had truly great seasons, but that didn’t play in a conference that had a bowl tie-in had to hope to get a bid to one of the at-large slots in either the Orange, Sugar or Fiesta Bowl to play against the conference champion of one of the major conferences, then if they won the game, they could make their case for a national title in the polls.