Predictions: It’s time for bowls(!), contest (!) and BCS (ugh)
Welcome to the next-to-last BCS bowl season, or as we like to call it: “The mole in the middle of our forehead that the plastic surgeon said he can’t remove for another two years because the deals are in place, conference commissioners have been bagged, athletic directors already have used the free golf clubs, the booze cruise just left port, it’s too late to cancel the caterers, and, dang it, Mike Slive just took the last shrimp!” So we’re stuck.
After 15 years, it’s almost gone. After 17 years, it will be. (How did the BCS get to vote before it was 18?) We’re left with a palatable title game (Alabama-Notre Dame) but a nonsensical way of getting there and zero postseason drama.
BCS road map looks something like this.
Well, except this: (Promotion coming. I feel so dirty.) There’s still time to enter the “Sack Schultz” Bowl Special. We’re giving away $200 in gift cards to Marlow’s, which should buy a lot of wings. Don’t worry that some of the 36 bowls have been played because the contest is heavily weighted toward the BCS games. To enter, just go to ajc.com/go/SackSchultzBowl2012 and pick the winners of the remaining games.
Now, onto the games:
Georgia is in the Capital One Bowl. Not a BCS bowl. Why? Because the Bulldogs effectively were penalized for beating Florida, winning the East and playing for the SEC championship (then losing) while the Gators sat in a La-Z-Boy eating a box of Ding Dongs (not losing). This reaffirms the need for mandatory drug testing — not for players, but for everybody who came up with this system.
Picking bowl winners is tricky. Most of the best players usually have their heads in the NFL. (I think A.J. Green was hiding behind a bush in the Liberty Bowl.) But I don’t expect that to be a problem for Georgia. This is a pretty together group that seems to want to win its final game.
Nebraska? Just gave up 70 points and 539 yards rushing to Wisconsin. Were they eaten by lions or something?
Easy pick: Dogs cover 10.
20 BCS jokes (kinda, sorta)
BOWLING TIME
Nothing says bowl season more than a coach wearing wearing a dumb hat. (via @USC_athletics on Twitter)
Sun (Georgia Tech vs. USC): Monte Kiffin resigned from his son’s coaching staff at USC, yet for some reason still claims Lane in the family tree. Just as well. The Trojans have allowed 39, 62, 17, 38 and 22 points in the past five games. Lane was about to tell his dad he couldn’t drive any more. Trojans win but give me Tech and 10.
Chick-fil-A (LSU vs. Clemson): Add Tech as a round-robin, and this would be the Dan Radakovich Rolling Resume Bowl. Not to put all of this on Dabo Swinney, but the ACC went 0-4 against the SEC in the final week of the season and is 9-16 in bowls against Bigfoot in the BCS era. And here comes another pie in the face: LSU covers 4½.
Outback (South Carolina vs. Michigan): Hard-working, humble, disciplined, classy, widely respected and admired by players and coaches, never makes himself the story . . . you know, the funniest thing is Steve Spurrier probably thinks I’m describing him, not Brady Hoke. Wolverines cover 6.
Rose (Stanford vs. Wisconsin): We bow in the direction of new Wisconsin coach Gary Andersen, who made 106 phone calls to tell each of his Utah State players that he was leaving for another job. It’s sort of like what Bobby Petrino did, only without the phone calls, the human contact, the xeroxed note or the vapor trails. Stanford covers 6½.
To Chip Kelly: Before you leave, I have 3 questions
Hey, which way to the Orange Bowl?
Orange (FSU vs. Northern Illinois): Sit around children: Let me tell you about a time when dinosaurs roamed the Earth and people cared about the Orange Bowl. Seminoles cover 13.
Sugar (Florida vs. Louisville): Will Muschamp has something he didn’t have in his first bowl game: a cheering section. Gators win, but take Louisville and 14.
Fiesta (Oregon vs Kansas State): Why is Chip Kelly wearing a Philadelphia Eagles jersey? Ducks cover 9.
Cotton (Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma): I’m not sure anybody did a better coaching job this season than Kevin Sumlin, and I’m including Brian Kelly and Bill O’Brien. On a related note, Bob Stoops seldom is in these conversations any more? Aggies cover 4½.
BCS (Alabama vs. Notre Dame): Nick Saban told his Michigan State players he wasn’t going to LSU. But he did. He told Miami, “I guess I have to say it. I’m not going to be the Alabama coach.” But about seven minutes later, he was. Now he’s denying he’s going to the Cleveland Browns. Know why I believe him this time? Bama has more NFL players. Tide covers 9½.
Rare footage of Nick Saban at The Improv
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Time to settle up
“You can eat your betting money but don’t bet your eating money.” — Proverb.
Previous chapter (forgettable): 5-5 straight up, 3-7 against the line.
Bottom dollars (better): 115-40 straight up, 88-65-2 against the line.
Lilly Pick of Week: Lilly is continuing her boycott of the BCS system and declined to pick a bowl game. However, she did chew up a Western Kentucky media guide.
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Michael Ruffin
December 27th, 2012
11:36 am
If the new system were in place this year, which teams would be in the “playoff”?
DP
December 27th, 2012
11:40 am
“Georgia is in the Capital One Bowl. Not a BCS bowl. Why? Because the Bulldogs effectively were penalized for beating Florida, winning the East and playing for the SEC championship (then losing) while the Gators sat in a Lazy Boy eating a box of Ding Dongs (not losing). This reaffirms the need for mandatory drug testing — not for players, but for everybody who came up with this system.”
Jeff, how does Florida’s record against ranked teams this year compare with Georgia’s?
Jeff Schultz
December 27th, 2012
11:40 am
Michael Ruffin — No way of knowing because poll/selection criteria/panel is going to change.
Flo-Ri-Duh
December 27th, 2012
11:41 am
BCS is B S. Even after it goes to a 4 team playoff it will still be B S. Nothing less than an 8 team playoff will work. Still – ti’s better than the helping of B S we are getting this year. The only justice is that Florida is playing a basketball school (Louisville). Georgia beat Florida straight up on the field – and should be ranked ahead of them. How d I know UGA is better than Florida – ’cause they got the “W” – CASE CLOSED!
Sonny Clusters
December 27th, 2012
11:43 am
Well, Clusters are always thinking baseball and we looked up “shower movies” on google and we was wondering who Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor are and we was wondering if Chipper knew they was in the movie?
Michael Ruffin
December 27th, 2012
11:43 am
OK. Thanks. I think I read somewhere that the four teams will be picked by a committee. That sounds like it will be controversy-free, huh?
DP
December 27th, 2012
11:44 am
Well Duh, by that criteria South Carolina is 4 touchdowns better than Georgia and should be playing in a bigger bowl than Georgia.
Sonny Clusters
December 27th, 2012
11:47 am
The way we see it Clemson should be a big favorite in the Chik-fil-A Bowl because Clemson is peach country and the Chik-fil-A Bowl is really the Peach Bowl with a different name. If we was picking we would not be picking peaches but that’s how they are harvested for when you see them at the roadside stands. We hope that clears things up.
TheBabe
December 27th, 2012
11:54 am
Other than making his mother proud, are Sonny Cousters’ blogs worth the tiny amount of space they consume?
ideas
December 27th, 2012
11:57 am
HEY DP….How does Florida’s record compare against Georgia to Georgias record against Florida…..WHOOPS, there it is. Georgia defeated, quite easily, Florida.
Columbus Dawg
December 27th, 2012
11:59 am
Hey Jeff, Alabama and Notre Dame have played six times. Alabama has NEVER beaten a ranked Notre Dame team. Notre Dame has won EVERY post season meeting against the Tide boxes. Alabama beat an unranked Notre Dame team early in the 1986 season. Place your bet the way you like, but the Irish will whip Bama to take the National Title from them once again. You all heard it here first. Jeff, how about if I am right, you make your headline, Golden Domers whip Mobile Homers?
Steve
December 27th, 2012
11:59 am
Our heart goes out to the poor Yellow Jackets for being “stood up” for dinner in exciting El Paso by USC. Sympathy cards and flowers are being accepted for the rest of the week on the Tech campus. Also, donations can be made at your local Wells Fargo branch.
Steve
December 27th, 2012
12:01 pm
Columbus Dawg, that was a different time and different players. What happened many years ago should not matter.
GTT
December 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
@DP – 17-9. Happy New Year.
Ron Roberts
December 27th, 2012
12:03 pm
Michael Ruffin,
Tennessee was ranked when you played ‘em; see how well that worked for their head coach? DISCARD
You gonna hang your hat on beating a “ranked” ACC opponent, then? ‘Cause outside of that, the records are pretty much evenl oh except for in Jacksonville.
Columbus Dawg
December 27th, 2012
12:13 pm
Steve, I know that it SHOULD not matter, but if the Irish can do a better job on Lacy and Yeldon than Georgia’s soft defense did, then they will win. Bama’ QB will NOT win this game without a heap of rushing yards. Bama’s OL is one of the best in NCAA because it’s players HOLD the opposition’s defensive players on EVERY down, and NEVER get called on it. They will not get away with this against Notre Dame. I sure would not bet my eating money on Bama this time around!
Steve
December 27th, 2012
12:20 pm
We shall see! I just don’t see ND winning after getting lucky or barely winning several games this year. Go Dawgs and SEC!
JB
December 27th, 2012
12:33 pm
Tide shows ND what real men do on a football field…..As would Georgia, SC, LSU and maybe even Vandy……And newcomers Texas A&M surely would.
DYNAMICBIGBOY
December 27th, 2012
12:40 pm
HEY DP, the better question is who won the game between UF and UGA? Thought so.
dawggirl
December 27th, 2012
12:41 pm
I’ve missed the Weekend Predictions. Also miss seeing Lilly, but I don’t blame her for boycotting the BCS. These first round of bowls are so painful. Wake me up when we get to a real game.
JSS
December 27th, 2012
12:41 pm
Look at Clusters going all educational!
JSS
December 27th, 2012
12:44 pm
“Tide shows ND what real men do on a football field…..As would Georgia, SC, LSU and maybe even Vandy…”
What are they going to put in a DVD of the Seattle-49ers game? Otherwise, it is 18-22 year olds with subsidies playing to entertain over attached old folks…
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
12:46 pm
No excuse in losing to Nebraska
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
12:50 pm
Jefff…….
I guess this is your last parting shots at Florida for 2012….???? Last time I checked, playing and beating FSU this year was not a “Lazy Boy” chair just before the SEC title game…..and neither was playing and beating Texas A&M, LSU, and South Carolina before that…..hardly the “Lasy Boy” schedules that Bama and Georgia played this year. And…yes….Georgia won square this year….but I would not hesitate to say that both Georgia and Bama would prefer playing Notre Dame over Florida in a National TItle game. Florida is like Georgia in 2007….when at the end of the year….Georgia was the best team in the country that year. I think Florida would be a challenge for any team to beat right now. And…..like Muschamp said…..he would have been glad to switch places with Bama or Georgia in the SEC title game….with winning giving Florida the opportunity to play in the NC game….and losing the Senior Bowl. Georgia has its chance and “tipped” the chance away. Dawg fans….and AJC reporters…..need to stop their crying concerning Florida getting a BCS Bowl. And what is the big deal anyway……Florida and Georgia’s reward is to play two teams in a NO WIN bowl game. The BCS sucks…..and most of the bowl games this year suck….including the Sugar and Senior Bowls. Heck…..Nebraska went from playing in the Rose Bowl…to playing in the Senior Bowl….after giving up over 70 points to a 7-5 Wisconsin team. Georgia has nothing but everything to lose by playing Nebraska….at least Florida is playing for the opportunity to finished ranked #2 in the BSC…..and if they do…,they deserve every bit of that ranking over Georgia…because of the SCHEDULE the two teams played. Some reporters I have read and heard….even believe Florida deserves to be in the NC game over Bama this year. I would not go that far, but Florida deserves to be in the Sugar and ranked where they are. And the Gators are going to go into next season ranked in the top 3 to 5….based on which jrs. decide to come back or not.
The Wad
December 27th, 2012
12:51 pm
Columbus Dawg, finally someone is saying what I was yelling all game long! Not to beat a dead horse but that was a horibbly called game on the part of the refs. Even with all that UGA came close to overcoming the men in stripes. Proud of the game and for all the SEC….that game made the SEC look really good and should help in recruiting to the conference those guys in non-conference states that think they are good enough to join the best.
BamafaninGA
December 27th, 2012
12:53 pm
DP were you crying like that when Georgia was in a BCS bowl, and saying they got screwed by not playing for a national championship (while ranked #5), while Tenn ( who won the east by the way) wasn’t in a BCS bowl? what’s good for the goose is good for the gander!!
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
12:54 pm
JSS….
I guess you think LSU, South Carolina, and Vandy are better than Florida. Last time I checked, Florida is ranked #3 in the BCS. You should give my Gators more credit than that.
Gabe
December 27th, 2012
12:55 pm
Mich is a 6 point dog. How can you cover when you’re a dog.
Dumb dogs
December 27th, 2012
12:56 pm
Uga played two top 15 teams in the reg season. UF played 5. Both had ONE loss. Why is that so hard to understand. Schedules do matter. I guess morons like JS think if uga played Texas am and lsu, they would have won both. haha.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
12:58 pm
Now…..I am reading….as usual…..Georgia lost to Bama because of the refs…..and not because of a defense that got worn down because of a lack of depth…..and a tipped pass. How funny. Georgia has a great offense, but the defense was way too thin. The first unit matched up with anyone…..but the backups were not as experienced….and not yet nearly as talented. Georgia’s defense in 2013 is going to be a concern….as was the offensive line this year. Now, Georgia’s OL should be a strength next year…..and the defense is going to be a concern heading into next season.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:01 pm
As a Gator fan, I know Dawg fans have the forum to brag until the end of October of 2013…at least. Have fun til then…….your team earned those rights with their hard fought win this year….over a very good Florida team. But don’t count on the Gators having 6 turnovers again next year……but you can expect another great game….I am sure. Enjoy the 17-9 til then.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
1:02 pm
Tampa
The defense is most likely going to be the reason we lose 3 games next year
Grantham was to concerned about pitching shutouts against Auburn and Tech to give the 2nd string more playing time
But hey we made Tech and Aub look terrible thats worth a lot for next season right
Dumb dogs
December 27th, 2012
1:03 pm
Ga beat fla “quite easily” really? needing 6 turnovers and winning by a td is easily. LOL Wow uga has some really stupid fans.
Yep dp using a dog fans rational thinking, sc should be ranked ahead of ga.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:04 pm
Flo-Ri-Dub…..
Using your lack of logic…..as usual……Texas A&M should be playing ND instead of Bama….since Bama lost to them…..therefore they are obviously better than Bama….since they got a “W” over Bama. You never cease to amaze me with your thinking processes.
Red Stick
December 27th, 2012
1:08 pm
Every SEC bowl team is favored to win.
Geaux Tigers
Go SEC
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:08 pm
Dumb dogs…….
Missed that one…..South Carolina should obviously be in the Senior Bowl and Georgia in the Outback Bowl….since SC beat Georgia…..”and are obviously” much better than them. ONE GAME….does not make your team better than another team….even if you somehow managed to beat them. Really think A&M would beat Bama if they played again…..seriously. And I doubt Florida would turn the ball over 6 times vs. Georgia if they played again. Georgia deserved the win, but “beat Florida easily”…..is easily the most stupid post of the year. I do not think RIcht or any of the Dawg players think the win over the Gators was easy this year. And it will be a whole lot less easier next October.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
1:12 pm
If Texas A&M played Bama 3 more times they would lose all 3 games
A&M caught Bama playing a sloppy game and were caught off guard the 1st qtr due to an emotional win the week before
People refuse to realize after the 1st qtr Bama score 24 pts to their 9
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
1:19 pm
Flat tire
C’mon guy, we haven’t lost to Nebraska. Are you reading tea leaves or something?
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
1:21 pm
ARdawg
What are you talking about
pipepimp
December 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
Columbus Dawg, If Golson was in a footrace with a pregnant woman, the best he would finish would be third. ‘Bamas ”D” will eat him alive.
Steve
December 27th, 2012
1:24 pm
Hmmm didn’t know there was a “Senior Bowl” that South Carolina should be in. Who is the sponsor?
DocDawg
December 27th, 2012
1:26 pm
DP who cares? Ga beat Fl again,
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:30 pm
Flat Tire…..
Lack of experince……not talent…..and a lack of depth…..on D….is going to be an issue for Georgia next year. It is just hard to win in the SEC without a great defense and good depth. Even if you have a very good offense. Defense wins titles in the SEC…..as long as you have a decent offfense….as Bama has had in recent years. I think Florida will fall into the Bama category of recent years next year. Georgia may take a step back because of all the changes to be made on the defensive side of the ball…and the lack of experienced depth. But that is what good coaching is all about. Maybe Richt and Grantham will “coach up” the D….we will see.
JSS
December 27th, 2012
1:31 pm
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
12:54 pm
“JSS…. I guess you think LSU, South Carolina, and Vandy are better than Florida. ”
Nope, I think it is “bought and paid for SEC and by proxy D-1 cartel football… It is amusement not sport… Kinda like a strip club for folks with false expectations…
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:32 pm
Sorry…..I am the “senior”…..and it shows at times. Capitol One Bowl Some day you will reach reitrement age as well.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:33 pm
JSS…..
Not sure what the hell you are saying with that last post…….in response to mine.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
1:36 pm
Florida outscored A&M 17 to 0 in that same basic amount of time. A&M could hardly get a first down in the second half once Muschamp and company revised their approach to J – Football.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
1:37 pm
Tampa
That was my point lack of experience when instead of worrying about shutting a team out we should have played our less experienced guys more in games like Vandy Aub and Tech
Grantham is showing me more and more that he is more worried about padding his stats in games like Vandy and Aub than worried about giving others more experience; I guess it came back to bite him in the Bama game when the Defense was all worn out at the end of the 3rd qtr
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
1:42 pm
Flat Tire
This isn’t you?
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
12:46 pm
No excuse in losing to Nebraska
Joey
December 27th, 2012
1:43 pm
Come on JS, give credit where it is due. Petrino left a couple Post-It_Notes behind, before he started his “Woo Pig Sooie!” calls at midnight.
ijonathan
December 27th, 2012
1:43 pm
Tampa, JSS is saying what he always says. Let me translate for you:
“I am above you all. I don’t get dragged into the nonsense of college athletics. I have a higher purpose. You are all dolts.”
Yet, he continues to post on blog after blog about such sports that are beneath him.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
1:43 pm
ARdawg
Yes that was me saying there is no excuse in losing to Nebraska next tuesday
Again whats with the tea leaves comment
Paul H
December 27th, 2012
1:46 pm
Florida fans are a trip. Here’s all you need to know, 17-9.
TampaGator, if you’re going to use turnovers as an excuse, you must not have watched the game or you would’ve witnessed all the turnovers UGA gave UF as well. The difference was that UGA capitalized a littler better on UF’s turnovers than the other way around. It wasn’t a pretty game from either team but no one can deny that UGA’s defense physically beat up Florida for 4 quarters.
UGA knows what it’s like to have their only loss come from UF, so take your one loss like a man and be glad you still made it to a BCS bowl.
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
1:48 pm
Flat
I read that as if you were saying we already lost hence the “reading the tea”
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
1:49 pm
Flat tire
I’d be very surprised if that game isn’t over in the 1st half
Bammer
December 27th, 2012
1:49 pm
Columbus Dawg –
32-28 But only because Bama held on EVERY SINGLE OFFENSIVE PLAY! Amazing you could see all that sitting on your fat ass in Columbus but the refs missed ALL OF THEM! Or were they paid off? Yeahhhhhhh…THAT’S IT!
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
1:51 pm
This year is the worse bowl line-up I have ever seen. I’ve seen a lot of them. Bama will break it off in ND to finish it up
DELANE
December 27th, 2012
1:52 pm
Alabama 17- ND 7
UGA 40- Bo Palinis’ head explodes 38
GT in an upset…USC is an hour late.
LSU 70- Dabo says something stupid 11
SC 38- Michigan 17 Michigan OL is dominated by SC D-line and Shultz hatred of Spurrier grows.
Florida rolls.
The rest…who cares?
Beast from the East
December 27th, 2012
1:55 pm
Flo-Ri-Duh
December 27th, 2012
11:41 am
BCS is B S. Even after it goes to a 4 team playoff it will still be B S. Nothing less than an 8 team playoff will work. Still – ti’s better than the helping of B S we are getting this year. The only justice is that Florida is playing a basketball school (Louisville). Georgia beat Florida straight up on the field – and should be ranked ahead of them. How d I know UGA is better than Florida – ’cause they got the “W” – CASE CLOSED!
————–
So should Texas A&M also be ranked ahead of Bama? How about SC ahead of UGA…especially since they beat the sheet of of them.
Will be waiting for your intelligent response.
Joey
December 27th, 2012
2:09 pm
Beast, um, you did notice the “Duh” in his name, right?
Steve
December 27th, 2012
2:14 pm
Wow Jeff, did not know you were as ignorant as the typical Dawg fans. The Gators beat four teams ranked in the top twelve. UGA played three team ranked in the top 25 and lost to two of them. UGA played a weak schedule. Learn something about football and then come back here and tell us about it. This year was UGA’s best chance for winning it all under CMR. Now you will be back to your normal winning 9-10 games a year. Enjoy being the middle of the pack UGA fans. LOL!!!!!!!!
Steve
December 27th, 2012
2:17 pm
Paul H we will gladly take that trip to a BCS bowl game. We will also take the two NC’s that we won in the last six years with the countless number of SEC titles. How many SEC titles and NC’s has the Dawgs won? LOL!!!!!! Welcome back to being just a “decent” team leghumper fans. You got us while we were down but the normal FLA beatdown will be back. Get used to it. I hope Richt stays twenty more years. Nothing like seeing UGA a middle of the pack team. Add to that redneck leghumper fans who are as stupid as they are UGly and it makes my day.
Joey
December 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
Steve, ease up – there are only a couple of dumbasses talking that stuff. Sane, well-read UGA fans knew this was an usual year – lots of SEC teams in the Top Ten, and we knew 2 or 3 weeks prior to the SECCG what would happen if we didn’t beat Bama. The one guy who protested about this more than anybody else was Nick Saban, before and after the game.
Enjoy the Sugar Bowl, and we’ll see you in Jax before long – and don’t be so sure UGA will be a middle of the pack team. We lose a lot, but we have lots of talent, and 8 or so games for them to grow up before we meet the Gators in 10 months.
GTBob
December 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
Georgia is in the Capital One Bowl. Not a BCS bowl. Why?
Because they lost to Alabama and got blown out by South Carolina. Going 2-2 against teams with winning records and 1-2 against ranked teams usually isn’t going to get you a top notch bowl game. If UGA wanted to play in a BCS bowl then they should have at least competed in the game against South Carolina. The system didn’t screw UGA. The pathetic SC game did.
Joey
December 27th, 2012
2:43 pm
- unusual year -
Jim
December 27th, 2012
2:45 pm
So I guess everytime UGA wins its because the refs. Really you guys are better than that. You actually sound like Barners. I would have you go back over the game with a “real” ref and ask them. Seriously I hope you beat Nebraska senseless but to the ones whinning please grow up.
Beast from the East
December 27th, 2012
2:49 pm
Joey,
I suspect UGA will have to grow up very quickly on defense next year to be competitive against good teams. They will probably lead the league in scoring, but the defense will be a HUGE question mark. Grantham didn’t help himself by not getting more youngsters playing time this season.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
2:50 pm
Joey
I pick us to lose at least 3 next year
Will Co-Champ
December 27th, 2012
2:56 pm
The argument that GA should be in a BCS bowl over UF makes no sense. GA did not win the SEC east they were co-champions with FL, but they had the tie breaker due to the head to head vicotory. The only reason they were tied for first in the east is that they played none of the good teams from the West and benefited from an easy schedule. Had they played Texas A&M and LSU they would have had 2 more losses. However by virtue of that tie breaker they had a chance to play in a play-in game for the NC and they choked (as they have always done). Only one bowl game has any meaning at this point so I don’t see what all they crying is about from GA fans.
gatorbait
December 27th, 2012
2:58 pm
enjoy the 2 in a row pups! WOW, what has it been, 10-15 years since you did that? You will NEVER see 3 in a row!!!!!!
Joey
December 27th, 2012
3:02 pm
Jim, Jim, Jim – when ONE GUY GRIPES ABOUT REFS, IT DOESN’T MEAN ALL UGA FANS THINK THAT WAY.
Dammitt . . .
StingerSplash
December 27th, 2012
3:06 pm
Jeff, you do realize Georgia’s other loss this year came by 28 points, and not one of those cosmetic 28-point blowouts, but an actual, honest-to-goodness you-were-never-in-the-game beatdowns? Think that might have something to do with the Dogs not going BCS bowling and the Gators getting that nod?
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
3:11 pm
One thing is for sure; its good to know my team has at least been to more than 2 BCS bowl games in the last decade and not just one in the last half century
Isnt that right Tech fans
Birdhair
December 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
Not wise to pick against the S.E.C, Schultz. Take South Carolina over Michigan. Easy
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
3:12 pm
Im also glad that my Athletic dept doesnt have to beg the NCAA to give us the chance to play in a bowl game
Isnt that right Tech fans
intheknow
December 27th, 2012
3:13 pm
TampaGator….your BS is getting deep….I’ve got some swamp land to sell you too…..Florida got taken to the woodshed by the Dawgs….cry me a river. As long as Muschamp is your coach it’s going happen every year….better get used to it!
Joey
December 27th, 2012
3:15 pm
Beast, don’t buy that hype. Grantham played lots of kids this year. If you recall, we played the first 4 games without 4 starters, Jarvis Jones missed 2 full games. Lots of FR and SO just took positions from older guys Jordan Jenkins, Josh Harvey Clemmons, Bowman and Swann, etc.
We won’t have a D as stout as your Gators’, but our D has gots loads of talent, so don’t be surprised if Grantham doesn’t trot out his best overall defense since he’s been in Athens. (You heard it here first).
intheknow
December 27th, 2012
3:15 pm
gator bait ..that rhymes with queer bait doesn’t it!
gatorbait
December 27th, 2012
3:18 pm
I know it rhymes with ALL these rings baby, That’s what I KNOW!
Joey
December 27th, 2012
3:20 pm
Flat Tire, I’m thinking 10-2, and, maybe if we figure out how to block Clowney, 11-1.
I think we beat Clemson and LSU, and thankfully, Richt has gotten us back to the point where we do beat the teams we should beat.
Now, if we lose to the Cornhuskers, forget all of that . . .
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
3:22 pm
Joey
I will have to disagree
Our defense was gone after the 3rd qtr in the bama game which tells me he doesnt have much coming back next year especially now that we will lose 9 on defense
Grantham gives up 30 points to almost every top 20 team we play
It will be par for the course next year
Paul H
December 27th, 2012
3:25 pm
Steve – we got you while you were “down?” So your 11-1 records with a Sugar Bowl trip is a “down” year. Now I’m really LOL.
Again, we know how it feels to have our one loss be to our arch rival. Just deal with it and enjoy your bowl game.
Swampy26
December 27th, 2012
3:26 pm
DP Check your stats Georgia leads overall series 48-40-2 per UF; 49-40-2 per GA. Either way UGA’s ahead in wins
Paul H
December 27th, 2012
3:28 pm
Gator fans, keep talking. Because I’m sure if you talk enough trash, the outcome of the GA-Fla game this year will somehow reverse itself. Glad it still hurts so much.
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
3:29 pm
Flat
The Dawgs defense can go either way next year. We have a lot of guys coming back with ample experience. They just were not starters. We can be a good formidable D, just a mediocre or a really bad one. No way you can determine that now
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
3:29 pm
Joey
Also
LSU is bringing that team back I dont see us winning that and if Clemson brings back what they have I dont see us escaping Clemson or SC and being 2-0 I will say 1-1
Jaye Byrd
December 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
Grantham used a lack of depth last year as an excuse for the LSU loss. Can’t use that excuse this year when the whole team returned. Doesn’t compute. Find another excuse Dawg Boys. For instance, coaching?
Beast from the East
December 27th, 2012
3:31 pm
Joey, I have to agree with Flat Tire. If Grantham had any depth on the front 7 he was an idiot for not using them in the SECCG. Your guys were totally gassed and it was painfully obvious they needed a breather. Bama ran right through them the last 20 minutes of the game.
Gordon
December 27th, 2012
3:32 pm
Florida: 4-1 against good teams. BCS bound and deservedly so.
Georgia: 1-2 against good teams. Jan 1 non-BCS bound and deservedly so.
Florida beats UGA even when they don’t.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
3:37 pm
ARDawg
I would have said our D had ample experience but remember Grantham wanted shut outs in the Vandy Tech and Aub game when he should have been playing back ups more
plus our D didnt play that well until Williams called them out NOT the coaching staff
this team lacks the motivation to play like champions and always has under this coaching staff
With the last 2 seasons having the easiest schedule we have had and still continue to lose 2 or more games with the talent we had
next year will just yield a 3 loss or more season due to losses on defense and the schedule; if our team was run like Sabans I would have a better outlook
Aw
December 27th, 2012
3:45 pm
Coaches do it all the time. See Tommy Tuberville at Ole Miss and Texas Tech.
And to Flo-Ri-Duh. With that Logic South Carolina is the Best team. I mean 35-0. Is a drubbing.
Oh I know I forgot about Malcome’s TD with 1:56 left to go in the 4th quarter!
Early Cuyler
December 27th, 2012
3:53 pm
It’s always the refs. How much stupider can you butt sniffers get? When you win, the refs are good, huh?
Joey
December 27th, 2012
3:55 pm
The SECCG game pitted the deepest team in the country, in terms of 4-and-5 star depth, vs the team with near-equal starters, but the least depth (players on scholarship) of nearly anybody in the SEC. What I’m saying is, don’t base your opinion on just that game – hell, Bama is deeper than anybody – by a mile.
The Gators, then #2 (and probably final poll #2) team in the country didn’t gas UGA’s defense in Jax, right, Beast?
Flat Tire, when is the last time Clemson won a game vs anybody but a ACC team – hell Tech scored 4 or 5 TDs on them?
I don’t see us losing to an ACC team, and I see our game vs LSU as more winnable than the SC game. But we should win them both in Athens.
Class of '98
December 27th, 2012
4:01 pm
Jeff, have you ever seen any other movie besides The Holy Grail? Sorry, it’s not THAT funny. Neither is Monty Python in general.
KingGator
December 27th, 2012
4:01 pm
Dawgs had their shot, and blew it. Lack of playing a big time schedule hurt them. Gators played a much tougher schedule than Dawgs. Hey, like Mushcamp told crybaby Saban, “be careful what you ask for Nick”. Same can be said of Dawg fans. Gators would have gladly traded places with the Dawgs in SEC title game. You guys had your shot, now go play in traffic. As it is, enjoy your Capital One Bowl. Murray will probably throw 3 or 4 picks, and your fans will be egging his house/dorm again
gator7
December 27th, 2012
4:02 pm
you’re right, it still hurts and will hurt until we play ga again! our team wants it to hurt everyday until then.
AWJ
December 27th, 2012
4:03 pm
As a Dawg fan, Florida deserves the Sugar. They had a great season and so did UGA. We played a great game but came up short. I wonder if the Florida fans realize that UGA has 1) won two in a row, 2) is 3-3 in the last six and 3) is 4-5 in the last nine. Florida fans must be having flashbacks from the previous decade. This series has been very competitive and tight for the last 9 years or so. When you win 9 out of 10 or something like that, you can start talking about owning UGA, but until then just put on your jean shorts and STFU….
Joey
December 27th, 2012
4:07 pm
KingGator, you are such a pus – we haven’t seen you for 2 years, and now – you’re back – loaded with insults.
The Gators deserve the Sugar Bowl, because you only lost one game. I’m big enough to admit it.
Just remember who you lost that one game to, oh, and that’s 2 in a row . . .
you can't fix stupid or Democrats or bulldogs
December 27th, 2012
4:11 pm
UGA beats Nebraska by 21 or more
ARdawg
December 27th, 2012
4:18 pm
Flat Tire
I actually agree with most of what you stated except there was ample platooning in the Vandy and Tech game. There probably wasn’t near enough in the AU game.
The easy schedule is gone true but, we’re a better team than the beginning of 2011. Hopefully the coaches will do the “calling out” from game one on. I don’t see Clempson as a threat and LSU can go either way. They are as bipolar as we are. IMHO, SC and FL are still the nemisis for 2013
dawgfan
December 27th, 2012
4:22 pm
Florida is really missing that annual off week before the Georgia game that they used to get and it shows.
the truth
December 27th, 2012
4:29 pm
“while the Gators sat in a Lazy Boy eating a box of Ding Dongs”
Substitute Tide for Gators and you get the BCS national champion selection last year.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 27th, 2012
4:30 pm
ARdawg
I dont think we will lose to Clemson but I wont be surprised either; my point is playing two good teams in a row doesnt bode well for our coaching staff
FL will most likely be improved and again LSU is returning a good team that I will be surprised if we win
George
December 27th, 2012
4:30 pm
Let’s see. Bama holds on every offensive play ? We don’t play anybody ? Saban is headed to the NFL for the last 5 years ? We would have lost if we had played Florida? On an on and on ? We did what we had to do in the Dawgs back yard. Quit whining. IMO all 4 BCS bowl games should have had SEC team in the game. Now that would have been fun to watch. I am pulling for all SEC. Roll Tide.
flea
December 27th, 2012
4:38 pm
Will Muschamp, aka Coach Boom, aka Coach E-ball, is now 0 for 6 in Jacksonville. Long may he live as the coach of that cesspool. Can Foley go ahead and extend his contract?
DIT
December 27th, 2012
4:47 pm
It gets so tiresome listening to some of my fellow Dawgs whine about Florida being in the Sugar Bowl. Take a trip down memory lane for a moment. Remember the Sugar Bowl against Hawaii??? We did not go to our conference CG. Please get over it! Florida deserves to go. Some of you listen to Saban too much. Do you think he really cared if UGA went to a BCS Bowl game?
To heck with it already. If we would have pulled it out against Bama this conversation would not be taking place.
LET IT GO!!
Irishmark
December 27th, 2012
4:47 pm
I can’t wait to see all the SEC whiners after Notre Dame beats Bama!
greenmachine
December 27th, 2012
4:52 pm
ND rolls the tide right in the Atlantic.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 27th, 2012
4:58 pm
Best of luck to all of your favorite teams in your Bowl game. Perhaps it would be a perfect time to stop making excuses about who is on 1st base and why. This ND game is starting to worry me a bunch and I just hope we can beat them so we don’t have to listen to all the yankee media crow for months.
I see our boy MC has another bash Nick Saban article going as usual …LOL.
@Tampon Gator…I see your boy Will is running off players because they don’t fit the mold of what he wants but that is fine since that is Florida. If Nick does this then he is evil. Hypocrite.
Brother Mark Richt has a little trouble with his math it appears on numbers but again that is fine since that is the Preacher Man and not Nick Saban. Let me get this corrrect, Mark and UGA is short number due to arrest,drugs,guns,and just poor choice of players so he can sign 35 or more and that is just fine because the numbers are there and at 85! Everyone else is a cheat for doing just that but Sunny Man Richie is just gettting his roster back up to speed….or allowing Clarke County Jail to cull players for him. Really folks.
Memo to all….you should have whipped Bama in 2012 because in 2013 we’re going to kick some serious azz! If you think this ride is coming to it’s end then you will be in for a big surprise.
Ed
December 27th, 2012
5:16 pm
Wow, that takes me back to the days when SNL was kind of funny, and the writing wasn’t too half bad, and they had a talented cast. Seems like a long time ago.
Joey
December 27th, 2012
5:18 pm
Irishmark and Greenmachine, welcome, but we won’t see you much longer – Bama ain’t from the Big 10! Big 10! (that’s for you Buckeye).
Wet Willie, good luck to your boys in the Big Game. My Bulldogs will get there one day . . .
" The Golden Throat "Verne Lundquist
December 27th, 2012
6:03 pm
Georgia Tech wins but give me USC and 19.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 27th, 2012
6:13 pm
Lane Kiffin is a jive azz punk and Pat Haden has this guy on the clock no doubt. PJ and the Jackets waited around for USC to arrive for the dinner and then Paul sent his troops home. Respect is not only what Kiffin is missing but for the most part this entire country is short as well
Mitt Romey is a liar because he he said it was 47% when the truth is it’s 52%! Slackers.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
Most of the bowl games are such crazy match ups picking them is nuts. So glad I stopped betting about 10 years ago.
With Cincy having an interim coach for the game I think I’m going DUKE tonight. I think I will go with UCLA what the hell.
gator7
December 27th, 2012
7:15 pm
that is good to hear wetwillie that al will be even better next yr. We want to play the best in the seccg next yr.
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 27th, 2012
8:24 pm
DUKE getting SCREW by the Refs bad……………..
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
8:39 pm
Wet Willie….
there you go again!!! And you aren’t even Ronald Reagan. Muschamp is not running off players. Pop Saunders liked smoking weed over. being the starting FS at Florida next year…and Muschamp would have loved to have Pop back next year and gave him several opportunities to make the right choices….and he chose not to do so. Muschamp did not run him off. Saunders ran himself off the Florida roster by the choices HE made….not Muschamp. Patchan has been hurt his entire career at Florida…..chose not to work out while he was hurt….dropped a lot of weight again….and had no future at Florida on the OL because of the players coming in and transferring in (Moore and Garcia)…who are a lot better. Pathcan chose to transfer (either to OSU to be with Meyer or to Boston College to be with Addazio….both of whom recruited him to Florida. He would have been 4th string OT next year….and he will be 2nd string at OSU and 1st string at Boston College. He wants to play, and he was not going to play next year at Florida…..and Muschamp was honest with him….and he decided to transfer. But you can come on here and post anything you want…..but just know I will call you out if you post something about Muschamp or the Gators that is JUST NOT ACCURATE.
David C
December 27th, 2012
8:56 pm
I love how all the Georgia Fans are hoping Bama will lose.Got news for you Bama wins by 2 TD’s
31 – 17. Bama has more Depth, Better QB and RB. And Yes a Better Coach… Get over the Loss. SEC wins 7th in a row.
Beast from the East
December 27th, 2012
9:25 pm
I think Bama wins but I also think it will be closer than many think. ND’s defense is for real…especially the front 7. It will be a war in the trenches. Bama wins because their offense is better. Can’t see ND scoring more than about 14-17 points unless Bama turns it over multiple times. That won’t be enough, as Bama will likely score 20+.
DawgNole
December 27th, 2012
9:51 pm
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
12:58 pm
Now…..I am reading….as usual…..Georgia lost to Bama because of the refs…..
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Just like we heard from you after UGA-fla this year–blaming your loss on bad calls. That showed your gator underbelly, and it was not a pretty picture.
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
10:08 pm
Dawgnole….
I have said since that win that Georgia won that game square……..but the call on Easley was a bad call. A DT can tackle or obstruct a RB in the backfield at any time. That is the rule….bad call then. Bad call now. Georgia scored the decisive TD after that call….and that decisive TD pass would not have happened as it was a 3rd down play. But that is not the reason Florida lost, and I never said it was. Florida lost the game because they turned the ball over 6 times and the last one going in to score a TD with a chance to go for 2 afterword to tie the game. Georgia outplayed the Gators and deserved to win that game. The refs never cause a team to lose a game…..bad play does. And the Gators played poorly on offense that day….and Georgia’s defense had a lot to do with that….and the refs very little.
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We (did) Run The East
December 28th, 2012
6:00 am
Schultz, you stinking UGA homer. Just can’t get over SC destroying UGA. SC is UGA’s new Florida- the team you can never beat, the team you try to degrade with your picks. UGA is 3rd best team in EAST. What a joke. Hope Dawgs lose big, could not happen to a more entitled bunch of whiners. See you loser UGA fans in Athens next year as we throw a Golden Sombrero on CMR and thuga.
M
December 28th, 2012
6:45 am
If not for bias and officials-Georgia would be playing ND, in Miami. They had their agenda all that week and made dang sure it happened. I HATE sec, ncaa, and their bias CRAP!!! Sports is dirtier than politics. Except anything UGA- take your crap and SHOVE IT!!!!!
Flamboyant Sun Bowl
December 28th, 2012
7:01 am
Georgia Tech wins, but give me the USC Song Girls and 69 !
Mike Dubose
December 28th, 2012
7:13 am
DP, doesnt matter we beat you, 2 years in a row baby!
Why do they call that place the Gator Bowl?
TampaGator
December 28th, 2012
7:32 am
Wille…..
I guess “M” at 6;45am is showing is Dawg “underbelly” and painting a “ugly picture” of why Georgia lost to Bama………and I repeat…..Georgia did not lose to Bama because of the refs…..but because they could not execute a game winning play at the end of the game (tipped pass and poor game judgement by a WR)…..just like the Gators vs. the Dawgs (end zone fumble when the Gator TE did not protect the ball from being knocked out).
TampaGator
December 28th, 2012
7:35 am
Dubose……
The Dawgs have a long way to go to reach the recent Gator streak vs. your Dawgs…..a lot further than the Gators have to even up the series. But congrats on the last two years. Dawg fans certainly have the bragging rights….at least until next October….when I truly believe you current two game streak comes to an abrupt end.
TampaGator
December 28th, 2012
7:39 am
Flamboyant….
I am sure there is a lot more to those USC song girls than just want you want from them. And it sounds like USC and those song girls really do not want to be in El Paso….which is a good thing for Tech and gives them a very good shot in that game….along with Barkley not playing. I would expect that USC is there just to go through the motions……and Tech has something to prove and I am sure they want to end the season by getting back to a .500 record. USC’s defense is probably going to have a hard time with the Tech offense.
Buckeye
December 28th, 2012
7:52 am
I predict “Tub” Jenks will eat breakfast at Waffle House, twice, then onto the Varsity for lunch, ordering the entire menu- twice, then head home to order Dominoes and Pizza Hut – thin, regular and thick-crust, then head to the dogs Study Table and take a nap.
Whiskey Breath
December 28th, 2012
8:05 am
Ga, I have a funny feeling about your bowl game. Because you haven’t won one in a long time,
you will play to the level of your competition. The team that played Alabama, will not show up.
The game is a trap game because it is a letdown. Your problem is, I am usually right.
Whiskey Breath
December 28th, 2012
8:14 am
Tech, you are the most under deserving team in the history of the ACC. You really prove what a inferior league is. You have no shame,
Georgia
December 28th, 2012
8:19 am
Coach Mark should make a new rule: only cheerleaders are allowed to call time out. The refs will never see it and timeout will never be called. Then UGA has a chance to win this must see bowl. Good Luck, Mark. May the Swatch be with you.
Buckeye
December 28th, 2012
8:21 am
“Tub” Jenks:
Dessert anyone?
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 28th, 2012
8:48 am
You people who want to blame the refs; give me a break. How about taking a look over at the sidelines before blaming the refs
when you blow an 11 point lead that you had late in the 3rd qtr I really dont think its the refs fault
Whiskey Breath
December 28th, 2012
8:56 am
Dubose, you have to go away dude. I can still remember him humping his secretary. He is our
Bobby Petrino, Why must you torcher us with that super redneck?
Old Dog Class of 80
December 28th, 2012
8:56 am
Just one question, Jeff, what was your prediction last year of Georgia against Michigan State?
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 28th, 2012
9:02 am
Old Dog Class of 80
Losing to this sorry Nebraska team this year will be almost as bad as the UCF loss
I just dont see us losing it but then again I never thought we would lose to UCF much less not even be able to score a TD
stanh
December 28th, 2012
9:09 am
Games are won on the line of scrimmage…..Tide Rolls…..Welcome to SEC football Notre Dame!!!!!!!
Whiskey Breath
December 28th, 2012
9:16 am
I have a new years resolution. Every time Ga people try to bash Nick Saban or Bama,
I think I will bring up the blackout or the SEC championship game. Don’t you think that is fair?
Don’t you guys still owe me a blackout jersey?
ARdawg
December 28th, 2012
9:20 am
Whiskey Breath
You have manboobs
Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg
December 28th, 2012
9:26 am
The reason the Dawgs are not playing in a BCS Bowl is that they played a weak schedule, were embarrassed by the Gamecocks on national t.v. and the Gators beat themselves with a late 4th quarter goal line fumble. Let’s face it, the Dawgs are a would’a, could’a, should’a program with the SEC Elite being LSU, Bama and Gators (all have won multiple national championships in this century).
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 28th, 2012
9:28 am
@Tampon Gator…sport you were running your big mouth on the MC article about why it was fine for Mikey Richie to sign 40 this year blaming Saban for his MO. It’s fine your Will to fire his folks and Richie has many players fired for poor grades,dope, and other social issues but Nick can’t do that. Nick’s 1st year he placed about 5 guys on Medical scholly to allow them to finish one more year where in fact he should have just sent their azz packing! All were Shula boys and never contributed a dayum thing in their 4/5 years. Charlie Kirshman was signed by Mike to try and get Tebow since they played at the same HS and Charlie never played a down yet he was the only person that made a statement that he could continue to play thru his injury. You keep running that mouth about Nick and Bama but we’ll be here when you get back to the SECCG. Hypocrites. Roll Tide. You UGA fans better be sending cards and letters asking Murray to return otherwise you’re done in 2013. By the way tell #11 that Dial is a SR so that should help.
Columbus Dawg
December 28th, 2012
9:42 am
That’s right, Bama dips, sat on couch with others and looked at DVR on several of Bama’s SEC games this season, not just SEC Championship game. Bama’s OL HOLDS on nearly EVERY down and gets away with it. That P.O.S. Slive should not only be run out of Birmingham, buit should be horse whipped.
TechDan
December 28th, 2012
10:07 am
I’m a Tech fan (obviously) and I agree that UGA got robbed by the selection committee. For what its worth, I think UGA would paste Notre Dame, just like Alabama is about to.
I just hope that USC decides not to show up in El Paso.
Adobe (Car Made of Clay) Sun Bowl Selection Comm.
December 28th, 2012
10:45 am
We just looked at CPJ’s bowl record and it appears we made a serious selection error. Enjoy the gift bags and good luck anyway.
Buckeye – good luck in your bowl game. You had an undefeated season in the toughest conference in the country and you run a clean program. You guys deserve this shot at the title.
Sorry, wrong again, we should really pay more attention.
Notre Dame Fans – Talk all the trash you want here. You won’t find any whiners on this site if you win. Try the Tuscaloosa Times site at http://www.treekillingteabaggers.com.
Where have you all been. Oh yeah, you’re the biggest bandwagon program in college football, besides maybe Alabama. I live outside of Georgia now and see Alabama gear daily. During the Shula years – never. Bandwagon. Same with your program. I love my huge Notre Dame fan friends, who use Notre Dame as their “other” team, in addition to their alma matter, when their alma matter sucks. I have never stopped wearing my UGA gear so, when you lose, just put it back in your closet and get out your Yankees jacket and start talking about how diehard you’ve always been for them.
Adobe (Car Made of Clay) Sun Bowl Selection Comm.
December 28th, 2012
10:48 am
To Bad Dawg, Bad Dawg’s Comment “and the Gators beat themselves with a late 4th quarter goal line fumble. ”
That was a forced fumble (a defensive play). Have your husband explain football to you sometime.
I loved watching Jordan Reed cry on the sideline.
ARdawg
December 28th, 2012
10:57 am
TechDan
I read where USC’s Barkley isn’t making the trip, shoulder injury. They are starting a Fr QB. There looks to be a light at the end of the tunnel for you guys. Not that I was ever impressed with Barkley as a good QB but, he was the main cog that drove that team
Pitbull
December 28th, 2012
11:21 am
Flat Tire is just another Tech guy more concerned about what UGA is doing than what his own school is doing.
That is the very definition of a Tech fan.
El Paso is the new Boise.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 28th, 2012
11:23 am
If GT can get a couple of stops by the defense in each half then they can win the game since USC is weak on the defensive line and they play nobody that runs the bone. The best part for GT is USC DOESN’T want to be at this game!!!!! This is a big deal because I think Paul and Tech really want to be there and intend to play well. Best of luck to the Jackets.
Flat Tire and Still Refusing to Drink delusional Kool-aid
December 28th, 2012
11:26 am
Pitbull
Come up with something more than Im a Tech fan cause Im not
Just because I dont live in Delusionalville Ga doesnt mean Im a Tech fan
Flat Tire doesnt live in Delusionalville Ga.
December 28th, 2012
11:29 am
Enter your comments here
ARdawg
December 28th, 2012
11:46 am
Pitbull
I’ve known Flat tire on these blogs for years and I know he’s not a tech fan. He is in fact a DGD. I often don’t agree with the man or his thoughts although, sometimes I do but, I do not doubt his allegiance
Flat Tire doesnt live in Delusionalville Ga.
December 28th, 2012
12:31 pm
Thanks ARdawg
SC handled Nebraska with ease last year
December 28th, 2012
3:05 pm
I expect UGA to do the same this year.
Go cocks
SC handled Nebraska with ease last year
December 28th, 2012
3:06 pm
Clemson covers the 4.5 this year, because they got their arses smoked last year when WVa hung 70 pts on em in the Orange Bowl. Dabo cannot afford another drubbing and has put in much more preparation for this one. Clempson needs some redemption and will cover the 4.5
Put in Timeout by Ken Suguira,Filtered by Mark Bradley, Banned by Bill King, Chip Towers & only slightly loved by Jeff Schultz.
December 28th, 2012
5:16 pm
NEW DRINKING GAME: Drunk like a dWag
You will have to take a SHOT every time a UGa dWag fan CRIES: on a live game blog about Richt, Bobo, Grantham, the Refs or Murray. You will have to smoke a blunt if you are still sober after 5:00 minutes of Game Clock Time.
DawgNole
December 28th, 2012
7:46 pm
Will Co-Champ
December 27th, 2012
2:56 pm
The argument that GA should be in a BCS bowl over UF makes no sense. GA did not win the SEC east they were co-champions with FL, but they had the tie breaker due to the head to head vicotory . . . Had they played Texas A&M and LSU they would have had 2 more losses.
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Who sez they woulda had 2 more losses?! fla beat A&M and LSU, and UGA beat fla, so your logic is deeply flawed.
DawgNole
December 28th, 2012
8:09 pm
Wet Willie…keep on smiling
December 27th, 2012
4:58 pm
This ND game is starting to worry me a bunch and I just hope we can beat them so we don’t have to listen to all the yankee media crow for months.
______________________
You have a good point there, but the insufferable Bammer fans on these blogs make it a really tough choice who to pull for.
DawgNole
December 28th, 2012
8:18 pm
Put in Timeout . . .
December 27th, 2012
6:28 pm
Most of the bowl games are such crazy match ups picking them is nuts. So glad I stopped betting about 10 years ago.
With Cincy having an interim coach for the game I think I’m going DUKE tonight. I think I will go with UCLA what the hell.
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Yeah, bowl games are tough bets. Just to prove it to myself, I went with Duke and UCLA too. Blah!
DawgNole
December 28th, 2012
9:01 pm
TampaGator
December 27th, 2012
10:08 pm
Dawgnole….
I have said since that win that Georgia won that game square……..but the call on Easley was a bad call. A DT can tackle or obstruct a RB in the backfield at any time. That is the rule….bad call then. Bad call now. Georgia scored the decisive TD after that call….and that decisive TD pass would not have happened as it was a 3rd down play. But that is not the reason Florida lost, and I never said it was. Florida lost the game because they turned the ball over 6 times and the last one going in to score a TD with a chance to go for 2 afterword to tie the game. Georgia outplayed the Gators and deserved to win that game. The refs never cause a team to lose a game…..bad play does. And the Gators played poorly on offense that day….and Georgia’s defense had a lot to do with that….and the refs very little.
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Your memory has failed you badly. You whined virtually nonstop for hours on Jeff’s blog that night about calls you interpreted as bad, and how you’d watched them over and over again on replay. It was a disgusting display of poor sportsmanship that revealed a lot about you–none of it positive.
DAGNABBER
December 28th, 2012
9:24 pm
J.S. eats DING DONGS.
and
S E Cucks
Fair n Balanced
December 28th, 2012
11:37 pm
Fl does have a good résumé. But Ga has the W in Jacksonville. Ga lost out in the polls due to having to play Bama in SECCG. That’s a fact. If we don’t have an SECCG, Ga sits there as #3 and goes to BCS Bowl. That’s a fact. We need a playoff in the worst way to really determine who is the best team at the end of the season. But any playoff should include 8 teams. Only allowing 1 team per conference in most cases is not going to determine the best team.
Flamboyant Sun Bowl
December 29th, 2012
2:04 am
All I remember is that victory formation.
Flamboyant Sun Bowl
December 29th, 2012
2:05 am
The USC SONG GIRLS are ………. coming.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 29th, 2012
9:30 am
@DawgNole…I understand the part of the bragging Bama fans. I would add that folks like myself really have no problem with UGA (I have been a fan of UGA since the 60’s myself) but I don’t like the daily bashing of Nick Saban nor the daily jokes about us rednecks in Alabama. I was apart of the great Coach Bryant years (thought I would play there but I wasn’t good enough) but that didn’t stop me from learning from Coach Bryant. One of the not the biggest mistakes I made was not trying the walk-on route at Bama but let me tell you it was tuff in the 60’s. My HS HC was a captain of Coach Bryant’s 58 team and he had the pull to get me there but money was short at home so I had a scolly at a small college at that time named Livingston just below T-town.
UGA has to control the New-braska QB and if so they win going away provided the team really has their mind on their business. This is never known until the 1st qtr. It is very possible NU doesn’t want to even be at the game and is so Bobo should given them a full measure of Gurley play after play. Bobo tends to outsmart himself trying to not be predictable instead of just going with the power running game he starts throwing the damn ball for no reason. JMO
Nativebird
December 29th, 2012
11:33 am
Here’s hoping my Jackets get the snot beat out of them by 50, so that this idiot arrogant worthless GT head coach gets what he deserves…his butt fired, unceremoniously.
DawgNole
December 29th, 2012
1:31 pm
Wet Willie…keep on smiling
December 29th, 2012
9:30 am
@DawgNole…I understand the part of the bragging Bama fans. I would add that folks like myself really have no problem with UGA (I have been a fan of UGA since the 60’s myself) but I don’t like the daily bashing of Nick Saban nor the daily jokes about us rednecks in Alabama . . . .
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Didn’t know you were a Dawg fan; glad to see it. You’ll never find a post in which I blasted Saban or criticized Bama rednecks as such. I just get ill with the many ignorant azzes on here, which is why most of my posts are “comments on comments”–both good and bad–although I’ll occasionally comment on what the columnist wrote.
On the blogs, when you combine that ignorance with arrogance and bragging on the part of a UGA or FSU opponent, it’s usually more than I can resist.
As far as Bama football, you’re in an enviable position, with a longtime winning tradition and a coach completely immersed in it. Those are the ingredients for top-notch recruiting, and as long as that continues, you guys will be hard to beat. Obviously, UGA came close this year, so that one will sting awhile. I’ll be pleased when we resume our series with y’all–even though it’ll only be for two games.
I generally pull for the SEC or ACC against teams from other regions; probably will again in the NC game–especially since it’s ND.
Rodster
December 29th, 2012
3:15 pm
Rice / Air Force was a tough one to call… I flipped a coin and went with AF. Unfortunate choice. I realize it’s only the 2nd bowl win for Rice in 57 years but with 4th and 8 and 1:46 left to play Rice’s choice to throw for the end zone when they already had an insurmountable lead was low class. They scored in a piling on manner. They could have run it on 4th and 8 and even if they turn it over it would have been okay.
DawgNole
December 29th, 2012
3:36 pm
Rodster
December 29th, 2012
3:15 pm
Rice / Air Force was a tough one to call… I flipped a coin and went with AF. Unfortunate choice. I realize it’s only the 2nd bowl win for Rice in 57 years but with 4th and 8 and 1:46 left to play Rice’s choice to throw for the end zone when they already had an insurmountable lead was low class. They scored in a piling on manner. They could have run it on 4th and 8 and even if they turn it over it would have been okay.
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I had AF too, Rodster. They just aren’t what they were on the gridiron a few years ago, when they always seemed to have solid teams.
dry dirt road
December 29th, 2012
7:53 pm
I am a Tech grad, and expect USC to beat Tech easily. CPJ cannot pass, only run, and he runs it to the sidelines. He has no defense, allowing the score to run up, trying to win by outscoring with runs. This offense is abnormal and therefore hard to watch. Usually when other teams’ games are watched they run some variations of the original shotgun, such as pistols and wildcats. Students want a normal education at Tech, not abnormal. They want to conform at Tech and after graduation, not be nonconformists. Tech has never beaten USC and they sure won’t this year.
dry dirt road
December 29th, 2012
8:02 pm
Yeah, CPJ is lousy. We gotta fire him like Gailey and get soembody new. CPJ could’nt even beat MT, and was manhandled by the small school at BD by their one running back and their defense. Tech needs to ask somebody like Shawn Jones or Joe Hamilton if they’d like to be head coach. No team would be willing to run a triple option offense because passes emanate from saps at the los, easily shut down by some defenses with better rushes than others.
dry dirt road
December 29th, 2012
8:05 pm
passes emanate from snaps, not saps or jerk centers
dry dirt road
December 29th, 2012
8:11 pm
Man, will Northern Illinois ever get blown out by FSU. Unless it’s the same type of game where MTSU blew out Tech.
Athens PD
December 30th, 2012
8:22 am
If my lousy luck and their good luck continues, UAT will beat ND. Here’s hoping I’ll have a better year.
Athens PD
December 30th, 2012
8:22 am
If my lousy luck and their good luck continues, UAT will beat ND. Here’s hoping I’ll have a better year.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
December 30th, 2012
8:59 am
FSU is in a no win situation with their bowl game. All risk and no reward.
@Dawgnole….Mickey Andrews was my DC at Livingston in 68. I should say Coach Andrews and he was a great coach and even better person. He did great work at FSU. I just wish Coach Stallings had selected Mickey in 90 instead of Brother Oliver to be the DC at Bama and if so Mickey would have been the HC at Bama once Coach Stallings retired. Timing is everything in life no doubt. Nick Saban was looking for a college job and Alabama just happen to be in need and that is the only reason Nick is at Bama. Being lucky is a good thing.
DawgNole
December 30th, 2012
11:03 am
Wet Willie…keep on smiling
December 30th, 2012
8:59 am
FSU is in a no win situation with their bowl game. All risk and no reward.
@Dawgnole….Mickey Andrews was my DC at Livingston in 68. I should say Coach Andrews and he was a great coach and even better person. He did great work at FSU. I just wish Coach Stallings had selected Mickey in 90 instead of Brother Oliver to be the DC at Bama and if so Mickey would have been the HC at Bama once Coach Stallings retired. Timing is everything in life no doubt. Nick Saban was looking for a college job and Alabama just happen to be in need and that is the only reason Nick is at Bama. Being lucky is a good thing.
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You said a mouthful there about FSU–my “other” favorite team–in Tuesday’s Orange Bowl. Nothing the Noles do against N Illinois will earn any respect. Of course, that’s what they get for losing to NCST and fla. I just wish–as I have since ‘92–that they didn’t play in the weak-azz ACC. They made their bed, and now they have to lay in it.
Yeah, Andrews was a fine coach–especially during FSU’s heyday–who overcame major events in his personal life that few knew about. My brother and I were raised in Tallahassee back before and during the Bill Peterson days at FSU. Sold peanuts at Doak Campbell as kids, so we’ll always have an allegiance to the Noles. Don’t know if they’ll ever regain their dominance of the 90s unless they can break away from the football-sorry ACC.
Vampire Bill
December 30th, 2012
2:20 pm
Great comments about Spurrier.. LOL
Buzz2011
January 1st, 2013
10:48 pm
Great call Shultz on GT.. Not only did GT win, they
held your Trojans to 7 points. 7 points…………………
Cover the 14 Shultz, that is GT wins by 14…
Your average drops again on GT …