Two-minute drill: Georgia atop SEC in recruiting?
ESPN.com’s JC Shurburtt is a big fan of Georgia’s 2010 recruiting class, which he says is “shaping up to be something special.” Of the 16 verbal commitments, there are 10 ESPNU150 watch list members and four Under Armour All-Americans, he notes, adding that it “might be the quickness and athleticism … on the perimeter front-seven that really stands out.” Top to bottom, he says, this is the best class in the SEC right now. …
Bulldawg Illustrated offers a somewhat unconventional view on the hidden costs of Georgia carrying three scholarship kickers and three scholarship fullbacks. …
Richard Cirminiello of College Football News says, “Georgia is not going away.” His preseason assessment of the Dogs: “Joe Cox and either Caleb King or Carlton Thomas may not be Stafford and Moreno, but then again, they may not have to be for the Dawgs to exceed marginalized expectations. Both the offensive line and the front seven will be outstanding, which will have a way of masking concerns in the offensive and defensive backfields until both get settled.” And, he says, “more than anything, I get the sense there’s a different mindset around Athens than in 2008. Last summer, the Bulldogs were constantly dodging questions about being a national title contender and top-ranked team. This year, they seem to have a chip on their shoulder and a quiet resolve to catch people by surprise. That kind of attitude, coupled with a slew of former four and five-star players, can carry a team beyond preseason forecasts.” …
Team Speed Kills surprisingly has some kind words about the now defunct and much maligned Jefferson Pilot/Lincoln Financial/Raycom regional TV coverage of the SEC, being replaced this season by ESPN’s expanded coverage. The main point is that ESPN’s announcer and analyst lineup is short on folks who have any connection to or special knowledge of the SEC, in contrast with what Raycom offered. Comments the blogger known as Year2: “Say what you want about JP/LF/Raycom and the three Daves, and someone probably has, but the folks there loved the SEC. They knew what they were talking about and had longstanding relationships with people inside the league. When they talked with enthusiasm about the personalities, teams, and traditions, you knew it was genuine. I’m sure all the telecasts will turn out mostly fine. … I just feel like we’ve lost something in the exchange besides that annoying Rascal Flatts song from last year. The regional broadcasts were a bit messy, but the alternative is corporate sterility.”
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Cincinatti Bowtie
July 21st, 2009
4:03 pm
JAVO!!!!!
SSI gator
July 21st, 2009
4:06 pm
OMG another article about what great teams UGA assembles – followed by subsequent articles on how they under-achieve when the year is over. Same old, same old.
Saint Simons
July 21st, 2009
4:08 pm
((((((( 45-42))))))) hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Who is Gt??
July 21st, 2009
4:15 pm
Gt is IRRLEVANT!!
Who is Gt??
July 21st, 2009
4:15 pm
Gt is Irrlevant still!!
Who is Gt??
July 21st, 2009
4:16 pm
STILL irrlevant!!
Who is Gt??
July 21st, 2009
4:17 pm
Has there ever been a team more Irrlevant than GT??
Cmill
July 21st, 2009
4:21 pm
Bill what do you think about the Carver-Columbus coach banning UGA from his school? That is a big pipeline for many SEC schools especially UGA and Auburn.
L-Dawg
July 21st, 2009
4:33 pm
46 days!
Long Dawg
July 21st, 2009
4:55 pm
Notice how the Tech and Florida fans cruise the Bulldawg Blog? Strange isn’t it? I have never been on and have no desire to go on a Florida or GT blog. I forgot, GT doesn’t have one, no interest. GT fans are obsessed with UGA. They are like stalkers. They are like the crazy guy in the Dirty harry movies. Their lives are meaningless without UGA. Florida fans have a lot to brag about, they just have no class. They do have nice mullets.
The Dawgs will be better than last year. There will be no easy games but the Dawgs will reak some havoc with the ratings.
Nevertheless,
athensdawg
July 21st, 2009
4:56 pm
stay tuned folks….next up is an article detailing how the J.Lo/Marc Anthony ownership of the dolphins will impact UGA’s ability to recruit top young defensive stars in south florida…..
SAINT SIMONS LIVES IN MOTHERS BASEMENT
July 21st, 2009
4:57 pm
SAINT SIMONS IS A UGA FAN ashamed of his own kind. Most Tech fans know that they are the little sister to UGA. It’s the stupid people that had to settle for Ga. State that runs around screaming 45-42 45-42 . STOP IT already. Your making yourself look like one of those high school drop out UGA fans.
Class of '98
July 21st, 2009
5:08 pm
Dave Rowe was the WORST ever. I have nothing against him personally, but he was absolutely terrible.
Einstein
July 21st, 2009
5:24 pm
Can anyone name the last “big name” Carver footballer who actually contributed to his college team? All I can think of are underachievers, and Jasper Sanks heads that list. Big Deal!
snot bubble
July 21st, 2009
5:24 pm
I live in Columbus and the coach at Carver is a Auburn guy, so that should tell you something right there………….GO DOGS !!!!!!!
Gooberdawg
July 21st, 2009
5:36 pm
whoooohoooooo…..ReCrootiN cHAMpS agin!!!!! ahm gonna go fly my GeOrgia an smoke me a cigerete!!!
Also a Dawg Fan
July 21st, 2009
6:24 pm
Got some inside info….Mack Brown is gonna be a Dawg!!! Just Stay Tuned…
Uncle Billy
July 21st, 2009
6:31 pm
the words of a 17 yr old mean absolutely nothing…I’ll wait to judge this class – & all others – once it’s on paper in Feb.
many of these kids will change their minds based on how well their “teams of choice” fare in the fall.
Mystank E. Turban
July 21st, 2009
6:39 pm
GT is famous for their tickle piles and teaching jihadists how to plot against America. Al Akbar.
Dawgman566
July 21st, 2009
6:44 pm
I’ll miss the JP SEC games myself. They might have been Homers but I liked them.
SaintSimonsLoverboy
July 21st, 2009
6:55 pm
When are you getting here tonight so that we can go on our date to Mary’s? If that doesn’t work we could go to another sweet bar like that!
follow the money trail
July 21st, 2009
6:56 pm
Georgia has NOT had many kids de-commit once given their verbal. This is gonna be the best class in UGA history.
elephant slayer
July 21st, 2009
7:09 pm
Saint Simons you need to go wack off or something. You are spending way to much effort in being the first to post on the DAWGS. Buy a hooker or something. Even GT fans must have some relief sometimes, right??
RAMBLE ON!!!
July 21st, 2009
7:15 pm
Yup, next comes Mr. five star transfers to Hargrave, then injuries, then “wait till next year”.
Just like clock work.
FL DAWG
July 21st, 2009
7:23 pm
You have to recruit top players to be able to contend…that doesn’t mean you will contend, you just won’t if you don’t. Kudo’s to UGA for recruiting very well for the 2010 season and the last few years as well. Now GATA and coach them up to be players and good men.
dogman
July 21st, 2009
7:28 pm
45-42, enjoy it, because you know that Georgia is going to do you in really bad when that game rolls around again…… your school sucks, your players suck and after the game this year you will be back in your places hoping and wishing again.
SEC1
July 21st, 2009
7:52 pm
I love all the attention from the haters. The more they talk, the more impressive UGA seems. Keep talking, folks. Your envy is just that blatant!
Remember, apathy is much worse. (that’s why I have never been on a Tech or UF blog)
thatguy
July 21st, 2009
8:14 pm
Every time I leave Bobby-Dodd, I take a dump and don’t flush.
T
July 21st, 2009
8:22 pm
This blog is hilarious… why can Dawg fans face the FACTS.. Florida owns them… and Georgia Tech beat the Pre-Season #1 last year.. Georgia hasnt beaten ANYONE of stature in a long, long time, and they will go 8-4 at best this year.
AltamahaDawg
July 21st, 2009
8:22 pm
.125
DOGGIE IN NC
July 21st, 2009
8:23 pm
Doggies up to #2 in recruiting on Rivals – just picked up 4 star Nickell Robey out of Frostproof. GO DOGGIES!
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
8:26 pm
T,
Most of us are aware UF owns us. This isn’t new information. Try to put some effort into your posts.
Boss Hogg
July 21st, 2009
8:35 pm
Well, here we go again. UGA fans patting themselves on the back getting all these 4 & 5 star recruits & not doing anything with them. Overrated players, overrated program. You are & you will continue to be the Gators red-headed step child.
joe
July 21st, 2009
8:36 pm
YAWN…rewrite this in mid-Dec when UGA is going to the weedeater bowl after losing to Tech again and see what their class looks like then…
ReptilesRule
July 21st, 2009
8:42 pm
If you are recruiting top 10, maybe even top 15 then talent should not be the issue. Then it becomes a matter of filling your most urgent needs, the development of players by the coaching and training staff, the way the players are utilized (the system), the way you promote chemistry and motivation and then other not so “controllables” such as injuries, academic and athletic motivation by the individual players and the biggest pain, the off field behavior issues or hopefully lack thereof.
Tony
July 21st, 2009
8:46 pm
You guys can hate all you want but uga will still finish high in the polls in the end. The national championship is coming soon so get ready. Holla atcha boy!!!! All you haters!!!
jacketbacker
July 21st, 2009
9:10 pm
ugag is a girls school…..
elephant slayer
July 21st, 2009
9:15 pm
Jacketbacker is a nickname for gay sex with other GT men. Get it, Jacketbacker??
GTOption
July 21st, 2009
9:27 pm
Ramble on…You forgot mention the list of players that will be in the CC jail in addition to the Hargrave enrollees,injuries and excuses but I guess the jailbirds will fall in the excuses category. Oh nevermind, they’ll only miss about the first 5 min. of the Okie St. game! My Bad!
Oh, and it sounds like the cesspool is living up to its name today! What a perfect freaking place to have sewer lines running under it! Woof Woof
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:27 pm
“Georgia atop SEC in recruiting”. What’s new? LOL. 45-42!
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:30 pm
At least the gymnastic recruits live up to expectations! Less than 10% of the football players do! 45-42!
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:31 pm
It’s GREAT to be three points BETTER than Georgia in football and in GPA!
tennessee tom
July 21st, 2009
9:34 pm
probley all uga will win,is a recruiting pole,3rd in the east
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:36 pm
In case you dumb azz dogs have not noticed, it’s TECH that owns the state of Georgia in recruiting right now. You can look it up. If all those Florida recruits were that good they sure as Hell would not be comitting to georgia. They are all pop warner and under armour heros. More “paper” dawgs to add to your koolaid. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. 45-42!
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:37 pm
Drink up all you dumb azz dawgs
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:40 pm
tennessee tom,
You got that right!
First in Rivals.com
Second in the music city bowl
Third in the SEC east
And 4th in the state (Tech, Ga Southern, Ga State, georgia)
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
9:40 pm
I don’t recall playing Ga State?
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
9:42 pm
I do recall beating Ga Southern….You might want to re-think your previous statement
GT-Jake: Won't Matter
July 21st, 2009
9:44 pm
B/C by the time all those fine 2010 recruits are old enough to make a difference, CMR and every coach on Georgia’s sideline (except Martinez) will be long gone to South Bend. Mark it down!
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:47 pm
Sanford & Sons,
“I do recall beating Ga Southern….You might want to re-think your previous statement”.
I stand corrected. Congratulations!
Shorter College then.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
9:50 pm
“it’s TECH that owns the state of Georgia in recruiting right ”
Might want to recheck your facts on that one as well
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
9:52 pm
UGA has 9 in-state recruits to Tech’s 8 in-state recruits.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:55 pm
Who is Gt,
We are the team that bitch slapped your azz in the “Georgia Bowl” especially in the second half, down by 16 points, steam rolling your preseason # 1 azz for 408 yards rushing (two backs), between the hedges, in your own yard, in front of yo moma and daddy and 85,000 other pric*s as well as 20 million television viewers and sending your azz to a non BCS Bowl where you belonged, 45-42.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
9:57 pm
Define “azz.” Webster must’ve skipped over that one.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
9:58 pm
Who is Gt,
By the numbers:
1. We are the team that bitch slapped your azz in the “Georgia Bowl”
2. especially in the second half, down by 16 points,
3. steam rolling your preseason # 1 azz for 408 yards rushing (two backs over 100 yards each),
4. Between the hedges,
5. in your own yard,
6. in front of yo moma and daddy and 85,000 other pric*s as well as 20 million television viewers
7. and sending your azz to a non BCS Bowl where you belonged,
8. 45-42.
Did that answer your dumb azz question azzhole?
clearwatergator
July 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Wow, this recruiting class is shaping up to make uga the 2014 preseason national champions. If Richt is still around, they will still get at least 3 losses.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:00 pm
Haha. There’s “azz” again. Too funny.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:01 pm
Sanford & Sons,
Define porcupine! Unlike Sanford Stadium, it has 95,000 pricks on the OUTSIDE
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:02 pm
That makes no sense.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:03 pm
Sanford Drive,
Azz = what you call people on internet blogs that are stupid and very proud of it.
clearwatergator
July 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
sorry fred sanford, common sense, which you obviously lack, would answer that question without the need for Webster.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:04 pm
Sanford ole buddie. I rest my case
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:05 pm
It doesn’t make sense in reference to this conversation.
What was that part again about Tech owning the in-state recruits?
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
Sanford,
lol. Argue with some one else on here dumb azz. And keep drinking that koolaid. LOL!
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:07 pm
Sarcasm, clearwater. Perhaps you’re the one in need of a dictionary.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:09 pm
Looks like I’ll have to argue with someone else since you can’t answer my question.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Sanford & Sons,
Give it a rest dude. Like your overrated football team, you just got your azz bitch slapped and beat down AGAIN. Not 45-42, but pretty bad nonetheless.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Sanford,
You do that
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:10 pm
Richt will never go to Notre Dame. They actually have some religious beliefs and will not worship Richt as god like the necks here do. Also, Richt will be pushed out of Athens like Donnan in 2 years for another 3 in a row violation to Tech.
yellow fuzz
July 21st, 2009
10:11 pm
Good night flea nation
i hate yellow
July 21st, 2009
10:13 pm
Speaking of bowl games, how did that turn out for u nerds……let me check on that 1
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:13 pm
I’d love to have a conversation about football since this is a football blog. I know you can’t handle that since you are clearly an uneducated person, but if you ever decide to get your GED, come back and we can have a real conversation.
SugarHillDawg
July 21st, 2009
10:14 pm
Ouch!
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:15 pm
SugarHill,
Looks like we are the only dawgs on the dawgblog this evening. Guess Techies care more about UGA football than they do their own.
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:15 pm
so you have to be educated to talk football? how does uga have fans then?
yellow fuzz is an azz but...
July 21st, 2009
10:17 pm
I knew him in high school. I feel bad for him because everyone beat him up.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:19 pm
Well, we start by shying away from any sort of Chris Farley reference in our username of choice.
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:19 pm
no, it’s because the AJC has a ugay alum running the Tech blog and not ever posting anything relevant to Tech fans.Thus, we try to talk reason into y’all so you won’t prematurely celebrate the next preseason national trophy you get. you guys pop off like it’s prom night.
They dont call it the cesspool for nothing
July 21st, 2009
10:21 pm
Broken sewage line sends waste through UGA campus
By Alyse Knorr
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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A crew from the Athens-Clark Public Utilities Department resumed repairs today on a broken 18-inch sewer line that sent raw sewage coursing through the University of Georgia campus Monday.
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The crew worked into Monday evening to contain the wastewater flowing into Tanyard Creek, which flows beside the Tate Student Center and underneath Sanford Stadium before emptying into the North Oconee River.
Public Utilities Director Gary Duck said his office received a call about a sewer odor at about 1 p.m. Monday.
The crew was hoping to be able to replace about 10 feet of the old, clay line, Duck said, but when workers began digging they found a crack in an adjacent pipe, forcing them to remove close to 20 feet of pipe.
Workers could not complete repairs last night before dark; instead, they built a temporary dam to prevent more sewer waste from spilling into the creek. The crew is making final repairs today, and Duck said he expects them to be finished by lunchtime.
The sewer line broke upstream from the main campus in a section of UGA-owned land above the Tate Student Center.
The leak was caused when a fallen tree exposed some of the pipe to erosion that eventually caused the pipe to collapse and crack, Duck said.
“This pipe is one of the older sections of line that we have in the system, however it’s also been a very reliable line,” Duck said. “We have not had any problems with that section of the line that I’m aware of in the past.”
Workers are calculating the volume of raw sewage spilled to determine whether the leak classifies as a major spill by state Environmental Protection Division standards, which deem leaks of 10,000 gallons or more major spills, Duck said.
The Public Utilities Department will also be required to monitor the creek for the next six months, Duck said.
– The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Deft,
i hate yellow
July 21st, 2009
10:22 pm
Every yellow nerd got beat up in high school…don’t feel bad for fuzz ball
lol
July 21st, 2009
10:22 pm
Tommyboy,
That is sooooo true
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:23 pm
yeah, because uga is so original…bulldog = Yale and 2nd most common mascot including a team in your conference, G = green bay, fight song = Auburn and battle hymn of the REPUBLIC, red coats = British. Seriously, what is original at uga???
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:23 pm
Guys, I’m just kidding. I know Tech sucks, we are pathetic losers most every year, but we looked okay at times this year. I think CPJ is cute though… I just with he would dress nicer.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:23 pm
Last I checked, Tech has an entire page on this site dedicated to its sports. I’ve never clicked on it. I’m assuming it’s blank, but it’s there nonetheless.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:25 pm
Hey, we’re talking usernames here. Try to make your posts relevant to the topic. YOU are the one that chose tommyboy. Sorry, guy, that’s your mistake.
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:25 pm
beat up? i guess since they are willing to fight instead of hide in their locker like you bedwetting hater.
Sanford Drive
July 21st, 2009
10:26 pm
Has anyone heard any news regarding Mack Brown?
45-42
July 21st, 2009
10:28 pm
2008 ” Georgia Bowl” in Sanford Stadium
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:30 pm
actually,it might as well be blank since the ajc is ran into the ground by uga alums that have no ability to report news that matters to the subscribers. And sanford drive is supposed to be original? why not peachtree street or I-85
45-42
July 21st, 2009
10:30 pm
Since he’s a 5 star recruit I’m sure he will comit to Georgia. LOL. And then flame out like Caleb and Jasper did. Just an educated hunch.
LOL
July 21st, 2009
10:31 pm
Sanford drive is where all the Georgia people met and cried after last years game
i hate yellow
July 21st, 2009
10:32 pm
congrats…..u have won 1 out of the last eight games. u should b proud.
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:33 pm
try scout or rivals for news on recruiting.trust me, that is where the AJC will get the news from. Tech fans on scout punk’d the ajc into reporting a fake recruit on April Fool’s day.
45-42
July 21st, 2009
10:34 pm
And 80 more recuits over the last 3 years
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:34 pm
or,he might just fail to qualify like 3-5 of uga’s commits each year,
November 29, 2009
July 21st, 2009
10:35 pm
Sanford Drive,
I promise on November 29th we can have a discussion about football on this page again. Tech fans will crawl back into there sewers.
45-42
July 21st, 2009
10:35 pm
I just want to know WHO you guys are going to blame if Tech beats you again this year?
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:36 pm
or,he might get caught driving with open containers in *his* Escalade like Odel.
i hate yellow
July 21st, 2009
10:38 pm
no need to worry about that…….7 more azz kickings comming
tommyboy
July 21st, 2009
10:39 pm
blame willie. why it that les miles figured out the “high school” offense that St, richt and wille couldn’t??