Bulldog Bites: UGA slight favorite over guess who
While we’re passing along betting news out of Las Vegas, Senator Blutarsky points out a Las Vegas Sun article detailing the early Las Vegas Hilton betting lines on some big games this season.
As you’d expect, Florida is a 13.5 point favorite over the Dogs, but Georgia is a favorite over South Carolina (11.5 points), Arkansas (3.5 points), LSU (3.5) and Tennessee (3).
Oh, and the Dogs also are a 1-point favorite over Georgia Tech.
Guess the oddsmakers aren’t as impressed with Paul Johnson’s triple-option juggernaut as they are with Mark Richt’s road record. …
So it’s the postgame interviews that will be trimmed from Loran Smith’s to-do list on the UGA radio broadcasts. WSB-TV sports anchor Chuck Dowdle, who already cohosted Mark Richt’s weekly TV show, has told our Tim Tucker that he’s agreed to take on the locker-room interviews this season.
What sort of difference will that make? Well, the questions no doubt will be a bit more relevant — less about someone’s hometown or food preferences and more about what happened on the field. But based on Dowdle’s work on the TV show, Richt and company still will be getting softball inquiries designed to ruffle no feathers at Butts-Mehre.
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Clayton
July 30th, 2009
1:33 pm
what about me Jugdish?
Jugdish
July 30th, 2009
1:34 pm
you can be Leia and I will be Yoda.
dawgfanatic24-7
July 30th, 2009
1:34 pm
Who cares about odds anyway. The facts are that CPJ’s simple yet only offense will get shut down by the dawgs. Uga will pound it down your throat like Brucie does St Simon every day. Face it bugs, the dawgs are coming to town and that a$$ is getting kicked.
RAMBLE ON!!!!!!
July 30th, 2009
1:35 pm
don’t forget me guys. Can I play with my CPJ PJ’s?
Mohammad
July 30th, 2009
1:36 pm
Ramble, only if you bring that red light saber of yours. HEHEHEHEHE. I love that thing. YUMMMMM!!!
Mohammad
July 30th, 2009
1:37 pm
Let’s go over to the other site. There is less football talk and more Trekies over there. Come on guys
big dawg 89
July 30th, 2009
1:42 pm
ron mexico, i left out a word so all the techies would understand. glad you caught that. thanx for noticing.
now go check yourself for std’s.
T-Rav and the Eastside Grainger
July 30th, 2009
1:46 pm
I’ll bet my house on this one. Lol. Georgia sucks
Trip
July 30th, 2009
1:52 pm
Face it pups, you’re all just a little nervous about Paul Johnson. Like I’ve said before I wouldn’t take ten Mark Richt’s for Paul Johnson. I’m being completely honest.
Mohammad
July 30th, 2009
1:53 pm
Trip,
I like Paul’s johnson too. Maybe you would like to join us at Rainbow’s Lounge. Is it OK Jugdish?
Jugdish
July 30th, 2009
1:55 pm
Sure. I’m a little nervous about Paul’s johnson though. Have you seen the girth on that man?
Clayton
July 30th, 2009
1:56 pm
Trip, you can be completely honest with us….We’ve all had that “coming out” moment.
Clayton
July 30th, 2009
1:57 pm
I’m HOT for that coach Rix or Rick or whatever his name his. Do you really thimk he has a 10?
augustadawg
July 30th, 2009
1:57 pm
get a stadium bigger than Brrokwood or Parkview High School and win vs UGA more than once a decade and we will listen to your spoutings. Until then, PIPE DOWN
T-Rav and the Eastside Grainger
July 30th, 2009
1:58 pm
Without sifting through the moronic comments, I would presume that the author of this blog has no idea how the lines are set in Vegas. Especially 4 f’ing months in advance. So UGA gets a 1 point fav in an away game a month before the season starts. Wonder what Vegas is trying to do? I mean, there arent that many idiotic UGA fans out there betting on football? Nooooo. I’ll enjoy all the money this blog will make me come November.
Trip
July 30th, 2009
2:01 pm
Paul Johnson 1 – Mark Richt 0 PIPE DOWN PUPS
CRAZYPREDICTIONMAN
July 30th, 2009
2:12 pm
Mohammad , RAMBLE ON!!!!!!, Jugdish, and Clayton like I said before……..
I love rainy days in Georgia! It allows all the landscapers and construction workers that got their 8 year degrees from UGA to get online and participate in the conversation. Now we get a true representation of the more intelligent and educated Bulldog fans.
BUBBA
July 30th, 2009
2:22 pm
augustadawg……….Maybe Tech needs to start offering Construction and Lawn care that might make it a little easier to fill their stadium. I know me and the boys go every Saturday to Athens. He11 it took 8 long years for me to graduate with a degree in Roofing. The least I can do is help fill up my dawgs stadium.
Jugdish
July 30th, 2009
2:24 pm
CRAZYPREDICTIONMAN,
why so hateful? you were offered punch, cookies and the opportunity to join us at play time. I’ll have you know that I work for the GADOT and am a Tech grad. Is it raining? I can’t see anything inside my cubicle.
BUBBA
July 30th, 2009
2:25 pm
I guess RAMBLE ON!!!!!! ,Clayton and Jugdishes lunch break is over. Time to get back to flippin burgers and cleaning tables. May I take your order please???
Academics
July 30th, 2009
2:26 pm
avg. high school gpa of tech freshmen: 3.75
avg. high school gpa of uga freshmen: 3.8
uGA
with GPA 3.75 of higher: 63.76%
% with GPA 3.50 – 3.74: 22.84%
% with GPA 3.25 – 3.49: 8.28%
% with GPA 3.0 – 3.24: 2.98%
% with GPA 2.5 – 2.99: 1.58%
% with GPA 2.0 – 2.49: 0.5%
gt
% with GPA 3.75 of higher: 59.66%
% with GPA 3.50 – 3.74: 24.74%
% with GPA 3.25 – 3.49: 12.3%
% with GPA 3.0 – 3.24: 2.81%
% with GPA 2.5 – 2.99: 0.46%
% with GPA 2.0 – 2.49: 0.04%
Source: Princeton Review
SHUT UP ABOUT UGA STUDENTS BEING STUPID, IT IS OLD AND INVALID!!!
Mohammad
July 30th, 2009
2:26 pm
yeah, good one Jugdish.
T-Rav and the Eastside Grainger
July 30th, 2009
2:27 pm
I dont know, Jugdish. Is it raining? GADOT wouldnt know anyway. They dont work in the rain. Or even work at all. Congrats on the degree.
Clayton
July 30th, 2009
2:28 pm
thank you for standing uo to that bully, Jugdish. Those Alpha Beta’s think they are so cool. We’ll show ‘em at the Fall Carnival!!
Michael Cox
July 30th, 2009
2:29 pm
Hey St. Simons…..”Convicted Drug-dealing Cornerbacks at GT 1…..UGA 0. You win another…!!!!lol
Big Dawg
July 30th, 2009
2:29 pm
wrong movie Nerds!!
Clayton
July 30th, 2009
2:30 pm
Big Dawg,
how do you know what movies we like? BTW, I like the name of your handle. YUM!!!
Big Dawg
July 30th, 2009
2:32 pm
Are all Techies like this trio of Neil, Bob, and Rod? GEEZ, can we talk about FOOTBALL?
Mohammad
July 30th, 2009
2:33 pm
cool your engine, Big Dawg. we are just trying to recruit “men” for the Rainbow’s Tech Party this Saturday night.
Ramble On
July 30th, 2009
2:36 pm
You know it SS! I haven’t taken it off since last year!
Jugdish
July 30th, 2009
2:37 pm
I would like to be your ring washer Saint and Ramble!
Mohammad
July 30th, 2009
2:38 pm
Hey guys! Don’t forget about me! I learned a few things at band camp this summer that you are not going to believe!
AltamahaDawg
July 30th, 2009
2:46 pm
One point victory! Dawg fans need to go ahead and register at A-Dawg’s commemorativesrings.com. so that you don’t get left out. (But you know, its really more about the entire year, of cource.)
Sorry tech fans, I have sold out of the .125 rings from last year.
DAWG FAN
July 30th, 2009
3:06 pm
I just got some inside facts from a reliable insider at UGA that there is a major performance enhancing substance scandal brewing at the school, and UGA is basically getting ready to blow the whistle themselves rather than risk having it being done by the media. It apparently covers athletes from football, track, tennis, baseball and basketball to name a few….. I will keep you posted
Cletus
July 30th, 2009
3:08 pm
What you forget in the GPA debate is that a 2.0 GPA at GTech is equivalent to a 4.0 at UGA
Ron Mexico
July 30th, 2009
3:10 pm
What kind of person has a 2-3 sided conversation with their self on a football blog? Mohammed, Jugdish, Clayton, etc. Scary.
Saint Simons
July 30th, 2009
3:11 pm
(_*_)
49-10
July 30th, 2009
3:11 pm
how is UGA talking crap about GT after GT just beat UGA? I really don’t understand that and don’t say because UGA has owned them as of late because UGA talked crap to UF after 97, 04, and 07 and we were told the tide was turning….so why does UGA’s logic not work for Tech?
and while you are laughing at Tech for winning once every 8 years…..UGA has averaged less than a win every 8 years….16-19, right???….hahahahahahahahahaha
The two nerds spoon nightly and got beat up regularly in highschool
July 30th, 2009
3:11 pm
Who is: Ramble On & Saint Simons
Correct.
AltamahaDawg
July 30th, 2009
3:17 pm
What about the horses? Were they doping the Horses! I knew they were clearing those gates just a little too easily..1200 lbs animal my ass.
DAWG FAN
July 30th, 2009
3:21 pm
No they did not need to dope the horses – the UGA women need them for gratification after the steroid-induced flacidity of the UGA men
AltamahaDawg
July 30th, 2009
3:26 pm
the difference is that UGA did live in the gator blogs everyday after the 07 win against them, and that had been a split of the past 4 games, not the first in 8 years. Series record come into play as well. Any other questions… Mr. gator fan hanging out in a UGA blog worried about what we say to tech fans hanging out in the UGA blog?
AltamahaDawg
July 30th, 2009
3:28 pm
did NOT live in the gator blogs………you never get a second chance to make a point once you butcher it do you…..
UM CANES ACC CHAMPS
July 30th, 2009
3:39 pm
Tech is such a joke JOKE Vegas won’t even bet on them nerds! I just can’t wait till see them on here when they’re 2-6 this season see how much they talk. That weak girl D won’t stop anyone. My Grandma Can pass Touch Downs on GT Secondary. OUCH!! i know that stings Yeah you guys are going get mad numbers ran up this year. No D equals Big losses, Your Offense isn’t good enough to keep you close in games. I don’t understand why GT is on here giving UGA hell on a 45-42 win COME ON man they ran up 42 on you, thats when you had a ok Defense, what are you going to do now paul johnson Triple doesn’t help on defese baby see you girls in a little bit.M I A M I BABY
UF=Mullets&Jorts
July 30th, 2009
3:43 pm
Fla will never have a undefeated season if they are so good why do they always lose a cup cake,
auburn or ole miss in Gainsville i’m not scared off playing those lizard lip big mouth BRING IT swamp trash. HEY i have a gold chain and some white high top reeboks you can wear with those jorts baby yeah GO DAWGS!!
BurningRedBleedingBlack
July 30th, 2009
3:49 pm
Hey we have beat the Gaytors 2 out of the last 4 so they can shut that crap up and one of the times was with Tim Queerbow so i don’t want to hear about them talking trash on a UGA blog we don’t care 3 sh*ts from friday what they have to say anyway GO DAWGS GATA. See you lizards in j-ville
macrotech
July 30th, 2009
4:02 pm
Preseason anything means nothing. Who hasn’t learned THAT lesson? As for the comments regarding fans of other schools on ‘our’ blog; get over it! It’s part of it! Granted, some of the comments can, only, rival middle school playground bantor…whatever, just look beyond these post. It doesn’t take one long to see the name of the poster and deduce the level of comment. There are some great arguments out there regarding any school’s place in history/present/future…. Dawg fans hate Tech and Tech fans hate UGA…. College football is the greatest sport (I know, subject to debate)! If you’re a fan…be a fan! It comes in many shapes and sizes and it is FUN!!! Let the games begin and the rest will work itself out…until, the excuses fly! See ya’ll on ALL the blogs! Tis a guilty pleasure…… GO TECH!!!
Sanford Drive
July 30th, 2009
4:10 pm
Pretty sure UGA is the only school that actually HAS a blog. I guess that’s why everyone congregates here.
macrotech
July 30th, 2009
4:23 pm
True…but, there are MANY out there that do not mention uga, yet, there are MANY uga fans dropping their two cents worth….nothing wrong with wanting to stay tuned in. Fairly certain that Sanford Drive has shared a thought or two on blogs regarding Tech…. ;o)
49-10
July 30th, 2009
4:49 pm
so basically, none of my ?’s have been answered and only lame insults have been thrown. i guess that means that my posts actually made sense and you idiots had no argument against them so you instead acted like an elementary student. Oh well, I didn’t expect anything more!
as for 2 of the last 4….who cares? Mark Prick finally beat UF when UF had a lame duck head coach and a banged up qb who the coaches wouldn’t allow to run. Again, If that makes you feel better, by all means; continue to pat yourselves on the back, but the bottom line is that UGA beats UF less than once every 8 years. As for the overall record, UGA does hold that, but honestly who cares what happened back in the 30’s…if you do…again, pat yourselves on the back, but you would have to be 70+ years old to have witnessed more dog victories than Gator victories and I know that pisses you guys off since probably none of you are that old…hahahahaha
as for the idiot who said UF always loses to a cupcake. Pot meet kettle….You must have forgot in 07 when USC beat UGA and 06 when Vandy and I want to say MISS St beat UGA so it happens to everyone. Only thing that matters is NC’s imo…Now, who has more?