Oddsmakers see Dogs going 8-4

Las Vegas oddsmakers place the odds of the Georgia Bulldogs winning the 2009 SEC Championship at 10/1 and see the Dogs with 8 regular season wins this season in their over/under betting lines, MrSEC.com and VegasInsider.com report. That win total is “shaded” slightly on the over side, VegasInsider says. 

Florida, naturally, is the favorite to take the SEC with 1/2 odds, followed by Alabama, LSU and Ole Miss (all at 9/2 odds). From there the odds go from 20/1 for South Carolina and Tennessee all the way up to 75/1 for Mississippi State.

Will the Dogs have over or under 8 wins in the regular season?

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The Las Vegas Sports Consultants’ SEC regular season win totals run like this: Vanderbilt with 4.5 wins, Kentucky with 6, Auburn with 6.5, South Carolina with 6.5, Tennessee with 7, Arkansas with 7, Georgia with 8, LSU with 8.5, Ole Miss with 9, Alabama with 9.5 and Florida with 11 wins. They didn’t bother to estimate Mississippi State’s win total.

Like most polls so far, Brian Edwards of VegasInsider.com sees Georgia coming in second in the SEC East. His summation of the Dogs: “Georgia was overrated last season, but I think it is an underrated squad this year. The Dawgs are flying under the radar mostly due to the departures of QB Matthew Stafford and RB Knowshon Moreno. However, it says here that fifth-year senior QB Joe Cox is going to be better than expected and third-year sophomore RB Caleb King looks poised for a breakout campaign. The offensive line, riddled with injuries in 2008, should be stout thanks to the return of OT Trinton Sturdivant. I have UGA finishing 8-4 but it could easily go 9-3 or even 10-2 with a few breaks. The Week 3 trip to Arkansas is a big swing game.”

I’ll be making my annual venture out on the limb with my season prediction in a couple of weeks, but in the meantime, what do you think of what Vegas says? Will the Dogs win over 8 wins this season or under 8 wins? Feel free to comment and vote in the poll or do both.

143 comments Add your comment

saint simons

July 30th, 2009
7:14 am

((((( 45 42 ))))) hahahahahahahaha

Michael Scharff

July 30th, 2009
7:29 am

Saint Simons, I have tried to ignore you in hopes that you would get bored and go away, but, alas, to no avail. GT caught Willie unawares last year (imagine that!), and we were nver able to adjust to a very potent (but not very imaginative) running attack. GET A LIFE, DUDE!

god and greyhound

July 30th, 2009
7:29 am

Ill say 6-6 and a loss to tulsa in the independence bowl

BWH Dawg

July 30th, 2009
7:40 am

Saint Simons,
The AJC reports that a man was recently arrested for having sex with a horse and a dog. I know the women are ugly at Georgia Tech and you married one of them, but this is an extreme measure, even for you. Please stop embarrassing yourself and your alma mater. This problem must have started with the tickle piles while you attended (but never graduated from) Georgia Tech. You were raised better than this. You are a sick, sick man. If you don’t get help at Charter Winds, please get some help somewhere!!!

Top Dogg

July 30th, 2009
7:41 am

UGA will go 9-3 this year and crush GT in the process, mark it done NERDS.

m for gt fan blogger

July 30th, 2009
7:48 am

Assuming Coxs “leadership” comes through, ill say 7-5, including a big win over vandy on their home field.

Paddy

July 30th, 2009
7:53 am

michael scharff…i totally agree with you on st.simons. i must disagree on your next point. how can you be a very potent running game but also not very imaginative? if it is a plain vanila running attack, opposing coaches would not have sleepless nights trying to figure out how to stop it. coaches from all over the country follow cpj offense with trips to the campus where ever he coaches. being a dawg fan for over 35 years, it pains me to be this honest about anything involving gt.

theTruth

July 30th, 2009
7:54 am

AJC, this crap gets so old. I pretty much just read the article anymore because of this juvenile BS. Please start banning these kids.

dawgs

July 30th, 2009
7:57 am

5-7. Cox will be benched by the ark game.

Dawgaholic

July 30th, 2009
8:00 am

Sounds about right….whats to disbute….

SomewhereinGA

July 30th, 2009
8:04 am

While none of us knows what the season will bring, except Saint Simons, it is obvious of a couple of things: First, this year’s team already has more heart, desire, senior leadership, team first-me second attitude than last year’s. Second, last year’s team was lead by two highly talented individuals who cared very little about the “G” and were merely participating in a season long audition for the NFL. They were not leaders, as pointed out by a number of NFL scouts, and could not stay out of the bars and strip joints, as pointed out by other un-named players after the season.

This team will be a better team by far and I can’t wait to see them between the hedges. To absolute hell with GT and I sincerely hope one day Saint Simons grows up. If he did indeed marry a Tech girl, we only need to feel pity for him.

SomewhereinGA

July 30th, 2009
8:07 am

Paddy,

CPJ’s offense can be countered by playing disciplened, assignment football….we did not. We lacked a DL that could blow things up in the middle, and DB’s that could tackle. LSU gave a hell of a lesson on how to stop their game plan. We will be fine this year against the nerds.

gatorman770

July 30th, 2009
8:10 am

With good luck, I’d say 9-3 because like the “old ball coach” says “they get a lot of good players in Athens, he just don’t know what happens to them when they get up there”!

ovadatop 34

July 30th, 2009
8:11 am

10 and 2 with a surprise win. This team is hungry and loaded. Caleb? Ealy!!!

I agree with...

July 30th, 2009
8:19 am

…Dawgaholic; 8 – 4 sounds about right.

I disagree with Michael S. Willie M did not get caught by surprise – he had 11 games to study to get ready and just failed miserably to adjust in the 2nd half, though he did not miss a single tackle himself. When you are up 28 – 12 at the half, then get outscored 33 zip in one quarter you have to look at the coaching, which we have all done ad nauseum (except, of course, CMR).

Here’s hoping the Dawgs really do have a new attitude!

yellow fuzz

July 30th, 2009
8:19 am

Can anyone say MUSIC CITY (dawgs) and ORANGE (Jackets)?

And the “Georgia Bowl” will go to Tech again as well.

Book it!

JayRoot

July 30th, 2009
8:19 am

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HEY somewherein HELL: “LSU gave a hell of a lesson on how to stop their game plan” and “playing disciplened, assignment football”.

Ha! SHIRLEY you jest?

GaTech special teams cost the Techsters 3 TDs. LSU showed they had NO answer for the GaTech offense … much like the “disciplined” Ugag squad did in the second half last year on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Your mental-midget “scholar” atheletes got basted!

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who is asher allen?

July 30th, 2009
8:22 am

since theyre losing their two best players and so many true freshmen will see the field, Im gonna have to go with 14-0, bcs champs

SomewhereinGA

July 30th, 2009
8:28 am

All right Yellow Fuzz….book it….how much are you willing to put up? I’ll take your bet.

And Jay, my name is not Shirley. Regarding mental midget scholar atheletes…care to compare? Check the stats regarding our respective teams and their academic performance over the past few years. It won’t be pretty in your case. However, you did a hell of a job explaining away a total ass whipping by LSWho. They had “NO answer for the GaTech offense”? Good Lord! Have a great day….enjoy that Kool Aid.

Hey, JayRoot...

July 30th, 2009
8:29 am

…doesn’t matter who did what, 38 – 3 is still about as one sided a loss as you could have.

Your excuse is the same one UGA could have re: the 45 – 42 loss. You can’t have it both ways, though I know you, and the rest of the nerds like to think you can (while some guys like m, Saint Simons and probably yourself do like it both ways)! Tech got its butt kicked, and that’s a fact!

Calhoundawg

July 30th, 2009
8:29 am

I agree, ovadatop 34. Calbe King may surprise, but something tells me that our guy is Richard Samuels or Waushan with Carlton Thomas being the incredibly effective “change of pace” guy in certain situations. I also agree with Somewherein GA. This team will be better by far than last year’s for all of the stated reasons. It’s going to be great to get back into the far more comfortable “I hope we win” mindset than last year’s “I hope we don’t lose.” I cannot wait to see the offensive packages Bobo has planned for Logan Gray and I have expectantly waited to see him get significant playing time since he got here. Richt’s “new” philosophy of getting more blue-chip recruits in early and more emphasis in general on special teams is bound to pay off as we have foundered there fundamentally of late. One more thing — Joe Cox is the man. Go Dawgs !!!!

Hungry Dawg

July 30th, 2009
8:32 am

Great post for “SomewhereinGA”, except I’d feel sorry for the Co-tech that married “Saint Simpleton”. The poor girl must get really tired of the same old pitiful sex that this unimaginative highly repetitive individual must practice. I have yet to see him post anything like an insightful post on any topic. For that matter I doubt if he is married, personally I think him and “god and greyhound” are getting it on together since they seem to be two peas in a pod.

CMR will be at UGA for a long time, which is more than I can say for Paul Johnson staying at Tech (he’ll take the job at Notre Dame first chance he get’s). The Dawgs will win an NC within the next 3 years and will again win at least 10 games this season. Joe Cox will be more of a David Green type QB and will do a great job of directing the offense which will be loaded with skill players this season not to mention a much improved “O” line. There is more and better leadership on the “D” this year which should correct many of the problems we saw last year. Both sides of the ball are going to be more disciplined this year which will result in fewer penalties that were the cause of many of our problems last year. We will not see as many spectacular plays this year as we did last year, but we also won’t see us shooting ourselves in the foot as much either. What we will see is very consistent high level play from both the “O” and “D”. This team is going to surprise a lot of people with the Bulldawg nation pleasantly surprised and our opponent not so pleasantly surprised. Mark it down the Dawg’s are going to be 7-0 when we face UF in Jax.

Go Dawgs Sic em Woof Woof Woof!!!

Class of '98

July 30th, 2009
8:36 am

I am convinced that Saint Simons is actually Bill King or some other AJC staffer just trying to rile up readers and get more comments.

How else could he ALWAYS be the first to reply?

If Saint Simons is a real guy, and spends his every waking moment for anything UGA-related to be posted just so he can say 45 42 hahaha, I really, really, really feel sorry for him.

saint augustine

July 30th, 2009
8:39 am

((( 49 10 ))) hahaha

chazzo

July 30th, 2009
8:40 am

I’m not a gambling man. I have never been particularly good at it. Laying odds, though, on college football in the middle of the summer is like guessing how many jelly beans are in a giant jar. 8-4 sounds about right as far as odds go, I guess. Based on the g-day game, I’d say 7-5, but then that’s just for fun, right? Honestly, I think UGA will go at least 9-3 probably 10-2 with one of the losses most likely in Jax. Screw the bowls and polls, folks. This is going to be a fun season… lots of young talent, some older players with a lot to prove, some comeback stories, lots of close games. Remember how fun football season can be when the focus is on the game and the players instead of the odds and some nebulous voodoo called the BCS.

dawgfanatic24-7

July 30th, 2009
8:40 am

The oddsmakers aren’t idiots but I will have to take the 10-2 prediction with losses to Fla and LSU. I hope we can beat them and hopefully will beat LSU. Getting past Fla is the goal and who knows maybe our boys will do it.

Paddy

July 30th, 2009
8:44 am

somewhereinga….you are correct. it is not unstopable but it is difficult because the defense must be just as percise in its execution as the offense in its execution. many things can go wrong on both sides of the ball. cpj just keeps running it and waits till a defender has a mental breakdown. frustrating as all hell for us uga fans. on a different front. we win 10 games this year. i believe we are loaded. please overlook us, we will whip some tail. and we will never lose to that coward in arkansas.

chazzo

July 30th, 2009
8:47 am

PS I will pull for the Gators in every game prior to Jax (though they won’t need it). I want them undefeated, high as a kite, and taking the dawgs lightly.

RAMBLE ON!!!

July 30th, 2009
8:50 am

Let UGAg play GT schedule this year…6-6

Loses to VT, Miami, FSU, WF, Clempson, GT.

Just be glad you play in the top heavy SEC.

saint mobile

July 30th, 2009
8:51 am

(((( 41 30 )))) hehehehe

saint mobile

July 30th, 2009
8:54 am

ut, sc, vandy, msu, au, ark = list of sec teams that couldnt reach .500 in the acc

Butts' Mirror

July 30th, 2009
8:59 am

Somewhere, seriously……you don’t really want to go the “academic performance” route, do you?

Let’s see, the mutts managed to lead the SEC in APR despite continuing to use the NCAA mins for initial eligibility (and having to spend half of each summer on pins and needles waiting for a few of these potential Rhodes Scholars to meet those) measures). I wonder how many 12’s or 13’s (Jarius Wynn, Knowshon Moreno) Vandy players posted on that Wonderlic test.

Either all these marginal “students” are somehow transformed into part of the erudite elite upon entering The Classic City, or UGA’s academic plantation system for keeping “student”-athletes eligible isn’t so different today from the days of “Vince the Prince”.

dawgfanatic24-7

July 30th, 2009
9:00 am

ACC is a joke. Which conf has won the NC the past 3 yrs?

Simple Simons

July 30th, 2009
9:02 am

Saint the short bus is here to pick you up

Herschel Talker

July 30th, 2009
9:03 am

I think Bill King is Saint Simons. No way that dude posts first every single time.

MR. GROUCH

July 30th, 2009
9:06 am

BWH Dawg………….. Does this make any since……….????
TECHS going to kill UGA this year you sorry NERDS!!!!! Just stay in your dorms and have a big tickle pile with yourself and all the ugly Betty lookalikes at UGA. Now doesn’t that sound like I have it a little backwards???? That is exactly what I thought when I read your post about TECH and farm animals. You got it a little backwards. Your school is the agriculture school….. NOW….. Go tend to your sheep. BAAAAA!!!!!!!!

Hey SomewhereinHELL!

July 30th, 2009
9:07 am

.

So you’re a LSU fan now.

Spineless.

And, I am not a nerd! I worked out with a dumbell yesterday and …
I feel vigorous!

JayRoot

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MR. GROUCH

July 30th, 2009
9:08 am

I hate Saint Simons too!!!!

SimpleDawg

July 30th, 2009
9:08 am

“Beam me up Scottie, there’s no intelligent life here.”

gbal

July 30th, 2009
9:11 am

So it looks like nobody read comments a few weeks back about how to improve the Mark Richt show – Dribble Chuck Dowdle is doing the show again and is also doing post game interviews for radio in the place of Lauren. Now I know LS is a bit washed up, but I honestly cant say that I would rate Chuck Dowdle much higher??? There has to be better choices for a first rate program like UGA.

Original Dawgs

July 30th, 2009
9:11 am

Mark,

You already made your prediction for UGA in 2009.

Original Dawgs

July 30th, 2009
9:12 am

GET IT? bc MB makes his predictions randomly without thinking

Gator Growl

July 30th, 2009
9:12 am

According to “dawg” fans, it’s all about the NFL and where you’re drafted and gonna be drafted. These “fabulous” Georgia football players, they’re not concerned about a Georgia championship, they’re too busy getting ready for the NFL!!! Based on all this NFL talk I see them posting on these blogs, neither are their fans too concerned, but look out for Jimmy Joe ’cause he’s gonna be a first rounder!!!

DawginLex

July 30th, 2009
9:12 am

We would go 11-0 with Tech’s schedule. 11 since we can’t play against ourselves.

I’ll take the over on the 8 wins.

Alabama Jack

July 30th, 2009
9:18 am

UGag – where the women are safer than the sheep.

Trade School Junkie

July 30th, 2009
9:20 am

8-4? Hmmmmmmm??

Didnt Mark Bradley say the same thing…4 weeks ago?

chazzo

July 30th, 2009
9:22 am

ramble on,

Are you high? Or have you just put down the quantum physics for dummies and become a sports fan because Tech finally beat UGA?

athensdawg

July 30th, 2009
9:25 am

unfortunately, gator growl, you are correct.

these dumb a## bandwagon georgia fans forget that when georgia can control the line of scrimmage and run the ball, we have a winning record vs. florida. i guess they thought that staph infection was going to block, too. i never saw him throw a block the whole time he played qb. hmm…..

we are just biding our time, waiting for superman to fly away to the nfl. then, as urban says, the checkers will be equal….

9-4 : losses to fla, ok state, lsu, and either tech, arkansas, tennessee, arizona state, or south carolina. plus a bowl victory vs some non-sec wussy school.

chazzo

July 30th, 2009
9:29 am

BM,
Your logic is faulty. The problem is the Tech lovers at the AJC only report on the couple of players who struggle to qualify. There’s a whole lot of guys on a football team. I know that ratio is a tough mathematic concept even for a mental giant like yourself, but I am sure you can figure it out.

Sanford Drive

July 30th, 2009
9:30 am

JayRoot, Who the hell is Shirley? Your 5 star DT?

chazzo

July 30th, 2009
9:32 am

Trade school,

MB said the same thing like two days ago. He probably just read the odds and went with it.

JaxDawg

July 30th, 2009
9:33 am

god and greyhound

July 30th, 2009
7:29 am
“Ill say 6-6 and a loss to tulsa in the independence bowl”

Thanks for giving us your GT prediction, sounds about right for the bugs!

As for the Dawgs, games are won and lost in the trenches. The so-called experts are singing the “Stafford-Knowshon gone blues”. The truth is, they made up for the injuries we suffered last year on the O-line. People always notice the high profile players and pay little attention to the lines.

Look at what strong trenches did for Bama last year. JPW looked all-world at times because he had plenty of time in the pocket, and J.Cox will benefit from an experienced and deep line this year.

Here are some things to consider regarding the team as we head into summer practices:

2 = the number of consecutive weeks we had the same starting 5 on the o-line last year. This year we go almost 3 deep at every line position with starting experience.

Last year we missed 2 of the biggest components to the 07 defense in J.Owens & M.Washington. Rod Battle also missed signifigant time last year. Owens and Washington were a huge reason why teams had trouble running on the 07 defense. note: M.Washington missed the 07 tenn game.
This year we will be able to rotate 4 outstanding DT’s in J.Owens, G.Atkins, K.Weston, and D.Tyson, more pressure up the middle means fewer big runs and more QB pressure which will lead to more sacks, mark it down.

Another position that will help in the running game this year are the two fullbacks Chapas & Munzenmeir. Both are outstanding and know the playbook well and will help the younger backs like Thomas & Ealy transition easier.

Wish the “experts” would do a little homework. Since Richt has been head coach, how many times have we heard “8-4, 9-3 at best” predictions? CMR finished 8-4 his 1st season, and 9-4 in 06 breaking in a true freshman QB. The other 6 yrs? 3- 10 win seasons, 3 11+ win seasons. So keep predicting 8-9 wins, I’ll take the over everytime!

Go Dawgs

Top Dogg

July 30th, 2009
9:34 am

GayRoot 38-3 sounds like LSU was really confused.You know little about football but a whole lot about sucking on roots .

jm

July 30th, 2009
9:43 am

8-4 sounds good but one luck bounce and they could win 9. One bad bounce and they could win 7.

dude

July 30th, 2009
9:44 am

8 wins sounds right. my guess would be 7. inexperienced qb will show first few games.

Ralph

July 30th, 2009
9:47 am

And this was in the linked Vegasinsider.com article about the more balanced, non-top heavy ACC:

–Va. Tech is the plus-250 favorite to win the ACC Championship Game. FSU and Clemson both have plus-400 odds (risk $100 to win $400). With 6/1 odds, I think a wager on Ga. Tech to win the ACC is worth heavy consideration.

Huh?

July 30th, 2009
9:48 am

We were damn lucky to be 9-3 regular season last year so 8-4 this year is hardly a stretch. I can understand where the oddsmakers are coming from. They are objective. I am not. I went to the spring game and was not overly impressed by what I saw. I am concerned that Joe Cox will not have the big play ability that Stafford had if our defense is not doing well. I am concerned that we’ve got a bunch of good but not great running backs that won’t be able to pick up yards unless our line blows open a mile wide hole for them. I am concerned that if anyone of our 6 scholarship recievers, D-lineman, or O-lineman gets injured we could be in some serious trouble. Nevertheless, something tells me deep in my homer gut that Richt is about to open up a serious can on some folks this year. I’ve seen it before. This whole preseason seems so errily familiar. Even if we do go 8-4, it is going to be a fun 8-4. We’re going to take down some of the top guns on our schedule with us. Dismiss the Dawgs at your own peril…

Evan

July 30th, 2009
9:49 am

Rivals has GA tech ranked higher to start the season. Ga came in today at 15. Too high imo.

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=954694

GUY

July 30th, 2009
9:49 am

IDK I THINK THEY WILL HAVE 8 R MORE WINS BUT BCAUSE OF THERE INEXPERIENCE QB BRIAN COX I DONT REALLY NO.!!!

pd

July 30th, 2009
9:49 am

I believe that Joe Cox will be better than any of you suspect.

However, I believe that the defense will lose a few games for the dawgs.

im

July 30th, 2009
9:53 am

Just think of how many games joe cox is going to win on leadership alone!

phil

July 30th, 2009
9:55 am

I think the dogs go 10 – 2, the defense rebounds in a major way, and we win in Jax, spoiling the title run for the Gators. The comparison below comes from the NCAA web site. Except for the unexcusably high number of TD’s last year, Martinez would outshine VanGorder. Hey, I’m no Willie fan, but it’s interesting to see what really happened over the last 8 years.

St. Simon – this is not for you, just stats and numbers here, no raw meat buzzed by flies and a toothless reflection in the mirror.

These stats are by calendar year, not season, so if the records seem a bit off, that’s the reason
Martinez
National Total Total Average
Rank Yards TD’s Yds/Game W’s L’s
2008 22 4,056 42 312 10 3
2007 14 4,202 29 323 11 2
2006 8 3,357 28 258 9 4
2005 18 4,078 27 313 10 3 SEC

Van Gorder
2004 8 3,467 23 289 10 2
2003 4 3,876 23 277 11 3
2002 15 4,249 28 304 13 1 SEC
2001 49 3,976 26 361 8 3

Averages by Coach Rank Yards TD YD/Game W L Titles
Martinex 16 3,923 32 302 10 3 1
Van Gorder 19 3,892 25 308 11 2 1

S.C. DAWGS

July 30th, 2009
9:55 am

WHY CAN’T YOU PEOPLE LEAVE MARK RICHT ALONE JUST LET HIM PLAY HIS GAMES THIS YEAR QUIT SAYING HE CAN’T WIN THE BIG GAME. THE NEWS MEIDA IS ALLWAYS STARTING SOMETHING ALL MOST ALL WAYS YOU ARE WRONG.

JBIzzle

July 30th, 2009
9:57 am

UGA focus for ‘09 needs to be;

1. Penalties.
2. Receivers have to catch the ball. (The spring game scared me)
3. Special teams.

If they tackle those three issues they could be looking at a nine win season. If not, 7-8 wins at best.

45-42

July 30th, 2009
9:57 am

I am a tech fan, fyi my name, but i will agree with most people up here and say saint simons is getting very annoying. I like to reminisce about the game, but not nearly as much as saint simons. That being said, how can some of yall uga fans say you are going to crush us? its gonna be a hell of a game as it usually is, with that one 51-7 exception. We are not gonna drub you, you are not gonna drub us, its gonna be a hard fought game with some breaks deciding the winner, much like this year when we got a little lucky with Roddy not stepping outta bounds. Also, UGA will have another good year, 10-2 is the best possibility, sorry but you are not beating UF and good luck running the SEC table and beating Tech. But a 9-3 or a 10-2 is considered a success, so dont complain. 8-4 at the very worst, UGA just has too much talent to do otherwise.

Saint Simons

July 30th, 2009
9:58 am

Uga will go 6- 6 this year if their lucky!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

godawg

July 30th, 2009
10:02 am

Sanford Drive

July 30th, 2009
10:03 am

I’d say 8-4 is pretty accurate given the loss of Moreno. Hope Cox doesn’t try to throw a bunch of bombs like Stafford did. That worked out for Stafford about 15% of the time. Cox just needs to JPW his way down the field. If he can do that, and if D comes back, we’ll be OK.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:03 am

WTF is 41-30….surely you aren’t talking about a win in 07 after the Gators beat that butt in 08 by a much larger margin, but if you must, atleast get the score right!

and I will bet ANYONE here that uga does NOT win 8 games. LSU, UF, OSU, and GT will be 4 losses for the little puppies and they will lose atleast one more btwn USC, Ark, UT…

also, as far as Joe Cox being better than we suspect and the guy who says this team has more heart and all that other crap….what are you basing this on? Did you have a dream? Is it something you just feel? If so, nobody cares. We only care about facts and there is NOTHING you have seen to make such stupid statements.

Now, sit back and enjoy UF win their 4th NC while the puppies are still stuck in 1980…HAHAHAHAHA

Gary

July 30th, 2009
10:09 am

It sure is funny how many of you pay attention to the little Tech wannabees and the prognosticators. I remember in 03, they predicted UGA to be 8-4 and we ended up 11-3, in 05 it was 9-3 with a loss to Boise State and finish behind UT in the east. Yet we ended up 10-3 and SEC Champs. Don’t take predictions to heart because I remember a time Tech was supposed to beat FSU and win the ACC and go to a BCS game. Yet those little nats are still waiting for their shot at the BCS. Predictions, as we should all have learned from last year, mean zilch. This is a complete team and from everything I hear and see from the players and coaches, look for the Dawgs to have a good season.

Those of you complaining about the spring game need to grow up. The spring game is a scrimmage and most freshmen are not even involved. Also, DJ Shockley didn’t look too good in a spring game and ended up taking us to the SEC Championship his senior season.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:11 am

SC Dogs….he can’t win the big games…and if you want us to stop saying that, tell us what big game he has won.

Red Elephant

July 30th, 2009
10:12 am

8-4, 9-3 sounds about right to me.
Definite L’s: LSU & Florida
Swing Games: OSU & GT

frank

July 30th, 2009
10:13 am

sounds about right for “nice guy” football.. probably 3-4 games giving up 50 points and playing a 10 wide receivers rotation.

Making sure everyone is happy just like little league.

ATL GATOR

July 30th, 2009
10:13 am

8-4 is about right. I do think they lose to Okie State to open season.

O'Malley Dawg

July 30th, 2009
10:13 am

Hey saint simons, your mom called. She wants to know if you and yellow fuzz want to go pay hide the weenies before your Calculus tutor get here

Gary

July 30th, 2009
10:15 am

Ah, its good to know that school is almost back in session. That way the 45-42’s, the Saint Simons, the 49-10’s, the yellow fuzz’s, etc…..can all be back in class during the school day and we can have a good discussion on College Football and not some playground shouting match.

Hey AJC, its time to do a register to blog and hire a moderator. It is not that hard to do and other sites do it.

BG

July 30th, 2009
10:17 am

This article must be about Tech. The Dawgs win 10 games with ease.

JDAWG

July 30th, 2009
10:20 am

Saint Simons,
GET OVER IT! The trade school got lucky once in 8 years! When you give up 42 points and win, it’s pure luck, anyteam (including UGA) that gives up 42 points should be ashamed! You know your little brother and hit 1 lucky shot to beat big brother—Now you go back to your pocket protectors and leave football to the real men!

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:21 am

Hello…..my name is special Ed and I am a tool!

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:21 am

Gary, you can’t be serious! First of all, preseason rankings don’t mean anything when you are a ga fan and can’t handle the pressure. UF did just fine with the expectations in 95(undefeated until they played the best team ever),96,06,08 and will again this year. USC and Texas did just fine in 05. LSU did just fine in 07. Preseason rankings do matter. Are they 100%….obviously not, but they do matter.

Now, what have you seen to make you think this is a complete team? Seriously!!!! Your DT’s are strong and you have a really good LB, but your DE’s are weak and have zero pass rush. Your other LB’s can’t tackle anyone(see GT game) and are constantly out of position and don’t even get me started on you DB’s. They are terrible. Jones is decent, but not as good as he was hyped to be. Your rb’s aren’t as good as Moreno so that is a huge step back. Your qb isn’t as good as Stafford so that is a huge step back. UGA lost their 2 of their top 3 wr’s and their tightend so how in the heck do you say this is a complete team when they bring back guys who just weren’t that good and the good ones left? The oline can only get better, but the only position where UGA is ‘complete’ is DT. As for the spring game, it does matter…just not to you because you don’t want to admit that UGA looked like garbage in it. Brantley threw for 3 td’s and ran for 1 against the first team defense in UF’s spring game and finished for right at 300 yards through the air. Tebow has looked good in every spring game and you can’t say it is because UF’s defense isn’t good since it is arguably the best in CFB. How did Cox do in the Spring game? Did he even a single touchdown? I really don’t know…hahahaha….but yes, I would be complaining as well when my starting offense can’t score against that pathetic defense.

Lost dog

July 30th, 2009
10:22 am

The games still have to be played. A lot will happen both good and bad for UGA and GT. GT will move the ball, but can they stop anyone else? UGA should have a strong defense that keeps them in their games. It will all be about injuries to key players and playing sound football on special teams and in the kicking game, especially kickoffs.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:22 am

And I like to play with my gator tail…….yeah that’s what I call it.

austindog

July 30th, 2009
10:24 am

49-10, SECCG against LSU was the last big game CMR won. Big underdogs, for a title. Your previous post is probably right on though.

CW

July 30th, 2009
10:25 am

45-42, good post. Nice to see there is ONE tech fan on the planet that actually has football knowledge. Both Tech and UGA will win 9 fwiw this year. I have no idea about the head to head

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:25 am

get offended much…..???? You guys are pathetic. You are just as ignorant and arrogant as any of your rivals on here. Do you honestly feel we shouldn’t be allowed to post because we simply don’t agree with all of your homerism? Get a life and get a clue!…and to the poster who said we all go back to school, does that get you through the day? Don’t be mad because you just don’t like what we say. We BOTH know it is the truth…and JDog, don’t talk about Tech winning once every 8 years because UF can say pretty much the same to you.

homer

July 30th, 2009
10:26 am

The RBs scare me. I am okay with the rest of team. We don’t have any studs besides Curran and A J Green, but all around solid. I think we will miss Knowshon more than Stafford. Caleb King and Samuel have not impressed me yet.

9-3

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:29 am

Austin….you are right….but Russel did leave the game early in that one and one game out of 8 years isn’t that much. I have said for a while that Ricth isn’t that great of a coach…coordinator yes, Head Coach, not so much….but you are right…he did win that one big game

CW….someone that picks a team to win x amount of games doesn’t translate to “football knowledge”….get a clue! You just threw that compliment out there because you like what he said, but nothing he said should make you believe he does or doesn’t have any “football knowledge”

and I do think it is sweet that I have a secret admirer…..I’m blushing….just not gay…sorry

austindog

July 30th, 2009
10:31 am

49-10, but I will say that each of Florida’s titles were only allowed because another top team was upset late in the season. CMR hasn’t been lucky.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:31 am

I will say this though homer, if Marlon Brown turns out to be as good as Green, and Orson Charles ends up being good, that will open up huge holes for the tailbacks..

Dooley's Cardiologist

July 30th, 2009
10:33 am

I agree with the odds makers on this one. Too many teams are better this year.

Yellow Jacket Fan

July 30th, 2009
10:34 am

I think Georgia will end up with a 8-4 record and a trip to a bowl game.
The big games being Florida, LSU and Georgia Tech. It is going to be a tough schedule, unlike Florida schedule. Even Vandy will give them a fit this year.

Gary

July 30th, 2009
10:35 am

Uh, 49-10, yes I did direct my post to those like you who come on here and do the HAAHAHAH thing or the 49-10 thing or the totally negative post with no facts whatsoever. Yeah those are nothing more than childish rants you would hear from a kid in middle school.

Btw…..on your last post, UGA vs UF over the last 5 years is 2-3. Florida has a very very good team and I will take nothing away from that, but you people predicting 6-6 or 7-5 for UGA know nothing about this team and thus should really not comment on it.

Now seriously, grow up or you will be get the same treatment as yellow fuzz and Saint Simons.

Pitbull

July 30th, 2009
10:36 am

Georgia will go 10-2 and win their bowl game for a satisfying 11-2 season.

I see a much more aggressive & emotional team this year motivated by a refusal to lose rather than by reliance on 2 outstanding offensive starters to win.

I see a team that is ready to play 60 minutes and pay the price for winning.

I am hoping for a more ball control offence that will control the clock and keep other teams’ offences on the sidelines and pressured when they finally get on the field with limited time on the clock.

Tim Tebow cannot hurt you if he is on the sideline watching the game rather than on the field in the game.

I see a hunger in Athens that was not there last year despite a 10-3 record – which should have been 11-2 if the Dogs defence had tackled against Yech. They will tackle this year, like LSU did in the Chil-Fil-A Bowl.

I see determination in the Dogs faces and demeanor and a single mindedness of purpose.

I see anger. I see victory.

The 2009 season is going to be a great one to be a dog.

UGA Clowns

July 30th, 2009
10:37 am

austin……sure, and UGA only made it to the 05 seccg because UF lost to USC and UGA only made it to the seccg in 03 because FSU beat UF….what is your point? It works both ways. There is always a little luck when you win a NC or CC..Who would deny that, but Meyer has 2 in 4 years and may get 3 in 5. Ricth will have 0 in 9 years. Are you telling me he has had ZERO luck? Sure he has, but it isn’t all luck. It does require some coaching….and don’t forget that Utah finished number 4 and undefeated under Meyer. Not a doubt in my mind that coaching is a bigger part than luck and UF has the better coach

UGA Clowns

July 30th, 2009
10:41 am

gary, treatment?…are you serious…and I am the one who needs to grow up? LMMFAO!!!

IMO, UGA will not win 8 games. I live in GA and know quite a bit about the dogs and they don’t impress me this year. You may not see what I see or may just not want to admit it….and as for the 2-3 record, UGA was a sore shoulder on Tebow away from 1-4….and 16 out of 19 sounds much more accurate

ahope3

July 30th, 2009
10:44 am

JDAWG,
Do you call Tech a trade school because you couldn’t even get looked at on a Tech acceptance list. We ran the ball down your throat last year, no luck just plain old fashioned football. Given UGA is a great team with a large fanbase. I see a 9-3 season for you all. UGA will not come into Atlanta and drag Tech through the mud like many of you dilusional dog fans think. Tech has a great team this year, yes great. They didn’t even scratch the surface of the playbook and were still able to beat you in Athens. There’s really no chance you’re gonna win this year, it’ll b a great game, but a loss for the dawgs.

austindog

July 30th, 2009
10:44 am

49-10, Russell left that game because Georgia beat the crap out of him. Can’t discount a win because the other guy got hurt (JoeT vs Florida)

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:45 am

pitbull….nobody really cares about what you see or feel or even hope…What football related reason makes you think that crap? Hell, I hope I win the lottery and I feel like my kids will grow up to be doctors? What does that mean?

You said 10-2….do this…tell me who UGA will beat out of LSU/UF/GT/OK ST and why? You are saying that they will win atleast two of these so tell me who and why? And save the typing if you are telling me about feelings and hopes..

Paddy

July 30th, 2009
10:46 am

pittbull…. you are correct. there is something different about this team this year and it is positive. ithink your 11-2 is spot on.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:46 am

austin, that is true…..I will give you that.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:46 am

paddy, I ask you like I did pitbull….Based on what???

db

July 30th, 2009
10:47 am

Dogs can go 11-1 as far as I am concerned and win the SEC. Just lose to GT is all I ask.

ATL GATOR

July 30th, 2009
10:49 am

Outback Bowl – UGA vs ???

austindog

July 30th, 2009
10:55 am

Clowns, no no no. The difference is when the teams lose. In 96, Florida was sitting on the couch, season done, when Texas upset Nebraska which allowed Florida the rematch with FSU. That’s backing in. And Florida didn’t lose to South Carolina in 2002. And FSU beating Florida has no implications on the SEC race. But, yes, it does appear Meyer is the better coach.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
10:55 am

pitbull????

Paddy????

I’ll be waiting

GT Falcon

July 30th, 2009
10:56 am

That record sounds about right to me. (Loses to OSU, UF, LSU, GT)

DAWGFAN1

July 30th, 2009
10:56 am

49-10 way to jump on the FLA bandwagon. there weren’t any ‘real” UF fans before Spurrier unless you went to that dump in Gainesville.

9 inz dong

July 30th, 2009
10:59 am

If “good feelings” and an “emotinal team” with “team spirit” win games then we will have an undefeated season. Remeber that magical second half against Alabama last year? I loved the emotion and spirit they showed then.

This isn’t Pop Warner. It’s SEC football. Not everyone gets a trophy.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
11:00 am

actually austin, FSU beating UF did have implications since there was a three way tie btwn UT/UF/UGA….UT got to play Vandy, UGA got to play GT, and UF had to play FSU and was raped in the worst officiated game in the history of football. They were going with the rankings. Best ranking unless the 2nd highest ranking beat the highest ranked team…so UF would have went to Atlanta, but losing to FSU put them out so it did affect the sec..

and I disagree that it is different when a team loses…If so, how can you say UF backed in last year. Everyone lost a regular season game so how did UF back in…

Same with 06….USC lost their last reg season game to give them 2 losses while UF had 1…how is that backing in….

96….not that I agree there is a such thing as backing in, would be the year you would have an argument if there was such a thing.

IF UF starts out 0-2 in the conference and UGA loses their last 3 games so UF goes over UGA…I consider that UGA choking…not UF backing, but that is just me

hem o'roid

July 30th, 2009
11:01 am

jdawg and bg playing in the loft, jdawg cleaned all bg’s dingleberries off.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
11:01 am

dogfan1…if that helps you sleep, be my guest, but I’d guess I have been a fan much longer than you…but again, think what you want if it helps you sleep

ugaGATOR

July 30th, 2009
11:01 am

It’s possible for UGA to lose four games. Key word there is POSSIBLE. I see them losing to UF and LSU. The “possible” games they need to watch out for are OSU and ARK. UGA always does better when they’re the underdawg so don’t be suprised if they go 10-2 with a good bowl to finish the season.

Bill King

July 30th, 2009
11:02 am

Saint Simons is NOT me or anyone else at the AJC.

He’s just a poor guy with no life away from his computer, apparently.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
11:02 am

9dingdong…I am thinking that was supposed to be a joke…atleast I am hoping it was

austindog

July 30th, 2009
11:08 am

Clowns, I’ll put that back on you: where has Georgia been lucky in terms of other teams losing? We’re talking late in the season games. Like Texas beating Nebraska in December in 1996, an upset that allowed Florida play for title. USC losing to UCLA on Dec 2 in 2006, an upset that allowed Florida to play for the title.

austindog

July 30th, 2009
11:10 am

49-10, I retract that Florida backed in last year. They in fact beat the #1 to play for the title.

Gary

July 30th, 2009
11:11 am

Hey, clown…..if UGA’s win in 07 was because of hurt Tebow, too bad. A win is a win. I didn’t cry when you guys barely beat a Joe T lead team when DJ was hurt.

paddy and pitbull, I like your optimism, but obviously those who don’t know jack about UGA Football can’t see what we see. A healthy and experienced OL and DL, solid LBs and an improving secondary. 3-4 good RBs, not Moreno’s, but collectively a solid group. AJ Green, the best WR in the SEC and Joe Cox, who is more of a leader than Matt Stafford could ever dream to be. Plus as a wild card we have two incoming freshmen who have yet to see the field and don’t know how well they will play until practice begins. All of you who are against UGA have only saw the spring game which is never a good indicator on how well the team will play.

austindog

July 30th, 2009
11:15 am

My definition of backing in is winning berth when you were not in control of your destiny. Had Vandy beat TN in 2007, Georgia would have backed into the SECCG vs LSU. Georgia never seems to get those breaks.

9 inz dong

July 30th, 2009
11:21 am

austindawg- If ifs and buts were candy and nuts what a wonderful Christmas it will be. Good teams win games when they need to. USC lost to UCLA in 2006 and shot themselves in the foot. IF Florida loses to FL State the same week then we are out of the national championship game. We didn’t, we won when we needed to win. If Georgia starts winning games when they need to (and not get pounded on national television or lose to Tech) their luck will start to change too.

PTC DAWG

July 30th, 2009
11:27 am

I’ll take the over, name your price…

Jason

July 30th, 2009
11:38 am

Predictions are pointless. I’m just hoping for less than 22 injuries…wide receivers catching footballs…less than 10 penalties a game….Willie Martinez to be fired….Georgia Tech’s bus/plane to crash….an actual ‘Gator get hungry and eat a UF player….you know, the usual stuff.

lawDawg (wsoh)

July 30th, 2009
11:41 am

I’m sorry, but you have to hand it to SaintSimons, he is first a LOT. If we only beat Tech once a decade, I would live it up too.

G8R GRAD

July 30th, 2009
11:43 am

UGA losses in 2009:
OSU – 70/30 chance;
LSU – 60-40 chance;
UF – 90-10 chance; and maybe
GT – 50-50 chance.

9-3 or 10-2 and I trip to a descent bowl is most probable and in the SEC, a admirable season.

HDYHD!

bigeasy830

July 30th, 2009
11:43 am

Aaron Murray should be our starting QB by game 4 of the season if not earlier. The only way Joe Cox can hold him off is if the Dawgs get off to a fast start. Our schedule is pretty tough this year. Our early season shedule is really tough with 2 of the first 4 games being on the road and against quality oppents. We have atletes on defense but we all know how bad the coordinator is, same with the offense….Man i just looked at the schedule again game 5 LSU at home then followed by ate Tenn and at Vandy followed by the bye week the The gators….Yep Murray should be our staring QB before week 4, if Ritch redshirts this guy, I say let Ritch go to MIA and we start over. Murray has the atleticism of D.J Shockley, the quick release of Dan marino and a big boy arm. If you redshirt Murray you hurt your chances in 2 season instead of one. Treat this season like Stafford freshmen year, take some bad losses to help your QB mature to help your team in the future.

Sanford Drive

July 30th, 2009
11:54 am

BigEasy, Murray will be redshirted, so don’t get your hopes up. I like Logan Gray.

UGAnSFLA

July 30th, 2009
12:04 pm

Believe it or not, the Dogs go 11-1 with a victory over UF!

Dorsey Hill

July 30th, 2009
12:08 pm

I predict that very few pre-season predictions will be correct. That statement is true in most years, With this year’s team there are even more variables, thus more unpredictability. This could be a team that needs a win in Atlanta to be bowl eligible or a team that plays in ATL the following week. When you combine the fact that we have one proven offensive skill player with the difficulty of the schedule there is really no way to tell which way this team might go. The question should be tabled until after the South Carolina game. If we are 2-0 watch out. If we are 1-1 or worse, who the hell knows what happens except that Aaron Murray will be playing a lot.

I will say this though the defense will be better, especially when Houston comes back. But we are going to have to score points to have a big year because of the powerful offenses we will play (OK. State, LSU, UF and GT will all avg, close to 40ppg if not more.) Are we expecting to hold each of them under 30? That would be tough for any defense to do. If we can, see you in Atlanta. This means we have to be able to put up points to win all of those games. If we can get one or two wr’s (other than AJ) to produce, have a productive te, and we can get close to 200 ypg on the ground we will be very tough to beat, but I need to see it before I’m relying on it.

That said, watch out Gators, neither of your prior 2 defending champs beat the Dawgs. We have a tremendous record vs. defending National Champions. I think its something like 8-2.

Jared

July 30th, 2009
12:08 pm

I give the Dawgs 9 wins in the regular season, 10 with the bowl game. One of those wins will not, however, be over the Jackets.

THWG

beardawg

July 30th, 2009
12:58 pm

GT wins one game in a decade and some fool keeps going on about it. Wow!
Dawgs 10-2. Cox is going to surprise quite a few, and unlike last year when the O line was decimated by injuries, this team with a stable of running backs behind a healthy line, several teams are going to be very surprised……including one that kicks a field goal at the end of game up by 30+

1983Dawg

July 30th, 2009
2:13 pm

I like the underdog role. I think Georgia will shock the nation. UGA has an off date before Florida. Dogs will beat Florida and reach the SEC championship game.

1983Dawg

July 30th, 2009
2:18 pm

And the Dogs will humble the mosquitoes from Atlanta.

49-10

July 30th, 2009
3:15 pm

inaustin

ok, imo, I don’t care when you lose…if someone loses 2 games and the other team only loses one, the team that gets in with 1 loss didn’t back in imo…They got in because they had less losses. Who cares when UCLA beat them? That argument doesn’t make sense. Florida was lucky that USC choked I guess….is that what you are wanting…if so, who cares? Florida was upset against Auburn earlier in the year…Did that make USC lucky since they moved ahead of UF?

49-10

July 30th, 2009
3:23 pm

paddy and pitbull, I like your optimism, but obviously those who don’t know jack about UGA Football can’t see what we see. A healthy and experienced OL and DL, solid LBs and an improving secondary. 3-4 good RBs, not Moreno’s, but collectively a solid group. AJ Green, the best WR in the SEC and Joe Cox, who is more of a leader than Matt Stafford could ever dream to be. Plus as a wild card we have two incoming freshmen who have yet to see the field and don’t know how well they will play until practice begins. All of you who are against UGA have only saw the spring game which is never a good indicator on how well the team will play.

Gary, I am sure you do like what they’re saying since it is good about your beloved puppies, however, there is still no evidence to support their claims nor is there any to support yours! Those are the facts. Anyone can play the I wish/feel/think game…hell, I think Chris Rainey will rush for 3000 yards this year….see how stupid that sounds? Tell me why you feel that way! Is that so hard?

Why will your DE’s be better since they have shown everyone NOTHING last year? They weren’t spectacular in the Spring and the Fall practices has yet to begin so why in the world do you think they will be so much better? Same goes with the runningbacks and the db’s. Curran is really good, but the others are not and I explained why earlier. Now, other than it is what you feel and hope, tell me why the other lb’s will be in position and tackle better this year! WHAT will make them better? Tell me why the secondary will be better…..and I really want to know why you feel Cox will be a better leader than Stafford. This should be good….BASED ON WHAT????????? As for the incoming freshman, give it a rest. What decent school doesn’t have freshman studs coming in? For every big name recruit UGA can name, I can name one for UF. Who cares? Until they prove it on the field, you have nothing other than hopes and dreams, but when it comes to FOOTBALL TALK, it means nothing and nobody knows what they will turn into on the field which means you wasted a lot of time talking about them.

Finally, as for AJ GReen….He is a stud, but he is not the best in the SEC. That honor goes to Julio Jones and any scout/coach/non uga fan would say the same thing….and don’t bother bringing up stats unless you are ready to admit that tebow was better than Stafford because stats don’t tell the whole story…so…have at it

49-10

July 30th, 2009
3:28 pm

austin, what are you talking about….

Had FSU not beaten UF in 03, UGA would not have made it to the seccg which means UGA did back in according to your logic that year and for the clueless ones who say that a nonconference game meant nothing to the sec, don’t waste my time because if you were a dog fan longer than a couple of years and was around to know the circumstances back in 03 with the 3 way tie, you would know that it DID play a role in the seccg

Also, in 2005, Auburn beat UGA and it took USC to beat UF for UGA to make it to the seccg so UGA has actually had that luck twice….

bottom line…I don’t think there is such a thing. IMO, if UF loses their first game this year and with two weeks left they are ranked number three, USC loses to UCLA to bump UF ahead, that is not backing in imo…and regardless if they did, UF proved each of the three times that they belonged.

52-20 over FSU
41-14 over OSU
24-14 over OU(the best offense ever possibly)

call it backing in or whatever you want….I’ll call it 3 rings and about to be 4 while UGA is stuck on 1….and once again, I don’t want to hear that crap about UGA winning it when everyone else was fighting a war…

49-10

July 30th, 2009
3:31 pm

dognsfla…..based on what???????????????????????????????????????????????

Saint Simons

July 30th, 2009
3:37 pm

Bill King , i can’t help it that i get more attention than you!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahah 45-42 hahahahahahahahahaha

Saint Simons

July 30th, 2009
3:49 pm

Boo Who Boo Who Bill King you big cry baby!!!!! 45-42!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahaha

MoDawg

July 30th, 2009
4:43 pm

Saint Simons, your mommy has your afternoon Little Debbie snack and glass of milk waiting for you in the kitchen. Run on along now, eat your snack and go outside and play.

UGA will beat Ok. St. and GT and might just surprise Florida, this year. I’ll believe that when I see it, but the wins are happening with more regularity now than in the 90’s. This series is fairly cyclical by decade and I would say that we are drawing closer. No one wins the MNC without a little luck.

I would trade schedules with GT any day. The person who said UGA would go 6-6 playing in the ACC is obviously high on something.

I predict UGA will be better than people think, Florida will be as good as people think, but will not repeat as MNC, GT will actually be worse than last year, but not by much. It didn’t take long for LSU to figure that offense out, and the other D-1 teams who are not the Service Academys (Thanks to all Service Men and Women for your service to our country!!!!! God bless you all!!) will figure that offense out soon enough.

DawginLex

July 30th, 2009
5:26 pm

2005 team would have pounded florida with DJ healthy and able to play. Florida went up and got slapped by the chickens the very next week. Meyer got lucky and faced a fraternity QB instead of the SEC offensive player of the year. He was still about 70% against auburn the next week.

Breaks, luck or whatever you want to call it, that team eventually won the SEC and the injury cost them a shot at the NT.

weak SEC sisters club

July 30th, 2009
5:38 pm

:) We are happy to announce that UGA and its fans are now charter members in our weak SEC sisters club. This club is for only weak SEC teams and its fans. Fans can vent their frustations only when their club team plays another club team member. No other venting about outside of conference teams. No venting about club teams performance when playing an Elite SEC team because it is expected and upsets are not that often. Fans can vent about offensive and defensive woes. Special teams woes. Assistant coaching blunders and head coaching blunders too. Off field displinary problems and arrests are also included. Recruiting comparisons are allowed to identify players who are not panning out. Vannila offensive play calling and defenses allowing 30 points in a game are great topics as well! The Club members and its fans are as follows: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss., Miss. State, South Carolina and Vanderbilt. Please note Auburns membership is still pending. Let us hear from you! :)

Larry Munson

July 30th, 2009
5:42 pm

“They’re running through us like we’re a Vandy or a Wake Forest”

Michael

July 31st, 2009
10:19 am

Sorry guys, but I see us at 7-5 this regular season.

Overrated

August 1st, 2009
10:51 pm

I see UGA going about 6-6 this year and just backing in at the last minute to a berth in the toilet bowl on a late season USC or Vandy loss.

Your team is going to be clobbered this year.