Two-minute drill: Dogs’ recruiting class best in SEC?
ESPN.com’s Chris Low declares Georgia is “burning up the recruiting trail.” He says, “The Bulldogs are making a strong bid to have the best recruiting class in the SEC, and that’s saying something when you look at whom Alabama, Florida and LSU have committed. … The Bulldogs now have 12 ESPNU 150 Watch List prospects (the most in the SEC) among the 18 players they have committed.” …
David Hale of the Bulldogs Blog identifies five Dogs who remain question marks and need to step up this season and, no, none of them is a tailback. His five: defensive ends Justin Houston and Demarcus Dobbs, punter Drew Butler, safety Reshad Jones and tight end Aron White. …
Loran Smith writes in the Athens Banner-Herald that the flap over Steve Spurrier initially not voting for Tim Tebow on the coaches’ preseason All-SEC team is much ado about nothing. Coaches should coach while someone else does the picking and ranking, he says. Smith also notes that coaches often have been known to let their prejudices influence their voting: “In 1990, there was a split vote on the national champion. Colorado, which beat Notre Dame 10-9 in a thrilling game in the Orange Bowl, was voted No. 1 by the Associated Press. The United Press International poll, whose voters were a panel of college head coaches, chose Georgia Tech. … Tech’s Bobby Ross was highly regarded in the coaching profession, but I can name you a number of coaches who did not like Bill McCartney of Colorado, a man who wore his religion on his sleeve. Several coaches voted against McCartney and Colorado because they thought McCartney to be a hypocrite.” …
Sports Illustrated’s Stewart Mandel on Georgia QB Joe Cox: “While I don’t necessarily see an SEC title in Cox’s future — that would require knocking off Florida — I would not be surprised at all if Cox and Georgia surprise some people this fall. For one thing, Mark Richt’s past two BCS bowl teams (2005 and ’07) both started the season outside the top 10, and it appears this Georgia squad will do so, too. That’s good news, because the Dawgs don’t seem to fare as well when expectations are high (see last year). Secondly, the last time we saw Cox in meaningful action as a redshirt freshman in ’06, he came in and led an impressive comeback against Colorado, throwing two touchdown passes. And finally, he’ll have a good supporting cast — no Knowshon Moreno, but an experienced offensive line, star receiver A.J. Green and the underrated Michael Moore (not the filmmaker; the guy who had six catches for 97 yards in the Capital One Bowl). I think we can say with reasonable certainty the SEC will place two teams in the BCS, and that one of those teams will be Florida. But your guess is as good as mine as to which of four teams — Alabama, Ole Miss, LSU or Georgia — will be the other.”
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JJ
July 30th, 2009
6:38 pm
I’m a Dawg fan too. Just wanted to make sure my fellow UGA fans didn’t get too worked up about that and make fools of themselves.
aztec
July 30th, 2009
6:45 pm
are bill king and loran smith married to each other????
pj
July 30th, 2009
6:55 pm
Georgia Tech has girls? I mean, I saw some Linebacker-ish person with breasts in a Gold shirt last year, but I just thought it was a freak occurance.
Seymore Hiney
July 30th, 2009
6:55 pm
Have the commemorative rings celebrating the rare win over UGA been issued by the techies yet? Nothing is more flattering than having the other school recognize how rare it is to actually win. Thanks, gt!
UGA livin' through LSU
July 30th, 2009
6:58 pm
Too bad y’all won’t do crap with those recruits. Just like usual.
45-42
C. Strickland
July 30th, 2009
7:02 pm
I wish I were Saint Simons, but I’m just a nobody.
Ramble On!!
July 30th, 2009
7:03 pm
IT was extremely hard to come out of the closet, but I figured what better place to do it than in the basement of my parents house…under an alias…while me and my boyfriend watch Battle Star Galtica!
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
July 30th, 2009
7:03 pm
Bob Horner swung like a pansy :…Comeback: enjoy your wife’s kimchi…I pray she doesn’t have an STD…but she might…sex is only a “tool” with her…never forget that…(don’t want you to get hurt..) Bob Hhorner was NOT a pansy…he hit 4 homers in a game..only 14 or so MLB players have done that….
Ramble On!!
July 30th, 2009
7:04 pm
Won’t do much as usual with those recruits…HA HA HA! We only own Tech and have won more 10 win seasons this decade than the nerd herd has in the last 25 years.
DONZADAWG
July 30th, 2009
7:07 pm
YEAH, BOB HORNER SWUNG LIKE A PANSY. GUESS THATS WHY HE HIT FOUR HOME RUNS IN ONE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME. JERKFACE.
Bob Horner had a sweet compact swing
July 30th, 2009
7:20 pm
DONZADAWG:…thanks for jumping in the fox hole w/ me….Bob stayed hurt…but man could he pull a fastball….
Wha?
July 30th, 2009
7:27 pm
Where did all of these great recruiting classes go? Supposedly, UGA had a few injuries and had no depth to replace them leading to the GT victory. Amazing how y’all pat yourselves on the back during recruiting and then poor mouth your depth after a loss.
A decent HS coach could do as well as Richt has at UGA.
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
7:30 pm
once again… talent to do nothing with… welcome to UGA where never has so little been done with so much…..!!!
gatorman770
July 30th, 2009
7:33 pm
Hey “ratdawg” – because:
1)I was born (1950) and raised in Georgia.
2) Both my parents are UGA graduates (even though my dad always pulled for Ga Tech because he went to the HS next door to GT)and were born and raised in GA which just proves “2 wrongs makes a right” or “2 negatives make a positive”!
3) I use to deliver the AJC paper in the late 50s and early 60s.
4) The AJC is or use to be a SE regional newspaper delivered all over the southeastern US (until it’s editors started it’s liberal bias 20 years ago).
So what’s your history in this area “ratdawg”?
weston
July 30th, 2009
7:39 pm
–>I’m sorry but the Junkyard Blawg is worthless.
Well, yellow wig, come next week you’ll be back in school and won’t have to worry your little wings about flying around this blog dropping your “genius” remarks.
Dawgs always have a great recruiting class. Doesn’t mean didly if our coaches can’t produce a quality end product with them. Can you imagine how powerful UGA would be in the SEC if the program had a great DC and OC? Man talk about kicking butt. Instead, we’re stuck with Silly Willie and Goofy Boobo. Oh well. Can’t have everything.
Just Sayin'
July 30th, 2009
7:43 pm
you are all children
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
7:48 pm
yeah i also notice that when its a uga recruit you hear idiots like buck belue yellin ….. “TOP RECRUIT IN THE NATION” but if anyone else gets them its an average recruit…. pathetic….
Seymore Hiney
July 30th, 2009
7:49 pm
Techies? Rings? Comments? Awww, c’mon….I know this is the busiest delivery time for your career (dinner=pizza) but take some time to explain the ring ceremony…inquiring minds want to know! heh
Dawg'94
July 30th, 2009
8:08 pm
Tech won the 1990 championship(held hands championship) by beating #19 Nebraska. Wow..that is awesome. I know the BCS is far from perfect, but at least the national champs have to beat a good team in the bowl game.
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
8:15 pm
so how does that explain the 1980 champ for uga…. they beat alot of average teams …. no good ones…. heck UGA thinks akron is a quality team
Huh?
July 30th, 2009
8:24 pm
No clarification needed week SEC sisters club. You’ve got about as much credibility as a New Jersey politician at this point. 2005 Auburn Championship season? You’re off by about a year there buttclown. LOL @ this moron.
Huh?
July 30th, 2009
8:26 pm
For the record, Tech would have gotten their damn teeth kicked in by Texas in 1990. Probaby Colorodo too. Texas was the best team that year, not some p!ssant ACC crap program like Tech. Thanks.
Seymore Hiney
July 30th, 2009
8:28 pm
Geez….you’d think people would know their own schools-oh, wait….the posters never actually ATTENDED tech, lmao. FYI, I’m referencing the much celebrated rings your ‘coarch’ had made afer escaping from UGA with a rare win. Honestly, I can’t think of a higher compliment! heh
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
8:29 pm
tech beat UGA and would they would have smashed texas in 90… like they did UGA… so they played the best and beat them….. deal with it….
BIG BEE
July 30th, 2009
8:33 pm
Never have I ever saw such a bunch of idiots. Don’t care who you are for, the whole damn bunch is just plain A#$ stupid.
ReptilesRule
July 30th, 2009
8:34 pm
UGA, FLA, LSU, BAMA will all finish in the top ten.
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
8:39 pm
and loose in the bowl games…. as usual over rated…
Tide Rising
July 30th, 2009
8:40 pm
Recruiting looks really strong for Bama, UGA, and UF. LSU is only very slightly behind. Currently Bama has the 2nd ranked recruiting class for 2010, UGA 3rd, UF 5th, and LSU 7th. But UGA and UF slightly higher average star ratings on their classes. Bama just has a few more commits right now at 20. Florida is probably tops in the sec though as far as average star rating with dawgs only slighly behind. Bottom line though is that Bama, UGA, and UF will all finish with top 5 classes most likely and LSU certainly with a top 10 class.
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
8:46 pm
and UGA will do so very little with so much… except in the prison system…. they excel in that…
dawgkicker
July 30th, 2009
8:49 pm
and this year we beat UGA again…. and next year again…. and so on and so on
DawginTexas
July 30th, 2009
8:54 pm
Richt’s class may be the best recruiting class in the SEC in years! With all this talent, he should start dominating the SEC after tebow leaves florida. Look for the DAWGS in the BCS on a regular basis, starting in 2010. Florida’s run is over soon!!!
Georgia Tech Fan
July 30th, 2009
9:18 pm
Saint Simons, please stop with that post. We won a good hard fought game and certainly some good natured trash talk to our friends from up the road was in order. That said, act like you have been there before, brother. Posting the score everytime a new blog goes up makes me cringe. Do you see fans of any top tier schools (other than some Bama ‘necks) behaving like that? Have Dawg fans gloated like you are on our message boards nine months after they beat us? No!! That is because they expect to win every game they play (save one) even if they come up short some time. We got a hell of a coach and should be a program to be reckoned with so lets start acting like we expect to win everytime we take the field. Let that game go and lets go whip some tail this year. I love that you are a fan who seems to care and I feel bad calling you out in front of the “enemy” but you have to stop embarrasing the rest of us and making us all look like fans of a second tier program.
god and greyhound
July 30th, 2009
9:25 pm
Uog gets top 10 classes every year. never gets em anywhere
BEATDOWN BY THE HEDGES
July 30th, 2009
9:28 pm
45-42 thwg
Mikey
July 30th, 2009
9:29 pm
Great post, Georgia Tech Fan. Unfortunately SS will not listen to you.
He is a troll and should be banned from the AJC period.
The troll even posts that same drivel on non UGA stories.
What a tool.
BEATDOWN BY THE COKE
July 30th, 2009
9:29 pm
COMING IN NOV
Mikey
July 30th, 2009
9:30 pm
g and g, or should I say m….it gets us 7 and 1 in the past 8 years over your sorry asses.
god and greyhound
July 30th, 2009
9:35 pm
Uog: 1-4 last 5 games not coached by gailey. oh yeah and 45-42. get ready for another beatdown in 2009
ghost dawg
July 30th, 2009
10:04 pm
Same question gator man, why are you here? I don’t care if you’re the editor of ajc why are you here? I’m a dawg fan not a gator fan, so i don’t read about gator news. Could care less. Evidently fla and tech doesn’t have a place to post. Understandly you would look for a place but why are you here? we don’ wanna talk gator.
Georgia On My Mind
July 30th, 2009
10:16 pm
If all of us would ignore st simons he would go away. By repeatedly responding to his childlike posts keeps him or hit making the posts. Anyway, recruiting is overblown. A top 10 recruiting class or a series of top 10 recruiting classes will not make you a good team. Good coaching, a lot of high level execution, teamwork, and giving it all you have will make you a good or great team, even if your team is made up of 3 and 2 stars. See Utah last year.
BEATDOWN BY THE COKE
July 30th, 2009
10:51 pm
tech 49 uga 46 come get some puppies
Dawg Props
July 30th, 2009
10:56 pm
The dawgs will show up this year and blow out tech in atlanta, maybe worse than LSU beat them in peach bowl! Dawgs roll in Atlanta, tech struggles to make another low rent, minor bowl somewhere sponsored by a car rental agency!
Denver Dog
July 30th, 2009
11:13 pm
Isn’t it a shame about Tech?
chad
July 30th, 2009
11:16 pm
Ugay has the best recruiting class in the SEC? Anyone ever hear of ALABAMA, look it up then call me. Ask scout and rivals, the bible for the mutts, that will be enough for any nadlicker.
chad
July 30th, 2009
11:20 pm
Hey dawg poops, sorry I mean dog crap, just joking(not) dawg props what you gonna say when Tech blasts that ass again this year? It will happen, just wait ass sniffer you’ll see.
Saint Simons
July 30th, 2009
11:20 pm
Georgia Tech fan you must had helped fix the broken sewer line in Athens, because i can smell you!!!! hahahhahahahahahahaha
chad
July 30th, 2009
11:21 pm
Oh yeah “Ain’t Life Grand” (WSP)
honest_abe
July 30th, 2009
11:26 pm
i love how bill king’s blogs consist of copying and pasting other people’s articles…. seriously, you suck mr. king.
49-10
July 30th, 2009
11:47 pm
still no answers….only pipe dreams and pissy attitudes when people tell the truth…
also, The reason rivals are on a dog blog is because we keep up with other teams to have an idea about as many teams as we can and no what to expect. That is why UGA fans are disappointed every year and other fans are not because UGA only reads about how good they will be while other fans want to hear what EVERYONE is saying.
49-10
July 30th, 2009
11:47 pm
oh yea….49-10