What will UGA fans make of ‘Dooley’s Vols’?
UGA-bred Derek Dooley is a definite step up in class from Lane Kiffin. (Louisiana Tech)
As college football rivalries go, the one between UGA and Tennessee doesn’t have a lot of history (they didn’t play for many years) and it has never had the intensity of Georgia-Florida, or the sibling-like feel of Georgia-Auburn and the season-ending meeting with Tech.
And yet the rivalry with the Vols is the only one in modern memory that saw UGA fans tear down the goal posts in Athens after a win, and it produced one of Larry Munson’s most memorable calls in Knoxville.
I got to thinking about the nature of that rivalry after my son raised the question of how having Vince Dooley’s son Derek as the UT head coach might change how UGA fans view Tennessee.
Certainly, Dooley, who grew up in Athens, played and got his undergrad degree at Virginia and received his law degree from UGA, won’t be the obvious villain in fans’ eyes that loudmouthed Lane Kiffin aspired to be. By all appearances to date, he’s a classy guy who’s more likely to take the higher road like his dad did.
There’s a certain residual affection for Derek Dooley among many in the Bulldog Nation. During his time at Louisiana Tech, I heard quite a few Georgia fans pulling for him to succeed, and his name was even floated from time to time as a likely successor to Mark Richt one day.
But Dooley reportedly is a tenacious recruiter (he was LSU’s recruiting coordinator under Nick Saban), and if he goes so far as to, say, pry a prized five-star commitment away from UGA, that certainly wouldn’t endear him to fans of the Dogs.
Of course, he’d only be doing his job in that regard and I don’t think any reasonable UGA fan could really work up a hate for him over even that.
Still, it is going to be “strange,” as his father said, when Dooley brings his team to play Between the Hedges. “Dooley’s Vols” just doesn’t sound right.
And there’ll be a lot of media hoopla, no doubt centering on what his parents will be wearing and for whom they’ll be cheering. Vince has said Barbara will wear orange and cheer loudly for her youngest son, whereas he’ll have “mixed emotions” and will pull “quietly” for Derek in his private box at Sanford Stadium. Even that has upset some Georgia fans who seem to think the elder Dooley should put his former employer over his own child.
But while the “Dooley” name fronting the Vols might give the annual game against Georgia a bit of the “Bowden Bowl” flavor, overall I’d say having Derek Dooley at UT will cool the rivalry off a bit from what it might have been with Kiffin at the helm. And certainly the young Dooley won’t be as easy a target for ridicule as Kiffin would have been or Phil “the Great Pumpkin” Fulmer was.
What do you think? Will you view Tennessee any differently with a Dooley as coach? And is it high treason for Vince to pull, even quietly, for his son to beat the Dogs?
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UGA 2010
January 29th, 2010
11:02 am
good question?
JR
January 29th, 2010
11:03 am
“the great pumpkin” real original.. great journalism
UGA 2010
January 29th, 2010
11:06 am
i dont kno wut id say if i even saw V Dooley KIND OF cheering. and honestly i think i WOULD in a way resent dooley if he takes a 5 star recruit from us.
Ron Mexico
January 29th, 2010
11:06 am
First! Maybe?
UGA 2010
January 29th, 2010
11:06 am
oh yeah and FIRST!!!
Ron Mexico
January 29th, 2010
11:07 am
I think he will do great in for UT. Good Luck young Dooley!
Ron Mexico
January 29th, 2010
11:08 am
Man I need coffee this morning LOL.
DawgsForever
January 29th, 2010
11:08 am
If he keeps stealing UGA recruits…especially from our own back yard…he will turn into the villain pretty quickly! Shoot we already struggle to win the SEC East with top 5 recruiting classes. How far back do we fall if we drop to top 20 recruiting classes because Dooley steals 4 or 5 of our top home grown players to UT???
HOUNDSTOOTH HOMO
January 29th, 2010
11:08 am
I LOVE NICK SABAN’S HAIR AND MY 473 NC!!!
uga_b
January 29th, 2010
11:09 am
Definitely not treason to pull for family. He pulls for the Bulldog family the rest of the time. As far as I can tell, this makes UT the second team in the East I hope does well replacing UK I guess. I still want UGA to beat them up and down, but I won’t root for them to lose as much. Hard to root against a good person and a good family. We need people like Derek to succeed and people like Kiffin to fail.
VolAlum
January 29th, 2010
11:10 am
I’m just glad to get rid of Kiffin. Dooley is a class act.
Dean
January 29th, 2010
11:10 am
I will respect Dooley and will lay off the vols as much as possible while he is there. But, given the way they treat their coaches give him a 7-5 season and they will be trying to run him out of town. There is a serious misunderstanding of how college football ebbs and flows with the fans from Knoxville. I do wish he had chosen a classier fan base and a school not in the SEC to make his name.
Paul H
January 29th, 2010
11:12 am
Whether it’s Dooley or Kiffin, Tennessee is still Tennessee and my opinion on them remains the same.
HOUNDSTOOTH HOMO
January 29th, 2010
11:13 am
NO STORY…..
I wish I was on ole...
January 29th, 2010
11:16 am
It is absolutely as easy to hate the Vols today as it was one month ago. If he does pull Da’Rick Rogers away from UGA, any positive emotion displayed by Dawg fans towards Dooley the younger will vanish. His job is to beat our beloved Dawgs. Period. Also, do not forget that current UGA freshmen and sophomores were born AFTER Dooley retired from UGA. They care as much for him as most middle aged UGA fans care for Wally Butts. That is to say, there is some respect there, but a general apathy. It won’t be hard for them to despise Dooley 2.0, especially if he beats us next year.
Finally, I understand that Auburn and GT or our two oldest rivalries. The GT game actually had to be canceled for a while in the early 20th century due to violence between the two fan bases. However, since the SEC was split into two divisions, our priorities have changed. Yes we want to beat AU and GT, but we HAVE to beat UT and UF to succeed, thereby making them our two most important (and bitter) rivalries. In closing, when you’re sitting in Sanford next fall, and you’ve just heard Rocky Top for the 36th time, and its still the first quarter, you’ll remember why you hate the cream sicles. To hell with Tennessee.
Volman
January 29th, 2010
11:19 am
Are you kidding Dean? You guys were ready to run Richt out of town this past year. UT is no different than any other SEC school. Mediocrity is not tolerated. I won’t even mention how my wife was spit on the last time we were in Athens. Get out, see the world and don’t be so delusional.
JB
January 29th, 2010
11:20 am
Volman, you can go to ANY SEC venue and have problems ( my father in law had to leave a game in your house at half time because of a little to much booze by some of your finest). It happens. 95% of our folks are great and yours are. don’t paint with a wide brush.
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
January 29th, 2010
11:20 am
Having D Dooley as head coach will for sure make it harder to despise the Vols. But somehow I think I’ll be up to the task. Especially after talking to a few of their fans. In Tn there is a saying ” you can tell a Vol fan, but you can’t tell him much” Best of luck to the UT nation, you got better than you deserve
Ryan
January 29th, 2010
11:24 am
Still hate Tennessee, don’t hate Dooley. Every coach needs a stepping stone before they make it to a class program like UGA.
Mikey in the SAV
January 29th, 2010
11:27 am
Rocky Flop is still Rocky Flop but I will miss Lame Kitten.
He was entertaining.
PMC
January 29th, 2010
11:27 am
Don’t hate the coach hate the laundry.
JB
January 29th, 2010
11:27 am
The Vols don’t know how lucky they are. Dooley may not take them to where they want to go, but the next guy won’t have a mess to clean up. Kiffen would have brought BIG TROUBLE to Tennessee in the long run. I think Dooley will do well, but like us with Richt, 10 wins hardly gets it anymore. Dooley could go 30-6 his first three years, and you’ll hear drums beating. 20-12 he’s gone.
egeagle
January 29th, 2010
11:29 am
The only fanbase that seems to hate UGA so fiercely as Tech would have to be UT, but that’s only based on my reactions to people on these blogs. It’s tough to pull for a coach you admire and like when he takes over a program you despise. I’ve got this in double dose because I like PJ and loathe Tech and I like young Dooley but abhor UT. I guess it depends on how successful each is against my beloved Eagles or Dawgs.
JB
January 29th, 2010
11:29 am
20-16 he’s gone…..just one more math class would’ve helped.
GET OVER IT
January 29th, 2010
11:31 am
Kiffin left, get over it. You don’t see SC crying in their milk because Carrol left, and he won 2 MNCs. Kiffin was building a winning program in TN and he would have been successful. He got an offer anyone would envy and he took it. Now he has a winning program and he leads one of the premier programs in all of sports. USC didn’t have any involvement in the Reggie Bush deal. The University didn’t commit any violations, only Bush did. The most that will happen in the loss of wins in the 2005 season, maybe a few scollies. The program will not only be fine it will thrive; under Kiffin SC will win multiple NCs in the coming decade, COUNT ON IT.
rural dawg
January 29th, 2010
11:33 am
“the great pumpkin” huh… my personal favorite was “Philopotamus”
SOUTH GA DAWG FAN
January 29th, 2010
11:34 am
Maybe young Dooley does good and beats fla which is something we can not seem to get accomplished so if he can beat fla and we can beat UT maybe we can make it back to the sec championship one day if fla picks up another loss along the way , but Auburn is going to be extremely tough also I alomost wish we were in the acc nope its not that bad yet
Nick
January 29th, 2010
11:40 am
Its not treason to pull for your family. I would expect Coach Dooley to pull for his son I would pull for mine.
As for stealing recruits thats another story. That will get him to the Kirby Smart list pretty fast.
Cuz
January 29th, 2010
11:40 am
Well it was fun having the Phans of Phat Phil, til he beat our eyes out.
It is perfectly acceptable to me that Coach Vince cheer for his son. But if he had become head coach of Georgia Tech…………
Volman
January 29th, 2010
11:43 am
JB, that was the point of my post. Every fan base has redneck fans.
Have no doubt
January 29th, 2010
11:48 am
that if Derek starts beating the Dawgs, they won’t hesitate to portray him as an evil person. The class, or lack thereof, of the Bulldawg Nation will be exposed.
Funny how things go
January 29th, 2010
11:51 am
Its pretty ironic that a Dooley will be going against the Dawgs every year. 41-17
Hoof Hearted
January 29th, 2010
11:52 am
As a Dawg fan, I’m disappointed by the hire. I think Dooley is a class act and good coach with great potential. I think he’ll do much better long term (maybe even short-term) than Kiffin. I would much prefer to face the jack-ass Lane Kiffin. That made Tennessee that much easier to hate. Now, not so much. So, I think his hire will definitely cool some of the animosity in the rivalry.
Anyone who faults Vince or Barbara for openly cheering for their son is a moron or doesn’t have kids. If Vince was still coaching, or the AD, it would be different. However, he’s retired. As a dawg fan, imagine your kid being a football starter for Tennessee. Are you telling me you would be pulling for Georgia to win that game? I’m not saying it would be easy, but come on.
Bryan G.
January 29th, 2010
11:53 am
It feels weird to me because I can’t help but pull for Derek. If Vince pulls for his son, I honestly don’t have a problem with that. As a matter of fact, I think it would be kind of odd if Vince WASN’T pulling for his son. Vince isn’t the AD anymore and he’s done more for UGA than anyone else ever has. UGA owes him way more than he owes us.
jeepers creepers
January 29th, 2010
11:57 am
nuthin sucks like a big orange – GO DAWGS!
Brucemac
January 29th, 2010
12:10 pm
It won’t be hard to pull for DD, he is a UGA grad and son of VD plus he is a likeable sort. Of course we won’t pull for him when they play the DAWGS but noone expects that. I guaranty you the fans in Red and Black will be on his side versus the Gators. He will get some Georgia recruits and so would any head coach of the Vols, they don’t have enough players in Tennessee to compete. Why should we hate DD just because he is doing his job.
Tailback U
January 29th, 2010
12:12 pm
You cant fault Vince for pulling for his son for sure. But he can
at least give him some jazz in the years they lose to the Dawgs.
I guarantee you if Vince Dooley did it publicly no one would hold a
grudge if he wore the ugly orange T hat to the Florida game for
instance.
gadawgs
January 29th, 2010
12:14 pm
I don’t care who coaches TN I still do not care for them. So what if it’s a Dooley it’s not Vince so I do not care. I will have no problem continuing my distaste for all things orange.
Wozzo the Wonder Dog
January 29th, 2010
12:18 pm
Just another UGA grad doing well. I assume there’s a good chance he will be one of the highest salaried in his law school class, unless somethere is a plaintiff’s attorney with some good cases lined up in the group. Nice to see Smart and Muschamp also bump up the average-UGA-graduate salary numbers as well. Muschamp also ending up as king-maker, helping to place both Derek and Grantham.
mexdawg
January 29th, 2010
12:18 pm
This guy is gonna become one of the best coaches in the nation and will recruit a lot of great players out of Georgia.The good news is that when CMR retires he will become the next head coach at UGA.Mark my word.LET THE BIG DAWG EAT.
The General Feeling
January 29th, 2010
12:25 pm
Momma Dooley has already said she will wear daisy orange and cheer for the Volunteers. That’s all you leg humpers need to know…
superDawg
January 29th, 2010
12:30 pm
tenn. got a good man and like the post above may have saved them alot of heart ache.I for one will never pull for anything orange.Good luck to Dooley who knows it may take him to a school with class.
commonsense
January 29th, 2010
12:35 pm
Funny how nobody blames Archie Manning for cheering for the Colts even though he lives in New Orleans and played many years for the Saints. But isn’t Vince in basically the same boat? He didn’t even graduate from UGA for crying out loud. This is his SON! I got a feeling he will be a little more vocal than he thinks on game day.
Dawgs2010
January 29th, 2010
12:37 pm
If he wears Orange, he is the enemy. Enough said!
Dawg Fud
January 29th, 2010
12:41 pm
i hope Derek is successful in Knoxville (but not when he’s visiting Athens on official business).
i think he will do very well at Tennessee.
Scout Dawg
January 29th, 2010
12:42 pm
I will love him and wish him much success, after all he is one of our greatest legacies, AS LONG AS WE BEAT THEIR A$$E$! GATA!
Bright Idea
January 29th, 2010
12:43 pm
Like his daddy and coaches Billy Henderson and George Welsh Dooley will respect his opponents and try like heck to beat them.
Dawg Fud
January 29th, 2010
12:45 pm
The General Feeling…you call Georgia fans “leg humpers” yet ol’ smokey trolls your sidelines.
moron.
Red
January 29th, 2010
12:53 pm
Derek Dooley couldn’t care less about what UGA fans think about him. He was hired as a football coach at an SEC divisional rival and will do everything possible to beat UGA. UT has been soundly beating the Dawgs with alot less talent on paper in recent years. If squeaking out a win is a “Hobnail Boot”, than the recent beatdowns UT has done to the Dawgs must be getting run over by a truck.
As far as ridiculing coaches, if I was a UGA fan I would be ridiculing Mark Richt for taking repeated Top 10 recruiting classes to the Weedeater Bowl.
Dawg Fud
January 29th, 2010
12:53 pm
Hoof Hearted,
as an alumnus, i am always pulling for the DAWGS. if my child goes to another school, more power to them – that’s their decision and i will support it.
HOWEVER, i am not going to root against my school because my child attends and/or plays for another. i just could not do it. plus, i think there can be healthy competition within a family. there used to be this thing called “sportsmanship” and you did not have to ridicule or have have wayward animosity towards your opponent.
if my child’s school beat UGA, i would be the first to tip my cap to them and give them a bug hug.
Bremen Dawg
January 29th, 2010
12:54 pm
I’m not to worried about him at Tennessee, along as he doesn’t find his Erk Russell if you know what I mean. Anybody won wears that awful orange then they are enemies.
Natureboy809
January 29th, 2010
12:56 pm
I wouldn’t care if my dad was the coach at Tennessee, my brother was the defensive coordinator, and my son played QB for them, I’d want UGA to crush them.
DawgBuzz
January 29th, 2010
12:58 pm
Hopefully Georgia will view the Tennessee game with a great deal more intensity than in past years. With Dooley as coach this should raise the stakes for the Dawgs who need to win, win big and keep the crop of recruits in state.
Vince should always support his son regardless. Just say’in….
Scout Dawg
January 29th, 2010
1:03 pm
I am as big a DAWG fan as anyone. Started listening to games in 1974 when we moved to Georgia when I was 5. UGA alum 1991. If my son went to Tennessee I would sacrifice virgins for the Georgia win, sorry son. If my son coached or played, well I hope for every success for my child.
ratherBgambling
January 29th, 2010
1:03 pm
I’m Mike Hamiliton and I am an idiot!
I fire a coach who went 152-52 with a guy who’s record is 5-15.
The 5-15 coach screws me so I hire another guy who’s record is 17-20.
I’m Mike Hamilton and there is no one smart enough at UT to fire me………..i’m surrounded by bigger idiots that me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
collegeballfan
January 29th, 2010
1:10 pm
If Vince does not pull for his son then I would call him a lousy excuse for a father.
————–
“…any reasonable UGA fan…” Surely you jest!
BAMA STAN
January 29th, 2010
1:13 pm
13 NATIONAL TITLES – 22 SEC TITLES!!!
Whatever……
Dereck Dooley could care less about what UGA or Bama or Florida think about him. This is a bright person – and he knows what he was hired to do – win football games. IF he has to go raid Georgia’s recruits – all’s fair and open game – his focus is to find the best athletes and football players that fit into his football strategy – and go beat up the other team.
Do you really think Nick Saban cares about Auburn – or Georgia – or Tennessee? He cares about whoevev employs him – and that’s it.
Coach Dooley – while not wearing orange – (and I would not) should openly cheer for his son. If Bear Bryants kid coached became HC at Auburn after the Bear retired – I guarentee you you – the Bear would be rooting for his son’s success – no matter who they played.
I get the feeling that Mark Richt is feeling the heat – he knows Da’Rick Rogers is gone – N. Robey is gone – and D. Rogers is gone. That is three (3) of the best athletes that he thought he had sowed up….and they will commit elsewhere.
Also – I applaud Richt for making the needed coaching change on defense – if UGA continues it’s 7/8 win slide – and does not close the Gap to Urban – he will be gone in a few short years. He knows this – he feels this – and Grantham better be a good hire.
Look for Tennessee and Auburn to bolt past UGA in a few years.
Auburn will turn the corner on UGA this year.
Tennessee may be in trouble in 2010 – but they do have a very young team – and combine with this years class – will beat UGA – making it 4 out of 6 in 2011.
Just calling it as I see it.
ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL TIDE!!!!
Scout Dawg
January 29th, 2010
1:13 pm
Right on CUZ, you have got to draw the line somewhere. The HE!! with the nerds!
ga gator
January 29th, 2010
1:14 pm
ratherBgambling, Hilarious dude!!
Scout Dawg
January 29th, 2010
1:16 pm
You know what, shame on me ’cause I can’t remember his name, but I sure do miss Buck in the Northwest! I hope but am not sure that was his AKA.
Redcoat Opinion
January 29th, 2010
1:18 pm
I think it’s funny how all of the fan bases make fun of each other for lack of class and such…no SEC fan base is without it’s classless crazies…just the nature of the beast…I see them all first hand…
Bremen Dawg
January 29th, 2010
1:20 pm
Funny that these Bama idiots don’t remember that Saban teams has got thrased in Athens a few times. Saban will make like a tree and leave Bama. He seems to do that. Da’Rick knows he has better chance of playing with T the first year, that’s the only reason he is looking and he wants to be the star, we already have a star in AJ and he doesn’t want to play behind him.
NCAA
January 29th, 2010
1:26 pm
Bama Stan,
You Alabama fans are pretty terrible at math (not surprising). How you count N.C.’s is a joke. If Alabama has 13 N.C.’s then Kentucky has about 6, Vanderbilt has 4, and South Carolina has 3. If the Birmingham News votes Alabama #1 and every other poll doesn’t even include you in the rankings, you guys will claim a National Championship. Maybe the public schools in Alabama should do a better job at teaching ya’ll how to count.
Hey ... Bill King...
January 29th, 2010
1:26 pm
Just a heads up … Derek Dooley doesnt have ANYTHING to do with Georgia… .he didnt go to college at UGA … has never coached at UGA … what will Georgia fans think? I guess the same thing we think of Dabo coaching Clemson, or Saban coaching Alabama…
Were you just reaching with this blog? or did you just run out of clear thoughts?
scoundrel
January 29th, 2010
1:27 pm
I wouldn’t be surprised if Vince rooted like hell against the school that fired him after everything he did for UGA.
Sanford Drive
January 29th, 2010
1:33 pm
Derek Dooley went to law school at UGA, you goob.
D. Dooley
January 29th, 2010
1:38 pm
Objection!!
Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho
January 29th, 2010
1:45 pm
bama stan is as long winded as BuLLdawg. More amusing though, claiming 13 N Championships. I think it’s funny when one of the most successful programs in history has to make up titles to feel good about themselves
UGA girl
January 29th, 2010
1:49 pm
Volman—-then I guess I shouldn’t mention that I was SPIT on by a grown man in Neyland Stadium 2 years ago! Not once, but twice…. Pitiful really but it goes both ways!!
Dawghater
January 29th, 2010
1:55 pm
The Puppy Dawgs will hate Derek Dooley when he kicks the butts between the hedges!
scoundrel
January 29th, 2010
1:59 pm
UGA girl, they are pretty classless, I agree. When my daughter was in the UF band (when Manning played at UT) they spit and threw things at them from above in the stands. What was their reponse? The band played Rocky Top after blowing Tenn out again! When they come to the Swamp they are without a doubt even close to other teams fans.
CatsFly
January 29th, 2010
2:01 pm
Look, sure Vince has deep feelings for UGa. It fed his family “high on the hog” for many years. But before you get to luv’n Derek because his dad was coach at UGa, understand, Vince deep in his heart pulls for his alma mater, even against UGa. UGa was job, AU was his first love.
Saban
January 29th, 2010
2:02 pm
Just another beat down for the dawgs.
Shame Richt is afraid to play us.
Not only that his hairdresser is a Georgia Tech fan.
In fact with Dooley at Tenn. and Johnson at Tech, Georgia will never win more than 6 games a year.
Brucemac
January 29th, 2010
2:03 pm
“Hey Bill King”:
thanks for the demonstration of Vol ignorance. He is a graduate of UGA law school.
town drunk
January 29th, 2010
2:05 pm
CatsFly, you know Vince personally, that he pulls for Auburn?
D. Dooley
January 29th, 2010
2:05 pm
Objection sustained!!
Dawg Nation
January 29th, 2010
2:07 pm
The hell with Dooley and the Vols. They are an enemy of ours nobody who is coaching them.
Gen Neyland
January 29th, 2010
2:09 pm
Me, I’m a Volunteer. A team guy. Doesn’t matter who’s in the HC role although I may share an opinion one way or the other if so inclined. What matters are the guys that wear Orange and White. I harbor no hate to any program but I sure do want to beat them all. I can only ass-u-me that fans of any program feel the same about their program. If the son of Lane Kiffin (Knox) ends up at UGA in 35-45 years, we’ll talk. ‘Course I’ll be senile and slobbering on myself by then so why would I even care.
UGA girl : You actually hung around long enough for that guy to bring up a second wad..? Slow on your feet or something..? And if you tell me you were in a wheelchair or on crutches, I’ll call you on that one. What’s your number..? Okay, enough of she said, she said. Anybody can make any accusation here, true or not.
cherokee
January 29th, 2010
2:11 pm
Saban………….. UGA does not control the in conference schedule the SEC does.
cherokee
January 29th, 2010
2:18 pm
Gen Neyland ……….UGA girl should have kick the crap out of him the first time….either she deserved it or something was wrong why some guy from UT or UGA didn’t stomp the crap out of the spitter. Childish behavior.
Gen Neyland
January 29th, 2010
2:19 pm
scroundrel : You’re another one that thinks his teams fanbase consist of angels all..? What a bunch of puke and piousness. For ever story you ‘conjure’ there will be 100’s of others that say they were treated with respect in opponents stadiums. Except in Gainesville though, right..?
Technophobia
January 29th, 2010
2:20 pm
“Corn won’t grow at all on Rocky Top
Ground’s too rocky by far
That’s why all the folks on Rocky Top
Get their corn from a jar.”
I always loved that part of the song Rocky Top, Americana at its best.
Fl Dawg
January 29th, 2010
2:24 pm
Gen Neyland, your are correct. No one has angels, but the one time I went to the swamp in 94 I was shocked how they treated us, much better than in Jax.
scoundrel
January 29th, 2010
2:26 pm
Gen Neyland, ask Peyton how well he was treated in Gainsville; hahahahaha.
ga gator
January 29th, 2010
2:28 pm
Hate to say it, but the reason the SEC has a rule that visitors must be seated behind the opposing teams bench was because of the UF students.
LOL
January 29th, 2010
2:29 pm
Volman, if you wife acts anything like you, which she probably does, she deserved what she got!
JB
January 29th, 2010
2:29 pm
This a Georgia paper……mostly a UGA crowd. I love it when the haters come on here, people who can’t tell you if it’s going to rain tomorrow, and tell us what Georgia will or won’t do in the next year or two. You really make an ass of yourself by saying the things you say ” Georgia is in a slide or Mark Richt is on thin ice”…blah, blah, blah…..We might go 12-0 with a Red shirt Freshman QB next year, who knows. Every blog on here ought to start with IN MY OPINION.
Georgia Bob
January 29th, 2010
2:30 pm
Bama Stan, the UGA obsession of yours is just a little old at this point. You have your NC, go celebrate, and stop obsessing over our football program.
ga gator
January 29th, 2010
2:32 pm
JB so IN YOUR OPINION is UGA going 12-0 in 2010?
Okefenokee Dawg
January 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
Do you think that the folks at Louisana Tech think Dooley is a class act? Didn’t he do to them the same thing that Kiffin did to Tenn.? And, I really don’t care who Vince and Barbara cheer for – their call.
59bulldawg
January 29th, 2010
2:43 pm
Well I hope Derek does well except when he plays Georgia. But with that said, perhaps he can find his own soul man to sing a Tennessee version of Dooley’s Junkyard Dogs. Just call it Dooley’s Hillbilly Vols and sing it to the tune of JB’s catchy little ditty.
poopdawg
January 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
ga gator i believe there was a “who knows” following that statement. But if you know please tell me . GO Dawgs
ga gator
January 29th, 2010
3:01 pm
poopdawg, thanks for the correction; if I knew I would refi my house and bet it in Vegas! But that’s just my opinion.
UGAkev
January 29th, 2010
3:18 pm
In my opinion it is very possible for UGA to go 12-0 next season. It would not suprise me at all. The Dawgs down fall is simply small things that can be fixed quick. Georgia has the most talent on offense i have ever seen in the history of georgia football for the next few seasons. If Grantham brings a sound Discliplined stud defense to go with this offense then georgia will be right back on top in the sec in the next year or two. But what do i know i just watch every play every game every year.
papadawg
January 29th, 2010
3:27 pm
Who cares that he’s the son of Vince Dooley. He’s never been a DAWG by going to Virginia and never coaching at Ga. Plus he’s wearing the God Awful Orange. Why would we pull for him.
ga gator
January 29th, 2010
3:28 pm
UGAkev, I go to all of their home games and to Jax every year, but don’t think just because UGA ran all over Tech’s defense that was lousy that means that your offense is back. Time will tell.
George
January 29th, 2010
3:42 pm
What are you talking about? It will be easy to hate D. Dooley. He’s now the enemy plain and simple. In fact, I hate him already.
Lakedawg
January 29th, 2010
3:47 pm
It’s harder to dislike them, true, but is there any reason to keep
talking on this site about a team (Tennessee) that has had a LOSING
season in two of the past four years ?
Dawg Fud
January 29th, 2010
3:50 pm
for all the uninformed folks on here…
Derek Dooley is a UGA Law School alumnus, commonly referred to as a Law Dawg (which is not to be confused with a Breaking-The-Law-Dawg)
PhilDawg
January 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
UT for me is a strong 3rd on the Hate Meter (UF #1, Auburn #2). Failure to Hate these is to ignorantly live in the past! Dawgs have to beat the Vols and the Gators in the East. Auburn, well what’s not to hate. Dooley will be harder to Hate than Kiffin on the Attitude side, but this is Business. Having a Dooley at the helm doesn’t matter. The Vols are a team to Hate. It’s been dissapointing that the Bulldog Nation hasn’t really rallied behind that idea since the conference split into divisions. Vols – Dog Food, Dog Food!
coachdawg 2000
January 29th, 2010
4:14 pm
Growing up in NorthWest Georgia I learned to hate UT (lots up stompjumpers in them,there parts!) But I would be very disappointed if either Vince OR Barbara Dooley rooted for UGA over their own son. I hope we beat ‘em 1000-0 but I will hold no ill will against Derek or the other Dooleys. I have degree form UGA but if my son got a chance to play somewhere else and UGA didn’t give him an opportunity I would root for him over UGA 10 times out of 10. It’s Called perspective people look into it!
Floundering Fox Hounds Batman!
January 29th, 2010
4:47 pm
Dony Worry Derek will continue the Tenn. a$$ whuppings on UGA ! CMR is just a softie and softies finish last……
GT STILL IS A 4TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 29th, 2010
4:54 pm
DEREK IS VINCE DOOLEY’S LITTLE BOY, SO HE WILL ULTIMATELY DOO-LITTLE. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHA JUST SAYING.
GT STILL IS A 4TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 29th, 2010
4:57 pm
THE UGA DAWGS CHEER SHOULD BE DOOLITTLE. HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAH
GT STILL IS A 4TH RATE HIGH SCHOOL TEAM
January 29th, 2010
4:58 pm
DEREK WILL DOOLITTLE FOR THE VOLS SPECIALLY AGAINS THE UGA DAWGS. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AceDawg
January 29th, 2010
5:14 pm
I’ll respect Tennessee a little more if he’s a down to earth guy, but their still a top rival, and I hope UGA throttles Tennessee every time they play the Dawgs no matter who is the coach or plays for them, etc, etc.
BILLY JACK
January 29th, 2010
5:25 pm
IT IS VERY HARD TO HATE DEREK DOOLEY-TENNESEE FANS THATS A DIFFERENT STORY.
SuperB
January 29th, 2010
5:29 pm
The only reason there is a University of Tennesse is so all the kids from Atlanta– you can’t get into Georgia– will have a school to go to. Or to either Alabama school. It’s true.
Gen Neyland
January 29th, 2010
5:41 pm
scoundrel : Peyton is in a place Tebow will never be. QBing a team in the Super Bowl. My favorite trip to the Bog was for Spurrier’s last game there coaching the Lizards.
Rabun Dawg
January 29th, 2010
5:59 pm
It is refreshing to know that Old Bama Stan has that crystal ball working. I guess poor old UGA better just mail it in this coming season. We have slude(quoting old Diz) off the football map according to Bama and now Auburn, UT, etc. have taken our place in the pecking order behind the Tide and the Gators. I guess next we will hear from him that UGA has fallen behind UK, Vandy, and Miss. St. Heck, we may as well go down to 1-AA according to Bama Stan! Thanks for all your keen insight, we Ga. fans could not exist without you!
Rabun Dawg
January 29th, 2010
6:08 pm
As far as the Dooley’s rooting for their son, I would think they wouldn’t be very normal parents if they didn’t pull for him and wear a little orange. As far as I am concerned, I do not personally hate any other programs, but probably have less disdain for UT with young Dooley at the helm than before. And why should he not recruit the State of Ga.hard, everyone else does!
raleigh
January 29th, 2010
6:53 pm
i still freakin hate tennessee, i just dont hate their coach anymore. at least i dont yet…
Dooley Be Bad
January 29th, 2010
7:02 pm
Bill
It’s hard to dislike a Dooley, but Derek is a Vol. Even worse, he’s a Vol who’s determined to take the best talent from this state out of the state. So, he can kick rocks! I hope the Dawgs get after his Dooley azz and destroy UT in 2010. Derek’s affilitation with Tennessee is a disgraceful slap in the face to his father’s UGA legacy. But, money talks and Dooley Vol walks. Hate is a very strong word, so I’ll just say I emphatically despise Derek Dooley.
Dooley Be Bad
January 29th, 2010
7:08 pm
And…the first time I see Vince wearing orange will be the last time I think of him as a “Georgia man.” Yes, he had a brilliant 25 year career as HC of the Georgia Bulldogs, but my philosophy is this: “You’re either with me or you’re against me!” There is no gray area. And, regardless of where his son coaches, Vincent Dooley is no exception.
Bill King
January 29th, 2010
7:29 pm
Dooley Be Bad:
So let me get this straight. You think Derek Dooley should have turned down the job at UT just because his father coached at Georgia? So I guess you think his dad should have turned down UGA in 1963 since he was an Auburn man and accepting the job in Athens was a slap in the face to his mentor, Shug Jordan.
Bill King
January 29th, 2010
7:34 pm
Papadawg:
Derek began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at UGA.
Ramguy68
January 29th, 2010
7:52 pm
It makes no difference if the name is Dooley, Butts, Muschamp or Smart. You’re either with us or you’re against us. He might as well be named Myers or Saban. Let Vince pull for Tenn in private. If he wants to wear Tenn orange, run him out of town too. I don’t begrudge him taking the job. I can’t think of one good reason why he shouldn’t but I wish him no more luck than I did Majors or Phil.
Really?
January 29th, 2010
8:02 pm
gen neyland, It remains to be seen how good tebow will be in the nfl. On thing is certain, Peyton will never do something Tebow did, QBing a team to a national title. By the way, what was Peyton’s recore against the Gators? Oh yeah, 0-4.
DILLIGAF
January 29th, 2010
8:27 pm
This isn’t related to Bill’s article but worth noting this articlef from the AJC.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review.
Read the entire article here:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/apnewsbreak-federal-gov-t-286970.html
Shouldn’t these morons be worrying about real issues nationally and globally. The Great Leader will impose his will upon the NCAA as he is attemting to do to this country. This administration as the one before it is a joke.
I have long believed that we need a system that determines who are truly, the best teams in college football at the end of the season but the government surely needs to devote it’s time to more pressing issues and not waste more of taxpayer’s money by giving us their two cents worth on college football, being that the majority are probably not even fans.
Smashsmeesha Bobeesha
January 29th, 2010
8:53 pm
Hey guys/gals, what do you all think about this?
Justice Dept.: Obama administration may take action on BCS
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/football/ncaa/01/29/obama.bcs.ap/index.html?xid=si_ncaaf#ixzz0e3aTSPPZ
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cmac
January 29th, 2010
9:58 pm
Don’t give a crap who is coaching them. If it’s orange, I don’t like it! Besides, vince the prince has been gone for over 20 years … who gives a crap about him or his kid!
Blackberry Cobbler
January 29th, 2010
10:29 pm
When Drek Dooly gets Georgia players, the only ones who look bad are CMR and Company.
Too many good Ga players get away already to Florida, Auburn, ‘Bama, and UT.
Gen Neyland
January 29th, 2010
10:33 pm
really : Yeah, I guess Tebow earned his stripes in college. End of his story. Too bad he’ll never get a view of a Super Bowl from Peyton’s Place…Har-de-har…
Delbert D.
January 29th, 2010
10:44 pm
Derek Dooley’s a UVA guy. He caught a pass down the left sideline that was key to the ‘Hoos beating Tech one year.
He got in-state tuition for his law degree at Georgia.
Of course, now he’s a Tennessee guy.
Now I’m really confused. Vince D. was an Auburn guy…
Robert
January 29th, 2010
10:53 pm
Hopefully little Dooley’s law degree will help the Vols defend against all the NCAA violations, discovered and undiscovered, that occurred during the Year of Kiffin.
RockytopATL
January 29th, 2010
11:06 pm
I have to say I am generally impressed with the class of most of the commenters on this thread. The usual number of jerks on both sides has been greatly diminished by the Dooley hire, and that is a positive. As a Tennessee alum who has spent a quarter century in Georgia and who sent his daughter to UGA, I know more than most about this rivalry. (Let me say that the HOPE scholarship was the biggest factor, but I also respect UGA for its improved academics). Back to football, I’ve always been a bit disappointed that Tennessee/Georgia wasn’t MORE of a rivalry, considering that in recent history, the Vols had a nine game winning streak over UGA and even now, in the lowest period of our program in recent memory, we’ve beaten the Dawgs three of the last four. We always finish third in your minds after Tech and the Gators. We local Vols can’t help but feel a bit disrespected by that. Maybe Dooley’s hiring will change things, raise our stature a bit. We Vol fans do enjoy playing you guys, and we have greatly enjoyed playing you every year. Frankly, I’d much rather lose to UGA than the Gators, so maybe we can pool our mutual hatred of the slimy reptiles.
I said once before that we are a bit like rival families just joined in marriage, kind of like the Montagues and Capulets, or maybe the Hatfields and McCoys. Good luck to the Dawgs and may all our future family fights be played with good sportsmanship.
Dooley Be Bad
January 29th, 2010
11:13 pm
Bill, you got me there. Good point.
Dooley Be Bad
January 29th, 2010
11:16 pm
I’m stepping away from the 6 pack of beer and signing off the CPU.
TJ Vol
January 29th, 2010
11:28 pm
“the great pumpkin”……… I didn’t realize AJC journalism stoops to message board level, that’s embarrassing……
Vince Dooley
January 29th, 2010
11:56 pm
every school has hedges….just wish we had as many national championships as those dead gum Techies !!!!!!
Ben
January 30th, 2010
12:30 am
ARE YOU CRAZY? The University of Tennesuck could bring in Vince Dooley himself and have Herschel Walker and David Pollack on his staff and no true Bulldawg would give a darn. You think if Uga came back from the grave and replaced ally the alligator we’d all have some affection for the Gaytors? UT idiots wear orange and anyone in orange is hated – period. You either cheer for the Red & Black or get the hell out of Georgia…and take Coach Trippi and Coach Greene with you. I love Coach Dooley(s), but if you have on orange and stand in front of me, you are a stranger. Remember fans, if you ain’t a Dawg – you are Dawg food!
85Dawg
January 30th, 2010
12:39 am
I don’t care who coaches at UT, I still hate them with a passion.
jed burlwood
January 30th, 2010
1:16 am
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and we do not all have to agree. Here is mine. Anyone who coaches at Tennessee sucks. Anyone who fathers a son that coaches at Tennessee sucks. Anyone who intentionally puts provisions around his own replacement to prevent a better coach from making him look bad and ensures that UGA gets an inexperienced not ready for prime time head coach sucks. I have no ill will towards the Dooleys and I appreciate all that any of them have done for UGA but, dammit, this is football and if you ain’t with us you suck.
those games meant nothing to tech
January 30th, 2010
6:17 am
three yards and a cloud of dust…just like his dad, tell vince and Barb to wear all orange, noy just half or “subtle orange” there is no subtle orange…Vincent
those games meant nothing to tech
January 30th, 2010
6:20 am
Oh…and we will see you in Athens, coach DEREK, should be fun watching you lose in Athens!!!!!
Bill E. Goat
January 30th, 2010
6:47 am
Gen Neyland
who gives a crap about what Peyton Manning does in the NFL when talking college football? Dumb arguement. Peyton will go down as one of the best NFL QB’s in history but he will forever sit behind Wuerrfull and Tebow as far as college careers.
And if Rex Grossman could face off vs. Manning in a Super Bowl I wouldn’t go counting out Tebow being able to do it himself.
Rance
January 30th, 2010
6:48 am
I wish DD well, that said, the orange vowels have the worst fans in the SEC. A buddy of mine who was a gator fan used to travel by bus to every away game the gators had.These fans were mostly middle age to elderly and the only place they had problems was at Knoxville. It takes real class to throw beer on fans when they are getting off the bus and having morons steal and knocking their caps off. Only someone who has a wish for trouble would try to go to that hole by the river. I hope they lose every game they play even for a Dooley coaching.
Mike
January 30th, 2010
9:48 am
I’ve said it before and I will say it again – There are ONLY 2 things Georgia football fans need to have in their minds for next season, (1) beating Florida and (2) playing to the conference championship in December. Anything other than those 2 things is completely wasted effort. I know everyone has this incredible “love fest” for Mark Richt, but you need to look at the records. Since Mark Richt has been the coach at Georgia 3 different SEC coaches have won 5 national championships. During that period, Georgia has not even played for a national championship. The closest Georgia has gotten was a #1 ranking after the famous Sugar Bowl against Hawaii 2 years ago. And, we all know how the bottom fell out after getting that ranking. It’s time to fish or cut bait.
Foothills football fan
January 30th, 2010
9:59 am
OkefenokeeDawg-The difference in Dooley’s departure and Kiffin jilting UT is that Dooley flushed on his way out.
KingGator
January 30th, 2010
10:09 am
He’s your next coach at UGA, so better get to know him real good.
nineesee
January 30th, 2010
10:16 am
thats as far as i go
nineesee
January 30th, 2010
10:17 am
thats as far as i go.
Dawg in Tennessee
January 30th, 2010
10:23 am
UGA will beat Ut like a rented mule this year–no matter who is coaching them. Richt’s ready to really run it up after that beatdown in Kville last year. Ga 44 UT 20!
Bank on it!
Hello BuLLdaug
January 30th, 2010
10:25 am
Does TN consider georgie a cupcake?
GaGator
January 30th, 2010
10:33 am
Mike,
Forget beating the Gators, that just isn’t going to happen until you get rid of
of the overrated and over his head Mark Richt. Great assistant (OC) but is just too nice to be a head coach—-how long did it take him to fire Willie?
Wow, must have been a slow sports day
January 30th, 2010
10:43 am
First, Neyland Stadium has been the site of several of Munson’s greats, from Herschel running over Bates, P-35 Haynes, Jabari’s fumble and Jones’ 96 yard return (that was in Knoxburgh, wasn’t it?), and face it, Bill, anyone who would think Vince should pull for Georgia over his own son is an absolute, unadulterated, 100% idiot. Why? First, it’s his SON, secondly, Vince is an Auburn grad, not a GA grad, he only worked here, and third, his separation from Ga did not go well, if you recall. Much animosity between he and Adams, I imagine. Probably he and Damon, as well, as one of the first things Damon did as AD was to fire half a dozen of Dooley’s long time assistants in the department. I live in Athens, enjoy it immensely, and am a long time season ticket holder, but believe me, when you live here and hear some of the ways things are done, the bloom is long off of the rose. The athletic department is a business first, last, and always and does any and every thing it can to make sure the dollar is dutifully worshiped.
DawgSinceBirth
January 30th, 2010
10:44 am
No different!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don’t care WHO is on the sidelines….!!!!!!!!!! To hell with Tennessee!!!!!!!!! They’re STILL TENNESSEE, right?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Dawgs!
DawgSinceBirth
January 30th, 2010
10:47 am
Hey, “Vince Dooley,”….WE DO HAVE MORE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THAN you Nerds!!!!!!!! You need to read up on your history…..LOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Dawgs!
Wow, must have been a slow sports day
January 30th, 2010
10:48 am
Dooley be bad, you sound like you never had kids, most certainly never attended Ga, and absolutely never spent a moment away from your nose…go pick it.
Wow, must have been a slow sports day
January 30th, 2010
10:52 am
RockyTopatl…blow it out your piehole, you hooterville yayhoo…..
firstandtendoitagainfightteamfight
January 30th, 2010
10:55 am
Dooley has already stolen a recruit from us…look for DaRick Rogers to sign with the Vols. However, the other side of the equation is that his grades are so poor, he could not have gotten in UGA and would end up at Hargrove, GMA, etc…maybe he can get in Ten-uh-see.That’s fine, we’ve got plenty of receivers anyway. Besides, we took the best wr from their state last year, and I’d rather have Brown than Rogers. My bigger concern is, can CMR turn things around from last year. I really don’t think we can pin it all on the defense.
GaDawg
January 30th, 2010
11:08 am
Dawg Fud:
I am not an alumnus, but I have been pulling for the Dawgs since 1962. When I received my first issue of season tickets, in 1976, I found that I was seated on the South Side Lower Section right in the midst of UGA alums. These people had class and character. They were pleased to welcome the opposing team’s fans to UGA, but always wishing their team a sound thumping by the Bulldogs. Ridicule and wayward animosity towards your opponent was never part of our game.
Yes, there used to be this thing called “sportsmanship,” but it takes class and character to be able to exhibit that quality. It is unfortunate that those wonderful attributes have gotten lost in the crowd. How I miss the “old school” fans!
GLORY, GLORY TO OLE GEORGIA!!!
65dawg
January 30th, 2010
12:32 pm
The UT Rocky Toppers are still a bunch of obnoxious hilly billies regardless of the coach. Changing coaches or even sending them to charm school would do good. And, by the way, that dog they have has the mange.
Remember what Lewis Grizard told us … all who wear orange are obnixious… Tennessee, Auburn and Florida.
Lakedawg
January 30th, 2010
3:19 pm
Tennessee fans are quick to mention that 9 in a row streak vs Georgia. You never
hear them mention that Georgia won the 4 in row immediately BEFORE that streak AND
Georgia also won the 4 in a row immediately AFTER that streak. Here’s a nice streak
for Tennessee fans to ponder: ZERO SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
The evidence is there – Tennessee is spiraling down. Although they just traded way up on
head coaches as far as class goes he was what, their 7th choice ? If Tennessee’s such
a great program, seems like coaches would be JUMPING to come there. And how good the
new coach’s performance will be at Tennessee has yet to be determined – a losing record
at Louisiana Tech last year is not a good sign. As for us, it’s time to stop underachieving
vs them, be ready to play, and administer some much overdue butt-kickings. I like Dooley,
but at this point it’s guilt by association.
Smashsmeesha Bobeesha
January 30th, 2010
4:18 pm
“for Tennessee fans to ponder: ZERO SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.”
Yeah, but TN has more national titles than the bulldawwwwwwwwgs.
TN-1998 NT
UGA-1980
Who has the longer dry spell?
Georgia Girl in Knoxville
January 31st, 2010
12:10 am
I guess there is nothing worse than being a UGA alumni stuck in Big Orange Country but Knoxville is a great place to live other than around Football Season. We still fly the Georgia Flag and my wardrobe is more Red and Black than Orange makes for a good ribbing with the neighbors. No harm has come of it yet and I am excited to make the trek back to Athens next year to watch the beatdown. I hate Rocky Top with a passion and the less I get to hear it come that game the better.
DawgMax
January 31st, 2010
5:59 am
The Dawgs will own UT beginning in 2010! Dooley will be not be able to coach at this level.
tankman
January 31st, 2010
7:06 am
I still HATE UT no matter who coaches! And over time I`m sure I can also hate a Dooley if it becomes necessary. Go DAWGS!
Kris
January 31st, 2010
7:07 am
Of course Vince Dooley should cheer for his son. Out loud and while wearing a Tennesee shirt. This is h is child. He willpull for Georgia in every other game. Children, not former employers, is where his loyalty should lie. I am a Bulldog alum, and would be embarrassed if Vince did not cheer for his son! What would you do if it was your kid?
drummerman11
January 31st, 2010
7:16 am
Sir’s, having been a Vols fan since ‘64, I can assure UGA fans that I hope that UT admin. gives this fine young man at least 5 yrs to straight out 1 yr of Lane Kiffin! You UGA fans know this all too well, I hate that Mark Reich is on the hot seat, he’s a quality person that I hope does well, *except against ue,0f course), This is a tough league, and we need to stick with our hires for many years to let them complete their work, Hopefully young Dooley will become old Dooley at Tennessee, You are CLASS UGA, I and thank you!
Why The Hate?
January 31st, 2010
7:39 am
Enter your comments here
Spike
January 31st, 2010
8:09 am
You UT fans are really full of yourselves. You hired the LA. Tech coach who has a losing record in whatever conference they play in. Your old OC, Cutcliff, who is the DUKE! coach turned you guys down. Forget his name is Dooley for a minute. Now, ask yourselves, “is this the best we could do?”.
Looking Glass Reflection
January 31st, 2010
8:45 am
Off with his head! Off with his head! Oh wait, I’m in the wrong story. Alice dosen’t live here and the Madd Hater went to California. Um, pondering Vince in a puke orange sweatshirt. Anyone got Pepto???
Tankman - get a life
January 31st, 2010
8:49 am
Vince Dooly should pull for his son. What normal father wouldn’t? Why would someone hate someone just because of his name. Ohhhhh, Kiffin, yea ok Tankman, you hate Kiffin but shut up about Dooly.
Tom
January 31st, 2010
9:05 am
I will. I hated Tennessee under Kiffin b/c he was a jerk. Dooley is a classy guy.
Byron Mathison Kerr
January 31st, 2010
9:27 am
Derek Dooley will be a breath of fresh air for Tennessee. Our southern universities deserve coaches who bring class to our football programs as part of our collective regional tradition. And class is something that other guy didn’t know a damn thing about.
Roll Tide, Alabama!
Race Vol
January 31st, 2010
9:40 am
With Dooley running the vols, look for UT to beat UGA on a regular basis. Richt’s now about 5th or 6th in SEC coaches. The dooley name will rule the SEC again, just like the 1970s and 80s!!!
H
January 31st, 2010
10:06 am
Please stop publishing stories about Derek Dooley. His story is just not that interesting. He had a mediocre stint at a mediocre school. And now he’s going to have a mediocre stint at another mediocre, albeit much more significant, school. Who cares? The most impressive thing this guy has done is graduate from Virginia.
N GA DAWG
January 31st, 2010
10:20 am
I’m a Georgia Bulldog fan and will never support the Vols…
Here on the on the border, you have to deal with way too much orange, and persistently here about how wonderful the Big Orange is compared to our Bulldogs. Likewise, the Vol’s fans here are ecstatic about the prospect of taking our recruits because they have Dooley’s boy. Bottom Line: I hope the Vols lose every game with or without Dooley.
SUZIM
January 31st, 2010
10:41 am
Geez…I grew up in Maryville….my kids graduated from UGA….and now we live in Chapel Hill…..looks like we are just one big happy family…..I support all three….but when necessary, I do have a picking order…..
VD while in school
January 31st, 2010
11:10 am
VD was my coach while i was in school at UGA and now? His son is just another UT coach. If UGA can pistol whip the Vols this fall, then fine with me. On a regular basis will be even better. He is not a UGA man anyway. Big deal.
As for stealing recruits? They really are not a recruit unless they FIRST want to attend a particular school. If we lose one or four or even five in staters to so and so college, then we seem to always return the favor by “stealing” one like Marvelous Marlon Brown, or The Frosh QB, AJ Green or Orson Charles or Knowshon Moreno or a Matt Stafford or a Terry Houge or a Charlie Trippi or Franki Sinckiiwch, both of whom were Penn born and raised, I do believe. Rodney Hampton and Tim Worley and Bobby Burns and too many to name were from other states. Kirby Moore was from Dothan Albama and we won the SEC with him in 66, if I recall correctly. This “mix” has been true for years and years and years. Big deal. besides, if the kid does not want UGA, then we need to know now. See Reshad Jones.
The KEY it to meld the right players into a winning TEAM.
BigGAdawg
January 31st, 2010
11:27 am
No change of opinion for me–I enjoy hating all things orange. I will now have a bit of respect for their coach, unlike when Lane (the Horse’s A$$) was there. But TN is still high on the must crush list.
This is the SEC we can’t go around liking any other teams, it just isn’t natural. “Good Old Fashioned Hate” is the proper description for SEC rivalries and of course for the yellow gnats.
Larry
January 31st, 2010
12:49 pm
Tennessee will do great things under Dooley. The question is,how long will he stay there considering the mess Kiffen left. But i am glad he is getting his chance. And if his parents want to root for him, then so be it. I would root for my child any day over my alma mater, or former employer.
Larry
January 31st, 2010
12:50 pm
And i have been a DAWG fan since i was 7 (1972)
.
January 31st, 2010
1:04 pm
UT will make the BCS bowls before the dogs do under young Dooley.
Roger you need to come on up to UT with Nance and be a winner. Not much hope with Bobo and Richt at uga.
.
January 31st, 2010
1:10 pm
B=Bad
C=Championship
S=System
Maybe Congress and Obama will change that crap system.
Barrow County Vol
January 31st, 2010
7:20 pm
It is funny how “rednecks” across the south have the audacity to call other “rednecks” rednecks and hillbillies and such. I have to say that many posters on this blog are truly incapable of sportsmanship regardless of their alliance. From smug gator fans to arrogant Alabama fans all the way to naive Georgia fans. I have visited stadiums across the south, and more than once in some of the stadiums. IMO the worst fan base is without a doubt gator fans. My fellow UT fans are in no way angels, but the sore winners enjoy to thoroughly make sure you feel the least welcome in their part of the south.
You would have thought that a fan base that FINALLY has a winning record against UT would have figured out that they FINALLY have a winning record against UT. (Florida)
South GA Reader
January 31st, 2010
9:14 pm
I really don’t think Barbara Dooley should wear ugly orange in a box paid for by UGA alumna and fans. Wear it at home, Barbara, but not at Sanford Stadium. Maybe both Vince and Barbara should both wear beige.
Dawg Trainer
February 1st, 2010
8:32 am
“I really don’t think Barbara Dooley should wear ugly orange in a box paid for by UGA alumna and fans. Wear it at home, Barbara, but not at Sanford Stadium. Maybe both Vince and Barbara should both wear beige.
You have GOT to be kidding me. Vince not wearing orange, that I can understand. Mothers are loyal to their blood, not a school. As far as Miss Barbara is concerned, her loyalty to Jawja ended when Vince retired. This is how it should be.
Tron Carter
February 1st, 2010
9:39 am
Dooley will fail in Knukeesville, as do dentists and geneologists.
dabo
February 1st, 2010
11:12 am
They are still Tennessee. Who cares who is coaching them? Dooley is trying just as hard to get players out of Georgia as Kiffin did. He is just not a loud mouth. I want to beat Tennessee and everyone else we play, and it does not matter who the coach is.
Dawg Trainer
February 1st, 2010
11:19 am
Dunno…Richt has failed in Knoxville on a regular basis lately.
Ed
February 1st, 2010
11:40 am
All this shows is that Derek is his own man, just like his dad was when he left his alma mater to take the head job at Georgia. One never knows what career opportunities will arise, so I’m glad he got this one. I like the sound of “Dooley’s Vols” – just hope he loses a certain game in October more often than not. Other than that he can win them all as far as I’m concerned.
Ed
February 1st, 2010
11:46 am
“You have GOT to be kidding me. Vince not wearing orange, that I can understand. Mothers are loyal to their blood, not a school. As far as Miss Barbara is concerned, her loyalty to Jawja ended when Vince retired. This is how it should be.”
Good points, Dawg Trainer. Putting blood aside, I suspect that the Dooley’s usual loyalties, deep down, are to their alma mater, Auburn. Even with an 11-0 Georgia team and a chance to play for the national title, the lure of his alma mater was almost more than Dooley could resist back in ‘80. That was after 16 seasons at Georgia and with several more years coaching the greatest running back in college football history to look forward to. Nothing wrong with loyalty to your school. But no loving parent would not pull like crazy for a son, no matter where he is coaching.
H
February 1st, 2010
12:14 pm
Why all this fuss about some coach who was 4-8 in the WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE last year?????
Redandblackdog
February 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
Tennessee is the enemy, and he is coaching them!!! If he never wins a game that is fine with me.
Top Dawg
February 1st, 2010
9:35 pm
Don’t care.
JasonT
February 2nd, 2010
3:29 pm
Bama Stan, you said if Richt continues the 7/8 win slide. This is the first season he’s had 8 wins since 2001, so this makes two 8 win seasons since 2001. Your comment really makes no sense.
JasonT
February 2nd, 2010
3:35 pm
Red, you bring up the “Hobnail Boot” game, what about two seasons later when UGA won 41-14 in Knoxville. That was funny seeing 99,000 fans in Orange leaving with about 8 minutes left in the 3rd QTR.
JasonT
February 2nd, 2010
3:37 pm
I’m not worried about UT at all. Richt is 5 and 4 against them in his career, with Willie gone I think the defensive will be more prepared against UT. I mean I could hav e coached the defensive a heck of a lot better coming out of the half in last year’s game.
Greg
February 4th, 2010
4:50 pm
Dooley’s record was at a school transitioning to a higher division in a better conference. He gave Boise and LSU all they wanted and had that program headed in the right direction. Come on, after all they are LA Tech. He has football in his blood and coached for ole Satin himself. As for fans in the south, there are plenty of bad apples to go around with all the fans. I went to school just north of UF and let me tell you, there is no place as redneck as that part of Florida!! Tennessee has 4 good sized metro areas which beats all other southern states hands down. I don’t count Florida as a southern state, in fact as I said the only redneck part of it is up north all around UF. Most fans are classy, but I’ve heard of more bad experiences at UF than anybody..UGA fans wouldn’t know because your team doesn’t have to play in Gainesville. You do have to face the fact that UT owns UGA. All those years in the 90’s when you guys just couldn’t beat us. Then you get lucky and ruined a nearly perfect season in 2001. 3rd and Chavis(our old coordinator) was the joke among UT fans. We can get you to 3rd and 8 or worse, but what comes next?? First down!! He never, ever figured out that ole Stevie was going for the end zone after a turnover when he coached Florida. Seemed like he was successful 95 percent of the time too. We all used to scream at the TV to cover deep…He never heard us..Touchdown Gators every time..Most years, like last year, when we couldn’t beat one of the big boys, we almost always beat UGA. In reality you guys are just another also ran like us. It’s Bama and Florida and that’s it. The rest of us will beat each other up. It’s still the best conference in the land, but the rest of the country doesn’t understand the beatings we give each other and the effect it has on our teams when we think we have an off week and still have to struggle to beat one of our lower tier teams. Almost every team is competitive, some just don’t have the depth to last the season. That is what sets Bama and UF apart..They’ve got top players 3 deep. Heck, they have a nearly impossible chance at going undefeated. That was our first Championship game with 2 undefeated teams. I sincerely believe it was a setup though. Without the poorly officiated games both teams would have had at least one loss a piece. I like UGA because we’re going to beat you most years. You’re best talent is in Valdosta which is pretty much a part of Florida. UT is not far from the other half of your state. In the end most kids want to stay close to home. Funny how most states seem to have their state university headquartered on another state’s border. Arkansas needs to move to the Big 12, they are basically in Oklahoma..why they are in the SEC I do not understand.
MudDog
February 10th, 2010
5:49 pm
After reading most of the above comments, I really wish Georgia would go ahead and fire Mark Richt so I could go back to hating EVERYTHING about UGA.