Five Favorite Bulldogs in the Pros
Fran the Man. (Minnesota Vikings)
Let’s talk about Dogs in the pros.
A lot of UGA fans follow Bulldog players’ NFL careers closely and no doubt will be tuning in to the Pro Bowl this weekend, where Champ Bailey of the Broncos will be representing UGA. (Jon Stinchcomb of the Saints also would be in the game but he’s on a Super Bowl team.)
The list of other Bulldogs who’ve been selected for the Pro Bowl in the past includes, among others, such names as Broncos Super Bowl MVP and noted Chunky soup fan Terrell Davis, Rodney Hampton, Garrison Hearst, Len Hauss, Jimmy Orr, Mo Lewis, Guy McIntyre, Richard Seymour, Charley Trippi and Bobby Walston. And I’d long forgotten this, but in his very brief pro career with the Falcons, kicker Bobby Etter actually made the 1970 Pro Bowl.
(That also brings to mind probably the most unlikely Bulldog to grace an NFL roster: Ray Jeffords, who was a basketball player for the Dogs that the Falcons decided to draft as a tight end in 1968 for unfathomable reasons. Ah, Falcons draft history!)
Anyway, while on the subject of Bulldogs in the NFL, I thought I’d offer my highly subjective list of all-time pro Dogs. I don’t know if I’d classify them as the “best” so much as my “favorite” Bulldogs to play pro ball.
1. Fran Tarkenton, a fellow Athenian and one of only two Dogs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame (the other being Charley Trippi, whose playing days I’m too young to remember).
2. Jake Scott of the great undefeated Dolphins team. Another product of the Athens YMCA, too.
3. Bill Stanfill, also on that Dolphins team.
4. Hines Ward, Steelers Super Bowl MVP.
5. Herschel Walker, whose combined rushing numbers for the USFL and the NFL (13,787 yards) would place him fifth on the NFL’s career rushing list if the USFL yards were counted (which they aren’t).
There’ve been a lot of other great Dogs in the pros. Who are your favorites?
BULLDOG BITES
Following up on Friday’s discussion about how UGA fans feel about Derek Dooley coaching Tennessee and his father’s mixed emotions about seeing his son go up against the Dogs, Vince Dooley was in Albany for the Quail Unlimited Celebrity Quail Hunt and told the Albany Herald that he doesn’t think he’ll attend the Oct. 9 home game between Georgia and his son’s Vols. “I’ve really decided now that I will sit home and watch the game,” he said. “I think that I’ll be a little bit of a distraction going to the game, so I’ll watch it at home on TV.” … UGA football historian Patrick Garbin notes that 118 years ago on this date UGA played its very first football game, a 50-0 victory over Mercer, attended by a crowd of 1,500 at what eventually became known as Herty Field in Athens. We’ve come a long way since then.
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How Dumb are You?
January 31st, 2010
8:29 am
to tell you the truth, i disagree with both patrick and smash. It might be a little later than their post battle, but i think that patrick did have a point. Georgia was conned out of a national championship in 07 LSU is one of those schools (along with Florida, USC, Ohio State, Notre Dame) that can lose and not ddrop out of the top ten. In 07 the dawgs were the best team in football going into the bowl season. All of Les Miles’ crap about “we were perfect in regulation” (anyone remember that?) was exactly that: crap. And smash the reason i’m posting this on a Sunday morning is that i wasn’t able to look on a blogsite on a Saturday night
BECAUSE
I
HAVE
A
LIFE
and patrick, even though he’s an auburn fan, you don’t have to be an ***hole about it, just let him be stupid
BuLLdawg
January 31st, 2010
8:30 am
3-8 UGA vs Top 10 Final AP Poll SEC Teams in Coach Richt Era.
17-19 UGA vs Top 25 Final AP Poll Teams in Coach Richt Era.
8 Losses to teams UNRANKED in Top 25 Final AP Poll in Coach Richt Era.
5 SEC Teams have won a BCS National Championship in Coach Richt Era.
3rd best SEC team UGA in Won/Lost in Coach Richt Era & now Alabama better too.
4th best SEC team.
9 National Champions in Coach Richt Era all 9 better than Coach Richt in Coach Richt Era.
It’s a 14-game season, and we’ve won more than 11 games 1 time in 9 yr Coach Richt Era.
2-7 Florida.
3-3 :LSU.
5-4 vols.
6-3 Auburn.
3-1 Alabama.
19-18 record against just these 5 SEC teams Coach Richt Era.
And, then I log on here and patrick has it figured out how INSTEAD we are the best team.
God Almighty, that patrick guy is really smart.
BuLLdawg
January 31st, 2010
8:32 am
I wish I was that damn smart
BuLLdawg
January 31st, 2010
8:33 am
Then, I would be satified knowing we are the Best team in The SEC
Best team in the damn nation
Hell, the best team in our Division of our own Conference
BuLLdawg
January 31st, 2010
9:07 am
The 2007 season is the weakest of them all.
Both of the teams UGA lost to by 25 points, LSU beat instead by 19.
We beat KY by 11 and LSU lost by 6.
Let’s see 1 of the 2 teams LSU lost to by 6 UGA beat by 11.
Both of the teams UGA lost to by 25, LSU won by 19.
UGA was not even the best team in our Division of our conference.
LSU was the best team in the nation.
That’s best team in their division of their conference.
That’s best team in their conference.
That’s best team in the nation, on the field.
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LSU beat Top 10 Final AP Poll Number 5 Ohio State.
LSU beat Top 10 Final AP Poll Number 9 Virginia Tech.
LSU beat Top 25 Final AP Poll Number 12 Tennessee.
Both teams LSU and UGA Beat Florida Final AP Number 13.
Both teams LSU and UGA Beat Auburn Final AP Number 15.
UGA beat Final AP Poll Top 25 Number 19 Hawaii.
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UGA should have been declared NC in 2007 ? Huh?
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LSU beat 2 Top 10 Final AP Poll Teams, UGA 0.
LSU beat 3 Top 12 Final AP Poll Teams, UGA 0.
LSU beat 4 Top 13 Final AP Poll Teams, UGA 1.
LSU beat 5 Top 15 Final AP Poll Teams, UGA 2.
LSU beat 5 Top 19 Final AP Poll Teams, UGA 3.
BuLLdawg
January 31st, 2010
9:09 am
UGA Bulldogs on the nation scene, are an afterthought.
This recruiting class, proves it.
The Great Malenko
January 31st, 2010
9:39 am
Let’s have a bulldog hall of shame. Players and coaches from all sports who brought disgrace on UGA.
Krogunner
January 31st, 2010
10:18 am
I’m sorry, but Herschel has become an embarassment.
GT51
January 31st, 2010
10:19 am
great article. i have been wondering who your 5 fav bulldogs were. maybe in the future, you can give us your 5 fav places to eat, or 5 fav places to vacation. what is your top 5 fav movies? can’t wait to hear that
dawgonit
January 31st, 2010
10:24 am
I can’t believe that someone would come on a dawg blog and post anti UGA stuff that they spent hours looking up. On a Saturday night no less. Um… the phrase “get a life” comes to mind.
Guy McIntyre. He had a pretty good career.
DirtyDawg
January 31st, 2010
10:53 am
Hey man, you need to devote more of this space to the Georgia basketball team. These kids are bustin’ their butts and are right on the cusp of turning the corner.
Having said that, this business of the faves in the pros is pretty lame. But since you’ve done it, and since you’ve put Fran Tarkenton at the top of your list, and since Fran has decided to interject himself into the Bret Favre discussion, here’s my contribution: In order to be a ‘favorite’ not only does one’s playing performance need to be exceptional, so does one’s personality, demeanor and ‘likability’. Francis Tarkenton exhibits none of the latter. He’s been full of himself since anybody that’s ever had to deal with him can remember and, I expect, remains so today. So before you consider your ‘favorites’, you need to examine their ‘off the field’ performance as well.
Dr. Phil
January 31st, 2010
11:10 am
Tarkenton is probably the best Georgia QB I saw play, but everything I have ever heard about him indicates that he is a personally a jerk. Recent interviews support that assessment.
The Sham
January 31st, 2010
11:19 am
Fact Question: Isn’t Kevin Butler in the HOF as well?
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
12:13 pm
Bull dawg………….
UGA has been ranked 6 times in top ten I posted the ESPN links.
NO OTHER SEC TEAM HAS BEEN RANKED TIMES TIMES TOP TEN…….ALSO…..UGA is 29-18 against top 25 teams. not 17-19.
I will post AGAIN the record from the Mark Richt era and post the link from ESPN that I got it from.
The list was from ESPN before the ALA game in 2007 but the numbers have been adjusted to account for the last 2 years. Feel free to read the article from ESPN
Vs. SEC foes: 43-22
Vs. Top 25 foes: 29-18
Vs. Top 25 foes away from home: 18-12
Vs. Top 10 foes: 8-6
In postseason games (bowls and championships): 9-3
In games decided by a touchdown or less: 34-14
Record at home: 47-9
Record on the road: 27-6
Losses to unranked teams: 6
Top 25 finishes: 8
Top 10 finishes: 6
http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/467/nick-saban-vs-mark-richt
bulldawg….why dont you post any link to discredit it
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
12:15 pm
LSU lost 2 games during UGAs 7 game winning streak and LSU lost its last regular season game in 2007. Hardly NC material…dont you agree?
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
12:17 pm
correction………………”no other SEC team has been ranked more times top ten than UGA under Richt”
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
12:29 pm
OOPS that link is from 2008….not 2007 before the ALA game
BuLLdawg
January 31st, 2010
1:15 pm
Final AP Poll RANKED TEAMS Coach Richt beat :
2009-2010 we beat only GA tek Number 13 and that is a great win for us.
2008-2009 we beat really no one # 24 Michigan St no business being ranked.
2007-2008 we beat # 19 Hawaii oh that’s great, # 13 Florida, # 15 Auburn.
2006-2007 we beat # 19 Virginia Tech and # 9 Auburn.
2005-2006 we beat only # 6 LSU.
2004-2005 we beat # 16 LSU and # 17 Wisconsin.
2003-2004 we beat # 15 Tennessee # 18 Purdue.
2002-2003 we beat 5-Loss # 21 FSU, # 14 Auburn & # 11 Alabama.
2001-2002 we beat # 24 Georgia Tech and # 4 Tennessee vols.
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17 Wins Coach Richt Era over teams ranked Final AP Poll Top 25.
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Coach Richt Era compared to. Final AP Poll Top 25 teams :
LOST 2009 to Oklahoma State, UNRANKED Final AP Top 25.
LOST 2009 to LSU # 17, otherwise they aren’t ranked, LSU beat no one..
LOST 2009 to vols UNRANKED 7-6 team otherwise not winning record.
LOST 2009 to Florida, 2-7 vs. Florida who owns Coach Richt.
LOST 2009 to Kentucky UNRANKED 7-6 team otherwise not winning record.
LOST 2008 to Georgia tek # 22, otherwise they aren’t ranked.
LOST 2008 to Alabama, who has better coach too.
LOST 2008 to Florida, 2-7 vs. Florida who owns Coach Richt.
LOST 2007 to South Carolina UNRANKED 6-6 not even in bowl game.
LOST 2007 to vols, who therefore Won SEC East thanks to blowout.
LOST 2006 to vols, # 25 otherwise they aren’t ranked – obviously too.
LOST 2006 to Vandie UNRANKED a 4-8 team for God’s sake. B.S.
LOST 2006 to Florida, 2-7 vs. Florida who owns Coach Richt.
LOST 2006 to Kentucky UNRANKED Vandie and KY not good teams.
LOST 2005 to Florida, 2-7 vs. Florida who owns Coach Richt.
LOST 2005 to Auburn # 14.
LOST 2005 to West Virginia not ready to play Sugar Bowl I was at.
LOST 2004 to vols # 13. David Greene.
LOST 2004 to Auburn. David Greene.
LOST 2003 to LSU David Greene.
LOST 2003 to Florida 8-5, # 24 otherwise aren’t ranked. David Greene.
LOST 2003 to LSU again. David Greene.
LOST 2002 to Florida UNRANKED and still LOST. David Greene.
LOST 2001 to South Carolina # 13. David Greene.
LOST 2001 to Florida. David Greene.
LOST 2001 to Auburn UNRANKED 7-5 team. David Greene.
LOST 2001 to Boston College # 22 otherwise aren’t ranked David Greene.
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27 LOSSES to Final AP Poll Top 25 or UNRANKED teams LOST to.
FACT
Daniel#12
January 31st, 2010
1:37 pm
#1 Andy Johnson – High Scholl classmate (of mine and yours Bill) running back, wide receiver and kick returner for New England
#2 Hershel
Walker – everyones favorite all time Bulldog – based on his career and his loyal support of UGA since he pro career.
#3 Fran Tarkenton. Another Athens High alum
#4 Jake Scott the reason there are black metal fence to keep people off the arches of the Coliseum. As a child I would climb up the arches high enough to watch football practice. Squab Jones would come over to check me out and I guess my age indicated I was not a spy for another SEC school. Then one day Jake Scott rode a motorcycle up to the top of the coliseum and down the other side. Bam, Dooley installed the fences.
#5 Bill Stanfil – great defensive end who harassed Steve Spurrier in the Heisman year to a 27-10 UGA win.
UGA is racist
January 31st, 2010
3:45 pm
patrick M Sulley is the dumbest person on this blog.
UGA might have been ranked in the top 10 six times but they have zero national championships since 1980. No one cares if UGA was ripped off in 2007. UGA didn’t win their division and did not win the SEC.
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
4:14 pm
bulldawg
I guess I guess you know better than ESPN……I posted the link.
Should I post it again?
29-18 vs ranked opponents.
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
4:19 pm
You go by how a team was ranked AT THE TIME THEY PLAYED. Not how they are 3 months from then, 6 months from then, 2 years from then, 10 years from then. Moron
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
4:21 pm
to UGAisaracist…………..National Champs? Didnt win the SEC? Umm OK in 2002 UGA had same record as when Fla was invited to a BCSNC game. Now since UGA didnt play the 2 teams that were undefeated how is it UGAs fault?
Oklahoma didnt win its conference when it was invited. Learn football and get back to me.
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
4:40 pm
AGAIN………………..
Vs. SEC foes: 43-22
Vs. Top 25 foes: 29-18
Vs. Top 25 foes away from home: 18-12
Vs. Top 10 foes: 8-6
In postseason games (bowls and championships): 9-3
In games decided by a touchdown or less: 34-14
Record at home: 47-9
Record on the road: 27-6
Losses to unranked teams: 6
Top 25 finishes: 8
Top 10 finishes: 6
UNDER Richt
Fact:………UGA was 12-1 in 2002 (prior to bowl selections)
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Fact ………Fla was 12-1 in 2006 (prior to bowl selections)
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Fact ………Not UGAs fault there were 2 unbeatens that year. “unlucky”
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Fact……….Not Flas credit that there was only one unbeaten in 2006. “Lucky”
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Fact:………Luck not merit had more to do with Fla getting invited to the BCS than whether Fla was more deserving to go to a NC with identical records.
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Fact:………No SEC team has ever lost a NC game and if UGA would have been invited nothing indicates that it would have been different
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Fact……….UGA has 2 SEC titles..same as Fla in last 9 years and equal wins over all.
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Fact……….UGA has been ranked more times top ten in last 9 years than any SEC team.
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UGA 90 wins in 9 years no other SEC team has more.
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UGA has 2 SEC titles…same as Fla
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UGA has won 4 str8 bowls….more than any other SEC team.
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UGA has won 11 of last 13 bowls…more than any team tied with LSU and more than FLA
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UGA has won 8 or more games in last 13 years…more than any other team.
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UGA has been ranked more times in top ten than any SEC team over last 9 years.
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UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.
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PERIOD.
Coach Mark Richt in 9 seasons at UGA:
UGA had same reocrd when they won the SEC title in 2002 as Fla did in 2006/8 when they won the SEC title. But UGA had the misfortune (luck) to have that record in a year that had 2 other teams with undefeated records.
Hardly an indictment on UGA but rather on the NC selection process.
6 times finished in the top 10
2 times finished in the top 3
3 SEC Championship Appearances
2 SEC Titles
3 BCS Bowls
2 Sugar Bowl wins
90-27 record over 8 seasons – 79% winning percentage (one of only 7 in the history of college ball to have ever accomplished this)
4 str8 bowl wins
7-2 in bowls (big games)
Mark Richt coached QB coach for Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke = 2 Heismans; Head Coach for David Greene = all time winningest college QB until Colt McCoy this year); and coached Matthew Stafford = very rich #1 draft pick)
No Probations
He has my respect. Period.
daugs ruin this blog
January 31st, 2010
5:44 pm
they keep barking the same thing. Everyone loves Richt. So.
JBuck
January 31st, 2010
6:04 pm
Mack Strong – Man was the best of the best at what he did for many years in Seattle.
Tim Worley for the Steelers was outstanding there for a while…absolutely fun to watch.
Phillip Daniels for Chicago and Washington.
Kendrell Bell was out of this world for the Steelers until the knee injury, especially his first two years.
R. Godfrey – Lights out for Dallas and San Diego.
Mo Lewis – Agree 100% with Dawgonit.
UGA is racist
January 31st, 2010
8:02 pm
“Umm OK in 2002 UGA had same record as when Fla was invited to a BCSNC game. Now since UGA didnt play the 2 teams that were undefeated how is it UGAs fault?”
Florida has a better program than UGA.
“Oklahoma didnt win its conference when it was invited. Learn football and get back to me.”
Oh, because you are a college football expert?
Oklahoma has a better football program than UGA.
UGA is racist
January 31st, 2010
8:05 pm
Fact…….UGA has no national championships since 1980.
Fact…….UGA did not get screwed in 2002 or 2007.
Fact…….UGA fans act like their football program is as great as FL, Bama, LSU, USC or Texas.
Fact…….UGA pay the Green Bay Packers for their use of their logo.
Fact…….You’re a moron.
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
9:10 pm
Yep I am a moron that posts facts….you are a moron that post hyperbole. Who is the bigger moron?
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
9:11 pm
Fla is a better program????
UGA 43 wins over Fla
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Fla 36 wins over UGA
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UGA 14 SEC titles
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FLA 8 SEC titles
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UGA has more bowl wins
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UGA has more over all wins
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UGA has been to more bowls
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UGA has been ranked more
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UGA has all time ranking of 11…Fla has all time ranking of 35
Now…who is the moron again?
messin with sasquatch
January 31st, 2010
9:16 pm
ura pro moron
UGA is racist
January 31st, 2010
9:48 pm
patrick M Sulley “Yep I am a moron”
The first step to recovery is admitting who you really are.
“Who is the bigger moron?”
patrick Moron Sulley
“Now…who is the moron again?”
patrick Moron Sulley
UGA is racist
January 31st, 2010
9:50 pm
“Fla is a better program????”
Florida: 2 Heisman winners in 15 years. UGA: 0 Heisman winners in 15 years.
Florida: 3 National Titles in 15 years. UGA: 0 National Titles in 15 years.
Florida has the better program. UGA is a second tier football program in line with South Carolina and Ole Miss.
goatD
January 31st, 2010
10:22 pm
The good ol’ days, the good ol’ days, all I wanna talk about is the good ol’ days………….
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
10:32 pm
Heismans an individual award not a team award moron.
Nataional titles are a joke and depends more on luck and popularity to get an invite….but then again you knew that but are merely playing the part of moron again.
Fla is a better program????
UGA 43 wins over Fla
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Fla 36 wins over UGA
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UGA 14 SEC titles
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FLA 8 SEC titles
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UGA has more bowl wins
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UGA has more over all wins
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UGA has been to more bowls
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UGA has been ranked more
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UGA has all time ranking of 11…Fla has all time ranking of 35
patrick M Sulley
January 31st, 2010
10:33 pm
OWNED…..AGAIN!
djawjuh
January 31st, 2010
10:57 pm
To Patrick who went to great labors to attempt to convince me, and others, that we’re on a par with Florida, LSU and Alabama. That kind of effort, pure and simple, is called delusional. He is in dire need of treatment and should get it ASAP.
I don’t care about how the system is unfair, that we, the DAWGS, weren’t lucky, that Florida, LSU etc., etc., ad nauseum. Auburn was unluckiest of all in the also ran group where we are: they were 13-0. And yes, we were 12-1 except we couldn’t beat the gators. No NC game for us. Of course, you disagree with that. I understand. Come to papa and he’ll make you feel better.
We STILL haven’t won the national championship. And if, God forbid, Meyer and Richt were in a fatal plane crash, the obits would say that Mark Richt NEVER won a national championship game. NEVER. Deal with it Patrick if you can see through the veil of self-delusion for it is a fact!
If people would quit attempting to justify the unjustifiable, it would be an easier task to see the reality as do I and many other DAWG lovers too.
The question I have for Patrick and fellow travelers is: how many seasons does Richt get to win the NC? He’s starting his tenth and at least three SEC coaches have all won national champsionships in half the time! And that is a fact.
Wake up! If you own a Chevrolet, it is not a Lexus. You can talk ’til you are blue in the face and that car will still be a Chevrolet. The Chevrolet is Richt. The Lexus is Miles, Saban (2) and Meyer (2). Again, DEAL WITH IT.
I’m not content without winning a NC and even then, I’m going to be a pig like everybody else, as I want another one just like the other one!
My answer to the question that I raised is that Richt has at most two years to do the deed or he will be history. And why shouldn’t he be? Shoulda, coulda, woulda. NOT.
Self-delusion is an opiate for the pain of reality for it is just too much for them bear. It is unbearable hence this flight into a never-never land.
patrick M Sulley
February 1st, 2010
12:56 am
Answer to the idiot blogger (djawjuh) calling someone stating factual stats as delusional……………ummmm your an idiot.
Delusion is when someone CREATES facts that are …well not facts. The “facts” dont lie. You may not want to hear them, but it doesnt make them any less factual. If Richt never is AWARDED (and thats the proper term …not “win”) a NC (as NO ONE has ever WON one) but continues to win on the field and win SEC titles (he has as many as Fla) then he is successful.
Notice that in order to WIN a “NC” you have to (in the BCS era) be VOTED into one. Hardly winning anything.
Prior to the BCS era the supposed NC WAS VOTED AS NC BY SPORTSWRITERS. again hardly a real NC.
In point of fact the NCAA does no even recognize the BCS or the AP as NCs only that the school that was awarded it CLAIMS it as a NC.
So yes if UGA leads or is tied with ALL stats (total wins, SEC titles, bowl wins, bowl appearances and top ten rankings) then UGA is as good or better than all other SEC teams. Facts dont lie.
patrick M Sulley
February 1st, 2010
12:59 am
AGAIN…………
facts that are not in dispute.
Fact……….UGA has 2 SEC titles..same as Fla in last 9 years and equal amount of total wins over all.
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Fact……….UGA has been ranked more times top ten in last 9 years than any SEC team.
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Fact……….UGA 90 wins in 9 years no other SEC team has more.
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Fact………..UGA has 2 SEC titles…same as Fla
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Fact………..UGA has won 4 str8 bowls….more than any other SEC team.
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Fact……..UGA has won 11 of last 13 bowls…more than any team tied with LSU and more than FLA
Fact…… UGA has won 8 or more games in last 13 years…more than any other team.
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Fact…… UGA has been ranked more times in top ten than any SEC team over last 9 years.
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Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.
Now you can come to papa if these3 slaps in your face hurt.
DawgVoiceofReason
February 1st, 2010
1:01 am
djawjuh,
The Falcons fired Leeman Bennett because they felt his teams had “reached a plateau”. And how many coaches have they had since then and how many Super Bowls have they won? The answer is many and none. You do recognize that Coach Richt has put us in position to compete with (and be one of) the top teams in the SEC, the conference with the most National Championships during his time, do you not?
How long did it take Vince Dooley, Tom Osborne and Joe Paterno to win their first national championships? It would be foolish to get rid of Mark Richt for not yet winning a national championship, even after two more years, and to compare him to a “Chevrolet” is simply ignorant of both automobiles and coaches. You are also simply wrong when you state that “three SEC coaches have all won national champsionships in half the time!” All three coaches that you refer to were head coaches prior to coming to the SEC and therefore did not win national championships in half the time. You can look it up to determine exactly how long it took each of them to win their first national championships.
I understand your desire to have the Dawgs win another one, but what I don’t understand is any Georgia fan’s lack of appreciation for what he has accomplished. To try to demean him, as BuLLdawg does, is simply pathetic and no matter how many assertions he makes, he is contemptible. Don’t fall into his camp.
BuLLdawg
February 1st, 2010
5:34 am
Top 10 Final AP Poll SEC Teams Coach Richt Era :
2001 LOST 10-24 to Florida.
2001 WON 26-24 over vols.
2003 LOST 10-17 to LSU.
2003 LOST 13-34 to LSU.
2004 LOST 6-24 to Auburn.
2005 WON 34-14 over LSU.
2006 LOST 14-21 to Florida.
2006 WON 37-15 over Auburn.
2008 LOST 10-49 to Florida.
2008 LOST 30-41 to Alabama.
2009 LOST 17-41 to Florida.
Our Record in Coach Richt Era is 3-8 vs Top 10 Final AP Poll SEC teams.
3-8 vs Top 10 Final AP Poll SEC teams Coach Richt Era.
You want to run that by me again how UGA is better than Florida in the Coach Richt Era, patrick?
BuLLdawg
February 1st, 2010
5:39 am
You make yourself out the blithering idiot saying that UGA is better than Florida in the Coach Richt Era
patrick.
BuLLdawg
February 1st, 2010
5:52 am
Coaches’ Poll.
Steve Spurrier votes for DUKE Top 25
The Coaches are REQUIRED by the BCS to vote for the Number 1 team
Coaches in the Big XII vote as a block, and always have for their own teams
Coaches work 100 hours a week and don’t have time to study teams they don’t play
But, according to patrick, the Coaches’ Poll PROVES that UGA is better than Florida in the Coach Richt Era.
BuLLdawg
February 1st, 2010
6:03 am
The argument against UGA being better than Florida in the Coach Richt Era
Well, there is this little 2-7, right patrick ?
Then, there are those 2 National Championships, but patrick says “sans those 2 NC”
Sans the 2-7 too, right patrick ?
3 times Florida (&LSU) have ended the highest ranked SEC Team Final AP Poll.
1 time Coach Richt has ended the higest ranked SEC Team Final AP Poll (down year SEC.)
Coach Richt does not even have a better overall won/loss record than Florida (or LSU) in the Coach Richt Era.
Coach Richt has not one time played in any meaningful Bowl Game in 9 years running
Beating # 21 FSU a 5-Loss team in a Sugar Bowl is NOT a meaninful opponent Coach Richt beat in a bowl game. Beating # 19 Hawaii joke a football team also in a Sugar Bowl also is not a meaninfful opponent Coach Richt beat in a bowl game.
Besides patrick, is there any one else who thinks that UGA under Coach Richt in fact has been better in the Coach Richt Era than either Florida or LSU since Coach Richt’s won/loss record is NOT better than both of them, since both Florida and LSU have 3 times ended the highest ranked SEC team in the Final AP Poll to only 1 time Coach Richt ended the season the highest ranked SEC team and that 1 year Alabama was on Probation and Auburn was the only other SEC team ranked at all in the Final AP Poll at Number 14 in 2003 when we ALSO lost to Florida, and of course there is the little sans the 2 National Championships for both Florida and LSU in the Coach Richt Era and the 1 for Alabama National Championship reigning as we speak.
Don’t you mean sans the 2-7 patrick ?
BuLLdawg
February 1st, 2010
6:06 am
I am not planning on sitting around patrick while you make out UGA Bulldog fans to all be insane making the statement that you do patrick that UGA has been better than Florida in the Coach Richt Era.
Obviously, you are not yet sufficiently called on the carpet for these continued statements patrick that you think that Coach Richt has been better in the Coach Richt Era than Florida.
UGA is racist
February 1st, 2010
9:24 am
“Answer to the idiot blogger (djawjuh) calling someone stating factual stats as delusional……………ummmm your an idiot.”
Patrick, calling someone a moron and an idiot is one thing. Calling someone a moron and an idiot without spelling words correctly is entirely something else.
Please go back to high school and retake the classes you’ve failed.
UGA is racist
February 1st, 2010
9:29 am
patrick M Sulley
FACT: LSU, TN, FL, Bama, Ole Miss, Auburn and Ga Tech all went to better bowl games than UGA this year.
FACT: UGA was not ripped off from a national title bid.
FACT: IF you want to go by past stats on UGA vs. FL all-time, then Auburn OWNS UGA. BAMA OWNS UGA. LSU OWNS UGA. TN OWNS UGA.
FACT: UGA has not won a national title in 30 years. In that time, 5 schools in the SEC has earned a national title or have been awarded some form of a national title. Bama-2, LSU-2, Florida-3, TN-1, Auburn-1
FACT: UGA is not a top tier program in the SEC. Florida owns the SEC east. LSU, Bama, Auburn, and Arkansas have owned the SEC west.
patrick M Sulley
February 1st, 2010
10:15 am
AGAIN……….FACTS are facts “bulldawgnuts”. You can state your opinion (and what you say is just that) but I have posted FACTS. Like Fox News says….I report….you decide. If UGA has as many over all wins, more bowl wins, more times ranked top ten etc etc etc then only a moron would say that the program is not as good as a program with less. The 2-7 is only one part of the equation….hence the “as good” part of the as good or better.
Again……………
facts that are not in dispute.
Fact……….UGA has 2 SEC titles..same as Fla in last 9 years and equal amount of total wins over all.
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Fact……….UGA has been ranked more times top ten in last 9 years than any SEC team.
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Fact……….UGA 90 wins in 9 years no other SEC team has more.
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Fact………..UGA has 2 SEC titles…same as Fla
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Fact………..UGA has won 4 str8 bowls….more than any other SEC team.
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Fact……..UGA has won 11 of last 13 bowls…more than any team tied with LSU and more than FLA
Fact…… UGA has won 8 or more games in last 13 years…more than any other team.
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Fact…… UGA has been ranked more times in top ten than any SEC team over last 9 years.
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Fact…….UGA is clearly as good or better than any SEC team over last 9 years. Only a fool or a fan of the mythical BCSNC selection process (non playoff) would think otherwise.
Now you can come to papa if these3 slaps in your face hurt.
Dean
February 1st, 2010
10:43 am
Terry Hoage people!!! I can’t beleive I see no mention of Terry Hoage. What a collegiate and pro career!
Monroe's first Redcoat
February 1st, 2010
10:55 am
1. Tarkenton 2: Guy McIntyre 3: Herschel 4: Trippi 5: Stanfill
Many, many more are equally deserving. Hey Bill, wasn’t Guy McIntyre the LAST player drafted the year he went into the NFL?