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GaDawg
May 20th, 2010
4:57 pm
NOW THIS IS A POWERFUL POST…….somehow, I don’t believe that STEINER is your typical blogger. Those words are too insightful, too full of emotion, and so very articulate.
I think that it would be a good idea for all of us to make a copy of the following words, save them in our document file, and refer to them every time we think about posting a comment. I, like so many others, needed to hear these words. Accentuate the POSITIVE; Eliminate the NEGATIVE!!! Back our Coaches, Back our Dawgs come Hell or High Water!!! Awesome, I feel like we just had a Visitation!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…….DAWGS!!!….SIC’EM!!! Do you remember?……..
STEINER
March 20th, 2010
2:24 pm
Sometimes I like to read your blog, Bill, then other times I think you are a “POT STIRRER”….You’re like a lot of UGA fans, when the Dawgs lose a couple they are favored in, its time to question or run off the coaches…But then when they do good and end up #2 in the nation, we want to get on the “love train.” I’m with the coaches and the Dawgs in either situation, cause I know the coaches involved and know they are doing the best they possibly can….GOT A LITTLE DEAL FOR YOU BILL THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ, HERE GOES: It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
chazzo
May 20th, 2010
5:42 pm
Auburn, Arky and Miss State are all in the West. Technically, UGA could drop 1 or 2 of those and still play in Atlanta if they win the head to head with SC, UT, and UF. Of course, they also have to beat Vandy and Ky. I am in no way saying that it is an easy schedule and these are the only decent teams they play. I am saying that they are the have to wins.
chazzo
May 20th, 2010
5:46 pm
Dawg 3/20. Recruiting is the very reason why UGA has to at least represent the East in Atlanta this season. To play in that game …. well …. read my other posts.
Bulldog59
May 20th, 2010
5:48 pm
Defense better?…. totally agree, SC is a pivotal game, and oh so dangerous for us, in Columbia, Spurrier loves beating the Dawgs, first test of a brand new D. Add to that the missing ingredient, Marcus Lattimore, that you mentioned. The kid is supposed to be the real deal.
Actually looking for tickets so and bud and I can go. They will be EXTREMELY hard to come by. That will be an awesome game.
GaDawg985
May 20th, 2010
5:53 pm
All of us eagerly await the upcoming season with the greatest of hopes and expectations, but lets not forget the lessons we should have learned from the past two seasons. We must temper our enthusiasms with a healthy dose of reality. We compete in the SEC; the toughest conference in America. Any one of those conference opponents has the ability to beat us. I love the off season speculation because it’s fun for the moment, but we can’t let it become a DISTRACTION! We must play one team at a time with full focus on, and full respect for, that team Only. Right now, the only team on our schedule is the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Dawgs GATA!!!
Delbert D.
May 20th, 2010
6:03 pm
Oh, no…another illegal immigrant:
“By Andria Simmons
“The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“A 5-foot-long alligator was rounded up last week after a police officer spotted it strolling through someone’s lawn in Dacula.”
You can’t make this kind of stuff up.
motown hound
May 20th, 2010
6:15 pm
Bill,
Thanks for the three sentence article inviting us to do preseason college football masturbation.
Wow that will keep us appeased for awhile. What a joke! I think I will take Mark Bradley and Jeff whats his name seriously for a while. Actually Mark Bradley makes sense every now and then.
Other than that have a great vacation!
big k
May 20th, 2010
11:17 pm
Bold Predictions for next year
-Georgia will have the best secondary in the SEC. Boykin, Williams, Rambo, Smith, Ogletree, and Hamilton. Tons of talent back there.
-By seasons end Orson Charles will be considered one of the best tightends in the country.
-Dawgs will lose on the road to Miss. State after beating SC in a lose game and winning against Arkansas in another shootout
Gravy Train
May 20th, 2010
11:21 pm
I’m hoping we can get someone with a football IQ to run this blog. Maybe even somebody who doesn’t look like a hillbilly Jerry Garcia wanna be. Perhaps younger would be better too? Nimrods like Bill King, that use a public blog to lambast college players, don’t deserve to call themselves a true fan. Bill is really a jealous idiot that was a huge dork in high school.
Hey, lets throw Bill in the secondary and see how easy it is for him. Maybe he can angle sunrays into lasers with those coke bottles he calls glasses, that’s about the only chance his potbellied self would have. Better yet, let’s put Bill up in the box with some headphones and see what he can dial up. He’s the idiot that would get burned by a skinny post trying to all out blitz.
I get as upset as anyone else when the Dawgs don’t win. I wear my fandom on my sleeve and others are quick to make potshots and criticisms when bad things happen. Bill King, nor any other so-called fan, shouldn’t be one of them. Especially not on a public forum.
Ask yourself why Southern men are constantly given negative sterotypes and then look at Bill and some of the junk he puts on here.
Fire Bill King
BuLLdawg
May 21st, 2010
1:47 am
D. J. Shockley is over 6 feet tall slightly, weighs 218, is significantly faster than Aaron Murray and D. J. has a far better arm than Aaron Murray.
D. J. Shockley is taller, weighs more, has a better arm and is faster than Aaron Murray. Aaron Murray is small, short, does not have a great arm like D. J. does, and is not fast at all at 4.7 in the 40-yard dash, as Aaron Murray weighs 198 lbs. and is just under 6 feet tall.
D. J. Shockley has signed first a $ 1 . 7 million dollar contract after being drafted by the Atlanta Falcons, and more recently another contract with the Atlanta Falcons. He has looked great in preseason games, but has yet to throw a pass in a regular season NFL game. David Greene has a poor arm, always has, is dead on his feet slow, not an athlete, and looked absolutely horrible in NFL preseason games. David Greene ended his career in the NFL having never thrown an NFL pass. D. J. Shockley is in his 3rd year in the NFL. The year when D. J. Shockley got injured in the NFL was the same year he would have hit the field. Then, the next season we drafted Matt Ryan.
D. J. Shockley and Aaron Murray because of their size, have always had injury issues. David Greene never did. Matthew Stafford never did. D. J. Shockley was and is a LOT BETTER QUARTERBACK than David Greene. D. J. Shockley won 1 SEC Championship in his only year, and was great. David Greene won 1 SEC Championship in his 4 years, and it because of our Defense, not David Greene.
Both D. J. Shockley and David Greene did NOT turn the football over. Aaron Murray threw the fewest touchdown passes and most interceptions in all 3 scrimmages. D. J. Shockley set the Record for The University of Georgia for Most Touchdowns by a Quarterback in the History of UGA football. Not the most TD passes, but the Most TD including his world-class speed, something Aaron Murray at 4.7 in the 40-yard dash does not compare to D. J. Shockley in.
D. J. Shockley is short for a QB.
Aaron Murray is slower, shorter, smaller, and has no where near the arm of D. J. Shockley.
If Zach Mettenberger were here, he would be the QB, which is why Coach Richt did not play him last year against Okie State. Coach Richt knows who he wants to be his QB. That is and has been Aaron Murray, as it was Joe Cox last year and as it was Matthew Stafford, and as it was D. J. Shockley and as it was David Greene.
With the improved defense and special teams coaching this season, there is every reason to believe that since we had a 9-4 (13 games) season 2006 with no QB prepared and since we had an 8-5 (13 games) season 2009 with no QB prepared, that we can post a 9-4 or 10-3 with no QB prepared this season.
Aaron Murray will be a good QB for us. He needs to get his grades up. He needs to study the playbook. He needs to get in the weight room and build up his arm strength and his leg strength. He needs to add some meat. But, beating Florida in this blog is B.S. in May as a redshirt freshman who spent all last year injured from 3 different injuries not the least of which is he threw his throwing arm out missing 21 Fall Practices last year.
We have NO ONE BEHIND Aaron Murray.
NO ONE.
Aaron Murray will NEVER beat out Christian LeMay who is 6 ‘ 2 “ with world class speed and a great arm. NEVER.
nam dog
May 21st, 2010
6:36 am
christan le may will never play at ga, just another flash in the pan, kind of like our great s w dekalb qb
Spike
May 21st, 2010
6:40 am
Beat the Gators. UGA-30. ACC Champs-24.
Dawg Days
May 21st, 2010
7:25 am
Bulldawg 59,
I believe you missed the mark (no pun intented) about Richt not calling off the Dawgs even if they are up on UT by 30 next fall. He doesnt have that mentality in him, and I’m glad. Its what seperates him from the Urban Cryers of the coaching ranks. But furthermore, he has too much respect, admiration, and gratitude for Vince Dooley to run the score up on son Derek….it won’t happen, period, end of story.
like a Fox
May 21st, 2010
7:48 am
The Athens Banner-Herald reports WATKINSVILLE, Ga. — An Oconee County jury has convicted a woman and her boyfriend of child abuse for locking the woman’s son naked in a closet, shooting him with pellets from an air gun and spraying him in the face with pepper spray.
And you guys say living downtown is dangerous.
Gen Neyland
May 21st, 2010
8:05 am
Bulldog59 says : UT, I think CMR will look to have DD pay for (1) Kiffin’s mouth, and (2) DD’s own role in the Nance/Rogers recruiting trickery. If we’re up by 30, don’t expect CMR to call off the Dawgs this year.
Like LK didn’t call off the Vols last year..? By OCT, Tennessee will either be looking to survive the season or show the growth of a very young O. Their defense will be decent. I learned never to count my chickens blah blah. It’s a hoot how rah-rah fans never do…Never.
Gen Neyland
May 21st, 2010
8:11 am
like a Fox : I’d take my chances at 0200 hrs on Athens streets before Atlanta’s at the same hour…Shootfire, make that 1400 hrs, broad daylight with a cop on every corner and the S.W.A.T. team chopper overhead.
chazzo
May 21st, 2010
8:25 am
DJ moved on. So should you. Hershell moved on, and so should you. Stop comparing the new kids to the old kids. It is 2010. It will be a whole new season. Everyone has a job to do, and that job does not entail filling anyone’s shoes or placating our dumb arses.
Bulldog59
May 21st, 2010
9:39 am
Dawg Days…my initial thoughts were just as yours, but after considering that questions are being openly asked, does CMR have what it takes? Does he have the killer instinct? (some in articles this week) I think the CMR that slowed things down against FSU to show respect for Coach Bowden may take a day off on this one.
Remember, the Nance/Rogers incident is the only time CMR has ever personally requested (initiated) and NCAA inquiry into recruitment.
You could be right, the game is a long way off, and he may simmer down.
The bottom line is, DD’s job won’t be decided by our game, whether we win by 17 or 35. The kid is in a no-win situation, so much so that UT is selling “mini-packages” of tickets to try to fill the stadium for 2010.
Who could ever imagine a UT-Florida game as part of a “mini-package.”
I-DOG
May 21st, 2010
9:44 am
Interesting in that Tebow is making waves with the Denver Broncos at the organized team activities. He is winning sprints by 10-15 yards every time and fist bumping guys in the huddle and the veterans don’t know what to make of him. He is also pretending to take the snap, taking a 3 to 5 step drop and pretending to throw a ball when it isn’t his rep 20 yards behind the qb whose rep it is rather than stand and watch the action on his off reps. Nobody has ever seen a qb do this.
The Denver media hasn’t seen anything like this work ethic (this isn’t even training camp, it is OTA’s) and this franchise has been to 5 superbowls winning 2. Who knows if he will develop into an NFL QB, but his work ethic and passion are becoming legendary. It may alienate him from the rest of the team as he is definately not fitting into the culture.
Thought some might find this interesting on the former SEC player and main rival.
chazzo
May 21st, 2010
9:52 am
I-Dog,
Thanks for sharing. I hated Tebow. I didn’t like the sugary sweet image love affair. But, the truth of the matter is that his work ethic in phenomenal. It is the key to success and leadership, and it is a great example. On top of all of that, apparently he is genuinely that frickin’ nice and happy. I think we can all learn a lot from that kid.
Half Century Dawg Fan
May 21st, 2010
10:41 am
Chazzo, Amen to your 8:25 am post.
Bulldog59
May 21st, 2010
10:48 am
chazzo. Ditto on the Tebow comments, all of them.
The question is, what can he do at “game speed?”
And, personal note. During Vick’s first couple of years in ATL, I coached youth football with a former NFL vet. He played 13 years and has 2 Super Bowl rings, from his years as Elway’s LT.
I asked his opinion of Vick. His reply was very short, “he’d better learn to slide!”
Take note Mr. Tebow.
dawgs01
May 21st, 2010
10:52 am
I hated tebow too but i hope he makes it in the NFL. His work ethic is crazy and it could help him get on the field. I know they wont do this but he could play special teams bc he is built like a LB.
KBank
May 21st, 2010
11:50 am
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Whoever wins the 1st quarter, wins the Ga-Fla game 90%, 8 out of 9 seasons.
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>>>>>Yes, it’s that simple, and momentum is that powerful<<<<<
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Jethro
May 21st, 2010
12:06 pm
Tim Tebow has always had a great work ethic and he absolutely loves to play the game. Who wouldn’t? He has made it to the pinnacle of organized football and….he is getting paid for it.
8 out of 9
May 21st, 2010
12:26 pm
Hey Saint Simons,
(((((((((((30-24))))))))))))
(((((((((((73-66))))))))))))
(((((((((((8 out of 9)))))))
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m glad it still hurts!
LeMay I or LeMay I not
May 21st, 2010
12:39 pm
Dawgs lose 4 games….. Bank on it
Bippity Boppity Boo Boo
May 21st, 2010
12:44 pm
Richt is on the hot seat ….4 SEC losses 2 of which will be to South Carolina and another beat down administered by the Florida Gators. Boo Boos last season… write it down!
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
12:46 pm
Bippity Boppity Boo Boo write this down your wrong and a moron..
Bippity Boppity Boo Boo
May 21st, 2010
12:49 pm
Ok How2 fish … You’re wrong and a moron…
beatdowns galore
May 21st, 2010
12:52 pm
Fire Perno… this guy is a clown ! Goes for CMR too if he gets another A$$ whuppin from Rocky top and the gators.
The Zen Master says....
May 21st, 2010
12:54 pm
when UGA commits to running the ball against the Gators, Vols, Tigers and Jackets, they win. Consider: Florida 2007: 196 yards on the ground. Tennessee 2008: 148 yards on the ground. Auburn: 169 yards on the ground. Georgia Tech 2009: 349 yards on the ground. In all 4 of these wins the team rushed for over 100 yards. If running the ball isn’t the answer, then Mark Richt and Coach Bobo are asking the wrong question.
Iowa corn fed dawg boys
May 21st, 2010
1:07 pm
Say what you want about Timmy Tebow, the guy has got passion. UGA needs a player like David Pollock who played with passion. All we have now is a bunch of primma donnas I’s or me’s who frequents jail blotters. Now weve recriuted a bunch of hat swapping lime light grabbers who havent played a down of collge football who thinks they will take UGA to the promised land.
how2fish
May 21st, 2010
1:09 pm
Bippity Boppity Boo Boo now that you have written it down..stand in front of the mirror and repeat what is says…it fits and looks good on you…really this is too easy.
The Zen Master also says....
May 21st, 2010
1:12 pm
when UGA doesn’t commit to running the ball against the Gators, Vols and Jackets, they lose. Consider: Florida 2009: 121 yards on the ground. Tennessee 2009: 88 yards on the ground. Georgia Tech 2008: 81 yards. In all 4 losses the team rushed for under 125 yards. If running the ball isn’t the answer, then Mark Richt and Coach Bobo are asking the wrong question.
Bippity Boppity Boo Boo
May 21st, 2010
1:16 pm
Gee how 2 fish Im really impressed coming from a guy with experience and know HOW… You really do make it sound easy….
Oklahoma Spooners
May 21st, 2010
1:20 pm
Anyone seen Matt and Joe lately?
big k
May 21st, 2010
1:21 pm
Georgia will be able to run the ball on any team this year, any. Veteran and deep offensive line plus two stud RBs equal alot of yards. Go please Mr. Bobo…RUN RUN RUN
Oklahoma Spooners
May 21st, 2010
1:22 pm
http://deepsouthsports.blogspot.com/2007/05/talledega-days.html
Southern men are stereotyped?
May 21st, 2010
1:28 pm
If you think southern males are unique, travel to San Francisco or to NJ or to NYC or to anywhere in the USA. Take a look and take a listen to them. AAAAAAAAHAHAHAH
I have been all over the enitre world, as a southern, UGA male, business man and I have done, very, very well in NYC and Chicago and San Fran, Boston and Frankfurt, Toykyo and Dublin and too many to name.
To suggest that about the southern male shows that you are a URBAN hick from Cleveland or Dayton or from Bayonne, NJ or Seacucus,NJ ……….and I have been to these cities too.
Go Dogs.
Big Bob
May 21st, 2010
1:34 pm
The Gaytors are in for a big letdown this year. They will finish with an 8-4 record and one of the losses will be a BIG WHUPPING put on them by the DAWGS. DAWGS begin to dominate college football in 2010. Remember you read it here first.
KBank
May 21st, 2010
1:49 pm
>>>>>>Running the ball best does NOT = win in Ga-Fla game.
>>>>Several games UGA beat Fla rushing, but lost the game.
>>>>To beat Fla, whoever wins the 1’st quarter, wins the game, 8 out of 9 of the last 9 seasons. Get mo on your side fast & early.
Dawg 3/20
May 21st, 2010
2:09 pm
“DAWGS begin to dominate college football in 2010. Remember you read it here first”
Richt will be at a prayer group, Grantham will be at a buffet, and the 2010 Dawgs will watching TV on January 10, 2011 for the 31st consecutive year. Remember you read it here first.
KBank
May 21st, 2010
2:20 pm
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Look at this scorign margin trend:
2002 Offense av 32 points a game, defense av 15 pts a game, scoring margin game av +17
2002 Off 32, def 15, +17
2003 Off 27, def 15, +12
2004 Off 28, def 17, +11
2005 Off 30, def 16, +14
2006 Off 25, def 18, +7
2007 Off 33, Def 20, +13
2008 Off 32, def 25, +7
2009 Off 29, Def 26, +3
>>>>Bobo & Offense has been doing a GREAT JOB SCORING
>>>>Defense has been getting WORSE every year since 2007
>>>>>>>Bottom line: Richt’s 3 Best Years were
2002 (+17)
2005 (+14)
2007 (+13)
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Richt needs to av a +14 scoring margin to restore UGA
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Delbert D.
May 21st, 2010
2:37 pm
So what are we gonna do, petition the AJC to drop Bill’s blog and pick up “Gardening with Dooley?”
Herman
May 21st, 2010
2:40 pm
Hey, Glory Glory & 8 out of 9,
What was the scores of those baseball games this year?
46-39-2 uga
May 21st, 2010
2:46 pm
hello all u gator fans……if u are going to speak about the uga/uf record please go all the way back…please…a boxer is always known by his overall record..not just his last 17 wins…here is the TRUTH which will make u free(john 8:32) uga/uf series::::first contest: 11/06/1915. number of meetings: 87. most recent meeting: 10/31/09 41-17 UF. all time series 46-39-2,UGA. largest victory:11/07/1942 75-0 UGA UGA UGA. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS!:) OH BY THE WAY I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING TEBOW AND MORENO PLAY BALL TOGETHER…
Herman
May 21st, 2010
2:51 pm
how2fish, $20 says at best your 4 foot tall with little man syndrome. Why is it that your so angry? Georgia has sucked for years. Seems you would be ok with it by now.
60-39-5 UGA
May 21st, 2010
2:57 pm
hello all u tech fans….here is the TRUTH that will make you free (john 8:32). overall series: 1st meeting 11/04/1893. 1st result 28-6 GT. last meeting: 11/28/2009 results 30-24 UGA. all time series: 60-39-5 UGA UGA UGA…..THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS.
1eyedJack
May 21st, 2010
3:12 pm
As much as I like and admire Hydrangeas I don’t believe I would enjoy blogging in Dooley’s garden.