Playing the ‘what if’ game cuts both ways for Dogs
What if Lindsay Scott's famous touchdown hadn't happened? (Associated Press)
I’m generally not real big on debating “what if” scenarios in sports, largely because there are so many moments in close games where a key play or two could have made the difference.
What if that player didn’t hang on to the ball? What if that tackle wasn’t missed? You can look at just about any big win or loss that wasn’t a blowout and see how the outcome could have changed if only something had or hadn’t happened.
But many fans enjoy these forays into alternative history, which is why ESPN’s “College Football Live” delves into such topics as the recent “Who wins the 1980 national title if Georgia’s Lindsay Scott doesn’t score vs. Florida?”
Those voting in the poll on ESPN.com for the most part concluded that Lindsay’s famous touchdown not happening would have meant the Dogs wouldn’t have won the 1980 championship, with 43 percent saying Pitt would have taken the title and 37 percent opting for Florida State.
However, 20 percent of the voters thought Georgia still would have been the national champs that year, and agreeing with them was Buck Belue, the Dogs’ quarterback that season. Belue wrote a blog on the subject in which he made a pretty convincing case that even if Scott hadn’t scored on that famous play, Georgia still could have won the game against Florida and kept its unbeaten record.
Trailing the Gators 21-20 with a minute left in the game, the Dogs didn’t expect to score on that play; they were just trying to keep alive a drive mainly aimed at getting into position for a field goal try by trusty Rex Robinson. Rex has even reminisced about how he missed seeing Lindsay score because he was busy preparing for what he expected to be a game-winning kick.
As Belue put it: “Rex told me he was good from 57 that day. In fact, Rex kicked two 57 yard field goals that season, and ended the season 4-6 from 50-plus. He was clutch. That was the plan all along. Let’s get Rex a shot to win it.”
So if Scott had been tackled at Georgia’s 40 on the big play instead of scoring, Belue says he would have hit Lindsay over the middle again. Then: “Drop one off to Herschel underneath would have been 10 yards. Scramble once for 10. Again, with one timeout to stop the clock, we could have run Herschel once. I liked our chances of doing this. What if Buck to Lindsay never happened? We still win the game on a Rex Robinson field goal.”
I’d like to think he’s right.
That discussion set me to thinking about any other “what if” moments for the Dogs with national championship implications, and the one that stood out was the South Carolina game in 2007, when the Dogs were held to four Brandon Coutu field goals in a 16-12 loss in Athens. That loss came to haunt Georgia late in the season when it was one of the hottest teams in the country but was basically out of contention for the BCS game because it didn’t even win the SEC East.
What if Tony Wilson had hung on to the ball he caught from Matthew Stafford when hit at the Gamecocks goal line? And there were other dropped or just-missed passes in the end zone for Georgia in that game.
A TD catch likely would have given the Dogs the win over South Carolina and a better conference record than Tennessee at the end of the season, even with the loss to the Vols. Georgia would have met LSU in the SEC championship game.
The way the Dogs were playing at that point, a win in Atlanta would have seemed likely. And that would have given the Dogs the shot against Ohio State in the BCS title game.
Yeah, thinking about things like that can drive you crazy.
Even so, feel free to offer up your own “what if” moments. …
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139 comments Add your comment
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
11:37 am
What if the players could shape up and stay out of jail?
mike
July 16th, 2010
11:40 am
If Kentucky can make a chip shot field goal they beat Tennessee the same year and the Dawgs make it to the Atlanta to face LSU. A lot of what ifs that season.
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
11:43 am
What if UGA did not have so many penalties and turnovers?
outkasted
July 16th, 2010
11:47 am
what if ga get’s that turnover on that 1st drive for alabama in the blackout game but was flagged or what if he int prince miller got against teebow that was called backed that same yr…. i agree what if we didn’t have so many bad penalties the past 2 or 3 yrs????????
Seven Bulldogs Arrested This Calendar Year
July 16th, 2010
11:49 am
What if Damon Evans and seven bulldog players were not arrested this calendar year????
BugKiller
July 16th, 2010
11:50 am
What if someone COMPETENT had been named Georgia’s DC when Van Gorder left, you know, as opposed to Soft Willie Martinez, who was also a failure at ECU and Central MI as a DC, btw.
Or, what if Adams didn’t cheapskate Van Gorder on his raise after winning the Broyles Award, which is the real reason why BVG left?
Bride of Chucky Knapp
July 16th, 2010
11:51 am
Maddening to think about. What if we just wait a bit more and enjoy the real season when it starts?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
11:52 am
What if the UGA players spent less time dancing on the sidelines and more time focusing on the game at hand?
Matt in Athens
July 16th, 2010
11:53 am
I’ve thought about this since last year: what if Rennie Curran hadn’t tipped Stephen Garcia’s 4th down pass and what If A.J. Green hadn’t blocked Arizona State’s FG attempt last year? That would’ve put us a 5-7, out of a bowl, and Richt would be in a lot more trouble (For the record, I’m very glad he’s not). Also worth remembering is the dropped 4th down play vs. GT. A 4-8 season would’ve been disastrous.
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
11:56 am
What if the UGA coaches spent more time coaching and less time thinking up gimmicks to motivate the players?
For the record
July 16th, 2010
11:58 am
If, If was a 5th we all be f’d up.
thUGA
July 16th, 2010
11:59 am
What if thUGA players didn’t dance as a team in the end zone when they scored.
Scott W.
July 16th, 2010
11:59 am
What if Gators weren’t such jerks?
DawgBone
July 16th, 2010
12:01 pm
What if CMR had control of his players?
Scott W.
July 16th, 2010
12:02 pm
What if the crazy penalty from the LSU game wasn’t called against AJ Green and that was the turning point of last year?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
12:03 pm
What if UGA did not have a minister as a football coach?
Red & Black
July 16th, 2010
12:03 pm
What if every off season wasn’t an embarassment?
Scott W.
July 16th, 2010
12:04 pm
What if Bacarri Rambo hadn’t stood the Tigers up at the goal line?
jp
July 16th, 2010
12:05 pm
what if gator fans didn’t have mullets and jeans shorts?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
12:05 pm
What if watergirl stayed off of the sidelines and sat in the stands or stayed home?
Today’s Dawgs don’t misbehave more
July 16th, 2010
12:06 pm
they just misbehave more
dixiedawg
July 16th, 2010
12:06 pm
Florida people are so busy looking at what happens to Georgia players that they can’t see all of the trouble their own players are having. Florida’s arrest record isn’t any better than Georgia’s. Neither look good. Clean up your own back door before you start complaining about others.
By the way, we still have the best record against you guys overall.
space wrangler
July 16th, 2010
12:07 pm
What if Terrence Edwards catches that pass against Florida in ‘02.
dixiedawg
July 16th, 2010
12:08 pm
The watergirl just happens to be Coach Richt’s wife.
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
12:08 pm
What if it could be 1980 every year?
Scott W.
July 16th, 2010
12:10 pm
What if Michael Johnson had a 1/2ft less vertical?
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts
July 16th, 2010
12:11 pm
we’d all have no reason to fear the Athens police scanner
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
12:12 pm
What if UGA was not 10-10 against SEC east teams over the last four years?
How2fish
July 16th, 2010
12:15 pm
SSIgator what if UGA still didn’t own the UGA vs UF record. What if CUM wasn’t a razor edge away from one more melt down. What if the Gators went a whole season with out trying to gouge anyone’s eye out or pass out behind the wheel at a red light..if mean what if?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
12:18 pm
What if Bill King shaved his beard and had lasik surgery? We are actually almost the same age Bill, but I guess it is hard on you to be a dawg.
How2fish
July 16th, 2010
12:19 pm
What if Mount Cody doesn’t play against UT last year?
DP
July 16th, 2010
12:19 pm
What if 2 Notre Dame kick returners didn’t inexplicably run away from a kickoff and hand Georgia a touchdown that was the margin of victory in the Sugar Bowl at the end of the 1980 season?
How2fish
July 16th, 2010
12:20 pm
What if Herschel doesn’t knock the ND middle linebacker out of the game in 1980.
dawggirl
July 16th, 2010
12:23 pm
What if SSIgator wasn’t a complete tool?
MattDawg
July 16th, 2010
12:26 pm
What if miss fuhrmann had been wearing white panties
Cuz
July 16th, 2010
12:32 pm
What if the magnetic fields shifted from North to South? Would we have to change our name to the Northeastern Conference?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
12:34 pm
MattDawg -
What if they were gold – or worse yet blue?
Delbert D.
July 16th, 2010
12:41 pm
Wait a minute, “alternative history” is what Obama is selling.
Dawg H8R
July 16th, 2010
12:45 pm
Delbert D.
July 16th, 2010
12:41 pm
Wait a minute, “alternative history” is what Obama is selling.
Wait a minute, “alternative history” is what Jawja is selling.
Jd. Dawg Fan
July 16th, 2010
12:49 pm
If Lindsey does not score on that play I don’t get drunk in New Orleans that year!
gadawg
July 16th, 2010
12:49 pm
if my aunt had balls she’d be my uncle
Delbert D.
July 16th, 2010
12:51 pm
Cuz – That would make it Northwestern Conference, I think.
Delbert D.
July 16th, 2010
12:55 pm
If you want alternative “reality”, have your school board buy their textbooks from Texas.
Lowcountry Bulldawg
July 16th, 2010
12:59 pm
What if Andre Hastings had not fumbled in 1992 against UT when we were driving at the end of the game.
SSIGator
July 16th, 2010
1:01 pm
What if I didn’t like men? There would be a lot of unhappy guys out there today!
Dawg H8R
July 16th, 2010
1:02 pm
Me too SSIGator. God I love MEN!
dixiedawg
July 16th, 2010
1:02 pm
What if SSigator would go post on the gator board where somebody might care what he had to say instead of spending time on the dawgs board. Makes me wonder if he really wants to be a Georgia Dawg but is afraid he won’t be accepted.
Joe Hamilton's Designated Driver
July 16th, 2010
1:03 pm
What if gators weren’t such lowlifes like my passenger
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:05 pm
I wish I had a man in my lap right now!
RUSS GATA
July 16th, 2010
1:07 pm
Thanks JYD Blogger,
This replies shows that many folks still have what Freud called “BullDawg” envy.
Those affected and infected are Jackets and Gators and guys that did not play high school football-
and as a result of too many wedgies applied by the Dawgs historically take shots.
When the hating is this good that means 10-2 or better.
BEST SCENARIO
July 16th, 2010
1:07 pm
Urban Myer and Tim Tebow are just a pair of cry babies.
Galen Hall
July 16th, 2010
1:10 pm
What if Carl Johnson didn’t have a sexual violence restraining order in Alachua County? What if Jamar Hornsby didn’t use the credit card of his dead roommates girlfriend racking up $2,800 in bills? What if Gator players Dee Webb, Andre Caldwell and Reggie Lewis didn’t get caught w/ a $60,000 SUV loaded with improperly registered AK’s and other machine guns while shooting at apartment windows for fun?
Delbert D.
July 16th, 2010
1:11 pm
So what are non-Gators, non-Jackets and guys who did play high school football?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:13 pm
What if UGA actually showed up against UF this year and at least made the game interesting?
Galen Hall
July 16th, 2010
1:19 pm
What if FU could actually get within a half-dozen games of UGA in the overall record before crowning themselves owners of the WLOCP?
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What will all of the UGA fans talk about when UF actually passes UGA in the overall record? 1980 – so long ago.
Galen Hall
July 16th, 2010
1:30 pm
SSIllyGator – you gonna hold your breath until 2017 hoping for a win every year?
As much as I’d like to banter back and forth about the topic, I’m taking off early for the weekend. I’ll let my FU grads cover the office while I’m gone.
51-33, 35-14, and 45-19
July 16th, 2010
1:31 pm
This blog is no place for training. I’ll move on now.
What ifffff??///
July 16th, 2010
1:38 pm
What if Tech fans actually had somehwere meaningful to post besides here?
What if Auburn had gotten a shot at USC in 2004?
What if Southern Cal had taken care of business in 2006 against UCLA?
What if a year after lobbying for Michigan-Ohio State in 2006 Herbstreit and the boys at ESPN had taken the same tack with Georgia instead of decided now you have to win your conference championship?
What are gaytor fans going to do when the Dawgs win this year? Count on it.
DawginLex
July 16th, 2010
1:38 pm
UGA 6-4 vs the UT hillbillies this decade. 41-14 in Knoxville in 2003 after loudmouth Casey Claussen said in 2002 “We would have won if I played. I could have played with one arm tied behind my back.”
Casey played in 2003 41-14 UGA
Considering the beating that Derek dooley is taking right now and considering the beating that UT is gonna get in Sanford Stadium this fall, UT folks should abandon these blogs.
SSIGator
July 16th, 2010
1:44 pm
What if I wasn’t a 40 year old loser living in my mom’s basement in Gainesville with a shirtless poster of Tebow beside the bed?
Dorsey Hill
July 16th, 2010
1:54 pm
I’ve got a couple dated ones:
What if we could have gotten late fourth quarter stops against UT on 4th and 14 AND UF on 3rd and 13 in 1992. We ended up 10-2 losing to UT by 3 and UF by 2.
What if Robert Edwards hadn’t broke his foot vs. UT in 1995? To that point he was unstoppable: 12 carries, 152 yards and 2 td’s. He was never the same after that. (BTW: add the 5 td’s he scored in the opener vs. USC in the 2nd half and that’s 7 TD’s in less than 4 q’s of football. Not sure Herschel could top that.)
Things that make you go hmmm.....
July 16th, 2010
2:20 pm
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What if Oscar Meyer had his meds dialed in properly? Would he have still retired for a week?
Things that make you go hmmm.....
July 16th, 2010
2:22 pm
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What if the young girl hadn’t been killed in that accident? Would the UF player still have had access to her credit card so he could buy some new things?
Things that make you go hmmm.....
July 16th, 2010
2:22 pm
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What is Florida had stricter gun legislation? Would the UF player still discharged his AK-47 in public?
Things that make you go hmmm.....
July 16th, 2010
2:23 pm
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What if UF had won the SEC CG last year? Would Tebow have still cried like a baby?
Things that make you go hmmm.....
July 16th, 2010
2:24 pm
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What if UF had actually beaten LSU during the regular season early in Oscar Meyer’s career? Would he still have cried like a baby during the press conference?
Things that make you go hmmm.....
July 16th, 2010
2:25 pm
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
1:23 pm
What is UF had beaten Bama in the SEC CG last year? Would Oscar Meyer still have “retired”?
BEST SCENARIO
July 16th, 2010
2:51 pm
SSIGator, there are no what if’s here. Tim Tebow and Urban Meyer are cry babies like the rest of you gaytards. HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
SSIgator
July 16th, 2010
3:30 pm
What if I was heterosexual?
YELLOW HAMMER
July 16th, 2010
3:32 pm
what if in 1980 Todd Rutledge hadn’t fumbled on the OLE MISS 3 . BAMA wins another nat. champ and UGA gets left out. BAMA was riding a 2 year winning streak…. what if
dog789xyz
July 16th, 2010
3:37 pm
What if we at UGA had a real coach instead of the mediocre Mark Richt? Uga has a great fan base, a great recruiting base, a great athletic facility. UGA has it all except our coach is clueless. He is not able to fix things during games, Goodness, Tenn must have run the same play 7 or 8 times against us. We never stopped it. FIRE Mark Richt. We have too much talent to waste on this coach.
YELLOW HAMMER
July 16th, 2010
3:42 pm
789, be very careful of what you wish for, you might end up with a 2-12 coach like cheeseneck at the barn
dog789xyz
July 16th, 2010
3:46 pm
I don’t see how it could be worse! How can you look forward to 3 or 4 losses each year with NO chance of a championship?
TallyDawg
July 16th, 2010
3:57 pm
What if every Gator was not a Colossal D-bag?
RxDawg
July 16th, 2010
4:02 pm
What if…. UGA would of beat UF in 2002. It would of left OSU, Miami, and UGA undefeated. I have no doubt UGA could of taken either one of them.
But also, who get’s left out? The controversy would of been worse than Auburn of 04′ because of more legitemate scheduling. Would it of really changed the BSC process today? *shrug*
Bulldog59
July 16th, 2010
4:03 pm
What if we lived in a world where SSIgator actually had friends?
Gbal
July 16th, 2010
4:13 pm
WHAT IF MRS> WALKER HAD 3 MORE SONS…all 4 years apart!!!
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:37 pm
TYPICAL GEORGIA LIVING IN THE PAST
HAHAHAHAHA….1980
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:38 pm
Y’ALL UGA FANS ARE SO PREDICTABLE. THE LAUGHING STOCK OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, CONGRATS!
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:40 pm
“WHAT IF” GEORGIA PLAYERS WERE NORMAL HUMAN BEINGS AND DIDN’T BEAT AND CHEAT ON THEIR SPOUSE?
Beast from the East
July 16th, 2010
4:42 pm
I was at the game in 1980. We thought we had it in the bag because Belue wasn’t known for his passing game. Our DB fell down and being that Lindsey was the fastest player on the field, no one was going to catch him. That was one lucky play.
That being said, it takes some luck to win the NC. All 3 that UF has won have had some luck involved. ‘96 was Texas upsetting Nebraska in the Big 12 CG. ‘06 was the two field goal blocks against South Carolina. ‘08 having USC lose late in the year. Bama was lucky to escape a mediocre UT last year. Being fortunate enough to have your team get in the big game is the hardest part.
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. I’ll leave the “what if’s” to others to debate and just be thankful for the opportunities we’ve had the last 15 years.
Good luck this season, Dawgs. See ya’ll in Jax for the WLOCP. BYOB!
Bulldog59
July 16th, 2010
4:42 pm
GT BABY, we are perfectly happy living in the present, that would be 8 of the last 9, and more of the same coming.
Grantham won’t have any trouble defending the triple-option. The reason no one runs it in the NFL is…..aggressive attacking Ds, that play sound, position football, with sure tackling will stop it cold.
Grantham coming to UGA will be a nightmare every Thanksgiving holiday for the Jackets.
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:47 pm
BULLDOG-THATS WHY WE RAN FOR 500 YARDS AGAINST YALL 2 YEARS AGO AND WE WOULD HAVE BEATEN YALL LAST YEAR IF NESBITT DIDNT GET HURT THE FIRST HALF. WE’VE PUT UP 69 POINTS AGAINST YALL IN THE PAST 2 YEARS AND OUR QB WAS HURT FOR A WHOLE HALF OF A GAME. SO DONT ACT LIKE YALL HAVE STOPED IT.
Damn Good Dawg
July 16th, 2010
4:50 pm
What if Josh Nesbitt had not gotten hurt last year and had actually played the whole game. Yeah, he would have still thrown up ducks to his recievers.
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:53 pm
OF COURSE NOBODY RUNS THE TRIPLE OPTION IN THE NFL. THOSE GUYS GET PAID A LOT OF MONEY. THE TO HAS WORKED OUT FOR US SO FAR…..IN THE PAST 2 YEARS WEVE WON 20 GAMES (1 OF THOSE GEORGIA), ACC CHAPIONSHIP, BEAT A #4 VT, MADE IT TO THE ORANGE BOWL (EVEN THOUGH WE LOST). DONT ACT LIKE PAUL JOHNSON HASNT FLIPPED THE GT FOOTBALL PROGRAM, BECAUSE HE HAS. LOOK AT ALL THE SUCCESS PAUL HAS DONE IN THIS LITTLE AMOUNT OF TIME.
Damn Good Dawg
July 16th, 2010
4:56 pm
What if the second best rushing team in the nation in 2009 had actually gotten more than 205 rushing yards against soft willie’s D… Guess those stats get inflated when you play in the ACC all girls conference
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:57 pm
OH YEAH, DON’T ACT LIKE GEORGIA FANS DONT FEAR PJ EITHER. EVERY GEORGIA FAN I KNOW SAID, “TECH IS GONNA BEAT US THIS YEAR, IM NOT GONNA WATCH IT”. THAT’S ALL I HEARD BEFORE THE GAME. UGA ONLY FILLED UP %20 OF BOBBY DODD LAST YEAR BECAUSE YALL DIDNT WANT TO HEAR IT FROM TECH FANS. I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS THERE. USUALLY IT’S 50/50 UP THERE, BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
GT BABY
July 16th, 2010
4:59 pm
WHAT DO ALL YALL GEORGIA FANS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT JUMPING OFF THE UGA BANDWAGON RIGHT BEFORE THE UGA/GT GAME? DON’T ACT LIKE YALL DIDN’T EITHER!
Damn Good Dawg
July 16th, 2010
4:59 pm
Riiiiiiiiight 50/50, usually tech nerds sell their tickets to UGA people because they don’t want to watch a beat down happen again….
southy706
July 16th, 2010
5:00 pm
WHAT IF…GEORGIA goes all the way this year and beats florida, tennessee, and alabama or lsu and then goes and beats a texas or a oklahoma or ohio state in the title game?
Bulldog59
July 16th, 2010
5:14 pm
GT BABY, you say Georgia lives in the past, but you live in a fantasy land, “if”? Really? That’s your best response?
Maybe less name calling and a little more attention to what is written would help.”8 of the last 9, and more of the same coming.” obviously means more wins coming.
Where is there any reference that we “stopped” GT? The comment was. “Grantham won’t have any trouble defending the triple-option.” That refers to the future.
I suggest some reading comprehension classes
If you want an “if” scenario… If GT could win more than 1 of every 9 against UGA, people might listen to your inane comments.
wayxbulldawg
July 16th, 2010
5:39 pm
What if dope smoking Derrick Harvey had been suspended for the 2006 south carolina game.
wayxbulldawg
July 16th, 2010
5:43 pm
What if jorts or crocs had never been invented. Would all gator fans walk around with no pants or shoes on?
AltamahaDawg
July 16th, 2010
6:17 pm
Evelynn Woodhead offers a good reding comprension class.
PeachJam
July 16th, 2010
6:39 pm
2007 drives me crazy. 2008, even worse. But just get it done so we don’t have to look back and say “what if”.
cliff
July 16th, 2010
7:11 pm
Have to be somewhat good to win National Championship Game but much depents on breaks and luck. Case in point Alabama last year. Could have easily lost several games. Tenn of all teams should have easily won the game. Almost like it was scripted for Tenn to lose. AL had a good team but no that good. In recent years winning the SEC almost assured a National Championship with light competition in the title game. Then last year Texas lost QB early yet almost pull it out. Who would have dreamed.
St. Bernard
July 16th, 2010
8:37 pm
Edwards dropped pass in 2002.
Tim Rupert
July 16th, 2010
9:09 pm
Ga beats LSU by 10 and TOS by 20. Go Dawgs.
ol ' seadawg
July 16th, 2010
9:32 pm
Beast You act like you got class, unlike a lot people on here ( Dawgs, Gators or Techies) My in-laws in Jax are great folks even if they are Gators. Some of these comments get a little out hand. I think you realize just how extremely hard it is to win the NC. Everything has to fall in place,especially for an SEC time. I salute you guys for your three,but we gonna whup up on you this year! See ya in Jax my friend. Go junkyard Dawgs!! GATA
Gator Aid
July 16th, 2010
9:55 pm
Headline: Phone records: Evans, Fuhrmann exchanged about 250 texts
As usual, the AJC closed the comments immediately to spare the UGA Correctional Institute any further embarrassment.
But don’t worry, the player-thugs at UGA will get plenty more embarrassing headlines as the police keep hauling them off to jail.
Damon Evans Panties
July 16th, 2010
10:14 pm
what if the students at UGA could spell dog?
what if they grew a pair and quit closing the comments?
what
July 16th, 2010
10:37 pm
if old Damm had used a taxi…
For the record
July 17th, 2010
1:24 am
What if Obama’s Health Care Plan wasn’t the worst thing since sliced bread:
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/94-charged-in-medicare-571835.html
Please show me how you can put a negative spin on this one I am sure you will try.
Alaska Dawg
July 17th, 2010
1:34 am
Bill, I am really sorry that there are so many idiots that have taken time to respond to this blog. I think this is a very interesting topic.I wish the Tech and Gator jerks would go to their own blogs. I enjoy your comments and can’t wait to continue reading them throughout what will, hopefully, be a memorable season. GO DAWGS!!!!
gerald c clemmons
July 17th, 2010
1:38 am
what if there was no racism on these blogs
gerald c clemmons
July 17th, 2010
1:41 am
for the record, that’s president obama, jacka_ _
12-2
July 17th, 2010
2:07 am
2007 South Carolina and Tennessee vols were 2 horrible football teams.
We LOST to BOTH.
2007 we beat a 4-Loss Florida team, the worst Florida team in some time now. In the last 5 seasons Florida has lost only 1 game 3 times, lost 3 games once and then there was the lousiest Florida team in the last 5 years in 2007.
2007 South Carolina lost 6 games, and did not even play in a damn bowl game; but they BEAT us. In fact, they beat us AT Sanford Stadium.
2007 South Carolina LOST to VANDERBILT even among their LAST 5 CONSECUTIVE GAMES to end the season South Carolina LOST.
But, they BEAT UGA at our House.
2007 vols LOST 4 games, but they slaughtered UGA 35-14.
2007 vols LOST to two (2) 7-6 teams BUT THEY MURDERED GEORGIA.
So, who in the Hell did Georgia BEAT in 2007, if BOTH of our LOSSES were to such cruddy horrible teams ?
No one.
That is whom we beat in 2007.
Our Bowl game win came over the # 19 Final AP Poll team, Hawaii. Is that NC bowl game win ? Hell freakin’ no.
12-2
July 17th, 2010
2:08 am
7-6 Georgia tek was certainly no damn good.
Non 1-A Western Carolina sucks.
Troy LOST to every team anyone has ever heard of in 2007, and Troy LOST in addition to FLORIDA ATLANTIC a 5-Loss team who played NO ONE.
2007 Auburn LOST to the likes of South Florida at Auburn. Give me a break. Auburn LOST to Mississippi State in 2007. Auburn in 2007 was no damn good.
7-6 Alabama in 2007 absolutely was a sucky football team. In 2007 Alabama LOST to such teams as 7-6 Florida State for God’s sake. 2007 Alabama LOST to Mississippi damn State. Bless their little hearts, even Louisiana Bloody Monroe who did not even have a winning record in 2007 even with the win over Alabama beat Alabama. That is not a good football team, either now is it ?
2007 Kentucky was a 5-Loss also unranked football team. Kentucky was no damn good in 2007, now was it ?
Okie State cowgirls 2007 was a 7-6 team BLOWN OUT in their bowl game by 7-6 powerhouse Indiana whatever their nickname is.
3-9 in 2007 was what Ole Miss was. You want to try to make a case that was a great team Georgia beat in 2007 along with our 2 most embarrassing losses in 2007 ?
Vanderbilt in 2007 was 5-7.
12-2
July 17th, 2010
2:09 am
Ok, that’s the lot.
Now, who in the Living Hell did UGA beat in 2007 ?
Go ahead, you can say it.
NO ONE.
2007, UGA had the NCAA # 83 Passing Offense with Matthew Stafford.
# 83 Passing Offense 2007 UGA.
Matthew Stafford was # 74 in Total Offense 2007
Matthew Stafford was # 56 In Passing Efficiency in 2007.
2007. I am so tired of hearing how great we were in 2007 when all you do is discuss our won/loss record and never none of you, ever, talk about WE BEAT NO ONE.
And, you want to play WHAT IF about 2007 ?
Do you seriously think that a team that played THAT SOFT SCHEDULE IN 2007 was going to WHAT IFFED INTO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Bill King you idiot ?
SOGADOG
July 17th, 2010
7:19 am
Tim Tucker would make a great reporter for the tabloids.
minnesota dawg
July 17th, 2010
7:36 am
No such things as “what ifs” only what ares. You can go crazy thinking about “what ifs.”
12-2
July 17th, 2010
7:39 am
DISNEYdawgs.com ALWAYS do WHAT IFs
They got nothing else.
Big time?? Not
July 17th, 2010
7:55 am
What if you had an ad campaign centered around “four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes” Losers
Donnie Darko
July 17th, 2010
7:57 am
What if Georgia had one more arrest? Well, how about taking the lead in the Fulmer Cup:
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Fulmer_Cup
ATL XMAN
July 17th, 2010
10:00 am
2007 we beat fla and 11 other teams that was on our schedule. bad luck against carolina and again when vandy missed a last second field goal from 35 yards out that would of sent us to play LSU in the sec title game.
we had bad game against tenn that year.
ATL XMAN
July 17th, 2010
10:01 am
any win in the sec is a hard tough win where on any given day any team from the sec can beat another team from the sec. thats just how tough the sec is.
AltamahaDawg
July 17th, 2010
10:14 am
What if somebody predicted a 12-2 season after spending the summer describing what horrible shape the program is in and blasting anybody who dared talk of 14 game seasons anymore?
12-2
July 17th, 2010
10:15 am
Bad LUCK against South Carolina ?
The game was at OUR HOUSE.
We scored ZERO (0) Touchdowns.
The worst loss LSU had that year was to a 8-Win opponent.
We LOST to South Carolina who ONLY WON 6 GAMES
And, that counts the win over Georgia
5 without it
LSU National Champions 2007 for 2ND TIME in Coach Richt Era
LSU beat # 9 Final AP Poll Virginia Tech 48-7
LSU beat # 13 Final AP Poll Florida
LSU beat # 15 Final AP Poll Auburn
LSU beat # 12 Final AP Poll Tennessee vols – not LOST by 3 TD
LSU beat # 5 Final AP Poll Ohio State
We LOST to # 12 Tennessee vols by 3 TD
We beat # 13 Florida like LSU did
We beat # 15 Auburn like LSU did
We did NOT beat # 9 Virginia Tech by 7 TD like LSU
We did NOT beat # 5 Ohio State by 2 TD like LSU
We beat # 19 Hawaii & they didn’t deserve to be ranked # 19
Our year 2007 is no where in the same ball park as LSU
Oh, we had a bad game vs the vols that year 2007
Duh
Oh, we had BAD LUCK against South Carolina no TD
Gatorhater
July 17th, 2010
10:18 am
SSIgator…What if Florida didn’t have cartoon school colors and their uniforms didn’t look like Junior high uniforms?…What if Florida fans didn’t wear cut off blue jean shorts, flip flops and have mulletts? What if Urban Meyer wasn’t such a cry baby?..What if Urban Meyer hadn’t run off all his coaches because he is such a pompous ass and takes credit for their hard work?… What if Urban Meyer wasn’t such a liar?…What if Florida didn’t sign players who can’t write their names or put grammatically correct sentences together?…. What if Florida hadn’t had eight players charged with felony crimes over the past five years?..What if Urban Meyer didn’t cry,point fingers at sports writers, coaches and everyone except himself?….What if everyone outside the state of Florida really gave a crap about the gators?…What if you weren’t such a tool?…What If?
12-2
July 17th, 2010
10:26 am
Then we better go
12-2
Because we sure as HELL are not going 12-2 in 2011
Not LOSING 15 seniors after 2010 and 4-5 juniors
12-2
July 17th, 2010
10:46 am
I am dawg-tired of the EXCUSES.
12-2
July 17th, 2010
10:47 am
And
the
LIES
of
HOW GREAT we are
38-14 last 4 years
in a REALLY SOFT SEC East
Rumbo
July 17th, 2010
11:29 am
Virtually every national champion gets a little luck during the season. In 1980, Georgia got enough to last a lifetime. Maybe that’s why they haven’t gotten any breaks in a title hunt since then, the law of averages says they aren’t due for anymore for another generation. The biggest was the kickoff fumble against N.D. Guy was untouched, just dropped the ball and gave the game away. Did Belue even complete a pass in that game? Two teams for the ages, 1996 Nebraska as the greatest, 1980 Georgia as the luckiest.
DawginOH
July 17th, 2010
11:42 am
What if all Gators and Bugs had better things to do than post stuff on our blogs that no Georgia fan actually cares about?
BurningRedBleedingBlack
July 17th, 2010
12:06 pm
Typical Comments from a Gator, They have no class thats why they live in FLA. thats why they get onto the AJC and reads bulldawg blogs, , not even close.I saw a gator fan the other day at store, he had on his tebow jersey, crocs,visor, and jorts for crying out loud!!!!! Typical!! I took a picture of him i’ll have to post it!!!
AltamahaDawg
July 17th, 2010
12:16 pm
Not so sure what excuses would be required when your predicting a 12-2 ,beating UF, winning the East season, eh Disney Dawg.
Except for the excuse that Coach Richt has for firing Coach Bobo this year, as you claim will happen. After going 12-2 and winning the east.
I recall that Tech helped in abig way
July 18th, 2010
10:24 am
On the fun day when UGA won the Florida game with L Scott for a TD ………..I recall that tech played Notre Dame and either tied them or won. THAT tech win put us (UGA) at number 1, the following poll release.
We went on to win it all. Besides, we knew that if tech hung in there with Notre Dame with a 10-01 tie or whatever its was …………… ND must not be much. My next door neighbor then was a ND grad and he was ill when UGA handled them. Fun to recall that.
Imagine how many very well known college foot ball teams have never won it, even once. This fact is why when morons scream that “UGA has not won a NC in 30 or so years”, you know that they
are not even alums of ANY college. Traditions make college so much fun and the anticipation of another memory building season. This is called -F-U-N folks.
Tech ……….many thanks.
Go Dogs
AltamahaDawg
July 18th, 2010
1:06 pm
More to the point that is how rare it is that any team wins a NC without the result from some other game that as completely out of thier control, and usually in the form of an upset.
doug
July 18th, 2010
6:42 pm
Then you have to account for all the games we should not have won, when we really didnt deserve to win.
Silly
Dawg Trainer
July 19th, 2010
8:47 am
12-2, I salute you, sir. You are a Georgia fan with an actual clue. There is no need for one of my usual sarcastic posts, your posts above spelled out exactly what the present state of Georgia football is at.
May Mark Richt stay at Georgia for ANOTHER decade!
WillDawg
July 19th, 2010
1:47 pm
What if SSI and GT baby had a life and stayed on their blog.
GOOB(Get off our blog)
Schmucks!!!!
Roy Wood
July 20th, 2010
12:18 pm
SSIgator what if fla didnt pay their players 100,000.00 to play for ufla?
Ed
July 20th, 2010
2:55 pm
“Who wins the 1980 national title if Georgia’s Lindsay Scott doesn’t score vs. Florida?”
I agree with Belue – the goal was accomplished when he connected with Scott over the middle. That would have given the Dawgs momentum, confidence, and about 1 minute of clock time to move another 35 yards or so for one of the best kickers in the nation that year. Besides, defenses are usually out of gas at that point in the game which I think was illustrated by Florida’s sluggish response to Scott after he made the catch. I still like the Dawgs, they weren’t going to be denied that year.
Ed
July 20th, 2010
5:11 pm
What if Florida’s roster wasn’t stocked with Union Correctional’s finest athletes?
Ed
July 20th, 2010
5:16 pm
Gator Aid, a UF fan who complains about “thugs” on any other team just sounds stupid. Really, really stupid. Two words: Tony Joiner.
Lionel DeLoach
July 20th, 2010
11:25 pm
What if Moreno and Stafford had played last year?
Hunker Down
July 21st, 2010
11:10 am
what if UF had not gotten the timeout they called a split second before David Green tossed a TD pass in a loss that year.
Ted Striker
July 24th, 2010
11:08 am
#1 — The Jasper Sanks phantom fumble against Tech. The officials cost UGA the game.
#2 – UGA vs UF in 1993 with UGA losing 33-26. Zeier completes a game-tying touchdown pass to Jerry Jerman with 5 seconds left. But wait. Officials rule the Florida CB called timeout just before the ball was snapped. Replay. Incomplete.