Which UGA home game are you looking forward to the most?
I wonder if Vince or Barbara Dooley will be sporting a tag like this on their car come Oct. 9.
I was checking out my newsfeed on Facebook last night and came across a poll being done by Georgiadogs.com’s fan page. The question: Which UGA home football game are you looking forward to the most?
Naturally, a couple of games immediately came to mind, but I decided to go game by game and look at why a Bulldogs fan might particularly look forward to each particular home date on the schedule.
OK, so we start with Louisiana-Lafayette on Sept. 4, a game that when I last checked had drawn zero votes in the poll. On the one hand, I can see that. It’s a minor opponent and a noontime kickoff in the summer heat. While games like this are a financial necessity — and more pleasing to Mark Richt than opening on the road against a major nonconference opponent like last year — nobody really gets excited about playing the likes of the Ragin’ Cajuns.
And yet … it is the first game of the season, always a date circled on my calendar. Watching the Dogs play in Athens has been one of my favorite pastimes my entire life, so I have to admit I am looking forward to this game. Plus it’ll be the first one in years that my wife has attended with me. She used to be a regular at UGA home games until she began working on weekends and ceded her seat to first our son and then our daughter. Now her schedule has changed and she decided she wanted to attend the first game of the season. So this will be a special game. But still not the one I’m looking forward to the most.
The next home game, Sept. 18 against Arkansas, has drawn 15 percent of the vote in the Facebook poll, putting it in third place. Last year’s game between the Dogs and Hogs was undeniably entertaining — if you like offense and not much defense — and the challenge Georgia faces trying to contain and/or keep up with Ryan Mallett in points production will certainly make this a closely watched match. If the Dogs beat South Carolina, both teams likely will come into this game ranked nationally.
But, let’s face it, there’s a reason that Arkansas is the Dogs’ only SEC home game for which single-game tickets are still available (along with Louisiana-Lafayette and Idaho State). The Razorbacks are still relative SEC newbies and don’t have that much history with UGA. So, no, this isn’t the game I’m looking forward to the most.
That distinction goes to the big SEC game against Tennessee on Oct. 9. Battles in Athens between the Dogs and Vols are usually hard-fought, and the Big Orange bring a lot of fans with them, so it’s always a terrific atmosphere. Add to that Georgia’s need to atone for last year’s dismal showing in Knoxville plus the Dooley factor introduced this year, and you’ve got the makings of a memorable Saturday Between the Hedges. In the Facebook poll, this game comes out on top, currently with 42 percent of the votes.
Vanderbilt on Oct. 16 is drawing negligible support in the poll, but I can see one big reason some fans might circle this game on the schedule: It’s homecoming. That means the parade through downtown Athens the night before, the alumni Redcoats and cheerleaders and some ramped up tailgating. But, still, it’s Vandy. And while they’ve embarrassed the Dogs at home before, it’s not the kind of rivalry that gets folks in red and black revved up.
Idaho State on Nov. 6? Well, it’s Georgia football and the weather should be pretty nice. But if UGA was still doing Band Day (which they unfortunately aren’t), this would be it. It’ll be a sell-out, no doubt, but I expect quite a few seats will go unfilled for this one.
And then there’s Georgia Tech on Nov. 27. The traditional Governor’s Cup game against the in-state rival is running second in the Facebook poll, with 36 percent of the vote. There are lots of reasons to look forward to this game, including wanting to re-establish dominance over the Jackets at home after the loss in 2008. If Tech were a conference opponent, this game undoubtedly would be the favorite for just about all Dogs fans. As it is, I’d rank it a close second to Tennessee.
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Dawg House
July 31st, 2010
11:33 am
Arkansas!!! Should be a great shootiut like last year! I am a true fan like you Bill, so if we come up a little short this day, I will not go screaming fir heads and act shameful of our Dawgs like all the haters think we should. I look forward to what will likely be the most entertaining game of the season. I just wish it was at night. I for one prefer night games… especially in September.
drew
July 31st, 2010
11:33 am
It’s a toss up between the blue ticks and the bugs
Budweiser Bob
July 31st, 2010
11:34 am
First
Hey Bill
I need you to ask our new AD if they will start sending metal car tags instead of cardboard ones
I think they can at least do that for the money we have to spend to get tickets and endure beat downs by FL every year
Budweiser Bob
July 31st, 2010
11:35 am
Darn 3rd oh well
Budweiser Bob
July 31st, 2010
11:38 am
I agree night games in September
Cant they reschedule the first one at least
Good grief if this heat wave continue’s like this I might not go
Looking forward to the Arkansas game to see if our defense has improved at all though I think we will find that out against SC
wow
July 31st, 2010
11:46 am
gt is IRRLEVANT!!!!!!
RainbowJacket
July 31st, 2010
11:46 am
You bulldogs are nothing but big bullies…At Tech we enjoy the finer things in life…Football is just a game…
Party at Swinging Richards tonight! Nerds welcome!
TommyJack
July 31st, 2010
11:50 am
Looking forward to see how Richt will squander all the talent. Again.
RabidDawgFan
July 31st, 2010
11:53 am
It’s Georgia Tech. I love beating them. It’s so satisfying. They are starting to become the new Florida in my eyes as far as hatred goes. I used to not hate Tech as much but I think this has really become a bitter rivalry. Arkansas? Ehhh, Yeah maybe only because of Mallett. But I don’t think they are going to be as explosive as most people think. The Tennessee game will be a good one because I expect CMR to run up the score on these guys. Lafayette will be a breeze, it’ll be just like G-Day; we won’t see the entire defense attack until the South Carolina game. That’s when Grantham will unleash them. Vandy will be a good matchup. And Idaho State…zzzzzzzz. Georgia could literally put their scout team out there and beat them by 40 points.
R.I.P.
July 31st, 2010
11:53 am
Florida, since we won’t be puckered up in suspense for the whole sixty minutes. The usual beatdown will be on, and the game will be over after the first quarter.
After that, just enjoy watching a real team play superb football and wonder how much better it would be if UGA had a competent coach.
And enjoy the red panties falling from the sky. Grab all of the panties you can. The panties will be numbered, and the winning numbers will win prizes. First prize is a date with a UGA coed. Second prize is two dates…
drew
July 31st, 2010
11:58 am
Hey R.I.P….don’t spend too much time on the computer, you’re short bus will be leaving soon.
Tide Roll
July 31st, 2010
11:58 am
The one where they start STURDIVANT GLENN BURNETTE ANDERSON AND DAVIS.
drew
July 31st, 2010
11:59 am
excuse me…*your* short bus will be leaving soon
SOGADOG
July 31st, 2010
12:01 pm
The Tenn and Tech games are tied for the two best home games. Looking at our home schedule this season makes me want to go home and away with Florida and move the game out of Jax. We would have a great home game with UF every other year.
SSIgator
July 31st, 2010
12:03 pm
Any game they can win.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
July 31st, 2010
12:16 pm
If we are 2-10
With victories over FL and the GaNerds I will be fine with that
By the way Im with “Budweiser Bob” cant we get something better than a cardboard car tag for the money we spend on season tickets to watch incompotence take place in Jacksonville.
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Tom
July 31st, 2010
12:41 pm
Tennessee! The Dooley factor and to beat the ugly orange!
Tom
July 31st, 2010
12:44 pm
Thank you very much about the cardboard car tag. What a crummy gift for the money that we pay. How about a voucher for a room at the continuing education hotel?
Dawg 39
July 31st, 2010
12:45 pm
Arkansas tells the tale. USCe & ARK. are huge early on. Murray & the new 3-4 will get better as the season progresses.
11Dawg
July 31st, 2010
12:46 pm
As far as importance goes, I’d say Arkansas is without a doubt the most important. If we can get through that with a win, I think we’ll be in for a good season. As far as the one I’m most excited about, that would be putting a beatdown on the Vols in October.
beatdowns galore
July 31st, 2010
12:49 pm
Dogs will be the home team at the Gator bowl for their annual beat down. Red or black jerseys and red panties ! Cant wait !
UGA = loserville
July 31st, 2010
12:55 pm
Rabid Dawg Fan: A very tough schedule your team plays with Idaho State, Loiusinana Whomever, Vandy, KY Jelly, Miss St. Dang, do you guys play any ranked teams besides GT and UF? NO! You know why, because you all suck so bad and you hate to lose. However, you will lose some games, those being, UF, GT, ARk and SC and you better watch out for Idaho State. I hear they have an awesome team and are ranked like 250. GO VANDY! LMFAO! Go get your red panties out you losers!
Angie Daddy 2
July 31st, 2010
12:57 pm
Wait till Derek Dooleys team shocks the jailbird mutts again with another beat down in the cow stadium.
DawginOH
July 31st, 2010
1:08 pm
Angie, a UT fan calling the Dawgs jailbirds is like the pot calling the kettle black. I’d rather cheer for kids who get caught drinking underage than a bunch of thugs who stomp on police officers’ faces outside of bars.
ncdawg
July 31st, 2010
1:09 pm
I don’t usually look forward to the first game of the year, but I’m really interested this year. I will be there to check out the new defense. Could be very insightful as to how the season might go for the “D”. It is not my favorite, but an important one this year.
bank walker
July 31st, 2010
1:15 pm
beating down the kissing cousins from tennershe, is what i’m looking forward to.
midland Dog
July 31st, 2010
1:16 pm
I can’t wait until the “home” game in the plains that UGA usually wins.
Paul Has A Small Johnson
July 31st, 2010
1:18 pm
If we lose to Tennessee this year
The coaching staff might want to just exit gate 2 get in their cars and drive out of this state.
Tennessee is completly depleted, there is no excuse for losing that game this year!
NONE!!!!!!
Ben
July 31st, 2010
1:21 pm
ARKANSAS for the sole reason that I have been wanting to throw a bag of urine at Petrino for 2 years. That guy is going to FEEL the hate.
dougmo2
July 31st, 2010
1:43 pm
Early game vs. Department of Driver Services. Which player will stand out and not get his permit for that game? Will the UGA or Clarke County Police officiate this game?
dawgfan
July 31st, 2010
2:04 pm
That’s one of the lousiest home schedules that I can remember in a long time. Tennessee sucks. Agree with the poster above that if we lose to these hacks again Richt needs to pack up. I’m dead serious. I don’t expect the Techies to be that much better than last year, but it will be the usual slugfest that we win because we own them and they choke. Freaking Arkansas will probably be the toughest home game of the year. ARKANSAS. Its definitely a down year for the SEC.
Mr. College Equestrian
July 31st, 2010
2:10 pm
By a landslide, Arkansas. Yes, Richt’s 4-0 vs. Ark recently, but the game was a shootout last year.
Georgia will win by 20, and after the 20 point win the previous week gainst South Carolina, the whole nation will start BUZZING about the Dogs after this 2nd consecutive blowout victory.
Rich
July 31st, 2010
2:18 pm
The jackets. It is usually a close game and the jackets could be dangerous and might even win.
UGA89
July 31st, 2010
2:26 pm
Tennessee on Oct. 9
Dooley comes home to ATHENS! ( What will Barb Dooley wear? )
Da’rick and Rambo face off! ( Unless Da’rick gets arrsted! AGAIN! )
GO DAWGS
Uncle Johnny
July 31st, 2010
2:32 pm
I like any Georgia game the Dogs lose!! They will lose four since they have about six layups scheduled.
ugag is irrelevant
July 31st, 2010
2:37 pm
who even cares?
Mr. College Equestrian
July 31st, 2010
2:44 pm
derek Dolley is one of the worst coachs in the SEC, a losing record as a head coach, the guy is really pahtetic in his coaching skills. Looking at 5-7 season, Georgia will blowout Tenn by 30, and Derek is no Vince. Derek was like the 12th choice for Tenn, no one else ould take the lousy job.
Geaux Tigers
July 31st, 2010
2:50 pm
Too bad UGA doesn’t play the Bayou Bengals. Always a good game. If the dogs don’t beat Tennessee, LSU will finish them in Death Valley.
GEAUX TIGERS
dog789xyz
July 31st, 2010
2:56 pm
Tennessee. I would love to see if CMR can avenge the single most worst coaching effort that I have ever seen in my 45 years of following UGA. This loss is worse than the Vandy homecoming loss. It is worse than the recent games with KY, Vandy, & Fla. Can you spell bootleg? Actually, most all of the really bad losses have been under CMR. No wonder FSU or Miami came after him. NO one is trying to hire away CMR or any of his assistants. I wonder why?
ase
RxDawg
July 31st, 2010
2:57 pm
Auburn due to my geographical bias.
Then UT, make no mistake it’s not revenge were after, it’s the reckoning.
Then I guess UF….sigh do we really have to lose to CUM’s boys again?
The nerds should be fun too.
I’m really worried about MSU. Total trap game.
SKB
July 31st, 2010
3:04 pm
Why are people excited about the Tech game. UGA will just manhandle them. Florida is an awesome team, Not sure if UGA can handle them yet.
Jon
July 31st, 2010
3:05 pm
Bill, how can I email you with a question? I don’t see any link. Thank you.
Who cares about UGA?
July 31st, 2010
3:14 pm
They will finish what 5th or 6th in the conference. UGA’s days have past….. some still think it’s 1980 though.
rogeriter
July 31st, 2010
3:16 pm
Tommyjack–Squander talent huh! Again I ask the question, which SEC team has the best record during the Mark Richt era? Fla? Ala? Tenn? LSU? Auburn?
No! The answer is UGA, averaging 10.1 wins a season during that time (2001-2009). LSU is a close second, followed by Fla. UGA also has two SEC titles during that time. Grant, no NC but only seven teams do…and most of them are in the SEC.
I’m not saying UGA is better than Fla or Ala. but their record shows that talent has not been wasted.
Now, if you are from Tech…no comparison!!!
Rich
July 31st, 2010
3:17 pm
SKB – UGA fans are obsessed with the Jackets. They say they are not, but deep inside they are.
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Mary
July 31st, 2010
3:23 pm
Will red panties worn on heads be allowed in Sanford stadium?
Lakedawg
July 31st, 2010
3:25 pm
Tennessee, without question. We SHOULD have an
9-game win streak vs them going right now – the rest
of the nation evidently sees that, as we’ve continued
to be ranked ahead of them over that time period.
This game has become an embarrassment over
the past 4 years because we’ve so woefully
underperformed in it after winning 5 of 6 vs
them in 2000-2005. It’s time to re-establish
the dominance we had vs them. We need to
start beating Florida too, but at least Florida’s
been a top program lately. First things first.
Dogit
July 31st, 2010
3:30 pm
And really just how tall is Murray?
drew
July 31st, 2010
3:35 pm
Idaho State. They have a decent chance to win that one.
killerj
July 31st, 2010
3:54 pm
Stoke the mange,4 to 1 baby where it counts! THWG!
Kharma2
July 31st, 2010
3:54 pm
Florida. It’s always soooo satisfying to see UGA get slaughtered like sheep being ripped apart when a pack of wolves attacks.
Ahhhhh….
Rhett
July 31st, 2010
3:56 pm
Did UGA ever replace the ugly, mangy mutt that croaked last year?
Red Pant (ies) on the Ground
July 31st, 2010
4:12 pm
Tech and only Tech. It’s the only game I’ll go to. In fact it’s the only great home game, and if we lose to Tech, it always seems to be at home. But what a great game to watch.
Dan
July 31st, 2010
4:13 pm
Which UGA home game are you looking forward to the most?
All of them!
UGA_Alum_93
July 31st, 2010
4:14 pm
UT of course…we need to get some payback for the last two trips to KnoxVegas and keep Dooley Junior out of our state in the area of recruiting.
Dawg 39
July 31st, 2010
4:14 pm
Are there rwally Dawg Fans that think CMR is a terrible coach? If so , I hope the next one they get does as well.
If the Dawgs go 9 & 4 or better this year, they will have just completed the best 10 year run (won-lost record / percentage) in the history of UGA football (all under the same HC – CMR) . That works for me.
1eyedJack
July 31st, 2010
4:29 pm
Hey Bill, tell your colleague Tim Tucker to quit blocking me. I’ve never did anything to him, and I surely never said anything close to what I read on his blog. Oh, and if he says no…tell him he needs to get a better toupee.
The Vols need a thrashing and the Nerds need to be reminded of their place, which is soon to be the third most popular team in their own city.
Cardinal Sin
July 31st, 2010
4:49 pm
None since we SUCK!
The Ghost of Wally Butts
July 31st, 2010
4:49 pm
I’ve stopped reading little Timmy Tucker’s scribblings until he lets all of us blog.
I’m most excited to see any game that we can manage to field a team using the guys who are not locked up or suspended.
ggs
July 31st, 2010
5:03 pm
The first one we lose and start looking for a new coach!!!!!!
Buckhead Bulldog
July 31st, 2010
5:14 pm
Sucky azz home schedule, so I will have to travel to the big ones, USC and AU. That Auburn game is gonna be a bruiser. Headed to Boulder just to see the Aspens turn golden…still will be a ton of fun to travel with the Dogs. Just like the ASU game in Tempe where took over their town.
No doubt the A#1 home game, in my opinion, is Georgia Tech. Should be good one!
Dawg Stephen
July 31st, 2010
5:17 pm
I am most looking forward to the Idaho State game when CMR wins his 100th game as UGA head coach.
PDawg
July 31st, 2010
5:27 pm
They all excite me cause I’m never sure if we will win.
scott
July 31st, 2010
5:37 pm
i would never attend a game thier at that redneck university amoung yahoo,s with a bulk of tobacco in thier mouth in that backwards hamlet called athens if its not my alma mater DUKE UNIVERSITY OR GEORGIA TECH ..i refuse to be bothered with racist backwards rednecks and tobacco spit in that country hamlet called athens
BobDog
July 31st, 2010
5:40 pm
Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana (1st game of season), Vandy, Idaho State, Georgia Tech in that order
benny
July 31st, 2010
6:09 pm
Any game that causes them to shut up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Whiney little girls/
gt
July 31st, 2010
6:36 pm
I agree with Budweiser Bob about the cheesy cardboard license plates. After making my contribution for the year and paying for the tickets, that’s the least they could do!
Red Pantayz
July 31st, 2010
6:40 pm
Plenty of tickets left folks. Remember to pick up your free uga diploma at the gate!
GatorOne
July 31st, 2010
6:47 pm
Get used to seeing red panties falling from the sky. In Jacksonville, they’ll have to stop the game to sweep them up off the field.
Red panties will be forever linked with The Cesspool of the South.
As will 42 arrests in three years.
UGA is everything that’s wrong with college football.
Ben
July 31st, 2010
6:50 pm
I love the hate in here. Only jealousy triggers this kind of hate. If UGA were irrelevant, it’d be a dead blog.
Andy
July 31st, 2010
6:52 pm
Remember to pick up your free uga diploma at the gate!
If My mommy won’t take me to the game, would they just mail me a diploma? Maybe two of them so my kid brother Bubby can have one too.
r.t.dewart
July 31st, 2010
7:28 pm
the 1st. game is always the one i look forward to the most. mainly because i have had to go so many months without uga football. also, we are always undefeated, untied and undenied going into the 1st. game. hopes are always high at this time of year!
SickandTired
July 31st, 2010
7:30 pm
I personally am looking forward to Derek coming home to whip the over rated Mark Richt. When is Mark Richt gonna actually earn his salary?
Bill King
July 31st, 2010
7:39 pm
Jon:
bking@ajc.com
Roy D. Mercer
July 31st, 2010
7:42 pm
Sick and Tired – Maybe you will go pull for somebody else because the Bulldawg Nation is sick and tired of you. You and GatorOne need to get together and talk about your old playing days.
take them der red panties off too boy
July 31st, 2010
7:45 pm
nice home schedule. how much for each ticket plus the donation to the school?
POSER
July 31st, 2010
7:46 pm
If the jackets don’t have alot of key injuries that game could be a good one. However they never have a large supply of capable players ready if injuries happen. I would love to see a more competetive series between the two state rivals.
Pope UGA XXIII
July 31st, 2010
7:50 pm
Somebody beat me to it.
A cardboard tag and two decals for $ 2500 +.
Wow – where’s my checkbook ???
Delbert D.
July 31st, 2010
7:57 pm
Arkansas is the most likely loss.
UGASlobberknocker
July 31st, 2010
7:57 pm
Any one that doesnt start at noon or 1230.
Delbert D.
July 31st, 2010
8:03 pm
Tennessee should top Vandy on the list, but are the Vols really going to be competitive this year? May be a blowout, if that’s considered satisfying.
Roy D. Mercer
July 31st, 2010
8:55 pm
Tennessee will be competitive, too many athletes. QB will be big question as it is in most programs. They will be prepared and compete well. I don’t believe they have enough playmakers to win more than they lose.
bugsquacher
August 1st, 2010
1:20 am
No doubt….. GT…….. I want to crush the bugs……..send them home whipped and beaten…….
12-2
August 1st, 2010
3:43 am
Coach Richt does not have more wins than
ALL THESE TEAMS over the last 4 years :
Boise State
Florida
Texas
Ohio State
BYU
Southern California
Oklahoma
TCU
Cincinnati
Virginia Tech
LSU
Penn State
Utah
West Virginia
Central Michigan
Boston College
Missouri
Wisconsin
Pretty LONG LIST here of teams the last 4 years that Coach Richt does not have more wins than.
# 19 wins last 4 years
# 11 wins All-Time vs 1-A Georgia Bulldogs
Hobbs
August 1st, 2010
7:42 am
It’s kind of sad to see all the Dawg fans getting so excited this year (just like the year before, the year before that, etc.). How long is it going to take for UGA fans to realize that UGA is simply no longer relevant in the SEC? In the national picture, UGA isn’t even a blip on the radar, and hasn’t
been since the preseason #1 ranking two years ago.
Sit back and be grateful for the seven or eight wins you’ll get every year. Coaching genius Mark Richt may take you to 10-2 or even 11-1 occasionally, but Florida will still win the SEC, meaning no BCS bowls and no top 10 final ranking. Most years, UGA will be very lucky to finish in the top 25, and only after a big bowl win over a nobody opponent.
It’s a different world now, and Dawg fans, like Miami and Ole Miss fans, need to adjust their expectations downward to reflect reality.
Unfortunately nothing is going to change until UGA changes its mediocre coaching. That’s where the difference is, and that’s why everyone outside Bulldog Nation just laughs at Dawg fans getting so excited year after year about what a great recruiting class UGA gets. It doesn’t matter how many
blue chip high school players go to UGA, they simply don’t get the coaching they would get at Florida or Alabama, to name two schools whose programs are far ahead of UGA. And that’s not going to change as long as Mark Richt is in
Athens.
Get your heads out of the sand and face reality. And mediocrity and irrelevance.
Okay, I’ll play the game and pick the Florida game as my fave. No suspense, just the usual beatdown, with red panties falling from the sky. Say Florida 45, Georgia 13.
GaDawg
August 1st, 2010
8:20 am
Before the 2008 season began, I told many of my Dawg brothers and sisters that the UT game would be the perfect time for a Blackout. If I could have gotten that message to Coach Richt, and he had taken the advice, The Black Jersey would still be undefeated. We lost to UT in “07″ we needed, and got revenge in “08″. Why Alabama? We defeated them in “07″. Oh Well, My favorite game to see between the hedges this year would be a total beat down of the Vols, and I’d love to see the Dawgs do it in black! No fanfare, No hype, just come out in the black shirts and Kick AZZ!!!
tony purvis
August 1st, 2010
8:26 am
@Hobbs – You need a UGA boot nailed to your face!
Atticus
August 1st, 2010
8:28 am
Home schedule sucks
Big time?? Not
August 1st, 2010
9:26 am
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes
SAMMY DAVIS, JR
August 1st, 2010
10:01 am
Honestly, I’m looking forward to the GA/FL game! I’m ready to see what we truely have…coaches,players,game plan,talent,etc. Usually this is a dreaded game because GA, regardless of telent,rank or expectations seems to either give this game away or just plan get beat. I believe GA loses some of them because FL is better –especially as of late because of our poor Defenses & lack of well-rounded talent (if not like everyone else was beating FL). But there have been the other 50% of games, especially during the Zook era, where GA was the better team & found a way to lose. Anyway, Richt has been here 10 yrs –he KNOWS what’s expected, and with a new Defensive staff I expect GA to either win or keep it very close this yr, and start at least going 50/50 in the GA/FL series (If not we may be looking for an entire new coaching staff in another 3-4 yrs). I want to look at the glass as half full though & hope for the best. GO DAWGS!!!!!!!
12-2 =BuLLdawg
August 1st, 2010
10:04 am
What a doofus. I suspect some of those teams would have won a lot less playing an SEC schedule.
Beast from the East
August 1st, 2010
10:14 am
I didn’t realize how weak UGA’s home schedule was this year. I hate those years when the best games are on the road. Oh well, if I was a Dawg fan, I’d porbably have to say the Tech game. It’s for anuual bragging rights and I’m sure you Dawgs don’t want to have to listen to another year of crap from the likes of Saint Simons, Stinger, etc.
Hope you guys win ‘em all except for your trip to Jax! Good luck!
anybody but GT
August 1st, 2010
10:36 am
GO DOGS
Fair and Balanced
August 1st, 2010
12:40 pm
“The traditional Governor’s Cup game” – Who really knows this game is about the governor’s cup? What does that cup look like? When is it awarded? Where is it kept? Anybody ever seen this cup?
Angie Daddy 2
August 1st, 2010
1:11 pm
Sammy Davis… Here is what UGA truly has… 3 – 17…. will be 3 – 18 in favor of the Gators after this years beat down. Cant Wait huh?
SAMMY DAVIS, JR
August 1st, 2010
1:58 pm
Angie Daddy 2 — Hhhhmmmmm….SO, why is that you start with 3-17?? If you’re gonna go back 2 decades, why not go back another 20 yrs??? Or another 40 or 50 yrs?? OH, that’s right, GEORGIA still has a WINNING record against FLORIDA. You conveniently left that out. UGA handed FLA so many loses, including beat-downs on Spurrier that he made it a personal vendetta to repay UGA. Enjoy while you can –it’s just a matter of time before the Tide (no pun intended) changes & GA is back on top for another 50+ yrs. Besides, Meyer will probably quit a couple more times this yr. Rumor has it that Meyer has actually added a Kleenex Girl to the staff. See YOU in JACKSONVILLE!!!!!!!!
SAMMY DAVIS, JR
August 1st, 2010
2:02 pm
Fair and Balanced….they’re kept by the coffee pot at the ajc……
Opelika
August 1st, 2010
3:48 pm
It’s going to be another loooonnnngggg season for the dawgtards, with the usual beatdown in Jax, plus a couple of losses to grossly inferior teams. The best they can look forward to is a 7-5 record, 2nd place in the division, and another nothing bowl game.
Depressing, isn’t it. Maybe the mutt won’t croak on you this year, and maybe you can sell some of the red panties that are falling from the sky. So it’s not all bad.
Hot Tip #1: Green is lying.
Hot Tip #2: Murray is just plain bad. Richt will be begging Zach to come back.
Dawgs Top
August 1st, 2010
3:51 pm
1. Florida—UGA pulls the upset this year (brantley’s not that good and UGA’s D will force him into a bunch of mistakes)
2. USC–early blowout win by the Dawgs
3. Tech–another easy win, bigger than last year
Roy D. Mercer
August 1st, 2010
4:50 pm
Dawgs Top – I like that! You are right on track and so are the Dawgs!
SAMMY DAVIS, JR
August 1st, 2010
5:02 pm
Dawgs Top –I like that too…… And for those FL fans……Their Offensive Cord left to Miss St (we all saw how much they missed him last yr) AND now they’ve lost their Defensive Cord (& assits)!! This season will NO DOUBT put Meyer on the DL (Doctors List)…….
Beast from the East
August 1st, 2010
6:14 pm
Sammy Davis, Jr,
If you go back to WWII you will find that UF holds the lead in the series. If you go back to the 30’s and before, then UGA holds the lead. Just letting you know that you have to go back more than 20, 40 or even 50 years as you stated earlier. I’d check my facts before I spouted off about something (even though I do realize you were responding to an obnoxious blogger).
Secondly, isn’t kind of sad that you have to HOPE that UF takes a step back in order to beat them? Why not try and aspire to be as good as they are instead of hoping UF falters so your team MIGHT be able to compete? That’s what winners do!
Gratefuldawghead
August 1st, 2010
7:23 pm
Beast from the East the series is DAWGS 46 UF 39….meaning the Dawgs beat Florida sooo much before Spurrier that they still LEAD the series today. Time for a decade of DAWG dominance! Urban will retire before UF takes the series!
GO DAWGS!
Don"t like JAWJA!
August 1st, 2010
7:36 pm
They will surprise someone. But someone will surprise them also. Face it JAWJA fans they an’t that good this season. I am a realist, but would love to see the little bees sting em good this season. It’s so much fun to hear the doggies howl.I can hear em now ” our playcalling stinks” we need Willie Martenz back.” BoBo is terrible” Its so funny.
Roy D. Mercer
August 1st, 2010
8:27 pm
Don’t like JAWGA! – If you are a realist, do you really think the Jackets can sting the Dawgs this year!?
Call IT
August 1st, 2010
8:41 pm
None!
GA AIN’T THAT GOOD!
Gators win the East again 2010 with another druming in Jax!
Enough Said!!!!!
SoWeGa Dawg
August 1st, 2010
8:57 pm
Hey Weiner! If the red panties fit, you can’ acquit. Trooper Cabe did his job stop the trash mouth! Your man’s gone! Deal with it!
Roy D. Mercer
August 1st, 2010
9:05 pm
Go Coach Richt and Dawgs! Good luck as you start practice!
12-2
August 2nd, 2010
4:18 am
EXCUSE
That is your excuse that there are
18 teams in the nation that
Coach Richt does
NOT
have more wins than.
Hell, I thought Coach Richt is the Best Coach in all of America
and the nicest guy
because he is a Christian
12-2
August 2nd, 2010
4:39 am
Not sure why we have to go back 30 years to see how we are doing vs Florida
2-7 Coach Richt vs Florida
1-4 Coach Richt vs Urban Meyer
12-2
August 2nd, 2010
4:48 am
Dawgs Top
August 1st, 2010
3:51 pm
“1. Florida—UGA pulls the upset this year (brantley’s not that good and UGA’s D will force him into a bunch of mistakes)
2. USC–early blowout win by the Dawgs
3. Tech–another easy win, bigger than last year”
Dawgs Top
Excuse me
1. that is NOT a home game & John Brantley is seasoned veteran, known quality
2. that is NOT a home game either & if we lose we have a LOSING RECORD over then the last 5 years vs SEC East
3. last time we played Georgia tek at Sanford Stadium we gave Knowshon Moreno only 17 rushing plays, threw only 4 passes to AJ Green, yet Matthew Stafford threw 40 passes and therefore, we Lost.
As a matter of fact, we have LOST a lot of games at Home.
And, I have no idea why anyone would be less than thrilled with the home game schedule this season because we never have a good home game schedule :
NEVER
ToccoaDawg
August 2nd, 2010
5:25 am
I am looking forward to the Arkie game because it will tell for sure if the new D is going to work.
Otto
August 2nd, 2010
9:18 am
Tennessee would be the game in Athens I would most like to see this year. Dooley will make it even more interesting. UF, Auburn and UT are the big 3 for UGA every yr.
Ark. will not be the tell all for the defense. The defense will be a work in progress all yr.
South Carolina may tell if Bobo can call an interesting enough game plan to compete in the SEC East.
Animal Control Officer
August 2nd, 2010
10:40 am
Getting stomped on Novemeber 27
Nick
August 2nd, 2010
11:12 am
Being that I live in TN, the UGA-UT game is ALWAYS first and foremost in my mind. No change in that this year and I think with DD coaching there now, it’s maybe even more so.
Go Dawgs!
Damon DirtyDawg
August 2nd, 2010
11:14 am
When CPJ and GA Tech hand thUGA a beatdown in Athens! I’ll be drinking with some “Good People” that day. Let thUGA’s AD leave the satdium a half hour before anybody else drives home. The roads should be safe by then!
Damon DirtyDawg
August 2nd, 2010
11:28 am
What’s the difference btw GA Tech and thUGA? thUGA fans/alumni shop at Wal-Mart, GA Tech alumni is the CEO of Wal-Mart.
OVERRATED MUTTS R SUPER LOSERS
August 2nd, 2010
12:09 pm
MUTTS ARE GOING 6-6! AND TECH IS GOING 12-0
OVERRATED MUTTS R SUPER LOSERS
August 2nd, 2010
12:10 pm
WILLIE MARTINEZ IS GONE,UP NEXT IS MIKE CLOWN BOBO!
How2fish
August 2nd, 2010
12:40 pm
12-2 God you never tire of listening to yourself do you bozo..for the love of the Red and Black please just shut up and blow away. Damon DirtyDawg the B.S about the CEO of Wal-mart wasn’t funny the first 30 times you used it..of course I dated a girl that graduated from Bugville with a Chem Eng degree..she when to work running a restaurant chain..I guess Wal-mart wasn’t hiring that year.
IPoopedOnABug
August 2nd, 2010
12:54 pm
Bug laments for 2010
We like Boise in November?
1) We don’t have a QB that can throw the ball
2) We don’t have anyone that can catch the ball
3) Why does our stupid coach insist on not punting!
4) The defense is like a screen door on a submarine
5) Our BU QB stinks! Nesbit stinks; see lament #1
6) Why are we throwing the ball deep? See lament #2
7) We only recruited 2-3 star players, what do you expect.
9) When are we going to win two in a row against UGA?
10) When does basketball season start, oh crap Hewitt is still here.
King Gator
August 2nd, 2010
1:15 pm
The “Blackout” game or this years version of it where everyone wears red panties on their head and watches the Dawgs get blasted at home ala the Bama game. Those are always my favorite home game of the year for the Dawgs. Go Gators!
Really? Idiot rival fans?
August 2nd, 2010
1:45 pm
The more you post the better we look!You people really need to get a life!
dunwoody dawg
August 2nd, 2010
2:33 pm
As much as I am looking forward to kicking the living crap out of Tennessee this October and the hour and a half of pure joy that is driving back down 316 with the Tech fans after we beat them at home, the game I am looking forward to the most is Arkansas. This is without a doubt the most important year of Richt’s tenure. This year we will really find out what kind of a coach he is. And in this year the two game strech of So. Carolina away and Arkansas at home will determine the season. Just watch. That will either catapault us into a good year or send us to 7-5ville again.
Oh and Techies, before you all reply about how I wasn’t able to enjoy my usual 316 trip two years ago, that’s okay. You guys had to win one sometime right?
DawginLex
August 2nd, 2010
2:39 pm
12-2(aka Bulldawg)
You constantly take shots at coach richt for his evaluation of Ealey last year and not playing him until past the midway point of the season.
Do you know anything about football and specifically the running back position?
Richt stated “Ealey was out of shape and kind of pudgy and not ready to play right after fall camp.”
That equates to:
Not being able to pass protect
Not being able to hold on to the ball
And also what he didn’t state is:
He didn’t understand all of the offense.
So you would advocate playing him opening day against Oklahoma state on the road?
So you would advocate letting him fumble, get injured and lose all of his confidence in one week?
As opposed to letting him learn and by then end of the year be a full fledged stud ready to gain 1,200 yards in 2010?
Class dismissed.
HBTD
August 2nd, 2010
2:42 pm
For the pure quality of an opponent, Tennessee and Arkansas will be tops on the list. From purely a satisfaction point of view, it’ll be enjoyable watching the nerds crawl back into their hole for another year.
Pago Pago Dawg
August 2nd, 2010
2:47 pm
Band Day was too popular, so the wise AD canceled it…sad..
corkylikesbeer
August 2nd, 2010
3:29 pm
Can’t spell sugar without uga…we have great team chemistry..dawgs will win sec!
LowCountryDawg07
August 2nd, 2010
3:42 pm
GEORGIA IS NUMBER ONE PARTY SCHOOL!
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/aug/02/were-no-1-uga-tops-party-schools-ranking/
OVERRATED MUTTS R SUPER LOSERS
August 2nd, 2010
5:15 pm
THE MUTTS ARE NUMBER 1 IN PARTYING,NOW WE SEE WHY DAMON EVANS GOT LOCKED UP 4 A DUI,ALSO THE MUTTS ARE NUMBER 1 IN BEING OVERRATED!
General Neyland
August 2nd, 2010
5:17 pm
Lakedawg….someone needs to turn your clock back past 2000…..UT owned UGA for the entire decade of the 90’s, and we’ve taken what, 4 of the last 5 – handily!
get back in the doghouse for another year!
run the ball
August 2nd, 2010
5:29 pm
The only way we will win the SEC is if CMB establishes a power running game. He really never has, but he really MUST this year. He’s got the tools to do it, line, backs, tight ends, big play receiver, etc. Run the ball.
Dawg'88
August 2nd, 2010
5:37 pm
Ga Tech..another chance to show the world what a bunch of frauds they are as a real football team. Also, chance to expose their obvious obsession with red panties. Their fans mention it every chance they get. We’ll pants them at midfield and reveal yellow panties (which look as if they pee peed in their pants). Secretly, their fans wish they would change to red ones before the game to avoid embarrassment. But the only way they’ll ever see a woman with them is to buy some and put em on a blowup doll.
Dawg'88
August 2nd, 2010
5:55 pm
OVERRATED MUTTS R SUPER LOSERS:
Who do you root for?
Now I know its Tech so don’t lie…your adolescent post revealed it.
So let me ask, if UGA is overrated and Super Losers:
What does that make Yech when they lose at home vs our overrated team in 2009?
What does that make Yech when they lose 8 out of 9 vs our overrated team?
What does that make Yech when they get embarrassed by Iowa on National TV?
What does that make Yech when they lose 60 out of 104 games to UGA?
What does that make Yech when your coaches and QB(RBall) can’t count to 4?
I guess Losers are those that win 90 games in 10 years (90-27) with 2 Conference Championships, 6 Top 10 Finishes in 10 years, 3 top 5 Finishes in 10 years, 5 New Years Day Bowls and several All Americans and NFL players (3rd most from any one school).
Now Yech is not close in any of these areas which define Winners not Losers. So Guess who the Real Super Losers Are…Come on You know the answer….Georgia Tech The Ultimate Loser In CFB!
rajin cajun
August 2nd, 2010
7:31 pm
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE LAFAYETTE!! A REAL TRAP GAME
Denver Dog
August 2nd, 2010
10:29 pm
I think that I speak for all of us Colorado Dawgs, but the home game which we will be our favorite will be on Oct 2, UGA vs CU in Boulder. I guess most of the others wil be road games for us. Opelika, I guess your War Eagle will be crashing and burning with Michael Vick’s cousing at QB.
12-2
August 3rd, 2010
5:30 am
DawginLex writes
August 2nd, 2010 2:39 pm
“12-2(aka Bulldawg)You constantly take shots at coach richt for his evaluation of Ealey last year and not playing him until past the midway point of the season.”
run the ball writes
August 2nd, 2010 5:29 pm
“The only way we will win the SEC is if CMB establishes a power running game. He really never has, but he really MUST this year. He’s got the tools to do it, line, backs, tight ends, big play receiver, etc. Run the ball.” CMB = Mike Bobo.
Seems to me that I have lambasted the offensive coaching staff, NOT Coach Richt, who I like. I do so for them having to have the head coach take over all their jobs this season. I do so for KNOWSHON MORENO, funny how you address Washaun Ealey and Coach Richt having to cover-up for their inability to judge talent such as KNOWSHON MORENO, Washaun Ealey, Dontavius Jackson, Aron White, Orson Charles, Marlon Brown, and Branden Smith. It’s the entire offensive staff who has WHIFFED on getting the better talent on the field instead playing FAVORITES. And, so you come up with 1 guy, and say I said I hate Coach Richt for it – no D.A. all the offensive coaching staff should have been FIRED. Coach Richt is stubborn to a fault, loyal to a fault, and Christian to a fault in his forgiveness of the sorry coaching staff he assembled for all 9 years of his tenure. Better be 12-2 this season with this soft easy schedule of 1 ranked team.
12-2
August 3rd, 2010
5:55 am
Richard Samuel
Caleb King
Joe Cox
Zach Mettenberger
Logan Gray
Joe Tereshinski III
Our all out-of-position offensive coaching staff has whiffed miserably at talent evaluation, instead playing favorites, playing players out of position, not giving the play-makers the ball, and all of this culminated in (1) Coach Richt taking over the offense from them all this season and (2) ended up with the offensive coaching staff not signing any of the in-state high school all-stars on Offense 2010 Signing Class.
Former great RB coaching WR, our former WR whose Dad was a great RB for us coaching RB, former QB coaching TE, and former 1 year QB coach at Jacksonville State where we STOLE HIM to be our offensive coordinator while we pay $ 750,000 for a DC and more than that for his staff. Yeah, that is on Coach Richt.
12-2
August 3rd, 2010
6:12 am
the horrible play calls
booed by EVERY fan at Sanford Stadium
Stinger
August 3rd, 2010
6:18 am
The Tech game. I can’t wait to see Tech destroy you.
Gray Rules
August 3rd, 2010
9:02 am
Not to worry—Ga has a QB playing wide receiver and two freshman playing QB! Everything’s going according to plan! YES—the year of the dawg!
Tech Sucks
August 3rd, 2010
9:05 am
Terrible home schedule this year as far as competition but we should go undefeated at home. I’d say Tech, Arkansas, then Tennessee.
DawginLex
August 3rd, 2010
10:00 am
12-2,
I can read what you have wriiten.
You have stated that we should have played an entire freshman backfield last year starting with the OK state game.
Murray/Mett
Ealey
Time and time again you have stated it.
Murray was hurt.
Mett wasn’t ready and proved to have no character.
Ealey wasn’t ready.
Richt admitted he made a mistake with Moreno. Have you never made one?
mdawg
August 3rd, 2010
10:01 am
the only home game i look forward to seeing is florida…
but sadly florida will never be a home game
LowCountryDawg07
August 3rd, 2010
10:12 am
I enjoy the week of going to St. Simons and going to Jax.
mdawg
August 3rd, 2010
10:55 am
but jax is not a home game and the only UGA fans who can get tickets are season ticket holders… the normal UGA fan can never get a ticket
jax sucks
LowCountryDawg07
August 3rd, 2010
11:14 am
I have never had season tickets and been to every game. Use your brain a little mdawg, ask around, ebay, friends, go there (I have gotten tickets from other ga fans tailgating there for under 80.)
mdawg
August 3rd, 2010
11:49 am
why would i want to go to jax. that city sucks… UGA should never play there…
it takes me 4 hours to drive to athens and 7 hours to go to jax…. there is never a point in going there
LowCountryDawg07
August 3rd, 2010
12:33 pm
Most people don’t even stay in JAX. People rent beach houses around the area above and below JAX and it’s more about the experience of the entire week and events.
LowCountryDawg07
August 3rd, 2010
12:34 pm
I hope not. With SC beating them last year…tells you quite a bit about the level of play in the ACC.