UGA fans revere Hines Ward as the Bulldog who never quit
Hines Ward closed out his UGA career in style. (Associated Press)
If you want to find agreement among UGA fans, bring up the name of Hines Ward.
Currently competing on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” Ward is known by the rest of the country for his long career as one of the NFL’s best wide receivers and a Super Bowl MVP for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
But for Georgia fans he’ll forever be the quintessential Bulldog, a guy who just wanted to get into the game and was willing to play any position to do so.
Recruited as a quarterback, Ward ended up playing running back and receiver as a freshman, then was thrown into the breach by Ray Goff as a sophomore after Mike Bobo was injured, starting at quarterback against Alabama even though he hadn’t practiced with the QBs since the previous year. The results weren’t pretty that first go-round, but when another QB injury necessitated Ward going back behind center later in the season, a legend was born.
Those who saw Ward’s valiant effort against Auburn on a freezing night in Athens will never forget the sight of him doubling over with pain from an injured wrist between plays as he almost pulled off an upset of the Tigers. He did lead the Dogs over Tech and then in the Peach Bowl set school bowl records for pass attempts, completions and yards in a losing effort against Virginia as he threw for 413 yards.
With the arrival of Jim Donnan the next year, Ward moved permanently to wide receiver for his last two seasons, though he frequently lined up in the backfield, too. Typical of his versatility was the win over Florida in 1997 when Ward had seven receptions for 85 yards, ran five times for 21 yards, completed two passes for 27 yards and returned two kickoffs for 70 yards.
All-SEC first team his senior year, Ward racked up 3,870 all-purpose yards, second only to Herschel Walker. Not coincidentally, Ward and Walker are the two Georgia players who’ve been immortalized wearing their UGA uniforms in sports action figures.
Hines Ward has his own UGA action figure. (McFarlane Toys)
I asked a few other fans for their favorite Bulldog memories of Ward and besides the tremendous effort against Auburn the highlights that came up most often were the crazy head-over-heels leap into the end zone on a reverse to secure a 2-point conversion against Texas Tech in 1996; that 1997 Florida game, where he was constantly scrapping with the cornerback, giving as good as he got; and the 1998 win over Wisconsin in the Outback Bowl, with Bobo and Ward playing pass-and-catch for a dozen receptions, another school bowl record. There’s a photo of Ward in that game hanging on the wall in my son’s old room, looking sharp in those black britches and with that wide, infectious grin that ABC viewers are getting to know.
Overall, though, it was Ward’s never-say-die attitude that left the most lasting impression on UGA fans. As my friend Johnny put it, “This kid just wanted to play. Hines never quit.”
Like I said, my favorite memory of Ward is that cold night in Athens when he was really hurting and yet still battled on.
What’s your favorite UGA Hines Ward moment?
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Newman
March 24th, 2011
11:10 am
Getting arrested at a home basketball game his senior year…
Just saying
March 24th, 2011
11:11 am
Still plays with a lot of heart.
DJ
March 24th, 2011
11:12 am
FIRST!
Paul H
March 24th, 2011
11:18 am
All heart. Too bad he has to catch passes from the world’s biggest D-bag Roethlisberger now…
Bryan G.
March 24th, 2011
11:21 am
The 1995 game against Auburn was as cold as I’ve been at a game. Ward also seemed to do it all in regulation of the 1996 upset against Auburn. I remember an Auburn fan asking me “Am I the only one who notices you guys give it to Ward every play?”
devildawg
March 24th, 2011
11:23 am
Newman, prove your not a tool, name a time and place and lets meet up. Id like to pull your heart right out of your chest while you watch.
devildawg
March 24th, 2011
11:23 am
hahahahahahahahahahaha, chicken.
DawginLex
March 24th, 2011
11:27 am
i remember the Peach Bowl game. Ward brought us back and then, during the kickoff while the ball was in the air, the PA announcer says:
“Bowl officials have decided that if the game ends in a tie in regulation, we WILL play overtime.”
7 seconds later, the Virginia KO returner was celebrating a 100 yard TD return.
Poor Ray Goff
Ol' Dawg
March 24th, 2011
11:29 am
Never see him that he doesn’t have a smile on his face. He has proved his worth in the pros, is a symbol of a tough player that gets the job done, and has been a real asset to his teammates.
I would enjoy seeing him get the recognition from UGA for being such a terrific athlete and an enduring player, willing to do whatever he could to help.
I’m a fan of Hines and always appreciate that smile. GO DAWGS
Dumbo
March 24th, 2011
11:36 am
Think how great a college player he’d been if old Gomer hadn’t been his 1st HC…..
Jinxo1964
March 24th, 2011
11:37 am
The 1995 Florida game. We were getting killed, destroyed, annihilated. The wrist that hurt so bad in the Auburn game was already bothering him. But Hines never quit, kept trying to dent the scoreboard to the bitter end.
Spike
March 24th, 2011
11:51 am
When he went in and played QB against Alabama in 95, when we got beaten pretty badly. But he fought the good fight and is a DGD!
LawDawg
March 24th, 2011
11:56 am
I’ll second the 1998 Outback Bowl.
Newman
March 24th, 2011
12:01 pm
Devildawg, I would wear you out
rural dawg
March 24th, 2011
12:04 pm
can you imagine any of the current or recent players being willing to play hurt….that list would be short…or perhaps non-existent
nick
March 24th, 2011
12:06 pm
97 tech, first catch of the game breaks it to the house and when he reached the endzone the retarded tech fan flipping him off, sucks to be a nerd
daslicksta
March 24th, 2011
12:09 pm
1995 game was the coldest I have ever been at a football game….we stuck it out to the end, amazed at how Hines never gave up and how the ‘fans’ were carrying the treasured pieces of the old hedges out as fast as they could break them off. I also discovered that night that a fence was in amongst the hedges, and that the concession stands had a run on watery hot chocolate as fast as they could boil water!
NEWMAN IS MY
March 24th, 2011
12:10 pm
NEWMAN’S FAVORITE JACKET IS REGGIE BALL-WARD IS MY FAVORITE DAWG
NEWMAN IS MY
March 24th, 2011
12:11 pm
Enter your comments here
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
12:12 pm
Newman, take your homoerotic innuendos over to the tech board where they’re more appreciated.
NEWMAN IS MY
March 24th, 2011
12:12 pm
NEWMAN SMELLS HIS FINGER
NEWMAN IS MY
March 24th, 2011
12:15 pm
NEWMAN LOOKS LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL SHONEY’S FAT BOY
Tville Dawg
March 24th, 2011
12:17 pm
One Hines memory I have was a pass reception against Carolina in which he took a tremendous hit, his helmet went flying in the air. The next glimpse of Hines was continuing downfield sans helmet. And the crowd went wild.
Hines Ward-Damn Good Dawg
Newman
March 24th, 2011
12:22 pm
GeoffDawg, I would wear you out too nancy boy. Looks like I’ve touched a nerve with you rednecks.
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
12:23 pm
Ha ha. Sounds like an admission to me. Be proud Newman.
Nick
March 24th, 2011
12:24 pm
Hines Ward became my favorite UGA player (or any for that matter) in 1995 when he unselfishly played 5 positions in an injury-ridden season. RB, WR, QB, PR, KR
The Peach Bowl against Virginia, while a loss and an exciting game was the pinnacle. UV absolutely pummeled him time and again with blitzes and him playing through it limping after every play and with a broekn wrist but yet he dredged onward.
The two point conversion for the win against Texas Tech in 1993 also sticks in my mind when he turned the summersault landing on his feet in the end zone, flashing that smile and walking toward the stands waving his hands upward (back when you could do this without getting nailed for 15 yards)!
Definitely NFL HOF bound and deservingly so.
Once a Dawg, always a Dawg!
Columbus Dawg
March 24th, 2011
12:29 pm
Yeah, I guess ole Hines is pretty embarrassed about the goings on at Georgia the last few years, in all of the interviews I have seen him do, he has never once mentioned the fact that he played his college ball at Georgia. Yeah, can’t mention Georgia, but can’t say enough about that pos QB at Pittsburgh.
Zoli
March 24th, 2011
12:32 pm
My favorite memory was him coming through Last Chance Pkg. before a Tenn. and told him to not come back unless we won. Well we didn’t, and I sold him some juice to drown his sorrows in anyways.
Reginald
March 24th, 2011
12:34 pm
Bill,
For once a good post. I tell you when they’re bad (and they almost always are) but this is a good post.
Hey Columbus Dawg-What the f are you talking about? He has nothing but great things to say about GA. He doesn’t talk about them in EVERY interview but definitely is proud to be a Dawg. Quit trying to stir the pot.
Newman
March 24th, 2011
12:40 pm
I live for this. I monitor my twitter feed all day long so I can be first on a UGA blog. I’m the man. This is what all manly men do. It is the greatest aspiration of a techie to harass the Dawg Nation. It’s all we have so we make the best of it. I bet we gain a bunch of yards against the Dawgs next year.
egeagle
March 24th, 2011
12:46 pm
Columbus, I’ve seen him in pix with UGA gear a number of times. Newman has to grab fror something negative to say. Is there something about the number 19? Scott Woerner, John Little, and Hines were some of my favorites. I’m a second-tier Dawg fan, (Go Ga. Southern Eagles) but if I ever got a jersey, I’d want a 19. DinLex, I have the same memory of that Peach Bowl against UVA. From the excitement of tying the game to the abject sorrow of watching Barber run rhar kick back. I remember the Yechies with the fingers indicating their ages or IQs as well.
Newman
March 24th, 2011
12:46 pm
^ impostor. I am not a tech fan, they are just as miserable as the mutts. I can see why you all get so defensive though, all football in GA is a joke.
Buckeye
March 24th, 2011
12:49 pm
Hines is a fierce competitor. He’s the one you love to hate if you’re on the other team but the one guy who will fight for the team to the last second.
1eyedJack
March 24th, 2011
12:51 pm
It’s about time we have a new hero that we will be able to look back fondly on.
Tville Dawg
March 24th, 2011
12:53 pm
egeagle-Let’s not forget about Terry Hogue-a no talent safety who could almost single handed win ballgames for you. Also a 4.0 in genetics. What a DAWG.
By the way-anyone not in the stadium when Butler kicked the 60 yarder aginst Clemson-you missed on lifetime thrill.
Go DAWGS-GO CMR-many of us are pulling for you.
Bubba J. Dawgman
March 24th, 2011
12:54 pm
Couldn’t agree more Buckeye. One tough SOB. You can tell he gets under the skin of every defender that’s unlucky enough to draw him as an assignment. Would love to have a team full of guys with his energy and competiveness. Seems there’s no quit in this guy.
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
12:57 pm
Ironically, the Newman of “Seinfeld” fame actually attended UGA.
Columbus Dawg
March 24th, 2011
12:57 pm
Hey guys, I’m glad to hear that, I’m not trying to stir the pot, I just have not ever heard him mention the Dawgs. I have always thought highly of Hines, and I am glad to have been corrected on this.
Lucky's Dawg
March 24th, 2011
1:03 pm
Bill,
Why would Ward quit? For goodness sakes, Ward was used more than any player in the hisotry of Georgia football.
No one quits when the coach gives them reps.
But when you get 9 passes in 3 years like Figgins, or 9 last season like White, or 12 like Logan Gray, that’s when you usually say goodbye.
NEWMAN
March 24th, 2011
1:06 pm
JUST KIDDING THE DAWGS ARE MY TEAM. AFTER YEARS OF LOSING AS A TECHIE, I WANTED TO JOIN THE RED AND BLACK BANDWAGON. WITH HANDS OVER MY HEART AND TEARS IN MY EYE, I PROUDLY STAND WITH THE DAWG NATION AND SING GLORY TO OLE GEORGIA. WARD WAS A GREAT PLAYER WHO PERSONIFIED GREATNESS AND DURABILITY. HE WHIPPED ON MY TECHIES TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
1:09 pm
well poop on my chest and call me rhonda!!!
UGA Insider
March 24th, 2011
1:12 pm
Back in 1995 I got to watch Hines Ward in the GA Dome against UVA then the next night I drove down to Macon and saw Widespread Panic on NYE….. Boy those were the days!
Ceasar
March 24th, 2011
1:37 pm
What’s the point???
MiltonDawg
March 24th, 2011
1:42 pm
@ GeoffDawg— what the ___?
Dorsey Hill
March 24th, 2011
1:43 pm
Going 8 for 8 on 3rd down against Tech on the final drive to put us in FG range to beat Tech and become bowl eligible.
The peel back block vs. USC earlier that year to spring Edwards on the first of 7 TD’s he would score over the next 3 and 1/2 quarters.
Gaining well over 100 yards as a freshmen RB vs. Bama at Bryant-Denny.
The Happy Warrior has to be one of the top 10 Buldogs ever. If you had 22 Hines Wards on a football team you’d rule the world.
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
1:59 pm
Not me @ 1:09. My guess, Newman is attempting to be clever.
JDawg1785
March 24th, 2011
2:00 pm
Speaking of people who should fire up the team before the opener at the Dome this season…
Forest Park Panther
March 24th, 2011
2:05 pm
Hines was great in high school too!
Damn good dawg!!!!!
Anti Dog
March 24th, 2011
2:06 pm
My favorite HW event is his being elected (by his fellow pro’s) as one of the dirtiest pro players…actually about 5 years in a row. Right at the top of the list. Not a very distinctive achievement.
Forest Park Panther
March 24th, 2011
2:08 pm
Boo hoo Anti dog.
Forest Park Panther
March 24th, 2011
2:09 pm
How about that Superbowl MVP? Is that distinctive enough for you?
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
2:12 pm
Seriously though guys, you’ve got to admit Hines Ward makes the ‘All-Time Dawg Cutie List’. That smile and those dimples… enough to make a boy melt.
just saying
March 24th, 2011
2:16 pm
Dont talk stuff about Ben Rothlisberger, you wish you had a clutch QB like him. Instead you Natty ICE. Like the crappy beer a poor version of a QB also.
just saying
March 24th, 2011
2:19 pm
Hines is one great Steeler. When you yahoos start blabberin about the Steelers all I have to say is “Hines Ward”.
Dawg Tired
March 24th, 2011
2:20 pm
Newman’s comment tells us a whole lot more about Newman’s character (or lack thereof) than it does about Hines. Newman is certainly appears to be an example of a pitiful human being who actually enjoys other peoples’ troubles. Sad, very sad. Of course, the same could be said for Anti Dog, but his handle says that already,
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
2:24 pm
Obviously Newman is demonstrating his level of discourse. Thanks for showing everyone that you can’t stand up to an argument on your own. You do realize you’re reinforcing the perception that you have the courage of a little girl in pigtails, don’t you?
Stevie Wonder
March 24th, 2011
2:28 pm
Hine’s mother constantly encouraged him to transfer, luckily he stayed. See?
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
2:29 pm
Anyway, I’m tired of talking about Newman. Any thoughts about Hines’ tight body and boyish charm?
SuwaneeDawg
March 24th, 2011
2:31 pm
Someone mentioned earlier about an Auburn person asking about throwing it to him every play. A funny story along those lines – when an old roommate of mine first got an XBox we would of course play Madden a good bit. He would always stay furious at me because I would always be the Steelers and I would basically throw to or run Hines on every play and I always won. He eventually refused to play me.
Anyway, other than Herschel, Hines has always been my favorite Dawg. The Florida, Auburn, and Peach Bowl in ‘95 all stand out with the Peach most of all. I will never forget the Dawgs being down against UVA and Hines almost single-handedly winning that game with a bad wrist, a bad rib (pretty sure it was a rib) and a bad knee. He basically dragged that leg behind him but still threw and ran all over the field. My wife always thinks I’m embellishing a bit but it doesn’t even matter in my mind. He played as hard or harder than anyone (except maybe D. Pollack) I’ve seen play at Georgia.
GeoffDawg
March 24th, 2011
2:31 pm
Sigh…anyway, enjoy your day Newman and let that Freak Flag fly. You’re below wasting anymore time on.
Gator Man
March 24th, 2011
2:37 pm
Had to throw in he beat Florida that year, how many bulldog in the last 20 years can say they beat Florida 2 straight years? Oh wait, I hear silents”’
reebok
March 24th, 2011
2:37 pm
I’m a Tech fan, but I really like Hines Ward. He’s a classy guy, he plays hard, and he always has a smile on his face. I wish more NFL ballers were like him, frankly.
Dorsey Hill
March 24th, 2011
2:39 pm
Anti-Dog,
Hines was NOT voted “one” of the NFL’s dirtiest players. He was voted, by his peers, as “THE” dirtiest player in the NFL. Is it because he gets a lot of flags? No. Its because he plays to the whistle and hunts heads to knock off. Other guys don’t like that. They aren’t playing a game like Hines is, they are working in a business and earning money. Hines jeopardizes that so they don’t like him. Any man his size who seeks out and puts Ray Lewis on his butt is deserving of respect. Most guys, for good reason, fear Ray. Hines puts him on his butt, with a smile. Lewis was quoted as saying that his entire purpose is to deny the other guy the will to play. I’m sure he’s accomplished that many, many times, but he won’t take away Hines’. If anything it’ll be the other way around and that is why Hines Ward is the man. They may call him “dirty”. I call him “old school tough” playing the game the way is was meant to be played; with intensity, violence and the joy of a child.
JoeV
March 24th, 2011
2:41 pm
I’m a Clemson alumnus…and I’m one of his biggest fans! He represents the best in college and professional sports and I think the world of him.
Ramrod
March 24th, 2011
2:41 pm
Did Bobo ever recover from his injury??
just a fan
March 24th, 2011
2:46 pm
Columbus Dawg I have never really heard him talk about UGA but almost anytime he is on tv for an interview that isnt after a game i see him wearing a UGA shirt or UGA leather jacket. I love the guy for all of his hard work that he did while he was at UGA and for what he has done as a pro.
reebok
March 24th, 2011
2:49 pm
again, i have no ‘dog’ in this fight (sorry), but i’ve certainly never thought of hines ward as a dirty player…nick fairley…now THERE’S a dirty player.
ga gator
March 24th, 2011
3:11 pm
My second favorite Dawg of all-time. Saw him at Longhorns at the Mall of Georgia during last years off season and he wore his famous smile on his face the entire time. Great competitor and I will never forget him valiantly playing QB I believe in his last regular season game as a Dawg.
My favorite Dawg of all time? Easy for this old Gator; Bobby Burns whom I played baseball with and football against in High School in Tampa in the late 60’s.
Brucerugby79
March 24th, 2011
3:17 pm
HEY NEWMAN you did not go to UGA I could have been arrested at any of all the games i went to my senior year—times have changed–I would probably get arrested if I ever met you as well.. LONG LIVE THE GREAT HINES WARD!!!!
Alphare
March 24th, 2011
3:20 pm
Is it 95 or 96 Auburn beat UGA 31-0? UGA was bad back then when I came to ATL.
Brucerugby79
March 24th, 2011
3:21 pm
Gator man you gotta use the spell checker–you really lose the impact of your post when you can not spell silence.
ga gator
March 24th, 2011
3:24 pm
Gator Man, let the man have his day. This is an article about one of the most over achieving players of all time so shut your pie hole.
FaithfulDawg 86
March 24th, 2011
3:26 pm
Great memories, everyone! We used to joke that Hines Ward threw the ball downfield, ran and caught it himself, kicked the ensuing kickoff, tackled the return man, got a brief respite for a 3 and out, and then did it all again. If only he’d played defense… (didn’t he play corner a time or two?). What a classy guy and a great alum. Oh, and Anti-Dog, being voted the dirtiest player IS a great distinction in the NFL. Man, learn your football and stay out of the way.
Ed (The Original)
March 24th, 2011
3:26 pm
“Typical of his versatility was the win over Florida in 1997 when Ward had seven receptions for 85 yards, ran five times for 21 yards, completed two passes for 27 yards and returned two kickoffs for 70 yards.”
Not to mention a crushing block on a Florida DB that sprung Robert Edwards’ last TD run.
“egeagle-Let’s not forget about Terry Hogue-a no talent safety who could almost single handed win ballgames for you. Also a 4.0 in genetics. What a DAWG.”
I share your admiration of Hogue TVille Dawg but would hardly describe him as a “no-talent.” From where I sat Hogue had plenty of talent.
Rich Copeland
March 24th, 2011
3:28 pm
Voted by his NFL cohorts as the “dirtist” player in the NFL. What an honor. And you Dogs persucated Brandon Spikes for a hit on Ealey, trying to take his eyes out – that was never called in the game, and Ealey himself said it didn’t happen. Maybe you look at the hit on Tebow by Smith again. Dogs hated Spikes for his hit on “No Sho” the year before when he wouldn’t let him “jump Up” and told him “Come my way again”..Go Gators…See you in Jax this year…
Bewildered
March 24th, 2011
3:31 pm
My favorite Ward moment came in the 1995 South Carolina game (Robert Edwards’ five TD day). As Edwards cleared the corner and started to head down the sideline for an eventual TD, Ward reversed field and absolutely WRECKED a Carolina secondary player. He was decleated and defeated and Ward didn’t even break stride. He ran through him and began flapping his arms to get the fans on their feet.
Classic example of his tenacity.
LSU TIGER
March 24th, 2011
3:33 pm
ONE OF MY FAVORITE STEELER!!!!!!!! TOO BAD HE HAD TO PLAY FOR GA
GA girl
March 24th, 2011
3:37 pm
I think my favorite part is “in his senior year.” Wouldn’t it be nice if “in his senior year” could be said of more of the great Bulldogs players?! We Bulldogs fans love Hines Ward for good reason — many good reasons, actually!
Alphare
March 24th, 2011
3:39 pm
Sorry that 31-0 loss is to BAMA, not Auburn in 1995. How did Hines do in that game?
Dontsufferfools
March 24th, 2011
3:41 pm
The block Hines threw near the goal line vs. S.Carolina the day Robert Edwards scored 5 TDs is the play I will remember most.
Gator Chomp
March 24th, 2011
3:46 pm
As a Lockheed Martin retiree in Smyrna, Hines showed great fortitude when he returned to Korea with his mother, who was really ran out of Korea for having a black man’s baby. As a Rep to Korea twice, I can tell you that Korea is very ethnic. A Korean woman is banned from Korean life if with a non Korean man. Unless you,ve been there, you cannot know what that is all about. Hines and his Mother were finally accepted by Koreans after he became a member of the championship Steelers.
GA girl
March 24th, 2011
3:49 pm
Oh, and P.S. I don’t watch “Dancing with the Stars,” but I hope he wins that, too! And I feel truly sorry for you anti-Bulldogs who apparently have nothing better to do than come on this post and write your nasty comments. That much negativity cannot be good for you. How many times have I ever been miserable and mean-spirited enough to post nasty comments on blogs about other teams? Zero. Not even blogs about the NY Yankees. I have more productive things to do with my time and life. GO HINES!
Diane
March 24th, 2011
3:54 pm
Don’t forget – Hines is a local boy – graduate of Forest Park High School in the early 90s.
Derek
March 24th, 2011
3:57 pm
Man, this GeoffDawg guy is kind of weird. This is a sports blog and he’s talking about ‘cuties and dimples’. Get out of here dude.
Lindsey
March 24th, 2011
4:29 pm
Love seeing a Dawg on DWTS this season, I will be cheering him on!! Best of luck to him and all UGA players for the 2011 Season, GO DAWGS!!
1962 DAWG
March 24th, 2011
4:44 pm
Ward was a Damn Good Dawg. Enjoyed watching him play at UGA.
Great reciever at Pittsburg,
Saw Ward before a playoff game with the Steelers on TV while the players were anouncing their name and college, and instead of saying he was from UGA, Ward said his name and that he was from Forest Park. Kinda like he was disrespecting the Dawgs. But if he wants to represent Forest Park then that’s his decision.
UGA didn’t seem to be bothered by it, they let him be a coach of the G-Day game the following spinng.
Bill
March 24th, 2011
5:03 pm
Peach Bowl! Never saw a performance like his before, or since. What a player!
Lady Dawg
March 24th, 2011
5:07 pm
Newman is NOT a UGA grad or a Tech grad….he’s not that intelligent. Watched Hines play HS,college and pro ball. Great guy! Next to Hershel, he is my fav. And yes, this lady dawg is watching and voting for him on Dancing with the Stars.
Lady Dawg
March 24th, 2011
5:09 pm
I don’t think Hines was being disrespectful to UGA when he said he was from Forest Park…..he had a great career in HS and I understand still stays in touch with those folks.
pmac
March 24th, 2011
5:57 pm
I remember Hines giving all he had on the field to UGA…and UGA fans booing him.
Ray Goof
March 24th, 2011
6:04 pm
Alphare,
Hines didn’t fare too well as a qb in that game against Alabama. It was a 31-0 beating even worse than blackout night. The Alabama defense basically just suffocated Hines and the dawg offense. Game coulda been much worse but Stallings kinda called off the dawgs early pardon the pun.
What is it about Alabama 31 Georgia zero that this score keeps reappearing?
Ray Goof
March 24th, 2011
6:08 pm
pmac,
If the fans were booing as in that Alabama game it was because the whole team took a humiliating spanking and just quit. Wasn’t necessarily Hine’s fault.
Back then Gene Stalling’s defenses at Alabama were perennially no 1- 3 in the nation every year in total defense. Ya can’t convert a wr into a qb in a couple of weeks and expect a miracle against a defense like Alabama.
Throwing Hines into the teeth of a firebreathing Stallings defense with only a week or 2 of practice was one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen in football.
Ed (The Original)
March 24th, 2011
6:27 pm
Yeah, Goff was definitely in over his head.
And GeoffDawg, if you’re goal was to creep us out – mission accomplished. Enough to make a “boy” puke.
sogadog
March 24th, 2011
6:35 pm
Didnt Ward set a record as the first Dawg to rush, pass and receive for over a thousand yards in each category during his career?
Yussef
March 24th, 2011
6:36 pm
Just another worthless Dawgtard goon who never came close to graduating and never passed a real college course.
BG
March 24th, 2011
6:37 pm
All his games. Hines Ward is the man!! GO DAWGS!!!
Nolan
March 24th, 2011
7:24 pm
Note:
Bruce Feldman has Crowell, as a dark horse HEISMAN TROPHY candidate.
On Feldman’s Top 10 list.
http://insider.espn.go.com/ncf/blog?name=feldman_bruce&id=6250663&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fncf%2fblog%3fname%3dfeldman_bruce%26id%3d6250663
Bawbie
March 24th, 2011
7:42 pm
Fire Dave Perno!
Nolan
March 24th, 2011
7:47 pm
ESPN had several analysts predict who will win the Heisman in 2014.
Crowell came in as Runner Up.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6062312
I don’t think Georgia fans realize how good Crowell really is.
Dawg89
March 24th, 2011
8:54 pm
Ward is another great player to come through Athens that our fine coaching staff couldn’t use to win a championship.
Top Dog
March 24th, 2011
9:38 pm
I’m glad Hines got over the hard feelings he had towards UGA and it’s fans. During the introductions of the players of his first superbowl he wouldn’t even say Hines Ward University of Georgia.
King DAWG
March 24th, 2011
10:04 pm
I was at that Auburn game and the Peach Bowl game against UVA. Those two were my favorite memories of Hines as well. I think the Auburn game was tops however. Hines had a broken hand and was playing quarterback. He is definitely a WINNER. He will win dancing with the starts too. What a competitor!
AlwaysADawg
March 25th, 2011
8:00 am
Favorite story about Hines Ward – my mother-in-law and father-in-law (who had Alzheimer’s) were attending an Olympic event in Athens. “Mom” needed to use the ladies room, but couldn’t leave “Dad” alone for fear he’d wander off. Hines happened along. Calling him by name (cause she always knows her Dawgs) and introducing herself, she asked if he’d wait with “Dad”. He graciously agreed. She came out to find Hines waiting with Dad, trying his best to keep him from wandering away. Obviously, he didn’t have to do that. To this day (she’s over 80 and Dad’s gone), she thinks the world of Hines Ward – a class act that day for sure.
mark
March 25th, 2011
8:19 am
The tech game in 1995. Down 14-0 on the Flats…broken hand…didn’t he convert 11 straight third downs in the second half to lead us to a 15-14 win. In my mind, nobody gave us more. However, the two point coversion against Texas Tech in 1996 defied gravity at a Michael Jordan level and the block(s) he threw against Florida on Robert Edwards TD in 1997 may be the greatest block ever thrown…he took out seven or eight Gators on the play. And don’t forget his shoeless sprint across the Georgia Dome rug in 2005 with DeAngelo Hall gasping in pursuit. Where do I get the action figure?
Dawglasville
March 25th, 2011
8:46 am
The Peach Bowl we lost. He had a great game. I remember the first time he played the Falcons. They cut to him pre-game and he was yelling at one of the Falcons, “I don’t know what you are smiling about number (?). I’m going to bust you in the mouth!” What wide receiver says that? He and Robert Edwards are two of my favorite Dawgs. Wish we had more guys like that. I hope Samuel turns into that type of player.
Aunty Dawg
March 25th, 2011
9:12 am
A few salient comments:
1. Four different SEC teams have won the last five BCS championships.
2. UGA was not one of those teams.
3. During that period, UGA did not win the SEC championship.
4. During that period, UGA did not even win its SEC division.
5. Red panties.
In other words, UGA has sunk into total irrelevancy both regionally and nationally.
So why is UGA paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
gahillbilly
March 25th, 2011
9:17 am
That ‘95 game took a lot out of me. We came so close and I was so distraught afterward, walking down the ramp from the upper level stands on the north side, I kicked the concrete wall and thought I had broken a toe. Hines and the Dawgs left it all out there on the field, but that loss ultimately was Goff’s undoing.
Cuz
March 25th, 2011
10:20 am
Him being an usher during the Olympic soccer games in Sanford.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 25th, 2011
2:38 pm
LOL.
GT is a 4th rate high school team
March 25th, 2011
2:39 pm
@Aunty Dawg: That is how it goes.
headley lamar
March 26th, 2011
3:38 pm
So why is UGA paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
Because UGA won 90 games last decade under Mark Richt 7th most in the nation and 2nd most in the SEC.
7-3 in bowl games.
Winning record against every SEC opponent except Florida.