Preseason ranking no shocker: ‘We’re still Georgia’
Georgia's ranking "shocked" Ben Jones, but it shouldn't have. (Brant Sanderlin / AJC)
Some folks inside and outside the Bulldog Nation were surprised when the USA Today coaches preseason poll was released Thursday and Georgia was ranked a respectable No. 22 despite coming off a 6-7 season and a horrendous bowl game.
Even the Dogs’ Ben Jones admitted he was “shocked” at Georgia being ranked in the preseason for the 10th consecutive year.
And Abry Jones said he “didn’t think we would be that high since we didn’t do well last year.”
Tavarres King, on the other hand, said, “I’m not shocked that we’re ranked. We’re still Georgia, and I think everybody knows that.”
I think King probably nailed it right there. Despite coming off a bad season and having a lot of question marks, UGA and Mark Richt have enough residual respect to be considered among the nation’s 25 best teams without having played a down yet.
And while preseason rankings don’t mean a whole lot, as Richt said, “I think it’s a good sign for the program. It’s a good sign of respect if coaches feel like Georgia is a Top 25 team.”
Of course, last year the coaches also thought Georgia was a Top 25 team. In fact, the Dogs were ranked a notch higher in last year’s preseason poll, at 21, and briefly made it up to No. 19 before falling out of the ranking for good after the South Carolina game.
And the No. 22 preseason ranking is the lowest of Richt’s tenure since his first year, when Georgia couldn’t quite crack the Top 25.
Still, being ranked at all is encouraging, even if it might be a result of the coaches (or whoever filled out the poll for them) simply listing Georgia out of force of habit.
At the very least, it bolsters the confidence of the Georgia players as they prepare to meet the No. 7-ranked Boise State Broncos.
And another factor is that while Georgia at times looked terrible last year, they also were thisclose to winning some of those games they lost. As Jones put it: “I think people believe in us. They’re not counting us out, because we lost a lot of games by three and seven points. If we would have made the play in the fourth quarter, we would have been the team that’s 10-3 instead of going 6-7.”
Now they just have to see if they can make those fourth-quarter plays this year. If Joe Tereshinski has anything to say about it, I’m betting they will more often than not.
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271 comments Add your comment
lazlodawg
August 5th, 2011
10:45 am
29 days…
Marvin
August 5th, 2011
10:50 am
I was very surprised, not because we just came off a “bad season” but because the bad season follows a downward decline over several seasons. The downward trend alone would be justification for writing us off this year which I was actually hoping for. I’d rather be under radar going in to the Boise State game.
FLADawg
August 5th, 2011
10:50 am
The Orlando Sentinel has the Dawgs rated much higer this year than last (high 20s vs. 60 something I think). We laughed last year but they were pretty accurate. Hopefully the are pretty accurate again this year.
Pete
August 5th, 2011
10:51 am
BSU 55 – 13
ARdawg
August 5th, 2011
10:51 am
Pre-season ranks mean absolutely diddly squat
Davis
August 5th, 2011
10:52 am
Phil Steele, probably the most accurate guy in the game over the last 10 years, has Georgia as his 5th favorite team, in a blog post he wrote recently. Steele cites a few things:
1- No Alabama, LSU, Ark
2- #1 Special Teams
3- Great recuriting classes and loaded with talent
4- Nice schedule, only 5 tough games, all at home or on neutral turf
http://blog.philsteele.com/2011/08/04/my-favorite-teams-for-2011/
Rozeman13
August 5th, 2011
10:53 am
This is good for us Dawgs,But we are still ranked behind Auburn! Does that mean our Dream Team is still behind a Camless and Fairless Auburn?
Destin dawg
August 5th, 2011
10:56 am
Yes what Davis said… plus Grantham’s Junkyard Dawgs defense ++ S & C program ++ much better attitudes … we’ll be in top 10 after 1st games.. Go Dawgs !!
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
10:57 am
Pete – do you invest heavily in potato futures or something? Boise might win but if I was a betting man, I’d take Georgia and the points in a heartbeat.
Destin dawg
August 5th, 2011
10:58 am
1st 2 games… Can’t wait !!
Don't Matter
August 5th, 2011
10:59 am
Pre-season rankings don’t mean anything. We’ll know their real ranking after the first two games.
Destin dawg
August 5th, 2011
10:59 am
Pete = GT troll
Dawg Gone
August 5th, 2011
11:00 am
This is about right, also we benefit from a supposed down year in the SEC East…we will have to prove we are a top 25 program on the field..lets start with Boise! Go Dawgs!
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:00 am
This website, found it on Steele’s blog, averages preseason polls to create a consensus preseason ranking.
Georgia comes in at #18.
This ranking is low considering Coach Richt’s finished in the top 10 the last 20 out of 24 seasons going back to FSU.
83% of the last 24 years, Richt’s team has finished in the top 10. Unreal consistency.
Only 4 Opponents on the schedule are even ranked, 8 arn’t ranked on the consensus ranking:
#3 Boise
#15 South Carolina
#22 Mississippi State
#25 Florida
This makes the Boise & South Carolina games, and winning those 2, even more important, as they are the only 2 top 20 teams Coach Richt will face.
Auburn, Tenn, Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, due to schedule or talent issues, are not ranked consensus.
http://preseason.stassen.com/consensus/2011.html
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
11:01 am
Georgia without a doubt is a very talented group. The real concern I have, following last year’s debacle, is how they’ll respond psychologically when momentum turns against them.
Joe T inspires a lot of confidence that they’ll physically be ready for all challenges, but where are their minds at? Hopefully, the purging of some prima donnas and team cancers this offseason put them in a better place.
Dawg_Mike
August 5th, 2011
11:05 am
The only ranking that means anything is the one at the end of the season.
ARdawg
August 5th, 2011
11:05 am
I don’t mind stating unequivocally Georgia beats Boise +10 points
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:07 am
Looks like East Carolina has moved to a 3-4 defense as well. This will serve as a nice warm-up for Ga in week 2.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/08/05/2504848/pirates-seeking-better-defensive.html
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:09 am
Wall St Journal reported 2 teams are getting a lot of bets by big money Vegas Gamblers. Michigan. And…..GEORGIA!!! Why, the big time sports gamblers think these 2 teams are really undervalued. So much money has been put on Georgia, that it’s actually changed betting line.
Here’s the Wall St. Journal Article, it’s a long address, so I shrunk it down:
http://tinyurl.com/3qsu3de
David C
August 5th, 2011
11:09 am
The 1st 2 Games of the Season will tell us if Georgia is Back or not. I see 1-1 after 1st 2 games and 10-2 by end of the season.
Red Stick (formerly Jumbeauxtiger)
August 5th, 2011
11:12 am
@Davis, Phil Steele also said a year ago, which some of you pointed, that the Dawgs were a darkhorse choice for the national title and we know how that turned out.
LSU is ranked 4th and I’ll be the first to admit it doesn’t mean anything right now.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
11:16 am
This team faces challenges related to depth and inexperience, there is no arguing that. What this team won’t lack is conditioning, discipline and attitude. While I am by no means expecting an undefeated season I am nonetheless much more excited about this season than I was the last.
I believe it will be a fun team to watch and it is always great to be a Georgia Bulldog.
Unlike a lot of trolls who will disappear or change their usernames when we succeed I will be here regardless.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
11:16 am
Nothing Could Be Finer – Boise also has an overblown sense of self-importance so that should segue for a nice warmup to South Carolina.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:17 am
Ga’s ranking is primarily based on the potential of incoming freshmen plus Murray.
Those freshmen will screw up but will also make plays.
Ga will probably be in-and-out of the top 25 all year.
Lindsey
August 5th, 2011
11:18 am
Hopefully the Bulldogs will make their way up the polls during the season, GO DAWGS!!!
RabidDawgFan
August 5th, 2011
11:20 am
If we start 2-0 on the season…we go at least 10-2 or maybe 11-1. I just feel that in my heart that this team is focused and hungry, ready to prove the doubters wrong. They will be fired up vs. Boise and even more fired up vs. South Carolina in Sanford Stadium because they know the impact of that game as well. It’s going to be a good season. Even if we start 1-1, we can still have a good season. But 0-2, I just don’t see our team letting that happen. No way.
kevin
August 5th, 2011
11:20 am
It’s not surprising at all. UGA went into the 4th quarter within 7pts of every opponent last year. Untimely fumbles and a lack of being able to finish games translated to losses. Without untimely fumbling and getting tired at the end of games, UGA could have very easily had a fantastic year last year. While AJ is gone, we enter the season with the best QB in the league, a great incoming freshman class, grantham’s defense is in it’s 2nd year…
UGA, like they did last year, might certainly not live up to their potential. But preseason polls, by definition, are based on potential.
gomdawg
August 5th, 2011
11:22 am
Forget the polls let’s play the way we can play and when it over DAWGS ON TOP SEC and
NC
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:23 am
Tavarres King, on the other hand, said, “I’m not shocked that we’re ranked. We’re still Georgia, and I think everybody knows that.”
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GeoffDawg, this sounds more like overblown sense of self-importance.
Beast from the East
August 5th, 2011
11:23 am
Red Stick,
I agree. UF and UT were preseason top 10 last year and that ended up being a total joke. So many teams have so many question marks coming into the season….even the top 10 teams.
Bama Fan#2
August 5th, 2011
11:23 am
Football polls are for fans really and do not mean nothing in reality.
Saban was talking about the polls yesterday saying that is like
fortune telling, you never know how things are going to happen
first the season starts. Good luck dawgs and hope Mark Richt
stays as head coach for a long time. You pull for good people
and he is the finest human being as a head football coach that
I know of. RTR
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:23 am
Funny, because T. King hasn’t done jack.
RabidDawgFan
August 5th, 2011
11:24 am
They look good out there on the practice field. Look bigger, leaner due to muscle. Look at Ben Jones in that photo. Does he look like your average fat center? No. That guy has slimmed down due to the workouts and lifting weights getting leaner. Our entire team looks good. I hope it shows on the field all the hard work they’ve been putting in.
McDawg
August 5th, 2011
11:24 am
Where is Kent Turene?????
Rolaids anyone?
August 5th, 2011
11:26 am
South Carolina ’s D is gonna stuff the dogs. Didnt see where the S&C has made much diffrerence for the dawgs. These players looked like they could play for a Furman.
RiffRaff
August 5th, 2011
11:26 am
Bring on the Smurfs!!!!
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:30 am
If Mark Richt is smart he won’t allow Tarvarres King to speak to the media anymore after that quote.
JB
August 5th, 2011
11:30 am
There are lot’s pf reasons we want the Dawgs to open 2-0. The biggest for us also is these blogs will go from 80% Dawgs fans to 99%. The Haters will be gone….( Beast, you are always welcome here. A good contributor).
dawgforlife
August 5th, 2011
11:31 am
…I agree…preseason rankings are useful only as conversation pieces. UGA will know what it has after the first two games, which kinda concerns me because even in our best years, it has taken a couple of games to get everything going.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
11:32 am
Nothing Could Be Finer – based on history longer than one season, you could’nt be more wrong.
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:33 am
There are a couple of things most don’t know about Georgia.
1- How good Def Coor Todd Grantham is
This guy lost 3 DL to the NFL before last seaosn started and came on staff REALLY late in recruiting, didn’t have his body types and speed and height to run his 3-4, and still finished strong in defensive scoring & total defensive yards. Very close to Nick Saban’s numbers in 07′ when Saban was installing the 3-4 in his 1st year at Bama. Year 2, Bama jumped to 14 points a game–11 def points a game average 2 years later, and stuffed the run less than 90 yards a game for 2 years. Terrance Cody’s big body, quickness, made the 3-4 go. Saban went from 7-6, losing several close game in 07′, to 13 wins the next season. Grantham went out and got John Jenkins from Cody’s old school, and Cody’s old coach says Jenkins is faster, quicker, and maybe as strong and will have the same impact on Georgia that Cody had on Alabama. Jenkins is 6′ 5”, 350 lbs.
Note: Georgia Defensive Coach Todd Grantham was asked to be Nick Saban’s DEF COOR, 2X, and turned Saban down. Grantham also trained ASlabama in the off seasons before coming to Georgia. Saban’s considered the top def coach in football.
2- How good Richt is with QB’s
2 guys won a Heisman under Richt when Richt was QB Coach or OC at FSU. 2 guys had totally different styles, Richt adapted. Richt’s record is 55-11 when QB’s start their 2nd season. 80%+ win %. Richt’s win % with 1st year QB’s is much lower. This is Aaron Murray’s 2nd year as a starter. Murray threw for over 3000 yards & 24 TD’s and had a 3 to 1 td to int ratio as a Freshman QB.
GTBob
August 5th, 2011
11:35 am
They play a prime time game against a top 10 team the first week of the season. Why would anybody be shocked that they are ranked? They pretty much had to be ranked for TV ratings.
matt
August 5th, 2011
11:37 am
Some years the rankings matter. We aren’t competng for a NC this year so it means less this year. In a year where we had a realistic chance to compete for a NC the higher we are ranked the less ground we have to cover to get into the chase. They aren’t taking the #12 ranked SEC champion to the championship. Have to be a top team in the end and that’s hard to do when you start at #22.
It won’t matter this year considering 6-6 is a lot more realistic than 8-4.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:37 am
GTBob, maybe for other polls. But, the coaches voted in this one.
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:38 am
Training situation was horrible last season. Didin’t even have a grass field to practice on. Didn’t have the building done, so no breeze to cool down the field. Didn’t have proper equipment as the building was being finished. Our guys were working out in trailers during the transition. It was a bad, bad situation. To have a grass field, a breeze, all the proper equipment, it will make a big difference in the 4th quarter. No one beat Georgia last year. Georgia beat Georgia with turnovers, execution mistakes and mental errors due to being tired.
Pete
August 5th, 2011
11:38 am
Watch what happens in the first few minutes of the game……. this is what it’ll be like all game for uga. VT had the talent to come back once Boise became complacent, uga doesn’t. VT’s lucky Boise had a poor game that day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgtKtJkbVYk
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:40 am
Davis, I’m pretty sure Lattimore beat georgia all by himself last year.
LOL
JB
August 5th, 2011
11:41 am
Beast, I just read since 1992 when SC came into the conference, Which they have yet to win, Gators have 7 SEC titles………impressive………..When you consider Bama has only 2………and Dawgs have 2.Tenn. also has two…………..Reading Bammers on here, you think they’d won them all…LOL…. That’s pretty impressive.
JDawg1785
August 5th, 2011
11:41 am
I’ve never appreciated preseason polls, but it’s good to hear the guys are confident and upbeat going into a crucial season.
JB
August 5th, 2011
11:45 am
Davis at 11;22………….All that is true and I agree and I’m excited, but after the last two years, we got to fight ourselves out of this Bar, not talk ourselves out. Go Dawgs.
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:45 am
Ealey had a red zone fumble against South Carolina, and the team got into the red zone against South Carolina a few times and didn’t execute, ending up kicking field goals.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
11:49 am
Pete, you may not realize this coming from the Siberian wasteland of college football but Georgia has more talent than Va. Tech year in and year out. Did the fact that they went on to lose to James Madison escape your keen analytical insight?
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:49 am
King in the Colorado game had a red zone fumble at the end of the game and lost by 2.
Murray had a couple of off games against Florida (4 to’s), and UCF (2 int’s). Defense had a lot of breakdowns in the Florida games due to missed assingments.
Arkansas Ealey fumbled in the red zone again and missed on defensive coverages to gimmick plays.
Auburn game was close for 3 quarters, then Georgia ran out of gas in the 4th.
Joey
August 5th, 2011
11:51 am
If preseason polls meant anything, we would have the crystal football in our trophy case from ‘08 . . .
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:52 am
Miss St was where Ealey had the other red zone fumble. Then ran out of gas in the 4th quarter.
Ran out of gas in the 4th quarter against Ark.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:52 am
What about all those 358 broken tackles by Lattimore?
Blame that on your practice facilities?
JB
August 5th, 2011
11:52 am
Boise plays 10 girls schools a year. Really, they do. They’ll get B***** slapped come Sept. 3rd.
Beating North Nevada State 63-10 impresses no one.
UGA Insider
August 5th, 2011
11:53 am
I wasn’t able to be at practice yesterday but I had a good friend who was there and he said The Dawgs look much faster and appear bigger. He said Ray Drew is huge and very quick. He is going to be better that Clowney this year I bet. He also said that Murray and the receivers looked sharp, missing out on only a few and you could really tell they had worked hard this offseason. IC and Samuel looked fast and he said Samuels is HUGE. Like 240 and fast. He said the combo of Figgins/Samuels could really be good. Very intimidating…something Boise has never seen.
My friend has gotten me fired up for the season. Forget all the negatives I have said since the UCF debacle. It is over and I apologize for being so negative. I now think we will destroy Boise and put UGA back on the CF map. Then it will be a slugfest with USCe for basically the SEC East crown in week 2. I’m fired up! Let’s do this!
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:53 am
Agreed, JB.
Yall better not lose to Boise.
bill
August 5th, 2011
11:53 am
Glad to see the optimism here, but please raise your hand if you thought that we would lose to UCF last bowl season…let’s play the first two games before we start predicting a place in the SEC Championship game. We can’t even beat the hated Gators!
Beast from the East
August 5th, 2011
11:54 am
JB,
Most of those were under Spurrier. He dominated the SEC that decade likne no one has since The Bear. Don’t think we’ll see that kind of domination by one team in the SEC again. Too many good coaches to deal with these days.
JB
August 5th, 2011
11:54 am
Sprurrier will have to go to the Air after the first Qtr against us this year. That highway is closed.
Wally My Butts
August 5th, 2011
11:54 am
If nothing else, Georgia will be fun to watch this year, particularly compared to other years. The new attitude and conditioning will help most of all. I really don’t expect them to challenge for the MNC but to just be competitive, not be gassed in the 4th qtr, and have a desire to win will be enough for me and I hope that it solidifies Richt’s job. Getting rid of the attitudes and cancers was, to me, the most important off season change (I of course like the recruiting class as well).
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:54 am
Didn’t Ray Drew play d-line in HS?
And Ga is giving him looks at LB, right?
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:56 am
Spurrier was going to the air anyway.
He knows that georgia’s D will be desperate to stop Latti after last year.
Rolaids anyone?
August 5th, 2011
11:57 am
This will say it all for the Puppies. Marcus Latimore Act II. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5yaKYuhEno
Davis
August 5th, 2011
11:59 am
Lost to Colorado by 2, Florida by a field goal in OT, UCF by 4, and lost to Ark by 7. Combination of being out of shape & poor execution (defensive execution issues due to inexperience in 1st year in new scheme + wrong body types for scheme), offensive due to inexperience 1st year starter at QB (too many sacks–too many missed passes–too many interceptions in a couple of games–tendancy to lock in on 1 receiver—poor reads) & poor RB play (fumbles & lack of big explosive runs & missed blocking in Pass Pro).
Wally My Butts
August 5th, 2011
11:59 am
Hey Rolaids, that’s why they play the game. We’ll see what happens when he runs into Jenkins and Geathers.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
11:59 am
But yea, it could also be The Lattimore Show – Part Deux
JB
August 5th, 2011
11:59 am
And finer, you and I have agreed before, Your WR’s are killers.
Red Stick (formerly Jumbeauxtiger)
August 5th, 2011
12:00 pm
I agree Beast. Every team in the Top 25 has concerns. The Top 10 will be very different in January; always is.
Joey
August 5th, 2011
12:00 pm
Davis, some of those FGs were because of our coach “going wobbly” on fourth down. He loves him a FG.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
12:01 pm
Isn’t Jenkins the one that couldn’t finish practice last night?
Did he even participate in summer conditioning?
He might be a factor if he can get on the field.
scotty22
August 5th, 2011
12:01 pm
Tavarres King an outstanding young man with an answer that should make all DAWG fans proud. “We’re still Georgia, and I think everybody knows that.”
JB
August 5th, 2011
12:01 pm
We did play a freshman QB last year, No AJ and 2 RB’s with no heart. Georgia this year, At home. will be different
Elmer Dawg
August 5th, 2011
12:04 pm
I’m feelin anuther perseeson nachunal champeenship.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
12:04 pm
True, JB.
But you have no AJ this year and 2 RB’s with no experience!
kevin
August 5th, 2011
12:06 pm
Nothing Could be Finer,
Funny, until last year SC has not been relevant since never. Your team is finally good, but can you dispense with all the sarcastic high and mighty nonsense.
allwehaveishope
August 5th, 2011
12:07 pm
No. 22 is about right. They will have to prove themselves on the field in first 2 games to be ranked any higher. Hope they stay healthy.
festus
August 5th, 2011
12:10 pm
aw shucks I lykes agreein with thait elmer dawg…… preseeson nachunal chaimpeenship.
Whuuh?
August 5th, 2011
12:11 pm
Are we being ranked due to talent, or because our schedule is so easy? From many of the pundits, seems like the latter….if we had a harder schedule, would be be unranked???
Nub
August 5th, 2011
12:14 pm
Whatever win the east or else….. Keep hearing about the GA way….. What is it? And why is it this is the first year we have heard such said at UGA…
RabidDawgFan
August 5th, 2011
12:14 pm
SC went 9-5 losing in horrible fashion to Auburn in the SECCG 56-17 and then turning around and losing to Florida State in the Chik-fil-a bowl. They’re not WORLD BEATERS! They didn’t go 12-0, 11-1, or even 10-2. They lost 5 games last season and just so happened the SEC East was down more than it ever has been before so they went basically by default to the SECCG.
It’s funny how SC has NEVER won a championship but they claim to be the best team in the land. Get a grip. Win a few SEC titles. Then talk. But until then, continue to fade in the latter part of the season and win your usual 8-9 games. Don’t spout off until you can lift a finger and have a ring on it.
Davis
August 5th, 2011
12:17 pm
Good coaches keep it simple. It’s execution that counts. Take the Florida game. In the OT, Murray made a good read, threw it into the end zone in 1 on 1 coverage, but didn’t throw it to the right spot. Also, Murray threw it in OT to AJ on a good read and Charles ran his route too deep so too many guys were too deep into coverage and ball got tipped and picked. Same for Ealey & King’s red zone fumbles against Col, Miss St, & SC. None of these were Bobo’s fault. Guys have to execute, coaches job is put em into position to win. Bobo did. Got to make plays. Same for the defensive guys getting beat on the wheel route or tackling Lattimore. Last year, defense was learning where to line up, this year focus will be on techniques. Last year, had wrong personel, this year have right personel.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
12:17 pm
some of those FGs were because of our coach “going wobbly” on fourth down. He loves him a FG.
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Makes sense. Don’t yall have a good FG kicker?
#1bamafan
August 5th, 2011
12:18 pm
JB…I don’t think all BAMA fans think that we won them all. BAMA does have 22 SEC titles, 7 West Division championships, 7 SEC Championship game appearances and a winning record against all current and former SEC tems. As a BAMA fan I am proud of Alabama as you should be about your team. Ready for some football…RTR
Waltzing Matilda
August 5th, 2011
12:18 pm
A top 25 ranking will just be a bad joke after Boise State destroys the dawgtards.
Shrimp N Grits
August 5th, 2011
12:19 pm
Is there really a Chicken fan on here bragging about their 5 LOSS SEASON. Didn’t they lose by 40 to FSU? Wasn’t there star running back knocked out of that game? Wasn’t their “star” quarterback too drunk to play that game?
Again, you are bragging about your 5 loss season and you are proud of that?
DC
August 5th, 2011
12:22 pm
No disrespect but if im a UGA fan..im shaking my head at Davis….
kevin
August 5th, 2011
12:24 pm
Waltzing Matilda,
“dawgtards”. Is that the best you can come up with? Are you 6? If you think UGA will be blown out by Boise, you know nothing about college football.
War Darn Dawg
August 5th, 2011
12:25 pm
I see 8-5, with losses to Boise, S. Carolina, Miss. St., Florida, and one more (Auburn, Tech or the bowl). The administration will have a tough call on Richt at the end of this year based solely on W-L record, but I think he needs to go.
Richt has been on autopilot for some time now and after 10 seasons has simply lost the fire and focus to be an elite D-1 head coach. During his tenure, Alabama and Florida turned it up a notch and Richt had no response. No shame in that, but Georgia shouldn’t spend another 2-3 years trying to ourselves of what’s become obvious since 2009.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
12:28 pm
Shrimp, when you have nothing to brag about…you get the idea. I have an idea chicken chokers have to type using one hand because the other is always busy doing something else.
kevin
August 5th, 2011
12:31 pm
War Darn Eagle,
If your prediction is right, then Richt must go. Richt needs to win the East this year or he should be gone.
dawgtalker
August 5th, 2011
12:32 pm
Davis thanks for the recap of last season, although some observations are facts, that’s a whole pile of excuses we’ve heard too many times. let it go, 6-7 is on the books. Be a man. Drop it.
I do like what I saw in practice, lot of talent both ways. We are gonna hurt some people for sure. Let’s see the coaches do their jobs and get W’s. Players are ready.
Delbert D.
August 5th, 2011
12:32 pm
Look how the AP did last year. Oklahoma was the only team within 1 spot, pre/postseason.
AP 2010 Poll
Preseason (final)
1 Alabama (10)
2 Ohio St (5)
3 Boise St (9)
4 Florida (U)
5 Texas (U)
6 TCU (2)
7 Oklahoma (6)
8 Nebraska (20)
9 Iowa (U)
10 Va. Tech (16)
11 Oregon (3)
12 Wisconsin (7)
13 Miami (U)
14 USC (U)
15 Pitt (U)
16 Ga. Tech (U)
17 Arkansas (12)
18 UNC (U)
19 Penn St (U)
20 FSU (17)
21 LSU (6)
22 Auburn (1)
23 Georgia (U)
24 Oregon St (U)
25 West Va. (U)
Of the 12 preseason teams that were not in the final Top 25,
only Iowa, Florida and West Va. received any votes.
Where the AP went wrong, groups of 5 and # unranked team in Final Poll:
1 – 5 (2 Unranked)
6 – 10 (1 Unranked)
11 – 15 (3 Unranked)
16 – 20 (3 Unranked)
21 – 25 (3 Unranked)
The Oracle
August 5th, 2011
12:33 pm
I predict that many on here will be eating crow. Ooooooh, Ahhhhhhh.
Let the damm season play out you fools. Richt needs to go? We haven’t played one down yet.
I predict Nothing Could Be Finer will become much more wise this fall. He certainly can’t get any dumber. Your team lost 5 games last year…
The Georgia Way
August 5th, 2011
12:35 pm
Oh yeah, let’s do it the “Georgia way.” let’s see, that means…
* A high percentage of the team members will be arrested or be cited for everything under the sun, including DUI, driving with a suspended license, and urinating in public.
* Recruiting and playing stupid punks who have the literacy of a third grader, and will have difficulty in passing remedial studies.
* The trashiest, drunkest fans in the US, requiring hundreds of tons of garbage to be removed after home games.
* Keeping bail bondsmen and lawyers fully employed in Athens. No recession for them!
* A head coach who is paid more in one year than most people make in a lifetime. How’s that working out for you homers?
* A proud legacy that includes Jan Kemp, Jim Harrick, and Damon Evans and his red panties.
Yeah, the Georgia way!
Beast from the East
August 5th, 2011
12:35 pm
Delbert,
They whiffed on almost half of the Top 25? WOW! I’d say that proves how worthless these preseason rankings are.
chilidawg
August 5th, 2011
12:37 pm
I just watched the last drive of the BSU/VaTech game in the above link. Two bad calls put them down there on the doorstep. The picked up block-in-the-back call on the return and the late hit. Officials don’t get instructions before the game, do they? I’m sure it made for better tv ratings for BS the “BCS Buster” to be in the mix for a while. Until they lost to Nevada.
Dave from the border
August 5th, 2011
12:41 pm
Boise State 38, Georgia 17
USC 42, Georgia 24
After that, it’s bye-bye time for Saint Mark. Time to get a real FBS-caliber coach.
@nothing could be finer
August 5th, 2011
12:42 pm
Unlike south carolina Georgia does have tradition.
GTBob
August 5th, 2011
12:46 pm
GTBob, maybe for other polls. But, the coaches voted in this one.
How do you think the coaches came up with their votes? Do you really think Mark Richt sat down and did an in depth analysis of 119 other teams who just started practicing this week? In the preseason, there is really no other way for them to vote other then the hype created by the media.
Delbert D.
August 5th, 2011
12:47 pm
SI says Steve Kragthorpe has stepped down from LSU OC position due to Parkinson’s disease. He’s going to stay on as QB coach.
BMDPD
August 5th, 2011
12:47 pm
I like the ranking. It instills some confidence into the players. In the meantime it is not high enough for the players to become over-confident. Me, I can’t wait for kick-off. GO DAWGS!!!!
Buckeye
August 5th, 2011
12:48 pm
That’s all you need to know about dogs……..happy to be ranked #22.
That’s the good news. The bad?
0-2 out of the gate leaves you in never never land starting down the barrel of back to back Liberty Bowls.
Buckeye
August 5th, 2011
12:49 pm
Any news on Howard ” Now that I’m locked out of the NBA” Thompkins?
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
12:50 pm
Delbert I read that late last night. You really hate to hear news like that. I wish him and his family the best.
BMDPD
August 5th, 2011
12:51 pm
Buckeye, what bowl will OSU be playing in this year?
Kb
August 5th, 2011
12:52 pm
Dave on the border, I will gladly take your money if you actually believe this defense will give up over 70 points in 2 games.This Georgia will not perform like 2010.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
12:52 pm
Somebody named ‘Buckeye’ talkin’ smack? Really?! Talk about proof of ignorance…wow!
BMDPD
August 5th, 2011
12:53 pm
If we win the first game, then the game is on.
0 - 2 Baby!
August 5th, 2011
12:56 pm
and Richt is outta here!
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
12:57 pm
GTBob, is your point that polls don’t matter? I agree. Let’s dispense with the preseason poll nonsense and just play some football. Would never happen but a restriction on polling until week 4 or 5 would be much more useful.
TweendaHedges
August 5th, 2011
1:00 pm
Lattimore, we got lot of video on dat cat now. He ain’t done nuttin gaint Aub, Ark, Clem, FSU. We gonna be ready for him.
murray county mystic
August 5th, 2011
1:01 pm
i can go back to 8/5/2010 and read the same bs from the UGA fans…we are number one…headed to the ATL for the SEC championship game…CMR is a genius…gonna make enough money bettin on tha dawgs to finish that tatoo of Vince Dooley and Herschel on my fat wife’s kankles…whatever…i’m here if you need me to steer you towards the “reality lounge”…
Ben "chop block" Jones
August 5th, 2011
1:02 pm
We will win every game we play against teams with losing records.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
1:02 pm
Geoff you are exactly right. They are neaningless and almost always laughably inaccurate. If nothing else, freeze the polls from the previous season at year-end. The reigning National Champs, for example, remain ranked first. If they have graduated a ton of players, then they may lose a few games and assume their rightful place anyway. If the new group keeps winning they retain their ranking. Same things goes for everyone else.
Kentucky and Vandy
August 5th, 2011
1:03 pm
TweendaHedges, we love playin between the hedges.
ga gator
August 5th, 2011
1:04 pm
DawgInaTruck I agree with you 100%.
TweendaHedges
August 5th, 2011
1:05 pm
Yo Bro, most every body say UGA wouldn’t be no good alst year cuz of 1st year QB & 1st year new Def Coor. Get reel.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
1:07 pm
They’ll never do it gator. Its too easy and makes too much sense.
TweendaHedges
August 5th, 2011
1:07 pm
Boise got nu OC, lost WR-s, not same.
TweendaHedges
August 5th, 2011
1:09 pm
1 review last year, typical–
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_uf/2010/06/gators-top-rival-georgia-ranks-no-64-in-college-football-rankings.html
Ludwig von Van Hay Langer
August 5th, 2011
1:15 pm
Dawgs need more meat on their bones…….too lean for the SEC.
TweendaHedges
August 5th, 2011
1:17 pm
Me guess is coach in poll know mor dan a blogger.
Delbert D.
August 5th, 2011
1:17 pm
That’s a good idea. Keep Auburn at #1 until they get beat. That would be the way to do it if the polls meant something. Especially with the voting polls (unlike one guy’s opinion), it is highly unlikely that the higher rankings will hold up. How likely is it that Alabama will finish #2, Oregon #3 and LSU #4? LSU finishes #4 with at least 2 losses in the regular season (Alabama and Oregon)? Or, Oregon loses only once and finishes ahead of LSU?
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
1:18 pm
DawgInaTruck – that is a great idea. Teams may have a different roster but there should be some benefit from finishing strong the previous year. They’ll settle at their natural position soon enough anyway.
Redacted
August 5th, 2011
1:18 pm
EVERYone has to do it on the field. The only thing a preseason ranking means is that, if you get a low one, and you have a great season, it is an unfair climb up into the Top Ten. Hey, getcha cold Kool Aid !!!!
UGADawg83
August 5th, 2011
1:19 pm
Bill-I’m usually pretty hard on you with good reason, this time I’ll say good article and good analysis. Quotes from the players, and good solid facts. Keep it up.
caleb
August 5th, 2011
1:22 pm
we b georgia….get crunked woof woof wait a minute im not dare no mo.
East Repeat
August 5th, 2011
1:23 pm
Yep, UGA has tradition- losing more games than the year before is the new tradition. Watched youtube of lattimore and our defensive line, and Ouchhhh, UGA cannot be looking forward to that. Lattimore was a stud as a fresh and is focused and tougher now. No one in ther right mind can look forward to facing that guy. But i am sure Isiah will be as tough as Lattimore, cough-cough…
SSIgator
August 5th, 2011
1:23 pm
“We’re still Georgia, and I think everybody knows that”
Exactly. Everybody knows that with da Preacha Man and his Straw Dawg coaching staff UGA will be lucky to go 6-6 again this year. Languishing at the bottom third of the SEC. What a joke. 1980 – so long ago.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
1:27 pm
SSIgator, don’t you have a mullett to wax?
WDE
August 5th, 2011
1:27 pm
@SSIgator hey what is the arrest total for the Gators so far ? Word of advice if Charlie Weiss gets a hold of the same stuff the Gator players are smoking I predict a statewide famine…
SSIgator
August 5th, 2011
1:31 pm
“they also were this close to winning some of those games they lost”
Uh oh, Bill has joined the ranks of UGA fans that are now counting moral victories. I guess the standings this season will show won/lost/moral victories. So how many “moral victories” does it take to equal a win?
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
1:31 pm
WDE-funny…DAMN funny!
murray county mystic
August 5th, 2011
1:37 pm
“UGA and Mark Richt have enough residual respect to be considered among the nation’s 25 best teams without having played a down yet.”…how funny is that…good one Bill…
UGA Insider
August 5th, 2011
1:38 pm
I love the vanity coming out of Columbia! Keep it coming.
Dawg '88
August 5th, 2011
1:38 pm
Your Attention….Your Attention Please….This just In:
Blogger known as “Pete” is brain dead!
That is the “Captain Obvious” moment of the day!
Dawg '88
August 5th, 2011
1:40 pm
One more time…your attention please:
See above comments about Pete for SSIgator: DITTO!
Dawg '88
August 5th, 2011
1:42 pm
If you love Florida so much….Leave “SSI” gator and go home!
Plus we all know that you’re not a real Uf fan anyway. You don’t know 10 players names of the Uf football team without looking them up. “SSI” doesn’t want you here…ITS DAWG COUNTRY…Hit the road!
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
1:47 pm
Obviously, many of our competitors either have no blogs devoted to their teams or the ones they have really suck becase their fans sure spend a lot of time here. The other possibility is that they just ‘masquerade’ here which is kind of sad. That just proves they are in dire need of some female company.
Columbus
August 5th, 2011
1:53 pm
King, you suck
RNB
August 5th, 2011
1:56 pm
SIMPLE. YOU WIN GAMES YOU WILL EARN RESPECT. IF YOU DON’T YOU WONT.
I AM A LIFE LONG GEORGIA FAN AND THEY HAVE LOST MY RESPECT. MAYBE THEY CAN GET IT BACK THIS YEAR.
East Repeat
August 5th, 2011
1:59 pm
@UGA Insider- this vanity comes right here from Gwinnett county. Vanity from Columbia will be arrriving september 10th, delivered by Mr. Lattimore and Mr. Jeffery.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
2:01 pm
Two things: First, you are not fooling anyone-you are obviously not a fan, life long or otherwise. Second, unlock your caps. First time on a computer?
iowa dog
August 5th, 2011
2:06 pm
The game with Boise State will be an outright war.They have been doing what we are now doing for years.This is not the same team we played in 07.In a way we attributed to their sucess by playing them and giving them a big payday.The only way we win this game is by having no mistakes, and by playing the full 4 quarters.Go Dawgs.
Alphare
August 5th, 2011
2:10 pm
I consider Texas and Georgia the all-time underachivers.
Combined, the 2 states have 50% (exaggerated a little bit for sure) of the national talents, only won 3 NC’s in the last 40 or so years.
In regard of talents, Tech should be considered an over-achiver.
UGA FRIEND
August 5th, 2011
2:10 pm
Funny stuff. These people need something to talk about before the season starts. Have a good time now. Hopefully when the games begin, all the UGA fans will still be in a jovial mood. Good Luck!!
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
2:10 pm
““UGA and Mark Richt have enough residual respect to be considered among the nation’s 25 best teams without having played a down yet.”…how funny is that…good one Bill…”
murray county mystic, whether you deny it or not, the voting occurred, it was real, and the poll put Georgia at #22. Claiming it’s a joke is like saying that Eskimos don’t exist.
Buckeye
August 5th, 2011
2:11 pm
Sophmore Year:
Over/Under on when the next dog running back becomes, in dog’s words, a “cancer”?
Get Real
August 5th, 2011
2:12 pm
“We are still Georgia.” That pretty much sums up the attitude of entitlement that exists among UGA fans. Doesn’t mean squat until you prove it on the field, which you ain’t done yet!
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
2:12 pm
@East Repeat (Now there’s a joke):
Which is it dude? Lack of, or crappy, SC blog or no luck with the ladies these days?
dc
August 5th, 2011
2:13 pm
Does anyone think Georgia will beat Boise St? I don’t. Believe me, I want Georgia to win, but, just don’t see it happening. Reasons: 1. Too many distractions this Summer, 2. Georgia trying to rebound from bad season has a lot of unanswered questions, 3. Boise is a “team” of players that have played winning football together. 4. This Georgia team is learning how to win. 5. Boise State’s quarterback
Go Bulldogs, win for yourself first, then for the SEC.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
2:13 pm
Alphare – how can tech be considered an overachiever? They’re an average program playing in one of the worst BCS leagues. Their ACC baseline should be in the top 25% each year.
Buckeye
August 5th, 2011
2:14 pm
Whoever asked, we’ll be playing in a new years bowl if not a BCS game.
Tressel is the entire blame of the NCAA investigiation. He is gone. No death penalty, no non-bowl eligible.
Word.
D BAG TROLLS!
August 5th, 2011
2:14 pm
Pole smokers is what I smell! Envy is what you feel! This Junkyard is going to sneak up on you and bite the negative weird smell right out of you all. Smelling weird and not having women in your life is a lonely feeling and we hear you. Your bad! As you all think that you have one up on this DAWG nation, you are wrong. We are the lead DAWG and times are a changing. UGA will make its mark again in the EAST good luck catching this rocket ship to glory. Most of you are closet DAWG fans or else you would not waste your precious time blogging about them daily. Who does this???
Buckeye
August 5th, 2011
2:15 pm
dc,
dogs ain’t beating Boise and sure as heck ain’t beating Mr. Lattimore and Co. The 0-2 start will the the Fire Win With Richt out in drives. woof woof.
Word.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
2:17 pm
Buckeye, you need an OSU blog or a girl. Which is it?
Nomobama
August 5th, 2011
2:19 pm
LOL…we’re still GA, meaning the same team, minus good receivers, several RBs and hardly any OL worth a darn, who only scored 6 againt C FL…good times!
D BAG TROLLS!
August 5th, 2011
2:21 pm
Polesitters is what I smell! Envy is what you feel! This Junkyard is going to sneak up on you and bite the negative weird smell right out of you all. Smelling weird and not having women in your life is a lonely feeling and we hear you. Your bad! As you all think that you have one up on this DAWG nation, you are wrong. We are the lead DAWG and times are a changing. UGA will make its mark again in the EAST good luck catching this rocket ship to glory. Most of you are closet DAWG fans or else you would not waste your precious time blogging about them daily. Who does this???
bamaguy
August 5th, 2011
2:22 pm
Georgia recruits very well and RIcht is a good coach. I am not surprised by the ranking. I think it also reflects that the voters realize that last year could have been very different if not for AJ’s early season suspension.
WDE
August 5th, 2011
2:23 pm
@Buckeye we might lose games under CMR but the NCAA won’t ever make us vacate wins for cheating…you slimy worm you. Tressell as all that was wrong ? How about the slugs he recruited he did not hold them down and tattoo their sorry butts, he didn’t force cars and cash on them…face it Ohio St is and has been for quite some time the cesspool of the Big whatever the number is this year…
Alphare
August 5th, 2011
2:24 pm
Geoff,
Tech rarely has much talent but managed to win an NC (or 1/2 depending on who you ask) 20 years. Texax and Georgia both have top 10 recruiting year after year, but manage to win a single NC among the 2 in 30 years (let’s say each has 1/2 NC).
Yes, Tech overachived in that 30-year span.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
2:27 pm
TPT:
Terrelle Pryor’s Tatoos
Trailer Park Trash
One is the face of a disgraced program, the other a fan of it.
DAN
August 5th, 2011
2:27 pm
DREAM ON DOGIE FAN DREAM ON
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
2:28 pm
Dan, what is a dogie? Is that some kind of sandwich?
Trip
August 5th, 2011
2:43 pm
If you look at Nick Saban in 2007, his 1st year implementing the 3-4 defense, he went 6-6 too. All losses were close games, he even lost to La Monroe.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/333/year/2007/alabama-crimson-tide
They won 13 games the next year with a better defensive line and running back.
Sound familiar?
murray county mystic
August 5th, 2011
2:44 pm
@GeoffDawg…my issue wasn’t with UGA being #22 in the polls…I read that…the “residual respect” line was the funny part!…because UGA gravy-trains off of the SEC’s success, it is granted a position it doesn’t deserve in the poll…Clemson, UGA’s mirror image, ended up somewhere around 40th in the voting…no respect for the ACC tarnishes their image…if the two swapped conferences, Clemson probably would be 22nd, because and only because of conference affiliation…
Delbert D.
August 5th, 2011
2:47 pm
Living on residuals is for actors who aren’t getting any parts.
Tigeringa
August 5th, 2011
2:48 pm
I predict Boise State will destroy UGA on national TV……50+ points!
slydog
August 5th, 2011
2:50 pm
I am no hater. But a #22 ranking is a slap in the face and a “gimme.” That is my opinion. First, UGA as a program SHOULD be a top 12 team each and every year based off of goodwill built up over time. That is what pre-season rankings ultimately are. What has UGA done over the past 4 seasons to deserve even a lowly #22 ranking? Based off results, this is not the #22 ranked team in the country. Second, however, they SHOULD have been higher. These coaches and writers have just given us a “gimme”. We have lost their respect and their fear. UGA needs to prove this on the field.
Trip
August 5th, 2011
2:51 pm
Compare 1st year in 3-4:
Saban average 22 points on defense in 07, 345 yard of total defense.
Grantham averaged 22.1 points on defense, 328 yards of total defense.
Anytime your defense is beating out Nick Saban’s, that’s a good sign of things to come.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
2:56 pm
The game with Boise State will be an outright war.
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If I were a dog or a dog fan, I would not like that because Spurrier & Co. will be arriving in less than a week.
If last year was any indication, Lattimore will bring the pain.
WDE
August 5th, 2011
2:58 pm
@Tigeringa I predict you’ve never seen a woman nude.
Trip
August 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
Saban went from 6-6 in 07′, to 12-0 in 08′, largely from upgrades on his defense line.
Anyone seen 6′ 5” 350 John Jenkins and 6′ 6” 345 Kwame Geathers? Stout.
Want some more playmakers on defense?
TJ Stripling. 110 tackes his Sr yr, 21 tackles for loss, 21 sacks. Like size? Try 6′ 6″. Bigger than Clowney and more results & bigger stats.
Like fast guys?
Ray Drew & Jarvis Jones ain’t chopped liver. Tyson was a 1 man sacking machine in high school at DE. Ogletree? Boykin? Smith? Rambo? Commings? This ain’t your grandpa’s defense.
Aubie-won-knobi
August 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
DawgInTruck: The reason so many “other” SEC fans blog on the AJC is because it’s the best paper in the Southeast with the best overall sports coverage of our great conference.
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:00 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer what we really want to know is can you keep Garcia sober ? Or the coaching staff…well at least the QB coach…
MD
August 5th, 2011
3:03 pm
Buckeye, it’s a shame you have to brag about not getting a post season ban. It was nice when you disappeared for a week or two, I was holding out hope you found some sense and found a tOSU blog. At least SSIGator comes up with humorous post at times that are relevant to the blog.
Come up with new material please.
murray county mystic
August 5th, 2011
3:03 pm
@Nothing Could Be Finer…I think the Boise game will mirror the West Virginia Sugar Bowl loss, ot the Bama blackout loss…UGA will get jumped on early, make the score respectable late, but the outcome won’t be in doubt…Boise by 10+…your boys from SC should punish them the following week…
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:04 pm
@Aubie-won-knobi awwwww come on your a closet Dawg fan admit it…quit living a lie..you love us you want to be like us you want to step into the light that is the Bull Dog Nation..say it loud say it proud I’m a Dawg !
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:04 pm
Anyone seen 6′ 5” 350 John Jenkins and 6′ 6” 345 Kwame Geathers?
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Yea, I “seen” John Jenkins……………on the sidelines because he could not finish practice last night.
Did he not go through summer strength and conditioning?
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:07 pm
murray county mystic, I personally think that Ga wins the Boise game.
Destin dawg
August 5th, 2011
3:08 pm
trip….. right on brother…. Junkyard Dawgs are BBBaaaacccckkkkkk !!!!
Destin dawg
August 5th, 2011
3:10 pm
If S.C. doesn’t have really GOOD subs for Lattimore and Garcia… they will be worn out by 4th Qtr. !!!!!! Go Dawgs !!!
murray county mystic
August 5th, 2011
3:10 pm
for the good of the conference, yes…but, they won’t…
Trip
August 5th, 2011
3:11 pm
Samuel could have a 1000 yard rushing year if he can hang on to the football. Watch this run, looks faster than Lattimore. Both backs got @4.6 ypc.
Big run against Ark by Samuel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rw_6K3xzSU
Destin dawg
August 5th, 2011
3:11 pm
UGA. 27 S.C. 14
DawgTrue
August 5th, 2011
3:14 pm
Bill finally gets one right. I like the thisclose description. We were, and things went the wrong way too many times. This year might be everybody was thisclose to keeping Georgia from being No. 1! But didn’t! Go ‘Dawgs!
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:19 pm
Lattimore’s sub was the starter in 2009 – he’s good.
Garcia’s sub could start for many teams in the SEC; many think he will play regardless of how Stephen does.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:19 pm
Samuel could have a 1000 yard rushing year
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That converted linebacker?
LOL
Trip
August 5th, 2011
3:21 pm
If Richt gets his swagger back going be 2002 all over again:
Note:
Richt sees a lot of similarities between the 2011 team & team 2002 team.
2002 highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLSQ6BsdQSs
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
3:22 pm
Alphare – 1. That was 21 years ago and yes, it was half. 2. You didn’t even have to go to a major bowl to win it, heck you tied a horrible UNC team on a last second FG. 3. Playing an SEC vs. and ACC schedule is a tremendous difference. Denying that is insane 4. I would expect tech to have more talent on any given year than Maryland, North Carolina, NC State, Wake Forest, Duke, Virginia, Boston College. Comparable with Clemson and Va. Tech, behind maybe FSU and Miami.
Yes, you should be in the top half of a bad conference in a typical year. Not doing that is underachieving.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:22 pm
@Aubie-won: Obviously these “other fans” have ‘net access and opposable thumbs/hooves. Do the newspapers that cover their teams not have on-line access? I stick to my original theory: No blog, one that sucks, or lack of a woman. Until I am proven wrong, I will consider myself to be 100% correct.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
3:24 pm
Not to mention that you have 1 win in the last decade against your biggest rival. To be fair, Georgia has severly underachieved in the Florida series as well.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:24 pm
Nothing Finer: No SC blog, a crappy one, or no girl? Which is it bird boy?
Smokewagon
August 5th, 2011
3:24 pm
Lattimore will suffer from the Sophomore jinx. Can you spell fumbleitis? Bring it on!!
Aubie-won-knobi
August 5th, 2011
3:25 pm
@WDE..no thanks. I don’t know of anyone who is proud to pretend to be a leg humper.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:25 pm
Alas, Geoff you are right yet again. At least we can be honest.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:25 pm
murray county mystic, for the good of college football, they better beat Boise
LOL
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:27 pm
We know of someone who is proud to be a Star Wars nerd, though.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:27 pm
Smokewagon is a good name for Ga’s defense after the Lattimore Show – Part Deux smokes them again.
War Darn Dawg
August 5th, 2011
3:29 pm
I hear you Trip, but the problem is that Mark Richt is our coach, not Nick Saban.
Saban’s first year at Alabama must have been a fluke, no way he should go 6-6 and lose to a directional school, new defense or not. I think there must have been some serious chemistry problems and some weeding out that had to take place to get that ship righted. It didn’t take him long.
Richt’s been on the job for 10 years now, and has taken a different trajectory. I don’t see year 11 being that great just because we’re in the 2nd year of a new defense. But heck maybe they’ll prove me wrong.
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:31 pm
@Aubie-won-knobi awwww don’t go away mad….heck don’t go away at all stick around we can use you and murray county mystic for comic relief.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
3:31 pm
DawgInaTruck, it’s hard to deny the Florida dominance of the series the last couple of decades so you might as well be upfront about it.
For the life of me, I can’t uderstand why somebody that has a recent past of Chan Gailey and Reggie Ball while coming off a losing season claim they overachieve.
bamaguy
August 5th, 2011
3:32 pm
The fan base of every SEC school should hope UGA kicks those “It is absurd to play of blue grass” guys. There will be time to fight among ourselves later.
Besides, if UGA beats Boise, and you play UGA later in the year, it is better for your team that UGA beats Boise because of the BCS rankings.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
3:32 pm
I sure as heck am not going to say that Georgia is an overachieving program right now. I can say though that based on the history under Mark Richt, we have a legitimate shot of getting back to that elite level in a hurry.
Aubie-won-knobi
August 5th, 2011
3:36 pm
@DawgInTruck: Of course our local papers carry on-line access. The AJC is not an ATHENS paper. It’s an ATLANTA paper. It just happens that the ATLANTA Journal is down the road from ATHENS. Mr. College Football does not represent Dawgs – he represents ALL SEC teams in the AJC. Our local newspapers have AWESOME local blogs that cater to our own fan base if that’s all we care to read about. But as informed football fans, the AJC is the best place for all SEC teams to see what OTHER fan bases are saying and thinking.
GeoffDawg
August 5th, 2011
3:38 pm
murray county mystic – As soon as Clemson wins a conference title and finishes within shouting distance of the top ten, you can make that comparison. There’s also a reason why SEC teams are given the benefit of the doubt over ACC teams. It’s called quality.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:40 pm
If you spend all of your time on another team’s blog either yours sucks or you have some real social frustrations to work out IF you know what I mean.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
3:42 pm
Clempson will not win a conference title.
LOL
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:43 pm
@Aubie-won-knobi newsflash Tony Barnhart aka Mr.College Football is not in the AJC anymore…try him at http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball ..
Aubie-won-knobi
August 5th, 2011
3:45 pm
@Dawg: Who is spending ALL their time on another team’s blog? Since when did the AJC become the DAWG blawg? My Auburn paper has WAAAY better coverage of our team than your paper has of yours. Go check it out and then let’s talk about envy. By the way, please stop driveling on my leg and go find a tire.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:47 pm
Geoff:
For the life of me, I can’t uderstand why somebody that has a recent past of Chan Gailey and Reggie Ball while coming off a losing season claim they overachieve.
Great point dude. Its also appropriate to note that their latest “savior” already has a losing streak and a losing record to us. Of course, their coaches always do.
Aubie-won-knobi
August 5th, 2011
3:49 pm
@WDE…I realize he’s gone but Jeff Schultz does a pretty good job covering SEC as a whole.
Dawg_Central
August 5th, 2011
3:49 pm
What happened the last time Boise came to play UGA…..Boise had a QB with a concussion……UGA has way too much speed for Boise on that turf…..UGA 35 Boise 17
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:50 pm
@Aubie-won-knobi sorry but Dawg is not dribbling on your leg by accident he is pis**** on you a purpose….
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:51 pm
@Aubie-won-knobi yes Jeff does a good job but I know Mr. College Football and he is no Mr.College Football…LOL.
Crimson Delight
August 5th, 2011
3:52 pm
I have to agree with Aubie. I go to Bham News for Bama and Auburn blogs which are excellent. But when I want to see what other fans (Gators, Dawgs, Vols) are saying, I visit the AJC.
Crimson Delight
August 5th, 2011
3:53 pm
WDE……you are an ass.
Smokewagon
August 5th, 2011
3:55 pm
Finer- You’re on a roll today but that will end abruptly in Sept. Enjoy Athens.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
3:55 pm
I’m not sure how to “drivel” on someone’s leg since that word means nonsense. The AJC is not a blog it is a newspaper. It hosts a blog for UGA football. Seems simple in print-kind of thought you could make the distinction on your own.
Don’t have time for an Auburn blog. This one is good and I’m married to a hot chick with a sense of humor When I got home from work the day the Damon Evans story broke, she greeted me in a pair of red panties.
Me: Good blog for my own team and a hot wife. You: Kind of gettin’ worried about ya dude!
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:56 pm
@Crimson Delight come back when your bunch 1) can hold a 24 point halftime lead vs your arch rival and 2) finish higher than 4th in the West….. have a great day.
Aubie-won-knobi
August 5th, 2011
3:57 pm
Mark Bradley is the other guy who draws in a good mix. And why are you hijacking the “WDE” handle? The REAL WDE will surely be flattered that you so desire to be him. War Damn Eagle!
WDE
August 5th, 2011
3:59 pm
@Aubie-won-knobi Mark is good also and WDE are my initials I promise they pre-date that silly War Damn Eagle cry….and this blog for that matter.
Trip
August 5th, 2011
4:03 pm
Saban’s win % his first 10 years wasn’t as good as Richt’s (still isn’t). Saban’s had a bunch of bad seasons, Richt’s only had 1 bad season in 24 years as a coach. Saban’s really only had a few top 10 finishes, Richt’s had like 20, 6 top 10 finishes at Georgia is more than Saban’s career.
WashingtonDC_Duck
August 5th, 2011
4:06 pm
Go Ducks!
Good luck Dogs whooping Boise State.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:14 pm
Whoa Trip! You have actual facts to back up your post?! You know you are talking way over the heads of some of these ‘fans’. Whatcha doin’ man?!
SSIgator
August 5th, 2011
4:14 pm
“UGA and Mark Richt have enough residual respect”
From being 6-7? Respect? How about laughing stock.
NOTHING WOULD BE FINER THAN YOU GETTING A LIFE
August 5th, 2011
4:15 pm
Man,
You are on this blog all the time dude. You sure are obsessed with such a meaningless program. It actually seems you are quite addicted to the Georgia football program. You need to get a life. Go get a girlfriend, go bike riding, the mall, do something constructive with your life.
Hairy Perry
August 5th, 2011
4:18 pm
Dogs 45-28 over BS
Trip
August 5th, 2011
4:21 pm
Richt’s the winningest active coach in the SEC. #10 on win % overall at .738.
Saban, Spurrier, Miles, all down the list UNDER Richt.
Not too bad to be the #1 Top Dawg in the Nation’s Toughest Conference.
Richt has also been able to do it at 1 place.
W’ERE STILL GEORGIA.
http://www.coacheshotseat.com/WinningestActiveCoachesIA.htm
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:21 pm
Evey time ‘Finer disappears for a while I get this disturbing image of what must be going on in his Mom’s basement.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:23 pm
Yes we are Trip, yes we are. It kills some of our neighbors but its the truth. Facts ever lie and liars never figure.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:24 pm
Oops-Facts NEVER lie.
Hairy Perry
August 5th, 2011
4:25 pm
SSI Gator,
Hey man, nothing wrong with being a gator fan, great team but you need to consider hanging out with Mr. nothing, you guys have to be the biggest nobody’s on the block. Think about it your on a UGA blog day in and day out trolling. It’s sad that you don’t see how pathetic it is. I don’t hang out on Tech’s blog bashing thier program all day because I really don’t care enough and I have a life. You guys need to do some serious thinking about your futures.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:30 pm
I agree Hairy. I know Tech has a blog at AJC but why would I go there? I know nothing about their program and don’t care to. They will come up on the schedule at Thanksgiving and I’ll worry about them then.
It says a lot about the fans of each team. We are obsessed with all things UGA, good or bad, and so are they.
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 5th, 2011
4:30 pm
We’re Still Georgia
Lattimore is still Lattimore
Expect the same on September 10 at 4:30 P.M.
Hairy Perry
August 5th, 2011
4:33 pm
Dogs 35 Gators 14 bank on it
Hairy Perry
August 5th, 2011
4:35 pm
It’s pretty clear dog in a truck and by the South Carolina SUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKSSSSS!
Lowcountry Bulldawg
August 5th, 2011
4:36 pm
Murray County mystic must be a Napier because no one else in Chatsworth could spot Clemson on a map much less know what state they are in.
Hairy Perry
August 5th, 2011
4:36 pm
Good night dogs! I have a life to live!
bdawg
August 5th, 2011
4:42 pm
Boise has never beaten a BCS conference by 50. You guys need to cool it. If they do win it’s usually by 6 points or fewer. This game will be no different.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:42 pm
Expect what, for Garcia AND his coach to be drunk again?
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
4:54 pm
Yo Aubie, from MSN Sports:
Apparently, the Lee County, Alabama Sheriff’s department came up with an elaborate way to catch up with over a dozen deadbeat parents. Tell them to show up at a location in Opelika and claim tickets to this years Auburn/Alabama game.
After all, what self-respecting Alabamian could resist that?
Operation “Iron Snare” didn’t round up all the suspects Deputies were looking for, but it got quite a few. They mailed out over 140 letters for people with at least 5-figures of unpaid child support.
We’ll try and refrain from the multiple jokes that we can make over this story. It’s not the first of its kind, we’ve read of it working in New York with Yankees tickets too.
It just goes to prove, in the state of Alabama, they’ll do anything, often without thinking about it…in order to get tickets to their version of a “Holy War”.
You must be some kind of proud dude.
Spokesman for the SEC East
August 5th, 2011
4:57 pm
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Spokesman for the SEC East
August 5th, 2011
4:58 pm
I wish all the Richt haters would shut up and quit bad mouthing him. We should be wishing for him to get a lifetime contract like his daddy did at Free Shoes U.
VA DAWG
August 5th, 2011
4:58 pm
Welcome aboard Mr. Pyke, can’t wait to see him play between the hedges! GO DAWGS!
Trip
August 5th, 2011
5:01 pm
Saban had three 6 wins easons, and one 7 win seasons, in his 1st 10 years, four top 10 finishes, 1 top 5 finish.
Richt had 1 6 win season, 0 7 win seasons, in his 1st 10 years, six top 10 finishes, 2 top 5 finishes.
DawgInaTruck
August 5th, 2011
5:11 pm
And for Mr. Buckeye, also from MSN Sports:
Two days after several Ohio State freshmen proudly displayed wristbands supporting deposed Buckeyes coach Jim Tressel, the university has taken them away and refunded the players’ money.
”We don’t know that yet, but that’s what compliance is looking into,” Emig said.
Since Ohio State goes before the NCAA’s committee on infractions on Aug. 12, it might also appear that the school remains firmly behind a coach who was forced out on May 30. Tressel was pressured to resign when it was revealed he knew some of his players had broken NCAA rules but did not report it for more than nine months.
”There was a concern that maybe this isn’t a thing that should have been done,” Emig said of the wristbands, which were worn by several freshmen at a news conference on Wednesday.
He added that Ohio State decided to take a ”cautionary” approach after the wristbands, which were sold by an Ohio State staffer, were mentioned prominently in several media reports. After turning in their wristbands, players’ $15 was refunded.
Emig said interim head coach Luke Fickell was unaware that a staffer had sold the wristbands.
Do the OSU coaches keep their heads constantly buried in the sand? Or up somewhere else?
Trip
August 5th, 2011
5:20 pm
Forgot how good DJ looked as a mobile QB. SEC Championship in 2005 was nice.
We’re STILL Georgia.
Check out the highlight from 2005 SEC Championship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X28ru_538jg&feature=related
murray county mystic
August 5th, 2011
5:36 pm
Trip…please stick to the mystic’s 5 year rule…the current players had nothing to do with 2005…5th year seniors on this years squad were not on that team…so, anything prior to 2007 I can read about on Wikipedia…by the way…you were STILL Georgia when UCF was planting a foot in your behind…
War Darn Dawg
August 5th, 2011
7:00 pm
“Hey man, nothing wrong with being a gator fan…” (Hairy Perry to SSI Gator)
I beg to differ with you there, Hairy. Up or down, win or lose, they’re still Gators. Obnoxious and tacky, a bad combo. And they’re under the delusion that their school is an elite institution, which only adds to the putrid mix.
And they haven’t changed a bit. I lived in Florida while the Dawgs were winning 10 out of 12 in the late 70s and 80s, before Spurrier and their first SEC title, when the series record stood at 44-22-2 UGA, and they talked as much trash then as they do now. UF fans are the only fans I’ve seen that actually talk trash after you BEAT THEM. Most fans of the losing schools lay low for awhile.
That’s why I’m no fan of Richt and look forward to the eventual change. 2-8 against UF just doesn’t cut it for me. If you don’t get that, then you’ve never lived among Gators.
bamaguy
August 5th, 2011
7:17 pm
I am an outsider looking in on this one but it is exciting. I don’t think I have ever seen so much riding on the first two games of a season. 2-0, 1-1, 0-2 against Boise and USC will be make it or break it, not only for UGA but for CMR. Glad I am just an observer on this one.
If UGA beats Boise and USC they will have beaten two top ten teams in two weeks and will most likely be in the top ten. If they lose to both, the moving vans will arrive in Athens. Glad I can watch without an emotional investment.
Razer
August 5th, 2011
8:33 pm
McGarity said he just wants to see “improvement”. Went 6-7 last seaosn, so 8-5 would be fine. Richt’s won 96 games in 10 years, he ain’t gettin fired clueless one.
Minnesota Dawg
August 5th, 2011
9:43 pm
You say rankings don’t mean anything? Yes they do! While everyone knows it doesn’t guarantee that you will win, it does give respect to a school’s team and gives them chance to play eventually for the National Championship. Just think of all the teams who were not ranked but won enough to be in the Championship game but did not get to go because of their ranking out of the top 25. I’ll take it anyday!
RedandBlackDAWG
August 5th, 2011
9:48 pm
Rolaids anyone,
I was thinking maybe you might need some Ex lax, for your obvious problem, not something for your indigestion.
GO DAWGS
RedandBlackDAWG
August 5th, 2011
9:55 pm
Nothing could be finer.
Jenkins finshed practice just fine today. It appears that human nature causes a lot of people to criticize what they fear the most. I think you fit into that area. Don’t you think you might want to win the SEC, before you start cleaning off that place in your trophy case, for that big NC trophy?
GO DAWGS
Skule Daze
August 5th, 2011
9:59 pm
We now have the complete list of courses that Isaiah Crowell will be taking in the fall semester. It’s a pretty ambitious schedule for the lad, but I’m sure he’ll be up to it.
1. Know Your ABCs – Part I (A-M)
2. Fun With Dick and Jane – The Coloring Book
3. Life Studies: Put the Mojo on Your Teammates While Emptying Their Lockers
4. Law 101 – Know Your Miranda Rights
5. Dress for Success: The Inspiring True Story of the Fabled Red Panties
6. Arithmetic 1 – Multiplying by One
7. Psychology: Getting Along With Your Cellmate
RedandBlackDAWG
August 5th, 2011
10:14 pm
Murray county misfit,
Just exactly what team do you go for anyway? Just curious because you sound kind of like an amateur, repeating the same thing over and over again. You might change the words but it is the same old stuff. I think you need to work on some orginality if you want to make a name for yourself.
DostaDawg
August 5th, 2011
10:16 pm
@RedandBlackDAWG@9:48
Priceless. ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS!!!!
RED DOG 77
August 6th, 2011
1:14 am
@RedandBlackDAWG………Keep givin’ ‘em the business ‘ol boy……you’re doing a great job, know your football, and a damn good Dawg!……….As for rankings, I don’t give a rats rear end!…..It seems apparent to me there are alot of scared S. Carolina folks out there, yea, that game will be a stobberknocker, but I just don’t see Richt and Grantham puttiing together a game plan that won’t scare the poop out of Garcia, stuff Lattimore, and take advantage of the “Hedges” heat, and Murray and win this one going away………Georgia by 10 to 12 points, last 10 min. of this game is key. As for Boise St……….Yea, I respect what they heve done, but top 10?………Hell Jenkins and Geathers are going to crawl so far up that Boise St. center, he will be smiling with our teeth! sheer size, speed, and talent……..won’t be much of a game after the first half…….gonna be like the Hawaii game a few years ago………….No Boise, we are no asleep-at-the-wheel Oklahoma you met some years ago in the Fiesta Bowl……………Keep gettin after ‘em RedandBlackDAWG……..’Ol RED is backin’ ya up…………Regards to all DOG NATION……….GATA
jc_dawgs
August 6th, 2011
5:48 am
22 is about what I expected. We were not very good last year and what really has changed? We added a good many talented freshmen and the coaches are trying to emphasize better conditioning.
That really does not amount to much in my book for this year. However….if you look at Ga’s linemen on both sides of the ball….those dudes are big! If the coaches can condition and prepare our linemen to just physically get after folks on both sides of the ball….Ga may actually be real good!
Boise St could be in real trouble if that does happen. Ga would simply over power them for 4 qtrs.
Ga has a soft schedule so you never know.
Beatdown City
August 6th, 2011
7:50 am
Boise State 49, UGA 10
Beatdown City, and the beginning of the end for Cheatmeister Mark Richt!
Buckeye
August 6th, 2011
8:03 am
Morning dogs,
WDE – there was no wing-doing with the cars. Do your homework.
Dog in a Truck – peed on your hedges this morning?
hunkerdown
August 6th, 2011
8:24 am
Might be a lil bit of media play involved. Chick fil a openner sounds better number 7 Boise State vs. # 22 Georgia than number 7 Boise State vs. Georgia.
Buckeye
August 6th, 2011
8:41 am
Once the dogs go 0-2 out of the gate they will be downgraded out of the top 25 just like Obama’s credit rating.
Truth
August 6th, 2011
9:10 am
Hey East Repeat, nice selective memory. Guess you don’t remember the last game yall played.
Your boy Lattimore got knocked the F out by Greg Reid (FSU), a 170 lb dback from the lowly ACC.
Don’t think anyone else here is impressed as you are.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 6th, 2011
9:36 am
The coaches poll, is kind of hard to place a lot of stock in, because most of the coaches, should have been too busy preparing their own teams, to observe and know a lot about the other teams. Polls in about week 5 and after that, probably are fairly accurate, but until then, most schools are getting their OOC games out of the way, and let’s face it, how much do you learn about a team when they are playing a school, much smaller and less powerful usually than they are. It is a continued scrimmage for most of them.
Early polls, mainly benefit the players as it gives them some incentive and boosts their egos somewhat. They know though, that respect is earned on the field, and they will need to earn it on there.
How Bout em
August 6th, 2011
1:30 pm
Relax–this dawg team is loaded. Ga blows out boise state and beats sc by 13 in Athens.
RedandBlackDAWG
August 6th, 2011
2:34 pm
How Bout em,
I agree 100% with you. They just lack experience but I think if they are well prepared, they are going to surprise a few people. These kids are athletes and anxious to prove they can compete on the field. The Ol is thin in experience, but this would have been the same starting five, even if the backups were thin on experience.
GO DAWGS