Fan talk: Now South Carolina wants to change the rules
Time to dip into some of this week’s Junkyard Mail. …
MonroeDawg writes: Did you see the latest from South Carolina? They’re so upset about losing the SEC East to Georgia that their athletic department is petitioning the SEC to change the rules so that games against your own division count a whole game while games against the other division only count half a game. They still can’t get over the fact that they beat Georgia and all the other SEC East teams this year but lost the division because the Dawgs had a better overall conference record. I can’t believe they’ll get anywhere with this. What do you think?
I think those grapes are mighty sour over in Gamecock country. The proposal you mention came from USC-East trustee Chuck Allen, who can’t handle South Carolina not winning the East two years in a row. One division title and suddenly they’re feeling entitled in Columbia! “It just seems fair that the team that won all its division games would be the division champ,” Allen whined. Of course, had the Gamecocks beaten Top 10 Arkansas this past season, I doubt anyone in garnet and black would have been arguing it should be worth only half a win in the standings. And let’s note that South Carolina’s other loss was to an Auburn team that Georgia beat like a drum. Anyway, I don’t think this plan will get very far. As Charles Bloom, the SEC’s associate commissioner, told The State newspaper, “The philosophy of the league has always been that all conference games are weighted the same.”
Rodney Hampton was part of a great lineup of running backs in Athens. (University of Georgia)
Jim, Class of ‘84, writes: Bill, who was our great trio? Was it Worley, Henderson, and Hampton that all played together at same time? Or am I mixing up classes? I remember Vince [Dooley] having a great trio that worked well together in the ’80s. With our recruitment and commitments of [Keith] Marshall and [Todd] Gurley … I believe we need to show these guys that it can work well for them to have multiple top-notch backs at same time at UGA. Of course, hopefully this makes [Isaiah] Crowell into a better back also. There have been many teams in college that have had high quality 3 and 4 deep backs. … Let’s let these kids know they can all achieve their goals with multiple talented backs on team.
All they have to do is look at the 2011 LSU team to see what multiple tailbacks can accomplish. But, to answer your question, Tim Worley, Keith Henderson and Rodney Hampton all played together only in the 1988 season, Vince Dooley’s last. Worley led the team with over 1,200 yards rushing, Hampton topped 800 and Henderson had just over 400 and also caught quite a few passes. They were part of a great stable of backs between 1985 and 1989 that also included Lars Tate, but the Dogs never had all four playing at once. In ‘85 it was Worley as the leading rusher, followed by Henderson (who played fullback) and Tate. In ‘86, Tate led, followed by Henderson and Worley. Worley and Henderson sat out the 1987 season, which was Hampton’s freshman year, with academic problems, so that year it was just Tate and Hampton. Don’t forget, though, that the Dogs have had tailback-by-committee situations in the Mark Richt era, too. In 2006, it was Kregg Lumpkin, Danny Ware and Thomas Brown. And the next year Knowshon Moreno and Brown alternated, though a gimpy Lumpkin was not much of a factor.
Chris Morley asks: Is our No. 2 QB better than our starting QB? Should the position be open in the spring? And Clay Brisbois writes: I know one of CMR’s most endearing qualities to his players is his loyalty, but I for one hope that the QB competition is opened up again this spring. Remember that [Aaron] Murray won and kept the starting job as a freshman not so much because he earned it, but because his competition selected out. I love Murray’s heart and passion, but I don’t feel like I saw as much improvement in him over the course of these two seasons as I would have expected. With another favorable schedule this fall, it wouldn’t be too much of a risk to try a new guy out, especially considering you’d have Murray to fall back on. Let’s give [Hutson] Mason and [Christian' LeMay and even [Faton] Bauta a chance to compete this year, and hold off on any redshirting until the fall for Mason. I’d love to hear your perspective on the possibility of opening up the QB competition.
I don’t think an open competition for starting quarterback is very likely. As we discussed this week, Murray, who set a UGA single-season record for touchdown throws, ranked second in the SEC in passing (220.1 yards per game), second in total offense (229.6) and fourth in passing efficiency (146.4). Yeah, he made mistakes at some crucial times, but overall he did a good job of leading Georgia’s offense. I don’t really believe Richt had him on the field and Mason on the sideline just out of loyalty, especially in a season where his job was on the line. Murray was the best quarterback Georgia had this season. And I don’t see that changing in 2012.
Barry Morton writes: Now that the Georgia-Florida game will cost $20 more per ticket, how much is UGA going to charge us loyal season ticket holders for Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Georgia Southern? Don’t mind a modest increase for SEC games, but how about a break on the others? By the way, any idea on how much MIssouri will cost? Oklahoma State ripped us off.
Karen Huff of the UGA athletic office says the price for single home-game tickets will be $45 this coming season, SEC or otherwise. She said they don’t yet know the price for the Florida game or any of the away games.
Roger Hoy writes: Bill, As a UGA grad who lives in Nebraska I really appreciate your columns and the AJC coverage of UGA football. As a professor at the University of Nebraska, I also follow UNL football. I was really glad that UGA and UNL did not meet in post season but I suppose with the Big Ten SEC bowl pairings, it will now happen occasionally. It has been quite a contrast the past two years watching Aaron Murray and Taylor Martinez, as freshmen and sophmores. UGA fans should be delighted to have a quaterback as cool and competent as Murray. Just watch some footage of Martinez trying to throw for comparison. One other comment: I think that fans do not appreciate how much growing takes place between freshman and senior years for college students. I am amazed how freshmen arrive at UNL as kids and leave as adults. I think that the expectations we place on players like [Isaiah] Crowell as true freshman are way too high and we all need to realize that much growing and maturation still has to take place. I expect great things from UGA next year with so many players returning. There must be some real magic on the defense especially, as I think some players did not jump to the NFL so they could see how good they really could be next year. This is a real testament to [Todd] Grantham and Richt and the defensive position coaches for the environment they have created.
You make some good points. I think it’s way too early to write off Crowell. And if Murray can get a handle on his ball-security issues, the fan qualms about quarterback should be quietened. Best of all, returning just about the entire defense should indeed be a huge factor in the 2012 season.
Rodney Brown writes: Bill, just wanted to ask a question about the use of Nick Marshall. Do you see them using him as the emergency 3rd string QB? Seeing that Mason will redshirt, I think Marshall getting more utilization is a must to keep teams honest.
If Aaron Murray, Hutson Mason and Christian LeMay all were to get hurt then, yeah, I suppose Marshall might get the call as the starting quarterback. But in the meantime it would be nice to see Georgia make more use of him on offense, and based on what happened this past season with Brandon Boykin and Branden Smith, I think that’s likely to happen.
Heath Schoenfeld is raising his sons right. (Family photo)
Finally, Heath Schoenfeld of Vero Beach, Fla., writes: Good morning Bill! As always, I love to read your insight into the UGA program. I had written back in the summer and you had posted my story of finally getting season tickets and taking my twin sons (and their Gator Mom) to their first football games. I just wanted to thank you for the tips. I was able to make the 9 hour drive for 4 games this year plus the Outback Bowl here in Florida. I wanted to send you a [photo] of the boys’ first game, which was Homecoming. I thought that might be the easier game to slide out of in case my 4 year olds started acting like 4 year olds. Sure enough, we had to scoot at halftime, but the game was comfortably in hand by then! The boys even got to ring the bell on the way across campus. Thanks again and I hope to see you next fall in Athens! Go Dawgs!
Congratulations on getting them started early as Dawg fans. With a devoted fan like you as a dad, those boys will likely be wearing red and black for the rest of their lives!
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D A DoubleU G
January 21st, 2012
11:33 am
South Carolina and its fans are a bunch of crybabies.
Trashy
January 21st, 2012
11:39 am
Any time Spurrier cries, I cry tears of joy.
Kershaw Eagles
January 21st, 2012
11:41 am
I’m a USC grad and long time GCC member. As I have always told all my friends, we play an SEC schedule, not an SEC East schedule. UGa had the better SEC record, end of story.
faithfuldawg86
January 21st, 2012
11:42 am
Roger Hoy, I love your comments. I am also a college professor (and die-hard UGA fan), and I completely agree about the maturity level of incoming freshmen. I think that as fans, we often forget that these are 18-19 year old kids away from home for the first time with a lot of responsibility riding on their shoulders–responsibility, I might add, that many well-grown adults wouldn’t handle well. Aaron Murray has shown great poise and maturity for such a young man, but that is rare. Crowell will be fine (as I’ve pointed out frequently on these blogs); he just needed a little time to mature physically and emotionally. Just because these guys are big does not mean they’re adults!
Desert Fox
January 21st, 2012
11:48 am
Arguably the best trio of UGA RB’s was the ‘88 dawgs. All went onto pro careers in the NFL most notably Hampton w/the Giants.
D A DoubleU G
January 21st, 2012
11:52 am
Amen faithfuldawg!!
So many fans made up their minds that Isaiah was going to come in last year and break 20 yard runs every possession.
Truth is, Isaiah, like so many other kids around the nation, thought he would do the same thing, and got a rude awakening the first time a real SEC LB took a shot at him.
Given a full year with Coach T, I expect Isaiah to toughen up quite a bit. Marshall and Gurley seem to be very good kids who hopefully will bind with and adjust Isaiah’s attitude.
On the first possession of the Buffalo game on September 1, I foresee Isaiah taking the first snap, Samuel getting several first half carries, and Marshall and Gurley not getting snaps until the 2nd half, exclusively.
By mid season, I still see Isaiah as the starter, with the others mixed in regularly.
2012 will be a fine year at running back in Athens!!
GO DAWGS!!!!
East Repeat
January 21st, 2012
11:56 am
No, a rules change in not needed. Everyone, Dawg fans included, know who the best team in the SEC East is, South Carolina. Just like best team in West is Alabama. Can’t wait to beat Dawgs in Columbia this year. SC is clearly (just look at records and wins the last 2 years) the best team in East.
JDawg1785
January 21st, 2012
12:03 pm
Really, USCe?!
Dawgs need depth.
January 21st, 2012
12:05 pm
o-line is younger, while special teams needs an edge again. murray cant try to do it all, needs a o-line to pass protect and run block to get these highly recruited rb’s some holes to hit. defense will have a more depth with a few prospects grantham recruited to make immediate impacts. its not a question dawgs defense was gassed late against the better teams. now if the offense does its job, giving the defense more time to rest with the added depth UGA will be elite defensive team that’ll pound the ball to wear teams out late.
JDawg1785
January 21st, 2012
12:08 pm
I totally agree with you on Crowell, faithfuldawg86. So few true freshman are ready for that kind of a challenge at such a young age. We should applaud Crowell for even trying to help his team win with an injured ankle. He’s going to be a force at Georgia for years to come!
Bazooka Joe
January 21st, 2012
12:12 pm
You chickens crack me up…. 2 years of decent (not great, decent…. ok maybe thats great for you) seasons and all of a sudden you think you’re one of the big boys. Keep dreaming, some teams are great, some are has beens, S.Carolina is a never was.
AltamahaDawg
January 21st, 2012
12:14 pm
The backhanded compliment of “player loyalty” is always thrown out becasue folks think there has to be some motive involved. It’s never occured to them that maybe Richt just does NOT agree with their accessment.
Nemo
January 21st, 2012
12:15 pm
We need some more talent to take the next step.Need it on both sides of the ball.I don’t know if fatigue is an issue either…you get just as tired playing offense as you do on defense.
hipdawg
January 21st, 2012
12:26 pm
Too short!!! We know he throws it up for grabs a couple of times every game.He has won every game he should of and lost several he should have won.Do the math.D-lineman are atleast 6′3.heck he cant see over his fat yes his fat lineman who under achieve.I know no running game has hurt but………too short.
Fats O Kelley
January 21st, 2012
12:31 pm
Afraid South Carolina will eat the Dawgs’ lunch again next year. They have their number this decade it seems.
oakisland
January 21st, 2012
12:36 pm
East Repeat–are there going to be different players in the game in October? And no, we do not think South Carolina is the best team in the East, just ask Auburn.
Chilidawg
January 21st, 2012
12:48 pm
I have a better idea. Any loss by South Carolina should count as 1/2 a game and losses by other division schools would count as a whole (1) game. Also, if this doesn’t work for SC we could change the rules after the last game is played.
Titus
January 21st, 2012
12:49 pm
Delusional “USC” fans. And don’t ya know that USC is in Los Angeles and Carolina is in Chapel Hill
Timbo
January 21st, 2012
12:49 pm
South Carolina not being original charter members of the SEC should just keep their mouth shut or just say “Thank you for all of the money bestowed upon us since allowing our institution in 1991 to become part of the fine conference that is the SEC today, because we know that for the most part we haven’t held up to our end of the bargain, but still don’t mind receiving “our share” of the money that gets sent our way just for being a member.”
Ted
January 21st, 2012
12:51 pm
As a dog fan it is hard for for to criticise the complaint of SC. I think it was pretty pitiful that we win the east and lose to every good team we played only to get hammered by the west. Sorry, but until we have a strong team and coach I don’t really care about moral east championships when the entire east is weak and we are a hair better than weak.
The Factor
January 21st, 2012
12:51 pm
@East Repeat
Is that why your coach said after the UGA/USC game and I quote, “Give Georgia credit, they BEAT US on both sides of the ball. We won on the scroreboard, sometimes it happens that way and we’ll take it.”
JTH
January 21st, 2012
12:52 pm
Whats the matter Bill? Afraid of honest comments?
SC=loser crybabies. Change the rules so we can win.
Ted
January 21st, 2012
12:53 pm
When we (UGA) have a team that can compete with the best teams in the SEC I will get a little excited.
Ted
January 21st, 2012
12:56 pm
The truth is UGA needs the rules changed so we can win also. We are no closer than SC of winning a NC.
ole yeller
January 21st, 2012
12:57 pm
South Carlonia’s Coach “S” has such a bone to chew on when it comes to UGA. He’s almost obsessed with any dammage to UGA it almost seems he is sick. He can whine like a little girl all he like, but the simple truth is coach “S” in not BIGGER than the SEC or the game of football. He need to give UGA their due like UGA give “SC” their’s. I’m not sure he will ever be able to do that. I have never seen a coach as obsessed with disliking another team as coach “S” is about UGA. Maybe some anger Management is in order.
pj
January 21st, 2012
12:58 pm
So… LSU is “half” a game? Alabama would be “half” a game? That is hilarious. South Carolina just hit their all time peak last year and they’re headed back down. Its funny to watch them grasp at straws on their way.
WhatDawg?
January 21st, 2012
12:58 pm
That comes from a program not accustomed to winning championships, actually 0
S C Chads
January 21st, 2012
12:58 pm
So if the GOP winner today gets double the votes, he is still the loser because he had more money and the win doesn’t count?
Ted
January 21st, 2012
1:01 pm
BYW NEWT is awesome. Let’s hope SC keeps him in the race with a win!
I agree completely, Titus...
January 21st, 2012
1:02 pm
…there is only one true “USC” (the Trojans), and there is only one “Carolina”, and it is in Chapel Hill, NC…
WhatDawg?
January 21st, 2012
1:03 pm
Oh please change the rules for me so I can win……please just beat aubie and you are in the champiosnhip
ole yeller
January 21st, 2012
1:04 pm
Any complment “SC” Coach “S” give UGA in my opinion is all politics of the game. He does’t mean it. Say what you like, he does’t like any part of UGA, and never will.
Ted
January 21st, 2012
1:04 pm
UGA fans of today are sounding more and more like whining Tech fans. Have inferior team that is not that good, but whines about all the good teams and makes excuses on why we can’t win a NC. Because we would rather have a good man than MR that a jerk like saban. I would trade MR for the jerk than can get us to a NC game any day of trhe week.
JTH
January 21st, 2012
1:09 pm
Ted, shutup and bash SC for the whining losers they are.
AugustaDawg
January 21st, 2012
1:10 pm
I’ve had my disappointments in murray at times throughout the season but an inconsistent line, running game (due to injuries and suspensions) and often questionable/predictable playcalling makes Murray more susceptible to mistakes. They shore it up and run the table in 2012 GATA
ATLol
January 21st, 2012
1:11 pm
The NFL weights all games the same, and despite the millions of dollars involved I don’t hear Pro teams whining. I cannot believe SC would allow themselves to be this childish…it is a bad example for the students they are supposed to be concerned about teaching.
Edsel Callaway
January 21st, 2012
1:12 pm
Steve Superior “I didn’t get my way let’s change the rules”
you morons
January 21st, 2012
1:12 pm
Picture this scenario – Florida finishes 5-1 but wins the East, and Georgia finishes 6-0 in the East and finishes second because of what happens against the West. I bet you dirty fleabags would be saying the same thing USC is now. Get over yourselves.
Call_The...
January 21st, 2012
1:13 pm
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMBULANCE!!!
home&home
January 21st, 2012
1:13 pm
When you throw Cleveland Gary in with Henderson, Tate, Worley, & Hampton, we had quite the stable of backs at that time. Can’t recall exactly when Gary played but know that he transferred to Miami (FL) after a year or so.
papadawg
January 21st, 2012
1:14 pm
The Ol Ball Coach is suffering dementia or maybe DAWGmentia
@ The Factor
January 21st, 2012
1:15 pm
The 2011 game in Athens was very reminiscent of the 2009 game in Athens between USC and Georgia, only different outcomes. In 2009, USC dominated but Georgia won. In 2011, Georgia dominated but USC won. It doesn’t matter how you play the game, the only thing that matters is having more points than the other team.
Skitty Fritty
January 21st, 2012
1:16 pm
Be careful SC, remember what happened last time you had a 11 win season. Oh I forgot, you’ve never had a 11 win season till this year .
Maybe wins against Furman & Citadel should count as 0 points.
NOBODYYOUKNOW
January 21st, 2012
1:18 pm
Chickens are always clucking about something. Who cares?
shankit
January 21st, 2012
1:19 pm
Wasn’t Garrison Hearst and Terrell Davis (Super Bowl MVP)
on the same team under Goff? Not a bad comparison.
shankit
January 21st, 2012
1:21 pm
Spurrier will never get over the six sacks by Stanfill
and his only loss his senior season to the Dawgs.
danielsdawgs
January 21st, 2012
1:22 pm
Don’t lose to Auburn a team Georgia beat 45 to 7… Cry babies!!!!!!!!!!
Phillip
January 21st, 2012
1:23 pm
Ask Auburn whose the better team between South Carolina and Georgia.
bamaguy
January 21st, 2012
1:27 pm
I see no reason to alter the way the divisions work. The three best teams in the SEC are in the West right now but so what. Not so many years ago the strong teams were in the East. You going to mess with the rules that determine division winners every time there is a power shift?
Phillip
January 21st, 2012
1:27 pm
South Carolina vs. LSU actually would’ve been worse than 42-10. You think Connor Shaw is better than Murray? Your sick. LSU would have ate him alive. They got to Murray and ate him, but they would have chewed Shaw up and spit him out on the Georgia Dome floor. You guys know it. South Carolina would’ve gave up 50+ points for the 2nd consecutive year in the SEC title.
Phillip
January 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
Georgia has the better defense, the better QB, the better group of receivers, the better kicker believe it or not, etc. Georgia is the better team. Sometimes the better team doesn’t always win.
Like when the Saints lost to the Rams this past season? Please. Rams better than the Saints? Don’t think so. South Carolina thinks they’re up there with the big dogs but it’ll take them more years to truly establish themselves among the SEC elite. Georgia already has.
Georgia is a traditional powerhouse in the SEC.
Phillip
January 21st, 2012
1:35 pm
With the way UGA is recruiting and with the coaching on defense, look for Georgia to be competing for SEC titles every single year and that also means the National title. With the defense we have, we should win a lot of games. A lot of them.
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
1:39 pm
@Ted
Did you or can you read the article? It’s obvious by your posts that you dont no much about football.The implied rule changes have nothing to do with a national championship.All South Carolina had to do was beat a lowly Auburn and they would have won the east.
RamboDog
January 21st, 2012
1:41 pm
To You Morons….when the Gators pass us in “All Time” wins, you can speak..till then shut your mouth or I’ll shut it for you.
fla dawg
January 21st, 2012
1:42 pm
I am and always will be a dawg fan.. but for the past few years and for the foreseeable future, winning the SEC east is kinda hollow because whoever wins the east is maybe the 4th best team in the conference.
DAWG in Bama
January 21st, 2012
1:42 pm
WOW!!! Carolina Cry babies!!! Just look back at our 2007 year when we lost to tennessee but still had a better overall record than tennessee and still didn’t get into the seccg and tn got the nod into the seccg. We didnt pout like you guys are doing. It’s ok we’ll shut those mouths up in 2012 when we come into columbia and rock you back!!! GO DAWGS!!!
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
1:43 pm
@bamaguy
You need to slowly read the article again Teabagger..
fla dawg
January 21st, 2012
1:44 pm
jeez, Rambodog, are you related to Bacari Fudge?
Jarvis Jones
January 21st, 2012
1:46 pm
This article right here has me pumped already for the 2012 season. I already want Connor Shaw. Imma rock em back!
Muttneck
January 21st, 2012
1:47 pm
The only reason you “won” the east was you played the 3 worst teams in the sec from the west side. We saw what happened against lsu had you played them or alabama or ark in the reg season. Enjoy it again this year. Maybe you will luck into another east title only to be mutilated in the champ game again.
Jarvis Jones
January 21st, 2012
1:48 pm
WHEN SOUTH CAROLINA WINS AN SEC TITLE THEN THEY CAN TALK!
Jarvis Jones
January 21st, 2012
1:51 pm
Does SC realize we have 9 out of 11 starters returning on a defense that finished top 5 in the country in only the 2nd year in the 3-4? Boy, boy boy they just don’t know. We about to turn it up! Rambo, Williams, myself, Abry Jones, Alec Ogletree, Commings, Smith, etc
Dau-wg
January 21st, 2012
1:52 pm
USC wuz da bestest is da Eass. Dey beat us afta we couldn’ stop dem Broncos.
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
1:54 pm
In 1966 when Spurrier won the Heisman Georgia beat Florida which knocked them out of national championship contention and he’s held that grudge for 46 years so I’m sure that what happened this season reopened that wound.But all the Ole Ball Caoch had to do was beat Auburn an he was in.Cry me a river..
realistic UGA fan
January 21st, 2012
1:56 pm
glad to see Jarvis Jones takes the time to monitor this blog. maybe when he grows up he can be an impact player like jadeveon clowney.
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
1:56 pm
@Muttneck
South Carolina lost to one of the worst teams in the west and Georgia didnt..Boo Hoo
joe suggs
January 21st, 2012
1:57 pm
To East repeat : South Carolina is a rathole of a state ! You can’t even get enough good players in the state to field a team .
John Brantley
January 21st, 2012
1:57 pm
Jarvis Jones sacked me more times than Clowney did….:( I still have nightmares of Jones.
Clowney? Not so much.
realistic UGA fan
January 21st, 2012
1:58 pm
Jarvis… while you are on here posting… do y’all kid Rambo very much about changing his name from Fudge?
realistic UGA fan
January 21st, 2012
2:01 pm
the star power on here today is fantastic… glad to have John Brantley on board. and you are probably being truthful about Jones. he did haveva great day against y’all.
any chance you could get muschamp to post a couple of comments?
Jarvis Jones
January 21st, 2012
2:01 pm
Yeah man we did. It was funny too. Not a big deal. Rambo is the best safety in the country in 2012 after Barron left Alabama. Rambo will be a house-hold name around the country.
Will MUSTYchamp
January 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
We will suck for YEARSSS! I can’t coach!
bamaguy
January 21st, 2012
2:03 pm
A drunk Alabama fans teabags on Bourbon Street but the UGA starting CB is arrested on domestic violence charges this morning for slapping around his girlfriend.
doggone
January 21st, 2012
2:05 pm
Phillip—-I just drank my last glass of red kool aid. can you spare some?… and obviously you have the extra strength version,
realistic UGA fan
January 21st, 2012
2:08 pm
Jarvis… what influenced your decision the most as far as coming back home and what do you and your teammates think about all of the publicity about the “over signing” controversy?
you morons
January 21st, 2012
2:11 pm
@ Rambodog, what does the all-time wins have to do what the scenario I put? You know I’m right, so you have to resort to posting something stupid. Hillbilly.
Timmy Dog
January 21st, 2012
2:12 pm
Jarvis, when YOU win an SEC title, YOU can talk!
Jarvis Jones
January 21st, 2012
2:12 pm
My decision was a simple one. When USC (trojans) let me go after I suffered my neck injury I wanted to come back home and play in my home state. I would’ve been a USC trojan till this day had that never happened. But I’m so glad it did.
Jarvis Jones
January 21st, 2012
2:12 pm
@ Timmy Dog, shut up before I sack you.
SCDAWG
January 21st, 2012
2:15 pm
I live at a house divided on this issue. Sure it makes a little sense for USC to win the east, but they LOST TO AU. Hell with USC
Dog Kicker
January 21st, 2012
2:17 pm
Great idea!
UGA FRIEND
January 21st, 2012
2:22 pm
SC is acting childlish and silly in proposing such a change. However, they are not the only schools who act in such unrelistic manner when things do not go their way.
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
2:24 pm
@bamaguy
But the bama guy was so stupid that he did it on camera…
Rick James
January 21st, 2012
2:29 pm
@bamaguy
And dont leave out the stupid bama player that got caught in Florida with the weed this week.Maybe he cant take the pay cut going bama to the NFL so he decided to start a side business..
GATORMAN
January 21st, 2012
2:37 pm
I could not agree more with the need to change the rule. UGA backdoor ed their way into the title game .they were not deserving of playing in the game.UGA has not beaten any team of rank in years .thus when they play a rank team they get the hell beat out of them.UGA football team is a fraud.The only reason UGA is having any measure of success in the SEC is because the East is down .Mark my words UGA will not be playing in the SEC championship game next year .also UGA was given a soft schedule for 2012 which in turns spells out no nation title for UGA in 2012 (strength of schedule will kill you every time.
Nemo
January 21st, 2012
2:57 pm
Gatorman get used to losing to UGA again pal!!
Nemo
January 21st, 2012
2:58 pm
The East is down because the Gators suck!
Nemo
January 21st, 2012
3:07 pm
SC gave up 42 pts to UGA and had an improbable 28pts scored without their Offense having anything to do with it.The lamecoks know they aren’t an elite team.
GATORMAN
January 21st, 2012
3:28 pm
LMFAO!!! you rednecks were playing against a one leg QB the whole game and still you losers strugled to win the game.you caught a break last year . we will restore order this year (MARK IT DOWN) You mutts most agree with me on this fact if you had played the schedule we played last year. you guys would have a new coach in the words of (Melev MR would have been fired—————-lol.
Pago Pago DAWG
January 21st, 2012
3:32 pm
isbella will indeed start vs BUF., after one run, he’ll take himself out and do hip-hop.
GTBob
January 21st, 2012
3:40 pm
SC should be upset. They proved they were a much better team then UGA and UGA made the SEC championship just because they played the worst teams in the west. You can’t blame them for thinking there may be a better way to do things.
GATORMAN
January 21st, 2012
3:41 pm
LOL
The Truth Detector
January 21st, 2012
3:48 pm
Phillip
January 21st, 2012
1:32 pm
Georgia has the better defense, the better QB, the better group of receivers, the better kicker believe it or not, etc. Georgia is the better team. Sometimes the better team doesn’t always win.
Like when the Saints lost to the Rams this past season? Please. Rams better than the Saints? Don’t think so. South Carolina thinks they’re up there with the big dogs but it’ll take them more years to truly establish themselves among the SEC elite. Georgia already has.
Georgia is a traditional powerhouse in the SEC
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You have to be kidding me? Powerhouse? When?
Since no one can add comments about Cummings hitting a woman, I will do it here.
All the journalist at the AJC decided to slam or attempt to slam LSU and Alabama this week with slanted articles, I thought we should bring it to light that Cummings is arrested at UGA, and Orr was arrested at Florida, both active players.
Justice is served.
GATORMAN
January 21st, 2012
3:58 pm
I think he wanted to say (UNDERACHIEVERS HOUSE)
BiggdawgK
January 21st, 2012
4:11 pm
The comments from Roger Hoy were spot-on and made all the more relevant because he has watched kids go from freshman to grad on a personal level. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly some people forget how they acted when they were 18 years old. Of course on the internet everyone is 6′3” solid muscle and a millionaire
Topp Dogg
January 21st, 2012
4:28 pm
The Old Ballsack leaks tears again, boo hoo, LMFAO !
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 21st, 2012
4:30 pm
Commings arrested and they shut down the THUG COMMENTS. Hahahahahaha
The Game Chickens are right UGA didn’t deserve the shot at LSU.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 21st, 2012
4:33 pm
35:55minute MURRAY is a JOKE and the Heisman is within his grasp as much as it was for NESBITT.
Couple of things
January 21st, 2012
4:57 pm
1. Why is everyone assuming Arkansas would beat Georgia. Richt is something like 5-1 against the Hogs, and the lone loss came when they blew a coverage late in the game.
2. I am not sure I agree with the premise that there has not been open competition at the QB position at UGA. Why would Richt play an inferior quarterback when his job is on the line?
SOUTHGADAWG88
January 21st, 2012
4:59 pm
Gatorman you guys have your own set of problems to deal with don’t you?
SOUTHGADAWG88
January 21st, 2012
5:00 pm
Murray would start this season at every school in the SEC.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 21st, 2012
5:08 pm
SOUTHGADWAG88……….sure 35:55minute MURRAY would but after the first INT and FUMBLE he would get pulled unlike at UGa. Hahahaahaa
Beast from the East
January 21st, 2012
5:53 pm
“Murray would start this season at every school in the SEC.”
Seriously? No he would not. I’m certain he would not start over the kid at Arky. Nor would he start over the kid who just won the NC at TrailaBama. Maybe the rest of the schools……maybe.
3-12 Against Ranked Teams
January 21st, 2012
5:59 pm
UGA fans like Bill are…….the most loyal and supportive of fans in the nation who accept and embrace mediocrity that represent the Mark Richt coached teams since 2005
3-12 Against Ranked Teams
January 21st, 2012
6:00 pm
Gonna be funny if Mettenberger outshines Murray this year…..
3-12 Against Ranked Teams
January 21st, 2012
6:04 pm
Sanders Commings arrested…….and so it begins. One semi-good season and old habits of Mark Richt coached teams return with a vengeance
……gonna be a long off season
GATORMAN
January 21st, 2012
6:04 pm
I am not sure what problems you are talking about ,I Know we have opportunities to deal with.
CH3
January 21st, 2012
6:07 pm
where was mack strong in the running back mix?
Gman84
January 21st, 2012
6:10 pm
Suckalina got lucky twice last year: lucky to beat us and lucky they didn’t play LSU.
You don’t have to change the rules to win the SEC East (maybe you do judging by the trophy case in Columbia) just don’t let bad teams beat you at home. Lose to Auburn-pay for Auburn.
bigcalidawg
January 21st, 2012
6:28 pm
Enter your comments here
LogicalUS
January 21st, 2012
6:28 pm
Look everyone know that SC has been the class of the SEC East for the past two years. They have gone 9-1 over the past two seasons which means that they have handled UGA\UF\UT etc both at home & away. It is why they are a top 10 team while UGA is buried down around 20.
But really it is of little consequence because SC lost in Fayetteville and UGA was blasted by LSU in Atlanta.
The national rankings have it right…1 BAMA\2 LSU\4 ARK\9 SC all top 10 with UGA at 18\19.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 21st, 2012
6:29 pm
What is S. Comming doing next semester?
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can Stop it
January 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
Sanders Comming…penal colony…
bigcalidawg
January 21st, 2012
6:32 pm
It is always ill advised to make long-term decisions based on temporary feelings.
Go ahead and make the change. No difference. As close as UGA and USCe play one another, year-in-and-year-out, the rule will work for us just as frequently as it will against us. Next year will create an entirely different scenario.
The ol’ ball sack is certainly a crotchety one……….
Metamucil might help………….
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can Stop it
January 21st, 2012
6:33 pm
Classy state…classy program…
Gainesville DAWG
January 21st, 2012
6:58 pm
In order to get two tickets to the Missouri game, one must donate $2,500 to the UGA fund.
Jim
January 21st, 2012
7:16 pm
Didn’t we hand that South Carolina game to them on a silver platter? Baybe that should only count a half game it worked for Saban. If we had a rematch with USC like Alabama and LSU did we would beat the socks off them.
Lester Miles
January 21st, 2012
7:32 pm
At least this blog is talking football while Chip Towers is doing what he loves best – digging up dirt on UGA and putting it down as fact when nothing has been verified. He uses large front page font to get a rise and geat a read on his trash reporting. Chip should let the authorities find the facts before he runs his mouth. If he was an insect he would be a dirt dauber.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 21st, 2012
7:37 pm
16-11 or 35:55minute MURRAY is the HEISMAN QB for 2012 for sure. I also make LOVE to Selma Hayek every night .
LogicalUS
January 21st, 2012
7:47 pm
“we hand that South Carolina game to them”
Good lord…not this nonsense still. SCs 1st rd draft DL scored two TDs and their 1st rd CB picked 6 the “2012 Heisman QB” for another.
They had better players who made plays which is why they are getting drafted in the 1st rd of the NFL draft.
It would have helped if UGA would not have given up 140 yrd rushing to the Lattimore kid in the 4th Q.
Better players made better plays to beat UGA in Athens. THAT IS WHAT BETTER TEAMS DO!
Bruce
January 21st, 2012
7:48 pm
Don’t understand all these fans wanting to see the QB position up for grabs. Where were they when Stafford was overthrowing recievers during his 3 yrs in Athens? Look at the stats people. Not sure why they think Mason (a qb with few offers from good footbal schools) would do a better job. He has only played in mop up roles. I like Mason & hope to see him play one day but seriously people, look at the stats. Most teams would kill to have a qb like Murray.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 21st, 2012
7:52 pm
Dude the Dwags beat the USC Chickens. Problem was that CROWELL was still SMOKE’N in the bus when the game was on the LINE. LOL
Dawg48
January 21st, 2012
7:56 pm
So all the rain today was actually tears from south Carolina? Makes since now!
Lester Miles
January 21st, 2012
8:05 pm
Tide is rolling? Do you live in Ala or Ga dork?
Lester Miles
January 21st, 2012
8:10 pm
SC fans sometimes the best team or player is not recognized as the best. Back when Herschel was a freshman and the best RB in the country the Heisman was given to the second best back George Rogers. Life is not always fair but you can’t change the rules just to suit you. Have a great day
Joe
January 21st, 2012
8:36 pm
Didn’t UGA and Scu play one common SEC West opponent last year? What else needs to be said. Oh yeah, Scu has sucked for well over 100 years, and their one opportunity to be decent is not going to affect the SEC rule makers. They will be back to their usual mediocrity next year.
5 star thug squad
January 21st, 2012
8:44 pm
Sanders Commings arrested for domestic violence. No news here.
Montez Robinson
January 21st, 2012
8:46 pm
You aren’t the only one Sanders.
S Spurrier
January 21st, 2012
8:48 pm
I really haven’t had that much trouble beatin ga.
Tell me again
January 21st, 2012
8:50 pm
What teams has Murray beaten?
Toad Grantham
January 21st, 2012
8:51 pm
I hope ya’ll liked my 2nd half adjustments against LSU and MI State.
Bruce
January 21st, 2012
8:59 pm
Guess these Murray haters were big Joe T III , Logan Gray & Joe Cox fans. Don’t know a pretty good QB when they have one.
Merry O'Marr
January 21st, 2012
9:32 pm
When Richter recruits lowlife thugs like Commings, and they beat up women, why should he be surprised?
sports
January 21st, 2012
9:55 pm
Alabama screwed that kid out of North Atlanta. Saban and his cronies went after the kid to sign and then put the shaft to him. The 85 player limit is a joke when some of these schools still stockpile and now the young man is screwed. The NCAA should got after this bunch!
13-1
January 22nd, 2012
5:46 am
YOU WANT THE HARSH TRUTH 10 DAYS BEFORE SIGNING DAY ?
SCHOLARSHIP SN 69 Ty Frix (6-0, 213, Jr.) Ty Frix is the son of an orthopedic surgeon, Mitch Frix who snapped for Kevin Butler. He (1) didn’t need a scholarship for any reason whatsoever and (2) demonstrates once again how Mark Richt spends his Scholarships on Special Teams when not another of the 120 Division 1-A FBS coaches, do.
SCHOLARSHIP 80 Taylor Bradberry (6-3, 192, Jr.) WR made 1 catch in his entire career, against Coastal Carolina and please note that he is a Senior in 2012. What a nice guy Mark Richt is.
SCHOLARSHIP 5 Blake Sailors (5-11, 186, RSo.)
SCHOLARSHIP 20 Brandon Harton (5-6, 174, RSo.) was our Running Back when all the entire Georgia Bulldogs’ Football Team’s Running Backs all everyone one of them failed the drug test Thursday night before the Florida game.
SCHOLARSHIP 95 Reuben Faloughi RSo. 6-5, 255
SCHOLARSHIP 36 Wes Van Dyk (6-0, 203, Jr.) played special teams vs Coastal Carolina and New Mexico State. What a nice guy Mark Richt is.
SCHOLARSHIP 49 Jason Veal (5-11, 220, Sr.) did not play
SCHOLARSHIP 65 John Bodin (6-6, 321, Jr.) played special teams against Tennessee Tech, Idaho State, New Mexico, New Mexico State and Coastal Carolina. Wonderful. What a nice guy Mark Richt, you are sir.
SCHOLARSHIP 15 Eric Elliot (5-9, 188, Sr.) played special teams against Auburn because of the huge lead, Coastal Carolina and New Mexico State. What a nice guy Mark Richt you are sir.
SCHOLARSHIP 90 Matthew DeGenova (6-1, 236, Sr.) got to play special teams, only against Coastal Carolina not Division 1-A, Ole Miss 2-10 and New Mexico State 4-9. Nice Mark Richt. What a nice guy Mark Richt is.
We sit around here, Gnashing our Teeth, over our 85 Scholarships, whining like South Carolina does about our Schedule about Alabama over-signing; and here are all 10 of these walk-ons playing special teams with SCHOLARSHIPS.
Duh, we are short players around here. 10 Walk-ons using our 85-man limit for 2011 and we wonder why at the end of the bowl game the team was GASSED ?
RedandBLackDAWG
January 22nd, 2012
7:43 am
Just like almost all of the blogs on AJC, after about a half of a web page, the loud mouths and UGA haters dominate the damn things and football once again is forgotten. Bill puts up some interesting topics for discussion and the idiots run the village. They change their blog handles more often than they change their under wear, but you still know it is the same old crap. Some like still at the bar, don’t change their names but don’t change their rhetoric either. Jealousy is such a strong motivation to so many of these folks. It is hard to imagine that some of you, at least chronologically, are of adult age. You would think they could at least show a little respect for their own schools, and go to their blogs, but that would be hoping for too much. I would imagine their own blogs are tired of their stupidity as much as UGA fans are here.
13-1
January 22nd, 2012
7:46 am
Critizing the Georiga Bulldogs’ football program, you mean like
YOURSELF ?
RedandBlackDAWG January 12th, 2012 5:30 am
If you are a true DAWG fan and not some troll making rude remarks on this blog, you have to feel
our offense hasn”t stepped it up
the OL has not been ready to go
the RB’s are not doing their job
the Offense makes too mistakes
the OC needs to stop calling a conservative game plan
we cannot bury our opponents
we expect our Defense instead to preserve the game
the offense does not play consistently
there is no reason why we can’t bury more opponents
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“You’ll quit criticizing this team. I am the only person around here who is allowed to do that, not you, and not anyone else other than just I and just I alone – even if I didn’t say anything about our # 80 Special Teams.”
Dawg4
January 22nd, 2012
8:07 am
The offensive line will not have enough practice and experience to learn how to block for both pass and run plays to be championship caliber. The defense will have to help in the scoring. With the Special teams having to be rebuilt it will be a huge factor in what happens next year.
minnesota dawg
January 22nd, 2012
8:08 am
Those who win the most games get the prize!
StephenDawg
January 22nd, 2012
8:08 am
People tend to forget about the other back on the 88 team, Alphonso Ellis. I believe he was one of the best blockers ever to wear the Red and Black. RIP Alphonso.
Georgia is a product of their schedule
January 22nd, 2012
8:10 am
Congrats on getting destroyed in the SEC championship and losing another bowl game. You were indeed a fine representative of the SEC East.
What was your signature win?
minnesota dawg
January 22nd, 2012
8:12 am
It also helps separate teams in our division that are not as good as you thought the first of the season, yet allows teams that started slow to get a second chance to win their division like Georgia. I would tend to think that how we were playing at the end of the season, we would have beaten South Carolina if we played them again.
Sanders Commings
January 22nd, 2012
8:14 am
What did Richt expect? When you recruit thugs, you get thug behavior.
minnesota dawg
January 22nd, 2012
8:14 am
GA is product of their schedule. Did we reach the SEC Championship or not? We did what we needed to do. What was your team? Did they do what they needed to? No!
Joe
January 22nd, 2012
8:23 am
Georgia and Scu both played a terrible Auburn team from the West. Georgia throttled Auburn and Scu lost to Auburn, with Marcus Lattimore. That is why UGA won the East. It’s pretty simple.
68UGA
January 22nd, 2012
8:49 am
To quote Spurrier after the UGA game; “sometimes you get out played and still manage to win”. Everyone who saw that game knows that if we played 5 times UGA would have won 4 of the 5.
Old Dog
January 22nd, 2012
8:57 am
” If we had a rematch with USC like Alabama and LSU did we would beat the socks off them”
Or we might hand it to them on a silver platter again, just like we did MSU.
Loki
January 22nd, 2012
8:58 am
That’s alright……….we know who really won the east………we’ll meet up in October this year and beat you again…………
Old Dog
January 22nd, 2012
8:59 am
“What was your signature win?”
Our signature win was against Vandy, which we were supposed to blow out, but we managed to win with 1 second left by the skin of our teeth. One slight change in that game and South Carolina would have been the East champions.
claytondawg
January 22nd, 2012
9:14 am
Remember…all of you “historians” out there, 1966. I believe that was the year Spurrier won the Heisman; however, Florida LOST to UGA that year. If I’m not too mistaken, it was Bobby Etter’s run for a TD that beat the Gators. THAT’S why Spurrier literally hates UGA. (A little tarnish on the tropy?)
claytondawg
January 22nd, 2012
9:15 am
OOOPS…misspelled trophy.
RedandBLackDAWG
January 22nd, 2012
9:28 am
13-1@ 1/22/07::46AM,
Those were not my remarks. I didn’t type them, so I am sure they were either written by somebody using my Nick, or a deliberate attempt by you to try and put me in a wrong light. I can understand if it was somebodies childish attempt at trying to be clever, so I hope it wasn’t you. Haters gonna hate, and not much I can do about it. Sad that someone would stoop so low as top do that though, hardly unexpected. It just proves my point further.
Joey
January 22nd, 2012
9:37 am
I have decided there is absolutely no reason to question anything to do with Mark Richt’s football program. No, not because of the scolding one gets from AltamahaDawg.
But, rather the fact that after several seasons of lousy coaching (he himself adknowledged this by stating he would “start studying cutting-edge football – yep, after 10 seasons as head coach), retaining terrible assistants, culminating in a 6-7 record, utter failure of beating ANY good team, losing two bowls in a row, Mark Richt has getting a new contract (and raise), for beating ten of eleven teams (most of them, historically lousy) UGA was favored to beat, and losing to three more where UGA was an underdog.
In other words, Richt almost succeeded in winning the games he should, and didn’t upset anybody else, and gets rewarded – bigtime.
So, that’s it, Richt is here for 4 or 5 more years, unless he has a Magical 10-Win Season in one of those 5 years, whereby he would be extended yet again.
McGarity and Co have validated his football program with the new contract, so at UGA, it’s not only okay to be average, it gets rewarded!
Jacket99
January 22nd, 2012
9:52 am
UGA wins more games than they lose. They get some of the best recruits in the country. They have a head coach who is a good man and represents the school well. The stadium is usually full, except for the student section. They just won their division. More than half the BCS schools in the nation would gladly trade places with UGA. And you want to fire Richt?
If you fire Richt, expect to be the next Tennessee Vols. You do see how things have gone for them since they fired Fulmer?
Whatever. Fire Richt and I will be laughing every November.
BigRedandBlack Dawg
January 22nd, 2012
10:08 am
The Dawgs will win the East, the SEC and National Championship to next year. Why? Because the Dream Team (anybody remember them?) will have a year of experience and Murray is just getting better.
This will be our 6th National Championship and lead to a dominant run for the best college football program in the country. We have the best facilities and we get all the recruits we want out of the best state for High School football in the country. I know because I played ball in Cobb Co. and would have been a Dawg but I blew out my knee my softmore season.
Go Dawgs!
Joey
January 22nd, 2012
10:13 am
“If you fire Richt, expect to be the next Tennessee Vols”
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That’s just silly.
UGA won’t ever fire Mark Richt, but if we did get a new head coach, why would it have to turn out like UT?
It could turn out like some of these teams also: OK, who was bad for years prior to Stoops, Or like Texas and Mack Brown. Or USC before Carroll. Or LSU and Bama before Saban. TCU and Patterson. UF hit the jackpot twice with Spurrier and Myer.
For ever coaching change that didn’t go well, there’s one that turned out spectacularly.
Old Dog
January 22nd, 2012
10:17 am
.” I am not sure I agree with the premise that there has not been open competition at the QB position at UGA. Why would Richt play an inferior quarterback when his job is on the line?”
Because he is loyal to stupidity. Why did he keep Martinez until his job was on the line? Why is he keeping Bobo when it could still cost him his job? Because he is loyal to a fault!
Old Dog
January 22nd, 2012
10:22 am
” I know because I played ball in Cobb Co. and would have been a Dawg but I blew out my knee my softmore season”
I would have expected Richt to give you a scholarship anyway. We all know he is not Saban.
Bama Mike
January 22nd, 2012
10:24 am
There is some logic to the argument but rather count it as a half, only allow overtime during diviisional play and bowls. Ties would be a half of game. It would creat a lot of interesting finishes.
Joey
January 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
BigRed, have you not noticed that the Richt/Bobo offense gets shut down for quarters (and halves) at a time when we play Top 10 teams? Have you not noticed that even Richt’s best teams ALWAYS lose games to teams they shouldn’t to? UF in ‘02, and ‘05, UT and SC in ‘07.
So now a leopard is gonna change its spots?
I’m hoping for the best, like every season, but I’ve learned that hoping for Richt to win the Big Game is just disappointment waiting to happen.
Old Dog
January 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
Mark Richt should have fallen on his knees and personally thanked Kevin Butler for saving his job by tackling that Vandy player. Without that, it would have been a 9-win season and no East championship.
Bama Mike
January 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
My top 5 for 2011 SEC
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Arkansas
4. South Carolina
5. Georgia
2012 Projections
1. Arkansas
2. Alabama
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. South Carolina
BigRedandBlack Dawg
January 22nd, 2012
10:31 am
Old Dog,
I really couldn’t play anymore, so I went to UGA and just cheared from the stands and had a bunch of fun.
Old Dog
January 22nd, 2012
10:31 am
I think playing teams such as Coastal Carolina and Arizona State should only count as 1/4 game towards the season. And the stats from those should not count towards Aaron Murray Stats.
BigRedandBlack Dawg
January 22nd, 2012
10:32 am
Joey,
We’ll lose some games along the way – happens to every team. But we have the best talent in the country.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 22nd, 2012
11:35 am
What time is Dwag viewing at ACC Jail? Sorry, I mean what time is Visitation at AAC Jail?
HOUDAWG
January 22nd, 2012
11:38 am
Shankit ….. you got that right ! He’s never gotten over that day in ‘66 ……
dan
January 22nd, 2012
11:40 am
Hey I think South Carolina came out on the winning end of the equation. They didn’t have to play LSU( who would have murdered them), and they won their bowl game which put them at 11-2 for the season. The SEC East title doesn’t mean that much anyway.
dan
January 22nd, 2012
11:42 am
Pretty good predictions Bama Mike. I think Arkansas is going to be tough next year too.
bamafan
January 22nd, 2012
11:45 am
For the record, while some may not agree wuth the whole “greyshirting” process, there hasn’t been an instance where he didn’t follow through with a scholarship for that player
GEK DAwg
January 22nd, 2012
11:58 am
Georgia will beat sc this year in columbia and win the SEC east again. Ga’s roster is loaded and sc has a bunch of holes. Ga v. Alabama for the SEC title–bet the house!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 22nd, 2012
12:01 pm
Gek Dwag how many UGa players get arrested before the Dwags make that run.
Jacket99
January 22nd, 2012
12:01 pm
Joey
January 22nd, 2012
10:13 am
“If you fire Richt, expect to be the next Tennessee Vols”
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That’s just silly.
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You may be right, Joey. But are Bulldog season ticket holders, alumni, and donors willing to take the chance?
Pago Pago Dawg
January 22nd, 2012
12:04 pm
Can we just beat USC and win a bowl game sometime, gessh.
ole yeller
January 22nd, 2012
12:19 pm
When the dawgs show up at “SC” in 2012 for the EAST showdown. I’m sure the winner will shup up the other blogers. It will be a good game. I think The dawgs will be playing for the lead in the East.
I feel that the “O” line will be ready and the “RB’s” will be ready. If those two factors in to be true “SC” is in trouble. Even with their super “RB” back It will be intresting to see if he run like he did in 2011 befor he got hurt or if run’s with some fear from his injury. He should know there is a bulleye on his chest now that has covered the “S”, and no one is going to feel sorry for him.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 22nd, 2012
12:23 pm
ole yeller funny that you think ANYTHING will shut-up bloggers. I didn’t see that Bama winning the BCS Championship shut-up any UGa fans.
Red Stick
January 22nd, 2012
12:25 pm
Bama Mike
January 22nd, 2012
10:27 am
“2012 Projections
1. Arkansas
2. Alabama
3. LSU
4. Georgia
5. South Carolina”
I don’t see Arkansas, losing Joe Adams, Jarius Wright, Greg Childs, along with their top tackler and Bama with only 8-9 starters returning being the favorite over LSU.
My early prediction:
1. LSU
2. Georgia
3. Alabama
4. Arkansas
5. South Carolina
ole yeller
January 22nd, 2012
12:26 pm
@Still@the K_Ab
You are probably right in that assesment but I think it will help.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
January 22nd, 2012
12:32 pm
Ole Yeller we have to have the back and forth no matter what so this medium stays free and keeps the advertiser paying the bill.
duronimo
January 22nd, 2012
1:47 pm
It’s loyalty to a fault when quarterbacks who come to Georgia aren’t given a shot to compete. Murray’s numbers are totally skewed by the schedule. The numbers that count are the ones he has against decent competition. In my view he’s a total failure in that regard and there is a two year body of work to prove it. Absolutely no way would Saban, Miles, Petrino or Spurrier close off competition with such a documented deficiency at the position. That’s why it’s loyalty detrimental to the team.
duronimo
January 22nd, 2012
1:52 pm
Joey is totally correct in his assessment.
Alphare
January 22nd, 2012
2:05 pm
1. USC has 10-2 regular season record, same with UGA
2. USC East record is 5-0, UGA 4-1
3. USC ranked 2 spots ahead of UGA
4. USC actually beat UGA head-on
Why would UGA as a 2nd ranked team represent East instead of USC?
Alphare
January 22nd, 2012
2:29 pm
5. USC beat 2 end-of-season ranked teams, while UGA beat none.
Alphare
January 22nd, 2012
2:52 pm
1. USC has 10-2 regular season record, same with UGA
2. USC East record is 5-0, UGA 4-1
3. USC ranked 2 spots ahead of UGA
4. USC actually beat UGA head-on
5. USC beat 2 end-of-season ranked teams, while UGA beat none.
Why would UGA as the 2nd ranked represent the East instead of #1 ranked USC?
If you don’t think the system is broken, you are either blind or overwhelmed by homerism.
outlaw
January 22nd, 2012
3:07 pm
UGA fans would be saying the same thing if SC won the east without beating anyone like uGA did in 2011, it looks like it sets up the same way in 2012, maybe UGA will get LSU, Bama, Ark on thier schedule again one day….or Ole Miss, Vandy, Miss State, Kentucky will step up and play well so the East will have the best team not schedule in Atlanta in Dec
Beast from the East
January 22nd, 2012
4:11 pm
“I know because I played ball in Cobb Co. and would have been a Dawg but I blew out my knee my softmore season.”
Softmore? And you are a UGA grad? REALLY?
in-the-know
January 22nd, 2012
5:23 pm
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SCMAN
January 22nd, 2012
6:31 pm
Scoreboard X 2
coma toast
January 22nd, 2012
7:04 pm
I LOVE IT WHEN BigRedandBlack Dawg TELLS THAT STORY ABOUT HIS KNEE…THAT IS SOME FUNNY SHAT!
We Run The East
January 22nd, 2012
7:19 pm
Dawg fans, get back to me when and if you EVER beat (you know, on the scoreboard) SC again. Until then, SC is better. I know, I know, UGA has a better history than UGA, but go back far enough and college football was dominated by the service acadamies (Army, Navy, etc…) and teams like Georgia Tech. Great coaching (and bad coaching at UGA) has developed SC into a better team than UGA. 45-42, saw it with my own two eyes, We Run the East.
Randy McMichael
January 22nd, 2012
8:01 pm
I need to give S. Cummings a phone call. I might see if he wants to wear my jersey # next year!
East Repeat
January 22nd, 2012
8:18 pm
Since the SEC went with the division format, has UGA ever beaten every East team? No, lose to FL almost every year and the years you beat FL you have already lost to SC. I know SC will beat UGA and I bet FL will also.
NCDAWG
January 22nd, 2012
10:08 pm
@East Repeat South Carolina where tradition runs thin
truedawg
January 22nd, 2012
11:22 pm
you can never have too many RB’s !! and Ole ball coach will always hate UGA, due to the fact he couldn’t beat UGA as a player! UGA is stacked this year, and no more Melvin at USC..so yeah take hom out of the game (and UGA have a kicker) and UGA wins by 2 touchdowns.! GO DAWGS!!
Buzz2011
January 23rd, 2012
12:35 am
The ole ball coach has beaten the Dawgs everytime they have played his teams. SC should have been SEC east champs as they took out the Dawgs and played a much heavier schedule. They will have no problem winning it this year. The kid Lattimore is the best rusher in the SEC…
Preston
January 23rd, 2012
12:53 am
Cry us a river South Kackalackians.
Preston
January 23rd, 2012
12:54 am
The kid Lattimore can’t seem to stay healthy.
Preston
January 23rd, 2012
12:59 am
We Run the East, then why did UGA play in the CG? LMFAO at you idiots in denial.
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
5:52 am
RedandBLackDAWG January 22nd, 2012 9:28 am
“Those were not my remarks. I didn’t type them, so I am sure they were either written by somebody using my Nick, or a deliberate attempt by you to try and put me in a wrong light. I can understand if it was somebodies childish attempt at trying to be clever, so I hope it wasn’t you. Haters gonna hate, and not much I can do about it. Sad that someone would stoop so low as top do that though, hardly unexpected. It just proves my point further.”
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Nah, you didn’t say anything like that. Nah, Never.
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RedandBlackDAWG January 12th, 2012 5:30 am
“if our offense steps it up a little. The key to them being successful this year, is the OL being ready to go, the RB’s doing their job and cutting down on mistakes and the OC needs to stop calling a conservative game plan. If we can bury some of our opponents instead of expecting our D to preserve the game”
“If the offense plays consistently, there is no reason why we can’t bury more opponents”
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Is it coming back to you yet RedandBLackDAWG ? Did you say this, or not ? Want to try to lie that you didn’t say this, or not RedandBLackDAWG
East Repeat
January 23rd, 2012
7:12 am
Yes, but SC has a very thick recent tradition of beating the Dawgs. I guess Alabama is in denial about LSU being a better team? LSU won its division, just like the Dawgs won their division Yep, LSU and UGA are definetly the best teams in their divisions, NOT! This will be 2 years where the best team the Dawgs play is South Carolina. SC will play at least 2 teams (LSU and Ark) who should be better than Dawgs. Eventually, good will toward Dawgs (overrated in preseason and in final polls) will run out.
Dawgs in 2012
January 23rd, 2012
7:36 am
Mark this down–the Dawgs will own usc in 2012 and win the SEC east easily. Florida and UT will be way down again and Ga blows them out.
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
7:40 am
Actually, the polls pretty-much work like you describe; that is to say, that they rank a team based upon what they expect their Final Record to be for that entire season. Let’s be honest The Georgia Bulldogs are always in the pre-season polls – we are the # 11 team all-time in 1-A wins – they rank us even when we used to play tough schedules. Greg McGarity has fixed that. Poll voters look at our schedule this season, and see at most 1 game all regular season long which we might lose. They therefore figure we go through the regular season undefeated, play in The SEC Championship Game and then in a lesser bowl again – like the Outback Bowl in Tampa, Florida with no one attending and no one watching and no one caring about the game, one way or the other.
Poll voters don’t like ranking a team # 9 and then they lose their games and have to drop them down. They want their rankings to be realistic. That is their goal. Well, except for the coaches, who have all kinds of reasons to mis-vote for Duke, for example because he coached there 35 years ago for a few games.
Kyle
January 23rd, 2012
7:44 am
and there you have it…….this is why UGA will once again fail to win a championship- Murray will be good for at least 1 loss- probably 2…..
I don’t think an open competition for starting quarterback is very likely. As we discussed this week, Murray, who set a UGA single-season record for touchdown throws, ranked second in the SEC in passing (220.1 yards per game), second in total offense (229.6) and fourth in passing efficiency (146.4). Yeah, he made mistakes at some crucial times, but overall he did a good job of leading Georgia’s offense. I don’t really believe Richt had him on the field and Mason on the sideline just out of loyalty, especially in a season where his job was on the line. Murray was the best quarterback Georgia had this season. And I don’t see that changing in 2012.
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
8:16 am
No one argues that.
All anyone has ever asked is that Christian LeMay better get in the game in the 2nd series vs Buffalo Bills. There is no reason that Hutson Mason could not have taken some snaps last year, other than after the games are totally lost and Aaron Murray is Yanked by Mark Richt, then criticized for his execution by Mark Richt and Mike Bobo, whining to the newspapers after the 4 losses.
4 losses.
25 losses the last 6 seasons.
Lost 9 games in a row to teams finishing top 25.
Lost 7 games in a row to teams finishing top 10.
Chris
January 23rd, 2012
8:46 am
Under this scenario Georgia would have been 5 1/2 – 1 and S.C. would have been 6 – 1 1/2……so who goes to the SEC championship????
The team with and extra 1/2 win or the team with the extra 1/2 loss? This guy is a certifiable idiot.
ole yeller
January 23rd, 2012
8:50 am
Final comment, Dawgs win the EAST. Maybe more…………..GO DAWGS.
UGA Insider
January 23rd, 2012
9:48 am
USCe needs to go away! They had their chance against Auburn and got beat. We then had our chance against Auburn and we ran their fans out of the stadium at halftime 42-7. Nuff said.
East Repeat
January 23rd, 2012
10:03 am
UGA insider- Who had better season, top to bottom, Dawgs or SC? My opinion is SC. I love college football and UGA, FL, AL, AU, TN, etc… fans! Nothing is more exciting than following and rooting for a team in SEC. Great fun having face-to-face discussions and all-out anonymous throw downs on this blog. Good Luck to UGA, but better luck to SC. All in good clean fun. 45-42, We Run The East!
harold
January 23rd, 2012
10:53 am
SPURRIER IS SUCH A GREAT COACH—–I JUST WISH HE WOULD RETIRE. HE CAN PUNCH A KIDS TICKET TO THE NFL.
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
11:21 am
East Repeat is a Carolina Fan ? That’s confusing. I thought it was we.
Excuse me, The SEC East Champions are The Georgia Bulldogs for 2011.
South Carolina was The SEC East Champions 2010 with 5 Losses, nice job there South Carolina.
Not that we did much better with 4-Losses 2011 as SEC East Champions.
South Carolina most definitely are not the East Champions 2011, therefore, sir, you cannot possibly be East Repeat from 2010 to 2011, nor 2011 to 2012 (hoping and thinking we will be again, sir.)
Nice win over us. Nice win the bowl game. Nice Rankings in the Polls.
NOT SEC East Champions and you know that.
USCe most definitely are not East Champions 2011
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Matt
January 23rd, 2012
11:28 am
Sometimes people think too much like fans. As a coach (or at least a reasonable person) you don’t expect fresman to come in and run for 1500 and 15. All things considered Crowell had a good year (when healthy). Yes he made a couple of bonehead decisions but he’s an 18 yr old freshman away from home for the first time. Saying a freshman is acting immature is like saying…freshman are immature. Murray did not play well against top competition this year but he played better than last year.
As a coach you look at a young kid with talent and ask “how high is his ceiling and is he showing progress from year to year”. In my opinion he has shown progress. To suggest that Lemay (who hasn’t played in a game in 2 years) is a better option at this point is crazy. All their eggs are in Murray’s basket right now.
If the line doesn’t play better and the running game improve it won’t matter who is at QB.
UGA fan...not fanatic
January 23rd, 2012
11:35 am
They closed the Sanders Commings blog…lets talk about that.
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
11:40 am
Are you impaired in some manner, not obvious looking at your posts ?
NO ONE
said play Christian LeMay INSTEAD of Aaron Murray.
What we said is that Christian LeMay BETTER get to play in series # 2 vs Buffalo Bills. There is absolutely no reason that Hutson Mason could not have played MORE 2011, as well. There was NOTHING TO LOSE. We lost all 4 games vs teams who ended up ranked, anyway.
What’s that cost us to play the BACK-UP some and get him some snaps.
YOU DON’T KNOW that Hutson Mason last season, or Christian LeMay this season MIGHT play better vs teams who end up ranked in the top 25.
Aaron Murray WAS better 2010 than 2011; however, in fact he was 0-5 vs teams who ended up top 25 in 2010 and 0-4 vs teams who ended up top 25 in 2011.
He gets the yips and heebie-jeebies vs such a team you, I, and everyone else in the nation knows is going to end up a top 25 team.
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
11:45 am
Don’t raise a hand to a lady, at all, ever, for any reason. (Now, there is nothing else to say about that, other than I can tell there was someone in the way between his gal and him. He should have been flailing his arms against or around anyone.)
13-1
January 23rd, 2012
11:46 am
He should not have been flailing his arms against or around anyone.
Dawgs > usc
January 23rd, 2012
11:59 am
This year, the dawgs will be loaded and should beat usc easily. Only alabama or lsu can match the dawgs talent.
Larvell Blanks
January 23rd, 2012
12:11 pm
Bill, who was our great trio?
That would be Herschel Walker and whoever his two back-ups were.
In related news, the best home-run-hitting-brothers tandem was Hank and Tommie Aaron, who hit a combined 768 home runs.
LogicalUS
January 23rd, 2012
1:37 pm
“the dawgs will be loaded and should beat usc easily.”
Good lord is it July already? Every year the delusional UGA fans are spouting this nonsense that nobody can compete with the mighty UGA supermen, then September rolls around and the collapse.
I see it has started already…look any fool who thinks that UGA is going to roll Spurrier’ SC team in 2012 is a moron. That team is going to be loaded.
That SC team finished ranked in the top 10 for a reason. They were better than UGA defensively, have a much better RB crew and here is the kicker, the Shaw kid, doesn’t throw interceptions every 5 plays like Murray.
They return a host of players including the best RB crew in the SEC and UGA has to go to Columbia where, as I do not need to remind the non-beaner UGA fans, they simply can not score.
SC by 10.
Choke
January 23rd, 2012
1:43 pm
@ hipdawg 12:26. You contradicted yourself. Logic fail.
Connor Shaw will win an SEC before Murray
January 23rd, 2012
3:47 pm
Better athlete coached by a better coach with a better record against teams with winning records.
The silence is deafening from Dawg fans
January 23rd, 2012
3:50 pm
Compared to the Chris Rainey remarks after nothing but a text when Cummings has multiple complaints for actually hitting a female.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
January 23rd, 2012
4:09 pm
I assume since Sanders Cummings was arrested for batting out of turn we can expect Richt,Bobo, and the slasher Grantham to vist Jordan Jenkins parent and explain just how safe Athens is to Tuscaloosa. Bunch of hypocrites.
UGA the college football team in America from March until August…then you have to play. All mouth and no trophies!!! Yes those Dogs.
BILLY JACK
January 23rd, 2012
4:29 pm
Georgia gave SC a gift last year UGA was clearly the better team and Spurrier said so after the game a few times. I think this year Georgia does what they are suppose to do to Carolina every year.UGA is loaded for 2012 and to hear SC crow after being good 2 or 3 years out of a 100 is kinda funny and a little pathetic.
Valid Point
January 23rd, 2012
4:45 pm
Argument is valid in that Richt & UGA continues to hide from playing Ark-Bama-LSU. And remember nobody WHINES more than Georgia fan base.
LOLZ
January 23rd, 2012
4:52 pm
This thread is funny. The sisters of the poor (GA and SC) fighting over scrap meat in the East. West winner will spank you again like LSU did this year.
Just remember under the Richt regime at Georgia: Seven (7) different SEC teams have won BCS NC titles. Seven NC titles while Richt signs top 5 recruits each year. Folks – you’ve got a coaching problem. Georgia remains the most delusional SEC fan base. Ask any opposing school and they all say Georgia = Delusional.
BILLY JACK
January 23rd, 2012
5:42 pm
If you wanted to win the east all you had to do was beat Auburn who thumped you who the dawgs ran off the field-understand how this works SC fans???Thanks for playing.
PonGT
January 23rd, 2012
5:56 pm
Just quick question of a different nature. Someone called me yesterday saying Mark Mitchell [of the Champions Dawg Team 76] passed away. Is that true? How can I get more info? My wife and I used to attend church with Mark and Judy back in the 70’s in Augusta.
david
January 23rd, 2012
6:05 pm
how long is it going be before it is changed from sec to something else?
East Repeat
January 23rd, 2012
6:18 pm
@13-1 Thought about changing to, “We Run The East”, but figured, what the heck, SC was the better team, so I will just stay with East Repeat.
Grantham's D!
January 24th, 2012
1:13 am
Grantham’s big, mean physical D will shut down usc’s overrated O next year in columbia–dawgs win by 13+—book it. This D will be the real deal.
13-1
January 24th, 2012
5:11 am
“I wished I had done more.” JoePa
755 for Hammering Hank
013 for Tommie 1 % of the total
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I hardly consider that a home-run-hitting brother combination. Tommie didn’t really even play baseball. He was a pinch-hitter some, otherwise didn’t even get into the games. I know. I watched them. Therefore, this is not a HR brother combination. It is one guy with 1 % of the HR hit by both and the other a guy who hit all the HR hit by both, combined.
Waner brothers, Paul and Lloyd, were truly brothers combining to be the best. Paul played 20 years at .333 batting average with 3,152 hits and Lloyd 18 years at .316 with 2,459 hits. This is just not the same as Hank and Tommie Aaron, now is it ?
John Gagliardi has the most wins of any coach in college football history 484–133–11. Joe Paterno 409-136-3 as college football coach, said himself “I wished I had done more.”
UGA fan...not fanatic
January 24th, 2012
8:32 am
Most UGA fans are delusional…I am not one of them, but to be a repeat winner you have to win two in a row. Also, UGA will not beat LSU or Bama if UGA makes it. I will be happy to eat some crow if they do.
Promethius
January 24th, 2012
9:16 am
This obviously would not be retroactive. But the idea itself deserves consideration.
Bama Roll
January 24th, 2012
9:42 am
Bama’s winning the SEC easy in 2012–Ga & USC can forget about all this talk. This Bama team may be their best in 10 years! Title #15—on the way!
Larvell Blanks
January 24th, 2012
9:52 am
I hardly consider that a home-run-hitting brother combination. Tommie didn’t really even play baseball. He was a pinch-hitter some, otherwise didn’t even get into the games. I know. I watched them. Therefore, this is not a HR brother combination. It is one guy with 1 % of the HR hit by both and the other a guy who hit all the HR hit by both, combined.
Sigh. If you have to explain the punch line, it ruins the effect.
Columbus Dawg
January 24th, 2012
10:50 am
Hey Roll Paper Roll Bama, was that you teabagging the poor LSU boy? What a P.O.S. fan base.
Now to the real question, can you provide a list of players who will replace the thirteen starters that Bama has just lost? You are so STUPID that that little sawed off, cheatiing piece of dung coach of yours has you believing that Bama is going to do something other than lose at least three games in 2012?
I have been following college football pretty closely since 1976, and living here in Columbus, your North Highland, East Highland, Bibb City, types without teeth, but ALWAYS with plenty of Bull of the Woods dripping down their chin, have always been the bulk of the Bama fans in this area. Yeah, that’s right, Updyke types.
Got off the track again, back to business, Lacey ain’t Richardson, you have NO ONE to effectively replace Darius and Maze at the receiver position, and your Defense will be a mere shell of what it was in 2011.
Now tell us again, do you have an effective list of replacements for the thirteen starters you just lost? That’s what I thought, pure D.A.
oklahoma dawg
January 27th, 2012
4:07 pm
USuC fans…….really