Dumping Georgia-Auburn rivalry would be bad for college football
As I’m sure you’ve seen, UGA athletic director Greg McGarity talked with reporters Wednesday about the possibility of the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry between Georgia and Auburn falling victim to the revised schedule the expanded SEC is likely to undertake after this coming season.
Basically, what it comes down to is this: The permanent cross-divisional rivalries could easily be maintained if the SEC went to a nine-game conference schedule as other conferences, including the ACC, are doing. But SEC athletic directors prefer to stick with eight conference games in order to maintain more scheduling flexibility (meaning they can schedule the occasional nonconference BCS game and still feast on at least two cupcakes per season).
That’s an even bigger factor for teams like Georgia, Florida and South Carolina that have BCS in-state rivals permanently locked in on their schedule.
The future of the Georgia-Auburn rivalry is endangered because, with that game and Alabama-Tennessee being the only east-west permanent rivalries that historically mean a whole lot to the schools involved, there’s little incentive for the athletic directors of the remaining 10 SEC schools to maintain them.
This is one instance in which what the fans clearly would prefer runs completely counter to what the business-minded athletic directors desire. There’s no question fans would rather give up a cupcake game than a traditional yearly rivalry.
But the fans and athletic directors are on separate pages here.
McGarity admitted as much when he told the Macon Telegraph that he opposed going to nine conference games because, in UGA’s case, with Georgia Tech “that makes 10 games. If you ever wanted to schedule Clemson or Ohio State, like we have, then that only leaves one guarantee game. That’s a pretty tough schedule. Fans would love it. But I don’t know if your coaches or players [would]. That’s strapping it up 11 of 12 weeks there. You have to have some time where some players play who never get a chance to be on the field. That’s why you schedule some of the I-AAs, and some of the other games, to let some of those kids grow, let those kids get their experience.”
OK, first of all, most of us know that those cupcake games really are primarily scheduled for financial reasons, not to give the kids riding the bench a chance at playing time.
But even if you accept the athletic directors’ argument for not going to nine conference games, asking fans at Georgia, Auburn, Alabama and Tennessee to accept the loss of a traditional rivalry game with a storied history in exchange for a glorified scrimmage against a 1-AA team or some nobody school with a directional name is simply not in the best interests of college football.
That may be old-fashioned thinking, I know, but if the SEC starts throwing away those longstanding traditions that have engendered the fanatical fan support that has provided the foundation of its success, what you end up with is just a feeder league for the NFL.
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D A DoubleU G
February 9th, 2012
10:29 am
Honestly, I think the solution should be moving to a 9 game conference schedule with the traditional cross division rivalries yearly, and making that the trend/norm for all of college football.
It would drive ticket sales (for those programs who need it), and create an entire extra week of meaningful football!
Keep the natural rivalries every Thanksgiving like UGA/tech SCar/Clemson, FSU/florida, etc…..
The 2 additional games on the schedule will be cupcakes, obviously, and there is no need for a number greater than 2 in this category.
Keep College Football special!!!!
GaTruth
February 9th, 2012
10:29 am
Understand the gimmies, but QUIT MESSING WITH THE TRADITIONS AND RIVALRIES! It’s college football not the NFL. Look at Texas walking from A&M – total loser move!
Jay in VA
February 9th, 2012
10:30 am
Well said Bill. Take the tradition out of college football, and it truly does just become a farm system for the pros. I won’t continue to support that.
Tampa Dawg
February 9th, 2012
10:30 am
Agree Bill. Would be sad to break that series.
meh
February 9th, 2012
10:31 am
move Auburn to the East and Tennessee to the West
Heath
February 9th, 2012
10:32 am
I am a 4th generation UGA grad and lifelong fan, but I will be the first to admit the SEC has become a feeder league for the NFL and nothing else. The conference turns it’s head at indiscretions when one of it’s teams is vying for a National Championship to the point it has become sickening. I am now embarrassed at calling myself a fan of the SEC.
Heath
February 9th, 2012
10:35 am
meh, you do that and then what about UT/FL and the Iron Bowl. That isn’t going to happen.
funny...
February 9th, 2012
10:35 am
Still think adding Mizzou and A&M to the SEC was a good idea?
They should add another bowl game too. Because 34 isn’t enough.
Heath
February 9th, 2012
10:38 am
If Auburn loses the Georgia rivaly, at least they have the comfort of being the only professional team in the state of Alabama.
bdaamwag
February 9th, 2012
10:42 am
I am to the point where I dont care any more who Georgia plays…..I just want them to win all the games they DO play. We need a National Championship, not a rivalry. We have enough on our hands as it is.
meh
February 9th, 2012
10:44 am
we get real crazy and move Arkansas, LSU, and A&M east. UGA, UF, and UT west.
Kevin Weakley
February 9th, 2012
10:45 am
I think we will lose Auburn .. As bad as I hate it !! I see College Football going in the direction of The Super Conferences and the SEC adding 2 more teams by 2014.. I do not think they care to much about the south’s oldest rivalry.. I think they care about the ole pocket book… Off the subject .. Rumor has it that we will be signing a recruit tomorrow .. Do you have a guess as to who.. PS .. Sorry @ your Dad and my thoughts have been with you and yours .. WB rgds Kevin
boot sc
February 9th, 2012
10:51 am
I’d rather keep Auburn and kick-out South Carolina.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
10:54 am
You are right Bill and McGarity is wrong. What is college football if not tradition? Both the Jackets and the Dawgs should play Clemson and Auburn every year as well as each other.
bill arp
February 9th, 2012
10:54 am
you pretty much just called our AD a liar. nice job.
bill arp
February 9th, 2012
10:56 am
you can’t boot SC, ummm, they’re in our division.
bill arp
February 9th, 2012
10:59 am
and you can’t move Auburn to the east and leave Alabama in the west. i kinda think that game means a whole lot more than the UGA/Auburn game. I mean, they kill trees and stuff over that rivalry.
WDE
February 9th, 2012
11:01 am
Good article Bill, it is a shame how even as successful as the SEC is and as profitable .Some morons can’t help but threaten to kill that golden goose…
How about this for an idea?
February 9th, 2012
11:07 am
Each division will play their 6 division games, have 1 permanent and 1 alternating. That still leaves 3 games and 2 of them can be cupcakes. Everyone is happy, lots of money and still have 2 easy games a year.
Scott
February 9th, 2012
11:07 am
The fact that any AD would prefer the ability to scrimmage an FCS team over maintaining a rivalry like UGA-Auburn is disappointing, laughable, and indicative of everything that is wrong with college football. Play 12 teams (9 from your conference) and 3 other BCS schools. If every SEC team does this, the rest of the country would follow and college football would be more enjoyable (and attract more revenue). BCS schools and FCS schools should not be allowed to play each other.
Scambledog
February 9th, 2012
11:11 am
NO!!!!!……..We don’t have much entertainment here in Columbus. Please don’t take the Ga/Au game away from us, we would have none. It’s always a big event down here……Go Dogs !!!!
Spanky
February 9th, 2012
11:15 am
Good read here,Bill!! What if there was a conference trade to keep these rivalries? We could trade Tennessee to the West, for Auburn to come to the East, and that would be that!!
Bill Arp- Bro, NOTHING will kill the Iron Bowl, short of a nuculure(George W) disaster!! LOL, you’re right! Those folks don’t play around!!
RawDawg
February 9th, 2012
11:17 am
Ugh. I absolutely hate the expansion. Trade Auburn for Missouri? whoop-de-freakin’-do.
Although, as long as we still have Tech on the schedule, we could add a tough OOC opponent and still have at least 2 guaranteed cupcakes :p
Big Crimson 75
February 9th, 2012
11:20 am
Bad Idea.
Bama – UT
UGA – Auburn
These are classic Southern Football games that should not be sacrificed over expansion.
ajp
February 9th, 2012
11:20 am
Prefer no scrimmage games. Even the sport of boxing (and it has been known to be corrupt) has weight divisions. They don’t allow heavyweights to fight lightweights. Seems like college football should at least have similiar standards.
Dawg Haus
February 9th, 2012
11:20 am
The Georgia-Auburn rivalry is one of the best games the SEC has to offer year in and year out. Even the thought of eliminating it and the Bama-Tennessee rivalry should be complete anathema to any conference AD.
What’s wrong with a 9-game conference schedule? The ACC has a good plan in place, why can’t our league take similar action?
RawDawg
February 9th, 2012
11:20 am
How about this for an idea?
February 9th, 2012
11:07 am
And then play teams like Alabama and LSU in the reg season once a decade?
richmondDawg
February 9th, 2012
11:26 am
I think that the four schools involved have enough clout to keep the games if they really want them…Talking about four founding members, who have a majority of conference championships between the four of them…think about it
Larry Lewis
February 9th, 2012
11:27 am
I agree, the AD’s have forgotten the reason to play the games is for competition, not to make money. The fans are being asked to pay full price for the tickets for meaningless exhibetion games. If they want to schedule games with Coastal Carolina then charge less for those tickets.
Sam Robards, Dawg Fan
February 9th, 2012
11:28 am
Bill, you’re absolutely right. I pretty much said the exact same thing over on Schultz’s blog, and it’s nice to hear someone with a wider reach say it.
If we dump UGA/Auburn and UT/Bama, I’m literally going to stop watching because at that point, like you said, we’ll have completely killed tradition for the sake of a few extra bucks and become nothing more than the NFL’s minor league.
I did hear a great suggestion yesterday, though. Simply get rid of the divisions and give every team three permanent rivals, switching the others out every other year (like we do now with staggered home-and-homes). In terms of the SECCG, the two best teams would go: ‘Nuff said.
UGA’d take Auburn, Florida and either UT or SC. Florida’d take UGA, UT and Auburn, Bama’d take Auburn, UT and LSU, and so on and so forth.
What do you think of that, Bill?
JT from Columbus
February 9th, 2012
11:31 am
As much as I enjoy spanking Tech every year, I would much rather keep the Auburn game.
Desert Fox
February 9th, 2012
11:33 am
The results of SEC expansion has reared its dark underbelly. SEC football will never be the same.
fran tarkenton's accountant
February 9th, 2012
11:35 am
couldn’t agree more Bill great article
The Grinch
February 9th, 2012
11:36 am
funny…
February 9th, 2012
10:35 am
Guess I’m even more old-fashioned. I didn’t like it when Arkansas and South Carolina were brought into the SEC.
DCJohn
February 9th, 2012
11:37 am
If the SEC threatens to drop our game with Auburn, I’d be in favor of leaving the SEC. I would rather see the SEC play a rotation where we would not have to give a home and home series. Why not play a road game vs team A and then a home game vs team B in the following year? This would let us keep Auburn and see five West teams (one rotation each year + Auburn) in four years. We would still have four home games vs. four away games. It’s not perfect, but I like it better than giving up the home and home with Auburn.
Big Crimson 75
February 9th, 2012
11:38 am
Sam — the problem I see with that is the good teams are the ones with rivalry’s worth keeping…..Who would Arky or Miss St & others play 3 times a year? Each other? Would not be fair to the Big Boy’s in the SEC …. i.e. Bama, LSU, Fla, UGa, Aub & UT.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
11:40 am
DCJohn…That would be a switch. What would have to happen for UGA, USCe, and UF to join the ACC? That would be a coup.
Concerned
February 9th, 2012
11:41 am
Play 9 conference games. The fans are constantly getting screwed. Home games last year v Coastal Carolina & New Mexico State. This year games v Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, & Ga Southern.
Whether we play 9 SEC games or not, get rid of the Tech game…or at least move it to the first game of the year…or play them occasionally…or play them 2 at home for every 3 games.
They bring nothing to the table. We don’t need them, but they need us.
They can’t fill their stadium. We have a chance to completely bury their program…make them even more irrelevant.
Tech is the game that should be on the chopping blocks…not Georgia v Auburn.
The Grinch
February 9th, 2012
11:43 am
Regarding comments about being a feeder system to the NFL. I suggest that since the NFL invests NO money in a farm system they should be more than willing to pony up money to the NCAA and provide football players a monthly stipend of, say, $500/ month ($6K per year).
If there are 120 D1 schools and each has the max 85 scholarship athletes on the team then this would amount to a $61M investment from the NFL. Imagine how much they would have to spend if they had an extensive farm system like baseball.
Anthony
February 9th, 2012
11:46 am
The easiest solution is probably to do what the Pac 12 is doing with the California schools that still want to play each other every year. Let Aub-UGA and Bama-Tenn continue to play every year, but don’t require the other 10 schools to maintain traditional cross-divisional rivalries. It would mean that the 4 schools involved would play the other cross-divisional teams less, but it would not hurt the strength of schedule. It’s not like Bama is trying to keep a yearly rivalry with Vandy.
Gordon
February 9th, 2012
11:47 am
Mr. King,
I wonder what your opinion is if this idea:
Eliminate the divisions. Each team gets 3 permanent opponents that they play every year. The other 10 are rotated in every other year. I doubt everyone could get their top 3 choices for permanent opponents, but I think they could get 2 of those 3. UGA could keep Florida and Auburn, Alabama could keep Auburn and Tennessee, etc. The third one might be a team you didn’t expect. The SECCG would be the top 2 teams after tiebreakers. The advantages are:
1) 8 game conference schedule that the AD’s want for more OOC flexibility.
2) You play every team in the conference at least once every 2 years, and at least once at home every 4 years.
3) Most important rivalires maintained.
4) The best two teams get into the conference championship game. This year it would have kept UGA out, but I’m sure there have been years where UGA was the second best team and didn’t get in the game (2007?).
RawDawg
February 9th, 2012
11:47 am
If I had my preference, its be this: You play your 6 conf games, 2 rotating cross division games, 1 permanent cross div rival. Change instate rivals to every other year, schedule a BCS OOC opponent in instate rival off years, still have 2 cupcakes.
Yeah, Id miss beating up on Tech every year, but every other year would be good enough. Tech fans would like it, because that once a decade they pull out a win they could brag for 2 years instead of of 1. heh
All in all, its a lame situation for the SEC, driven by $$ instead of the game. But as a fan, that solution would make me happiest. And, and extra SEC game each year wouldnt be so bad, even if it is Missouri
RawDawg
February 9th, 2012
11:51 am
Gordon
February 9th, 2012
11:47 am
If I had a second preference, it might be this. Would make SEC oddballs in college football, but Id like the diversity of scheduling to make things interesting
Big Crimson 75
February 9th, 2012
11:52 am
I think 2 more teams will be added to the SEC within the next 5 years, probably sooner rather than later.
This expansion garbage is not over yet!
The Big East & the Big 12 are still un-stable.
Dr Dawg
February 9th, 2012
11:57 am
What if the entire league was required to play 1 game a year at a neutral site in a 9 game schedule? That would mean 4 true home games, 4 true away, and 1 neutral each year for each team. If not, UGA could potentially play 3 true SEC home games, 1 neutral, and 5 away, which is garbage.
McDawg
February 9th, 2012
12:01 pm
i knew expansion was bad
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:10 pm
FOOLS (SEC fans) and their money will soon be parted.
Forcing season ticket holders to pay for crappy wins against high school teams. HAHAHA the SEC Brain Trust has neither a brain or fan trust.
common sense
February 9th, 2012
12:12 pm
My apologies if someone has already mentioned this idea; but the obvious solution is geographical. Move Alabama and Auburn to the Eastern division as they should be, and place Texas A&M and Missouri in the Western division as they should be. Both rivalries would remain intact on an 8 game schedule.
Why not?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:13 pm
DrDawg tell the UGA Brain Trust to stop begging So Ga fans for money to play the UGa v UF game in Jax and make it Home & Home. That contract comes up and you change it.
Gordon
February 9th, 2012
12:15 pm
common sense,
TAM is already in the west. You would have to pick another team (Kentucky?).
I’m sure LSU would be all for that idea.
Big Crimson 75
February 9th, 2012
12:16 pm
Common —- with no Bama or Auburn in the West — LSU would make a joke of the division.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
February 9th, 2012
12:18 pm
You should have two cross league perm rivals and rotate the rest. At Bama I don’t care if we ever play Vandy,KY, or USCe but twice every 15 years nor any of the others. That is why we have the East and West play in the SECCG. The AD’s will not play 9 games!!! Money rules and those 4 NC games pay the bills for all the other sports that drain the AD checkbook. Are you folks stupid? Never mind.
GTBob
February 9th, 2012
12:18 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR thank you for last night. You were amazing! Can’t wait to play tickle game again with you this weekend. By the way, you left your purse over here.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
12:19 pm
Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina should tell the SEC to go to hell and then join the ACC. That would be awesome for regional rivalries.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:24 pm
Jacket99 I will take the So Carolina and Florida better for Football and Basketball. UGA isn’t ACC educational material just yet and no basketball to offer. LOL
dawgs
February 9th, 2012
12:25 pm
I know GM would never do this since he was just quoted as saying cupcakes are better than tough OOC games, but would there be any rule against UGA and AU scheduling each other as an OOC game every season they weren’t lined up to play and not have that count towards SEC standings?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:32 pm
dwags…….GM would never do that and no UGA or Auburn coach would ever agree to that.
Mike
February 9th, 2012
12:34 pm
This is what happens when you expand…old rivalries are difficult to keep. New ones form. They trashed a bunch just forming the 12 team league. Clemson/UGA, Miami/Florida, Auburn/Florida, Auburn/UT, Alabama/Penn St. among others were lost as annual games. But like I said, new ones form:
UT/UF, UT/UGA, LSU/Auburn, Auburn/Arkansas, South Carolina/UF, LSU/Arkansas, etc.
As great as the old rivalries are, these new ones have been excellent as well. Auburn/UGA rivalry will continue, just not every year. I do think its silly to hold an entire conference hostage for one or two games.
DF
February 9th, 2012
12:35 pm
Enter your comments here
Big Crimson 75
February 9th, 2012
12:36 pm
The almighty $ will win every time.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:36 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:10 pm
you should know all about playing against high school teams being a tech fan (And the fact that you team might as well be a HS squad)
DF
February 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
Simple move Auburn to the east and Missouri to the west (makes more since for them to be over there anyway), case closed.
Ace
February 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
Just stop playing weak div II teams, plenty of game to be had, that goes for GT as well.
Mike
February 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
They still managed to keep a bunch of the old rivalries intact…UGA/UF, UGA/South Carolina, UT/Vandy, UT/UK, Ole Miss/Miss St., Miss St./LSU, LSU/Bama, Bama/Auburn, Miss St./Bama, Ole Miss/LSU…
Add to that Arkansas/A&M will renew as an annual rivalry.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:13 pm
Many proposals have been thrown out there already and they have all been shot down by the other side.
They tried home and homes
Home and home in the prof. stadiums (Jax and GA Dome)
Even tried doing a 4 year alternate where you go to both college and pro stadiums, rotating annually
Unfortunately it most likely will never change
Mike
February 9th, 2012
12:39 pm
@DF – they wont do that because of the Iron Bowl. If they are getting rid of the cross division rivalries, the Iron Bowl trumps UGA/Auburn on any scale, national or otherwise.
GTBob
February 9th, 2012
12:40 pm
So does rivalry these days mean two teams who have played a lot? Because I have never met a UGA fan or an Auburn fan who really cared that much about the UGA/Auburn game. Let it go.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:41 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:24 pm
ahhahaha funny….. even though the gap between UGA and GT education is almost completely gone. But keep thinking its not.
Avg UGA fresman scores are slightly, very slightly below GTs. Heck GCSU is even catching up with both schools.
Mike
February 9th, 2012
12:42 pm
Personally, I think they should go to nine conference games whether they have a cross division rival or not. That way you will play teams from the other division more often. Thats how the Big 12 did their 12 team model. They never had cross division rivalries for the same reason the SEC is talking about getting rid of theirs. OU/Nebraska would have been the only one really worth keeping.
GTBob
February 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
Avg UGA fresman scores are slightly, very slightly below GTs. Heck GCSU is even catching up with both schools.
You really judge the quality of an educational institution by the high school test scores of it’s incoming students?
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
dawgs
February 9th, 2012
12:25 pm
Highly doubfut it could count as OOC, unless they got the NCAA board to sign off on it. But even then we might as well switch to 9 SEC games a year.
It wouldnt be a smart move for us either, bc no one else would do that and we would be stuck playing 10 BCS opponents every year.
Logan Walker
February 9th, 2012
12:44 pm
Amen.
Mike
February 9th, 2012
12:45 pm
@GTBob – it most definitely is a rivalry, but its based more on respect than hatred. Although, they have definitely had their heated moments through the years. UGA fans care more about UF because they haven’t had as much recent success. If Auburn goes on a winning streak against UGA, you better believe it will become a hot topic among UGA fans.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:45 pm
Ace
February 9th, 2012
12:38 pm
No one in the SEC does that. Every team already gets beat up playing 8 SEC games a year. The OOC games gives each team a chance to get some players healthy
RobbbyD
February 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
Those I-AA schools need the money…D-I players need the break…
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:46 pm
GTBob
February 9th, 2012
12:40 pm
This comment shows how very little you know.
Huge rivalry
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:49 pm
GTBob
February 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
If you have to have around a 1300 (not including writing portion) to get into a school then yes. It proves your students arent any smarter than ours. UGA has many a program in the top 10 of its field. How many does tech have??? 1 for engineering??????
Dont act like GT doent have some jooke majors and joke classes that the althetes take. They had to figure something out after the Hewitt cheating ring got busted (Having other students take tests for the players)
TDF
February 9th, 2012
12:51 pm
GTBob
February 9th, 2012
12:43 pm
And for a fact in my field (Financial Planning) Tech is spec on the map, while UGA built a top 10 program in under 10 years.
I miss my little techie interns from last semester, and none were good enough to get hired this semester.
Columbus Dawg
February 9th, 2012
12:52 pm
Jacket99, real football players want to compete in the SEC, not the craphouse ACC. Teams would not be willing to give up top recruits to move to that joke conference.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
If the SEC Commissioners, Presidents, and AD’s were Hindu I swear they would have the Sacred Cow on the Grill before sundown.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
12:24 pm
Jacket99 I will take the So Carolina and Florida better for Football and Basketball. UGA isn’t ACC educational material just yet and no basketball to offer. LOL
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UGA isn’t but FSU is? I understand the joke, but imagine for a moment how the college football and basketball landscape would change if the ACC wrapped up the states of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:01 pm
Columbus Dawg
February 9th, 2012
12:52 pm
Jacket99, real football players want to compete in the SEC, not the craphouse ACC. Teams would not be willing to give up top recruits to move to that joke conference.
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Are you saying that playing in the SEC is all Georgia has to offer recruits? I don’t think so. Where do FSU and Virginia Tech get their top recruits? By joining the ACC, all three schools would have everything to gain and nothing to lose, except some of their fans may miss chanting “S.E.C.” during a game.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
1:05 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
It will never happen. You ppl might think UGA is dumb and all but we sure as he11 arent dumb enough to move out of the SEC……… unlike another team….
Dawg 39
February 9th, 2012
1:11 pm
It WOULD be bad for CFB & the SEC. I agree..
I favor the 9 game schedule
.How about moving Alabama & Auburn to the East & put the 2 new teams & Vandy OR Kentucky In the West ?.
On a personal preference note & despite the obvious, the only game I would hate to lose is UF. Losing Auburn or even GTU would be bad for CFB & the SEC, but not for me personally & I go back to when the big 3 rivals were GTU, Auburn, & the Gators.
DunwoodyDawg
February 9th, 2012
1:12 pm
College football is going to hades in a hand basket. Some calls it hell, I calls it hades. Umm hummm…
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:12 pm
TDF
February 9th, 2012
1:05 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
12:57 pm
It will never happen. You ppl might think UGA is dumb and all but we sure as he11 arent dumb enough to move out of the SEC……… unlike another team….
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How would it be dumb, TDF? If UGA was to negotiate a better deal for the school, be able to play more traditional rivalries, and separate itself from the special ed schools to the west, how would that be dumb? The SEC is presumably on top now, but a defection of three SEC schools to the ACC would create a new superconference, dominant in more than one sport.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:13 pm
DunwoodyDawg
February 9th, 2012
1:12 pm
College football is going to hades in a hand basket. Some calls it hell, I calls it hades. Umm hummm…
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I like the way you talk. Umm hummm.
The Genius
February 9th, 2012
1:25 pm
We used to play 10 games and I’m 100% certain there was loud and strong opposition to moving to 11 and 12. I say increase the scholarship level to 90 and add a 13th game. Solves most of the problems. While I DO NOT like driving 6 hours to Athens to see Arkansas AM&N State University, I understand the need for them. Also move the SEC championship game further into December. There’s too long a wait between season end and major bowl games anyway.. Let me know what other problems I can solve.
dawgster7
February 9th, 2012
1:26 pm
Drop Tech, keep Auburn!
chilidawg
February 9th, 2012
1:26 pm
you just a boy, you shouldn’t be talkin’ thataway. ummm hummmm.
Albert
February 9th, 2012
1:28 pm
I see GTBob is still on here messing around with the college guys. Will you ever grow up?
TDF
February 9th, 2012
1:29 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:12 pm
BC every other conf right now is playing catchup to the SEC. Why would would take ourself out of the top conf to go to another conf that in all reality is the 4- 5th best conf??? the 3 teams wouldnt jump the ACC to the top, bc the bottom of the ACC might as well be in the big east.
Plus Clemson and FSU most likely will be out of the ACC and in the big 12 very soon. Which would make VT the only good team that is currently in the ACC
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:35 pm
TDF
February 9th, 2012
1:29 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:12 pm
BC every other conf right now is playing catchup to the SEC. Why would would take ourself out of the top conf to go to another conf that in all reality is the 4- 5th best conf??? the 3 teams wouldnt jump the ACC to the top, bc the bottom of the ACC might as well be in the big east.
Plus Clemson and FSU most likely will be out of the ACC and in the big 12 very soon. Which would make VT the only good team that is currently in the ACC
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Clemson and FSU to the Big 12? Where did you hear that? Maybe you’re right. Makes about as much sense as Boise St. and Air Force to the Big East.
But think about it. The Georgia-Florida game would stay intact. Georgia could play both Clemson and South Carolina. Auburn could be scheduled as an OOC game. Who would be in Georgia’s way of going to the Orange Bowl or the BCS title game? My guess is it would be competitve between UGA, UF, Clemson, VPI, GT, and FSU.
Would you rather win a conference championship or have what happened in the dome against LSU?
sUGAr Falling
February 9th, 2012
1:35 pm
Not only do we want to get rid of these “glorified scrimmages,” but I do not think you can find anyone who wants to trade Auburn for either Clemson or Ohio State. 9 conference games is the correct move.
VA DAWG
February 9th, 2012
1:46 pm
I agree that losing Ga/Au and Ala/Tenn would be a disgrace for the SEC. But look around college football today, No more Oklahoma/Nebraska, Texas/Texas A&M, Kansas/Missouri, WVa/Pitt and probably more to come. The SEC has held on longer than most. I hope they can figure out a way to keep these storied rivalries. But I am not hopeful. The Almighty Buck rules college football now and the fans are the Biggest Losers!
Jborodawg
February 9th, 2012
1:46 pm
“…Gordon,Feb 9th @11:47 am. eliminate divisions…”
I agree. That accomplishes both goals of keeping rivalries and staying at the eight-game SEC schedule. We do NOT want a nine-game SEC schedule…we beat up on each other enough as it is, being “the toughest conference in the country”. Nine games would just about guarantee fewer SEC teams in the polls; possibly even eliminate an SEC team from being #1 or #2.
They did away with divisions in BB. It’d be a by-product of expansion. Yep, it rears its ugly head.
No, we do not want to lose the UGA-AU game! It’ll be a sad day if we do. It’s a great tradition; and college football stays vibrant because of tradition.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
1:51 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
1:35 pm
Id rather be in the best conf playing against the best personally. Im not looking for an easier route to the championship. I get it would keep all rivalries entact and that would be huge espcially getting the UGA clemson rivalry going again, but it just will never happen. No team will move out of the SEC.
What happened in the dome, I dont see as bad as most do. I saw a def man handle LSU for a solid 30 mins. And really most of the game (They only had I believe one long drive, where they started on their side of the field and scored)
Our offense just wasnt ready for their D. And when I say our offense I mean Bobo, and frankly our WRs with those costly dropped balls that would have been TDs.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:00 pm
TDF…I understand your points, especially if the SEC is deemed top conference now and for the foreseeable future. I would just think some in the SEC would get tired of cowtowing to Alabama and the almighty Saban. Let’s put Mizzoo in the east so the Iron Bowl won’t be threatened. The Bammers and the Barners get to keep their tradition, but to hell with everyone else.
From my perspective, I see UGA, UF, and USC helping to create a superconference with the ACC moreso than joining an inferior conference.
Let me ask the question a different way, because I really want to read your opinion on this. If UGA, UF, and USC left the SEC, would the SEC still be the top football conference?
mmraines01
February 9th, 2012
2:03 pm
If the game is that important, keep it on the schedule along with the GT game as a permanent rivalry.
UGA FRIEND
February 9th, 2012
2:09 pm
GTBob is a disgrace to all GT fans. He has now implied that he is intimate with Still@the Koolaid Bar. See his 12:18 post. GTBob please drop GT from your tag.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:16 pm
UGA Friend or whatever your other 10 names are. Are you that STUPID to think BOB typed that? You Georgia Government school education is showing.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:19 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:00 pm
If they all joined ACC would no longer be inferior and would actually sky rocket to either number one or 2. That is if they get the division right this time. All three of the new teams would have to go to the weaker Div in the ACC. That would prob make it the most balanced conf depending on who the SEC got to replace the 3 teams.
The SEC for sure would be lopsided and would lose a lot of prestige. so if those three did join the ACC and Clemson and FSU stayed, ACC would likely be the conf to beat. But it would all depend on who the SEC got to replace them and if they evened out the divisions bc you couldnt have Bama AU LSU and ARK all in one division.
Say if Texas and oklahoma took our spots plus another, then SEC would get the nod as the best still bbut the ACC would be right there and the big 12 would be gone.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:27 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:16 pm
calling out someone for multiple handels????? you have like 50 you clown.
And yes we all know you and GTbob have some freaky love going on.
steve
February 9th, 2012
2:29 pm
EASY..Keep one permanent game and have one rotating game. 6 division games one rotating and one permanent game!
Lakedawg
February 9th, 2012
2:30 pm
Still at bar—One of your earlier comments was the first thing you have ever posted that made any sense at all. The other kicker in this deal is Dawgs play at Florida ever year. Playing Tech home and home if we went 9 games Dawgs really get short end of stick particularly the upcoming years with home and home with Clemson and Ohio State.
This year we have 3 home SEC games due to Florida and Tech problem. Who would like to play 6 SEC games on the road some years??
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:30 pm
FTD I have 3 handles 1 for each blog.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:38 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:30 pm
Sure you do, thats why you messed up yesterday and used FTD on a diff handel that you had made up. We all know you have way more than 3. Stop hiding nerd.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
TDF…Agreed. Like you, I think two of the replacements would be Texas and Oklahoma. I think the third replacement would be Oklahoma State. This arrangement would make more sense geographically and would help ensure traditional rivalries remain the same. It would also enhance basketball at the three new ACC schools.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:51 pm
FTD again you show how much you think you know as compared to how much you actually know.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
It certainly would even out college football a little with 2 dominant conf but Like I said before I dont see it happening, unless there was a huge amount of $$$ being thrown at them to do so.
At this point anything would help our bball team. If they would get some money to hire better assistants and increase recruting budget they could be good. Fox is a good recruiter but he needs some good assitants to help him. KCP was a huge get and he is a special player (Had Leslie and Trey stayed, we would be a premier SEC team this year I think and ranked for the first time in 1000 years in bball)
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:56 pm
TDF…the city of Atlanta might lose some revenue if Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina left the SEC for the ACC because the SECCG would probably move back to Legion Field or to the Superdome. Small price to pay for the potential superconference, I say.
TallaDawg
February 9th, 2012
2:57 pm
In the short-run this may look like the wise business move, but in the (relatively short) long-run fans will lose interest after college football loses the TRADITION. Tradition is really what differentiates college football and pro ball.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:58 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:51 pm
hahahahahaha you dont have to be Einstien to know you have more handels than you claim. But keep trying maybe someone will be fooled
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:58 pm
FTD and if your aunt had balls she be your uncle. maybe in your household she is both your aunt & uncle still.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:59 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:56 pm
Yea forgot about that part of the equation. but that would open it up for the ACC championship.
evillurks
February 9th, 2012
2:59 pm
As with everything else in business….once the profits start to roll in…the greed factor goes off the scale. Eventually, they kill the essence of what made something good at first. In just one or two years, college football could easily lose most of its supporters through all of the changes being forced on its fanbases.
They’ll kill the goose eventually. It might just be sooner rather than later.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
3:00 pm
ftd so tell what handles I use on the sports blogs since you know.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
3:01 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
2:58 pm
Wow didnt know ppl still said dumb stuff like that anymore. You do know you are in the same state as I. so any sterotype you play go against you as well. Keep trying nerd.
TallaDawg
February 9th, 2012
3:02 pm
Also, all they have to do is move AU and UA to the East and put Mizzou in the West.
Then, move UK or VU to the West OR get two more teams expressly for the West.
Like Bill said there are not any traditional rivalries that would be upset. (The hype of LSU-UA is recent.)
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:03 pm
TDF
February 9th, 2012
2:54 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
2:44 pm
It certainly would even out college football a little with 2 dominant conf but Like I said before I dont see it happening, unless there was a huge amount of $$$ being thrown at them to do so.
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$$$ rules all. But I think the $$$ could be there if such an arrangement could be made. I think it would be a good fit.
Your Dawgs may surprise all at the SEC tournament.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 9th, 2012
3:13 pm
Bill, didn’t you call Auburn a dirty program? Hypocrite.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
3:15 pm
filters s u c k
TDF
February 9th, 2012
3:16 pm
Yea we could if…… the dome gets hit by another t o r n a d o and G T hosts the rest of the tourney!
TDF
February 9th, 2012
3:17 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 9th, 2012
3:13 pm
Scam Fairley, two very recent very dirty players (one paid for and one just dirty player) Wonder how light the bag man is this month after stealing avery young
ugadawg2005
February 9th, 2012
3:23 pm
Move Auburn and Alabama to the East and Missouri and either Vandy or Kentucky to the West. Missouri needs to play aTm and Arkansas every year, and Vandy/Kentucky would be a good border rivalry. The SEC East would then be Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina and Vanderbilt and the West would be Arkansas, LSU, Missouri, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Miss St, and Texas A&M. I know that seems lopsided, but is it any more lopsided than the current alignment with the balance of power all in the SEC West?
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:25 pm
TDF…the Jackets are homeless right now. Someone else would have to host the tourney, maybe Emory, Oglethorpe, or Life College.
G-Dawg
February 9th, 2012
3:25 pm
The Grinch….especially since the NFL was fighting over $1 Billion in revenue during the last lockout…hell, give some of that money to the LFL.
How bout add another bye week, if they extend the season by a game or two??
G-Dawg
February 9th, 2012
3:27 pm
Have Vandy and Auburn switch divisions.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
3:29 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:25 pm
Forgot about that. My moms boss (mom didnt go to UGA so the joke doesnt work!!!!) is a techie and a huge bball fan, he canceled his tickets this year out of anger that they dont have a real home court this season.
Ed Pilcher
February 9th, 2012
3:31 pm
Bill, I hate to break this to ya, but College Football has ALWAYS been a feeder system for the NFL.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
3:37 pm
Ed Pilcher but the goal of a College Student wasn’t the NFL. A degree was and a good job. Pro Sports haven’t been paying a great wage for all that long compared to the history of the game.
True Tech`
February 9th, 2012
3:39 pm
“We have a chance to completely bury Tech’s program”. Really? LOL that WILL NEVER HAPPEN! Just because you own the series record, doesn’t mean you make or break a football program. That’s just typical Redneck, delusional thinking. Let me get this through your small, bulldog brain: We are not going anywhere. Yea you will beat us, but we are going to play you to the last whistle and eventually beat you idiots. Love it or hate it, we are staying.
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
3:40 pm
I think we should just add another game in general. Play 13, go to a 9 game conference schedule and keep 4 non conference. Hell, who doesn’t want to see more football. I know this will never happen but wishful thinking.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:40 pm
TDF…That’s too bad about your mom’s boss. The Jackets will have a very nice home court soon. Hopefully, we’ll have some nice wins to go with the nice facility.
Your Dawgs will have an opportunity at the SEC tournament. They had a nice win against Arkansas.
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
3:41 pm
@True Tech… do you really think tech students are smarter than uga students?
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:45 pm
Hey Kool-Aid…the percentages are not in favor of the student-athlete making it to the NFL. Best to get the free education while you can. Knees fail, careers end, but no one can take away your education.
G-Dawg
February 9th, 2012
3:46 pm
“the percentages are not in favor of the student-athlete making it to the NFL”
Agree…but try telling that to any HS recruit!! Very few understand the big picture.
Dean
February 9th, 2012
3:47 pm
Just go back to letting the schools make their schedules before the SEC got involved in equally rotating schedules. We rotated in schools nicely. The only thing that didn’t make sense was the yearly game with Ole Miss.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
3:47 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:40 pm
Yea, none of his tech employees (Which is all but 3) were happy either as they got the tickets he didnt use! yall will have a nice team next year and could make a run. When do the new teams come in?
Yea finally played a full game for once! We need big men bad, and we are very young playing mostly freshman and sophmores. The 3 we got coming in for next year will be great additions, just need to add a solid big man and we could turn the corner.
Dean
February 9th, 2012
3:49 pm
Try also expalining that the average career for an NFL athlete is 3 1/2 years. Even if your lucky enough to get past the practice squad it’s not likely they will ever make enough to live off of past their playing days.
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:50 pm
G-Dawg…sadly, you’re right. A major moment in one’s life is when aspiration meets reality.
Bow D
February 9th, 2012
3:56 pm
Why keep the series between AU and UGA? The idea of keeping the status quo is the reason we still don’t have a playoff system to decide a true national champion. Get rid of Auburn and Tech!! Let’s move on!!
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
3:58 pm
Bow D…why stop there? Get rid of scholarships and make football a club sport, like sailing or water skiing.
LHarding Dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:00 pm
I would give up my season tickets if we did away with either Tech or Auburn.
Pago Pago Dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:00 pm
What did you expect when the SEC added T A&M and Missouri! The SEC bigshots really don’t care about the UGA/AU series.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:01 pm
Bow D
February 9th, 2012
3:56 pm
Cant agree. These rivalries are what make college football so great.
cajdawg
February 9th, 2012
4:01 pm
I’d rather go to 9 SEC games.
I know we have been playing Auburn for 100 years but I am fine not playing them every year. I have always viewed GT and UF as our main rivals, I have “football hate” for GT and UF but I respect them, particularly as academic institutions. AU (and Alabama) is now is spillover school for GA kids that can’t get into UGA or GT or Emory. Truth hurts.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:02 pm
FYI UGA just offered a Samoan out of JUCO in cali. Bigger and stronger than Chester.
http://www.hudl.com/athlete/511613/
Link to his highlights
Competition Is What It's All About!!!
February 9th, 2012
4:03 pm
When the SEC added a championship game, everyone was up in arms because the two best teams had the chance to knock each other out of contention for the National Championship picture. Turns out competition makes the league better, duh. Move to 9 games and wipe out the cupcakes and the SEC will end up being even more of a juggernaut than it already is. Not to mention that Tradition is the life-blood of college football and the SEC. If the SEC drops the Auburn game, both sides should boycott the cupcake scheduled in their place. I guarantee that the money lost will quickly change the minds of the ADs. Besides, who cares about going to a game like that anyway, just catch the highlights on ESPN? Fans have the power to make this decision for the AD, not the other way around.
tim scott
February 9th, 2012
4:11 pm
It is bad enough that they keep messing with the uniforms like those things you all wore against Boise. Do what we have to do so as to keep these traditional rivals. Georgia Tech LEFT the SEC FSU had a chance to join the SEC neither UGA nor my Gators should feel bad if they have to dump those games, the ACC needs us much more than we need them. I don’t feel that the SEC owes the AIN’T Competitve Conf anything.
RBDawg
February 9th, 2012
4:11 pm
UGA should drop the Tech game and keep the Auburn game each year. An SEC win will help us more each year than beating an ACC team. Tech is a meaningless game, not even a top 3 rival for UGA. Florida, Auburn, Tennessee would come before them. Easy move for Mcgarity and Adams…keep Auburn, drop Tech.
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:12 pm
@TDF… Do you think the JUCO kid is going to commit? Also, it makes me kind of nervous that he didn’t have committable offers before now. Your thoughts?
mcdaviddawg
February 9th, 2012
4:12 pm
To get rid of one of the high school games it would be a small price to pay if Auburn is on a rotation.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:21 pm
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:12 pm
He is in florida this week visiting UF and will prob get an offer. He doesnt have the offers bc he only has one year left of eligibility, so not everyone needs that. We on the other hand could!
not sure if he will commit, but if we can get him to come by athens I think we have a great shot at him. Especially bc he knows he would most likely start week one for us.
OZZFEST
February 9th, 2012
4:22 pm
McGARRITY : “THE FANS WOULD LOVE IT. BUT…..”
PROOF THE DUDE IS A JERK.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:23 pm
RBDwag how is losing TECh going to make the Auburn game happen. You are talking stupid. Dropping a OOC game will change NOTHING within the conference.
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:23 pm
@TDF… How does he only have 1 year of eligibilty left? Thought juco were only 2 year programs.
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
unless he was at a d-1 school first then went juco.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:26 pm
OZZFEST
February 9th, 2012
4:22 pm
Not really, the but is bc it would be too hard on the players to play 9 SEC games a year. Its a luxury of being in the best conf.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:27 pm
break the Neutral Site Game contracts and go to 9 Conference games and Punt the Ga Southerns of the world off the schedule.
The SEC brain trust doesn’t care about what the fans want because you sheep will cry and whine but still buy the tickets. Until you Sheeple stop spending the money you will never get what you want.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:31 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:27 pm
Im trying to be civil today but you make it hard with your dumb comments. Your team plays in the acc, one of the easiest conf to play in. To the SEC the ACC schedules are filled with 8-9 cupcakes a year.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:31 pm
BS FTD…..to it is too hard on players playing 9 SEC games. You are really DRUNK on the crap the SEC is selling. If 9 SEC games is too hard then how do you think your SEC teams will fair with a Playoff? Want it be too hard then.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:34 pm
FTD…Vandy and Ole Miss teams play a full season facing other SEC teams ONE more game is no big deal. If it is TOO HARD then don’t play the Ga Southerns and have 2 bye weeks in the season.
LakeDawg
February 9th, 2012
4:34 pm
but if the SEC starts throwing away those longstanding traditions that have engendered the fanatical fan support that has provided the foundation of its success, what you end up with is just a feeder league for the NFL.
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Exactly. That’s what I’ve been saying. It will be their undoing. Greed killed the golden goose. The SEC has already lost me. Now I’m just a UGA fan. I couldn’t care less about the in name only SEC. I don’t even know for how much longer I’m going to remain a Dawg fan. I’m losing interest and college football in general and UGA in particular have been a 40 year passion. The powers that be are ruining it for me.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:35 pm
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:31 pm
having to play 9 sec games plus a playoff, yes too grueling. (The SEC is hands down the best conf you clown, with the best defenses. so yes it would be too grueling a season)
The system they have in place now will work just fine, 1 perm opponent and one rotating spot.
gbal
February 9th, 2012
4:36 pm
We want rivalries maintained… We also want to play non divisional teams more than once per year… me want to maintain in state… and we want room for a couple of walkthru’s….
OK – Outside the box here.
Drop the EAST/WEST divisions…
Each team maintains 2 in state or border rivalries. (UF and AU for UGA AU UT for Bama….)
Have the divisions, (lets call them brackets), rotate each year. Teams 1-7 is Bracket A & teams 8-14 are Bracket B in 2012. In 2013, division A is teams 4-10 & B is 1-3 & 11-14. Play all in your division any given year (6 games) and then 2 teams outside the division. If the rivals are not in your division this year, those are your out of division games.
What would you think about rotating divisions or brackests each year. I kinda like the idea. Play all SEC teams more often. It makes is more a confrence than two sub confrences. evens out the strenth in a particular division over time. Think about it!
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:37 pm
@LakeDawg… Since you aren’t interested anymore, can i have your season tickets?
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:42 pm
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:23 pm
Not too sure how he only has one year left, good question, let me see if I can find out why.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:43 pm
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:25 pm
This was the only thing I could think of off the top of my head as well.
You comment over on LHB dont you?
Boise Dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:47 pm
gbal. Interesting plan.. I think I like it. I still want 9 conference games though. I personally have always thought it was a joke the SEC limits it to 8. Now with an 8 game conference schedule each team is only playing 62% of the other teams in the conference.
By limiting a 14 team conference to 8 conference games is only going to create bigger disparity problems from year to year.. where certain teams will have much tougher conference schedules than others depending on how it shakes out. With only 8 conference games, we are still more likely to see a division champion decided because of the ease of their schedule than because they are actually the best team.
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:50 pm
@tdf… sometimes not too often though. spend most my time on 247
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
4:51 pm
TDF…is the Samoan an American Samoan? I felt bad for Chester not being able to live his dream, even if it was with the rival school.
Frank Lane
February 9th, 2012
4:52 pm
Rather lose Tech than Auburn and either would be a shame. this is the age of the internet. Why not let alumni vote or fans vote or ticket holders vote. Easy to set up a vaild poll with today/s technology.
coma toast
February 9th, 2012
4:53 pm
you people are putting way to much stock in this “tradition” crap…this is a business…no one outside of athens and auburn cares how many time uga/auburn have played…full time, big boy schedules are whats coming…tech will come off the schedule next…drop the jax bs with florida…
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:55 pm
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
4:50 pm
Yea thought i recognized you. I posted the question of his eligibility over there. hopefully someone can fill us in!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
4:56 pm
Frank Lane are you kidding? fan vote? Did you see how long it took to get a public vote on Sunday liquor sales? you Still are crazy enough to think the SEC Brain Trust cares one damn bit about you other than your $$$$$$$$.
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:58 pm
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
4:51 pm
Not positive about his status. I would think that UGA learned their lesson already and vetted his citizenship.
Yea really stinnks about chester he would have made a DGD. Wish him the best though!
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:59 pm
Nice chatting with the non trolls today. I promise im very civil and enjoy football banter and chat just as much as everyone else.
Sometimes though the trolls have to be put in their place. (Couch cough GTBob and his GF Koolaid)
TDF
February 9th, 2012
4:59 pm
Bham who ever posted one year was wrong. Socrates said he has 3 years left
Jason
February 9th, 2012
5:03 pm
Yeah trade Auburn for UT Chattanooga – great move
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
Jacket99….True Dawg Fan is playing NICE today because he got OWNED yesterday and even his own Dawg fan started calling him a fool.
RawDawg
February 9th, 2012
5:11 pm
TAM & MIZZOU GTFO!
Jacket99
February 9th, 2012
5:17 pm
Enjoyed it, all. Hope you get to keep Auburn on your schedule.
Bama fan
February 9th, 2012
5:18 pm
I’ll not have it. I’ve always loved the AU-UGA game. Its about as pure as southern football gets. Same with Bama and Tennessee. No way you can abolish those 2 games for a damn cupcake game. Go to the 9 game schedule damnit. It’ll also give one more game to possibly eliminate 3 way ties that have happened on rare occasion.
JD
February 9th, 2012
5:19 pm
Here’s an easy solution….switch Auburn to the East and Tenn to the West.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
JB
February 9th, 2012
10:24 am
TDF is retarded.
Snoop Dawg
February 8th, 2012
11:32 pm
hey morons, do you think that WDE and TDF may be the same person who is getting paid by the 3 Million Dollar Man to run interference for him among the Bulldog Nation?
Meditate on that thought….
Reality bites
February 8th, 2012
4:24 pm
TDF
You really are the biggest idiot on here.
TDF, no doubt
February 8th, 2012
4:19 pm
And we quote “You are an idiot.”
ugalee
February 9th, 2012
5:25 pm
I know the almighty dollar is king but it really makes you wonder what in the world the sec is gaining from a competition standpoint by adding A&m and worse, Missouri. We are talking about destroying century old rivalries for what? A heated missouri/ kentucky border war? Give me a freaking break. I hope all of this crap blows up in the secs face
b-ham dawg
February 9th, 2012
5:28 pm
@tdf… thanks man. lets sign him up can’t have too many big bodies especially the situation we are in
ARdawg
February 9th, 2012
5:38 pm
I don’t see what the big deal is. Let’s give up a cupcake and take Tech off the schedule
THE REAL PHIL
February 9th, 2012
5:53 pm
The problem with lack of “cupcake” games is that people like Ohio State, MI, USC (Cal) and Oregon, Texas, OK etc. play almost ALL cupcake games. Their conference games may be BCS teams but they are no better than many of the 1-AA schools. There is no doubt in my mind that two SEC schools deserve to be playing for the MNC EVERY year. At 8 conference games, the schedule is always light years ahead of most conferences in terms of competition.
Dawg48
February 9th, 2012
6:31 pm
Give me tradition, Or give me death!
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
6:48 pm
A young man goes to the Crossroads expecting to meet the Devil to sell his soul for fortune and fame. He waits for 10 minutes and a LIMO pulls Up. Out jumps Obama. He says in this economy I am willing to give you 1 date with Kim Kardashian, and Food Stamps, Sec 8 housing for a year that is all.
Dog in Nam
February 9th, 2012
7:18 pm
Why is the Ga v Aub series good for college football?…..It is not good for college football…..just because it is an old rivalry….doesn’t matter, even a little bit….this idea of kinship between the 2 schools is total bs…..only thing it helps is AUs recruiting in Georgia……it’s a business and all against whom we recruit are our “enemy”/competition…..all this other drivel is just badly misplaced and ill informed sentimentality……let the conference do what they must…..if this means dropping Tech, I am for that too…..who cares….and that only helps Tech rectuiting in state……let’s play to win natnl and conf. championships……..enough tradition just being in the SEC
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
7:22 pm
Dog in Nam…..you can’t be a real fan of college football then. UGa has tried EVERYTHING for the last 32 years to win a national championship and it hasn’t worked. Why don’t the dawgs just join the Big East maybe that will work for them.
mattman
February 9th, 2012
7:26 pm
I would rather only play GT every 4-6 years than give up UGA vs AU
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
7:29 pm
mattman what does playing TECH have to do with not playing Auburn every year anymore?
Dennis
February 9th, 2012
7:56 pm
I thought Auburn was dirty and hated by the red and black. They tackled your widdle QB real hard last year and you got really really mad.
War Dang Dawg
February 9th, 2012
8:06 pm
Why would anyone want to watch Georgia-Auburn on a yearly basis when we could watch scintillating games against the likes of La.-La. and Idaho State?
Sarcasm aside, college football turned tradition on its head a long time ago. When’s the last time the Cotton Bowl was regarded as a major? Look at the conference championship games, the previously unheard of scheduling of cupcake games against lower division opponents, and bowl games named after websites and fast food restaurants, and the notion that anything is sacred in college football is laughable.
I mean, Texas A&M (SWC) and Missouri (Big
are now freakin’ SEC TEAMS (a conference created in less enlightened times, when geography and tradition actually mattered). That pretty much says it all. Why would anyone expect the Georgia-Auburn rivalry to be immune?
War Dang Dawg
February 9th, 2012
8:08 pm
I typed in the letter eight after Missouri, as in Big Eight. Not sure why a smiley face with sunglasses appeared.
War Dang Dawg
February 9th, 2012
8:09 pm
Dennis, “last year” was 2011, and we beat Auburn like a rented mule.
Peter Rajecki was a heck of a kicker
February 9th, 2012
8:35 pm
The SEC showed their colors, disappointing to this long time Dog season ticket holder, when they went after two teams hundreds of miles away from our previous western most teams, because of television revenue. Growing the conference is fine, but dollars were seemingly the only consideration. I won’t go into the list of possibilities here, but any number of them would have been better choices than Mizzou or T A&M, with no disrespect to those school intended.
The geographical argument concerning Mizzou going to the East, making us look as poorly run as
the Big East (San Diego State, really?) really sickens me, but losing Au/Ga and Tn/Al is really a slap in the face to those who have paid the bills for all of the years until ESPN came long….the fans.
9 conference games, Tech and two cupcakes is plenty. Some years we could drop a cupcake and play a decent team, but why not play those teams in a bowl instead?
Money ruined pro sports, and college sports are on the precipice.
AceDawg
February 9th, 2012
9:06 pm
The refined truth: THIS SUCKS. It sucks to lose playing Auburn, but it also sucks to only play one additional SEC West team per year. I’d rather some sort of 3 division 4 team setup come about where somehow the SEC determines two teams for the championship or makes a 4 team playoff. Yes, that seems absurd, but I hate the first two scenarios so much, as well as a 9 game schedule, that I’d actually prefer the absurdity of 3 divisions.
bamaboy
February 9th, 2012
9:52 pm
What else can Ga. do to make there weak schedule weaker? I don’t know but they will think of something.
Seriously
February 9th, 2012
9:56 pm
The draw of the SEC is history, tradition, and the rivalries. If we do away with UGA/Auburn, we (the SEC) are giving up what made us great and desirable in the interest of just getting bigger… doesn’t make much sense to me. Seems like we should stick with what has worked for all these years (traditional rivalries) and incorporate the new schools rather than change what got us here in the first place.
BabsTolstoy
February 9th, 2012
10:50 pm
As an Auburn man I’m heartened to see the leg humpers support of this rivalry. My mom’s a leg humper too and we have a bet every year. She has owned me lately of course but it is great fun being one of the richest games in the sport. Only idiots would throw that away. It took too long to earn. Even the mullets in Tuscaloosa love to hate the Vols. I undertand that. It’s a part of the DNA. Pray something like this doesn’t happen. My mom and I would be sad. But it would save me a dollar every year.
gtkenz
February 9th, 2012
11:30 pm
Bad for College Football, but apparently good for UGAg. With a little luck the puppies will miss the entire West every season. And who said the Irish had all the luck? Oops, there’s still that game in ATL every year……..ouch!!
LEGAL EAGLE
February 9th, 2012
11:39 pm
COMMON SENSE has the right idea. Move BAMA and AUBURN to the EAST and put TEXAS A & M with MISSOURI in the WEST. Old rivalries remain and new rivalries wil be born. FLORIDA-AUBURN every year is like the good ol’days. ARKANSAS-MISSOURI will heat up and there is MISSOURI-LSU every year becoming a new rivalry. Forget the $$$$ and make it fun for the fans—-or the FANS find something else to do with their money.
War Dang Dawg
February 10th, 2012
1:09 am
“My mom’s a leg humper too…”
You know, you could go the entire rest of your life and not expect to read or hear that statement again. Well done, Babs.
Peach Fuzz
February 10th, 2012
5:23 am
Why not schedule 14 games, then do away with bowl games and the
bogus MNC.
Peach Fuzz
February 10th, 2012
5:31 am
Watching college FB implode right before our very eyes.
BabsTolstoy
February 10th, 2012
7:10 am
Hey, I love my mom but it is what it is. Once a leg humper…
G-Dawg
February 10th, 2012
7:18 am
Momma’s a leg humper…thats hilarious!! Happy Friday everyone!!!!
jambak
February 10th, 2012
7:19 am
one look at this season’s home football schdule shows just how right you are. I drive four and a half hours one way to see the Dawgs. Half the home schedule for this year is not even worth the effort
BobDawg
February 10th, 2012
8:06 am
JAMBAK, you said it. you almost have to count Fl/Ga as a “home-game” each year to prop up our home schedule. I like what Common Sense said also and rivalries would really heat up with Bama and AuBarn in the East. Could it get as bad as the fanatical Soccer rivalries???? the AD’s will figure this out eventually… Crimson 75 is correct, we ain’t done expanding….
Whiskey Breath
February 10th, 2012
8:14 am
I respect your opinion Bill, but Ga seems to have a tendency to line up those cup cake games.
It is the out of conference games that indicate a cup cake schedule. If I am the Ga fans, I would
be a little ticked. The tickets are too expensive to have to watch cup cake games. I understand
the AD’s make the conference schedules, but it doesn’t mean they don’t dodge the best teams.
CMR is sure aware of it when he was on the hot seat.
RedandBLackDAWG
February 10th, 2012
8:20 am
I would hate to see this old rivalry end due mainly to the fact that the SEC, wanted to make more money and expand it’s TV market. The SEC has won 6 BCS NC’s in a row so I think the visibility is pretty much there in the TV market. The SEC already makes a heck of a lot of money, so I pose the question, “How much is too much”. Does the SEC have any concern for the fans that support them, or is it really just a business for Slive and company? We added two teams, one from the south west and one from the mid west, neither of which, carries the fine tradition of the SEC football schools. I guess the stated purpose was to bring in a bigger market share of the TV world, thus more money. Other than that reason, what was the purpose? The name SEC is really a misnomer now with these two teams being far from the South Eastern U.S. geographically. When you start making moves that destroy the very fiber of your conference and could endanger rivalries that have existed for over a century, just for some money, the conference could live without, it is time to look at a shake up at the SEC head quarters.
Post #116: Friday Morning Hangover « sugarfalling
February 10th, 2012
8:31 am
[...] Blawg:“Dumping Georgia-Auburn rivalry would be bad for college football.” Just in case you haven’t gotten the point [...]
gbal
February 10th, 2012
8:49 am
Whiskey Breath – Be realistic and fair in your comments….
Every SEC team schedules a couple of cupcake games each year so dont try to say its a UGA thing. Look at Bama, LSU, UT, Fla, AU, … we all scheduled these games last year. No exception.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
8:51 am
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
hahahahahah never once been owned by anyone sorry clown. Keep trying though maybe one day you can beat me. But until then sit in the corner little boy.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
8:52 am
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
hahahahahah you quote a conspiracy theory and Snoop- one of the biggest clowns on here??? ahahahhahhahaha keep trying loser.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
8:54 am
bamaboy
February 9th, 2012
9:52 pm
Funny considering SEC office makes the schedule for SEC games retard
TDF
February 10th, 2012
8:55 am
gtkenz
February 9th, 2012
11:30 pm
Actually moron, if we lost the AU rivaly, we would rotate west teams in 2 2 year spots, like it was before the expansion. Learn something before you post
gbal
February 10th, 2012
8:56 am
we could maintain the 8 games and rotate a divisional team off the schedule each year to allow picking up a non divisional game or maintain the rivalry games.
In fact, I wouldnt mind rotating two divisional games off each year to pick up a second non divisional SEC game.
OR even ditch the fixed divisions and shuffle all SEC teams from year to year to allow playing each confrence team more often. Could maintain a couple of rivalry/in state/border war games each year and
TDF
February 10th, 2012
8:57 am
Whiskey Breath
February 10th, 2012
8:14 am
Every SEC team has easy OOC not just UGA.
TheItalianDawg
February 10th, 2012
9:00 am
I think Auburn will be the biggest loser as they lived on the Georgia Talents for many years and losing this game with Georgia willl affect their recruiting
BigGAdawg
February 10th, 2012
9:05 am
Make the UGA/UF game home and home and just add one more year to the rotation between the schools in the other conference. Otherwise LEAVE IT ALONE!!!
crossdawg
February 10th, 2012
9:16 am
Maybe some AD’s need to grow a set & continue with the big rival games. Since they don’t hesitate to continue to squeeze the fans for every possible $$, I feel that they owe us somethink back.
robodawg
February 10th, 2012
9:21 am
This is so stupid it should not even be crossing McGarity’s lips.
The St Louis television market is not worth losing the South’s Oldest Rivalry.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
9:25 am
robodawg
February 10th, 2012
9:21 am
If the SEC can get a big enough market they can get out of their contract with ESPN and sign a better one similar to what Texas got. Basically you can blame Texas for all this shifting going on. Once they got that contract it angered the others in the big 12 and they started to look for another conf and then it was a domino effect accross the confs.
Joe
February 10th, 2012
9:28 am
Put Au and UA in the East, move UK to the West and see how many people will come to the UF,UGA,AU,UT,SC,Vandy, and UA play.
Then you would have LSU, TAM, UM, MSU, Ole Miss Ark, and UK. in the West. Play three across. that would be nine. Half would have 4 home games the other half would have five home games the problem then is the ga uf game being neutral. If at anytime we play tech in atlanta that means we could actually have five away sec games one neutral game and tech in atlanta and three home sec games plus two home games to schedule making our schedule six away one neutral and five home games. That would hurt financially.
Dumping GT is a great idea and here is why...
February 10th, 2012
9:44 am
UGA needs to dump the home and away thing with GT. Tech does not bring a thing to the table and in fact, if UGA wins ( usually) UGA does not move up in the polls, like this past year. We won but dropped a notch. They bring nothing to the table, gang. GREAT SCHOOL GT is but in football ……………. they bring NOTHING to this $$$ discussion.
Auburn IS in our conference, and ONE OF OUR BIGGEST three games. This UGA/AU game does get good TV ratings around the larger area and we are BOTH SEC caliber upper level teams and usually one or the other, OR sometimes both, could be playing for much higher post season stakes …………..like a trip to ATL to play in the SEC CG or vying for selection to a major bowl. This is a core reason why UGA needs to dump GT and play them maybe 2 times over 5 years.
To defeat Tech means that we ( UGA) defeated a school that has been to ONLY three major bowls since 1955 ……………… the 1955 Sugar, 67 Orange and 09 Orange. AU and UGA in this same era of 56 years? has likely been to the Cotton Bowl maybe 7 or 8, 10 times times, Sugar 10-12-15 times and Orange Bowl maybe 2, 3, 4 times; not to mention tons of almost major majors of Capital One and Outback Bowls. Tech has never been considered for these bowls.
Dump Georgia Tech …………………..an idea who s time has come.
JaxDawg2
February 10th, 2012
9:49 am
Move Bama and Auburn to the SEC East…move Missouri and Vanderbilt to the SEC West. Problem solved.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
10:01 am
JaxDawg2
February 10th, 2012
9:49 am
Then you have a lopsided east with an easy west???
Jerry Blooger
February 10th, 2012
10:12 am
We go to games. All of my family would rather dump auburn than tech. Just saying, auburn fans at their place are the worst in college football period.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
10:23 am
Jerry Blooger
February 10th, 2012
10:12 am
AU is a much better game than GT. At least AU can beat us even now and then.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
10:24 am
every now and then
UGA Insider
February 10th, 2012
10:28 am
College football is on full self destruct mode now. Ratings and attendance are down across the board and fans like me are getting bored fast. I personally have never watched so much NFL in my lifetime…yet so little FBS. Let’s be honest… the MNC was a total snoozefest and the ratings were down 20%. College football is trending downward in all states except the state of Alabama and those reasons are obvious.
G-Dawg
February 10th, 2012
10:28 am
If we drop Tech..will it drop their Trolls too on here?
G-Dawg
February 10th, 2012
10:31 am
No Bama or Burn in West? Then LSU rolls each year!!!
G-Dawg
February 10th, 2012
10:31 am
No Bama or Burn in West? Then LSU rolls each year!!!
gbal
February 10th, 2012
10:41 am
Its differet no doubt, but I like the idea of breaking up the fixed east/west divisions…
Have two fixed rivalry/in state/border war games each year…
Have the 7 team divisions rotate each year… 3 teams rotate out and 3 new teams rotate in. This allows two consecutive years that you would play a team, which works for a home and away.
It allows all SEC teams to play each other twice every 4 years minimum.
The winners of each division play in the SECCG as current.
Id much rather play the current wast teams more often than alwyas playing UT, SC, Vandy, Kentucky. Good to mix up the games and feel more like a single confrence than two separate confrences.
JJohnson
February 10th, 2012
10:45 am
No Georgia-Auburn? Not just no, but hell pecker no.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
10:47 am
gbal
February 10th, 2012
10:41 am
dont forget the SEC is cyclical. Before too long Florida and Tenn will be up and LSU and Bama down. And the east is back to being the harder division like it was 5-10 years ago. Its just how it goes in the SEC.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
11:43 am
“AU is a much better game than GT. At least AU can beat us even now and then.”
AU owns the all-time win record over UGA. UGA has been very good against Auburn in the CMR.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
11:44 am
“Just saying, auburn fans at their place are the worst in college football period.”
At least the fans aren’t sitting in jail like UGAG fans.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
11:46 am
“I think Auburn will be the biggest loser as they lived on the Georgia Talents for many years and losing this game with Georgia willl affect their recruiting”
Says more about UGAG than it does Auburn. Says that UGAG sucks at recruiting in-state talent. Cam Newton for instance.
gbal
February 10th, 2012
11:47 am
yes – the strength will shift at some point but regardless, I think I would like rotating the schedule every year vs playing the same divisional teams each year. drop the “regional divisions… make a new bracket or division each year that rotates teams from year to year. Play your round robbin against your bracket teams and the winner goes to the big game. Rather play all the current west teams every 2 years than the same divisional teams every year.
Mtn Dawg
February 10th, 2012
11:49 am
Mike ‘Slime’ and his cronies should be horse whipped for sacrificing these traditions. Money isn’t everything and never will be.
DawgByte
February 10th, 2012
12:02 pm
I would argue there is no more important rivalry in college football worth saving than UGA and Auburn!
I defy anyone to identify a more COMPETITIVE series across college football than that of Georgia and Auburn, with a single win separating the two teams. AU owns the series lead by one game, while UGA has scored more points. This is also I highly unique rivalry, which includes mutual respect and a classy relationship amongst fan bases.
If a choice has to be made I would argue for dropping Georgia Tech. Tech has proven year-after-year that they can not compete against Georgia on the football field. Moreover, their fan base does not support their program with enough enthusiasm to warrant allowing them the privilege to play UGA.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:06 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
11:43 am
Yea I know they do. Like you said I was refering to Richts tenure
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:07 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
11:44 am
Ummm…… you mean bama fan??
Run along little troll before you get embarrassed
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:09 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
11:46 am
hahahahahaha thanks for really showing how stupid you are! Richt cant recruit in GA???? what recruiting website do you follow little boy??? Richt owns this state and will continue to do so. 160 D1 football players from GA alone. Last time I check you could only have 85 schollys and sign 25-28 kids???
How do suggest we get the rest???
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:10 pm
DawgByte
February 10th, 2012
12:02 pm
Amen!
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
12:24 pm
If a choice has to be made I would argue for dropping Georgia Tech. Tech has proven year-after-year that they can not compete against Georgia on the football field. Moreover, their fan base does not support their program with enough enthusiasm to warrant allowing them the privilege to play UGA.
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Good point. We need to be at least as supportive of our team as the fans of Coastal Carolina and Idaho State, to use a couple of the privileged few as an example.
Cullowheedawg
February 10th, 2012
12:27 pm
go to the 9 game schedule, I DO NOT want to lose AU/UGA and if the Tech game is the issue, I would rather give it up then Auburn. Actually I think that in most years, esp. with Johnson, Tech is a CUPCAKE. We need to keep them on for that reason and then the 9 game deal works very well for us. Cullowheedawg
Dump Tech
February 10th, 2012
12:45 pm
I know it is not possible, but I would rather dump Tech and keep Auburn!!! Tech is really nothing more than an occasional pest for the Dawgs!!!
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:53 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
12:24 pm
If i had to choose which one to keep and drop. Id keep AU, just bc its better for competition. Could you imagine what the “Easy Schedule” clowns would say if we lose AU rivalry but keep GT?
Not a knock on tech, but you could only imagine those trolls and clowns would have a field day with it.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
12:57 pm
TDF
Wake me up when you precious leg humpers actually do something significant.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
12:58 pm
“Could you imagine what the “Easy Schedule” clowns would say if we lose AU rivalry but keep GT?”
Yeah, we’d still make fun of you.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:59 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
12:57 pm
What like win the east and play in the sECCG??? Yea that happened in Dec. and will again this december.
Care to enlighten us to what crappy team you cheer for little troll?
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
12:59 pm
“hahahahahaha thanks for really showing how stupid you are! Richt cant recruit in GA????”
What significant player has UGAG recruited recently?
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
1:00 pm
“What like win the east and play in the sECCG??? ”
1: UGAG didn’t beat a good team all year.
2: What what that score agains?
“Care to enlighten us to what crappy team you cheer for little troll?”
One that has won the national title since 1980.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
1:04 pm
@ retard hahahaha
Are you really this dumb??? We have gotten the top state player 2 years in a row.
This year see JHC and Jordan Jenkins picking us over a bunch of top SEC schools.
Last year see Ray Drew and Crowell do the same thing.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
1:06 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
1:00 pm
Well we beat AU and GT when they were ranked. Lost less games than SCjr and earned a spot in the SECCG
42-10 with LSU being held to 12 yards in the first half with 0 first downs. And then only allowing 1 long drive all game (1 maybe 2 TDs where they started on their side of the field). the rest was on our offense turning it over and dropping passes.
hahahaha yea sure they did, keep hiding you clown.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
1:34 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
1:00 pm
whered you go??????? dont be scared
RxDawg
February 10th, 2012
1:40 pm
It won’t destroy college football if this happens. But it sure will suck. Traditional rivalries across the nation are being dropped in favor of progression.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
1:47 pm
RxDawg
February 10th, 2012
1:40 pm
Yea, wont destroy it, but it would kill whats great about college football. Next thing you know Navy and Army wont play anymore!
DocDawg
February 10th, 2012
1:50 pm
I don’t like it. Tech is increasingly irrelevant, especially now that they have deemphasized football, but they are our in-state rival. And we’re being asked to give up Auburn because somehow Texas A&M and Mizzou are more important? We’ve never played those teams. Make them play each other every year. Leave the schedule like it is, and just add A&M to the rotation through the west.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
1:52 pm
DocDawg
February 10th, 2012
1:50 pm
Great post and my thoughts exactly
TDF
February 10th, 2012
1:54 pm
Robert N. visiting Athens this weekend
gbal
February 10th, 2012
1:59 pm
Stay at 8 sec games. Lock one rivalry out of division. rotate one division team off the schedule each year and rotate two west teams each year.
Driving the polls is a key on this subject, friends
February 10th, 2012
2:20 pm
For UGA to whip MIZZO and/or A&M along with their SEC schedule, that is a far better bowl consideration scenario than whipping a team ( GT) whose fanss will not come out to support them, unless UGA or Clemson coem to town.
The area’s sports WRITERS have no respect for GT, beyond maybe Augusta or Valdosta or Columbus, Ga. but poll any major sports writer across the USA about UGA whupping A&M or MIZZO and if that gets gets their attention or does Georgia Tech. Hmmm?
BRAND BUILDING and BRAND REINFORCING is what the SEC is doing. Whay should UGA llow GT to enoy some of that glow??? When UGA quit playing Clemson, their program began to slide. This will finally cause GT to drop to the Furman or Citadel ranks where they belong …………….if UGA dumps them.
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:37 pm
TDF
February 10th, 2012
12:53 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
12:24 pm
If i had to choose which one to keep and drop. Id keep AU, just bc its better for competition. Could you imagine what the “Easy Schedule” clowns would say if we lose AU rivalry but keep GT?
Not a knock on tech, but you could only imagine those trolls and clowns would have a field day with it.
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Dadgum filters. If I was a Dawg fan, I would be angry if Auburn or Tech was dropped from the schedule but Coastal Carolina and Idaho State were still on the schedule. I am still p i s s e d off that Tech doesn’t play Auburn every year but we have Western Carolina and MTSU on the schedule.
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:38 pm
BRAND BUILDING and BRAND REINFORCING is what the SEC is doing. Whay should UGA llow GT to enoy some of that glow??? When UGA quit playing Clemson, their program began to slide. This will finally cause GT to drop to the Furman or Citadel ranks where they belong …………….if UGA dumps them.
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You’re right. Clemson slid all the way down to the lowly Orange Bowl. If only UGA had continued to schedule Clemson. Sigh.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
2:42 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:37 pm
Yea I would hate to lose either game. SEC just needs to stick to what it is now and rotate in one team from the west. For UGA that would be bama in 13 and 14 followed by ARKY and LSU (Not sure which one first)
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:46 pm
TDF
February 10th, 2012
2:42 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:37 pm
Yea I would hate to lose either game. SEC just needs to stick to what it is now and rotate in one team from the west. For UGA that would be bama in 13 and 14 followed by ARKY and LSU (Not sure which one first)
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That would probably work. I still like our idea from yesterday for UGA, UF, and USCe to tell Alabama and the SEC to stick it and join the ACC.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
2:49 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:38 pm
I think the point here is that when we stopped playing clemsoon they stopped being able to get extra exposure to all the GA recruits. Dont think it hurts them that bad bc they are very close to GA anyways (Stones throw into SC pretty much) And shouldnt have much trouble having them come visit.
And dont think it would affect tech either as yall are in the state of GA.
So in reality lose of exposure only hurts teams far away, not ones that are right next to each other.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
2:50 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:46 pm
hahahaha that would help solve the disparity in conf toughness for sure!
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:54 pm
So in reality lose of exposure only hurts teams far away, not ones that are right next to each other.
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I agree with that, TDF. The same would also apply to Auburn and FSU. Also, Clemson does play in the state of Georgia every other year. The thing that has suprised me the past couple of years is the number of Georgia kids who commit to Kentucky. What are your thoughts as to why that is? Seems like a weird pipeline to me.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
2:55 pm
“Are you really this dumb??? We have gotten the top state player 2 years in a row.”
Stay classy, UGAGer.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
3:01 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
2:54 pm
Yea I have noticed that too. A lot of the smaller named prospects head that way. Blaylock twins out of walton are going. We tried to snag one of them but they were a package deal and only KY offered that deal up. I think this year they had like 22 guys from GA when we played them.
They usually dont grab any real big prospects out of GA but sometimes they will. but most are usually lower named prospects that got passed up by us and the other big SEC teams that cherry pick from GA, but still wanted to be in the SEC.
The fact they get so many kids from here thugh is what always makes the KY game interesting. Those kids want nothing more than to beat UGA and prove they missed out on some great players.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
3:03 pm
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
2:55 pm
Guess that means you give up and realize you were wrong?????
Thanks for playing
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
3:07 pm
But it’s like they leapfrog over UT to get to Lexington. UT cherry picked Da’Rick Rogers, but who else? We often criticize our coaches for not going after some more of these recruits that escape to UK. Don’t know if it is academic issues or lack of effort.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
3:12 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
3:07 pm
I dont know whats up in Tenn. they didnt land a single OL recruit for 2012. They were even slow to introduce Dooley to the Berry twins. Which could really hurt Tenn, who is banking on them signing with them. Kids werent happy they are just now getting looked at by tenn. hopefully they want to make a name for themselves elsewhere!! (cough cough UGA).
I would guess a lot of it has to do with academics but not all of it. CPJ has a very weird recruiting style, and misses on some good talent bc of it. There is no reason yall shouldnt be taking away some of the defensive players that escape to UK, but on the offensive side yall only look for very specific players to fit the TO.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
3:18 pm
The other one they picked was Eric Berry. Huge get for them earlier in the decade.
Tenn will be intersting to watch this year. If they stink it up Dooley is out, and Kirby will be in. That will really mess will bama and their Def recruits and would likely cost them the Berry Twins (Unless they have developed a relationship with Kirby already)
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
3:20 pm
Right. A dual threat quarterback would be ideal. We often talk about what the TO would have looked like with RGIII at QB. I would have thought the rushing numbers would attract more RB’s, like Mike Davis (I know he went to the Chickens and not the Kittens).
I think Tennessee is a cautionary tale for Dawg fans who want to get rid of Richt. Things haven’t gone so well at Rocky Top since they fired Fulmer.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
3:34 pm
Jacket99
February 10th, 2012
3:20 pm
Great post. With a dual threat QB tech would open up the triple option to actually have a passing attack. Dual threat for QB for yall is hands down the best otion. Isnt that QB yall signed this year a dual threat? (The one yall stole away from Bama, love saying anyone stole from bama!)
Im surprised too that it doesnt attract more highly rated RBs. with as much as yall run the ball you could have 3-4 RBs get 10+ touches a game. But then again Im not really up to speed on the difference in RBs yall look for, for A and B backs.
Ding Ding Ding, great example. I have been saying this as well. Just take one look at them and then ppl should (But some will still cry) see that thats not what we want. There are no good experienced coaches out there looking for a job, we would be regressing 12 years to fire him and start over with a brand new HC thats still wet behind the ears.
RedandBLackDAWG
February 10th, 2012
4:19 pm
I think Clemson and UGA have a home and away series starting in 2013. Could be wrong on the year but I know they have scheduled the home and away series, or at least that is what was reported.
TDF
February 10th, 2012
4:19 pm
RedandBLackDAWG
February 10th, 2012
4:19 pm
Think you are right on that 2013 and 2014
Still@theKool-aidBAR
February 10th, 2012
4:34 pm
poor TRUE DWAG FAN stuck on the old blog. Couldn’t come over to the Recruiting Blog about Vandy’s Coach and his comments.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
“Guess that means you give up and realize you were wrong?????”
No, I just realized that you’re most likely a special ed student.
HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAH
February 10th, 2012
5:38 pm
“I think Tennessee is a cautionary tale for Dawg fans who want to get rid of Richt.”
Except for the fact that Fulmer accomplished more than Richt.
B Howard
February 10th, 2012
5:48 pm
Want to not play SC because cant beat THE OLD BALL COACH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Factor
February 10th, 2012
6:25 pm
@ B Howard
What a pinhead you are with that ignorant comment.
Troy Barkman
February 10th, 2012
7:29 pm
Best solution is: Kick out Missouri and Mississippi St. got enough bulldogs and tigers anyway
Stars and Bars
February 10th, 2012
7:32 pm
Or maybe get rid of the border states Missouri and Kentucky, then talk to Virginia and UNC and see if they want to get the band back together.
Joliet Jake
February 10th, 2012
7:38 pm
The band!
cantondawg
February 10th, 2012
7:39 pm
Drop GT and keep Auburn. Dawgs need a break before the SEC Championship anyway and know one cares about the UGA/GT game except GT.
anythingbutred
February 10th, 2012
9:42 pm
Auburn v. Georgia is what college football is all about. Georgia is a much better rivalry for Auburn fans because the rivalry is healthy (it is basically one week a year) and the games are usually great. Auburn v. uat is a hate thing. Auburn v. Georgia is a respect thing. The SEC should never end this rivalry on an annual basis.
over1861
February 10th, 2012
11:05 pm
When did the conferences start running college football? I thought the universities contracted their own schedules. I have fell out with adding Missouri and Texas A&M already! These conference commissioners have become gods on earth!