Are Dawgs a legitimate preseason Top 10 team?

First go dawgs

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“Georgia seems a little high”

It’s the brownies talking.

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Top 10 definitely.

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I think the Dawgs are right where they should be.

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Top 10 based on likely number of wins. Not Top 10 based on ability to beat other high quality teams.

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I am a Dawg fan….and #6 seems high to me.
10-15 I would say.

#6 is a reach.
Especially with that line….MY GOD! That line! WE ARE SO THIN THERE!We will have to count on the freshman Theus! JUST a Freshman!!!

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We finish in the top 10 I will be happy. Very happy.

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Love my Dawgs, I too have high expectations. So, im going out on a limb and say yes. They SHOULD be the 6th best team in the country……

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SSIgator

May 1st, 2012
10:52 am

“Mark Richt’s 2012 challenge: Managing high expectations for his team”

Didn’t we see this movie in 2008? We all know how that turned out.

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Must be so depressing to be a Gator fan these days so they resort to coming on a UGA blog trying to talk trash. they will be lucky to crack the top 20 this year. Urban really did break you guys.

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Oh I forgot GT was top ten at one point last year and finished bottom 50

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I sure wish we could be even with UGA or S. Carolina.
Man we can’t even get even with Vandy.
Muschamp do you hear the fat lady warming up?

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When will UGA get real football schedule and play somebody?

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Four months and one week until SEC kickoff. Until that game is played, UGA deserves to be ranked about #19.

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UGA will probably play at most, one ranked team this season. I still don’t think they end up in the top 10. They will lose to somebody they shouldn’t.

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We played only 4 ranked teams last year and LOST ALL 4. Haven’t really added anybody in particular but lost boykin and glenn. If we had an even average schedule we’d be a 7 – 4 team. This coming off a loss against central florida in the bowl game the prior year. We’ll always be a joke with our offensive play calling and never a factor in a big game.

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i like to start the year around 15th-i think it is too high but if we are undeafeated after USC its where we would be anyway

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GTBob -

Ever notice that when kerryb shows up our blog names get hijacked? I guess he is too shy to use his own when he posts under someone elses name.

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No way in hell top 10. Soft schedule, soft coach, soft cornerback (BSmith) & soft QB. 3-4 slip-ups will wreck the season. And as written previously, a spiraling out of control mid year/end of year could doom Richt; a la Phil Fulmer’s swan song.

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big dawg

May 1st, 2012
11:21 am

We played only 4 ranked teams last year and LOST ALL 4. Haven’t really added anybody in particular but lost boykin and glenn. If we had an even average schedule we’d be a 7 – 4 team. This coming off a loss against central florida in the bowl game the prior year. We’ll always be a joke with our offensive play calling and never a factor in a big game.

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Wrong. Auburn was ranked when we beat them. Georgia Tech was ranked when we beat them.

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I can promise you without a doubt that I don’t hijack your names. I copy your comments and throw them back at you but I won’t hijack your name. Mainly because I hate it when someone doe’s that to me.

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Wrong. Auburn was ranked when we beat them. Georgia Tech was ranked when we beat them.

I think he mean’t teams that finished ranked. Nobody cares about teams who were overrated in the middle of the season.

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i guess its possible with the cream puff schedule they have, buffalo, missouri, florida atlantic, vandy, i dont think i have to go on from there just pull the schedule up. they could legitimately go 10-2 possible losses to s.c. and fla. or tenn. cant see them losing to all three.

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When you go to Alabama to play football, you are promised NFL riches. When you are promised NFL riches, you don’t worry about grades. When you don’t worry about grades, you end up working at Krystal. Don’t smell like onions at Krystal. Avoid Alabama.

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I hate to say it but the ranking is too high and until CMR & staff prove otherwise, they’ll be outcoached in one or two important games and lose when they shouldn’t. All you folks can bash the GT and Florida bloggers that come on here all you want but unfortunately they bring up valid points when it comes to UGA football. I want the Dawgs to win a SEC title as well as a NC but we’ve been down this road before and found the bridge was out. Some teams can jump the bridge but CMR & staff slammed on the brakes and fell into the creek. I need to give credit to Smokey & the Bandit on that one. The focus of this blod was whether or not UGA is ranked properly or not. I say they’re too high but would love to be proved wrong! Go Dawgs!!!

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Too far up the rankings to start in my opinion. Somewhere around 12 sounds right.

I have expectations that UGA will do very well in 2012.

The defense will be loaded and will lose a ton of players in 2013 to the NFL.

To me it’s no more excuses time in Athens

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Are you going to tout Georgia Tech players and fans are mind readers now.

No, its common sense and most statistical websites show that UGA played 4 ranked teams last year. Why? Because they used the ranking at the end of the year. And they went 0-4 against those teams. If you want to pretend that Auburn and GT were great teams last year though, go right ahead.

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dman

May 1st, 2012
11:36 am

i guess its possible with the cream puff schedule they have, buffalo, missouri, florida atlantic, vandy, i dont think i have to go on from there just pull the schedule up. they could legitimately go 10-2 possible losses to s.c. and fla. or tenn. cant see them losing to all three.

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Like I said, you can’t help how sorry the programs are on your schedule. The SEC sets the conference schedule and it has been the same for years. We are always going to have Tech and a couple of non-conference teams. During the 2000’s the east was the strongest in the SEC and the West the weakest. It has now flip the last few years. It will flip back again sooner or later. Also, UGA will not lose to USC, UF, ans especially not TN in Athens this year. TN will be lucky to stop us from scoring aa many points as we want to against them.

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You can’t help your schedule and how sorry teams like Tech,TN, and KY will be on your schedule.

True, you can’t, but that doesn’t change the fact that UGA did not beat any good teams last year.

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Dawg Haus

May 1st, 2012
10:48 am

Agree w/Dawg Haus. Still a lot of questions about this team. Big ?? is special teams, new kickers and will they be better on KO and punt return coverage. It was awful to watch last seasons ST play. Even w/the infusion of new RB’s there may be a drop off in an already anemic running game. The departures and suspensions may cost them a game or two early on in the season. When Murray was on he was good but when he was pressured he made some game losing decisions. Not all his fault with some of the questionable playcalling from upstairs.

As good as the D looked in games they also looked desperate in the 4 losses last season. Part of that may be a letdown by under performing Offense. They have big kids but lack the strength and conditioning when compared to AL D players.

With few exceptions, based on last seasons performance and wins and losses, No. 6 is wishful thinking. Just being realistic here. Too many unanswered questions and the whole summer to go for players to stay out of trouble which could make things more gloomier if they lose more to suspensions, etc. You also have to consider that the opposition in the SEC for the most part will be improved making W’s a little harder to come by. They’re more like a top 15 team at this point in time.

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I like the fact that we stunk up the world at the end of last season. The 2008 team had too much pressure which lead to it’s demise. This team really has no pressure and can go out and just play.

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I hope the Dawgs have a great season and always pull for them. Having said that, I am not a blind homer who thinks that just because their my team they will win every game. Some of you on here think if someone points out facts that they are not true fans of the team. I want the Dawgs to win a MNC and the teams in the Richt Era, while very good most years, are just not Championship quality. Discipline issues every single year, always lose games to teams they should beat, and they cannot beat high quality teams. While it sucks to admit those things they are facts that cannot be ignored.

I HOPE they win it all this year; however, I’m reminded of that ole saying “hope in one hand and crap in the other, and see which one fills up first”.

Go Dawgs!
GO BRAVES!

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Desert fox

It would appear we can get through the first couple of games with the suspensions. Although you bring up some good points in the kickers, ST and I’m still not sold on the Oline, traditionally we stumble when we shouldn’t and I expect we will next year but I am ready to gulp a few swallows of the kool-aid

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“Georgia seems a little high”

It’s the brownies talking.

Mark Richt’s 2012 challenge: Managing high expectations for his team”

Didn’t we see this movie in 2008? We all know how that turned out.

SSIgator

May 1st, 2012
11:28 am
GTBob -

Ever notice that when kerryb shows up our blog names get hijacked? I guess he is too shy to use his own when he posts under someone elses name.

SSIgator

May 1st, 2012
11:49 am
Hunting Dawg -

That is not how this blog operates. This is for Kool-Aid drinkers only. Anyone contrary to that opinion will be scorned and ridiculed. The leaders of the club, AltamahaDawg and DawginLex, have yet to arrive today so it has been rather bland so far. Check back later.

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Her are examples of SSIGator’s blog posts.

Shots at UGA and Richt. Accusations toward other bloggers that are not true and personal shots at me and Altamaha not to mention her favorite Kool Aid line.

Now you tell me who is the idiot here?

It’s SSI hands down.

Still looking for Florida in these rankings.

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SSIgator

May 1st, 2012
11:58 am

UGA Insider

May 1st, 2012
11:54 am

UGA will be undefeated and ranked #2 in the country when we head to Jax! After that I have no idea what happens…

Book it!

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Here is a little hint for you – UGA has not beaten UF two years in a row since the 80’s

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The 80’s have returned. UGA is on the rise while Florida sucks again.

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Who is Florida going to beat us with to stop that 2 in a row? New QB, no Rainey, no WR’s, no Ronald Powell, no RB to speak of. Who do you have that’s going to beat us?

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UGA insider- I’d say a top 10 preseason ranking, picked to win the East, and a schedule that resembles a jv high school team should be enough pressure to choke.

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WHo are the “go to guys on offense”???

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in a word.. No

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Georgia hasn’t proven it can beat top competition, so I am in agreement that #6 is a little high at the moment. If we can beat Missouri convincingly, wear out the teams we should, and beat a good South Carolina team, then it would be justified, but right now it’s all premature. I think we have a great team will outstanding potential. Unfortunately, until Mike Bobo turns it up a few notches I feel as if Georgia is in line with a close loss and upset potential in the wrong way.

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Bid deal where the pre-season rankings are. Let’s just put Florida #1. Stupid polls should not be anywhere in place until after the 6th game of the year. By that time we will know who can play and who can not.
Feloow UGAer’s, I would not get too excited at this #6 ranking because it does not mean squat! Let’s see how we are playing by the 6th game.
We have way too many holes to make a run!

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Are preseason polls legitimate?

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however, doesn’t anyone rememver just how close we came to drilling LSU

You lost 42-10. When you lose by 32 its pretty hard to argue that you almost drilled the other team.

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How can you get excited about that schedule?

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SSI needs some new material and needs to get a life.spending all your time on a uga blog and calling folks a girl is childish and immature and speaks of someone who has serious mental issues. get help son

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UGA might be a little high at 6. Anybody thinking Alabama might be a little high at 3?

All of the SEC teams except LSU are a little high.

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*All of the SEC teams except LSU are a little high

So says the expert?

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Hey y’all…….it’s Mizzou, not Missu. Go Tigers

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“all those rankings are crab shoot. Don’t be surprised if BSU beats UGA again this year.”

The likelihood of BSU even playing UGA this year is about the same as the likelihood of a Tech win versus UGA this year. Somewhere between slim and none.

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So says the expert?

Do you disagree with me? Bama at 3 seems a little high considering the people they lost. Arkansas is obvious. Most UGA fans in here are accepting that UGA is rated a little too high. That leaves South Carolina who do not play an easy schedule this year and is always a bit of a wild card.

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DIT-2010 says Hi too much talent lost and lsu is loaded and game is at lsu

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beanster,

“The likelihood of BSU even playing UGA this year is about the same as the likelihood of a Tech win versus UGA this year. Somewhere between slim and none.”

I just know some fans would jump at my lines. I actually mean in a bowl game.

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GT Bob

Yes I disagree with you but, please answer me this, who would your place all but LSU with? Who are the more worthy or expected teams. FTR, I’ve never seen a preseason poll with any validity or that was even remotely close at seasons end

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It is like this…if the offensive line plays well and a ground game is established then the Dawgs will be top 10 or even top 5. If not…more like 15 to 20th caliber team.

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Top Row Dawg,

you didn’t list UGA’s NC wins. Is it intentional?

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GT Bob

I think Bama should be there by default. Yes they lost some but they are still loaded. LSU will take a tumble this year. Maybe not too far but no NCG. I don’t see USC in the top spot at the end of the year but because of the weak PAC 12, they have a more favorable schedule than UGA. Arkansas is a top 10, Carolina should be top 10. UGA, FSU, Oklahoma not top ten but could finish there

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you give Spurrier or Saban our guys and yes, top 5 team easy. But with a “soft” and frankly not so bright HC, no, not even top 15.

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Somewhere between 10 and 15 is probably fair.

The biggest question y’all have is where the improvements will come from. I mean, the defense probably won’t be much better than last year because there isn’t much improvement that can be made. How much more can Murray really improve? The only place for real improvement is in the running game, and that’s where the questions are.

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George Stein

Murray has much room for improvement and IMHO will be the difference maker, good or bad in the year. He had lessons learned last year. This year could make him a boom or a bust

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Just throwing this out there to all the Dawg people. If, and I mean a big IF(one can dream), CMR wins a NC within the next 3 years who will be the next person that gets the verbal abuse at UGA?

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@Deport

There are more bodies, I believe the problem is the lack of experience they bring. The SEC is a tough place to play unexperienced. My guess, that’s where the concern is.

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ARdawg, I will give you Alabama. I think top 3 might be high but they will more then likely be in the top 10 somewhere. Arkansas, and South Carolina I just don’t see. You basically have to have 2 losses or less to be in the top 10. That pretty much means that Arkansas without Petrino will have to only lose to Alabama and LSU. That will be tough with A&M, Auburn, and South Carolina also on the schedule. As for Carolina, they will lose to LSU. Therefore they can only lose one more game. I just don’t see it when UGA, Arkansas, Florida, Clemson, and Missouri are on the schedule.

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“are the dawgs a legit top 10 team?”

If we can fix our running game, we are a legit top 5 team.

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Dawgs O_line is pathetic and will start the year with several suspensions in their secondary. They will lose conference games to Missouri, S-Carolina and the Gators. They will not win the SEC East.

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10-15 seems more accurate pre-season to me.

I do believe it is appropriate to have high expectations for this team but I also believe it is appropriate for them to earn a more lofty ranking with consistent performance as the season elapses.

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I hate to say it but based off what UGA has did against LSU and MSU that ranking is wayyyyyyyyy to high…………when we start beating some good teams thne I’ll say justified….love my dogs but way to high!

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Altamaha, some will make excuses no matter who we beat but one final fact remains: If you win it, you win it. At this level results are all that matter. We don’t get a pass for a close call against Michigan State in the bowl game, for example, we didn’t win it. If we beat UF (or anybody for that matter) it counts in the standings and the haters can hate on. The records count, the naysayers don’t.

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The running game wasn’t the only problem last year. There were also too many special teams lapses and way too many points given up in big games. I’m a big fan of what Grantham has done for the defense but there is still a long way to go. I think our D is a little overrated at the moment. They need to prove they can bail us out when the chips are down, something they didn’t do last year.

We are way overrated at #6. Of course, this is the same poll that has USC at #1 and OU and FSU in the top 10 so I’m not surprised.

Thanks.

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TN, UF, AU will be a lot better than some of you guys are giving them credit for right now. We will see about Mo. Although a lot of folks already seem to thinkn they are going to be tough. And SC of cource. Ky, Vandy, Tech are still a major conference teams. I would bet when the smoke clears, this ends up being a much higher rated strength of schedule than you want to believe right now.

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If the Dawgs can limit costly turnovers and goof-ups on special teams in 2012, this will be an outstanding team. I don’t think they deserve to be ranked at #6 to start the season, but they could end up there by the midpoint.

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@ Art and anyone else commenting on the suspensions –

Neither Ogletree nor Rambo have been suspended yet. The SB incident was nearly two months ago, and the only comments about suspensions came from Rambo’s HS coach. Richt hasn’t given any official word on the subject. Branden Smith hasn’t been suspended either. Yes, there is a lot of speculation out there, and those three may well face varying levels of suspensions, but, as of now, they cleared to play. Only Sanders Commings has been suspended in the defensive backfield. Stop perpetuating the rumors and inserting conjecture. It’s all hearsay until Richt makes a final decision.

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Difficult to determine this year;

Starting off on the road with key DB’s out, totally new OL including the hardest to replace in Ben Jones and then Murray is still Murray and Bobo is still Bobo. That being said the rest of the schedule sets up nice. The only loss I see as probable is at USC with possible losses to an improved UF and Tennessee teams. Vandy is a potential roadblock with a very good coach and QB combination. All of that said I predict 10-2 with SC also going 10-2 and winning the head to head. UGA finishes up ranked either 12th or 24th depending on the Bowl game.

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I say why the hell not? What’s wrong with thinking positively about the potential for big things? Sure, I know that if you go in with low expectations you won’t be as disappointed if you don’t succeed. In fact I’ve made a habit of that strategy, but since I’m probably not gonna see as many UGA seasons as I already have, again I say – why the hell not go all in? Let’s expect the defense to be as good as advertised…let’s expect the O-line, and the running game, and the passing game, and the special teams, and the coaching, and the fans, to all be as good as we’d like to be…OK?

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You are, without a doubt, the worst opinionated columnist in the entire country. As a UGA alumni, I have never agreed with any of your points. The only group you appeal to are 70 year old people that like the Georgia brand, and no nothing about sports. I’m sure you didn’t say anyting about King’s battery charge because you supported him in college, support him now, and support his coach, who never punished him properly. Like King, you fall asleep at the wheel when writting these columns.

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dawgfan , all good points, of which I agree.

However, although the running game was not the only problem last year, It was the only one that really mattered.

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dont get it, that would be the worst UF team since before the Evil Genius turned things around at Florida. They also played with a QB who was barely on 1 leg and it still took a late TD to win by 4 points. I bet Richt is scared to death of the #6 ranking and would prefer it to be around 22-24.

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Well that’s why I said running game, as a whole. The combined efforts of our O line and backs.

I think our O line will be an improvement over last year. Having the fatest O line in the nation was not a good thing for running the football.

That said, our failure of a running game laid at the hands of our backs more then the line. We were down to using two 160 pounders in the SEC… one of which was a walkon!? Losing those two idiots Ealy and King put us in a bind last year. But we’ve replaced those bozo’s and things are looking up. Even if Crowell can’t stay healthy and carry the load by himself, we look to have a lot more options then last year. Richard is actually starting to look like a halfback, Ken Malcome looks to have potential, Marshall came in early during the spring and that should help a lot. I think our running game will be better, but I still have to see it. We lost against LSU and MSU because WE COULD NOT RUN THE FOOTBALL.

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George Stein
I agree. He is “pretty good” but pretty good won’t win any championships in this league or with our offense. I think (hope) he’s much more matured. He took a pounding last year. Our Oline was pathetic and much of the reason for his hurrying and mistakes. He’s got the goods but he can’t put it together without help from his supporting cast.

GT Bob
You seem to be working on the premise that Bama and LSU are unstoppable. They are not. Arkansas even without Petrino is going to be pretty demm good. They have both LSU and Bama and SC (I think) at home. Carolina should be just as stout on offense this year, their defense is questionable. Missy St might be a surprise as well, they won’t contend but likely knock somebody off

I don’t see UGA as a top 10 yet. I need more proof. Easily a top 20-15

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Fayettenam is a tough place to win

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would you consider Duke, NC ST , Weak Forest, Virginia, not to mention Middle Tennessee, Jax State and all your other patsys easier than Georgia’s schedule? I think most would.

We don’t play half of those teams, but since you are asking, I do believe a good argument can be made that GT plays a tougher schedule then UGA this year.

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“Arkansas even without Petrino is going to be pretty demm good.”

Actually AR, I disagree with you. I think Arkansas was the most overrated team in the nation last year. They lost badly to every good team they played. Their best win was probably over South Carolina, and that was by the skin of their tusks.

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Last time I checked the dawgs lost their bowl game and lost to LSU by 30 before that? How does that warrant a top 10 ranking? I’m a dawgs fan but lets be real people….

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GT Bob – Seriously? Tech schedule is harder. There are doctors that will help you with your problem. No one in the ACC has a hard schedule.

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” would also go so far as to say that if Honey Badger doesn’t kill us with punt returns the SECCG ”

about that… I saw so many uncalled block in the backs during that I knew that game was over for us.

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ARdawg, If Arkansas and South Carolina are knocking off Bama and LSU then LSU and Bama are not going to finish in the top 3. Quite frankly it is pretty dumb to have that many SEC teams in the top 10 because they play each other, which makes it almost impossible that they will all end up that high. I think you overestimate Arkansas also. Losing Petrino is going to hurt that team bad.

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I’d say Tech’s schedule is harder. They have to play UGA!!!!

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Where are the prideful UF, SC, AU, UT, hell even Vandy fans of the world? GTBob here thinks y’all are worse than most ACC teams.

UF, AU, UT, and Vandy are worse then most ACC teams.

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Pre-Season poll………means squat except on these message boards!

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#6 in the country??? With Will Friend in charge of the OL?? He hasn’t earned his title as Coach yet; must learn how to recruit and develop!! With CMB as the OC?? We’ll see this year, whether he plays to win or lose!! With CRG as the Recruiting Coordinator?? Did under recruit last year?? Only 19 LOI’s!!! C’mon guys, do your job!!!

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I love the Dawgs thru and thru but face the truth as painful as it may be to me. I believe we have to see a few games before placing the Dawgs quite so high. No doubt they should be exactly where they are placed for now but lets not forget their being even higher last year then fell the bomb on Hiroshima. A better prediction will come after the Missouri game and even better after the SC game. I am so proud of the big “D” gang who are returning this year to help make a very successful season, that of which I believe will happen! GO DAWGS!!

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2nd game of the year at MO will tell us a lot.

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We would be the fifth best team in the SEC West if we played in that division. How can we be a top ten team ? Our problem is that we can’t beat a TOP TWENTY team….

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6th best team in the country? We certainly have done nothing to deserve such a ranking. Our O-line and QB will need to get a whole bunch better against good teams before we can be a Top 10 team.

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All day long! GO DAWGS!!

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Gotta like the dawg chances, got a thumb sucker for a noseguard. LOL

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RXDawg
A combined per game average of 200 to 300 . Murray should average 200 to 300 through the air per game and that should average the 400 to 600 yards per game total that a great balanced team should have.

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I’m very surprised at the high ranking, considering the lack of national recognition we get sometimes. I think we have a very solid team and if the OL shapes up to be a good one (of course we say this every year) then this could be a special year and who knows what is possible. Until we know, I think 10 would be a more appropriate place to start.

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Are Dawgs a legitimate preseason Top 10 team?

you know it…us an Dale jr. are the best! pre-season best team in America every year since 1981..man we good!

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Common sense tells us maybe a 15-20 ranking.

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Preseason rankings are fun to look at but they mean absolutely nothing. UGA will be a good team and have a good record. The rankings will take are of themselves on a week to week basis.

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Don’t worry. They will always dominate the Fulmer Cup rankings.

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I’ll ask again, who are our “go to offensive players” mentioned in the article??

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Georgia had zero points last year and 3 this year in fulmer cup so i guess that blows your theory right alabama jack?

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of course uga is a pre season top ten team, they are every year.

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the SEC is a different animal because of recruiting…talent and support.

You also need to drop the view point that the SEC is composed of space aliens that do not operate under normal human conditions. Just because Alabama and LSU are really good doesn’t mean that any team in the SEC can become the best team in the nation overnight.

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GTBob,

You’re out of your league with you perception of all of those team’s abilities. No one thought Alabama or Auburn would win National Championships the past two years, but they did. Each year there are teams all around the country that come close to pulling it off. Does Houston ring a bell from last year? Do I think they were as good as their ranking or record, heck no, but it didn’t matter since they won games. Auburn, Tennessee, and Florida could pull a rabbit out of their hat, especially with the recruits they bring in every single year. I definitely believe these teams are better than 98% of your league with the exception of Clemson and Virginia Tech, and we all know how both of those teams fall off at the end of the year, so you really can’t talk about their ability to play for a Championship either. But like I said, I think you are crazy to believe the ACC has tougher teams than the SEC. The bottom tier SEC schools could win 7-8 every year in the ACC as mentioned before in a post.

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Bob did you expect Cam Newton to help AU win a Natl Champ? No you didn’t. Records 26-25 are meaningless….on average 10 SEC programs will finish in the top 25 talent wise in recruiting….so top talent plays top talent. For example Bob…does it matter if UGA h as s the 6 th rated class in the nation. Not at all when 3 other SEC teams have higher regarded classes. SEC is elite on all levels….that is why you have A NATL CHAMP EVERY YEAR. On years ypu dont you have teams with an arguement that they should have and would have been your NATL CHAMPION Bob?

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THIS SCHEDULE IS A CAKEWALK.

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GTbob….you are a absolute loser, just like Tech…so go back to Tech world blog and tell all the other little jerkoffs that you never come to a UGA blog…..jerk

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Bob…all the SEC teams that won became the best overnight….UF in 05 and 07 were not that good. Same with AU…same with Bama in 10…same with UT the year afyer Manning left Knoxville

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UGA may make it back to SEC championship game by sheer ease of schedule, but will be destroyed by LSU again. The Tigers will take it all this year. There is no way USC (CA) would be LSU or Bama!

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GATiger,

I guess it doesn’t really matter what you think your team will do, but if they can’t win the National Championship game then your post just make you sound like an idiot. LSU is a great team, but if last year taught you anything, it would be to root for your team, but just not sound ignorant and pathetic in your posts before the results are final, and especially on a Georgia blog.

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GTBob,

Make all of the small talk comments you want, but your original basis of thought about the ACC overpowering the SEC is mindless and pathetic at best. As a Tech supporter, and probable intelligent guy, you have no football sense if you truly and firmly believe the ACC is tougher all around than the SEC. Note that I said all around, not just best two teams.

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Bob…all the SEC teams that won became the best overnight….UF in 05 and 07 were not that good. Same with AU…same with Bama in 10

Florida was ranked 12th and 13th after the years you are speaking of. Bama was 10th. Making the jump from top 13 to best in the country is obviously smaller then making the jump from unranked/losing record to best team in the country. The only real outlier was Auburn, thanks to a once in a lifetime player joining their team for one year.

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Being ranked 12th and 13th is hardly sets anyone up with the idea they are abt to win a Matl Champ….lol…i am sure the ACC Champ lucks up and finishes 13 on down years nationally

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Contractor

GAtiger already sounds like an idiot and they haven’t yet played a game.

GAtiger the sound of that beyotch slap administered on you by Bama in the NCG is still resonating. It’s slapped you pure stooopid.

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Wow. I see “UGA Obsession Disorder” is still alive and well. I guess it’s catching like Spring Fever. Everyone with that disorder exhibits the same symptoms. They live on UGA message boards and talk about how terrible and irrelevant the Dawgs are! Troll on!

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I have just given you fact Bob…of what competing at a higher level….a championship level is all abt….or as you and the bug community who like to use Star Trek terms….competing in outer space…aliens and such…

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the bammers seem to forget their preseason top 5 ranking when they went 3-8. Guarantee you UGA never falls that far.

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GTBob,

Georgia Tech
11-3
8-5
6-6
10-4
4-8
2-10
7-6
3-9
10-4
10-3
4-7
2-10

77-75

Georgia
3-9
8-5
1-11
6-7
5-7
11-2
5-7
7-6
2-10
8-5
8-5
11-3

75-77

These are the records (2011)(not in schedule order either) of the teams Tech and Georgia play this year. Seeing as Georgia won 2 more games last year and lost 1 less game than Tech, our team made your team’s numbers look better, and your team’s numbers brought our numbers below yours. And since we are playing such a weak schedule, what does this say about your team’s schedule? It’s all in the numbers GTBob.

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How about that scotch tape?

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I feel relatively certain the speed of light is a bit more than 3x the speed of sound.

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Bob you are simply a moron not befitting of the fine academic institutions that you espouse as football programs. The ACC from top to bottom simply SUCKS. Sure they have some teams that might occasionally beat an SEC team but not regularly.

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Short answer…No.

UGA is a 15-20 level team who has way to many issues to be considered as a Top 10 team. Without the ACC level of a schedule they would be on track to finish with their usual 8-9 wins.

Let’s not forget that they are relying heavily on a defense coming off giving up 37.5 pts a game in its last two outings and which often underperformed vs the inflated predictions last season. Add with that the program is still inflicted with a serious undisciplined and lack of commitment from its players will preclude it from reaching Top 10 status.

No other way to characterize that four 1st level secondary\LB corp members lack the basic committment to not get suspended before even spring practice is complete.

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Great High School football players with great High School coaching.

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Reread Bob…did I say anywhere that the 14 teams in the SEC are the 14 best in the nation.

You think any team in the SEC can win the national championship this year so I just assumed.

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ACC has nothing……..end of story

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Only 2 teams in SEC with legit chance of MNC and thats Alabama & LSU. Maybe Arkansas but with “loverboy” Petrino I doubt they have a chance

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@Al… Why? ever other post is about how weak our schedule is and if UGA is in fact ranked high in the preseason they could easily run the table. Then you just got to win one game vs the big boys.

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I agree that at the beginning of the season dawgs aren’t the #6 team. But they will, for a change, take care of business in their regular season. Yes, it is the softest schedule (for an SEC team) in perhaps forever but I believe, in the end, they have the talent, depth, and coaching (yes, we dawgs are lucky to have a man of Richt’s character and should acknowledge it) to win it all. I mean it-if we get past Bama in the conference championship-who can beat us?

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@cdog… idiot

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Bob…assumptions are not qualities of the informed.

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Based on the normal criteria for “preseason rankings”, namely, the previous season, returning skill position players, and recruits or backups quality, that are likely to fill holes, I would say yes, UGA deserves to be in the top 10 discussion. Their biggest hole last year was a healthy stable of RBs that could command attention in the play action game. UGA was basically gimpy at RB after Crowell(who was a true FR anyway) hurt his ankle and couldn’t get over it. Samuel went down at UF. UGA played it’s two biggest games, LSU and MSU, with Carlton Thomas as their main back. Those teams knew UGA was going to primarily pass the ball and was able to pin their ears back and come after Murray. Take away a turnover in each of the games against SC and MSU and UGA is 12-2 last year. This season the RB void will be filled with a lot of able bodies. I think it will make a big difference in the offensive TOP and thus, help the D late in the games as well.

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@jbirdawg Really???? Get off Space Mountain

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Well GA fans we just got the kiss of death high expectations) .Coach Richt does not coach well when he is a front runner just a fact. I am a BULL DOG fan and I have been for 12 years .We are going to lose SOME games we ar no supposed to lose.

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Cute CD Loser. Smart or Muschamp? You got to be kidding.

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As we all have learned, rankings for the most part mean absolutely nothing. Georgia only need concern Itself with the games on their schedule. And as the proverbial saying goes, “the rest will take care of itself.” The SEC is still regarded as the top or top 2 conference in the land. Adding an upcoming Missouri school and a Texas A&M will not hurt the brand at all.

Alabama, LSU, Florida, and Auburn have all shown in the past that if you just take care of YOUR business the rest will fall into place.

Are they legit? We shall see. If the defense takes the next step and we give Murray a real running game to keep defenses honest, then yes…this is a legitimate top 10 team. But that’s why you play the game.

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GTBob,

No, it means Georgia helps Tech’s strength of schedule and Tech weakens Georgia’s, as I proved with the numbers. Pre-season doesn’t mean jack, so once again, your argument is futile.

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kingdaddy, do you believe the crap you write?..can’t tell if you are messing with the uga fans or just plain stupid…

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Not while Murk Wretched is coach.

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No, Rowdey, what would they do to preseason all-sec John Jenkins. Tell us please.

How about Cap’t America, or Superman? what would they do?

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You know, I think Hines resembles Eddie Murphy, don’t you?

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Have y’all seen the latest post on Dawg Sports? Pretty funny. http://www.dawgsports.com/2012/5/1/2991363/dawg-sports-gains-access-to-oc-mike-bobos-playbook

I’m still laughing!

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@ GT Bob: (10:54 am post):

Looking for something to laugh at????????????????

Just check out your humble Bunglebees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tee Hee Hee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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@ cdog: (5:07pm post)

Next time you have athought……………………………………………just let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Cdpridg

May 1st, 2012
3:55 pm

Bob…all the SEC teams that won became the best overnight….UF in 05 and 07 were not that good. Same with AU…same with Bama in 10…same with UT the year afyer Manning left Knoxville
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In 2010 Alabama was so bad that they went 10-3 (with a loss to the eventual national champions) and finished 10th in the nation. The 6 consecutive SEC games against an opponent coming off a bye may have contributed to it. They obviously came from nowhere last yearto win the MNC.
UT was so awful in Manning’s SR season that they won the SEC – the following season they won the MNC

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Cdpridg

May 1st, 2012
4:13 pm

Being ranked 12th and 13th is hardly sets anyone up with the idea they are abt to win a Matl Champ
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I can give an example of one team who finished ranked 19 in 2011 whose fans think that they are set for a National Title run.

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@ Good night Irene:

Getting a headache from Dawg Fans???

I knew you were going to have trouble with that head the first time I saw you!!!!!!!!

Wanna get rid of that headache???

Then GET THE HELL OFF THIS UGA BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IDIOT!!!

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A MUCH MORE MATURE ISIAH CROWELL,BACKED UP BY RICHARD SAMUEL, AND KEITH MARSHALL, WILL ENABLE AARON MURRAY TO WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY! REMEMBER, R.G. III, CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, TO WIN IT! MURRAY WILL BE A 3YR., STARTER IN THE S.E.C.! L.S.U., AND BAMA, BETTER WATCH OUT!

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First time writing on this post and yes a true dawg fan. It’s so funny to me when all these other fans bash the dawgs and question our team. Heck everybody’s got questions this time of year. Ga. is in a great position to have a special year and we all know you have to have a lot of luck to get to any championship. So you people that are jealous just know that’s the greatest form of flattery. See you at the dome in DEC.

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“To me it’s no more excuses time in Athens”

You keep saying that, Dawginlex, but what are you going to DO about it. Still blindly support your Coach? I reached that point a couple of years ago, and now I am a proud member of the “Fire Richt” crowd. I support our team – but they are getting short-changed by our coach.

GO DAWGS!

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Same old story. Will the “O” line step up or not ?

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applogies guys. my laptop keyboard drives me crazy. Not even sure how that merged over.

any way.

DIL. Not sure why you guy accuse him of being “blindly loyal” thats stupid. That is just a total absnce of an honest discussion. he complains about a number of things. he states what he wants/expects.
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that he does not PRETEND that he will DO something in real life, or be in some club that will accomplish jack squat is your problem, not his.

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The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate low-class athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.

UGA and Mark Richt are an affront and an embarrassment to all decent people in this state. The athletic history of UGA is full of so many sordid, sleazy incidents – dating back to Vince Dooley and continuing through Mark Richt – that it’s impossible to overlook. The school has come to stand for drunkenness and lawlessness, coddling of illiterate low-class athletes who should never have been admitted to college, and rampant cheating by coaches.

UGA and Mark Richt are an affront and an embarrassment to all decent people in this state.

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Underachievers perennially

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Blah blah blah…….until this team beats a decent team ranked somewhere in the Top 20 and beats the teams we’re suppose to beat- it doesnt matter where we are ranked…at the end we will be no where to be found. Same crap just a different year. How in the world could anyone with half a brain rank this group #6?? A qb that is known for costing us big games, a running game that looks like mid level high school, a running back that “all of a sudden” gets it and is going to try to win the Heisman (I would be happy if he could just stay in the game longer than 2 plays) and a coach that is soft and plays not to lose more than he plays to win……with a great defense (when they all can play) probably equates to 9-3…possibly 10-2 if we get lucky….8-4 would not be a surprise with Murray tossing pick 6’s

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Dawg#6, I admire your optimism, but what makes you think we will beat Bama, or even SC and Mizzou?

Before you get too giddy over a preseason ranking, keep in mind Richt’s teams ALWAYS, every year, lose one or more games they shouldn’t. If that doesn’t knock you down a notch or two, remember the fact that we NEVER beat a favored team anymore.

But fear not, with this schedule, another magical, 10-win season is achievable anyway, provided we win a bowl game for the first time since ‘09, which will probably be enough for the fan-boys of Mark Richt to get weak-kneed . . .

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So we are clear, you believe calling for Richt to be fired, during the offseason, May 5th, in a newspaper sport blog read by nobody but other bloggers is DOing your part? just want to be sure we all understand that was your point.

As opposed to DIL, who simply talks about any number of fan issue in that blog. But not joining the proud memebr of the Fire Richt club.

Did YOU stop buying tickets? Where are YOU screaming loudly enough? On the phone, email, mail, in person? No, of cource not. But still pretending to be doing that.

Seems to me that if you are so damn convinced and do absolutely nothing about it, YOU are the problem. You are a far worse than him. You think you should DO something and do nothing. he does what he believes is the logical thing. YOU are the one doing exactly what you accuse him of.
He’s just dumb, (if we believe that). You are knowingly hypocritical.

I think your opinion is fine for you. I disagree with it, but thats really beside the point. And thats a fair debate. But I am tired of you folks trying to blame others in here for not DOing what you don’t DO, and pretending that you are the only ones that have the best interest of Georgia at heart, and we are all just stupid losers if we don’t whine in a blog every day. PersonallyIi think your point about firing Richt has WAY more to do with your own ego, than it does about what is best for Georgia, but if you say it’s selfless, ok. I tend to go with the vast majority of fans, and the players, coaches and administration. That’s a pretty big group of folks that I trust DO have the best interest of Georgia at heart.

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Who keeps him in the games…………seriously? as opposed to what? Putting in some imaginary QB?

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I am a Dawg through and through…..we will have a good team. however, our o-line will not quite be up to snuff with the toughest out there.

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Before you answer……lets remember we were literally a bounce away from a loss at Vandy……..KY was one Murray disaster again last year in Athens from taking a win (and we had the SEC east on the line no less).

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LMAO!!!

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Please!!! Please!!! Please keep the blogs coming…..this is great stuff and thanks to Mr. King for attempting to spray High Karate on Cowsh#%.

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All I hear are a bunch of troll babies crying because an outside sports mag. thinks Ga. will be pretty good. You haters can’t stand to see or hear anyone say anything good about the Dawgs. Poor ol Nerds…

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Question, anybody that says the teams on our schedule, Tn, Au, UF, (GT), even Ky, Vandy, don’t “count” simply has no credibility as a Dawg fan. Frankly that logic wouldn’t fly as a fan of any program.

We may as well lose them all. we already have by your standard. The schedule is what it is, and those ARE top quality SEC teams, and rivals. Not every team, every year, can be a nation championship caliber opponents.

Please take your “espen tells me what to think” attitude to another board.

(BTW< your "before you answer" caviat, did not back up your point. In fact it practically contradicted it)

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AR Dawg…..exactly my point. No one in their right mind can look at our schedule and “assume” 10 wins which is what most folks are saying on here. I cant even look at the schedule and “assume” 5 wins to be honest. You’re right, thats why we play the game.

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Altamaha Dawg…..I agree, if you spend anytime on this blog it can and does leave your head spinning HA!

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I love the double standard.

When we approach the season, Auburn, UT, Miss St and florida were all “up and coming programs with coaches better than Richt who could come to Athens and win right away.” “Look for UGA to get drilled by all of them.”

Then, after we beat all of them, our schedule is all of a sudden “a cupcake filled joke”.

Give any thought that the reason these teams didn’t do so well and didn’t end up ranked is because we beat them and pinned a loss on them?

Never thought that college football is about confidence and momentum and that 1 loss usually leads to 2nd guessing and leads to additional losses?

You TROLL boys can’t have it both ways.

Use some logic for once

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That may be a pretty good pick for the Dogs’ year end ranking, but it’s too high for preseason. Too many questions on the OL, the secondary, and the special teams. Even though they play a favorable schedule, they still play several games (Missouri, S. C. Auburn) that could go either way with the inexperience in those key positions noted earlier. I see them as a 10-15 ranked team right now. If they survive early and get key people back and gel like last year they could do very well in 2012. Assuming there are no serious injuries or stupid mistakes by students. Big ifs.

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alt

It depends on how the season plays out.

I see no reason to lose to anyone on the schedule outside of SC at SC. Even there, I believe we are better but it is on the road and late enough in the year that Lattimore will be pretty close to 100%.

So if we go 11-1 and play LSU a close game in the SECCG and lose then win the bowl game, we are 12-2.

I won’t be happy at all but me being unahppy does not equate with firing Richt.

I will still be unhappy in that we have blown the best opportunity since 2002 to win the BCS

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Athens has no expecations for winning. and accepts mediocrity.

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Ok, let’s breakdown the offensive line, special teams and what Rambo and Ogletree are planning to occupy themselves for the first 4 games of 2012. Feedback?

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DawginLex

May 1st, 2012
11:45 am
Too far up the rankings to start in my opinion. Somewhere around 12 sounds right.

I have expectations that UGA will do very well in 2012.

The defense will be loaded and will lose a ton of players in 2013 to the NFL.

To me it’s no more excuses time in Athens

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Interception idiot

I guess you missed this post???

How do you function day to day being so ignorant?

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who cares? they will lose 2 and then get destroyed by BAMA or LSU in SEC Championship ))))

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THe differemce between BAMA and UGA is that BAMA has 13 more Natl Titles and would have fired CMR 8 years ago!!!!

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Bama has 6 titles voted on by the 5 dudes at the lunch counter of Tuscaloosa Drug and Sundrie. The teams all lost their bowl games. Not real national champions

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Last year from mid-season on the top 10 teams never moved down/out of the top 10 and you were effectively locked out… I’ll take a top 10 ranking all day long in no particular order….

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Way, way, way too high. For some reason ESPN believes polls should measure the eventual W-L record of teams. The polls are supposed to measure the relative strength of teams. Georgia’s defense should be lights out, again, but Georgia still has too many unanswered questions. Can the team make half-time adjustments? Can the offense win a game on its own, and not just count on the defense to hold onto a tiny lead? Has strength and conditioning improved enough so that Georgia can not run out of gas in the fourth quarter? And most importantly, can Georgia beat a highly ranked team in an important match up? I bleed red and black, but I haven’t seen these dogs compete at a top level in a long time. I think they’re a top 20 team, but not in the top 6.

I’d like to see Georgia come in under the radar this year. They have a clear path to #1 – win the division, win the conference, with the big one. That should be goals number 1, 2, and 3. Let the pressure of a high ranking go to another team.

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Georgia is a little too high right now. There are still quite a few quesiton marks left that have not been answered. 1.) Can Georgia’s o-line be productive? 2.) Can we run the ball successfully and consistenly? 3.) Can Aaron Murray be consistent on a game-to-game basis and reduce the turnovers? 4.) Will our players stop getting in trouble and can they stay healthy all season long?

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Bama blows out ga in the sec title game—mark it down. This bama team may be better than last year’s team!! Nick’s reloaded for another title run—#15!!!

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Most likely: 9-3 (Missouri, Carolina, Florida)

Could happen: Missouri, Carolina, Fla, Tech (they’re WAY over due for an upset)

Wishful thinking 10-2 (if Murray doesnt kill us with Turnovers) Missouri, Carolina

When PIGS fly…..12-0

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UGA going 14-0 in 2012 would be like Vandy winning the SEC or Indiana winning the Big 10 or Washington State winning the Pac 12 or need I say more…

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Off subject, wanna say R.I.P. Junior Seau, USC legend and NFL great…

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Well, since UGA is going to win the SEC this year, they are MORE than a legitimate top 10 team. They are a top 5 team. The defense and the balanced offense will carry this team all the way.

I would prefer a lower ranking to start the season in one aspect, so they do not believe the hype, but on the other hand, not being ranked in the top 5, puts the right amount of urgency and focus on the mood of the team, Not too much stress about living up to the ranking, but just the right mindest and confidence to beat the stew out of everybody. One thing that does suck is having to open up the season playing the toughest opponent of anyone in the SEC. Its game 1, not game 3. BUT if UGA pulls it out against Missouri, they will go undefeated and win the SEC. Mark that down and I will be here in November to make all you haters and non-believers eat crow. Or eat mine if necessary. But it wont be. I have been watching SEC football for too long and the team is that good and the schedule that friendly. Sure we have new kickers but the OL will be fine, the running backs will be AWESOME. The defense will be the best in the nation. Murray will the least INT’S of his career. The DB’s are thin but Mitchell will help out tremendously and the DL and LB pressure on the QB’s will help the DB’s look better than they are.

UGA’s SEC Championship game ride started a year early by winning the East in 2011 and that experience will be HUGE come this year. The next 5 years will be the best run in UGA history and just as good and possibly even better than 1980-1984. And we dont have Herschel. We have a complete team and the strengths will makeup and cover for the weaknesses. The ONLY thing that could do us in is the special teams play. The gave up so many points against LSU and SC. That MUST be fixed. There is nothing that can be done to cover that weakness in a close game. It will be corrected I beleive.

Lookout SEC for the Georgia Bulldogs. It IS the DECADE of the DAWG!

Top 10? Top 5. And maybe #1 in the nation when it is all said and done. The defense IS that good. The offense is that balanced and skilled and if a couple of receivers step up to fill Mitchell’s shoes….UNSTOPPABLE. You hear that BAMA and LSU?

I want that LSU rematch….that would be AWESOME and since UGA and LSU have been to the SEC championship game more than ANY team in the SEC over the last decade, that would be fitting. UGA will be there. Will you be there LSU?

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THE WEAKEST SCHEDULE UGA HAS EVER HAD. COULD COST THEM A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!

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It may be high, but I want to see us too high. It’s the best way to get into BCS games at the end of the year since pollsters want teams to finish where they started. Easier to jump those 3 or 4 spots at the end of the year if we start at 6.

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@georgiasouthernalum

When will UGA get real football schedule and play somebody?
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Somebody like Georgia Southern?

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Just poking my trunk in here this afternoon, but you dawgs had a lot of talent go pro as well this draft what 7 total I’m thinking?

Hearing anything out of Mizzou that should be a fun game?

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When will UGA get real football schedule and play somebody?

Answer: Never

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Dawgs win it all! Dawgs win it all! Dawgs win it all! Dawgs win it all!

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Larry, the only thing that Richt will win is the Fullmer award (again).

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@Zackariah

Oregon would have beaten Georgia like a drum if you guys hadn’t cancelled so you could play power rangers in the dome against Boise, who handled you quite nicely for a WAC school. Try beating a good team before you run that mouth of yours.

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I think the dogs should be ranked number 1. Preseason National Champions (for what?the 5th timne in 6 years? Hahahahahahahha….hahahahahahaahah . Hahahahahahahaha

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With Adams now leaving UGA

UGA football might become better

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Danny

Its not up to Murray

Its up to Richt; you know Richt hasnt beat a great team since 2005 Murray was what in 8th 9th grade
Murray isnt the problem

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1980 was so 32 years ago

Will your kids kids see UGA win a BCS Title ?

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How about this Snoop. Pick something I have posted and prove where I was wrong.

Oh right. That’s not exactly your style.

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This poll must be wrong because I don’t see tech’s powerhouse program listed on there…

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I’d say that was about right if we didn’t have so many players in the weeds!!

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U ppl must have forgot this is Georgia’s year. Plenty of depth on defense to play 4 qtrs to finish the drill. They showed they can play with lsu last yr just didn’t finish the drill when it comes to play calling. No team will beat uga this yr. Forget the rankings when its done ppl gonna complaint about schedule . They can’t help if teams that were once powers now weak ( Tenn, Uf, Auburn) complain about y Usc #1 since they finally off probation with their weak schedule every yr. If u haven’tnotice that’s the bcs favorite team

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The scores will tell…

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Pre-season polls are basically worthless, the BCS is the only poll that matters for crystal trophies and that does not kick in until traffic clears about halfway through the season.

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GT Bob must be a miserable soul. He just goes trolling day in and day out wishing he had something good to say about his beloved jack-ets

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Top Ten in the SEC seems doable.

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