Oddsmaker likes Dawgs to win SEC East … and BCS!
Georgia's schedule has the Dawgs in early conversations about the BCS championship. (Associated Press)
So far, Mark Richt’s 2012 Dawgs are having a terrific silly season, that time of summer when all teams are undefeated and fans and prognosticators alike can go crazy with predictions.
Here’s a headline on the handicapping site Beyond the Bets sure to quicken a UGA fan’s pulse a beat or two: Who will win 2013 BCS national title? Our pick: the Georgia Bulldogs, currently a 19/1 long shot
At 19-to-1, Georgia has the seventh-best odds to win the national championship. Here are the reasons why BTB likes the Dawgs to do so: 1. They’re good. 2. Schedule 3. They can afford to lose a game.
Under the first reason, the site notes that quarterback Aaron Murray heads up a bunch of returning starters, the passing game should be among the nation’s best and “Georgia should finally have a running game to complement it.” Also, the defense, which returns 20 of 22 players on its depth chart, “will again be dominant and could be the best in the conference.”
They do note that “the offensive line will be the major concern, as the Bulldogs must replace both tackles and add depth along the interior. Nonetheless, they should have no trouble improving upon last year’s 10-win season.”
One of the main reasons why, BTB says, is the schedule, with Georgia again avoiding Alabama, LSU and Arkansas during the regular season. Says BTB: “Georgia will play seven games at home, four on the road and one — the annual matchup against Florida on Oct. 27 — at a neutral field. That’s as manageable a schedule as any you’ll find, particularly when you consider that they’ll be favored in three of the four road games — at Kentucky, Missouri and Auburn.”
BTB notes that the toughest game on Georgia’s schedule will come against South Carolina, which is the only game in which the Las Vegas oddsmakers haven’t installed the Dogs as a point-spread favorite. (The Gamecocks are favored by 3.)
But that brings us to their third reason: “Georgia is one of the few teams in the country that has the potential to lose a game and still appear in the national championship. Assuming the Bulldogs open the season in the top 10 as expected, they’ll likely rise as high as fifth or sixth prior to their big swing game against South Carolina on Oct. 6. If the Bulldogs lose, they’ll have two full months to climb back into the top 5 of the polls and should still have a chance to earn a second straight SEC East crown. With a win over LSU or Alabama in the SEC championship, Georgia will be in position to play for the national title.”
To bolster their case for the Dawgs, the BTB folks cite Saturday Down South, which has picked Georgia as “the safe bet” to again win the SEC East, with South Carolina and Florida as “sucker bets” to do so, noting that “The Bulldogs are one of the most talented teams in the country. I put them on the same talent level as LSU and even slightly ahead of Alabama.”
SDS also cites the talent level and the schedule, saying, “This is a huge year for Richt’s legacy, and I think Georgia puts it together and wins the East — and maybe more — in what could be a special year for Georgia football.”
Is that enough to get you pumped up for fall, or do you think the oddsmakers are underestimating Georgia’s task in rebuilding the offensive line and repairing its dismal special teams play? How do you feel about the upcoming season?
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282 comments Add your comment
Goldenrod
June 6th, 2012
10:27 am
Dawgs ain’t gonna win JACK!
Tech RUNS THIS STATE! Coach Paul Johnson will school the mutts.
Andy
June 6th, 2012
10:29 am
Sounds good….Go Dawgs!
scrambled dog
June 6th, 2012
10:35 am
Sounds great….Now just deliver……..Go Dogs………Sic ‘em !!!!!
Zoli
June 6th, 2012
10:36 am
If we get by Missouri with a win, it will be like we picked up 4 free agent starters for the remainder of the year. I also like that we have South Carolina in the middle of the year. It is going to be exciting to see how the year unfolds.
Bremen Dawg
June 6th, 2012
10:38 am
Heck yeah, I sure hope they are right. 2012 could be the year.
Broad Street
June 6th, 2012
10:39 am
I certainly like the recognitions we are getting this offseason as opposed to the “hot seat” obsession which plagued us this time last year.
While there are a few nuckleheads on this team who will be sitting out a few early on, there are some REALLY good kids on this team, and I cannot wait to get it going this fall!
Go Dawgs!!
Broad Street
June 6th, 2012
10:39 am
**knuckleheads
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
10:43 am
and here comes the doom brigade………4,3,2,1……….
Jacket99
June 6th, 2012
10:44 am
Could UGA win the East and not the SECCG and still be in the MNCG? Would anything less than a conference title satisfy Bulldog fans this season? I hope the Bulldogs one loss of the season is their last regular season game.
GaTruth
June 6th, 2012
10:47 am
STOP JINXING US! Our biggest weakness as a program is we believe the press’s and our own fans’ BS, and we usually don’t have the stones to win on pride alone (a la Alabama – hurts to admit that). Richt should coach the kids on staying away from sites that talk about this cr@p and just focus on the first game. Kind of how Chris Peterson coaches. So here’s the reverse jinx – We will be lucky to win 6 games, Auburn will go undefeated, as will Florida and Tech. Whew.
40Watt Dawg
June 6th, 2012
10:48 am
I’m excited! Let’s not look past the Florida game either, though. I keep hearing about the Mizzou and SC games as our biggest obstacles, but UF is always tough. Especially for us. This is they year we gotta HUNKER DOWN and permanently flip the script on those ugly Gators.
This is reality dreamers
June 6th, 2012
10:55 am
You lose at Missou, Auburn, UF, SC and yes you heard it here first: Vandy at home again for the 2nd time in less than 10 years.
EC Dawg
June 6th, 2012
10:55 am
GaTruth speaks the truth. Please don’t let the players read this article…2008 all over again.
NYCDAWGFAN
June 6th, 2012
10:55 am
Hey Goldenrod, it’s really funny to see the first post on a Dawg board come from one of the nerds… What’s your coach’s record against the Dawgs again?.. Who run’s this state again?.. Who is “wide receiver U” with only 4 receivers in the league currently (and only 2 of them actually see the field)?.. That’s what I thought. Go fix that busted doom buggy you nerds like to drive around that rat box you call a stadium.. Are you guys gonna sell out more than 2 games this year? Stay off the dawgs boards
Red and Black til Death
bucket
June 6th, 2012
10:56 am
I’m tired of talking about it, writing about it, and dreaming about it – it’s time for the Dawgs to just go out and do it. No More Excuses! Just do it Dawgs!
Music City Dawg
June 6th, 2012
10:57 am
Hey Goldenrod – since WHEN has Coach Paul Johnson run this state or UGA? Get your facts together!!! Go Dawgs!!!
Destin Dawg
June 6th, 2012
11:02 am
running game ++ Grantham’s Junkyard Dawg = SEC EAST and a BCS bowl game victory.. Can’t wait !! GGoooo Dwags !!
G-Dawg
June 6th, 2012
11:11 am
Even as a diehard Dawg…I’m not up in smoke, or drinking the juice. Until I see something other than vanilla from our offensive ice cream maker…in game adjustments…and consistency on both sides of ball for an entire game…theres no way we get close to BCS championship. Regardless I’m still with the team..and believe they do have a chance. But to be placed at LSU or Bama’s level, apparently SDS is passing something to the left hand side!!
G-Dawg
June 6th, 2012
11:13 am
For once i agree with Bucket!! LOL
BigDawg
June 6th, 2012
11:13 am
This is our year! 2007 would have been except for the whining of Les Piles about needing to be an SEC champ. We were clearly the best team at the end of the year!
Gulf Shores Dawg
June 6th, 2012
11:15 am
On paper, we have the tools, now can the coaches keep the guys focused and playing at a high level all season, if so, something special will happen in Athens, and recruiting will explode!
SSIgator
June 6th, 2012
11:18 am
Beyond the Bets? Wow, UGA fans really have to dig deep trying to find someone or something to agree with their Pre-Season National Champs nonsense. Beyond the Bets – What a joke.
Bobo cant game plan.
June 6th, 2012
11:19 am
Holes at DB and O-LINE will prevent us from the promise land yet again. 11 years now and CMR still doesnt understand the need for a big time O-line.
beanster
June 6th, 2012
11:20 am
You gotta love the potential for this team but I wish everyone would pipe down about it. The sting of 2008 is still too painful. If UGA can get to 6-0, maybe I’ll start to think MNC, but not until then.
SSIgator
June 6th, 2012
11:23 am
BCS? How about just winning a bowl game this year.
beanster
June 6th, 2012
11:24 am
A grown man, likely retired even, spending all day on a rival team’s blog posting childish comments in a vain attempt to irritate said rival team’s fans — What a joke.
bucket
June 6th, 2012
11:26 am
@ beanster – I agree! It’s called “UGA Obsession Syndrome” and this blog will be filled today with people who have it.
DOGGONE CXII
June 6th, 2012
11:27 am
And maybe we will be favored to win it all in 2014 too.
TDone
June 6th, 2012
11:28 am
I don’t undersand the joy and comfort coming from the Muttlanders because of a soft schedule. You benefited from that in 1980, but no more. In the words of the Nature Boy, “To be the man, you got to beat the man,: not take satisfaction in avoiding the man.
Ghost
June 6th, 2012
11:30 am
Goldenrod, Sometimes it best to keep your mouth shut and let people think your stupid , instead of opening it a proving them right. PJ and tech won’t come close to beating Georgia for many years , 55 years of dominance won’t be changed by a bush league coach like PJ.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
June 6th, 2012
11:33 am
Here we go again people….
We Run the East
June 6th, 2012
11:42 am
No doubt, UGA is talented. It is the COACHING that gets them every year. SC is the class of east and we can earn our way to top, not get there by default as UGA hopes to do.
beanster
June 6th, 2012
11:42 am
For the record, I pray the one-loss scenario described above does not come to fruition. The chickens nor the rest of the SEC would ever let the Dawgs call themselves true National Champs. It would be worse than Mulligan U.
beanster
June 6th, 2012
11:43 am
*would never
Vance Duly
June 6th, 2012
11:43 am
While it would be great to believe that we could have this great of a year, we have:
1. An inexperienced offensive line with a recent heritage of under-performance and injuries,
2. A freshman kicker and punter that we hope will be reliable,
3. Coach Bobo’s mind-numbing play-calling once we have a lead, and our weak in-game offensive adjustments. Until Bobo shows that he is willing to coach 4 quarters of aggressive offense, we’ll continue to be one 4th-quarter drive away from losing a game that we shouldn’t.
4. The need to survive the next 3 months without any more key suspensions that could hurt us against Missouri’s offense.
…………….Still, GO DAWGS!
SSIgator
June 6th, 2012
11:46 am
“Richt’s legacy”
Mark “I can win games – just not the big games” Richt – The Pied Piper of the Kool-Aid Club – Ripping off the UGA fans and boosters to the tune of over $3,000,000 a year and laughing all the way to the bank for twelve years and counting. That is indeed quite a legacy.
Moobs Johnson
June 6th, 2012
11:47 am
2008 all over again. Preseason championship talk is for wanna-be programs who, as in the words of St. Richt, can’t finish the drill.
george
June 6th, 2012
11:49 am
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA this is classic. What are the odds another uga starter wont be arrested/suspended before the end of the summer? The ONLY reason the pups might win 9 0r 10 games is because the easiest schedule in SEC history. Aaron Murray?????? When are all you dolts going to see him for what he is. Remind me again what he has done in big games when the game is on the line? Remind me again his record against top 25 teams??? I will take anybody and i mean anybody on the following games. UT-14, UF-3.5, Vandy -23, and Au -3. Dont know if I have ever seen 4 bigger locks in my life.
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
11:50 am
No, Truth, Or EC. That is fiction, made up, opinion, and not a very logical at that. Reading positive words is NOT our biggest “weakness”, nor had anything to do with the outcome of 2008. Watch the games. Real things happen during it. Unless you believe that a sportwriters word are now somehow linked to ligament damage.
Neutral
June 6th, 2012
11:53 am
TDone
You must be another GTroll…..you obviously don’t have a clue as to how the SEC scheduling works! If were trying to avoid tough teams we wouldn’t have 3 recent NC teams on our schedule and likely a 4th in the SEC championship game.
bucket
June 6th, 2012
11:57 am
See what I mean! “UGA Obsession Syndrome” lives on!
Maconbulldog
June 6th, 2012
11:57 am
If the guys can just stay focused on the EAST and not blow up (like 2008) we got a shot going back to the DOME and have rematch against LSU. Plus it would be nice to see the SEC title come back to well the East of the SEC.
RxDawg
June 6th, 2012
11:58 am
It’s good to see some folks actually talk about how good we can be because of our talent, and not our lame schedule. We still play in the SEC last time I checked. If the dawgs win 10+, it’l be because were a darn good football team.
Big time??? Not
June 6th, 2012
12:04 pm
Four tickets, four hot dogs, four cokes. Get oof our site nerds.
uncle kirk
June 6th, 2012
12:06 pm
ssigator
Richt did win big games early at UGA and will again. Muschamp hasnt won a big one at UF yet so maybe before you blast, hope that your guy can pull one out this year.
truedawg
June 6th, 2012
12:06 pm
If the Dawgs are undefeated after the SC game then I’ll fill my cup with as much Koolaide as it’ll hold. Win in Jax after that and I’ll be a believer in a BCS trip Dawgs have the tallent, and can play with anyone (see last year at the Dome) But can they finish? I just hope Bobo get a lil unpredictable..GATA Go Dawgs!!
Bama fan
June 6th, 2012
12:18 pm
I hate Mark Richt because he owns my precious crimson tide.
Bama 1-3 vs. Richt
Joey
June 6th, 2012
12:22 pm
uncle kirk, Richt also lost big games, at least one per year, even with his most talented teams, and still does.
Bill must like the techies and tides (whaterever that is) laughing us, quoting a doofus gambling site.
I’ll get fired up when we beat Mizzou on the road.
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
12:26 pm
Nobody blew up or had the big head in 2008. They had won 4 games that year before losing (to one of the best team in the nation that year). Then won a few more before losing to the OTHER best team in the country. By then we had lost a considerable part of both lines and absolutely no depth at LB. 2008 was exactly what it was.
thUGA
June 6th, 2012
12:27 pm
I agree. If we can keep the players out of jail, we should be gud!!
Duncan Hines has the best Brownie Mix
June 6th, 2012
12:29 pm
We have not done jack Sh#t and we hear about crap like this.I suggest every Dawg to shut up because the odds are we will make fools of ourselves by the end of the season! As the old saying goes”action speaks louder than words” Also,do not smoke or mix the funny stuff .
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
12:30 pm
Got to have a little thicker skin than to worry about what those new breed bama fans think.
Columbus Dawg
June 6th, 2012
12:46 pm
Not the same group of guys as 2008. The current players know full well that they looked like a bunch of idiots in the SEC Game, and the bowl. Receivers will catch the ball this time, and giving games away will be a distant memory. The Georgia Bulldogs have excellent leadership in 2012, from JJ on D to TK and Richard Samuel on O. That is correct, RS will be a big leader of this team this season, you could tell what RS is looking for by his little surprise entry in the spring game. He is pumped, and he and others will have this offense pumped and ready to run the ball. Everyone will be pleasantly surprised at the progress of Murray, and IC will be on fire. Take it to the bank boys, the Dawgs are back with a lot to prove. Don’t think for a moment that they don’t see all the bragging and putdowns by the likes of Bama fans and LSU fans. Would hate to be a D.A. Bama or LSU fan after the confetti falls in the GEORGIA DOME in early December 2012!
OldFan
June 6th, 2012
12:52 pm
I got all this, but I think they are underestimating the O-line, special teams, and kicking game challenges. No team excels in all aspects of the game. The things UGA has done well will be done even better this year. The real question remaining is how much will they improve in the things they haven’t done well. I think that question hasn’t been answered yet.
Old Dawg
June 6th, 2012
12:54 pm
To all the haters: we’ll see.
Whiznot
June 6th, 2012
12:55 pm
I will watch and cry as Bobo throws up all over himself like he always does.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 6th, 2012
12:57 pm
Of Course they Do…….Everybody can read the SCHEDULE so UGa should make it to the BCS MNC game. BUT Uga will not win games against Good Competition.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 6th, 2012
1:01 pm
Where did you get the picture of the Waterford Crystal Football? Did you drive down to Techwood Dr and Bobby Dodd Way and go in the Edge Center?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 6th, 2012
1:03 pm
This Could Be The YEAR……until it becomes……….Wait Til NEXT Year as usual.
Charlie Hayes
June 6th, 2012
1:05 pm
This will all depend on the play of the special teams. The past few years UGA’s special teams have been lack luster (not talking about the long legged punts from Butler or FG’s from Walsh). I am talking about blocking punts, making sound tackles on kickoffs, kicking away from dangerous return guys (i.e. Honeybadger) and etc. Under Warren B. the Dawgs were sound on special teams. When he left for the NFL we became soft, out of place and poor decisions were made. Why? I would like to see CMR step up and take over the special teams. Let Bobo call the plays and CMR take on a role like Urban Meyer did at UF. During Meyer’s time at UF they had the best special teams a coach could want and it helped them win some big games to get to the National Champ game. The D is solid, the O has too many weapons if we can execute, but the special teams need to be 10x better than in 2011 to make 2012 a special year. Go Dawgs.
here we go again.........
June 6th, 2012
1:10 pm
you people should seriously consider moving to chicago during the summer time.
that way you can sit next to cub fans in wrigley field and expound for days on how great your teams are.
to win a national championship….mark richt has to beat someone who is good. he aint done that in a few years. and now….it’s all gonna change because it is 2012 and well, we are THE GREATEST.
sorry folks. CMR lost all respect from me during the tailspin that was the 2008 season.
and those of you who like to justify what happened in ‘08 by saying “look at who we lost to..”
uh…let me do a little parsing of that sentance “look….we lost….” you either win or you dont.
we are just like the cub fans can give 5 million excuses as to why they haven’t won in 100 years….
McDawg
June 6th, 2012
1:11 pm
how many trap games do we have 3? 4 if you include UF
Charlie Hayes
June 6th, 2012
1:13 pm
@ here we go again…….
What do you suggest we do then? You are full of negative comments and doubt. But, what is your suggestion to win a National Champ? Do you want to go back to the Goff and Donnan days where we didn’t even play for SEC championships? CMR has put UGA in a great position to take advantage of a weak schedule to be crowned king. We just need a little luck like all the other teams get when they are crowned king…..
7576DAWG
June 6th, 2012
1:14 pm
It always amazes me how accurate the betting services are, so there is reason to be optimistic.
I don’t think the special teams will have near the negative impact as it had in 2011. By moving the kick off up 5 yards most of the kick off’s will land in the end zone. It will be hard for a coach not to down it when they know they will start at the 25 yard line. The field goal kicker , Marshall Morgan is very accurate inside the 50 and will be more dependable than Walsh. But, the the biggest improvement will be the attitude of Crowell. If he had not missed a few games because of being hurt or discipline he would have easily rushed for more than 1000 yards. He is stronger now, has a much better team attitude and will be pushed by Marshall and Gurley.
Charlie Hayes
June 6th, 2012
1:15 pm
@ McDawg….I agree with your 4. Missouri, South Carolina, Florida and Auburn….
reality
June 6th, 2012
1:17 pm
Here we go again with another pre-season national championship….more like 8-4.
gbal
June 6th, 2012
1:17 pm
I am excited about all the great press and expectations of these sportswriters; MBradley made the same prediction as well. But i just dont have the confidence yet. Not so concerned about the DB’s the first few games but the OL….. I just didnt think we were good there last year and I dont see us improving that much going into next. Hope I am wrong… D wins games but the OL is very critical. As special teams.
george
June 6th, 2012
1:18 pm
@charlie. add the two Tn schools to that list.
Charlie Hayes
June 6th, 2012
1:18 pm
1- Missouri – Big time game. Can UGA hold it together for 4 quarters or will there be choking?
2- South Carolina – Self destruction. This was the case in 2011. Turnovers and poor decisions costs us the game.
3- Florida – Muschamp has something to prove. UF will have it out for UGA as revenge. Always a close game.
4- Auburn – Van Gorder and Wet Willie. They will be out to prove that the VG D can stop the Dawgs.
Charlie Hayes
June 6th, 2012
1:22 pm
@ George- Vandy will not be an issue at home. Our D still has some revenge for James Franklin and Vandy will get whipped in Athens.
UT is a concern with the QB and WR’s….They will test our pass D for sure. With Dooley’s back against the wall this will be a tough game, but I wouldnt consider it a trap game.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 6th, 2012
1:31 pm
I think every Big Time College team has 8-9 TRAP games!
You cannot count the Cupcakes.
GTBob
June 6th, 2012
1:36 pm
A team that is 0-9 in their last 9 games against teams that finished ranked, is now going to win the BCS title. Yeah, good luck with that one. All the UGA fans should place significant money on UGA to win it if they actually believe this nonsense.
CHDawg
June 6th, 2012
1:52 pm
I think the best thing the O line has going for it is who they have to block in practice. Our second string D’s front 7 could start for many schools. They should have the O in much better playing shape than prior years. Anything could happen on injuries and discipline issues, but I agree the Dawgs should be very tough to beat this year.
chilidawg
June 6th, 2012
1:53 pm
Why don’t we just skip all the drama and beat Carolina as well?
bubba4dawgs
June 6th, 2012
1:54 pm
Line up haters, dig your holes beneath the rocks and get ready to jump in. Richt and coaches don’t like the way the season ended last year, lost to LSU and rubbed it in with loss to Mich. State! They won’t let that happen again…..the reason Richt went after more players after a weak season recruiting for 2012. He’s looking for the long run and has to if he’s going to compete with Ala. and LSU. Like I said, Haters, get ready to wipe the egg off your faces!! GO DAWGS!!
bucket
June 6th, 2012
1:57 pm
All those with “UGA Obsession Syndrome” sure spend a lot of time on the JUNKYARD BLAWG obsessing about a team that has no chance to win the MNC!!! lol
CHDawg
June 6th, 2012
2:02 pm
One other intangible: our backs were against the wall last year when we came back off of a couple of tough losses, winning ten in a row. You remember the mood after SC. They won the first half against LSU, and then got on roller skates. They finished with a tough loss to a very strong MSU team. IMO, this bunch has that edge you see in winning teams. They are going to find a way to win. They have grown a lot since last year; the difference will be profound, I believe.
CHDawg
June 6th, 2012
2:04 pm
bucket, UGA Obsession Syndrome would be the rival fans who live on this blog….well, like you! It is pretty normal for SEC football fans to talk about the game with their fellow fans.
dbc
June 6th, 2012
2:06 pm
Unfortunately, to get to the MNC game, it’s not that you win but how you win. Style points do count. Richt and Bobo’s penchant to sit on a 10 point lead rather than keep the foot on the gas will prevent any of these dreams from coming true. Most logical UGA fans know it — it’s incredible to me that the coaches can’t see it and don’t do anything about it.
Kyle
June 6th, 2012
2:06 pm
Yea, he’s done a great job of that over the last 10 years…. Oh, wait…
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 6th, 2012
2:11 pm
CHDawg……….well said. IF we didn’t then the Advertisers would not be here and we would have to PAY for this Fun & Abuse. LOL
bucket
June 6th, 2012
2:14 pm
CHDawg – not sure what your point is, but I am all Dawg! Because I am a Dawg fan I don’t apologize for being here. I was making fun of all the trolls who spend precious time pulling against UGA. I have no problem with rival fans stopping by the Junkyard Blawg if they have valid points to make or want to have a serious discussion about UGA football. But I have no patience with Tech, Gator, Bama, SCU, AU, etc trolls who just drop in to puke on the screen.
Cdpridg
June 6th, 2012
2:20 pm
Getem Dawgs! 24/7365! Going to be another great season for the Dawgs!!
Dawg Haus
June 6th, 2012
2:21 pm
Interesting perspective, although I disagree with the Dawgs being able to lose a game. Mathematically speaking, I’m sure that’s entirely possible, but if anyone’s going to take this team seriously, they have to run the table. Go Dawgs!
Buzzzzzzz
June 6th, 2012
2:29 pm
Folks, don’t forget…
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!
Cdpridg
June 6th, 2012
2:31 pm
Buzzz…laughable…tech runs this state about like that jalopy of a car making it on to 75…..take a afternoon nap…nerd
Patsy
June 6th, 2012
2:32 pm
The prognosticator in question certainly knows how to sell his publication, seeing as how UGA fans probably spend more on sports rags having to do with SEC football than anyone else. But, guess what? He’s wrong for 2 reasons:
1) UGA coaches have not shown the ability to instill discipline in their players
2) You can’t coach intelligence, no matter what level your talent is.
The best example of that is Aaron Murray’s inability to avoid bad decisions in big games.
Nobody’s going to win a football NC at UGA anytime soon.
Allison.Derek'swife
June 6th, 2012
2:34 pm
My HUBBY will make Barbra Proud this year and beat the Dwags.
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
2:37 pm
Allison Derek’s wife……will you be The Water Girl for the VOLS?
Dancing on high with the incomparable Ballina Sisters!
June 6th, 2012
2:38 pm
Oh no, lots of Kool-Aid being swilled by the mangy leg humpers.
But it’ll be the same outcome as usual, since UGA’s 3rd rate slimeball coaches are still there.
Fred from Araby
June 6th, 2012
2:40 pm
A few comments about UGA:
1. Four different SEC teams have won the last six BCS championships.
2. UGA was not one of those teams.
3. During that period, UGA did not win the SEC championship.
4. Red panties.
In other words, UGA has sunk into total irrelevancy both regionally and nationally.
So why is UGA paying Mark Richt millions of dollars a year?
what?
June 6th, 2012
2:41 pm
these reasons make no sense. First you say that they have the advantage of not playing the big 3 in the West, which you must feel would be a loss somewhere, then say they just need to win the SECCG, which will most likely be against one of those 3. Are they good enough or not to beat them?
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
2:43 pm
I think Belin was a pretty good hire, and could have been a good ST co-ordinator, but he was only here one year, so Not sure how much we can say HE was the difference. Dawgs did improve statistically during his year, so that’s fair. Probabaly some other factor involved though.
I wouldnt care to see Richt taking on the Meyer’s model. I have never been convinced that he was all that well served in doing that, and there were years under him, that they were no better than anyone else. It’s also fair to say in his best years, he had the horses to be pretty good on ST, no matter who was running it. I guess the point was that somebody needed to do it, so he did. Personally I don’t think thats a good role for a HC. If you look at all the coaches over the past few years with the top teams they all do it slightly differently. For Meyer, that was his way.
CHDawg
June 6th, 2012
2:44 pm
Oops. Sorry bucket, I missed the sarcasm. Kool aid, I realize that you experience better football talk being on a Dawg blog as an enemy, than being on a Tech or Gator blog as a good guy! You are welcome to talk trash and keep the blood pressure meds flowing in GA if that makes you happy.
bucket
June 6th, 2012
2:46 pm
No worries CHDawg.
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
2:55 pm
CHDawg I have plenty of good blogging on the TeCH blogs, but I do chat on different team blogs. the Best is the Saints blog and it is getting better with all the crap that is going on there. LOL
clint
June 6th, 2012
2:55 pm
dbc,
if UGA goes undefeated and wins the SECCG then they will be playing for the National Championship. I don’t care if they win every game by 1 point. At this point any SEC champ that is undefeated will be playing for the national championship. SEC has earned that right.
With that being said I’m not sure UGA will go undefeated. Yes they are returning a bunch of starters and are oozing with talent, but the team with the best players doesn’t always win the game. I’m not sold they have the mental focus to rise up against better teams. After all it didn’t happen once in 2011 where the rose up to win a game. You could make the case for just the opposite that UGA actually found ways to lose (see USC and MichSt). That has to change for there to be any talk of a MNC.
Cdpridg
June 6th, 2012
2:55 pm
What?….when you refer to the big 3…..what teams constitute…a big 3?
Funny
June 6th, 2012
3:04 pm
The Dawgs claim the most preseason championships and Bama claims the most postseason.
DawginLex
June 6th, 2012
3:12 pm
I have high hopes and expectations for my Dawgs in 2012 but predicting a BCS title in June is nuts for anyone, even Bama, USC and LSU.
We are in the conversation which is nice. Being in the conversation in early December would be MUCH better.
I am ready to win something. We all are.
Rainbow Tide Pride
June 6th, 2012
3:18 pm
Lots of DAWGS envy around here today.
Thank you Haters!
Vinings Dawg
June 6th, 2012
3:20 pm
Wow! A lot of hate floating out there today. I get sucked in every year as well, but there are factors here that can’t be ignored. Crowell has apparently woken, Kicking game couldn’t get worse along with the previous O-Line play and our receiving core looks like they want to play some bal this time around. Junkyard D under CTG should shake a few opposing facemasks as well. Get me through the USC game boys and I’ll be the loudest one. Make us proud. And do me a favor… Don’t read these articles or blogs. The trolls on here literally have nothing else to do but stir a pot they don’t even own. Enjoy the hype and do it for us. I’d love to be lucky seven for the SEC!
SSIgator
June 6th, 2012
3:26 pm
Oddsmaker likes Dawgs to win SEC East … and BCS!
_____________________________________________
This just in:
Vogue Magazine votes UGA #! – Marky hires one of their fashion editors to overhaul their unis this year. Should be quite stylish – the best looking in the SEC
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
3:30 pm
I don’t think anybody is predicted anything. Just discussing why 19-1 seems like pretty reasonable odds.
But I agree it’s better to be in the conversation, than not. And the story said not a thing that wasn’t spot on despite the trolls just not liking it.
But personally I enjoyed the football season anticipation more back in the day when a MNC wasn’t the entire conversation of college football fans year round. I recall a day when No self respecting Dawg fan would so easily dismiss beating our chief rivals, no matter what the circumstances.
WDE
June 6th, 2012
3:34 pm
Bottom line is that dag-gum it ..it is just GREAT TO BE A GEORGIA BULLDOG !!! Today, tomorrow and always……Go Dogs!
what?
June 6th, 2012
3:34 pm
Cdpridg- Seriously? Ala, LSU and Arkansas. The same teams UGA avoided last year until they were whipped in the SECCG by LSU… you did realize this was a football blog right?
OoltewahDawg
June 6th, 2012
3:35 pm
Now that Bradley AND Beyond the Bets have both declared the Dawgs their pick for MNCs, I don’t see it happening. Every time they’ve been picked to win it all, they flop.
Craig
June 6th, 2012
3:36 pm
Same story…different year….even with our schedule we are only the 7th pick to win the title. Give that schedule to just about anyone that is decent and they would sail….us? ha! between Murray giving points away, bad decisions, suspensions and the usual meltdown we will end up 9-3. Until UGA teams start playing to their potential and coaching to their potential I wont bet on anything…..and yeah…before you toss around “we won 10 in a row” lets not forget the fact that we LOST to the 4 best teams on the schedule……NUFF Said!
Vinings Dawg
June 6th, 2012
3:36 pm
Well said WDE.
Rationale
June 6th, 2012
3:41 pm
I have no idea how Aaron Murray impresses so many people that obviously have never seen him throw so many interceptions. If he can play up to the level of what everybody that has not seen him play, thinks he can play, UGA will go undefeated.
evil empire
June 6th, 2012
3:46 pm
same story, 32nd verse…1980 was a long time ago…
DD
June 6th, 2012
3:47 pm
The only game that should be on anyones mind if you’re a UGA person is Mizzou. The rest of you go ahead and just jump on the banter. People write these kind of articles to get hits. I’ve never heard of this publication before. Most Dawg people take this like a grain of salt.
Funny how teks name is never mentioned in the NC hunt. Why is that?
DD
June 6th, 2012
3:47 pm
@evil empire
Last time So. Car. won an NC was……..
JB
June 6th, 2012
3:48 pm
Dawgs get another shot at LSU in the Dome at 11-1 ranked about 5th in the country. The D is for real and offense better than average.
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
3:53 pm
The DWAG NATION(Gwinnett County) CHEERS!!!!!!!!
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
3:55 pm
ANOTHER SHOT at LSU?
the dWags don’t play LSU this year so how can the dWags get ANOTHER shot?
If you are talking about the LAST time in the Dome the dWags never had a SHOT from the start.
Dawgs Rule Nerds
June 6th, 2012
3:58 pm
Go back to your Halo game nerds……..
chris
June 6th, 2012
4:00 pm
I agree it could be a special year BUT the passing game and running game only work if you get blocking up front. The Offensively Line holds the key.
JB
June 6th, 2012
4:04 pm
DAWGS WILL PLAY LSU in the conference championship. Do I need to spell it all out on every post.
JB
June 6th, 2012
4:05 pm
You would think in my post by saying 11-1, which is the ENTIRE season finished up, you would think he would get it would be the SECCG.
Eustis
June 6th, 2012
4:06 pm
This story sounds familiar. I’ll believe it when I see it.
evil empire
June 6th, 2012
4:09 pm
the song remains the same…yada yada yada…
JB
June 6th, 2012
4:10 pm
Eustis, With Fla,Tenn and AU all down and by playing SC mid season, the stars are lining up. I hope you see it.
JB
June 6th, 2012
4:11 pm
evil, how’s that trophy case looking in Columbia? I’ve been told it’s easy to dust.
Moneyball
June 6th, 2012
4:12 pm
@ SSIgator, what a pathetically sad creature you are. You live to hate and, no doubt, hate to live.
Left Coast Dawg
June 6th, 2012
4:13 pm
Yeah, and if we do win the NC,everyone will say we didn’t deserve to be there because of a weak schedule or something. Haters will be haters I guess.
DawgD
June 6th, 2012
4:13 pm
the dogs are loaded this year, with the best D in the sEC. Look for another easy SEC east title and this time, a huge win over lsu in the SEC title game. UGA v. USC for the BCS title—take it to the bank!! the dogs are back!
DD
June 6th, 2012
4:15 pm
@evil empire
#1 – Don’t insult the best rock band in the history of RnR by using, “the song remains the same…yada yada yada…”
#2 – I’m still waiting to hear when the last time the chickens won the BCS? Heck, for that matter the SEC CG? zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Thought so.
1980 is sure better than…. well……. ur….. NEVER!
evil empire
June 6th, 2012
4:18 pm
i’m not a sc fan boys…Lsu, not sc…but support sc when they play uga..
DD
June 6th, 2012
4:19 pm
I guess you jump from team to team because last weeks blog you were all about South Carolina. Now it’s LSU… hmmm. Spoken like a true tkkie!
DD
June 6th, 2012
4:20 pm
that’s “tekkie”
evil empire
June 6th, 2012
4:22 pm
just guessing the dd stands for double dumb*ss…sthu…
RealityCheck
June 6th, 2012
4:24 pm
@GoldenNimrod…Just so you know, Since CMR has been in Athens UGA is 10-1 vs Vandy,
9-2 vs UK and 10-1 vs The Nerds. We RUN THIS STATE you NTAC and we own Tech.
Now on to more important things. There is no reason why we won’t have one of the elite D’s in the Country and on offense we have more weapons than Bama had last year, if the O Line jells a little, we improve our special teams we got a shot to be in the conversation about the BCS at the end of the year.
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
4:24 pm
Buffalo and Ga. Southern are real SoS builders to face the SEC West Champ.
Bulldawgman49
June 6th, 2012
4:25 pm
Well I always think that Georgia will be good , I see the weakness of this team being the O line not a big secert . The D will be stellar , The running game I think Malcome will suprise alot of people.
Crowell ? Marshall I hope the hamie heals three headed monster would be nice. Go Dogs !!!
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
4:26 pm
UGa will lose the SEC CG cause TeCH will do LIKE the MUTTS and in the Tackle Pile the JACKETS will twist knees and ankles. Karma is a BeOTCH.
evil empire
June 6th, 2012
4:31 pm
2008 all over again…you dawg fans should just settle for winning a bowl game before you get into the deep end of the pool…
chuck
June 6th, 2012
4:40 pm
The UGA season will come down to how much improvement has been made to the strength and conditioning program.
G-Dawg
June 6th, 2012
4:40 pm
If we’re so irrevelent…you sure spend alotta time worrying about program. I think its best to leave sleeping dawgs alone, cause if the beast awakens…it will become ya’lls nightmare!! When it happens, who knows…but it wont be pretty for any of your trolls.
RamboDog
June 6th, 2012
4:46 pm
evil empire = GT fan. Go s&^k your boyfriend
UGAly
June 6th, 2012
4:46 pm
A talented, experienced, deep offensive line is absolutely necessary to win championships.
RamboDog
June 6th, 2012
4:47 pm
evil empire and A person smart enough to know = tickle pile buddies
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
4:48 pm
Yea, ALL those times we were picked to win it all, huh trolls. Because that happens every year doesn’t it.
At least come up with something originally to say for the no good reason.
Snoop Dawg
June 6th, 2012
4:49 pm
Here we go again folks. “They’re saying that this year they might go all the way!”
How many times have you heard this rubbish? Every year, that’s how many.
The koolaid at the Richt Cafe is strong stuff indeed…
Listen, the oddsmakers are right: Fantastic talent, easy schedule, etc. What they are not factoring in, however, is the incompetent coaching and total lack of discipline and leadership on the team. Until the shepard leads, sheep will mill around aimlessly. Richt and Bobo could not lead themselves out of bed in the morning, much less lead their talented team to any meaningful championships.
All the blind homers and apologists for Richt and Bobo have sealed our fate. UGA will continue to underperform and approach mediocrity during a good season in spite of all the talent and favorable schedules because our coaching is LOUSY.
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
4:51 pm
Boy that was right on Cue! troll.
Snoop Dawg
June 6th, 2012
4:57 pm
Snoop is wondering how Markt Wrecked is doing in his graduate level study of the game of football. Remember, McGarrity relieved him of all his administrative duties so that he could devote his full energy on this endeavor. His grades to date aren’t too good. Mr Peterson taught him his first course first game of last season. He flunked that class. Next, Mr Spurrier schooled him as South Carolina lost their game in Athens in every category except the score. Imagine that… Another F for Richt. Then, remember LSU. Richt did OK on the midterm, but Dr Miles inidicated that he layed an egg during the final exam. Finally, Richt took an easy course in Big Ten football over the holidays, but unfortunately he failed that course too.
I am seeing that Richt will continue the trend by flunking two of his first three classes next year. Then, he will pass all the easy stuff until the next challenging test, Florida.
I do not think that he will ever get that graduate degree in the game of football. Do you?
SSIgator
June 6th, 2012
4:58 pm
Left Coast Dawg -
“Yeah, and if we do win the NC,everyone will say we didn’t deserve to be there because of a weak schedule or something.”
You really don’t need to worry about that as long as Richt & Company are still there. That must be a tremendous burden lifted from you now.
Snoop Dawg
June 6th, 2012
4:59 pm
Altamaha, if Snoop is a troll, then Altahama is a cross dressing cannibal.
The reasons why UGA will be the Champion
June 6th, 2012
5:03 pm
the reasons for winning for UGA Fall of 2012
#1 Schedule
#2 Schedule
#3 Schedule
#4 Schedule
#5 Schedule
#6 Schedule
#7 Schedule
#8 Schedule
They don’t play anyone good until Tech, then the SEC championship. They have a 10 game bye week till Thanksgiving… UGA just has to win the last 3 games of the season to be National Champions.
very true
June 6th, 2012
5:05 pm
“They don’t play anyone good until Tech, then the SEC championship. They have a 10 game bye week till Thanksgiving… UGA just has to win the last 3 games of the season to be National Champions.”
-Also, everyone knows that. Which is why they are getting 1-7 odds right now. UGA only has to win 3 games. Also it will be the end of the season and no one will be hurt because of such an easy schedule.
Return to Glory
June 6th, 2012
5:05 pm
How sweet it would be, however with the questions up front on the offensive line I can’t see us winning the BCS, the East yes, the SEC a big maybe, the BCS not likely. …but I sure hope so !!
GO DAWGS
B. Beaver
June 6th, 2012
5:08 pm
You blow hards say the same thing year end year out. Blow on boys.
SSIgator
June 6th, 2012
5:10 pm
This from the NY Daily News today:
“Massachusetts man catches on fire after applying Banana Boat sunscreen”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/massachusetts-man-catches-fire-applying-banana-boat-sunscreen-article-1.1090811
Wow, Ole’ Marky Mark better go easy on the SprayTan. Would hate to see him go up in flames during a game. No, wait, he already did that last year in the SEC CG vs. LSU.
JB
June 6th, 2012
5:15 pm
Wouldn’t Tech love to be picked to win something…other than playing in the ACC champ game in front of a half full stadium.
cdpridf
June 6th, 2012
5:27 pm
what?…first off you are uninformed…now allow me to exp;ain how you are so. Teams dont pick their schedules…sothe avoiding certain teams on the schedule is a ignorant statement at best. Second…Arky…lol really the programwho just had their coach fired for running around with a girl 30 yrs younger…lol…a program that has never won anything in the SEC and never won 10 games before the 2 yr Petrino stint. We can toss that bit of misinformation right out the proverbial window as well. As a matter of fact if folks bought the garbage you spew the highways would filled with litter. Learn some facts before posting and looking the fool
IT IS WHAT IT IS
June 6th, 2012
5:30 pm
This is the worst piece of material you guys have every posted!!! Is it getting slim pickens or what!!! WHo CAres!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff
June 6th, 2012
5:50 pm
All of this means nothing. When will people learn.
TheTruthHurts
June 6th, 2012
5:51 pm
Mizzou will be the key and I am betting on Mizzou to win. Does Richt, aka Coach Overpaid, know the words to the Missouri Waltz?
DawgBrain
June 6th, 2012
6:01 pm
No way my Dawgs win no stinkin’ national championship this year…………That is BS. I will be happy beating the Florida Gators again and an SEC East title. They chump out on the schedual again,and it bites them in the tail down the road. Just being realistic here!
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
6:02 pm
The irony of asking “who cares”.
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
6:18 pm
Where did you watch that game?
A person SMART enough to know......
June 6th, 2012
6:46 pm
How is it that EVERY National Championship UGa has they NEVER played Bama?
KJ
June 6th, 2012
6:48 pm
“Blow on boys.”
Not the first time you’ve said that today, eh sweet thing?
LakeDawg
June 6th, 2012
6:54 pm
UGA definitely has the talent. It is second to no one, no matter what others say. It all comes down to COACHING. I hope CMR pulls it off, but I don’t have much confidence he will. If you don’t see the Dawgs RUNNING it down Mizzou’s throat in the 2nd game, then expect 2-3 losses. BTW I would like nothing better than to see CMR prove me wrong.
Beast from the East
June 6th, 2012
6:56 pm
Sorry, Dawgs but I’ve heard this same story several times the past half dozen years or so. I’ll believe UGA can win it all when they actually prove it on the field. At this point, I think the failures are more between the ears than between the hedges.
David Granger
June 6th, 2012
7:00 pm
Oh, Dear Lord, NO! Worst thing that could happen to us. For some reason, neither the Georgia fans nor the team reacts well to being picked to finish high. Let’s not forget 2008. We were preseason #1, the team was absolutely loaded, and we ended up having a wretched season…especially considering the talent we had on that team. And worst of all, the Dawg fans…who have always been pretty knowledgeable fans…got running our mouths and talking all kinds of smack. Ended up sounding EXACTLY like that damn FSU and Miami scum.
Pay not attention to these preseason rankings, guys. Keep on working out and practicing hard…let’s go into the season with a chip on our shoulder.
And have mercy, Coach Richt…don’t get all fixated on uniforms or jersey colors or helmet designs or “Black/Red out the stadium!” stuff this season. Let’s just make sure the team is ready to play hard all four quarters in every game this year…and we’ll do fine.
Jborodawg
June 6th, 2012
7:01 pm
Just one betting sight; and I’m not quite ready to agree the Bulldogs will win the SECC, much less a NC.
Yes, the O line is a big question mark, but so is Murray. If he can cut back on turnovers … and if we have a dominating running game…and if we can stop the run. Big ifs. But, hope springs eternal.
Look in the mirror
June 6th, 2012
7:04 pm
Alabama plays Michigan (Dallas), Western Kentucky, Fla Atlantic, and Western Carolina as OOC opponents. They miss UGA, SC, and UF in the East… the 3 toughest SECE teams.
Seems weak to me!
LakeDawg
June 6th, 2012
7:11 pm
Yeah, Bama’s skating by this year. The East will be vastly improved this year, while the West will be slightly down from last year.
WDE
June 6th, 2012
7:18 pm
Love it when a 3rd rate rag blows all common sense out and picks some one to OVER PERFORM to sell more copy/ads you name it, and then troll nation takes up the cry UGA is drinking the koolaid again..same old same old….lets start with beating Mizzou and work up from there..Go Dogs!
MT
June 6th, 2012
7:20 pm
SIgaTOR 48-40-2 Ya’ll can send Turncoat back to Texas after he loses
the 2nd straight to his former alma mater.
Never beat Florida as a player, has not beat Georgia as a coach.
Preseason polls mean nothing
June 6th, 2012
7:27 pm
Go Dawgs, Preseason polls mean nothing,preseason polls mean nothing,
again I say preseason polls mean nothing.
It will hard to beat Mizzou without defensive backs we need to fix that problem,preseason polls mean nothing.
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
7:33 pm
the team was absolutely loaded, and we ended up having a wretched season…
Nope
Patsy
June 6th, 2012
7:41 pm
It’s a sad life for he who places his all on a football team.
alex
June 6th, 2012
7:46 pm
only prob. with ga. & mark ritcth is he thinks u can win without a ol every year ga is rebuilding the ol how does a rb or qb do anything when u run for your life chompionships are won in the pits ritch needs to learn sec is not fsu football.
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
7:48 pm
Do you think this is the “worst thing” compared to losing our 2 best LT before the seasons starts and a couple more OL during the year? How about losing Jenkins, Gaithers, Washington and Ogletree since we are comparing 2008. Is an article on our 19-1 odds of winning a MNC worse than that? We might only have a 10 win wretched year if all that happened.
Scorekeeper
June 6th, 2012
8:13 pm
Results from the 2011-2012 season for the Big 3 men’s sports:
Football: UGA 1, GT 0
Basketball: GT 1, UGA 0
Baseball: GT 2, UGA 1
——————————-
Total: GT 3, UGA 2
In other words…
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!
Lantana Lil
June 6th, 2012
8:18 pm
Hey, that’s pretty impressive that an academic school like Tech can dominate a football factory like Georgia. I guess Georgia’s players just don’t gave much heart, do they.
I guess it’s the poor coaching or something.
LogicalUS
June 6th, 2012
8:18 pm
Yep, definitely it is June the best time in UGA beaner land….we can all bask in another PreSeason MNC for the puppies. Unfortunately, it will soon be Sept\Oct and this cast of misfits will actually have to play other football teams.
National Champions….bahahhahahhha..good lord.
StackedDeck
June 6th, 2012
8:19 pm
…’goldenrod…..that”s funny! ha ha ha ha ha ha! Good luck to you and the school of “BEES”…hey!
GO DAWGS!! Hooorah!!
UGA / ‘74
alex
June 6th, 2012
8:20 pm
all i am saying is ga does not go after enough ol they only get 2 or 3 a year needs to be more. 1 or 2 will not cut it or get hurt ga just needs to understand they more depth on the line.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
June 6th, 2012
8:31 pm
LOL
UGA a possible pick to win the BCS
LOL
Do they not realize this is the same coaching staff that didnt even have the guts to go for it inside the 5 yrd line against UCF in a meaningless bowl game
LOL
AltamahaDawg
June 6th, 2012
9:23 pm
get enough “lol”s in there, sweetie?
Glory between the Hedges
June 6th, 2012
9:30 pm
Anything less than a national championship this year is a failure.The road is paved all the way to the title game. Georgia will beat LSU in the SEC Championship game this year as long as we put two halfs together and not drop wide open touchdown passes. If the running game is there this year then look out. If not, then it’s another disappointing season. We have got to run the football!
Glory between the Hedges
June 6th, 2012
9:33 pm
Flat Tire,
Alabama lost to UL Monroe a few years back and got embaressed by Utah in the 2009 Sugar Bowl.
Every season is different. What’s your point?? You have none.
kerryb
June 6th, 2012
9:35 pm
I think the talent we have on the O-line will be fine. It will be more athletic than last year. Last year they were just big ole slugs. Anybody a RT will be an improvement over Bean Anderson. I suspect we’ll be running the ball a lot to start the season. It is easier for young linemen to run block than pass block. Also, I saw some comments saying if we can get by Missouri. UGA should beat Missouri by at least 2 TD’s. That defense ranked 61st last year. They’re are not going to stop our offense. Also, everyone is worried about the secondary against Missouri. They will have to have time to exploit that. With our front 7 that’s going to be hard.
Glory between the Hedges
June 6th, 2012
9:39 pm
Good point Alex,
Georgias number one issue is not recruiting enough great Linemen. You can say whatever you want about coaching decisions, arrests , and all that, but a lack of a great O-line has been one of the biggest reasons of Georgia’s recent struggles on Offense.
tech sufferer
June 6th, 2012
10:11 pm
I can’t wait to get it going and hope so bad that the dawgs will again don their space suits. They look so CUTE in them and I believe that they are faster wearing them. Gosh they look so good.
Paul in NH
June 6th, 2012
10:18 pm
3 starting OL from 2011 were drafted by the NFL, the depth chart on OL for 2012 has a bunch of underclassmen and I am reading a post that the OL will be better?
Mobile Dawg
June 6th, 2012
10:49 pm
That’s a good point Paul. It speaks volumes. From a humble Dawg supporter the proof’s in the pudding. I hope it doesn’t turn rancid. Go Dawgs
T D
June 6th, 2012
11:18 pm
Dawgs can and should go undefeated. Junkyard Defense won’t give up much of anything. Offense has always scored 30 or more points under CMR. Running game will be as good as any team in America next year. The running backs will do lots of damage. That makes passing game easier. l do agree Dawgs special teams need to do their job. A good to great year by special teams puts us even with all the championship caliber teams. Go Dawgs. Just Win Baby.
Flo-Ri-Duh
June 6th, 2012
11:36 pm
That’s why they play the game……….. don’t count your Game Crocks before they hatch. UGA will win by 10 over loud mouth and go undefeated to the SEC champ game.
RED DOG 77
June 7th, 2012
12:49 am
The difference between this year and years past that were promising…………The attitude that coach Todd Grantham brought to our beloved BULLDOGS. I said last year Grantham would get his guys in place, and the D would “ROCK”…………The offense would want some of the glory and follow suit. CHEMISTRY, CHEMISTRY, CHEMISTRY…………………Thank God Almighty, the Georgia Bulldogs finally have found CHEMISTRY, and are about to whup some…………well youu know………….GO DAWGS…………..GATA…………….Regards to all DOGS, RED
The Open Dawg
June 7th, 2012
1:03 am
Is this new news? Whole country knows this!
DawgBrain
June 7th, 2012
1:58 am
Like Pool Champ Minn.Fats told his young challenger,” Stop talking and start chaulking,son”. See if we can handle Missouri first
THUG D
June 7th, 2012
2:17 am
If we can keep our defensive stars out of jail Dawgs can be a Top 15 team!
gary pickle
June 7th, 2012
2:24 am
ill scare georgia into defeat
augustusdog
June 7th, 2012
2:40 am
Easy now with the BCS talk…but we have a top 3 team!
Reality Dawg
June 7th, 2012
3:01 am
HILARIOUS!!! “Beyond the Bets” website?!? You are really reaching for a story here, Bill. This is such a HUGE, well respected (ha!) website that they have high rollers like COLORADO TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY paying for the ads!
Please try again, Bill.
ERK
June 7th, 2012
3:54 am
These kind of articles/discussions bring bad luck upon the Bulldog Nation, turn away I say, turn away!
georgiasouthernalum
June 7th, 2012
6:02 am
everytime they pick UGA to do great they fall flat……2008 number 1 preseason..its the kiss of death for UGA
gtfanfrom1951
June 7th, 2012
6:20 am
1. Auburn has BVG = loss for UGA
2. loss to USC
3. loss to Mizzu
4. no SEC East
5. bowl loss again
6. no top 20
FLA DAWG
June 7th, 2012
6:54 am
The last time we were picked so high we stunk up the place.
Our schedule is about as easy as it could be for an SEC Team, the D should be strong but Murray still has no pass rush protection from the O Line, I’m still waiting for a bull of a fullback to block for a tailback who doesn’t fall at the first touch or takes himself out of a game……………………………….and then there’s Bobo and Richt………..
I’d love to see The Dawgs win The SEC and play and win The BCS but I think the odds are alot longer than 17 to 1.
Scorekeeper
June 7th, 2012
7:52 am
Results from the 2011-2012 season for the Big 3 men’s sports:
Football: UGA 1, GT 0
Basketball: GT 1, UGA 0
Baseball: GT 2, UGA 1
——————————-
Total: GT 3, UGA 2
In other words…
GEORGIA TECH RUNS THIS STATE!
A really bitter pill for leg humper fans to swallow!
Dawg Goneit
June 7th, 2012
7:52 am
With this schedule, I can see 10 easy wins. That’s about as good as it gets.
Dagny Taggart
June 7th, 2012
8:13 am
The biggest unknown is how many of Richt’s players will be arrested and suspended, fail drug tests, or suspended or dismissed for violating team rules. You can probably figure on at least 8-10 players being suspended for at least one game.
It’s the price Richt pays for recruiting low class trash.
Dawg Goneit
June 7th, 2012
8:20 am
Even if Richt manages to keep them on the field, he still has to worry about them getting a lead and quitting.
Can’t finish the drill.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
8:34 am
Good heavens , am I the ONLY Georgia football fan commenting on the AJC blog that actually remembers what happened in 2008?
You folks actually believe that the results on the filed had more to do with thier preseason ranking than who actually ended up playing (or more to the point, NOT playing) certain positions on the filed. Thats your honest thought out opinion?
Mathew Watts
June 7th, 2012
8:34 am
I read this and I suddenly feel like I’m tiptoeing through a glass room with concrete shoes…. YIKES! Don’t jinx the jocks!
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
8:38 am
And you say “every time” ,as if you can make some logical point based on trends……. then can name one. Thats a mightly small sample size. But. yes I guess, “everytime” they went into the season ranks #1 by one of the polls, by percentage points over 4 other teams, they only finished #10 that year. Great analysis.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
8:43 am
rancid pudding. Now that is funny, I don’t care who you are.
RTR15
June 7th, 2012
8:50 am
Alabama wins the west, blows out ga or south carolina–no big deal. This bama team–going for title #15! RTR!!!
minnesota dawg
June 7th, 2012
9:10 am
If Gerogia can win against Mizzou and South Carolina, it will make a lot of people start believing. God DAWGS!
OldFan
June 7th, 2012
9:10 am
I don’t know. Strange rationale at work here. UGA loads up on wins by playing a weak schedule. Loses to SC, but wins East because SC has tougher schedule. So the team that whips us is in turn beat by better teams we don’t play. All that means we’ll end up in the NC game. Ain’t life wonderful!
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
9:27 am
Yea, it’s pretty speculative, but at least the author gives his rationale. It makes a lot more sense that some of these “oh my goodness some columnist is talking good things about us, run and hide, because in another time, under a diffeernt circumstance, it didnt go exactly as planed” posts littering this thread.
Flo-Ri-Duh
June 7th, 2012
9:28 am
19 to 1 odds doesn’t sound that optimistic to me. Would you go all in with that?
Flo-Ri-Duh
June 7th, 2012
9:32 am
When UGA gets an OL than can run block then we can talk. Hopefully the freshman field goal kicker will be an upgrade over the one last year that missed 14 field goals.
Columbus Dawg
June 7th, 2012
9:36 am
Yeah, I see Harvey Teabagger has Alabama winning every game on it’s schedule from now till eternity. Same thing was said by Teabaggers every where in 2010. Idiot Bama folks from the third world country of America. I would not be so sure about beating UGA. Yeah, you finally won one against the Dawgs after four tries. Over confidence will prevail again for the Teabaggers. Most predictions put UGA in SEC game with LSU, but I sure hope it is Bama. Dawgs will shut the inbreds mouths.
Chris Mike
June 7th, 2012
9:38 am
First, if you are not a dawg fan fan please don’t post anything. The dawgs will go as far as Aaron Murray leads them. In critical games this guy folds up. He is subperb against less talent opponents. We bairley won against Fl last year. We should have blown them out. He is a very unpredicable QB up under pressure. I’m seeing a two lost this season: SC and SEC west champs. That is been a realistic fan.
Austin Dawg
June 7th, 2012
10:02 am
Similar to the off season when SI picked us pre-season number one. Stafford and Moreno on the cover. The SEC writers got it right and picked Florida instead. One difference in our favor this year is our defense now is much better than that defense, but the OL issues remain. Lack of experience and depth. Giving Murray time and opening holes for our deep RB core will be the key to the season. And, as always, avoiding injuries.
Dogs>lsu
June 7th, 2012
10:28 am
this year, the dogs will beat lsu in the sec title game. the dogs will be a lot better and lsu lost a bunch of stars.
tireddawg
June 7th, 2012
10:35 am
Richt is still our coach right? 9-3, backdoor into East and then killed in SEC
John
June 7th, 2012
10:40 am
This happens every few years with Richt. The team overacheives a little bit one season and returns alot of starters. Then they are hyped for months and months only to have disappointing season. You can’t teach heart and hunger which are two things UGA players talk about but never back up. My prediction: UGA loses 3 games and Richt’s seat is a little warm because of the disappointing season with a weak schedule. People forget that UGA lost to EVERY decent team they played. Give me one game in 3 years where UGA has beaten a team ranked higher than them. I can’t really think of one.
DAWG66
June 7th, 2012
11:02 am
I’m for keeping our mouth shut, calmly going into each game one at a time like it’s do or die, take out our big stick, womp ass, and then mabe we could really celebrate.
UGA alumnus here
June 7th, 2012
11:04 am
UGA has to go throught the summer without losing key players or seeing some key men split. It is a totally different attitude among these young men vs when I attended UGA. Time will tell.
So called easy schedule or not ……………………UGA must win out to really impress me or lose only one game and go all the way to the SECG and win and let them chips fall where they may.
I see a 10-2 thing with UGA and that is it. Capital One Bowl or maybe Cotton. If they end up in Janaury 13 around # 5 or 6 or 7, that is as good as we can expect at UGA with our drug enforcement policy and academics. We are not Harvard but for sure we are not UT or LSU or Alabama or Auburn and that is that.
UGA class of 71 & 73
TimmyTwoShoes
June 7th, 2012
11:08 am
Headline reads “Oddsmaker likes Dawgs to win SEC East … and BCS!”. Having the seventh best odds to win the BCS is not having the odds makers “like” you. The odds makers “like” you behind 6 other teams. Unless I’m misinformed and the BCS is pitting #1 vs. #7 this year, I would tone down the enthusiasm once again, UGA fans. By now, I would hope you would’ve learned that failing to live up to unreasonable expectations is more destructive than reaching achievable goals, like winning the SEC East.
LTownDog
June 7th, 2012
11:46 am
This dawg team is for real—the roster is loaded with talent and with florida down again, the dawgs should win the sec east easy! The Dawgs should beat alabama for the championship and play in a big bowl game!
Spike 80DF
June 7th, 2012
12:09 pm
the Dawgs better win this year b/c the whole team (except Murray) will be in the NFL this time next year…..
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
12:30 pm
I understand that headlines have the function of grabbing attention and evoking maximun discussion (in some of our fans cases, cause them to wet thier pants)……but this one seems factually incorrect to me.
How is an oddmaker picking the Dawgs? Isn’t it more accurate to say that a betting website is picking the Dawgs, depite the odds (determined by some other actual “oddsmaker”). Or is this guy placing the odds at 19-1 for his pick to win it? “This is my choice, But I am placing the mathematically probability that I am wrong fairly high” That doesn;t make sense.
OR, Did he also pick the 15-1 odds team, and pick the 5-1 team? Did he pose the reasons why he is picking literally 10 or so that “could”? thats not how I read it.
Dawg Tired
June 7th, 2012
12:57 pm
Missouri game is more scary to me than the South Carolina game. Too many starters suspended for the Missouri game.
harold
June 7th, 2012
1:00 pm
UGA PLAYS LIKE 1 TEAM IN THE TOP 20. IF RICHT CAN’T MAKE IT TO THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THIS SCHEDULE AND HIS TALENT——–UGA SHOULD FIRE HIM.
THIS SCHEDULE IS A CAKEWALK!
sc fan
June 7th, 2012
1:25 pm
all the references to 2008. please refresh my feeble memory.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
1:32 pm
AH, so NOW harold it’s your opponents ranking before the season. June-Preseason actually in your mind I guess. I thought it only mattered if they ended up ranked at the end of the season.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
1:36 pm
sc fan, if you forget a year in the past, it’s a pretty safe bet to just go with the default that your team didn’t do so well.
Remember
June 7th, 2012
1:38 pm
Am I really the only one that remembers the amazing schedules that UF strung together a few years back while UGA was consistently getting voted in the top 5 hardest schedules? We’re not on that easy level yet but well on our way and I don’t mind. Not so harder but better, faster, stronger! Go Dawgs!
PS. Twist it however you may try but it’s still 10&1. We run this state!
Buckeye
June 7th, 2012
1:44 pm
Believe the hype, dogs. That way, the inevitable fall will be faster and I will laugh harder!
7576DAWG
June 7th, 2012
1:59 pm
I don’t like the fact that a lot of fans and therefore a lot of the players think that we will have any cakewalks or that we have a cupcake schedule. When the team and coaches constantly hear how easy another team should be , that’s when the game ends up being lost or barely won. Yes we have a few games with division 2 teams but these teams are very good and can be lost but I will agree very unlikely.
What I want the players and fans to change is their mindset that every game is not a serious part of the entire season. I want Richt to play hard for the entire game. How many times have we been killing a team at half time to barely win or even lose because we took the pressure off and the starters could get their intensity back up. If Richt and the players will do that one thing at the end of the season they won’t have any regrets for letting one or two get away. They will know they gave it their all and if we get beat then so be it and give the other team credit for being better.
GATiger
June 7th, 2012
2:11 pm
Pretty strong Kool-Aid they’re serving in Athens and Atlanta these days. All these rosie-eyed prognosticators are betting on skating through a weak schedule (they obviously believe USC, UF and AU will be weak) and getting up for the SECCG. Consider this. That “awesome” defense you’re counting on stopped nobody last year, and that was with Boykin and Rambo, who were grossly overrated. Watch Hilliard run over Boykin, Mathieu fake Rambo out of his jock and Blue run past both of them in last years SECCG for reference. Further, Richt has never embraced the holy grail of SEC football: running the ball. Your OL is weak and you don’t have enough quality RBs.
SteveDawgfan
June 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
Is Bobo gone?!! Did I miss something? When did he get fired? I missed it. That is great we can go all the….oh wait he is still there. Still our OC? Oh well then no chance in Hail that dog wont hunt. Shoot I was really excited there for a minute.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
2:36 pm
7675, the fans get to sit back and repeat what someboduy else said. The player pour thier sweat out there in preparation, and I am positive they do not look at this schedule as “cupcake”.
Ga Tiger was that a test to see how many worn out cliche’s you could cram into one post, disguised as having an opinion?
sc fan
June 7th, 2012
3:27 pm
altahama dog, i was not digging at uga. usc has always had a mediocre team. that does not mean that i can’t interested to know why people on your site mention 2008.
cdog
June 7th, 2012
3:30 pm
ha, ha, ha,ha. i don’t think so. not with richt as the coach and that stupid, losing quarterback, aaron murray. only if they’re not there.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
3:35 pm
well darn, don’t go all serious on me. I’m going to stick with my dig at you just for practical purposes.
DawgD
June 7th, 2012
4:11 pm
with ga’s easy schedule and a loaded roster, they will win the SEC—take it to the bank!
Yellow Fuzz
June 7th, 2012
4:20 pm
sounds like another preseason national championship to me
GATiger
June 7th, 2012
4:34 pm
AltamahaDawg, why don’t you try to concentrate on what I wrote rather than the way I wrote it. I’m an older man. Cliches were popular in my time.
AltamahaDawg
June 7th, 2012
5:34 pm
I did read the what.I got it. You made fun of some of our players, don’t like our team, and running the ball is important . Like I said, when it comes to content…that was a lot of pretense.
Thanks.
Cdpridg
June 7th, 2012
7:11 pm
Yellowfuzz…..least many in the natl media respect enough of the Georgia program to make those preseason predictions….what do they say about tech………Nothing…..average team playing in a bad conference….any other conf in America….you win 4 or 5 a year…..you know the Citadel…Midd Tenn etc…first 3 or 4 cupcakes u sched every year
BiggDawgK
June 7th, 2012
7:17 pm
I think we have purged most of the bad kids which is important. We still have another year with a President who thinks catching college kids acting like college kids makes him a hero so there is always that pitfall but I certainly like our chances at coming close to running the table i.e. winning all of our games.
If we win at Mizou in what will arguably be one of if not the biggest games in Mizou’s history Georgia will have a huge boost in confidence and momentum. As long as they don’t look past anyone and play close to their level of ability we should easily be in the SEC Championship game. Win there and the Dawgs will get a chance to prove good guys do win it all sometimes.
Dawgbreath
June 7th, 2012
8:27 pm
Got a feeling Spurrier whips us and only loses to LSU, giving them the east.
Mobile Dawg
June 7th, 2012
9:46 pm
I can think of two games in 2008, of magnitude, that inept coaching had us out of the game before we ever had a chance to be competetive. Our season was, for all practical purposes, over after the humiliation Alabama piled on Richt and the Dawgs. I can’t for the life of me understand why some of you think Richt became such a better coach overnight. My two cents and cliche for the night.
NorthernDog
June 8th, 2012
4:26 am
the only team on Ga’s schedule with Ga’s talent is sc—Ga will upset them this year and win the sec east with ease again. fla will be way down and the dogs will beat them by 13+. Ga upsets alabama this year for the title–book it!
AltamahaDawg
June 8th, 2012
8:02 am
I can’t understand why you keep wanting to put words in peoples mouth. WHO has ever said Richt has changed overnite? Any logical person knows its been a maturation over the years. I’m not sure who all these folks are that have said anything different. For example, even the failures of 2008, have lead to some changes since, not overnite, but over time.
As far as the Alabama game. Would it not be a lot more interesting to talk about what actually happened in the game? ie, we could not protect that left side with our freshman 3rd string line over there, taking our passing game out, allowing them to load up and stop Moreno. Also we had no answer on defensive pressure as our best interior and both out or best outside D-linemen weren’t playing, so those short passes were just thier to sit back and pop one after another.
NOW, if you want to blame “coaching” for not having a deeper Oline in August.(which was never a surprise and every writer had said was going to be our weakness, then it got dramatically worse from injuries)..sure, thats right. Or not having more versitile cross trained DL, or any number of actual tangible thing going into that season, thats fine. Its thier job. Thats fair. But its pretty vague to just say that game came down to “inept coaching”. I actualy thought they did a decent job responding and adjusting in the second half. The fact is: 08′ Bama was one of the best team in the nation and we were FAR from it, by the time that game rolled around. Should we have got so far down by halftime…….no. Should Bama have blown such a huge lead to Au in one half a couple years ago…..No. Was that just inept coaching? Or how about Bama’s bowl game in 2008. Inept coaching?
And, is it really hurting your feeling so much that some of these Georgia Football fans are going into this season believing that we have a pretty good team, and talking about it as if they expect to have a fine year? Why must every single post be 100% negative and only about just the one aspect of the team,the name of the head coach and how terrible he is? The article was about a solid returing defense, and sure to be potent passing game, and an anticipated improved running game. Thats what, for the life of you, people are talking about, not some imagined overnite transformation.
FurmanUGA
June 8th, 2012
8:26 am
I’m as big a UGA fan and a Richt fan as anyone. But, I’ve seen this kind of hype before only to get burned by this program. I expect 8-4 and will be pleasantly surprised by more. Prove to me first that you can rise above expectations and then I’ll be inclined to beleive such lofty expectations. We just don’t get lucky in these ways. But, it’s a very nice summer fantasy!
Jborodawg
June 8th, 2012
8:54 am
Altamahadawg…don’t expect reasoned and logical posts on these blogs.
Good lord folks, it’s only June and it’s only one betting outfit. Even the ESPN guys call their list the “way to early top 25″, or some such. Some read the betting site’s article and call Dawg fans delusional. Don’t assume that I’m (or any fan is) delusional over someone else’s betting line or Top 25 ranking.
Altamaha…right on about 2008; some people just look at the record and not what actually transpired. As I recall it was also one of the better coaching jobs on a make-shift OL ever.
“Richt has no concept of the running game.” As I recall, last year he and Bobo tried a LOT of players at RB. Lord, if I read one more time about how stupid Bobo is for running up the middle…I’mo ’splode. Half the time the RB was met in the backfield or stuffed at the line. Murray had to scramble or was sacked WAY too often. That’s the OL; not Bobo and not CMR.
OK, one betting outfit ‘kinda’ picks the Bulldogs…in June. Interesting reading, but that’s about it. Nothing to get in an uproar over. But of course about any article on the Dawgs will get a rise outa some people.
A person SMART enough to know......
June 8th, 2012
9:11 am
No matter the Schedule
No matter the Talent
Would Any of you guys really BET a bunch of money on BOBO to be a National Championship Winning OC?
Wilson Pickett
June 8th, 2012
9:30 am
19-1….yep….History shows you what Mark Richt has to offer and that’s average. Average doesn’t get a glass ball but keep wishing and dreaming. Glad you locked up Richt for two more years so then you can fire him with the reduced buyout. Pitiful. Heck old yellafell spent 5 million for one phone call to Houston Nutt to get Tubbs out and you wish to hold on two more years in order to be able to fire Amen Mark for 2 million. Get serious about football other than from March until August….UGA the Mouth of the South….1980 and it will be that for many many more years.
Kingdaddy
June 8th, 2012
10:40 am
Who else could they pick to win the east? S.C. , the red-headed step-child( I apologize to all red-headed step-children) of the east? We will beat them like a drum. As far as an N.C., when the dust clears, it could be us…
flatsdawg1
June 8th, 2012
10:47 am
I always wish for the Dawgs to be prognosticated at #26 in the nation.
Roll Dawg
June 8th, 2012
11:05 am
Slightly ahead of Alabama? In talent, ummm…maybe. But the coaching chasm is massive. I really like Mark Richt, and think he’s great for Georgia. But can you imagine Aaron Murray’s fumbles and interceptions happening under Nick Saban? It grieves me that the Dogs’ coaching staff hasn’t been able to teach “the SEC’s best quarterback” the elements of ball security.
And while I’ve got the floor, how ’bout that fourth quarter? Anybody remember the refuse to lose mentality under Vince Dooley and Erk Russell?
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 8th, 2012
11:09 am
Who would want a 65 year old Pimp?
Why did they show the working girls?
Can we find these chicks on Craig’s List?
UGa girls are tops on the SugarDaddy.com
A University of Georgia German professor was arrested Thursday for prostitution, authorities say.
http://www.ajc.com/news/gwinnett/uga-professor-charged-with-1454499.html
Newnandawg
June 8th, 2012
12:01 pm
If Richt has no buyout clause in his contract, why do no other team try to hire him away? Hmmmmm…..I wonder.
Still@theKool-aidBAR
June 8th, 2012
12:04 pm
I hear the 7th grade Atlanta Colts are still trying to hire away Bobo.
Jborodawg
June 8th, 2012
1:04 pm
I think a team just about has to have a Heisman candidate to play for a NC.
BazookaJoe
June 8th, 2012
1:36 pm
Agree with prior posters – historically we do not do very well when expectations are high and I cringe whenever I read stuff like that. Look at the years we won the SEC, at the beginning of the year not much was expected of us. Years we were expected to do something, we flopped. Just shut up, play ball one game at a time and see how it looks at the end.
Angela
June 8th, 2012
2:30 pm
Doomed.
MY Dawg
June 8th, 2012
3:42 pm
In 2007 the coaches let the players drink the koolaid, and lost games where the DAWGS were clearly the better team, but were out coached and outplayed. It is time that the rubber meets the road. The great players are in place. if they are coached well they have a chance for a special season. If you have the talent to win a title and you don’t, look no further than the coaching staff! Go Dawgs!
Newnandawg
June 8th, 2012
4:35 pm
Lost to all 4 teams of any significance last year, but this year we’ll win the National Championship?
Sure, Richt is capable of that.
icedawg
June 8th, 2012
4:40 pm
Dreaming. Dreaming.Dawgs should do well but NC? They’ll have to get by SC, AU and UF, not exactly cake walks. Just because you have 5 star running backs does not mean that you will have a running game. The OL has had a running aversion for the past 3-5 years with some decent backs. How well the OL plays will determine the season.
King Gator
June 8th, 2012
7:39 pm
Kiss of death! Go Gators!
DOUG
June 9th, 2012
8:47 am
No BCS title with Richt as coach. Georgia only wins East & Sec Titles when nobody else wants them.
Q…Who were the last SEC Champs to not win a National Title?
Georgia is the only major Div 1 Football power with a Div 2 caliber coach. Talent alone has carried UGA. Grantham helps but we still need a head coach.
Garry Patterson please sit tight!!!
ugab
June 9th, 2012
11:30 am
Not going to happen..CMR teams take to long to get it going when the season begins. Unprepared. Every one knows what happens when Uga gets to much hype. I see the dawgs losing 5 games, due to suspensions and a weak OL
Techsucks33
June 9th, 2012
1:03 pm
Wouldn’t put my bet on ga tech since ga has won 10 of 11 of their last meetings. It’s not even really a rivalry anymore, just an easy last game win for Mark Richt. You nerds over there at ga tech shoul get that.
wreckmaniac
June 9th, 2012
3:59 pm
The SEC East is the minor league of college football.
Dawg Squeeze
June 9th, 2012
4:12 pm
Good point “Techsucks33″. The dawgs also lead the series in professors posing as transvestite prostitutes. Another bulldog point of pride!
stinger
June 9th, 2012
9:52 pm
You bunch of crossdressing wusses.
Pommostaclenes
June 9th, 2012
10:05 pm
UGA looks great every year… then the season starts. I expect more of the same this year.
DawgBrain
June 10th, 2012
2:41 am
Missouri is the “show me state” and they might show us what 50 points looks like come Fall
YO
June 10th, 2012
1:24 pm
Watch out for Missouri,they seem to spoil alot of teams records.
GO GATORS! were 1 year out…..
W in Austin
June 11th, 2012
10:32 am
Sigh.
1) A bad OL from 2011 loses 3 starters for the 2012 season. So much for the offense.
2) A squirrely QB that has yet to perform under pressure.
3) No proven RB.
4) One true weapon at WR, and he’ll be playing CB to start the season.
5) A D that looked great against really bad opponents, but mailed it in against legitimate opposition.
Let’s face it, folks. UGA’s “10-win” season last year was a fluke of scheduling, not an indicator of UGA’s quality as a team. I frankly can’t recall any team in my 40+ years as a UGA fan that had so much hype coming down on so little actual potential.
DawgBrain
June 11th, 2012
10:56 am
All of us fellas like me should visit Swinging Richards gay sports bar tonight, and really get off on our team.
stinger
June 11th, 2012
10:57 am
Brain, I’m down for that, I love a college dude in a really tight sweaty uniform.