Fan talk: Matt Stafford, UGA’s cupcake schedule and more!
A new Matthew Stafford action figure is expected to look something like this. (McFarlane Toys)
For those of you who enjoy Georgia Bulldog-related collectibles, a new action figure coming from McFarlane Toys and Clarktoys.com in September is available for pre-order: Matthew Stafford in his Detroit Lions uniform.
Here’s the company’s spiel for Stafford: “The former Georgia Bulldog QB, drafted #1 overall in 2009 by the Detroit Lions, had been plagued by injuries in his first two NFL seasons, only playing 13 total games over the course of two years. In 2011, with the injuries behind him, Stafford put together the greatest quarterback performance in the history of the Detroit Lions. The 2011 season was the official ‘I have arrived’ party. Stafford threw for more than 5,000 yards (only the 4th QB in NFL history to do so), with 41 touchdowns, and led the Lions to the playoffs for the first time since 1999. He currently holds the Lions franchise record for passing yards, passing touchdowns, passing attempts, and completion percentage for a single season.”
Pretty impressive.
Unlike most of the McFarlane NFL line, the Stafford figure will only be available via Clarktoys.com and won’t be sold at retail.
Pre-orders of the $17.99 limited-edition figure, which will ship in July, can be made online. And for $27.99 you can get a combo of the Stafford figure with one of Lions receiver (and North Avenue Trade School alum) Calvin Johnson that ships in September. (Some of you Tech fans that spend so much time on the Blawg might at least want to jump on the latter.)
Now, let’s get to some Junkyard Mail. …
Matt Cafaro writes: Bill, With this new reality of playoffs in 2014, will we FINALLY see the end of McGarity’s Florida-esque scheduling of boring cupcakes? The committee that will be choosing the four playoff participants will give some weight to winning a conference and maybe margin of victory, but it seems, most importantly, to strength of schedule. I’m sure the S.O.S. component will be important because it’s the only way Notre Dame could ever gain access into the playoff if they actually become relevant again (hard to say that with a straight face, haha), but also because of the upcoming Big 10 and PAC 12 scheduled games. McGarity’s way of scheduling just won’t fly with the BCS finally dying. So will Georgia again embrace competitive scheduling? … McGarity’s way is cowardly, let’s just come out and say that. It’s cowardly and boring and beneath UGA. Better to be beaten by Oklahoma State than win another yawner versus Jacksonville State. Go Dawgs!
Fans aren't very excited about the Dogs facing the likes of Buffalo. (University of Buffalo)
You make a valid point, but I don’t think the mere prospect of a strength-of-schedule component in the selection of teams for the playoff is going to be enough to prompt immediate changes at UGA or any of the other SEC schools that tend to go with two or three cupcake games each season. (Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, of course, each have BCS-level nonconference rivals on their schedule every year.) As McGarity told the Chattanooga Times-Free Press on the subject of adding a ninth conference game in the SEC, “We are locked into nonconference games with very high liquidated damages for both parties in some games through 2016. … I fully expect to play every one of our nonconference opponents on the Saturdays we have fully executed contracts with.” UGA has a dozen contracts for nonconference games, with the buyouts ranging from $1.2 million to $450,000. It also should be noted that, in addition to playing Georgia Tech every year, UGA “periodically” (McGarity’s word) likes to schedule a second major nonconference opponent, and the Bulldogs have Clemson coming on the schedule for their twice-a-decade appearances in 2013 and 2014. Georgia was supposed to play Ohio State in 2020-2021, but the Buckeyes canceled that deal because of Big 10 teams adding a PAC 12 opponent each year. As you made reference to, McGarity brought the cupcake-heavy philosophy from the University of Florida, where it helped secure a couple of BCS titles. Still, there’s no getting around how weak and downright unattractive this year’s UGA nonconference schedule is. The Oklahoman recently ranked the nonference schedules of the 68 schools in the six major conferences and UGA, playing Buffalo, Florida Atlantic, Georgia Southern and Tech this year, came in 47th, falling far short of Michigan, which topped the list by scheduling Alabama, Notre Dame and Air Force. Of course, most of the schedules looked more like Georgia’s than Michigan’s, as cupcakes have become the preferred dish in college athletic offices. And the Oklahoman ranked the conferences in terms of schedules, and the SEC lagged behind the Big 12, PAC 12, ACC and Big 10, but ahead of the Big East. Whether the playoff selection committee (assuming that’s what we end up with) giving weight to strength of schedule will be enough to reverse the cupcake trend remains to be seen. A bigger factor might be ticket sales. UGA is still offering single season tickets and multiple single-game tickets to the Buffalo, Florida Atlantic and Vanderbilt games. If the number of unsold seats starts to grow for the weaker opponents coming to Athens, Georgia might indeed rethink its scheduling philosophy.
In another schedule-related question, Josh Floyd writes: Are you as tired as I am of the demeaning of UGA football accomplishments last year due to the reasoning of weak scheduling, and this year that any titles should have an asterisk because of the “weak” schedule? I’m so appalled at the lack of truthfulness by the media, and other SEC head ball, er, coaches, that don’t seem to realize it’s on a rotation. There is no bias or conspiracy to give UGA an “easy” schedule. I’m with Coach Mark Richt: Tell me the rules, and who we’re playing, and let’s go do the best we can.
You’re right, it’s been ridiculous how many supposedly knowledgeable folks who should know better (including at ESPN) have been implying that Georgia pulled a fast one or got away with something in the conference schedules for 2011 and 2012. It was just the Dogs’ turn in the rotation for the easier cross-division schedule. (In 2008, for example, Georgia played both Alabama and LSU from the SEC West.) If the SEC honchos at conference headquarters in Birmingham give special consideration to any program, it’s certainly not UGA’s!
Commenting on a couple of issues recently discussed here, Harry Charbonneau writes: Bill, The University of Georgia substance abuse policy is superb. Drug use is antithetical to athletics and all Georgia fans should be proud of our tough and uncompromising policy on drugs. I agree entirely with Greg McGarity’s and Coach Richt’s stance on this issue. I am proud to be an alumnus of a university that leads the way in setting these standards. [Also] the black jerseys should definitely be revived and used this year. The black jerseys with red helmets and silver pants is a great look. I think they should be used in several home games and would like to have the players select the games. I agree Auburn at home would be an excellent time for black and I suspect the players might agree. I greatly enjoy your blog.
Thanks, Harry. I can’t disagree with you on the drug policy, though it would be nice if the standards were higher throughout the conference or nationwide, so the Dogs weren’t put at a competitive disadvantage. As for the black jerseys, I agree it’s a terrific look, but I believe once per season would be sufficient.
A couple of fans have a suggestion for improving Stegeman Coliseum's home court advantage. (University of Georgia)
Switching sports, James Gates writes: Bill, I am a regular reader of your Blawg — keep up the great work! One of my best friends from college, Brent Paten, and I are UGA alumni and supporters of the basketball program. While attending the UGA-Bama basketball game a few years ago (Mark Fox’s and Anthony Grant’s first seasons, respectively) we were discussing what simple things we could we do to help our program reach its potential. Brent suggested that we should swap court directions so that we force our opponent to shoot at the student section goal in the second half. … Brent noted that it is rather idiotic we do not do this. Let’s be honest: Stegeman Coliseum is not packed for every game. However, our fans (particularly the students) show up for the really big games. The weeknight and Saturday SEC contests are well attended and supported by the student body. It would be not only a savvy move but also an easy fix to involve them more in the game. Forcing the visitor to shoot into our student section in the second half would provide a true home court advantage. The section is elevated and the band is adjacent to the students. If you think I am overemphasizing this element of the college game please review footage of our games at the O’Connell Center or Rupp Arena and then look at our games in Stegeman. Observe our opponent’s focus as they shoot critical second half free throws totally undisturbed into Stegeman’s crowd of older folks seated in folding chairs. (Of course, these programs have combined to win 3 of the past 7 national championships in basketball so they might not know what they are doing). It’s not just free throws either. Our students get loud and more importantly can disrupt the opponent’s ability to operate its half-court offense. I would appreciate you mentioning this in your Blawg to see what others might think. GO DAWGS!
It does seem like a simple change that might help the second-half atmosphere at the Steg. Georgia roundball fans, what do you think?
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173 comments Add your comment
jkirsch6
June 23rd, 2012
9:35 pm
first?
I totally agree with the notion of switching court directions for basketball games. As a recent graduate of the University of Georgia, and having attended the majority of the basketball games over the past couple of years, I’d have to say that the student section is considerably louder than the “old folks” section of Stegeman.
And bring back the black!
Go Dawgs!
Broad Street
June 23rd, 2012
9:35 pm
I think these numbers by Stafford prove what everybody not on North Ave knows……
It took a UGA quarterback to make Calvin Johnson live up to his potential.
GO DAWGS!!!!
Macclenny_dawg
June 23rd, 2012
9:43 pm
The year of the Red and Black Attack!!!
Sam
June 23rd, 2012
9:44 pm
Matt Cafaro needs to look at ND’s SOS. Phil Steele has it rated the hardest in the country for 2012. ND has never played a FCS school. It plays a very intriguing schedule virtually every year. The service academies might be the only things close to a cupcake and yet I do not see SEC schools reaching out to play Navy or Air Force. I think as long as the SEC is held at the current level of respective, going undefeated in the conference regardless of the OOC schedules is not going to matter. I think for other conferences it might however.
http://www.fbschedules.com/2012/06/phil-steele-2012-college-football-strength-of-schedule-rankings/
Joe
June 23rd, 2012
9:51 pm
Black jerseys are stupid. It was a nice gimmick, but it is played out. Just stick with the regular jerseys and focus on the dadgum gameplan.
Typical UGA stuff on the court direction. Basketball is just so irrellevant to the athletic department that they have never thought about it. They probably do not want to upset the 50 season ticket holders whose total contributions probably don’t add up to more than a couple hundred thousand dollars. Basketball could be a money maker if the AD would realize that the “donors” are wastes of space and a winning program would provide a huge infusion of new money.
It’s so painful that Calvin Johnson chose to waste his college career. I have no doubt that UGA would have won the national title in 2005 with the Shockley to Johnson connection.
Across the wide Missouri
June 23rd, 2012
9:56 pm
Missouri 42, Georgia 7
Broad Street
June 23rd, 2012
9:58 pm
Get over yourself Joe,
The black jerseys are an incredible look for the program. The fans and the players loved them.
The only “gimmick” was the nasty black helmets worn at the 2009 Gator game.
Broad Street
June 23rd, 2012
9:59 pm
Across the wide…..
BYU 65, tek 2
Joe
June 23rd, 2012
10:01 pm
Those gimmicks are for Oregon and Rutgers. Alabama, USC, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Texas don’t fool with their uniforms. If you want to be like Oregon and Boise St, have at it.
mgdawg
June 23rd, 2012
10:05 pm
I love the fact that UGA and richt have made a stand when it comes to drug use, and I only wish that it would be made more public how harsh UGA’s standards are versus everyone else. It really makes UGA look bad when they have all these suspensions, but it should really be more publicised that this is because UGA has higher standards then everyone else.
I love the black uniforms, bring them back.
RHall55
June 23rd, 2012
10:10 pm
Keep an eye on CMB’s play calling; an eye on CRG’s in-state recruiting; and CWF’s depth of OL!! If these performances do not get better, then it will be time for another episode of a Willie Martinez exodus; see what happens when you put a more qualified, more energetic, more knowledgeable Coach in a position like that!! A world of difference!! Until more changes like that, UGA will not win a NC!!
Einstein
June 23rd, 2012
10:11 pm
There are an infinite number of possible solutions to my Special Theory of Relativity. One solution recently found by a supercomputer actually suggests the possibility of a UGA national championship under Mark Richt. In order to be mathematically correct, however, the solution requires that the sun rise in the west, the moon is made of green cheese, and dinosaurs still roam the earth.
Humberto
June 23rd, 2012
10:27 pm
James, I totally agree with you on switching court directions for bball! It just makes sense & I can tell you that students would actually be more into the games if they were closer to the action as opposed to sitting in the upper level (though Stegeman isn’t that big of an arena). I wish McGarity would open up the whole lower level to students (maybe the first 10 rows or so) like most other schools. At the very least, McGarity should open up the section opposite to the current student section under the jumbotron to students–which would create a true home court advantage.
claytondawg
June 23rd, 2012
10:35 pm
@Einstein: you are absolutely correct. Don’t think we’ll see anything dominant on the playing field with the current coaches–Bobo, Richt. I, myself, would like to see Grantham as head coach.
DawginLex
June 23rd, 2012
10:38 pm
Tunsil and seymour in the mix next??
Foster shaky at bama?
Next 3 weeks leading up to dawg night=interesting times
RED DOG 77
June 24th, 2012
1:23 am
Bill………..what-up with your site dude?…………I just finished one of my more brilliant posts and like a flash………….it was lost in some black hole…………..I’m taking my ball and going home……….for now…………..RED
LakeDawg
June 24th, 2012
1:31 am
I think the black jersey’s look good, but as another poster pointed out, teams with winning traditions don’t wear gimmick unis. Stick with the red.
RED DOG 77
June 24th, 2012
1:34 am
Someone posted Missouri 42 Georgia 7…………..Whoa Nellie ! someones already into the eggnog and Christmas eve is exactly six months away…………well each to his own I suppose………..Me? I’m enjoying a mintjulip in the shade of a magnolia tree………….Football is coming pretty soon though……………..I can’t wait !…………..RED
gbal
June 24th, 2012
7:38 am
Enter your comments here
UGA Fan Foreva
June 24th, 2012
7:43 am
HHAHAHAHAHA wow Missouri 42, UGA 7???? HAHAHAHAH that’s funny. That’s a good one haha. If anything it should be the other way around!!! GO DAWGS!!!!
just a fan
June 24th, 2012
7:47 am
I recently was transferred to Florida for work and am looking to sell my season tickets for the upcoming year if interested email me at fantasynfl3100@yahoo.com
The REAL sugarHillDawg
June 24th, 2012
8:06 am
Matt Cafaro, so winning against a cupcake is worse that losing? Dude, do you realize how STUPID you sound?Don’t guess you mind losing if it’s a moral victory huh?We don’t need fans like you Pal.
Big Dawg
June 24th, 2012
8:09 am
Enough of the yucky black uniforms. WHo died? They are so depressing; so mortuary.I thought we had gotten past that.
The school colors and brand are the beautiful red with white pants. Keep it that way period
Beast from the East
June 24th, 2012
8:19 am
“Bill, With this new reality of playoffs in 2014, will we FINALLY see the end of McGarity’s Florida-esque scheduling of boring cupcakes?”
Phile Steele has UF’s 2012 schedule ranked as the 5th toughest in the country. Why do you uninformed pups feel the need to blame UF for your wimpy scheduling philosophy?
NJ Dawg
June 24th, 2012
8:24 am
If I am not mistaken, the Girls bench is opposite the Men’s….correct? It may have been that way for years…
Keep (bring back) the black uniforms…..no black helmets….
Solve the scheuling problem by adding Clemson again…..what a GREAT series that was! Then you can keep the two cupcakes and Tech…..
Last year really showed how truely great Stafford was at UGA….and will continue to be in the NFL! Only one problem….I am a lifelong Vikings fan!
Go Dawgs!
bitter A.D.--mc-greedy
June 24th, 2012
8:25 am
your wife said your weak———–hahahah
Verlaine
June 24th, 2012
8:26 am
Wounds my heart with monotonous languor.
Beast from the East
June 24th, 2012
8:29 am
By the way, Steele doesn’t even have UGA’s schedule ranked in the top 50. UF at #5 toughest, UGA not in top 50. How can you possibly say they are “following the UF model” with a straight face?
Time Bandit
June 24th, 2012
8:30 am
How many more Caleb Kings has Richt recruited – ticking time bombs waiting to explode?
Only Richt would have recruited losers like King, Ealey, and Crowell.
Tick… tick… tick…
Okiedawg
June 24th, 2012
8:36 am
Nobody should take The Oklahoman seriously. After all, they proclaim Oklahoma as the National Champions every preseason. Georgia needs to schedule some stronger teams. Go Dawgs!
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
June 24th, 2012
9:01 am
Let’s see, Penn State, Michigan, So.Cal etc., have pretty good teams……how many times have they switched uniforms? Oh, neither has Michigan State nor Central Florida and they’ve won a few bowls games lately.
takedowndawg
June 24th, 2012
9:06 am
We may have a softer than usual schedule but we still have to complete full games. We have lost to lesser talent in the recent past. The lack of finishing games, is my primary concern. Can we be focused for a full four quarters. Nothing new under the sun, but seems to be difficult for the offensive coaches and players of to do against quality opponents.
DAWG60
June 24th, 2012
9:14 am
You will not see the court change in bball. the coaches like to be able to direct their offense in the second half. Most all schools do the same thing.I played college bball and that is how the coaches think.
Joey
June 24th, 2012
9:22 am
“If you want to be like Oregon and Boise St, have at it.”
*****************************************
Hey Joe, I’d like for the Dawgs to win games at the rate those two teams have the past 4 seasons.
ozzfest
June 24th, 2012
10:02 am
Michigan State wore PRO COMBAT during the 2011 with GOLD on GREEN helmets.
….and drop the “Dixie”, dude…that is old-school ‘neck.
a few notes
June 24th, 2012
10:21 am
first, let me address ozzfest…the Dixie Redcoat Band was the actual name of the Redcoats several years ago. It isn’t “old school neck” it is a historical name. dude….get a brain
second: That Staph figurine is perfect. It doesn’t have a heart and it can be yours for the right amount of money.
cdpridg
June 24th, 2012
10:24 am
yes it took a Bulldawg qb to get the best out of Johnson…I mean who has been throwing him the ball….tech and good qb just dont go together. My last isssue is with the media that continuously talk about soft schedules….there are no soft schedules in the SEC….so people need to drop that bit of misinformation!
BigGAdawg
June 24th, 2012
10:33 am
Cupcakes may not be the most exciting games, BUT I believe they are necessary. Starting off the season against a top ten opponent and then moving into the SEC schedule is goofy. Especially since ALL the rest of the SEC teams are going to have at least two, and usually three lesser opponents. Not having the cupcakes is like going to a foot race and strapping on ankle weights when no one else is wearing them. Playing eight SEC conference games every year is more than enough to prove yourself.
I could go forever without seeing another gimmick uniform. It was great the first time but it seems lame after that. A different color jersey is not what is going to win games. Talent, preparation, attitude, focus, and execution are what wins games. Having your mind right is much more important than wardrobe.
Now GATA DAWGS!!!
WOOF!
Dawg Bite
June 24th, 2012
10:38 am
Recently saw on ESPN an episode on Herschel. Him running over Bates and those other UT guys that night in Knoxville. The white jersey, red helmet and red pants looked pretty good in that game, maybe use that uni again sometime? Oh yeah, Dooley sold those red pants to Lincoln County High. The best alternate uni the Dogs wore was against Wisconsin in one of those Florida bowls. White jersey, black pants, red helmets. I think that was under Donnan, and we wore Wis. out that day. Bring that look back, and forget the black jerseys. I think Bama wore us out in that so called blackout game. Better yet, stick to what we got. No gimmicks, just “man up” and beat somebody!!
SSIgator
June 24th, 2012
10:56 am
“Matthew Stafford in his Detroit Lions uniform”
An action figure? What does it do? Bench press beer kegs?
Top Row Dawg
June 24th, 2012
11:00 am
Georgia plays four of the twenty teams with most all time (Division 1) wins every year. If we make it to to the SECCG and play Bama or LSU, that will be 5 of the top twenty teams of all time. Throw in trips to Columbia MO. & S.C. along with a game against Ole Miss (# 29 all time) and it is amusing to think Georgia has to apologize for anything.
As a matter of fact College Football Warehouse puts Georgia at #2 all time in strength of schedule, behind only Michigan……
http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/rankings/all_time_team_sched_rankings.php
The problem is not that Georgia has a weak schedule but that Tennessee, Auburn, Florida, and Georgia Tech are all under performing currently.
Just win baby.
SSIgator
June 24th, 2012
11:00 am
“the $17.99 limited-edition figure”
No, I don’t think so. But hey, if he was outfitted in the Power Ranger uniforms that UGA wore last year vs. BSU, it would probably be a big seller.
jrmdvm1
June 24th, 2012
11:59 am
Florida has Bowling Green, Louisiana Rajun Cajuns, and Jacksonville State on their schedule this year. The reason their schedule is rated so high is that their SEC schedule includes LSU, and their “regular” OOC BCS school is Florida State, who is rated higher than ours ( Tech ).
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 24th, 2012
12:19 pm
UGA is the Red & Black but we only see that combo occasionally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to see that combo FREQUENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beast from the East
June 24th, 2012
12:20 pm
Bowling Green went 9-4 last year and won their bowl game. Jacksonville State almost beat the Semis a few years ago. MUCH tougher OOC schedule than UGA. Spin it however you’d like. I just take offense with the folks that always say UF plays nothing but cupcakes while our schedule is rated in the top 20 toughest year after year.
jrmdvm1
June 24th, 2012
1:04 pm
Beast, I didn’t mean to demean the Gators schedule. Rather, I think that those who play in the SEC shouldn’t be crtitcized for scheduling as much as they are. We have people complaining about UGA’s games this year and don’t want to go to the games. When we don’t sell out these opponents often enough, then better teams will be scheduled. If the Swamp doesn’t sell out then UF will change who they schedule. I think it is absurd to think that an SEC team needs to fill out it’s schedule with Michigans and USC’s, etc. Of course, all SEC teams schedules may be affected by the new playoff system which supposedly will use “strength of schedule”. I personally think that the SEC got screwed in the new playoff system.
Red Stick
June 24th, 2012
2:22 pm
Here’s where the SEC schools stand in Phil Steele’s Top 50 toughest schedules for 2012:
2. Ole Miss
5. Florida
8. Texas A&M
10. UK
13. S. Carolina
17. Auburn
18. Arkansas
19. Missouri
28. Bama
29. LSU
38. Miss St
46. UT
47. Vandy
Georgia is the only SEC school not listed in the Top 50. Dawg fans certainly have a legitimate gripe about the home schedule this season.
Geaux Tigers
uncledaddy
June 24th, 2012
2:37 pm
Buffalo 17 – UGA 14
UGADawg83
June 24th, 2012
3:11 pm
Would everyone quit whining about the schedule…In 2008 the schedule bit us squarely in the backside. For example, the trip to Arizona was followed by the disaster against Alabama. How exactly did out trips to Oklahoma State or Colorado help our program? The Florida way of scheduling has produced two national championships in the last ten years while our has produced none. As far as the weak conference schedule, since Arkansas joined the SEC we would rather have played them every year instead of Auburn. Teams have up years and down years and we are simply catching a break in having some teams with what looks to be down years coming up on our schedule. Bill, your constant negativity is not helpful to a program you claim to support.
Sussex Club
June 24th, 2012
3:21 pm
Calvin Johnson,
the Number 1 reciever in the NFL with 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns
is a big asset to Matt Stafford.
KJ
June 24th, 2012
3:24 pm
“An action figure? What does it do? Bench press beer kegs?”
It breaks NFL team records, and makes $10.5 million a year, which is about $10.48 million more than you’ll ever make in your pathetic excuse for a life. Hope this helps.
DawginLex
June 24th, 2012
3:40 pm
Hey wide missouri
I GUARANTEE you that you will never post again on here after the UGA win in Columbia
DawginLex
June 24th, 2012
3:42 pm
same goes for you uncledaddy
IDIOT
SSIgator
June 24th, 2012
3:57 pm
KJ -
“It breaks NFL team records, and makes $10.5 million a year”
Really? Wow. It has been a long time since I went to a Toys-R-Us to buy toys for my grandchildren, but according to you, they are able to do some pretty fantastic things now. That is really amazing.
Alphare
June 24th, 2012
5:10 pm
Stafford couldn’t win big games at UGA, now he is doing better with the best Pro receiver from Tech.
That tells me the Tech guy should get most of the credit for the Lions.
Mt
June 24th, 2012
5:45 pm
Bring back the Black. Just don’t hold a press conference the week of the game to announce
your going to wear them.It’s fodder for the other teams bulletin board.It’s super STUPID NOT TO WEAR THEM because we got beat wearing them.We’ve lost a bunch of times wearing red and white
jersey’s.BAMA would have won that night if we had wore polka dots.
Delbert D.
June 24th, 2012
6:03 pm
Yes, it’s hard to predict when division opponents are going to tank, but still, there is no excuse for scheduling 2 or 3 cupcakes (I think there is a valid reason for Ga. southern in the 11th Game as a triple option warmup this year.) Cancel a couple of those and at least get a current big East team in there. Starting in 2014, it’s going to hurt, and bad.
Gordon
June 24th, 2012
6:15 pm
Concerning the benches, if I am not mistaken the visiting coach gets to choose which goal his team will shot at in the first half. 99% of the time they choose the goal opposite their bench, but if they really wanted to they could choose the one in front of their bench. So if it were that much of a disadvantage to shoot towards the student section in the second half, a visiting team wouldn’t have to do it.
Beast from the East
June 24th, 2012
6:16 pm
Delbert,
The problem UF and UGA have is they are locked into one OOC game (GT and FSU). Those are road games every other year. Then the neutral site game in Jax. To play a quality opponent, they want a return trip and that could leave them with only 5 home games some years.
4 conference road games
Jax
Tallahassee or Atlanta
That only leaves 4 conference home games and you are pretty much stuck trying to schedule ” cupcakes” that won’t require a return trip. It’s all about the money.
@alphare
June 24th, 2012
6:18 pm
Clueless one Stafford won 30 games in 2.5 seasons as the starting QB. In the SEC. Its not the weakling ACC.. 11-2 finished 2nd in AP as sophomore.
How did Calvin fare against Georgia? Zero wins like so many generations that’ve played at the NATS..
Al
June 24th, 2012
7:46 pm
DawginLex Since you are the resident genius on here, how many games does UGA win this yr? Do they win the East? Win SECCG? Go to MNC game? Thoughts?
I say they win 8-9 games,do not in East.
ugaclassof2004
June 24th, 2012
8:44 pm
I say the Dawgs win 10- 11 games this year. But honestly, this team isn’t a legitimate National Title contender, so who cares? We are a second/third tier team in comparison to LSU and Alabama, and the main reason for that is we as a fan-base don’t demand more. I mean how excited can you really get about second place?
Oh don’t get me wrong…. we want to win titles..every once in a while we do. But our priorities as a fan-base are different. At Alabama for instance, there is a tradition in winning MULTIPLE National Titles. The same is true at places like Florida, USC, Oklahoma etc. So the demands to produce titles are higher at these schools At UGA, the game day experience(tailgating, Athens etc) takes precedence over building a championship program. There is a difference is wanting a championship program and taking active steps to build one.
And as much as I like Mark Richt( and love him as a person), he has hit the ceiling in terms of what he can do for this program. The program has gotten stale and its frustrating.
dan
June 24th, 2012
8:56 pm
Calvin Johnson is a great receiver, but the guy played on a team that went 0-16. So this notion that he makes every QB better is false.
I think Stafford and Calvin have a great thing TOGETHER. The Lions have a sexy offense, and their front 4 on defense is legit. They fix their back 7 on defense and they could be scary.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 24th, 2012
9:03 pm
@ Sussexx Club:
He is an asset to any QB but Detroit didn’t do JACK with Calvin until Stafford got there!!!!!!
Can we agree that both are among the best in the NFL???
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 24th, 2012
9:26 pm
@ Beast from the East:
You make some good points but UGA is ranked second ALLTIME toughest strength of schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beast from the East
June 24th, 2012
9:29 pm
Braniac,
I would think most teams that have been in the SEC and Big 10 would probably be in the top 20 all time. I was just calling out the ones that consistently down UF for their schedule. UGA has had no tougher of a schedule than UF, on average, the 20 years or so.
Coastal dog
June 24th, 2012
9:52 pm
Richt recruited the top RB’s in Georgia. It is more a reflection of their upbringing.
bubba4dawgs
June 24th, 2012
10:58 pm
Just a comment about the black jerseys….let the players decide which game they would like to wear them and surprise the fans by switching to them after the warmup of the particular home game they select. It seems to be a motivator for the players and one might say “fun time” for them! Not only will the players like it but the fans would enjoy it as well!! GO DAWGS!!
The Tide is Rolling and Nothing can stop it
June 24th, 2012
11:05 pm
UG should keep a cupcake schedule. They can’t beat anyone good.
SSIgator
June 24th, 2012
11:09 pm
Al – June 24th, 2012 – 7:46 pm
DawginLex –
“Since you are the resident genius on here”
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Whoa Momma! Well, that comment (assuming it was sincere) should certainly get the blog rolling in the morning. Just wait until AltamahaDawg reads this little tidbit – it will put a whole new meaning into the phrase “cat fight” and I am going to buy my popcorn now for this fireworks show tomorrow.
Yellow JACKETS
June 24th, 2012
11:23 pm
Still won’t call the “school in Atlanta” Georgia Tech. Get over yourself Bill.
Yellow JACKETS
June 24th, 2012
11:27 pm
“How did Calvin fare against Georgia? Zero wins like so many generations that’ve played at the NATS..’
Of course he he didn’t have any wins against GA, looked who was throwing the ball to him!
Tdawg
June 24th, 2012
11:48 pm
I really like the traditional uniforms, but the black jerseys are far and away the more bad arse uniforms. I say leave the old behind and make the black uniforms our regular week to week uniforms. Don’t care what anyone says. The black uniforms are way cooler. Just make up their minds and stay with one. Who else would like the black uniforms as the full time regular uniforms?
test
June 24th, 2012
11:49 pm
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Fools Gold
June 24th, 2012
11:52 pm
Another year of underachieving with Richt and Bobo. I wouldnt be surprised if we lost to South Carolina for the third year in a row. It will be another year of Fools Gold…..
James Cowell
June 25th, 2012
4:32 am
This is great news! They even made some toy figurines out of them. Check them out: http://www.toysforeverybody.com/
Caro_Dog
June 25th, 2012
7:39 am
With this easy schedule, GA should waltz through the SEC east and get ready to play alabama for the title! This year, GA wins the SEC—book it!
BobDawg
June 25th, 2012
7:53 am
The NFL plays pre-season games and college FB does not, so what is the big deal with a game or 2 to get the cobwebs out of a teams system?? Also, if we do run the table, we get 2 huge games at the end of the season so I don’t look at the schedule difficulty like others. We won’t have another schedule like this probably in our lifetimes anyway.
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
June 25th, 2012
8:13 am
How did the dawg players do over the weekend? Any more arrests?
gomdawg
June 25th, 2012
8:17 am
ALABAMA PLAYS THREE WEAK SCHOOL HAVE NOT HEARD ANYONE TALKING ABOUT THEM
Torching a Blunt With The Bulldog Nation
June 25th, 2012
8:32 am
I admit to covering my eyes & cringing when Ball threw it down the sideline to Calvin. Half the time it was OB. In Ball’s defense (it pains me to say),that is the only place idiot Gailey would let him throw it. A textbook example of how coaching idiocy can reduce a player’s effectiveness.
Howdy Doody
June 25th, 2012
8:39 am
Ok UGA fans….. I’ll show you how tough I am cuz Im gonna fire our basket weaving coach this week.
RxDawg
June 25th, 2012
8:49 am
Nice rib on the nerds Bill. I think that UGA should done the black jerseys on the very next home game played after clinching the SEC east every year. Don’t clinch/win the east? Don’t get to wear the black jerseys.
DePort
June 25th, 2012
9:21 am
We need the Black Jerseys and black pants with red helmets. .. that would strike fear into the opponent!
bigdawg
June 25th, 2012
9:43 am
Hey Josh…re: the ESPN slamming UGA w/ the cupcake schedule. What’s your answer to this fact: We played only 4 ranked teams last year and lost ALL of them. Were better than USC and Mich State but found a way to blow both of them. Our schedule is a joke. A normal year we would’ve gone 7-5. Boise State embarrased us in the GA dome w/ 80,000 dawg fans in there. They had to fly 6 hours across 3 time zones and we drove 60 miles.
ugab
June 25th, 2012
9:53 am
I love the schedule for this season. The dawgs do not have an OL. The dawgs have suspensions every season. CMR can not play Al, LSU, or any other tough team. CMR can’t keep his team together.lol… FSU got there NCs playing and beating easy teams throughout the season. Everyone was complaining about the tough schedule a few years ago. Now everyone is complaining about the easy one. I guarantee Uga loses a few games with this easy schedule everyone is talking about. There will be no running game because there is no OL. CBs are suspended for smoking a lil pot. Uga’s drug policy is a joke.
old dog
June 25th, 2012
9:57 am
Way back in the day, Hugh Durham had the students on the floor……….obviously (and successfully) to “raz” the opponents. This worked…….I was down there every game. Attendance went up, and after I had graduated we made the final four…..
PMC
June 25th, 2012
10:11 am
History proves if you want to win championships at the end, it’s very smart to schedule as many cupcakes as possible.
The system is what it is, until they ban teams from playing FCS competition (guess that will be renamed now) it makes sense to buy wins and allow for breather games.
CFB is better when we get to see better matchups, but from a AD’s seat, it’s the right call to give us wretched games, because of the possibility of better ultimate outcomes.
TallyDawg
June 25th, 2012
10:22 am
RxDawg
June 25th, 2012
8:49 am
Nice rib on the nerds Bill. I think that UGA should done the black jerseys on the very next home game played after clinching the SEC east every year. Don’t clinch/win the east? Don’t get to wear the black jerseys
I LOVE that idea! The Black Jerseys would then be construed as a celebratory uniform. When they come out there wearing them (as a symbol of East Champs), the crowd would go nuts! And it is seen as a motivator as opposed to bulletin board in your face fodder for the opponent that week.
UGA Insider
June 25th, 2012
10:43 am
Ex-Beast from the East,
Everyone is referring to your out of conference schedule here. …and the recent track record for UF non conference is “abysmal” at best.
So what you pulled a tough SEC schedule this year!!! Stop crying already… it’s is just the way the schedule fell. You must admit as I admit as as a UGA about our non conference games… they are a joke and you should man up and admit the same. I have never seen UF football games advertised for sale in print and on TV. Most fans know your schedule is pathetic!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
10:44 am
@ Talley Dawg:
That’s a really good idea although IMHO the red helmet, silver britches and black jerseys are the prettiest????????
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
10:56 am
ESPN? What about our own fans!
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
10:58 am
Is there a (parts of) fan base in America that tries to discredit thier own teams victories as much as ours?
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
10:59 am
@ ugab
So CMR “can’t play Al, LSU or anyother tough team”!!!!!!! You sir(and I use the term loosely) are dumb enough to be triplets:
CMR has beaten Bammy more than he has lost to Bammy although that may not hold up much longer!!!!!
Les Miles has a one game advantage over CMR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CMR has a better career winning percentage than EITHER of them!!!!!
UGA has the TOUGHEST drug testing policy in America!!!!!!!!!!!
You can’t guarantee JACK so you need to back out quietly since EVERYTHING you mentioned is total BS and you obviously are just another blowhard troll with a single digit IQ!!!!!!!!!!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
11:21 am
@ Altamaha Dawg;
You are right on the money about Dawg Fans In Name Only(DFINO) but a number are not really dawg fans and it doesn’t take long to spot them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am continually amazed that the other school’s fans come on here in mass to voice their opinions on things UGA. A majority portion of these outsiders are very well-mannered and actually have many positives or constructive ideas but a pretty good portion are 100% trolls???
When Florida was “Ruling the roost” in the SEC they were pretty abrasive although not quite to the level of Bama trolls whose only contributions are to badmouth anything Dawg Nation and to tell us repeatedly that their team, which won their Division only once in the last 3 years, has the greatest coach which is pretty accurate but they act like it is the 1st time Bama ever established a series of really good years.(Can you remember Bear Bryant??/) They could take a cue from some of their fellow Sabanites and contribute to the subject matter on here and act like they have “been there before”. Auburn fans definitely were the most obnoxious but only for one year. When their rented QB left for the NFL there was really nothing else for them. Have you heard from an Auburn fan lately?????
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
11:31 am
The problem with Matt’s “coward” theory is that he is completely electing to ignore,the reason that McGarity was scheduling one of these extra cupcakes is to replace the cancelled trip to Lousville (never mind how much better a HOME cupcake is over a ROAD so-so) to play IN the Chick-filla classic.
Finding a way to play the top 5 Boise team to open after a 6-7 season is the cowards way out , eh, Matt.
National exposure. $1.7 million paycheck, kept a rival from taking that spotlight. Yea. It’s called running a business. The man doesn’t have time to worry about pacifying the internet chat muscle flexers.
DIT
June 25th, 2012
11:36 am
I just don’t care about schedules in the past or how the schedules are set up this year. Coaches do not choose the schedule. It’s done years in advance. The only thing UGA should be concentrating on is Mizzou right now. As for the Buffalo game. LeMay better be playing at least 1/2 of that game.
Not sure why everyone has to beat the schedule like a dead horse. It is what it is. UF, Auburn, SC, Mizzou and possibly GT will end up in the top 20 this year so the schedule is not as easy as it appears.
I’m just ready to get the season started!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
11:38 am
@ ugab:
If FSU played only “cupcakes” how did they manage to win several NCs and Top 10 finishes????
A team dosen’t get voted No.1 or even Top 10 UNLESS they beat some pretty darn good teams!!!!!!!!!!!
DIT
June 25th, 2012
11:38 am
@Altamaha dawg
Great post. I forgot about dropping Louisville to play the #5 team in the nation.
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
11:49 am
While Reggie Ball has earned a special place in the hearts of all true dawg fans with the 4th down out-of-bounds pass to stop the clock(actually he was successful in stopping the clock) there was an occasion in the Bama/Tennessee game many years ago when a sophomore QB did the exact same thing as Reggie in a losing effort to Tennessee. This lefthanded QB went on to become one of the most successful QBs in NFL history!!!!!!!!!
harold
June 25th, 2012
11:50 am
RICHT IS ONLY 23-16 HIS LAST FOUR YEARS. HE IS 9-30 AGAINST RANKED TEAMS. OBVIOUSLY HE IS NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP COACH LIKE NICK SABAN AND LES MILES.
THIS SCHEDULE IS A JOKE THIS YEAR. THE REST OF THE SEC IS “LAUGHING THEIR ASS OFF”. UGA PLAYS NO ONE IN THE TOP TEN AND ONLY TWO TEAMS IN THE TOP 20.
IF RICHT CAN’T GET IN THE BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THIS CREAM PUFF SCHEDULE HE SHOULD BE FIRED——–IMMEDIATELY!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
11:54 am
@ Altamaha Dawg:
You may want to address the issue of Ohio State cancelling their scheduled game with UGA!!!!!!
That is obviously another “cupcake” that McGarity found for us!!!!!!!!!!!!
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
12:03 pm
I am sure there is just as much outrage that Mcgarity would rather have 7 home games , than some dumb trip OUT to Oregon in 2015 too.. The man has only had a little over a year to work on future schedules and our fans are piling on him for what ALL appear to be very smart decisions.
The “Give me what I want right now, I don’t care about the details” forces are out in full today.
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
12:07 pm
harold, hopefully he will just concentrate on beating YOUR team (and who might that be?) on that particular week, then worry about all the others one at a time..
old dog
June 25th, 2012
12:37 pm
Well, Braniac, you sure as heck did not have to worry about Reggie being big-time after that mistake…..he just wasn’t big time ever. Tech thought they had another Joe Hamilton; it wasn’t to be!
Brainiac(Dawg for life/Richt fan for life)
June 25th, 2012
12:52 pm
We’ll never be Bama or LSU. Just be happy being what we are; that is, an SEC mid-tier wannabe.
microphone assassin
June 25th, 2012
12:58 pm
I am sure there is just as much outrage that Mcgarity would rather have 7 home games , than some dumb trip OUT to Oregon in 2015 too
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and we wonder why no on respects UGA nationally? Probaly because we don’t deserve respect nationally.
Gary
June 25th, 2012
1:10 pm
If the dawgs make it to the SEC and could manage to beat a Bama or LSU, no one will care about the schedule.
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
2:00 pm
No we don’t “wonder why no one respects UGA”, since that is not true and a pretty silly thing to say. Nor did you pose any valid argument regarding that.
Spare us the the banility for the sake of making some kind of pointless comment, please. And lose the “we”.
microphone assassin
June 25th, 2012
2:22 pm
whatever d/a. Fans lke yourself are the biggest problem with athletics at UGA.
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
2:40 pm
How so?
Tim Jernigan
June 25th, 2012
3:13 pm
Alot of dog fans will be disappointed this year
Tim Jernigan
June 25th, 2012
3:16 pm
I see at least 3 loses on the UGA schedule
Tim Jernigan
June 25th, 2012
3:19 pm
Microphone assassin the biggest problem with athletics at UGA are the players that are attempting to fulfill the role of an athlete
Roll Dawg
June 25th, 2012
3:21 pm
Ozzfest
If you don’t like Dixie, go back to Ohio
Tim Jernigan
June 25th, 2012
3:27 pm
@ UGAClass of 2004
Let me help u with the prediction. I see 8 wins for UGA this year tops. I know what it takes to win on that gridiron and UGA does not have it. Jarvis is nasty but not enough to win anything major
realitycheck
June 25th, 2012
3:33 pm
Preseason optimism will turn sour again for the 32nd straight year on the way to a 3 or 4 loss season. Just another meaningless 10 win season ahead in Athens, and that’s assuming they get to 10. Heck, that might be enough to get Richt another extension. LOL!
Tim Jernigan
June 25th, 2012
3:39 pm
@ Dawginlex
You have the outcome of the missouri game completely wrong. Should I give you the box of kleenex no so u can dry your eyes or just wait until that Fateful night for the Dog program? Before you respond dont even think that you know half the football that I do.
Tim Jernigan
June 25th, 2012
3:43 pm
@ Fools Gold
Your comments pretty much summed up the Dog program. Thanks
DawginLex
June 25th, 2012
3:50 pm
Why respond then genius?
Will you be here after UGA wins?
Nope
I will, win or lose.
Dawg Fud
June 25th, 2012
4:23 pm
Guys who suggested the basketball changes are on the money. Genius.
Delbert D.
June 25th, 2012
4:29 pm
Beast – The point that both Georgia and Florida make about the game in Jacksonville requiring a non-home and home filler for the schedule every other year is a weak one. As many Georgia fans point out, that game doesn’t need to be played in Jacksonville; it’s a mutual choice. In 2014, those 3 weak OOC opponents are going to start hurting chances to get to a playoff. The FBS schools that each school could schedule would not necessarily require home-and-home in consecutive years. Missouri may have had some problems with scheduling due to their move to the SEC, but they managed to get Arizona St., UCF and Syracuse as OOC opponents this year. McGarity has been involved at both schools; he ought to be able to figure it out.
damngooddawg!v
June 25th, 2012
4:30 pm
He wasn’t much of an asset to that All American, Reggie Ball, now was he? HA HA HA HA!
SEC Fan
June 25th, 2012
4:32 pm
Two things: 1) By the time the year is over Georgia’s schedule will look a lot tougher. Dawgs have nothing to apologize for. The SEC across the board will be better this year because of returning experinece. Tennessee, Florida and Auburn will be serious tests for anybody. 2) If a fraction of the BS on these boards was true about Saban, he would’nt be able to recruit his own grandmother.
DAWG258
June 25th, 2012
4:47 pm
GATOR FANS Keep crying… most of you are ignorant an obviously can’t read!
you will again get Ole Miss and Miss St on your schedule. Along with the Citadel and FIU and an unranked FSU is why you had weak SOS.
Just worry about winning 6 games this season so we don’t have to hear the Beast and SSI huddled up in a cry party about their stiff SOS.
harold
June 25th, 2012
4:49 pm
READ HAROLD’S POST @ 11:50 AM
AltamahaDawg
June 25th, 2012
5:02 pm
The 2011 UGA SOS ended up being ranked between #11-#21 in the country depending on which model you look at. So, nothing is ever as easy as it seems.
Further, I laugh every time I read folks say something like couldn’t even beat a ranked team, or only beat the patsie, at the sheer stupidity of that. as if, Lets just completely ignore the logic.
First of all the team that we lost to were ALL top 10 teams and none of them had less than 11 wins last year.. So we didnt play a few merely “ranked” teams. If you applied that to pretty much anybody they lose them all as well. Which brings up my next point. These so called patsies we beat, some of them got knocked out of the top 25 because they lost to #1, #2, #5, not because they stunk. (forgetting that we also knocked them out of the top 25)
ugalee
June 25th, 2012
6:13 pm
How about doing a classic look with grey facemasks white pants and black shoes w the red jerseys at home. I love the silver britches but think the white pants were great too.
Dawgdad (The Original)
June 25th, 2012
8:09 pm
I would like the football selection committee to use something like the RPI, the basketball folks use. One first game directional school plus Tech.
uncledaddy
June 25th, 2012
9:26 pm
Florida Atlantic 28 – UGA 24
P. Bull Terrier
June 25th, 2012
10:16 pm
The idea that fans waving their arms around can actually make a difference to a player shooting free throws has always seemed absurd to me. When I played basketball, I never noticed what was going on in the stands because I was too focused on what was happening on the court. Admittedly, I wasn’t talented enough to play at Rupp Arena, but I was good enough that I could make a free throw without being distracted by whatever was happening off the court.
Maybe I’m unique, but I doubt it. I bet that most people who have played basketball at the high school level, or above, aren’t distracted by a bunch of guys waving their arms around.
The crowd noise is a completely different factor. Even though I never really “saw” the crowd while I was playing, a loud, supportive home crowd could give me a little extra energy and I loud away crowd could be annoying by making it more difficult to communicate. For that reason, the idea of forcing the opponent to play near the student section in the 2nd half makes sense.
FLA DAWG
June 25th, 2012
10:25 pm
I stated it years ago that Stafford would be a solid NFL QB and the young man has now come into his own. Congrats M.S.!
I hope our current Dawg Team can take an example of the work ethic this guy has and (despite the Richt / Bobo coaching) bring UGA back to the Top where we belong.
Go Dawgs!
Fla Dawg,
Class of ‘79
William
June 25th, 2012
11:00 pm
I think we will be lucky to win ten games this year. Too many holes on the line. RB is a question mark. QB play is suspect. Play calling is strange. Ten wins would be a miracle. Win the bowl game and it will be a successful season. I hope I’m wrong but don’t think so. Offense has too many weaknesses, starting at the top.
Get Over It
June 26th, 2012
1:19 am
The fact that there are so many UGA fans spending so much time writing posts defending UGA’s schedule proves that UGA’s schedule is very weak. If not, it wouldn’t even be a point of discussion.
The easy schedule will make it much easier to win a bunch of games, but you cannot get upset with media or college football fans in general making note of it.
Tradition can be overrated...
June 26th, 2012
1:47 am
I think the black jerseys look great, think we should wear them once or twice a year. The black pants for road games look pretty good too, but the black helmets are hideous. People need to roll with the punches, things change, and kids today like having options. I’m not saying change the colors completely, because the red jerseys, helmets, and silver brithces are one of the more classic looks in College football, but changing up for a game or two is nice. For those of you who think the color jersey, helmet, or pants we wear have any bearing on the outcome of a game are just plain foolish. Oregon wears a different uniform combination every game and the last time I checked they were the class of the Pac 12 with three straight BCS bowl appearances. We just need to lighten up and enjoy the upcoming season.
Tradition can be overrated...
June 26th, 2012
2:10 am
….and another thing regarding the whole schedule thing….2008 UGA schedule had LSU and Bama on it, and Arky and LSU in 2009. This is the SEC rotation, every year someone is going to get an easier cross conference schedule, the only reason people complain is because UGA took advantage of theirs last year and made it to the SEC championship game, and due to the new teams being added they got the lucky draw this season. All that means is they will be “favored” to win the East. Whether they do it or not is completely up to the team. Future schedules will be tougher and then some other team will get a “break”. It’s equal for everyone. People just have their panties in a wad because UGA has a legit shot at a SEC championship and National Championship if they perform like they’re capable of. UF got a lucky break in ‘08 and they took advantage and won it all, hopefully UGA can take note and do the same this season. Also we won’t really know how “cupcake” this schedule is until the season starts. Teams constantly improve, how many second year coaches have we seen win National Championships. A lot of those teams were after thoughts when those seasons began too. Florida won’t stay down long and neither will Tennessee. They’re only sleeping giants waiting to be woken.
Tradition can be overrated...
June 26th, 2012
3:52 am
harold,
Congratulations, you get the award for most inaccurate stat of the night. In the last FIVE years UGA is 12-16 vs. ranked teams. They have only played 58 ranked teams in the ENTIRE Richt era and are 31-27 in those games. How the heck did you get 9-30 in the last four. You do know that wins and loses vs. ranked teams only count if the opponent is ranked when you play them right? You don’t pay attention much do you? Time to go back to school and pick up some knowledge.
Tradition can be overrated...
June 26th, 2012
5:41 am
Just to throw in a little food for thought for all you Richt haters out there…..the man is 65-15 (38-10 in the SEC) when he has a returning starter at QB. That is an avg. of about 11 wins per season. During those six seasons UGA made three appearances in the SEC Championship game and picked up two BCS bowl wins. I think there are lots of reason for excitement this season. Go Dawgs!
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
8:19 am
So you plan on actually pulling for the current team to win games this year?
Max Bialystock
June 26th, 2012
8:23 am
Great news for all dawg fans! Isabel Crowell – in a stunning academic achievement – has now learned all 26 letters of the alphabet. His remedial reading tutors are expecting that he’ll be able to recite them in order after only one more semester.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
8:25 am
The term “I hope I am wrong” is a bit of an odd thing to say isn’t? It’s always seemed to me that its only to hedge thier bets so they can claim to be on the right side of an issue no matter what happens, or they are simply being dishonest.
old dog
June 26th, 2012
8:43 am
@Max,
Has he passed the “fall off the log in the lake and find water” test yet?
Has he passed the”I do not need to stand up and chest-thump” test after a minimal gain against a second tier team?
Has he passed the”get me out of the game – I just got tackled” test yet?
Some of the issues were not rookie/freshman issues. Some of them were character issues, and I hope they improve. I’m a Dawg, but his teammates need to straighten him out. If he does not like contact, play another sport! Folks like this can ruin a team….lets hope his attitude and glass-chandelier injury proneness are better htis year.
old dog
June 26th, 2012
8:45 am
Referring to I.C in above post…………….
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
8:50 am
He did pass the “trying the help the team to win playing on a torn ankle ligament” test. We do know that.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
8:52 am
When a troll makes a stupid comment about one of our players, you don’t really expect a Georgia fan to pile on.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:05 am
Glass chandelier? He carried the ball more than Hampton, Hearst, or T. Brown as a freshman. In fact he carreid the football more than any freshman in the history of Georgia Football, other than Mr. Walker. With a rib injury. With a torn ligament in his foot. With a questionable line, and very little quality back up at his position.
If you believe his body is not suited for college football fine. (although that would hardly be his own fault), but you imply that he somehow that his (only being the SEC Freshman of the year) not somehow living up the unrealistic expectation placed upon him, is a function of his lack of effort is just factually, baloney.
SSIgator
June 26th, 2012
9:14 am
Max -
Isabel has decided that he needs more powerful drugs if he is going to continue to fight the entire opposing team from the sideline and at the same time, disrespect his coach. Wonder what it will be?
Fair n Balanced
June 26th, 2012
9:19 am
I’m for anything tat helps the basketball program! Play outside, on the street …..anything, just get on with it. What is our HC paid? And for what exactly? Really, do we actually have a basketball program? I’m sorry but we have not reaped anything yet in this sport since Harich.
old dog
June 26th, 2012
9:27 am
@Altamaha,
It ain’t for you to decide whose comment is stupid……..for him to disrespect everybody like he did (including his coaches) is inexcusable. Many of his yards came on the heretofore mentioned “cupcakes”, and he showed very little character. His own players questioned his commitment. I AM a Dawg fan, and probably was before you were. I am on the “team”, but I do NOT feel as though lack of respect for HIS OWN COACHES and teamates is a positive. Nobody expects “piling on”. However, you must never have played the game…..win or lose we respected the coaches and teammates from midget league up. He pulled himself after some good tackles, not injuries. Watch the game, learn the game and all that goes with it. Perfection should never be expected, but it should be strived for.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:31 am
Drugs, huh? I think we all know a rival football program where he score plenty of that.
SSIgator
June 26th, 2012
9:31 am
Actually, the bigger question of the day is has Mark “I can win games – just not the big games” Right ever completed his studies of “cutting edge” football? You know, the course he never had time to take when he thought being a football coach sounded like a pretty cool gig to have. He obviously passed the “How to Con Your AD & the Fan Base at the Same Time” as well as the “How to Maximize Your Income Without Really Trying” classes. Passed those with flying colors.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:33 am
Except NONE of that is what you were saying. And NONE of that is what I corrected you on.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:39 am
Well in all fairness, I don’t know the entire scope of what you were piling on about, so that’s exactly fair for me to say that not what you were saying. But I do know the parts of it that I corrected you on, and I don’t need the lecture on the other stuff.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:39 am
NOT exactly fair….meant
love it
June 26th, 2012
9:40 am
black should be worn the last home game of every year auburn and the nerds. they look great and by the way we are red and BLACK.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:41 am
And YES, I DO retain my right to call out the trolls on what is a stupid comments. Deal with it.
SSIgator
June 26th, 2012
9:42 am
Chatty Cathy is really on a roll this morning – and defensive as well.
love it
June 26th, 2012
9:42 am
SSIgator…. are you a little bitter because you know your team will never amount to anything with muscrat as your coach?
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
9:47 am
a little man, would be more accurate.
old dog
June 26th, 2012
9:47 am
Typical “troll” himself; likes to write but doesn’t know the game…….doesn’t realize the difference between character and caricature, etc. You ever play a down, midget or high-school Altamaha? If you did were you rude to coaches and teamates? Surely you can answer these questions…………….
SSIgator
June 26th, 2012
9:53 am
Uh oh, cat fight brewing.
Joey
June 26th, 2012
10:04 am
What players “questioned his committment?” Didn’t hear anything about that last season. He had some injuries that greatly affected a cutting, slashing type runner that probably would get shrugged off by a straight-ahead runner like Samuel.
I know that when he got the ball, he ran hard.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
10:06 am
old dog……..I never called you a troll. So get a grip. You are dawg fan with nothing but the best intentions for the team, as far as I can tell.
A troll would say something like “oh he learned his alphabet” 8:23am.. Now, if you don’t think that was “stupid”, I am not sure what you think would be.
And I have no doubt that your athletic prowess way back when would quite have outclassed mine. I didnt realize that was the defining criteria when making logical arguments 30 yrs later, but there you go.
Joey
June 26th, 2012
10:15 am
“And I have no doubt that your athletic prowess way back when would quite have outclassed mine”
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Well I am challenging you to a footrace, AD.
Haha.
Mojo
June 26th, 2012
10:17 am
Enter your comments here
Mojo
June 26th, 2012
10:18 am
The Ga schedule may be the easiest they’ve had in 20 years!! This could be the year they win big–their roster is loaded with stars and the SEC east is terrible. Ga wins the division easily and upsets lsu for the title!!!
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
10:29 am
Footrace? Man if I didn’t have these old nagging injuries from my days in the NFL.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
10:30 am
LSU? You have not been paying attention in here. Alabama may never lose another football game for the next 4 years, we have been informed.
Joey
June 26th, 2012
10:36 am
The SEC East was down the last 2 seasons. Doesn’t mean it has to be down this season. I’m thinking UF, UGA and SC are gonna be better, and UT better be, or Barbara’s boy is gonna have a hot seat. I bet Vandy will be better than the Mississippi teams and the equal of A&M and AU.
No doubt Bama and LSU are the the cream of the crop, but the East will be more competitive this year.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
10:44 am
I agree. Terrible, is very far from what the SEC East will be.
old dog
June 26th, 2012
11:09 am
@Altamaha….truce. Did not mean to be disrespectful. I reckon’ I’m lettin’ my age intervene! When we played, if a player had acted to a coach like I.C. did, he would have gotten his tail torn up like a dollar watch in the spin-cycle. And yes, I do know he had some real injuries…I was not questionong that. However, he did pull himself out after any kind of decent tackle. His own teammates questioned his toughness and committment. I realize expectations were high for him, and thats too much pressure on a frosh. However, chest-thumpin’ after a first down on a 1-AA team and quitting a time or two are not freshman or youth issues….they are character issues. I truly hope his teammates have helped him adjust, and I as much as anyone would be thrilled to see him come around. I have no doubt that you are a true Dawg fan with their best interests at heart.
Joey
June 26th, 2012
11:48 am
old dog, I agree that chest-thumping and trash talking were character issues back in our day, but now, sickeningly enough, seem like part of the game.
Watch about any game these days, and you’ll see a WR or RB strutting around after a 8 yard gain. It’s all about getting on ESPN Sportscenter.
Thank Neon Dion for that stuff.
I’m just hoping it was an immaturity thing with Crowell, and he has outgrown it.
AltamahaDawg
June 26th, 2012
6:30 pm
no truce required, but thats fine.