Can you call yourself a Florida Gators fan this week?
Dawgs fans find themselves pulling for turncoat Will Muschamp's team this week. (Associated Press)
So, I’m getting on the elevator at work yesterday and a colleague who attended that school in Gainesville, Fla., asks me, “Can you call yourself a Florida Gators fan this week?”
My reply: “No, I wouldn’t go that far. But would I prefer for Florida to beat South Carolina? Yeah.”
He said he thought I finessed that question pretty well.
Let’s be clear about this: It’s strictly self-interest that has UGA players, coaches and fans pulling for that hated team in blue and orange to continue its unlikely 2012 rebound under former Bulldog Will Muschamp this week. Another loss for Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks would pretty much eliminate them from contention to win the SEC East.
And that would put the Dogs’ destiny back under their own control: Win out in the rest of their conference games, including beating Florida, and Georgia would be back in the Dome.
Of course, that would make the annual tilt in Jacksonville even more of a huge game for the Dawgs this year than it usually is, and considering Georgia’s recent record in big games against Top 10 opponents, that doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence.
But back to this week. Rooting for an arch-rival like the Gators doesn’t come easily for most of us in red and black. Asked if he was pulling for Florida this Saturday, the Dogs’ Amarlo Herrera demurred, “Yeah, something like that.”
Aaron Murray was more emphatic in saying he’s “definitely” rooting for the Gators, but he is, after all, from the Sunshine State.
Still, as Murray said, “I think everyone gets a free pass this week who’s a Georgia fan. I’m not saying to deck out in Florida gear, but you can definitely be a little happier if they can come out with a victory Saturday.”
Actually, his head coach went a bit farther than most in Bulldog Nation are comfortable with on Monday night’s “Bulldog Hotline” call-in show.
“I’ve actually got a little bit of orange in my shirt today,” Mark Richt said. “I don’t have anything that has pure orange but I’ve got one has red and orange stripes. I wore it today in honor of the Florida Gators, but that’s it.”
“I can’t believe you just said that,” was host Scott Howard’s candid response.
Richt laughed. “I’m a Florida fan this weekend,” he said.
Well, I’m not. I’m a Georgia fan who hopes Florida beats South Carolina for no other reason than it’s good for Georgia.
But wear orange, even a little bit?
Never.
What about you?
GOOD TIME FOR A PEP RALLY
UGA is holding a pep rally at Legion Field in Athens at 8 p.m. Thursday for students, faculty and staff.
The football team and coach Richt will be on hand to greet fans and sign autographs and the athletic department promises the appearance of “a famous surprise guest.” Prizes and entertainment also will be provided.
Coming at midseason and after a dispiriting loss, I’d say this is a prime time to get the UGA community fired up behind the Dawgs again. I hope there’s a large turnout to send the team off to Lexington.
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219 comments Add your comment
ARdawg
October 17th, 2012
10:54 am
GO DAWGS!!!!!!
1st
icedawg
October 17th, 2012
10:54 am
Go Gators!
NotAGatorFan
October 17th, 2012
10:59 am
Will not root for the Gators this week, but will wish them well. This game is usually referred to at my house as the “game with nobody to root for”. Wear orange – NEVER !!
First ?
ARdawg
October 17th, 2012
11:00 am
No way, no how do I EVER pull for the Gators. Yeah I hope they win and that is as far as it goes. I also hope they win in other situations but I don’t pull, root or cheer them on. The only rivalry team I can actually do that for is the Nerds, when were not administering our yearly spanking.
I do not wish for Florida to do what the Dawgs couldn’t
Dawg Haus
October 17th, 2012
11:11 am
I’ll never cheer for Florida, but will hope they win this one.
hornblowermg
October 17th, 2012
11:11 am
i still like Tuberville for the UGA HC job
joe jenkins
October 17th, 2012
11:14 am
I just hope fla beats sc…because i hate sc more than any team in the nation……I love to see that idiot spurrier throw the visor….it’s pretty damn funny
W.C. Wannamaker, Jr.
October 17th, 2012
11:26 am
This is one of those games you watch desperately hoping to see the earth open up and swallow both teams before closing again.
DJ
October 17th, 2012
11:27 am
pitiful that we have to root for UF buts thats where our program is. we always need help.
Georgia has more talent than both USC and UF this year and should have gone 2-0 and walked into ATL. all that said….GO Gators!
Vinings Dawg
October 17th, 2012
11:37 am
Anything to make Spurrier cry or toss that visor. Great football coach, huge whiny pants!!!…
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
11:37 am
hahahahahahahahahahah
yea once again we have to root for other teams to do the job our OVERPAID $5 Million staff cant do
and thats beat the teams we should beat
hahahahahhaa
Give me a break; ‘
can someone tell Rich and Bobo to stay home for the FL game and ask Vince to drive down there and show them how to win
CROW MAN JR
October 17th, 2012
11:39 am
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND, YOU GUYS.
Vinings Dawg
October 17th, 2012
11:40 am
Everybody has a damgerous trap game. At least our bone head lack luster loss was against a top ten team for BCS sake. The tide will change soon in Athens. Mark my words. It was not that long ago that Sabam walked into AL and went 6-7. Mcgarity is loyal to Richt, but the leash needs to be shortened. I want emotion, fury, maybe a few f-bombs instead of lip reading the word “bull crap” all the time. I want fire in their bellies.
james
October 17th, 2012
11:47 am
i love flordia gators & they are gonna murder ga
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
11:48 am
Vinings Dawg
If you want to see that, you better visit the book store the next home game and pick up one of those DVD’s where Dooley and Russel were on the sidelines cause you wont see nothing but hugs and pats on the back with our current staff
james
October 17th, 2012
11:48 am
lolz !!!!!!
SSIgator
October 17th, 2012
11:51 am
“The football team and coach Richt will be on hand to greet fans and sign autographs and the athletic department promises the appearance of “a famous surprise guest.”
________________
The return of Isabel and the Duncan Hines brownie mix.
james
October 17th, 2012
11:54 am
watever
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
11:55 am
I like how after the embarrassing blowout to SC the coach said they have been having some fun practices
Anyone know if some of those herbal brownies were served to make the practices so fun
SSIgator
October 17th, 2012
11:57 am
“Can you call yourself a Florida Gators fan this week?”
___________________
Actually, my neighbor realizes that is the only hope UGA has of going back to the SEC-CG, but what else is new. UGA has never gotten there on their own.
james
October 17th, 2012
11:58 am
i no rite
john
October 17th, 2012
11:58 am
waz upp guys
james
October 17th, 2012
12:00 pm
yes i can call my self a fan dis week
SSIgator
October 17th, 2012
12:01 pm
“I wore it today in honor of the Florida Gators, but that’s it.”
________________
So St. Markus Rectumus finally comes clean – he honors the University of Florida. Mark Richt = Joe Biden. I guess people will say now, “That’s just Mark being Mark.”
james
October 17th, 2012
12:02 pm
yo flat tire on i-95 u
dawggirl
October 17th, 2012
12:03 pm
Yeah, I still say root for the terrorists on this one. (That was sarcasm, by the way.)
I actually think it will somehow end up being better for UGA if SCar wins, and we win out. Let SCar get spanked and humiliated by Bama. I think 11-1 with the only loss being to a top-10 ranked team should count for something.
However, that is assuming that UGA will beat Florida which I’m not ready to count on as a sure thing yet. They need the appropriate gameplan against the Gators. We will see.
james
October 17th, 2012
12:04 pm
gonna be on here 2 morro ?
james
October 17th, 2012
12:06 pm
NOOOO dawg girl u got dat wrongi already no flor. will beat ga
SSIgator
October 17th, 2012
12:07 pm
“unlikely 2012 rebound”
_____________
Only in the minds of UGA fans.
james
October 17th, 2012
12:08 pm
GO GATORS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RxDawg
October 17th, 2012
12:08 pm
Do I want UF to win? Yeh, I suppose I do. That said, I do not think in any shape or form that we deserve any chance at the Dome. Last year I did, but not this year. USC is clearly a better team then us (barf). And honestly, I don’t want to go to ATL and get our buts whipped by Bama. It’s all probably a moot point anyways because I don’t think we are beating Florida.
Sorry to be a debbie downer. I can usually bounce back from a loss… but that USC game was more then a loss. I’m a deflated fan. It’s time for results. It’s time for this team to amaze me.
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:10 pm
YO ITS JAMES SSI GATORS U GONE BE ON DIS 2MORRO
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:10 pm
james
Nope Im not a FL fan period
If SC wins they deserve to be there; their coaching staff made our coaching staff look like the 3 Stooges with inferior talent compared to ours
I want to say proudly for once that we outright won the SEC like FL and Bama have done not with the help of others
Do you realize how stupid we look as a program????
oh yippee we back doored our way into another championship
give me a break
And yet so many UGA fans whine and moan that no one gives our program any respect. Respect comes when you earn it period. Its not given to you
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:15 pm
i HATE bulldawgies !!!!!!
RxDawg
October 17th, 2012
12:15 pm
One other thing. I’m sick and tired of people saying we have better talent then everyone else. That’s just complete bull. We do not.
SSIgator
October 17th, 2012
12:15 pm
“I’d say this is a prime time to get the UGA community fired up behind the Dawgs again.”
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Ah yes, nothing like a community Kool-Aid bash.
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:17 pm
yes ino it isnt gave to u
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:19 pm
it really does make yall look like that
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:20 pm
yo do yall no wat alternitive school is ??
Frosty Dawg
October 17th, 2012
12:21 pm
I wouldn’t root for the Gators if they were playing against the Walking Dead. If you’re going to ask me for an unfulfilled but do-able fantasy it’s that the Gators lose the next 2 weeks, Carolina trips up against UT and/or Arkansas and the Dawgs win out. All very possible. So is that UF wins the next 2 weeks and we choke against Ole Miss and/or Auburn. So I just want my Dawgs to focus on Kentucky this week as if the Cats are responsible for crime, pestilence and famine, then rinse and repeat for next week.
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:23 pm
any 1
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:25 pm
frosty dawg u no wat alternitive school is
GATOR BOYY
October 17th, 2012
12:27 pm
k peace tlk 2 yall 2morro !!!! by dawgs imean gators
DawginNY
October 17th, 2012
12:28 pm
Now look what the evil genius is making us do. We have to pull for the evil empire. Spurrier really did sell his soul just to ensure our eternal torment. No small thanks to St. Mark for contributing tho this too. This is like having to pull for hell to beat the devil. Ughh.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:28 pm
Rxdawg
I guess putting more players in the NFL than any other school in the SEC since 2001 and having more top 10 classes as well during that time span is bull too
Just admit this coaching staff is a joke
BKbroila
October 17th, 2012
12:31 pm
Take care of business and you won’t have to hope that Florida beats anybody….We didn’t do it, so that’s that…I would love to play in the SEC championship game, but If SC loses to florida, I hope the also slip up and lose another…that way we don’t have to hear about it all summer from Spurrier…Either way, we lost to SC and if we do make it to Atlanta, we have a long way to go offensively, defensively, Special Teams and especially coaching to even make it a game….
RxDawg
October 17th, 2012
12:33 pm
Sure thing Flat Tire. Well, they aren’t a “joke”. But they aren’t getting it done either.
Now you admit that some other teams in the SEC have some talent too. Don’t just paint the picture that we have superman at every position and basicly the coaches are so dumb they actually cause us to lose games.
drbasic1
October 17th, 2012
12:42 pm
@flat
man I disagree with 99.9% of everything you say and the reason is without a doubt i am a homer and drink to much koo-aid….he!! after the SC game i tried to puke up all the koo-aid, but to no avail, i started drinking it again, but thats ok as I love the Dawgs no matter what…..HOWEVER I do agree with you 100% on the Vince thing….I would take that in a heart beat and i wish Richt and the clown, would listen to him a little bit….couldn’t hurt!
drbasic1
October 17th, 2012
12:44 pm
do they have a twelve step program for us kool-aid drinkers?
GATOR HATER
October 17th, 2012
12:49 pm
ALWAYS HAVE AND WILL WILL HATE THE FLORIDA GATOR’S. Yeah,I was born in Jacksonville. But will NEVER EVER, root for those ATOR’S. Can’t stand them, then and can’t stand them NOW. Don’t care if they have a BENEDICT ARNOLD, FORMER UGA grad/footballer player, as therir head coach.
mad~catfish
October 17th, 2012
12:51 pm
i would not pull for flori-duh if both engines went out on their team air plane…..nope never screw it i will go back to the outback bowl first!!!!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 17th, 2012
12:57 pm
RxDawg
I know we dont have Superman at every position but what I do know we have double the better players SC has
also
When UGA has put as many players in the NFL as they have and you havent beaten a top 20 team in 4 years say it again 4 yrs and you have been beaten in 9 blowouts that tells me the coaching staff is a joke
Chaz Henry
October 17th, 2012
1:14 pm
Humpers have such an insecurity complex about Florida that they cannot even wish for something that would make it possible to win the East. Just think about the only major program that is so insecure with a rival that they use Powerade instead of Gatoraid.
ROFLMAO
October 17th, 2012
1:22 pm
No way in hades I’ll ever cheer for Florida. As much as I love my dawgs, they should have beaten SC. I hope SC destroys Florida.
My hate list.
1. Florida
2. Spurrier
3. You
Chaz Henry
October 17th, 2012
1:22 pm
Bill you are a moron to call Muschamp a turncoat. With that logic I guess Vince Dooley was a turncoat also. A moron would turn down a chance to go from a 1 mil DC at Tx to a 2.8mil HC at UF. Course then again a moron would be happy to have 6 other NC’s from SEC teams not UGA.
RawDawg
October 17th, 2012
1:22 pm
Ill certainly be pulling for Florida this weekend. Giving the Dawgs a put up or shut up game against an undefeated, top ranked Gators team would either send them to the Dome and finally silence all the ‘can’t win the big game’ talk, or send them packing for the season to figure out what went wrong. Getting beat down by SC and then beating an undefeated Florida team to get to the Dome would still qualify as a big season in my book. I certainly don’t want to beat Florida and then still have to sit on edge wondering what SC is going to do all season.
Go Gators!! (okay i just threw up a little)
Chaz Henry
October 17th, 2012
1:23 pm
ROFLMAO you make me LMAO.
L E G H U M P E R Mentality
October 17th, 2012
1:25 pm
Is what any dawg has that does not want UF to beat SC.
Ed
October 17th, 2012
1:34 pm
No, sorry. I might consider pulling for UF if they take on Libya or Red China, but it’s more likely that I’d just ignore that game.
I don’t really want to pull for South Carolina, either, because of their classless head coach. So I’ll find something else to watch.
To even consider pulling for UF against anyone under the theory that it will help Georgia, I’d have to have a reasonable belief that Georgia has what it takes to beat them the following week. I’ve seen nothing so far this season to make me think that’s going to happen. Rugged, dominant defenses win in the SEC; UF has one, we don’t.
Skokie Dog
October 17th, 2012
1:38 pm
I’m rooting for South Carolina this weekend. I don’t want to see Darth Visor lose his cool if his guys are unable to topple his former school’s team.
Macclenny_dawg
October 17th, 2012
1:47 pm
Nope I want pull 4 Gaytors!!! If Gaytors get beat by Usc at the swamp that makes their loss look as bad as ours. But I will pull 4 Arkansas to beat Spurrier. Then that makes Usc have a bad loss also. But all that said we would actually still have 2 beat Gaytors and that would actually require a gameplan which seems like kryptinite to our staff!!! Well actually I am a Bulldawg fan that not sure what I want but this staff gone!!! SICK OF RICHT!!!
honey boo boo child
October 17th, 2012
1:53 pm
i cant wate to go down thare to jacksonville and waller in the mudd with my favorite teams!!!!! go gators <3
The Ole Ball Coach
October 17th, 2012
1:54 pm
If you boys would listen to me and Flat Tire y’all rule the football world! Just ask us…we’ll tell you how smart we are! Can you believe they chose a Dawg to coach my Gators!
NCDawg
October 17th, 2012
1:55 pm
I will do as I did last week… when I pulled for LSU. I can’t call that being a fan. I generally pull for SEC teams in bowl games or against power opponents from other conferences during the regular season. That IS NOT being a fan. I am a Bulldog til the day in die. I am a Georgia Bulldog fan. So no, I won’t be a fan but I will hope they win.
Buck Blew
October 17th, 2012
2:22 pm
Go Gators!!
Matthews Dawg
October 17th, 2012
2:38 pm
So Vinings Dawg….If our coach or coaches drop F-bombs that means they have fire in their belly! Hmmm… no it may mean they aren’t smart enough to say something fairly intelligent! Dropping
F-Bombs does not show fire in the belly IMO. A good game plan shows me much more! That is what we need along with players not missing blocks, doing their assignment correctly and not screwing up coverage! Now is that the coaches fault….maybe, but then again maybe not. i feel pretty good that our coaches are teaching them the correct thing to do. It may be that we need to shake up the lineup and give others a chance.
The sky is not falling and for all of you who wanted Dana Holgorsen to be the next UGA coach… how that working out for you? They got blown out by an UNRANKED team! Careful what you wish for, it could be much worse! Go Dawgs…Win out…and see what happens. Yes, I want UF to win, but not pulling for them EVER!
dean
October 17th, 2012
2:42 pm
I hope FL beats SC this weekend. After the game they can drive their (SC) team bus and personal vehicles (FL) off the steepest natural cliff in the Gainesville, FL area.
DawgNole
October 17th, 2012
2:45 pm
I can pull for them w/o being a “fan” because a victory over SC will obviously put control of the Dawgs’ fate back in their own hands. Plus, a fla victory puts a hurtin’ on perhaps the most famous gator of all–spurrier. So if ever you can quietly hope they win a game, this is the one.
Big Crimson 75
October 17th, 2012
2:54 pm
UGA football — root for another Team to do what we cant.
Big Crimson 75
October 17th, 2012
2:59 pm
What happened to all that East is better than West talk?
Forget LSU & SC. SC played hard, earned respect, and took a loss with their heads high.
UT, however, is a different story.
All that NFL talent & they couldn’t beat MSU?
Frankly
October 17th, 2012
3:00 pm
I think UF will win so I don’t have to pull for them, as if I ever could.
As far as Richt wearing orange, I don’t even own anything that is orange (or anything yellow for that matter) .
BlueGator
October 17th, 2012
3:11 pm
Dear UGA fans,
Oh, the humanity. Please do not pull for us, your current regime was born under a dark sign and pulling for us will only doom you to failure. We don’t ever want you to pull for us…it could cause a rip in the universe and that’s not good for anyone.
ZinoDawg
October 17th, 2012
3:11 pm
If the Dawgs can’t win it straight up then they don’t deserve to go to Atlanta.
BlueGator
October 17th, 2012
3:15 pm
DawgNole…wow that’s scary thought. But come to think of it that should be the bowl game. Two teams doing less with talent than anyone over the last 10 years
Mike
October 17th, 2012
3:18 pm
you know it Bill! Heck I may wear some jean shorts and buy a fake mullet!
Go Gator! (as the congresswoman stated)
Mike
October 17th, 2012
3:19 pm
@ZinoDawg … if SC loses two and we beat the Gators, wouldn’t that mean that the Dawgs won straight up? It’s not our fault they lost two … it’s theirs.
Eisendawg
October 17th, 2012
3:20 pm
Won’t wear Fla gear and all that stuff, and really won’t pull for them, but it won’t hurt my feelings to see the Evil genius in pain. And, I’m not in agreement about not wanting a chance at the SEC East, and a shot at Bama, or whoever the West champion is. I agree that UGA looked terrible against SC, but everything that could have gone wrong, did. First big play, Rambo had perfect position for the interception, but give the SC receiver credit for taking it away from him. Then Murray had the ball tipped for a pick, and it was all downhill from there. Even when UGA had a chance to score inside the 10 yd line, they did not. SC played a perfect game, UGA played the worse game ever. But, I know with UGA’s talent, if they play anywhere close to how they played against Vanderbilt this year, or Auburn last year, they are capable. But, I will have to admit, I will be amazed if we run the table the rest of the way, whether we’re in the SEC equation, or not.
LHarding Dawg
October 17th, 2012
3:20 pm
I don’t know about pulling for the Gators. We do need for SC to lose another game but I’m not sure the Gators have enough horsepower to get the job done. We just need to focus on winning every game this season and we’ll have a good year. 11-1 would not be a bad year at all.
joe jenkins
October 17th, 2012
3:22 pm
my top five most hated teams is.
1.chickens
2.fla
3.tenn
4.aub
5.bama
i really hate fla….but somebody has to win this game and i hope its the fla…only because it helps us
Win em all and forget the rest
October 17th, 2012
3:30 pm
I’m pulling for USc without a doubt. If they beat UF and go to Atl, they can take the beating from Ala. If we get beat by Ala (like LSU last year) we fall in the bowl pecking order. A 1 loss UGA team can see Sugar and that means more to my holiday season than another trip to Orlando, Tampa, Jax or Atl. Thanks to the BCS for the same ole bowls (and opponents) each year.
And by the way, please walk away after your 11-1 year!!! It is the pinnacle for this staff.
DawgNole
October 17th, 2012
3:36 pm
BKbroila
October 17th, 2012
12:31 pm
Take care of business and you won’t have to hope that Florida beats anybody….We didn’t do it, so that’s that…I would love to play in the SEC championship game, but If SC loses to florida, I hope the also slip up and lose another…that way we don’t have to hear about it all summer from Spurrier…
____________________
Wishful thinking on SC slipping up and losing another. I wish it, too, though.
DawgNole
October 17th, 2012
3:44 pm
RawDawg
October 17th, 2012
1:22 pm
Ill certainly be pulling for Florida this weekend. Giving the Dawgs a put up or shut up game against an undefeated, top ranked Gators team would either send them to the Dome and finally silence all the ‘can’t win the big game’ talk, or send them packing for the season to figure out what went wrong. Getting beat down by SC and then beating an undefeated Florida team to get to the Dome would still qualify as a big season in my book. I certainly don’t want to beat Florida and then still have to sit on edge wondering what SC is going to do all season.
Go Gators!! (okay i just threw up a little)
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Co-sign!
Ga/Fl.Stillman dog
October 17th, 2012
4:27 pm
Just goes to show how DUMB and STUPID our head coach is. Too passive. Get rid of this clown and his entire staff. What a bunch of LOOSERS, PLAYERS THAT INCLUDES YOU. A BUNCH OF DUDS.
Craig
October 17th, 2012
4:43 pm
Bill- I refuse to be a florida fan this week. I actually would love to see carolina win out- I am sick and tired of UGA backing into championship games when they cant beat a team on their own….if the game had been close that would be one thing….being blown out like we were is another. We need to quit feeling all giddy about 10 win seasons….backing into the SEC championship etc when we are beating average to poor teams and geting blasted when we play a great team. Maybe by not backing into the SEC east it will force people to look at reality and stop feeling good about backing into a game we have no business being in based on our performance against the great teams
Paul
October 17th, 2012
4:49 pm
Bill- what does it matter????? Do you honestly think this group of coaches could put together any type of game plan to beat UF?? Based on Bobos comments and CMR comments I doubt very much we have any chance of beating any team anywhere in the top 20. Same story- just a different year. Perhaps you have been fooled to think we are a top 15 team- I guess we are as long as we are not playing anyone in the top 20. We will feel like national champs I am sure after this weekend IF we beat UK and that’s not a given. We will be brought back to earth very quickly the following week. This team is full of cheap talk and little results when it counts
Jax is back to being Jax
October 17th, 2012
4:53 pm
Florida is back again: 31 Players who think they’re a special team: 10
With any luck the poster "Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville" gets hit by a Mack truck changing that tire.
October 17th, 2012
5:33 pm
Go find another team.
The Standard Line
October 17th, 2012
6:29 pm
I can’t believe these words exited the fingers of Bill King.
ugab
October 17th, 2012
7:23 pm
I have no choice but to pull for the gators. It is sad to have to wish for other teams to lose to get to the SEC Championship. I do not see Uga beating the Gators. Gators are physical. Gators have a mobile qb. etc. SC should beat the gators. Uga should of showed up for SC. I wouldn’t mind losing in a knock down drag out. CMR always gets his players and fans Embarrassed.
Idog1
October 17th, 2012
7:25 pm
the thought of pulling for fla makes me physically ill, but I’ll have to do it so ga can win the SEC east. Ga will beat fla in Jacksonville–take that to the bank. Richt owns muschamp.
Neutral
October 17th, 2012
7:25 pm
Oh yea, with that said…….I’ll pull for the Gators this weekend for 3 hours!!!!
Neutral
October 17th, 2012
7:30 pm
Where the heck is our buddy “nothing could be finer”…..is he the SC fan who was arrested for mooning the crowd at the LSU game or is he just hiding
GatorNation links: The Clowney question – ESPN (blog) | football.sportreports.tk
October 17th, 2012
7:49 pm
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Hanky Panky
October 17th, 2012
8:22 pm
I’ll root for anyone against Spurrier, including Florida.
Neutral
October 17th, 2012
8:35 pm
Right on Hanky Panky!!!!!
dan
October 17th, 2012
8:52 pm
I think we need to worry about our own house. Dawgs have zero control over the outcome of other games. Personally I don’t think we deserve to play in the SEC Championship, especially after that embarrassing display 2 weeks ago. I mean seriously, who comes out flat in a big game like that? Disgraceful. The best team from the East deserves to go to the championship game, and right now that is not UGA.
Mobile Dawg
October 17th, 2012
8:54 pm
I do hope Florida wins setting up a “huge” meaningful game for both teams. Let’s see how that turns out if it comes to pass. If USC gets by the Gators, I hope they win out.
GatorsWaiting
October 17th, 2012
9:12 pm
You Georgia fans are comical. (Florida’s) “…unlikely 2012 rebound under former Bulldog Will Muschamp…” What’s so unlikely? They had a couple national number one recruiting classes after their last NC, and they have an outstanding coaching staff now, including an other-worldly strength and conditioning coach.
It must just drive you Dawgs crazy to see the proof in the pudding now that Muschamp –the former UGA captain–is the true Saban protege. If it makes you feel better, he grew up as a Gator fan in Gainesville and would hae been a Gator, but Spurrier was out playing golf the day he and his dad went to see him.
And by the way, the Gators have the personnel and the coaching brains to play SC exactly the way LSU played them: disciplined gap control on the defensive line to keep Shaw contained, and Clowney never gets blocked from the same direction twice and ends up dazed and confused.
Finally, you all know you aren’t beating Florida this year because, among other things, while you do indeed have elite talent, they can’t get into the 4th Quarter physical condition that the Gators are in within the next week and a half.
Mobile Dawg
October 17th, 2012
9:20 pm
GW, nothing about the Gators drives me crazy. What really gets under my skin is that Georgia has settled into mediocrity, the University Administration, the football team, and it’s fans. I think your correct in your assessment of our inabilty to play four quarters. UF took it to LSU and wore a team out that’s made a living playing physical football. UF/UGA could end up as bad or worse than USCe.
GatorsWaiting
October 17th, 2012
9:30 pm
Well, Mobile Dawg, for whatever it’s worth, I always pull for Eastern Division teams when they play outside the division. I have not enjoyed the last two seasons of Western Division media hype, even though it was deserved.
Border dweller
October 17th, 2012
9:49 pm
I live in Georgia and work in Florida,so I’m well qualified to be a Gator Hater. If the Gators lined up to play Satan’s All-Stars, I’d go buy a pitchfork and root for Ol’ Scratch. About the only thing in College ball I detest more than UF is….Seve Spurrier. And we need this one for our cause, so (gulp) GO GATORS!!!
THWGT
October 17th, 2012
9:54 pm
I’m kind of at a loss for this one. Honestly, we have to rely on other teams to do the job OUR team couldn’t do???? We have to hope we can “back our way” into the Dome? THIS is the program we can be proud of?
Do I like it when my Dawgs win, absolutely. However, I would rather we get the win rather than another team getting us in there because we screwed the pooch when it was our turn….
Further, if this kind of slid continues what awaits this coaching staff and team in the Dome? I’ll tell you, a highly ranked, no BS, well coached, hard nosed team who WILL fight for a win – and no I wasn’t talking about Georgia!
Vampire Bill
October 17th, 2012
10:49 pm
No one would love to see the dawgs in the championship game more then me but I’d rather stay home then back into it like last year and take another dreadful 30 point loss.
Instead, I’d like to see the dawgs rebuild into a top tier team and win the right to play for glory straight up.
Is anyone else tired of seeing the dawgs get beat so soundly? Anyone else having a hard time putting the SC beating behind us and considering it to be just a loss like any other?
Gator Navy UF 78
October 17th, 2012
11:23 pm
It is good to know that Georgia fans still remember that Florida’s chief rival should always be Georgia. That was how I was raised and I know that is how Will was raised also. Memories of Jacksonville are ever dear yet I still cringe knowing that I sat in a near drunken state watching the worse play in history unfold before me. All true Georgia fans know what play I am talking about but I will give you a hint – I was a brand new Navy ensign watching the game about thirty-two years ago and it was a short pass and a 94 yard long run! The nice thing was that I also remember the aftermath – visiting with two beautiful Georgia girls in their motorhome for the after game party. Yep, I will always love our greatest party, er – game, in Jacksonville! Go Gators and may Georgia always lose to us!
Laughing at you
October 17th, 2012
11:38 pm
Just so you know, on the GSMB (Gator Sports Message Board), they have this blog link and they are laughing at you pathetic losers. How does it feel to know that you will never win the SEC outright, but will always need help from someone else’s failures? Losers!
7576DAWG
October 18th, 2012
12:02 am
Sanders and Ellington for South Carolina will miss the game or have no strength because they are battling the flu this week. Clowney and Lattimore will miss the game or be severely limited. Looks like Florida just may help us out.
If Florida does win I sure hope that Georgia give a better effort against Florida than they did against South Carolina. A lose is terrible but all can hold their head up if you have a game like L.S.U. and South Carolina . Having a game like Georgia and South Carolina is a totally different thing.
JRW7
October 18th, 2012
12:41 am
Go Gators, beat SC, go DAWGS!
ludawici
October 18th, 2012
2:35 am
i wouldn’t pull for fla if they were playing the taliban. fla can shove it.
Drub-a-Dub-Dub
October 18th, 2012
7:03 am
Florida Gators 37
Georgia Bulldogs 20
What a fine drubbing it will be!
TNGatorGirl
October 18th, 2012
8:51 am
And you guys think jawja is going to be Florida? hahahahahaha
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
9:03 am
Yea, I am sure that these folks in here are really going to NOT whine just as much, if Georgie were to lose by 1 point to UF with “effort”. paleeze.
ryan
October 18th, 2012
9:05 am
I wonder if the author of this article has an IQ over 70. Question for whoever wrote this nonsense.
A- Do you realize the best coach in the history of your program is an Auburn grad? I guess he’s a turncoat as well.
B- Why do you feel entitled that Muschamp owes you or anyone involved in your program anything?
If I didn’t know any better I would think this was written by an immature , petty child. Whining about the pretty girl saying no to go to the dance. Grow up King.
LakeDawg
October 18th, 2012
9:09 am
I don’t even care who wins the UF/USCe game. Its irrelevent.
AirForce1
October 18th, 2012
9:10 am
Hey Dawg fans, including myself…you wouldn’t ever have to pull or cheer for some other team, especially a hated rival if you took care of business and win! Boom! Really…two years in a row we have to pull for someone to win or lose to make it to the SECCG? Come On Man!
Just Great
October 18th, 2012
9:25 am
Enter your comments here
BMOC
October 18th, 2012
9:41 am
I cannot remember the last time I hoped Florida won a game.. And this week will be no different. This is why: If FLORIDA beats SCar, then beats GEORGIA, which we all know if very possible, then that would mean that FLORIDA will go to the SEC Championship game. If SCar beats FLORIDA, then they both have one loss, with SCar having to play ALABAMA would be their 2nd loss. OR SCar could beat ALABAMA.. (I think SCar has a better chance of bearing ALABAMA than FLORIDA). At any rate, I would rather see SCar go to the SEC Championship game than FLORIDA. And if SCar beat GEORGIA 35-7 in a game that wasn’t even that close, why in the world would a GEORGIA fan want to play ALABAMA in the SEC Championship game? Sorry…I’m a huge GEORGIA fan, but I’m tired of being embarrassed after big games. My take: If GEORGIA coaches want to get to the SEC Championship game, then win the big games is the correct path to doing that; Pulling for the FLORIDA GATORS.. Or any other team.. Is the wrong way.
Jax Dawg
October 18th, 2012
9:43 am
Hopefully Carolina loses but maybe the lizards players in a celebratory manner all get suspended after their win and all get suspended for Georgia Fla
PowerDawg
October 18th, 2012
9:47 am
I hope they beat the chicks from Columbia, but becoming a “fan” of the gators?
HELL NO.
REDNECK
October 18th, 2012
9:48 am
good morning every 1 lolz!
REDNECK
October 18th, 2012
9:50 am
YO WHO PLAYIN DIS WEEKEND ?
James
October 18th, 2012
9:52 am
i think ga -n- bama
Mike Bozo
October 18th, 2012
10:35 am
I’ve got a great idea…… Let our RB’s tote the rock more!
Swami SEZ
October 18th, 2012
10:39 am
Dawgs need not worry about Gators. Dawgs are gonna struggle with Kentucky…..
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
10:43 am
NO, and never will be. If the DAWGS can’t get it done by beating the teams in the East straight up they dont’ deserve to make it to the SEC Championship game. I love the Dawgs with all my heart but I also believe you have to earn it not “hope” someone else takes care of business for you. I think UGA should worry more about winning a bowl game than SEC game, it’s been a couple of years since they tasted bowl victory. I’ll say it again I love’em but what’s right is right and the best team should play and from what I’ve seen this season the best team in the EAST doesn’t reside in Athens.
UGAorBust
October 18th, 2012
10:50 am
I hate Spurrier more than the Gators…Go Gators!
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:02 am
R and B, you do realize that UF beating SC would not hand us the East Lead, right. So your point is moot.
We would have to beat the top team and TAKE that lead. SC would be a non-factor at that point, same as TN, or any other div team that lost (multiple games) thier way out of contention.
There is not a football fan on the planet that doesn’t pull for this team or that, to set up scenerios for thier team.
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
11:11 am
AltamahaDawg
Yes of course I realize that, but after that pitiful performance against the one coach I truly hate but I come from the old school and I respect your opinion but certainly don’t share it. Like I said I love the DAWGS and have since I was a little kid in the 70’s BEFORE HERSCHEL.
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:12 am
Appearantly, Georgia fans all of a sudden now believe that only undefeated team should ever be allowed to play in the SECCG.
Perhaps a small does of humility……..and not all this bruised ego chest thumping, might be in order.
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
11:13 am
There is not a football fan on the planet that doesn’t pull for this team or that, to set up scenerios for thier team.
I’m the definition of FAN – I even have a UGA ROOM! But after last year’s SEC Champ game I would rather someone else from the East who could beat Bama or LSU show and actually win
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
11:16 am
Appearantly, Georgia fans all of a sudden now believe that only undefeated team should ever be allowed to play in the SECCG.
Perhaps a small does of humility……..and not all this bruised ego chest thumping, might be in order.
Not the case at all, quite the contrary – If you cannot get up to atleast SHOW UP for a rival game and yes SC is a rival game now. You shouldn’t represent your division. I love the Dawgs but I don’t see the championship form on the D and the offense was taken out of the game by a better Defense than they would meet in Atlanta.
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
11:18 am
Trust me I keep waiting for them to convince me they are for real! I would love nothing more than for that to happen, but you are what your record says you are and against ranked teams in the past 4 years we are pooh.
dirtyo11
October 18th, 2012
11:18 am
It’s hard for me to make a decision…who do I hate the most Fla or Spurrier. ‘m pulling foFla because UGA need them to beat S.C. then UGA will upset Fla & then win out the rest of their SEC games.
I think Fla, Ga or S.C. has the talent to beat Bama. The only problem with Ga is getting them motivated from the beginning till the end of a game against Bama. Richt & his staff is to blame for his players coming out dry or not finishing a game after havin a big lead like they did last yr against LSU
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:18 am
You don’t share my opinion that IF we can beat the top 5, undefeated University of Florida, Thus taking the lead in the division from them..that we rightfully deserve the chance to represent the East……because we didn’t beat Steve Spurrier’s team?
(and I guess they woulddeserve it having lost 2 or more games in the conference?)
I find that very difficult to believe.
1974gator
October 18th, 2012
11:30 am
It does my heart good to see you silly puppies whine and whimper about these sort of things. You hired a second string, clipboard carrying, University of Miami QB to be your HC…..live with it.
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:31 am
SO because SC beat us by such a large margin, but then lost 2 weeks in a row, THEY deserve to be there over a team that won more game. (and beat a team that beat them). That’s your honest opinion?
And Why would a 10-3 SC look so much more ready to beat (Alabama) if this is how it all turns out? The LOST to a LSU that they clearly should have beat.
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:31 am
10-2
Skokie Dog
October 18th, 2012
11:42 am
Altamaha: What could possibly lead you to imagine that this U.Ga. team, coached by this staff, COULD beat a top 5, undefeated University of Florida? I hope you’re a member of your local Optimists’ Club. Otherwise, you may have missed your calling in your community.
GATOR BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:45 am
heyy GATORS
GATOR BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:47 am
YO YALL HEARD FROM flat tire on i 95 ?
GATOR BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:49 am
im the WATERBOYY @ EMANUEL COUNTY INSTITUTE
GATOR BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:51 am
YO WHOS GOING 2 THE GA. (FLORDIA) GAME ???? ANY ONE!
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:52 am
Enter your comments here
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:56 am
ga is gonna stomp flordia in the FREAKIN DIRT BABY !! I WOULDNT SPIT ON A GATOR IF HE WAZ ON FIRE!!!!!!
GATOR BOYY
October 18th, 2012
11:59 am
jawga boyy,
LOOK I WOULDNT BET THAT YET BUDDY BOY
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
12:04 pm
A NOW
I tell u wat meet me @ the ga vs flda game next weekend
DawginNY
October 18th, 2012
12:15 pm
I am sick of this conversation. The problem isn’t having to pull for a team that I hate. The problem is that we are consistently outcoached by other teams with relatively similar talent and better coaching. And what exacerbates the problem is that like Charlie Brown always believing that Lucy isn’t going to move the ball and make me look like a moron, I keep believing the same hype only to be let down.
It was Grantham who had me tricked this year. I thought one year with a decent defense made him a good coach. And I thought that we would return to the early 2000s and that we would compete with the best teams like we did when Van Gorder was here. Nope! Richt produces top 25 teams with top 5 talent. He can’t win big without a good DC. And we don’t have one.
Stuart Townsend
October 18th, 2012
12:37 pm
There is no way in hell I will ever root for or hope that the “Gaytors” win anything. I love the Dawgs but they have made their bed and will have to lay in it.
It will be a cold day in the hot place and Satan will be giving sleigh rides before I don anything Orange and Blue.
Go DAWGS!
14 Titles
October 18th, 2012
12:43 pm
It don’t matter who gets to the sec championship to play Alabama—it will be a beatdown by the Tide. That game will be like the last 3–blowout! RTR—Nick’s going for title #3 in 4 years, 15 titles for the Tide!!!!
dawgfacedboy
October 18th, 2012
12:49 pm
2 things I can say without a doubt.1) I will be rooting for Florida this weekend.2) No way in *$&% that Florida is the #2 team in America.
Hip hop Dawg
October 18th, 2012
1:09 pm
Um
Swami SEZ
October 18th, 2012
1:14 pm
Dawgs fans arestill drinking the Kool Aid after the beat down by South Carolina. Dawgs still gotta play Kentucky, Gators , Auburn and Ole Miss in which they may lose all four. Quick get the Rolaids!
UGAGrad01
October 18th, 2012
1:39 pm
Jon Gruden sure would light the fire in Athens…but how long would he stay is the question. CMR appears to grow more softer each year. Ever notice how he will stop trying to score when we are up after 3? Stop being so darn nice to the other team, it puts the burden on our D for the entire 4th quarter. Most other coaches in the top 10 understand that. The voters/polls probably only look at the final score anyway.
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
1:43 pm
pizzia rocks !!!!
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
1:46 pm
so do GEORGIA
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
1:47 pm
WILL SOME ONE TALK 2 ME ?
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
1:52 pm
Skokie, I don’t recall that being the question.
But IF you are asking me if I think that is possible, I would say , of cource that is a real possibility. Personally, I don’t think UF has been playing anything close to remembling the 3rd best team in the nation. And I think UGA has shown it is very capable of scoring plenty of points. And nobody believes this is not a defense capable of having a great game.
I also think UF will enter that game at the end of a VERY long month, and getting up that many weeks in a row, coming off of a emotional high of beating SC, they would be very overdue to a trip back down to earth. I think we have seen that play out many times this season.
Skokie Dog
October 18th, 2012
2:17 pm
Okay, Altamaha, I see your logic. I might be able to agree with your conclusion–IF I could forget about U.Ga.’s “brain trust” of a coaching staff. That and the lack of leadership among the players on the field are two of the keys to explaining the big-game letdowns that I’ve grown accustomed to seeing.
LakeDawg
October 18th, 2012
2:32 pm
Does it really matter who wins the UF/USCe game? UGA will still have CMR.
socal Dawgs
October 18th, 2012
2:32 pm
No! If UGA wanted in they should have showed up against SC.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
2:38 pm
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:02 am
R and B, you do realize that UF beating SC would not hand us the East Lead, right. So your point is moot.
We would have to beat the top team and TAKE that lead. SC would be a non-factor at that point, same as TN, or any other div team that lost (multiple games) thier way out of contention.
There is not a football fan on the planet that doesn’t pull for this team or that, to set up scenerios for thier team.
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You’re spot on with this observation. Having to pull temporarily for another team to knock off your closest competitor happens most years in most conferences.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
2:40 pm
JAWGA BOYY
October 18th, 2012
1:47 pm
WILL SOME ONE TALK 2 ME ?
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Hopefully not.
Lemuel in Ludowici
October 18th, 2012
2:50 pm
I see that Muschamp is referred to as a “turncoat” in the caption below his photo.
Does this mean that Vince Dooley was also a “turncoat” since he played & graduated from Auburn?
Or how about Pat Dye?
Wasn’t sure what the criteria was for that little moniker.
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
2:51 pm
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
2:38 pm
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
11:02 am
R and B, you do realize that UF beating SC would not hand us the East Lead, right. So your point is moot.
We would have to beat the top team and TAKE that lead. SC would be a non-factor at that point, same as TN, or any other div team that lost (multiple games) thier way out of contention.
There is not a football fan on the planet that doesn’t pull for this team or that, to set up scenerios for thier team.
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You’re spot on with this observation. Having to pull temporarily for another team to knock off your closest competitor happens most years in most conferences.
While there is some truth in both statements it wasn’t like we had a close loss in which case I would be fine with the current situation of hoping FL knocks off SC- So both of you please tell me why if you cannot get up for a big game then why should you play for the division? I love the DAWGS and CMR but something’s been missing and would rather them not get embarrased in Atlanta AGAIN
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
2:53 pm
Well obviously (practically everything) would have to happen differntly than the UGA/SC game for us to beat UF, irrespective of what happens this weekend. So no need to disagree with me on something that goes without saying.
But the point I was making (which your question missed) is that it’s silly to pretend that UGA fans are not pulling for UF to beat SC this weekend, to set up a better scenerio for our team, despite all of the deflated egos in here still on display.
SSIgator
October 18th, 2012
2:54 pm
AltamahaDawg -
“And nobody believes this is not a defense capable of having a great game.”
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Now, that was funny. Or maybe by allowing SC to score 35 unanswered points St. Markus Rectumus has an ulterior motive?
Cuz
October 18th, 2012
2:57 pm
I only wear orange when I go deer hunting. It is required. Makes me break out in hives though. Thank God for calamine lotion.
Cuz
October 18th, 2012
2:59 pm
I generally pull for USC Alt because I live on the border and have a lot of gamehen friends. Interesting game. I think UF wins due to the Swamp. Neutral field and I would pick USC.
Cuz
October 18th, 2012
3:01 pm
If UF knocks off USCe, I am not very confident on our chances in JAX.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
3:02 pm
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
2:51 pm
While there is some truth in both statements it wasn’t like we had a close loss in which case I would be fine with the current situation of hoping FL knocks off SC- So both of you please tell me why if you cannot get up for a big game then why should you play for the division? I love the DAWGS and CMR but something’s been missing and would rather them not get embarrased in Atlanta AGAIN
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I always want my team to go as far as they can, and if it means they need help from another team, I’m OK with that. Like I said earlier, it happens all the time across the country. Yes, I’d rather win it outright, but if I slip up along the way–as UGA obviously did with SC–then I want the next-best thing. And at this point of the season, making the SECCG with one loss is the next-best thing. And while Bama or LSU obviously represent formidable opposition, I’d rather take our chances playing the best in that game than sitting around waiting for another mediocre bowl game.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
3:09 pm
Of course, everything I wrote in the previous post is contingent upon a UGA victory over fla–of which I’m considerably less confident than I am of a fla win over SC.
Latti-less
October 18th, 2012
3:42 pm
The only way UGA backs into the SEC-CG is if they lose to both USC and UF. If UGA beats UF than they earned that trip to the Dome. PERIOD.
Latti-less
October 18th, 2012
3:43 pm
It’s not UGA’s fault if USC can’t beat UF
CigarDawg
October 18th, 2012
3:56 pm
The optimal outcome this weekend is a double forfeit! ( A fella can dream, can’t he? )
As for Richt, his only focus needs to be on beating the brakes off KY this weekend, winning out for the season and letting the chips fall where they will. Any talk of rooting for another team to help do what we couldn’t do ourselves is a waste of mental energy and he doesn’t have any to spare given all the game-planning he’s got to do for his own team.
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
3:57 pm
R&B, easy. The Ga/Fla game will be considered a much bigger game that the Ga/SC. That’s why.
AltamahaDawg
October 18th, 2012
4:17 pm
Anybody not willing to swallow thier pride and pull for one team (that they hate) to beat another team (that they hate) IF that is what would be best for thier own team, has forgoten what the whole deal is about in the first place.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
4:57 pm
Latti-less
October 18th, 2012
3:42 pm
The only way UGA backs into the SEC-CG is if they lose to both USC and UF. If UGA beats UF than they earned that trip to the Dome. PERIOD..
Latti-less
October 18th, 2012
3:43 pm
It’s not UGA’s fault if USC can’t beat UF
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Totally agree!
Georgia DAWG
October 18th, 2012
5:09 pm
Filter Check
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
5:10 pm
Yes, please check the filter.
Red-N-Black
October 18th, 2012
5:37 pm
DawgNole
Thank you for itelligent discussion, that isn’t always the case here.
Cheers!
Jim
October 18th, 2012
5:43 pm
Just let SC worry about FL and FL worry about SC. If we get wrapped up in worrying about them and Kentucky beats us what does it matter? We just need to take care of business and let the chips lay where they fall. We could go 11-1 and get beat in another bowl game and it’s all for nothing. As for a coach I would take a good long look at, would be Kevin Sumlin of Texas A&M. He is quitely making his mark and given a couple years to see his recruiting improve by moving to the SEC I believe folks will soon take note of him.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
6:37 pm
Thanks, R&B. Same to you. Filter’s giving me fits this evening, having eaten my last two posts–replies to you and AltamahaDawg.
Spokesman for the SEC East
October 18th, 2012
8:38 pm
Jim there is no way that Kevin Sumlin would leave A&M with Johnny Manzell at QB and what he is building there. It won’t be money either because A&M will match UGA dollar for dollar. A&M is on the verge of being Top Dog in the state of Texas.
ga gator
October 18th, 2012
8:40 pm
Makes 0 sense for Dawg fans to root for Carolina over UF. I realize the hatred there, but it is the only rational way for UGA to have a shot at Atlanta.
Mobile Dawg
October 18th, 2012
9:26 pm
I would love to see UF beat USCe for a number of reasons, the biggest being that it would put CMR in possibly the biggest spotlight of his coaching career. Can’t run, hide, or make any more excuses.
DawgNole
October 18th, 2012
9:45 pm
ga gator
October 18th, 2012
8:40 pm
Makes 0 sense for Dawg fans to root for Carolina over UF. I realize the hatred there, but it is the only rational way for UGA to have a shot at Atlanta.
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Co-sign.
SSIgator
October 18th, 2012
10:13 pm
Mobile Dawg -
October 18th, 2012 – 9:26 pm
I would love to see UF beat USCe for a number of reasons, the biggest being that it would put CMR in possibly the biggest spotlight of his coaching career. Can’t run, hide, or make any more excuses.
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Seriously? Wow, you really have sworn off the Kool-Aid. But then again, St. Markus Rectumus will never run out of excuses. Remember a few years ago that “the weather” was a problem for UGA in Jax? Checking the weather that day, it was actually cooler in Jax than in Athens at game time. What a tool.
funny....
October 18th, 2012
10:44 pm
Screw that, screw Richt, and screw Florida.
Won’t matter when we shet the bed against Florida anyway.
Richt, bye bye
And so what if Georgia backs into the SECCG, they’ll just shet the bed there too.
Ed
October 18th, 2012
11:47 pm
Three losses in a row to South-freakin’-Carolina is embarrassing, and unacceptable. Having to hope that another SEC team, especially the hated Gators, beats, of all schools, South Carolina so we have a shot is humiliating.
I’ll give Spurrier (the SOB) credit, though. He took one nothing football program (UF) and turned them into a consistent championship contender, and has taken another nothing program (SC) to the brink of becoming one. That’s no small feat.
Around the Bowl, Down the Hole, Roll Tide Roll
October 19th, 2012
12:13 am
Rumor: Pete Carol’s agent in contact with UGA regarding Head Coaching position.Seeking $10million/year.
Southern Translation
October 19th, 2012
12:25 am
Cunfucius:
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
Translated for Georgia Rednecks:
“Richt is a big game loser. As long as Richt is Coach, Georgia will lose big games.”
Anon
October 19th, 2012
8:27 am
I wouldn’t pull for the gaytors if the team plane was going down.
Lombardi
October 19th, 2012
9:41 am
Next September will take care of Richt.
THE Dixie Redcoat Band
October 19th, 2012
10:10 am
Word on the street, UGA coaches have already circled the date when USC comes to Athens…they also circled this years date! Pretty funny.
The Dogfather
October 19th, 2012
10:16 am
0-0 tie with lots of injuries
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
10:19 am
Every fan of every SEC team that did not enter the SECCG game undefeated has always a rooting interest in what the other teams in thier division do. Good to know some of you have such pristine lives that THIS is what you find humiliting. Good grief. Grow a pair, how bout.
John
October 19th, 2012
10:29 am
So the plan is for UF to beat SC and for UGA to magically transform into a team that can beat a #2 ranked opponent on the road in a game that they have struggled with for 30 years? Richt is going to gameday outcoach another coach? Assuming that happens, the second phase of the plan is for UGA to go and beat a #1 ranked Bama team? Or are UGA fans satisfied with just getting to Atlanta? In my opinion, you shouldn’t celebrate a mythical “East Championship” and give out blingy rings when you get destroyed in the Championship game. UGA recruits with the best. Step up, control your own damn destiny and beat someone in a big game!
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
10:36 am
It is pathetic with all of our talent that our head coach has to become a fan of our rival in order to reach team goals…
And no I’m not a Gator fan this week… nor will I ever be. However I respect them because they have surpassed UGA as a program with yet another different coach.
John
October 19th, 2012
10:37 am
That being said, I wouldn’t pull for UF if they were playing Red China.
Kiara H.
October 19th, 2012
10:39 am
As an Atlanta native and Gator alumnus, this article is the closest to a ‘tender’ moment I’ve ever experienced on my side of this rivalry. Bulldogs, we thank you for the feigned (and somewhat selfish) support. Go Gators! BEAT SC!
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
10:39 am
So let’s check that, UGA insider does not want UF to beat SC this week.
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
10:42 am
Ed and John are correct…
The best scenario of UGA is to win out, not play in the SECCG and make it to the BCS as a at-large team. A guaranteed loss in the SECCG puts us in the pathetic Outback Bowl playing Michigan State. I am rooting for USCe this weekend unlike the UGA homers.
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
10:45 am
Correct Altamaha Dawg… I am rooting for USCe. UGA is not going to win the SEC East this year nor deserves to. However I do think we are good enough to play in one of the BCS games. That will not happen if we get trounced in the SECCG like last season.
And we all know how CMR gets blown out in big, nationally televised games!
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
10:48 am
I’m sure all your buddies on the team appreciated you looking out for them, when you told them that.
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
10:55 am
Did you not see us get trounced 35-7 on National TV? Did you hear Musburger make fun of Richt for lack of desire? And you think we have a chance in Atlanta vs Bama?
You need to stop being such a homer and become a realist! CMR should be a man and say that he doesn’t care who wins the game in Gville… all I am focused on is UGA winning all of our games… but no he doesn’t.. he just keeps begging to back-door into the SECCG again!
Surely you must realize he is desperate and it shows.
John
October 19th, 2012
11:00 am
Mark Richt is one of the best guys in the business. If you appreciate a decent, moral Christian man, it doesn’t get any better than him. He is also one of the best recruiters in the business also. That being said, he is obviously not a great gameday coach these days and often gets outcoached by good coaches under big spotlights. It’s sad. I recall him coaching UGA to some great wins in the early days (AU ‘02, Hobnail Boot)and UGA was always competitive when they lost.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
11:27 am
No , I don’t think we have a better team than Alabama, and most likely would lose the game. But ALL grown men Dawgs fans that I know, want to go to the SECCG irrespective. But then again, I hang out with all old school guys. We don’t revised our decades long tradition of wanting our team to be in the best position to play for conference title, untill its over.We all have thicker skin than to to pee our pants about what Brent Musberger or XM radio said. I guess we just don’t get this Hope and Change generation.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
11:36 am
He doesn’t talk about winning the rest of the game………..he has said that ad naseum.
He “keep begging for (uf to lose) “……….he was asked specifically about it for a quote on that specific topic.
“Back door”….how would beating the leader in the division be back door? The results of the UGA/SC game would be irrelavant at that point.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
11:39 am
Do you seriously believe that the LSU fans are NOT pulling for whoever plays Alabama now.
Do you seriously believe that the Alabama fan were NOT pulling for whoever played LSU last year?
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
11:42 am
Bama lost a nail-biter last year! We lost in a blow-out. Totally different scenario.
Stop being a homer! CMR has lost it and it’s time to move on.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
11:52 am
Oh I see, if its close, its NOT a back door? ok
And lets just be perfectly honest here. YOU were saying just 2 weeks ago that (based on your insider perspective)………Mark Richt had this team at “near national championship caliber”. That was YOU. Not me. We will finish this year just about exactly where I have thought from the beginning. 10 plus wins, and around top 10. Some what better than last year, which was better than the year before. Which is what I have always said. So spare me this “homer” crap. When they win a few, you turn into the biggest homer there is. When they don’t , you flip.
YOU also managed to go from being “ashamed to be a Dawg fan” to thinking we had the best defense in the nation, to losing 5 games, to winning them all in the cource of 3 month. NOW , appearantly wanting Mark Richt fired. So spare me ther lecture on realistic, too.
beanster
October 19th, 2012
11:56 am
Champions of the East trumps a Sugar Bowl invitation (assuming it isn’t the BCS champ.), IMO. The potential for an embarrassing loss is nearly equivalent in either the SECCG or the bowl game. I’d rather take a beating from Alabama than Notre Dame or Kansas State if that’s what’s in the cards. And say a miracle were to happen and UGA were to win, I’ll take the SECCG over a bowl game any day.
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
12:14 pm
Let it be known, that from now till the end of the 2013 season (the first realistic opportunity that we would make a coaching change), The Poster known as UGA Insider, will be sticking to his guns and only making comments that line up with his well thought out view that Mark Richt needs to be fired. Any post in support of the Dawgs winnning any of those game would certainly be hypocritical.
John
October 19th, 2012
12:23 pm
I could win 10 games as Head coach with this schedule. If I did, I’d be dissapointed though. If UGA wins only 10 games, it means they beat all of the bad – mediocre opponents and lost to the good – decent ones. As of now, UGA is 3-1 in SEC play. the 3 teams we have beaten have mustered one victory combined in SEC play (Vandy beat Missouri). Assuming UGA beats lowly KY, the Conference teams that UGA will have beaten in 2012 will be a combined 1-14 in conference play. This was a NC schedule and sadly UGA has NC talent.
Rich
October 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
AltamahaDawg, try to be a little more over the top and dramatic, will ya?
John
October 19th, 2012
12:34 pm
If I’m a fan of Vandy, KY, Ole Miss, Miss St, Texas A&M or Missouri, I would consider the mythical “SEC Division Championship” to be a great, historical accomplishment. At UGA, we expect SEC Championships and occasionally playing for the NC! We get the 4 Star and 5 Star recruits year in-year out but always underachieve. UGA fills the NFL with talent and often times, the ex-UGA players perform better in the Pros than in college. Let’s get our expectations up as fans….
Sam
October 19th, 2012
12:36 pm
Who was the special guest at the pep rally?
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
1:13 pm
well typically not Rich, But you know, you have to gear the presentation toward the audiance. Over the top and dramatic is the native language for that one, trust me.
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
10:33 am
AltamahaDawg
October 19th, 2012
10:19 am
Every fan of every SEC team that did not enter the SECCG game undefeated has always a rooting interest in what the other teams in thier division do. Good to know some of you have such pristine lives that THIS is what you find humiliting. Good grief. Grow a pair, how bout.
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Exactly. Don’t know what’s so hard to understand about that. We want what’s best for the team–and that’s the opportunity to play the best with a championship (SEC in this case) on the line. If it takes another team beating another team, so what?!
DawgNole
October 20th, 2012
10:36 am
UGA Insider
October 19th, 2012
10:45 am
Correct Altamaha Dawg… I am rooting for USCe. UGA is not going to win the SEC East this year nor deserves to. However I do think we are good enough to play in one of the BCS games. That will not happen if we get trounced in the SECCG like last season.
And we all know how CMR gets blown out in big, nationally televised games!
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What a dolt. You don’t think the BCS bowls are “big, nationally televised games”?