Fan talk: Did Georgia get shafted by the BCS?

No!!! They got what they earned.

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Georgia lost.

Get over it.

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I’ve never seen this much discussion about a loss. Time to move on.

Get some new material.

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Bill, as always a great column. Enjoy the vacation.

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Really…
This is the UGA “blawg”. Get used to it.
Also, get used to ignorant hicks who seem forced to have a handle that ends in “Dawg”.

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Should have shown up at South Carolina. That’s my take on the season. If we would have done that UGA would have been undefeated and @ #1 or #2 assuring us the Sugar Bowl bid with 12-1 record with the SECCG loss. So don’t blame the BCS. Blame that 1 game that we have been no shows for during the regular season the past few years.

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odd, UGA and their fans didn’t seem to mind going to the Sugar Bowl over Tennessee, the 2007 Eastern Division Champions.

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Who cares about any of the bowl games other than the Championship game. Really, football season ended for all the teams except for Bama and ND when the SEC championship game ended. The other bowls are meaningless and I won’t waste a minute watching any of them. UGA vs Nebraska! Totally boring and meaningless.

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No, They should not have been as high as they were. Please stop rewriting the same article with a reworded topic

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You know if we did not have an SEC Championship Game, Georgia would have been in the Sugar while Alabama played Notre Dame in Miami. So actually having an SEC Championship Game hurt the SEC. Then the argument would have been who should be National Champs, Alabama or Georgia as both would have one loss.

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Mark Richt is 3-16 against ranked teams, since 2009! He and Bobo and the Dawgs just can’t beat quality, ranked teams! And until they do…it’ll be the Capital One, or Outback, or Liberty Bowls every year!

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It’s what happens when the bottom of your conference and division are so awful that the top have inflated records. If TN, KY, Vandy, ARK, AUB were competitive this year maybe FL gets another loss and its a Big 12 team sitting there at 4 and UGA gets the BCS nod instead of being blocked by the two team rule. Same thing applies to Big 10 teams over the years when it was OSU, Wisc, maybe Michigan then a whole bunch of crap.

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TiredofMEDIOCRITY

beware DawginLex will be on here shortly to tell you how great Bobo is and is finally one of the 9 candidates for the Southern Miss job

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AUDAWG,

I don’t know the rules perfectly, but I’m pretty sure that TK being shaken up with no time outs and under 2 minutes constitutes as a 10 sec runoff or something? i dont understand how we would have had a free time out?

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Until the big donors get tired of heading down to Orlando every single year for a second tier bowl….the Dawgs will continue to beat the weak oppoents and lose to the ranked ones! Those are just facts: Dawgs have serious problems beating ranked teams. You can’t beat ranked teams…you won’t be going to the BCS!

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Since the SEC championship game, like those in other conferences, is primarily about the extra money, fans should not complain about being relegated to a lower status bowl. After all, SEC teams share the revenue from the championship game and the bowl games that their teams play in, so all of the athletic departments in the conference win. And after all, isn’t that what’s important here?

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…that is how the system works – it let a team that did not even win its division last year play for the MNC, so letting UF jump UGA just because they did not have to play the 13th game is how the system works –

Life is a beotch, and then you die…

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The BCS shafted a lot of teams, not just UGA. Oklahoma, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M, Stanford, Clemson…..

I don’t take much offense to UGA not getting in. The SECCG is like a blackjack hand. You go all in for something big (the BCS title game) but if you lose, you don’t get your money back.

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To UF’s defense….they did beat 4 top 10 teams. That is quite a resume.

I am just calling it like I see it.

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The only thing I have a problem with is that not everyone plays a conference championship.(Notre Dame) Georgia had the opportunity to play for the National Championship, they didn’t make it there. So who cares about the rest of the bowls. They are just football games for the holidays.

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I hate to sound like a hater…but how many teams needing a coach..O.C. or head coach..how many have been heard throwing in Mike Bobo’s name as a possibility?…..I think the opinion I have of him is shared by the people who are supposedly in the know!! Nuff Said!!

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I think it worked out fine. UGA layed a big fat goose egg against SC. Yes, you beat FLA and layed another big goose egg against BAMA. UGA had a shot at the “BIGGEST TITLE IN COLLEGE SPORTS” and blew baby!! And I’m willing to bet that the majority of DAWG fans will cheer BAMA on to victory! LAMES!!! I will never cheer for a rival! especially one who keeps whipping my ass. Sometimes you have to look at the system instead of the players. TG should have known that Swann was overmatched when he failed to tackle BAMA’s #9WR numerous times before he was bombed for the winning TD. UGA was out muscled and way out coached in the second half. MR didnt want to spike the ball because he knew that it would have fallen on him and only him. As for Murray… he should have instinctively spiked the ball as any good QB would. But hey… if UGA likes it we love it !!!

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I agree that the players would not want to give up a bowl game. It is a big reward for the team and the supporting groups that make a football game great entertainment. The players, the band, and others are going to Orlando for one last hurrah and they will have a blast. The 400+ member Redcoat Band will be treated well while providing services at several events prior to the game. The football team will attend community events and have lots of fun, too. Further, UGA gets $4.5 million for attendance. Makes for a pretty nice winter break!

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There have been many coaches fired and hired. With schools like UAB, FIU, S.MISS, N.C ST and many others needing coaches. Has any school ever sought permission to even soeak with Bobo? Not!! I don’t even think Clarke Central High would hire Bobo. MR needs to revamp his staff imediately! As for Grantham he got taught a lesson or two but he will be ok.

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Proof In Da Pudd’n

Watch out for Dawgin Lex when talking about Bobo

he will be on here shortly to defend his hero with threats not facts as usual

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The DAWGS did not get “shafted by the BCS”, they got shafted by Mark Richt. Period!

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Don’t agree often but do agree making Dawg official is tacky and overly redneck

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So did Murray’s house get vandalized, again, after this loss?

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Wait now we are Knocking on the Door To Greatness

Thats according to NC Dawg and Dawgin Lex

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“Did Georgia get shafted by the the BCS?”
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No, as usual, their own coaching staff shafted UGA.

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Samantha Ducote writes: Putting someone in a better bowl game who wasn’t in the conference championship is like a smack in the face to the teams who are.
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Poor Samantha – she is not old enough to remember Richt & Co. demanding that exact situation in the 2007 season. Can’t have it both ways Sammy.

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If you are tired of the results of the current UGA coaching staff march right down to the Athletic department and write them a check for 5 Million dollars and tell them it is conditional on firing Richt, Bobo, and Grantham…. Then watch as a University politely turns you away. Yes, the would like your money, but they are not idiots. Have you seen the coaches our other SEC competition are settling for? You put Richt on the market and he is hired by any number of schools. This is the guy who got his team a tipped pass away from a national title. I am guessing you are the same kind of fan that claimed we would loose to Mizzu, Tennessee, Vandy, and Florida at the beginning of the year. There are lots of teams you can root for. Since you clearly do not have the money to influence UGA the way you proclaim they should, take a $20 out of the ATM go to Walmart, pick another team and buy the hat and tshirt combo. You will not be missed. Go Dawgs!!! and thank you Richt for another very fun football season. I got my moneys worth, and will be back in the stands next year.

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No, alabastered didn’t get what they deserved being in the championship. Reason, every team that fell from the number one ranking fell out of the top 5, all but alabama #3. Well why was that????? couldn’t have been because of the stregnth of schedule, they only played LSU.The system is flawed and this new playoff system probably won’t serve a purpose. get ready for flawed #2.

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Nah. It’s just the way it worked out. The DAWG-BAMA game was itself a NC game. Eventually there will be a playoff of more than 4 teams and that should help matters.

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The last 2 years with our easy schedule was an opportunity for this coaching staff to Knock on the Door to Greatness with the Dream Team I and Dream II playing Cutting Edge Football and Finishing The Drill Every Game.

Instead we once again got 2 or more losses as usual for both seasons

The Next 4 yrs our schedule is really tough with new QB’s coming in and the Defense in a rebuilding stage

I have an idea of what is going to happen but Im sure the Pre-Season National Champions Kool-aid drinking Disney Dawgs have other delusional expectations

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Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens -

Wait now we are Knocking on the Door To Greatness
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For 2013 the UGA football theme is:

1980 – Back to the Future

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When are the Big dawgs having their day; Ive heard that 32 times going on 33

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Best SEC Champ game ever. Did UGa get the shaft from the BCS? Absolutely not. We knew the rules going in. Congrats to BAMA, Florida and the rest of the bowl eligible SEC teams. Wish the Dawgs had won, but am not disappointed in this team in the least. The MNC doesn’t mean as much to me as the SEC Championship. Heck of a game, heck of an effort, lost to a heck of a team. Not going to lose sleep over the fated ending. Good luck to Bama……..roll over the Irish.

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Of course the Dawgs got screwed by the BCS. That was the intention behind the rule in the first place. It was probably proposed by a Big Ten AD as a way to avoid the SEC from getting 4 or more BCS berths every year. Of course it’s about the moola. All else aside, millions of bucks per game is not something that is inconsequential. Everyone saw the handwriting on the wall and knew that if they didn’t limit the number of berths any one conference could have, the SEC would get the lion’s share every year. Bama, UF, UGA, and LSU all deserve it.
I wonder what sort of limitations that will be enacted in the playoff system to limit the SEC as well?

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If Murray comes back it will be a miracle, but it would make things easier no matter how 2013 ends up. That would allow Ramsey to take a shirt in 2013, and compete with Mason for the job in 2014. There is no way Mason beats out Ramsey, Brice is the real deal. Ramsey should be as good or better than Murray is now, in his first year.

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Dawg fud said it best.

fl deserves to go to the Sugar Bowl. Played a better schedule than Bama!! Unfortunately, Dawg fans are upset with the BCS and feel we should be in a better bowl game than Louisville and NIU.

Beating fl two years in a row and keeping them and sos out of Atl is getting on the right track. I just wish the track was five yards longer!

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Win the game and you are in! Lose the game and you are in! Sounds like some kind of Socialist System. There is a consequence for prepping for the Jackets, you probably will win but you will lose your next game. Look it up.

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Should of spike the ball. Should of focussed more on stopping the run. Should of gotten atleast 10 holding calls, a personal foul, and a few pass interferences against Alabama. Should of, could of, would of. The game is over. The players NEVER GAVE UP. Alabama has the best OL in the nation. Bama had the best defense in the nation. The dawgs were in the game, till the end. That kind of loss is OK. The LSU loss was unacceptable last year. I love the way the players never gave up. It has been long time since I seen a Ga team face adversity and not give up. If you want to lose a game,then lose it at the end of the game. Never keep fighting. Our defense will have a bunch of new guys next season. It will be interesting to see what Gratham does with all the raw talent. IT STILL STARTS IN THE TRENCHES. WE NEED SOME 5 STAR OL.

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Saban got beat once this season. Saban is hard to beat twice. Everyone is bragging on Notre Dame’s front seven on defense. Can Notre Dame stop Alabama’s power running game. If so, it will be a hell of a game. Bama get that ground game going and hits you with the play action. We gonna see what that LB for ND is made of. Bama ran it strate at JJones. Bama is going to hold for that split second. Just enough to not get a penalty.

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I WOULD LOVE FOR THE DAWGS TO WIN THE BOWL GAME. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF CMR CAN GET THE PLAYERS MOTIVATED AFTER A HUGE, HEARTBREAKING LOSS. WE NEED TO BEAT NEBRASKA. IT WILL BE BAD TO LOSE THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP AND OUR BOWL GAME. IT TIME TO GET BACK UP AND FIGHT.

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A) I don’t get the fans of other teams being on here talking crap. It’s a shame that one has nothing better to do with their lives than to have to Google search blogs about other team just to talk down to them and their fans….

B) To all the UGA “fans” that continue to talk down about our team and CMR, get over it or choose to cheer for another team. CMR isn’t going anywhere. The man will retire here and I’m sure that’s going to be many years from now. As for the rest of the coaching staff, I’m sure they’re going to be here for many years to come.

C) While yes winning the SEC and National Championship are great prizes and I’m sure that it’s every teams goal to take their conference and be top in the nation, some times it just don’t work out! Be happy that we have a winning program. And whatever you may think, yes we have a winning program! CMR is actually only behind Spurrier, Miles and Saban…and that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Those other coaches are good coaches…

So again, get over yourselves or go ahead and jump on that BAMA bandwagon!

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THe 12:44 post should’ve started with “Ending bowl tie-ins…”

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HERE’S A BLOG THAT ALL OF YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT!!!

http://ifoundtheway.blogspot.com/2012/12/this-dawg-will-have-his-day.html

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Remember that UGA was only a couple of plays away from being smoked — not just a couple of plays away from winning.

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SSigator

Yes I listened to the bammers whinning about a call that didnt even get called in the game

What got me was some of the Georgia fans continuing to call in and talk trash after we lost saying to bama that they better be ready for the beat down coming to them in 2 yrs since we now are your level of football

That must have been Dawgin Lex calling in

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Dear BCS Bowl Selection Committee:

Chik-fil-A Bowl
Clemson v. Miss State

Capital One Bowl
A&M v. Nebraska

Outback Bowl
Michigan v. S. Carolina

Cotton Bowl
Texas v. LSU

Orange Bowl
Georgiav. FSU

Sugar Bowl
UF v. Oklahoma

Now, that wasn’t so hard was it?!!!

Sincerely,
College Football Fans

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Who wants to watch Louiville and Fl? Who wants to watch FSU and NI? BCS is going to lose a ton of money this year. ND and Alabama is a good match up. Oregon and Kansas is a good match up. Ga and Nebraska will be interesting. FSU and FL’s games are going to be boring joke. A disgrace to the BCS. Louiville might beat FL. lol Jk.

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G&R Grad. Great Bowl selection. Everyone of those games would of been great to watch. I would love to see GA/FSU. The BCS sucks.

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CMR is got Uga in the right direction. It starts in trenches, is the lesson I hope CMR would learn.

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The bad thing about the new rules is, a few years ago, Uga would of went to the NC by being ranked high. wow

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Thank God for Reggie Ball

I guess LSU FL and AL should have been careful with what they wished for

as for Tenn

Fulmer was exposed when Cuttcliff left then came back then left again

Fulmer was only good when Cuttcliff was there

As for Aub I never understood why they fired Tubbs he went undefeated unlike Richt and beat bama 6 years in a row

Then they hire Chizik and he ran off Malzone and he was exposed after Malzone left

So maybe Richt ought to realize how important great asst are; that is the lesson learned from Tenn and Aub

And one more thing yet again; I have no problem with Richt staying my problem is with the delusional idiots who week after week come on here and talk about UGA winning a National Title and being this so called elite team.

Elite teams dont consistently lose 2 or more ball games every year and have 1 victory against a top 20 team in 4 years

it just shows the ones who get all upset are the ones who worship the coaching staff instead of worrying about the program

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Except for Alabama and Florida– the otehr teams in the SEC got screwed. who decided that each conference should only ahve 2 teams? Great for big 10 and Bi 12, terrible for SEC. Georgia, Texas A & M, and LSU all got shafted. Were they in BCS bowls, as they should be, South carolina would be in the Capital One.

Everything in CFB and BBB rankings is biased.

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I believe Chizik lost his players, when he hired whoever to babysit his players.

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Dabo and Clemson will kill the dawgs in the valley next year. Its going to be embarrassing for Richt and Dawg nation.

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You know your program isnt going anywhere when you lose to South Carolina for 3 straight years.

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To the Georgia “fans” complaining: two quotes for you -

1) “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.” Ben Franklin

2) “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do. But it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.” Dale Carnegie

Yes there have been problems, but you are still averaging about 10 wins per season over the last decade – something most programs would kill for.

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G8R GRAD

December 6th, 2012
12:52 pm
Dear BCS Bowl Selection Committee:

Chik-fil-A Bowl
Clemson v. Miss State

Capital One Bowl
A&M v. Nebraska

Outback Bowl
Michigan v. S. Carolina

Cotton Bowl
Texas v. LSU

Orange Bowl
Georgiav. FSU

Sugar Bowl
UF v. Oklahoma

Now, that wasn’t so hard was it?!!!

Sincerely,
College Football Fans

Except for the fact that it ignores the “two shools max from each confernce” rule, that the BCS selection committe has no influence over who the non-BCS Bowls take (except indirectly by picking teams for BCS Bowls), and it completely ignores the traditional bowl-conference tie-ins, it’s perfect.

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@Flat Tire

I’m sorry, I don’t get all the “national championship” guarantees you claim come with every other comment.

I think 90% of posters on here have a pretty realistic perspective of what Mark Richt is:

He is a very good coach. He will not have many bad years. He will not win tons of championships, he is not Saban. They believe we had a team and coaching staff capable of winning a championship this year, and they know we were stopped literally 4 yards short because of a tipped ball.

I can’t stand this attitude that we as Georgia football fans should be ashamed of cheering on our team and coaching staff. That we should have NO pride in our Dawgs and should sit in Sanford Stadium and not say a word unless it is in disgust and insult of the players and coaches. And if we have the gall and nerve to cheer our team on and be proud of them for fighting the best team in the land to the death and to the last play then we are to be frowned upon and labeled as “kool-aid drinkers”.

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After the frustratingly close loss to Alabama, I’m satisfied being matched up against Nebraska. There was no hope of playing a better team given the way the system works (the best non-divisional champ SEC team usually gets a better placement than the loser of the SEC championship game) and it could have been worse. I hope the Dawgs get up for this one so as to end the season on a positive note and demonstrate that we have the team character to bounce back and play hard. A win over the Huskers will help with recruiting and fan support (although many dysfunctional and misguided folks like those who post on blogs will trash the Dawgs no matter what). And remember, ignore trolls and see how annoyed it makes them.

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To all the THUGA U alum 46 arrest in the last 4 years from the football team? Makes you proud to be a Bulldog fan.

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NCDawg

Your right I said UGA would never win big with him;

So did I miss something; have we???

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I see that the Kool-Aid Club has adjourned for the day.

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I see that the BS club is still in session

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There are quite a few ignorant people on this blog

flat tire
SSI

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Dawgie Boy Lex

What am Im hiding from about Bobo……

Since Bobo took over as OC has UGA done better than Richts first 5 years; I dont think so
Has bobo gotten the job yet?? He’s among 9 other canidates for a lower tier program

If Bobo was so great as you claim your hero to be; why hasnt he been interviewing for the big time jobs like that Auburn team you just mentioned; how about Tenn what about Wisconsin; did he get a call from Arkansas; what about NC St; how about USF; I forgot about Kentucky; why not Kentucky

I mean he is on the level of canidates like

Muschamp was for FL
Stoops was for Oklahoma
Saban was for Michigan St
Richt for UGA
and the list goes on for Assts

As for Auburn who is going to take the risk and go there when they are probably going to be put on probation

Again Fulmer at Tenn was exposed when Cuttcliff left; a lesson learned in the importance of having good assts under you

Also Tenn doesnt have the recruiting base UGA has either

Now why dont you mention AL who after the Bear went through several coach’s until Stallings and then won a NC

Stallings Left then they went through more coaches until thats right Saban

So yea I think my plan which is the Bama FL plan works you might ought to ask ND how thats working this year too

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JUST POSTED:

Grantham ( Beaver Cleaver in a cap) is having a holiday sale for his upcoming Coaches Clinic “Stopping the Run”. Buy before Dec 21 for only $350. Complimentary cap included.

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Your plan is idiotic. Ask Tennessee fans about firing a coach like Fulmer. They are probably going to hire him back. They have no credibility among coaches because they listened to nutjobs like you. Now they are looking at 3-4 years of just getting by.

You are a dam fool

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BIG TIME SNUB! IT ALMOST CAUSES A COACH TO POTENTIALLY TURN DOWN A CHANCE TO PLAY IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR CURRENT BCS STANDING, THEIR 11-1 RECORD, AND, A HIGHER BCS BOWL/BOWL PAYOUT! REMEMBER, WE HAVE SEEN SNUB TRAVESTIES LIKE THIS IN THE PAST..

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G-Dawg

Im still hear even after yet another big game loss

The only solution is for fans like you to go jump on the Moral Victory bandwaggon they have at Vandy

Until then UGA will continue to lose big games

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DAWGIE BOY LEX

Wait a minute

The difference is the defense

Whats wrong with the defense

Why are you bashing the players on defense (pause to cry)

why are you such a hater (pause again to cry)

why do you bash your so called team (pause to cry)

You are a bandwaggon fan Lex

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Two points; 1. You got ear-holed by SC. 2. How many ranked teams did you play and beat, and how many ranked teams did Florida play and beat? Not to mention 2 losses versus 1 loss.

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@Flat Tire

1:06 “And one more thing yet again; I have no problem with Richt staying”

2:17 “So yea I think my plan which is the Bama FL plan works you might ought to ask ND how thats working this year too”

You’re sort of talking out of both sides of your mouth here… what DO you want? Richt gone or Richt to stay? Make a decision.

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Greg…well, who did Ohio State play to get such a high ranking? Why is FSU considered a significant win for UF fans? TAM..beat Bama, but lost against UF and LSU. Wheres the same logic with all those other schools?

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“Did Georgia get shafted by the the BCS?

This is the question UGA fans ask every year when their football team loses in big games. UGA did not get the shaft and their schedule was the easiest in the SEC.

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The BCS is a joke because of all the gimmicks to satisfy the weaker conferences. Think about this – in 2 years the top four teams will be in 2 game playoff. IF this was in play this year the SEC would be better off NOT to stage a SEC Championship Game. The SEC would have 3 teams in the four game playoff. So in 2014 the SEC might be better served to NOT to play a SEC Championship game.

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UGA fans are always blaming other people/schools for their teams crappy football team. I still see UGA fans mocking Auburn for 2010 and saying things like “Nick Fairley needs to die.” There’s a reason UGA fans are made fun of more than ANY other fan in the SEC.

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I’m not big into moral victories, but this is as close as you can come to one. The past few years when UGA gets beat, they get destroyed. At the start of richt’s career at UGA there were many moments such as these with last second heroics. I hope this game marks a turning point, no more getting whipped, if you’re going to beat us you’re going to be in for a fight.

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No shafting to it, the system is what it is. And pretty much every system seems to be in agreement with Florida > Georgia at this point. The Harris Poll has them 4 & 5, that’s “former players, coaches, administrators, and current and former media”. The USA Today Poll has them 4 & 5, that’s “59 head coaches at Division I FBS institutions”. 6 separate computer polls all with their own unique formula has Florida a lot further in front (even in front of Alabama in 5 of the 6), 2nd in 5 of the 6 and 6th in the other, UGA is anywhere from 9th to 11th. Personally, for as much as I’m highly anti-Dawg, I think Florida is overrated and probably should be behind them … but I don’t get a vote.

The bottom line is that there really isn’t a system in the past, present, or the near future where the pecking order of the teams would have changed. The playoff system on the way would probably have given UGA a better bowl (Cotton would be my guess) but only because there’s currently no restriction on the number of teams from a given conference in the expanded number of “BCS(type) bowls”. But the process has been influenced as much by threats from Congress as anything, so I’m not at all sure it’s fair to blame “the BCS” for a situation that they’d probably agree with you on (i.e. UGA over several of the auto-bid teams) … also worth noting that participation in the BCS is voluntarily, every school that’s a part of it agreed to the terms & conditions and knew the rules well in advance. Can’t say you’re being “shafted” when all that happened was that the rules were followed.

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@AltamahaDawg

agreed. As I said earlier, UGA-Nebraska will probably get better ratings than FSU-NIU. It should NEVER be O.K. for the Capital One Bowl to be a better game than the Orange Bowl. The BCS is going out in deserving fasion: In a blaze of hideous injustice

The rules were followed to a disgusting tee

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Tide Rising – you Bammers never can admit when your guys do something wrong. That was a blatant cheap shot that would cost that guy games and money in the NFL. No penalty was called which is absolutely outrageous. That is not the same as a guy getting there a bit late and getting flagged for it. That isn’t a cheap shot you knuckle dragger. Go gloat elsewhere…

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“Without Murray, Georgia wouldn’t have been in that game after halftime!”

That’s not true, UGA was in the hunt because of fake punt and a blocked kick, or special team.

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Check Mate.

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@Alphare

the fake punt was in the 1st half. The defense played great in the 1st half but was GASHED in the 2nd. If Murray doesn’t play as well as he did in the 2nd half (Also Gurley needs MUCH more love for his play) Alabama beats us by at least 20. We were losing control and Murrary made many big throws in the 2nd half to spark drives and keep Bama at bay

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@Joey

There is not NEAR the disparity between UGA-UF at the end of this year as there was UGA and UT at the end of the 07 season. Yes UT beat UGA in the early season, but most agreed UGA was a top-5, maybe top-3 or 2 by the season’s end, meanwhile Tennessee needed a missed field goal by Vandy and 3 Overtimes to beat Kentucky. NOBODY thought Tennessee was a BCS bowl-caliber team at the end of that season, most people believe UGA is BCS bowl-material this season.

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If the coaches showed up in the SC game like they should have done we would be in the Sugar bowl

Instead we chalked up our 9th blowout loss in 4 years

Stop complaining about the bowl game at least we will get our 2nd victory over a top 20 team in 4 years

Even though Nebraska is a joke

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It’s “legal” to snicker when one of your good buddies poisons somebodies trees.

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This year, for example, no one can make a sound argument that winning the ACC championship is anywhere close to being comparable to winning the SEC title … or even the Big 10 or PAC 12 championships.

A 7-5 team scored 70 points in the Big 10 championship and Bill thinks they are a lot better than the ACC. Give me a break. This is why you aren’t a real journalist.

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“Even though Nebraska is a joke”

UCF and Michigan state were also said to be a joke. And as bad as Wisconsin pounded NU that’s just one game where things got out of hand and one team quit. Nebraska can still run the ball very well which automtically gives them a chance against the dawgs.

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So you copied Joey. Then added a nothing comment about a topic that does not concern you in the least.

Great Job, Updyke.

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They may have been shafted, but I think the second-tier bowl games are more compelling than many of the BCS games. We came up short of the SEC title and the BCS title game by 4 yards and maybe 1 play, so any bowl, major or not, would have felt like a consolation prize. I think a New Year’s Day matchup with Nebraska is a pretty good result. No complaints here.

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@Tide Rising

“Nebraska can still run the ball very well which automtically gives them a chance against the dawgs.”

Tell that to Georgia tech and Florida

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Yes, Georgia, and yes, some other teams did and have gotten the shaft this year and in the past in NCAA Football!! It is quite obvious that some changes need to be made and perhaps the playoff format will help remedy some of the present inequities and problems that currently exist!!
Go dogs and send the corn huskers running he he!!!!

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@GTBob

I guess Florida isnt a quality team…

You played 3 quality teams this season and went 1-2 against them. Do you really think that deserves a BCS bowl? Yes you beat Florida in a magical turnover and penalty fest. It doesn’t change the fact that Florida is 4-1 against quality opponents and you guys are 1-2.

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Tide Rising – you are one to talk. I’ll put my intelligence against you and 10 other Bamma fans and still win. Don’t go down that road. One was called and the other wasn’t isn’t a valid excuse nor does it absolve a cheapshot. How lame can you get? Go gloat on another website.

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NCDawg

You know continue to claim all these intelligent responses yet Im still waiting on your first one

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“A 7-5 team scored 70 points in the Big 10 championship and Bill thinks they are a lot better than the ACC.”
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Come on GTBob, that was Big10 vs Big10.

It probably didn’t help the ACC’s status with anyone, when both of their division champs got dominated by SEC rivals the Sat before your (cough, cough) championship game.

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Gordon, UGA was the third highest ranked SEC team, so IF they lifted the (2 spot) ban, UGA goes to the BCS. That’s the hypothetical “shaft”.

You had to personally re-rank everybody to suit your point there.

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One of the first 3 or 4 people who posted on this thread got it right: I’ve never seen so much discussion about a loss in my life. It’s sad that, in the entire Mark Richt era, Georgia’s greatest moment is a close loss in the SEC title game. That really says all that needs to be said about the tremendous mediocrity he has produced at Georgia.

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Flat Tire – and I am still waiting on one from you and I will be waiting until the end of time. I wasn’t talking to you.

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It is what it is. You hope to get to the SECCG and win it, but if not, you don’t go to the BCS. We didn’t whine about going to the Sugar Bowl after 2007 while UT played and lost in the title game to LSU then went to the Outback Bowl. That’s just the way it is. Get ready for Nebraska and Go Dawgs!

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well a prime example is Gt being the worst team to ever play in a BCS conference championship game

You and I both know that GT didn’t win the coastal division so that argument is pretty weak.

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I see the irony there, with your comment, John.

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My big ‘what-ifs’ to the game are this..
-What if our Place-kicker would have made that field goal in the first half?(sure would’ve liked playing for 3 there at the end instead of 7)
-What if Murray hadn’t taken that sack right before attempting the field-goal?(would’ve like to have those 5 yards back)
-What if Murray hadn’t grossly underthrown the football on that INT just before the half?(that was just a poorly thrown pass)

None of my ‘what-ifs’ have anything to do with spiking the ball or not. I, for one, liked what we did there.

Bottom line is, the best team won. Congrats to Alabama. Make the SEC proud!

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Hi Bill. Let me see. Dawgs were supposed to lose to Bama. Did lose. Table was set for second national championship since 1980. Most boneheaded blunder in UGA football history at end cost Dawgs any opportunity for redemption. That call is on bad coaching. Even Aaron Murray, who I neither like nor respect, was begging to spike the ball. Sideline mental midgets decided to let time run out instead. Shafted? Hell no. I think the No. 6 ranking is way too high. No Saint Mark Thou Shalt Not Spike Richt group deserves to compete in any bowl game. True Dawg fans already kjnow this. Others will find out bitter truth starting with 201

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Very nuanced one here: What IF our freshman RB had physically engaged the outside rusher on that last play, and not just held him at arms length.

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Mark Richt cannot win the big game. Never has, never will. So georgia fans can get used to venting about how they were robbed because the never have a realistic chance when all the marbles are on the table. They will knock Tech and complain about the refs and always go home as a bridesmaid.

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stendek, your post was a waste of time – to read.

I want to know how you sneaked “hell” past Bill.

Let me try – you are a hell of a lousy football expert.

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Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens -

Joey

you know you arent allowed to bring realistic facts to this blog
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Joey is ok. He is a fairly recent escapee from the Kool-Aid Club and swore off drinking that stuff earlier this year. Good for him.

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As was the ACC . . .

The ACC is terrible, but Bill’s assertion that the ACC is far below the Big 10 is beyond ignorant. He hates the ACC and prays every night that the conference will die, and that’s fine, but lets not pretend that they are far below everyone else. It just makes him look stupid.

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I have told my daughter and son that they might see my beloved Dawgs win a national championship in their lifetimes. I am disabled and in ill health with an age counter over 50. Know brainless Dawg fans want Saint Mark Richt in charge. I know SEC titles and national glass trophies are impossible with the saintly one on sidelines. Have resolved myself to the utter medocrity which lies ahead. Only diehard Dawg fans truly understand complete hollowness of 10 plus win seasons which do not mean diddly. Oh well. Maybe in 20 or 30 more years. Peace.

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To everyone who thinks we’re all just whining: the major sports networks have the same opinion about the BCS. That’s why it’s going away in 2 years for a playoff system. Like Georgia or not, they have a better record and better performance than many of the teams in the BCS bowl games (Northern Illinois, really?). It’s not a gripe that Georgia lost, it’s a beef with the way the bowl games are decided. I can’t think of a single Georgia fan in my circle that is angry with the team or hates Alabama for winning. It was a great game that unfortunately didn’t end the way we wanted. But you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know the BCS is flawed.

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Sounds like a wonderful holiday season in store at the ol’ stendek house.

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To everyone who thinks we’re all just whining: the major sports networks have the same opinion about the BCS.

SEC fans complaining about the BCS is pretty humorous. The whole system is designed to benefit your conference.

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@SSlgator and your Twin Flat Tire on 441…why don’t you both shut your traps…your comments useless crap…amazing that you get on these blogs and act like you know a damn thing about football….don’t bother addressing me back because I’m gone and done with this blog…so whatever insight you have for me wont be addressed……..I’m always amazed at people like you two that can only insult others and show everyone how childish they are….and yes I’m calling you both childish….perhaps you are children, maybe that actually explains a little about both of you….

Simply amazing that two individuals have nothing better to do than spend their lives bashing the University of Georgia….Am I taking this too personal…you’re damn right I am…Not really worried about getting bannned as it appears that the AJC will let anyone and anything post on here…I refer to the so called “Tide Roll”…Take a look in the mirror guys and you will learn what the definition of a “piece of crap” is…You know I rarily get angy at bloggers like you guys, I usually feel sad for you, but you two are a piece of work…I wish you continued success on the AJC blogs…I mean you have earned your place on here…..

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@anyAJCpersonwithauthority – Can the sports blogs please get the same treatment as the news blogs do where people have to register to post? Digging through this troll fest trying to find something other than losers exposing just how pathetic they are, by trying to make the blog as miserable as they are. Force registration on these people and like the roaches they are they’ll crawl away and go infest somewhere else.

To answer the question. Yes, obviously, anyone with a half clear brain understands that UGA is at the very least a top 5 team in the country. Which means they should be playing in a BCS game. Period, end of story. That being said, I’d rather go to Florida than that rathole NO any day. And I’d rather beat down a weak Big 10 opponent than the newest even weaker ACC opponent.

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Typical georgia drivel. I’ll take my ball and go home if you criticize the dogs. Maybe if the fans took an objective look at why the consistently get top talent and produce mediocre results, they would have a chance of getting better.

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“Know brainless Dawg fans want Saint Mark Richt in charge.”
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So . . . . who do Dawg fans with big brains want in charge?

Brainless Dawg fans want to know . . .

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If they had been blind sided by the decision then yes, I would agree they got shafted. However, the team knew going into the title game, that it was win or lose, determined the chances for it’s BCS bowl, so I do not think they were really shafted.
If Alabama had lost, I think the same thing would have also happened to them, so it was really just a numbers game. Florida did not have to play a 13th game, for all the marbles, so they ended up with a better over all record. Simple math was all that determined it as most of the human polls, were different when compared to the the BCS computer. The computer ratings count for 60% of the BCS rating, so it is easy enough to figure out.
I am still darn proud of the effort the DAWGS showed in the game though, so in spite of the disappointment of having to go to a lesser bowl game prestige wise, I think they will beat Nebraska handily, and end up in the top 5 in the final standings. Not a NC but still a very successful season over all, and the future looks pretty good.

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@Stendek..I’m truly sorry for your disability and sorry that you feel the way you do about the dawgs…I’m a former dawg from the early 70’s and will forever support this program thru the good times and bad…If you can’t see the positive things going on now…well…I don’t know what to tell you…the best advice I could give you, since you seem to have zero hope, would be to find another college football team to support…Maybe you can jump on the Bama bandwagon….I can tell you one thing….Coaching did not cost the dawgs a win…350 yards rushing from bama and their senior laden powerful O-Line did….Sometimes you have to give the other guy or team credit…but I guess its easier to blame a coach of single out a player….Again if you can’t see the positives in our program, its your lost….

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Shafted? I am a realist. I believe my beloved Dawgs can defeat Notre Dame. As for Bama, Oregon, Florida, Kansas State and maybe even Florida State I scream a resounding Hell no! Not with Aaron Murray INT on should have been TD), Mark Richt (no spike for win opportunity) and Mike Bobo (ultra conservative when it matters most). Just my 2 1/2 cents. Inflation ya know.

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And now, a moment of silence (chanting is optional) while “dawgster” packs up his toys, loads them on to the SS Kool-Aid and sails off in to the sunset . . .

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To answer the question. Yes, obviously, anyone with a half clear brain understands that UGA is at the very least a top 5 team in the country.

What have they done this year that makes it clear that they are a top 5 team? 2-2 against teams with winning records, and 1-2 against ranked teams is representative of a top 5 team?

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clap clap clap clap @ Dawgster

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Here is what the GA fans fail to understand. Your defense is full of NFL level talent, no doubt. On the other side of the ball though is an AL offense with equal if not better talent. You just assumed that you were going to walk into that dome and destroy them. Don’t believe me, look at the posts leading up to the game. You still have to line it up and play the game.

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Just noticed the picture at the top of Marky and Nick. I wonder what Mrs. Saban thought when she was doing the laundry and found the lipstick on Nick’s collar?

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SSIgator you are funny but sick!

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Dawg fans are up in arms that Saint Mark Richt who had just failed again on the big stage was asked why he always seems to fail on the big stage. How shocking. More than fair inquiry. I wish the guy would have spiked the saintly coach with a chair shot to the head instead. Wanted to see one spike. I was that angry and disgusted after yet another inexcusable choke job!

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Buckeye, Ohio States plays in a very weak big 10. Only the media has grand feelings about the Big 10. Urban ran away from the mess he allowed at UF and now you think you’re
a power because you went undefeated in the Big Ten. Take a trip to Columbus and take Urban and both get a free tatoo saying your the uncrowned NC.

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moral victories the players were so excited..getting rings I HEARD. coaches felt great after it ie…CMR POSTGAME.fans give team credit to team for effort..idiots according to senile senda check..yea they owe you ..you coach 60-80 hrs a week you practice and go to class..you know that any other coach..qb…off. coor. ..de coach and we would have won ..been around long as you..one of is getting senile ..or selfish ..I vote you..could be wrong cause you have all the answers..or maybe you in your state just think you do

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Hardly. Go look at the posts prior to the game and tell me what you see. I see post after post stating how bad GA was going to beat AL and how it would not be close.

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joey,

6-3 in the BCS thank you. 3 NC’s. Won1.

I’l take it til the cows come home.

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Truth

Most of them were Tech trolls

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misssed the sarcasm directed at stinckdek..ardawg..but that’s okay..oh an buckeyee..refer to my 5:20 blog

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If your team played as hard on the field as its bloggers do on these sites, uga would be a lot better off

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kral, my apologies and I stand corrected

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@stendek…please don’t say I don’t want the dawgs to succeed…I didn’t give my blood or sweat for 2-1/2 years until a injury setback…so please understand I am as passsionate as you or anyone that bleeds red and black….and yes I happen to support this coaching staff, because I know what they go thru to put our players in position to be where we were last Sat….Do I agree with every call or decision they make…no…and I didn’t when I was part of the process either…but I know what its like to play and coach so maybe thats the perspective I’m coming from….I guess Coach Richt will only be good enough for some when he wins a National Championship…You might want to think about our coaching staff and be thankful we are where we are….Take a look at Tenn, Au, Ark, just to name a few and look where they are now…Tenn though Coach Fulmer just had to go and now many are wanting him back to revive the program….Well I’ve said my peace, I imagine it will go on deaf hears….And by the way that “guy” you speak that asked Coach the classless question couldn’t even own up to the question, because he was a coward…We all know who he is and why he asked….Very classless question to ask at that time…but I guess you have no idea of why, do you?…I’m glad your a dawg fan, but honestly, and I can say this now, playing for a fan with the type of comments and feelings you have would probably make me throw up…Fortunately I realize its just a select few of our fanbase that feel as you do…Oh you want to believe it is as you feel, but believe me sir your are a select few…you just tend to get the publicity on these type of venues…go dawgs and I hope will enventually see the positives in this program….

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dawgster

Why dont you address your shipmates on the SS Kool-aid when it comes to insults starting with

DawginLex
Lobosolo
NCDawg
Uncle Kirk
and lets not forget you dawgster

bashing the University???

Bashing the University would be calling it Thuga or Cesspool of the south etc. Thats bashing

Telling delusional fans that we arent an elite program due to the following facts is called reality not bashing
Saying things like we need a special teams coach and to teach these kids proper tackling is not bashing
Saying Im tired of the program being in the news with constant player discipline issues which leads to lack of discipline on the field is not bashing
Saying Im tired of every year having 1 or 2 games where we get blown out

Im sorry I dont fall for the gimicks of Cutting Edge Football; Uniform Changes; Energy Vampire; Dream Teams; Knocking on the Door to Greatness etc that is suppose to lead me to believe we are an elite program

Sorry I choose to live in reality

The reality is we should be more than just a team that loses 2 or more ball games every year with amount of players we have put in the NFL and all our top 10 recruiting classes

Not saying we arent going to have our down years

Sorry you act like a typical fan that doesnt want to hear the truth

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ARdawg

making comments like that will get you into trouble with dawgster

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@441..Then I suggest you find another team…and no I’m not a typical fan…actually I’m a supportive fan…and yes I can back up the things I say first hand…but you can only sit behind a computer and tell us how everything we do is wrong and how bad the coaches are…thats your right as a fan, so I can’t argue with you on that one, however, you sir and your world of negatism are a small minority of the ones that call themselves fans…most of us are supporttive…and yes we have our moments also, and voice our opinion…but you never quit…negative comments, after negative comments, after negative comment…tell me what players you know that would want to play for you and give their all just to satisfy your wants…grow up man…Wearing the “G” and fighting your heart out and leaving everything out on the field is not easy as you think for the players or coaches…but its what you expect and demand…yet when they don’t achieve the goal that you want, you find ways to destroy them with words of discouragement….Is it really that hard to see the improvement in this program…Have you no knowledge of the 90’s and before Coach Richt became our Coach…I tell you what…sit down with Coach Saban and ask him what kind of Coach and team that we have…I know the answer….and I can promise you he knows a little bit about football…

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@441…why don’t you tell us your resume…you seem to be on the cutting edge of football and damn you know everthing…so please enlighten us…I’m waiting…Or is all you know is how to bash others that support this team…You really are a child, aren’t you?….Grow up…

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Proof In Da Pudd’n
December 6th, 2012
11:31 am

Has any school ever sought permission to even soeak with Bobo? Not!!
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I don’t believe any school has ever sought permission to soeak with anybody.

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@SSlgator…you are correct…I did say I was leaving, but dang just couldn’t resist the fun I was having…but this time for real, dawghonor….have a good one and try to play nice with your friends….

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Cutting edge football? Hey, that is the class St. Markus Rectumus took. We never did hear how well he did on the final exam, but suffice to say that he missed the clock management question as well as the “How Do You Best Establish a Strong Run Defense” when making halftime adjustments.

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BCS is a socialistic system that’s designed to spread the money around, not make the best matchups or make sure they are rewarding the most deserving teams. They routinely ignore head to head results and situations like UGA/UF this year. Its not the first time this situation has come up. Happened last year with Michigan St. getting to watch a Michigan team they beat go to the BCS after MSU losing to Wisconsin by a FG in the Big 10 championship. Happened in 08 with Texas/OU, 07 with MIssouri/Kansas…on and on.

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it’s more capitalistic.. it made enough and protected it’s power by throwing out some peanuts ever now then

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Life & the BCS are not fair! Bama just rushed for another 11yards. Already looking forward to next year. (and the Sugar Bowl) only 2games matter -SEC Championship game & BCS Championship game, so Sugar or Capital One -who cares -Go Gators!

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Test. Bogus filter again.

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Bill you are an embarrasment to the University of Georgia, and anyone who thinks similarly to you is also an embarrasment. You KEEP PARADING this “moral victory” crap, and how “proud” you are of these young men. YOU and fans likely are 90 percent of the reason UGA has not WON a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 32 FREAKING YEARS!!! Then the only question for you that raised a valid point that Bobo and Grantham (as well as Richt) deserve to be fired, you dont even bother to answer his question thoroughly. You blind yourself from truth, and live in a fantasy world. How were we 5 seconds from a National Championship berth? Georgia could have gotten 10 throws from the redzone and Murray would have missed all 10. They are Chokers, they lose EVERY big game, they are 1-11 vs. top ten teams (thanks to Fla’s 6 turnovers), Mark Richt is outcoached and outclassed in every big game, he recieves top 10 recruiting classes and almost everyone of them underperforms, no coordinator is held accountable for their poor performances in big games (Grantham in this one), we have no discipline and routinely lead the league in penalties every year, we are awful on special teams, and we GAVE UP 520 YARDS WITH 9 NFL STARTERS ON DEFENSE!!! How are you proud of any of that? You can’t see the big picture that UGA is NOWHERE near the National Championship Game, and frankly Notre Dame would embarrass us, and we thus would embarrass the SEC if we had gone to the NC game. I mean I can only imagine how many National Championships Nick Saban would have with Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, AJ Green, Todd Gurley, Jarvis Jones, Alec Ogletree, John Jenkins, and Brandon Boykin playing for him. Richt has 0 National Championships and 0 SEC Championships with these players. He needs to go. How can you justify this anymore? And what is with this pride over losing? I REALLY don’t get pride over “giving it their all”, because that is what EVERY player on EVERY team is suppossed to do EVERY game? So are you implying the other 12 games that they didn’t give it their all? You are a joke.

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Ok can any fan UNDERSTAND lack of performance from a coach, Richt obviously knows how bad he coaches in big games, or he would not have gotten short with Chuck Oliver if he didnt KNOW it is true, would he?

Since 2008 we have ended the season in…
2008 Capital One Bowl
2009 Independence
2010 Liberty
2011 Outback
2012 Capital One

So the Independence, Liberty, Capital One, and Outback Bowls in the last 5 years, with Matthew Stafford, Knowshon Moreno, AJ Green, Jarvis Jones, Alec Ogletree, John Jenkins, Brandon Boykin, and Todd Gurley playing for him. How is this even possible, you ask? He is either the worst coach in America or he is trying to lose, those are the only possibilities I have come up with…

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The Monger – what a work you are! The only thing you are is a fish monger. You are an embarrassment to humanity. Why don’t you go up to Athens and talk directly to McGarity and tell him about how qualified you are to coach the Georgia Bulldogs? Obviously you think you can do a better job than Mark Richt so why don’t you grow a pair and do something about it? I’m sure that would be worth the price of admission.

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The Dawgs didn’t get any more shafted by the BCS than the average U.S. citizen gets shafted routinely by the Federal government. It is the structure and the rules that do the shafting; the politicians and bureaucrats just use the rules to flay reason.

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OMG! Talking about delusional! But go ahead send the resume. I want a hidden camera in McGarity’s office to record him opening that envelope.
For your information… when Matthew Stafford showed up for his first camp with the Detroit Lions Jim Scwartz was quoted as saying that he was the best prepared rookie quarterback he had ever seen. Hmmm… how does that happen if Mark Richt is such a horrible coach? If you don’t believe me look it up.

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the monger; Look up what a “paragraph” is……it’s Not a 10,000 line sentence of nonsense.

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Good comments, dawgster! Well said, sir! And, thanks for your years of sacrifice to the University of Georgia Bulldogs on the gridiron of Sanford Stadium and for trying to show some disgruntled and misinformed ‘fans’ (sic) on this blog how wrong they are to discredit the play of these 2012 Bulldogs and the leadership of Coach Richt.

Flat Tire:

What a sad and pathetic Dawg fan you are. Can you not find anything complimentary to say about this team? Ever? How proud you must be to find that your only supportive commenter on this site is a Florida Gator!

Go Dawgs!

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Dawgs had a much better season than I thought they would. If you took the Dogs and the points (7.5), you still won! How much is the difference between the payouts to teams in Sugar Bowl vs Capitol One Bowl? As long as we win, we should be ranked in top 5 and bring home several million dollars from bowl.

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Bama oline made a statement n second half of seccg,but any thoughts on the UGA defense which played ga tech and ga southern on back 2back weeks were totally dead legged from all those cut blocks.I remeber the starters especially on d were on the field far too long in both those games.

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A few universal truths for Dawg Nation to chew on:

The team with intelligence, class, and heart won, which is as it should be.

Kool-Aid doesn’t win the big games, no matter how much of it you swill.

Drunks, potheads, and woman-beaters are not winners in anything.

And, just a reminder that real coaches like Saban win the big games, while overpaid pretenders like Richt do not.

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Georgia Dawg

Delusional????

2 or more losses every season
1-11 vs the top 10 in recent years
7-14 overall vs the top 10
3-16 vs the top 25 in 4 yrs
1 victory over a top 20 opponent in 4 yrs

And UGA fans are coming on this blog saying we are an elite program on the verge of yet another National Title

Please define delusion as I would love for you to explain

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Let’s see, UGA is a play away from the National Championship game and they end up #6 playing in the non-BCS Cap One bowl. Proof that common sense has been completely factored out of the process. Go ahead and remove the “C” from BCS.

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Georgia was better than Florida over all because of the offense – not the defense. Florida’s passing game was below average.Crowd the line, stop the run and play good defense and you can beat Florida. Ironically, even though Florida is in the BCS. they got a mediocre draw in Louisville. BCS is BS.

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Flat Tire On Hwy 441 in Athens
December 7th, 2012
8:03 am

Georgia Dawg

Please define delusion as I would love for you to explain ……………….

Go back and read your posts. Your comments so define an explanation. This, too, is my last post to you. Most all on this blog understand my point. Only you and those like who constantly berate CMR and this team’s effort don’t. You ‘fans’ (sic) won’t; ever.

Stand behind the Dawgs, else stop proclaiming yourselves as fans. Doing so is far more enjoyable and productive. Constantly berating them behind a keyboard says alot about your loyalty.

Just MHO. Go Dawgs!

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We (UGA) are the Michigan State of the SEC. Sorry to say it.

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I’d rather play Nebraska in the Cap One Bowl then Louisville or Northern Illinois in a “BCS Bowl”. The New Year’s Day so-called second-tier bowl games have been better than many of the bcs games in recent years, and the trend continues this year in my opinion.

Let’s kick the Huskers rear ends; that’s the best way to make a case for future BCS bowl consideration.

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Adults? Grown men? Mature acting sports fans?

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Hey Flat, here’s a question for you. What is the winning percentage of the Top Ten for the last one, five and ten years? If you say that Georgia is x out of y against the Top Ten, let’s put that in the context of what the Top Ten’s winning percentage against all comers is.

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A few universal truths for Dawg Nation to chew on:

The team with intelligence, class, and heart won the SEC, which is as it should be.

Kool-Aid doesn’t win the big games, no matter how much of it you swill.

Drunks, potheads, and woman-beaters are not winners in anything.

And, just a reminder that real coaches like Saban win the big games, while overpaid pretenders like Richt do not.

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Am I the only one thinking that this year’s crop of bowl games looks particularly unappetizing? There are very few that look to be match ups I just can’t wait to see.

No doubt I’ll watch some of the bowls. I hope they turn out to be fabulous games, too, and, on that score you just never know. Still, it looks to me like the bowls this year are remarkably unexciting going into bowl season.

Other than perhaps the Alabama vs Notre Dame game I don’t see any games that look all that great, and I’m not so sure about that one either although it has potential and should prove something on way or another.

Our year, to me, is still up in the air. If we manage to lose to what is obviously not a very good at all Nebraska team (but is still a team that could beat us if they have a good day and we have a bad day) that would be a very bad mark on our coaching staff.

Oh, I am no where willing to let the spike or spike don’t spike conversation die. I think that will be a topic for the ages in the Dog Nation. Why not talk about something so interesting and important?

Go, Dawgs!

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That’s it! We lost to Bama because we don’t have a special teams coach. Great insight.

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Putting on unaniumous choice for the greatest SEC championship game ver and losing it on the last play of the game is not laying a goose egg. Sure, we lost. Sure, it”s disappointing. But it was disppointing to lose the National Championship game against Pittsburg and Penn State too. The real Dawgs survived. The Haters from that era are long gome.

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Shafted by BCS? No way…… Spike the ball, and get a field goal kicker…..even Murray was calling for the spike…. CMR is not capable of winning the big one, nothing personal, just the fact. we had the Bama game…mentally challenged coaching stopped us dead in our tracks. Go DAWGS!

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back@ya FallDawg-yep, Spurrier will be in GA’s head ’till the day he retires. You can count on it!! Interesting that Mushcamp can’t beat his alma mater, when he could almost have been in the BCS title game, but Spurrier would take on GA anyday, anytime, anywhere, and beat ‘em like they dawgs they are!!!

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Z. Craig, you sir are a damn fool.

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Please…..after that humiliating ass whipping UGA barely deserves a bowl period. After 47 years as a fan I finally had to give it up and jump ship. That was by far the worst coaching job (along with MANY others in the past ten years) that I have ever witnessed. Sorry, but a person can only take so much shame, and I have had my fill. No wonder everyone at ESPN laughs at UGA when the microphones are off, hell they barely talk about the team anyway because they know just as well as everyone else that it is a joke of a team with Mark Richt, year in and year out. Imagine if they had to play a tough regular season schedule……they may have played .500 ball but I doubt it…..Richt would have screwed that up as well. And the talent at Georgia is subpar, I am tired of hearing about the NFL laden defense (give up 350 rushing yards, please my sister could do a better job). Georgia is getting way more than it deserves, if there was only a BIGGESTDISAPPOINTMENTOFALLTIME Bowl UGA could attend. Have fun with Richt and Bobo the Bozo,, they will never take UGA anywhere!!!

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just sayin’

I wonder how many of you who have responded on this blog actually watched the game. I mean really watched the game in the trenches then you would know Georgia got cheated BIG TIME. The officials called 2 penalties on Alabama the entire game. I counted at least 10 times when there was an official looking directly at a play where an Alabama player had their hands outside of the Georgia players blocking zone and had a hold of their jersey, if the official had called holding on Bama in their first couple of possessions then the Alabama offensive players would have had to play straight up instead of just grabbing. Next they were spotting the ball forward at the Alabama ball carriers shoulders/head while spotting it back at the Georgia players knees. Then you have the two phantom pass interference calls on Georgia, roughing the passer, illegal procedure that should have been called on Bama as it was the Bama defensive that actually jumped. It goes on and on and I haven’t even mentioned that flagrant personal foul on the interception just before the half where the replay clearly shows an official looking directly at the play and nothing was called.

The truth is any objective person watching the game and actually paying attention would have come away with the same conclusion that Georgia got hosed.

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Nice parody there, Prior. That was funny.

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