Bradley’s Buzz: UGA’s going to a bowl, but which one?
The last trip to the Chick-fil-A was yummy. Like a peach milkshake. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
The good news: Georgia is bowl-eligible. The not-so-good news: Shreveport still has a bowl. And, according to Matt Hayes of Sporting News Today, the Independence Bowl is where the Bulldogs are bound. (To face Iowa State, per Hayes.)
The better news: Four other bowl projectors see Georgia headed elsewhere. Stewart Mandel of SI.com has Georgia in the Music City Bowl against Boston College. Bruce Feldman of ESPN.com likewise tickets UGA for Nashville, but to oppose Florida State. Feldman’s colleague Mark Schlabach (who used to be my colleague) has Georgia coming to Atlanta for a Chick-fil-A date against Clemson. And CBSsports.com shows Georgia paired with East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl.
What this all means: Nobody knows. We’re 19 days from Bowl Selection Sunday, and the projected field for Georgia hasn’t been narrowed much at all. If you’re counting, the five projections show four different destinations with dates ranging from Dec. 27, 2009, (Music City) to Jan. 2, 2010 (Liberty).
As for Tech: Not much mystery there. Every projection save one puts the Jackets in the Orange Bowl against TCU. The exception is Hayes in Sporting News Today. He has Clemson in the Orange and Tech in the Gator against Notre Dame. There was a time when playing (and beating) Notre Dame in Jacksonville was a big deal for Tech and George O’Leary, but this year such a date would be a colossal bringdown.
The good news: Won’t happen. Tech will win the ACC. Says me.
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FLA DAWG
November 18th, 2009
7:51 am
Here’s some more buzz………….Tubberville replaces Martinez and Richt “helps” Bobo call the Offensive Plays next season.
You know who this is mother f_cker
November 18th, 2009
8:03 am
MARK RICHTS TEAM IS GOING DOWN TO THE TOILETBOWL TO PLAY AGAIN.
You know who this is mother f_cker
November 18th, 2009
8:04 am
THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A NEW HEAD COACH AT GEORGIA. AT LAST, CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN!
You know who this is mother f_cker
November 18th, 2009
8:06 am
GEORGIA HAS JUST ACCEPTED AN INVITATION T THE CHARMEN FLUSH TOILET BOWL,GOOD JOB RICHT.
HairyDawg
November 18th, 2009
8:21 am
Its is a good bets that Dawgs end up in best bowl comparing to nerds. After nerds start there losing streaks and UGA table running, bowls dont want to invite sorry bugs fans who want traveling wells. Dawg fans is loud and prouds and big representing in bowls which they likes for the monies.
Besides would bowls rather have a good Christian man like Richt or an arrogant horses backside like Chuckie Weiss or Paul Johnson. I bet bowls dont want no gimickey offense to make boring bowl for TV broadcasting. People rather watching Dawgs who knows that forward passing exist specially for SEC speed teams with the talents.
Will
November 18th, 2009
9:11 am
Mark, can you write a blog about Bobo? I read where he didn’t realize Troupe was in the game when he called what turned out to be the 50 yard TD….Is he serious?? That is pathetic for a coach not to know his best player is NOT in the game!!!
Boots
November 18th, 2009
9:20 am
What happens with UGA from here on out depends on whether Richt awakens from his sleep walk, quits walking around like he’s in a daze, and injects a little enthusiasm into his players.
He has no affect and looks like he’s got the thorazine shuffle as he walks the sidelines.
In reality, after the Tech beatdown, anywhere UGA goes will be anticlimatical.
king gator
November 18th, 2009
9:38 am
Is there a “Penalty Bowl”? I’m guessing the Emerald Nuts Bowl v. Utah.
ramblinwreckce
November 18th, 2009
9:42 am
HairyDog
The two-sided morality in your last quote is liable to give most readers whiplash. If you are going to go with the “good Christian man” angle, it’s best not to use derogatory terms like “nerds,” “bugs,” or calling two folks “arrogant” and “horses backsides.” (Although you should get a modicum of credit for cleaning the last one up.
Other than that, your conculsion to your first paragraph is also contridictory. Afterall, the love of money is the root of all evil….
Earnest T. Bass
November 18th, 2009
9:44 am
Another loss for the mutts if they play a team from the BIG EAST!!
Tan-o-meter
November 18th, 2009
9:51 am
Just a few thoughts heading into 2 huge Georgia Football weekends.
First, I’ve heard Kentucky Head Coach Rich Brooks has some new wrinkles in store for us this Saturday. While I’ve been applying Oil of Olay around my eyes for years I’ve noticed a few wrinkles of my own and have asked Willy to closely examine the situation and recommend a new plan.
I called a team meeting before the Auburn game. I told them that in spite of our mistakes early in the season we could more than make up for them with a strong finish to the season. Speaking of make up I’ve recently had to adjust mine because my skin broke out before the Tennessee Tech game after I changed to a new blush.
We’ve come back to win 2 big games after a disappointing performance in Jacksonville against Florida. Before the Auburn game I told our boys to go out, give 100 percent and I told them that when they look at themselves in the mirror they would be proud of their achievements. Just don’t ask to borrow my mirror.
Coach Johnson has done a magnificent job over at Tech. He always seems to have an answer for defensive adjustments. I had to make a personal adjustment last Saturday night during the 3rd quarter. It wasn’t caught on TV was it?
The word is that Tech has some surprises waiting in the closet for us in their game plan. Just so you know I a few of my own that I’m going to bring with me when I come out of the closet on November 28th.
And finally its just not the same around Sanford Stadium on Saturdays anymore since Munson left. My favorite memories were his opening remarks when he set the scene with “Get the Picture” until someone broke in to my office and stole my favorite photograph of myself.
Thanks and Go Dogs!
HEY CUZ
November 18th, 2009
10:02 am
No BCS Bowls for your mutts again this year ! haha
redandblack80
November 18th, 2009
10:03 am
king gayterd-shut your pie face.UF has been GA’s bitch for what 82 years,now you want to talk smack?No wonder you only want to remember the last twenty years.GA.HAS HERITAGE uf DONT.Hell for 50 years you werent even ranked,even a “BLIND” squirrel finds a pecan(SEC TITLE) once in a while,but not uf…………………………………Earnest t-What (yawn) team you talking about lil boy.I thought the big east was just a cheerleader college.
redandblack80
November 18th, 2009
10:10 am
rambling nerd wreck-how would you know?As long as he didnt cuss you or talk about your maw,it fine to use such words,since its just”football” talk.Dont think for a minute that Notre Dame’s pastors didnt talk that way back in the day.Go ask your preacher if your not sure,if you have one.
Dawg Fud
November 18th, 2009
11:25 am
Chick-fil-A against Clemson would be cool. Of course, I married into a Clemson family and could possibly never hear the end of this…
GO DAWGS! Beat Kentucky
Dawg Fud
November 18th, 2009
11:27 am
Earnest,
I would not be calling anyone a “mutt” with a first name like “Earnest.”
What does the “T.” stand for? Trailer?
Y DO MUTTS BARK?CAUSE BEES STING!
November 18th, 2009
11:48 am
HOW COULD THIS BE? THE BUMBLE BEES WITH THEIR 2 AND 3 STAR ATHLETES ARE RANKED NUMBER 7 IN THE NATION! WHILE THE MUTTS WITH THEIR 4 AND 5 STAR ATHLETES ARE UNRANKED!
P.S. I GUESS STEVE SPURIER WAS RIGHT WHEN HE SAID GEORGIA GETS ALL THESE ATHLETES,BUT THEY ARE NOT COACHED UP,BUT COACHED DOWN!
THE BUMBLE BEES WILL PLAY THE GATORS FOR THE NATIONAL TITLE!
Call it Like It Is
November 18th, 2009
11:54 am
Hey redandblack80
I’d shut my mouth if I were you as your punk team ain’t won S since 1980 as you have been OWNED by Florida the last twenty years!
Again, GA does not deserve a bowl!
Enough Said!
ramblinwreckce
November 18th, 2009
1:23 pm
Redandblack80,
I was merely giving strategic advise on how he could improve his argument and cut out the internal contradictions. However, it appears that with much of the company he keeps, content is not an issue.
If you are going to pin your ears back against UF for not having a historical legacy dating more than 25-30 years, the fact that UGA has won 3-4 games in the past twenty years against them is of no-nevermind to you. This year, the most spirited game UF has played was the beating they put on the Dawgs.
While we’re talking history. If you look back to the slide UGA started last year, UGA was 1-3 against teams with a pulse. Kudos for the win against LSU in the swamp, but you lost to UF, Bama, and GT. This year, the trend continues as you are 0-3 against teams with a high-level winning percentage (OSU, UF, and LSU.) Even UT embarassed you. In fact, you haven’t beaten a team with 8 wins all season.
Oh and next year, you will be breaking in a new quarter back, loose your star wr to the nfl, and hope someone steps up at running back. You have quarterback and running back questions as it is now. Add receiver questions and you’ll be in a mode of rebuilding even more than this year.
That’s a historical trend worth discussing.
JacketKiller
November 18th, 2009
1:31 pm
Throw your ACC championship out the door Techies after we get revenge from last year along with beating the ACC loser Clemson in Atlanta (Chick-Fil-A) a few weeks later. The ACC is a joke!
ramblinwreckce
November 18th, 2009
2:58 pm
JacketKiller,
The ACC is having a down year, certainly. However, Tech plays more SEC schools than any other, save those in the SEC.
redandblack80
November 18th, 2009
4:20 pm
Hey call it-I wont shut my mouth rather I’ll shut yours.Second-if GA.paid a coach what uf/bama is paying we’d have a lot better coach.Third he hasnt done bad for a good coach,he has won 87 games in 8.5 years.Spurrier,Dooley& Bear Bryant had the record of 70 wins in 7 years,which Mark Ritch tied his 7th year.He has 2 sec titles and 2 sec east titles,except for this year and the first year CMR has finished in the top ten every year.GO DAWGS/GO MARINES.ARRRRTTTTTT.
redandblack80
November 18th, 2009
4:33 pm
Call it-Ga has 15 shutouts to uf’s 5 shutouts,GA-492 points to uf-112 points-thats just 20 games out of a 110 games.5 NT’s and 12 SEC Titles. We had a collegiate(?spelling) title in 27′,we whipped yale/harvard back in the day.That’s Heritage!Being Ga’s/Bama’s/ etc biotch is painfull and hard to swallow,but thats just the cold hard facts.SEMPER FI.
ACC Champs 2009
November 18th, 2009
5:02 pm
Georgia Tech…………fear the dog……win the ACC and lose the state championship.
Heartbreak awaits a paper tiger ( ACC Champs). Coming to ATL to dismantle the rambling wreck.
UGA upset: 33 GT: 31 last second field goal. Techmites tamed another year.
GO Dawgs, by the way the yellow uniforms must have come from the mustard at the varsity.
Gen Neyland
November 18th, 2009
5:24 pm
This is the time of year when the salts just about finished being poured and the wounds are stinging. Only two get a shot at the BCS brass ring and for any other that has fought and scapped to get bowl eligible, good. Any bowl is better than no bowl. Exception being a single L short of being one of the two in the final. I know that one hurts…
ALL CAPS
November 18th, 2009
6:27 pm
HOW THE HELL DO I TURN OFF THIS OPTION? UGA TO NASHVILLE…TECH TO JAX…
Mayor of Suh-myr-nuh
November 18th, 2009
6:31 pm
Dawg Fud…likewise…all my wife’s family and friends are Klempsun fans/alumni, too…I’ll love for UGA and the fightin’ Dabos! to play in the Eat Mor Chikin Bowl, but I don’t see it happenin!
HairyDawg
November 18th, 2009
8:27 pm
ramblinwreckce –
“HairyDog, The two-sided morality in your last quote is liable to give most readers whiplash.
. . .
Other than that, your conculsion to your first paragraph is also contr[a]dictory. Afterall, the love of money is the root of all evil….”
Listen to me now and pay attention to me later. Believe me that you do not wish to become involved in an esoteric debate regarding the field of ethics. This blog is not the proper fora for such a discussion.
So you say that “money is the root of all evil?” Have you ever stopped to think, “What is the root of money?” If men cease to act morally by voluntarily exchanging goods and services using money, then the only other immoral option is force or guns. Money or guns is the choice of morality. There is no other.
Now, back to the frequently scheduled meandering postings of HairyDawg. . .
HairyDawg
November 18th, 2009
9:39 pm
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1826
SGOD EHT KCUF
November 18th, 2009
9:40 pm
The comment from Dawg Bone on the previous page just shows how ignorant some UGA fans are. He talks about how easy the ACC is and how UGA would destroy East Carolina. If you don’t see something wrong with that statement you should not be allowed to watch college football. East Carolina is not nor has ever been in the ACC. And again the ACC has the most ranked teams out of any conference(5). So bring it to Atlanta dawg fans. No chance Richt pulls a win against the new mad-scientist Paul Johnson
Dawg in Tennessee
November 18th, 2009
9:59 pm
georgia will win their bowl game, Tech will lose theirs, just like last year—mark it down. Look for tech to get blown out again against a good team.
Yellow Fuzz
November 18th, 2009
10:09 pm
Look at the Pepperoni falling from the sky!
A Long Way To Go
November 18th, 2009
10:24 pm
While I would always urge any fans not to get too far ahead of themselves (You know, with those two regular season games and all). I would like to selfishly say the bowl formerly known as the Peach Bowl matchup against Clemson would be awesome. But I understand that the ultimate goal is still Tampa.
Benjamin
November 19th, 2009
6:03 am
So Benjamin (10:40), you would also have expected before the season started for us to get our butts kicked by UT, UF, and probably Tech? Not me. With the talent we have on both sides of the ball, we should compete with anyone on our schedule. But we didn’t. I, for one am not happy about the season.
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Just saw this…
I would’ve expected us to lose (badly) to Florida and LSU, and to lose to Oklahoma State. I wouldn’t have expected a loss to Tennessee. Then again, I wouldn’t expect to beat Georgia Tech (then or now), but if we can win out, that would put us at an 8-4 regular season, which is pretty much exactly where I thought we’d be.
Georgia is in a retooling year, with a fifth year senior QB who’d gotten to play about as many snaps as I have of Division I football and several young offensive linemen and running backs helping him shoulder the load offensively. I can’t see how people seem to have expected them to be 10-2 and compete for the SEC.
A win over Kentucky and Georgia Tech would put us at 8-4, and the Tech win would be enough to push us (most likely) into a 23-24 spot in the rankings going into the bowl game. IF we can do that, I’m more than satisfied with the way the year’s gone.
Nashdawg
November 19th, 2009
10:24 am
Dawgs in the Outback after beating Tech….
Lou Vales
November 19th, 2009
12:58 pm
Dawg In Tennessee, Glad you care so much about whether Georgia wins a “silly” bowl or not and whether Tech loses. See, when you follow Florida It is ALL about making it to National Championship Games. Under Mark Richt there is very little pressure. 13-1 to Florida will be a bad year. 13-1 in Athens and they are commissioning a statue of Mark in a Missionairy Position in Uganda.
Enjoy!!
HBTD
November 19th, 2009
4:52 pm
Shreveport here we come! Go Dawgs!
JB
November 19th, 2009
4:55 pm
Benjamin, you really have set very low goals for the program to be completely satisifed with this season no matter what happens. It’s people like you that prevent things from changing. Winning out = mediocrity and a down year. Is that good enough for you? It’s not for most Dawg fans.
JB
November 19th, 2009
4:59 pm
Geez Hairy, let’s stick to football ok?
JB
November 19th, 2009
5:00 pm
HBTD… you’re an idiot.
Bowl Man
November 19th, 2009
7:17 pm
Please—any bowl except that dreadful minor league weedeater bowl in Shreveport–where the Motel 6 is the best hotel in town and the women are so ugly you wouldn’t even take them home half drunk at the bar closing time.
UGA'83
November 19th, 2009
10:32 pm
Old Tech Fan, you are a class act.
Tech Buzz
November 19th, 2009
10:36 pm
A 6-6 georgia team should turn down a bowl bid. Going to a bowl with only 6 wins is embarrassing—plus, they will probably get beat, giving them a losing record. Tech will likely run the table and finish 13-1—not bad for a rebuilding year, since Gailey didn’t leave much talent.
Yellow Fuzz
November 20th, 2009
10:33 am
“ Wes Bunting of NationalFootballPost.com lists Dwyer, a junior, as the best running back on the board and the No. 8 overall NFL prospect. Bunting called Dwyer “a violent runner who exhibits good vision between the tackles and has the initial burst to separate from defenders at the second level.”
There must be some mistake. Dwyer plays in that “gimmick”, “high school”, “triple option” system that no blue chip recruit with aspirations of playing in the NFL would ever consider………………Hahahaha. Some dog nation bloggers on here are wrong about absolutely everything. See you azzholes on the 28th and bring all those top 5 recruiting classes with you! LOL.
45-42
Yellow Fuzz
November 22nd, 2009
10:53 am
Which one?
PAPA JOHN (where they belong)
I SEE THE SAUSAGE FALLING FROM THE SKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reality
November 24th, 2009
10:23 am
Nice game against KY….hahahahaha
MamaDawg
November 29th, 2009
12:39 pm
FANTASTIC game against Tech!!!! WAY TO GO DAWGS!!!
ACCchamps!
December 10th, 2009
12:47 pm
Eh, Georgia beats tech, Tech wins the ACC, Tech could go on the beat Iowa, making them 12-2 and a BCS winner, while UGA *could* possibly lose to Texas A&M