Top 25 for 2010: Tech fans won’t like this; UGA fans might

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Seems reasonable enough to me. I think Iowa will make the top ten only if they continue their pattern of miracle escapes.

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Nice picks MB. I like your bold predictions on some of those teams like Iowa. I was really impresed with them in the Orange Bowl.

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That’s okay. We’ll just prove you all wrong. Again.

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Wow, already have pre-pre-season rankings out for next year’s season. I will take my chances and say that UGA will win somewhere between 1-12 games next year. What do you think Mark?

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Not so fast my friend. I got them Dawgs right up there with the big boys. Just wait and see.

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Four Big Ten teams in the top 16 looked a little strange at first. But I honestly can’t think of anyone else who should take their place…the SEC is looking like it’s headed for a down year, the Pac-10’s best program is being headed up by a mad man, and the ACC is still…well, the ACC. Iowa is probably a little high though. Man I can’t wait for September to get here…

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Georgia fans have to be satisfied with that ranking. Nothing better than to start out flying under the radar. Alabama on the other hand should be worried, anything less than a national title this year would be considered a failure. Although Tech won’t be nearly as good. CPJ’s offense has been exposed a little and I expect it to continue that way. Let see how he does with a recruiting class ranked 44th in the nation and without Dwyer.

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Mark some interesting points you make…but this far out I can’t even agree or disagree on much of it. Still food for thought..hey any word on the Dogs filling the last D coaching sopt yet?

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Georgia- good news bad news, huh

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tech about as i see but Mark you are streching it on Ga. afraid to say what you really think?

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Mark, sorry to burst your bubble, but Terrell Pryor just is not that good. Bad decisions and so so accuracy. But they’ll win 10 or 11 games because they play in the ACC North

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I think you’re also a little too high on UNC and Pitt. Butch Davis and Dave Wannstedt have had some decent success at their respective schools but it seems like they’re always on the cusp of having top flight teams without ever being able to get over the hump. They’ve had more than enough time to show whether or not they have the chops to do it.

If you think Pitt deserves the ranking just because Cinncinati is going to be worse, does that really make Pitt any better? Their record may be better but the conference is going to be down relatively speaking.

Especially relative to the Big Ten in your opinion. It’s like they just learned how to defense the spread or something.

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looks about right……honestly, the lower the expectations the better when it comes to CPJ and the jackets……we don’t do well as favorites…….

Go Jackets!!!

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Mark, I don’t have a problem with you ranking us at 15. Honestly I think SI and other national sports outlets ranking us in the top 10 is a little too high. I’m sure we’ll be fine just feel that we have something to prove losing those guys. Others will steo up.

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Wow, I’ll take that in a minute. I think Tech will be about 9-4 and UGA the same or one game better.

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Ar-kansas barely beat East Carolina in their bowl and didn’t beat a single conference opponent on the road this past year. Quite possibly the worst defense in the SEC now that Willie was fired.Yet you rank them 13??? Put down the pipe Mark.

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“… GT can’t lose 3 defensive linemen to the NFL and expect to match the 9 wins from 2008…”

LOL.

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Addition by subtraction at Georgia. I think these players they have now will be better than the last crop of seniors. Maybe a bit of rebuilding at GT but honestly they add another head coach in Al Groh. I think he will get more out of most of the talent they have. I think Nesbit will be better and they will still score a lot but the defense will still take a while to come around next year. Tech has an incredible amount of talent on defense lost to the NFL the last 3 years.

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Also, just for the record – I think that ranking for Georgia is about right given the uncertainties facing the team right now. I’m afraid that with the new defensive scheme and breaking in a new QB, we might have a rough 2010 start with significant improvement at the season wears on. If we can get out of September unscathed, we should have a much improved record.

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UGA will not be ranked. The bullpuppy nation will be after Richt’s job…. GT is a top 25 team, just not top 10…..

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Yes, good pic of the Bammer girls…I especially like the one on the far left with the potential “Dunlop” disease. She’s got them pants pulled up to keep it in!
Regarding the article…I’d probably rank GT and UGA about the same preseason. Tech will win 8 or 9 games before the bowl. Dawgs win 10 before bowl. Sadly, another loss to UF. For some reason, I just see Ark being a tough one to win, too.
UGA finishes top 10, Tech top 15.

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When will the “pundits” learn. Didn’t CPJ teach you that it’s coaching, not talent? He took gailey’s kids and won 9 and 11 games (gailey never cracked 7). If it was talent, UGA would have had a few national titles in the past 10 years.

Al Groh will reiterate this lesson in 2010, with a MUCH improved defense.

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Mark – Your 2010 Rankings are really interesting. After our experience at the Oragne Bowl, I like Iowa at No. 2. You probably have Tech about right. We will see who rises up to fill the voids. Nice choice with Navy; I hope it happens for them. The Big Ten may make a nice run at the National Championship with OSU or Iowa. My UNC friends will like your No. 12 pick.

Go Tech!

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Don’t put to much into pre-season rankings Dawgies, 08 you were #1 and completely embarrassed yourself and when you won the title 30 years ago in 80 I believe you were ranked #16 preseason.

“UGA for national championship 2010.”

Keep dreaming

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It doesn’t matter to me where they put us. The offense will be trying a new QB so don’t expect a whole lot there. Rookie QB’s don’t fair all that well. We have a ton of talent on defense with a coach this time. I would say 9 win season plus a bowl victory would be considered a very good season. If the running game takes off like it did at the end of last season then the new QB might have to just manage the games and not lose them rather trying to do everything and make many mistakes.

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Dawg stuck in Bham

Where are those 10 wins coming from?
You will likely lose to UF,
you have AU @ AU which certainly isn’t a definite W
@ USCe – they return their QB and many players on D
CPJ and GT is not a definite W either

I would say you are looking realistically at 8 or 9 wins with you probably losing to Florida, South Carolina, Auburn, and GTorUK

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Grantham has a history of coming into difficult situations, with limited resources, after a terrible year, and having an immediate impact.

Took Colts from 3-13 to 13-3, NFL record for 1 season turnaround.

Took Browns from 4-10 to 10-6 in one year, went 2-14 after Grantham left.

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One addendum: Mark Bradley is the Brent Musberger of print media! Brent is still lost in a Big Ten vacuum somewhere. Ditto for Bradley. Hey Mark: Aaron Murray– ever heard of him?

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Mark, in an earlier blog you wrote that a good scheme (like CPJ’s offense) allowed a less talented team go further. Case in point, he took Gailey’s players further than Gailey probably would have. Do you not think that Groh’s good defensive system will do the same for the Tech defense? Yes GT is losing the top two defenders, but they played in an obviously poor system. Do you not think that the systems here again will win out over the loss of playmakers?

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I will let you know that I am in therapy. I also am losing some fur.

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Bradley: How much longer are we going to bash someone no longer affiliated with the UGA program? Don’t get me wrong: I don’t care about the former UGA defensive coordinator but, seriously, why not see if you can, say, get a conversation with the new guy? That would be a way more interesting line of thought at this stage don’t you agree?

As for your list, seems as good as any although I think you are too optimistic for Iowa and Florida State. Personally, I wish these pre-season rankings had no impact on the BCS because they artificially elevate mediocre teams (i.e. Ole Miss this past season) and often unfairly make it difficult for other deserving teams to rise high enough in the rankings to make it to a BCS bowl (i.e. too many examples to cite).

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I wouldn’t bet against Georgia for 2010 with 10 of 11 offensive starters coming back, and the DC Nick Saban tried to hire on staff.

67% chance Georgia will finish in the top 10, if you study Richt’s history.

Mark Richt has NEVER had 2 back to back bad seasons at Georgia.

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Case in point, he took Gailey’s players further than Gailey probably would have.

Maybe but the problem is Gailey recruited better players than CPJ will be able to get in that system. We will see if he can win without Gaileys athletes.

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So early but these predictions are based on what you saw last with really zero projections involved.

Iowa was one of the last teams you saw and they looked pretty good. Same with Bama and Florida. Gators #6?????????? Are you kidding me???? If the Gators are preseason #6 then you’re saying Tebow didn’t make THAT big of a difference. That’s ridiculous. They lost their OFFENSE. You don’t lose one of the best college players of all time and stay at the same level. Florida is in for a step down.

You’re wrong about Gilbert as well. So you’re taking face value of the National Championship game where a true freshman was thrust into action at the start of the game against the best defense in the country and he leads them to within 3 points in the 4th quarter…..and you don’t see how that kid is going to be very good? Wow.

Arkansas: nice offense, brutal defense. They’ll score a ton…and give up 2 tons.

Pitt: Wasn’t he on the precipice of being fired several times? It’s taken him quite awhile to build a really good team. Question is when is the last time Pitt won a huge game? Better than they used to be but definitely overrated.

Oklahoma….1 bad year (for them) does not mean they’re going backwards. They rebound big.

FSU: They take over Florida next year. They have been ready to breakout and next year will be the year now that they’ve lost most of that archaic staff. They win the ACC next year.

Georgia: Please. Way too low. Aaron Murray steps up and leads a good offense while we FINALLY have a defensive coordinator. Again, if the defense is to remain a question mark, then you’re saying that losing Willie and gaining Grantham is a wash. You gotta be kidding me? The talent is there…..actually, it’s always been there. New ideas, better coaching, no scouting report to go on with our defense. MUCH easier schedule.

USC: Again, the talent is there and they should be back. Barkley will break out big time next year. Top 10 even with the jerk.

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Tech will win eight or nine next year, but it will be a transition year. Could have, should have exceeded this season without the defections.

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Mark “Mr Turnaround” Richt

If you think UGA starting a new QB and having shown no signs of improvement on defense (grantham hasn’t proven anything yet) so how means that you will beat the 14-0 national champions who beat florida (something you have only done 3 times in 20 years) and texas, then you are delusional my friend

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13-1 delusional?

Auburn almost beat Alabama, and Georgia beat Auburn, with the DC Saban tried to hire as Georgia’s DC, and 10 of 11 starters back on offense, Bama goes down in 2010.

Bama got hot at the right time. They are losing some OL and that is going to hurt. Each year is a different year and a different team.

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5 ACC teams in the Top 25? Not likely to be that way half way through the season. GIT will not come close to the level of success they enjoyed this past year. UNC has a way of doing less with more than most teams. Miami seems destined to be a Jekyll & Hyde team. Va. Tech just does what they do, and grind out victories the old fashioned way.

5 SEC teams and no LSU? Again, not likely to be that way half way through the season….LSU replaces Arkinsaw and Auburn replaces South Carolina. Ole Miss is due for a down year, but losing Jevan Snead may be addition by subtraction. As for UGA, who knows, could be really good or just average.

Big Ten plus One had an impressive bowl showing, and your 4 teams seem to be solid picks.

The Pac-10 will be up for grabs with Cardinals and Ducks soaring over Beavers and Bears.

Boise State had it’s best team ever this past year…..let’s see if they can provide an encore season.

The Big Least boasting Pitt as their “bell cow” shows their lack of depth. Cincy will be just another average team, as will West Virginia, UConn, and Rutgers…..the rest will be struggling for a .500 season.

The Big 12 doesn’t look so big anymore…..

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To To early for this but I will say whatever QB the Dawgs have this year will upgrade the offense and the jury is still out on the defense.

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Quick Tip:

This article may be printed out and used as toilet paper.

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True, Georgia will have a freshman QB in 2010, but freshamn QB’s have won the Natl Championship, so it won’t be the first time.

It’s been done, Richt knew Kosar. Kosar did it as a Freshmen QB at Miami. Oklahoma won one with Jamelle a few years back too.

Nothing new winning a Natl Champ with a freshman QB.

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Well we know where this is going…MB makes these stupid forecast and then apologizes in the fall. Keep thinking that Tech cannot reload. They will be better next year…MB, you have never been right and this will be not different.

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@Mark “Mr Turnaround” Richt
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

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No, I’m not bailing out on Paul Johnson and his stylized offense. I just don’t think you can lose four of your five best players a year early and expect to be as good.

SO your saying all those players they lost were only worth two spots in the polls. They finished 13th last year.

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Teams undisciplined, heavy penalized teams with shaky defenses rarely if ever win National Titles

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Troll list. Florida 6th? They’re facing a much bigger rebuilding job than they did in 2007, when they went 9-4. That’s about where they’ll finish next year.

Also, South Carolina 19th? Based on what? Okay, they have a lot of returning starters, but if you watched them against UConn that doesn’t look to be a good thing.

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I pity what Richt’s offensive mind will do to Kirby Smart. Smart will regret not taking Richt up for his lucky break, and he’ll NEVER get a win against Richt again. And don’t think Grantham will not be licking his chops flying at a team that can’t throw the football. Bama’s like Ga Tech, they really can’t throw the ball. And Georgia will expose Bama.

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So Cal and LSU not ranked? They both will be next season.

Iowa won’t be the 2nd best team in the nation next year and I think Oklahoma will be better than 17th.

I think UGA will be the second best team in the SEC east and si I would rank them ahead of USCe.

I would rank the Gators about 11th. No flame intended but I think losing Tebow and the others is going to have an effect this fall.

Geaux Tigers
Go SEC

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Dan – I think McElroy played with some broken ribs in the title game. I wouldn’t use that performance as a barometer for success next year. Conversely, he had a fantastic game against Florida.

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I also have the scoop on the black helmets. I am ready to tell everything I know. They should have paid my medical bills and reimbursed me for all this thinner.

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The Big Ten is 6-6 against the SEC in bowl games in the last five years, 12-14 in the last ten… the conferences aren’t nearly that far apart, the SEC is just stronger at the top.

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After losing our juniors, I’ll take a top 15 ranking

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Grantham at Dallas, and Lakotas at UCONN, were BOTH one of the LEAST penalized teams.

But, Richt is 27-2 when Georgia gets 10+ penalties, so you’re wrong there too.

Miami got a LOT of penalties the year they won the Natl Champ. Wrong there too. Gators have a lot of penalties 2005-2008.

Defense?
Not a problem, we have Grantham, the guy who spurned and turned down Nick Saban. Grantham has a track record of quick turnarounds, like Colts form 3-13 to 13-3 and Browns 4-10 to 10-6, both in 1 year.

Shaky?
That’s what our opponents will be against the Grantham D.

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MR…CPJ will make things work just like he did in the last two bowl games…You have an undersized line and now no physical blocker on the edge to spring the sweeps…let’s keep it simple for you…Tech will be back to their usual place next year…4 to 5 loses!

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New coaches need talent, not tremendous talent, to quickly make an impression. I look forward to seeing Grantham work the Dawgs into a new defense. I am fully confident that the defense will be good at minimum, and maybe really good. UGA recruits well enough that a much better defensive coaching effort with young players will be better than a tired Martinez one with veterans. It’s just sad we couldn’t get Reshad Jones and Rennie Curran to stay and help UGA’s defense even more quickly. They could’ve gotten NFL preparation for a whole season and had a memorable final year with the Dawgs.

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Mark “Mr Turnaround” Richt

Man, you really have drank the kool-aid

Good luck with it all, but don’t be too disappointed if you lose to UF (again), AU @ AU, USCe @ USCe, and to the customary UK or GT or Vandy or Tenn

You can’t tell me at the beginning of last season that you thought UGA would’ve lost to UT, UK, Okie State, and LSU…….but hey, most UGA fans think they’ll go 13-1, 14-0, 12-1 at the beginning of every season…so what’s new

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Geoffdawg, I think tech will miss thomas blocking, but your dead on about his catches. He kept a many a drives going by catching those prayers that nesbitt would throw up.

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So you have UGA ranked but not LSU or Auburn?????????????????????? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA you just lost a lot of credibility in my book.

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Mark, I hope you’re wrong about GT, but I think you’re right about the Coastal, it’s gonna be a bear this year. This may be the year the ACC gets back some of the respect they’ve lost in football over the last few years.

BTW, cold rain in Louisville for the last two days, I think I prefer snow…

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If you don’t think Mr. Turnaround, Mark Richt himself, who has NEVER had 2 non Top 10 seasons back to back, who has ALWAYS followed up an 8 win season with a #2 or #3 ranking the next season, can handle the lowly 2010 Gators, who lost 5 starters on defense, and 6 key starters on offense, lost 4 coaches, then who’s drinking the kool-aid Bro?

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We should be # 1. Paul Johnson is so good that he can’t even win a bowl game. National Championship 2010-16. Buuzzz Buzzz Buzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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all that 5 star recruiting and that’s the best you got for those ugay poopers? GT will prevail. I know VT is already waiting on us but that is fine. GT won with Gailey with much less talent at Blacksburg and it can happen again. Do not underestimate Anthony Allen and Josh Nesbitt is only going to get better. With a much improved defense, the offense won’t have to succeed on every drive but God bless them they just might. Not concerned with your rankings.

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Right now, Georgia enters the season without a full time mascot. No team without a mascot is a real threat to anybody. I could have been a contender but for the painting incident.

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I don’t know if anyone else has pointed this out to you or not yet, Mark, because I just got on here. But, UGA is losing six starters on defense. Not seven. Owens & Atkins at DT, Curran at LB, and Miller, Jones, and Evans in the secondary. They are losing some quality depth at DT with Weston graduating, as well. However, he wasn’t a starter.

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Gee Mark, you’re always so accurate with your predictions, and un-biased with your opinions, I guess we’ll just have to settle for an upset of Florida, revenge on Tennessee and our continued dominance of the Trade School. On the other hand, you could be eatin’ your words by the end of October – by the way, when it’s on paper it’s obvious, but when it’s by way of those tubes and pipes and such, you know, the internets, what ‘medium’ do you serve them on? Regardless, I suppose you’ll just have to have ‘em one byte at time.

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Mr Turnaround – this guy sounds like he’s named after what he likes to do in a group of guys.

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Smack Talk Rankings – fleabags #1 again!

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Florida has lost a whole lot more than “maybe a coach and 3 big time starters”

Florida Gators

Coaches lost: D-coordinator, WR Coach, Secondary coach, maybe head coach

Players lost: Tebow, Hernandez, Cooper, M.Pauncy (and 3 other o-linemen)
Spikes, Dunlap, Hayden, 10 of 11 defensive starters in all

Lets see, losing 3 or 4 coaches and 16 or 17 total starters and Bradley thinks “they probably won’t lose more than 1 game” GIVE ME A BREAK

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Why would you think Gt fans wouldn’t like this? I thought the way you were writing you would have gt at 25 and uga at 15. I think 15 is about right for gt with groh coming in and nesbitt still our qb. i disagree with unc. their qb is not good. they will be the same thing. lose 3 close games. wisconsin should not be that high and neither should iowa. you can’t rank a team from one game. oregon is too high too.

i think tech will repeat bc of groh. he will beat vt. we will likely lose to unc in a close one. but they will lose 3 acc games while we have 2 losses. kansas will be bad next year so that will be a win. uga will be tough as usual. i think if gt beats uga, they finish with 2 losses, both in conf. we beat miami and vt and they will both have at least 2 conf losses too.

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GT is probably right – tough road schedule. Uga will be lucky to finish in the TOP 25 – see breaking in a new qb – unless they stick to their running game which looks good. Could this be the year Uga actually beats UT & UF in the same season?

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UF also lost their sideline broadcaster. LOL

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Yes, this will be Tech bashing, but Bradley is right, only it will be worse…..There is not a lot of Talent around those 5 or 6 studs Tech has. This year and next, they will be exposed. Johnson will not get the
type players back in this program he is losing. Those guys were way, way above average. Tech does coach up, but the surrounding cast is weak. Tech fans will really be disappointed the next couple of years.

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MB quotes:
1) I wanted to wait and see which juniors were leaving.
2) I just don’t think you can lose four of your five best players a year early and expect to be as good.

Now, let’s look at Alabama. NINE defensive starters, that’s 9 as in nueve, as in 9 out of 11, are gone. 7 seniors and two juniors going to the NFL. But you expect them to be as good?!

Interesting that USC (the Trojans) were left out. A young team with a lot of talent.

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I do not think 2 ACC Coastal teams will be in the Top 12 as you have VT & NC. They play each other & one loses. Add that to the perception of the “weak” ACC and it ain’t gonna happen. Add Miami & GT from the Coastal and it guarantees it ain’t gonna happen. No top 10 BCS for the ACC unless they do it in a bowl before the final poll.

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I think the defensive losses are a little overrated. Curran was good to be sure but he actually wouldn’t be a very good fit in the 4-3 anyway. Reshad was hit and miss and I think that the Rambo/ Hamilton combo will be an improvement over Jones/Evans. Prince Miller looked lost quite a bit of the time and while a good punt returner and decent in run support his pass defense was lacking. We do lose three guys at DT, 2 of which would have been NT’s and one who may have made a good 3-4 DE (Atkins). I think the starting line-up will look something like this:

NT- Tyson
DE- Dobbs
DE- Houston
OLB-Robinson
OLB-Washington
ILB- Gamble
ILB- Dowtin
CB- Boykin
CB- Smith
FS- Hamilton
SS- Rambo

If you picture that line-up, its pretty impressive. Add Abry Jones, Nick Williams, Akeem Dent, Kwame Geathers, Sanders Commings, etc… as reliable back-ups and I think you have the makings of a pretty good defense.

On offense, believe me when I say do not worry about Murray. The kid will be a stud right out of the box. With the weapons around him at WR and TE and Ealey and King taking pressure off, I see an Eastern Division Champion in the makings. And I don’t always look through rose-colored glasses as I said that the 2009 squad looked like a potential 6-6 team to me. Had the run game not turned around towards the end it could have been 5-7.

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Ten to watch :

Teams on the way up :

1) Boise State . The Broncs are maybe not SEC real. But they are real. With the right breaks,Boise could play for the big enchilada in 2010.

2) Virginia Tech. A years maturity for a really young 2009 squad will do wonders. ACC champs if they don’t have any suspensions or stupid spring game injuries.

3) Arkansas. Bobby Petrino is a snake in the grass. But he’s a snake in the grass that can coach. Fear the oinkers in ‘10.

4) South Carolina. The receivers should be special. The “Ol ball coach probably has one more championship run left in him. It will be now or never this fall for the poultry.

5) Nebraska. Things are lookin’ up in Lincoln. Bo Pelini came within one second of upsetting Texas. When Pelini’s recruits start filling up the roster ,watch out.

Teams on the way down.

1) Tennessee. The schedule is really tough this fall. Its possible that the Vols could face two top 5 teams in the first month. A 2-7 start is not out of the question.

2) Texas Tech. Tommy Tuberville inherited a mess in Lubbock. He still hasn’t won over all the old Mike Leach supporters and he will be installing a new ,more deliberate offense. Tubs has his work cut out for him.

3) South Florida. Remember when the Bulls were ranked number 2 nationally not so long ago ? Those days will seem like a million years ago unless Skip Holtz can pull off a miracle in Tampa. Ousted coach Jim leavitt left a mess for Holtz to clean up and things look to get worse before they get better.

4) Buffalo. Turner Gill has been replaced by Jeff Quinn and that probably means that the Bulls 15 minutes of college football fame are about up.

5) LSU. Les Miles had better start feeling the heat and make some wholesale changes in Red Stick or the bourbon soaked masses that infest Tiger Stadium will ask , and then tell, him to geaux away. Basic clock management would be a great place to start.

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[...] team?7.  It’s been a pretty bizarre 50 days in Gainesville.8.  Mark Bradley of The AJC has posted his early Top 25 for 2010.  (Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Georgia are represented.  LSU is not.)9.  Georgia [...]

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You’re right. You’re an idiot Bradley.

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Tech is in big trouble this coming season! Too much talent to the NFL! Incoming recruits not at the level of Gailey’s ! Good to have a new DC but not much to work with…Yeah..Navy has done great without Johnson because Johnson was not big on defense… but after last season with the terrible D..maybe he sees the LIGHT !!

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NO WAY GT beats Miami!

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Max you are the idiot. UGA is such a bad program, 90 wins in 9 years under CMR= 10 wins a year you moron. After CMR’s first year 82 wins in 8 yeaars= 10.25 wins a year. The freshman quarterbacks did not start last year because true freshman QB’s do not traditionally fare well. UGA should get enough QB play with the running game to at least go 9-3 with an easier schedule, with 2011 should be even better. Also look at the competition, Auburn, UF, and UT also have new quarterbacks coming back. No way the Defense is not better in 2010. UGA not NC’s in 2010 but anyone who claims UGA is middle tier on this blog under CMR is smoking crack. Winning or equal records against Alabama, LSU,Tennessee and Auburn. Poor W-L against UF is the only exceptions, three BCS games in nine years.

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Georgia tech lost 4 big time players to the nfl, most will be 1st round picks. Still paul johnson will find a way to have success in and out of the acc. I like doubters

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If groh can build a defence here at tech that we are accustomed to seeing accept for this year, georgia tech will be bac to being a big time program. They are headded in the right direction. Lets get back to georgia tech football groh.

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Take any team that is in your top ten,place them in the SEC instead of the conf. they play in. They wouldn’t be able to make it into your top twenty five!

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To all of the BAMA haters, line it up! Mr Mark “MR T” Richt blogger do you remeber the “blackout game” we won’t need to throw the ball much just line up and bust you in the mouth. You don’t have to have an offensive genius when you teach and play defense….watch and see, going for three straight regular seasons…undefeated! RTR

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80 dawg…are you kidding me you goober? Georgia tech spent 25 years in the sec where they only won 6 sec championships and 3 national titles…..next!

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AGREE….SORRY!

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Oh so sorry Gt top dogs, i was busy talking to your sis i thought we were talking about next year not the past NEXToh look now your mom is here

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GT4ever, you can plug any team into your statement. All fans think their teams are better than they actually are.

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So stick with your team that chokes every year and continues to let you down ok……we will stick with ours. lol

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Guys come on now, i can remember when uga won 7-8 games a year like alot of teams did. Georgia just got pretty good here in the last 10 years.

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GT top dogs!!! Really??? Just because you say doesn’t make it true. My fellow sports fan, you really aren’t trying to say GT, Bama, and UF in the same senctece are you. I did because that seems to be the only rival fans on here today. I believe the last time UGA and GT played in basketball UGA won, the last time UGA and GT played football UGA won. I believe we have been to more World Series in Omaha here recently as well. Again Rival fans are idiots and quite funny.

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I’d vote Alabama #1 based on the opening picture alone.

Here’s an idea for you, Mark. Create a Pre-season Top 25 based on nothing but cheerleader pictures. After the final BCS Rankings are out next season, we can go back and see if ranking the teams that way is any more or less accurate than pre-season rankings based on reputation and speculation.

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MB : How about a Top 25 Preseason SOS ranking to go along with this pre preseason gaggle..? And thanks for keeping USC West on the sidelines…

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All Bama’s tough games are on the road. I just can not see them making it unscathed this year. If they do then SI is quite competent. GT is a stretch. Georgia is conservative.

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haha…uga fans are so blind

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Heyredneck rival fan….your not ever gonna convince us to be ugay fans…we dont wanna be let down every year. Say what you wont but atleast we win a national title once in awhile in football

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Tech will not be in the Top 25 next year, the offense is too predictable and they cannot pass the football.

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Hmmmmm. But it seemed to work on georgia in 2009….hhmmmmm

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GT top dogs!!! you are really grasping for straws now. And yes I am comparing our baseball team to yours. CP has this program headed in the right direction. Are you wanting to compare Sears Cup points or what?

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Per my previous post, 11-2 is including SECCG…

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GT fans, you do realize that your team ended the season ranked 13th. You lost 2 out of your last 3 games, and in the two losses were dominated and in the one win barely squeaked it out. You are losing your best players to the draft, and lets be honest here you haven’t been an annual power. To be honest, 15th is if anything generous.

As far as UGA goes. If UGA would’ve hired a DC who ran the 4-3 I think we would see a quick turnaround; however, the 3-4 is going to take time to learn and take time to get players just to fit the system. I think there will be improvement, but there are going to be games when UGA is going to have to shoot it out on offense again. The offense should be much improved. UGA should be improved on offense with 10 starters returning and the one departure being a good thing.

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People, please remember to spay and neuter your tech fans. Gt top dogs!!! should not be diluting the gene pool.

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Why does he have the loser UGAY coach on the picture with 3 great coaches?

More overrated: Ohio State or UGAY?

Answer: UGAY. They couldn’t even get passed the Tennessee 34 yard line this year and managed to make Crompton look like a Manning!

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Simplystupid, its Cardinal (singular) NOT Cardinals (plural)you inbred, whitetrash, carbon copy UGHEY idiot.

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“UGA not NC’s in 2010 but anyone who claims UGA is middle tier on this blog under CMR is smoking crack. Winning or equal records against Alabama, LSU,Tennessee and Auburn.”

UGA is not middle tier, they are second tier. Beat Florida two years in a row, win a title, then you will go to first tier. 41-17

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Rivals
No, UGA fans seem to be in Class all alone at the TOP. They are second to NONE when it comes to obnoxious….

As far as fixing the problems with the authorities….. Coach Richt has suspended a kid who has assaulted a female for TWO games…. Yeah, this is a felony! Yeah he has fixed it alright…. Your program is a JOKE, Coach Richt has NO handle on discipline, and it looks like he just doesn’t care!

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I love it. Bring on football season!

The UGA homers who troll this board amuse me.

I think GT at 15 is fair. UGA anywhere in that poll is generous.

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dawg says “Tech will not be in the Top 25 next year, the offense is too predictable and they cannot pass the football.”

So shat must be why GT won 9 games in 2008 and 11 in 2009…GT likes being overlooked…they’ll win 10 in ‘10.

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Technophobia (12:36), you mean “another year, another bowl win.” That’s what we say. What do nerds say?

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UGA new D coordinator????? like he had a hard job at dallas did you see his players… “ughhhhh HEY YOU FREAK SPECIMEN OF HUMANS…. UGHHH GET BALL ….. KILLL”!!!!! ” ok du du du COACH”

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Rival
Your right, my bad, your program is irrelevant to people outside the southeast.
I don’t have to be a witness, it’s a FACT that this kid has committed a felony. It was just recently in the AJC…. I guess that the 2 game suspension is OK, he was probably the victim, because of how or where he grew up….. Good Grief, you guys care nothing about anything, but winning football games! PATHETIC!

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Jerrard Tarrant

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this isnt all about football…. you think a TECH man wants to be in red and black…. piss wasted drunk walking in a stadium that literally is in the shape of a toilet bowl with country ass rednecks BARKING LIKE A DOG!!?!?!!? hahahahaaaa ill be in the white and gold for that reason alone….. i dont need to dominate a team my whole life so there is someone i can put down to make myself feel better all the time when in truth the dogs get dominated and lets be honest- JAn KEMP EQUALS UGA GLORY YEARS…. does anyone have that kkk picture with the uga guys in it yaaaaa creeepppyyyyyyy

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UGA finished in the top 10 6 of 7 years before this one. They beat Tech and Auburn and won a bowl game even in a “bad year”(yes, 8 wins is a bad year for an elite program). Yet you think UGA might be happy with a ranking outside the top 20, 6 places behind a middling ACC team that they OWN? If you want to know the impact a good DC can have on a program IMMEDIATELY, look at Bill Young at Okie State. Despite losing Dez Bryant and suffering injuries to their qb and best RB which resulted in a subpar year offensively, the defense kept them in just about every game, they won 9 and played in a new year’s bowl. This for a team that had been horrible defensively for years and doesn’t have nearly the talent on that side of the ball that Georgia has.

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Georgia Tech might not even finish in the top 25. They’ll lose at least three, if not more. UGA will surpise some folks. Won’t win the East, but, will finish a strong second, play in a decent non BCS bowl (Capital One perhaps), and will lose two, perhaps three. They’ll finish in the top 15. And, for all you Tech guys that are going to say I’m being loyal, etc., I predicted 5 to 6 losses this past year for UGA . . . and, I thought the preseason #1 ranking two years ago was very inflated due to the state of the dawg defense. The defense will improve, but, not be great for two to three seasons. The offense will be pretty good this year, capable of putting up big numbers. How long is it till September????

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January 21st, 2010
11:25 am
Iowa is getting too much respect for beating GT. They had a month to prepare for a high school offense. Hell, they didn’t even win the little ten.

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Hey Dumb-A, Iowa runs the table if not for losing Stanzi against Northwestern and OSU. Better be glad your boys didn’t face him –iowa would torch your pathetic team for 30+.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=4845013

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=4844960

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Hawkeye Hal – as I understand it, Stanzi’s not that good even when he’s healthy. Didn’t he lead the nation in interceptions per pass attempt last year? I hope Mark didn’t base his lofty expectations on his performance.

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Mark,

You are following a double standard here with your reasons for ranking higher the UGA team and lower ranking of GT.

You say GT can’t lose 4 of its starters and be as good.

You then say UGA may get better with Todd Grantham even though they lost 6 on defense.

GT only lost 2 on defense and they got, IMO, a more proven DC than UGA. GT also has guys who have started to replace the one’s gone on defense, so GT isn’t starting players with no in game experience.

Also, the 2 on offense will be missed, only neither were truly instrumental in carrying the defense last year. That was a team effort, and again, Paul Johnson has experienced guys going in for them, and Anthony Allen is the same build as Dwyer and runs just as hard.

I don’t see your logic there. GT will return 9 on offense and 9 on defense, and even then their back-ups have had playing time last season. UGA returns 10 on offense and only 7 on defense, but because they got a new DC maybe they’ll make up for it? GT got a new DC as well and we return more. It just doesn’t make sense.

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Mark…

Everybody has to have a Top 25 before next season starts. My only comment is that one thing I’ve learned these past two years is not to underestimate Paul Johnson. Your #15 pick seems to have negated any benefit from Tech picking up Al Groh on defense. A better defense is key to GT moving up in the standings. After six years of mediocre teams under Chan Gailey I would be happy with another 10 or 11 win season.

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I’m a Tech fan and I’m not offended. At this point I think 15 is too high. Tech needs DEFENSE. And the way it looked in the bowl game they needed offense as well. I think it is way to early to rank the Jackets. I’m hoping they will have a decent season. If not, oh well, I’ll still be a Jacket fan!!

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I am amazed any 18 yr old would want to play for paul johnson or al groh

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You’re smoking dope if you think Bo Pelini is going to leave Nebraska for LSU. He’s found his place and he’s staying. The only place he may move to would be Ohio State.

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GT30 – Reasonable argument, but you have to factor in GA’s much easier schedule in 2010 than 2009. We have 2 highly likely wins for UGA that were losses last year, Colorado and Miss St. instead of Ok. State and LSU. Both of these are games we’d win 9 out of 10 times. Plus we dump Arizona State as well for someone even easier.

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What SEC coach other than Meyer has a winning record against Richt? Richt is 3-1 against Bama.

I think many on here do not realize how good Aaron Murray is. You will find out soon enough.

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Busting someones taillights is a felony? Is the standard $20 bucks of damage or something? Certainly it’s a crime and his 2 game suspension seems right based on the evidence so far, but a felony? If the courts call everything a felony, it’s hard to know who is truly dangerous and who is a kid that lost his temper one time.

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The nation’s most consistenly overrated team is Ohio State hands down.

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Thrashers will be moving to Hamilton Ontario!

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Traderdawg….

+1,000,0000.

I’ll never understand it. It seems like every player that school lands is the next best thing since sliced bread.

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We shall see. I don’t think Tech will be worse. Maybe better, but it’s my opinion.

Ramblin Wreck!

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Those of you Dawg fans that think Florida is rebuilding…you are just dreaming as usual. Florida is just reloading. Brantley will bring a much more explosive offense to the table and his passing skills are truly outstanding. Dubose and Moore return at WR and they will join Thompson and others…including some really good freshman from last year and some outstanding freshman recrits at WR coming in as well. The OL will be one of the best in the SEC again. Pouncey replaces his brother at center. Wilson (top OG recruit in the country two years ago) replaces Pouncey at guard, if he is not beat out by an outstanding freshman from last year. All the other OL return. Moody, Demps, Rainey, and Gillesie (look out for this kid) will thrive more in the “I” formations that Florida will run more of next year. On D – Ronald Powell will push to start at Dunlap’s DE spot and there will not be much of a drop off with this kid alternating with Justin Trattou there. Plus Ealey will challenge for the other DE spot that will start William Green and be backed up by Duke Lemmens. And there are 3 other outstanding DE getting ready to challenge as well. The DT spot is losing no one from last year and is 3 to 4 deep at both DT positions and they will be joined by two of the top DT recruits in the country. Joe Bostic is a monster player at MLB and has great leadership skills demanded of the position. He is very big, very quick, very strong, and very fast for a MLB. I am serious about that. He is one of the major reasons Luc went to FSU. Hicks and J.J. Jones return for their senior season at OLB and will be joined by Janlani Jenkins, the top OLB recruit in the nation last year. Will Hill will easily replace Wright at free saftey and will most likely upgrade the position with his speed and hard hitting abiility. All the strong safeties return and will be joined by Matt Elam, probably the most gifted recruit in the country this year. The kicker and the punter return. Exactly how is that a rebuilding process? Also, Meyer is recovering so well that he is planning to be back for the beginning of summer practice and might even make it back for spring practice. Keep the dream alive, Dawg fans. Then wake up every November to reality.

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News Flash as GA will not finish in the top 10!

Gators win the East again in 2010!

Enough Said!

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I nodded off about halfway through your post TampaGator. Don’t spoil the ending for me though. I’ll come back to it after some coffee.

Business writing tip – avoid run on paragraphs and add space periodically between points. It’s much easier on the eyes.

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Alabama has about the same chance to finish next year #1 as the Jets do to win the Super Bowl………..slim to none!

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You are high if you think UNC is that good. TJ Yates is still their QB

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Mark it down. The winner of the iron bowl wins the west and heads to Atlanta.

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Good picks for a fellow sports writer

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The problem is that the returning starters are not very good.

I like AJ, Glenn, Boling and maybe White of the Starters as top level SEC players. Other than that thaey are all just ok..

I say UGA will be 5-7 and again not a top 25 team.

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blah blah blah all preseason rankings are crap. recruiting is not even finished, no spring games yet, no offseason injuries or fall practices yet. point is, no one here can predict anything at this point. all you have to go off of is returning starters and incoming class. UF has a great class “supposedly” coming in but who knows if they’ll be busts or caught in a drug sting. GT fans- please, i beg you, stop humiliating yourselves.

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USC will do as well as they did under the previous coach. Why, because we hate the new one and that always causes that team to perform better in my case. Arkansas is suddenly in the top 20, we all hate Bobby Petrino, so it had to happen.

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21. Georgia: Ten offensive starters return, but the exception is the quarterback. The defense gains Todd Grantham but loses six starters. You might say it’s a good-news-bad-news thing.

This is very optimistic # 21; Georgia could easily lose 4 maybe 5 SEC games.
You can book Florida, Miss State and Arkansas.
Losing 6 starters from a sorry defense may be a plus, let some new guys play and get ready for 2011. I just afraid 2010 is going to be a long year for the dawgs.

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GT hasn’t learned to finish. They choke at the end of every season like it was an annual ritual.

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We have many good players coming in GO JACKETS!

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OMG!!! THE JACKETS ARE GONNA TOTALLY LEAD A GOBLIN HORDE ONTO THE FIELD AGAINST THOSE UGA FOOTBALLERS NEXT YEAR AND ROLL A MEGA + 70 DAMAGE ON THOSE BIG … STRONG … SWEATY … MMMMMMMMMMMMM

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Scott Brown for President!!!!

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I’ll tell you what else never ends – 30-24, all year long!

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MB, The photo caption on the AJC.com’s sports front page: ‘college football talk never ends’, I believe this to be the main reason why we DO NOT NEED A PLAYOFF. The Final Four finishes up every year, by late April or early May, no one is talking about it anymore, there is a cut and dried winner, no arguments. We talk college football all year long because someone always feels as if there team was slighted, this year it was TCU, Cincinnatti, and Boise St. Last year it was Utah, etc..this keeps major college football on our minds and in our conversation all year round. To me, this is what makes D1 football so great, we never stop talking about it because it’s never really settled. Crazy? Maybe, but the caption spells it out…we talk college football all year round, no other sport can say that.

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It is still reloading!

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Todd Grantham was on 680 the fan this morning. i was really impressed with what he had to say. UGA defense is in good hands.

http://dawgsvsjackets.blogspot.com/

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I assure you Dan Mullin can out coach Bobo, actually he could give him
the 8 and the break. State’s defense should be improved from last year and if you recall
the Gators were fortunate to win last year. A night game in Starkville and the noise from those cow bells could very easily rattle a young team with a young QB.
Also they will be playing after two tough games with South Carolina and Arkansas.
Don’t bet too much, you might not like it.

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Mark,

VT and UNC ahead of Tech? Surely Tech’s Cupboard is not bare either. For that I find you crazy, then to not have USC in the top 25, I find you needing a long vacation somewhere. Maybe ESPN needs a good sideline reporter…

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no usc or tennessee, i wonder who gets back to the top 10 first?

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5 ACC teams? Mark is still drinking the Kool Aid!

I agree it’s too early to talk Alabama dynasty–aren’t we only 2 years out from them losing to Louisiana-Monroe?

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I love all the Dawg fans being upset about Tech being rated higher than their beloved Dawgs. You talk about drinking the Kool-Aid… you folks never change. Mark called it the way he sees it, and it’s not a lot different by other pundits. I suppose being a Dawg makes it impossible to see what others see. That’s ok because what people project has nothing to do with what is played on the field in November. I can’t wait, regardless of the outcome. Go Jackets.

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Mike – Not upset about tech’s ranking in the slightest. Doesn’t affect UGA at all that they are 6 spots ahead in a meaningless poll in January. January!

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South Carolina at #19? It would appear that hope springs eternal in more than one place other than Columbia. The other place is in Bradley’s mind. This is a team that has cumulatively lost nine of its last ten games over the two previous seasons. What could possibly be the basis for your enthusiasm? Potential? They show a lot of potential while losing eh?

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People keep forgetting that Nesbitt was a drop back passing type of QB back at Greene County High school. The CPJ option offense made him “almost” one-dimensiona. However if he can rediscover his passing skills and mix things up a bit, GT will have another great year, especially with better defense..
At lease a 10 win 2010 season. The 10+ wins include a butt kicking of the dawgs in Athens.

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I think next year is the best year in a long time for Georgia to win in Jacksonville. Here’s one Jacket that’s hoping you do.

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Hey Mark, Where’s Kentucky? Surely they are better than Georgia.

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I’m betting that georgia is not ranked at the end of the 2010 season either. Totally new D to learn, 3 Freshmen QB’s alternating. But that’s just me talking.

STUNG-IN-SANFORD-AND-SENT-TO-SHREVEPORT-SUCKERS

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30-24 Yellow Fuzz, so glad it is still hurting you so bad!

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hey…RIVAL FANS ARE IDIOTS….big difference between the 2007 team that was made up mostly of freshman and sophs with no playing experience vs. a team with mostly players with 2 and 3 years of playing experience, which most players on the 2010 Gator team will have. You would have to be an idiot not to be able to see the difference, dude or dudette………duh!!! Most of the players I listed in my previous post are sophs, jrs, and Srs. Most of the starters on the 2007 team were fresh. and sophs….big difference. Plus, Brantley has three years working in the system at QB (one redshirt) and plenty of game experience in which he excelled. None of the Georgia QBs will have quality game time experience. I don’t care how good Murray is, he will struggle as a freshman QB. Your best bet is if Logan improves enough to beat Murray out because he does have time in the system and game experience. Murray will need one more year to prep and to get some time on the field next year before he can possibly make you annual dream come true of beating the Gators.

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I don’t have a problem with being ranked 15 to start. We have some questions to answer, mainly the early departures. Groh should be able to get a better overall performance out of the D and the new kicker will give him 15-20 more yards to work with after every kickoff. Don’t think a kicker can make a difference? Think Kevin Butler.

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Hey dogs, you may very well have played in the LAST SHREVEPORT BOWL

28.12.09
Enjoy Independence Bowl; sustainability questionable

Today the 2009 edition of the Independence Bowl occurs, in what might the end of the golden era of Shreveport’s Independence Bowl and an eventual slide into oblivion.

At least it has a title sponsor which may allow it to last longer than the dubious previous one which defaulted on its commitment. Essentially going a couple of years without a sponsor and then with one that quickly stopped paying its money forced the entity that runs it, the Independence Bowl Foundation, to dip into reserves and led Shreveport to make a controversial and secret gift/loan to the organization to keep the game afloat.

But the problem is these follies did not go unnoticed by college football. This game will be the last matchup between teams from the premier power conferences in the land, the Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences. This decade, they have produced six of the nine mythical national champions and every year but one put one of their teams in the national championship game, They are so powerful that they have agreements with various bowls to place as many as eight teams (of 12 each) in bowl games (a team must have six wins against the top division’s opponents in order to qualify). Better still for the bowl game, geographically the Big 12 was the closest conference to it and the SEC had a natural affiliation with the area courtesy of LSU’s membership in the conference and also many fairly geographically proximate teams.

However, because of the game’s lack of prominence it was essentially last in the pecking order for both conferences, meaning some years enough teams would not qualify from either or both conferences and teams from other, less (and sometimes far less) prominence would end up playing in the game. That status has slid further, no doubt triggered by these monetary difficulties, with affiliations changing and beginning next year automatic bids will go to the third place finisher in the Mountain West Conference and seventh place finisher in the Atlantic Coast Conference, presumed to be the seventh and sixth best conferences, respectively. Regrettably, the ACC sometimes has trouble qualifying teams and the MWC is not very deep.

Making matters worse, the closest institution to Shreveport from them is Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth a couple of hundred miles away. After that, the next is over 500 miles distant and some as many as over 1300 miles away (by contrast, 14 Big12 and SEC schools are within 500 miles of Shreveport and the furthest is less than 750). Finally, the average school size and fan base of these 20 teams is smaller than the present 24.

All of this means the game in the future probably will draw fewer people from outside the area – this tourism impact being the main reason the city continues to subsidize the game (to the tune of $90,000 proposed in 2010; the state has ceased its direct subsidy of all bowl games) even in this era of forced budget austerity. Less attractive contests also likely will draw fewer local people to the game as well.

Therefore, even as it is the tenth-oldest game around, its struggles will intensify. As the second-smallest metropolitan area that hosts a game (and perhaps with the worst weather typically) with its local, indigenous corporations being bought up by larger, distant conglomerates, sponsorship dollars will get scarcer. More than ever, its sustainability is in question.

Which means the time may well come when the Foundation looks for extensive taxpayer dollars to stay afloat. This must be resisted as the coming dynamics are such that it is unlikely to bring in more monetary benefits to repay tax coffers than would go out. It’s a great jewel for the city and state, but perhaps beyond its means.

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il5

January 21st, 2010
5:29 pm
Georgia will be favored to win every game except Florida and maybe Auburn, it’s a MUCH better schedule for Georgia in 2010. If Georgia playsd well in those 2 games, look out.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I BET GEORGIA DOESN’T SCORE A TD IN THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES. Unless it’s late in the 4th qtr

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LOL

January 21st, 2010
5:24 pm
30-24 Yellow Fuzz, so glad it is still hurting you so bad!

NOT AS BAD AS 45-42 HURT YOU.

((((( 45-42 ))))) Hahahahahahaha

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Mark, just to let you know, the willie martinez moniker has been officially retired. his record was many firsts, hundreds of limericks,pithy comments and the occasional contribution to serious dialogue.

fortunately, willie did leave me with this last limerick

comes willie to now step aside
his renown was beginning to slide
he gave his best work
but some thought him a quirk
of a great, evolutionary tide

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Football GT 13th UGAY UNR
Basketball GT 19th UGAY UNR

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I’d rather have a high school offense than a high schooler running mine

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I would bet money that georgia leads the SEC in interceptions next year.

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When is the next time the dogs are gonna beat Tech twice in a row?

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How come when I get on here all the dogs scatter?

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How about some of the Dawg “faithful” leaving the Florida Game at the start of the 4th Quarter when they were only down 14?

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Broad Street is now Gator Street

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Say “red-faced bog-fox” 10-times, really fast…

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You turn around a few minutes and all of a sudden the inmates are running the asylum. Oh well, it would’ve been interesting to have had an intelligent discussion even though it is January and the topic is college football. I guess that’s not going to happen.

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Tennessee should be 12th, USC 18th, Dawgs 24th, Iowa 16th.

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So how does that argument for Tech not hold for UF and Bama?!?! Sports writers vote for big names. UF loses half their team and their HC and Bama loses 9, yes NINE, defensive starters and they’re still ranked #1 overall?!?!?! Bradley, this article is a perfect example of why TCU and Boise were not in the NC game this year. You guys robbed them?

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“Todd Grantham was on 680 the fan this morning. i was really impressed with what he had to say. UGA defense is in good hands.”

Lane Kiffin was a big talker too.

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Did some monkey just accidentally type out the score of a game 2 years ago? Because nobody with a brain would try to talk trash about a game 2 years ago when there was a more recent matchup.

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monkey?

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Mark,

Don’t be so sure about Miss. State, Dan Mullen can out coach Bobo hands down.
Their defense will be improved from last year and if you recall, they gave the Gators all they wanted last year. Now add to that that the dawgs will be coming off two tough games with South Carolina and Arkansas. They could easily lose one or both games. Additionally, a young Georgia team with an inexperienced QB will come into Starkville at night with all those cow bells ringing and they could really have a problem. It should be one of the dawgs toughest games.

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test

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GaGator, don’t say test! You scared away all the bulldog fans.

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Some say it’s our home away from home

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I’m an alum of one of these fine establishments. Ain’t gonna say which one; don’t wanna be heckled.

I will say that college football bores me. Always has. High School too.

If I attended a horse race and only the nags and plugs competed, I’d be bored as Hell. The very best in sport is all that matters to me. I feel like I’m watching nags and plugs at most college games. It’s like watching slow-motion football compared to the pros. Because of pride in Alma mater alone, I keep up with my college team, but never attend a game.

I save my time, money, and energy, for the real-deal elite. Missed one Falcons game in 40+ years. I’ll grant ya, the only elite teams we saw at Falcons games for many years, were the visitors…

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ugaaccountant

I pay the same thing you do to post here. And I have a whole lot more payback to payout to the dog nation. Feel free to NOT read whatever I write little man!

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You GA fans kill me if we do this and if we do that.

Bottom line, ya program sucks.

Gators win the East again in 2010 and steam roll GA along the way!

Enough Said!!!!

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JabboRockefeller

georgia, right?

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Mark,

Don’t be so sure about Miss State. If you recall they gave the Gators all they wanted last year and Dan Mullin can out coach Bobo easily (men against boys). Their defense should be improved and playing at night in Starkville with all those cow bells ringing is not easy.

Also consider they will be coming off two tough SEC games (SC & ARK). They could easily lose one or both games. A young team with an inexperienced QB could be in real trouble
in Starkville——-good luck, you’ll need it.

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My one remaining brain cell has lapsed into chronic amnesia. Kain’t member wher I went to skewl…

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JabboRockefeller

I knew it!

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Mark Richt will win the National Championship in 2010.

Here’s how I knoew.

Since 2005, at least 1 coach in the Natl Champ begins with an “M” in their 1st or last name, and no more than 4 or 5 letters:
2005- Mack
2006- Meyer
2007- Miles
2008- Meyer
2009- Mack
2010- Mark Richt

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Mark, are you blocking my comments? Not very nice.

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Oh. I forgot, I got “TEST” through.

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MB where is Clemson? You have Miami and FSU which Clemson beat last year ranked but not Clemson…..that’s okay we will do it on the field….remember GT has to play us up at Clemson this year, as usual no respect given so we’ll just have to earn it!!!

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I think Paul Johnson cute even with that ball sac under his chin

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Richt’s jersey # at Miami in college was #9.

Which means, after Richt’s 9th season as Head Coach at Georgia, and after 2009, Richt will win his 1st Natl Championship.

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Georgia Tech 1-2 in last 3 games. The annual joke by the coke choke has become a ritual.

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And the Music City folks. lol

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Paul Johnson = 2 bowls, 2 losses, 63-17, TO 10 pts.

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Enter your comments here

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UGA, Isn’t rebuilding MB. UGA wasn’t properly coached, and you’ll see the significant improvement in play. Your going from WM who clearly wasn’t ready for the DC job to a guy that’s been a DC in the NFL. Don’t be surprised if UGA finishes in the top 10, the talent is to good not to achieve, and now they’ll have a coach who’ll push them, instead of someone who’ll let upper classmen play(Brian Evans) when he clearly was at best a mid tier safety! The biggest question all coaches better ask themselves is how are we going to match up at WR with UGA next year. Mike Bobo knows he has to step it up or he’s gone. This will be the most watched UGA team since Richt got there. I’m guaranteeing a major turnaround in 2010!

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DDT,

Gotta start somewhere dude

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Just the Facts

I’m guaranteeing a major turnaround in 2010!

YOU SAID THE EXACT SAME THING LAST YEAR. ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ugaaccountant

whatever that means

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Proof Richt gets Natl Champ in 2010

January 21st, 2010
6:48 pm
Richt has won exactly 90 games in 9 seasons as Head Coach at Georgia.

Remember, his game jersey at Miami was #9.

HHAAIILL Yeah!

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I predict UGA goes unarrested next year. They’ve got it all, driver’s license, registration and proof of insurance.

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Yellow Fuzz, I’ll go out on a limb and say Iowa was alot better than TECH! Come to think of it so was that team that played in Shreveport. Uh what’s there name uh GEORGIA, you know 30-24!

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Tech vs non ACC in last 3 games. 0-2

I really liked watching Iowa shut down that triple option crap.

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Just the Facts,

That’s why, when all was said and done, that YOU were ranked 13th nationally, right?

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Every 10 years, the team that Mark Richt coached or played on is in the Natl Champ:

1980 Georgia
Richt is the current Georgia Coach

1990 Miami
Richt played college football at Miami

2000 Miami
Richt played college football at Miami

2010 Georgia
Richt is the Head Coach of Georgia

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Proof Richt gets Natl Champ in 2010

OK, I’ll take the field. How much?

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Make it Rain

January 21st, 2010
11:11 am
UGA won the ACC, shouldn’t they be ranked a little higher???

MAKE IT RAIN HAS WATER ON THE BRAIN.

Delusional

January 21st, 2010
11:52 am
MB – did you forget what the middle tier (UGA and Scar) SEC teams did to the ACC champs at the end of the year? And the ACC Champ (GT) didn’t look too good in their bowl game – which you credit to Iowa being the 2nd best Team in the country?? You give the ACC and Big Ten way too much credit. Also, ranking Ark but not AUB, Ole Miss or LSU is a mistake…its all about Defense and Ark has not shown an ability to play D against top teams. I agree UGA is still rebuiliding but GT falls out of the TOP 25 by seasons end..

Delusional, DELUSIONAL YOU ARE.

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Yellow Fuzz

January 21st, 2010
6:56 pm
ugaaccountant

nope. Gotta go to work.

Seriously, I applaud you for having a job. Glad to know you’re not leeching off of someone else. Best of luck in your career, may you someday actually work in the daytime.

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See you guys later. It’s always a pleasure speaking down to soooo many!

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rank georgia that is a laugh

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It’s gonna be weird cheering for a “coach Dooley” next year.

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Bradley, was that just to get us to read this crap? Why would a UGA fan like this? You picked GT, and South Carolina over UGA? GT is loosing more key players than UGA.. jeez this Man crush on CPJ is about as old and stale as your jokes..

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am I first?

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he who is last is first.

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espn actually controls the polls. ohio state & usc are their hopes for the ultimate nc game annually.

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sas…that was one of my points

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Chant in the Florida locker room after this next years Georgia game: “Britches on the ground! Britches on the ground!”

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and Mark is ridiculous. How close were you on your rankings last year home boy?

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the Dawgs have the players on D, they didnt have the coach. A lot of people are going to be shocked by the meteoric rise next season when the D gels with a solid coaching staff and one of the many all American QB’s whose been on the sidleines this year stands out and rocks. Georgia was down one year, do you idiots in the SEC and techies actually believe that lightning is going to strike twice??? Think not!!! There’s a bad day coming for Florida and Tennessee, and especially some cocky ones on North avenue

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Iowa a solid top 10 pick, Mark. #2 a stretch, though. QB is something like 20-4 as a starter and coming back for his senior year. Tough games at home in 2010 vs. on the road in 09. Big Ten still not the SEC. But Iowa is executing under Ferentz, especially in January bowls since So Cal taught him a lesson in 2002. If you don’t believe me check out the bowl results since 2002 – a record UGA and Tech would love to have.

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UA Alum 92,

I second that. Its hard to see us repeating with 8 defensive starters lost even though we’ve had back to back no. 1 recruiting classes. The talent now stacked up is crazy good but it takes time to develop cohesiveness and experience. I can see us losing an upset like the Carolina game and then maybe one of our tougher games like a Penn State or Florida.

The other thing is that its just ridiculous that for the 4th year in the row that we lead the nation in the number of our opponents who take their bye week before playing us. 6 of our 8 sec games and 4 of our 5 division opponents take their bye week before playing us? That’s just stacking the odds against us. It almost worked last year when UT and AU teams that had no business playing us close almost beat us with 2 weeks to rest and prepare. Its inherently an unfair disadvantage but at least its being addressed with the sec office.

I think I would put Florida top 2 or 3 again. Who cares if Tebow is gone. Brantley is going to be great and that whole team is stacked with a ridiculous amount of talent. I see them being in the thick of things as well.

Rolls Tides.

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okay, I see a turnaround for the dawgs next year. But there is no way in hell Im claimin a NT next year. I have to deal with sane people where I work and they would give me hell. I drink the red and black kool aid but woohoo. That is some stout mess ya’ll are drinkin. National title. Hey , I’ll take it .

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Yellow Fuzz

January 21st, 2010
7:08 pm

No time for women, I see? Go figure….

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Arkansas 13, Tech 15, Boise State ?????? Florida loses everybody….put down the crack pipe Mark

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Florida 8-5 next year with or without coach psycho(he does look like anthony perkins)

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Hey Bratley,

Ingram will get a high ankle sprain. I got news for you. Trent Richardson his backup may be even better, more powerful and is faster than Ingram in a dead heat race. Don’t think we play La-Monroe but I’m glad to see you still getting mileage over a game 3 years ago.

If we finally lose a regular season game or 2 it probably won’t be because of injury. Won’t use that excuse. It will be because for the 4th straight year we lead the nation in # of opponents who take their bye week before playing us and thus gaining a competitive advantage with 2 weeks of rest and preparation.

We have 6 sec opponents and 4 of our 5 division opponents take their bye week before playing us. The tremendous advantage everyone has over us in terms of scheduling and bye weeks is what could do us in. Not injury.

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We could lose 11 starters on defense and still improve without W-Mart.

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Mark, totally agree that tech will take a step back after losing 2 best players on both sides of the ball.

Not to mention CPJ’s offense is AVERAGING 5 points per bowl game.

30-24 all year long.

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I don’t see Alabama as Number 1. With two juniors leaving early, they lose 12 starters from their National Championship team- nine on defense.

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Mark Bradley, talk about basketball, that is the only sport you know anything about.

53-50 UGA over the vols tonight.

15 times Andy Landers has beat Pat Summitt. No coach has done better against Pat Summitt than Andy Landers.

18 times the 2 teams have met with both teams ranked in the Top 10 in the Nation. The vols beat Andy Landers for the National Championship Game in 1996.

53-50, as Andy Landers teaches Defense.

Vincent J. Dooley, as UGA Athletics Director, hired Andy Landers as UGA Lady Bulldogs’ Head Women’s Basketball Coach April 1979.

26 NCAA Tournaments for UGA’s Andy Landers is 2nd Best in The Nation, including 5 Final 4 for Andy Landers.

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Mark, I believe! How much should I wager?

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A little research shows that the team you picked to be number one is only returning FOUR starters on defense, including losing the heart of that defense, a guy by the name of Rolando McClain. Yeah, your list is crap

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John Brantley would start at any other SEC school next year.

You fools saying UGA is back need to realize you can’t beat UF when you’re good. Florida is the team to beat next year

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LoL @ Gators being #6. They are losing 14 starters counting their kicker & KR/PR/RB James. Possibly 15 if Black comes out early too. The other 12 are 6 juniors & 6 seniors. Eveyone knows the Gates haven’t left the state to play anyone since 1991 when Syracuse ahmmered them. They also play the weakest OOC in the nation with 3 high school teams every year. With Vandy & Kentucky on the schedule that means they win at least 5 games by just showing up. All they have to do is one decent SEC game like Arkansas, Miss St, Auburn, etc to be bowl eligible. What a joke that schedule is!!! The lose at least 4 games though in 2011

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Well almost…… I mean, girls basketball, give me a break!

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Couldn’t agree more CFBFan, The problem is that UF is not the only team….. They are smart, as this sets them up for a NC run every year…. The team that plays a tougher OOC schedule is penalized, especially if they should lose, so why play better opponents. Until there is a legitimate reason to play equal talent all year long, the big boys will hedge their schedule, and you really can’t blame them…

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Bremen Dawg, get your facts right. How can they be 0-2 in their last THREE non ACC games??? Just like a UGA fan.
I was surprised that Mark lists Tech @ 15. Most of the other way too early top 25 rankings have Tech listed @ 12 or 13, which is too low. As far as UGA goes, looking at that schedule, I see losses to Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, GT, and possibly Missy State, the most improved team in the SEC, and probably to South Carolina. That does not translate into a very high ranking, but it does translate into another trip to Shreveport, where you can play another INFERIOR opponent, and pad your season with a victory that you can shout to the heavens about like this season.

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And then there was Darindawg…… You guys start drinking way too early in Athens…

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buLLdawg: Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while. While you are at it, tell all the facts.

1) Landers has beaten Summitt 15 times. HE HAS LOST 40 TIMES. winning pct. .273
2) Landers has 5 final four appearances. BFD Summitt has SEVEN NATIONAL TITLES. SEVEN NATIONAL TITLES & MORE THAN DOUBLE MISS LANDERS FINAL FOUR APPERANCES.
3) UT MEN’s BASKETBALL 89-51
4) FOOTBALL UT leads 21-16-2. SINCE WE HAVE PLAYED YOU PANSIES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS UT IS 12-6.

To add it up buLLdawg, UGA DOES NOT MEASURE UP TO UT IN BASKETBALL OR FOOTBALL.

Enjoy your little fluke win last night. VOLS RULE & DAWGS DROOL

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Really Mark? Gilbert not nearly as good as Colt? How observant of you. A true freshman who hadn’t played a total of 4 quarters during the season is now called on to replace the all time wins leader in CFB history? Considering the fact that he wasn’t allowed to pass in the first half, had 5 TOs and STILL almost beat this supposedly amazing Bama team, I’d say he ain’t bad.

I’m not saying there won’t be a drop-off this year, but entirely too harsh from you. He will be in the Championship game his Junior year for sure, and if he sticks around for his senior year, then he’ll win both the Heisman and The National Championship.

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Just screwing with you guys. Congrats.

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Knukeeseville in shambles
Recruits bailing every second
Commitments slower than Al Groh’s hoveround
No gas station in Knukeeseville is safe

I was in Nashville yesterday and saw a Screw U Kiffin shirt
Hillarious how much you guys loved him before and put up with his douchebaggery
He played you like you play your brown jug and is now tearing your program apart

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The Tech O will be fine with Johnson’s system in place and Nesbitt returning to run it, I still worry about the D and its lack of talent, despite Groh coming in (he’s too old to play!).

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MB….you take a new DC for UGA…add some players that are going off to the NFL….there will be a new QB on the OU….and you give them that low of a position in the ratings. Do not be surprised to be fooled…crazier things have happened……

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Mark you can rank Tech 5th or 15th or 55th. In January this is merely
entertainment. What tickles me are those who take this stuff seriously.
I will not pay any attention to any ranking until Oct 15 and thats probably still too early. So lets make Georgia #1. Again this is all about laughs.

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btw, mark you are still an idiot

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Mark – Good call. Fair analysis.

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Come on IOWA #2–1 semi-decent game does not make a Top 10 team–as always the talking sports heads are trying to sneak the Big Slow 10 into the Elite level in the pre-season. Only to see them fall on thier faces during the season. You are just nuts with 4 Big Slow 10 schools in the top 25.

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Some really foolish assessments…

The Big 10 is really good. Iowa was lucky to win half of their games with improbable comebacks in the 2nd half. They’ll crash next year. A friend of mine who played at The OSU even admits that the program is shadow of its former self…

Boise State is ranked higher than Va Tech but will lose to them. But standby, the Hokies are the most over-rated team… But they will win the ACC in 2010…

Hello, earth to Mark. Engage brain before allowing yourself near a typewriter…

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In the six years since Virginia Tech joined the ACC, the hokies have finished at nearly exactly the same spot in the preseason and final AP polls. Except of course for 2004, when the hokies started unranked and finished #10.

Either Bradley did no research or the AJC uses an odd definition of “overrated.” It seems that if he want to name two teams in the title of his column, he’d at least get the facts right on those.

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You continue to show your lack of knowledge of college football by picking Ohio State and Iowa so high. Sure they won their bowl game but against teams from down conferences. Did you notice the PAC 10 bowl results? And Georgia Tech got stoned by UGA. A number of SEC teams will be better than either of these chumps in 2010. Also the most overrated team in recent years is Ohio State.

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Wow, Virginia Tech “consistently most overrated team” … Yeah, winning 10 games for the past 6 seasons will do that I guess… horrible, considering the only other team that can lay claim to that feat is Texas… and we all know how mediocre and overrated that program is . Also, if we’re so consistently overrated, why rank us 8th? So we’re consistently overrated, yet you rank us in the top 10… talk about contradictions.

You know, when you make contradictions like that, you just look stupid. What wonderful insight. Perhaps you could have backed up your ranking of VT with something along the lines of: “The Hokies return Tyrod Taylor, Ryan Williams, their entire receiving corps, their 4th nationally ranked Kickoff Return man Dyrell Roberts (1 spot behind CJ “God” Spiller), get Darren Evans back, but have a few spots to fill on the offensive line and at the linebacker position, otherwise they might be ranked higher…”

I suppose that’s too much fact, and would piss off your faithful Yellow Jacket readers if you gave to much praise to another ACC team.

You make Heather Dinich look like she actually knows what she’s talking about.. and that’s pretty sad.

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Like the fact that Navy is ranked so high. Hope like hell it holds up.

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