A most unusual sight: UGA absent from Rivals.com’s Top 10

Third.

Georgia will be back high in the rankings next season.

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Its always “next year” with you UGAg fans isn’t it??

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Wait til next year! Wait til next year! If, if, if….

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MB – don’t listen to the haters. Keep up the great writing.

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Rot in hell, Bradley.

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The day is not over yet and the rankings always change

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Dear Mr. Bradley,

It ain’t over.

Love,
KJ

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I’m sick of this sh#t!!!!!!!!!!!

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I think when we fired 3 coaches, we had to expect some growing pains. As teams have shown, though, coaching is more important than recruiting. If that were not the case, there is no way that Tech, Iowa, Boise, and TCU play in BCS games this new years.

I want UGA to recruit well as much as anyone. But more importantly, I want us to coach well. If we coach well this fall, we won’t need to worry about recruiting rankings. 2010 is a VERY important year in Athens.

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[...] But Georgia’s losses are already being reflected in national rankings. Just the prospect of losing him dropped the Bulldogs from No. 9 to No. 16 in the Rivals.com national poll last night. Columnist Mark Bradley took a comprehensive look at Georgia’s annual recruiting rankings. [...]

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Should have never fired those 3 coaches. At least THEY could recruit.

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1. Florida
3. Auburn
4. Alabama
7. LSU
8. Tennessee
16. South Carolina
17. Georgia

How many SEC teams are there? Where does the “second tier” begin?

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Much ado about nothing. I would rather have solid talent than a bunch of spoiled brats who think the world owes them something. UGA needs to get back to the “TEAM-me” attitude. That is how you win championships.

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doesnt matter if we get highly rated recruits, who cares… some of the lowest rated recruits end up being better then highly rated ones, in some cases but not all…..just saying

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Mark Bradley is loving being able to rip on the dogs. I don’t care what he says, he hates us and Mark Richt for some strange reason.

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Maybe instead of so called top classes that dont produce…ala stafford…few others….maybe just maybe we have guys that WANT to be at UGA and there heart is at UGA…..sometimes average to good guys win titles more that so called great players that are all about themselves.

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These ratings are virtually meaningless. How many times have we seen Southern Cal and Ohio State land top recruiting classes only to be mediocre teams? UGA’s coaching changes will have a much bigger impact on the field than one guy that signs with UT.

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This was an inevitable result of moves that needed to be made. Yes it’s sort of odd they get no 5 star guy this year but the program itself is healthier today because of what they did last year. Richt held the program toegther last year, made necessary coaching moves and they finished strong on an uptick after a very difficult year.

Not being in the top 10 doesn’t mean they aren’t getting some fantastic players that fit the holes they have. There isn’t any reason not to be excited about the coming year for UGA.

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And rankings are all different. Im watching ESPNU and according to them UGA still has a top ten class

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MattDawg

February 3rd, 2010
10:13 am

Mark Bradley is loving being able to rip on the dogs. I don’t care what he says, he hates us and Mark Richt for some strange reason.

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Cause Richt is not quite about his faith.

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Heard Tech just moved up 2 spots to 88th

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Somebody tell Da’Rick about our test. You know how many halves are there in a football game, how many points is a 3 pointer worth…….
Da’Rick you can dance and hot dog all you want, we don’t care about personal fouls or unsportsman like conduct, you can vandalize hospitals drink underage, you don’t have to go to class, you don’t have to have any class. PLEASE, we went to the weedeater bowl with 5 stars what’s gonna happen with 3 star players?
I’ll get fired if we don’t beat Florida in the next 10 years, please!

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War Eagle to you Kyle..whatever makes you all comfortable about the way things are turning

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Oh God here goes Mark Bradley again. I can just see him laughing as he writes these articles.

Georgia is not signing 25+ players like some of these other schools. We do not have that many spots to fill…which is a good thing. If you actually look at the rating of our recruits, we’re right up at the top. Quality over quantity people.

ESPN says this morning, “Georgia, despite not having any commitment from a top-10 player, has the nation’s No. 4 class, according to ESPNU. Alec Ogletree, a safety from Newnam, Ga., is their top-ranked player.”

But let’s just overlook logic and keep stirring the pot. It’s more fun that way, right?

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Branden Smith

February 3rd, 2010
10:14 am

I was a FIVE-STAR last year (2009)idiot

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Uhh, before calling people idiots, you probably should go back and read what he wrote….

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You know, I would rather have a class recruited out of the “Top 10″ than to have a one in the “Top 10″ and in the next 2 years be on probabation, have players being kicked off the team, coaches investigated, etc. Richt is doing fine and showing that he will not promise to a kid something he “shouldn’t” being delievered. As a TECH fan you would think I would be happy that they appear to not be recruiting to par, but they will be ready, they will win and they will surprise a lot of programs. this because they are doing it right!

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I think this is a good thing, maybe this recruiting class will feel the need to prove itself since it’s not as highly touted. Anything to motivate these kids is a good thing.

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Damon,

What’s the difference in Georgia and the Titanic?

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Mark,

Seriously? You’re commenting to congratulate the first poster? Dude, things must be real tough at the AJC these days.

Also, who don’t you bother mentioning the AVERAGE rating of the incoming UGA commits? I think I know why — because our average ranking per recruit is WELL WITHIN the national top ten. We are signing FAR FEWER total players than a lot of other schools in the top ten. You think that’s worth mentioning? I do.

But that wouldn’t make for quite as sensational a story, I guess. That would be a little too fair and balanced for your work.

Way to go, Mark. More disgraceful “journalism” out of you guys. To think, I used to have respect for the AJC Sports folks…

The Dawgs are going to be just fine.

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Wait a minute you mean that the whole world doesn’t hinge on having a top 3 recruiting class? And you can win without 5 star players, from reading these blogs I thought that was more important than actually winning games, or life. If the important things aren’t

1- recruiting stars
2- size of your stadium (inversely proportional to….)
3- winning national championships in February
4- getting drunker than the other teams fans
5- trash talking/dancing after every play

Then my world makes no sense!

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Auburn pays their players!

relax…i am kidding War Eagle people.

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Mark shut up with your “logic”!

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Dont worry UGA didnt have to promise Da’Rick Da’Scooter afterall…. UGA Wins !

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First off, Kyle is clearly illiterate. A sentence needs a subject and a predicate, son.

Secondly, as I’ve said many times, UGA’s glory years came against Zook, Shula, lazy-arse Tuberville, and Gailey. Now that there are better coaches in neighboring states he will be further exposed for what he is-slightly better than mediocre. Sad thing is that the East will suck next year to the point that a 2 or 3 loss UF or UGA will end up in Atlanta. The West is much better overall at this point.

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Rvials has UGA st #6 for quality of pick.

We have 3 more 4 star guys hwo have committed, but letters arn’t in yet, Morant, etc.

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don’t know what Kentucky is rated but they beat us…on our home field.

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We Are number 1. Did no one see what we did to Texas A&m in Shrevport! We are the number #1 program in All of college football, eat it Myer!

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So what – it is what happens on the field – maybe GA has realized that some of these high profile players bring more trouble than talent – besides GA is 15 now with only 18 signed – of course Auburn is ranked higher they have 30 signed – so what 30 cannot play – get over the rankings etc – this is a big joke for the rivals.com to make money and the media to have something to write about –
Dawgs are getting the players they want

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hey gang…………the AJC is DOA. Cynthia Tucker was run out of town and the remaining few writers have to pan handle on the net to get readers.

Since when has the AJC been worth anything more than to wrap dead fish in?

Go Dogs

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Next year, Georgia may be the most loaded state in nation with college football recruits (UGA will have plenty of scholarships). Further, Grantham and company will have a whole year to recruit their guys. The Rogers recruiting was a freak thing, aided by a third party who felt that GA stubbed his kid. I can concede a high rated class for better coaching for this upcoming year. The dawgs will be alright.

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Word is Dooley may flip to UGA at the end of next season! LOL

Word is Richt has beaten GT with vastly better talent! What happens when the talent level becomes neutralized? The gameday coaching has never been a strong point for UGA this decade…..Beginning to look like losing to Kentucky could be an annual event! But hey….atleast you did manage to steal a Kentucky recruit at the last minute after a GT offensive line prospect turned you down. LOL

Come on….let’s hear you sing it….”Oh it’s great to be a …………….” LOL LOL LOL

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I thoght Georgia would finish strong. What a joke! I’m throiugh with this shi$

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Mark, remember what I have always told you. People have good days and people have bad days honey. Lord knows I sure had a BAD day when I found out I was pregnant with you.

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Mark If you write an article about Georgia’s past high ranking in recruiting with lackluster results on the field will you write an article of lackluster recruiting ratings with great results on the field if it happens?

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Clemson had a top 2 recruiting clas a couple of years ago. This is the most overhyped day of the year.

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Mark,

I think this year will be the turning point for UGA. I agreed with you completely a few months ago that the program had been on Auto-pilot for the past few years. Sometimes we all have to evaluate ourselves and make tough decisions which i think CMR did this past year. I think it’s absolutely amazing that we pulled the class that we did considering we were down 3 coaches for the most important recruiting period. This year was going to be a small class anyway so we really can’t compare our classes to Auburn of Florida. However, i do think we filled several of our needs in this class. Remember a team is made up of 4-5 recruiting classes and UGA has been lights out for the past few years in recruiting. Sure Losinig DR took alot of luster off of this day but we are absolutely loaded at WR and i think our path to the SEC championshiop will be on the backs of Ealey and King.

We return 10 starters on offense and have a much better DC this year. If we win our usual 10 games this year then i expect us to be in the top 5 recruiting next year

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@ Bank Walker, Texas Moron……….you got your new DC alright. Didn’t the first 5 turn you down? I don’t think you should be crowing about that. Da’Rick and UT will continue to administer the annual azz-whoopin to the Pups in October. Get ready….there is a new sheriff in the SEC and its Marshall Derek Dooley!!!!

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Before we start trashing UGA for dropping in the recruiting rankings, it should be noted that the “North Avenue Trade School” has been absent from the top tier in recuiting for quite a while. This mythical measure of success doesn’t seem to have mattered much to them.

It doesn’t matter how many stars you sign with—it’s what round of the NFL draft you are selected in!

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This dawg and pony show has been hilarious the last few days. Way too much emphasis put on this process. How many losers are now at the Butt Smehre Building now ???? Some bewilderment and some excitement which really means nothing.

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I guess Georgia coaches are more concerned with “black outs” and teaching their boys another step or two when dancing to “Soulja Boy”.

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Good points all, Don.

The “Annual azz-whoopin’,” Orange? It’s not the 1990s, man…. lol

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watch the sparks fly.. PS UT had coach change 2 weeks ago and still whooped up on UGA..lololol I hate them dogs for stealing Tennessee players with..Oh look how good we are,, Bottom line.. Until your boosters hire a great coach you guys will always be stuck in Goff mode

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All the injuries in previous years mask Georgia’s poor coaching performance of its highly rated recruits. With fewer injuries last year the poor coaching was exposed. But i still love dem dawgs!

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Ga got the big uglies and the big uglies win the games.

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Looks like the da’class was hanging on Da’rick. Not to worry. The ones they signed will be fine.

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Face facts, Richt is now about the 7th or 8th best coach in the SEC

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its over for uga. they will never be good again

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This just in, Georgia up to 17th at Rivals. Florida stays at number 1!

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

((((( 17 of 20 )))))) hahahahahahahahaha

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Owensjeff…. @10:33 am I cants believe I ates the whole Hairy Dawg cakes all by myself here at the Butts Mehre building. peoples are starting to flock in now awaiting on word bout my homie Telv. word is he aint a solid nole yet.. later dreggs…

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GaGator,

if you are 7th or 8th…does the word “best” really follow?

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I worry about the recruiting, but when all said in done, UGA in top 15 recruiting keeps the program steady while Grantham gets a chance to resurrect the defense. His affect on Richt will be pivotal not only on defense, but in rejuvenating the staff and program. A nice 2010 will reverse all negative trends. Plus, maybe some of the recruits we lost will end up in jail anyway!

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you’re correct, J.J.M.

i give up. take our recruits, we’re dismantling the program.

moron

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I love how Bradley is calling Georgia’s recruiting class “lackluster” while ESPN posted this:

The Dawgs lost four-star WR Da’Rick Rogers (Calhoun, Ga./Calhoun) and four-star CB Nickell Robey late, but still have a solid class with 17 commits, including six players from the ESPNU 150. RB Ken Malcome (Decatur, Ga./Southwest Dekalb) is a top-10 RB and has the tools to become a very good every-down back. Georgia also landed a couple top O-linemen in 6-5, 265-pound, four-star OG Kolton Houston (Buford, Ga./Buford) and 6-5, 280-pound, four-star OT Brent Benedict (Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School). Defensively, Georgia landed one of the top safeties in this year’s class, four-star Alec Ogletree (Newnan, Ga./Newnan). The 6-3, 214-pounder looks and hits like an outside linebacker but has the speed of a safety. Plus, he’s a special teams demon. Georgia also landed top-five OLB T.J. Stripling (Decatur/Southwest Dekalb), who — at 6-5, 202 pounds — likely will develop into a defensive end for the Dawgs.

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When does the pity party start at the Butts Mehre building today ???? When will CMR make his yearly speech on how UGA met its needs despite the huge bail outs?

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Hey Mark, have you become and expert in recruiting? UGA has been in the top ten every year yet in 2009, UGA finished the season unranked and an 8-5 record. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice to have the best talent come to UGA but that’s half the battle in becoming a consistent top ten team year after year. Coaching and having coachable kids have a lot to do with a successful program. Look at what Saban did for Alabama with a lot less talent than Florida. Also, you can’t forget about the 2,3,4 star recruits that made significant contributions to the football program at UGA and have moved to the NFL.

Can you explain in detail how significant it is when UGA does not land one 5-star recruit and when Auburn is umpteenth spots ahead of UGA? There are a handful of schools out there that consistently do not land a top 25 recruting class yet they finish in the top 25 rankings at the end of the season.

Please explain since you seem to be an expert

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[...] The loss of the state’s #1 player — receiver Da’Rick Rogers — to Tennessee stung.  Rogers had been ticketed to Athens for months before changing his mind and following high school teammate Nash Nance (QB) to Knoxville.Rogers’ flip-flop made the signing of in-state prospect Mike Thornton (DT) even bigger, but as Mark Bradley of The AJC writes, the Dawgs are still likely to have one of their worst signing classes this decade. [...]

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Mark, it obviously matters if you get good recruits. The point is that the reason for the slip from 8 to 12 or whatever is obvious and you don’t recognize it but choose to indicate the CMR has lost his touch in year ten. You know this is bogus but pursue it anyway. There is not one UGA fan that wants Willie back so we could make the top ten in recruiting which is what would have happened. We will take to 12 and Coach Grantham 100% of the time and you know it.

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Roll Tider, I wouldn’t be so sure that UF will lose 2-3 games. Georgia, you guys will be fine. Richt is a good coach and had limited numbers which he used wisely on Defense. The offense is there, and with your coaching the D will bring you guys back.

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You all need to look at the recruiting show that is on live! Even with the loss of DaRick Rogers, UGA is still #9, and Tenn. still did not crack the top 10! Thank You

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Mark – I think you should respond to Bruce Mac’s post at 10:44. He seems to make a very good point. Surely you are smart enough to know that if the coaching staff had not been shaken up we would have ahd a Top 10 recruiting class. Or are you?

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On the flip side, I remember UGA being the only team to offer Terry Hoage (one of UGA’s greatest defenders. Tim Jennings was a great last minute pickup and started a couple of years for us. Richard Seymour was the last guy that signed in his class and turned out to be a Great DT. Kelin Johnson was a 2 star player while Pollack was a 3 star FB. David Greene didn’t excite anybody with his signing. Drew Butler was a 2 star kicker (should be a 6 star punter.

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these are 17-18 year olds. I work with them. they can’t commit to weekend plans. get off their backs. it you want to see what top recruiting classes get you, just compare this year’s top 5 with what their recruiting ranking were 3 years ago. remember, all potential means is you aint s@@t yet

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Mark Bradley

February 3rd, 2010
10:43 am

“Herschel Walker was the No. 1 prospect in the nation.”

And what was David Pollack (UGA’s other 3 time All American)?

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I’m just excited/ready too see the 3-4 defense in action with the athletes we have. Finally some agression and urgency on the defensive side of the ball. If that front seven can gel with talent that Boykins, Smith, Rambo have to play the ball. Look out SEC.

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MB, still top 10 on ESPN. rivals or espn have updated the signing of Mike Thornton yet either. Its still a good class plus, rumors have it that Rodgers may not have qualified to play at UGA anyways, and Robey being very small, may not fit the scheme. Would be nice to steal a WR and CB from nowhere though. That would help a bit

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Dawg Fud : Too much emphasis is put on today’s workings. A whole bunch of ennuendo, opinions based on personal feelings and the such. When the mob gets moving in one direction, it takes more than rational thought to turn it back…Let it roll and have fun with the masses…

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Owensjeff… @ 10:59 AM @ Butts Mehre and the tally of the crowd is inflated… I counts about 80 peoples not 150. Theyre are restless cuz there aints no food left. No word about Telvin and no official paparework on Thort. later dreggs…..

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Posting this article LONG before the day is up and claiming its results are final is incredibly poor judgement. Yeah, I shouldn’t be terribly surprised, considering the source, but it’s shocking that a writer could be so idiotic. I mean, Schultz hasn’t even written about recruiting rankings (yet) today, and that’s saying something.

Also, I always thought the guys at Rivals were kinda dumb. Not because of this article, mind you. I’ve just always read whatever they have to say with a grain of salt because most of it turns out to be dead wrong.

Anyway, I think this whole process has gotten out of hand anyway. These kids haven’t done jack, and these sports sites wanna put ‘em up on a pedestal as the saviors of American Sports. That’s why I put more stock in the “What’d These Classes Actually Do in College” rankings (or whatever they’re called).

For that reason, I don’t put much stock in recruiting rankings. How these kids played in high school and how they’ll play in college is up to one key factor: coaching, which UGA has in spades (I don’t care what anyone says).

That’s why I picking UGA to win the SECCG this year or, at the very least, the SEC East title. Bank on it.

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You might want to put on a wig and mustache to disguise yourself.

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dog poops can spin it anyway they like but it is a Huge Deal and with DA Rick going to TN is priceless. How the mighty have fallen

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Roll Tider the West is best..blah blah only when the Tide is up..Please let UGA play Bama this year…now I have to listen all that hot air coming out of Bamaites..without a chance to prove it one way or the other.

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Mark, very insightful

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Miles needed a flag to beat Georgia this year. Dooley, Mullins haven’t beat Richt. And Coach C and Petrino lost to Richt this year. Will that do?

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I guess the only cure is to beat Auburn for the 5th straight time…

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The AJC strikes again, Bradley taking shots at the UGA class, while Schultz props up the GT class!! I think we will soar next year, when we sign a full 25 prospects and kids get a chance to see our new defense and our offense where Murray takes over with 10 returning starters. This class contains 4 defensive players that will see a good amount of PT this fall-Thornton, Smith, Hamilton and Alec Olgetree. On offense, this class was light on kids from that side of the ball so I would be suprised if any see the field, except Zander Olgetree on special teams-that kid will be a suprise.

I think next recruiting class you will see more of a balanced class but for this year, we needed to go defense heavy and considering we changed coordinators, we only lost 3 kids, all three being out of state prospects.

One final note, the way recruiting services RANK schools is based more on the number of players in the class than anything. Meaning, UGA is signing 18-19 kids today, UF, Bama, AU, FSU, and others are signing at least 25, some more than that I guess because some will not qualify. So, you have to take the rankings with a grain of salt.

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GaGator, you have lost it sir. Meyer and Saban yes. The rest have nothing close to CMR and you know it. You have no credibility with that logic. How many wins, SEC Championships do these guys have again? Oh yea, the recruiting is rated higher, give me a break and act like you know something about football.

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I still say the Outback Bowl people got it right last year. Auburn was a better fit there and Georgia was a better fit for Shreveport. One has the number 3 recruiting class and the other has # 17. The numbers don’t lie

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UGa, like all other UGa-level teams in the SEC (AU, SC, Ark, Tn) is going to have to overachieve to the max in order to have a chance to stay in games with Fl and Bama. Those two teams simply have superior athletes across the board. Not necessarily at every position, but at 8-of-11 of the positions on both sides of the ball. Fl, like Texas, and to a lesser extent Bama, simply dominates in recruiting and this will not change in the near future. So get used to it and play hard and do the best you can.

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If I am not mistaken, the Rivals list tallies points which helps schools with larger classes. If you lok at average stars, UGA finishes at number 9 and GT finishes at 25. This looks more at the overall quality of the recruits than the total amount. USC, by far, had the most outstanding class in terms of the quality. With just 16 recruits, they still posted at 5th overall.

At any rate, I think UGA and GT were very successful this year. Picking up Loius Young really bolstered Tech’s class and speaks volumes about for Al Groh.

Go Jackets!!!!

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Marko, there’s one ranking that UGA ranks in the top five of every year………..UNDERACHIEVEMENT !!!!! Would love to know the stats on all those five star signees who never qualified academically and were included in those rankings.

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Rankings? Huh? Every year the top 10 classes in the nation include 5 or 6 or even more SEC schools! Aren’t any of you experts able to see through some of that? Do you really think Penn State, Ohio State, USC, Texas, OKlahoma, USC etc. etc. aren’t getting really good players? Wise up, being called the top class or the 15th class, there usually isn’t much difference!

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GaGator

” Face facts, Richt is now about the 7th or 8th best coach in the SEC”

The opinion of a lizard lover. Doesn’t carry much weight past LaGrange

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“tech always has a top 40 recruiting class because of academic standards”

bahahahahahahahahahaha

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GoGator, Urban knew, Urban knows, Urban will be Exposed. The Spread will not work against NFL trained DC’s. Ask Urban how one year coach Monte Kiffin exposed that ridiculious offense. All you recruits that play in that joke of an offense will never amount to nothing at the next level. Not picking on him at all but look at the difference between Tebow, and Stafford who played in a more convential pro style attack. Look at Tailbacks out of Fla, they haven’t produced a first round Tailback since Fred Taylor! Future tailbacks you might want to use youtube in the future and look up guys like Herschel Walker, Terrell Davis, Robert Edwards, Rodney Hampton, LarsTate, Tim Worley, Garrison Hearst, Musa Smith,Kregg Lumpkin, Danny Ware,Thomas Brown, Patrick Pass, and yes Knowshon Moreno. Now tell me kids like Mack Brown who gives you a better chance to make it as a pro?

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Yellow Fuzz84

February 3rd, 2010
11:08 am
Mark, can you let us know where GT is currently ranked? I’m guessing #8 or better.

Tech always has a top 40 recruiting class because of academic standards but we turned it into a top 13 final ranking on the field last year. You on the other hand took your top 5 recruiting class and turned it into a top 40 final ranking on the field. Hahahahahahahahahahaha. Top 40-thanks to Bobby Bowden’s lone vote! Otherwise you tie for last with 60 other voteless teams. Hahahahahahaha. See you between the hedges in November AH’s.

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What was Terry Hoages ranking? Dooley took him with his last scholarship as a favor to a friend. He got Hershel and then signed Hoage with the last scholarship and both of them worked out pretty well.

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UGA is number 4 in recruiting according to ESPN. Why the big disparity between ESPN and Rivals?

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may have been said already(def on other blogs) but Mark is obviously biased. he may have a compliment now and then but mostly negative. These people havent even played a down in the SEC. Ga Tech sucks every year(not just in recruiting) and the won the ACC last year, and one of their week classes produced 3 1st round prospects in this years draft. Mark is just a hater. Time to give Richt some credit! GO DAWGS

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Yellow Fuzz, Tech had top twenty classes under Gailey. CPJ is a great coach but he still needs talent. He can win with sub standard talent but to be top ten he needs more talent than he is getting.

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Bruce, be silent with your logic…making you look dumb.

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OMG, this is the latest rankings from Scout.com as of 11:20 EST. Hahahahahahahahhahhahhaahahahhahahahaahahahahhaahhahahahahahaha

7th in SEC? Can anyone say “second tier”?
Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhhaha

1. Florida
2. Texas
3. Oklahoma
4. Alabama
5. Auburn
6. LSU
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. USC
10. Michigan
11. Florida State
12. UCLA
13. Tennessee
14. Oklahoma State
15. Mississippi
16. Pittsburgh
17. Texas A&M
18. Ohio State
19. Miami (Fl)
20. Georgia

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Ga Gator said:
“These coaches are better than Richt: Meyer, Saban, Miles, Dooley(reruiting anyway), Auburns coach “C”, Mullins (Miss State) Petrineo, and Hustson Nutt. Will that DO?”

Meyer and Saban I can give you (not saying I’d want either in Athens, mind you, but they’re damn good coaches, even if they’re space cases and egomaniacs), but the rest? Miles only got a MNC because they didn’t have to play the UGA team that was CLEARLY playing the best football in the nation that year. And have you seen his inability to manage a clock? Poor clock management skills do not a good coach make. Les Miles was a flash in the pan and will be fired after this year.

Dooley hasn’t even coached an SEC game yet, so he’s outta the running. Chizik’s Auburn team LOST to UGA last year and barely beat NORTHWESTERN in their bowl game. Dan Mullin has yet to do anything of consequence on his own. Petrino could have a good year this year, but he’ll have to do it despite a loss to UGA in Athens. And Houston Nutt … really? Last I heard, Houston Nutt hadn’t even beaten Richt. EVER.

Hell, after Miles on your list, none of those guys even has an SEC Title (titles gained while an assistant don’t count: otherwise Richt would have 3 or 4 ACC titles and a National Championship to his credit).

So you have two coaches that are “better” than Richt. What else ya got?

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How many Top 10 Classes did Ron Zook have at Florida?

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The correlation between winning game and recruiting stars, is about as reliable as selling tires and blog hits. And only a fool would put much money down on either.

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Maybe, the UGA fans are responsible for the ranking of this recruiting class. During several home games, with recruits in the stands, the BOO Birds were out in full force. Notably, Kentucky and early in the Auburn game the BOO Birds were more evident than UGA Fans. The UGA BOO Birds will say they did not boo the players, they were booing the coaches. You think the recruits knew that? Even if they did, do you think they wanted to play for Fans that boo their coaches?

So don’t balme CMR without sharing in some of the problem. Maybe next year, the Boo Birds will stay away and not influence the recruits.

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Nickell Robey is basically Prince Miller that can catch rabbits.

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rockc82

February 3rd, 2010
11:28 am
screw you mark bradley and everyone who is doggin out georgia. lets wait and see how the recruits we have pan out. this is all based on what they did in high school

Yeah, Let’s!

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You guys are lame. UGA is only signing 18 players while everyone else ranked above has more signees except USC. The number of signees does affect your ranking. UGA has room for up to 25 players this year. The 2011 class looks better than this year’s class. UGA will be able to sign 7 additional players to fill spots in need support with better players next year. Mark my word, UGA will have at least 26 signees next year and be at the top of the class yet again. Later haters

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The different takes in the Schultz and Bradley columns – par for the course. UGa down, Tech up – that’s our story and we’re sticking to it.

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Biased reporting

February 3rd, 2010
11:29 am
This paper is slanted heavily against UGA. When articles are posted simultaneously that read “forget the experts Tech will be just fine”, and then, “thorton signing eases Georgia’s pain but Dawgs still drop in rankings. Why is that stars beside a players name don’t matter when they are talking Tech on here but when it comes to UGA the sky is falling and Richt is losing his edge. blah blah blah. A person would have to be blind to not realize there is an anti-UGA slant to this paper.

Dude, over 80% of the people in the south are anti-UGA. Wake up

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Here’s the link, if you really want to see UGA 20th.

http://recruiting.scout.com/a.z?s=73&p=9&c=14&yr=2010

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Is GT really ranked 42nd?

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I believe we all put too much into the recruiting of the power of high school kids (me included). What counts is how the recruits develop under their coaches and what they do on the field for their respective schools. Yes, on paper the UF class looks good, but that means absolutely nothing if they get kicked off the team or do not proces in 2 years. If the coaches fill their needs with quality kids who will help advance the program, the star ranking means nothing. That goes for all programs.
Good luck to all teams in the SEC next season. It will be interesting.

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Well, I hope that Da’Rick works out better for UT than the last recruit they had with an apostrophe in his name.

Another fine column by Ma’rk Bradley bashing the dawgs recruiting. And all those highly ranked classes that we had the past three years, those kids are gone now? So what about 20th this year? Richt had problems, cleaned house and got a new D coordinator. Looking at what we got so far looks like needs are being met.

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casey

February 3rd, 2010
11:34 am
I’d just like to point out that GT fans being excited with a recruiting class ranked in the 40’s and laughing at a UGA recruiting class ranked in the top 20 is just admitting that GT’s program is inferior to UGA’s. I mean GT just won the ACC title, but they still can’t break the top 40 in recruiting? UGA just finished 8-5 and they still have a top 20 class? The writing’s on the wall guys.

BUT WE SURE AS HECK CAN TAKE A TOP 40 RECRIUTING CLASS AND TURN IT INTO A 13TH FINAL RANKING NATIONALLY.

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(((((((((( 20th class )))))))))) Hahahahahahahaha

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((((( 20th = Shreveport repeat ))))) hahahahahahahaha

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Mark, be not discouraged. I can make mediocre talent into fine players with my coaching abilities.

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maybe so ..we may be headed back to shreveport you are right..won’t find out till after the last game of the year (always a guaranteed win) well 76 percent of the time since i was born 45 years ago..90 percent of the time since the turn of the century) but beating tech isn’t everything ya know..lmfao……..30 to 24 buggoes…oh and if that offends you…”you punch a georgia fan in the face…with your baton”" coach paul johnson’s quote after the debacle at Grant Stadium last fall!

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According to Rivals (which may not mean anything) the average star rating for the Dawgs in this recruiting class is in the Top 8 in the nation. Our overall ranking is lower because we only have 18 recruits. They alos inidcate we have 8 of the ESPN Top 150. Very impressive for a class ofonly 18 total.

However, the bottom line is we must get better at coaching these guys up. The talent level is very high. We should be doing better on the field. Hopefully the changes in the coaching staff will pay off. Only time will tell.

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no we beat TECH 37 -24 last year i was wrong!!!!! just looked it up

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Dawgs will miss Da’Rick if he is as good as advertised – primarily because he is going to play for the ENEMY – flea ridden Tick Hounds. They may miss Robey – though he is a runt on today’s market (5″7″ 155 lbs.) They won’t miss the guys that went to Louisville and now have extra scholarships to offer to someone that may actually play in the future. The way I see it they got most of the needs for their defense and will have most of their offense coming back next season. This was a great class for safeties – which was one of their greatest needs and it was a great class for DE’s and DT’s, another need. They missed on Jeff Luck – probably the biggest unmet need but they have good LB’s returning and their are set at CB though they could use some more depth there. The OL will be good and the RB’s will be above average and WR and TE are also excellent. What I am saying is that in ‘10 they will be a SEC east winner if (a big if) the QB cuts down on last years turnovers and is steady and IF they convert smoothly to the new defensive scheme. UGA is ranked 15th, or whatever, not because a lack of quality, but because of the numbers – all ranked above them have at least 25 commits but UGA only has 19. That said the day is not over yet and they have scholarships to offer. To bad they weren’t willing to submit to the Nance’s threat of turning Da’Rick if their son was not given at scholarship at UGA. I think Da’Rick, like Berry before him, will regret going to a team in turmoil and lacking in talent. Berry played on a team that had a LOSING record during the 3 years he was there and Da’Rick better get ready for the same.

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I thought I would bring you some good news just post on Rivals. by one of their anaylists:

Jamie Newberg: Hold your horses on this one – I am hearing that Christian Green is now torn between FSU and Georgia and it’s now up in the air again. Stay tuned.

i’m not pulling you leg, here is the link

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1047400

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Remember the 09′Arkansas Game……That’s the Epitome of Florida Football ‘Success”
It was bought and payed for, and with all your “success” UGA still leads overall….We dominated you losers for almost a century. Your Team has no integrity(e.g. Brandon Spikes) so shut your mouth SCUMBAG!!!!!!!!

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who has the 7th best program in the SEC? Georgia

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and to the FLORIDUH blogger , DA HICK couldn’t catch a cold..obviously you missed the two games on tv that he played in that resembled something other than AA high school ball….bricks for hands when he sees footsteps

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Welcome aboard Garrison Smith! Saw him play @ Douglas HS and he is a beast!

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Saint Augustine=Saint Simons. What a troll. I think he must of been beaten up as a child by a little girl wearing on of those Georgia cheer leading outfits. 7th best program in the SEC? We shall see won’t we wimpy boy. 30-24.

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Just presenting facts Saint Augustine, Richard Samuel was ranked as a 5-star Linebacker by Rivals. UGA tried him at RB, an experiment that obviously didn’t work and now he is moving back to his natural position.

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It’s Better to have 1 UNUSUAL year than having a USUAL year for the “GNATS”. Don’t believe the techies are in the top 25.

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GeorgiaVol

“just think if you had kept your coaches instead of throwing them under the bus to take the blame for mediocrity off Richt, you would probably be exploiting the Tennessee coaching change instead of losing out bigtime to us.”

One receiver constitutes GA losing big time to tn? Quit dreaming, wake up and go to work. You’ve got potholes to repair.

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23rd? 23rd? OMG. Herman Munson would roll over in his grave!

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MARK YOU ARE THE WORST WRITER. VOLS CAN SUCK IT HAVE FUN IN SANFORD NEXT YEAR.

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look at the lost recruits falling from the sky

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Just saw on ESPN that GA has dropped to 27th in the recruiting.
If they drop to 30 my four season tickets are for sell

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So Garner isn’t so great after all? Imagine that.

UGA is the poster child for what it’s like to consistently have top ranked classes only to fail due to poor coaching.

Now that the class isn’t ranked so high, and the defensive coaching is supposedly going to be top notch (unproven of course) I can’t wait to see what happens.

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I am one fan who is happy DaMess took his 5 stars to rocky top. If he didn’t want to be at Georgia that is fine. We like the players who desire to wear the red and black. The sky isn’t falling. Go DAWGS!

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bla bla bla bla bla…. we’ve got some fine athletes coming to UGA next year. We will be a-okay come September. Everyone stop whining… but I guess that’s what people do when they listen to Mark Bradley.

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what are you people smoking that says espn dropped GA down to the twenties?

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Well the good news is: Just maybe you have at least some coaches now who will instill a little control and will train the players you have better, and install some discipline in the team. The last 4 years have been a complete waste of talent and coaching. No scooters for football players, and get your DL if you are over 16.

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You Georgia fans are funny……you never accept anything without an argument or name calling. Face the facts…UGA is in the 2nd tier of teams in the SEC. Maybe one day you will get a coach that can get you winning, but Richt isn’t it. Sorry for the truth, I know it hurts.

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No one can predict the future with these recruiting classes. Georgia is one of just a number of schools that consistently have had “big-time” recruiting classes, only to recently underachieve on the field. It takes talent AND coaching, folks.

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but you should realize that Georgia class is the smallest by far among all SEC schools which makes this ranking misleading

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UGA has beaten my Tigers 4 in a row. But it isn’t like we at Auburn will not resort to paying cash money to recruits in order to get them. Auburn is the most NCAA penalized school in the SEC.

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Congratulations, Mr Bradley. You did just what you set out to do (as always), create web page hits.

C’mon Dawgs. Stop responding to the cage rattling and Bradley will have to start writing quality pieces. What you should have done is REFUSE to post and let him listen to the crickets… and Tech fans who can’t seem to find articles about their team to which they can respond.

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only thing that is faster than st augustine’s typing is king and ealey running through the ga tech d-line. St Augustine isnt a good name, more like St. Chump. 30-24 NERD! i think there is some guy standing on piedmont and 10th waiting to take your wallet.

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Anyone who thinks Les Miles is a better coach the Richt is confusing riding Saban’s coattails and poor decisions with actual coaching.

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Lackluster? Mark, way to go….way to pump these kids up. Way to be in the spirit. Way to make these guys feel as players and as young men.

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Adrian Coxson (4 star reciever) said he just faxed in his LOI to Florida

the rich get richer, and no Obama we aren’t going to redistribute our wealth!

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It’s a good thing Georgia signs a great recriting class every year, or Kentucky might have beaten them by four or five touchdowns last fall.

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Alec Ogletree is a 5 Star recruit anywhere anytime!

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This is pretty amusing. Mark is crying panic over UGA’s rankings, while Shultz is assuring the Tech fans that they will be OK. Wow! How bout a little home cookin ya’ll!

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dawgsrule……….. it appears to this UGA grad that with this class UGA is gonna be rolling over and drooling for all the talent that they didn’t recruit and that left the state to play.

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If UGA’s ranking dropped 10 spots or so because of the “DaTrick” waffle, then maybe the ranking system is as screwed up as our National Health Care program.

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all you tennessee fans are idiots- of course so is everyone who likes tennessee
a) the only reason you got Da’Rick is because he is bestfriends with Nash Nance, to bad they don,t realize their highschool glory won’t last a minute in the SEC, plus our third string is better then Nance, look it up
b) Da’ Rick realized he would be benched behind AJ for atleast a year
c) the only reason Dooley is your coach is cause of his dad and no one wanted that job, did we forget he couldn’t win at Louisiana Tech?

Enjoy watching Da’ Rick being wide open with nobody to throw to him. Your QB’s suck and so does your defense. Repeat of 2008? I think so.

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The Gators have now signed all 27 of their studs and are waiting on Chaz Green
to announce at 3:30pm. If the Gators get him, it will be the strongest class in the history of the SEC. I think a month or so ago you folks were bragging that the Gator recruiting was in shambles———NOT

Georgia has signed 14 of your 18 studs. I wish you the best of luck.
I hope there is not a change of heart.

COMMITTED/NOT YET SIGNED

COMMITTED/NOT YET SIGNED
Brent Benedict
Dexter Morant
Derek Owens
Garrison Smith

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go ahead and go to Tennessee today since you like them so much. They arent going to win up there anyway I mean come on the coach couldnt even win at Louisiana Tech so how can he win the SEC. And Nash Nance isnt a good QB so go ahead and follow your friend up there.

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They’re #9 on the ESPN list. But it’s always more fun to write about bad news, right Mark?

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Willie Martinez # 3 class
Georgia # 25 class

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arrrgh…..abandon ship ! abandon ship. But not you CMR your staying on board and going down with the ship. DaRick done recked DaShip.

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I am so not disappointed about Rogers, as I have mentioned on many occasions. I am, however, disappointed in the way that we were unable to recruit some of the other better players in the state. Auburns success is due to a very shallow depth chart this year and is not a trend.

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MARK,

Georgia only signed 18 players…their avg. stars per player according to rivals.com is 3.50…Auburn (no. 3) avg 3.53 stars but signed 30 players…

looking at the list by avg starts uga finished tied for 10th with not much separating 6 thru 10…

give me a break please!!!! dont feed the stupit instant gratification monster…do good reporting… props to CMR who is graduating players and winning and CRYING OR QUITTING OR WAIT NOT QUITTING BUT TAKING A LEAVE WAIT MAYBE NOT…

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excuse me NOT CRYING OR QUITTING OR WAIT NOT QUITTING BUT TAKING A LEAVE OR WAIT MAYBE NOT…

go dogs!

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if uga is where talent goes to die why are so many bulldogs in the nfl?

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• 2002: Third in the nation, second in the SEC.
• 2003: Sixth in the nation, third in the SEC.
• 2004: Sixth in the nation, second in the SEC.
• 2005: Tenth in the nation, second in the SEC.
• 2006: Fourth in the nation, second in the SEC.
• 2007: Ninth in the nation, sixth in the SEC.
• 2008: Seventh in the nation, third in the SEC.
• 2009: Sixth in the nation, third in the SEC.
* 2010: TWENTY-SEVENTH (27th) in the nation, SEVENTH (7th) in the SEC.

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Lord of the Lizards,

Congrats on the class. It may go down as the best signing class ever although some of the USC classes from the early 2000s may argue that. Time will tell but I have to admit you guys pretty much blew everybody out this year with the haul you got.

I’ve read that the year after winning a national title is when you really reap the recruiting rewards so I’m hoping we rack em up in 2011 and get back to the top class or at least a top 2 class. We’ve had back to back no. 1 classes and slipped this year to no. 4 and no. 5 in the 2 services but still pretty decent I guess. I guess we’ll know 3-5 years from now.

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Hey Roll Tider. Last time i checked this was not an english class. Do not really understand why an alabama fan would be bashing anyone when it comes to correct grammar.

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DaRick Rogers spurns Georgia for UT. I know the feeling. We lost our 2nd biggest recruit 5 star Keenan Allen to Cal in the last couple of days after he had been committed to us since last year. Still had a great top 5 class but its very disappointing to lose one of the crown jewels of a class with a couple of days to go just like with DaRick at UGA. I must be getting spoiled because this top 5 class feels like a downer after losing Keenan Allen to CAL. Yep. I’m definitely spoiled.

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Saint Simons, explain something to me. How can Richt have 8 top ten classes
and go 8-5 last year, then I hear all the dawgs say it doesn’t matter that this is
a #15-20 class, and all we need to do is coach’em up. Makes no sense to me.

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UGA losing Da’punk is like last year when UF lost “newkeys.” I can relate. Hopefully, Da’rick will be just as prosperous in rocky flop

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rivals ranked Georgia’s defense VERY HIGHLY:

#4 for DE’s
#4 for DB’s
#11 for DL’s

http://uga.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?sort=0&year=2010&postype=14

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only to comment on the obvious ajc bias towards tech. if we finish in the teens in the recruiting ratings, that is a disasterous trend for us; the foreseeing of hitting the bottom. if tech finishes 45 or so, that is a good sign things are going right, and ajc js and mb report that and hype it. to where would tech commits go? uga didn’t recruit them anyway. flip? to where? samford? ga southern? ajc is so blatantly biased.

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They do like your two DTs just did; goof off until the senior bowl.

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All the back and forth smack talking today. This is almost as good as the regular season.

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vollball96

The only thing we fear is your players going to our convenience stores while in town,

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This year =
Georgia 37 former players on NFL rosters
Tennessee 36
LSU with 33
Florida with 31
Auburn with 30
Alabama with 21

WANNA BE A PRO? GO TO GEORGIA

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Top tehn in the past 8 yers and look at the 2009 season. Time to recruit players instead of ego’s. Time to have players on the line, both offense and defense, in lieu of someone dancing and prancing on the field. Good coaching and players that actually want to play and win equal a top ten team come December.

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Lady GaGator,

Im being honest here…at least the georgia quarterbacks dont cry…

they just end up with respect and millions of dollars…

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Mark gets paid by the looks and posts so every time he ticks some group off, he gets a raise.
Course with a lot of you, it doesn’t take much.

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So what did all the past highly rated classes get us? We should know by now it’s not just the talent, but the coaches that make a difference.

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Georgia has been winning championships since the 1940s…

oh goodness where were the gators through the years? i mean how can you win every game for a generation and still not lead the overall series?

inept football for a long long time…thats how

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For those of you who haven’t already seen it, at least we’re not as bad off as these characters at Peachtree State:

http://www.atlantasportssoup.com/recruiting/yellowjackets/pics/

Enjoy

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Stafford has not amounted to anything yet, but Tarkenton did!

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All Dawg fans stop reading AJC.

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Erk is that u?
Just think of the football program Uga would have had if u hadn’t split for your own show at Ga Southern?
A real pitty.

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AJC SETS NEW MARK – MOST NEGATIVE ARTICLES ABOUT UGA WHILE CLAIMING NOT TO BE BIASED AGAINST THEM

Wow this smart a$$$ headline thing is easy.

Tired of this negative attitude from ajc. I understand it from some of the fans because we would like to get every 5 star athlete available. The truth is that this is a very strong class on the defensive side of the ball and that’s exactly what we needed. Nobody should expect us to set the recruiting world on fire with the year we had but there is no way this thing fell apart. Defense isn’t sexy but it wins and another 5 star wide receiver wouldn’t have helped us that much.

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I guess Mark wrote this before Thornton sign and jumped us back up to #9 in ESPN rankings.

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Yes, every UGA fan wants the recruiting class to be in the Top 10 every year and that does tend to lead to more wins. HOWEVER, look at the average rating per recruit UGA signed? There are a lot of schools currently ranked ahead of them that are ahead merely on volume of recruits. If you look at ESPN.com, UGA is still in the Top 10 and that was BEFORE Thornton signed. Of course, mentioning ESPN would put a damper on Mark’s alleged story here.

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matt…there have been a few through the years…rauch, bratkowski, zeier, carter, Fran Tarkenton of course…

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It would take Auburn people to think that that puke looking pimp-mobile is a classy ride.

Class rankings are based on player rankings–if only those player rankings were trustworthy then I would worry about a drop.

I remember last year a reporter asking CMR about a particular player’s time in the 40. He answered, “He’s fast enough.” The Coaching/recruiter staff and seen what they were looking for and did not base their offer on a couple of timed sprints but rather on what they had seen in games and game film–his overall ability.

So this class going to be Good Enough. It is mostly about defense this time and I can’t wait to see what our new defensive coaches with their new defensive attutude can do with this very talented bunch of guys.

BTW, if the rumors are true that Rogers went to TN because they gave his underqualified buddy a full ride, (as in a package deal,) I wonder how much time the NCAA will have him sitting on the sideline. And how many scholarships it will cost the program (as this is not the only question I have heard raised about their process) TN still has to answer for any violations that may have happened under Kiffen and staff.

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Don’t worry boys…your ranking is good enough to get you back to Shreveport.

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Lady GaGator,

UF has won 3…listening to gator fans youd think they are on a level with alabama…

theyve won 13 i think!

georgias got 2…when murray lands one for cmr well be tied with you crack heads

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What Mark is saying is that coaching trumps recruiting in many cases. that’s why GT will be ok and UGA is in trouble.

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Mark, this story was written by 10am. It’s signing DAY, not hour… give me a break.

STIR THAT POT

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Mark was last year a career year for u with looks or will u top it this year?

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[...] Jump to Comments After reading what Mark Bradley and Jeff Schultz have to say about the recruiting classes for Georgia and Georgia Tech, I’m [...]

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These recruits aren’t stupid. They have figured that Mark Richt is a stuffed shirt, a scam artist. He sure isn’t a coach. He likes to think he’s a CEO. He’s not even that. Connect the dots and extrapolate. Richt will need to go in order for UGA to rise to expectations. Otherwise, get comfortable for some miserable seasons in the future.

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Any word on the Green kid out of Tampa?

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David, think about what you are saying. The networks are all about ratings, therefore, UGA must be a bigger draw at the box office. Now doesn’t that make sense?

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Lets get them on the field and see. Been in the top ten all these years and look where we have finished at the end of the season. Best rated not always right! #1 pre season poll and we finished no where near just a few years ago!

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I tell you what i will get all these guys together and you tell them face to face they are not a top 10 class….Wish I could at least say it was good to know you but actually you are not even a top ten writer

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UGA must recruit nationally to get better. I see only 3 states where there recruits have come from THIS YEAR and that is GA, SC, and FL.

Florida, Texas, BAMA, and Auburn have recruited nationally.

BAMA has committs from the following states: AL, GA, TX, SC, NC, TN, MD, VA, and Miss.

Auburn from AL, KS, SC, GA, CA, MO, MS, AR, TX, FL, and LA

It will be hard to stay in the surrounding states and have a top flight class unless you pull most of the top players from Georgia.

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CDawg, I understand that. That is why ESPN buttkisses them…I know UGA has a large following. They are up there with the USC and Texas crowd. I find it humorous and annoying as well hah…But, hey at least SEC gets more respect than it did back in 2004…but if we keep up the nonsense we did in bowl games you can forget about it…ESPN will pick up the big 12 games and we all DO NOT want that!

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First Mark?

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Hey Mark,

What about Georgia being ranked in the top 10 of ESPN’s rankings?

Does that not matter now? Oh wait…Georgia being out of the top 10 of Rivals is a much better headline than Georgia being int he top 10 of ESPN.

How about you actually do some real journalism and disclose the fact that Georgia IS ranked in the top 10 of another recruiting reporting service?

We’re all waiting.

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Auburn’s class is better than what we want to give them credit for. They went after and got players at the positions of need. They signed 33 but 5 are already in school and they knwo three won’t qualify. Give them credit, top player in LA, top player in MS top player in ARK.

We have to get more agressive in recruiting or we will get left behind.

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Give me players who want to play together ove hey look at me i like the drama over being a team player. Rogers planned this all along he will lose in the end. Smooth talkers are not good coaches. I like this Georgia class a whole lot better minus those who jumped to another team.

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whats the word?

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i mean first coach mark

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I think all these jumpers are more posers than players their spotlight now starts to dim.

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BARK, TELL US WHERE TECH IS ON THIS GLORIOUS RECRUITING WEDNESDAY….SHULTZIE JUST SAYS THEY WILL BE ALRIGHT, BUT NO DETAILS….GUESS YOU COULD HAVE SAID THAT ABOUT UGA, BUT SENSATIONALISM IS PART OF THE JOB, I GUESS, THEY ARE ONLY #15????…MAYBE TECH IS RIGHT IN THERE TOO..YOU’VE TRIED HARD, BUT YOU AIN’T GONNA GET MARK RICHT FIRED..You probably helped get the other 3 Bulldog coaches fired, you should write that down as a major accomplishment..You can stir up some of the Beetle Brain bandwagon “fair weather” Bulldog fans, but the real Bulldog who have a brain know what kind of job Coach Richt has done…

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according to espn we lost DaRick to ut and Robey to USCw and we still have a better class than both.
9.UGA
10 USCw
11. ut

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Ok, so what is Bradley saying here:

Great recruiting year = National Championship?

Let’s test that theory.

USC—13 top 100 recruits—7-6 record
Notre Dame– loaded with top 100 recruits year after year–6-7 record

If a top recruiting year yields a 6-7 or 7-6 record or Richt’s average of 10 wins a year, which would Georgia fans prefer?

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sOUTHgAdAWGM

ESPN has not been updated since 9am this morning (when you were still actually in the top 10).

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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The pressure will be on when Richt loses to South Carolina in the 2nd game.

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I don’t think it should come as much of a surprise that we ended up with a recruiting class less stellar than normal: We had a down season on the field and coaching turnover off it. We still got some solid recruits, and next year we’ll have a chance to generate some of the right kind of momentum with the new DC.

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Barring an absolute miracle, Georgia will fall to about 25-30th later today. I know Tech doesn’t normally go after 4-5 star guys but they just moved from 48th to 39th at Scout in the last 2 hours.

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Bradley Hater you are on some serious drugs or suffer from major delusions if you actually believe that BS. Get of drugs and get your life back my friend. Get help for you and your family.

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I guess Marcus Lattamore had to figure out where it would be best for him not to lose to UGA. He got to pick between Auburn (four straight losses) or South Carolina (three out of the last four losses). Percentage wise it was best for him to stay in state. Hey, that matches South Carolina’s last eight games over the past two seasons (seven of eight losses) not counting the bowl games. If you want to count those it’s nine out of ten losses. Of course hope springs eternal in Columbia in the spring. Reality sets in in December.

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Spin Spin Spin…stats are stats and can be manipulated. But there is now denying that UGA is slipping…on Saturdays and in recruiting…UT had a better class after all the mess they went through? we’re in trouble

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The Head Ball Coach

You still got Garcia playing QB right? Enough said. What a flake.

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Did you know, whoever wins as #1 recruiting class on ESPN has NEVER won the National Championship the next year?

This year it’s Florida.

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when will we beat the gators again?

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Green aleady signed

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Saint Augustine:
Tech is a football factory….Their big recruiting class gonna move them up in the world….

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Tech is 11-3 and ranked ,
………………………………not Shreveport material.

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UGA now 16th on Rivals and continuing to fall. Sad.

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gt just lost their 3 best players and they cant even sniff the top 20 class

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I think the DAWGS did an awesome job in recruiting this year with only 18 commitments. I would like to thank Coach Richt and the whole coaching staff for a job well done.

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bradley, go hide behind your wife’s skirt tail!

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The Head Football Coach at Lowndes has delivered for Florida State again, sending the outstanding linebacker to the Seminoles when the kid was really thinking Georgia….He sent them the best player he ever had last year off the Lowndes team and today he did it again….The kid is saying his coach was adamant that he sign with Florida State over the Dawgs….The Bulldog coaches thought he wouldn’t try to persuade a kid on which school to attend, but boy is he in bed with the Seminoles….Think he is from Florida…..Randy, Randy, say it ain’t so….

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Da’rick, hope you hands are better than your word. worthless by the way.

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RUN AWAY TOYOTA:
Tech is like your Toyota, it needs some work done to beat the dawgs..8 out of 9, ..Don’t drive it until you get that work done….and we did win our bowl game, and you fell in 2 of the last 3…they have figured out that tickle pile option offense….

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For all of the hype that goes on now. I still have not seen a freshmen since that had the impact that Hershel Walker had on his team and College Football. Hershel with some help from an underrated defense won the 1980 NC inspite of Vince Dooley and his unwillingness to incorporate a passing game. That team would have only won 7 or 8 games without Hershel and he beat Notre Dame all by himself (Hershel 150 yards – Dawgs total offense 123 yards. So gaining or losing a recruit isn’t all that important.

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Mark is leading this once fine program to a bright to nowhere. No body want to play for this guy now,especially after he threw his assistant under the bus for following his instructions. You re Rivals.com rankings over the years show him more mercy than ESPN and some of the others who have consistently put him in the top 5 recruiting classes nationally. So why hasnt he been able to compete on a national level after reloading so often? Recruits see that this guy is leading know where are will continue to avoid Georgia. Its time to rebuild now with a better coach, perhaps we could lure Strong here as the head coach.

I dont want to watch this season. Disgusting. Quality recruits dont want to play for a loser. With all the talent that has come through here and is now in the pro game CMR is a MAJOR UNDERACHIEVER!

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UGA really needs to start scheduling FSU to help in recruiting Valadosta

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Robby, get out of the closet and quit sucking your thumb.

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*BRIDGE TO NOWHERE

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Tall tree, the boy is going to be defense not offense…sick catch though…DEFENSE..and olgetree kid better learn that there isn’t alot of cherry picking dominating hits in the next level or he’ll get burnt…some of his highlight reel will prove this

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2 of the top HS in the country? you think these coaches dont know about you?

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Valdosta is closer to Tallahassee then Athens so its not surprising why a lot of kids from south GA end up there.

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I have been so busy here on NSD and have not been keeping up with the latest. Can someone update me? I had to go to breakfast prayer meeting @ 7:00, then to the tanning booth @ 10:00 , then to get my hair dyed @ 11:30 because I was shooting a commercial for Carpets of Dalton. You can see I have been one busy little beaver. What did Da’Rick do? Did he sign with UT or flip back to us?

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You AJC writers get a freaking life and stop pointing out every negative thing that happens to UGA. I bet you are fans of UGA’s rivals, and if so, you’re biased and shouldn’t be writing about UGA.

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Alec , Jakar, Sanders and Rambo
the SEC should be very afraid.

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Coach Mark Richt

LOL!

YOUVE GOT HIM FIGURED OUT!

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Outlaw is a sign and place ive heard.

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chazzo – a 16th ranked class is still a class with a real chance of contending. It’s not like we were in the 40’s or 80’s or something.

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ugaaccountant

Wait til next year.

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UGA will be back next year. Watch out. Aaron Murray, Washaun Ealey, AJ, and Orson, whole o-line back, the future is looking good.

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UGA needs to contact me and my gals to help yalls recruit. Cmon now, lets git er done

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Last time I checked, 8 out the 18 signees from the Class of 2000 had been drafted and/or played in the NFL…R. Brown, C. Clemons, N. Clemons, D. Greene, S. Jones, M. Smith, J. Sullivan, W. Thompson. I’ll take that kind of poor ranking every year!!

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Coach Mark Richt…
I almost fell out of my chair laughing!
Now that’s funny!

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Recruiting is overated = It ain’t the size that counts. For confirmation, ask your ex-wife, the current one will lie.

Yes, kids can be coached up but 6th in SEC recruiting will generally yield 6th place results.

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Actually, Mark, if you break it down by position there’s some good news and some not so good. The not so good- they were unranked in every offensive position except O- line,24th. They were unranked at linebacker,where they will need more bodies and better play in the 3-4. The good- they were ranked in the top five in 2 critical defensive positions where they need the most help,defensive end and defensive backs. D tackle was 12th with two 4 star kids(thank you Mike Thornton). I wonder if this reflects their concentrating on obvious needs or poor recruiting by the offensive staff or both. It is pretty bad when the defensive staff with only one guy for two critical months out performs the O-staff so completely. Maybe worth a future blog topic?

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Rivals says :

Georgia will limp to the finish – Ouch! In the last few days, Georgia lost Nickell Robey and Deon Rogers as a commitments, whiffed on defensive tackle Jeffrey Whitaker and linebacker Telvin Smith as targets and will lose five-star Da’Rick Rogers to Tennessee. They will also likely strike out on wide outs Christian Green, Adrian Coxson and Kadron Boone. And if defensive tackle Mike Thornton picks Kentucky over the Bulldogs as some are now predicting, look for a complete meltdown in Athens.

P.S. Florida got Adrian Coxson

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When Tennessee, with a small time, Div I-AA coach outrecruits UGA, you know something’s wrong. The top high school recruits aren’t buying what richt is selling anymore. Tech–loaded up with just what they need! Tech will beat Georgia in 2010—mark it down. That loss in 09 was a fluke.

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Tech Buzz : UGA beating GT in 2009 was not a fluke. It was UGA playing some darn good defense against your highly regarded offense and better offense against your weak defense…Didn’t Iowa bring you back down to earth..?

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Tech blows, don’t worry you’re gonna get smoked by Miami again, and Va Tech for sure. You’re losing your top running back, and you’re only threat in the passing game. Your players simply can’t stop the run ask my boy Ealey.

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Tech buzz, you guys were “marking it down” before your pathetic defense got run over by Ealey and King, and Dwyer and Nesbitt did nothing running the ball. Don’t be so cocky.

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Bottom line is that you can’t just go by the star rating system to gauge the impact a player will have. In 2008, all the recruiting hoopla in Bama was about landing “five star” Julio Jones. While I’m certainly glad to have JJ on the field wearing crimson, there was a certain “three star” running back from Flint, MI who was signed that year with little fanfare. You may have seen him on TV in December picking up the Heisman Trophy….

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All Hail the Gators, too bad ya’ll never heard of the saying “Be Humble in Victory” Congratulations for great recruiting class.

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The low ranking class actually is good news. It dispells the claim that UGA gets the top recruits and then does nothing with them. Now, if UGA wins a game it will be an upset and it will be considered great coaching by Richt. Of course, with Florida’s top-ranked class, we may need to forget going to Jacksonville because Urban can recruit and coach.

I am afraid that all the hope of catching the Gators with Tebow gone may be out the window now.

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Tech Buzz : UGA beating GT in 2009 was not a fluke. It was UGA playing some darn good defense against your highly regarded offense and better offense against your weak defense…Didn’t Iowa bring you back down to earth..?

well said, Gen Neyland. Iowa shut the option down and the Tech passing game was non-existent.

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This tells how the programs direction is precieved by the recruits.UGA fans think they are a premeir program when in fact UGA is more like MISS ST & VANDY after a sub 500 season CMR will be run out of town.A new QB & holes all over the defence.I like UGA I like them to loose.UGA is on the way down I only hope it can reach all the way to HELL.The only way UGA will be better is if the players are out of jail!

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This looks like a darn good class to me. Check out the 40 yard speeds: all under 5, except for a couple linemen. Good solid 4 stars. Rashad Jones was a 5 star, and I would have paid him to leave. I watch Boykin, green, Rambo, and think, man, we outa be whipping some butts, but no, we fall apart at thre first sign of adversity. We looked like a junior college team last years as far as the team concept goes. Richt has the team going steadily downward for several years. I’ve got a glimmer of hope left, but basically, I don’t think he’s up to the challenge of a NC. Wish I didn’t feel that way.

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You guys who think UGA is going to have a 5 loss or worse season are really delusional. Several reasons we’ll be better, at least record-wise.
1. Fired Willie Martinez, Jancek, and Fabris. It’s addition by subtraction.
2. Aaron Murray, highly-touted qb (over 50 offers) replaces Joe Cox. Again, it’s addition by subtraction.
3. Easier schedule. Instead of playing Oklahoma State we play Lousiana-Lafayette. We don’t play Alabama or LSU.
4. Whole o-line is back and Chris Burnette and Austin Long are going to be really solid additions.
5. Our receivers and tight ends were all young last year, and they’re should be a lot of improvement there.

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All you are signing is potential.

Some turn out above expectations, some below, and a few sleepers too.

Sadly, some with the most athletic potenial squander it and end up dropping out of school and wasting a Golden Opportunity.

Bottom Line ….Signing Day is nice, but really does not mean that much

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Hey dogs, if it makes you feel better you are always in the top 10 in my heart

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