On a tepid Signing Day, there’s still reason for UGA to believe

Fire Garner !!!!

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I love how people are somehow blaming UGA for losing Rodgers when it is clear some dirty tricks were being played by his buddy’s dad and UT.

Good luck coming back to Calhoun Dooley…

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I agree.

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I think these comments from CMR reflect closely as what he said a year ago… hmmmmm

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This will turn out to be a solid class of Dawgs! GATA!
P.S. I am tired of throwing the ball so much anyway!

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IMHO, this tepid class is somewhat mitigated by the relatively small number of signees this season. Perhaps a better approach would be to determine the average star ranking (for whatever that’s worth) and compare that against a team’s most pressing needs.

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Ten starters back on offense with two splendid, highly ranked QBs competing for the 11th spot. Four previous top ten recruiting classes and Boatloads of highly rated redshirt freshmen. The schedule is easier, UT has an unproven coach and UF has a nut job for a head coach.

No excuses – no exceptions. 2010 should be a top ten, nationally competitive BCS team.

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I think MR found some “fire” in his belly. Football is a game goverened by emotion and attitude. There is nothing wrong with being “nice”, it just not have a place on a football field. I cannot remember a time in the recent past when I had more desire to see spring practice start right now!

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New attitude and fresh coaching blood will coach em up this spring and summer..Dawgs may surprise some people. Watch T. King opposite AJ this year!

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Why are they wearing black?

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Touche Mark, good balanced article. I assume you will only get a couple pages of comments. It is what it is now. GO DAWGS, 2010 is around the corner and I feel good about it.

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CHRISTIAN GREEN WILL BE A WIDE RECEIVER FOR GEORGIA TOMORROW BY NOON I GUARANTEE IT!

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Therein lies the problem. Good players make good coaches. Not vice-versa as Richt is saying…

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DAWGS #9 on ESPNU

Tech signed 0 players from Georgia….0!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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We also need to realize that UGA only signed 18 players. If they would have signed the 25-26 that most other schools signed then they would be in the top 5. To be where they are ranked with that small of a class says something about the job Richt and Garner did this year.

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I agree. People get too hyped up about how many stars a kid has. Academics, discipline, and luck (injuries) and such have a way of making ’stars’ turn out to be duds. UGA is better off today that it was two months ago. Godspeed Bulldogs!

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Richt’s got all this figured out. He’s way ahead of everyone. After signing all these top 10 classes and getting blown out almost every year by Florida, Tennessee, etc., he’s decided that recruiting lower ranked players will give him an edge in the big games, since everyone will be overconfident when they play UGA!!!! Mark–you’re a genius. Now I see why you make the millions!!!

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Oh yeah, Gators just got another top recruit, Chaz Green OT – #52 ESPN150

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By all accounts this was a down year for HS talent within the state of GA. With what you have pointed out regarding the past season and what looks to be a bumper crop of HS talent in the 2011 class I expect Richt and Staff to pull all the stops out and turn up the energy on recruiting from this point forward. BTW-Like the gets on the DL as that is a huge need for UGA this year.

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jellybeandawg

You add nothing of substance to the blog. Go play

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Agreed timthebrave. The only difference in Auburn and Uga’s class are the number of signees. Both filled their needs and that will be a big matchup this year.

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[...] #2: Bradley addresses my first point. … We cannot know how good Da’Rick Rogers will (or will not) be at Tennessee, but we can [...]

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Or helmets!

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Is there anybody left that Georgia is in the mix for?

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Christian Green just signed with FSU….Once again…we will be without a WR this signing class!!!

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When I look at the individuals in this class, it looks pretty doggone good to me. Maybe not up there in the star rating but there is some good raw talent and some new coaches to turn them into SEC caliber players. We also have some stout looking players shedding their redshirts next year. I’m thinking we improve our record with a W against UT and UK.

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Christian Green is a Seminole, Chaz Green is a Gator!

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Grateful, that is not true. Anthony Williams came from Union Grove High School in McDonough GA.

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If that is true LAYINLOW, then it supports what I read yesterday….Green to FSU.

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Richt’s Plan….
Don’t be a moron…Why in the hell is everyone saying UT blows UGA out every year…last I checked, Richt still has a winning record against UT, so stop being an idiot!

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Overall a very good class for the Dawgs, i think we got players that are passionate about playing for UGA. Just watched the interview with Christian Green and i’m kind of glad he chose FSU the kid just butchered the english language. Its hard to root for people who you cant even understand. And its not just him it is a recurring theme across the nation, we’ve got to put more emphasis on english and speech classes in our schools.

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Will
UF’s “nutjob” head coach owns UGA, Mark Richt and 2 National Titles. Can’t ssee that having him as UF’s head coach is somehow a good thing for UGA.

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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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I like the recruiting class. Football recruiting is such a funny thing. Drop this class in Cincinnati, or Starkville for that matter, and nobody would be using the word tepid. Drop in an any FCS school and you’d expect them to win at least three of the next four national titles. Can’t wait to see what they do on the field for the Dogs.

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to the guy that said Christian Green would be a dawg by noon you where wrong he was a Nole by 3:3)

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Billy goat, we tip our hat to you, but your Tebow is gone and he made that offense work and your coach had a break down after last year( I hope he’s Ok, really) and it’s a new era for you guys. we know your loaded. A lot of Assit coach’s gone also…..We are looking for the chink in the armor……and we see some

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I am excited about the class, they filled some needs and got good solid players across the board. I do however look forward to Mr. Ogletree introducing himself to DaRick as he crosses the middle to make a catch! I think we will all be surprised with Zander Ogletree too! GO DAWGS!

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Well at least CMR and CRG should have wore some glitzy jewelery to brighten things up a little !

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DAWGS #9 on ESPNU!!!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!! Great class! Best Team! Best School!

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UGA fans need to settle down (the ones who are freaking out over losing Rogers) and the AJC needs to stop fueling the fire of angst. The juxtaposition of the “Tech will be fine with a low-ranked class” article and the “UGA not in the top-10, oh my” post is funny. UGA landed some very nice defensive recruits this year. Recruits who had offers from Florida, USC, Ohio State, etc… UGA was not a 5-star WR away from a title (as Bradley writes). They need LB’s (they landed up to 4 if you include the news that Samuel was shifted to LB) and they landed 2 top DTs. They will be fine.

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UGA got exactly what they needed. They got skilled players the last two years. This year they added quality depth where it was needed. They were thin at DL and Safety and they picked up 5 quality D Linemen, and three safeties. Two of them are a couple of headhunters. They added quality depth on the O Line. I think this is a solid class.

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How many scholorships did UGA have to give this year anybody know ?

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Mr. Me…. You must not remember the post game interviews with the Bailey boys, Champ and especially Boss. Ealey is right up there with those boys…

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Well said. Martinez woulda made Ronnie Lot suck.

Tired of that losing game.

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Pumpsie Green is a second baseman or was.

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Oh welll when do the hoop dawgs play?

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I was at Tech today gathered in front of the men’ room while the group assembled to talk about the signing class. Coach Groh handed everybody an Ensure.

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It’s all about coaching and preparation. If our coaching staff doesn’t do a better job next season, then four straight #1-rated recruiting classes couldn’t keep the team from underachieving. It’s time to get more out of our guys. If Richt can pull that off, we’ll all be happy.

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you don’t need top wr’s, now, remember;you’re now a running school…

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Great move to sign Nick Marshal, from Rochelles reciever. That dude Marshall is the real deal!!

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JB, I am rolling!!!

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Well of course uncle Miltie.. I mean Mr Bradley CMR is paid the Big Bucks thus UGA fans expect top 10 classes every year…

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Mark, I love the way you trash the dogs all recruiting season, to help the recruits know that the program is in the toilet. Now that the recruits have all signed and you’re taking lots of heat from the Bulldog fans about your obvious bias, you write a balanced article. We’re not that dumb. You claim objectivity. Did you ever wonder why not ONE GT fan ever complains about your stuff?? If someone is balanced, they would get criticism from both sides. Just fess up and tell people you’re a Tech homer and stop the charade!

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Believe what, exactly…?

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Hope some of these guys hit the weight room immediately. UGA needs some physical guys to run that 34 defense

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Did someone mention charades????

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Rocky Top, you will always be,
stupid white trash to me,
good ole Rocky Top,
I jus lost three more teeth!!

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Is there a template for Hargrave Academy with these scholarships?

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Dawgs2010 hahahahaha. You hit the nail on the head with that one!!

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Very Well Put Sir !!!!!

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Good article Mark,

Like I have said all along, give Grantham some time (2 years) and UGA will be back to the junkyard D that we are used to. We are 2 deep almost ever postion on Offense and thats why we lost some O recruits. Like Da Rick was going to be 4-5 on the chart and he will get to play as a true freshman with Tennessee. FSU must be giving out Free Shoes again.

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Can’t understand the communication drop off between UGA coaches and top recruits resulting in missed oportunities.

Can not understand how Richt can continue to say the same thing year after year expecting us to believe he will turn things around.

“Fire in his belly”?? How can you be the head coach participating in a football program that plays in the SEC and not have the fire?? If he has lost it, what makes us believe he has it back??

What is really going on in Athens??

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Ya’ll know I can’t stand Tech, but look what Paul Johnson did with some of those unranked recruiting classes. I known, don’t shoot me, but I’m just sayin that ranking don’t make or break you program. Rankings are for sites to sell you a subscription to their site where you can see videos and read about these 4 and 5 star recruits.

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Like anyone here really cares, but it’s better to know than to be ignorant.
Urban Meyer will go on leave Thursday, after securing the #1 class in NCAA history.

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Defense wins championships.

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Anything more than 1-2 losses next year and the hot seat will heat up at UGA. Feel bad for all the coaches, but they can swim in millions of dollars to make themselves feel better.

Win it all and you get a 5 year reprieve to suck; unless your les miles.

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Today’s coverage of GT and UGA underscore what has gone on all year. GT gets a free pass with a much lower ranked class than UGA because Paul Johnson is a Genious and can coach them up. UGA beats GT and the game was not a fluke but GT had more important games that mattered.

MB, if UGA had kept the old coaching staff and had a top 5 class you would write a lot of negative stuff about failure to change coaches. UGA made changes and it affected a couple of recruits on defense. It still seems UGA picked up some highly ranked defensive players overall, just not any 4 or 5 stars on Offense. The hack job all AJC writers have done on UGA over the last 12 months is awlful, but I would not expect anything less from a newspaper that is on the decline.

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I agree! If losing Da’Rick was the price we had to pay for sending CWM and two others packing . . . and Grantham is as good as advertised, then it was indeed a bargain . . . no matter how good Da’Rick ends up being at Tennessee. This is still a very solid class and even though I would have liked to have signed the kid from Calhoun, I would have liked to have signed Whitaker from Warner Robins even more. It would have been great to have him teamed up with Thornton on the line. But I’m happy with what we have. They all have great potential to excel as Bulldawgs and most of all . . . they want to come to Athens. Now maybe with can finally start coaching these kids up to their potential. Go Dawgs! GATA!

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Hahahaha hope you have fun at Tennessee!!!! We only want the players that don’t lie and who ACTUALLY want to play for our team. Ogletree gonna steal a couple from da drop in the Tennessee game this year!! Go Dawgs. Pretty good recruiting class, looks like we were able to load up on D. We’ll see how it all plays out, I have pretty high expectations for the DAWGS!! Yet again, I have very high expectations for Georgia every year lol…..

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Mike Florida’s football program is so far ahead of UGA’s now its not even funny anymore. They are LIGHT years ahead and under the current staff/administration there is no way, no chance, that it will ever catch up. If we can hold on to Fox we may be able to catch them in Basketball but until serious,deep fundamental changes are made in Football forget about it. Our best bet is to just worry about beating SC, Kentucky, and praying to go .500 against Tennessee every year.

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Owensjeff @ 4:26 PM Almost forgot thats its 10 cent wing night at Loco’s. Kinda boring right now at Butt’s Mehre. gonna head on over…. later dreggs!!!

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I finally, after searching all day, found a service that had Georgia’s class in the top 5.

http://www.programsindecline.org

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Losing good players cannot help. Yakking about the coaches on NSD cannot be good. Getting fewer, and less skilled, players than the Gators cannot be good (for UGA). No wonder all of the happy-talk.

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Bremen Dawg you are right if you have a head coach that can coach lesser talent up then its not important. Unfortunately we are not so fortunate at UGA and in many instances some players have regressed (gotten worse) from High school. I do however have high hopes that Grantham can change some of that, at least on the defensive side of the ball.

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Owensjeff @ 4:29 pm Almost forgot that its 10 cent wing nite at Loco’s. Kinda boring at the Butts Mehre. Later dreggs !!

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Rocky top, you will always be,
stupid white trash to me,
good ole Rocky Top,
I jus lost three more teeth!

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I’ve been disappointed only in the negative slant of the coverage of Ga’s recruiting class. Not really much to say about the ones that signed just the one that went elsewhere. How about some stories on the kids that did sign? I guess they don’t get as many hits on the board. I think this class addressed the defensive needs (could’ve used another LB or 2). Ga is frickkin LOADED on offense for 2010 (need the QB to step up). The sky isn’t falling and it ’s not the beginning of the end for CMR. Look for improvement in 2010 and in the mix for it all in 2011. It’s a great day to be a Bulldawg. I know some haters and some who live vicariously thru a football team may not agree, but that’s the way it is

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i love these gator fans. they have won 15 of the last 17 or something like that and they still trail in the all time series. that should let them know things change. we use to kick that tail very frequently. don’t worry it will come back around for the georgia faithful.

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Yellow Fuzz- you, too, can use the “wait til next year phrases”. In fact, you should be quite good at it having used it 8 out of the last 9 years.

Bummer of a year compared to previous classes, but I do like the positions we filled. There will be a lot of defensive guys that don’t have to have Willie coached out of them before they get coached up. It will be interesting to see how they take to the new system.

Honestly, I would be concerned about the defensive class is we were still in a 4-3. Not enough big bodies to replace Owen, Atkins, and Weston. Most of the guys signed seemed like they could play multiple positions on defense. I am sure it wasn’t intended that way, but could work out well.

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All of you bumble bees do realize that FSU is going to kick your brains out every year from now on. What are you gloating about, you should be realizing the end is near for sniffing Orange Bowl. The ACC will have at least one good team in the future and that is all it takes to knock you to the curb. You, Duke and Clemson will be grappling for Shreveport every year and all will be right with the world again.

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I love Bama, (National Champs!!!! )but I graduated from UGA, and I have to say they have way too many haters. Personally, I think UGA is not a “sinking ship” and is in store for a really good season next year, though I still think Florida beats them. I hear that Murray kid is really good though. We’ll see. Good luck dawgs, and ROLLLLL TIDE!!! Another SEC championship coming right up!!

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bruce mac – is that the same Shreveport that your lowly Dawgs visited this year?

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gatorbob you probably one of those folks that jump ship when your team isn’t winning. what you gone be next year a tcu fan.

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Mark, thanks for the kind words. Best, Todd

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So, MB, how’d the Cats do today? Don’t get much UK news in these here parts.

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Charlotte Dawg, good points. see you in section 122 next year.

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Rivals is the most reliable recruiting site. ESPN had CARLTON THOMAS rated higher than Jeff Demps. Looks really bad now, Carlton is #3 or 4 on the depth chart.

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michael – so when your team starts to suck again it want matter because you want give a hoot no more right. that is what i like about georgia fans we stick with our team through the good and the bad. i go to church with some gator fans and they wouldn’t even show up when alabama spanked that tail.

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Starring Kam Fong as Chin Ho get you head out of Coach Fake Juice Richts sphincter and get a grip with reality. Its obvious from your post that you are serious dope fiend/ drug addict and suffer from serious delusions. I am begging you, please for the sake of you and your family enter a drug rehab facility and get the treatment you need. Get help and get your life back.. You’ll be a much better person for it.

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Bama Stan, Not going to happen. UF will be in a rebuilding year next year and will lose about 3-4 games. If Murray comes along by then I don’t see them beating us next year. They will also have a QB with little experience and not much around him on offense. We will have an established OL with 3 years playing together teo RB’s and a slew of WR’s, and an All SEC Freshman TE to help Murray. They will be in total rebuilding mode on their defense with a DC that no one has heard of and was an assistant position coach in the NFL not even a position coach. He was the guy getting coffee for the position coach. Going to be a tough year for them next year and all those spoiled Gator fans will be doing a lot of crying.

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JB–If georgia signed tech’s class would that make you a teck fan?

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jitterbugdog,

Flordia alum here dude. And it’s 17 of the last 19 years! National Champions in 1996, 2006, and 2008 during that time. And you mutts??? Thought so. Shut your pie hole

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Mark- (even though I don’t think you read past the first page)

For the record, I think you and Schultz do a pretty good job. I laugh at all the calls of bias on any side. You guys are just saying what you feel and by and large I think you are fairly on point.

I do have to say that I lost almost all respect for Chip this past week. Just seemed like he was writing from antagonistic position. His word choices just didn’t seem professional at all. He wasn’t reporting, he was almost, well, gloating at the misfortunes.

I consider myself a pretty level headed Dawg. Yet, I cannot help but believe he enjoyed our misfortunes this week. I will choose to skip reading his material from here on out and I would suggest fellow Dawgs, who didn’t like what he wrote, do the same. If his blogs don’t get any hits, he’ll won’t be writing them for long. Don’t waste your time calling him names. It only helps his cause.

Just my $.02.

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Mark, a parting shot, huh?

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I feel like that articel was written by “Baghdad Bob”. To a state that has been buzzing for the last 8 weeks about “signing day” Bradley comes out with a well “it’s really all about coaching” article. Very nice Mark,may I add there are no American troops in Iraq. Listen up Dawg fans, the talent gap between the Gators and Dawgs got a whole lot bigger in 2010 and that ain’t “Baghdad Bob” writing it.

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1st and foremost, this particular signing class is solid from top to bottom. Getting mike thornton is a tremendous coup because he can play rush end or nose tackle in the new 3-4 with ctg. Lastly, losing darick rogers is really not big of a deal with green,king, wooten, charles, figgins and white all coming back. Plus if Marlon Brown is able to improve over his 1st season, it will really have positives to the offense. And as a dawg fan, karma can be cold because Marlon Brown did the same thing last spurning the hometown vols to come to athens. And in closing, don’t let uf’s class deter our hope for our program. Uga still has more guys on active rosters than florida does. Currently after texas and florida, georgia has as many espnu top150 players as california! So there is still hope when our home state is considered one of the top producers of elite talent.

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True Dawg Fans:

Not a good day for GATA’s…Trading down to sign lower level recruits because your hoped-for ones didn’t sign with you.

No matter what spin you try to put on things with a new DC, it just doesn’t fly. After all, you’re the ones that have had such great recruiting classes in the past 3 years. Now you have what? – a 15th or 20th-rated class based on the various rating services? I feel bad for the unrealistic expectations y’all are putting on Grantham.

The sad truth is that Coach Richt’s time has come and gone. The SEC is just too tough a conference for his cojones. As a Gator fan I’d like him to be your coach for a long time however, I don’t think that’s going to be the case. Tennessee with Dooley is our better rival than UGA, sorry to say.

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jitterbugdog –

Aside from living in the past, you make generalized, unverifiable claims that are pointless and irrelevant. You should change your name to: bigmouthdogwithnobite.

How many football NC has UGA ever won? One? Three decades ago?

Go SEC!

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We all can’t wait to be in Athens next year with the family all dressed up in Tennessee Orange. Oh how we have waited so long to be able to side with a real SEC Powerhouse! We are so proud of Derek and the great job he is doing on The Hill. Poor litte uga ain’t gonna know what hit it.

Wish that I was on ol’ Rocky Top…

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GaGator

You guys had more holes to fill. There is a limit on the amount of scholarships you can award. With all the stars fl signed I can see a few transferring later to get some playing time.

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Are these the same folks that had the 2009 Gators as the Best Team in the History of the NCAA too?

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How can you so called UGA fans take anymore????? Florida and Bama once again putting a beatdown on UGA. UGA nation has stooped to the level of delusional gamec0ck fans.

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You can’t win with top 10 recruiting classes, just how bad will a top 21 class be? Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha!!!!!!!!!!!! The dawg days are over!! You are now an official bottom feeder of the SEC.

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jitterbugdog, “urban meyer will probably resign again after signing day. scared of what might happen without zooks recruiting class”

Stupidity is apparently your hallmark! We probably just had the BEST recruiting class in Florida history! What a tool. You should change your handle to DumbDog.

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“And in closing, don’t let uf’s class deter our hope for our program.”

Ok kcg76dawg, if our #1 recruiting class & the ever widening talent gap doesn’t do it, how about loosing 17 of 20 to the GAYTA’s, does that do it?

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To my ‘fellow’ dawg fans…those that seem intent on throwing the coaches, the team and the program under the proverbial bus. Go to hell! We don’t need you…we don’t want you…go pound sand.

Bradley, I speculated on the Schultz post earlier – or at least asked the question – if the roles had been reversed would the two of you have taken the same tack? Would you be praising Tech’s class while asked ‘what’s wrong with Georgia’?

And for the guy that dogged Georgia for having beaten a way overrated Hawaii team a couple of years ago…a win that set us up for that #1 ranking. I challenge the hell out of any team that wins a National Championship to do so with the number of injuries to starting players at critical positions that Georgia had. Show me some of those ’stats’ and we’ll talk. And even with those injuries and big losses to Florida and Alabama – loses that with an even-handed called game at critical points, very well would have ended differently – and three points to Tech that was an aberration as proven by the ‘09 game and we still doubled up on a ranked Michigan State in the Citrus Bowl. And you take the forty or fifty million dollars that Stafford and Moreno decided they would go for and have those kids return for another year – then who knows what we’re talking about here. Point is stuff happens and speculating about all this is just that – speculation.

We’ll be waiting and watching you, Bradley, just to see if you’re capable of any kind of a sustained positive treatment of the University of Georgia’s athletic teams.

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The Dawg fans always suck.Whine & complaine

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I agree that the firings disrupted what would have been a top ten class. However, sometimes one has to take a step back to go forward. I think that Grantham will be a huge addition for player development. Iowa never has a top 20 recruiting class but seems to end up in the top10 or 15 every year. So, I think player develop is equally as important as recruitment. We all saw top ten classes with Martinez, but it was rarely reflected on the field. At this point, I am willing to sit back and give it a year and see what Grantham can do.

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stan

February 3rd, 2010
4:58 pm

Seems like you guys are the ones who are whining and complaining. And plus you’re on a UGA BLOG if you are not a FAN, GET OFF.

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tulevol while I agree that Richts time has come and gone and believe he needs to move on you toothless inbred hillbillies don’t have any room to talk. I can take abuse from Florida and Bama fans because even though I don’t like it, its the truth but your program has been worse the UGAs over the last decade so screw off.

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good post dirty dog

gagator i wish you the best mr. fla alum. i hope you can still be proud this time next year. as for dumb dog i will think about it. but the last fla alum i knew that was on my porch the only way i could get him off of it was to pay him for the pizza.. (hated to do that but you had to start getting nasty to me when i wasn’t to you. that is the way you gator fans are.)

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Mr Me -

Yes, I noticed you had indicated player ratings vary, and yes I was talking about team. But the player ratings vary for all teams, not just UGA. In order to smooth out the variability you noted, take a larger viewpoint…the team.

I sympathize with your concern about numbers versus “quality”, etc. On the other hand, I’d suggest that in any given year the number of available scholarships vary, but that doesn’t diminish the quality or quantity of players on other teams! More good players is better than less. As you point out, a 2-star may end up being better than a 5-star. But we don’t know that yet. In order to compare today, some measure has to be used, but if you prefer to howl in joy one year, then complain the next, I’d say you can’t have it both ways.

To use “average” stars, benefits those with only few “quality” players, eg USC, but ignores that there are 22 positions (plus kickers) to field for a game. It also minimizes the value of those 2 or 3-star players who may be better than the pontificator’s grading.

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To ALL GATOR FANS on this page:
Turn down the Michael Bolton, put down the latte, telll your high-school aged girlfriend to leave teh room while you get a dose of the truth…
Urban is rock solid, the program is class A, and the recent record is as godd as it gets, and you fans can take NONE of the credit. As the Dawg fans put on our classy red and black with the beautiful G, and #1 mascot in college sports, you Obama supporters have to put on some maggot-gut color of orange and head off to a stadium called the swamp – so named because of its smell and the leach-like vermin in the stands. I would rather have my kids go to the University of Saudi Arabia than Florida because they might come home with a more acceptable, well-educated, boyfriend. Take all the Tennessee fans in Appalachia and let them in-breed for a hundred years and you get a stadium full of gator fans. In the anals of college football you gaotr fans are right there on the first page – because anal and gator fan is redundant so…

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Get a grip , this is from the same loser who applauded tech’s class . This class is mainley defensive and very impressive it’s a small class but good one. Another headline say’s ” dooley saves top class at ut” Why is our’s tepid???? Do you just dislike the Dawgs or what?

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From ESPNU:

The top 10 has remained fairly steady throughout the day (with the exception of Georgia’s freefall)

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Laugh and point fingers all you want to “Gay”tor fans. Your team is going to take a huge hit this year and Meyer will be crying again on TV blaming everone but himself……. Bama fans have a lot to look forward to but your team is beatable. Tennessee showed everyone that…luck plays a big part in an unbeaten season and you won’t admit it but Tenn. should have won your game this past year…… I like Georgias position right now. Everyones taking a potshots at them…no ones taking them seriously…the Dawgs have got you right where they want you. When they beat the sh_t out of Florida this year and take Tennesse to the woodshed in Athens they’ll have the last laugh and it will be fun to watch all you idiots start making excuses. I’m looking forward to playing Bama in the SECC….I’m already wearing my alligator belt and shoes and drinking my moonshine….I feel good carma coming my way!

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Curious how everyone quotes rivals that dropped UGA the most but doesn’t mention that we are still in top ten by ESPN and that quality wise (average stars per commit) is top ten in all the major services, just not the numbers of other schools.

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GATruth.. very funny and sad at the same time. Go Gators! now get back to work before you they find someone to replace you as a “sandwich artist” dawg fan.

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and for the guy who said 8-5 seasons, we have had 6 top ten finishes in 9 years under Richt. Top ten talent generally finishing in the top ten.

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dawggone1204

February 3rd, 2010
3:48 pm

16 returning starters, boat loads of playmakers on the O, big time recruits on the D, boykin will become an all american, aj green will be top 5 in the heisman race, and aaron murray is the next favre!! DOGS WIN THE EAST HANDS DOWN!!!
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WOW, what are you smoking??? There is NO WAY UGA wins east…..you do know Florida is still in the east, right?

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How about an article on how much money UGA ’s poor coaching cost everybody else. LSU $250,000, Alabama $350,000, Virg Tech $250,000. At least is cost UGA a bundle as well. It is amazing that negative results had to cost all the other schools.

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Jellybeandawg

You’re right, us hillbillies ain’t got much room to talk, but it shore is fun to kick you dawgs every now and then. Then you all get lucky and bite back, maybe “next year”. Dennis, great idea!!

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When you start hearing phrases like “down year in the state of Georgia,” or “this kid is a real diamond in the rough,” or “we don’t put much stock in ratings or recruiting services,” then you know your team is on the down hill side of the curve. This is the kind of crap us Auburn fans heard out of Tuberville and Little Bowden and it proved disastrous in both instances. Thankfully that now appears over for us. If you do start hearing it out of Richt then you might as well resolve yourself to mediocrity and a slow slide down until the University administration grows the pair to do what needs doing. From what I see that is the general trend of things over there now. Good luck with that. War Eagle.

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Dr Dave is right. “next year”

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toga, you’re delusional. I can actually see Georgia at 10-2 next season (UF and one other loss), or MAYBE 9-3, but that’s about as low as it goes. The defense will be better (how could it be worse?), the offense will be better (and certainly less turnover-prone), and the schedule is easier. This past year’s Georgia squad could have easily been 10-2 had the officials not had a meltdown against LSU and had the Dawgs not turned the ball over four times in the second half against Kentucky. And next year’s team will be better-coached and more experienced. I think we’ll win 10, at least–and Tech loses to the Dawgs again.

Oh, and Kirby Smart can forget it. He might as well never even visit Athens again. In fact, there’s a petition out there to revoke his diploma…

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Alta whoever dawg

It does not matter who the coach is, UT still owns GA

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We got 1 of the Top 10 players in State? Only signed 7 out of the state’s Top 30 players? Tenn got 2 of our Top 5 and they’ve only had a coach for 3 weeks. What is wrong??? I’m sorry, but we’ve been subpar on the field and now we’re subpar in recruiting. We’ve become….AVERAGE

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UT owns player related gun incidents and Leonard Little’s unforgiveable crime

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tulevol= appropriate name = tool vol. BTW Georgia’s record the ;last three years was 11-2, 10-3 and 8-5. That’s not too shabby. Grantham will fix the defense and the Dawgs will be tough next year. Speaking of tools — it’s amazing how so many nerds like to come here and pretend to be Georgia fans. Bulldog envy I guess. And though we did lose to UT this year with the run of mediocrity Tennessee has had I wouldn’t run my mouth too much either. As much as I can’t stand them Florida has at least earned the right to talk smack.

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Come on KingGator and TuleVol, you’ve got to have better comebacks than that. The fact is I work in market analysis. We are trying to figure out how to take advantage of the huge popularity of Michael Jackson and George Michael in Ganesville and the need to simplify deodarant instructions in Knoxville. You do know how your programs were built right> UF on 107 recruiting violations by Charlie Pell/Galen Hall and UT on Johnny Majors’ gift of a lifetime supply of Red-Man to every high-school coach in the Southeast who coerced a kid to sign with the Vols.

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I am happy with our signing class, and I wish all our new Bulldawgs the best. The only way you can accurately rate this class is (1) how many get into school. (2) How many stay healthy, (3) How many are coached up. and (4) How many stay in school. As a long time grad and season ticket holder, I think we’ve got a fine class of young men with good character. Go Dawgs!

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It can’t be so bad of a class if ESPN has it ranked at #9. Mark whose ranking are you looking at?

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HAHA Nobody wants to play for georgia…….NOBODY!

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Love the Redman comment. LMAO at that one. 11-2 and 10-3 ain’t good enough without the SEC championship, no matter how you spin it. Well thanks for all the fun smack talk today kids. Time to go drink a cold one : ).

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MadDawg you are right. Thanks for the common sense. All the spin and smack talk in the world doesn’t fix our issues. For too long we’ve though that we are better than we are. Hate to say it boys, but we aren’t. We need to go fix it and get better, and lay off the talk some.

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kerryb………you are stupid and torally incorrect. UF will kick UGA’s sorry ass, again this year, and the Gators will once again win the East….John Brantley is much better than your rookies, and maybe you need to check UF’s depth. Every year this time you sorry dogs start that talk that you’re actually a competitive team…by mid Oct you’ll have 2 maybe 3 losses and ofcourse every excuse in the book, but you’ll quiet down after Jax..you always do girls.

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UGA will go 11-1 during the regular season and play in a BCS Bowl! Solid defense and incredible offense will rule the day! Oh Yeah… Tech Sux

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When you have a mediocre recruiting class, your spin artists will say you “filled your needs” or you “went after quality not quantity” … blah blah blah. It’s the same old thing for the dawg fans and coaches—looks like more minor bowls are on the horizon with 4-5 loss seasons!!!

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We had an off year and lost a recruit we are likely better off without….tepid? I think not. First off Rivals has the class ranked at 16 not where you want to be but dig a bit man. We only signed 18 guys FL signed 28, LSU 29, TN 25. Call me crazy but I think that says we already have more in the hopper than all those guys and did not need a ton of true freshmen this year. PS Rivals is a points ranking i.e. more signees = more points.

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Well for 1 I think this years recruiting class was very good. The Dawgs loaded up on big linemen which was what they needed. 2nd I don’t think the loss of Rogers was so bad. I live in the north Ga. area and have seen him play several times over the past few years. Trust me he is good, very good. But when he has played against top teams and players hes has only been above average. The Bigger loss was last year when Ga. let the Bowman kid from Ridgeland get away to Ala. The Bowman kid could play circles around Rogers, trust me on this I have seen both.

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Minus the pouncey brothers and maybe joe haden…… no one else from this class will make a significant contribtuion on the next level. I give urban meyer ans staff for getting their to play in gainesville but when they move on, they become either the reidel anthony or the new reggie nelson. Where dannell ellerbee was even drafted and ended up 3rd on the ravens team with tackles. Despite your nc’s, you have to admit that our guys from uga have turned out to be better pros than theguys from uf. It is documented-look it up. If anything, hopefully this lights the fire under cmr to bring it week in and week out so that our programs can consisently be in the same breath.

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I’m just saying, if Meyers losses 2 games this year, and he isn’t in perfect health/spirits, there will be some raised eyebrows down there. Should have sold that cotton while the price was at an all-time high, and gone out and got all the best spices money can buy.

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Georgia will lose 5 games in 2010. mark it down girls.

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We got as good of a class as we need to. Who needs rogers? Anyone ever heard of A.J. Green or perhaps Marlon Brown? The defense was the struggle and we have got some smart hard hitting players there

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Hey Mark Richt 1 notch below… those are pretty strong words coming from a guy who went to Vasser. When you stop dressing in your mom’s clothes you can come back and join the man’s table. Until then, you need to stay in the kitchen at the Hen Party.

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The question is not does UGA have the talent to win the SEC East (the rest is a by-product of winning the division, and a BCS Title Game appearance is sheer luck most of the time…just ask LSU and Florida). The REAL question is can Richt get the most out of his talent next season which is a watershed year. Georgia is already 2-0 (S.W. Louisiana and Idaho State). So would a 7-3 record against the remaining ten teams be sufficient enough for him to keep his job? Maybe. Depends on how bad the losses are and to whom. Another 20-30 point blowout to Florida does not bode well. A loss to Tennessee will undoubtedly cost him his job although that is the most likely SEC win on the home schedule along with the Vandy game (talk about some anger there, he’ll have his team pretty well prepared for that one). A loss to Auburn is almost certain. Maybe even a Tech loss. So 10-2 may be the only chance he has to save his job, and anything less is going to have the boosters and season ticket holders up in arms (10-2 is really 8-2). Arkansas will be no easy task, even in Athens. Then there’s South Carolina in Columbia coached by Spurrier. There is a lot of work to do, and the off-season weight training had best be improved as well. UGA has an open door to the East title if the right things are done off-season. The roster is flat loaded (naysayers should take a look at the backgrounds of the players). Todd Grantham will have one helluva defense too.

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THE BIG DAWGS SURE AS HELL AIN’T TALKING TO LOUD AND PROUD TODAY. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

WAR DAMN EAGLE!

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Integrity in recruiting is dead and just plain boring to kids today. To recruit a top class a coach must rack up plenty of secondary recruiting violations (you only get a slap on the wrist for those), explain to recruits that God favors you and your program, offer a scholarship to the best friend of 5 star recruit (even if that best friend would not start at a D2 school), have young girls trained by former strippers of the Gold club train on how to persuade young men how to commit and provide plenty of bells and whistles. Until UGA learns to use the same recruiting techniques employed by rivals their program will continue to fail.

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With a R. freshman QB with ZERO experience there is NO way win in Columbia this year. The gamecocks are going to be stout this year and playing in Colombia is never easy, much less with a rookie QB.

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Coffee Bluff Dawg

“Almost” only counts in horse shoes dude. You ain’t got a qb returning that has faced an SEC defense successfully. Wtite this down. Georgia will lead the SEC in interceptions. I guarantee it!

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We all know the Gator program is stronger than UGA’s and now their is a huge difference between their class today and the guys Richt signed. It looks like the gap between the 2 programs is wider today than it was yesterday.

Also, Bama, Auburn, LSU and Tenn all had solid classes today. For a program to be preseason ranked #1 18 months ago and to have a class that is at best 6th among SEC schools, I would be concerned.

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Hey Georgia,

Better go ahead and book some rooms in Birmingham in December. You will be playing in the Papa John’s Bowl at BEST!

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Hey markey, did you and chippy get off when that Green kid signed with FSU, what a joke you clowns are. THe GREAT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA will be just fine even with you biased junk!

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heyseed,

with today’s class, we will beat you like a yard dawg next year just like Bama, LSU, Tennessee and Florida and Georgia Tech have done the past two

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Auburn fans talking smack because they finally landed a good class. When’s the last time you beat UGA anyway? And have fun explaining why there are so many brand new Escalades cruising around campus this fall with freshmen football players in them

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Georgia = New door mat of the South!

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outhouse war eagle,

auburn 0-4 vs richt the last 4 years and counting.

Your class you just signed won’t help you win a single game in 2010.

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DawginLex

February 3rd, 2010
6:22 pm
outhouse war eagle,

Your class you just signed won’t help you win a single game in 2010.

I will remind you that you said this next November. Mighty Big talk for a dawg that just got his head handed to him today. WAR DAMN OUTBACK BOWL EAGLE

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Dawgs keep you head up… dont forget that at the last minute we signed a 6′6″ stick man to block FG’s named Lonnie outlaw. He wasn’t even given a star so don’t even bother with that.

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Guys I hate to say it but auburn will be good this year considering cam newton will be the starting quarterback or no he may steal another laptop who knows! hahaha, best of luck to the auburn tigers God knows they need it. Now for the dawgs this season will not be another 8-5 season and whoever predicts that is just plain dumb! whenever you bring back your whole o-line and both running backs then your gonna win thats all there is to it.

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jellybeandawg

February 3rd, 2010
6:18 pm
I agree we are going to have some serious issues at QB. If you thought it couldn’t get worse then Joe Cox then think again. With a Redshirt QB with ZERO experience there is no way we will come out of Columbia with a win.

So you give USC a 100% chance of winning against UGA in September 2010? Care to wager on that? I’ll be generous and only make you consider SC a 10/1 favorite even though you say it’s a certainty.

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The ole’obnoxious one is 1-4 vs Richt at the chicken coop and I don’t expect that to improve next year.

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While glancing at the sport headlines on the AJC, UGA will be lucky to find enough players to field a team in 2010.

I hope that UGA is able to get by with that measly top 15 class.

If UGA was an excellent program, they would have a top 45 finish like Tech!

What is the motive?

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kcg76dawg, when you say that UGA has “more guys on active rosters” are you speaking of the NFL? If so that point could be taken two ways. First and probably unlikely, top recruits come to Athens and get the coaching they need to excel at the next level. That certainly didn’t happen under CWM’s watch and some might also say that about Bobo. The other and at least recently more likely is that top recruits come to Athens, regress, and then get coached back up to their potential in the NFL. Let’s hope that the new blood in the Georgia staff will change this for the better beginning right away.

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Super B – Mark Richt outperforms his salary buddy. He’s not the highest paid coach in the SEC and yet he’s the one consistently getting 10 wins every year. But thanks for ranting.

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Well, it’s the end or almost the end of another recruiting day and it looks like all those Bulldog and Vol fans that were insisting that Florida was on the way down were absolutely right…NOT!!!!!! Go Gators!

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UGA is no longer in the top 10 in ESPN poll. CMR is a joke …..Wake up blind homers!!!!!

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Damon Evans is another overpaid clown !!!

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Lord of the lizards – nice class, no argument the recruits are good. Look forward to good things from them in a few years, but next year you guys are not set-up nearly as well as normal. Also, we shall see what Urban’s health status is.

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Hey dogs: take comfort in your belief that recruiting doesn’t really matter. Look at Bama. Two consecutive Number 1 recruiting classes and this year’s national championship. No corelation at all.

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Outback War Eagle,

You had a good win against WV last year. What happened in Athens?

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The good thing about Derek Dooley is that garden gay and big mouth witch are his parents. Hopefully the apple didn’t fall far from the inbred tree.

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wearing black

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I was one of the ones down on Richt last year and calling for his head ,which was kinda stupid thing to do ,because now I think he has seen the light and more Hungry to make a good program at Georgia then ever,so in one way it was kinda good to call for his firing If it woke him up..You can only go up when you hit your lowest and I think last year he did,maybe all this has made Richt more determined to bring a real Championship to the State of Georgia and hopefully not just a couple.I’d lvoe about three in the next 10 yrs and a quite a few SEC titles

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I don’t know Circus Act. Bishop Urban Myer managed to use religion to his advantage. He text recruits during church service and get messages from GOD in his dream telling him to coach at FL Maybe richt isn’t worshiping properly. (((((LOL)))))

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Hey scoop,

I guess that is why Urban Meyer almost croaked when Murray didn’t commit to UF. He wanted him bad to run the spread because he is the ideal fit for it. Too bad he will be in Athens the next 4 years.

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Hey Dawg in lex… you still believe in the tooth fairy don’t you ???

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I have a solution to all of this! Let’s talk to Lane Kippin and get some insight into how we can break the rules to get that 5ft.9in, 10th grader from Beufort High early enrolled. He shut Da’Rick down in the state championship game. Case Closed!

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ugaaccountant…it’s true, we have some very key players to replace. But on further inspection, 1) We have a RS Junior QB who has three years in the system who was National Gatorade Player of the year in H.S.2) A veteran O Line returning (every player has started) with plenty of depth. 3) Two of our top receivers will be back after being injured all last year. 4) Four D Linemen who have been starters return plus an incredible DL recruiting class 5) Three out of four who have started in the secondary. Biggest concerns will be TE and CB opposite of Jenoris Jenkins. We will still be highly highly competitive!!!!

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Folks, wake up!
Many experts predict that we will finish another 8-4 or 7-5 season in 2010. With a new quarterback and new defense scheme, I agree with such prediction because UGA belongs to SEC. The real question is what about 2011? We just got 18 new players, and with such lack of depth (after some injuries: this happens every year) our football team is going down from here. Being optimistic can blind you!

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Hey Unknown, I know who you are! I saw you on getting your lunch money taken away on North Avenue today! Fly back to your hive, The Citadel had a better recruiting class than Tech!

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First !!!

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Congrats to all signees to the SEC schools. After being transferred to Texas and after attending various games at Texas and Texas A&M, the SEC games are far superior. Always go back to two Georgia games per year. I graduated from GA many years ago and will always support the DAWGS. Trust me folks, after watching the “Big Twelve,” the SEC is far superior. GO DAWGS. See you at the Tenn and Tech games.

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UGA Alumn,
You don’t know me. This is the first time I ever posted my comment here. Trust me…I love my Dawgs. I go to school here and been to many games. (Maybe more than you have.) I’m just being realistic. For the last 2 years, I cried over our Def. I cursed Martinez. We still have good players but when they get hurt, we will be in trouble. I just hate turning my TV off after the first half of the game.

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CHOKE! …..THE OFFICAL DRINK OF THE GEORGIA BULLDAWGS!

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Richt does not have enough of FSU mentality which is why they won all the went head to head battles for recruits.

BTW white suburban sluts need to mess with their own kind instead of looking for a black boy to use for sex.

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Well, if I ever want to feel good about myself I’ll just start reading the comments on these blogs because I don’t think it’s possible to encounter a larger number of morons, in-breds and complete friggin’ idiots as there are here. I’m pretty confident CMR knows what he’s doing and I have faith in him. Just because you’ve been in Sanford Stadium or played high school ball doesn’t mean you know a thing. Go back to your pitiful life, you pack of losers.

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Dear Coach Richt,
Top recruiting classes and mediocre coaching hasn’t worked very well for us lately. Could better coaching and mediocre recuiting possibly work better? We shall see… although I am not so sure the coaching will ever improve.

Also please continue practicing your soulja boy dance moves, your trick shots on the bball court,& back flips and swan dives off the 10 meter platform. All of these things are much more important then actually trying coach the team.

Love,
Jellybeandawg

PS: I can’t wait until the team trip to the pool!!! See you there

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All he had to do was say….I’m going where my home boy is going. Even Kiffin blew off giving the token scholly. Hope Mr. Nance has a good job up there. Bad thing was that he led Richt down down the path where we couldnt go after Christian Green and Markeith and others until its was too late.If only Mark had told him that he had a dream about him scoring in the NC game has he was dying on the sideline ( ala Oscar Meyer ).

We’ve done it before..taking Cox to get MoMass ( like it or not). We thought he was an AJ Green, but that is an insult. Yes, he’s only 17-18, but he was well versed in getting his butt kissed.

Here’s to meeting Mr. Rambo across the middle….unless Derek does the Dooley thing and “redshirts” him. Now, that would be hilarious!

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Frank I don’t get paid 3 mil. per year to deliver a consistently under performing product known as UGA football. Unfortunately for us Richt does.

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jAlot of people are 2 and 7 or worse against Florida. Am I happy about it? No. but let’s see how long Urban Meyer stays at Florida or Saban stays at Alabama. Richt had a tough year this year but I hope he is there for along time. You stay at a place for a period of time and you will have a down year. Was Bob Stoops a worse coach this year, was Pete Carroll a worse coach this year. You don’t have to win NC’s to be successful. Give me a coach that will stay with the program rather than one that will win with talent and then hit the road.

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Sugarcoat it any way you want, it was a bad day for UGA.

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Frank I think Myer will stay at Florida until he dies, which given his recent heart problems may be sooner then later although I hope he stays healthy. I also doubt Saban leaves anytime soon either. He took his shot in the NFL and it didn’t work out so I highly doubt he will ever want to go back. At Bama he makes as much as an NFL coach anyway so if he does leave it will be to retire completely and not for another college program.

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I hope they both stay and you will see if they are there 9 or 10 years they will have a bad year.

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Bozo is just an extension of Mark Richt. He runs Richts offense as Richt directs him to. Richt will never admit Bobo is the problem because then he will have to admit his own failure, although when the time comes I have no doubt Richt will use Bobo as a fall guy to buy himself a few more years.

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Circus Act, I have one question for you…… why are you so stupid?

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We have to be waiting on Travis Jones for our third AC. nothing else makes sense/

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Mark, looks like there’s a new FREAK on Rocky Top! Go Vols, man. Go Vols!! How ’bout some Rocky Top?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RamatoyEdwg

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I just hope Da’Rick (Day Richt) knows how to play the banjo. Go VOLS!

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Frank hahahah… Have another drink ya drunk

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jellybeandawg – I see how you got your name, you softy.

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Camden Mark – I agree with that we have to bring discipline back. But it amazes me that people talk about firing Coach Richt. I guess that is a sign of our spoiled society.

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Why don*t you hillbilly U fans get off this UGA site and go blog on the hillbilly U web site……. Just saying……

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In hindsight of these past few days and weeks, Dawg fans will appreciate the results of this years class. Underlying fact…these boys wanted to be bulldogs, and i’ll take that any day of the week for any high profile unproven player coming into the college level. Got a gut feeling these kids will show what it means being a true Bulldawg. Its going to be what our team has lacked in a long time…fire…passion…and TEAM!! In the end, we got exactly what our program needed!!

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to the blogger that posed the question “if Georgia signed TEch’s class, they would plow up the field at Sanford Stadium and put a for lease sign on it” i beg to differ.. they would put in a dance floor with a nice TEa room in each endzone for all the ew baton twirlers in Coach Johnson Class.. and Al would teach them how to GroH nads and prepare them to beat William And Mary both!!!!!

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i cant wait till Da’Rick gets his bones rattled by Ogletree!! see you between the hedges sell out

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The state of Georgia had 30 players that were rated 4-star or better by rivals. Georgia is probably the 4th most fertile recruiting state in the nation obviously behind Florida, California, and Texas. If Georgia could keep all the talent in state and snag a few stars out of state, they could probably win the national title every year.

When you are only getting 6 out of those 30 4 stars in state, thats a major problem in recruiting. Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, Clemson, Alabama, LSU, Florida St. among others are killing Georgia in state.

Darick Rogers was the big fish that got away. What about Mack Brown? Storm Johnson? Rajon Neal? The state’s best running backs getting away.

Markeith Ambles, Juwan James, Jeffrey Whitaker, Micheal Taylor, the list goes on and on. Clemson came in and got some good cornerbacks from the metro area. Tech did pretty well getting some good talent that flew under the radar in state.

This is a reason to be concerned Georgia fans. The balance of power is shifting, the run of top 10 recruiting classes is over. If you cant keep your prime in state talent at home how can you ever expect to compete with the Florida’s and Alabama’s of the world.

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EAZY E. Good point. Clemson pulls big time players out of Atlanta every year.

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Hows the UGA bowling team doing ?

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No matter how bad this bunch of recruits is, UGA is just darn lucky to not have to end up with DaRick. It would have been better to be on 4 years NCAA probation than to have that happen. Even the infamous death sentence would be better. Every dawg needs to be on his knees for weeks being grateful about that. Man are we relieved. What a stroke of luck. Its like winning the lottery and better than any BCS bowl. It may be better than to lose that guy than it was to get Hershel.

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