I’m going into hibernation, but first I wanted to say thanks
Another New Year's resolution, sure to be broken.
I have a problem. (Many problems, but let’s stick to one.) I’m terrible at taking time off. I never use my entire vacation allotment, and the past two years I’ve hit December having taken exactly one week off in the calendar year.
So I wind up trying to play catch-up ball. Or catch-up rest. I took a week off earlier this month, and I’m sitting out until Jan. 3, 2011. (Which means I’ll miss the Chick-fil-A Bowl, which I’m sure is fine with the folks who run the thing. They hate me.) But I wanted to take this final opportunity to say thanks.
This dumb little blog keeps growing: From 1.976 million page views in 2008 to to 6.8 million last year to 8.954 million so far in 2010. Every time I think we’ve topped out, y’all prove me wrong. And for that I’m hugely grateful to one and all, even the 8.953 million of you who’ve called me an idiot.
Because I pretty much am an idiot. But my New Year’s resolution is to be a rested idiot, so I won’t be posting again until Monday. I’m going into hibernation for a few days. But I plan to return, sillier than ever, and I hope you’ll look me up in Twenty Eleven.
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Fish Bisch
December 29th, 2010
11:43 am
First!
Mark Bradley
December 29th, 2010
11:46 am
Last first of the year. Kudos.
Joey
December 29th, 2010
11:51 am
Get your batteries recharged, Mark.
See you next year!
Jason
December 29th, 2010
11:52 am
Well, Mark, you ARE wrong a lot, but what makes you worth reading is your humility and honesty. Enjoy a well deserved break.
Michael in Dunwoody
December 29th, 2010
11:52 am
Mark, I pray you have one more bad prediction in you (about the Falcons going 12-4). Enjoy your time off.
Worm
December 29th, 2010
11:52 am
enjoy your time off..
Erik
December 29th, 2010
11:53 am
Happy New Year, Mark. 2011 will be sillier for sure!!!
Paul "The Genius" Johnson
December 29th, 2010
11:55 am
Rest up Mark and thanks again for ignoring the egg I laid in Shreveport and in posting a losing season. Oh well, at least you still recognize that no other coach can match wits with yours truly. I am the smartest guy in the room, as you have said before. As you and I know, what is truly important is making good copy and churning out smarmy quotes in the pressers, winning is optional.
Thanks again for all of your support and Happy New Year!
-CPJ aka “The Genius”
nola bradley fan
December 29th, 2010
11:59 am
the thanks is all ours Mark. Great copy, great opinions and tons of laughs in 2010. Looking forward to a great 2011… that might even include a live bradley blog from Big D? Nevermind, lets not put the MB jinx on it yet…
kaminari
December 29th, 2010
12:00 pm
Go Mark! 9th! Kyu- 9 in Japanese- dos to me.
P.S. Fire Mike Mularkey lol
42-34 Dawgs STILL Run This State
December 29th, 2010
12:00 pm
Thanks Mark – enjoyed most of your columns – except for you continuing to call for the firing of CMR while neglecting to criticize Paul Johnson.
Ted M
December 29th, 2010
12:03 pm
Enjoy
the teacher
December 29th, 2010
12:03 pm
Mark,
I enjoy your blogs as they usually make me think. I am relieved that with you off until the 3rd of January, all of the moronic, immature, and idiot bloggers from both UGA and Tech will have one less blog to spew their hateful messages on. Do these people understand how bad their silly blogs reflect on their Universities? Probably not, though some may and continue to post just to feel important. I will msii your comments until January 3rd, but not theirs. Enjoy your time off.
todd grantham
December 29th, 2010
12:04 pm
Happy New Year Mark.
Reid Adair
December 29th, 2010
12:05 pm
Enjoy your well-deserved time off, Mark. Happy New Year.
Covers Dixie like the Dew
December 29th, 2010
12:08 pm
Happy New Year Mark.
Go Falcons !
chem
December 29th, 2010
12:12 pm
Your self-deprecation won’t save you from ridicule in 2011.
Buckeye
December 29th, 2010
12:21 pm
Come back in Scarlett and Gray and get ready for 2020.
Bing
December 29th, 2010
12:28 pm
Mark-
You wrote the best UGA article this year.
It was something to the effect of “If Aaron Murray’s better than expected, why is Georgia 5-6?” or something like that.
It made me realize I had been measuring the wrong stuff with Murray:
Pass efficiency
Td/Int
Then I dug into his numbers, and realized the kid really was playing all year like redshirt freshman, he was accurate against unranked teams, pretty inaccurate against ranked teams, in pressure situations like 3rd down, 4th quarter & red zone, etc.
Made me realize why everybody pre-season had Georgia doing bad because of inperienced Murray.
They were all right, I was wrong.
Your article, the best of the year, made me get to that.
Murray was ranked in accuracy 75th or worse in:
1) red zone
2) 3rd downs
3) 1st quarter
4) 4th quarter
5) 3rd and 10 yards+
6) against ranked teams
You have a way of getting to the heart of the issue.
So thanks.
Bing
December 29th, 2010
12:31 pm
Here’s the best UGA article of the year.
http://blogs.ajc.com/mark-bradley-blog/2010/11/17/head-scratcher-aaron-murray-has-been-great-yet-uga-is-5-6/
mark bradley lover
December 29th, 2010
12:33 pm
i love you bradster (my nickname for u) seriously i love u man
kevin
December 29th, 2010
12:38 pm
bring back the mustache in 2011!!!!! lol
Being a writer is a vacation!
December 29th, 2010
12:39 pm
Because I pretty much am an idiot. Don’t sell yourself short, Mark. There is nothing “pretty” about it. You are indeed an idiot.
Enjoy the time off. Look forward to reading your nonsense next year!
Dawgdad (The Original)
December 29th, 2010
12:43 pm
I guess working in Sports is like living in the Toy Store, always exciting. It must be nice to have a job, you don’t want to leave, every chance you get, I never was so lucky. I never had a problem using my vacation time.
Enjoy your blogs and insights, and take heart, none of us posters are right as much as we let on either. But do me one last favor and predict a 3-9 season for the Dawgs this next year with a victory for Georgia Tech in old fashioned Hate game.
Heath
December 29th, 2010
12:44 pm
Happy vacation, you Jackwagon!
Darth Hater
December 29th, 2010
12:50 pm
Happy New Year, Mark!
Thanks for not getting (or giving) Herpes like Mike Vick.
Thanks for not bashing the Thrashers like Jeff Schultz.
Thanks for being so much smarter and articulate than the average “Vick Supporter.”
Thanks for being less liberal than most of the rest of the AJC Staff.
Thanks for an entertaining 2010.
Beeeeg Boy
December 29th, 2010
12:58 pm
You gonna be in Athens for the Kentucky game?
Chuck
December 29th, 2010
1:00 pm
Mark, the only thing you will miss about the Chick-Fil-A Bowl is the free Chick-Fil-A sandwich they give out to the reporters. The final score is a done deal—FSU wins easily. For some reason unknown, Spurrier can’t get his teams up to play in bowl games—check the results of the last few of them. Jimbo (coach-in-waiting) Fisher won’t have to be looking across the field at a Frank Beamer coached team this time, and get to claim a moral victory in a last-second score (after calling 3 timeouts) to bring his team to within 2 touchdowns.
74 Dawg
December 29th, 2010
1:03 pm
Well, rest up Mark, and Happy New Year in advance. You’ve got 3 days to work on that New years Day / Bowl day Extravaganza hangover.
Lets Go Bravos
December 29th, 2010
1:03 pm
As usual, MB is the biggest hypcrite in Atlanta sports. All we heard for a year and 1/2 was how smart the genius at GT was. Let assume CMR was 0-3 in bowls, loses 7 games in his third year and was 1-2 against GT. Would he have managed to keep the genius tag given to CPJ? You and JS have conveniently given GT football a pass this week but I guess you will do a vacation blog on the UGA program if they loses Friday.
New Sheriff In Town aka Smartest Guy In The Room
December 29th, 2010
1:08 pm
Paul Johnson’s offense: 8 ppg in bowl games.
Dean
December 29th, 2010
1:12 pm
A true vacationer means someone who will ditch any work-related PDA. (No checking the company e-mail either from the home computer.)
I’ve got 50 bucks says you can’t do it–>and I will only have your Word that you did nothing, not anything to do with work while on vacation.
Quitting smoking is a breeze compared to being out of touch for more than 12 hours!
Good luck.
Andy
December 29th, 2010
1:29 pm
Don’t worry Mark, we hate rawdawg more than we hate you.
Bill in VA
December 29th, 2010
1:40 pm
A good new year to you, Mark, from the Shenandoah Valley of VA!
VOLinATL
December 29th, 2010
1:43 pm
Have a good break!!!
Paul H
December 29th, 2010
1:47 pm
I wish the Falcons were playing at the Superdome in the playoffs so they can do the same thing to the Saints logo. Oh wait nevermind, the Falcons have way more class than that.
mountain_jim
December 29th, 2010
1:51 pm
Enjoy the time away Mark. We will all still be around when you return. Voraciously clicking for ever more novelty and time-wastability.
Jasper
December 29th, 2010
1:59 pm
I always enjoy reading your work, Mark. I hope you have a good break from work and you come back ready to give us more opinion and insight.
Chris
December 29th, 2010
2:14 pm
I love you too man! Seriously, there are blog postscripts to most every journalist from the AJC to Yahoo to ESPN but the reason yours has grown exponentially is you genuinely enjoy the give and take with all of us fanatic yahoos and it comes across. You can tell 99% of the other journalists have accepted it as a requirement of modern technology and comes with the job but they don’t embrace this portion of the job like you do.
I’ve looked forward to reading your column first since I was a kid. You have quite a gift for writing and rational thinking. I still get such a kick and wonder what must go through your mind when you have the audacity to pick against someone’s favorite team and they let you have it for your obvious repeated bias….best wishes for the new year.
Ed Zachary
December 29th, 2010
2:17 pm
Ed Zachary
WTF
December 29th, 2010
2:30 pm
Do us a favor and don’t come back.
Until you relaize you are not as smart as Cam Newton, or as quick as Vick…or even as literate as one of the above (pick one – you’re in 3rd place either way).
Being wrong is part of the process as they actually pay you to make predictions – sometimes. Even Jean Dixon got a few wrong. It isn’t that you are wrong so much.
What irks most of us is your holier-than-thou side-taking and demonizing athletes without any facts to back up your repugnant and usually incorrect typo-filled printed opinions. If the hubris label could be applied to one with so little real talent, it might fit. As it is, it’s just pathetic…or on a good day, laughable.
As I’ve advised before, walk down the hall and have a long talk with Furman Bisher before it’s too late. For either of you.
Too late to save you’re integrity. Too late to get to a true MAN OF WORDS before he succombs.
Selah
coachx
December 29th, 2010
2:33 pm
Happy New Years Mark and I hope you enjoy the time off.
BTW, I vouge to not call you an idot for the rest of the year.
Supes
December 29th, 2010
2:36 pm
Happy New Year Mark,
good thing is you don’t take this too seriously…it’s what makes people come back to the blog.
why
December 29th, 2010
2:46 pm
see ya idiot.
lol
gdawginkalamazoo
December 29th, 2010
2:49 pm
……. 8.954 million so far in 2010….. Holy crap that is a lot of crap! No wonder “productivity” is at an all time low in the US. I will probably be even less productive next year. But between now and Jan.3 look out!
Oh well everybody have a Happy and Safe New Year!
UGA89
December 29th, 2010
2:51 pm
U(6-6)GA
mediocrity at it’s finest.
bruce mac
December 29th, 2010
2:52 pm
At least you were right about guarantying the Braves would win the East. Please next year, keep your baseball jinxing predictions to yourself. Otherwise, keep it coming.
UGASlobberknocker
December 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
Yeah, but your OUR idiot and we like you.
Rich T
December 29th, 2010
3:24 pm
Enjoy the well deserved break, Mark. See you next year.
Mark
December 29th, 2010
3:29 pm
The only reason the Jackets got a free pass this week was because the entire city was tuned into the Falcons Monday night instead of Tech. But seriously Mark – please spend some of your off time analyzing why Tech cannot pass a lick from the Option, but AF, Navy and Army all have pretty effective passing games in their options????? Why can’t the Genius pull it off too?
Happy New Year Mark – you and Tim Tucker still make the AJC worth reading everyday.
jarvis
December 29th, 2010
3:31 pm
I didn’t even know you were a real person. Enjoy the time off.
juice sourcer
December 29th, 2010
3:34 pm
Your blog is growing because you create interesting topics to discuss…except to much Georgia and Georgia Tech…there are 1000’s of people who live in ATL that did not go to those schools but still enjoy following your blog. I hope the AJC is giving you a huge bonus for all these readers and advertising dollars you are bringing in….
juice sourcer
December 29th, 2010
3:38 pm
Boy WTF sure has issues…need a good shrink to go see…I know a few and can help you out. Did your dog die today or did you find out your wife was having an affair?
Lowcountry Bulldawg
December 29th, 2010
3:44 pm
Have a great New Year Mark!
Chris R
December 29th, 2010
3:56 pm
Mark, taking off from now until Monday is not much of a break. Good Lord, take a real break of about three weeks and then you really will feel rested. But I don’t think you’re an idiot at all (I do enjoy your self-deprecation though). I think your funny, entertaining and a pretty damn good sports writer. Keep up the good work and I look forward to reading you in twenty eleven.
TheAntiMe
December 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
OK
reebok
December 29th, 2010
4:21 pm
enjoy your time off!!!
The Dogkiller Returns
December 29th, 2010
4:22 pm
Before you go, tell us the 8 reasons why the Falcons won’t lose to Carolina.
Billyboy
December 29th, 2010
4:26 pm
Have a good break. Maybe you could take a break until February 30th.
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al
December 29th, 2010
4:35 pm
Mark, you, Schultzy and Barnhart make checking the ajc.com daily worthwhile. Thanks for sharing your insight, excellent writing skills and sense of humor. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Sonny Clusters
December 29th, 2010
4:44 pm
We was thinking you might need some time off. Hope you enjoy it! We’ll be here to wish you a happy new year when you get back.
Mark Bradley`s Booster
December 29th, 2010
4:56 pm
Mark: I promise to continue to be your Booster in 2011.
At first, I thought about making this promise conditional
with a couple of caveats. Now I have decided taht it is almost unconditional except:
I cannot agree or support your opinions about the
coaching capabilites of CMR or CPJ. The reason is that you
go from praising to severe criticism one game to the next.
I do not believe that a coach can be great in a game he wins or terrible when he loses the next game. He is ultimately responsible for all decisions win or lose and his ability to make good or bad ones does not change from one game to the next one.
Note I said his “ability” does not change. He makes good and bad calls in all games. If your opinion is that they
are great or good coaches this is fine. If you think they should be replaced say so and let it be.
Meanwhile have a good rest and Happy Hew year.
Dawg Whisperer
December 29th, 2010
5:11 pm
Mark, there is no such thing as right and wrong if you’re a blogger, you just have an opinion. Since you are the head blogger, your opinion is disected, ridiculed, abused and amused by all partakers of your blog column. So rest up for another go around and consider yourself blessed. In a world of niches, you’re carved out for yourself a nice comfortable one. Just don’t rest on your laurels, there’s always a new gun in town looking to claim your niche.
Are you kidding
December 29th, 2010
5:46 pm
Shreveport may even continue to give next year- who knows.
Snowflake the Pit Bull
December 29th, 2010
5:47 pm
EXECUTE MIKE VICK AND HIS HERPES, TOO !!!!!
Joey
December 29th, 2010
5:50 pm
Bing = Dufus
dawg4u
December 29th, 2010
5:56 pm
Mark, enjoy some down time and Happy New Year. I have enjoyed your columns and analysis on sports this year. Please pick Carolina to upset the Falcons Sunday. Then pick the Falcons to lose their first playoff game and we’ll be in good shape. Looking forward to 2011!!
Randle McMurphy
December 29th, 2010
6:01 pm
WTF,
I’m sorry I couldn’t rescue you before the folks at the “hospital” in Milledgeville gave you the lobotomy . . .
RAMBLE ON!!!
December 29th, 2010
6:33 pm
Happy New Year Mark….use up all that vacation!
I learned the hard way about working my azz off for an ungrateful boss.
bwell
December 29th, 2010
6:51 pm
God bless and Happy New Year, get some rest Mark well deserved!
Willy
December 29th, 2010
6:56 pm
Mark,
Do us all a favor and find Thomas Pynchon. Given your journalism skills, I’m confident you can track him down.
Have a great break!
Bangkapi Ajarn
December 29th, 2010
6:57 pm
Mark;
As one that enjoys the blog, but avoids the sniping that sometimes accompanies posting, please allow me to jump in here and wish you and yours a happy holiday season, and a safe New Year.
Looking forward to your educated guesses as to what will happen when a bunch of testosterone fueled teens (and early 20’s and so on) away from home for the first time meet in a high stakes athletic event!
And, as for the SENIOR pro circuit, also looking forward to your educated guesses on the local sports franchises (and the Atlanta Spirit holdings, whatever category they may fall into).
All the best to you and yours.
Magnolia, Tx Dawg
December 29th, 2010
6:59 pm
Happy New Year, Mark.
Bangkapi Ajarn
December 29th, 2010
7:01 pm
And, Mark–
One minor ill-informed hypothesis from another imperfect soul – Next year, try posing next to a white board that says “I will try to be left in 2011″. Maybe it will reverse your luck!
Naked Truth
December 29th, 2010
7:01 pm
Mark Bradley = Great sports writer
Mark Richt = Sleazebag phoney saint and a sorry excuse for a coach
crabapplejoe
December 29th, 2010
7:35 pm
Have a great vacation and Happy New Year…..I don’t know how you put up with us in 2010….
KimZ'spackage
December 29th, 2010
8:14 pm
Remember when Hibernating to eat plenty of Hair and Dirt to make a good solid Bowel Plug. Don’t want any accidents while you sleep! HAHAHHAH.
Wake-up to a better new day and a year closer to Obama out of the White House.
NERDS!!! 42-34!!! 73-72!!! 14-7!!!
December 29th, 2010
8:20 pm
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nicole
December 29th, 2010
8:28 pm
have an STD? date others at site STDRomance. you may be upset and confused and think your sex life is over. However, once you settle down and learn the facts, you’ll realize that having STD is not the end of the world, and it’s not the end of your social life.
BnB
December 29th, 2010
8:29 pm
Spending your week off in the Loveliest Village on the Plains, no doubt!
Tarmar
December 29th, 2010
8:33 pm
Enter your comments here
Tarmar
December 29th, 2010
8:36 pm
Sure, you missed a few, Mark. Just like my stock broker. Your’s didn’t cost me anything, tho. So I’ll keep coming back to you. Him? History.
Dawg A
December 29th, 2010
8:39 pm
Mark I rarely agree with you but still blog with you! I can’t stand JS and his narrow minded views! So please have fun but hurry back!
Big Dawg Bite
December 29th, 2010
8:50 pm
Mark, thank you for going into hibernation. My prayer has been answered. Please do not come back out until the Spring. Upon your return, please provide an outline of how you would motivate 18 to 22 year old men to perform on Saturdays in the Fall.
Hurt Kurbstreit
December 29th, 2010
8:57 pm
Hey Mark, I didn’t get nearly this much love when I went on vacation. Maybe you should take vacation more often. You’re getting a lot more positive comments than you usually do.
DAWG DRUNK
December 29th, 2010
9:09 pm
Enter your comments here
DAWG DRUNK
December 29th, 2010
9:10 pm
Enough with the ass kissers I hope your going to join Terrence Moore!
Dr. Warren
December 29th, 2010
9:22 pm
I’m finally in town from China for the holidays, and then MB decides to hibernate. Guess I need to go to the Falcons-Panthers game and write my own d**n column, or at least write it in my head. Thanks for the good stuff this year, nonetheless.
Dirty Jacket
December 29th, 2010
9:26 pm
As a Tech alumnus and die hard fan, I find it very satisfying that the Georgia fans, whom have for SO LONG claimed Tech is insignificant to them, on here bashing Tech and bragging. That makes us relevant again. That was step 1 of the post-David Braine era in GT athletics. Why does Tech need to pass more? That makes no sense. We did not lose to AF because of a bad passing game, we didn’t lose to UGA because of a poor passing game, we didn’t lose to VT because of a bad passing game. One common reason for all those losses: turnovers. Another reason Tech had a horrible year, horrendous special teams. I fully expect CPJ to fix both those problems. The future on the flats is mighty bright. A very, very nice recruit class coming in, another year under Groh, and a great schedule next year.
THWG
1eyedJack
December 29th, 2010
10:04 pm
A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself an idiot.
WOW
December 29th, 2010
10:26 pm
Rivals, Columbus Ledger and the Tuscaloosa Tribune just reported Crowell to Alabama
Gen Neyland
December 29th, 2010
10:30 pm
Shoot, MB. I’ve been off for nearly 21 months. You know, one can almost get use to it with practice…read you next year.
Crowell to Bama
December 29th, 2010
10:33 pm
read it and weep mutts
Cobb Dawg
December 29th, 2010
11:14 pm
For the first time in many, many years, I won’t watch the NC game. It’s tainted. And if the NCAA doesn’t do the right thing, I might not watch college football anymore. But Go Falcons!
BobbyDawg
December 29th, 2010
11:15 pm
I just watched a great NCAA basketball game: Vanderbilt 77 Marquette 76. What a show!
“Happy New Year” Mark. I’m looking forward to your articles in 2011.
dawgfan
December 29th, 2010
11:39 pm
I’m willing to trade CPJ for CMR anyday. CMR does a lot less with a lot more; CPJ is the exact opposite. Some dawgfans just don’t get it.
dawgma
December 30th, 2010
7:24 am
Only an idiot doesn’t take all his vacation.
Peace.
landover
December 30th, 2010
8:01 am
The late great Lewis Grizzard who we all still miss once said in one of his articles, “…..sorry Mark but you are that good”.
Dumbo
December 30th, 2010
8:18 am
MB….go down to South Florida, sit in the sun, eat some good seafood and don’t even think about anything except making your better half smile at you!
DawginLex
December 30th, 2010
8:40 am
You’re Ok in my book Mark
And just to make you feel at home:
FREE ENES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy New Year
fire Paul Hewitt
December 30th, 2010
9:15 am
Mark please take Paul with you…..only don’t let him come back.
Bill
December 30th, 2010
9:17 am
Enjoy your time off with the girls…Thanks for all the info in 2010 and looking for more next year. God’s blessing…..
Enjoy time off and Happy New Year
December 30th, 2010
9:38 am
Enoy your time away.
Me? I will enjoy knowing that GT and CPJ are well aware that the bloom if off the rose and that is record lately is 7-9 over two years and two bowls. This proves that GT is a downtrending program and the KING of the Triple Option just got shown how you do it, by mighty AF.
bwwwwwwwwwwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA
PS FOX news caster Harris Faulkner two nights ago mentioned in her 6PM FOX broadcast that the AF mascot falcon got lost for awhile but that “it did not stop AF from BEATING GT”, she said. AAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
December 30th, 2010
9:45 am
thanks for everything MB- looking forward to 2011….can’t wait to leave 2010, horrible year for me.
Katherine
December 30th, 2010
9:58 am
Thanks Mark….I really enjoy your work. Have a very happy new year! Here is to a better 2011 for everyone
Two Dat
December 30th, 2010
10:04 am
Enjoy the time off – do us all a favor when you return; instead of writting just your blog disguise your self as Srgt Schultz and write his also……
vafalconfan
December 30th, 2010
10:10 am
Thanks Mark, enjoy your downtime. You write a great column!
ToccoaBird
December 30th, 2010
10:58 am
Maybe Mark will take this time to hunt a job in Lexington Kentucky.
PreyDawg
December 30th, 2010
11:19 am
Bradley,
We dont always agree but you are one of the good guys. And your a helluva writer. Have a good break.
Skeezix
December 30th, 2010
11:52 am
Mark: Good for you! From all the way up here in North Carolina, I hope you get some rest and enjoy time with friends and family. We hyperactive/workaholic Americans need to learn to relax more often. I always look forward to your column and I think the ajc has the best sports page in the south.
JSS
December 30th, 2010
11:55 am
gdawginkalamazoo
December 29th, 2010
2:49 pm
“No wonder “productivity” is at an all time low in the US.”
No wonder he’s a UGA college football fan…
http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2010/10/03/increases-in-u-s-worker-productivity-more-than-chinas-currency-responsible-for-loss-of-u-s-jobs/
Stick to defending the indefensible: UGA football…
Happy New Year Mark Bradley!
BAMA STAN
December 30th, 2010
12:02 pm
Crowell to Bama. Great choice my man. You will not be dissapointed like all the Dawg committments the past 5 years!
KBP
December 30th, 2010
12:12 pm
Happy New Year, Mark!
captguitarman
December 30th, 2010
12:14 pm
Overall, a pretty good sports column/blog. I am not surprised that you draw a lot of interest. I certainly enjoy reading your column. The only really big goof this year, in my book, was your opinion that Auburn should sit Cam Newton down during the investigation. I was amazed that you, and many sports writers, could not see the mischief that would ensue if a player had no knowledge and was not in on the “deal” being brokered by Dad, Mom, Brother, Sister, Uncle, etc. with less than credible loose talk to the wrong type of people . . . . despite your plausible (but unjust) interpretation of SEC rules. The rules need to be changed. The kid has to have knowledge – it’s that simple. One guy came up with the “wink-nod” doctrine, which says, in effect, if a kid’s parent, uncle, brother, etc. is doing something, the kid is presumed by the rules to know about it – no credible evidence the the kid knew anything being necessary. Wow. What a great rule that would be. One school could wreak havoc on an opponent by sending out a squad of loose talkerst to contact the right relatives of the best players — and then claim there was talk aboult a deal — and the investigation would begin — and the player would sit, regardless. Luckily, the SEC came out with the right decision after the investigation since there was no evidence that Cam had knowledge. If they do find credible evidence that he was in on it, then he and Auburn will, and should, burn for it. Looking forward to reading your column/blog next year.
Yellow Fuzz
December 30th, 2010
12:22 pm
“Ticket sales lag………..Georgia has sold slightly less than 5,000 tickets for the Liberty Bowl, about half of the school’s 10,000-seat allotment. Another 1,000 or so will be used for players, staff and guests. The SEC covers the cost of up to 3,000 unsold tickets from a member school’s bowl allotment, leaving Georgia on the hook for about 1,000 unneeded tickets at $50 apiece.
“It just kind of is what it is,” UGA athletic director Greg McGarity said. “Yeah, you wish you could sell more.” He thinks sales were hurt by the late date on which Georgia became bowl-eligible. The Bulldogs weren’t assured of a bowl until a Nov. 27 victory over Georgia Tech evened their record at 6-6. Clinching bowl eligibility so late delayed promoting ticket sales, McGarity noted”.
Talk about 4 tickets, 4 hot dawgs and 4 cokes!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
Jimmy Crack
December 30th, 2010
12:29 pm
Mark…You’re an idiot! lol
Actually for anybody to stay relevant and keep his job in the same town for so long is quite an accomplishment, congratulations. You have been a fixture in this town for decades, like the Big Chicken or White Water’s empty parking lot. Have a good sleep because we will all be here when you wake up, like little Freddy Kruegers. Happy New Year!
Yellow Fuzz
December 30th, 2010
12:30 pm
Happy New Year Mark! Tough job you have. Love your work.
athdog
December 30th, 2010
2:00 pm
Enjoy the time off, MB. For a UK guy, you’re all right.
athdog
December 30th, 2010
2:04 pm
p.s…I really like the new A.D. Pres Adams could not have made a better choice, IMO.
However, the reality is, ticket sales lag because the team had a lousy season, and the staff has us on a run from the Sugar Bowl in the second year to the Liberty Bowl in the tenth. That should be the other way around. I think they can turn it around, but the fans have come to expect more than Memphis (no offense to Memphisto’s) in December. Which is, btw, an improvement over Shreveport. (no offense Yellow Fuzz, and how’d the vaunted CPJ offense look against a service academy? I thought so.)
Happy New Year y’all
gcs
December 30th, 2010
2:37 pm
Let’s hope by the time you get back:
* Dan Uggla has signed an extension.
* The SEC has won six bowl games.
* The Thrashers and Hawks are still in the playoff hunt.
* Jeff Schultz has stopped obsessing over Tucker Carlson.
* College basketball gets interesting.
* The Falcons have Dome field advantage.
.
gadawgs
December 30th, 2010
3:57 pm
Enjoy your time off Mark. Look forward to 2011.
DuluthDawg
December 30th, 2010
4:47 pm
“Enjoy time off and Happy New Year” and “Yellow Fuzz”,
You are two very miserable human beings. Try to find a life outside of hating a team. Here’s a novel idea: why don’t you try posting something positive for the school you DO support and become a FAN instead of a HATER/FLAMER on these blogs?
You two are losers on this blog and probably in life in general. For the others on the blogs, HAPPY NEW YEAR! Make it a great but safe night everyone!
Enjoy your time off Mark, you deserve it.
masivatack
December 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
This may be my favorite blog post of yours this year!
Sid
December 30th, 2010
9:03 pm
Be the ball dude……………………….Happy 2011……………..!!!!!
Miche Lobe
December 30th, 2010
9:09 pm
Can’t you write your stupid columns from the beach?
Real Dawg Fan
December 30th, 2010
10:52 pm
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Real Dawg Fan
December 30th, 2010
10:53 pm
Missed you in Memphis!!!!!!! Wanted to meet you.
Go Dawgs!!!!
Tim
December 31st, 2010
6:34 am
Go Falcons.
bitter larry munson
December 31st, 2010
8:44 am
crazy season yaaaw, make sure your daddy only makes contact with rouge boooosters, as per new NCAA rules. dawgs 44-central valdosta 6
bitter uga 7
December 31st, 2010
8:46 am
sorry mutt fans, bad sushi nite, got the squirts and belive me you dont wont to smell my GAS!!!!!!, see ya next year(farrrrrrrrrttttt) sorrry
DoninAcworth
December 31st, 2010
9:09 am
Like everyone else Mark — you deserve a rest. My oh my how many words have you written, errased and posted? So, don’t do your thing and let’s start fresh in the new year with visions of a Super Bowl, a Pennant AND a World Series plus even the Hawks and Thrashers “movin on up!”
Russ, the Reinstated Temporary Mascot
December 31st, 2010
9:15 am
Well, I was doing pretty good down here in Savannah, roaming around Seiler’s yard and licking my b__s now and then. And yesterday comes the call that I’m being brought back. Seems this kid they put in as Russ has come down with a case of the runs. So here comes the white paint can again and I’m headed to the Liberty Bowl. Hey, it’s cold over there and I don’t need no ice cushion. After they use me like a 2-buck w___re,
I’ll be back to Savannah and trying to figure out how to get the paint off.
Anyway, most of us will miss Bradley. He ain’t bad. He gets about 90% of the words spelled right and he’s a good deal smarter than most of the bloggers on here. Happy New Year everybody.
Dawg H8R
December 31st, 2010
11:25 am
Go Gamecocks!
JInx Master
December 31st, 2010
11:57 am
Hibernation! You’ve been in that stage all year, maybe so GA or ATL teams will win now LOL
Joe Bob Thibodaux
December 31st, 2010
5:12 pm
Mark, you are an idiot. You forgot to mention the week you wrote so glowingly of the marvels of Shreveport. If that wasn’t taking a week off then you must be sunbathing at the busy port of Northwest Louisiana for your holiday.
Happy New Year!
JBT
GraceLand
December 31st, 2010
5:35 pm
Thank you very much.
SeeU_Later
December 31st, 2010
6:22 pm
Perhaps someone who has a clue can take over the blog while you are gone Mark.
KimZ'spackage
January 1st, 2011
12:55 am
Mark Kentucky v Louisville couldn’t compare to uga(RUSS) v UCF. Man I hope it was a great New Years, but you missed STOMPING on RICHT a little more.
Dog kicker
January 1st, 2011
8:13 am
Mark Bradley you are a IDIOT !!!
Jim-Doggg lives here
January 1st, 2011
8:37 am
last night was tough, Mark … we have to do something … I am glad YOU are doing something – resting … thanks for being one of my favorite idiots … see ya in a few days … Happy 2011!
Furman Bitcher
January 1st, 2011
9:40 am
Dude. You have a GREAT blog. I cant wait for you to wrong on a daily basis during Braves season. Love ya.
DawgInLex
January 1st, 2011
9:41 am
All I know is that Yellow Fuzz was right before any of the rest of us. I for one, stand corrected. 45-42 WAS IN FACT, the begining of our down fall.
greenjacket
January 1st, 2011
10:56 am
quit picking on poor old Mark Richt. Like all these nice georgia fans say, you should be more critical of paul johnson. they love their mark richt and don’t like you criticizing him. i heard they may name the stadium after him.
oh well….misery loves company. we all have a lot to look forward to in 2011. Go Falcons!
catlady
January 1st, 2011
11:01 am
Hope you have a good rest and a happy New Year, Mark! BTW, do you think the sorry state of Georgia (the state) sports have something to do with your big jump in “hits”?
Falcon Fan
January 1st, 2011
11:47 am
Hope you’ve had a restful break, Mark! Happy New Year, and I look forward to reading your column in 2011.
Yellow Fuzz
January 1st, 2011
8:00 pm
SOOOOOOOOO glad I’m not a dog fan. Almost feel sorry for the following AH’s who have not only been forced to swallow more than their pride but also seem to have taken their little sacks and disappeared. Hahahahaha.
1eyejacked
DawgInLace
WTF?!?!
How2Fish
SugarHillDawg
Dublin Dawg
Altahama Dawg
jb
Supes
ryan
BOOGIE MAN FROM HARTWELL
coach smith
kral
Red Dawg77
The Dawg Nation
EX GEORGIA FAN
Hershal talker
Dawg82
Cecil34
January 1st, 2011
8:15 pm
Lots of folks don’t like reality; they prefer to live in la la land.
Especially when it comes to sports.
Look forward to more frank analysis in 2011, Mark.
DAWG 777
January 1st, 2011
10:08 pm
FIRE MARK RICHT NOW !!!!!!
whachagotloren
January 2nd, 2011
8:41 am
Mark, tell me that I was asleep as well in hibernation and I woke up to find that the Georgia-UCF game was just a dream, kinda like the wizard of oz, accept Richt was the heartless lion that didn’t go for the touchdown in the first quarter, and the NCAA was the Oz behind that danged curtain, and Janet whatsherface was the wicked witch, oh tell me, please tell me, there is no place like home, oh toto, it was all a dream, oh please, please! There is no place like New Orleans, There is no place like New Orleans, There is no place like New orleans – are we there yet – there is no place like New Orleans and an SEC championship, its all a dream, right UGA fans, all a dream!
Dan Dawg
January 2nd, 2011
9:49 am
I have a question for all Dawg fans. Do you find Scott Howard to be a terrible play by play announcer? I understand it is hard to follow a legend, but this guy has no clue as to how to announce a football game. Before telling the listeners the number of yards gained or lost, he first must tell you who made the blocks for the offense, who filled the hole for the defense, who made or missed the tackle. Finally, after about thirty seconds, he will tell the audience how much yardage was gained or lost. He gets mixed up on the downs. He calls first downs when, in reality, the Dawgs were 2 or 3 yards short. And, after a screw up like that, he does not even correct his mistake. I cannot listen to the guy. He is pathetic.
GT
January 2nd, 2011
10:21 am
Mark you may need that rest. 2011 will be a very trying time for reporters. You can’t mail it in like in years passed. Look at the predictions of 2010. See where Mississippi State or Auburn or South Carolina fit into it. Look how very long it took the press to pick up on the cream, not wanting to let go of the old tried and true SEC powers. Throw in emerging South Florida and UCF, a TCU that very well may be one of the top two schools in the country after beating a powerhouse Big 10 that was kind of like Georgia more hat than cattle. FSU is starting to stir a little in the ACC as I think you will see Va.Tech doing the same. The Big Ten and the Big East are weaker conferences than the ACC and will continue to recover as North Carolina showed some life after AJ Green times 8 type probations. Remember that team gave a LSU team all they could handle in the first game of the season.
Nope if I were the AJC I would make a point of getting Richt fired. Good football in Athens sells papers. You and your cronies have pulled the wool over our eyes too many times about Georgia. It won’t work next year. You may actually have to go to Athens and report on what you see instead of what you are told by its athletic department. When the number one running back in the state stinks you should be the first ones to tell us not pretending to be when you are the last. When the school has an athletic director that is a lush, you should be the first to notice it and equate the failure of the program to the character in charge. You should have notice a Cam Newton long before the middle of the season, in fact it would have been nice to have noticed him before he had gone to Auburn. The joke of someone wanting to pay this guy 200,000 dollars to play football and the AJC not even having him on their radar when he is from College Park tells me hibernation may be your natural state. Throw in the lack of respect for Spurrier who really runs a program like Georgia should and you can see very much like Georgia, Mark you have you work cut out for you next year. I am pulling for you to improve. Happy New Year.
Yellow Fuzz
January 2nd, 2011
10:33 am
Sure would like to hear from some of my AH friends right about now. The dog nation NEEDS to hear some positive news even if it’s not true. Heard your headed to another top 5 recruiting class and a final 4 in bball.
OneEyeJacked
DawgInLace
WTF?!?!
How2Fish
SugarHillDawg
Dublin Dawg
70 TONS OF TRASH
Altahama Dawg
jb
Supes
ryan
BOOGIE MAN FROM HARTWELL
septic tank
coach smith
kral
Red Dawg77
The Dawg Nation
EX GEORGIA FAN
4 tickets 4 hot dogs 4 cokes
Hershal talker
Dawg82
Sanford drive
buLLdawg
IBleedR&B
BugSquasher
Hahahahahahah
hahahahahahaha
hahahahahhaha
hahahahahahha
Big Dawg
January 2nd, 2011
6:44 pm
Hope you had a good vacation Mark! You’re the best! Ready to see your take on a lot of things, especially the Georgia situation. Here’s a little something to get you started:
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/559537-dog-gone-why-mark-richt-needs-his-walking-papers-at-georgia
Welcome back!!
Paul Lentz
January 2nd, 2011
7:39 pm
I’m only one behind, tied for 6th place, in Jeff Schultz’s college football contest. All of you who hate on me……can KMA!
Adopted Techfan
January 2nd, 2011
8:47 pm
Happy New Year, Mark! Anxiious to read your opinion on Tech’s loss at home to Charlotte as a twelve point favorite. Makes me sad.
ww
January 2nd, 2011
10:41 pm
Rest up Mark. Just don’t forget us here in Internet world.
mobebetter
January 2nd, 2011
11:58 pm
Mark, I just saw you on Sports Zone and you looked like a Zoombie, maybe you should take off all of 2011 as well…you will not be missed in my book!
Bulldog Coach
January 3rd, 2011
10:03 am
Does anyone really think CMR is going to somehow turn this ship in a year.
The next Bulldog Coach is a current Bulldog Coach – just with different colors and a change from Starkville to Athens. Mark it down.
That is, if McGarity knows who he is – wait … Mullen was the Florida’s OC for the most productive Florida teams … I think McGarity knows who he is.
High energy, excited alumni, program on the rise – could be UGA in two years.
JASon
January 3rd, 2011
11:24 am
Mark, don’t sweat the criticism, that’s what people do on the internet. You deserve some credit for not becoming discouraged by it and continuing to have these blogs. Nobody is right all the time. (Especially not you, ha ha). Have a good vacation.
MrTemecula
January 3rd, 2011
8:18 pm
I’m a fan from Los Angeles. I enjoy your columns and let me tell all Atlantans (?), you are lucky to have good local writers. I’m stuck with Plaschke and Simmers of the LA Times. Angelenos have been getting either naked appeal to emotionalism or unoriginal sarcasm. We used to have Murray and Ostler. Writers whose whit was as sharp as a razor. Now, just a desert of original thought.
Prof
January 5th, 2011
1:02 pm
Why couldn’t you stay in hibernation?
We don’t want you here anyway.