An early line on the SEC in 2011, and UGA is … well, not No. 1

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Fifth!

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Better than coming in second to rawdawg.

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2102? Did I miss something?

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I agree. Just hope UGA surprises some people.

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uf, ua, au, ut, lsu, uga-all top ten in fan base, talent, $…which one has not played in the nc championship game the last 10 years(or so)?

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Florida has way too much talent to be 7. This is coming from a Georgia fan.

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Paul H I think it is a double-edged sword much like Va Tech found out. You win, they are over-rated and you were supposed to and if you lose….well you lost to someone who plays on blue carpet

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Fran Tarkenton hates Interim Coach Richt?

FRAN ???

What the * H * kind of name is “Fran” for a grown man who played pro football ?!?!?

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Zach Mettenberger, who has NEVER taken a college snap, is going to beat out Jordan Jefferson, the MVP of the Cotton Bowl who appears to have finally figured it out?????

Good Lord.

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MB what do you think would happen if we were to get Jenkins to plug our anemic D-line?

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I think UGA is ranked too high myself. They had returning talent this past season and the past several seasons and look where they ended up. Also, I have heard that line of crap for so long about the next coming of Herschel Walker until I’m sick of hearing it. I guess thats what Auburn will be looking for the next 30 years, the next coming of Cam Newton. UGA has major problems and its not returning talent as far as players but the returning non-talent in other areas but I guess thats beating a dead horse.

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Mark, swap UGA and UT, and you might be on to something. The Vols should win at least as many as the pups this season. As far as “Fran” goes, it is about as good a grown man’s name as “Marion”.

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nemov, trying to be nice-must hurt that much more…..top 20, then…….

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Sandman

Coming from a Auburn subscribe site, Jenkins took AU off list- down to UGA, Fla and and another school i forgot. But the writer said he is almost certain afetr talking with Jenkins, he will definitely be a Dawg. Good luck next year, you’ve got a winner at QB

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Interim Coach Richt!

Get off my lawn!

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Thanks atltiger…that IS good news. I think he is the key to our season next year..more than Crowell Rome Swann or anyone. Don’t get me wrong, I think it is important to recruit and recruit well, but this 3-4 ain’t gonna work with what we got. They say he is like Mt. Cody but more athletic (doesn’t that sound dangerous?)

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@ MB yeah they didn’t take that neither sleet nor hail nor dark of night part very seriously huh?

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I think his size, skills, and work ethic with Grantham’s demeanor will make an interesting match.

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The way the Georgia line blocks, and the way plays are called, a running back is NOT going to hugely impact the Georgia program at this time. Sure a Herschel type back could do this, but GA fans need to get over this delusion. That was a once in a lifetime thing. VD was lucky to be the coach at the time.

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plus Samuels and Jones at ILB will make it difficult to run between the tackles. And it should free up the DE’s more than we did this previous season.

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Everything for UGA depends on the first two games. If they can break even, or survive with their confidence intact, the Dawgs might have a decent season. It’s really too early and too difficult to predict before those games are played.

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Why hasn’t Newton declared for the draft yet?

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I like Tennessee to step it way up, probably second in the East. They have some promising OL and the Bray kid has a rocket. All the skill folks are back, and the felon at safety will be the best defensive player in the SEC next year, Janzen Jackson.

UGA is probably about a 6-6 team again. Should kick both the lazy RB’s off the team, but Richt is scared he will not have anybody left to run the ball. Offensive line is lazy. The entire program is just lazy, no work ethic, no dedication. Doubt that changes.

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Thats right around the corner.

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Mark -

GET SOMETHING ELSE TO WRITE ABOUT THAN THE CONSTANT GEORGIA AND MARK RICHT BASHING. Write about something, anything other than your hatred of Mark Richt. It is everyday and it is getting old….real old…real played…..You will owe Mark Richt an apology when we win the SEC East next year. Worst sports writer not just at the AJC, but in the entire southeast.

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Ole Miss came very close to beating LSU this year. The excessive celebration flag killed their win.
Tennessee actually beat LSU but couldn’t count the number of players on the field on the last play of the game and LSU got a second chance to win.
With the exception of Vanderbuilt and Kentucky, every team in the SEC has a chance to play for the BCS title next year, even UGA

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lol Ted if you let Hamilton take a stab at it they’d be fine..we all know “hitman” can’t hit anything

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Bradley nemesis, its a little early in the day to be hitting the liquor bottle unless you never stopped last night.

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Another transfer from an SEC school-Mettenberger leads LSU to the National title..I see a trend here.

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i think Tennessee is probably going to be better than Georgia next season. Georgia’s only a couple of bad losses from totally imploding…i think Richt has lost the team.

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Mark Bradley, you are such a negative individual against the SEC. Who saw Auburn turning out to be the NC this year? They started off ranked in the 20’s. I am a state of Georgia fan, with an ever increasing lean to UGA.
I am not an Auburn fan, but, they came out of nowhere. It is un-common for the SEC to be down as much as it was this year, yet, the SEC claims its 5th NC in a row. Do I think it will continue? I have no idea. We do not know how FL, AL,or LSU is going to turn out to be next year. Whoever has the best defense in the SEC is going to be the one to watch for. Offenses come from everywhere and in all kinds of forms, but when a good SEC offense gets a hold of someone, the offense knows the SEC has gotten a hold of them. Just ask Oregon.
For some odd reason, I think LSU has the potential to be pretty good next year. All anyone did was gripe all year long about how bad they were, yet they had a pretty good year and then beat an equally ranked team 41-24. This kid from GA, going to LSU is going to be highly motivated to clean up his screw-up, and a good offensive year will do that.
Is UGA going to be in contention for the NC? It would have to be an act of God for that to happen, which is not out of the question, but not likely.
Also, if I am not mistaken, your last article of the year of 2010 was an apology for all of your predictions being so wrong for the entire year. How in the world someone can be so wrong so often and excel at what they do, I have no idea. Yet here we are, having this discussion about your opinions that are so wrong so often.
Go Dawgs!

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Bradley, Delta is ready when you are! I’m sorry but your ability to direct your fingers to the correct keys on a keyboard has so much to be desired. If AJC finds value with you………Good for them! You are somewhat entertaining (I suppose that is a good choice of words for your journalism). I don’t know ……..I really don’t………fair weather folks if I have ever seen them connected to UGA………and to bring Tarkington to the table for comment……well, I guess that just says it all. Here’s a quarter. You know the rest of the story…….

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MB:

The guy asked for your best and your most likely scenario. You gave best and worst. What do you think is most likely? I, of course, think it’s 5th in the East, since we have such a clown as coach. What say you?

FIRE MARK RICHT

HT

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That should be “when a good SEC defense gets a hold of someone”. Sorry.

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Hey Bradley nemesis, since CMR is going to start studying the way SEC football is played now instead of years ago and trying to re-learn that lost art of winning football games why dont you go down there and help him out. I’m sure with all that stored-up football knowledge you have in that pea sized brain of yours you can have CMR and UGA in the NC game next year.

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There is other talent on the team we had that talent in 2010 someone just needed to tell CMR. Sadly he focuses on one player one player only this year being AJ and forgets the rest of the team and does not really utilize them. I will say it over and over CMR punted 4 games gave them up waiting for AJ. He appeared to have no clue what to do or how to change the game plan and did not seem to want to. So why are we expected to not give up on him? I feel for the upcoming team even if you have talent your home may be the sidelines.

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The Georgia fans who are still whining about Newton and Fairley should look at Chip Kelly’s remark about Dyer’s run. I am not sure where Auburn will be next year, but I am pretty sure that Chizik and Auburn will finish ahead of Richt and UGA.

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Go Gamecocks! Beat Jaw-Jaw and give them what they want- a new coach! If 0-2 hits for UGA next year, that will be when critical mass is met. Me, I hope he stays, just like I was for keeping Donnan and Goff! That’s the honest truth from a rival fan who lives in ga and watches/listens to almost every UGA game. UGA is now below SC, I never thought it would happen! Yea!

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Forrest Gump, that was a good one.

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And same question to you, Christopher.

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The truth hurts and Bradley is right…everyone but Richt sees this.

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Gomdawg, if it was just the talent this past season, they shoulda, coulda, woulda been 10-2 to 9-3…

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Two questions:

1- How many classes did Fairley and Newton take last wemester and hours earned?

2- Are one and dones the future of college football

Appears to me after the recent success of Jr College transfers, the five stars should go JUCO and wait until their third year and go where they are needed most for National Championship run then of to NFL, Newton and Fairley make a mockery of “student athlete”

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The former Fulmer Cup winner for whom the “award” arises is ranked one behind Bark Madley’s thUGA pick. Although the thugs on both teams hold them back, this ranking is probably reversed due to home cooking.

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I truly think the Bulldogs will suprise people, at least i hope…. @MB do you know when Malcom Mitchell will make his college announcement?!?!

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@ Real Talk

He’ll be announcing for Alabama on January 20th

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@BAMA you may be right, i think that bama leads for him. I just hope that Jay Rome can convince him to come to uga

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I love me some Les Miles!!!! He’s the reason why most top recruits list LSU in their top 5 year in and year out. Oh and the fact that we’ve won 2 BCS Titles!!!!!

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The first two games will be huge for the newly studied and refreshed HC at Georgia. If they do things different and surprise those folks in the first two games, they could win them and make something happen Things Different. 1. Block, give the RB’s a chance 2. Throw away dated offensive game plan that our wife’s can call before they happen.3. Put in 15 plays from the spread formation and let this kid from Wilcox county be involved in them all. 4. Plug the damn middle of that defense.6. A little luck.

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Personally, I think UGA’s going to be fine-Even if Ealey and King take backseat to Crowell (considering he commits to the Dawgs) and Ken Malcome (a very physical runner between the tackles-redshirt frosh next year too), the running game will be fine. As well, not having AJ Green on the team now will actually help the Dawgs I believe because now Bobo and Richt will have to find ways to utilize ALL their weapons rather than just #8 (look at the facts: UGA last year, 1-4 without AJ, 5-2 with him..that tells me Richt and Bobo relied to heavily on him to produce rater than ALL the great recruits they’ve had over the past couple years). Receivers will be fine without AJ there also. Wooten, King and Brown have all shown flashes of what we thought they were coming out of high school but have been overshadowed and underused because of #8. Orson Charles should be utilized more as not only a 3rd down and medium receiver but also the “hybrid” slot receiver Richt and Bobo have tried to use him as. AND, if we get Jay Rome as another tight end who can play from the start, we’ll be set at that position. The O-line will be fine (most all are returning except two). Murray will also be even better next season now that he knows what he’s up against in the SEC (AND I believe we’ll beat Florida..you know that’s the one game Murray is looking forward to the most and we have an off week before the UF game next year).

The defense will get better in it’s second year in the 3-4. The players know the system now better and know what’s expected of them. Our secondary will consist of Branden Smith (gets better every year at corner), Alec Ogletree (came on strong in his freshman year), Damian Swann (highly recruited CB who wants to help turn the UGA program around)/Brandon Boykin (if he decides to come back)..the only question is the other safety (Commings is gone).

The linebackers will be bolstered by Jones and Samuel playing and if Justin Houston returns (which I think he should/will-his stock can only go up more from here) we will be dominate against the run. The D Line desperately needs a Nose Tackle but we’re still in the running for the big JUCO target Jenkins and if we get him, we will be set..I predict Dawgs will go a surprising 10-2 with losses occurring either against South Carolina (a home game for the Dawgs), Boise State (basically a home game), or Auburn (another home game-and one you KNOW the Dawgs want to win after what happened this past year). The Dawgs schedule is actually very favorable to make a surprising run when you look at all components. They don’t play Bama or LSU either and all their big game are at home or neutral (UF, Boise basically a home game).

And I agree with LSU being first. IF an SEC team goes to the NC next year, it will be Bama or LSU (LSU really loses no one this season except Patrick Peterson). SEC Championship will be Bama/LSU vs. South Carolina/UGA I predict. UF and AU will both be down (UF for a new coach, AU because if they lose Cam and Fairley they will be anemic on both sides of the ball).

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just saying……………..I hate it, but you are right. We have no ‘game” in Athens right now, so all we can do is pick at the successful programs and tell you stories about ‘when” in Athens. Hopefully, we’ll be back.

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Boise State 70, UGA 13.

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Mark,

Look at the SEC Schedule grid and you will see that LSU is going to have road games that will provide some very possible loss opportunites throughout the 2011 season, they have Oregon, Miss. St, Alabama, Tennessee, and Ole Miss on the road and Arkansas and Florida at home
. Alabama has 2 road games that will pose problems at Florida, and Miss. St.
South Carolina has UGA, Miss.St, UT, and Arkansas on the road for possible losses.
Arkansas is at Alabama early on the road, Ole Miss in the middle and at LSU late, by far the easiest road SEC schedule.
Miss. St has Auburn early, UGA in the middle, Kentucky and Arkansas late on the road, and Alabama at home.
Florida has Kentucky, Alabama, LSU, Auburn in 4 weeks with 3 of those on the road.
Auburn has Miss. St at home real early, on the road at Clemson, at South Carolina, at Arkansas, Florida at home, LSU on the road, at Georgia, and Alabama at home, they lose too many players and their playmaker Newton.
Georgia has Boise St, which will set the tone early, win means big year confidence wise, close loss means they still believe, a bad loss and the ship sailed in Memphis, they get USC at home another pivotal game, at Ole Miss and Houston Nutt is desperate to win to save his job too, a fast rising Miss. St team at home, at Tennessee and the home of a DOOLEY, at Vandy never a real easy game for UGA on the road with big games coming up, Florida in Jacksonville( need we say more?) Auburn at home(payback?) and Kentucky at home, then Tech in Atlanta.
Tennesseee has no one early, (Cincy) the on the road to Florida, then UGA, LSU, Alabama, South Carolilna with the only road game in Tuscaloosa, then later at Arkansas and at Kentucky.

These road games are killers in the middle of the season, and with that being said, you can flip flop or keep LSU and Alabama at 1 and 2, Miss. St is the riser, Arkansas can jump up past USC, Florida will fall in line behind USC, Georgia can either be a much improved team and be the surprise of 2011 or fall flat and never get up, Tenneseee has too many tough tough games but a good deal at home and they can come in either behind UGA or in front of the Dawgs, then the rest of the pack is Auburn who will need to find a new identity, Ole Miss, Kentucky, and Vandy…

Depth is everything in this league and replacing a good player with a good player will keep you in the game and race, lose a great player and most of the time the wheels fall off.

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Georgia currently has 40 players in the NFL
Alabama has 26
Auburn has 29
Just sayin’

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shankit,

do you think those numbers are turning and turning pretty fast the last couple of years in favor of Alabama, Auburn and Florida ?

I think so.

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What momma would name her son Fran? Sue?

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Just heard a rumor we just lost another player.

Anybody know?

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Schools with 30 or more players in the NFL

LSU 45
Miami 45
Texas 43
Ohio St 41
USC 41
Georgia 40
Notre Dame 38
Tennessee 38
Florida 36
Cal 33
Michigan 33
Oklahoma 32
FSU 31
North Carolina 31
Iowa 30
Nebraska 30

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Auburn will win 9 games AT MOST in ‘11.

LSU is overrated.

One of two things will happen with the Will Muschamp/Charlie Weis experiment at Florida: It will be a huge success or a huge embarassing failure. There will be no in between.

Georgia will go 6-6 again and Mark Richt will be fired the day after he beats Tech…again.

Alabama will win the SEC but with 2 losses won’t make the BCS title game.

South Carolina will be exposed as the one hit wonder poser that anyone with a brain knows it is.

Thanks.

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dawgfan,

Where would those 9 wins come from? If so.

I see only 7 at most and that may be generous…their road schedule, player losses, playmakers lost, and now with the target placed squarely on their backs it is just harder to win after an SEC title or National Title.

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No matter how you look at it, South Carolina loses games it should win on a consistent basis, year in and year out. Until that changes, along with their year end bowl game “FAIL”, they’re nothing but poseurs.

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SC has it’s QB back, that means at least 3 losses just from him.

But Bradley I want to know why you didn’t answer Go Braves on the first page. Is it because he is correct?

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Just a reminder:

It took a reciever from Miss. St dropping two passes inside the 30 yard line against Auburn in the last 2 minutes of the game.

A last second field goal to beat Kentucky on the road

A booth review not overturned in the LSU game, the Arkansas game.

A late drive to beat a USC team that collapsed in Auburn

A meltdown by Alabama.

Multiple “no calls” in the UGA game..

The NCAA not applying the rules have they did for the past 30 years when it comes to amateurism rules.

The cards fell right into Auburn’s lap.

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I hope LSU in not on our schedule next year!

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Well here’s some interesting news…Bama’s O-line coach appears to be retiring and guess what name is being mentioned as a possible replacement…Stacy Searles…him and Saban were together at LSU…just though i would pass the info along…maybe some others have additional info..but i’ll be anxious to see how the Bama and Dawg fans take that since there has been so much made of Searles inability, based on these blogs, to coach up our O-line….

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I don’t know Monkey says. I’d like to think my Dawgs will smack them in the mouth for acting like punks this past season, but there probably isn’t much chance for that given Richt’s “its just another game” approach to coaching SEC football. It used to work but now its just weak.

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Has anyone seen Schlabach’s and Lowe’s early Preseason 2011 rankings on ESPN.com today ?

Interesting comments.

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Mark — I don’t want to push my luck too much, but if it is not too much to ask, I could use another column from you extolling my pure genius. You know, with recruting and NSD right around the corner, I need all the help I can get in selling the virtues of an offensive attack that was created by Emory Bellard 40 years ago. Come on, can you help a brother out? Toodles!!

p.s. Thanks again for sweeping my many failures under the rug and focusing on the guy you beat me again this year. Only in America!!

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my humble take is that UGA and UT will be vastloy improved next season. USCe will not sneak up on anyone next season. In fact, teams will probably try to pound Lattimore (who is an exceptional player) because Garcia has shown that he tends to implode if Lattimore is a tad off. The Gators are an unknown which makes them a potential dark horse. The talent is still in Gainesville, and we now have a coaching staff who will be enegized. It should be interesting.
In the West, I see either BAMA or LSU winning that division – and the West winner being the eventual SEC Champ.
Looks like we are getting ready early this year which makes all of our predictions fun. Heck, I have never been right in my predictions except for 2008.
Hsappy New Year to all.

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New Orleans is NOT “Smack in the middle of SEC Territory”.

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Mark Bradley is a one trick poney (the anti Richt columns) but he truns that trick so well.

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Auburn Guy
The last time Georgia went undefeated, 1980.
That was the year we were accused of buying
Herschel. He did enroll with Georgia and gave
us three good years. Cam??? Just sayin’.
Oh, and by the way, what bank in Alabamy
are ya’ll using for your ATM cards? Heard
ya’ll bought a shuttle bus, makes daily trips
from your campus to Biloxi.

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Just Released The NCAA Is putting ” * ” in the record books for the Auburn

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Ok…this should stir things up…and guys i don’t make this stuff up…someone on 247 sports is trying to confirm supposedly per a radio station, and i have no idea what station or where., but they are saying they heard that Crowell had committed to the dawgs…I don’t put too much validity into it, but someone is asking the question and trying to get it confirmed…I would doubt as the commentor says that he would do this with the visits he has left….but it did get me doing some research and still am…go dawgs

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I want to elaborate on a comment someone made earlier about the SEC programs.

The elite teams in the conference are loaded with talent, loaded with athletes and big strong players who at any moment could play as well as the guy in front of them. There are positions like quarterback where that rule does not apply as often, but for the guys who do not touch the ball like your linemen( both sides of the ball) linebackers, etc that is pretty much the rule.

If you any of you guys attended a College football game this past year and saw an LSU, an Alabama, even a Florida team you saw so many players running on and off the field each play or each series that were just as big and just as fast and just as strong as the guy he replace. That is what good programs that recruit not only for the best players but the need of the program do.

At UGA we see all of the STARS and think oh we have to get him, no you do not, want and need are two different things. How many stars did Mark Ingram have out of high school? He was a 3 star player by one service and the other service gave him a fourth star after his high school playoffs. How many stars did Caleb King have, 4 or 5 and what has he done. My point is that if you are going to run a spread offense recruit players to run it, if you are going to run a pro style offense recruit the players to run it, but you recruit for STARS you are going to find yourself in the same situation over and over as we are now currently in at Georgia.

Big Backs, Blocking Tight Ends, Big DT’s with long arms, True Corners not running backs turned into corners, Linebackers who are linebackers, not some former big runnning back or tight end you moved over to defense because of lack of depth.

You know what lack of DEPTH is? The inefficient levels of recruiting. Coaches know during the season if they have a stud sophomore linebacker or wideout , or any player that the chances of leaving early for the NFL are greater and that is an area for recruiting, but no not at Georgia, we go out and recruit the AJC top 50 hoping to land 10 of them , but what if the ten we land are alll skill folks, where does that leave our offensive line or defensive line? Short on depth.

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And who says The State of Alabama does not have a Professional Football Franchise?

It is located 40 odd miles west of the Georgia State line just north of I-85 between Valley, Alabama and Shorter, Alabama.

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IF Joe T is the man, And gets our football team in shape, Then we should have a hell of a year. Especially if we get all of our recruits we want( Crowell, Drew, mitchell, Jenkins, etc)

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As much as I have supported CMR….It’s time for a coaching change in Athens!!
We do not need a preacher as the head football coach…we need somebody that will scare the HELL out of our kids!! I appreciate CMR’s faith but it’s time to get a coach that will coach big time SEC football on Saturday and redeem himself on Sunday!
The church I attend every Sunday passes the offering plate…offer instead of receiving!!

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My prediction, AJC subcriptions fall in 2011. Bradley is a Finebaum wannabe. Always looking for a negative spin with UGA football. Work on your own problems at the AJC, then worry about UGA.

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Could someone from the Bulldog Nation please come to the Auburn jail and bail me out? I’ve been in jail since I set fire to Toomer’s after my Dawgs got their butt kicked by Auburn on November 13, 2010. I missed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years at the Athens trailer park, and now I have had to listen to all the noise outside the jail from the Auburn fans celebrating their National Championship. I don’t even know if by beloved Dawgs won against mighty Central Florida. And these red panties I have been wearing are really getting nasty. Woof woof and go Dawgs!

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Who had Auburn at #1 this time last year?

Enough said.

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Hell, even Vandy could beat UCF.

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Wilder’s dad REALLY wants him to play RB, not LB…so dont get your hopes up for him to be stopping up the middle. I personally think at his size, he should play LB. Most BIG running backs (with some exceptions like Eddie George) don’t last all that long when they get to the NFL (IF they get to the NFL). He’s 6′ 2″ and 225 now and they will pack another 20 lbs of muscle onto him in college (although looking at him, God knows where it will go!).

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Bradley, You’re so friggin’ smart and know everything (at least in your mind), why don’t you tell us, even better, why not tell Coach Richt what we need to do to bring UGA back to the top? I guess there is a reason your’re a blow-hard journalist and not a coach, huh?

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Bradley – I know that must have torn you to pieces to rank UGA 8th….I am sure you wanted to put them 12th…your hatred of that program shows…

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In regard to the previous postings regarding the number of NFL players each school has in the NFL; doesn’t it say something negative about the quality of the coaching at those schools if they never contended for or won a National Championship with NFL quality players?

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UGA football has been on a downward spiral both on and off the football field since the “blackout” in Athens. But when a sports writer simply points that out he “hates” or is “prejudiced against” UGA. I personally think the AJC sports staff have been a lot kinder to CMR and UGA than is deserved.

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One point the Auburn fans have yet to realize is:

That under the re-instatement agreement that Auburn had with the NCAA was that Cecil Newton would have no contact at Auburn, any activities, games, or NCAA sponsored events. Jay Jacobs announced prior to the game that Cecil Newton would not be in attendance. But sure enough on more than 4 occassions one Cameron Newton could be seen looking up in a section of the stadium during the game. So that lets you know several things, that Cecil knowingly thumbed his nose at Auburn and the NCAA and that Cameron Newton was aware of it.

Do not give me that crap about it being his son, he agreed along with his attorney to stay away and not to attend anything related to Auburn to regain his son’s eligibility status. Just another case of lies on top of lies from both Cecil and Cameron Newton.

Just to make my point, the Rogers character also signed the same agreement with Mississippi St, and his is to be reviewed for re-instatement in 10 years.

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bamaguy I agree. Since the blackout in Athens – UGA has never been the same. They got their butts kicked on national television by Bama and have never recovered from it. The UGA folks on here are so jealous of AU for losing to Bama but getting back up and ultimately winning it all.

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Swap UGA and TN and you got it right. Those two programs are heading in different directions. No way we beat TN in 2011.

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I might have to disagree Orange T shirt and bamaguy, The original downfall began when Mark Richt had his players run on the field during the Florida Game, the Blackout was just another stepping off point for the program.

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Georgia wont win the SEC championship. But they might beat Avondale.

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I have watched Wilder play in person and in the all star game…..not that impressed (and not just because he is going to FSU). But because he plays straight up and is not that agile of a player. He also doesn’t block or tackle that well in games I have watched him play…although he did have one great game running the ball in the playoffs. He just doens’t look smooth and polished as a player….very rigid in his motions. But time will tell…..(I felt the same way about Marlon Brown when I say him play in person).

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Not sure of the validity of this website but according to it, Ohio State will still be a team yet to win against the SEC if this is true during the BCS era. True or UnTrue it is still a funny read:

http://sportales.com/football/ohio-state-to-be-stripped-of-sugar-bowl-title/

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Switch KY and UGA.

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WAR EAGLE!!!!!!!!!

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I agree with number 1 and 2…and…The Gators have a chance to be good if they can establish an offensive identity.
LSU vs Oregon in Arlington will be an eagerly antipicated match-up…
UGA canceled their games with Oregon…HA…and probably scheduled Charleston Southern or some other hapless victim instead…

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Good to see UT so underrated . Even with the losses , look how close they played those games with such young talent. Georgia on the other hand couldnt do better if they had the entire Falcons squad.

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Site says Georgia No. 21, Tech unranked going into 2011
6:15 pm December 20, 2010, by Jeff Schultz

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I’m not sure how that came up in my browser and then disappeared.

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Monkey, I hope Miles pulls the scholly offer for Jeremy Hill. We don’t need guys like that. He would fit in better at that school 60 miles NE of Atlanta.

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If we can’t go 10-2 next year than it’s good bye CMR and hello Coach Kirby Smart.

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Garcia is a born loser at USC cockville. He has had 3 years to lead this team and still lacks leadership skills and the ability to up tempo their game when it is time to rise and shine time.
Connor Shaw must be given a chance to start if the COCKS are ever going to shine in 2011!!
TAKINNG 25 SECONDS EVERY TIME TO GET A PLAY OFF SHOW A LACK OF INTELLIGENCE AND IS PERCIEVED AS NOT “PRACTICING MUCH!”

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Don’t forget that another former UGA QB flourished at another program (hint = Oklahoma).

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cannot argue to much with your opinion there markie you know it is like any system without a play-off… beauty contest..judges pick them …positives…ts..boykin..and possibly the best qb ..in the sec unless cm returns…what will we get find out in the fall of 2011…guess if you want..predict what you think..then make a copy of it ..to see if you should be a beauty contest judge

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Line Out, Look man if you keep telling people that we’re going to win 10 games you’re going to get my butt fired when we don’t. I never realized that you could learn so much by watching game film! I’m going to tell Coach Bobo about it so he can start it watching it too ! Who knows we may look like we know what’s going on this year and win 8-9 games ?

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Weiss did just fine with Clausen and Quinn and the offense at ND. It was the defense that was putrid.

Turning out back to back first round picks might make Brantley want to stick around.

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With Cordy and Trinton comming back our Oline should be much improved. I sicerily believe the Bulldogs are tired of being dissed by just about everyone in the football world. With Richt’s future on the line at Georgia [what a shame ] I’m looking for a bust-out year for “my” DOGS and a shot at the SEC championship……….and by the way……Francis Tarkenton ? really ?…….Anyone who has ever met the jerk, and I have, will tell you, he is about as credible as this blogs own ” BuLLdawg ” you know, the “Little Miss Debbie Downer” that appears from time to time and makes our butts burn?………….GEEEEOOOORRRGIA BULLDOGS in 2011………GATA…….SIC’ ‘EM……WOOF……WOOF……..WOOF

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ranked too high

ranked too low

ascending order

ranked # 8

Damn it Bradley, what in the hell are you saying ?

That is the most confusing words you could possibly use to say we aren’t any good.

And, what talent ?

On the OL, DL, WR, TB, FB, Secondary, coaching staff ? There is talent there ?

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Auburns new motto “this is the SEC,if you ain’t cheating,then you ain’t trying”

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I would imagine if AU has a payroll similar to last year they will be a force again.

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For the umteenth dozenth times who cares who blogs first ?

That ranking looks good on paper but I’m positive it won’t go like that, it never does. Alabama is losing 3 key offensive players (qb,rb,wr). Look at the dropoff from UGA losing Stafford & Moreno a few years back. I think you got Bama,SC,and Arkansas all way too high. I think you’ve got Tenn,Fla., & Auburn too low.

Here’s my 12 to 1 ranking :

12 – Ole Miss
11 – Kentucky
10 – Vandy
9 – Ole Piss
8 – Georgia
7 – Arkansas
6 – South Carolina
5 – Miss St.
4 – Alabama
3 – Florida
2 – Auburn
1 – LSU

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the ‘kudos’ award that bradley gives out to the moron who posts “first” — does that come with a cash prize?

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GARY CROWTON’S GONE!

Ding Dong, the Wicked Wizard’s Deeeeeeeaaaaaad!!!!!

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Georgia should be co-last with Vanderbilt. That’s where we are as a program whether you like it or not, it’s reality.

Will be lucky to win 4 games next year. Starting out 0-2 after Boise and South Carolina. Things will go south after that.

No AJ to save us. No change in the coaching staff, except that Richt is somehow going to become an “expert” in the off season.

Richt is a clown. Should have went and got Kirby Smart. Kirby has studied and been tutored under Nick Saban. I would say that Kirby would also model his program after what has been done at Alabama. But no, let’s keep Richt and keep suffering.

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Good stats Rico. The Richt loyalists still won’t agree, even when you throw the cold hard facts in front of their faces like you just did.
But no way we win 9 games next year. 4 at the most.

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2011 Schedule:

Boise State: LOSS
South Carolina : LOSS
Coastal Carolina: WIN
at Ole Miss: LOSS
Miss State: LOSS
at Tennessee: LOSS
at Vanderbilt: WIN
Florida: LOSS (Richt can’t beat Florida no matter who is coaching)
New Mexico State: WIN
Auburn: LOSS
Kentucky: WIN
at Ga Tech: LOSS

4-8, write it down.

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P.S. For all the Richt loyalists out there who claim Richt is going to turn it around and win 9-10 games next year, please show me where on that schedule we get 9-10 wins.

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It is disappointing that Fran wants to bring attention to himself. My mama always told me to not wash my dirty laundry in public. CMR has a handle on things. For those who are not in the loop, you do not have a clue. It may take a season or two. Give CMR time. This reporter is nothing but a back stabber. You would not be an honored guest at UGA.

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Grantham was a terrible choice for DC. But all the fans were clammoring for a 3-4 and a big splash hire. You should have gone after Manny Diaz, that guy was rock solid this year. I’m real bummed that Texas swooped in and stole him with a ‘huge’ contract for a guy with just one year in the SEC. (that ought to show you how good he was). Coach Richt is trying to please his fanbase too much and it is costing him.

I’m very excited though our (MS State) new CoDC/LB coach seems like Manny Diaz 2.0

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Arch Dawg

January 13th, 2011
11:06 am
“Grantham was a terrible choice for DC”

How do you figure he was a terrible hire?

Anyone with any kind of football acumen knows you can’t judge a defense in the first year when you are changing schemes.

He went to a 3-4 with 4-3 personel.
The terminology is different.
He didn’t have a TRUE 3-4 NT.

It’s football not a microwave dinner!

BTW- compare Granthum’s 1st year 3-4 stats to Bama’s when Saban and Smart took over. You will find their stats are very similar. What changed for them year two? Mount Cody. Also, had K.Smart come to UGA, Saban would have hired Granthum. He also tried to hire him when he was at Miami, but Granthum had already committed to the Cleveland job.

That’s why John Jenkins is the biggest recruit need we have even over Rome, Crowell, and Mitchell.

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2011 is a total rebuilding year for the UGA Dawgs….Please fans I think it be best for everyone to lower expectations for next year. If not, you are going to get your feelings hurt again. We are paper thin at every position and have done a bad job of recruiting the past 2 seasons. I look for 2012 to be CMR’s make or break season unless he goes 4-8 in 2011. I am thinking another 6-6.

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Agree Phil…no indication or reason has been given to think the record would be otherwise…going on the current trend, then no road wins and no wins over teams with winning records

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jbirdawg

Even if we get Crowell, Richt the idiot will redshirt him just like he did Knowshon Moreno. Don’t look for any help from Crowell next year. For all those who say Christian LeMay is the answer, ditto on him, redshirt.

Our recruiting class is not that strong, don’t expect great things from any of them next year. Basically the same team as this year, minus our best player(AJ Green) and several other good ones.

I agree we will be the surprise team of the SEC. We will surprise everyone by only winning 4 games this year, not 6 like this past season.

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nemov, What a dumbass moron, Did you not see the BCS and see that AU fans bought 70% of the tix in Glandale, AZ. AU travels very well you idiot!!! AU has done nothing wrong with regards to Cam Newton & his eligibility, NCAA has not even sent Auburn a letter moron. AU does not have to defend their honor to anyone, especially your dumbass.

WAR DAMN EAGLE

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Correction UGA Insider

I gave them a Loss at Ole Miss. Kentucky is the toss up game that will determine either 3 or 4 wins.

Would like to get your take on the 6 wins. I’m just not seeing it.

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Flip one and two and it looks good.

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The west will have the top teams again and the east is wide open.The vols are looking at somewhere between 6-6 and 8-4 and hopefully getting back in the hunt for the east in 2012.

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Thinking positively…in 2102, I’ll be too old to care. In 2012, I’ll be too apathetic to care.

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South Carolina wont have a repeat year. You can drop them. And LSU while talented, lived off some luck this year. It will catch up to them. I go with Florida or Alabama. I think either UGA or Tenn. will do better than expected. Most everyone else will be in the middle. 2011 might not be the SEC’s year to win the National title. You have OK and TX wont stand for another poor year. Can we talk about the Falcons now?

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The good news is that football games are decided on the field…not by articles or opinions offered by a douchebag sports columnist Mark Bradley. Just for the record, Mark Bradley is no UGA fan, he is just a stinkstirrer, and someone who is insanely jealous of Coach Mark Richt. The interesting thing is after talking to one of Mark Bradley’s childhood friends, it appears as a kid he was the same pathetic person he is today. He was always the last one picked and once the games finally started, he would start crying because he was fouled, then start crying and take his ball, and go home to play with himself (just like the adult version of Mark Bradley.) UGA fans, those of you who are being suckered in to this hate Coach Richt spill by the never was nor never will be Mark Bradley are just like all these ignorant college kids who voted Obama into office. Since Coach Richt began his tenure at Ga, even including the last two seasons, UGA averages one of the highest end of the year ranking teams in the country. Just to put it in perspective, during the same tenure of Mark Bradley’s job at AJC, the AJC circulation has dropped to an all time low and they have extremely curtailed their delivery areas. Now based on non-disputable numbers, who do you think should be fired?

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No way LSU beats Alabama. Bama’s defense will be much improved and A.J. and Phil Sims will improve the quarteback position tremendously. Do you really believe Les can beat Nick in Tuscaloosa? Also, Alabama has all the tough ones at home.

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Amen! Bradley needs to go! Flood the editors with emails letting them know we are tired of all the hate and the negativity….

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@Al

“No way LSU beats Alabama.”

We heard that 2 months ago too.

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Let’s see, time to rub it in. This is for Georgia fans, not Alabama fans, not South Carolina fans or Kentucky or MSU or LSU or Arkansas and everyone else in the SEC, just Georgia fans.

The season is over and Auburn is… #1. We are #1 and UGA ended 7-6… oh wait, scratch that off those senior trophies, 6-7.

Also, Georgia fans, speaking really just to the obnoxious ones, how many undefeated teams have you had since the 1980 National Championship? 0.

How many has Auburn had? 3. And with 3 different coaches.

Georgia was up 21-7 against Auburn and lost 49-31… man, no wonder you guys are soooo mad. But don’t get upset, here are 10 reasons why Georgia will go undefeated in 2010.

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/2010/steve-newman-10-reasons-undefeated-georgia/

Thanks for the dream team! I’m sure those players are going to do real well in Auburn.

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Oh, “And the NCAA is going to declare Cam Newton ineligible and you’re gonna get the death penalty! HA HA! GO DAWGS!”

And the NCAA declared him eligible.

You just can’t win on or off the field.

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I say UGA loses to Tenn. and GT as bad as I hate it. Both have good teams and play hard.

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http://uhearditherefirst.com

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A 1-6 or 2-6 start but then beat Florida and probably win most the remaining games except Auburn… the defending national champs. So 1-6 or 2-6 start followed by a 5-6 end.

Now, then what? CMR stay? 7 win season? Is that okay? If not, who would you hire?

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What happened to the BullDog Basketball team ..Beat UK at home ..with a lot of help from officials and Vandy kicked them around last night..Guess the Final 4 was a dream gone bad…Back to the real world..

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Based on your past prognostications, it will be UGA v. Ole Miss in the SEC championship.

As a UGA fan, thank you for not picking UGA to win the East or the SEC, UGA now has a chance to get to Atlanta for the SEC title game.

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Newton to NFL – Finally an outfit Auburn can’t outbid.

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still thinking 8th is a little high

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The outlook for next year is sad. All you need do is look @ CMR end of year press conference. Time for CMR to man up and say he will leave town unless UGA wins 10 games in 2011. Now I don’t see that happening and guess UGA @ some point will have to cut bait with CMR!

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What courses did Cammie Cam take last semester?

- cow patty tossing AP
- cow milking 101
- fat white barner sorrority chicks 101

I’m sure he will go back and get a degree

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At least we can beat Tech.Auburn will drop back in the Pack.See what a great coach Cizik is I wouldnt trade for Him for sure.

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UGA is #18 to #21 pre-season, pretty much by CBS & Sports Illlus.

Will be the best recuriting class in college football history, if you land Drew, Crowell, and Jenkins.

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FIRE MARK BRADLEY!! WHAT A JOKE!! SAME OLD DAWG BASHING EVERY DAY. GO WORK IN ALA OR FLA. GO DAWGS AND GO COACH RICHT!!!!!!!!!!

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mark this down—lsu will be winning the bcs title easy in 2011! The tigers are loaded and les miles is the best coach in the sec. lsu blows out oklahoma in new orleans—take it to the bank.

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They will bite you next year! Watch out. Dawgs will have a different attitude next season. The whole team is angry and they have already started to take on a different approach. They know they are better than the product displayed lately. Murray will play like a vet next year! IMO, CRM made one bad call 18 months ago by not starting Murray or Met as frosh but we can not go back. Moving forward we have a huge upside. I hear Lemay will push Murray even harder now. He too, has skills. Land Jenkins and Crowell, should be fine. UGA wins the east 2011!

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The fear of losing is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.     “Remember, a Dawg’s strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they. Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny. CMR…CMR do not… do not underestimate the powers of the dark side or suffer your previous coach’s fate you will.

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There will never be another Herschel or Bo. Those kinds of players at the RB position don’t exist anymore. Tebow and Newton are the Herschel and Bo Jackson’s of today. They are the players that nobody can stop. Game in and game out they are the difference makers in their team’s success.

Ga will suck again next year no matter who they sign this year. To think all those “dream team” prospects are going to come in as freshman and take us to the promise land is a pipe dream.

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I said this many times this year. be carefule what you wish for. We could go back and get Ray Goff casue we were so could before CMR got here. Idiots he got you 2 sec titles and played for a 3rd. Since 82 you have not been there. And Fran your a disgrace to be a uga alum. Everyone learn to stand behind your coach and maybe big time recruits will show up. No one wants to go where everyone always bad mouthing coach and team. Coach richt I got your back most dummies forget what you have done for UGA before you we had 0 sec titles. GO DAWGS!!

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