ESPN hates UGA! No, wait! ESPN loves UGA! (Ah, clarity)
Don't fret, Dog-lovers. ESPN says you've got the edge in coaching. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
There are times when fans of every college team seem to believe ESPN is Out To Get Them. Tennessee backers have long held this to be true, insisting that the Worldwide Leader’s blather was the reason Charles Woodson won the 1997 Heisman Trophy over Peyton Manning. Georgia supporters, still recalling how Kirk Herbstreit dismissed the Bulldogs’ case for inclusion in the 2007 BCS title game, aren’t above such suspicion, either.
Not to rain on anybody’s conspiracy parade, but it could just be that the Worldwide Leader’s problem is that it employs every pundit in the world. When you have so much being said/written by so many different voices/scribes, you’re bound to tick off everybody at some juncture. This weeks offers an schizo case study.
Georgia’s game with South Carolina will be aired by ESPN, which knows no bounds when hyping itself. There has been so much written about the game on ESPN.com — and hey, it’s only Thursday! — as to boggle the mind. Here we cite specifics:
- KC Joyner, an ESPN Insider, has labeled Georgia “a flawed and overrated squad” that does not belong in the nation’s top five. (All these links require registration.) His reasons: The defense is lousy, the special teams are worse and the Bulldogs are flagged for too many penalties.
- Rod Gilmore, an Insider who also does commentary on broadcasts, calls Georgia one of three teams — West Virginia and Notre Dame being the others — who are “false kings.” He rips just-returned-from-suspension defenders Alec Ogletree and Bacarri Rambo for their play against Tennessee, writing that they “took poor pursuit angles or were slow to recognize and diagnose plays.” Whoa, Nellie!
Those were the first two Georgia-based assessments posted on ESPN Insider this week, and they were enough to induce a Red & Black lather. (Speaking figuratively. I’ve never seen lather come in such bold hues.) But wait!
- The Scouts Inc. analysis — it’s compiled by Todd McShay, Steve Muench and Kevin Weidl, and it’s detailed — on ESPN Insider picks Georgia to beat South Carolina 28-25. Its gives Georgia the advantage at quarterback (about whom more later), wide receivers, offensive line, linebackers, defensive backs — and coach! In related news, Steve Spurrier is seeking to have Scouts Inc. fired.
- Phil Steele, whose idiosyncratic yearbook Georgia fans enjoy and quote ad nauseum when he picks Georgia to do well, picks Georgia to beat South Carolina in his weekly post for ESPN Insider. (Here we pause to wonder: With everyone in creation seemingly an Insider, who’s left Outside?)
- Brock Huard, a former quarterback turned — you guessed it — an ESPN Insider, calls Aaron Murray the SEC’s best quarterback and writes that Murray’s long-sought “marquee win … should be coming Saturday night.”
It’s entirely possible that I’ve missed something on ESPN.com this week, but those five entries should suffice. Moral of our story: ESPN is large, and it contains multitudes. And if you happen to hate some point of view the Worldwide Leader espouses, wait 10 minutes and a differing take will rumble past.
Update: On cue, here’s another. In his Man Vs. Machine Upset Picks, Insider Will Harris – I assume he’s the Man in question – has South Carolina winning 28-20. I’m not sure how that’s an upset, seeing as how the Gamecocks opened as a favorite. (Though the betting line has narrowed considerably, which means pro-Georgia money is pouring in.)
By Mark Bradley
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PMC
October 4th, 2012
1:02 pm
ESPN has a lot of employees, a lot of them have opinons that are only mildly based in logic. Many of their employes end up on the street soon after becasue of their own stupidity.
Their content, not so good, their ability to sell advertising, unfreakingbelievable.
DERP
October 4th, 2012
1:03 pm
My name says it all about ESPN.
Stockdog
October 4th, 2012
1:04 pm
Agree Mark
Stockdog
October 4th, 2012
1:05 pm
Darn it, I shouldn’t have read the article and talked to my secretary. I could have been first.
Coach Scott
October 4th, 2012
1:07 pm
It makes my day to read your postings and columns, Mark, though the video clip was kinda creepy. Was that your kitchen?
Pj
October 4th, 2012
1:08 pm
Lou Holtthhz is picking Carolina. Kirk still remembers us putting his face in the turf in the bowl game and pollack goes out if his way not to seem like a uga homer. We win and shut em up. 31-24
bill smith
October 4th, 2012
1:09 pm
Just need to win. Win out and the words won’t matter.
Dr. Lou
October 4th, 2012
1:11 pm
South Carolina & Notre Dame are my locks for the national championship game.
I like my Gamecocks over UGA 48-21.
Eisendawg
October 4th, 2012
1:14 pm
Made my day with the Spurrier out to have “Scouts” fired comment, Mark. LMAO! Better be careful though, if the Ol Ball Coach hears of your comment, you may be asked to leave the room.
Dawg Whisperer
October 4th, 2012
1:15 pm
MB… if you’re looking for someone from the outside looking in, that’d be me. Dawgs win 24-20.
Eisendawg
October 4th, 2012
1:17 pm
Who does ESPN like on the Braves – Cardinals?
Nathan
October 4th, 2012
1:19 pm
Very true, ESPN is much larger than people realize. When one ‘big name’ on ESPN picks a game one way or another, people get all bothered. Let the kids play and see it for what it is, a game between two teams.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
1:19 pm
KC Joyner, an ESPN Insider, has labeled Georgia “a flawed and overrated squad”
Seems like a pretty accurate assessment.
dawgfan
October 4th, 2012
1:20 pm
Its hard to say they hate us when they’ve got Schlabach writing columns, Pollack on Gameday and Stincomb on ESPNU. Homer City there folks.
UGA Insider
October 4th, 2012
1:20 pm
UGA 42
USCE 20
This one is easy to pick. I have the same confidence as I had vs Vandy. UGA is due to beat a top 10 team…. and beat them handily. I predict UGA and UF will be undefeated when we meet in Jax. You heard it here first, UGA will wax USCe and UF will upset LSU by a fieldgoal.
Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr. (A Great American)
October 4th, 2012
1:21 pm
Don’t worry about what’s said off the field. Worry about how you play on the field. Winning is the best reply.
Gary
October 4th, 2012
1:21 pm
I really do think Spurriers behavior is making some media folks hope Georgia wins and might be picking them to take a shot at the visor. That being said Mark May hates Georgia. I think the game is a pick’um but based on Georgia’s performances in big games over the last five years I would put my heart with the Dawgs but my money on Darth Visor.
Where's Loganville?
October 4th, 2012
1:21 pm
A Mark Richt led team is undisciplined and goofy. Dawgs to start season slide to the Music City Bowl Saturday night in Columbia.
PR
October 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
Just keep winning and ESPN will STFU. This weekend will go a long way in changing the national perception of UGA Football… if they can come out of Columbia with a W.
Go Dawgs
Sonny Clusters
October 4th, 2012
1:24 pm
That was a great video and love what you’ve done with the curtains!
Gary
October 4th, 2012
1:25 pm
Uga Insider, How do you possibly figure LSU. They will most likely not even survive Florida this weekend. UGA will not be playing Bama for the SEC but niether will USC…. Florida gets better everygame and is looking to crush us again in Jville. You heard that here first. Florida kills us in Jacksonville again, but then looses to Bama in Atlanta. The outcome of the UGA – USC will not matter in 4 weeks. Florida runs the table.
The rev al
October 4th, 2012
1:26 pm
The negative analysis of ESPN as not being a top 5 team is accurate. The UGA defense has only come to play in the second half of the Missouri game and against a poor Vanderbuilt team. Unless the defense steps it up against South Carolina they will lose and by a signifant margin.
Joey
October 4th, 2012
1:27 pm
“In related news, Steve Spurrier is seeking to have Scouts Inc. fired.’
****************************************
What, MB?
You must be wanting another “postcard.”
Haha . . .
Jeff
October 4th, 2012
1:28 pm
If KC and the Sunshine Band member Wally Joyner said that Georgia is flawed, then the Dawgs must be flawed.
dale
October 4th, 2012
1:29 pm
Mark, sorry if it’s a joke I missed, but does Spurrier really have a beef with the ajc?
Gary
October 4th, 2012
1:31 pm
GT Bob, Has Clemson started scoring yet? Can your score board handle triple digits. Is their anything good you could say about your team. Georgia has talent but lacks depth and preparation for playing the top programs well. 10 & 2 with an outback bowl and many Georgia fans will say the sky is falling and demand Richts head. I won’t be one of them, but let me ask you… What does that make you thnk about Tech. For the Dawgs 10 & 2 and no SEC is pretty close to a disaster. Tech lost to MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE and you are still over here sniping. ESPN only mentions your team in disbelief at this point and you are only five weeks in facing Clemson.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
1:31 pm
This weekend will go a long way in changing the national perception of UGA Football… if they can come out of Columbia with a W.
Im not sure beating South Carolina is ever something that can shift national perception. People have pretty much accepted that ESPN is going to put as many SEC teams in the top 10 as they can. Nobody actually believes the teams deserve to be there.
BusterBrave
October 4th, 2012
1:32 pm
K.C. Joyner and Rod Gilmore be geniuses…….cocka-doodle-do……
@GTBob
October 4th, 2012
1:32 pm
And what is your assessment of GT, Bob?
Gary
October 4th, 2012
1:36 pm
GT Bob, Flawed and overrated describes ever team in the top 25 at this point except Bama, Oregon, and FSU. I am pretty sure FSU and Oregon will make the flawed list as well. If you are not number 1 and played lights you are flawed and overrated. In Georgia Techs case you are simply not rated and an embarrassment to the state of Georgia, the ACC, and all of college football. Though Tech is not flawed. For something to have flaws, the other parts have to be working. Your team is just broke and done. Hope some of you show for you annual beating. Love the ‘nerds’ chant!
@GTBob
October 4th, 2012
1:37 pm
Just curious, If you don’t believe the SEC teams in the top 10 deserve to be there, who would be your top 10?
Nola Dawg Fan
October 4th, 2012
1:38 pm
MB – you could add to your Pro list for ESPN. Gene W (not going to take the time to look up spelling) ranks UGA #2 in the nation in his BMOC artice. Link below.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/page/BMOC-100212/the-bmoc-surveys-arkansas-razorbacks-heisman-race-high-flying-qbs-more
UGA Insider
October 4th, 2012
1:39 pm
Gary, cool your jets, I picked UF over LSU this week. I have UF losing two games this year. Georgia and FSU. I have LSU losing 2 or 3. I have USCe losing 3.
Gary
October 4th, 2012
1:40 pm
GT Bob,
‘People have pretty much accepted that ESPN is going to put as many SEC teams in the top 10 as they can. Nobody actually believes the teams deserve to be there.’
Mark, can you finally dump this clown. The above statement is the stupidest thing I have read in the AJC today.
nate from detroit
October 4th, 2012
1:40 pm
Hey, Gary it’s easy to look good and like you’re improving when your last 2 opponents were Kentucy at home, and open. I will admit that they looked better against open than they have all year long.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
1:41 pm
Hope some of you show for you annual beating.
I would, but your city and fan base make going to games in Athens pretty unbearable. There is almost no chance of having a good time even if GT won by 50.
KBP
October 4th, 2012
1:43 pm
Wow, just who has SC beaten to where we have to play at such a high level to beat them? They have to play their best game of the year to beat us. If we do not turn the ball over or if SC does not create turnovers, this game will not be close. Defensively, make Shaw beat us by loading the box. Anyone afraid of him doing that? Our defense will play better and we clearly have to much offensive firepower for the Gamecocks to shut us down for 4 quarters. They absolutely do not have too much firepower for us. 42-21 would not surprise me.
George Stein
October 4th, 2012
1:44 pm
I hate UGA, too. Unfortunately, they have a good football team.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
1:46 pm
Just curious, If you don’t believe the SEC teams in the top 10 deserve to be there, who would be your top 10?
I would have Kansas State, West Virginia, Notre Dame, Oregon State, and Ohio State well above UGA or South Carolina. Maybe Texas as well but I will reserve judgement on them until this weekend. They may be just as overrated as UGA.
KBP
October 4th, 2012
1:46 pm
AJC, why was my post rejected?
Reality Check
October 4th, 2012
1:47 pm
KC Joyner’s opinion on the game shouldn’t mean anything to anybody. Joyner is an intellectual who disregards what actually happens in the game and makes his opinions and analysis based off stats and metrics. While stats are extremely helpful you can always find some statistical basis to support your opinion rather warranted or not. Joyner is also the guy who has said that all-time greats Champ Bailey and Peyton Manning are overrated. In addition, he has stated that Mike Wallace is better than Calvin Johnson. That’s right he said that. The guy is a joke. Take his opinion with a grain of salt. Any person can manipulate numbers to get them to say what they want.
Mark Bradley
October 4th, 2012
1:49 pm
Our automated filters tend to get antsy when South Carolina is involved. Has to do with South Carolina’s nickname.
The Dude
October 4th, 2012
1:50 pm
It’s pretty simple. Win Saturday and you will gain respect, win big and you will control your own destiny for a National Championship, lose and prepare for the “Overrated” chants. It’s the first of your four real challenges (USCe, FL, SEC Champ, BCS Champ).
MattinATL
October 4th, 2012
1:54 pm
“In related news, Steve Spurrier is seeking to have Scouts Inc. fired.”
FUNNY!
Russ GATA
October 4th, 2012
1:54 pm
CBS is the one I want to hike a keg on for passing on this game.
Coaching-film breakdown-Murray is horrible-Murray is Elway-all laughable.
Over analysis
Gurshell twins are a rising tide that makes look BoBo a genius and Murray an All-American.
2 best players on the field are 18 and from North Carolina. Dawgs win strong.
gtt
October 4th, 2012
1:54 pm
K.C. Joyner is apparently stupid. I got eyes and sense and don’t come to that conclusion.
Shug
October 4th, 2012
1:55 pm
At least someone finally mentioned UGA’s poor special teams. Is there any other college team in any division that has missed more extra points? 50 yard field goals are nice, but is it too much to ask to make ALL extra points.
Steve
October 4th, 2012
1:56 pm
GTBob’s day, everyday:
Wake up alone. Find new UGA blogs even though he is a nerd fan. Comment on other peoples comments. Change diaper. Go to bed alone. What a winner!
gtt
October 4th, 2012
1:57 pm
I wonder how my mother’s side of the family would fare with your filters Bradley. Coxes, don’t you know.
UGA 89
October 4th, 2012
1:57 pm
George Stein…
Are you the lawyer?
disgruntled
October 4th, 2012
2:01 pm
any SEC team thinking ESPN is “out to get them” is laughable. those guys talk just to hear themselves talk, and they keep adding ‘insiders’ to their empire at a rate that would make Mr. Ponzi proud.
Jimmy Crack
October 4th, 2012
2:04 pm
Absolutely correct, Mark, so many of these “insiders” that tease the reader with an alluring title and then dump them to a registation page. Not a chance with me. I see that little “i” surrounded by a yellow stain and I go find another article to read. These online sports writers and their self-importance.
Mark Bradley
October 4th, 2012
2:07 pm
Let me defend the writers. They’re not the ones who decide which content is free and which goes behind the pay wall.
@GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:09 pm
Sports Illustrated has the power rankings as:
1- Alabama
2- Oregon
CHDawg
October 4th, 2012
2:09 pm
Before the Vandy game, the haters were predicting an upset. We beat them badly, and Vandy instantly became terrible. Tn was very explosive in taking NC State apart on National TV; we beat them and now they were overrated. Sports Illustrated and others picked Missouri to beat us, but now they are a terrible team. Conclusion: if we beat the chickens, they will instantly become the most overrated team in America….you get the drill. The only way to shut the talking heads up is to keep winning on the field. Talk is cheap on ESPN; it is free on the AJC Blogs. Go Dawgs.
dick whiskey
October 4th, 2012
2:12 pm
fatboy grantham’s D don’t usually look so hot when they actually play somebody,which has been rare the last two years,but the fatboy fooled them enough to get the big fat raise though
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:15 pm
Tn was very explosive in taking NC State apart on National TV; we beat them and now they were overrated.
Tn is a good team because they beat NC State? Am I reading that right? NC State also lost to Miami and barely squeaked out a win over UConn. You have some low expectations if beating them is an accomplishment.
done
October 4th, 2012
2:15 pm
Mark- I hope you can expense the cost to be an ESPN insider. Total waste of money
MFranklin
October 4th, 2012
2:16 pm
The whole problem with ESPN is that they have basically hijacked this sport; college football. They pretty much own the right to call kickoff times and their desk jocks pretty much own the BCS rankings by voting on a system based on style points as opposed to wins and losses.
The NCAA, as well as the SEC, have sold their souls to this broadcast demon at the expense of the schools, athletes and the fans. If one needs to ask ‘why’ ESPN is so roundly hated… then someone is being less than honest in that looking to begin with.
Sports Illustrated
October 4th, 2012
2:16 pm
Power Ranking:
1-Alabama
2-Oregon
3-FSU
4-UGA
5-LSU
6-Kansas St
7-S.Carolina
8-West Virginia
9-Oregon St
10-Texas
11-Notre Dame
12-Oklahoma
13-Florida
14-Clemson
15-Ohio St
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:17 pm
Sports Illustrated has the power rankings as:
1- Alabama
2- Oregon
I would agree that those two are currently the two best looking teams in the country.
Chris
October 4th, 2012
2:19 pm
I’m not sure how many people at ESPN actually watch the games. I can’t count how many times I saw reference to ‘defense allowed 44 points to Tennessee…’
That’s usually about the point I stop caring what they write.
Mark Bradley
October 4th, 2012
2:21 pm
I do get reimbursed, done. But I’d be lying if I said I don’t enjoy the content.
Steve
October 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
GTBob if UGA wins Saturday:
“Well SC is overrated. Who have the beaten?”
GTBob if SC wins Saturday:
“See I told you UGA was overrated.”
Can’t win when it comes to a moron! If UGA gets to the SEC Championship and wins it against Bama or LSU, he will still come up with something. Gotta love the jealousy Tech fans have.
Long-time Dawg
October 4th, 2012
2:23 pm
Once again–that is the reason they play the game.
ELEPHANT SQUASHES (your team's mascot here) EVERYTIME
October 4th, 2012
2:26 pm
This is the ultimate great weekend for me as a Bama Backer. My team is off so no stressing about us losing. There are about as many good games this weekend as happen during conference championship weekend. These games feature teams I care nothing about and cheer on regardless as they make for great contests. UGA vs South Carolina, LSU vs Florida, WVU vs Texas are at the top of my must view along with the Braves playoff games. Loving it. Come on weekend. By the way, two teams in the SEC are about to be E3d (EXPOSED, EXPLOITED, and EXCUSED) from National Championship contention. Look forward to sitting back and watching them all.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:29 pm
If UGA gets to the SEC Championship and wins it against Bama or LSU, he will still come up with something.
UGA is already guaranteed to be in the SEC championship. If they do somehow beat Bama then I will finally give them some respect. Beating South Carolina really wouldn’t be as big as you guys are making it out to be.
CHDawg
October 4th, 2012
2:31 pm
Long-time, not only that, but remember last year that Bama got beat by LSU and lost the West, but came back and beat them badly in the BCS. Even the same two teams can perform differently at two different venues and times. Got to wait till Saturday night. All the talk in the world isn’t going to decide it.
Under The Bleachers
October 4th, 2012
2:31 pm
The issues of some always trump the bigger issues of others. Some UGA fans always feel like victims, those choose to be victims. But do you know what turns that victim status around? Wins. Yep, Wins puts others on the defensive and elevates a team, a program, players and coaches and they become the big bad team on the block.
Got a feeling the UGA/ USC is going to much like the Romney/ Obama debate. One is going to come out aggressive the other is going to muddle around looking like a deer in headlights looking for answers and a exit.
Playing at home is a big big deal for the USC team, and just have to think that advantage alone with young freshmen on the Bulldog team will lead to missed assignments and errors.
USC 41 UGA 27
Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr. (A Great American)
October 4th, 2012
2:32 pm
KBP… they tend to run into that problem on the Radio & TV blog when people try and use the name Joe C0cker…. so you have to improvise.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
2:35 pm
GT Bob
Is the Tech nation finally getting a clue about Turkey Neck
Steve
October 4th, 2012
2:36 pm
Yea, SC sucks! Winning there would mean nothing. Should be a cakewalk! 49-3!
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:39 pm
Is the Tech nation finally getting a clue about Turkey Neck
I think Tech Nation now knows that he has done a pretty poor job of hiring defensive coordinators.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:41 pm
Yea, SC sucks! Winning there would mean nothing.
There is a good chance that South Carolina won’t end up in the top 15 or maybe even the top 25. I would be careful about making judgements about them before they even play anyone.
NorthGaDawg
October 4th, 2012
2:41 pm
By the way, what was that Vandy/USC score again compared to the UGA/Vandy score……….
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:43 pm
First GTBob, if Ga beats SC on Sat, and that’s a BIG if, it will be something,GT would give up 60 points to either SC or Ga, and both of those two teams second string defenses could shut down tech, so get some perspective.
Speaking of perspective, I see GA and SC fans have lost their minds again, and yes I’m a SC fan by saying that either team will blow the other one out.
I hate to quote facts, but I do beleive that 7 out of the last 8 games between these two teams have been decided by seven points or less.
Why will this year be any different???? It won’t, GA has a great offense, but as good as GA’s offense is, SC’s defense is probably second to only Alabama right now.
Ga has the big names on defense, but all I can say is scoreboard folks, stats don’t lie.
Big names don’t win games, playing well does, and Ga’s defense has looked average at best this year.
Again, look at stats of both defenses, and SC has the CLEAR advantage.
Ga has the advantage on offense, but I won’t say that a team that is averaging over 36 points on offense is something to be taken lightly.
I know GA fans hate SC and Spurrier, and at times I get tired of his antics, but to throw out stupid statements just to put them out there, well don’t we have enough of that with politics this year??
I’ll keep it real and say SC wins another close one 20-17.
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:45 pm
GTBob, I know one team who will never be in the top 25, down there on Bobby Dodd way.
Steve
October 4th, 2012
2:47 pm
More proof that GTBob knows nothing about college football. SC may not end up in the Top 25? They have 4 hard games left, UGA, UF, LSU, and Clemson. Odds are good that they will win one of those and end up 9-3 at the worst. Pretty sure they will be in the Top 25 at least. Wonder where Tech will end up?
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:47 pm
NorthGaDawg- comparing what two teams do against the same victim(Vandy in this case) is as pointless as your post
Old Dawg
October 4th, 2012
2:47 pm
ESPN has become nothing more than a circus, ala Barnum & Bailey. It promotes games like freak shows, with little journalistic integrity or caution for historical relevance/accuracy. I also compare it to the fluff and gruff of professional wrestling, with all disrespect intended.
I only watch games on the network. Everything is produced for ratings points and suckers are born every minute to gobble up the slop.
It would be easy to write 4 or 5 books on this sham of a network. Alas, I need to return to work.
Nice column, MB.
Vegasdawg
October 4th, 2012
2:48 pm
Odds here in Vegas – DAWGS 27 USC 20..Offense and Defense will beast is up. GO DAWGS!!!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
2:48 pm
GT Bob
Can I enlighten you?
Coach Turkey Neck can hire Nick Saban as D coordinator and your defense will still be bad; how is that? Its simple, when your Defense hardly see’s normal offensive schemes during practice they arent going to be good during games.
You cant continue to practice against that stupid middle school offense he runs and expect to go out and stop offenses like UGA etc
Enjoy the loss againts Clemson
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:50 pm
I hate to be the voice of reason, especially when I’m talking to fanatical GA and SC fans, but seven of the last eight games have been decided by seven points or less.
So now this year it’ll be different??? Don’t think so, but all I have is history and facts on my side to back up my point, and that is that this will be another close game.
SC wins, but it should be a great game
DOGS
October 4th, 2012
2:50 pm
GTBOB,
I would seriously have Brookwood and Parkview over Georgia Tech.
8AAAAAA maybe a thought for GT to join them.
Maxwell the free-range chihuahua
October 4th, 2012
2:51 pm
@dick whiskey
fatboy grantham’s D don’t usually look so hot when they actually play somebody,which has been rare the last two years,but the fatboy fooled them enough to get the big fat raise though
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
you nailed it…..SC all but guaranteed at the very least 35 points, using the Grantham-Richt Scale…
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
Ga does have the better offense, but SC has the better defense.
And for you GA lovers, don’t give me the names of all of the starters on defense, I already know them.
Big names doesnt mean you have a big defense. Again I’m looking at the stats and facts, SC defense is MUCH better than Ga’s, despite all of Ga’s big names on D.
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
Ga does have the better offense, but SC has the better defense.
And for you GA lovers, don’t give me the names of all of the starters on defense, I already know them.
Big names doesnt mean you have a big defense. Again I’m looking at the stats and facts, SC defense is MUCH better than Ga’s, despite all of Ga’s big names on D.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
They have 4 hard games left, UGA, UF, LSU, and Clemson. Odds are good that they will win one of those and end up 9-3 at the worst.
They could easily lose all of those and lose to Tenn also though. SC hasn’t looked very impressive this year. I’m not sure why they are being built up so much.
DOGS
October 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
GTBOB is a UGA wanna be…Probably tried to get into school in Athens and was denied.
GT is easier to get accepted …..
facts….
NCDawg
October 4th, 2012
2:54 pm
Everyone crowning Bama as the de facto National Champions need their heads examined. They haven’t played anyone. Michigan would have trouble with Vandy. Lets see if they can move the ball on a real defense and stop a real offense before we start the repeat chant. EVERY team is flawed. Sometimes the flaws don’t show until some pressure has been exerted against them. It’s called stress testing.
How you handle and correct those flaws is what makes or breaks a team. Tennessee will move the ball on everyone. Question is whether their defense can stop the opponent. The Dawgs are trying to reconfigure their defense mid season. I look for a much stronger showing Saturday.
Give David Pollack a few seasons on the air and he will freely show his Pro UGA bias just as all the other sportscasters there do for their teams.
Dawgs win and it will be by more than a field goal.
PS- You have to admire the gall of the poor garbage can scavengers that come on these boards and try their best to diss the Dawgs. Anyone that loses to MTSU… gets destroyed by MTSU… has no basis to diss anyone other than their own team. Face it Tech sux. Paul Johnson is killing your program. When he gets fired, it will take years to recruit enough talent to make you viable again. I could almost feel sorry for ya’ll but my Red and Black blood will not allow me to commit such an atrocity.
Steve
October 4th, 2012
2:55 pm
Gotta love the jealousy GTBob has. Poor little boy.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:55 pm
You cant continue to practice against that stupid middle school offense he runs and expect to go out and stop offenses like UGA etc
Do you really think our defense practices against the triple option every week?
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:56 pm
GTBob, compared to GT , and I think you’re a GA fan in hiding, you’re right SC has doesnt a thing compared to those Jackets
RNB
October 4th, 2012
2:56 pm
Mark
KC Joyner nailed it. I am a huge UGA fan but no one has confidence in UGA football any longer. They need to earn it. Tell me where I am wrong.
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:57 pm
GTBob, dont use words and phrases that you don’t know the meaning of, like triple option.
DOGS
October 4th, 2012
2:58 pm
I saw where one of those academies that run the triple, stick it up the bees tail a few years ago.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
2:58 pm
GTBOB is a UGA wanna be…Probably tried to get into school in Athens and was denied.
I was accepted by UGA for undergrad and grad school. I decided to go with better options.
DOGS
October 4th, 2012
2:59 pm
One can dream!
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
2:59 pm
GTBob, Devry college isn’t a better option
DownInAlbany
October 4th, 2012
2:59 pm
GTBob wrote: Do you really think our defense practices against the triple option every week?
No, my guess is they don’t practice at all…
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:00 pm
No, my guess is they don’t practice at all…
Considering how horrible they are that might be true.
Crap
October 4th, 2012
3:01 pm
GTBobbed: Beating VT and Miami wouldn’t have been as big as you guys made it out to be. Apparently beating MTSU would’ve been.
CHDawg
October 4th, 2012
3:02 pm
And to think…you could have been BobDawg!
DOGS
October 4th, 2012
3:02 pm
The Bees and Georgia State….
now that would be a war….
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:02 pm
You have to admire the gall of the poor garbage can scavengers that come on these boards and try their best to diss the Dawgs
I appreciate the admiration. You seem like a nice guy.
David
October 4th, 2012
3:03 pm
Mark, excellent use of Walt Whitman in a sports column! I had never realized WW had anything in common with ESPN until today. Nicely done.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:04 pm
GTBobbed: Beating VT and Miami wouldn’t have been as big as you guys made it out to be. Apparently beating MTSU would’ve been.
We lost to all three, so who cares?
CHDawg
October 4th, 2012
3:05 pm
Maxwell the free-range chihuahua>>Dumb and disrespectful nonsense, but man, I love that screen name!!
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:05 pm
GTBob, Devry college isn’t a better option
Well, I guess its a good thing I didn’t go there either then.
Paddy
October 4th, 2012
3:05 pm
I do belive we will win a very close game Sat. Am I the only UGA fan waiting for our nose tackles to make plays? I am not talking sacks or behind the line tackles. Just stuffing the run for our linebackers to finish off the plays for little or no gain. Maybe even make a tackle or two. Just saying, they weigh in at 535 lbs per don’t they?
Crap
October 4th, 2012
3:05 pm
GTBobbed: PLEASE help us understand why you could’ve possibly considered UGA. We are glad you didn’t, BTW. You must be retired and have nothing to fill the void; lots of time spent trolling. Or you’re stealing your employer’s time.
Paddy
October 4th, 2012
3:07 pm
Just win the game!
Steve
October 4th, 2012
3:09 pm
People, there is no reason to respond here on out to little GTBob. As you have seen, he really does have no life. All he does is finds UGA blogs and makes comments on your comments. Just stop responding to him. This is what happens when a person has nobody in their life. They look to the internet and blogs of teams they hate for entertainment. Anything you say will be wrong and everything he says will be right. He is a moron. Ignore him.
Fred-D
October 4th, 2012
3:10 pm
If you don’t like what these “insiders & experts” are saying, then change the channel or close the web page. Usually, a person’s opinion doesn’t change. If I was a betting man (which I’m not), I bet that anyone who feels tha UGA can’t win the big one will say “I told you so “if UGA lose, or they will say “what did you expect, it’s only South Carolina” if the dawgs win. So I say just enjoy the game and see what the “insiders” have to say after a UGA victory.
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
3:11 pm
Paddy, I agree with you about the close game. I believe SC wins, but finally a voice of reason
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
3:15 pm
If GA does beat SC on sat, and that’s a BIG if, then GA should have something to get excited about.
This aint your mommas or daddys SC anymore folks, regardless of who says what about them.
SC is legit, they are very good, and GA will earn their win, if they get one.
jeffrey d
October 4th, 2012
3:19 pm
Every college football fan thinks that everybody in the media is against their team. The media doesn’t see things through the rosey colored glasses that some fans see their team through.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
3:21 pm
GT Bob
With the limited practice times yes and I watched one of Techs games and the sports announcer who was an ex NFL player said the same thing I did about Techs defense having to practice against that
Sorry but hey keep living the dream you can continue hiring D coordinators and we can continue beating Tech every year which is fine by me
Weyman C. Wannamaker Jr. (A Great American)
October 4th, 2012
3:22 pm
Nice to see that Bobby Valentine has been sent packing from Bean Town.
NCDawg
October 4th, 2012
3:22 pm
I have been wondering the same thing Paddy. I think our NG play has been sub par for most of the season. Sure their job is to soak up blockers but they can stop a runner every once in while too. They’re supposed to draw double teams so the MLB’s can make plays but it is hard to make plays when 360 lbs is being dumped in your lap. Maybe this week they stand up and make SC pay for all the abuse they’ve been taking.
Heisenberg
October 4th, 2012
3:22 pm
Lou Holtz and all those other “insiders” are not the prognosticators to pay any attention to. The only one that matters is Lee Corso on gameday and which mascot hat he puts on.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:23 pm
All he does is finds UGA blogs and makes comments on your comments. Just stop responding to him.
You respond to me more than most people and then get mad at others for responding to me. That is strange.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:28 pm
With the limited practice times yes and I watched one of Techs games and the sports announcer who was an ex NFL player said the same thing I did about Techs defense having to practice against that
Sorry but you and the announcer are wrong. Our defense does not practice against the option offense every week. Even small podunk schools like ours have scout teams.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
3:30 pm
UGA beats SC by 2 TD’s
So long as Richt and Bobo dont go conservative
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
3:32 pm
GT Bob
Yea me and the announcer are wrong and thats why Tech has had 2 D coordinators that have shown they cant stop nothing
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
3:33 pm
Maybe by the 4th D coordinator firing Tech fans will get a clue
Steve
October 4th, 2012
3:35 pm
Flat Tire, like I said, you will always be wrong with that little kid. Give up. You could tell him the sky is blue and he would argue.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:38 pm
Yea me and the announcer are wrong and thats why Tech has had 2 D coordinators that have shown they cant stop nothing
No, you are wrong because it is common knowledge that Ga Tech’s offense and defense practice against scout teams. Actually, most teams in the country do. Its kind of strange that you haven’t heard of this concept before.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:39 pm
Flat Tire, like I said, you will always be wrong with that little kid. Give up. You could tell him the sky is blue and he would argue.
So you are also going to claim that Ga Tech does not use scout teams and the defense only practices against the option offense every week?
CHDawg
October 4th, 2012
3:44 pm
SC has come a long way, and they are a top ten team and perfectly capable of beating anybody, so congrats to all the garnet and black crowd. We are having a great and exciting year. The haters are frustrated and down to saying we aren’t a legit top 5 team (that is a good sign), and we are on our way to the land of Lizard’s Thicket and the WillieB for a big weekend of top ten football. This is what college football is all about! Let’s go ahead and win while we are there, btw! GTBob will be home going over his SAT scores again and playing with his slide rule, and posting why Georgia isn’t as good as we thought. It could be much worse!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
3:45 pm
GT Bob
Most good teams in the country practice with their 1st and 2nd string teams
Joey
October 4th, 2012
3:45 pm
So GTBob, you telling me PJ has a whole scout-team-offense full of Pro-set Offense players on your team?
Come on, PJ recruits players that fit HIS offense.
JDW
October 4th, 2012
3:45 pm
I don’t know if they like us or not, but since 2007 I don’t like them. I don’t visit their website, I don’t watch their commercials, I don’t watch any of their shows save the actual game or event in question and then I mute the commercials or flip channels.
Fact is the 2007 Georgia and 2011 Alabama scenario are EXACTLY the same and they came down on opposite sides and cost us a MNC…does anyone really believe Ohio State would have fared any better than Hawaii that year.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
3:54 pm
Come on, PJ recruits players that fit HIS offense.
Of course he does, and there is a group of players that are walkons or red shirt freshman who spend most of their week on the scout team helping to prepare the offensive and defensive units for the teams they will play that weekend. It is mind blowing that UGA fans seem to have no idea that scout teams exist.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
3:54 pm
People ESPN has designed itself to become what the Liberal media has become
and that is a means to tell you how you should vote because you the people are too stupid
So therefore what we say is smart, rational and how it should be
Chris Snow
October 4th, 2012
3:56 pm
We need Jarvis and Tree (as well as everyone on the defense) to step up in a big way. The talent is there on both offense and defense, we just need to execute, keep the mental errors at a minimum, and we will be talking about a victory on Sunday.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:00 pm
So GTBob, you telling me PJ has a whole scout-team-offense full of Pro-set Offense players on your team?
Yes, I am telling you that. It is not hard for a group of walkons and red shirt freshman to simulate a pro style offense for scout team purposes.
Gman 84
October 4th, 2012
4:01 pm
If UGA wins it will be because USCjr is a disappointment. If UGA loses get raedy for the hype machine to go overboard on USCjr
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:02 pm
Most good teams in the country practice with their 1st and 2nd string teams
Just to be sure, are you making the statement right now that UGA never uses scout teams?
GA in VA
October 4th, 2012
4:04 pm
SC in GA
All I have is facts to go on as well and they say that USCe has not beaten UGA 3 years in a row….why would this year be any different? UGA 34-17
Mike S.
October 4th, 2012
4:09 pm
I think the biggest reason UGA fans hate ESPN is for 2007. Then you listen to ESPN jumping on the Bama bandwagon last year when they not only didnt win their division (like UGA in 2007), but they already lost to LSU (unlike UGA in 2007), and their schedule was not as good as Oklahoma St. since they missed playing SC and UGA out of the East (unlike UGA in 2007 who played a tough schedule). Both were considered hot teams no one wanted to play. ESPN dismissed UGA without even a second thought.
Mike S.
October 4th, 2012
4:10 pm
2007 is the biggest reason. ESPN dismissing UGA without a second thought, then jumping on Bama’s bandwagon last year. Bama didnt have a division title either, lost to LSU already (unlike UGA in 07), and didnt play all that tough a schedule (only Arkansas and Penn St. past LSU).
The Auditor
October 4th, 2012
4:11 pm
I’ve said this before, but GTBob is going to continue to invalidate any UGA opponent until they are beaten. That way, he feels shielded from having “I told you so” thrown on him every week. Win-win mindset isn’t it Bob? You’ll have to let me know how it is watching your lowly team get trounced from the couch while I’m in Columbia watching MY SCHOOL (in person) being featured on College Gameday. Guess I see why you have such a defensive/reflecting personality now
Dum-Bass
October 4th, 2012
4:12 pm
I wonder if ESPiNosa, who plays for the Washington Gnats will sign on with ESPN when his playing days are over. Looks like a perfect fit for some crazy reason!
Mike S.
October 4th, 2012
4:12 pm
Overall, ESPN has a power program bias and always will. They do the same in every sport, its just CFB is the only one where media hype can actually win you a pass into the championship. They’ve already been jumping all over FSU’s bandwagon and claiming Bama to be hands down the best team in the league even though they havent really played anyone good yet.
Bone
October 4th, 2012
4:13 pm
ESPN is changing their name to NESP, for North East Sports Programming, since the only thing they talk about is anything out of the northeast corner of the country. Possible they talk about something (one time) in Chicago, LA or even Dallas, but quickly move back to the northeast corner for sports before the directors and producers fire them on the spot. There is more coverage on a 2-2 New England team and a 1-3 Jets team than a 4-0 Falcons team.
Big Earl
October 4th, 2012
4:13 pm
GTBob is like a baby that wants something (i.e. a football team worth cheering for) but he can’t have it (i.e. Tech is horrible…I mean really horrible) so he sits in the middle of the floor (our UGA blog) bawling his little eyes out. Everyone who acknowledges the crying baby (i.e. those who respond to his moronic blogs) simply makes the behavior of the child worse. If everyone would just ignore him (i.e. don’t respond to his moronic blogs), then he would quit crying (i.e. stop blogging on the UGA blog) and behave (i.e. go away).
typical L E G H U M P E R F A N
October 4th, 2012
4:14 pm
ESPN hates JAWJA!! Lou Holtz hates us, Herbreit hates us, Corso hates us, Fowler hates us, Reece Davis hates us, Jesse Palmer hates us (although he loved playing us), Mark May and Spurrier hates us (well maybe these 2 are actually true), even the SEC officials hate us.
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
4:17 pm
GT Bob
No bobby Im not saying UGA doesnt use its scout team
Mike S.
October 4th, 2012
4:18 pm
@GT-Bob – im sure UGA does use scout teams to some degree. Tech, however, doesnt recruit anyone but option players on offense. Who does Tech have that can simulate an Aaron Murray or Taj Boyd even remotely? Or run routes like Sammy Watkins? I dont know how any DC at Tech is going to be able to prepare his players playing against option guys doing their best to simulate pro-style or spread players.
Alphare
October 4th, 2012
4:18 pm
Yes, I agree ESPN cost UGA the crystal ball in 2007, and gave it to BAMA in 2011.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:18 pm
GTBob is like a baby that wants something (i.e. a football team worth cheering for) but he can’t have it
If I really cared that much then I would become an Alabama fan.
Dum-Bass
October 4th, 2012
4:18 pm
Bone, you are correct. I have noticed that. Also, if it’s ANYTHING to do with the Yankees, ESPN is all over it. Lately, too, every time I turn to ESPN or even MLB for something on the Braves all I ever see is the American League, and the Yankees or Boston, etc. They are so biased and partial it’s pathetic! They do it so shamelessly too!
Murray is too short
October 4th, 2012
4:19 pm
Everyone hates my doggies! ESPN hates us, Herbreit hates us, Reece Davis hates us, Lou Holtz hates us, Mark May hates us (well maybe it is true), Corso hates us, Fowler hates us, Jesse Palmer hates us (but sure loved playing against us), Desmond Howard hates us, Erin Andrews hates us, Charles Davis hates us, Spurrier hates us (maybe he does), Mark May hates us(yea he does actually), and all SEC refs hate us.
Gary
October 4th, 2012
4:20 pm
GTBob – They could easily lose all of those and lose to Tenn also though. SC hasn’t looked very impressive this year. I’m not sure why they are being built up so much.
Ok Bob, I know it is difficult with the whole GT perspective but when a team wins and does NOT loose they tend to get built up. SC has not lost a game in a while. They also got their best player / possibly the best running back in college football back this year. They also have one of the best coaches in football. I am pretty sure that is why people are talking about Carolina and why dog fans a nervous. There are only three teams that have beaten Bama (by all measure the bast team in college football) in the last two years and this is the only one that has not played for a national title. SC is the real deal. Georgia on the other hand has something to prove this season. They have to beat a top ten team.
Murray is too short
October 4th, 2012
4:21 pm
Even Pollack says we won’t go to the NC Game.
Steve
October 4th, 2012
4:22 pm
Very true Big Earl! Sit tight though and wait for his comment to your comment or my comment since that is all he does. Can you imagine being him? No life, woman, or friends AND being a Tech fan? Wow.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:23 pm
Tech, however, doesnt recruit anyone but option players on offense.
So every player that GT recruits only played in option offenses in high school, only know how to play in an option offense, and are not capable of even simulating a pro style offense?
dawgfan
October 4th, 2012
4:23 pm
“Yes, I am telling you that. It is not hard for a group of walkons and red shirt freshman to simulate a pro style offense for scout team purposes.”
Actually it is Bob when you’ve got a 5′10″, 170 lb. true freshmen trying to imitate pro style passers on the scout team like Georgia Tech does. And then you geniuses wonder why your defense gets lit up like a damn Christmas tree in games. The stupidity of the typical Georgia Tech football fan is hilarious.
Thanks Bob.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:24 pm
No bobby Im not saying UGA doesnt use its scout team
I am glad you acknowledge that because UGA uses them frequently.
Alphare
October 4th, 2012
4:25 pm
One way ESPN hates UGA is obvious: they hire some UGA graduates that cannot talk, in order to embarrass a UGA education. Those UGA graduates are totally overtalked by graduates of other schools.
Big Earl
October 4th, 2012
4:25 pm
Spurrier definitely hates us…no maybe about it. Does Erin Andrews really hate us? I’m crushed!
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:28 pm
And then you geniuses wonder why your defense gets lit up like a damn Christmas tree in games.
I don’t wonder that at all. Its not hard to see why we get lit up. It has nothing to do with the scout team or Paul Johnson’s offense.
Verdawg
October 4th, 2012
4:28 pm
Sure is fun to watch GTBob get the Bulldawg Nation all stirred up on this blog. What’s even better is that he’s one of the more intelligent posters that show up on here. Most of what he says is pretty accurate. And he’s not dillusional about HIS alma mater either.
That being said, the Dawgs have a lot work ahead to prove they belong in the top five. I know they have the offense, even with the unfortunate loss of M.B. The D will have to step it up, especially in J’ville and special teams are still a work in progress. I believe we’re headed in the right direction again and quite possibly, in store for a special season!
Flat Tire on I-95 in Jacksonville
October 4th, 2012
4:32 pm
Alphare
Really; cant talk
LOL
Tom Lugie-Bill 1-9 at Tech is a knowledgable expert isnt he
Reality
October 4th, 2012
4:32 pm
Give em heck, Bob….
Mike S.
October 4th, 2012
4:33 pm
@GTBob – dawgfan explained it as good as anyone. The speed, size, athleticism, and strength arent there. Its not even close. So then your D gets into a game, and all the sudden passes are zipping in in where they dont expect, routes are being run with precision and speed they havent seen, offensive lineman are executing schemes with far more power and strength than they have seen, and RBs are at a totally different level than what they practice against.
Ptc dawg
October 4th, 2012
4:34 pm
Win or lose Saturday, the East is far from decided.
phil
October 4th, 2012
4:34 pm
We are not going to win on Saturday night.
We don’t win games like this.
Ever.
Give up now and it won’t be as hard to endure as it happens.
Wet Willie...keep on smiling
October 4th, 2012
4:36 pm
UGA will beat USCe
UF will beat LSU
How many games did UGA lose in 2007? Try and remember your so called best team beat Bama in OT while ULM beat Bama in regulation.
ESPN is a liberal punk promoting gay and minorities as best they can!
ESPN had a blast making fun of the Saban hire at Bama and all 92k of us that showed for the spring game. One year later they’re all standing inline for their turn to kiss Nick’s azz and all the other schools were trying like hell to beak the 92k record. Bama has been voted and ranked #1 at some point each year in the polls for 5 in a row with 2 glass balls (one broken). Bama owns ESPN but hell we share and that is a good thing for you good folks. We don’t share with auburn so you barners can you Clint Eastwood yourself!
Mike S.
October 4th, 2012
4:36 pm
I dont think its a coincidence we are on the second DC for Johnson, and neither has been able to stop anyone.
ga gator
October 4th, 2012
4:37 pm
I agree Ptc dawg as us, UGA and SC all play each other + SC plays LSU before they play us.
GTBob
October 4th, 2012
4:41 pm
The speed, size, athleticism, and strength arent there.
That is always a concern for a scout team, but it is more important to give the starting offensive and defensive units an accurate look at plays and formations that they will be going up against. UGA used scout teams for the Tennessee game. Did those teams even come close to emulating Bray? No, but it was important for the defense to get some kind of look similar to what was ahead.
Rodster
October 4th, 2012
4:52 pm
Rod Gilmore is an A$$hat. He’s total PAC12 homer. Hard to believe ESPN can’t find someone better.
Dontavious Supremo
October 4th, 2012
4:53 pm
ESPN adores Southern Cal, UCLA, Oregon, plus all the so-called “Big”-10 teams. All the rest of us (ALL of us) out in the hinterlands of the south need to just shut up and let them dominate football.
dinopolis
October 4th, 2012
5:06 pm
dogs win easy—sc is overrated. the Dog’s O will light it up. Dogs 33 sc 16
HUH?????
October 4th, 2012
5:16 pm
Enter your comments here
HUH?????
October 4th, 2012
5:16 pm
There’s no reason for ESPN to hate UGA. It’s not like UGA has been relevant in college football over the last 30 years.
HUH?????
October 4th, 2012
5:17 pm
“ESPN adores Southern Cal, UCLA, Oregon”
Notre Dame, Alabama, LSU, WV, Florida…… teams that win.
HUH?????
October 4th, 2012
5:19 pm
“I agree ESPN cost UGA the crystal ball in 2007″
Not meant to be a factual statement. UGA lost 2 games, didn’t win their division and lost to two unranked teams.
Suck it, loser.
Brokebackvol
October 4th, 2012
5:22 pm
I don’t really have a dog in this fight, but I’ve never seen a chicken beat a dog. GO DAWGS ( I HATE SPURRIER!)
WyoDawg
October 4th, 2012
5:32 pm
Kirk Dumbstreak lost any and all respect from me when
he boasted his Ohio State team is the best and should move up while saying Georgia wasn’t worthy and didn’t belong in the game in 2007. He said the same thing about Florida and was very disrespectful toward them while hyping his weak buckeyes again. Florida ended up in the game and beat Ohio State, Goergia did not but would have trounced the overhyped weak buckeyes. Voters who control the BS system conspired to vote Georgia way down as far as 16 on some ballots when they should have moved up from three like Ohio State moved up from two. Lots of politicking late that night reminding everyone that Georgia’s strength of schedule would propel them ahead of the other contenders in the computers so they had to vote Georgia way down on the ballots and did. The BS is a joke and proved it big time in 2007.
Tony Brainfart also lost all respect from me that year when he joined the ESPN eradication of Georgia siding with ESPN’s ridiculous explanation instead of reporting the truth. He sold out his soul and ole Georgia to further his carreer as a national media person. Never cared for him after that.
Big Ten Stinks, Delany All Mad
October 4th, 2012
5:33 pm
Middle Tennessee State just scored again.
chase
October 4th, 2012
5:38 pm
HUH?????
In 2007 – the team that ESPN promoted and jumped over Georgia – one of them anyway, was LSU who had 2 losses including the last game of the regular season to Arkansas
and in 2011 Alabama did not win their division either
Gamecock Hater
October 4th, 2012
5:39 pm
The lamecocks have no chance! Georgia 28-17
SC in GA
October 4th, 2012
5:40 pm
For all you DAWG LOVERS, again seven of last 8 games have been decided by 7 points or less.
As for SC never beating GA 3 times in a row, well as Lou Burdett said in “Major League”, ” we’ve won two in a row, if we win three in a row, that’s called a winning streak, it has been known to happen.”
And it will Sat, SC in a close one, history WILL BE MADE, it will happen.
Hairy Dawg
October 4th, 2012
5:46 pm
We’ll see what we’re made of in Columbia and in Jacksonville. If this is a special year, we’ll win both. If it isn’t, we’ll lose both and have another slip-up or two.
2011champs
October 4th, 2012
5:49 pm
@dino, maybe SC is overrated, but so is UGA. When have they beaten anyone ranked? GT in 2010 maybe? Their signature win of 2011?? Again, GT, the only team they beat that won as many as 8 games. Right now, judging by the games played, they are maybe a top 15 team, but #5….gimme a break. They look like Georgia Tech in that they HAVE to keep putting points up because there is no guarantee the lackidasical defense will stop anyone. (UT gained nearly 500 yards, including 200 rushing,and they can’t run a lick against anyone else). Oh yes, and SC has the superior coach, who just loves to beat UGA. I am not a fan of either one, but yeah, Carolina wins for the 3rd year in a row. Then on the 27th, Florida also wins, and then you can book a trip back to Orlando or Tampa.
Paddy
October 4th, 2012
5:54 pm
Mark………who on the AJC staff will be the beat writer for the new Bikini Basketball League? The Atlanta Fleet must be covered or uncovered as the case may be!
Pitbull
October 4th, 2012
5:55 pm
ESPN stinks.
WhoCares?
October 4th, 2012
5:56 pm
ESPN has almost as many opinions as these blogs. And some of them are every bit as poorly thought out or pointlessly argumentative or cluelessly partisan. Doesn’t mean they aren’t fun to read and complain about. Me? I’ll take Ga in a close one, FL the same, and have a hunch GT will play Clemson much closer than expected. But then I’m clueless too
Under The Bleachers
October 4th, 2012
5:56 pm
Victims in sports are victims due to own actions. Do you know what stops victims from being victims in sports? Winning! Winning it all nd looking down on other programs.
USC has made UGA their victim for two years and will continue that trend for one more year.
Festus
October 4th, 2012
5:56 pm
I don’t have a clue who’s going to win. That’s why I’m watching it.
@chase
October 4th, 2012
5:58 pm
They did win the National Championship by beating the no #1 team soundly…keep whinning but that will never change.
Dean Tate
October 4th, 2012
6:07 pm
Open Memo to David Pollack:
We love you buddy, but you gotta stop dissing your homeboys in order to appear unbiased. Herbstreit and Howard (not to mention Grandpa Lou) make no attempt to conceal their biases, and neither should you.
Hank Hill
October 4th, 2012
6:08 pm
Spurrier is a dork.
Wille UGA
October 4th, 2012
6:33 pm
I think PR has it right on…..Win and all is well in Dawgnation
marcus
October 4th, 2012
6:38 pm
georgia is going to win the sec and therefore have there shot at oregon in the bcs championship game; two (2) reasons, the freshman running backs. they have this change of pace in their games that other defenses can’t match game day. hate to admit it because i’m a die hard tar heel, but these guys are good! add to that a good qb, decent receivers and a defense that is just going to get better as the season progresses and that spells trouble for darth vader and his tuscaloosa troopers.
VJ
October 4th, 2012
6:40 pm
KC Joyner is the “genius–expert” who predicted Murray was the “most overrated player in the NCAA” preseason, to which Murray is now ranked #3 in the NATION in pass efficiency, completing near 68% of his throws, so KC Joyner KNOWS NOTHING about UGA.
If you look at UGA 2012, and compare them to Auburn 2010, you’ll find the offense is scoring a td more per game, and putting up 40 more yards per game, and leading the SEC in rushing, just like the Auburn 2010 did. You’ll also find the UGA defense is is holding teams to LESS points in the 2nd half, and 4th quarter, than Auburn 2010 did.
KC Joyner doesn’t know his SEC history. If he did, he’d remember Auburn beat South Carolina by 40 points in 2010 with a ‘lousy” defense, and poor special teams.
Vampire Bill
October 4th, 2012
6:43 pm
Any news on Watts Dantzler or even Kolton Houston? UGA offensive line will win or lose this game for us. GO DAWGS
VJ
October 4th, 2012
6:47 pm
UGA Special teams:
1- Only kicker in nation to hit 2 field goals in 2 tries of 50+ yards.
2- Kicker is #27 in scoring nationally
3- UGA is better on kick and punt return defense than ESPN darling ALABAMA.
4- UGA is ranked #1 in kick return offensive td’s.
5- UGA leads the nation in punt blocks (2).
If KC Joyner said UGA special teams stinks, he’s an incompetant idiot.
James Brown
October 4th, 2012
6:49 pm
Free Kolton Houston!
VJ
October 4th, 2012
6:57 pm
Auburn won the National Championship in 2010 by avering 41 points, and 500 yards a game on offense, and holding teams to 4 points in the 4th quarter on defense.
UGA is scoring 48 points per game, and averaging 540 yards per game on offense, and holding teams to 3.8 points in the 4th quarter on defense, and a td PER GAME in the 2nd half.
UGA is VERY SIMILAR to Auburn 2010 National Champions.
In 2011, UGA defense was high on stats, but folded in the 2nd half against Boise, LSU, SC, and Mich St. Richt ordered Grantham to fix that, emphasizing the 2nd half defensive scoring.
VJ
October 4th, 2012
7:10 pm
When Richt gets 200 yards rushing, he’s 24 wins-1 loss. UGA is averaging 250 yards rushing PER GAME. If Marshall-Gurley-Malcome-Murray run for 200+, UGA wins 24 of 25 times.
Richt is 12-5 against RANKED TEAMS in AWAY games. That’s winning 2 out of 3 games.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
October 4th, 2012
7:32 pm
close game, 4th quarter will decide the game- UGA 21 USCe 17
BreakingNews
October 4th, 2012
7:55 pm
GTBob:
You’re complaining about the crowd/atmosphere in Athens? Last time I checked, we don’t have fans falling out of the freakin’ stands…
hunkerdown
October 4th, 2012
7:58 pm
Being a Dawg fan I think the SEC is special GTBob. Having won 6 NC’s in a row the league I know they are special!
ColumbiaDawg
October 4th, 2012
8:04 pm
If Georgia wants to an elite team, then it has to win this game. This is more than beating South Carolina. This is about taking the step to be being mentioned in the same class as Alabama and LSU.
BreakingNews
October 4th, 2012
8:07 pm
Dawgs win this weekend…(everything finally comes together)
Gators win this weekend…(Mett looks awful so far)
Tigers blow up the scoreboard on the little Bees this weekend…(no comment needed)
Ol Oconee
October 4th, 2012
9:00 pm
I don’t give a rip about no ESPN, I’ve been hurtin for Munson for so long now! A friend in Atlanta sent me these guys, http://www.JoJaBoys.com , definitely solid to listen to. (but you may have to pause the DVR to link up with em)
FL dawg
October 4th, 2012
9:04 pm
I dunno, UGA has 2 darn good RB’s – USC 1. Limit Murray turnovers, cause USC turnovers. Win with, can’t beleive I’m saying this, THE fundamentals.
Seriously “dawg nation”, the OL and DL need to step up for the Bulldogs to be given any respect by anyone that knows football (elinates 90% of ESPN). GO Georgia!
Georgia Sandlapper
October 4th, 2012
9:44 pm
Three in Row!
BUG SQUASHER
October 4th, 2012
9:50 pm
GtBobbie we will put 50 points on you yellow flies and make you love it. It will be ugly in november. We own you pathetic high school team nerds. Go fly a kite cheerleader
Snake Doc
October 4th, 2012
9:55 pm
Who is Mark May and what has he ever done?
Did he once score 4 touchdowns in a pee wee league football game?
As you can tell I don’t like Mark May at all. Heck, even the CEO knows 10 million times more about football then the narcissistic Maydunce
BUG SQUASHER
October 4th, 2012
9:56 pm
Dawgs win and gators win to battle out the east. Tech gets drummed!!!!!!!!! Clemson game will be over by half time with a blow out over techies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You heard it right,will be real ugly. This game packs Paul Johnson,s suit case
BUG SQUASHER
October 4th, 2012
10:01 pm
THE SEC IS SUPERIOR TO ALL!!!! LIVE WITH IT,THIS IS LIFE AND HOW IT IS GOING TO BE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TIM BUCK
October 4th, 2012
10:02 pm
YAWNNNNNNNNNNN GAWGEE IS WELL O V E R D U E……………
The Bear
October 4th, 2012
10:06 pm
Lou Holtz and Mark May hate the SEC. Holtz talks like his mouth is full of marbles!
Oh yea
Roll Tide
Bjohndawg
October 4th, 2012
10:17 pm
I have not seen one team that impresses me in every phase and really deserves to be number 1
including the dawgs
bama…needs to play a top team… Mich is not a top team
dawgs… Offensive production against weak defenses and defense so far nuf said
fsu…defense exposed by Clemson
Oregon …weak wash state owned them for first two qtrs
lsu….please too many scares by auburn and Towson state
south carolina…offense disappears like uga’s defense and that strong defense needs to play someone that can score
too early to call anyone great or even unanimous #1
starting next week some contenders will become pretenders
fan
October 4th, 2012
10:42 pm
That lowlife Herbstreit can stand the fact that Georgia kicked the snot out of Ohio St. when they played them…that be Ohio St of the “Little Ten”, the conference that can beat ANYBODY! You mention any team in the SEC and the “LITTLE TEN” quivers>
Delbert D.
October 4th, 2012
11:36 pm
Rankings don’t count for anything at this point; too many questionable out of conference games (Towson?). The rest of the season is likely to be full of shakeups. I wouldn’t question any team’s ranking in the top 10 or top 5. Somebody has to be ranked there.
A1Dog
October 5th, 2012
1:20 am
the game will be close early, but Ga’s O can’t be stopped–dogs roll in the second half. Ga 30-SC 20
davedawg
October 5th, 2012
1:44 am
October 4th, 2012
1:19 pm
KC Joyner, an ESPN Insider, has labeled Georgia “a flawed and overrated squad”
What does that make Yech?
davedawg
October 5th, 2012
1:58 am
stay away from turnovers,block clowney, don’t get fooled on trickeration. settle the nerves and we’ll be ok. We can match their talent man for man. don’t get too cocky or too conservitive. Play it like you practiced it.
college football was a dream of mine.All I needed was size and.speed. and talent and motivation.and brains.and a helmet.
davedawg
October 5th, 2012
2:01 am
I Like Georgias chances.
Columbus
October 5th, 2012
2:24 am
All the ESPN guys on the air picked Oklahoma State to beat Texas too…All of them. Texas won.
Why was Gilmore(who?)hatin on Rambo and Ogletree in their first game back? If it had NOT been their FIRST game back….the game would not have been nearly as close because they had MANY near misses that would have been huge plays and turnovers. That wont be happening when the rust is off. Also…if UGA wins Sat….I want to hear what Joyner and Gimore have to say then. Will UGA still be overrated? Overrated with their offense and the defense not hitting on all cylinders? The UGA defense sucks?…lets see any defense play Tenn with 4 guys just facing their first real tests and 2 their first game. Lets see how MUCH better the UGA offense is with Mitchell giving defenses nightmares and still having to cover the other 3 receivers, tight ends and oh yeah, the running backs! Overrated? Florida is overrated.
Another thing…..SC has not played a team that has a winning record…..until THIS SAT.
Columbus
October 5th, 2012
2:40 am
That sorry defense sure gets a lot of turnovers and with the 4 starters back will only get better and better and will get more and more turnovers…..
Its going to be a long night for Conner Shaw or Lattimore one. We gonna focus on the run or the pass? I will guess the run definitely because they want to control clock and keep our offense off the field. If jarvis has a good game its over. And if Murray dont choke. I dont think he will. I think he will have his best game ever in a BIG game. I look for Shaw to throw crucial picks and the vaunted SC defense to not know what hit them. They are stingy in the red zone? They havent played a team with a winning record….
They havent played nothing like they are about to experience and basically, if UGA does NOT screw up like last year or like the 2nd quarter last WEEK, UGA is going to beat SC by 10 on their field and its going to be AWESOME!
UGA -31 SC- 20 OH YEAH THE UGA DEFENSE HAS ITS COMING OUT PARTY AND SO DOES UGA AS A SERIOUS CONTENDER FOR THE…..NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THIS IS GOING THE SEASON UGA IS REWARDED FOR ENDURING THE REBUILDING YEARS AND NOT FIRING RICHT…HE ENDURED WITH CHARACTER AND GRACE. UGA GREW UP AND MATURED THROUGH THAT AND WILL REAP THE BENEFITS. THE STORM WAS WEATHERED. THE CLOUDS ARE GONE AND WE ARE STRONGER FOR IT AND ABOUT TO GO TO COLUMBIA AND COME OUT WITH A HUGE W SATURDAY NIGHT….GO DAWGS. LOVE YOU COACH!
Ellijay
October 5th, 2012
5:56 am
YOU MUST WIN YOUR CONFERENCE TO EVEN BE CONSIDERED FOR THE MNC GAME – Footnote One – Per ESPN bylaws does not apply to Bama
Footnote Two – Per ESPN bylaws does not apply to LSU
Grantham's The Man!
October 5th, 2012
7:03 am
@ Mark Bradley. I agree for the most part. I do think ESPN decided to ”keep” Ga out of the MNCG in 2007.
It didn’t matter that Oklahoma was not a Conference Champion, then it did matter that Ga was not, then it didn’t matter that Alabama was not.
It didn’t help that ESPN needed to cover for Kirk Hurbstreat’s botched prediction of the Michigan’s man’s not to be departure.
Either way ESPN stood united, and with one voice when they went against UGA.
Mike
October 5th, 2012
7:14 am
But what impact will the UGA vs. South Carolina game have on Tim Tebow’s quest to be the QB of the Jets? Coming up next on Sports Center.
Predictor
October 5th, 2012
7:37 am
ESPN celebrates winners and marginalizes losers. That’s why winners love them and losers hate them.
When Dawg fans start loving ESPN, that’s when you’ll know that Mark Richt is unemployed.
Carolina Bays
October 5th, 2012
7:43 am
South Carolina 45, Georgia 31
The Evil Genius prevails once again over the hapless pretender Mark Richt.
How do those hobnail boots feel on your throat, dawggies?
Rodster
October 5th, 2012
7:51 am
Lou Holtz is adlepated.
AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us
October 5th, 2012
7:52 am
How many dawgs arrested today?
Predictor
October 5th, 2012
7:55 am
@Carolina Bays
I agree that this will be a high-scoring affair. Neither team has a dominant defense. Aside from LSU and Alabama, SEC football is looking more and more like Big 12 football this year.
Dawg Tired
October 5th, 2012
8:14 am
While Rod Gilmore demonstrates on TV on a weekly basis that he is not the brightest light on the Christmas tree, his analysis about how Ogeltree and Rambo played poorly against UT is right on. Both frequently took poor angles and ended up taking themselves totally out of the play. Ogeltree was noticeably out of position on running plays up the middle. If they play that poorly against USCe, the Dawgs are in for a long night because no one on the coaching staff seems to be paying attention when players are in a funk.
Buckeye
October 5th, 2012
8:25 am
Is it just me or have the adds on ajc.com just about become unbearable?
P.S. dogs go down. Go Cocks?
What do you expect?
October 5th, 2012
8:29 am
And I’m sure every employee at the AJC thinks one team will win (certainly someone there thinks UGA can win on the road?)
What’s wrong with a difference of opinion? I didn’t realize a “network” needed to declare a winner. If that were the case, get rid of all the pregame crap where they have five guys/gals get up there and say who they think will win and why.
Jenny
October 5th, 2012
9:32 am
Your a terrible writer and hard to follow.
GTBob
October 5th, 2012
10:12 am
Being a Dawg fan I think the SEC is special GTBob. Having won 6 NC’s in a row the league I know they are special!
The SEC usually has 1-2 special teams. Not a special conference overall.
dap01
October 5th, 2012
10:57 am
ESPN is a self promoting joke. I can’t wait each week for a new ESPN segment on Notre DAme or on Tiger Woods or on Tebow running without a shirt on.
pb
October 5th, 2012
11:05 am
The Worldwide Network is endlessly self-promoting is true. But they are usually right about Georgia failing, when it comes to beating the highly rated teams. LIke last year against Boise State, South Carolina, and of course LSU. But maybe this year at SC will be different. Do not like losing to the “Evil Genius” Spurrier and his big mouth !
"Off the Mark" Bradley
October 5th, 2012
11:13 am
If gilmore and joyner are correct then SC handles uga running away with it. Time shall tell. “I got a funny feelin that aint happenin” GTBob, you seem a little bitter about something…..
Good Stuff
October 5th, 2012
12:30 pm
GTBob if UGA wins Saturday:
“Well SC is overrated. Who have the beaten?”
GTBob if SC wins Saturday:
“See I told you UGA was overrated.”
jarvis
October 5th, 2012
12:52 pm
Well one things for sure GTBob, Tech isn’t overrated.
jarvis
October 5th, 2012
12:53 pm
How many “special” teams has the A-she-she had in the last decade?
More ESPN: Somebody thinks the Braves will win the World Series! | Mark Bradley
October 5th, 2012
12:59 pm
[...] of the Worldwide Leader and its many voices: ESPN has polled its baseball writers, and one of them believes these Braves are bound for glory. [...]
Ekim56
October 5th, 2012
1:08 pm
I found that my blood pressure got a whole lot better when I just stopped watching ESPN. I can’t avoid them completely, because sometimes there’s just a game on that I want to watch a lot. But even then 90% of the time I will turn down the sound. And I never watch SportsCenter or any of their other shows.
The final straw for me was “The Decision.”
ARdawg
October 5th, 2012
2:03 pm
Bring it
Jimbo
October 5th, 2012
2:44 pm
Lord help us if beating South Carolina causes Lou Holtz to have a heart attack or stroke on national TV. Geeze if it were not for Mr. Holtz ND and SC would just be a couple of NCAA football teams like everyone else. Mark have you ever noticed that if ESPN replays a Georgia game it’s one Georgia lost? Can’t wait to see ol Lou-Lou choke on that rat.
Hey Rod Gilmore ...
October 5th, 2012
3:39 pm
Tell you what. You grab a ball and run hard at Tree and then you can rate him on his tackling … after you pull yourself our of the hole in the ground.
Reality Bites
October 5th, 2012
4:04 pm
I nearly every big game in his career at Georgia, Aaron Murray has fumbled the ball setting up an opponent touchdown and also thrown a ‘pick six.’ He did it against Carolina last year, again against LSU in the SEC Championship game, and yet once more against Tennessee last week. Aaron Murray had not proven yet, that he can win the BIG game. C’mon Murray, get it done right this time!
More ESPN: Somebody believes the Braves will win it all! | News-ON Atlanta
October 5th, 2012
4:07 pm
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ARdawg
October 5th, 2012
4:31 pm
Alzheimer Lou couldn’t pick his nose and find a booger. ESPN needs to do 15 minutes of reckoning and let the prognosticators explain their wrongs picks from the previous week before they make new ones
Dawg from Griffin
October 5th, 2012
6:59 pm
@AAAAA Athens Bail Bonds R Us – find a new subject. This one is not only overused, it’s not accurate. There are at least 85 players on the football team; less than 3% have been accused of a misdemeanor; fewer than that have been adjudicated as guilty. Name the program that doesn’t have a kid or two that has done the same things. Troll…
Drago
October 5th, 2012
7:04 pm
GT Boob
Come back when you can beat Mid. Tenn.
Dawg from Griffin
October 5th, 2012
7:07 pm
Jenny, at least he uses proper word forms – It’s “you’re”, not “your”.
Dawg from Griffin
October 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
GTBob – in the last 6 years FOUR different SEC teams have win the NC. That makes for a special conference, and a far cry from the 1-2 teams you claim as special. Don’t hate just because the ACC is second tier, and GT is in the second tier of that conference. Even with half-member Notre Dame, the ACC will be an also-ran conference.
Dawg from Griffin
October 5th, 2012
7:25 pm
I’m taking Tech over Clemson. Just when you count the bugs out, they surprise everyone. This is the week they do it this year.
bubba4dawgs
October 6th, 2012
8:26 am
I think this game will come down to who has the fewest turnovers! The chickens are good at takeaways! I say to the DAWGS: “Hold onto the ball”! Murray, go down if you must and curl up with the ball and live for another play! Be very wary of where Clowney lines up! Don’t give him a walking lane to reach out and decimate Murray! Don’t even think about throwing over him, he’s too tall! He’s like having a skyscraper fall on you!
The DAWGS are hungry and so is the DAWG Nation! I hope they win it soundly and cleanly! I believe the best athletes and players are the DAWGS! It’s time to put it all together! It’s OK for the defense to bend but don’t break! Play smart and keep their defense on their heels guessing the whole game and it is all yours! GO DAWGS!! GATA!!
BullDogMike
October 6th, 2012
9:38 am
Actually, ESPN will never give any credit to ANY sports team in the state of Ga. It’s always Yankees and Red Sox in baseball, GIants and those sorry Jets in football. The only college team in the south that ESPN will converse about is Bama. And that is because they all have a man crush on Saben. PRoove me wrong ..Anybody ? Anybody ?
David
October 6th, 2012
2:47 pm
Apparently AJC has too many columnists too.
Scooby
October 6th, 2012
3:49 pm
Bull pups limp back to Athens tonight in defeat. USC has you on a leash with the Ole Ball Coach. No way you win in Williams-Brice.
Freehawk
October 7th, 2012
8:37 am
LOL everybody who bet on UGA.
Bobo is Not the Problem
October 7th, 2012
1:41 pm
Gilmore and Joyner sure knew what the heck they were talking about. Georgia is a “false king” every single year under Richt. Consistently ranked higher than they finish. Just flat pitiful.
FIRE MARK RICHT.
l jones
October 7th, 2012
9:36 pm
Kirk Herbstreit and Brent Mushmouth are two of the luckiest humans on Earth – making giant money for dim-witted analysis. Let’s just laugh and laugh at witty Steve Spurrier. What a hoot, good ol ball coach. So clever how ol ball coach pokes fun at opponents’ suspensions while he refuses to suspend a good player until his university throws the player out of school. What a class act the ol ball coach is, huh Kirk & Brent? What a hoot.